Today is the birthday of Ellen DeGeneres, Eddie Van Halen, Scott Glenn, David Strathairn, Angela Davis, Bryan Callen, Bob Uecker, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Mimi Leder, Henry Jaglom, and the late Paul Newman, Joan Leslie, Gene Siskel, William Hopper, Anne Jeffreys, Roger Vadmin, Maria von Trapp, Charles Lane, and Vito Scotti. Edward G. Robinson died 47 years ago in 1973 at age 79. José Ferrer died 28 years ago in 1992 at age 80. Abe Vigoda died four years ago in 2016 at age 94.
Winchell's Film Column 