My #1 for November 21st

My #1 Celebrity Birthday Person for November 21st is
Goldie Hawn (65 in 2010) 1945
Born: Washington, DC / Birth Name: Goldie Jean Hawn / Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m)
Father, Edward Rutledge Hawn,
was a descendant of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Attended Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring Maryland.
Gave commencement address at Graduation for
the Class of 2002 at her alma mater, American University.
Spouses: Bill Hudson (July 1976 - 1979) (divorced) 2 children
Gus Trikonis (16 May 1969 - 1976) (divorced)
Partner of Kurt Russell. [1983 - present]
She and longtime companion Kurt Russell both appeared in 'One and Only', 'Genuine',
'Original Family Band, The' (1968), 'Swing Shift' (1984), and 'Overboard' (1987).
Three children: Oliver Hudson (b. 1976), Kate Hudson (b. 1979) from her 2nd marriage
to Bill Hudson; Wyatt Russell (b. 1986) from relationship with Kurt Russell.
1st time grandmother in early 2004 / Grandmother of Ryder Russell Robinson
- the first son of her daughter Kate Hudson & Chris Robinson.
Spent much of her time between 1992 and 1994 looking after her mother who died in 1994.
Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#71). [1995]
Started Cosmic Entertainment with Kurt Russell, Kate Hudson & Oliver Hudson in 2003.
Her first entertainment gig was performing in The Nutcracker at age 11. She earned $1.50.
In November 1984, at age 39, she posed for the cover of Playboy.
Baltimore Bob remembers her best for the TV show “Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" (1968)
as a Regular Performer (1968-1970) aka ‘Laugh-In’ (1968).
Movie debut at age 24 in ‘Five the Hard Way’ (1969) (unconfirmed).
Also at age 24 in ‘Cactus Flower’ (1969) as Toni Simmons.
2008: Latest movie role at age 57 in ‘The Banger Sisters’ (2002) as Suzette.
Baltimore Bob’s favorite ‘Goldie’ movie is ‘Wildcats’ (1986) as Molly McGrath
aka ‘First and Goal’ (1986), his 3rd favorite Football movie only to Robin Williams
movie ‘Best of Times, The’ (1986) playing character of Jack Dundee,
and the movie ‘Invincible’ (2006) with Mark Wahlberg as Vince Papale.
* Actually Robin Williams 1st credited appearance and right before his most famous TV series
* ‘Mork & Mindy’ (1978) as Mork (from Ork) is the TV Series ‘Laugh-In’ (1977).
Won 1970 Oscar for ‘Best Actress in a Supporting Role’ for: Cactus Flower (1969).
Goldie Hawn was not present at the awards ceremony.
Raquel Welch accepted the award on her behalf.
Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 209-210.
New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387.
Measurements: 34A-23-35 (early starlet days), 34B-24-36 (at age 51),
(Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).

Birthdays set for 2004

Ken Griffey Jr. (35) 1969
- Born: Donora, Pennsylvania / Height: 6' 3" (1.91 m)
- Birth name: George Kenneth Griffey Jr. / Nicknames: Junior & The Kid
- Father was a pivitol player for Cincinnati's 'Big Red Machine' during the 1970s.
- Ken Griffey Jr. is considered by many experts to be the best player in baseball.
- Baltimore Bob says those experts 'S-u-c-k'.
- Barry Bonds currently is with his 7th MVP award received in the 2004 season.
- He hit 49 homeruns in '96 and he missed quite a few games due to injury.
- He is not currently working on anything, except for his part ownership in the All-Star Cafe.
- Spouse: Melissa Griffey (1992 - present) 3 children
- Son George Kenneth III 'Trey' (19 January 1994), daughter Taryn Kennedy (21 October 1995)
- and adopted son Tevin Kendall (5 May 2002).
- When Trey was born,
- then-Mariners' G.M. Woody Woodward sent him a player's contract dated 2012.
- #1 overall pick in the June 1987 draft out of Moeller H.S. (Cincinnati, Ohio)
- by the Seattle Mariners. Demands trade from the Seattle Mariners,
- saying he wants to play somewhere closer to his family. [November 1999]
- Traded on February 10, 2000 to the Cincinnati Reds
- for OF Mike Cameron, P Brett Tomko, and two minor league players.
- Shares the same birthday (November 21) and the same birthplace (Donora, Pennsylvania)
- as Hall of Fame baseball player Stan Musial.
- His paternal grandfather was a high school teammate of Stan Musial.
- Recorded 'The Way I Swing' with Kid Sensation.
- He and his father are the only father-son duo to hit home runs in the same game.
- Ken Griffey Jr. and Ken Griffey Sr. are one of two father-son duos to play
- on the same team in the same game. The other is Tim Raines Sr. and Tim Raines Jr.
- Seattle Mariners All-Time Homerun Leader(398)
- Seattle Mariners All-Time Leader in Grand Slams (12).
- Seattle Mariners All-Time Leader in Slugging Percentage(.569).
- Seattle Mariners record for home runs in a month (15 in May 1994).
- Seattle Mariners single season record for home runs on road (29 in 1997).
- Seattle Mariners single season record for home runs at home field (30 in 1998).
- Seattle Mariners single season record for home runs by lefthander (56 in 1997 and 1998).
- Seattle Mariners single season record for most RBI (147 in 1997).
- Seattle Mariners single season record for most Total Bases (393 in 1997).
- Seattle Mariners single season record for most Extra-Base Hits (93 in 1997).
- Seattle Mariners single season record for Slugging Percentage (.674 in 1994).
- Seattle Mariners All-Time Home Run Leader(398) and same by a Left-hander.
- Made major league debut on 3 April 1989.
- 1992 All Star Game MVP / 1997 American League MVP.

Troy Aikman (38) 1966
-- Born: West Covina, California / Height: 6' 4" (1.93 m)
-- Birth name: Troy Kenneth Aikman / Nickname: 'The Godfather'
-- His two sisters are nurses,
-- one of whom assisted victims in the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing.
-- Before the age of twelve his family moved to Henryetta, OK.
-- After high school he was offered a position with the New York Mets,
-- but turned it down for college at the University of Oklahoma.
-- Troy then left Oklahoma and transferred to UCLA, where he studied Sociology.
-- Troy was the number one draft pick in 1989 and #8 for the Dallas Cowboys.
-- On 10/19/1984, Miami's Jerome Brown (Drafted by Philadelphia Eagles) broke through
-- the offensive line, sacked Aikman on the Sooner 29-yard line and broke Aikman's ankle.
-- Aikman, who had been six of eight passing for 131 yards, would be lost for the season.
-- Switzer and offensive coordinator Jim Donnan were forced to switch back to
-- the wishbone offense under freshman quarterback Jamelle Holieway.
-- With Holieway established as the starting quarterback at OU,
-- Aikman decided to transfer to UCLA.
-- Troy was the OK QB who was replaced by Jamelle Holieway born June 25, 1967
-- in Carson, California & Jamelle QB’d the Team to a 1986 Championship victory over
-- PennState in the 1986 Orange Bowl & the #1 Championship that year when Penn State
-- was undefeated going into that game & Baltimore Bob attended that game in Miami, Florida.
-- * Holieway threw a 71-yard touchdown pass in that game to All-American tight end
-- * Keith Jackson (who was drafted by the PHILADELPHIA EAGLES).
-- * Holieway remains the only true freshman quarterback to lead his team to the national title.
-- Professional football player / Underwent lasik surgery in 1999.
-- Spouse: Rhonda Worthey (8 April 2000 - present) 2 children
-- Welcomed first child, daughter Jordan Ashley.
-- The baby weighed 8lbs 6oz and was born in Plano, Texas. [24 August 2001]
-- July 30, 2002 welcomed daughter Alexa Marie. She weighed 8lbs 9oz.
-- Had surgery to remove a malignant melanoma from his left shoulder blade. [8 May 1998]
-- Dallas Cowboys All-Time Passing Yards Leader (32,942).
-- Threw for 32,942 yards and 165 touchdowns in 12 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys.
-- Threw for 3,849 yards and 23 TDs in the postseason.
-- His 61.5 completion percentage is the fourth best of all time.
-- His 90 wins in 1990s are the most by any quarterback in any decade.
-- 94-71 as a starter and 11-4 in the playoffs.
-- Aikman was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006 and to
-- the College Football Hall of Fame on December 9, 2008 in New York City.

Björk (39) 1965
--- Born: Reykjavik, Iceland / Birth name: Björk Guðmundsdóttir / Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m)
--- Born in the Icelandic capital city, daughter of Gudmundur Gunnarsson
--- (who was electrician) and Hildur Hauksdóttir, who divorced before her second birthday,
--- Björk grew up in a hippie type community with her mother and her 7 siblings.
--- She started to study classical music at the age of 5
--- and released her first album at the age of 11 in 1977.
--- (mainly traditional Icelandic folk songs and international hits translated in Icelandic).
--- Spouse: Thor Eldon (? - ?) (divorced) 1 child
--- Daughter, Isadora born October 3, 2002.
--- Has one son, Sindri (in 1986), with her ex-husband Thor Eldon.
--- His birthday marked the creation of their (with others) band the Sugarcubes.
--- Singer / songwriter. / Trade mark: Her hair and Her accent.
--- Has gone on record saying she will never make another movie,
--- due to the difficulties she faced making 'Dancer in the Dark' (2000).
--- Wrote the song 'Bedtime Story' for Madonna's album Bedtime Stories.
--- Madonna had asked Bjork to sing the song with her, but she declined.
--- Received much critizism at the 73rd Annual Academy Awards when she arrived on
--- the red carpet with her now famous 'swan dress'.
--- In 2002, her mother, Hildur Runa Hauksdottir, went on a short-lived hunger strike to protest
--- against the development of an aluminum smelter at Reydarfjordur, on the Icelandic coast.
--- Reydarfjordur was the setting of one of her music videos.
--- Before she was famous, she worked odd jobs at an antiques shop, a bookstore,
--- a Coca-Cola bottling plant where her job was to check for cleanliness,
--- and a fish factory during the easter break in 1984.
--- In recognition of her contribution to promoting Iceland abroad,
--- the government gave her the island of Ellidaey, off the coast of Iceland.
--- Movie debut at age 22 in ‘The Juniper Tree’ (1990) (as Björk Guðmundsdóttir) as Margit.
--- 2008: Latest movie role at age 42 in ‘Anna and the Moods’ (2007) (voice) as Anna.
--- Ranked #36 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll.

Olden Polynice (40) 1964
---- Born: Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Baltimore Bob visited Haiti sometime in 1971-1972.
---- NBA'er with the Sacramento Kings.

Nicollette Sheridan (41) 1963
----- Born: Worthing, Sussex, England, UK / Birth Name: Colette Sheridan / Height: 5' 7½" (1.71 m)
----- Mother is English actress Sally Sheridan
----- Has a half brother named Nick Savalas. (his father was Telly Savalas).
----- Spouse: Harry Hamlin (7 September 1991 - 1993) (divorced)
----- Engaged to Michael Bolton [March 14, 2006].
----- Was encouraged to be proud of her Greek descent by her stepfather/godfather, Telly Savalas.
----- Movie debut at age 22 in ‘The Sure Thing’ (1985) as The Sure Thing.
----- Chosen the worst-dressed celebrity in 2004 by fashion critic Mr. Blackwell (Richard Selzer).
----- Lost the part of Grace Adler, in "Will & Grace" (1998), to Debra Messing at the final auditions.
----- Originally auditioned for the role of "Bree Van de Kamp" (now played by Marcia Cross)
----- on "Desperate Housewives" (2004), before auditioning and receiving the role of Edie Britt.
----- In November 2004, spent 1 week in the center of the sports world as a key figure
----- in a controversial skit preceding ABC's "NFL Monday Night Football" (1970)
----- in which she ran supposedly nude into the arms of Philadelphia WR Terrell Owens.
----- Baltimore Bob was watching that night: Week 10 - Nov 15 W 49-21 at Dallas Cowboys.
----- PHI: T.Owens 6-134 & 3 TDs / T.Pinkston 1-59 / D.McNabb 15-28-0-345.
----- The skit was designed to bring viewers to ABC's "Desperate Housewives" (2004),
----- whose next episode posted the show's highest numbers to date.
----- 2008: Latest movie role at age 45 in “Noah's Ark: The New Beginning” (2008)
----- (post-production) (voice) as Zenna.
----- Measurements: 34B-24-35 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).

Brian McNamara (44) 1960
------ Born: Long Island, New York.
------ Spouse: ? (? - present) 2 children - Has two daughters.
------ 1st movie role at age 24 in 'The Flamingo Kid' (1984) as Steve Dawkins.
------ 2nd movie role at age 26 in 'Short Circuit' (1986) as Frank.
------ 4th movie role at age 28 in 'Caddyshack II' (1988) as Todd Young.
------ 6th movie role at age 30 in 'Arachnophobia' (1990) as Chris Collins.
------ 2008: Latest two movie role at age 47 in 'I Know Who Killed Me' (2007)
------ as Fred Toland & 'Lost Signal' (2007) as Carl Nasland.

Cherry Jones (48) 1956
------- Born: Paris, Tennessee.
------- Graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a BFA in Drama.
------- Out of the closet since the beginning of her professional career in 1980,
------- Cherry has been an outspoken advocate for gay rights ever since.
------- She made theatre history on the Tony awards show when she thanked her partner after
------- accepting the 'Best Actress' trophy for 'The Heiress.' Others have since followed suit.
------- A frequent reader of stories on NPR's Selected Shorts radio program.
------- Played the character Pamela Duncan in the Oscar winning movie 'Erin Brockovich' (2000).
------- Movie debut at age 31 in ‘Light of Day’ (1987) as Cindy Montgomery.
------- 2008: Latest movie role at age 49 in ‘Swimmers’ (2005) as Julia Tyler.
------- Won Broadway's 1995 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for a revival of "The Heiress."
------- She won her 2nd Tony in 2005 for ‘Leading Actress in a Play’ for her role as
------- Sister Aloysius in John Patrick Shanley's hit play Doubt, a parable.
------- Cherry Jones (1956) born exact same day as actress Terri Welles (see below).

Terri Welles (48) 1956
-------- Born: Santa Monica, California / Birth Name: Terri Knepper / Height: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
-------- Playboy Playmate of the Month December 1980.
-------- Playboy Playmate of the Year 1981.
-------- Spouse: Charlie Simmer (April 1981 - 1986) (divorced)
-------- Her marriage lasted 5 years just like Baltimore Bobs (April 1st 1995 to July 2000).
-------- In 1998, Welles was sued by Playboy Enterprises for using the term
-------- "Playmate of the Year" on her website.
-------- The courts eventually ruled in her favor, and in 2002 the decision was upheld in appeals court.
-------- 2008: Three movie roles with Movie debut at age 25 in 'Looker' (1981) as Lisa Convey.
-------- At age 37 in ‘The Firm’ (1993) as Woman Dancing with Avery and latest
-------- movie role at age 39 in 'Ballistic’ (1995) as Mrs. Windgate ... aka Fist of Justice (USA).
-------- Described her famous figure this way in 1999; "I used to be 36-25-36, but now they are
-------- 37 or 38, 26-36. And I wear a D cup." (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).
-------- Measurements: 36-24-36 (Source: Playmate Data Sheet).
-------- Terri Welles (1956) born exact same day as actress Cherry Jones (see above).

Lorna Luft (52) 1952
--------- Born: Santa Monica, California / Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m)
--------- The daughter of Judy Garland and producer Sidney Luft, and the half-sister of Liza Minnelli.
--------- According to her autobiography, ‘Me and My Shadows’ (1998),
--------- she and her younger brother Joey Luft lived an idyllic childhood in Bel Air,
--------- oblivious to any problems that may have arisen regarding her mother's ongoing
--------- drug addiction and her parents' marriage.
--------- By the time she was 12, however, her parents were divorced,
--------- and she was forced to face her mother's serious drug problem head-on.
--------- But she stuck with her mother, because she knew that Garland truly loved her children
--------- when not under the influence of the drugs.
--------- She became her mother's care-giver, administering the medication she needed to function,
--------- carefully monitoring the amount she took,
--------- and dealing with her whenever her behavior got out of control.
--------- Eventually, however, she couldn't take it anymore and had a mental breakdown.
--------- As painful as it was for her, she & her brother left her mother & went to live with their father.
--------- Several months later, Garland overdosed and died. Lorna was crushed and guilty,
--------- having a hard time coming to terms with the fact that her mother's death was inevitable,
--------- and would have happened had she been there or not. Lorna soon followed in her mother
--------- and sister's footsteps to a show business career. She became a professional singer,
--------- though never quite reaching the success her mother and sister had in that field.
--------- She also appeared on Broadway in 'Promises, Promises' and 'Snoopy',
--------- in a summer stock production of 'Grease' and in a national tour of 'Guys and Dolls'.
--------- Spouses: Colin Freeman (1996 - present)
--------- Jake Hooker (1977 - 1993) (divorced) 2 children
--------- Her children are Jesse and Vanessa, little Vanessa bears a remarkable resemblance
--------- to her late grandmother Judy Garland.
--------- Recorded 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,' a duet with her late mother,
--------- Judy Garland, implementing the same technology Natalie Cole used in her rendition
--------- of 'Unforgettable' with dad Nat King Cole.
--------- Was a background vocalist for the rock band Blondie on their 1979 album
--------- 'Eat to the Beat' (on the songs 'Slow Motion' and 'Accidents Never Happen').
--------- Unlike Mother Judy Garland, half sister Liza Minnelli and brother Joe Luft,
--------- Lorna has blue eyes. Joe, Liza and Judy have brown eyes.
--------- Movie debut at age 11 in ‘I Could Go on Singing’ (1963) as Extra on boat.
--------- 1st credited movie role at age 20 in ‘Grease 2’ (1982) as Paulette Rebchuck.
--------- Grease 2 starred Michelle Pfeiffer as Stephanie Zinone.
--------- Lorna Luft (1952) born exact same day as actress Deborah Shelton (see below).

Deborah Shelton (52) 1952
---------- Born: Norfolk, Virginia / Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m)
---------- Baltimore Bob was in the US Navy and was stationed down Norfolk in 1971-1972.
---------- Graduated in 1966 from Norview High School.
---------- First runner-up to Miss World USA 1968.
---------- Miss USA 1970 at age 21 First Runner Up to Miss Universe.
---------- Spouse: Shuki Levy (1977 - ?) (divorced) / Daughter, Tamara.
---------- Acted as colour-commentator for the 1991 and 1992 Miss USA Pageants,
---------- and the 1992 Miss World Pageant.
---------- Movie debut at age 24 in ‘Kravges ston anemo’ (1976) (as Debbie Shelton).
---------- Was on ‘Dallas’ (1978) TV Series playing character Mandy Winger (1984-1987).
---------- 2008: Latest movie role at age 54
---------- in ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ (2006) as Donna Carew.
---------- Measurements: 35-24-36 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).
---------- Deborah Shelton (1952) born exact same day as actress Lorna Luft (see above).

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