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What happened in history on this day: December 11?
On December 11 in ...
- 1909 - Colored moving pictures demonstrated at Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York.
- 1991 - TriStar releases the film Hook to theaters.
- 1992 - Columbia releases the film A Few Good Men to theaters.
- 1998 - Miramax releases the film Shakespeare in Love to theaters.
Births on December 11
- 1874 - Birth of Paul Wegener; German actor/director (Student of Prag).
- 1894 - Birth of Eddie Dowling in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA; composer, actor (Anywhere USA).
- 1905 - Birth of Gilbert Roland [Luis Alonso] in Juarez, México; actor (Juarez, Barbarosa).
- 1913 - Birth of Carlo Ponti in Milan, Italy; married to Sophia Loren/director (Two Women).
- 1913 - Birth of Jean Marais in Cherbourgh, France; actor (Eternal Return, Beauty and the Beast, The Storm Within, Donkey Skin, Orpheus, Stealing Beauty - 1996).
- 1915 - Birth of Anna Graeve AKA Anna van Beers in Amsterdam, Netherlands; actress (A Woman like Eve).
- 1920 - Birth of Eddy Firestone in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Eddy - Mixed Doubles).
- 1923 - Birth of Betsy Blair; actress (Marty).
- 1924 - Birth of Marie Windsor [Emily Marie Bertelson] in Utah, USA; actress (Double Deal).
- 1930 - Birth of Jean-Louis Trintignant in France; actor/director (Man and a Woman, Z).
- 1931 - Birth of Richard Devon in Glendale, California, USA; actor (Battle of Blood Island, Richard Diamond Private Detective, The Rifleman).
- 1931 - Birth of Rita Moreno AKA Rosa Dolores Alverio in Humacao, Puerto Rico; actress (West Side Story, Oz, Muppet Show, Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego).
- 1932 - Birth of Anne Heywood [Violet Pretty] in Handsworth, England; Miss Great Britain (1949)/actress (Midas Run, I Want What I Want, Good Luck Miss Wyckoff).
- 1932 - Birth of Wynn Irwin in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Lotsa Luck, Sugar Time, Hart to Hart).
- 1934 - Birth of Ron Carey in Newark, New Jersey, USA; actor (Barney Miller, Montefuscos, High Anxiety).
- 1935 - Birth of Femke Boersma; Dutch actress (Verjaring, Pastorale 1943).
- 1936 - Birth of Tom Fuccello in Newark, New Jersey, USA; actor (Dave - Dallas).
- 1940 - Birth of Patrick Tovatt in Garrett Ridge, Colorado, USA; actor (Cal - As the World Turns).
- 1942 - Birth of Donna Mills in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Knots Landing, Incident).
- 1944 - Birth of Teri Garr in Lakewood, Ohio, USA; actress (Mr Mom, Young Frankenstein, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Women of the House, Good Advice).
- 1944 - Birth of Lynda Day George in San Marcos, Texas, USA; actress (Casey - Mission Impossible, Once an Eagle, Silent Force).
- 1947 - Birth of Tom Fuccello in Newark, New Jersey, USA; actor (Dave - Dallas).
- 1948 - Birth of Elizabeth Baur in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Fran - Ironside, Teresa - Lancer).
- 1952 - Birth of Susan Seidelman; director (Desperately Seeking Susan).
- 1953 - Birth of Bess Armstrong in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actress (Julia - On Our Own, Four Seasons, Jaws, My So-Called Life, Married People, All is Forgiven).
- 1953 - Birth of Ken Wahl; actor (Wanderers, Wise Guys).
- 1953 - Birth of Peter Isacksen in Dover, New Hampshire, USA; actor (CPO Sharkey, Jessie).
- 1959 - Birth of Tina Gayle in Frankfurt, German Federal Republic; Cowboy cheerleader/actress (Kathy - Chips).
- 1963 - Birth of Mark Alalmo; actor (Avenging Force).
- 1966 - Birth of Gary Dourdan; actor (CSI, A Different World).
- 1968 - Birth of Mo'Nique; actress-comedian (The Parkers).
- 1973 - Birth of Mos Def; rapper, actor (You Take the Kids, Chappelle's Show).
- 1979 - Birth of Rider Strong; American actor (Boy Meets World, Pepper Dennis).
- 1980 - Birth of Rider Strong in San Francisco, California; actor (Shawn Hunter - Boy Meets World).
Deaths on December 11
- 1964 - Percy Kilbride, actor (Ma and Pa Kettle), dies at age 76.
- 1967 - Howard Freeman, actor (Double Dynamite), dies after illness, in New York City, New York.
- 1974 - Death of Reed Hadley at age 63 from a heart attack; actor (Red Ryder on radio, Racket Squad TV show, Public Defender, The Texan).
- 1979 - Death of Claire Carleton at age 66 of cancer in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Alice - Cimarron City TV show, Wagon Train, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, M-Squad, Jack Benny Show).
- 1986 - Paul Keenan, actor (Summer Fantasy), dies at age 30.
- 1991 - Death of Robert Q Lewis at age 70 of emphysema; comic/host/panellist (To Tell the Truth, RQL Show, Horn and Hardardt Children's Hour radio show).
- 1992 - Michael Robbins, actor (Lunch Hour, On the Buses), dies at age 62.
- 1992 - Vilma Banky, silent film actress (Eagle, Rebel), dies at about age 90.
- 1993 - Eliva "Elvire" Popesco, Romanian/French actress (Le roi), dies at age 99.
- 1995 - Death of John Heawood at age 75; actor, singer/choreographer (Pleasure Garden).
- 1996 - William George Rushton, English actor (TW3)/author/cartoonist, dies at age 59 (born 1937).
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