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2 December 2009 7:00 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Your cinematic birthdays for 12/02. If it's your big day, let us know.

Steven, Lucy and Warren

1894 Warren William, charming snake, pre-code movie star who was often paired with formidable actresses like Claudette Colbert (Imitation of Life, Cleopatra), Joan Blondell (Gold Diggers of 1933, Stage Struck) and Bette Davis (Three on a Match, Satan Met a Lady)

1914 Ray Walston, the Damn Yankees! devil had a lengthy career on screens small and large

1914 Adolph Green, musical giant of 'Comden & Green' fame. I can't even begin to choose a favorite song by that duo. Plus they wrote the screenplay to Singin' in the Rain!

1923 Maria Callas, La Divina. Fanny Ardant recently played her in Callas Forever. The next actress who'll have a go at her is Eva Mendes in Greek Fire

1925 Julie Harris was Oscar nominated for her film debut (The Member of the Wedding), co-starred with James Dean (East of Eden) and »

- NATHANIEL R

24 September 2009 5:04 PM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

Hollywood publicist Frank Liberman, longtime rep for Bob Hope and Phyllis Diller, has died at age 92.

Lieberman worked in the industry for seven decades, representing stars such as Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, William Shatner, Tony Bennett, Jack Paar, Joan Blondell and Joey Bishop. But it was his decades-long relationships with Hope, and later Diller, that defined his career.

Diller told the Los Angeles Times that Liberman was a "gentle man" with a "marve... »

- Glenn Abel

2 articles from 2009