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Arguably one of the greatest actors of his generation, this Mount Vernon, New York native is considered an American cultural icon. Born on December 28, 1954, he would start his career by earning a BA in Drama and Journalism from Fordham University in 1977.
Then enrolling at the Lincoln Center campus to study acting. He then attended graduate school at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, California, where he stayed for one year before returning to New York to begin his legendary professional acting career.
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Born September 21, 1950, in Evanston, Illinois, this unique actor, comedian, filmmaker, and writer would go on to star in many American comedy classics. During his teen years, he was the lead singer of a rock band called the Dutch Masters and took part in high school and community theater.
He would attend and quickly drop out of, Regis University in Denver, Colorado he would get his break, with the help of his brother, joining an improvisational comedy troupe.
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This excitable and eccentric actor and filmmaker, born on January 7, 1964, in Long Beach, California, would amass a somewhat eclectic filmography unlike any of his peers. He aspired to act from an early age and also attended UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. His first non-cinematic acting experience was in a school production of Golden Boy.
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Let’s finish with quite a few strings to her bow. This media executive, actress, talk show host, television producer, and philanthropist was born on January 29, 1954, to a poverty stricken teenage single mother in the town of Kosciusko in rural Mississippi. Hosting the highest-rated television program of its kind in history, which ran in national syndication for 25 years from 1986 to 2011.
She was the richest African American of the 20th century and North America’s first black multi-billionaire, and she has been ranked the greatest black philanthropist in American history.
Let’s see if you can hit that sweet sixteen with our last offering…..
