Joan Plowright (1929–2025), Enchanted April actress

Dame Joan Plowright was an English actress who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in 1992’s “Enchanted April.”

Edward Bleier (1929–2023), brought Looney Tunes to TV 

Edward Bleier was a former Warner Bros. executive and past president who introduced Looney Tunes to television, and who later helped pioneer cable television services and special interest channels. 

Sid Jacobson (1929–2022), Richie Rich writer and Frankie Avalon songwriter

Sid Jacobson was a writer and songwriter who wrote titles for Harvey Comics including Richie Rich and Flash Gordon.

Autherine Lucy Foster (1929–2022), first Black student at the University of Alabama

Autherine Lucy Foster was an icon of the civil rights movement as the first Black student to attend the University of Alabama.

Joe Sirola (1929–2019), “The King of the Voice-Overs”

Character actor played Freddy Fleet on “The Andy Griffith Show.”

Ursula K. Le Guin (1929 – 2018), Grand Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy

Beloved author of Earthsea and The Left Hand of Darkness...

Richard Gordon (1929 – 2017), Apollo 12 astronaut

Flew around the moon for the Apollo 12 mission…

Bud Spencer (1929 - 2016), Italian actor in spaghetti westerns

Bud Spencer, an Italian actor who starred in many spaghetti Western films, died June 27, 2016, according to multiple news sources. He was 86.

Moses Gunn: Five Great Roles

Moses Gunn was an award-winning actor on stage and screen. In the 1960s he helped expand opportunities for African-American actors when he co-founded the Negro Ensemble Company, which boasts among its alumni notables like Denzel Washington, , , and . In his own career, he played iconic roles both big and small, earning an Obie, or Off-Broadway Theater Award, and an NAACP Image Award, as well as nominations for a Tony and an Emmy. From Othello on Broadway to beloved sitcoms like The Cosby Show , Gunn was always a star. Here are a few of our favorite Moses Gunn roles.