Born on this day

Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), June 20, 2009

1906: Catherine Cookson (deceased).

British novelist.

1909: Errol Flynn (deceased). Australianborn, American film actor. President Carter was an honorary member of the Errol Flynn Fan Club. Ex-Neighbours star Guy Pearce played Errol Flynn in the film Flynn - a biography of his life.

1931: Martin Landau. American actor, whose films include The X-Files, Ed Wood, Silver and Cleopatra.

1942: Brian Wilson. Singer/songwriter with The Beach Boys, whose hits include Good Vibrations.

1949: Lionel Richie.

Singer/songwriter, whose hits include My Destiny and Hello. Every year between 1978 and 1987 Lionel Richie wrote at least one hit that reached number one in the USA.

1967: Nicole Kidman.

Australianborn, Oscar-winning actress, whose films include The Hours and Moulin Rouge. Former wife of Tom Cruise. Now married to country singer Keith Urban.

1988: Shefali Chowdury. British actress, who played Parvati Patil in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

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AUTHOR: Catherine Cookson