American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter

Illeana Douglas

Illeana Hesselberg, known professionally as Illeana Douglas, is an American actress and filmmaker. Following her screen debut with a small part in Hello Again (1987), she went on to appear in a variety of mainstream and independent features throughout the 1990s, such as Goodfellas (1990), Cape Fear (1991), Alive (1993), To Die For (1995), Grace of My Heart (1996), Chasing Amy, Picture Perfect, Happy, Texas; Message in a Bottle; and Stir of Echoes. Her other credits include The Next Best Thing (2000), Ghost World (2001), Dummy (2002), Factory Girl (2006), She's Funny That Way (2014), and Return to Sender (2015).

Born

1965

July 25

Died

Living

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1960s

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1965 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

306 Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops.
315 The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge.
677 Climax of the Siege of Thessalonica by the Slavs in a three-day assault on the city walls.
864 The Edict of Pistres of Charles the Bald orders defensive measures against the Vikings.

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The world in 1965

When Illeana arrived

april 11 The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965: Fifty-five tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states of the United States, killing 266 people.
april 21 The 1964–1965 New York World's Fair opens for its second and final season.
april 24 Civil war breaks out in the Dominican Republic when Colonel Francisco Caamaño overthrows the triumvirate that had been in power since the coup d'état against Juan Bosch.
april 28 United States occupation of the Dominican Republic: American troops land in the Dominican Republic to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship" and to evacuate US Army troops.

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Ahmed Tantawi 1979– Egyptian politician and journalist Alvin Kamara 1995– American football player Annastacia Palaszczuk 1969– Australian politician, 39th Premier of Queensland Bill Bowes 1908–1987 English cricketer (died 1987) Bryce Young 2001– American football player Emmett Till 1941–1955 African-American kidnapping and lynching victim (born 1941) Josephine Tey 1896–1952 Scottish author and playwright (born 1896) Justice Howard 1960– American photographer Larry Sherry 1935–2006 American baseball player and coach (born 1935)

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Dmitry Medvedev 1965– Russia businessperson 2 Cold Scorpio 1965– American wrestler Andrew Stanton 1965– American voice actor, director, producer, screenwriter Annie Duke 1965– American poker player and author Aravinda de Silva 1965– Sri Lankan cricketer Claude Lemieux 1965– Canadian ice hockey player Craig Biggio 1965– American baseball player and coach David Miliband 1965– English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Dennis Lehane 1965– American author, screenwriter, and producer

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