American actress and producer

Jenna Elfman

Jenna Elfman is an American actress. She is best known for her leading role as Dharma on the ABC sitcom Dharma & Greg (1997–2002), for which she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy in 1999, and three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. After making her film debut in Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), she appeared in Krippendorf's Tribe (1998), Dr. Dolittle (1998), EDtv (1999), Keeping the Faith (2000), Town & Country (2001), Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004), and Big Stone Gap (2014).

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1971

September 30

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1970s

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1971 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

489 The Ostrogoths under Theoderic the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time.
737 The Turgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal, follow them south of the Oxus, and capture their baggage train.
1139 A magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes the Caucasus mountains in the Seljuk Empire, causing mass destruction and killing up to 300,000 people.
1342 Battle of Morlaix is fought in the Hundred Years' War.

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The world in 1971

When Jenna arrived

april 1 Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacre more than a thousand people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh.
april 17 The Provisional Government of Bangladesh is formed.
april 19 Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president.
april 19 Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on September 30

Arkady Ostashev 1925–1998 Soviet/Russian scientist and engineer (born 1925) Barry Marshall 1951– Australian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Cissy Houston 1933–2024 American singer (born 1933) Edgar Parin d'Aulaire 1898– German-American author and illustrator (died 1986) Frankie Lymon 1942–1968 American singer-songwriter (born 1942) Martin Guptill 1986– New Zealand cricketer Shintaro Ishihara 1932– Japanese author, playwright, and politician, Governor of Tokyo (died 2022)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1971

Elon Musk 1971– South African-born American entrepreneur Adam Gilchrist 1971– Australian cricketer and sportscaster Ajith Kumar 1971– Indian actor and race car driver Besnik Hasi 1971– Kosovo Albanian football manager and former player Carla Gugino 1971– American actress Chris Hardwick 1971– American comedian, actor, producer, and television host Corin Nemec 1971– American actor, producer and screenwriter Dannii Minogue 1971– Australian singer-songwriter and actress David Arquette 1971– American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and wrestler

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