American actress (died 2010)

Jill Clayburgh

Jill Clayburgh was an American actress known for her work in theater, television, and cinema. She received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her breakthrough role in Paul Mazursky's comedy drama An Unmarried Woman (1978). She received a second consecutive Academy Award nomination for Starting Over (1979) as well as four Golden Globe nominations for her film performances, and two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her television work.

Born

1944

April 30

Died

2010

Era

1940s

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1944 Born
2010 Died

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311 The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends.
1305 Roger de Flor, leader of the mercenary Catalan Company, is murdered, leading to widespread pillaging by the mercenaries in Thrace.
1315 Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged at the instigation of Charles, Count of Valois.
1492 Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration. He is named admiral of the ocean sea, viceroy and governor of any territory he discovers.

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The world in 1944

When Jill arrived

april 1 World War II: Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen.
april 10 Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp.
april 16 World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.
april 17 Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People's Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros is murdered.

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Carl Friedrich Gauss 1777–1855 German mathematician and physicist (died 1855) Albrecht von Roon 1803–1879 Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (died 1879) Cloris Leachman 1926–2021 American actress and comedian (died 2021) Eugen Bleuler 1857–1940 Swiss psychiatrist and eugenicist (died 1940) Isiah Thomas 1961– American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster Luigi Russolo 1883– Italian painter and composer (died 1947) Mac DeMarco 1990– Canadian singer-songwriter Paula Ribó 1990– Spanish singer-songwriter and actress

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Al Kooper 1944– American singer-songwriter and producer Al Michaels 1944– American sportscaster Angélica María 1944– American-born Mexican singer-songwriter and actress Anne Robinson 1944– English journalist and game show host António Variações 1944–1984 Portuguese musician (died 1984) Azizan Abdul Razak 1944–2013 Malaysian politician, 10th Menteri Besar of Kedah (died 2013) Ban Ki-moon 1944– South Korean politician and diplomat, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations Barry White 1944–2003 American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1944) Carlos Alberto Torres 1944–2016 Brazilian footballer and manager (died 2016)

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