By Lady Williamson
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Parker Christian Posey (born November 8, 1968) is an American actress and musician. Posey is the recipient of a Golden Globe Award nomination, a Satellite Award nomination and two Independent Spirit Award nominations.
Posey made her film debut in Joey Breaker (1993). Following small roles in Coneheads and the cult classic Dazed and Confused (both also 1993), she was labeled “Queen of the Indies” for starring in a succession of independent films throughout the 1990s, such as Sleep with Me (1994), Frisk, Party Girl, The Doom Generation, and Kicking and Screaming (all 1995), and The Daytrippers (1996). Her other notable film appearances include You’ve Got Mail (1998), Scream 3 (2000), Blade: Trinity (2004), Superman Returns (2006), Irrational Man (2015), Café Society (2016), and Beau is Afraid (2023). She frequently works with Christopher Guest and has appeared in several of his mockumentaries: Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), For Your Consideration (2006), and Mascots (2016).
Outside of film, Posey starred in the television movie Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay (2002) and has guest-starred on numerous series, such as Futurama (2000), The Simpsons (2000), Will & Grace (2001), Boston Legal (2006), Parks and Recreation (2011), The Good Wife (2011–12), Louie (2012), Inside Amy Schumer (2014), and Search Party (2016). From 2018 to 2021, she starred as Dr. Smith on the Netflix series Lost in Space.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Born
- Edmond Halley (English astronomer) –
- John Dickinson (lawyer) –
- Milton Bradley (manufacturer) –
- Bram Stoker (author) –
- Dorothy Day (reformer) –
- Margaret Mitchell (novelist) –
- Patti Page (singer) –
- Bonnie Raitt (singer) –
- Alfre Woodard (actress) –
- Gordon Ramsay (chef) –
- Courtney Thorne-Smith (actress) –
- Parker Posey (actress) –
Died
- John Milton (poet) –
- Norman Rockwell (artist) –
- Bil Keane (cartoonist; creator of comic strip Family Circus) –
- Alex Trebek (game show host) –
Events
- Abraham Lincoln reelected as U.S. president–
- Montana was admitted to the Union as the 41st state–
- X-rays discovered by German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen–
- William M. Frost’s electric insect destroyer patented–
- John F. Kennedy became the first Catholic to be elected president of the U.S.–
- The Royal Canadian Mint was ordered to change the 12-sided nickel back to a round shape–
- George H. W. Bush was elected president of the U.S.–
Weather
- First storm warning by US Signal Corps weather service issued for Great Lakes area by Prof. Increase Lapham of Milwaukee–
- One million Thanksgiving turkeys were smothered in two feet of snow in a South Dakota storm–
- Tropical Storm Gordon started today and slammed into Florida and Haiti as it was growing into a full-fledged hurricane–
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