By Nicole Bernard
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Jenna Elfman (born September 30, 1971) is a US 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 has 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).
Elfman has also played leading roles on other television comedies, including Courting Alex (2006), Accidentally on Purpose (2009–2010), 1600 Penn (2012–2013), Growing Up Fisher (2014), and Imaginary Mary (2017). She also had a recurring role on the FX legal drama Damages in 2012, and has been a series regular on the AMC horror drama series Fear the Walking Dead since 2018.
Elfman’s paternal uncle is Tony Butala, lead singer of the American vocal trio The Lettermen since 1958. She is of Croatian ancestry on her father’s side and was raised Roman Catholic.
TODAY’S ALAMANAC
Question of the Day
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
(Blank) ventured (Blank) gained. (What’s the saying? Fill in the blanks!)
1) Nothing 2) nothing
Born
- William Wrigley, Jr. (manufacturer) –
- Lester Maddox (politician) –
- Buddy Rich (drummer & bandleader) –
- Deborah Kerr (actress) –
- Truman Capote (author) –
- Elie Wiesel (author) –
- Angie Dickinson (actress) –
- Johnny Mathis (singer) –
- Z. Z. Hill (blues musician) –
- Marilyn McCoo (singer) –
- Fran Drescher (actress) –
- Eric Stoltz (actor) –
- Monica Belluci (actress) –
- Jenna Elfman (actress) –
- Martina Hingis (tennis player) –
- Dominique Moceanu (American gymnast) –
- Kieran Culkin (actor) –
- Lacey Chabert (actress) –
Died
- Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt (U.S. First Lady) –
- James Dean (actor) –
- Lina Basquette (actress) –
- Monty Hall (game show host) –
Events
- Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin opened at the Colonial Theater in Boston, Massachusetts–
- U.S. Navy’s first nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus, is commissioned at Groton, Connecticut–
- The Flintstones made its television debut–
- Alouette 1 satellite ceased activity after 10 years–
- Cheers, the place where everyone knows your name, debuted on television–
- John Lennon was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame–
Weather
- Kilkenny, New Hampshire, near the Canadian border, received 6 inches of snow–
- 108 degrees F at Wichita Falls, Texas–
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