SPIKE LEE (March 20) is married to Tonya Lewis Lee. He teaches film at a New York film school and encourages his students to listen to the commentary. He has acted in a number of his own films. Most notable are his supporting roles in She’s Gotta Have It, School Daze, and Malcolm X, and his leading role in Do the Right Thing.
MELANIE GRIFFITH (August 9) began work at just 9 months old in a commercial and later became an extra on Smith! (1969) and The Harrad Experiment (1973). Her first major role was in Arthur Penn’s Night Moves (1975), which got her attention and typecast her as a sexy nymphet.
STEPHEN FRY (August 24) was presented with an honorary doctorate from the University of Dundee, which named their main Students’ Association bar after one of his novels (‘The Liar Bar’). He has also served a term as Dundee’s Lord Rector, and is patron of Dundee University’s Lip Theatre Company. In 2005, Fry was made honorary president of the Cambridge University Quiz Society, as well as an honorary fellow of Queens’ College, his alma mater.
DONNY OSMOND (December 9) along with David Cassidy were easily the biggest “Cover Boy” pop stars for Tiger Beat magazine in the early 70’s.
Raymond Romano (December 21) is an Emmy Award-winning, American actor and comedian best known for his starring role on the comedy series “Everybody Loves Raymond.”Romano went to Hillcrest High School in Queens and was in the same class as Fran Drescher.
