Happy Birthday RIP Laura “Janet” Gainor(1906–1984) “Carole Lombard”(Jane Peters 1908–1942) ; Britt-Marie Eklund–82 Kevin Cronin–73 Elisabeth Shue–61 Ioan Gruffudd–51 Jeremy Sisto–50 Wesley Ramsey–47 Olivia Thirlby–38 ; 1927 – The era of talking motion pictures began with the opening of “The Jazz Singer” starring Al Jolson, the first prominent talking movie