Happy Birthday RIP Laura “Janet” Gainor(1906–1984) “Carole Lombard”(Jane Peters 1908–1942) ; Britt-Marie Eklund–76 Kevin Cronin–67 Elisabeth Shue–55 Ioan Gruffudd–45 Jeremy Sisto–44 Wesley Ramsey–41 Olivia Thirlby–32 ; 1927 – The era of talking motion pictures began with the opening of “The Jazz Singer” starring Al Jolson, the first prominent talking movie