Source: Good News Network
Happy Birthday to Kristin Chenoweth, renowned actress and singer of Broadway and films, who turns 50 today. She won a Tony Award for her performance as Sally in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. She originated the role of Glinda in the musical Wicked, was often seen on Sesame Street, and won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a comedy series for her role in Pushing Daisies.
The Oklahoma girl studied opera at the local university before deciding to pursue a career in musical theatre. She’s currently starring in the new NBC comedy “Trial and Error.
” WATCH her talk about turning 50, and what her pal Prince told her about getting old… (1968)On the search for a special man in her life, Chenoweth told PEOPLE, “All I need them to have is a job… and teeth. That’s it.” (Photo by Drama League, CC)
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MORE Good News on this Day:
- Brigham Young led 148 Mormons fleeing from religious persecution into Salt Lake Valley—and following 17 months of travel, they established Salt Lake City (1847)
- The Pact of Paris went into effect as an international treaty “providing for the renunciation of war…
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