DATE OF BIRTH

05.26.1949

BEST KNOWN FOR

ACTRESS NOTABLE FOR HER WORK ON A STRING OF WOMEN IN PRISON AND BLAXPLOITATION FILMS, LIKE THE BIG BIRD CAGE, COFFY, FOXY BROWN AND SHEBA BABY; LATER STARRED IN QUENTIN TARANTINO'S FILM JACKIE BROWN

OTHER LIVING 71 YEAR OLDS

tom waits

meryl streep

victor garber

gates mcfadden

steve cohen

NOTABLE DEATHS AT 71

erich von stroheim

george carlin

peter boyle

bob hoskins

john tyler