Morgan Freeman was born on 1 June 1937 in Memphis. An American actor and producer from Memphis, Tennessee, Freeman worked in theatre and on the children's television series The Electric Company before achieving film fame in his fifties. He earned Oscar nominations for Street Smart, Driving Miss Daisy and The Shawshank Redemption, in which he played the prison inmate Red, and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Million Dollar Baby in 2005. Other notable roles include Glory, Se7en, Invictus, in which he portrayed Nelson Mandela, and the god figure in Bruce Almighty. His calm, resonant voice has made him a favoured narrator, notably in the documentary March of the Penguins.
Before and after
- 12 May 1937Coronation of George VI and Elizabeth
- 15 May 1937Birth of Madeleine Albright
- 28 May 1937Founding of Volkswagen
- 28 May 1937Construction of Golden Gate Bridge
- 1 June 1937Birth of Morgan Freeman
- 4 June 1937Battle of Pochonbo
- 13 June 1937Construction of Stade Vélodrome
- 23 June 1937Birth of Martti Ahtisaari
- from July 1937 to April 1945Construction of Buchenwald concentration camp
More in Art, literature & culture
- 1918Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy i slava, i volia
- 1920Christ the Redeemer
- 1932Rise of socialist realism
- 21 September 1937Publication of The Hobbit
- c. 1940sRise of abstract expressionism
- 15 January 1943Construction of The Pentagon
The era
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