The co-birthdays of the day...JoBeth Williams
JoBeth Williams (born December 6, 1948) is an American television and film actress and director, and current President of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation.
Williams' first television role was on the Boston-produced first-run syndicated children's television series Jabberwocky, which debuted in 1974. Her character was named, appropriately enough, JoBeth. She joined the "Jabberwocky" cast in season two, replacing the original hostess, Joanne Sopko. The series ran until 1978. She was a regular on two soap operas, playing Carrie Wheeler on Somerset and Brandi Sheloo on Guiding Light. Williams' feature film debut came in 1979's Kramer vs. Kramer as a girlfriend of Dustin Hoffman's character, memorably quizzed by his son after being discovered walking nude to the bathroom.

She is perhaps most recognized for her roles in Stir Crazy (1980) with Gene Wilder and Poltergeist (1982) as suburban housewife Diane Freeling (she reprised her character in the sequel, Poltergeist II: The Other Side, 1986). A year later she was part of the ensemble comedy-drama The Big Chill (1983). This led to her only major starring role in a studio feature film, American Dreamer (1984), opposite Tom Conti.

Williams continued with a number of performances in notable television movies, including the nuclear holocaust film The Day After (1983), Murder Ordained (1987), and My Name is Bill W. (1989). She earned Emmy nominations for starring as real-life characters Reve Walsh (the wife of John Walsh) in the film Adam (1983) and Mary Beth Whitheead in Baby M (1988). She also had an Emmy-nominated guest starring role on Frasier and played Reggie Love in the short-lived TV version of the film The Client.

In 1995 she was nominated for an Academy Award for her 1994 live-action short, On Hope. It was her debut as a director. She appeared on an episode of 24 as Christopher Henderson (Peter Weller)'s wife, Miriam, who literally takes a (non-fatal) bullet for her husband.

She appeared in one episode of the 1998 TV mini-series From the Earth to the Moon as Marge Slayton, the wife of Deke Slayton. The episode is part 11 of the series and titled 'The Original Wives Club.'

She directed the 1994 short film, On Hope, starring Annette O'Toole, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award.

She was elected President of the non-profit SAG Foundation in April 2008.
    * Private Practice (2009) - Bizzy Montgomery (Episode: "Blowups")
    * Sybil (2007) - Hattie
    * The Nine (2006-2007) - Sheryl Kates
    * Fever Pitch (2005) - Maureen Meeks
    * It Came From the Sky - (1999) - Alice Bridges
    * From the Earth to the Moon (1998) - Marge Slayton
    * When Danger Follows You Home - (1997) - Anne Werden
    * Jungle 2 Jungle (1997) - Dr. Patricia Cromwell
    * Wyatt Earp (1994) - Bessie Earp
    * Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992) - Lt. Gwen Harper
    * Dutch (1991) - Natalie
    * Switch (1991) - Margo Brofman
    * My Name is Bill W. (1989) (TV Movie)- Lois (Bernham) Wilson
    * Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) - Diane Freeling
    * Desert Bloom (1986)
    * American Dreamer (1984) - Cathy Palmer/Rebecca Ryan
    * Teachers (1984) - Lisa Hammond
    * The Big Chill (1983) - Karen
    * The Day After (1983) (TV) - Nurse Nancy Bauer
    * Poltergeist (1982) - Diane Freeling
    * Endangered Species (1982) - Harriet Purdue
    * The Dogs of War (1980) - Jesse Shannon
    * Stir Crazy (1980) - Meredith
    * Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) - Phyllis Bernard
    * Jabberwocky (TV Series) (1974) - JoBeth

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And * Judd Apatow
Judd Apatow (born December 6, 1967) is an American film producer, director, and screenwriter. He is well-known for making a distinct series of critically and commercially successful comedy films, including The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, and Funny People. He has also produced films such as Superbad, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Step Brothers and Pineapple Express. He is the founder of Apatow Productions, a film production company that also developed the critically acclaimed cult television series Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared.
After finding little success as a performer himself, Apatow began writing jokes for others including up-and-coming star Roseanne Barr. He appeared on HBO's 15th Annual Young Comedians Special in 1992. In 1990, Apatow met Ben Stiller outside of an Elvis Costello show, and they became friends. In 1992, Apatow produced The Ben Stiller Show for Fox. Although the show was critically acclaimed and earned Apatow and the rest of the writing staff an Emmy Award, Fox canceled the show in 1993. In 1994, Apatow served as consulting producer and staff writer for the animated comedy The Critic, starring Jon Lovitz.

Apatow's manager, Jimmy Miller, introduced him to comedian Garry Shandling, who hired Apatow as a writer and producer for The Larry Sanders Show in 1993. Apatow worked on the show for five years until the show's end in 1998. Apatow credits Garry Shandling as his mentor for influencing him to write comedy that is more character-driven. Apatow earned six Emmy nominations for his work on Larry Sanders.

Apatow was hired to re-write the script for the movie The Cable Guy, which was released in 1996. He expected the film to be a huge success, but it ultimately had a mediocre box office success and poor reviews. It was during the shooting of the film, however, that Apatow met his wife, actress Leslie Mann.

Apatow's next script was entitled Making Amends and had Owen Wilson attached as a man in Alcoholics Anonymous who decides to apologize to everyone he has ever hurt. However, the film was never made. Apatow did an uncredited rewrite of the 1998 Adam Sandler comedy The Wedding Singer.

From 1999 to 2002, he produced the short-lived television series Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared. Both shows received critical acclaim but were canceled after a season because of low ratings; USA Today media critic Susan Wloszczyna called the shows "two of the most acclaimed TV series to ever last only one season".

He additionally wrote and produced 3 TV pilots that were never aired: "North Hollywood", "Sick in the Head" and "Life on Parole" (with Brent Forrester). Apatow has screened and introduced them at "The Other Network", a festival of un-aired TV pilots produced by Un-Cabaret.

He has previously vowed to include a penis in every one of his movies.
2004–2007

In 2004, Apatow produced the hit comedy Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, starring Will Ferrell and directed by Adam McKay, making his first major comedy hit after a string of critically acclaimed, relatively obscure shows. In 2005, he directed and co-wrote the comedy The 40-Year-Old Virgin with Steve Carell, which was nominated for best original screenplay by the Writers Guild of America. The 40-Year-Old Virgin was a sleeper hit, grossing $177,378,645 worldwide and making many critics' Top 10 lists for the year. His film Knocked Up was released in June 2007 to wide critical acclaim. Apatow wrote the initial draft of the film on the set of Talladega Nights. In addition to being a critical success, the film was also a commercial hit, continuing Apatow's newfound mainstream success.

In August 2007, Apatow produced the film Superbad, which was written by Seth Rogen and his writing partner Evan Goldberg. A concept Rogen and Goldberg had created as teens, Apatow convinced Rogen to write the film as a vehicle for himself in 2000. Rogen and Goldberg finished writing the film, but were unable to find a studio interested in producing it. Apatow then enlisted Rogen and Goldberg to write Pineapple Express, a stoner action movie that he felt would be more commercial. After the success of Anchorman and The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Apatow was still unable to sell both Superbad and Pineapple Express; it was only after he produced the commercial hit Talladega Nights that Sony Pictures Entertainment decided to produce both. At this point, Rogen was unable to play the lead for Superbad, as he had grown too old to play the part of Seth. Subsequently, he was cast in a supporting role as a police officer and friend Jonah Hill took his role as the high school student. Apatow credits Rogen for influencing him to make his work more "outrageously dirty." In August 2007, Superbad opened at #1 in the box office to critical acclaim, taking in $33 million in its opening weekend. Industry insiders claimed Apatow was now a brand unto himself, creating movies geared toward older audiences, who would watch his movies even when the films delved into the teen genre.

Discussing the balance his films strike between R-rated vulgarity and a more wholesome sentimentality, Apatow explained his position as, "I like movies that are, you know, uplifting and hopeful...and I like filth!"

He has helped to foster the acting careers of Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, and Jason Segel, and also tends to work with his close friends. He has frequently worked with producer Shauna Robertson, whom he met on the set of Elf. He reunited with Jason Segel and Amy Poehler for the 2001 Fox sitcom pilot, North Hollywood. He tries to keep a low budget on his projects and usually makes his movies about the work itself rather than using big stars. After his success in film, he hired the entire writing staff from Undeclared to write movies for Apatow Productions. He never fires writers and he keeps them on projects through all stages of productions. Apatow is not committed to any specific studio, but his projects are typically set up at Universal and Sony.
2008–2009

Apatow served as producer and writer for the musician biopic spoof Walk Hard starring John C. Reilly and Jenna Fischer, which was released in December 2007. While the film received positive reviews, it was a commercial failure, having only made back half of its budget. More recently, he served as producer for Drillbit Taylor starring Owen Wilson and his wife Leslie Mann and written by Seth Rogen, which opened in March 2008 to mostly negative reviews. For the rest of 2008, he produced the films Forgetting Sarah Marshall starring former Freaks and Geeks star Jason Segel and former Veronica Mars star Kristen Bell; Step Brothers, which reunites Talladega Nights co-stars Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly; and Pineapple Express starring Seth Rogen and James Franco, both of whom starred on Freaks and Geeks. In addition, he served as co-writer for the Adam Sandler starrer You Don't Mess with the Zohan, which Sandler and Robert Smigel also co-wrote.

Apatow served as producer for the Harold Ramis-directed biblical comedy Year One, starring Jack Black and Superbad star Michael Cera, which was released June 19, 2009 to negative reviews. He released his third directorial feature on July 31 that same year, titled Funny People. He wrote the film by himself, and it starred Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen as a pair of standup comedians, one of whom has a terminal illness. Other co-stars included his wife Leslie Mann and Eric Bana, who was a stand up comedian in Australia before appearing in American films. The film contained more dramatic elements than Apatow's previous directorial efforts.

New York Magazine noted that Mike White ... was "disenchanted" by Apatow's later films, "objecting to the treatment of women and gay men in Apatow's recent movies", saying of Knocked Up, "At some point it starts feeling like comedy of the bullies, rather than the bullied."

Apatow has claimed to strive to avoid marginalizing women in his work and to develop authentic female characters. Following many of these accusations, in a highly publicized Vanity Fair interview, lead actress Katherine Heigl admitted that though she enjoyed working with Apatow, she had a hard time enjoying Knocked Up itself, calling the movie, "a little sexist," claiming that the film "paints the women as shrews, as humorless and uptight." In response to accusations of sexism, Apatow did not initially deny the validity of such accusations, saying flippantly, "I'm just shocked she used the word 'shrew.' I mean, what is this, the sixteen-hundreds?"
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