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Angela Bassett Turns 50!

 
By Essence · Updated October 29, 2020
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Black Hollywood’s legendary leading lady Angela Bassett celebrates her 50th birthday on August 16, 2008.

“I love seeing people who are mature in age and are healthy and vibrant,” she told ESSENCE in January 2006. “You just have to live and laugh—joy looks great on everybody.”