* 1955 – Rob Epstein, American filmmaker and journalist

* 1955 – Keith Hunter Jesperson, Canadian serial killer

* 1955 – Cathy Jones, Canadian comedian

* 1955 – Blind Mississippi Morris, American blues musician

* 1955 – Michael Rooker, American actor

* 1955 – The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.

* 1955 – Nicolas Hulot, French journalist

* 1955 – Dimitra Liani, Greek air hostess, widow of Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou

* 1955 – Robert Richardson, American cinematographer

* 1955 – Diana Scarwid, American actress

* 1956 – After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.

* 1868 – Paul Claudel, French poet ( d. 1955 )

* 1881 – Alexander Fleming, Scottish scientist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1955 )

* 1955 – Gregory Bryant-Bey, American convicted murderer ( d. 2008 )

* 1955 – Rusty Magee, American composer ( d. 2003 )

* 1955 – Peter Schmuck, American columnist

* 1955 – John E. Sweeney, American politician

* 1955 – Keith Ahlers, English race car driver

* 1955 – Hideo Fukuyama, Japanese race car driver

* 1955 – Paul Greengrass, English director

* 1865 – John Radecki, Australian artist ( d. 1955 )

* 1955 – Caleb Carr, American author and historian

* 1955 – Tim Dunigan, American actor

* 1955 – Tony Godden, English footballer

He was married three times – Jean Enfield ( one daughter Mary Raymer, marriage ended in divorce in 1955 ), Laura Rae Araujo ( married in Mexico April 6, 1957, two daughters Michelle Beuttel and Katrina, divorced in Los Angeles June 1969 ).

Famous examples include Tristes Tropiques ( 1955 ) by Claude Lévi-Strauss, The High Valley by Kenneth Read, and The Savage and the Innocent by David Maybury-Lewis, as well as the mildly fictionalized Return to Laughter by Elenore Smith Bowen ( Laura Bohannan ).

* Simon and Laura ( 1955 )

One category on the Revlon Category Board was " Jazz ", and within months of the premiere Columbia Records issued a 1955 album of various jazz artists under the tie-in title $ 64, 000 Jazz ( CL 777, also EP B-777 ), with the following tracks: " The Shrike " ( Pete Rugolo ), " Perdido " ( J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding ), " Laura " ( Erroll Garner ), " Honeysuckle Rose " ( Benny Goodman ), " Tawny " ( Woody Herman ), " One O ' Clock Jump " ( Harry James ), " How Hi the Fi " ( Buck Clayton ), " I'm Comin ', Virginia " ( Eddie Condon ), " A Fine Romance " ( Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond ), " I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart " ( Duke Ellington ) and " Ain't Misbehavin '" ( Louis Armstrong ).

Originally, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal was awarded every five years, 6 prizes between 1955 and 1980.

* Simon and Laura ( 1955 )

* Simon and Laura ( 1955 )

* Simon and Laura ( 1955 )

In 1950, Jean Simmons had her replaced on So Long at the Fair, and Kay Kendall unsuccessfully attempted to do the same with Simon and Laura in 1955.

* Simon and Laura ( 1955 )

On December 24, 1961 ( birth year revised to 1955 ) Laura was born to Professor Gordon Gray and his former student, Dr. Lesley Williams ( Denise Alexander ), who believed that her baby had died at birth.

They had one son, Rupert Palmer Colomb ( 1868 – 1955 ), and two daughters, Laura Olivia and Gwendaline Rose Emily.

* Simon and Laura ( 1955 )

She began acting in the mid-1950s with bit parts in films including Simon and Laura ( 1955 ) and Three Men in a Boat ( 1956 ).

His film credits include: Caesar and Cleopatra ( 1945 ), The Rake's Progress ( 1945 ), Brighton Rock ( 1947 ), Calling Paul Temple ( 1948 ), Spaceways ( 1953 ), Simon and Laura ( 1955 ), A Jolly Bad Fellow ( 1964 ), and Tomorrow at Ten ( 1964 ) amongst others.

* Simon and Laura ( 1955 )

* Escuela de música .... Laura Galván ( 1955 )