Lauren Tewes, who played Julie McCoy, the original Cruise Director aboard hit 1970s US television show The Love Boat, celebrated her 60th birthday in Brisbane yesterday. Tewes boarded Princess Cruises’ Sea Princess in Brisbane for a special birthday party attended by long-time fans of the hit program and Carnival Australia ceo Ann Sherry. Together, Sherry and The Love Boat fans unveiled a gigantic 60 for Lauren along with a equally large birthday cake shaped like the Sea Princess itself. Birthday girl Lauren Tewes is pictured above with Carnival Australia ceo Ann Sherry.