7/26 Birthdays - Helen Mirren, Kevin Spacey

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Posted: 7/27/03 at 12:08am

George Bernard Shaw 07/26/1856 Writer, Source Material, Director – MRS. WARREN’S PROFESSION; PYGMALIAN; CAESAR & CLEOPATRA; MAJOR BARBARA; THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER; SAINT JOAN; HEARTBREAK HOUSE; YOU NEVER CAN TELL;

Aldous Huxley 07/26/1894 source material, writer – THE GIOCONDA SMILE; THE DEVILS; books BRAVE NEW WORLD

Gracie Allen 07/26/1895 (NYT says 1905) George Burns’ wife, Vaudeville, radio, television and stage actress, source material – GOODNIGHT GRACIE

Herbert Fields 07/26/1897 writer, dir., performer, son of Lew Fields, brother of Joseph & Dorothy – HIT THE DECK; 50 MILLION FRENCHMEN; DU BARRY WAS A LADY; PANAMA HATTI; UP IN CENTRAL PARK; KISS ME KATE; BY THE BEAUTIFUL SEA; RED HEAD; I HAD A BALL

Vivian Vance 07/26/1909 performer – ANYTHING GOES; RED, HOT & BLUE; SKYLARK (Gertrude Lawrence); MY DAUGHTER, YOUR SON (Dody Goodman, Robert Alda); tv’s (''I Love Lucy'')

Paula Bauersmith 07/26/1909 1918 performer – origs LET FREEDOM RING (Will Geer, Tom Ewell); SAIL AWAY; BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S; 1950 20th CENTURY (Jose Ferrer, Gloria Swanson, Werner Klemperer (1st time I saw FORBIDDEN BWAY at STEVE MCGRAW’S was w/Werner, could be a lot of fun, love his widow, actress Kim Hamilton)

Marjorie Lord 07/16/1918 performer - The Danny Thomas Show (I loved this show, thought this was how families really were, duuhh)

Virginia Gilmore 07/26/1919 performer Yul Brynner’s ex – CRITIC’S CHOICE (Henry Fonda)

Jacqueline Babbin 07/26/1921 producer – RING AROUND THE BATHTUB (Eliz Ashley, Carol Kane, Richard Mulligan)

Jean Shepherd 07/26/1921 performer Lois Nettleton’s ex – NEW FACES OF ‘62

Blake Edwards 07/26/1922 producer/dir. – VICTOR/VICTORIA; film’s PINK PANTHER; 10; VICTOR/VICTORIA; BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY; DAYS OF WINE & ROSES; PETER GUNN

Jason Robards Jr. 07/26/1922 performer Obie Award Winner son of actor Jason Robards Sr., Lauren Bacall’s ex, father of Jake & Sam – DISENCHANTED; 1000 CLOWNS; TOYS IN THE ATTIC; COUNTRY GIRL; ICEMAN COMETH; NO MAN’S LAND; film’s PHILADELPHIA; ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN; ST. VALENTINE’S DAY MASSACRE

Stanley Kubrick 07/26/1928 director -2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY; SPARTACUS; DR. STRANGELOVE; THE SHINING; A CLOCKWORKORANGE; LOLITA; PATHS OF GLORY

Barbara Jefford 07/26/1930 performer – TIGER AT THE GATES (Michael Redgrave, written by Jean Giraudoux); 1959 12th NIGHT (Joss Ackland, Judi Dench)

Darlene Love 07/26/1941 performer – origs. LEADER OF THE PACK; CARRIE

Santo Loquasto 07/26/1944 designer – BOOM BOOM ROOM; DOLL’S HOUSE (Liv Ullman, Sam Waterston, Judith Light); MISS MARGARIDA’S WAY; KING OF HEARTS; SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN; RAGTIME; 1995 MONTH IN THE COUNTRY; 2003 LONG DAY’S JOURNEY

Helen Mirren 07/26/1945 (Ilyena Lydia Mironoff, decended fr Russian nobility) performer – 1995 MONTH IN THE COUNTRY (F. Murray Abraham, Ron Rifkin, ; DANCE OF DEATH (Ian McKellen); tv’s Prime Suspect, The Hawk, White Knights; has been described as “the ultimate thinking man's sex symbol”

Kevin Spacey 07/26/1959 performer, known as Kevin Fowler at Juilliard – GHOSTS (Liv Ullman); LONG DAYS JOURNEY; LOST IN YONKERS; ICEMAN COMETH; Oscars: American Beauty [1999]; Academy Award-winning supporting actor: The Usual Suspects [1995]; Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, L.A. Confidential


ON THIS DAY IN:

1952 Argentina's first lady, Eva Peron, died in Buenos Aires at age 33.

(sources: IBDB, NYT On This Day, & 440.com’s Those Were The Days)

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