Celebrity Birthdays, Events & Thoughts
Celebrity Birthdays, Events & Thoughts
#0Celebrity Birthdays, Events & Thoughts
Posted: 7/10/03 at 11:47am
Marcel Proust 07/10/1871 author, source material – MARCEL PROUST REMEMBERED (ballet based on THE REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST); MY LIFE WITH ALBERTINE
Noble Sissle 07/10/1889 Writer, Lyricist, Composer, Director, Designer, Performer – SUFFLE ALONG 1933; EUBIE; BUBBLING BROWN SUGAR; SALLY MARR
Jimmy McHugh 07/10/1894 lyricist, composer – BLACKBIRDS OF 1928; AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’; SUGAR BABIES; PERFECTLY FRANK; NEVER GONNA DANCE
John Gilbert 07/10/1899 performer – silent movie star, almost made it to the alter w/Garbo, but she stood him up; MERRY WIDOW
Mitchell Parish 07/10/1900 lyricist, performer– EARL CARROL’S VANITIES; STARDUST (Michele Bautier debut, Maureen Brennan; Andre de Shields, Jason Graae)
Paul Vincent Carroll 07/10/1900 author – THE WAYWARD SAINT (Paul Lukas)
Evelyn Laye 07/10/1900 performer , author Wife of Frank Lawton (1934 - 1969) his death; Wife of Sonnie Hale (1926 - 192
who left her for Jessie Matthews – BITTERSWEET (written for her); SWEET ALOES (Rex Harrison); autobio “BOO TO MY FRIENDS”
Jean Kerr 07/10/1922 author wife of Walter Kerr – SONG OF BERNADETTE; KING OF HEARTS; MARY, MARY; GOLDILOCKS; & film’s & tv’s PLEASE DON’T EAT THE DAISIES (Doris Day, David Niven; Patricia Crowley & Marc Miller (Penelope Ann Miller’s pop) respectively.
Earl Hamner author, producer fr Schuyler, Va. btwn Charlottesville & Lynchburg)- SPENCER'S MOUNTAIN (IMHO would make a good musical), tv's THE WALTONS (I grew up 2 hrs. fr Schuyler, it's gorgeous!)
Fred Gwynne 07/10/1926 performer – IRMA LA DOUCE; tv’s Herman Munster, film’s MY COUSIN VINNY
Carleton Carpenter 07/10/1926 performer – HOTEL PARADISO; film's 3 LITTLE WORDS (w/Debbie Reynolds)
Jerry Herman 07/10/1933 composer, lyricist – HELLO DOLLY; MACK & MABEL; GRAND TOUR, LA CAGE; AN EVENING W/JERRY HERMAN
Neile Adams 07/10/1936 performer, was married to Steve McQueen – KISMET, met Neile several yrs ago when she performed her cabaret show in NYC, charming & entertaining
Sandy Stewart 07/10/1937 – singer, wife of Moose Charlap & mother of Bill; perf’d on PERRY COMO SHOW & SING ALONG WITH MITCH
Fiona Shaw 07/10/1958 performer – MEDEA
Shows which opened on July 10:
Hedda Gabler 07/10/1994
(sources: IBDB, NYT On This Day, & 440.com’s Those Were The Days)
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