Today's Birthdays 10/13

[do_re_milla]

Posted: 10/13/04 at 9:59am

Mrs. Lily Langtry 10/13/1853 - Feb 12, 1929 writer, performer, source material - THE DEGENERATES; my 3rd fav. BBC series LILLIE

Cornel Wilde 10/13/1915 - Oct 16, 1989 performer, fight director, Husband of Jean Wallace (1951 - 1981) divorced; 1 son - THEY ALL CAME TO MOSCOW (Clifford Odetes); HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME (Jules (John) Garfield, Sheldon Leonard); 1940 ROMEO & JULIET (Vivienne Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Dame May Whitty); fav film's THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH; FOREVER AMBER

Laraine Day 10/13/1917 - performer - tv & film's Return to Fantasy Island; my fav MR. LUCKY; Tycoon; TV panelist: I’ve Got a Secret

Robert Walker 10/13/1918 - 8/28/1951 father of actor Robert Walker, Jr., performer - Bataan, Madame Curie, Since You Went Away, Thirty Seconds over Tokyo

Yves Montand 10/13/1921 - Nov 9, 1991 performer - 1959 & 1961 AN EVENING WITH YVES MONTAND; film's On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Lovers like Us, Grand Prix, The Crucible

Frank D. Gilroy 10/13/1925 writer - THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES (Martin Sheen, Jack Albertson, Irene Dailey); THAT SUMMER - THAT FALL (Irene Pappas, Tyne Daley, Jon Voigt); THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN (Leo Genn, Tammy Grimes, Barry Nelson); ANY GIVEN DAY

Lenny Bruce 10/13/1925 - Aug 3, 1966 comedian, son of Sally Marr, source material - LENNY BRUCE (Cliff Gorman); film's Dance Hall Racket, Dynamite Chicken

Paul Simon 10/13/1941 Producer, Writer, Lyricist, Arranger, Composer, Performer, Musician - ASINAMALI!; MIKE NICHOLS & ELAINE MAY: TOGETHER AGAIN; THE CAPE MAN; THE GRADUATE

Karen Akers 10/13/1945 stage, film & cabaret performer - NINE, GRAND HOTEL; film's HEARTBURN; THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO

SHOWS THAT OPENED ON THIS DATE:

1924 - The Guardsman, starring Lynne Fontanne and Alfred Lunt, was the catalyst to stardom for the pair. The play opened in New York this day.

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter 10/13/1955

1962 - A young 34-year-old named Edward Albee brought his play, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, to the stage in New York. Four years later, Albee’s play became an Academy Award-winning film (6 Oscars).

ON THIS DAY IN:

1961 - For the first time since 77 Sunset Strip debuted (Oct. 10, 195, viewers saw Gerald Lloyd ‘Kookie’ Kookson III (Edd Byrnes) wearing a coat and tie. It was “the ginchiest.” Kookie, Kookie, lend us your comb.

1974 TV host Ed Sullivan died at age 72.

(sources: IBDB, NYT's ON THIS DAY, 440.com’s Those Were The Days, Playbill.com)

Milla