Today's Birthdays 11/13
Today's Birthdays 11/13
Today's Birthdays 11/13#0
Posted: 11/13/04 at 3:14pm
Edwin Booth 11/13/1833 - Jun 7, 1893 brother of Junius Brutus Booth, Jr., brother of John Wilkes Booth, husband of Mary Devlin (1860 - 1863) her death, husband of Mary McVicker (1869 - ?), son of Junius Brutus Booth, performer, producer, managed the Winter Garden (1863-67) & built Booth's Theatre after Winter Garden burned down - 1864 Julius Cesar; 1864 & 1891 Hamlet (John Wilkes Booth, Junius Brutus Booth, Jr.); 1865 Othello; Merchant of Venice
Robert Louis Stevenson 11/13/1850 - 12/3/1894 writer, source mat'l - Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde, A Child’s Garden of Verses
John Drew, Jr. 11/13/1853 - Jul 9, 1927 performer, father-in-law of Jack Devereaux, grandfather of John Drew Devereaux, son of John Drew, son of Louisa Lane Drew, uncle of Ethel Barrymore, uncle of John Barrymore, uncle of Lionel Barrymore - 1913 Much Ado About Nothing; orig The Circle (Estelle Winwood); 1926 King Henry IV, Part I (Otis Skinner)
Eugene Ionesco 11/13/1912 - Mar 29, 1994 (Playbill lists db as 11/26/1909) born in Slatina, Romania. Ionesco will be remembered for his founding of the Theatre of the Absurd, a school of thought which abolished realistic and psychological theatre. Rhinoceros and The Bald Soprano are just two of his plays that broke new ground. He died in 1994.
Nathaniel Benchley 11/13/1915 - Dec 14, 1981 writer, father of Peter Benchley, son of Robert Benchley - The Frogs of Spring (Mary Grace Canfield, Fred Gwynne)
Robert Sterling 11/13/1917 - husband of Ann Sothern (1943 - 1949) divorced, husband of Anne Jeffreys (1951 - present) - Gramercy Ghost (Sarah Churchill); Roman Candle (Julia Meade, Inger Stevens)
John La Touche 11/13/1917 - Writer, Lyricist, Source Material, Performer - Sing for Your Supper (the eternal Paula Laurence); Cabin in the Sky; Banjo Eyes (Virginia Mayo, Eddie Cantor, Jacqueline Susann); The Lady Comes Across (Mischa Auer, Gower Champion); Beggar's Holiday (Alfred Drake, Zero Mostel); The Golden Apple; The Vamp (Carol Channing); Candide (Barbara Cook, Irra Petina)
Madeleine Sherwood 11/13/1922 - originals: The Crucible; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Sweet Bird of Youth; Arturo Ui; Do I Hear a Waltz?; All Over (Colleen Dewhurst, Neil Fitzgerald, Jessica Tandy); tv's & film's The Flying Nun, Hurry Sundown, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Broken Vows, Sweet Bird of Youth
Richard Mulligan 11/13/1932 - Sep 26, 2000 performer, stage mgr; Studied playwriting at Columbia University - Special Occasions (Suzanne Pleshette); THIEVES; All The Way Home (Lillian Gish, Colleen Dewhurst); orig A Thousand Clowns; Nobody Loves an Albatross (Robert Preston); tv's & film's Emmy Award-winning actor: Soap [1979-1980], Empty Nest [1988-1989]; S.O.B., The Hero, The Group, Little Big Man, Diana
Adrienne Corri 11/13/1933 Spouse of Daniel Massey (1961-1967) divorced - Jane (Edna Best, Basil Rathbone); The Rehearsal (Keith Michell)
Garry Marshall 11/13/1934 - producer: The Odd Couple, Mork & Mindy, Happy Days; director: Pretty Woman, Beaches; comedy writer: Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lucy Show; actor: A League of Their Own, Lost in America; brother of actress Penny Marshall
Jean Seberg 11/13/1938 - 9/8/1979 performer - film's Paint Your Wagon, The Mouse That Roared, Airport, Joan of Arc, Bonjour Tristesse
Joe Mantegna 11/13/1947 performer - Working; Glengarry Glen Ross (J. T. Walsh, Robert Prosky, James Tolkan, Jack Wallace); film's House of Games, Things Change, Airheads, Queen’s Logic, The Godfather Part III, The Money Pit, Three Amigos
Chris Noth 11/13/1954 performer - Gore Vidal's The Best Man; tv's & film's Law & Order, Burnzy’s Last Call, Jakarta, Baby Boom, Sex and the City
Whoopi Goldberg 11/13/1955 Producer, Writer, Performer - Whoopi; Whoopi Goldberg; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum [replacement]; Thoroughly Modern Millie; Funny Girl; Ma Rainey's Black Bottom; tv's & film's Academy Award-winning actress: Ghost [1990]; The Color Purple, Sister Act series, Made in America, Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Comic Relief, The Whoopi Goldberg Show, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Whoopi, my fav.: Bagdad Cafe
SHOWS THAT OPENED ON THIS DATE:
1965 - Julie Harris starred in Skyscraper, which opened on Broadway in New York City. The musical ran for seven months
2000 Matters of the Heart - Patti LuPone
ON THIS DATE IN:
1789 Benjamin Franklin wrote a letter to a friend in which he said, "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."
1906 Alla Nazimova makes her Broadway debut in the title role of Hedda Gabler at the Princess Theatre. A major interpreter of Ibsen's female central characters for three decades, she'll play Hedda a total of four times on Broadway, and inspire two generations of actresses.
1940 The Walt Disney animated movie "Fantasia" had its world premiere in New York.
1974 Karen Silkwood, a technician and union activist at the Kerr-McGee Cimarron plutonium plant near Crescent, Okla., was killed in a car crash, source mat'l
1977 - After 43 years as a regular feature in hundreds of newspapers, Al Capp brought his comic strip, Li’l Abner, to a final conclusion.
(sources: IBDB, NYT's ON THIS DAY, 440.com’s Those Were The Days, Playbill.com)
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