Today's Birthdays 2/12
Today's Birthdays 2/12
#1Today's Birthdays 2/12
Posted: 2/11/07 at 7:56pm
Abraham Lincoln 2/12/1809 - 4/15/1865 16th President of the United States; married to Mary Todd [four sons]; assassinated Apr 15, 1865, source mat'l
Jacob P. Adler 02/12/1855 - Apr 1, 1926 performer Stella's father; First arrived in America in February 1887
Alice Roosevelt Longworth 2/12/1884 - 2/20/1980 American politically influential daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, source mat'l
Todd Duncan 02/12/1903 - Feb 28, 1998 performer, teacher - orig Porgy & Bess; Cabin in the Sky; Lost in the Stars (Robert McFerrin)
Ted Mack 2/12/1904 - 7/12/1976 TV host: The Original Amateur Hour, The Ted Mack Family Hour
Lorne Greene 02/12/1915 - Sep 11, 1987 performer - The Prescott Proposals (Robert M. Culp, Katharine Cornell); Speaking of Murder (Estelle Winwood); Edwin Booth (José Ferrer, Marion Ross); tv's & film's newscaster: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation [CBC]; actor: Bonanza, The Silver Chalice, Earthquake, Battlestar Galactica; pseudo-singer: Ringo
Franco Zeffirelli 2/12/1923 film & opera director - La Boheme, Rome & Juliet, The Champ, The Taming of the Shrew, Othello, Endless Love, Jesus of Nazareth
Louis Zorich 02/12/1924 performer, Husband of Olympia Dukakis (1962 - present) - origs Becket; The Odd Couple; Goodtime Charley (Joel Grey, Anne Reinking, Pat Swayze, [s/b] Austin Pendleton); 1984 & 85 Death of a Salesman; Arms and the Man (Kevin Kline Raul Julia, Caitlin Clarke, Glenne Headly); Agamenmon; tv's & film's Brooklyn Bridge; Mad About You; Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; For Pete's Sake; Fiddler on the Roof
Joe Don Baker 2/12/1936 performer - Marathon 33; Blues for Mr. Charlie; tv's & film's Cool Hand Luke, The Natural, Fletch, Citizen Cohn, Guns of the Magnificent Seven, Ring of Steel, Charlie Varrick; Cape Fear; Walking Tall; Eischied
Paul Shenar 02/12/1936 - Oct 11, 1989 performer - Tartuffe (John Phillip Law, Sada Thompson, Laurence Luckinbill, Larry Gates, Hal Holbrook, Joyce Ebert, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Patricia Roe); 1969 Tiny Alice; 1969 Three Sisters (Michael Learned); 1988 Macbeth
Patrick Quinn 02/12/1950 - Sep 24, 2006 performer, President of Actors' Equity Association (2000 - 2006). Was to have assumed the position of Executive Director in October 2006. Mr. Quinn was a founding member of Equity Fights AIDS - 1976 Fiddler on the Roof; Oh Coward!; A Class Act
Zach Grenier 02/12/1954 performer - Mastergate; Voices in the Dark (Judith Ivey); tv's & film's The Equalizer; Miami Vice; The Man Without a Face; Donnie Brasco; Fight Club; The Practice; 24; Touching Evil; Deadwood; Law & Order; The 9; Boston Legal; Zodiac
Raphael Sbarge 02/12/1964 performer - The Curse of an Aching Heart; The Twilight of the Golds (Jennifer Grey, David Groh); Voices in the Dark
Josh Brolin 02/12/1968 performer, Step-son of Barbra Streisand; Diane Lane (14 August 2004 - present), Alice Adair (1988 - 1992) (divorced) 2 children - True West [replacement]; tv 's & film's Goonies; Private Eye; Winnetka Road; Mister Sterling; Into the West
SHOWS THAT OPENED ON THIS DATE:
1930 An honest schoolteacher finds himself drawn into a confidence scheme in Marcel Pagnol's drama Topaze, starring Clarence Derwent and Frank Morgan. The drama plays 215 performances at the Music Box Theatre, and is later filmed at least five times.
1958 Laurence Olivier stars on Broadway in John Osborne's bitter drama, The Entertainer, playing a faded musical hall star who represents postwar England.
1967 Black Comedy alights at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. This Peter Shaffer comedy, shown with his White Lies as a curtain raiser, stars Michael Crawford, Lynn Redgrave and Peter Bull. There will be 337 performances.
1969 Woody Allen stars in his own comedy, Play It Again, Sam, about a nebbishy film buff who uses the ghost of tough-guy film star Humphrey Bogart to help him win the affection of his dream girl, played by Diane Keaton. It runs 453 performances at the Broadhurst Theatre.
1979 After more than a month of previews, Mitch Leigh's musical Sarava reluctantly has its opening night -- but only after theatre critics from major papers threaten to review it anyway. Starring Tovah Feldshuh, the romance will last 101 performances.
1998 John Leguizamo's solo show, Freak, subtitled "A Semi Demi Quasi Pseudo Autobiography (His Most Dangerous Work Yet)," opens at the Cort Theatre. The production goes on to extend twice, receive Tony nominations for Best Play and Best Performance by a Leading Actor, and be filmed for HBO by Spike Lee.
ON THIS DAY IN:
1554 Lady Jane Grey, who had claimed the throne of England for nine days, was beheaded after being charged with treason.
1915 The Neighborhood Playhouse opens at 466 Grand Street in New York. It is funded by Alice and Irene Lewisohn, noted for their arts and education philanthropies.
1918 - All theatres in New York City were shut down in an effort to conserve coal.
1924 - Bandleader Paul Whiteman presented his unique symphonic jazz at the Aeolian Hall in New York City. The concert marked the first public performance of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody In Blue. The composer, himself, was at the piano this night. Distinguished guests included John Philip Sousa and Jascha Heifetz.
1929 English actress Lily Langtry dies today in Monaco. She made her stage debut with the Bancrofts at the Haymarket in 1881. She organized her own company and toured England and America. She was 77 years old.
On Feb. 12, 1973, the first release of American prisoners of war from the Vietnam conflict took place.
2000 Charles M. Schulz, creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip, died in Santa Rosa, Calif., at age 77.
(sources: IBDB, IMDB, NYT's ON THIS DAY, 440.com’s Those Were The Days, Playbill.com)
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