Today's Birthdays 2/3
Today's Birthdays 2/3
#0Today's Birthdays 2/3
Posted: 2/2/06 at 11:36pm
Felix Mendelssohn 2/3/1809 - 11/4/1847 German composer/pianist/teacher; Wedding March, Elijah, Fingal’s Cave
Gertrude Stein Feb. 3, 1874 - July 27 , 1946, American author and literary stylist, source material - Four Saints in Three Acts
Norman Rockwell 2/3/1894 - 11/8/1978 American illustrator; widely known for his realistic, homespun cover art for The Saturday Evening Post
Robert Earl Jones 02/03/1900 [imdb lists bd as 2/3/1911] performer, father of James Earl Jones; ran in the New York City Marathon several times, including in 1996! (source: New York Amsterdam News); was at one time a boxer. - Mule Bone; The Moon Beseiged (Anthony Zerbe, Penny Fuller); tv's & film's Lying Lips; Odds Against Tomorrow [uncredited](Shelley Winters, Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Carmen De Lavallade, Zohra Lampert, Wayne Rogers); Wild River (Lee Remick, Montgomery Clift, Jo Van Fleet); The Defenders; The Sting
James A. Michener 02/03/1907 - Oct 16, 1997 writer, source mat'l; Won Pulitzer Prize for his novel "Tales from the South Pacific," on which "South Pacific" is based; novelist: Tales of the South Pacific, The Bridges at Toko-Ri, Journey, Hawaii, Iberia, Centennial, Mexico - South Pacific; film's Hawaii, Centennial; South Pacific
Joey Bishop [Joseph Abraham Gottlieb] 2/3/1918 performer - Sugar Babies [replacement; tv's & film's The Joey Bishop Show, What's My Line, Valley of the Dolls, Liar’s Club, The Naked and the Dead, Delta Force, Betsy’s Wedding; member of the ‘Rat Pack’ with Frank Sinatra, et al.
Bibi Osterwald 02/03/1920 - Jan 7, 2002 performer - Three to Make Ready (Ray Bolger, Arthur Godfrey); Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; The Golden Apple; Look Homeward Angel (Anthony Perkins, Arthur Hill, Jo Van Fleet); Family Affair; film's Bridget Loves Bernie, Bank Shot
John Fiedler 02/03/1925 - Jun 25, 2005 performer; Voice of Piglet, from "Winnie-the-Pooh" films. - 1992 A Little Hotel on the Side; 1991 The Crucible (Martin Sheen, Fritz Weaver, Carol Woods, Michael York); 1969 Our Town (Henry Fonda); The Odd Couple (Art Carney, Walter Matthau); Harold (Anthony Perkins); A Raisin in the Sun (Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Lou Gossett); Howie (Leon Ames, Patricia Bosworth); One Eye Closed; Off Broadway's Music in the Air (Emily Loesser, Jason Workman, Andy Gale, Milla Ilieva)
Shelley Berman 2/3/1926 [ibdb says 2/23/1936] performer - The Girls Against the Boys; Family Affair; film's The Best Man, Motorama, Rented Lips
Peggy Ann Garner 02/03/1932 - Oct 16, 1984 performer - The Man (Dorothy Gish, Richard Boone); Home Is the Hero (Christopher Plummer, Glenda Farrell); film's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betrayal
Blythe Danner 02/03/1943 performer, mother of Gwyneth Paltrow, Jake Paltrow, wife of Bruce Paltrow (1970 - 2002) his death - Lovers (Art Carney); Butterflies Are Free; Betrayal [my 1st Blythe Danner show](Roy Scheider, Raul Julia); 2002 Follies; tv's & film's To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, Husbands and Wives, The Prince of Tides, Inside the Third Reich, Futureworld, 1776, Tattingers, Adam’s Rib; Meet The Fockers
David Chandler 02/03/1950 performerm - The American Clock (Joan Copeland, John Randolph, Bill Smitrovich); Lost in Yonkers
Nathan Lane 02/03/1956 writer, performer - Merlin; Wind in the Willows [staged by Tony Stevens, choreo by Margery Beddow, asst choreo Jimmy Brennan, mus arr Jonathan Tunick] (Nora Mae Lyng, John Jellison, Donna Drake, David Carroll, P. J. Benjamin, Irving Barnes); Some Americans Abroad; 1991 On Borrowed Time; 1992 Guys & Dolls; Laughter on the 23rd Floor; Love! Valour! Compassion!; 1996 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Mark Linn-Baker, Mary Testa); The Producers; The Frogs; 2005 The Odd Couple; film's Bird Cage
Linda Eder 02/03/1961 performer, Wife of Frank Wildhorn (05/03/1998 - 2004 separated) - Jekyll & Hyde
Ann Harada 02/03/1964 Performer, Production Crew - Seussical; Ave. Q; Sleight of Hand
SHOWS THAT OPENED ON THIS DATE:
1869 - Actor Edwin Booth opened his new theatre in New York City. The first production was Romeo and Juliet. Even at that time, tickets didn’t come cheap. Some sold as high as $125 for this presentation.
1938 When a grandfather holds off Death (by chasing him up a tree) so he can be sure his grandson will be taken care of, he's working On Borrowed Time. This comedy was adapted by Paul Osborn from Lawrence Watkin's novel of the same title. Dudley Diggs stars as Gramps, Peter Holden is his grandson, and Frank Conroy is the Grim Reaper. Loved the film of this with Lionel Barrymore as Gramps.
1951 Maureen Stapleton is a lonely widow pining for her dead husband in The Rose Tattoo. This Tennessee Williams work also stars Eli Wallach, Sal Mineo and Martin Balsam. It will run 38 weeks.
1976 Opening night for A Matter of Gravity starring Katharine Helpburn and Christopher Reeve. Enid Bagnold's drama will run just 79 performances at the Broadhurst Theatre.
1980 The Stitch in Time with Amanda Plummer & Stephen Bradbury. Music arranged by Marianne McPartland
1982 Othello with James Earl Jones, Christopher Plummer & Dianne Wiest
ON THIS DAY IN:
1959 A plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, claimed the lives of rock 'n' roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson.
1976 Also today: actor Roger Livesey dies today. He appeared in the West End and on Broadway. In film, he was well known as Colonel Blimp & 1 of my top 5 fav. movies I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING. He was 70 years old.
1997 Talkin' Broadway first appeared in cyberspace. Happy Anniversary TB!
(sources: IBDB, IMDB, NYT's ON THIS DAY, 440.com’s Those Were The Days, Playbill.com)
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