Today's Birthdays 7/10
Today's Birthdays 7/10
#1Today's Birthdays 7/10
Posted: 7/9/07 at 8:51pm
Marcel Proust 07/10/1871 - 11/18/1922 author, source material - MARCEL PROUST REMEMBERED (ballet based on THE REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST); MY LIFE WITH ALBERTINE
Noble Sissle 07/10/1889 - Dec 17, 1975 Writer, Lyricist, Composer, Director, Designer, Performer - SUFFLE ALONG 1933; EUBIE; BUBBLING BROWN SUGAR; SALLY MARR
Jimmy McHugh 07/10/1894 - May 23, 1969 lyricist, composer - BLACKBIRDS OF 1928; AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'; SUGAR BABIES; PERFECTLY FRANK; NEVER GONNA DANCE
John Gilbert 07/10/1899 - Jan 9, 1936 performer - silent movie star, almost made it to the alter w/Garbo, but she stood him up; film's MERRY WIDOW
Mitchell Parish 07/10/1900 - Mar 31, 1993 lyricist, performer - EARL CARROL'S VANITIES; STARDUST (Michele Bautier debut, Maureen Brennan; Andre de Shields, Jason Graae)
Evelyn Laye 07/10/1900 - Feb 17, 1996 performer, author Wife of Frank Lawton (1934 - 1969) his death; Wife of Sonnie Hale who left her for Jessie Matthews - BITTERSWEET (written for her); SWEET ALOES (Rex Harrison); autobio BOO TO MY FRIENDS
Jean Kerr 07/10/1922 - 1/5/2003 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 7/10/1923 author, producer fr Schuyler, Va. btwn Charlottesville & Lynchburg, not far from where I'm from) - SPENCER'S MOUNTAIN (IMHO would make a good musical), tv's & film's Spencer's Mountain; THE WALTONS; Falcon Crest; Charlotte's Web; Nanny and the Professor; Aesop's Fables; Snowy River: The McGregor Saga; 2006 Charlotte's Web
Fred Gwynne 07/10/1926 - 7/2/1993 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); 2006 70 Girls 70
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, wife of Steve McQueen (1957 - 1972) divorced - 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; & film's Mountains of the Moon; My Left Foot; Harry Potter Series
Alec Mapa 07/10/1965 performer - M. Butterfly; 1992 A Little Hotel on the Side (Danny Burstein, Rob Lowe, Tony Randall, Lynn Redgrave, Paxton Whitehead); 1993 Timon of Athens
SHOWS THAT OPENED ON THIS DATE:
1786 The Critic
1994 Roundabout Theatre Company presents Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler at the Criterion Theatre. Kelly McGillis stars as the title character in a cast that also features Patricia Conolly, Bette Henritze and Laura Linney. The production, directed by Sarah Pia Anderson, will play 33 performances.
ON THIS DAY IN:
On July 10, 1940, during World War II, the 114-day Battle of Britain began as Nazi forces began attacking southern England by air. By late October, Britain managed to repel the Luftwaffe, which suffered heavy losses.
1997 Scientists in London said DNA from a Neanderthal skeleton supported a theory that all humanity descended from an "African Eve" 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.
(sources: IBDB, IMDB, NYT On This Day, & 440.com's Those Were The Days)
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