Today's Birthdays 7/14

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Posted: 7/14/03 at 12:08pm

Donald Meek 07/14/1878 performer – IMHO very funny character actor, OH PROMISE ME (Frazer Coulter [any relation to Scott?], Lee Tracey); films MURDER AT THE VANITIES; TOP HAT; STAGE COACH; THE THIN MAN GOES HOME

Ted Koehler 07/14/1894 composer/lyricist – EARL CARROLL VANITIES; AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’

George Tobias 07/14/1901 performer – orig. YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU (Mitzi Hajos); SILK STOCKINGS (also film version)

Gloria Stuart 07/14/1903 performer (hollywood.com lists her bd as 7/4) - films INVISIBLE MAN; ROMAN SCANDALS; GOLDDIGGERS OF 1935; MY FAVORITE YEAR; TITANIC. Anyone read her autobio?

Isaac Bashevis Singer 07/14/1904 writer - YENTLE (Tovah Feldshuh)

Annabella 07/14/1904 performer, married to Jean Murat & Tyrone Power - orig. NO EXIT

Miriam Battista 07/14/1912 performer/book/lyricist - SLEEPY HOLLOW (Jo Sullivan)

Jerome Lawrence 07/14/1915 writer/lyricist/source mat'l - INHERIT THE WIND; SHANGRI-LA; AUNTIE MAME; MAME; DEAR WORLD; 1ST MON. IN OCT. (Jane Alexander, Henry Fonda, Larry Gates, Maurice Copeland)

Ingmar Bergman 07/14/1918 writer/source mat'l - Oscar for THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY; A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC; films WILD STRAWBERRIES, 7TH SEAL; CRIES & WHISPERS; FANNY & ALEXANDER; SCENES FR A MARRIAGE; MAGIC FLUTE

Arthur Laurents 07/14/1918 dir/writer - THE TIME OF THE CUCKOO (Shirley Booth, Geraldine Brooks, Donald Murphy); GYPSY; INVITATION TO A MARCH (Celeste Holm, Jane Fonda, Eileen Heckart, James MacArthur); WEST SIDE STORY; I CAN GET IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE (Lillian Roth, Elliot Gould, Shere North, Barbara Streisand); ANYONE CAN WHISTLE; MAD WOMAN OF CENTRAL PARK WEST; NICK & NORA; films SUMMERTIME; TURNING POINT

Scott Merrill 07/14/1922 performer - Macheath in THE, 3 PENNY OPERA; 1943 LADY IN THE DARK (Gertrude Lawrence); DANCE ME A SONG (Bob Fosse, Wally Cox, Joan McCracken, Donald Saddler, Jimmy Kirkwood)

Pierre Olaf 07/14/1928 performer - LA PLUME DE MA TANTE; CARNIVAL

Nancy Olson 07/14/1928 performer, Alan J. Lerner's ex - TUNNEL OF LOVE (Tom Ewell, Darren McGavin); SEND ME NO FLOWERS (David Wayne, Peter Turgeon); film SUNSET BLVD

Polly Bergen 07/14/1930 performer - JOHN MURRAY ANDERSON'S ALMANAC; FIRST IMPRESSIONS (Farley Granger, Phyllis Newman); 2001 FOLLIES; film Doris Day remake of MY FAVORITE WIFE called MOVE OVER DARLING; tv's WINDS OF WAR

Robert Stephens 07/14/1931 performer, Maggi Smith's ex & Toby's dad - EPITAPH FOR GEORGE DILLON; film's PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODY

Stan Shaw 07/14/1952 performer - VIA GALACTICA (Mark Baker, Raul Julia, music-Gald MacDermot, dir-Peter Hall)

Scott Rudin 07/14/1958 Prod/Casting/Prod Crew - WORKING (Patty LuPone, Joe Mantegna, Lynn Thigpen); PASSION; STAGES (Jack Warden, Philip Bosco); 1996 FORUM

The Circle Repertory Company 07/14/1969 - Late Lamented - MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940 (anyone see this?); 5TH OF JULY; GEMINI; AS IS; MASTER CLASS

ON THIS DAY TODAY:

1789 - This was the day the French Revolution began -- at the fall of the Bastille. It is still celebrated in many countries throughout the world and is a public holiday in France; generally called Bastille Day or Fete National.

(sources: IBDB, NYT On This Day, playbill.com & 440.com’s Those Were The Days, hollywood.com)

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