Today's Birthdays 7/22 - Alan Menken, Danny Glover, John Leguizamo

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Posted: 7/22/03 at 5:31pm

Beatrice Maude 07/22/1892 perfomer – origs. THE BUCCANEER; DODSWORTH

Margaret Whiting 07/22/1924 performer – DREAM; recording artist (“It Might As Well Be Spring”, “Moonlight in Vermont”)

Orson Bean 07/22/1928 performer, daughter of Richard Whiting – tv’s MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN; TO TELL THE TRUTH; I’VE GOT A SECRET

Vivien Merchant 07/22/1929 aka Ada Thompson, wife of Harold Pinter, performer – THE HOMECOMING

Oscar de la Renta 07/22/1932 costume designer – SWINGING ON A STAR; SAY GOODNIGHT, GRACIE

Grover Dale 07/22/1935 choreo/dir/perfo, Anita Morris’ hubby, partner to Anthony Perkins – orig LI’L ABNER; WEST SIDE STORY; GREENWILLOW; SAIL AWAY; 1/2 A SIXPENCE; SESAW; RACHEL LILLY ROSENBLOOM & DON’T YOU FORGET IT; MAIL; JEROME ROBBINS’ BWAY

Jack Ryland 07/22/1935 performer – revival 1968 CYRANO DE BERGERAC (Blythe Danner, Philip Bosco, Nancy Marchand); orig. BOOM BOOM ROOM

Tommy Thompson 07/22/1937 performer – FOOL MOON

Terence Stamp 07/22/1939 performer – ALFIE; fav films FAR FR THE MADDING CROWD (oh those blue eyes!); BILLY BUD; WALL STREET

Danny Glover 07/22/1946 performer – MASTER HAROLD & THE BOYS

Alan Menken 07/22/1949 composer – BEAUTY & THE BEAST

John Leguizamo 07/22/1964 performer/comedian/writer – MAMBO MOUTH; SPIC-O-RAMA; SEXAHOLICS; film’s TO WONG FOO; CARLITO’S WAY

ON THIS DAY IN:

1933 - Caterina Jarboro became the first black prima donna of an opera company. The singer performed Aida with the Chicago Opera Company at the Hippodrome in New York City.

1965 - Till Death Us Do Part debuted on England’s BBC-TV. The show was so popular that it became a TV series in Great Britain and was the forerunner of the 1971-92 CBS-TV hit, All in the Family, starring Carroll O’Connor and Jean Stapleton.

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

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