Today's Birthdays 7/27 Maureen McGovern, Jerry Van Dyke

[do_re_milla]

Posted: 7/27/03 at 5:37pm

Alexandre Dumas, fils 07/27/1824 writer, source material - THE LADY OF THE CAMILLIAS; 1948 LA TRAVIATA; film's Teresa Stratas as LA TRAVIATA

Donald Crisp 07/27/1880 performer - THE YANKEE PRINCE (George M., Helen, Josephine & Jerry Cohan); film's Pop in NATIONAL VELVET

Judith Lowry 07/27/1890 performer - JB (Raymond Massey, Christopher Plummer, dir. Elia Kazan, by Archibald MacLeish); perf'd on Bway btwn Nov 27, 1916 & Jun 18, 1966!

Joseph Moncure March 07/27/1899 writer, source mat'l - THE WILD PARTY

Leo ‘Lippy’ (Ernest) Durocher 7/27/1905 source material - baseball: NY Yankees [World Series: 1928], Cincinnati Reds, SL Cardinals [World Series: 1934/all-star: 1936], Brooklyn Dodgers [all-star: 1938, 1940]; coach: LA Dodgers; “Nice guys finish last." I heard Ben Gazzara is bringing a 1-man show based on Durocher to Bway.

Miles White 07/27/1914 designer - BEST FOOT FORWARD; THE PIRATE; OKLAHOMA; BLOOMER GIRL; CAROUSEL; HIGH BUTTON SHOES; 1953 PAL JOEY; 2'S COMPANY; orig. GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDS; HAZEL FLAGG; JAMAICA; OH CAPTAIN!; TAKE ME ALONG; BYE, BYE BIRDIE; UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN; SHOW GIRL (Carol Channing, Jules Munshin); MILK & HONEY; JEROME ROBBIN'S BROADWAY. WOW! What a career. Sadly, the only show of his I saw was Robbin's B'way, but I remember lovin' everything about it!

Gusti Huber 07/27/1914 performer - origs. DIAL "M" FOR MURDER (Maurice Evans); DIARY OF ANNE FRANK

Keenan Wynn 07/27/1916 performer son of Ed Wynn - THE MORE THE MERRIER (prod'd & staged by Otto Preminger); film's DR. STRANGELOVE; REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT

Beatrice Pearson 07/27/1920 performer - LILLIOM (Burgess Meredith, Elia Kazan, Constance Dowling)

Norman Lear 07/27/1922 producer - 1986 ARSENIC & OLD LACE (Tony Roberts, Jean Stapleton, Polly Holliday, Abe Vigoda); tv's ALL IN THE FAMILY; MAUDE; MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN & wrote for THE MARTHA RAYE SHOW; film's COME BLOW YOUR HORN; THE NIGHT THEY RAIDED MINSKEY'S; FRIED GREEN TOMATOES

Vincent Canby 07/27/1924 Sr. film critic for NYT from 1965-93; theatre critic from 1993 until his death.

Jerry Van Dyke 07/27/1930 performer Dick's bro - tv's MY MOTHER THE CAR; THE JUDY GARLAND SHOW; COACH

Barbara Ferris 07/27/1942 performer - THERE'S A GIRL IN MY SOUP (Gig Young, Rita Gam)

Maureen McGovern 07/27/1949 performer - PRIRATES OF PENZANCE; 1989 3 PENNY OPERA; Cabaret performer; recorded THERE'S GOT TO BE A MORNING AFTER

Maury Chayken 07/27/1949 - performer tv's NERO WOLFE MYSTERIES; film's MASK OF ZORRO

Simon Jones 07/27/1950 performer - BENEFACTORS (Glenn Close, Mary Beth Hurt, Sam Waterston)

Jason Zimbler 07/27/1977 performer - 1989 SHENANDOAH (John Cullum)

ON THIS DAY IN:

1942 - Peggy Lee recorded her first hit record -- in New York City. With the backing of the Benny Goodman band, Miss Lee sang Why Don’t You Do Right for Columbia Records.

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

Milla