Today's Birthdays 8/15 - Ben Affleck, Debra Messing, Jim Dale

[do_re_milla]

Posted: 8/15/03 at 7:21pm

Napoleon 8/15/1769 - 5/5/1821 source material - was born on the island of Corsica, French general, First Consul and Emperor

Sir Walter Scott 8/15/1771 - 9/21/1832 Scottish novelist, poet, historian and biographer; fav poem THE LADY OF THE LAKE, IVANHOE

Ethel Barrymore 08/15/1879 - Jun 18, 1959 Daughter of Maurice Barrymore & Georgiana Drew, Mother of Ethel Barrymore Colt & John Drew Colt, Sister of John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, ex-wife of Russell Griswold Colt - 1905 DOLL'S HOUSE; 1922 ROMEO & JULIET (as Juliet); 1925 HAMLET (as Ophelia); fav. film THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER (Loretta Young, Joseph Cotton, Charles Bickford)

Ted Snyder 08/15/1881 - Jul 16, 1965 Composer, Lyricist, Performer - FOSSE

Edna Ferber 08/15/1887 - Apr 16, 1968 Source Material, Writer - SHOW BOAT; ROYAL FAMILY; DINNER AT 8; STAGE DOOR; SARATOGA

T.E. Lawrence 08/15/1888 - 5/1935 the British soldier who gained fame as ''Lawrence of Arabia,'' was born in Tremadoc, Wales

Signe Hasso 08/15/1911 - Jun 7, 2002 performer - THE APPLE CART (Jack Livesey [bro. of Roger]); fav film's HEAVEN CAN WAIT; JOURNEY FOR MARGARET; 7TH CROSS

Wendy Hiller 08/15/1912 performer - May 14, 2003 THE HEIRESS (Basil Rathbone); MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN (Cyril Cusak, Franchot Tone); ASPERN PAPERS (Maurice Evans); fav film: I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING

Ring Lardner, Jr. 08/15/1915 - Oct 31, 2000 son of Ring Lardner, Writer, Source Material, Member of Blacklisted 'Hollywood Ten' - FOXY; WOMAN OF THE YEAR

Huntz Hall 08/15/1919 - Jan 30, 1999 performer - DEAD END; film's DEAD END KIDS

Rose Marie (Mazetta) 08/15/1923 - comedienne, actress: The Dick Van Dyke Show, Hollywood Squares

Oscar Peterson 08/15/1925 - 1 of the greatest jazz pianist: jazz trios, solos, played with all jazz greats, composer; biography: Oscar Peterson: The Will to Swing

Janice Rule 08/15/1931 performer, Ben Gazzara's ex - origs GREAT TO BE ALIVE (Vivienne Segal, David Nillo); orig PICNIC (Paul Newman (debut), Kim Stanley, Eileen Heckart, Ralph Mekker); THE NIGHT CIRCUS (Ben Gazzara, Arthur Storch); HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD (Cyril Ritchard, Lainie Kazan, John Napier, Bruce Yarnell (beautiful voice! died too young))

Abby Dalton 08/15/1932 performer - tv's THE JOEY BISHOP SHOW; FALCON CREST

Jim Dale 08/15/1935 Writer, Composer, Performer - SCAPINO (Tina Ustinov); BARNUM; 1985 JOE EGG; 1997 Candide

Jill Haworth 08/15/1945 performer - orig CABARET (as Sally Bowles)

Zeljko Ivanek 08/15/1957 performer - THE SURVIVOR (Lonny Price); LOOT (Zoe Wannamaker, Alec Baldwin (debut))

Michael Berresse 08/15/1964 performer - 1990 FIDDLER ON THE ROOF; 1994 DAMN YANKEES; 1996 CHICAGO

Debra Messing 08/15/1968 performer - Will & Grace, N.Y.P.D. Blue, Ned and Stacey

1972 - Ben Affleck performer - Pearl Harbor, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Glory Daze, Good Will Hunting,

Shows which opened on August 15:

Ain't Misbehavin' 08/15/1988 Nell Carter, Andre De Shields, Charlaine Woodard

Hairspray 08/15/2002 John Water's uncredited TV Announcer, Harvey Fierstein, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Dick Latessa, Jackie Hoffman

On this date in:

1057 Macbeth, the King of Scotland, was slain by the son of King Duncan.

1935 Humorist Will Rogers and aviator Wiley Post were killed when their airplane crashed near Point Barrow, Alaska.

1939 The MGM musical ''The Wizard of Oz'' premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

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

Milla
Do Re Milla Updated On: 8/15/03 at 07:21 PM

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/16/03 at 8:32pm

Okay, I've gotta ask:

WHO IS DO RE MILLA???????

I get the impression this is a little old lady who sits combs through an almanac and presents us with the daily list of birthdays.

Milla never posts on other threads.

Milla doesn't have a profile

could Milla be the secret wife of "Edward" from Broadway.Com?

Inquiring minds want to know.

[Rob]

Posted: 8/16/03 at 8:37pm

To learn about her, all you've got to do is to click that little link at the end of each of her daily posts:

http://www.do-re-milla.com/

A lovely lady and from what I've heard - puts on a fantastic show...

Rob

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/17/03 at 11:17pm

Thank you Rob. Now I can go to my grave informed.