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Posted: 8/16/03 at 4:16pm
Al Hibbler 08/16/1915 Composer, Lyricist - Apr 24, 2001 - SOPHISTICATED LADIES
William Alfred 08/16/1922 performer - THE GAZEBO (didn't see this, but love the movie w/Glenn Ford!); CRY FOR US ALL (Elaine Cancilla, Joan Diener, Helen Gallagher, Tommy Rall, Jack Trussel [I remember seeing him sing a bunch of times at City Opera), Robert Weede (love his voice!); THE CURSE OF THE ACHING HEART (Faye Dunnaway, Francine Beers)
Fess Parker - 08/16/1925 - tv's DANIEL BOONE, DAVEY CROCKETT
Anne Blyth - 08/16/1928 performer, started out as an operatic soprano - WATCH ON THE RHINE (Paul Lukas, George Coulouris, Lucile Watson); film's THE HELEN MORGAN STORY; MILDRED PIERCE
Robert Culp 08/16/1930 performer - A CLEARING IN THE WOODS (Pernell Roberts, Kim Stanley); tv's I SPY; film's BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE
Betsy Von Furstenberg 08/16/1931 performer - DEAR BARBARIANS (Cloris Leachman); THE CHALK GARDEN; THE GINGERBREAD LADY (Maureen Stapleton); ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR [replacement] (Larry Blyden, Richard Kiley, Tony Roberts)
Eydie Gorme 08/16/1932 - Grammy Award-winning singer: Blame It on The Bossa Nova [1967]; Too Close for Comfort, Love Me Forever, I’ll Take Romance, Tea for Two, You Need Hands, I Want to Stay Here [w/Steve Lawrence]; married since 1957 to Steve Lawrence, went to school w/their son David Lawrence
Julie Newmar 08/16/1935 performer - SILK STOCKINGS; LI'L ABNER; THE MARRIAGE-GO-ROUND (Charles Boyer(!), Claudette Colbert, Edmond Ryan); THERE ONCE WAS A RUSSIAN (Walter Matthau, Michael Lewis [son of Sinclair Lewis & Dorothy Thompson]); film's LI'L ABNER; tv's BATMAN; MY LIVING DOLL
Anita Gillette 08/16/1936 performer - CARNIVAL; ALL AMERICAN (Ray Bolger, Fritz Weaver); KELLY; DON'T DRINK THE WATER; CHAPTER 2 (Judd Hirsch); JIMMY (Julie Wilson(!), Frank Gorshin, Tony Stevens); tv's QUINCY; film's MOONSTRUCK
Carole Shelley 08/16/1939 performer - orig THE ODD COUPLE; THE ASTRAKHAN COAT (JAMES COCO, Brian Bedford, Roddy McDowell); THE NORMAN CONQUESTS [series of 3 plays] (Richard Benjamin, Estelle Parsons, Ken Howard, Barry Nelson, Paula Prentiss); THE ELEPHANT MAN; NOISES OFF; LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO
Paul Hecht 08/16/1941 performer - ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD (Brian Murray, Noel Craig); NIGHT & DAY (Maggie Smith(!), Clarens Williams III); THE INVENTION OF LOVE
Bob Balaban 08/16/1945 performer - PLAZA SUITE; SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS (Ted Knight, Alice Drummond)
Suzanne Farrell 08/16/1945 - wonderful ballet dancer!
Lesley Ann Warren 08/16/1946 performer - 110 IN THE SHADE (Inga Swensen, Robert Horton, Gretchen Cryer); DRAT! THE CAT! (Charles Durning, Elliott Gould, Ron Pare); DREAM; tv's CINDERELLA; film's VICTOR/VICTORIA
Dee Hoty 08/16/1952 performer - CITY OF ANGELS (Gregg Edelman, James Naughton, Rene Auberjenois, Randy Graff, Carolee Carmello, Rachel York); BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE GOES PUBLIC; FOOTLOOSE
Reginald VelJohnson 08/16/1952 performer - Die Hard series, Ghostbusters, Family Matters
Kathie Lee Gifford 08/16/1953 performer - PUTTING IT TOGETHER [alternate](John Barrowman, Bronson Pinchot, Carol Burnett, George Hearn); tv's HEE HAW; LIVE W/REGIS & KATHIE LEE
James Cameron 08/16/1954 director - Titanic, The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Aliens, The Abyss, True Lies, True Lies 2
Jeff Perry 08/16/1955 performer - producer - orig. GRAPES OF WRATH
Angela Bassett 08/16/1958 performer - JOE TURNER'S COME & GONE; film's WAITING TO EXHALE; WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT
Madonna 08/16/1958 performer, Sean Penn's ex - SPEED THE PLOUGH; film's DICK TRACEY
Laura Innes 08/16/1959 performer - 2 SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS (Brian Bedford, Katie Finneran, Victor Garber, Judy Kuhn, Eric Stoltz); tv's ER
Timothy Hutton 08/16/1960 performer Debra Winger's ex, Jim Hutton's boy - orig. PRELUDE TO A KISS; tv's NERO WOLFE mystery series(!!); film's ORDINARY PEOPLE
Ron Bohmer 08/16/1961 performer - replacements in LES MIZ & SCARLET PIMPERNEL; 1990 FIDDLER
Shows which opened on August 16:
Maytime 08/16/1917 Peggy Wood
The Georgian State Dance Company 08/16/1988 Slavic dancing at its best.
ON THIS DAY IN:
1896 - There’s gold in them thar hills! This is the day that Skookum Jim, Dawson Charlie and George Carmack found gold in Rabbit Creek, a tributary of the Klondike River -- leading to the famous Klondike Gold Rush.
(sources: IBDB, NYT On This Day, & 440.com’s Those Were The Days)
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William Alfred 08/16/1922 performer - THE GAZEBO (didn't see this, but love the movie w/Glenn Ford!); CRY FOR US ALL (Elaine Cancilla, Joan Diener, Helen Gallagher, Tommy Rall, Jack Trussel [I remember seeing him sing a bunch of times at City Opera), Robert Weede (love his voice!); THE CURSE OF THE ACHING HEART (Faye Dunnaway, Francine Beers)
Fess Parker - 08/16/1925 - tv's DANIEL BOONE, DAVEY CROCKETT
Anne Blyth - 08/16/1928 performer, started out as an operatic soprano - WATCH ON THE RHINE (Paul Lukas, George Coulouris, Lucile Watson); film's THE HELEN MORGAN STORY; MILDRED PIERCE
Robert Culp 08/16/1930 performer - A CLEARING IN THE WOODS (Pernell Roberts, Kim Stanley); tv's I SPY; film's BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE
Betsy Von Furstenberg 08/16/1931 performer - DEAR BARBARIANS (Cloris Leachman); THE CHALK GARDEN; THE GINGERBREAD LADY (Maureen Stapleton); ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR [replacement] (Larry Blyden, Richard Kiley, Tony Roberts)
Eydie Gorme 08/16/1932 - Grammy Award-winning singer: Blame It on The Bossa Nova [1967]; Too Close for Comfort, Love Me Forever, I’ll Take Romance, Tea for Two, You Need Hands, I Want to Stay Here [w/Steve Lawrence]; married since 1957 to Steve Lawrence, went to school w/their son David Lawrence
Julie Newmar 08/16/1935 performer - SILK STOCKINGS; LI'L ABNER; THE MARRIAGE-GO-ROUND (Charles Boyer(!), Claudette Colbert, Edmond Ryan); THERE ONCE WAS A RUSSIAN (Walter Matthau, Michael Lewis [son of Sinclair Lewis & Dorothy Thompson]); film's LI'L ABNER; tv's BATMAN; MY LIVING DOLL
Anita Gillette 08/16/1936 performer - CARNIVAL; ALL AMERICAN (Ray Bolger, Fritz Weaver); KELLY; DON'T DRINK THE WATER; CHAPTER 2 (Judd Hirsch); JIMMY (Julie Wilson(!), Frank Gorshin, Tony Stevens); tv's QUINCY; film's MOONSTRUCK
Carole Shelley 08/16/1939 performer - orig THE ODD COUPLE; THE ASTRAKHAN COAT (JAMES COCO, Brian Bedford, Roddy McDowell); THE NORMAN CONQUESTS [series of 3 plays] (Richard Benjamin, Estelle Parsons, Ken Howard, Barry Nelson, Paula Prentiss); THE ELEPHANT MAN; NOISES OFF; LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO
Paul Hecht 08/16/1941 performer - ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD (Brian Murray, Noel Craig); NIGHT & DAY (Maggie Smith(!), Clarens Williams III); THE INVENTION OF LOVE
Bob Balaban 08/16/1945 performer - PLAZA SUITE; SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS (Ted Knight, Alice Drummond)
Suzanne Farrell 08/16/1945 - wonderful ballet dancer!
Lesley Ann Warren 08/16/1946 performer - 110 IN THE SHADE (Inga Swensen, Robert Horton, Gretchen Cryer); DRAT! THE CAT! (Charles Durning, Elliott Gould, Ron Pare); DREAM; tv's CINDERELLA; film's VICTOR/VICTORIA
Dee Hoty 08/16/1952 performer - CITY OF ANGELS (Gregg Edelman, James Naughton, Rene Auberjenois, Randy Graff, Carolee Carmello, Rachel York); BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE GOES PUBLIC; FOOTLOOSE
Reginald VelJohnson 08/16/1952 performer - Die Hard series, Ghostbusters, Family Matters
Kathie Lee Gifford 08/16/1953 performer - PUTTING IT TOGETHER [alternate](John Barrowman, Bronson Pinchot, Carol Burnett, George Hearn); tv's HEE HAW; LIVE W/REGIS & KATHIE LEE
James Cameron 08/16/1954 director - Titanic, The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Aliens, The Abyss, True Lies, True Lies 2
Jeff Perry 08/16/1955 performer - producer - orig. GRAPES OF WRATH
Angela Bassett 08/16/1958 performer - JOE TURNER'S COME & GONE; film's WAITING TO EXHALE; WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT
Madonna 08/16/1958 performer, Sean Penn's ex - SPEED THE PLOUGH; film's DICK TRACEY
Laura Innes 08/16/1959 performer - 2 SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS (Brian Bedford, Katie Finneran, Victor Garber, Judy Kuhn, Eric Stoltz); tv's ER
Timothy Hutton 08/16/1960 performer Debra Winger's ex, Jim Hutton's boy - orig. PRELUDE TO A KISS; tv's NERO WOLFE mystery series(!!); film's ORDINARY PEOPLE
Ron Bohmer 08/16/1961 performer - replacements in LES MIZ & SCARLET PIMPERNEL; 1990 FIDDLER
Shows which opened on August 16:
Maytime 08/16/1917 Peggy Wood
The Georgian State Dance Company 08/16/1988 Slavic dancing at its best.
ON THIS DAY IN:
1896 - There’s gold in them thar hills! This is the day that Skookum Jim, Dawson Charlie and George Carmack found gold in Rabbit Creek, a tributary of the Klondike River -- leading to the famous Klondike Gold Rush.
(sources: IBDB, NYT On This Day, & 440.com’s Those Were The Days)
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Updated On: 8/16/03 at 04:16 PM
