Today's Birthdays 8/18 Robert Redford, Christian Slater, Shelley Winters

[do_re_milla]

Posted: 8/17/03 at 10:08pm

Virginia Dare 8/18/1587 - before 1591 First English child born on Roanoke Island in what would become the United States, not far from where I grew up.

Antonio Salieri 8/18/1750 - 5/7/1825 Italian composer source material - AMADEUS

Otto Harbach 08/18/1873 - Jan 24, 1963 Writer, Lyricist, Composer - HIGH JINKS (Elaine Hammerstein); SUNNY; SONG OF THE FLAME (w/Geo. Gershwin); ROSE MARIE; THE CAT & THE FIDDLE; THE FIREFLY; NO NO NANETTE; ROBERTA; THE DESERT SONG; NEVER GONNA DANCE

Leo Slezak 8/18/1873 - 6/1/1946 Austrian opera singer and film comedian; father of Walter & grandfather of Erika Slezak

Gus Edwards 08/18/1879 - Nov 7, 1945 Producer, Composer, Writer, Lyricist, Director - ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1910 (Fanny Brice); TINTYPES

Moffat Johnston 08/18/1886 - Director, Performer - 6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR; 1923 HAMLET (John Barrymore; 1932 CAMILLE (Lillian Gish); origs THE STREETS OF NY (Dorothy Gish); TWENTIETH CENTURY (William Frawley, Eugenie Leontovich); FLOWERS OF THE FOREST (Katharine Cornell, Burgess Meredith)

Alan Mowbray 08/18/1896 - Mar 25, 1969 Writer, Director, Performer - ENTER LAUGHING (Vivian Blaine, Sylvia Sydney, Alan Arkin,

Frieda Altman 08/18/1904 performer - orig CARRIE NATION; THE WALTZ OF THE TORREADORS (Ralph Richardson, Louise Kirtland); THE VISIT; A DISTANT BELL (Martha Scott)

Don Keefer 08/18/1916 performer - DEATH OF A SALESMAN; FLIGHT INTO EGYPT (Paul Lukas, Zero Mostel, Jo Van Fleet, prod'd by Irene Mayer Selznick)

Matt Mattox 08/18/1921 - Choreographer, Performer
- CARNIVAL IN FLANDERS (Dolores Grey, John Raitt, dir. Preston Sturgis); SAY DARLING (Peter Howard, Robert Morse, Vivian Blaine, Johnny Desmond, David Wayne, Robert Downing, Sr., Elliott Gould); JENNIE (Mary Martin)

Jean Eckart 08/18/1921 - 1993 Producer, Designer - THE GOLDEN APPLE; SHE LOVES ME; OH DAD POOR DAD; ANYONE CAN WHISTLE; FLORA THE RED MENACE; MAME

Shelley Winters 08/18/1922 performer, writer - ROSALINDA (Gene Barry); 0KLAHOMA [replacement]; origs A HATFULL OF RAIN (Ben Gazzara, Harry Guardino, Anthony Fanciosa); GIRLS OF SUMMER (Pat Hingle, George Peppard(!), Arthur Storch); MINNIE'S BOYS; EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS (Carol Kane); film's HARPER; A TOUCH OF BLUE; DIARY OF ANNE FRANK; BIG KNIFE; NIGHT OF THE HUNTER; A PLACE IN THE SUN

Robert Redford 08/18/1937 performer, director - THE HIGHEST TREE (Diana Douglas); LITTLE MOON OF ALBAN (Julie Harris); SUNDAY IN NEW YORK (Conrad Janis); BAREFOOT IN THE PARK (Elizabeth Ashly, Mildred Natwick); film's THE STING; THE WAY WE WERE; THE HORSE WHISPERER

Patrick Swayze 08/18/1952 performer - GOODTIME CHARLEY

Christian Slater 08/18/1969 performer - COPPERFIELD (Beulah Garrick, Barrie Ingham, Mary Mastrontonio, Keith Perry, Mary Stout, Brian Matthews, Katharine Buffaloe; 1982 MACBETH (Nicol Williamson, Andrea Weber, Tom McDermott) [HOW WAS THIS MACBETH?]; MERLIN (Doug Henning, Chita Rivera, Pat Gorman, Nathan Lane)


Shows which opened on August 18:

My Fair Lady 08/18/1981 Rex Harrison, Milo O'Shea, Cheryl Kennedy [replaced by] Nancy Ringham, Svetlana McLee Grody)

(sources: IBDB, NYT's ON THIS DAY, 440.com’s Those Were The Days)

Milla
Do Re Milla Updated On: 8/18/03 at 10:08 PM

[MsNina]

Posted: 8/18/03 at 4:51am

ms nina 8/18/???? i'm in good company. a lot of company!