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Posted: 8/2/08 at 11:54pm
Helen Morgan 08/02/1900 - 10/9/1941 performer; studied singing with Edward Petri of the Metropolitan Opera School. Gave it up when he told her her voice was too small to ever have a career in opera. Opera's loss, cabaret/mus. theatre's gain! - Geo. White Scandals 1925; orig & 1932 SHOW BOAT; SWEET ADELINE; ZIEGFELD 1931 (Ruth Etting [would have been so interesting to see HM & RE in the same show!]); film's Frankie and Johnny, Show Boat, Applause
Ruth Nelson 08/02/1905 - 9/12/1992 performer; step-mother of James Cromwell, wife of John Cromwell (? - 1979) his death - orig JOHNNY JONHSON (Lee J. Cobb, Jules Garfield [aka John Garfield], Elia Kazan, Sanford Meisner, Albert Van Dekker); NIGHT MUSIC (Bert Conway, Elia Kazan, Sandy Meisner, Florence Odets, David Opatoshu); The Grass Harp (Sterling Holloway); Long Days Journey; TO GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE WE GO (Kim Hunter, Eva LaGalliene, Anne Twomey)
Myrna Loy 08/02/1905 - 12/14/1993 performer; wife of Arthur Hornblow, Jr. (1936 - 1942) divorced - 1973 THE WOMEN (Rhonda Fleming, Kim Hunter, Dorothy Loudon, Jan Miner, Alexis Smith, Mary Louise Wilson); film's THIN MAN series; Airport; Topaz; Midnight Lace
Eugene Loring 08/02/1911 - Aug 30, 1982 choreographer, director, producer, performer - CARMEN JONES; SILK STOCKINGS (Don Ameche, Hildegard Neff; Geo Tobias, Julie Newmar)
Gary Merrill 08/02/1915 - Mar 5, 1990 performer; husband of Bette Davis (1950 - 1960) divorced, Barbara Leeds (1941 - 1950) divorced - BORN YESTERDAY (Judy Holliday, Paul Douglas); MORNING'S AT 7 (Nancy Marchand, Theresa Wright, Maureen O'Sullivan); film's ALL ABOUT EVE; The Seekers, Twelve O’Clock High, The Great Impostor
Beatrice Straight 08/02/1918 - 4/7/2001 performer; wife of Peter Cookson (1949 - January 6, 1990) his death - 1948 MACBETH (Martin Balsam, Michael Redgrave, Flore Robson); Tony for The Crucible; THE INNOCENTS (David Cole); film's Academy Award-winning actress: Network [1976]; Poltergeist, Bloodline, Endless Love
Simone Valère 08/02/1923 performer - 1952 HAMLET (Jean-Francois Calve, Jean Juillard); INTERMEZZO (Francoise Ledoux, Natalie Nerval)
James Baldwin 08/02/1924 - 12/1/1987 source material, writer - BLUES FOR MR. CHARLIE; AMEN CORNER (Cynthia Belgrave); literature's GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN
Carroll O'Connor 08/02/1924 - 6/21/2001 director, performer, stage mgr; father of Hugh O'Connor - GOD & KATE MURPHY (Larry Hagman, Lois Nettleton, Fay Compton); BROTHERS (Pat McNamara, Gary Klar, Frank Converse, Dennis Christopher); tv's & film's ALL IN THE FAMILY; IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT; CLEOPATRA
Peter O'Toole - 08/02/1932 performer; Husband of Siân Phillips (1959 - 1979) divorced - 1987 Pygmalion; tv's & film's LAWRENCE OF ARABIA; BECKET; LION IN WINTER; autobiography: Loitering with Intent; Casanova; 2005 Lassie; Troy
Max Wright 08/02/1943 performer - GREAT WHITE HOPE (James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Hector Elizondo); INSPECTOR GENERAL (Lynne Charnay [great gal, still going strong], Theodore Bikel); tv's & film's The Norm Show; Snow Falling on Cedars; A Midsummer Night's Dream; The Shadow; Reds; All That Jazz
Andrew Gold 8/2/1951 songwriter son of Ernest Gold & Marni Nixon; "Lonely Boy" written in 1977; "Thank you for being a friend" written in 1978 & used for for Golden Girls in 1985 - 1997 Annie
Lisa Brown 08/02/1954 performer - 1975 HELLO DOLLY; BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS; Loving; One Life to Live; As the World Turns; The Guiding Light
Anthony Crivello 08/02/1955 performer - THE NEWS (Lisa Michaelis, Jeff Connaway); Kiss of the Spider Woman; Marie Christine; tv's & film's One Life to Live; Spanish Fly; Monster Mash: The Movie
Mary-Louise Parker 08/02/1964 performer - PRELUDE TO A KISS (Timothy Hutton, Debra Monk); 1996 BUS STOP; PROOF; Reckless; [the incredible] How I Learned to Drive; tv's & film's FRIED GREEN TOMATOES; BULLETS OVER BWAY; Weeds; The West Wing; Angels in America; Red Dragon; Reckless; Fried Green Tomatoes; Ryan's Hope
Shows which opened on August 02:
1944 Catherine Was Great - Mae West, Gene Barry
1965 Oliver! - Victor Stiles, Dodi Protero, Maura K. Wedge, Danny Sewell
1979 Gilda Radner - Live From New York - Don Novello, Paul Shaeffer
2001 Gerard Alessandrini's topically comic rewrite of Irving Berlin's last musical, Mr. President, opens at the Douglas Fairbanks Theatre, playing in repertory with his Forbidden Broadway 2001: A Spoof Odyssey. The rewrite replayed the 2000 presidential election, with characters reconceived to resemble George W. Bush, Al Gore and their families and advisors.
ON THIS DAY IN:
1921 Opera singer Enrico Caruso died in Naples, Italy.
1943 - Lieutenant (j.g.) John F. Kennedy had a bad day, too. His PT 109, with the future President of the U.S. on board, was rammed and sunk by the Japanese destroyer Amigiri. Kennedy suffered a back injury that plagued him for the rest of his life. The story of the PT 109 was told in Hollywood style in the 1963 movie, PT 109, starring Cliff Robertson as JFK.
(sources: IBDB, IMDB, NYT On This Day, & 440.com’s Those Were The Days, Playbill.com)
Milla
Ruth Nelson 08/02/1905 - 9/12/1992 performer; step-mother of James Cromwell, wife of John Cromwell (? - 1979) his death - orig JOHNNY JONHSON (Lee J. Cobb, Jules Garfield [aka John Garfield], Elia Kazan, Sanford Meisner, Albert Van Dekker); NIGHT MUSIC (Bert Conway, Elia Kazan, Sandy Meisner, Florence Odets, David Opatoshu); The Grass Harp (Sterling Holloway); Long Days Journey; TO GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE WE GO (Kim Hunter, Eva LaGalliene, Anne Twomey)
Myrna Loy 08/02/1905 - 12/14/1993 performer; wife of Arthur Hornblow, Jr. (1936 - 1942) divorced - 1973 THE WOMEN (Rhonda Fleming, Kim Hunter, Dorothy Loudon, Jan Miner, Alexis Smith, Mary Louise Wilson); film's THIN MAN series; Airport; Topaz; Midnight Lace
Eugene Loring 08/02/1911 - Aug 30, 1982 choreographer, director, producer, performer - CARMEN JONES; SILK STOCKINGS (Don Ameche, Hildegard Neff; Geo Tobias, Julie Newmar)
Gary Merrill 08/02/1915 - Mar 5, 1990 performer; husband of Bette Davis (1950 - 1960) divorced, Barbara Leeds (1941 - 1950) divorced - BORN YESTERDAY (Judy Holliday, Paul Douglas); MORNING'S AT 7 (Nancy Marchand, Theresa Wright, Maureen O'Sullivan); film's ALL ABOUT EVE; The Seekers, Twelve O’Clock High, The Great Impostor
Beatrice Straight 08/02/1918 - 4/7/2001 performer; wife of Peter Cookson (1949 - January 6, 1990) his death - 1948 MACBETH (Martin Balsam, Michael Redgrave, Flore Robson); Tony for The Crucible; THE INNOCENTS (David Cole); film's Academy Award-winning actress: Network [1976]; Poltergeist, Bloodline, Endless Love
Simone Valère 08/02/1923 performer - 1952 HAMLET (Jean-Francois Calve, Jean Juillard); INTERMEZZO (Francoise Ledoux, Natalie Nerval)
James Baldwin 08/02/1924 - 12/1/1987 source material, writer - BLUES FOR MR. CHARLIE; AMEN CORNER (Cynthia Belgrave); literature's GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN
Carroll O'Connor 08/02/1924 - 6/21/2001 director, performer, stage mgr; father of Hugh O'Connor - GOD & KATE MURPHY (Larry Hagman, Lois Nettleton, Fay Compton); BROTHERS (Pat McNamara, Gary Klar, Frank Converse, Dennis Christopher); tv's & film's ALL IN THE FAMILY; IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT; CLEOPATRA
Peter O'Toole - 08/02/1932 performer; Husband of Siân Phillips (1959 - 1979) divorced - 1987 Pygmalion; tv's & film's LAWRENCE OF ARABIA; BECKET; LION IN WINTER; autobiography: Loitering with Intent; Casanova; 2005 Lassie; Troy
Max Wright 08/02/1943 performer - GREAT WHITE HOPE (James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Hector Elizondo); INSPECTOR GENERAL (Lynne Charnay [great gal, still going strong], Theodore Bikel); tv's & film's The Norm Show; Snow Falling on Cedars; A Midsummer Night's Dream; The Shadow; Reds; All That Jazz
Andrew Gold 8/2/1951 songwriter son of Ernest Gold & Marni Nixon; "Lonely Boy" written in 1977; "Thank you for being a friend" written in 1978 & used for for Golden Girls in 1985 - 1997 Annie
Lisa Brown 08/02/1954 performer - 1975 HELLO DOLLY; BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS; Loving; One Life to Live; As the World Turns; The Guiding Light
Anthony Crivello 08/02/1955 performer - THE NEWS (Lisa Michaelis, Jeff Connaway); Kiss of the Spider Woman; Marie Christine; tv's & film's One Life to Live; Spanish Fly; Monster Mash: The Movie
Mary-Louise Parker 08/02/1964 performer - PRELUDE TO A KISS (Timothy Hutton, Debra Monk); 1996 BUS STOP; PROOF; Reckless; [the incredible] How I Learned to Drive; tv's & film's FRIED GREEN TOMATOES; BULLETS OVER BWAY; Weeds; The West Wing; Angels in America; Red Dragon; Reckless; Fried Green Tomatoes; Ryan's Hope
Shows which opened on August 02:
1944 Catherine Was Great - Mae West, Gene Barry
1965 Oliver! - Victor Stiles, Dodi Protero, Maura K. Wedge, Danny Sewell
1979 Gilda Radner - Live From New York - Don Novello, Paul Shaeffer
2001 Gerard Alessandrini's topically comic rewrite of Irving Berlin's last musical, Mr. President, opens at the Douglas Fairbanks Theatre, playing in repertory with his Forbidden Broadway 2001: A Spoof Odyssey. The rewrite replayed the 2000 presidential election, with characters reconceived to resemble George W. Bush, Al Gore and their families and advisors.
ON THIS DAY IN:
1921 Opera singer Enrico Caruso died in Naples, Italy.
1943 - Lieutenant (j.g.) John F. Kennedy had a bad day, too. His PT 109, with the future President of the U.S. on board, was rammed and sunk by the Japanese destroyer Amigiri. Kennedy suffered a back injury that plagued him for the rest of his life. The story of the PT 109 was told in Hollywood style in the 1963 movie, PT 109, starring Cliff Robertson as JFK.
(sources: IBDB, IMDB, NYT On This Day, & 440.com’s Those Were The Days, Playbill.com)
Milla
Updated On: 8/2/08 at 11:54 PM
