Today's Birthdays 8/26
Today's Birthdays 8/26
#0Today's Birthdays 8/26
Posted: 8/25/06 at 10:02pm
Albert 8/26/1819 - 12/14/1861 German-born prince consort of Queen Victoria; source material - Love Match (Hal Linden, Pat Routledge, Michael Allinson, Ken Richards)
John Wilkes Booth 8/26/1838 - 4/26/1865 son of Junious Brutus Booth, brother of Edwin Booth, performer, assassin: shot and killed U.S. President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, DC; JULIUS CAESAR (Junious & Edwin Booth)
Charles Butterworth 08/26/1896 - Jun 14, 1946 performer - GOOD BOY (Helen Kane) SWEET ADELINE (Helen Morgan); FLYING COLORS (Imogen Coca, Buddy Ebsen, Vilma Ebsen, Patsy Kelly, Clifton Webb); COUNT ME IN (Jean Arthur, Robert Shaw [debut]); BRIGHTEN THE CORNER (Lenore Lonergan, Eileen Heckard [u/s]); film's CAT & THE FIDDLE, 1 of my fav Jeanette MacDonald films w/o Nelson Eddy
Christopher Isherwood (Clifford Bradshaw) 8/26/1904 - Jan 4, 1986, wrote "The Berlin Stories," a memoir of his exploits in the Berlin of the 1930s that became the basis for the play, I Am a Camera, and its Kander & Ebb musical version, Cabaret. Sam Mendes' smash revival of the latter continues on Broadway at Studio 54.
Jan Clayton 08/26/1917 - Aug 28, 1983 performer; co-author "Bewitched, bothered, and bedeviled" with Samuel Marx - CAROUSEL (John Raitt); 1946 SHOW BOAT; replacement orig. FOLLIES; Timmy's mom on tv's LASSIE; Pantomime Quiz
Ronny Graham 08/26/1919 - Jul 4, 1999 Writer, Lyricist, Composer, Director, Performer - LEONARD SILLIMAN'S NEW FACES OF 1952 (Alice Ghostley Carol Lawrence, Paul Lynde, Eartha Kitt); THE TENDER TRAP (Kim Hunter, Robert Preston, Julia Meade); NEW FACES OF 1956 (Jane Connell, Inga Swensen, MAGGIE SMITH(!); NEW FACES OF 1962; BRAVO GIOVANNI (Cesare Siepi, Michele Lee, Baayork Lee, Lanie Kazan); SOMETHING MORE (Hal Linden, Joan Copeland, Barbara Cook, Arthur Hill); MATING DANCE (Van Johnson, Paul Sorvino, Richard Mulligan)
Ken Richards 8/26/1928 performer, Happy 78th my dear friend; career highlights - Red Head [replacement](Gwen Verdon, Richard Kiley, Margery Beddow, Fran Koll); Unsinkable Molly Brown [replacement on Bway; tour](Tammy Grimes, Karen Morrow); Cafe Crown (Theodore Bikel); I'm Solomon (aka Solomon, Solomon & In Someone Else's Shoes)(Dick Shawn); Funny Girl [replacement](Mimi Hines); On A Clear Day (John Cullum, Barbara Harris, Louis Jourdan [replaced o/o/t]; Brigadoon [at City Center](Karen Morrow, Evan Evans); opening of State Theatre in Richard Rodgers' productions of The King & I (Rise Stevens, Darren McGavin, Dixie Carter [u/s Tuptim]) & Merry Widow (Pat Munsel); Summer Stock in Kansas City included: Wizard of Oz (Pat Suzuki as Dorothy!); Carousel (Jan Clayton, Art Lund); Kiss Me Kate (Anne Jeffreys, Bill Hayes); Tours included Bway Tours of Red Head & Unsinkable Molly Brown, Love Match (Hal Linden, Pat Routledge); Guber Ford & Gross Group: Funny Girl (Carol Lawrence, Sylvia Sims); at orig Paper Mill: Most Happy Fella (Art Lund); Fanny [little boy played by Kit Culkin, Macaulay's pop]; Annie Get Your Gun; perennial performer at Radio City Music Hall; tv's & film's Quiz Show; Raging Bull; David Letterman; Loving; All My Children; Kate & Allie
Michael Jeter 08/26/1952 - 3/30/2003 performer - ONCE IN A LIFETIME, GRAND HOTEL; tv's & film's Emmy Award-winning actor: Evening Shade [1992]; Hot House, The Boys Next Door, Waterworld, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, Gypsy, The Fisher King, Miller’s Crossing, The Green Mile; PICKET FENCES; Open Range [I really enjoyed this under-rated film]
Gabriel Barre 08/26/1957 performer - RAGS; STARMITES; ANNA KARENINA; AIN'T BROADWAY GRAND; tv's & film's Fame; Law & Order; Summer of Sam; Can't Stop the Music
Macaulay Culkin 8/26/1980 performer - film's Home Alone series, Getting Even with Dad, George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, The Good Son, My Girl, Uncle Buck, Only the Lonely, The Pagemaster, Richie Rich
SHOWS THAT OPENED ON THIS DATE:
1992 Anna Karenina with Melissa Errico, Gregg Edelman
ON THIS DAY IN:
On Aug. 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing American women the right to vote, was declared in effect.
(sources: IBDB, IMDB, NYT's ON THIS DAY, 440.com’s Those Were The Days, Playbill.com)
Milla
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