Today's Birthdays 8/5
Today's Birthdays 8/5
#0Today's Birthdays 8/5
Posted: 8/4/06 at 10:15pm
Guy de Maupassant 8/5/1850 - July 6, 1893 French novelist and short-story writer, my favs “The Diamond Necklace” & Boule de Suif (tr. “Ball of Fat”) fr which the film “Stage Coach” is adapted. As brilliant as the film is, the story is 1 of the most brilliant short stories, & the last page makes me cry every time!), a very compelling writer.
Reginald Owen 08/05/1887 - Nov 5, 1972 performer, writer – 1926 THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Patricia Collinge); AFFAIRS OF STATE (Celeste Holm, Barbara O’Neil [Josh Logan’s ex]); 1972 FORUM (Phil Silvers); film’s MARY POPPINS; Kim; 1949 The Secret Garden; Julia Misbehaves; Green Dolphin Street; The Valley of Decision; I Married An Angel; Charlie's Aunt; The Earl of Chicago; 1939 Kidnapped (Freddie Bartholomew, Warner Baxter, C. Aubrey Smith, John Carridine); Rosalie; Madam X; 1935 Anna Karenina; A Tale of 2 Cities; Stablemates [author](Mickey Rooney, Wallace Beery, Margaret Hamilton)
Clare Eames 08/05/1896 - Nov 8, 1930 director, performer, wife of Sidney Howard – orig BROTHERS KARAMAZOV (Lynne Fontanne, Alfred Lunt, Edward G. Robinson, Morris Carnovsky)
John Huston 08/05/1906 - Aug 28, 1987 performer, director father of Anglica Huston (also an Oscar winner) – NO EXIT (Annabella, Claude Dauphin); Academy Award-winning director: Treasure of Sierra Madre [1948]; The Maltese Falcon, The African Queen, Prizzi’s Honor; Moulin Rouge; The Asphalt Jungle; Key Largo; We Were Strangers (Jennifer Jones, John Garfield, Ramon Novarro, Gilbert Roland)
Robert Taylor 08/05/1911 - June 8, 1969 performer; Barbara Stanwyck's ex - films & tv Magnificent Obsession, Quo Vadis, Billy the Kid, Bataan, Knights of the Round Table, The Night Walker, Death Valley Days
Kermit Love 08/05/1916 - designer, performer, production crew – orig 1 TOUCH OF VENUS (Mary Martin, John Boles, Paula Laurence); tv's & film's Sesame Street; The Muppets Valentine Show; Christmas Eve on Sesame Street; The Muppet Movie; The Great Space Coaster
Neil Armstrong 9/5/1930 NASA astronaut: command pilot of Gemini 8 [launched Mar 16, 1966], performed first successful docking of two vehicles in space; commander of Apollo 11 [1969], first manned lunar landing mission: Armstrong was first man to land a craft on the Moon and first man to step on its surface
Alan Howard 08/05/1937 nephew of Leslie Howard, performer – 1972 MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Ben Kingsley, Patrick Stewart)
Erika Slezak 08/05/1946 Emmy Award-winning performer daughter of Walter Slezak (performer) & granddaughter of Leo Slezak (opera star) - tv's "One Life to Live"
Maureen McCormick 08/05/1956 performer - 1994 GREASE (replacement); forever a BRADY
Faith Prince 08/05/1957 performer, wife of Larry Lunetta, a nice Southern gal, raised in Lynchburg, Va. (about 1 hr as the crow flies fr. where I was raised, & she went to High School w/my bro-in-law) – JEROME ROBBINS BWAY; GUYS & DOLLS; WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE (Jerry Stiller, Marcell Rosenblatt), 2001 Noises Off
Jonathan Silverman 08/05/1966 performer – BROADWAY BOUND (Linda Lavin, John Randolph, Jason Alexander, Phyllis Newman); tv's & film's Gimme a Break!; Weekend at Bernie's I & II; Broadway Bound; Jekyll; Jam
SHOWS THAT OPENED ON THIS DATE:
1940 Higher and Higher - Jack Haley
1998 The Broadhurst Theatre temporarily became part of the comedy club circuit as Jerry Seinfeld presented his I'm Tellling You for the Last Time for ten performances in five nights. The comic known for his high-pitched "What's up with that?" style and his television sitcom "Seinfeld" would perform some of his best known routines then retire the material, apparently never to do any of the jokes again.
ON THIS DAY IN:
1924 - The comic strip Little Orphan Annie debuted in the New York Daily News. Annie and her little dog, Sandy, were creations of cartoonist Harold Gray. His work would come to life in the Broadway and film adaptations of Annie a half-century later -- to great success.
1962 Actress Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her Los Angeles home at age 36. Her death was ruled a probable suicide from an overdose of sleeping pills.
1977 All Broadway marquee lights are dimmed tonight in honor of actor Alfred Lunt who died two days earlier. This is only the third time up to that point that such an action has been taken.
1984 Stage star Richard Burton dies today at the age of 58 of a stroke. A well-respected stage and film star, Burton was the original King Arthur opposite the Guinevere of Julie Andrews in the Lerner and Loewe musical, Camelot. Burton's film credits include Cleopatra and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? He also appeared on Broadway replacing Anthony Perkins in Equus.
2000 Actor Alec Guinness died at age 86.
(sources: IBDB, IMDB, NYT On This Day, & 440.com’s Those Were The Days, Playbill.com)
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