Today's Birthdays 8/7
Today's Birthdays 8/7
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Posted: 8/7/07 at 10:40am
Mata Hari 08/07/1876 - 10/15/1917 source material, Dutch dancer, courtesan, double agent: German spy: Agent H-21; executed by firing squad near Paris; source mat'l
Billie Burke 8/7/1885 - May 14, 1970 Billie's BD according to IBDB. Future stage actress and second wife of Florenz Ziegfeld, Billie Burke is born today in Washington, D.C. Born Mary William Ethelbert Appleton, Burke spent her childhood in England, where her father was a popular clown performer. For this reason, most of Burke's early stage successes were in London, not New York. In fact, Burke only appeared in one American musical, 1924's Annie Dear, produced by her husband. Other New York stage appearances included Jerry, The Intimate Strangers, and Rose Briar. In the 1930s Burke would lend her name as a producer to many editions of her husband's Follies and make some film appearances. Burke is best-preserved on film as Glinda, the Good Witch in "The Wizard of Oz." Also in TOPPER; DINNER AT 8
Edward Clarke Lilley 08/07/1896 - 1974 Writer, Director, Production Crew, Technical Crew – ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1936 – 2 incarnations that yr. 1st w/Bob Hope, Eve Arden, Josephine Baker, Judy Canova, Nicholas Bros., Fanny Brice’s last B’way appearance & the 2d w/Bobby Clarke, Gypsy Rose Lee, Ben Yost’s Varsity 8, mus. by Vernon Duke, sets by Vincent Minelli
Ann Harding 08/07/1901 - 9/1/1981 performer; wife of Harry Bannister (1926 - 1932) divorced – THE TRIAL OF MARY DUGAN (Bob Cummings); ABRAHAM COCHRANE (Olympia Dukakis); my fav films: HOLIDAY; THE ANIMAL KINGDOM (She was really ahead of her time in this 1!); THE LIFE OF VERGIE WINTERS; PETER IBBETSON; ENCHANTED APRIL; LOVE FROM A STRANGER; THE MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT
Robert Moore 08/07/1927 - 5/10/1984 director, performer; nominated for Broadway's Tony Award five times – origs. PROMISES, PROMISES; LORELEI; MY FAT FRIEND (John Lithgow, Lynn Redgrave, Geo. Rose); DEATH TRAP; THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG; WOMAN OF THE YR.; tv's & film's Rhoda; Murder By Death; 1976 tv Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; The Cheap Detective; Chapter 2; Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon; Diana
Richard Levinson 08/07/1934 - 3/12/1987 writer, Collaborator with William Link (They created "Columbo," "Ellery Queen," "Murder She Wrote") - MERLIN
John Glover 08/07/1944 performer – 1973 THE GREAT GOD BROWN (John McMartin, Marilyn Sokol, Bonnie Gallup); 1973 HOLIDAY (Robin Pearson Rose, Charlotte Moore); 1996 TARTUFFE (or "What In The World Were They Thinking When The Circle In The Square Set This In Orgon's Television Studio In The American South?") (Jane Krakowski, Alison Fraser, David Schramm, Patricia Conolly); Drowsey Chaparone [replacement]; film’s ANNIE HALL
Caroline Aaron 08/07/1952 performer another Southern gal [VA], sister of Josephine Abady – 1985 ICE MAN COMETH (Jason Robards, Donald Moffat); I HATE HAMLET (Adam Arkin, Celeste Holm, Nicol Williamson); tv's & film’s EDWARD SCISSORHANDS; SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE; Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean; Heartburn; Judging Amy; Curb Your Enthusiasm; Just Like Heaven
Wayne Knight 08/07/1955 performer; a Giaogia boi! – MASTERGATE (Tom McDermott, Melinda Mullins, John Dossett, by Larry Gelbart); tv’s & film's 3rd Rock from the Sun; SEINFELD; JURRASSIC PARK
SHOWS THAT OPENED ON THIS DATE:
1928 Elmer Gantry - Vera Allen
1950 The Lady from the Sea - Herbert Berghof, Ann Jackson, Louise Rainer, Steven Hill, staged by Sam Wanamaker
1984 Hurlyburly - Sigourney Weaver, Wm. Hurt, Judith Ivey, Harvey Keitel, Ron Silver, Jerry Stiller, Cynthia Nixon (who per’d in THE REAL THING & HURLYBURLY at the same time) The play about show business men trying to find themselves transferred from Off Broadway where Christopher Walken played the role Silver took over. Little known understudy Kevin Spacey will fill in for various of the male roles throughout the run.
1986 Honky Tonk Nights - Ira Hawkins, Reginald Vel Johnson, Teresa Burrell, Lloyd Culbreath
ON THIS DAY IN:
1782 George Washington created the Order of the Purple Heart, a decoration to recognize merit in enlisted men and noncommissioned officers.
1919 Actors' Equity Association calls the first strike in the history of the American Theatre, which will last until Sept. 6, at which point Equity will be recognized and will sign a five-year contract with managers.
1965 Tony Award-winning actress Carol Channing says "Goodbye" to the Broadway production of Hello, Dolly! after today's performance. Although Channing will be immortalized as Ms. Dolly Levi (and return to the role in a 1990s revival) the show will also thrive with many new "star" Dollys. Among them are Ginger Rogers (who succeeds Channing the next week), Pearl Bailey, Betty Grable and Ethel Merman, for whom the show was originally written.
1990 President George H.W. Bush ordered U.S. troops and warplanes to Saudi Arabia to guard the oil-rich desert kingdom against a possible invasion by Iraq.
(sources: IBDB, IMDB, NYT On This Day, & 440.com’s Those Were The Days, Playbill.com)
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