Today's Birthdays 8/7 - John Glover, Caroline Aaron, Wayne Knight

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Posted: 8/7/03 at 3:05pm

Mata Hari 08/07/1876 source material, Dutch dancer executed by French for espionage during World War I

Edward Clarke Lilley 08/07/1896 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 performer – 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 director – origs. PROMISES, PROMISES; LORELEI; MY FAT FRIEND (John Lithgow, Lynn Redgrave, Geo. Rose); DEATH TRAP; THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG; WOMAN OF THE YR.

Richard Levinson 08/07/1934 writer, Collaborator with Wm. 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?, etc. (Jane Krakowski, Alison Fraser, David Schramm, Patricia Conolly); film’s ANNIE HALL

Caroline Aaron 08/07/1952 performer another Southern gal, sister of Josiphine Abady – 1985 ICE MAN COMETH (Jason Robards, Donald Moffat); I HATE HAMLET (Adam Arkin, Celeste Holm, Nicol Williamson); film’s EDWARD SCISSORHANDS; SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE

Wayne Knight 08/07/1955 (Cartersville, Ga.) performer – MASTERGATE (Tom McDermott, Melinda Mullins, John Dossett, by Larry Gelbart); tv’s SEINFELD; film’s JURRASSIC PARK

Shows which opened on August 07:

Elmer Gantry 08/07/1928

The Lady from the Sea 08/07/1950 w/Herbert Berghof, Ann Jackson, Louise Rainer, Steven Hill, staged by Sam Wanamaker

Hurlyburly 08/07/1984 w/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.

Honky Tonk Nights 08/07/1986 w/Ira Hawkins, Reginald Vel Johnson, Teresa Burrell, Lloyd Culbreath

ON THIS DAY IN:

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.

(sources: IBDB, NYT On This Day, & 440.com’s Those Were The Days, Playbill.com)

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