Today's Birthdays 9/1
Today's Birthdays 9/1
#0Today's Birthdays 9/1
Posted: 8/31/06 at 11:02pm
Englebert Humperdinck 09/01/1854 - Sep 27, 1921 composer; name borrowed by pop singer Arnold Dorsey - THE CHILDREN OF KINGS; HANSEL & GRETEL
James J. Corbett 09/01/1866 - Feb 18, 1933 won the heavyweight title from John L. Sullivan in 1892 - CASH BYRON; DOING OUR BIT
Edgar Rice Burroughs 09/01/1875 - Mar 19, 1950 writer, source material - TARZAN OF THE APES; film's TARZAN series; THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT
Flora Parker DeHaven 09/01/1883 - Sep 9, 1950 performer, Mother of Gloria DeHaven, Wife of Carter De Haven (divorced; re-married and re-divorced) - MR. BLUEBEARD (Eddie Foy); QUEEN OF THE MOULIN ROUGE (Carter De Haven)
Marilyn Miller 09/01/1898 - Apr 7, 1936 performer, Sister-in-law of Mary Pickford; Wife of Chet O'Brien (1934 - 1936) her death, Jack Pickford (1922 - 1927) divorced, Jack Donohue (1928 - ?) divorced, Frank Carter (1920 - 1921) his death - FANCY FREE; SALLY; PETER PAN; SUNNY (Clifton Webb); ROSALIE (Frank Morgan); SMILES (Fred Astaire); AS THOUSANDS CHEER (Clifton Webb, Helen Broderick, Jose Limon, Ethel Waters, Harry Stockwell); film's PEACOCK ALLEY; SUNNY; SALLY; HER MAJESTY LOVE
Jack Hawkins 9/1/1910 - 7/18/1973 performer - tv's & film's Four Just Men, Zulu, Malta Story; QBVII; Oh! What a Lovely War; Lord Jim; Lawrence of Arabia; Ben-Hur; The Bridge on the River Kwai; The Fallen Idol; Five Finger Exercise
Yvonne De Carlo 09/01/1922 [Peggy Yvonne Middleton] performer - orig. FOLLIES; tv's Lily Munster; film's THE 10 COMMANDMENTS
Kathryn Lee 09/01/1926 - Jun 24, 2004 performer - Maggie [by Billy Roy](Betty Paul, James Broderick [Matthew's pop]; Anita Ellis [u/s]); Allegro; As The Girls Go (Jo Sullivan)
George Maharis 09/01/1928 performer -Off-Broadway Zoo Story; tv's & film's ROUTE 66; RICH MAN, POOR MAN; Exodus
Lily Tomlin 09/01/1939 Producer, Writer, Director, Performer - APPEARING NIGHTLY; The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe; tv's & film's WEST WING; "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In"; NASHVILLE; THE CELLULOID CLOSET; 9-5
Barry Gibb 09/01/1946 Composer, Lyricist - SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
James Rebhorn 09/01/1948 performer - ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN; 1988 OUR TOWN (Spalding Gray); 2002 THE MAN WHO HAD ALL THE LUCK (Chris O'Donnell); 2002 DINNER AT 8 (Christine Ebersole); 12 Angry Men
Carolee Carmello 9/1/? performer; Wife of Gregg Edelman; has her bachelor's degree in Business Administration & French - I Can Get It for You Wholesale [American Jewish Theater, saw it, enjoyed it.]; City of Angels; Falsettos; 1776 [replacement]; Parade; The Scarlet Pimpernel [replacement]; Kiss Me Kate [replacement]; Urintown; tv's & film's Remember WENN; I Will Avenge You, Iago! (2005)
Shoshana Bean 9/1/1977 performer - Hairspray; Wicked
SHOWS THAT OPENED ON THIS DATE:
1924 John Colton and Clemence Randolph adapt the W. Somerset Maugham story "Miss Thompson" as the hit play Rain, about tough prostitute Sadie Thompson (Jeanne Eagels), who battles a bigoted missionary in the steamy jungle. It opens a 648-performance run today, and will be adapted several times as a film.
1927 Barbara Stanwyck and Oscar Levant star in the musical Burlesque, which plays the first of its 372 performances today.
1993 White Liars & Black Comedy - Nancy Marchand, Kate Mulgrew, Brian Murray, Peter MacNicol
1997 Tonight's Actors Fund performance of A Doll's House is the Tony-winning revival's last, as Anthony Page's re-working of Ibsen's late-19th century drama ends its run after tonight's performance. Janet McTeer won a Tony for her performance as Nora Helmer, as did Owen Teel for his as husband Torvald. The limited engagement production was originally scheduled to close on July 26, but following its strong reception from both critics and audiences, that date was pushed back six weeks.
2002 The unorthodox but Tony-winning Best Musical Contact closes after a two-and-a-half-year Broadway run. The final performance is broadcast live on PBS.
ON THIS DAY IN:
1666 Great London Fire begins in Pudding Lane. 80 percent of London is destroyed, including last vestiges of bubonic plague.
1807 Former Vice President Aaron Burr was found innocent of treason (charges of plotting to set up an empire).
1932 New York City Mayor James "Gentleman Jimmy" Walker resigned following charges of graft and corruption in his administration.
1941 Jews living in Germany are required to wear a yellow Jewish star
1977 Ethel Waters performer dies at 76
1992 Morris Carnovsky performer dies at 94
2003 A rare (but not unprecedented) confluence of events leave Broadway with just one non-musical play on the boards, Tony-winner Take Me Out.
(sources: IBDB, IMBD, NYT's ON THIS DAY, 440.com’s Those Were The Days, Playbill.com, electricscotland.com)
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