Today's Birthdays 9/13 - Claudette Colbert, Christine Estabrook, Nell Carter, David Shiner

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Posted: 9/13/03 at 10:48pm

Jesse L. Lasky 09/13/1880 - Jan 13, 1958 Producer, Theatre Owner/Operator - Lasky did many interesting things before joining the film industry. He started out as a reporter then made failed plans to join the Alaska Gold Rush. Lasky, a talented musician, then went to work as a bandleader in Hawaii. Upon his return to the States, he and his sister Blanche formed a team and played coronet in vaudeville; this lead to his becoming a promoter of vaudeville. His Jesse Lasky Feature Play Company which later merged with Adolph Zukor's Famous Players to form the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, eventually became Paramount

Leland Hayward 09/13/1902 - Mar 18, 1971
Father of Brooke Hayward
Husband of Pamela Churchill Digby (1960 - 1971) his death
Husband of Lola Gibbs (divorced)
Husband of Nancy "Slim" Hawks (divorced)
Husband of Margaret Sullavan (1935 - 194 divorced Producer - origs STATE OF THE UNION (Ruthy Hussey, Ralph Bellamy. LOVED the movie w/Hepburn & Tracey!); SOUTH PACIFIC; CALL ME MADAM; POINT OF NO RETURN (Henry Fonda, Frances Bavier); GYPSY; SOUND OF MUSIC; THE PRESCOTT PROPOPOSALS (Katharine Cornell, Lorne Greene, Robert Culp, John Drew Devereaux); GOODBYE CHARLIE (Lauren Bacall, Syndey Chaplin); A SHOT IN THE DARK (Julie Harris, Gene Saks, William Shatner, Walter Matthau); THE TRIAL OF THE CANTONSVILLE 9 (Michael Moriarty, Biff McGuire, Sam Waterston, James Woods)

Claudette Colbert 09/13/1903 - Jul 30, 1996 performer, Olympic-calibre skier - THE MARRIAGE GO ROUND (Charles Boyer, Julie Newmar); THE IRREGULAR VERB TO LOVE (Cyril Ritchard, William Kinsolving); THE KINGFISHER (Rex Harrison, George Rose); A TALENT FOR MURDER (Jean-Pierre Aumont); 1985 AREN'T WE ALL (Rex Harrison, Jeremy Brett, Lynn Redgrave, George Rose); my fav film's IT HAPPENED 1 NIGHT; THE EGG & I; TOVARICH; MIDNIGHT; DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK; SINCE YOU WENT AWAY

Mae Questel 09/13/1908 - Jan 4, 1998 New York performer, Also the Voice of Betty Boop, Olive Oyl, Little Audrey, Little Lulu, Casper the Friendly Ghost - A MAJORITY OF ONE (Cedric Hardwicke, Ina Balin); BAJOUR (Herschel Bernardi, Nancy Dussault, Chita Rivera, Michael Bennett, Paul Sorvino)

Herbert Berghof 09/13/1909 - Nov 5, 1990 Writer, Director, Performer, Husband of Uta Hagen (1957 - 1990) his death - origs THE MAN WHO HAD ALL THE LUCK; HEDDA GABLER (Efrem Zimbalest, Jr., Eva La Gallienne); WAITING FOR GODOT; THE ANDERSONVILLE TRIAL (Robert Dekker, Geo. C. Scott; Robert Downey,

Reta Shaw 09/13/1912 - Jan 8, 1982 performer - origs IT TAKES 2 (John Forsythe, Martha Scott, Vivian Vance); PICNIC; PAJAMA GAME (Janice Page, Eddie Foy, Jr., John Raitt, Peter Gennaro, Carmen Alvarez, Shirley Maclaine)

Roald Dahl 9/13/1916 - 11/23/1990 writer, source material - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; screen play: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Mel Torme 9/13/1925 - 6/5/1999 performer, songwriter - The Christmas Song

Barbara Bain 9/13/1931 performer - Emmy Award-winning actress: Mission Impossible [1966-67, 1967-68]

Eileen Fulton 9/13/1933 - performer - tv's "As the World Turns", sings in Cabaret Clubs

Fred Silverman 9/13/1937 TV executive: NBC head; ABC Program Chief; producer: Matlock, In the Heat of the Night, Thicke of the Night, Diagnosis Murder

Jacqueline Bisset 9/13/1944 performer - film's The Deep, Airport, Bullitt, Wild Orchid, Murder on the Orient Express

Nell Carter 09/13/1948 - Jan 23, 2003 performer - SOON (Peter Allen, Barry Bostwick, Pendleton Brown, Richard Gere); AIN'T MISBEHAVIN (Charlain Woodard, Andre DeShields); tv's GIMME A BREAK

Christine Estabrook 09/13/1952 performer - 1977 THE CHERRY ORCHARD; THE SISTERS ROSENZWEIG (Jane Alexander, Madeline Kahn, Robert Kline)

David Shiner 09/13/1953 Writer, Director, Performer - FOOL MOON; SEUSSICAL

Jean Smart 09/13/1959 - PIAF (Jane Lapotaire, Zoe Wannamaker, Judith Ivey); 2000 THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER; tv's DESIGNING WOMEN

SHOWS THAT OPENED ON THIS DAY:

Porgy 09/13/1929

Porgy and Bess 09/13/1943

The Waltz of the Toreadors 09/13/1973 - Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Ben Masters

ON THIS DAY IN:

1983 Today marks Yul Brynner's 4,000th performance of the title role in The King and I. The production was playing at the Pantages Theater in LA. Brynner also did the film version of the musical.

(sources: IBDB, NYT's ON THIS DAY, 440.com’s Those Were The Days, Playbill.com, MSN Entertainment)

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