Today's Birthdays 9/19 Cass Elliott, Jeremy Irons, Rosemary Harris

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Posted: 9/20/03 at 1:51am

Frances Farmer 09/19/1913 - Aug 1, 1970 Wife of Leif Erickson (2/8/36 - 6/12/42) divorced, performer, source material - GOLDEN BOY (Robert Lewis, Elia Kazan); QUIET CITY (music by Aaron Copeland); THUNDER ROCK (Lee J. Cobb); film's SON OF FURY

Rosemary Harris 09/19/1927 performer - THE LION IN WINTER (Robert Walken, Chris Walken); 1966 SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL (Helen Hayes); OLD TIMES (Robert Shaw); PACK OF LIES (Patrick McGoohan [debut], Dana Ivy, Tracey Pollan)

William Hickey 09/19/1928 - Jun 29, 1997 performer - HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WANDA JUNE (Kevin McCarthy, Marsha Mason); MORNING BECOMES ELECTRA (Colleen Dewhurst), 1986 ARSENIC & OLD LACE (Tony Roberts, Jean Stapleton, Abe Vigoda)

David McCallum 09/19/1933 performer - THE FLIP SIDE; AMADEUS (David Suchet); tv's THE MAN FROM UNCLE

‘Mama’ Cass Elliott (Ellen Naomi Cohen) 9/19/1941 - 7/29/1974 performer, singer: group: The Mamas & The Papas: California Dreamin’, Monday, Monday, Creeque Alley; solo: Dream a Little Dream of Me, Make Your Own Kind of Music; group: The Mugwumps; tv's DR. KILDARE, SMOTHERS BROTHERS

Jeremy Irons 09/19/1948 performer, Husband of Sinéad Cusack (1978 - present) Son-in-law of Cyril Cusack - THE REAL THING (Glenn Close, Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon); tv's BRIDESHEAD REVISITED; film's REVERSAL OF FORTUNE

Twiggy 09/19/1949 performer, Wife of Leigh Lawson
- MY 1 & ONLY (Tommy Tune)

Rex Smith 09/19/1956 performer - PIRATES OF PENZANCE (Kevin Kline, Estelle Parsons, Linda Ronstadt, Alix Korey)

SHOWS THAT OPENED ON THIS DATE:

1904 Julian Eltinge, the famed female impersonator, makes his Broadway debut today in Mr. Wix of Wickham, the unsuccessful musical at the Bijou Theatre. The now legendary Jerome Kern, who was only 19 years old, wrote some of the songs for this musical. Kern goes on to write music for Show Boat and Sunny during his long, successful career. Also on this date, E. H. Sothern, Shakespeare actor extraordinaire, stars in the Chicago production of Romeo and Juliet.

ON THIS DATE IN:

1970 - She could turn the world on with her smile. The Mary Tyler Moore Show was seen for the first time on CBS-TV. It became one of the most successful television shows of the 1970s. The last, original episode aired on September 3, 1977.

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

Milla