Today's Birthdays 9/28 - Gregory Jbara, J.T. Walsh, Al Capp

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Posted: 9/28/03 at 6:48pm

Prosper Merimee 9/28/1803 - 9/23/1870 French dramatist, historian, archaeologist and short story writer, source material - CARMEN JONES

Pedro De Cordoba 09/28/1881 - Sep 16, 1950 performer - ARMS & THE MAN (Lunt/Fontanne); film's Saboteur; GHOST BREAKERS; CRISIS

Elmer Rice 9/28/1892 - 5/8/1967 Producer, Writer, Source Material, Director - origs STREET SCENE (Beulah Bondi); ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS; KNICKERBOCKER HOLIDAY (Walter Huston, Ray Middleton); KEY LARGO (Paul Muni, Uta Hagen, Tom Ewell, Karl Malden); DREAM GIRL; SABRINA FAIR; THE PONDER HEART; 5 FINGER EXERCISE; SILENT NIGHT, LONELY NIGHT; SKYSCRAPER; film's COUNSELLOR AT LAW; HOLIDAY INN

Al Capp 9/28/1909 - 11/5/1979 American cartoonist; Alfred Gerald Caplin, better known as Al Capp, was responsible for all the happenings in the fictitious hillbilly town of Dogpatch. From 1934 until 1977, Capp wrote and drew the cartoon, Li’l Abner, with its cast of wonderful characters, Mammy and Pappy Yokum, their son Abner, the lovely Daisy Mae, Fearless Fosdick and the lovable Schmoos. Al Capp even invented a holiday, Sadie Hawkins Day. Li’l Abner wasn’t just a funny comic strip. It became a Broadway show and a Hollywood movie, too. But above all else, Al Capp used the characters in the Sunday funnies for political satire.

Marcello Mastroianni 9/28/1924 - 12/19/1996 Italian actor; film's LA DOLCE VITA; MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE; A SPECIAL DAY

Brigitte Bardot 9/28/1934 French Actress: film's AND GOT CREATED WOMAN. Is it possible she is 69 today!

Joel Higgins 09/28/1943 performer - origs SHENANDOAH; MUSIC IS; ANGEL

J. T. Walsh 09/28/1943 - Feb 27, 1998 performer - 1979 RICHARD III (Al Pacino); LAST LICKS (Sally Kellerman, Ed Flanders); ROSE (Glenda Jackson, Jessica Tandy); 1982 MACBETH; GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (Joe Montagna)

Matthew Cowles 09/28/1944 Husband of Christine Baranski (1983 - present), performer - MALCOLM (Alice Drummond, Estelle Parsons, s/b Doris Roberts); 1969 THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE; 1975 SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH (Chris Walken, Irene Worth)

John Sayles 9/28/1950 Movie writer-director-actor; film's THE CLAN OF THE CAVE BEARE; MATEWAN; 8 MEN OUT; SUNSHINE STATE; CASA DE LOS BABYS

Gregory Jbara 09/28/1961 Rebecca Luker's ex, performer - SERIOUS MONEY (Alec Baldwin, Kate Nelligan); 1989 BORN YESTERDAY (Madeline Kahn, Ed Asner); 1994 DAMN YANKEES; VICTOR/VICTORIA

SHOWS THAT OPENED ON THIS DATE:

Night Must Fall 09/28/1936 - Emlyn Williams, May Whitty

Purlie Victorious 09/28/1961 - Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Alan Alda

Song of the Grasshopper 09/28/1967 - Alfred Drake, Diana Davila

The Crucifer of Blood 09/28/1978 - Paxton Whitehead, Glenn Close, Timothy Landfield

ON THIS DAY IN:

1066 William the Conqueror invaded England.

1961 - Richard Chamberlain played the part of handsome, young, Dr. Kildare for five years, beginning this day on NBC. Raymond Massey co-starred in the TV medidrama.

1961 - Hazel premiered on NBC-TV. The sitcom starred Shirley Booth in the title role, with Don DeFore as George Baxter and Whitney Blake as Dorothy Baxter (the family who Hazel adopted). She was their maid and housekeeper. Hazel was based on the Saturday Evening Post cartoon series by Ted Key.

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

Milla Updated On: 9/28/03 at 06:48 PM