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1911 Hugh Herbert Hipple is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After dropping two H's, he becomes suave actor . In 1940 he appears in 's .

1917 , lyricist of , is born. Darion also writes lyrics for and .

1928 It all becomes a at the Golden Theatre. 's nine-act saga of Nina Leeds and the men in her life stars . It runs 426 performances and wins the Pulitzer Prize.

1928 Producer/director is born. He receives a record 21 Tony Awards and serves as producer and/or director of Broadway classics , , , , , , , , , , and many more.

1928 Also born today: , composer of .

1929 Beau Geste comes to life at His Majesty's Theatre in London with Laurence Olivier in the leading role. and director adapted the play from the novel by P.C. Wren.

1935 Opening night for 's gambling comedy , starring , , , and . It runs 835 performances.

1936 Picking up where her late husband left off, produces the with , , , , and . It runs 227 performances at the Winter Garden.

1957 , starring , opens at the Ambassador Theatre. The adaptation of ' novel The Europeans plays only 12 performances. provides the direction.

1958 Franklin Roosevelt's life at the family retreat of Campobello Island, Maine, is dramatized in 's , which runs 556 performances at the Cort Theatre. plays FDR. Also in the cast in a minor role: .

1986 's production of 's opens at Circle in the Square, where it runs for 45 performances. The cast features , , and .

2006 , who dramatized the progress of her generation of women through a series of comic and rueful plays, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning , dies of lymphoma at age 55.

2011 ' The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore, a rarely seen title about a wealthy, aging Southern eccentric barking her memoirs to a secretary as a harbinger of death climbs up the hill, opens Off-Broadway at the 's Laura Pels Theatre. stars as widow Flora Goforth.

2015 , a well-respected actor of the British stage who was adept at both comedy and drama, and who may be best known as the Agatha Christie detective Miss Marple in a series of BBC films, dies at age 82. McEwan performed at early incarnations of both the and the , and was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as Old Woman in a 1998 Broadway revival of .

More of Today's Birthdays: (1914-1995). (1923-2020). (1928-2006). Mitch Leigh. (1928-2014). Harold Prince (1928-2019). (b. 1930). (b. 1932). (1934-2016). (b. 1937). (b. 1951). Phil Collins (b. 1951). Ann Dowd (b. 1956). (b. 1967). (b. 1980). Danielle Campbell (b. 1995).