As Mae Peterson in "Bye Bye Birdie", Columbia Pictures via YouTube screen-grab Maureen Stapleton (1925-2006) is one of those great character actors that I am just crazy about. I loved the film version of the musical Bye Bye Birdie (1963) as a child, and I still do. Stapleton … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor, Maureen Stapleton
June 21, 1925– Maureen Stapleton is one of those great character actors that I am just crazy about. I loved the film version of the musical Bye Bye Birdie (1963) as a child, and I still do. Stapleton played Dick Van Dyke’s mother in the film and she received an Academy Award … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Chita Rivera
January 23, 1933- Chita Rivera: “Many of the shows I danced in don't exist on film, but they do exist in the memories of those who were in the theater for that single moment in time. And nothing can replace that.” The Husband & I caught the Bob Fosse directed film version … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor, Maureen Stapleton
June 21, 1925- Maureen Stapleton is one of those great character actors that I am crazy about. I loved the film version of the musical Bye Bye Birdie (1963) as a child, & I still do. … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Ann-Margret
April 28, 1941- Ann-Margret Olsson When I was a little baby gay my mother dropped me off, all on my own at 9 years old, at Spokane’s Post Theatre for the Saturday first matinee showing of … [Read more...]
Ann-Margret Looking Gorgeous
72 years old and still every bit as stunning as she's ever been. Ann-Margret was honored with the Rolex Dance Award in NYC and she certainly made an entrance looking flawless. Her legs … [Read more...]