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Died Today (September 8th): Zero Mostel (1915–1977)

zeromostel.jpgZero Mostel (1915–1977)

Born: February 28, 1915 in Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died: September 8, 1977 (age 62) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Married to:
Kathryn Harkin (2 July 1944 – 8 September 1977) (his death) (2 children)

[Commenting on Jim Henson’s Muppets:] “He has the best possible actors. If you have a disagreement with them, you can always use them to wash your car.”

If people know your name, you’re famous. If they only know your face, it doesn’t count. It’s the name. One reason I became Zero was so if I accomplished only a middle level of fame, I still wouldn’t be a zero. If you know my name, how can I be a zero? Smart, huh?

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966
dir. Ricard Lester
Starring
Mostel
THE PRODUCERSThe Producers
1968
dir. Mel Brooks
starring
Gene Wilder
Mostel
Watership Down
1978
dir. Martin Rosen
Starring
John Hurt
Richard Briers
Best BoyBest Boy
1979
dir. Ira Wohl
Cast
Mostel
Philip Wohl

Died Today (September 8th): Dorothy Dandridge (1922–1965)

dorothydandridge.jpgDorothy Dandridge (1922–1965)

Born: November 9, 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Died: September 8, 1965 (age 42) in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

It [prejudice] is such a waste. It makes you logy and half-alive. It gives you nothing. It takes away.

If I were white, I could capture the world.

CARMEN JONESCARMEN JONES
1954
dir. Otto Preminger
Starring:
Harry Belafonte
Dorothy Dandridge

 

Happy Birthday: Kimberly Peirce

kimberlypeirce.jpg Kimberly Peirce

Born: September 8, 1967 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

You talk to any director, it’s tough. It’s tough to make movies that you love.

I like to go for the reality, I like to go for what’s underneath. And I don’t even judge it. But that isn’t what all Hollywood movies are. That’s an example where my success in Boys Don’t Cry (1999) brought me this great Hollywood career and all these offers that I really appreciate, but I really have a very particular thing that I like doing. I love real emotion, I love real drama.

CARRIE
2013
dir. Kimberly Peirce
Stars:
Chloe Grace Moretz
Julianne Moore

Stop-LossStop-Loss
2008
Directed by Kimberly Peirce
Starring
Ryan Phillippe
Levitt

 

Happy Birthday: Brad Silberling

bradsilberling.jpgBrad Silberling

Born: September 8, 1963 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Married to: Amy Brenneman (30 September 1995 – present) (2 children)

Wrote and directed the 2002 film Moonlight Mile (2002) based on his own experiences after the tragic murder of his girlfriend, actress Rebecca Schaeffer, in 1989.

CITY OF ANGELS
1998
dir. Brad Silberling
Starring:
Nicholas Cage
Meg Ryan
LAND OF THE LOST Movie PosterLand of the Lost
2009
dir. Brad Silberling
Starring
Ferrell
Danny McBride

 

Happy Birthday: Ella Rae Peck

ellaraepeck.jpgElla Rae Peck

Born: September 8, 1990 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Best of DECEPTION TV show tv POSTERWELCOME TO THE FAMILY TV SHOW PILOT
2013
Creators: Mike Sikowitz

MOVIE POSTERBACHELORETTE
2012
dir. Leslye Headland
Stars:
Kirsten Dunst
Isla Fisher
Best of GOSSIP GIRL
Sexy Teen TV SHOW
MOVIE POSTERTHE CALL
2013
dir. Brad Anderson
Stars:
Abigail Breslin
Halle Berry
MOVIE POSTERYOUNG ADULT
dir. Jason Reitman
Stars
Charlize Theron
Patrick Wilson

 

Happy Birthday: Sid Caesar (1922–2014)

sidcaesar.jpgSid Caesar (1922–2014)

Born: September 8, 1922 in Yonkers, New York, USA
Died: February 12, 2014 (age 91) in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to: Florence Caesar (17 July 1943 – 3 March 2010) (her death) (3 children)

When I did comedy I made fun of myself. If there was a buffoon, I played the buffoon. And people looked at me and said, “Gee, that’s like Uncle David”, or “That’s like a friend of mine.”. And they related through that. I didn’t make fun of them. I made fun of me.

Happy Birthday: Nate Corddry

natecorddry.jpgNate Corddry

Born: September 8, 1977 in Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA

He is an actor and writer, known for The Ugly Truth (2009), St. Vincent (2014) and The Invention of Lying (2009).

MOVIE POSTERST. VINCENT DE VAN NUYS
2014
Melissa McCarthy
Bill Murray

THE INVENTION OF LYING Movie PosterThe Invention of Lying
dir. Gervais
Matthew Robinson
Starring
Gervais
Jennifer Garne
THE UGLY TRUTH Movie PosterThe Ugly Truth
2009
dir. Robert Luketic
Starring
Katherine Heigl
Butler
THE HEAT
2013
dir. Paul Feig
Stars:
Sandra Bullock
Melissa McCarthy
Yogi BearYogi Bear
dir. Eric Brevig
Stars:
Dan Aykroyd
Justin Timberlake

 

Happy Birthday: Larenz Tate

larenztate.jpgLarenz Tate

Born: September 8, 1975 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

It’s interesting, because I’ve never seen myself as a sex symbol. It’s actually kind of cool that women have taken to me. Because now I have a whole different demographic when it comes to the audiences. I have women who come out and support my movies and that is a huge demographic for me, which is great because some actors don’t have a female base at all.

WAIST DEEP
2006
dir. Vondie Curtis-Hall
Stars:
Tyrese Gibson
Meagan Good

TV POSTERJUSTIFIED Season 2
2010
Stars:
Timothy Olyphant
Walton Goggins
Jeremy Davies