Robert Shaw
Blues singer
Pianist
Songwriter
August 9, 1908 – May 18, 1985
Sunday, August 9, 2026
Born on this day – P.L. Travers:
P.L. Travers
Writer
August 9, 1899 – April 23, 1996
Credits:
Books:
About the Sleeping
Beauty (1975); Aunt Sass (2014); Essential Modern Classics Collection for Girls
(2010); Fox at the Manger (1962); Friend Monkey (1971); Gingerbread Shop (1952);
I Go By Sea, I Go By Land (1941); Mary Poppins - the Complete Collection (2013);
Mary Poppins (1934); Mary Poppins / Mary Poppins Comes Back (2007); Mary
Poppins and the House Next Door (1988); Mary Poppins Comes Back (1935); Mary
Poppins From A-Z (1962); Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane (1982); Mary Poppins
in Cherry Tree Lane / Mary Poppins and the House Next Door (1999); Mary Poppins
in the Kitchen (1975); Mary Poppins in the Park (1935); Mary Poppins Opens the
Door (1943); Mary Poppins Vintage Boxed Set (2007); Mr. Wigg's Birthday Party
(1952); Stories from Mary Poppins (1952); The Magic Compass (1953); Two Pairs
of Shoes (1976); What the Bee Knows (1989).
Movies and television:
Desert
Island Discs: Archive 1976-1980 (1977); Diminishing Returns (2018); Hollywood
goes to a World Premiere (1964); Hollywood Insider (2021); I riassuntini (2018);
Jackanory (1966–1967); Mary Poppins (1964); Mary Poppins Returns (2018); Mary
Poppins: From Page to Stage (2009); Saving Mr. Banks (2013); Special
Collector's Edition (2014); Studio One (1949); The Cat That Looked at a King
(2004); The Culture Show (2013); The Real Mary Poppins (2013).
Born on this day – Florelle:
Florelle
Opera singer
Soprano
Actress
August 9, 1898 – September 28, 1974
Credits:
Lovers
and thieves (1935); Atout coeur (1931); Around a
Investigation (1931); Blood in the Head (1956); Clodoche / Tramp (1938); Die Herrin
von Atlantis (1932); El amor solfeando (1930); Faubourg Montmartre (1931);
Earn Your Life (1931); Gervaise (1956); Gigolette (1937); Gonzague (1923); In
theaters tonight (1972); Jim Bougne, boxer (born 1923) The lady from Maxim's /
The lady at Maxim's (1933); The Last Night (1933); The woman
nue / The naked woman (1932); The kids (1935); The marvellous
The Wonderful Day (1932); La nuit est à elles, Paris 1919-1939 / The
Night Is Them, Paris 1919-1939 (2018); The Affair of the Rue de Lourcine (1923);
L'amour chante (1930); Atlantis (1932); The Other (1930); The son
The improvised son (1932); The big bluff (1933)
The Joker (1930); The Malay Dagger (1931); Les anges noirs / Black Angels
(1937); Les caves du Majestic / The Majestic cellars (1945); The Two Ducks /
The Two Ducks (1934) The gods have fun (1935) The
Les Misérables (1934); Les surprises du sleeping / The surprises of sleeping
(1933); Liliom (1934); The Eye of the Storm (1992); My
My aunt from Honfleur (1931); Marriage with responsibility
Limited Liability Marriage (1933); Mimosa Bar (1933); My heart
incognito (1931); Mr, Mrs. and Bibi (1932); Nights of
Venice (1931); Oasis (1955); Passionately / Passionately (1932); Sidonie
Panache (1934); Sixth floor / Sixième étage (1940); The Crime of Monsieur Lange
(1936); The Crime on the Coast (1913); The Mask of Horror (1912); The Mistress
of Atlantis (1932); The Threepenny Opera (1931) Trois femmes / Three women
(1952); Tumultes / Tumult (1932); Un meurtre a été commis / A murder was
committed (1938); A Wedding Night (1935); Vacances (1931).
Born on this day – Alice Fleming:
Alice Fleming
Actress
August 9, 1882 – December 6, 1952
Credits:
A
Medal for Benny (1945); California Gold Rush (1946); Cheyenne Wildcat (1944); Colorado
Pioneers (1945); Conquest of Cheyenne (1946); Dick Tracy (1937 / 1990); Fired
Wife (1943); Great Stagecoach Robbery (1945); Headin' for God's Country (1943);
Her Primitive Man (1944); His Greatest Sacrifice (1921); In Society (1944); It's
a Pleasure (1945); Keep 'Em Slugging (1943); Lone Texas Ranger (1945); Marshal
of Laredo (1945); Marshal of Reno (1944); Moonlight in Vermont (1943); Mystery
Broadcast (1943); Overland Mail Robbery (1943); Phantom Lady (1944); Phantom of
the Plains (1945); Playmates (1941); Queen of Burlesque (1946); Reckless Age
(1944); Saratoga Trunk (1945); Sheriff of Las Vegas (1944); Sheriff of Redwood
Valley (1946); Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943); Silas Marner (1922); Smash-Up:
The Story of a Woman (1947); State Fair (1945); Storm Over Lisbon (1944); Sun
Valley Cyclone (1946); Sunday Dinner for a Soldier (1944); The Affairs of Susan
(1945); The Beloved Cheater (1919); The Conquest of Canaan (1921); The Dark
Corner (1946); The Dark Horse (1946); The Mantrap (1943); The San Antonio Kid
(1944); Three Is a Family (1944); Tucson Raiders (1944); Vigilantes of Dodge
City (1944); Wagon Wheels Westward (1945); Who Done It? (1942); Women Men Love
(1921); Youth for the Kingdom (1945).
Born on this day – Mary Foy:
Mary Foy
Actress
August 9, 1872 – June 18, 1956
Credits:
A
Fall to Arms (1930); A House Divided (1931); A Man from Wyoming (1930); A
Perfect Gentleman (1928); A Solax Celebration (1912); A Tale of Two Cities
(1935); Algie, the Miner (1912); Ankles Preferred (1927); Ann Vickers (1933); Before
Midnight (1933); Behind Office Doors (1931); Beyond the Rocks (1922); Blockade
(1938); City Park (1934); Common Clay (1930); Dangerous Money (1924); Dumbbells
in Ermine (1930); Embarrassing Moments (1930); Falling Leaves (1912); Front
Page Woman (1935); Fury (1936); Ginger (1935); Her Indiscretion (1927); Hubby
Does the Washing (1912); I Stole a Million (1939); Icebound (1924); I'll Love
You Always (1935); In the Year 2000 (1912); Irish Luck (1925); It's the Cats (1934);
It's the Old Army Game (1926); Ladies in Love (1930); Ladies of the Big House
(1931); Let Us Live (1939); Life of an Actress (1927); Little Big Shot (1935); Love
in Bloom (1935); Love Is Dangerous (1933); Mad Hour (1928); Maisie (1939); Midnight
Phantom (1935); Mind Your Business (1930); Naughty Marietta (1935); No Ransom
(1934); Once to Every Woman (1934); One Hour to Live (1939); Pack Up Your
Troubles (1939); Pepper (1936); Polly of the Movies (1927); Reform Girl (1933);
Sally in Our Alley (1916); Scandal Sheet (1931); Scarlet Youth (1928); School
for Girls (1934); Second Fiddle (1923); Slaves of Beauty (1927); Slightly
Married (1932); Stardust (1921); Strange People (1933); Such Men Are Dangerous
(1930); The Broad Road (1923); The Cradle Buster (1922); The Divine Lady (1928);
The Equine Spy (1912); The Ghost in the Garret (1921); The Godless Girl (1928);
The Great American Pie Company (1935); The Headless Horseman (1922); The
Hoosier Schoolmaster (1924); The House of Mystery (1934); The Lariat Kid (1929);
The Lucky Devil (1925); The Manicure Girl (1925); The Pinch Hitter (1925); The
Studio Murder Mystery (1929); The Terrible People (1928); The Vice Squad (1931);
The White Rose (1923); The Widow from Chicago (1930); The Wooing of Alice (1912);
Thou Shalt Not Steal (1917); Thunder Trail (1937); Transient Lady (1935); Two
Heads on a Pillow (1934); Unrelated Relations (1936); What a Time (1931); White
Lies (1934); Zenobia (1939).
Recommended reading - The Bearded Lady (1955):
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The Bearded Lady
By Ross MacDonald.
Published 1955.
ASIN: B097265SP9
Description:
In this short story from
Ross Macdonald’s The Archer Files, detective Lew Archer stops in town to
look in on an old army buddy, an artist, only to find that he has mysteriously
disappeared. Seemingly the only clue is a disturbing charcoal sketch of a woman
with a thick beard sitting in his studio. As Archer finds himself drawn into
the investigation, it soon becomes clear that things are not what they seem.
And that no one is above suspicion.
A
Vintage Short.
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