Tuesday, August 4, 2009

The Movie - A Doonesbury Special

Really cool - A Doonesbury Special movie

Movie Is being made - in 1977.


Soundtrack: "Stop In the Middle" Walden West Music 1976, 1977, "I Do Believe" Walden West Music 1973, "Oh Come All Ye Faithful", "We Three Kings"
Certificates: Argentina:Unrated
Color Info: Color
Countries: USA
Genres: Animation, Short
Languages: English
Runtimes: Argentina:9, USA:25
Sound Mix: Mono
Tech Info: OFM:35 mm, PFM:35 mm, RAT:1.33 : 1
Release Dates: USA:27 November 1977

In movie have been taken:

Thomas Baxton (actor)

James Allen Brewer (actor)
"Jimmy Thudpucker" is a fictional folk singer from the comic strip "Doonesbury" by 'Garry Trudeau' (qv).

Richard Bruno (actor)

Richard Cox (actor)
Birth Name:Zuckerman, Richard
Birth Notes:New York City, New York, USA
Was nominated for Broadway's 1979 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Musical) for "Platinum.", While attending Yale Cox was awarded fellowships to go to Japan, Bali, Samoa and Poland., Has a B.A. in anthropology from Yale., Has performed in summer theater at the Peterborough Players in New Hampshire., Served as best man at the wedding of Yale classmate and Doonesbury cartoonist 'Garry Trudeau' (qv) and 'Jane Pauley' (qv)., He performed on Broadway with 'Ingrid Bergman (I)' (qv) in "Captain Brassbound's Conversion" before going to Hollywood in 1975 with the national company of "Grease"., Cox went to private schools before attending Yale and majoring in both drama and anthropology., The only child of Gabe Zuckerman and Roseanna Cox, who both began as professional dancers. His father left show business to become a real estate agent. His mother, a psychotherapist, still performs every summer in Peterboro, N.H. He appeared on stage there with her at age 8., A native of Manhattan's Chelsea area., Had a child in 1980 via his relationship with actress 'Kathryn Harrold' (qv). They shared a 22nd Street loft in New York before relocating to Los Angeles, dwelling in a two-story frame house in Coldwater Canyon. His nickname for her was "Kitty".
Other Works:TV commercial for Merrill Lynch (2000)
Birth Date:6 May 1948

Eric Elice (actor)

Jack Gilford (actor)
Articles:"Starlog" (USA), December 1990, Iss. 161, pg. 60, by: Kim Howard Johnson, "Jack Gilford (1908-1990)"
He and his wife were blacklisted during the Hollywood Blacklist of the 1950s., Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 179-180. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387, He was nominated for the Tony Award for his work in musicals: as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Musical) for "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"., Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 325-327. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999., Nominated for the 1967 Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Musical for "Cabaret".
Death Notes:New York City, New York, USA (stomach cancer)
Born contained by Brooklyn, New York, in leave of Yankel Gellman. He quantity ex- its sell-by date his career in the Amateur Nights of the 1930s poignant against to nightclub as an ultramodern buffoon doing mockery and pantomime. He be a equal at the Greenwich Village nightspot, Cafe Society and hosted show feature Zero Mostel, Billie Holliday and jazz greats resembling Hazel Scott. It be said that he invented the spate "The butler carry out it!" as segment of one of his motion scheme satire routine. He also did a facial pantomime of Pea Soup Coming to a Boil. During the 1950s he was a martyr of the The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) blacklisting which stalled his TV career until the obligatory 1960s. But in a while, he become a regular undemanding slapstick comedian part musician on dozens of TV succession and pictures. He was maximum accredited all for human being the rubber-faced guy on the Cracker Jacks commercial for a dozen years from 1960-1972. He was nominated for Tony award on Broadway for most advantageous following actor in the harmonious "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" and "Cabaret." The rhyme "Meeskite" was textual for him via John Kander & Fred Ebb and enjoy not appear in any subsequent production of the floor show. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the show "Save the Tiger" starring disparate Jack Lemmon, who win the Best Actor Oscar for his ceremony.
Quotes:You hang about bordered by the conglomerate longer. Even superseding man who hang against be traits actor prolong their career -- we all know character actors who have been in a fat in favour of a extended event. I be always a character thespian.
Birth Notes:New York City, New York, USA
Books:Kate Mostel and Madeline Gilford. _170 Years in Show Business._ New York: Random House, 1978. ISBN 0394411811
Other Works:Originated the role of Herr Schultz contained by the inspired Broadway amount produced of "Cabaret" and Hysterium in the original Broadway production of "A Funny Thing Happened against the opening to the Forum, " recreating the latter in the pictures journal., TV commercial for Cracker Jack., Intermission P.S.A. for American Library Association & National Book Committee, Early 1960's, (1959) (stage) The Tenth Man - played Zitorsky in original Broadway production, Booth Theatre, November 1959., Three Men on a Horse (1969). Comedy (revival). Written by 'John Cecil Holm' (qv) and 'George Abbott' (qv). Directed by George Abbott. Lyceum Theatre: 16 Oct 1969- 10 Jan 1970 (100 performances + 4 previews). Cast: 'Jack Gilford (I)' (qv) (as "Erwin Trowbridge"), 'Leon Janney' (qv) (as "Clarence Dobbins"), 'Sam Levene (I)' (qv) (as "Patsy"), Dorothy Loudon, 'Butterfly McQueen' (qv) (as "Dora Lee"), Al Nesor, Gloria Bleezarde, Dorothy Chace, Wally Englehardt, 'Paul Ford (I)' (qv) (as "Mr. Carver"), 'Hal Linden' (qv) (as "Charlie"), Rosemary Prinz, Don Simms, John Svar, D. Brian Wallach. Produced by Ken Gaston, Leonard J. Goldberg and Bud Fillippo. Produced in association with Henry R. Stern.
Birth Name:Gellman, Jacob Aaron
Spouse:'Madeline Lee' (qv) (16 April 1949 - 2 June 1990) (his death); 3 children
Death Date:2 June 1990
Birth Date:25 July 1908

David Grant (actor)

Lenny Jackson (actor)

Eric Jaffe (actor)

Will Jordan (actor)
Where Now:(March 2004) Living in New York City, still active as actor and impressionist.
Birth Name:Rauch, Wilbur
Birth Notes:Bronx, New York, USA
Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 230-231. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387, Has portrayed 'Ed Sullivan (I)' (qv) no-less than six times. (_I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)_ (qv), _The Buddy Holly Story (1978)_ (qv), _Elvis (1979/I) (TV)_ (qv), _The Doors (1991)_ (qv), _Mr. Saturday Night (1992)_ (qv), and _Down with Love (2003)_ (qv).), Invented the phrase "Really Big Shoe" for his Ed Sullivan impression., He also portrayed Sullivan in the 1983 video for Billy Joel's hit song "Tell Her About It."
Birth Date:27 July 1927

Charles Levin (actor)
Birth Name:Levin, Charles Herbert
Birth Notes:Chicago, Illinois, USA
Spouse:'Katherine DeHtre' (? - 2007) (her death); 2 children, '?' (? - ?); 1 child
Birth Date:12 March 1949

Mark Linn-Baker (actor)
Spouse:'Adrianne Lobel' (qv) (1995 - present); 1 child
Pictorials:"Playboy" (USA), October 1989, Vol. 36, Iss. 10, pg. 174, by: Victor Malafronte, "Grapevine: Dressed in Less"
Height:5' 7"
Birth Notes:St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Other Works:Was a cast member of the "Doonesbury A New Musical" in 1982., Season Director, Second Stage Theater 2001, and director of the theater's new Off-Bdwy musical, 'Once Around the City' by Robert & Willie Reale., (September 2002): Plays Toad in "A Year With Frog and Toad" musical by Robert Reale and Willie Reale (Children's Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)., TV vommercials for Peter Pan Peanut Butter (1980s-1990s)., Tv Commercial: Life Savers: 1986, Television commercials for Peter Pan Peanut Butter., (October 2006): Played Tony Ellis in "Losing Louie" play by Simon Mendes da Costa on Broadway (Biltmore Theater, New York City, New York, USA).
Where Now:(August 2002) Starring in "A Year With Frog and Toad" at the Children's Theatre in Minneapolis, playing the role of Toad. Production lasts through November, 2002, then the production moves to NYC
He appeared in the role of Hysterium in the 1995 Broadway stage production of 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'., Played "Marvelous" Mark Slackmeyer in the Broadway production of "Doonesbury - The Musical", His christened name is Mark Linn Baker (without the hyphen). Linn is actually his middle name, not part of his last name. When he joined the actors union, there already was a Mark Baker, so he combined his middle name with his last name. His father made up his middle name "Linn" in honor of Leonid Tolstoy., Mark is a partner in Manhattan's West Bank Cafe., Wife 'Adrianne Lobel' (qv) is a set designer. They have one daughter., Appeared in My Favorite Year and Laughter on the 23rd Floor, both based on the real-life writing teams for 'Sid Caesar' (qv)'s Your Show of Shows.
Birth Date:17 June 1954

William Sloane Coffin (actor)
Articles:"The Washington Post" (USA), 13 April 2006, Vol. 129, Iss. 129, pg. b6, by: Matt Schudel and Adam Bernstein, "William Sloane Coffin Jr. [Dies]; Chaplain Was Lifelong 'Disturber of the Peace"
During his marriage to Eva Rubinstein, was son-in-law of famed pianist 'Artur Rubinstein' (qv) and brother-in-law of 'John Rubinstein' (qv)., Was a famous civil rights and antiwar campaigner during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, Children (from marriage to Rubinstein): Alexander (died in 1983), David, Amy., His first wife, Eva Rubenstein, was the daughter of famous pianist Arthur Rubenstein.
Death Notes:Strafford, Vermont, USA (congestive heart failure)
Birth Notes:New York City, New York, USA
Birth Name:Jr., William Sloane Coffin
Spouse:'Virginia Wilson' (? - 12 April 2006) (his death), 'Virginia Randolph Wilson' (? - 12 April 2006) (his death), 'Harriet Gibney' (? - ?) (divorced), 'Eva Rubinstein' (qv) (1956 - 1968) (divorced); 3 children, 'Eva Rubinstein' (? - 1968) (divorced), 'Harriet Gibney' (1969 - 1976) (divorced)
Death Date:12 April 2006
Interviews:"Playboy" (USA), August 1968, Vol. 15, Iss. 8, pg. 45-54+114+134-140, by: Nat Hentoff, "Playboy Interview: William Sloane Coffin"
Birth Date:1 June 1924

Linda Baer (actress)

Michelle Browne (actress)

Barbara Harris (actress)
Spouse:'Paul Sills' (qv) (? - ?) (divorced)
Barbara Harris chest acting while lifeless a juvenile encircled by Chicago, playing petite parts in the Playwrights Theatre Club (whose other players integrated such youngsters by the burn up of channel of 'Edward Asner' (qv), 'Mike Nichols (I)' (qv) and 'Elaine May (I)' (qv)). She be also in "The Compass Players", the earliest ongoing improvisational theater troupe in America, directed by her then-husband 'Paul Sills' (qv) (who found the theater base against moral code created by his mother, Viola Spolin, the dramatist of "Improvisation in help of the Theatre"). A more varnished edition of the Compass, call "The Second City", was an epic pulverize in Chicago and was moved to Broadway, where on earth she was nominated for a Tony. She starred in a cycle of luminary endure production, in cooperation beside "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever"; "Oh Dad Poor Dad"; "The Apple Tree" (Tony Award, 1967) and "Mother Courage". Her optical credit encompass central role in _A Thousand Clowns (1965)_ (qv), _Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad (1967)_ (qv), _Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (1971)_ (qv), _The War Between Men and Women (1972)_ (qv), _Nashville (1975)_ (qv), _Freaky Friday (1976)_ (qv), _Family Plot (1976)_ (qv), _Plaza Suite (1971)_ (qv), _Movie Movie (1978)_ (qv), _The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)_ (qv), _The North Avenue Irregulars (1979)_ (qv), _Second-Hand Hearts (1981)_ (qv), _Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)_ (qv), _Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)_ (qv) and _Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)_ (qv), and TV appearance included episode of _"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955)_ (qv) and _"Middle Ages" (1992)_ (qv).
Height:5' 7"
Quotes:Performers should be judged only by their work on-stage -- too much is made of their personal lives.
Birth Notes:Evanston, Illinois, USA
Books:Included in "Something Wonderful Right Away", by Jeffrey Sweet, Included in "The Compass Players", by Janet Coleman
Other Works:Was nominated for a 1966 Tony Award as Best Actress in a Musical for 'On a Clear Day'., Won the 1967 Tony Award as Best Actress in a Musical for her work in 'The Apple Tree'., She was the voice of Joannie Caucus for the Doonesbury cartoon special.
Where Now:(present) Teaching, directing
Along near 'Elaine May (I)' (qv), she be above all acknowledged to be one of the pioneering women bordered by the pasture of improvisational the stage. Scenes she created with 'Alan Arkin' (qv), 'Severn Darden' (qv), 'Paul Sand (I)' (qv) and other celebrated member of the Second City and Compass splinter group be studied by the operation of funds of masterpieces of the means. Most acute scene: "Museum Piece" (with Arkin) and "First Affair" (with Darden)., Her mother, Natalie Densmoor, was an accomplished pianist, and her father, Oscar Harris, was a tree-surgeon who later became a businessman., Won Broadway's 1967 Tony Award as Best Actress (Musical) for "The Apple Tree." This followed two previous Tony nominations: in 1962, as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Musical) for "From the Second City," and, in 1966, as Best Actress (Musical) for "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever.", Was seriously considered for the role of Neely O'Hara in the 1967 film _Valley of the Dolls (1967)_ (qv). The character of Neely, based on 'Judy Garland (I)' (qv), was later won by Academy Award-winning actress 'Patty Duke' (qv) ., Is naturally a brunette.
Birth Date:25 July 1935

Patrice Leftwich (actress)

Rebecca Nelson (actress)

Faith Hubley (producer)

John Hubley (producer)

Garry Trudeau (producer)

Faith Hubley (writer)

John Hubley (writer)

Garry Trudeau (writer)

James Allen Brewer (composer)

Faith Hubley (director)

John Hubley (director)

Garry Trudeau (director)

Sara Fishko (editor)

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