ON THIS DAY IN 2025:
This day in 1959 saw the Best Picture Academy Award go to the musical Gigi (poster pictured), starring Leslie Caron and Maurice Chevalier.
Durban singer-actor Anthony Stonier, star of countless pantos, celebrates his birthday today, while US actor Paul Rudd turns 56 today, actor Billy Dee Williams turns 88 and film director Barry Levinsohn turns 83.
Imelda Staunton, at the age of 69, won her fifth Olivier theatre award in London on this day in 2025; this time for her role as Dolly Levi in Hello Dolly. The biggest winners of the 2025 Olivier Awards were the musical version of The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, a revival of Fiddler On The Roof, and Giant, about children’s author Roald Dahl grappling with whether to make a public apology for an article deemed anti-semitic.
The first animated cartoon was copyrighted on this day in 1906, while the first broadcast of Little Orphan Annie, a serial on America’s NBC Radio, took place on this day in 1931. The character would be the inspiration for the hit stage and screen musical, Annie.
On this day in 1969, Dizzy by Tommy Roe was enjoying the first of its two weeks topping South Africa’s Springbok Radio chart. Just saying…
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