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1998 Theresa Merritt, actress, That's My Mama, dies at 75

1998 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts Mama and Papas and Eagles

1992 Diane Varsi, actress (Allison-Peyton Place, Bloody Mama), dies at 54

1989 Bette [Ruth E] Davis, actress (All About Eve, White Mama), dies at 81

1988 Anne Ramsey, actress (Throw Mama From Train), dies of cancer at 59

1979 "I Remember Mama" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 108 performances

1979 "I Remember Mama" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 108 performances

1978 Peggy Wood, actress (One Life to Live, Mama), dies at 86

1973 Hope Landin, actress (I Remember Mama, Sugarfoot), dies at 79

1969 Danielle Brisebois, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Archie's Place, Big Bad Mama 2

1966 Sophie Tucker, Russ/US singer and actress (My Yiddish Mama), dies at 79

1962 Cleo Ridgely, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama), dies at 68

1961 Junior, [Norman Giscombe], R&B singer, Mama used to Say

1957 John W. Van Druten, U.S. stage/screenwriter (I Remember Mama), dies at 56

1955 Heintje, [Hendrik Simons], Dutch singer, Mama

1954 Florence Bates, actress (Kismet, I Remember Mama), dies at 65

1949 Vicki Lawrence, born in Inglewood, California, actress, Carol Burnette, Mama's Family

1945 Clifton Davis, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor/singer, That's My Mama, Amen

1945 Patty McCormack, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Mama, Peck's Bad Girl, Ropers

1944 Sally Kirkland, New York City, actress, Anna, Sting, Pvt Benjamin, Big Bad Mama

1944 John Van Druten's "I Remember Mama," premieres in New York City

1944 Peter Tosh, Jamaica, reggae musician, Mystic Man, Mama Africa

1943 Theodore Wilson, New York City, actor, That's My Mama, Sanford Arms

1943 "Mama" Cass Elliot, actress, Mamas and Papas-Monday Monday

1941 "Mama" Cass Elliot, Balt Maryland, rock vocalist, Mamas and The Papas

1940 Susan Sennett, born in Santa Monica, California, actress, Big Bad Mama

1935 John Phillips, singer/guitarist, Mama and Papas-California Dreaming

1933 Tom Skerritt, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Ryan's Four, Alien, Big Bad Mama

1930 Ken Berry, Moline, Illinois, actor, F Troop, Mayberry RFD, Mama's Family

1926 Big Mama Thornton, blues singer, Ball and Chain, Stronger than Dirt

1926 Nydia M E Ecury, Arubian poet/actress, Kantika pa Mama Tera

1925 Virginia Capers, Sumter, South Carolina, actress, White Mama, Original Intent

1923 Pat Hingle, born in Denver, Colorado, actor, Baby Boom, Norma Rae, Bloody Mama

1922 Theresa Merritt, Newport News, Virginia, actress, Mama-That's My Mama

1921 Ralph Manza, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Banacek, Mama Malone, Newhart

1919 Ellen Stewart, actress/founder, La Mama Theatre Group

1904 Roland Winters, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Mama, Smothers Brothers

1902 Kathryn Forbes, short story writer, mama's bank account

1901 Philip Dorn, Scheveningen Netherlands, actor, I Remember Mama

1901 Jester Hairston, born in North Carolina, actor, Thats My Mama, Rolly-Amen

1901 John W. Van Duren, playwright, I Remember Mama

1900 John Ruskin, English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81

1898 Irene [Marie] Dunne, Louisville, actress, Show Boat, I Remember Mama

1898 Oscar Homolka, Vienna Austria, actor, I Remember Mama

1897 Josephine "Mama Jo" Riley Matthews, midwife, SC

1894 Cleo Ridgely, New York, silent screen actress, I Remember Mama

1892 Peggy Wood, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, One Life to Live, Mama

1888 Florence Bates, born in San Antonio, Texas, actress, Kismet, I Remember Mama



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