1999 Death Peggy Cass, actress, Auntie Mame, dies at 74 1983 Event "Mame" closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 41 performances 1983 Event "Mame" opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 41 performances 1976 Death Rosalind Russell, actress (Mame), dies of cancer at 68 1970 Event "Mame" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 1508 performances 1968 Death Fred Clark, actor (Zotz, Auntie Mame), dies of liver ailment at 54 1966 Event "Mame" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 1508 performances 1924 Birthday Peggy Cass, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress/TV panelist, To Tell the Truth, Mame 1918 Birthday Robert Preston, born in Newton, Massachusetts, actor, Music Man, Mame, Last Starfighter 1914 Birthday Fred Clark, born in Lincoln California, actor, Burns and Allen, Auntie Mame, Hazard 1911 Birthday Lucille Ball, born in Jamestown, New York, comedienne/actress, I Love Lucy, Mame 1908 Birthday Rosalind Russell, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, actress, Mame, Take a Letter Darling
