1998 Death Theresa Merritt, actress, That's My Mama, dies at 75 1998 Event Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts Mama and Papas and Eagles 1992 Death Diane Varsi, actress (Allison-Peyton Place, Bloody Mama), dies at 54 1989 Death Bette [Ruth E] Davis, actress (All About Eve, White Mama), dies at 81 1988 Death Anne Ramsey, actress (Throw Mama From Train), dies of cancer at 59 1979 Event "I Remember Mama" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 108 performances 1979 Event "I Remember Mama" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 108 performances 1978 Death Peggy Wood, actress (One Life to Live, Mama), dies at 86 1973 Death Hope Landin, actress (I Remember Mama, Sugarfoot), dies at 79 1971 Birthday Amy Poehler, born in Newton, Massachusetts, actress, comedienne, appeared in 'Saturday Night Live' 2001 - 2008, appeared in films, 'Bay Mama', 'Mean Girls' 1969 Birthday Danielle Brisebois, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Archie's Place, Big Bad Mama 2 1966 Death Sophie Tucker, Russian/US singer and actress (My Yiddish Mama), dies at 79 1962 Death Cleo Ridgely, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama), dies at 68 1961 Birthday Junior, Norman Giscombe, R&B singer, Mama used to Say 1957 Death John W. Van Druten, U.S. stage/screenwriter (I Remember Mama), dies at 56 1955 Birthday Heintje, Hendrik Simons, Dutch singer, Mama 1954 Death Florence Bates, actress (Kismet, I Remember Mama), dies at 65 1949 Birthday Vicki Lawrence, born in Inglewood, California, actress, Carol Burnette, Mama's Family 1945 Birthday Clifton Davis, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor/singer, That's My Mama, Amen 1945 Birthday Patty McCormack, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Mama, Peck's Bad Girl, Ropers 1944 Birthday Sally Kirkland, New York City, actress, Anna, Sting, Pvt Benjamin, Big Bad Mama 1944 Event John Van Druten's "I Remember Mama," premieres in New York City 1943 Birthday Theodore Wilson, New York City, actor, That's My Mama, Sanford Arms 1943 Birthday "Mama" Cass Elliot, actress, Mamas and Papas-Monday Monday 1941 Birthday "Mama" Cass Elliot, born in Baltimore, Maryland, rock vocalist, Mamas and The Papas 1940 Birthday Susan Sennett, born in Santa Monica, California, actress, Big Bad Mama 1935 Birthday John Phillips, singer/guitarist, Mama and Papas-California Dreaming 1933 Birthday Tom Skerritt, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Ryan's Four, Alien, Big Bad Mama 1930 Birthday Ken Berry, born in Moline, Illinois, actor, F Troop, Mayberry RFD, Mama's Family 1929 Birthday Johnny Ace, born in Memphis, Tennessee, born John Marshall Alexander, Jr., singer, member of the B.B. King band, signed to Duke Records, toured with Willa Mae "Big Mama" Thornton 1926 Birthday Big Mama Thornton, blues singer, Ball and Chain, Stronger than Dirt 1926 Birthday Nydia M E Ecury, Arubian poet/actress, Kantika pa Mama Tera 1925 Birthday Virginia Capers, Sumter, South Carolina, actress, White Mama, Original Intent 1923 Birthday Pat Hingle, born in Denver, Colorado, actor, Baby Boom, Norma Rae, Bloody Mama 1922 Birthday Theresa Merritt, Newport News, Virginia, actress, Mama-That's My Mama 1921 Birthday Ralph Manza, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Banacek, Mama Malone, Newhart 1919 Birthday Ellen Stewart, actress/founder, La Mama Theatre Group 1904 Birthday Roland Winters, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Mama, Smothers Brothers 1902 Birthday Kathryn Forbes, short story writer, mama's bank account 1901 Birthday Philip Dorn, Scheveningen Netherlands, actor, I Remember Mama 1901 Birthday Jester Hairston, born in North Carolina, actor, Thats My Mama, Rolly-Amen 1901 Birthday John W. Van Duren, playwright, I Remember Mama 1900 Death John Ruskin, English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81 1898 Birthday Irene [Marie] Dunne, Louisville, actress, Show Boat, I Remember Mama 1898 Birthday Oscar Homolka, Vienna Austria, actor, I Remember Mama 1897 Birthday Josephine "Mama Jo" Riley Matthews, midwife, SC 1894 Birthday Cleo Ridgely, New York, silent screen actress, I Remember Mama 1892 Birthday Peggy Wood, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, One Life to Live, Mama 1888 Birthday Florence Bates, born in San Antonio, Texas, actress, Kismet, I Remember Mama
