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What happened in history on this day: August 27?
On August 27 in ...
- 1961 - Francis the Talking Mule is the mystery guest on What's My Line?.
- 1964 - Buena Vista premieres Disney's live-action and animated film Mary Poppins at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, USA. The film is based on the Mary Poppins books by P.L. Travers.
- 1975 - The CBS TV network airs the last Mannix TV show in the USA. A total of 194 episodes aired.
Births on August 27
- 1882 - Birth of Samuel Goldwyn; pioneer film maker/producer (MGM).
- 1894 - Birth of Charles Meredith in Knoxville, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Court of Last Resort).
- 1905 - Birth of Frederick O'Neal in Brooksville, Mississippi, USA; actor (Car 54 Where Are You).
- 1916 - Birth of Martha Raye AKA Margaret Reed in Butte, Montana, USA; actress, singer and comedienne (Martha Raye Show TV show).
- 1937 - Birth of Tommy Sands; singer/actor ("Teenage Rock", "Dream With Me", Wagon Train).
- 1943 - Birth of Susan Weld AKA Tuesday Weld in New York City, New York, USA; actress (The Many Lives of Dobie Gillis, Wild in Country).
- 1947 - Birth of Barbara Goldbach AKA Barbara Bach in Queens, New York, USA; actress (Princess Daisy, The Spy Who Loved Me).
- 1950 - Birth of Charles Fleischer in Washington DC, USA; comedian (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?).
- 1952 - Birth of Paul Reubens in Peeskill, New York, USA; actor (Pee-wee Herman - Pee-wee's Big Adventure movie (1985), Pee-wee's Playhouse TV show (1986-1990), Blow movie (2001), Murphy Brown TV show, 30 Rock TV show).
- 1955 - Birth of Diana Scarwid; actress (Extremities, Psycho 3, Strange Invaders, Heat, Pushing Daisies, Wonderfalls).
- 1961 - Birth of "Downtown" Julie Brown; TV host (Club MTV, Inside Edition).
- 1969 - Birth of Chandra Wilson; actress (Grey's Anatomy).
- 1976 - Birth of Sarah Chalke in Ottawa, Canada; actress (Scrubs, Becky - Roseanne).
- 1979 - Birth of Aaron Paul; American actor (Breaking Bad, Big Love).
- 1988 - Birth of Alexa Vega; American actress (Evening Shade, Ladies Man).
Deaths on August 27
- 1964 - Death of Gracie Allen of a heart attack at age 69; actor/comedienne (Burns and Allen Show on radio and TV).
- 1971 - Death of Bennett Cerf at age 73; head of publisher Random House, panellist on What's My Line TV game show.
- 1977 - Steve Dunne, actor (Professional Father), dies at age 59.
- 1980 - Death of Sam Levinson at age 68; humorist, host (Sam Levenson Show, Two for the Money TV show).
- 1984 - Billy Sands, actor (Phil Silvers Show, McHale's Navy), dies at age 73.
- 1996 - Death of Greg Morris at age 61 of brain cancer; actor (Mission Impossible TV show, Vegas).
- 1997 - Death of Brandon Tartikoff at age 48 of Hodgkin's Disease; NBC TV executive (Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, Family Ties, The Cosby Show, Cheers, Miami Vice, The Golden Girls, St. Elsewhere, Night Court, Highway to Heaven, Matlock, Empty Nest).
- 2022 - Death of Robert LuPone at age 76 of pancreatic cancer; actor (The Sopranos TV show), co-founder (Off-Broadway MCC Theater company).
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