1896 Birthday of Ruth Gordon, later to star on Broadway in dozens of plays, including Ethan Frome, The Country Wife and her own Years Ago; also in Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker (source of Hello, Dolly!), and in many films including "Rosemary's Baby" and "Where's Poppa?". She marries playwright Garson Kanin and lives to 1985.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM on October 30, 2014