Garson Kanin

When she's remembered, Judy Holliday is mainly known for her role in Garson Kanin's Born Yesterday as gun moll turned citizen.

A nice tribute to Judy Holliday, by film and video archivist and appraiser Audrey Kupferberg! Holliday was born 100 years ago today, and died tragically young of cancer, at the age of 44. 

Gypsy Rose Lee is best known for her work as a burlesque artist--her Wikipedia entry, for example, describes her as "an American burlesque entertainer and vedette famous for her striptease act," adding by way of an afterthought that she was "Also an actress, author, and playwright."

If you're kicking it around Martha's Vineyard tonight, here's a tribute to the brilliant Garson Kanin, husband of the Broadcast 41's Ruth Gordon and an alum of Gertrude Berg's The Goldbergs (Berg was graylisted for her support of actor blacklisted actor and union leader