Robert Alda's Birth Card: The Queen of Clubs

In the record

Alfonso Giovanni Giuseppe Roberto D'Abruzzo (February 26, 1914 – May 3, 1986), known professionally as Robert Alda, was an American actor, singer, and dancer. The birth-card coordinate for February 26 is the Queen of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1951 Best Actor in a Musical (Guys and Dolls) win.

Tony Award record (leading acting)

• 1951 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical — Guys and Dolls as Sky Masterson

The Queen of Clubs coordinate

Robert Alda's birthday maps to the Queen of Clubs (The Nurturing Leader). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Tony Award and not a verdict on Robert Alda. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You teach from what you actually know, without making people earn the right to hear it.

Live Queen of Clubs meaning page

Robert Alda in the public record

Alda was featured in a number of Broadway productions, then moved to Italy during the early 1960s. He appeared in many European films over the next two decades, occasionally returning to the U.S. for film appearances such as The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1969). He began his performing career as a singer and dancer in vaudeville after winning a talent contest, and moved on to burlesque. In 1949, as part of Jack Carson's radio program, Alda toured with Jack Carson and Marion Hutton. Alda is known for portraying George Gershwin in the biographical film Rhapsody in Blue (1945) as well as the talent agent in the Douglas Sirk classic Imitation of Life (1959). On Broadway, he originated the role of Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls (1950), for which he won a Tony Award, and starred in What Makes Sammy Run? (1964). He was also the host of the DuMont version of the game show What's Your Bid? (May–June 1953). In the mid-1950s, Alda starred as espionage agent Colonel Bill Morgan in the syndicated television series Secret Files USA, the episodes of which were based on stories from American intelligence services.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Robert Alda (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 3 of Hearts

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about Robert Alda, and not a forecast of a Tony.

You let love have range without using newness as an exit from the one that is already here. You feel in color and express it—your inner life is rich, varied, and creative. You explore connection the way an artist explores a medium, drawn to emotional range and new expression. Love, for you, is a creative act.

Rhapsody in Blue (1945) as George Gershwin Cinderella Jones (1946) as Tommy Coles Cloak and Dagger (1946) as Pinkie The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) as Bruce Conrad The Man I Love (1947) as Nicky Toresca Nora Prentiss (1947) as Phil Dinardo, Cafe Owner Bungalow 13 (1948) April Showers (1948) as Billy Shay Homicide (1949) as Andy Hollywood Varieties (1950) as Master of Ceremonies Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950) as Neil Mister Universe (1951) as Fingers Maroni Two Gals and a Guy (1951) as Deke Oliver Beautiful But Dangerous (1955) as Maestro Doria Assignment Abroad (1955) as Major Bill Morgan Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959) (Season 4 Episode 14: "The Morning After") as Ben Nelson Imitation of Life (1959) as Allen Loomis The Millionaire (TV series) episode "The Julia Conrad Story" (1959) as Gilbert Patterson, with co-star Ellen Drew Un militare e mezzo (1960) as Roy Harrison Cleopatra's Daughter (1960) as Inuni, Pharaoh's Architect Revenge of the Barbarians (1960) as Ataulf The Devil's Hand (1961) as Rick Turner Force of Impulse (1961) as Warren Reese Toto and Peppino Divided in Berlin (1962) as the Judge Musketeers of the Sea (1962) as Vice Governatore Gomez All Woman (1966) as Wally The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1969) as Kenneth Allardice Emergency! (TV series) S2, episode "Syndrome" (1973) as Raymond Boyd Night Flight from Moscow (1973) as Polygraph Interrogator M*A*S*H (TV series) as Dr. Anthony Borelli in "The Consultant" (1975) and "Lend a Hand" (1980) Cagliostro (1975) as Pope Clement XIII The House of Exorcism (1975) as Father Michael Natale in casa d'appuntamento (1976) I Will, I Will... for Now (1976) as Dr. Magnus Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976) as Richard Entwhistle Bittersweet Love (1976) as Ben Peterson The Rip-Off (1978) as Captain Donati The

Paired on shared wording: life, love.

Also on the record

1. He was host of the TV game show Can Do in 1956.
2. His son Alan said "He was very famous but he hardly made much money because that was at a time when Warner had those seven-year contracts." Alda made two guest appearances with Alan on M*A*S*H, in the episodes "The Consultant" (January 1975) and, also with his younger son Antony Alda, "Lend a Hand" (February 1980).
3. Alda appeared in an episode of The Feather & Father Gang in 1977.
4. Alda's first wife, and mother of actor Alan Alda, Joan Browne, was a homemaker and former beauty pageant winner.

Other leading Tony winners with this card

• Barnard Hughes — 1978 Best Actor in a Play (Da)
• Ben Vereen — 1973 Best Actor in a Musical (Pippin)
• George Hearn — 1984 Best Actor in a Musical (La Cage aux Folles)
• Helen Hayes — 1947 Best Actress in a Play (Happy Birthday); 1958 Best Actress in a Play (Time Remembered)
• Jackie Gleason — 1960 Best Actor in a Musical (Take Me Along)
• James Naughton — 1990 Best Actor in a Musical (City of Angels); 1997 Best Actor in a Musical (Chicago)
• Marcia Gay Harden — 2009 Best Actress in a Play (God of Carnage)
• Margaret Leighton — 1957 Best Actress in a Play (Separate Tables); 1962 Best Actress in a Play (The Night of the Iguana)
• Victoria Clark — 2005 Best Actress in a Musical (The Light in the Piazza); 2023 Best Actress in a Musical (Kimberly Akimbo)

FAQ

What is Robert Alda's birth card?

The Queen of Clubs. February 26 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Tony Award?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast awards, character, or fate.

Where do Robert Alda's dates come from?

Birth date 1914-02-26 is the day-precision date on Robert Alda's Wikipedia person page, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only Wikipedia dates and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Tony Award wins come from the Wikipedia leading-acting lists, which record the Tony Awards. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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