Tom Ewell's Birth Card: The 5 of Clubs

In the record

Tom Ewell (born Samuel Yewell Tompkins; April 29, 1909 – September 12, 1994) was an American film, stage and television actor, and producer. The birth-card coordinate for April 29 is the 5 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1953 Best Actor in a Play (The Seven Year Itch) win.

Tony Award record (leading acting)

• 1953 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play — The Seven Year Itch as Richard Sherman

The 5 of Clubs coordinate

Tom Ewell's birthday maps to the 5 of Clubs (The Dynamic Innovator). 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 Tom Ewell. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You pressure-test an idea in public and let the better one win.

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Tom Ewell in the public record

His most successful and most identifiable role was that of Richard Sherman in The Seven Year Itch, a character he played in the Broadway production (1952–1954) and reprised for the 1955 film adaptation. He received a Tony Award for his work in the play and a Golden Globe Award for his performance in the film. Although Ewell preferred acting on stage, he accepted several other screen roles in light comedies of the 1950s, most notably The Girl Can't Help It (1956). He appeared in the film version of the musical State Fair (1962) and in a small number of additional ones released between the early 1960s and 1980s. Ewell was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, the son of Martine (née Yewell) and Samuel William Tompkins. His family expected him to follow in their footsteps as lawyers or whiskey and tobacco dealers, but Ewell decided to pursue acting instead. He began acting in summer stock in 1928 with Don Ameche before moving to New York City in 1931. He enrolled in the Actors Studio.

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

Where the record meets the cards

No sentence in the sourced record shows a clear echo of the published language for 5♣, 4♣, 5♥, A♠, 2♣, 7♥, 3♦, 7♦, 5♠, J♥, 9♣, 9♠, 2♥, K♥, K♦. None is claimed here. The coordinate rests on the calendar date alone, and this page does not forecast a Tony.

Also on the record

1. He made his Broadway debut in 1934 and his film debut in 1940, and for several years, he played comic supporting roles.
2. His acting career was interrupted during World War II when he served in the United States Navy.
3. After World War II, Ewell attracted attention with a strong performance in the film Adam's Rib (1949), and he began to receive Hollywood roles more frequently.
4. Ewell continued acting in summer stock through the 1940s: He starred opposite June Lockhart in Lawrence Riley's biographical play Kin Hubbard in 1951, the story of one of America's greatest humorists and cartoonists, Kin Hubbard.

Other leading Tony winners with this card

• Christopher Plummer — 1974 Best Actor in a Musical (Cyrano); 1997 Best Actor in a Play (Barrymore)
• Jeremy Irons — 1984 Best Actor in a Play (The Real Thing)
• Richard Kiley — 1959 Best Actor in a Musical (Redhead); 1966 Best Actor in a Musical (Man of La Mancha)
• Robert Lindsay — 1987 Best Actor in a Musical (Me and My Girl)
• Rosemary Harris — 1966 Best Actress in a Play (The Lion in Winter)
• Stephanie J. Block — 2019 Best Actress in a Musical (The Cher Show)

FAQ

What is Tom Ewell's birth card?

The 5 of Clubs. April 29 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 Tom Ewell's dates come from?

Birth date 1909-04-29 is the day-precision date on Tom Ewell'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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