September 5, 1932

1932Carol Lawrence, American actress and singer^[†]

Carol Lawrence is an American actress, appearing in musical theatre and on television. She is known for creating the role of Maria on Broadway in the musical West Side Story (1957), receiving a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She appeared at The Muny, St. Louis, in several musicals, including Funny Girl. She also appeared in many television dramas, including Rawhide, The Six Million Dollar Man and Murder, She Wrote. She was married to fellow performer Robert Goulet.

1932Robert H. Dennard, American electrical engineer and inventor (died 2024)^[†]

Robert Heath Dennard was an American electrical engineer and inventor.

1932Francisco Acebal, Spanish journalist, author, and playwright (born 1866)^[†]

Francisco López Acebal was a Spanish novelist, playwright and journalist.

1932Paul Bern, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1889)^[†]

Paul Bern was a German-born American film director, screenwriter and producer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), where he became the assistant to producer Irving Thalberg. He helped launch the career of Jean Harlow, whom he married in July 1932; two months later, he was found dead of a gunshot wound, leaving what appeared to be a suicide note. Various alternative theories of his death have been proposed. MGM writer and film producer Samuel Marx believed that he was killed by his ex-common-law wife Dorothy Millette, who jumped to her death from a ferry two days afterward.