Born on this day – Marie Dressler:

Marie Dressler

Actress

Comedian

Writer

Director

Producer

November 9, 1868 – July 28, 1934

Credits:

Christopher Bean (1933); Dinner at Eight (1933); Tugboat Annie (1933); Prosperity (1932); Emma (1932); The Christmas Party (1931); Politics (1931); Reducing (1931); Min and Bill (1930); Let Us Be Gay (1930); Caught Short (1930); One Romantic Night (1930); The Girl Said No (1930); Anna Christie (1930); Chasing Rainbows (1930); The Vagabond Lover (1929); Dangerous Females (1929); The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929); The Divine Lady (1928); Bringing Up Father (1928); The Patsy (1928); Breakfast at Sunrise (1927); The Joy Girl (1927); The Callahans and the Murphys (1927); The Red Cross Nurse (1918); The Agonies of Agnes (1918); The Scrub Lady (1917); Fired (1917); Tillie Wakes Up (1917); Tillie's Tomato Surprise (1915); Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914).

Born on this day – Mary Hunter Austin:

Mary Hunter Austin

Writer

September 9, 1868 – August 13, 1934

Credits:

California, Land of the Sun (1914); Earth Horizon: An Autobiography (1932); Earth Horizon: An Autobiography (1934); Everyman's Genius (1925); Fire (1912); Isidro (1905); Lost Borders (1909); One Smoke Stories (1934); Out-land (1910); Starry Adventure (1931); Taos Pueblo (1930); The American Rhythm: Studies and Re-expressions of American Songs (1923); The Arrow Maker (1911); The Flock (1906); The Ford (1917); The Land of Little Rain (1903); The Man Jesus (1925); The Man Who Didn't Believe in Christmas (1916); Woman of Genius (1912).

Born on this day – Eugenie Besserer:

Eugenie Besserer

Actress

December 25, 1868 – May 28, 1934

Credits:

To the Last Man (1933); 6 Hours to Live (1932); Scarface (1932); Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930); In Gay Madrid (1930); A Royal Romance (1930); Seven Faces (1929); Mister Antonio (1929); Illusion (1929); Fast Company (1929); Speedway (1929); Whispering Winds (1929); Madame X (1929); Thunderbolt (1929); The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929); A Lady of Chance (1928); Lilac Time (1928); Yellow Lily (1928); Two Lovers (1928); Drums of Love (1928); The Jazz Singer (1927); Slightly Used (1927); Captain Salvation (1927); When a Man Loves (1927); The Night of Love (1927); Wandering Girls (1927); Flesh and the Devil (1926); The Fire Brigade (1926); The Millionaire Policeman (1926); Winning the Futurity (1926); Kiki (1926); The Skyrocket (1926); Bright Lights (1925); Wandering Footsteps (1925); The Circle (1925); The Coast of Folly (1925); Confessions of a Queen (1925); Friendly Enemies (1925); A Fool and His Money (1925); The Price She Paid (1924); Bread (1924); Enemies of Children (1923); Anna Christie (1923); The Rendezvous (1923); Her Reputation (1923); The Lonely Road (1923); The Strangers' Banquet (1922); June Madness (1922); The Hands of Nara (1922); Kindred of the Dust (1922); Penrod (1922); The Rosary (1922); Molly O' (1921); The Light in the Clearing (1921); The Sin of Martha Queed (1921); Good Women (1921); The Breaking Point (1921); What Happened to Rosa (1920); The Scoffer (1920); 45 Minutes from Broadway (1920); Seeds of Vengeance (1920); Fickle Women (1920); The Brand of Lopez (1920); For the Soul of Rafael (1920); The Gift Supreme (1920); The Fighting Shepherdess (1920); The Greatest Question (1919); Scarlet Days (1919); Turning the Tables (1919); Auction of Souls (1919); Little Orphant Annie (1918); The Sea Flower (1918); The Road Through the Dark (1918); The Eyes of Julia Deep (1918); A Hoosier Romance (1918); The Still Alarm (1918); The City of Purple Dreams (1918); In After Years (1917); Who Shall Take My Life? (1917); The Curse of Eve (1917); The Witness for the State (1917); Her Salvation (1917); Through the Eyes of the World (1917); The Friendship of Beaupere (1917); Little Lost Sister (1917); Beware of Strangers (1917); Twisted Trails (1916); The Crisis (1916); In the House of the Chief (1916); His Brother's Keeper (1916); The Old Man Who Tried to Grow Young (1916); The Sacrifice (1916); The Temptation of Adam (1916); The Woman Who Did Not Care (1916); A Social Deception (1916); The Grinning Skull (1916); Thou Shalt Not Covet (1916); The Devil-in-Chief (1916); I'm Glad My Boy Grew Up to Be a Soldier (1915); Just as I Am (1915); The Bridge of Time (1915); The Circular Staircase (1915); The Way of a Woman's Heart (1915); The Melody of Doom (1915); The Smouldering (1915); The Rosary (1915); The Fortunes of Mariana (1915); Ingratitude of Liz Taylor (1915); The Black Diamond (1915); The Passer-by (1915); The Vision of the Shepherd (1915); The Story of the Blood Red Rose (1914); The Tragedy That Lived (1914); Her Victory Eternal (1914); Hearts and Masks (1914); A Just Punishment (1914); Ye Vengeful Vagabonds (1914); The Man in Black (1914); What Became of Jane? (1914); When a Woman's 40 (1914); The Reporter on the Case (1914); His Fight (1914); Me an' Bill (1914); When the Night Call Came (1914); Judge Dunn's Decision (1914); The Schooling of Mary Ann (1914); The Game of Life (1914); The Fire Jugglers (1914); The Salvation of Nance O'Shaughnessy (1914); Elizabeth's Prayer (1914); Memories (1914); A Splendid Sacrifice (1914); The Mysterious Way (1913); The Master of the Garden (1913); A Cure for Carelessness (1913); Phantoms (1913); The Probationer (1913); Destiny of the Sea (1913); Only Five Years Old (1913); Sissybelle (1913); Fate Fashions a Letter (1913); The Acid Test (1913); The Unseen Defense (1913); The Ne'er to Return Road (1913); In God We Trust (1913); The Fighting Lieutenant (1913); Woman: Past and Present (1913); A Flag of Two Wars (1913); The Girl and the Judge (1913); Wamba, a Child of the Jungle (1913); Indian Summer (1913); The Tattle Battle (1913); Lieutenant Jones (1913); In the Days of Witchcraft (1913); Dollar Down, Dollar a Week (1913); Love Before Ten (1913); Diverging Paths (1913); The Spanish Parrot Girl (1913); The Governor's Daughter (1913); The Miner's Justice (1913); A Plain Girl's Love (1913); Greater Wealth (1913); The Last of Her Tribe (1912); Sammy Orpheus; or, the Pied Piper of the Jungle (1912); The Millionaire Vagabonds (1912); Opitsah: Apache for Sweetheart (1912); The Vintage of Fate (1912); Old Songs and Memories (1912); His Wedding Eve (1912); Monte Cristo (1912); The Pity of It (1912); Partners (1912); The Substitute Model (1912); The Indelible Stain (1912); Sergeant Byrne of the Northwest Mounted Police (1912); The Little Indian Martyr (1912); In the Tents of the Asra (1912); His Masterpiece (1912); The Lake of Dreams (1912); In Exile (1912); The Captain of the 'Nancy Lee' (1912); A Child of the Wilderness (1912); The Hand of Fate (1912); The End of the Romance (1912); Me an' Bill (1912); The Junior Officer (1912); As Told by Princess Bess (1912); The Danites (1912); Disillusioned (1912); Bunkie (1912); The Peacemaker (1912); The Other Fellow (1912); The Cowboy's Adopted Child (1912); George Warrington's Escape (1911); An Evil Power (1911); The Bootlegger (1911); Old Billy (1911); In the Shadow of the Pines (1911); The Blacksmith's Love (1911); The Regeneration of Apache Kid (1911); Their Only Son (1911); Slick's Romance (1911); The Profligate (1911); It Happened in the West (1911); The Craven Heart (1911); A Sacrifice to Civilization (1911); One of Nature's Noblemen (1911); Stability vs. Nobility (1911); The Still Alarm (1911); The Mother (1911); The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910).

Among the Sierra Nevada, California, by Albert Bierstadt (1868):