Born on this day – Howard Hawks:

Howard Hawks

Director

Producer

Writer

May 30, 1896 – December 26, 1977

Credits:

1925 Studio Tour (1925); 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009); 20th Century Fox Promotional Film (1936); 47th Annual Academy Awards (1975); A Girl in Every Port (1928); A Little Princess (1917); A Song Is Born (1948); Adventure (1925); Air Force (1943); American Masters (2001–2008); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Ball of Fire (1941); Barbary Coast (1935); Big John (2006); Biography (1993–2001); Bob Hampton of Placer (1921); Bringing Up Baby (1938); Cary Grant and Howard Hawks (2003); Ceiling Zero (1936); Cinema (1967); Code of the West (1925); Come and Get It (1936); Commemoration: Howard Hawks' 'Rio Bravo' (2007); Corvette K-225 (1943); Dark Hearts: The Secret Of Haunting Melissa (2014); Dinty (1920); El Dorado (1966); Empty Hands (1924); Fazil (1928); Femme Fatales (2012); Fig Leaves (1926); Filmmakers in Action (2005); Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953); Go and Get It (1920); Hatari! (1962); Hawks on Hawks (2017); Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3 (1942); His Girl Friday (1940); Hollywood Greats (1977); Hollywood Insider (2021); Honesty - The Best Policy (1926); Howard Hawks on the Front Page and His Girl Friday (2017); Howard Hawks: A Hell of a Good Life (1978); Howard Hawks: American Artist (1997); Howard Hawks: Reporter's Notebook (2000); I Was a Male War Bride (1949); In Again, Out Again (1917); Indianapolis Speedway (1939); Johnny, weil Du Geburtstag hast (1977); La foule hurle (1932); Land of the Pharaohs (1955); Lauren Bacall, ombre et lumière (2017); Le Cinéma selon Luc Moullet (Carnet Filmé: 29 janvier 1979) (1979); Lord Jim (1925); Man's Favorite Sport? (1964); Metropolis Refound (2010); Monkey Business (1952); Neues aus der Welt des Films (1971); North of 36 (1924); O. Henry's Full House (1952); One Handshake Away: Peter Bogdanovich and the Icons of Cinema (2024); Only Angels Have Wings (1939); Open All Night (1924); Paid to Love (1927); Penrod (1922); Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo (1970); Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008); Quicksands (1923); Red Line 7000 (1965); Red River (1948); Rio Bravo (1959); Rio Lobo (1970); Scarface (1932); Scarface (1983); Sergeant York (1941); Talking Pictures (2016); Targets (1968); Test Pilot (1938); The Air Circus (1928); The Big Sky (1952); The Big Sleep (1946); The Cradle Snatchers (1927); The Criminal Code (1930); The Crowd Roars (1932); The Dawn of a Tomorrow (1924); The Dawn Patrol (1930); The Dawn Patrol (1938); The Devil's Cargo (1925); The Dreamers (2003); The Dressmaker from Paris (1925); The Great Professional: Howard Hawks (1967); The Heritage of the Desert (1924); The Light of Western Stars (1925); The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (1973); The Outlaw (1943); The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933); The Road to Glory (1926); The Road to Yesterday (1925); The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011); The Thing from Another World (1951); Tiger Love (1924); Tiger Shark (1932); To Have and Have Not (1944); Today We Live (1933); Trent's Last Case (1929); Twentieth Century (1934); Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997); Underworld (1927); Viva Villa! (1934); Welcome to the Basement (2020).

Born on this day – Ruth Donnelly:

Ruth Donnelly

Actress

May 17, 1896 – November 17, 1982

Credits:

13 Hours by Air (1936); A Lawless Street (1955); A Slight Case of Murder (1938); Alibi Ike (1935); Annabel Takes a Tour (1938); Army Girl (1938); Autumn Leaves (1956); Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel (1936); Blessed Event (1932); Breakdowns of 1944 (1945); Bureau of Missing Persons (1933); Busby Berkeley (1974); Cain and Mabel (1936); Cavalcade of America (1957); Cinderella Jones (1946); Convention City (1933); Cross My Heart (1946); Crossroads (1956); Down to the Sea in Ships (1949); East Side/West Side (1963); Employees' Entrance (1933); Ever in My Heart (1933); Fatal Lady (1936); Female (1933); Fighting Father Dunne (1948); Footlight Parade (1933); Goodbye Again (1933); Hands Across the Table (1935); Happiness Ahead (1934); Hard to Handle (1933); Harris Against the World (1964); Havana Widows (1933); Heat Lightning (1934); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Housewife (1934); How I Play Golf by Bobby Jones, No. 2: 'Chip Shots' (1931); How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points (1933); I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951); In All Things Moderation (1914); In Old Sacramento (1946); Jewel Robbery (1932); Johnny Doughboy (1942); Just Around the Corner (1933); Ladies They Talk About (1933); Lilly Turner (1933); Little Miss Broadway (1947); Make Me a Star (1932); Mandalay (1934); Maybe It's Love (1935); Mayor of the Town (1954); Meet the Girls (1938); Meet the Missus (1940); Merry Wives of Reno (1934); Millie's Daughter (1947); Model Wife (1941); More Than a Secretary (1936); Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); My Little Chickadee (1940); Personal Maid's Secret (1935); Personal Secretary (1938); Petticoat Politics (1941); Pillow to Post (1945); Portia on Trial (1937); Private Detective 62 (1933); Red Salute (1935); Rise and Shine (1941); Roaring Timber (1937); Romance in the Rain (1934); Rubber Heels (1927); Sailors on Leave (1941); Saved by a Song (1916); Scatterbrain (1940); Sing Sinner Sing (1933); Sleepy Lagoon (1943); Song and Dance Man (1936); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943); The Affairs of Annabel (1938); The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939); The Bells of St. Mary's (1945); The Doctors and the Nurses (1965); The Fabulous Texan (1947); The Family Next Door (1939); The Gay Vagabond (1941); The Ghost Goes Wild (1947); The Imogene Coca Show (1954–1955); The Imogene Coca Show (1955); The Lady of the Island (1914); The Man Who Lost, But Won (1914); The Rainbow Trail (1932); The Round Up (1941); The Secret of Convict Lake (1951); The Skull (1914); The Snake Pit (1948); The Spider (1931); The Spoilers (1955); The Tenth Commandment (1914); The Way to the Gold (1957); The White Cockatoo (1935); The Wild Blue Yonder (1951); This Is the Army (1943); 'Tis Spring (1933); Transatlantic (1931); Traveling Saleslady (1935); Vacation Daze (1935); When the Heart Calls (1914); Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950); Wicked (1931); Wonder Bar (1934); You Belong to Me (1941).

Born on this day – Dodie Smith:

Dodie Smith

Writer

May 3, 1896 – November 24, 1990

Credits:

Books:

The Hundred and One Dalmatians (1956); The Starlight Barking (1967); Look Back with Love (1974); Look Back with Mixed Feelings (1978); Look Back with Astonishment (1979); Look Back with Gratitude (1985); I Capture the Castle (1948); Girl from the Candle-lit Bath (1961); The New Moon With the Old (1963); The Town in Bloom (1965); It Ends with Revelations (1967); Tale of Two Families (1970); The Midnight Kittens (1978); Service (1932); Autumn Crocus (1933); Touch Wood (1934); Call it A Day (1936); Bonnet Over the Windmill (1937); Dear Octopus (1938); Lovers and Friends (1947); Letter from Paris (1954); Amateur Means Lover (1962).

Movies and television:

101 Dalmatian Street (2020); 101 Dalmatians (1996); 101 Dalmatians 2: Patch's London Adventure (2002); 101 Dalmatians: Escape from DeVil Manor (1997); 101 Dalmatians: The Series (1997–1998); 102 Dalmatians (2000); 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue (2000); Autumn Crocus (1934); BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1952); Call It a Day (1937); Call It a Day (1948); Call It a Day (1956); Chris & Don: A Love Story (2007); Cruella (2021); Darling, How Could You! (1951); Dear Octopus (1943); Dear Octopus (1953); Der erste Frühlingstag (1956); Der erste Frühlingstag (1962); Der erste Frühlingstag / Call it a Day (1961); I Capture the Castle (1954); I Capture the Castle (2003); ITV Play of the Week (1959); ITV Playhouse (1972); ITV Television Playhouse (1957); Jackanory (1986); Looking Forward (1933); Matinee Theatre (1956–1957); One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961); Primo giorno di primavera (1955); Redefining the Line: The Making of One Hundred and One Dalmatians (2008); Schoolgirl Rebels (1915); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1961); The Glorious Adventure (1922); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963); The Prudential Family Playhouse (1950); The Uninvited (1944); To Each His Own (1946); Zo maar een dag in de lente (1960).

Born on this day – Edith Hallor:

Edith Hallor

Actress

March 26, 1896 – May 21, 1971

Credits:

A Man and the Woman (1917); A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945); Black Friday (1916); Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939); Children of Destiny (1920); Dr. Rameau (1915); For Beauty's Sake (1941); Having Wonderful Crime (1945); Human Hearts (1922); Just Off Broadway (1942); Just Outside the Door (1921); Maid of Salem (1937); Seven Deadly Sins (1917); The Blue Pearl (1920); The Claws of Greed (1914); The Criminal Path (1914); The Family Stain (1915); The Governor's Ghost (1914); The Inside of the Cup (1921); The War of Wars; or, the Franco-German Invasion (1914); Thou Shalt Not (1914); Through Dante's Flames (1914); Too Busy to Work (1939); Wilson (1944); Wrath (1917).

Born on this day – Ray Enright:

Ray Enright

Director

March 25, 1896 – April 3, 1965

Credits:

Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956); The Man from Cairo (1953); Flaming Feather (1952); Kansas Raiders (1950); Montana (1950); South of St. Louis (1949); Return of the Bad Men (1948); Coroner Creek (1948); Albuquerque (1948); Trail Street (1947); One Way to Love (1946); Man Alive (1945); China Sky (1945); 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders (1943); The Iron Major (1943); Destroyer (1943); Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943); The Rear Gunner (1943); Sin Town (1942); Men of Texas (1942); The Spoilers (1942); Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942); Law of the Tropics (1941); Bad Men of Missouri (1941); Throwing a Party (1941); Thieves Fall Out (1941); The Wagons Roll at Night (1941); River's End (1940); An Angel from Texas (1940); Teddy the Rough Rider (1940); Brother Rat and a Baby (1940); On Your Toes (1939); Angels Wash Their Faces (1939); Naughty But Nice (1939); Going Places (1938); Hard to Get (1938); Gold Diggers in Paris (1938); Swing Your Lady (1938); Back in Circulation (1937); The Singing Marine (1937); Slim (1937); Ready, Willing and Able (1937); Sing Me a Love Song (1936); China Clipper (1936); Earthworm Tractors (1936); Snowed Under (1936); Miss Pacific Fleet (1935); We're in the Money (1935); Alibi Ike (1935); Traveling Saleslady (1935); While the Patient Slept (1935); The St. Louis Kid (1934); Dames (1934); The Circus Clown (1934); Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934); I've Got Your Number (1934); Havana Widows (1933); The Silk Express (1933); Tomorrow at Seven (1933); Blondie Johnson (1933); The Tenderfoot (1932); Play Girl (1932); Fireman, Save My Child! (1932); Local Boy Makes Good (1931); Side Show (1931); Gold Dust Gertie (1931); Scarlet Pages (1930); Outward Bound (1930); Dancing Sweeties (1930); Golden Dawn (1930); Song of the West (1930); Skin Deep (1929); Kid Gloves (1929); Stolen Kisses (1929); The Little Wildcat (1928); Land of the Silver Fox (1928); Domestic Troubles (1928); The Girl from Chicago (1927); Jaws of Steel (1927); Tracked by the Police (1927); The Better 'Ole (1926); The Man on the Box (1925); Verse and Worse (1921).

Born on this day – Jesse Fuller:

Jesse Fuller

Blues singer

Songwriter

Harmonica player

Guitarist

March 12, 1896 – January 29, 1976

Credits:

Albums:

Blues Connections (2014); Brother Lowdown (1972); February Mood (2015); Four Classic Albums (Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals & Ballads / The Lone Cat / Sings Ballads-Blues / Empty Bed Blues) (Digitally Remastered) (2019); Frisco Bound (1991); Is it True 'Bout the Man Jesse Fuller? (2020); Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals & Ballads (2019 Digitally Remastered) (2019); Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals, & Blues (1958); Jesse Fuller's Favorites (1965); Move On Down the Line (1965); San Francisco Bay Blues (1963); Stagolee: Essential Blues (2011); The Lone Cat (1961); The Lone Cat (2019 Digitally Remastered) (2019); Three of a Kind - Classic Recordings (2014); Two Blues Icons (2014); Working on the Railroad (1955).

Songs:

99 Years; As Long as I Can Feel the Spirit; Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home; By And By; Cincinnati Blues; Crazy Waltz; Flavor in My Cream; Hark from the Tomb; Hesitation Blues; How Long Blues; Hump in My Back; I'm Going To Meet My Loving Mother; Jesse's New Midnight Special; John Henry; Key To The Highway; Leavin' Memphis, Frisco Bound; Let Me Hold You in My Arms Tonight; Linin' Track; Little Black Train; Memphis Boogie; Morning Blues; Preacher Lowdown; Railroad Blues; Railroad Worksong; San Francisco Bay Blues; Stranger Blues; Take This Hammer; The Monkey And The Engineer; Together Let Us Live; You Can't Keep a Good Man Down; You’re No Good.

Movies and television:

Bandstand (1966); Down Home Music - A Journey Through the Heartland 1963 (1963); East of Suez (1925); Evening of AnExchange (1972); The Blues (1966); The Danny Kaye Show (1967); The Great White Hope (1970); The Les Crane Show (1965); The Thief of Bagdad (1924); Unplugged (1992).

Born on this day – Ida Cox:

Ida Cox

Blues singer

Vaudeville performer

February 25, 1896 – November 10, 1967

Credits:

Albums:

15 Essentials of Ida Cox (Mono Version) (2014); A Summer Sky Shines (2015); Blues Ain't Nothin' Else But... (1971); Blues For Rampart Street (1962); Colours of Music History (2014); Confidential Blues - The Early Years (2021); Deep Sea Blues (2015); Four Day Creep (2015); Hard Times Blues (2015); I Can't Quit My Man (1991); Ida Cox (2009); Ida Cox Sings the Blues (Mono Version) (1954); Ida Cox Vol. 1 1923 (2005); Ida Cox Vol. 3 1925-1927 (2005); Ida Cox Vol. 4 1927-1938 (2005); Ida Cox Vol. 5 (1939-1940) (2005); It's All About Blues Music (2014); Late Numbers (2022); Mail Man Blues and Other Stories (2024); Milestones of Legends - Female Blues Singers, Vol. 5 (2018); Presenting Ida Cox (1923); Take Him off My Mind (2015); That's What I Need (2014); The Magic Masters (2016); The Uncrowned Queen of the Blues (2013); Tonight in Time (2015); Uncrowned Queen (2015); Wild Women Don't Have the Blues (2023); Your Music Around Me (2015).

Songs:

Any Woman's Blues; Bama Bound Blues; Bear-Mash Blues; Blues Ain’t Nothin’ Else But!; Bone Orchard Blues; Coffin Blues; Come Right In

Confidential Blues; Death Letter Blues; Deep Sea Blues; Fare Thee Well Poor Gal; Georgia Hound Blues; Give Me a Break Blues; Hard Times Blues; Ida Cox's Lawdy Lawdy Blues; Kentucky Man Blues; Last Mile Blues; Last Time Blues; Lawdy, Lawdy Blues; Mama Doo Shee Blues; Mean Papa Turn Your Key; Misery Blues; Moanin' Groanin' Blues; Mojo Hand Blues; One Hour Mama; Pink Slip Blues; Rambling Blues; Those Married Man Blues; Weary Way Blues; Western Union Blues; Wild Women Don't Have The Blues; Worried Mama Blues.

Movies and television:

Giant Mine (1996); Reet, Petite, and Gone (1947); Rocketman (2019); SexTV (2002); The Blues (2003); The Ladies Sing the Blues (1989); The Merv Griffin Show (1980); The Piano Lesson (2024); Woman's a Fool (1947).

Born on this day – Kokomo Arnold:

Kokomo Arnold

Blues singer

Guitarist

February 15, 1896 or 1901 – November 8, 1968

Credits:

Songs:

Back Door Blues; Back to the Woods; Bad Luck Blues; Biscuit Roller Blues; Black Annie; Busy Bootin'; Chain Gang Blues; Feels So Good; Grandpa Got Drunk; Hobo Blues; How Long How Long Blues; I'm Going Fishing Too; Kokomo Blues; Long and Tall; Mean Old Twister; Milk Cow Blues; Old Black Cat Blues; Old Original Kokomo Blues; Paddlin' Blues; Paddlin' Madeline Blues; Policy Wheel Blues; Rainy Night Blues; Red Beans and Rice; Sagefield Woman Blues; Set Down Gal; Sissy Man Blues; Slop Jar Blues; Stop, Look and Listen; The Big Boat; The Twelves; Things 'Bout Coming My Way; You Shouldn't Do That.

Albums:

A as in ARNOLD, Kokomo (Volume 1) (2012); A as in ARNOLD, Kokomo (Volume 2) (2012); A Summer Sky Shines (2015); ABC Of The Blues Vol 5 (2010); ABC of the Blues Vol. 1 (2010); Bad Luck Blues (2015); Beans And Rice (2013); Best Blues (2016); Beyond Patina Jazz Masters: Kokomo Arnold (2012); Blues Experience Vol. 14 (2010); Blues Legends: Kokomo Arnold (2012); Blues Masters Vol. 14 - Kokomo Arnold (2009); Bootlegger Blues (2015); Bottleneck Guitar Trendsetters of the 1930's (1992); Bottlenecks (2023); Cold Winter Blues - The Best Of (2009); Collection 1930-38 (2020); Colours of Music History (2014); Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 1: 17 May 1930 to 15 March 1935 (1991); Crying Blues (2015); It's All About Blues Music (2014); King of the Bottleneck Guitar (1934-1937) (2003); Kokomo Arnold (2008); Kokomo Arnold UpGraded Masters (All Tracks Remastered) (2019); Kokomo Arnold Vol. 1 (1930 - 1935) (2005); Kokomo Arnold Vol. 3 (1936 - 1937) (2005); Kokomo Arnold Vol. 4 (1933 - 1934) (2005); Kokomo Arnold, Vol. 2 (1935 - 1936) (2012); Laugh And Grin (2013); Mean Old Twister (2011); Midnight Blues (Nothing But the Blues) (1994); Milk Cow Blues (2010); Milk cow blues (2022 Remastered Version) (2022); Policy Wheel Blues (2015); Presenting Kokomo Arnold (1934); Red Beans and Rice (2011); Shake That Thing (2016); That's What I Need (2014); The Twelves (2015); The Ultimate Jazz Archive 12 (4 Of 4) (2007); Tonight in Time (2015); Try Some of That (2024); Your Music Around Me (2015).

Movies and television:

Aerosmith: Live Texxas Jam '78 (1989); Elvis: The Memphis Flash (2005); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); Shindig! (1965); The Beatles: Get Back (2021); Walk the Line (2005).

Born on this day – George Burns:

George Burns

Actor

Comedian

Writer

Singer

January 20, 1896 – March 9, 1996

Credits:

100% Service (1931); 18 Again! (1988); A Damsel in Distress (1937); Alice (1978); Bob Hope's Love Affair with Lucy (1989); College Holiday (1936); College Humor (1933); College Swing (1938); Ellery Queen (1975); Fame (1983); Fit to Be Tied (1930); General Electric Theater (1959); George Burns - His Wit and Wisdom (1989); George Burns' 100th Birthday Party (1979); George Burns' 90th Birthday Party: A Very Special Special (1986); George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business (1983); George Burns How to Live to Be 100 (1984); George Burns in George Burns in Nashville??? (1980); Going in Style (1979); Happy Birthday, Bob! (1983); Here Comes Cookie (1935); Here's Lucy (1970); Honolulu (1939); International House (1933); Just You and Me, Kid (1979); Lambchops (1929); Let's Dance (1933); Love in Bloom (1935); Many Happy Returns (1934); McNab's Lab (1966); Mister Ed (1961–1963); Mona McCluskey (1965–1966); Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show (2003); No Time for Sergeants (1964); Oh, God! (1977); Oh, God! Book II (1980); Oh, God! You Devil (1984); Oh, My Operation (1931); Once Over, Light (1931); Parade of Stars (1983); Patents Pending (1932); Phenom (1994); Pulling a Bone (1931); Radioland Murders (1994); Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978); Six of a Kind (1934); Stars in the Eye (1952); Startime (1959); Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978); Summer Fun (1966); Svengoolie (2017); Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970); That's Entertainment! (1975); That's Life (1968); The Antique Shop (1931); The Babbling Book (1932); The Big Broadcast (1932); The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935); The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936); The Bob Cummings Show (1955–1959); The Captain and Tennille (1977); The Danny Kaye Show (1967); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1961); The George Burns (Early) Early, Early Christmas Special (1981); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950–1958); The George Burns Show (1958–1960); The George Burns Special (1976–1977); The Golden Palace (1993); The Hollywood Palace (1965); The Jack Benny Program (1952–1963); The Jackie Gleason Show (1957); The Lucy Show (1966); The Many Faces of Comedy (1973); The Muppet Show (1977); The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1972); The Sunshine Boys (1975); Two of a Kind (1982); Walking the Baby (1933); Wendy and Me (1964–1965); We're Not Dressing (1934); Young at Heart (1987); Your Hat (1932).

Born on this day – Marjorie Bennett:

Marjorie Bennett

Actress

January 15, 1896 – June 14, 1982

Credits:

3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt (1964); 36 Hours (1964); 4 for Texas (1963); 77 Sunset Strip (1960–1962); 87th Precinct (1961–1962); A Thunder of Drums (1961); Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953); Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955); Adam-12 (1971); Adventures in Paradise (1960); Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951); Airport 1975 (1974); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Alcoa Theatre (1957); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957–1962); Arrest and Trial (1964); Autumn Leaves (1956); Barney Miller (1975–1980); Better Late Than Never (1979); Biff Baker, U.S.A. (1953); Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966); Boston Blackie (1952); Brock's Last Case (1973); Buckskin (1959); Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff (1949); Calliope (1971); Career (1959); Cavalcade of America (1957); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Charley Varrick (1973); Cheyenne (1956); CHiPs (1977–1978); Colonel Humphrey Flack (1959); Conflict (1956); Coogan's Bluff (1968); Creature of Comfort (1968); Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson (1954); Cry Terror! (1958); Death of a Scoundrel (1956); Death Valley Days (1955–1958); December Bride (1956–1958); Dennis the Menace (1959–1960); Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal (1956); Dr. Kildare (1963–1965); Dressed to Kill (1946); F Troop (1966); Female on the Beach (1955); Fireside Theatre (1954–1955); Flaxy Martin (1949); Four Star Playhouse (1953–1955); Games (1967); General Electric Theater (1953–1961); Getting Away from It All (1972); Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962); Glynis (1963); Good Heavens (1976); Happy Days (1974–1975); Harrad Summer (1974); Have Rocket -- Will Travel (1959); Hey, Landlord (1966); Holiday for Lovers (1959); Home Before Dark (1958); Honey West (1965); Hugon, the Mighty (1918); I Love Lucy (1956); I Married Joan (1953–1955); I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? (1975); I'm Dickens, He's Fenster (1963); Ironside (1967); Jigsaw John (1976); June Bride (1948); Kiss Me Deadly (1955); Klondike (1960); Kojak (1976); Lassie (1954–1957); Lay That Rifle Down (1955); Lightning Strikes Twice (1951); Limelight (1952); Lock Up (1960); Love on a Rooftop (1966–1967); Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954); Man of a Thousand Faces (1957); Man on Fire (1957); Many Happy Returns (1965); Mary Poppins (1964); Matinee Theatre (1956–1957); Maverick (1958–1960); McMillan & Wife (1972); Mission: Impossible (1970); Mister Ed (1961); Mod Squad (1970–1971); Moment of Fear (1965); Monsieur Verdoux (1947); My Brother the Angel (1965); My Darling Judge (1961); My Fair Lady (1964); My Little Margie (1954); My Living Doll (1964); Nanny and the Professor (1971); Naughty, Naughty! (1918); Never Wave at a WAC (1953); Night Gallery / Segment: Deliveries in the Rear (1972); No Name on the Bullet (1959); Ocean's Eleven (1960); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1972); On Guard - Bunco! (1974); One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961); One Step Beyond (1959); Our Miss Brooks (1955); Peggy (1950); Perfect Strangers (1950); Personal Appearance Theater (1952); Pete and Gladys (1961–1962); Peter Gunn (1959); Peter Loves Mary (1961); Petticoat Junction (1965); Phyllis (1976); Promises..... Promises! (1963); Quick, Before It Melts (1964); Racket Squad (1952); Rawhide (1964); Rhoda (1974); Ricochet Romance (1954); Room 222 (1969); Sabrina (1954); Sail a Crooked Ship (1961); Saintly Sinners (1962); Schlitz Playhouse (1952–1958); Science Fiction Theatre (1955); Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (1955–1956); Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976); Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957); Silver River (1948); So Big (1953); Stacey (1973); Star Stage (1956); Strange Intruder (1956); Studio 57 (1957–1958); Sugarfoot (1958); Summer and Smoke (1961); Surfside 6 (1961–1962); Suspicion (1958); Take One False Step (1949); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); That Girl (1966); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Best of the Post (1960); The Beverly Hillbillies (1964); The Big Punch (1948); The Bob Cummings Show (1955–1958); The Californians (1959); The Cobweb (1955); The Congregation (1952); The Dennis Day Show (1953); The Detectives (1962); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Family Jewels (1965); The Feminist and the Fuzz (1971); The Ford Television Theatre (1957); The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1957–1959); The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon (1952); The Girl He Left Behind (1956); The Girl Rush (1955); The Girl, Glory (1917); The Great Gildersleeve (1954–1956); The Human Jungle (1954); The Iron Sheriff (1957); The Jack Benny Program (1963); The Joe Palooka Story (1954); The Joey Bishop Show (1963); The Lawless Years (1959); The Life of Riley (1954); The Love God? (1969); The Man from Galveston (1963); The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959–1961); The Midnight Patrol (1918); The Mothers-In-Law (1969); The New Breed (1961); The New Interns (1964); The Night Walker (1964); The North Avenue Irregulars (1979); The Notorious Landlady (1962); The Pride of the Family (1953); The Rat Race (1960); The Real McCoys (1958–1962); The Red Skelton Hour (1953–1962); The Reluctant Astronaut (1967); The Rookies (1973); The Star and the Story (1955–1956); The Steel Trap (1952); The Swinger (1966); The Thin Man (1957–1959); The Tom Ewell Show (1960); The Twilight Zone (1960–1963); The Virginian (1968); The Whistler (1955); Thriller (1962); To the Victor (1948); Trackdown (1958); TV Reader's Digest (1956); Two Flags West (1950); Undertow (1949); Vacation Playhouse (1964); Valentine's Day (1964); Wagon Train (1959–1964); Washington Story (1952); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1960); What a Way to Go! (1964); What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962); Willy (1955); Wire Service (1956); Young at Heart (1954); Zane Grey Theatre (1960–1961); Zebra in the Kitchen (1965).

Born on this day – Virginia Valli:

Virginia Valli

Actress

January 10, 1896 – September 24, 1968

Credits:

Night Life in Reno (1931); Guilty? (1930); The Lost Zeppelin (1929); Mister Antonio (1929); The Isle of Lost Ships (1929); Behind Closed Doors (1929); The Street of Illusion (1928); The Escape (1928); Ladies Must Dress (1927); East Side, West Side (1927); Judgment of the Hills (1927); Paid to Love (1927); Evening Clothes (1927); Marriage (1927); Stage Madness (1927); Flames (1926); The Family Upstairs (1926); Watch Your Wife (1926); The Pleasure Garden (1925); The Man Who Found Himself (1925); The Lady Who Lied (1925); Siege (1925); Up the Ladder (1925); The Price of Pleasure (1925); K: The Unknown (1924); In Every Woman's Life (1924); The Signal Tower (1924); The Confidence Man (1924); Wild Oranges (1924); A Lady of Quality (1924); The Shock (1923); The Village Blacksmith (1922); The Storm (1922); The Black Bag (1922); His Back Against the Wall (1922); Tracked to Earth (1922); The Right That Failed (1922); The Idle Rich (1921); The Devil Within (1921); A Trip to Paradise (1921); The Man Who (1921); Love's Penalty (1921); Sentimental Tommy (1921); The Silver Lining (1921); The Plunger (1920); The Common Sin (1920); The Dead Line (1920); The Very Idea (1920); The Midnight Bride (1920); The Black Circle (1919); His Father's Wife (1919); The Lie That Failed (1918); Ruggles of Red Gap (1918); Uneasy Money (1918); The Fibbers (1917); The Fable of the Speedy Sprite (1917); Efficiency Edgar's Courtship (1917); The Long Green Trail (1917); The Golden Idiot (1917); Much Obliged (1917); Vernon, the Bountiful (1917); Filling His Own Shoes (1917); The Quarantined Bridegroom (1917); Satan's Private Door (1917); Skinner's Dress Suit (1917); The Strange Case of Mary Page (1916).

Born on this day – Vivienne Osborne:

Vivienne Osborne

Actress

December 10, 1896 – June 10, 1961

Born on this day – Stuart Heisler:

Stuart Heisler

Director

Editor

December 5, 1896 – August 21, 1979

Born on this day – Alfred L. Werker:

Alfred L. Werker

Director

Producer

December 2, 1896 – July 28, 1975

Born on this day – Jessie Royce Landis:

Jessie Royce Landis

Actress

November 25, 1896 – February 2, 1972

Credits:

A Night with the Stars (1950); A Private's Affair (1959); Actor's Studio (1949); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Airport (1970); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1953–1955); Art Carney Special (1960); At Your Service (1930); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1951); Bon Voyage! (1962); Boys' Night Out (1962); Climax! (1956); Columbo (1971); Critic's Choice (1963); Derelict (1930); Gidget Goes to Rome (1963); Goodbye Again (1961); Goodyear Playhouse (1956); Grace Kelly: The American Princess (1987); Here's Hollywood (1962); I Married a Woman (1958); Ironside (1969–1971); It Happens Every Spring (1949); Kraft Theatre (1954); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1953); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954–1960); Larger Than Life (1952); Les Chroniques du Mea (2022); Main Street to Broadway (1953); Mother Didn't Tell Me (1950); Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones (1971); Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949); My Foolish Heart (1949); My Man Godfrey (1957); NET Playhouse (1970); North by Northwest (1959); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1948); The Girl He Left Behind (1956); The Gulf Playhouse (1953); The Magical World of Disney (1970); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965); The Swan (1956); The Web (1953); Thriller (1960); To Catch a Thief (1955); Tonight at 8:30 / Segment: Ways and Means (1952); Valentine's Day (1965).

Born on this day – Margery Wilson:

Margery Wilson

Actress

Director

Producer

Writer

October 31, 1896 – January 21, 1986

Credits:

A Corner in Colleens (1916); A Dark Horse (1915); A Woman of Nerve (1915); Bred in the Bone (1915); Crooked Straight (1919); Desert Gold (1919); Double Trouble (1915); Eye of the Night (1916); Flooey and Axel (1915); For the Honor of Bettina (1915); Insinuation (1922); Intolerance (1916); Jane Eyre (1914); Marked Cards (1918); Mountain Dew (1917); Old Love for New (1918); That Something (1920); The Bankhurst Mystery (1915); The Blooming Angel (1920); The Bride of Hate (1917); The Charcoal-Burner's Son (1939); The Clodhopper (1917); The Deadly Focus (1915); The Desert Man (1917); The Fatal Hour (1915); The Flames of Chance (1918); The Gunfighter (1917); The Hand at the Window (1918); The Hard Rock Breed (1918); The Honorable Algy (1916); The House of Whispers (1920); The Last of the Ingrams (1917); The Law of the Great Northwest (1918); The Lucky Transfer (1915); The Man of It (1915); The Mother Instinct (1917); The Offenders (1924); The Opal Pin (1915); The Primal Lure (1916); The Return of Draw Egan (1916); The Showdown (1915); The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors (1993); The Sin Ye Do (1916); The Stab (1915); The Ten O'Clock Boat (1915); The Way of a Mother (1915); Two of a Kind (1920); Unwinding It (1915); Venus in the East (1919); Why Not Marry? (1922); Wild Sumac (1917); Without Honor (1918); Wolf Lowry (1917).

Born on this day – Ethel Waters:

Ethel Waters

Singer

Actress

October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977

Born on this day – Ruth Gordon:

Ruth Gordon

Actress

Writer

October 30, 1896 – August 28, 1985

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); A Double Life (1947); A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (2010); Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940); Action in the North Atlantic (1943); Adam's Rib (1949 / 1973); American Masters (1987 / 2011); Any Which Way You Can (1980); Blithe Spirit (1966); Boardwalk (1979); Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006); Camille (1915); Cineficción Radio (2020); Columbo (1977); Delta Pi (1984); Donahue (1975); Don't Go to Sleep (1982); Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940); Edge of Darkness (1943); Emergency! (1976); Every Which Way But Loose (1978); Film '80 (1980); Flip (1971); Good Morning America (1976–1979); Hal (2018); Hardhat and Legs (1980); Harold and Maude (1971); Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004); Information Please: Series 1, No. 8 (1940); Information Please: Series 2, No. 2 (1940); Inside Daisy Clover (1965); Isn't It Shocking? (1973); Jimmy the Kid (1982); Kojak (1975); Late Night with David Letterman (1982); Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby (1976); Looks Familiar (1980); Lord Love a Duck (1966); Madame Butterfly (1915); Maxie (1985); Medical Story (1975); Mia and Roman (1968); My Bodyguard (1980); Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982); Newhart (1983–1984); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Over 21 (1945); Pat and Mike (1952); Patti Smith, la poésie du punk (2022); Perfect Gentlemen (1978); Person to Person (1959); RHEMA: Combine Man (1984); Rhoda (1975); Rosemary's Baby (1968); Rosemary's Baby: A Retrospective (2000); Rosie! (1967); Saturday Night Live (1977); Scavenger Hunt (1979); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); Subaru BRAT Superbowl TV Comemrcial with Ruth Gordon (1982); Taxi (1979); That Was the Year That Was – 1976 (1976); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); That's Life (1979); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); The 41st Annual Academy Awards (1969); The 6th People's Choice Awards (1980); The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008); The Actress (1953); The Alcoa Hour (1957); The Big Bus (1976); The David Frost Show (1969–1971); The Dick Cavett Show (1969–1978); The DuPont Show of the Month (1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1956); The Film Society of Lincoln Center Tribute to George Cukor (1978); The Ford Theatre Hour (1948); The Great Houdini (1976); The Joey Bishop Show (1969); The John Davidson Show (1982); The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002); The Love Boat (1977); The Marrying Kind (1952); The Matchmaker (1954); The Merv Griffin Show (1970–1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1971–1980); The Movies (2019); The Prince of Central Park (1977); The Prudential Family Playhouse (1950); The Secret World of the Very Young (1984); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1969–1977); The Trouble with Spies (1987); The Whirl of Life (1915); This Is Your Life (1971); Tom Cottle: Up Close (1983); Two-Faced Woman (1941); Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984); Welcome to the Basement (2015); What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969); Where's Poppa? (1970).

Born on this day – Lilyan Tashman:

Lilyan Tashman

Actress

October 23, 1896 – March 21, 1934

Born on this day – Suzy Prim:

Suzy Prim

Actress

October 11, 1896 – July 7, 1991