Born on this day – Renée Adorée:

Renée Adorée

Actress

September 30, 1898 – October 5, 1933

Credits:

Call of the Flesh (1930); Redemption (1930); The Pagan (1929); Tide of Empire (1929); The Spieler (1928); Show People (1928); The Mating Call (1928); The Michigan Kid (1928); The Cossacks (1928); Forbidden Hours (1928); A Certain Young Man (1928); Back to God's Country (1927); On Ze Boulevard (1927); Mr. Wu (1927); Heaven on Earth (1927); The Show (1927); The Flaming Forest (1926); Blarney (1926); Tin Gods (1926); Exquisite Sinner (1926); La Bohème (1926); The Blackbird (1926); The Big Parade (1925); Exchange of Wives (1925); Parisian Nights (1925); Man and Maid (1925); Excuse Me (1925); The Bandolero (1924); Defying the Law (1924); A Man's Mate (1924); Women Who Give (1924); The Eternal Struggle (1923); The Six-Fifty (1923); Day Dreams (1922); Mixed Faces (1922); Monte Cristo (1922); Honor First (1922); West of Chicago (1922); A Self-Made Man (1922); Made in Heaven (1921); The Strongest (1920); 500 Pounds Reward (1918).

Born on this day – George Gershwin:

George Gershwin

Composer

Pianist

September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937

Born on this day – Katharine Alexander:

Katharine Alexander

Actress

September 22, 1898 - January 10, 1981

Born on this day – Bessie Love:

Bessie Love

Actress

September 10, 1898 – April 26, 1986

Credits:

A Daughter of the Poor (1917); A Fighting Colleen (1919); A Harp in Hock (1927); A Little Sister of Everybody (1918); A Lost World (1938); A Sister of Six (1916); A Son of His Father (1925); A Yankee Princess (1919); Acquitted (1916); Alice Guy-Blaché (1997); Always a Bride (1953); Amateur Night (1927); Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (1928); Battle Beneath the Earth (1967); BBC Sunday-Night Play (1962); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1952–1958); Beau Brummell (1954); Bonnie May (1920); Broadway: The American Musical (2004); Bulldog Courage (1922); Carolyn of the Corners (1919); Catlow (1971); Chasing Rainbows (1930); Cheerful Givers (1917); Children of the Damned (1964); Conspiracy (1930); Cupid Forecloses (1919); Deserted at the Altar (1922); Don't Do It Dempsey (1960); Dress Parade (1927); Dynamite Smith (1924); Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978); Emergency-Ward 10 (1960); Fashions in Love (1936); Forget Me Not (1922); From a Bird's Eye View (1970); Gareth Hughes (2000); Gentle Julia (1923); Georgia Pearce (1915); Going Crooked (1926); Good News (1930); Gulliver's Travels (1977); Harpers West One (1961); Hearst-Pathé News, No. 87 (1917); Hell-to-Pay Austin (1916); Hollywood (1980); Hollywood Greats (1978); Hollywood on Parade No. A-13 (1933); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008); Hotel Imperial (1958); How Could You, Caroline? (1918); Human Wreckage (1923); I Live Again (1936); I Think They Call Him John (1964); I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967); International Detective (1960); Intolerance (1916); Isadora (1968); ITV Play of the Week (1957–1960); ITV Playhouse (1968); ITV Television Playhouse (1957–1960); Johnny Frenchman (1945); Journey Together (1945); Kate (1970); Katy (1976); Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981); Late Show London (1966); Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927); London Playhouse (1955); London Scrapbook (1942); Long Distance (1958); Looks Familiar (1980); Loss of Innocence (1961); Lovey Mary (1926); Man of the World (1962); Mary of the Movies (1923); Meet the Prince (1926); Morals for Women (1931); Mousey (1974); My Partner the Ghost (1969); New Brooms (1925); Next to No Time! (1958); Night Life in Hollywood (1922); Nina, the Flower Girl (1917); No Highway in the Sky (1951); Nowhere to Go (1958); Omnibus (1969); On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969); Over the Garden Wall (1919); Pegeen (1920); Penny of Top Hill Trail (1921); Picture This (2022); Polly Ann (1917); Pollyanna (1973); Promise Her Anything (1966); Public Eye (1971); Ragtime (1981); Reds (1981); Reggie Mixes In (1916); Round About Hollywood (1931); Rubber Tires (1927); Sally of the Scandals (1928); San Demetrio London (1943); Saturday Playhouse (1959); Screen Snapshots No. 8 (1931); Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 12 (1939); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 18 (1930); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 11 (1920); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 3 (1920); Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 14-F (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 3 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 5 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 8 (1923); See America Thirst (1930); Shades of Greene (1975); Slave of Desire (1923); Some of the Best (1944); Somerset Maugham Hour (1961); Sons of the Sea (1941); Soul-Fire (1925); Souls for Sale (1923); St. Elmo (1923); Stranded (1916); Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971); Sundown (1924); The Adventures of Prince Courageous (1923); The American (1927); The Andromeda Breakthrough (1962); The Aryan (1916); The Barefoot Contessa (1954); The Broadway Melody (1929); The Caves of Steel (1964); The Dawn of Understanding (1918); The Enchanted Barn (1919); The Eternal Three (1923); The Flying Torpedo (1916); The Front Page (1948); The Ghost Patrol (1923); The Girl in the Show (1929); The Good Bad-Man (1916); The Great Adventure (1918); The Heiress at Coffee Dan's (1916); The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929); The Honor of Rameriz (1921); The Hunger (1983); The Idle Rich (1929); The King on Main Street (1925); The Little Boss (1919); The Lost World (1925); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963); The Magic Box (1951); The Male Animal (1956); The Matinee Idol (1928); The Midlanders (1920); The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916); The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966); The Purple Dawn (1923); The Ritz (1976); The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961); The Sawdust Ring (1917); The Sea Lion (1921); The Sentimental Agent (1963); The Silent Watcher (1924); The Song and Dance Man (1926); The Spirit of the Lake (1921); The Story of Esther Costello (1957); The Swamp (1921); The Swell Head (1928); The Vermilion Pencil (1922); The Village Blacksmith (1922); The Voice of Hollywood No. 11 (1930); The WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1922 (1922); The Wednesday Play (1965); The Western (1959); The Wild Affair (1965); The Wishing Ring Man (1919); The Woman on the Jury (1924); They Learned About Women (1930); This Is Your Life (1963–1978); Those Who Dance (1924); Three Who Paid (1923); Tongues of Flame (1924); Too Young to Love (1960); Torment (1924); Touch and Go (1955); Vampyres (1974); W. Somerset Maugham (1970); Wee Lady Betty (1917); Westward Bo (1926); You Can't Take It with You (1947); Young and Willing (1954); Young April (1926); Zero One (1962).

Born on this day – Preston Sturges:

Preston Sturges

Writer

Director

August 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959

Credits:

American Masters (1990); Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940); Child of Manhattan (1933); Christmas in July (1940); College Swing (1938); Diamond Jim (1935); Easy Living (1937); Fast and Loose (1930); Hail the Conquering Hero (1944); Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (1982); Hotel Haywire (1937); Houdini (1953); I Married a Witch (1942); If I Were King (1938); I'll Be Yours (1947); Imitation of Life (1934); La grande mare (1930); Love Before Breakfast (1936); Lux Video Theatre (1954–1955); Never Say Die (1939); New York Town (1941); Next Time We Love (1936); Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014); One Rainy Afternoon (1936); Paris Holiday (1958); Port of Seven Seas (1938); Preston Sturges and 'the Miracle of Morgan's Creek' (2005); Reflets de Cannes (1954); Remember the Night (1939); Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958); Safeguarding Military Information (1942); Star Spangled Rhythm (1942); Strictly Dishonorable (1931); Sullivan's Travels (1941); The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949); The Big Pond (1930); The Birds and the Bees (1956); The French, They Are a Funny Race (1955); The Good Fairy (1935); The Great McGinty (1940); The Great Moment (1944); The Invisible Man (1933); The Lady Eve (1941); The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943); The Palm Beach Story (1942); The Power and the Glory (1933); The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947); They Just Had to Get Married (1932); Thirty Day Princess (1934); Twentieth Century (1934); Unfaithfully Yours (1984); Vendetta (1950); We Live Again (1934); Welcome to the Basement (2012).

Born on this day – Regis Toomey:

Regis Toomey

Actor

August 13, 1898 – October 12, 1991

Born on this day – Florelle:

Opera singer

Soprano

Actress

August 9, 1898 – September 28, 1974

Credits:

Lovers and thieves (1935); Atout coeur (1931); Around a Investigation (1931); Blood in the Head (1956); Clodoche / Tramp (1938); Die Herrin von Atlantis (1932); El amor solfeando (1930); Faubourg Montmartre (1931); Earn Your Life (1931); Gervaise (1956); Gigolette (1937); Gonzague (1923); In theaters tonight (1972); Jim Bougne, boxer (born 1923) The lady from Maxim's / The lady at Maxim's (1933); The Last Night (1933); The woman nue / The naked woman (1932); The kids (1935); The marvellous The Wonderful Day (1932); La nuit est à elles, Paris 1919-1939 / The Night Is Them, Paris 1919-1939 (2018); The Affair of the Rue de Lourcine (1923); L'amour chante (1930); Atlantis (1932); The Other (1930); The son The improvised son (1932); The big bluff (1933) The Joker (1930); The Malay Dagger (1931); Les anges noirs / Black Angels (1937); Les caves du Majestic / The Majestic cellars (1945); The Two Ducks / The Two Ducks (1934) The gods have fun (1935) The Les Misérables (1934); Les surprises du sleeping / The surprises of sleeping (1933); Liliom (1934); The Eye of the Storm (1992); My My aunt from Honfleur (1931); Marriage with responsibility Limited Liability Marriage (1933); Mimosa Bar (1933); My heart incognito (1931); Mr, Mrs. and Bibi (1932); Nights of Venice (1931); Oasis (1955); Passionately / Passionately (1932); Sidonie Panache (1934); Sixth floor / Sixième étage (1940); The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936); The Crime on the Coast (1913); The Mask of Horror (1912); The Mistress of Atlantis (1932); The Threepenny Opera (1931) Trois femmes / Three women (1952); Tumultes / Tumult (1932); Un meurtre a été commis / A murder was committed (1938); A Wedding Night (1935); Vacances (1931).

Born on this day – Arthur Lubin:

Arthur Lubin

Director

Producer

July 25, 1898 – May 11, 1995

Born on this day – Zelda Popkin:

Zelda Popkin

Writer

July 5, 1898 – May 25, 1983

Credits:

Books:

A Death of Innocence (1971); Dead Man's Gift (1941); Dear Once (1975); Death Wears a White Gardenia (1938); Herman Had Two Daughters (1968); Murder in the Mist (1940); No Crime for a Lady (1942); Open Every Door (1956); Quiet Street (1951); Small Victory (1947); So Much Blood (1944); The Journey Home (1945); Time Off for Murder (1940); Walk Through the Valley (1949).

Movies and television:

A Death of Innocence (1971); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Matinee Theatre (1958).

Born on this day – Gertrude Lawrence:

Gertrude Lawrence

Actress

Singer

Dancer

July 4, 1898 – September 6, 1952

Born on this day – Lillian Hall-Davis:

Lillian Hall-Davis

Actress

June 23, 1898 – October 25, 1933

Credits:

My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); Shepperton Babylon (2005); Many Waters (1931); Her Reputation (1931); Just for a Song (1930); Volga Volga (1928); Tommy Atkins (1928); The Farmer's Wife (1928); King's Mate (1928); The Ring (1927); Boadicea (1927); As We Lie (1927); Roses of Picardy (1927); La proie du vent (1927); Blighty (1927); Nitchevo (1926); If Youth But Knew (1926); Adventure Mad (1926); Liebe macht blind (1926); Der Farmer aus Texas (1925); Blitzzug der Liebe (1925); The Passionate Adventure (1924); The Eleventh Commandment (1924); The Unwanted (1924); Quo Vadis? (1924); Castles in the Air (1923); Afterglow (1923); I pagliacci (1923); Should a Doctor Tell? (1923); The Hotel Mouse (1923); Married Love (1923); The Knockout (1923); The Right to Strike (1923); A Royal Divorce (1923); If Four Walls Told (1922); The Faithful Heart (1922); Brown Sugar (1922); The Game of Life (1922); Stable Companions (1922); The Wonderful Story (1922); Ernest Maltravers (1920); The Honeypot (1920); Carry On (1919); The Admirable Crichton (1918); La p'tite du sixième (1917).

Born on this day – Lee Garmes:

Lee Garmes

Cinematographer

May 27, 1898 – August 31, 1978

Born on this day – Doctor Clayton:

Doctor Clayton

Blues singer

Songwriter

April 19, 1898 – January 7, 1947

Credits:

Albums:

Angels in Harlem (2002); Complete Recorded Works (1935–1942) (1994); Doctor Clayton & His Buddies: Complete Recordings 1946 & 1947 (1994); Doctor Clayton and His Buddy (1935–1947) (1989); Doctor Clayton and His Buddy: Pearl Harbour Blues (1970); Gotta Find My Baby (1987).

Born on this day – Mary Johnson:

Mary Johnson

Blues singer

Accordionist

Songwriter

March 29, 1898 – July 20, 1983

Born on this day – Henry Hathaway:

Henry Hathaway

Director

Producer

March 13, 1898 – February 11, 1985

Credits:

13 Rue Madeleine (1947); 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956); 5 Card Stud (1968); 75 Years of Cinema Museum (1972); AFI Life Achievement Award (1978–1980); Airport (1970); An Eye for an Eye (1966); Bachelor Brides (1926); Behind the Make-Up (1930); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); Brigham Young (1940); Call Northside 777 (1948); China Girl (1942); Circus World (1964); Come On, Marines! (1934); Diplomatic Courier (1952); Down to the Sea in Ships (1949); Empty Hands (1924); Fourteen Hours (1951); From Hell to Texas (1958); Garden of Evil (1954); Go West Young Man (1936); Grounds for Divorce (1925); Hangup (1974); Heritage of the Desert (1932); Hollywood (1980); Hollywood Greats (1977); Home in Indiana (1944); Honest Hutch (1920); How the West Was Won (1962); Hula (1927); I Loved a Soldier (1936); Jes' Call Me Jim (1920); Johnny Apollo (1940); Jubilo (1919); Kiss of Death (1947); Legend of the Lost (1957); Lest We Forget (1937); Lord Jim (1925); Madame X (1920); Man of the Forest (1933); Mantrap (1926); Morocco (1930); Motion Picture Stars Attend Premiere of 'Call Northside 777' (1948); Nevada Smith (1966); Niagara (1953); Night After Night (1932); Nob Hill (1945); North to Alaska (1960); Now and Forever (1934); O. Henry's Full House (1952); Of Human Bondage (1964); Open All Night (1924); Peter Ibbetson (1935); Prince Valiant (1954); Raid on Rommel (1971); Rawhide (1951); Redskin (1929); Roads of Destiny (1921); Seven Thieves (1960); Shoot Out (1971); Souls at Sea (1937); Spawn of the North (1938); Sundown (1941); Sunset Pass (1933); Talking Film (1981); Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942); The Awakening (1928); The Black Rose (1950); The Bottom of the Bottle (1956); The Call of the Canyon (1923); The Dark Corner (1946); The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951); The Dressmaker from Paris (1925); The House on 92nd Street (1945); The Last Round-Up (1934); The Last Safari (1967); The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935); The Love Doctor (1929); The Man from Yesterday (1932); The Moviemakers (1985); The Racers (1955); The Real Glory (1939); The Rough Riders (1927); The Shepherd of the Hills (1941); The Shopworn Angel (1928); The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors (1993); The Slim Princess (1920); The Sons of Katie Elder (1965); The Storm Woman (1917); The Texan (1930); The Thundering Herd (1925); The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936); The Virginian (1929); The Way of All Flesh (1927); The Witching Hour (1934); The World and Its Woman (1919); To the Last Man (1933); True Grit (1969); Under the Tonto Rim (1933); Underworld (1927); White Witch Doctor (1953); Wild Horse Mesa (1932); Wing and a Prayer (1944); Wolf Song (1929); Woman Obsessed (1959); You're in the Navy Now (1951).

Born on this day – Randolph Scott:

Randolph Scott

Actor

Producer

January 23, 1898 – March 2, 1987

Credits:

Ride the High Country (1962); Comanche Station (1960); Ride Lonesome (1959); Westbound (1958); Buchanan Rides Alone (1958); Decision at Sundown (1957); Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957); The Tall T (1957); 7th Cavalry (1956); 7 Men from Now (1956); A Lawless Street (1955); Tall Man Riding (1955); Rage at Dawn (1955); Ten Wanted Men (1955); The Bounty Hunter (1954); Riding Shotgun (1954); Thunder Over the Plains (1953); The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953); The Man Behind the Gun (1953); Hangman's Knot (1952); Carson City (1952); Starlift (1951); Man in the Saddle (1951); Fort Worth (1951); Santa Fe (1951); Sugarfoot (1951); The Cariboo Trail (1950); Colt .45 (1950); The Nevadan (1950); Fighting Man of the Plains (1949); The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949); Canadian Pacific (1949); The Walking Hills (1949); Return of the Bad Men (1948); Coroner Creek (1948); Albuquerque (1948); Christmas Eve (1947); Gunfighters (1947); Trail Street (1947); Home, Sweet Homicide (1946); Badman's Territory (1946); Abilene Town (1946); Captain Kidd (1945); China Sky (1945); Belle of the Yukon (1944); Follow the Boys (1944); 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders (1943); Corvette K-225 (1943); The Desperadoes (1943); Bombardier (1943); Pittsburgh (1942); The Spoilers (1942); To the Shores of Tripoli (1942); Paris Calling (1941); Belle Starr (1941); Western Union (1941); When the Daltons Rode (1940); My Favorite Wife (1940); Virginia City (1940); 20,000 Men a Year (1939); Coast Guard (1939); Frontier Marshal (1939); Susannah of the Mounties (1939); Jesse James (1939); The Road to Reno (1938); The Texans (1938); Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938); High, Wide and Handsome (1937); Go West Young Man (1936); The Last of the Mohicans (1936); And Sudden Death (1936); Follow the Fleet (1936); Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935); She (1935); Village Tale (1935); So Red the Rose (1935); Roberta (1935); Rocky Mountain Mystery (1935); Home on the Range (1935); Wagon Wheels (1934); The Last Round-Up (1934); Broken Dreams (1933); To the Last Man (1933); Man of the Forest (1933); Cocktail Hour (1933); Sunset Pass (1933); Supernatural (1933); The Thundering Herd (1933); Murders in the Zoo (1933); Hello, Everybody! (1933); Wild Horse Mesa (1932); Hot Saturday (1932); Heritage of the Desert (1932); A Successful Calamity (1932); Sky Bride (1932); Women Men Marry (1931); Born Reckless (1930); Dynamite (1929); The Virginian (1929); Half Marriage (1929); Illusion (1929); Sailor's Holiday (1929); The Black Watch (1929); The Far Call (1929); Why Be Good? (1929); Weary River (1929); The Wolf of Wall Street (1929); Sharp Shooters (1928).

Born on this day – Margaret Irving:

Margaret Irving

Actress

January 18, 1898 – March 5, 1988

Credits:

The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell (1982); 77 Sunset Strip (1960); M Squad (1958); The People's Choice (1955–1958); General Electric Theater (1957); Highway Patrol (1956); Ain't Misbehavin' (1955); My Little Margie (1955); The Beautiful Cheat (1945); In Society (1944); Kentucky (1938); Sweethearts (1938); Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1938); Love, Honor and Behave (1938); The Baroness and the Butler (1938); Little Miss Roughneck (1938); Sh! The Octopus (1937); Under Suspicion (1937); Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937); The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937); Men in Exile (1937); Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936); Four Days Wonder (1936); Follow Your Heart (1936); Women Are Trouble (1936); San Francisco (1936); I Married a Doctor (1936); Captain Calamity (1936); Wife vs. Secretary (1936); Exclusive Story (1936); Thanks a Million (1935); The Lady in Black (1935); A Peach of a Pair (1934); Sheer Luck (1931); Animal Crackers (1930); The Broadway Boob (1926); Radio-Mania (1923).

Born on this day – Irene Dunne:

Irene Dunne

Actress

December 20, 1898 – September 4, 1990

Credits:

Saints and Sinners (1962); General Electric Theater (1962); Insight (1962); Frontier Circus (1961); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Christophers (1958); The Ford Television Theatre (1954–1956); The Jack Benny Program (1953); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); It Grows on Trees (1952); The Mudlark (1950); Never a Dull Moment (1950); I Remember Mama (1948); Life with Father (1947); Anna and the King of Siam (1946); Over 21 (1945); Together Again (1944); The White Cliffs of Dover (1944); A Guy Named Joe (1943); Lady in a Jam (1942); Unfinished Business (1941); Penny Serenade (1941); My Favorite Wife (1940); When Tomorrow Comes (1939); Invitation to Happiness (1939); Love Affair (1939); Joy of Living (1938); The Awful Truth (1937); High, Wide and Handsome (1937); Theodora Goes Wild (1936); Show Boat (1936); Magnificent Obsession (1935); Roberta (1935); Sweet Adeline (1934); The Age of Innocence (1934); Stingaree (1934); This Man Is Mine (1934); If I Were Free (1933); Ann Vickers (1933); The Silver Cord (1933); The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933); No Other Woman (1933); Thirteen Women (1932); Back Street (1932); Symphony of Six Million (1932); Consolation Marriage (1931); The Great Lover (1931); Bachelor Apartment (1931); The Stolen Jools (1931); Cimarron (1931); Leathernecking (1930).

Born on this day – Violet Schram:

Violet Schram

Actress

December 1, 1898 – March 20, 1987

Credits:

A Box of Tricks (1917); A Soldier of the Legion (1917); Big Happiness (1920); Chubby Takes a Hand (1917); Graft (1915); Hell's Border (1922); Lightning Hutch (1926); Perils of the Secret Service (1917); Pride of Sunshine Alley (1924); Riders of the Dawn (1920); Shoes (1916); The Bar-C Mystery (1926); The Danger Man (1930); The Gray Wolf's Ghost (1919); The Hollywood Reporter (1926); The International Spy (1917); The Sheriff of Mojave (1921); The Storm Woman (1917); The Wrong Mary Wright (1917); Toby's Bow (1919); What Love Can Do (1916); White Lies (1920); Wolves of the Border (1923).

Born on this day – Mario Mattoli:

Mario Mattoli

Director

Writer

November 30, 1898 – February 26, 1980