Born on this day – Dorothy Sebastian:

Dorothy Sebastian

Actress

April 26, 1903 – April 8, 1957

Credits:

A Woman of Affairs (1928); Allez Oop! (1934); Among the Living (1941); Beauty à la Mud (1926); Bluebeard's Seven Wives (1925); Brothers (1930); California (1927); Compression (2017); Contraband (1933); Contrabando (1932); Days of Jesse James (1939); Free and Easy (1930); George White's Scandals (1945); Hell's Island (1930); His First Command (1929); Isle of Forgotten Women (1927); Kansas Cyclone (1941); Ladies Must Play (1930); Love (1927); Montana Moon (1930); Morgan's Last Raid (1929); No Sleep on the Deep (1934); Officer O'Brien (1930); On Ze Boulevard (1927); Our Blushing Brides (1930); Our Dancing Daughters (1928); Radio Barred (1936); Reap the Wild Wind (1942); Rough Riders' Round-up (1939); Sackcloth and Scarlet (1925); Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5 (1930); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 20 (1930); Ship of Wanted Men (1933); Ships of Hate (1931); Show People (1928); Slide, Kelly, Slide (1927); Spite Marriage (1929); Tea for Three (1927); The Adventurer (1927); The Arizona Kid (1939); The Arizona Wildcat (1927); The Big Gamble (1931); The Deceiver (1931); The Demi-Bride (1927); The Devil's Apple Tree (1929); The Haunted Ship (1927); The House of Scandal (1928); The Life of Vergie Winters (1934); The Lightning Flyer (1931); The Miracle of the Bells (1948); The Mysterious Pilot (1937); The Rainbow (1929); The Rounder (1930); The Show (1927); The Single Standard (1929); The Spirit of Youth (1929); The Unholy Night (1929); The Utah Kid (1930); The Voice of Hollywood No. 12 (1930); The Wide Open Spaces (1931); The Women (1939); Their Hour (1928); They Never Come Back (1932); Torrent (1926); True to the Army (1942); Twelve Miles Out (1927); Why Women Love (1925); Winds of Chance (1925); Wyoming (1928); You'd Be Surprised (1926).

Born on this day – Dolores Johnson:

Dolores Johnson

Actress

April 25, 1903 – August 11, 1957

Credits:

Alias Aladdin (1920); Beauties Beware (1929); Fighting Caravans (1931); Greek Meets Greek (1920); Hobgoblins (1921); Hurry West (1921); June Madness (1920); Oh, Promise Me (1921); Paint and Powder (1921); Pinning It On (1921); Prince Pistachio (1921); Queens Up! (1920); Red Wine (1928); Riders of the Kitchen Range (1925); Running Wild (1921); Served Hot (1929); Sheiks in Bagdad (1925); Social Sinners (1929); Strong Boy (1929); The Burglars Bold (1921); The Godless Girl (1928); The Love Lesson (1921); The Man Haters (1922); The Sandman (1920); The Sleepyhead (1920); Thru Different Eyes (1929); What Price Beauty? (1925); While Paris Sleeps (1932).

Born on this day – Eliot Ness:

Eliot Ness

Law enforcement agent and head of The Untouchables

Writer

April 19, 1903 – May 16, 1957

The Untouchables

By Eliot Ness.

With Oscar Fraley.

ASIN: B000WFDVYA

Published by Award Books.

First published 1957.

Description:

Brings to life an era of violence unique in the nation’s history. – The New York Times.

Tremendously exciting. – Cleveland News.

This is the anatomy of a Mafia boss – a scar-faced killer named Al Capone who gripped this nation in his diamond-studded hand in the legendary 1930’s. Capone’s trademarks – the one-way ride, the bullet in the head, the emasculated body in the ditch – still carry the signature of the Mafia.

Al Capone ruled an empire of evil that stole billions of dollars while destroying untold numbers of lives. His discipline murderers collected incredible profits from drugs, gambling and prostitution, making Al Capone the most powerful Mafia boss who ever lived.

Credits:

Book:

The Untouchables (1957).

Movies and television:

American Justice: Target - Mafia (1993); Gangster Empire: Rise of the Mob (2013); Haunted History (2013); Prohibition: Thirteen Years That Changed America (1997); The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Documentaries (2008); The Scarface Mob (1959); The Untouchables (1959–1963); The Untouchables (1987); The Untouchables (1993); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959).

Born on this day – Ward Bond:

Ward Bond

Actor

April 9, 1903 – November 5, 1960

Credits:

Wagon Train (1957–1961); Rio Bravo (1959); Alias Jesse James (1959); General Electric Theater (1953–1958); The Christophers (1955–1958); The Howard Miller Show (1958); China Doll (1958); The Growler Story (1957); The Wings of Eagles (1957); The Halliday Brand (1957); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1957–1958); Schlitz Playhouse (1952–1956); Pillars of the Sky (1956); The Searchers (1956); Dakota Incident (1956); Star Stage (1956); The Red, White and Blue Line (1955); Cavalcade of America (1955–1956); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); A Man Alone (1955); Mister Roberts (1955); Climax! (1955); The Long Gray Line (1955); The Bob Mathias Story (1954); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1954); Suspense (1954); Johnny Guitar (1954); Gypsy Colt (1954); The Steve Allen Show presented by Knickerbocker Beer (1953); Hondo (1953); The Moonlighter (1953); Blowing Wild (1953); The McGurk Way (1952); Thunderbirds (1952); The Gulf Playhouse (1952); Hellgate (1952); The Quiet Man (1952); On Dangerous Ground (1951); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); Bullfighter and the Lady (1951); Only the Valiant (1951); The Great Missouri Raid (1951); Operation Pacific (1951); This Is Korea! (1951); Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950); Wagon Master (1950); Riding High (1950); Singing Guns (1950); The Silver Theatre (1950); 3 Godfathers (1948); Joan of Arc (1948); Tap Roots (1948); The Time of Your Life (1948); Sins of the Fathers (1948); Fort Apache (1948); The Fugitive (1947); Unconquered (1947); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); My Darling Clementine (1946); Canyon Passage (1946); They Were Expendable (1945); Dakota (1945); Tall in the Saddle (1944); Home in Indiana (1944); The Fighting Sullivans (1944); A Guy Named Joe (1943); They Came to Blow Up America (1943); Slightly Dangerous (1943); Hello Frisco, Hello (1943); Gentleman Jim (1942); Hitler--Dead or Alive (1942); Sin Town (1942); Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942); The Falcon Takes Over (1942); Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942); Know for Sure (1941); Swamp Water (1941); The Maltese Falcon (1941); Doctors Don't Tell (1941); Manpower (1941); The Shepherd of the Hills (1941); Sergeant York (1941); A Man Betrayed (1941); Tobacco Road (1941); Santa Fe Trail (1940); The Long Voyage Home (1940); City for Conquest (1940); Kit Carson (1940); Sailor's Lady (1940); The Mortal Storm (1940); Buck Benny Rides Again (1940); Virginia City (1940); Little Old New York (1940); The Grapes of Wrath (1940); The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939); Gone with the Wind (1939); Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939); Drums Along the Mohawk (1939); Dust Be My Destiny (1939); Frontier Marshal (1939); Waterfront (1939); The Girl from Mexico (1939); Young Mr. Lincoln (1939); The Kid from Kokomo (1939); The Return of the Cisco Kid (1939); Union Pacific (1939); Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939); Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939); Dodge City (1939); Sundown (1939); The Oklahoma Kid (1939); Pardon Our Nerve (1939); Made for Each Other (1939); They Made Me a Criminal (1939); Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 1 (1938); Son of Frankenstein (1939); Going Places (1938); The Law West of Tombstone (1938); Submarine Patrol (1938); Fugitives for a Night (1938); You Can't Take It with You (1938); The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938); Prison Break (1938); Reformatory (1938); Professor Beware (1938); Numbered Woman (1938); Gun Law (1938); Flight Into Nowhere (1938); The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938); Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938); Hawaii Calls (1938); Over the Wall (1938); Bringing Up Baby (1938); Born to Be Wild (1938); Penitentiary (1938); Of Human Hearts (1938); Fight for Your Lady (1937); The Westland Case (1937); Music for Madame (1937); The Kid Comes Back (1937); The Game That Kills (1937); Escape by Night (1937); Dead End (1937); Topper (1937); Marry the Girl (1937); The Singing Marine (1937); A Fight to the Finish (1937); Mountain Music (1937); The Wildcatter (1937); They Gave Him a Gun (1937); Night Key (1937); 23 1/2 Hours Leave (1937); Park Avenue Logger (1937); The Soldier and the Lady (1937); When's Your Birthday? (1937); Devil's Playground (1937); You Only Live Once (1937); Woman-Wise (1937); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); After the Thin Man (1936); Conflict (1936); The Accusing Finger (1936); Legion of Terror (1936); Without Orders (1936); The Big Game (1936); The Man Who Lived Twice (1936); They Met in a Taxi (1936); Second Wife (1936); Crash Donovan (1936); White Fang (1936); High Tension (1936); The Bride Walks Out (1936); Fury (1936); The Cattle Thief (1936); Fatal Lady (1936); The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936); Avenging Waters (1936); Pride of the Marines (1936); The First Baby (1936); Colleen (1936); Boulder Dam (1936); The Leathernecks Have Landed (1936); Muss 'em Up (1936); Two in the Dark (1936); Hitch Hike Lady (1935); We're Only Human (1935); Too Tough to Kill (1935); Broadway Hostess (1935); I Found Stella Parish (1935); Guard That Girl (1935); Western Courage (1935); 3 Kids and a Queen (1935); The Last Days of Pompeii (1935); Waterfront Lady (1935); His Night Out (1935); Little Big Shot (1935); She Gets Her Man (1935); Calm Yourself (1935); Death Flies East (1935); Murder in the Fleet (1935); The Headline Woman (1935); The Informer (1935); Mary Jane's Pa (1935); Strangers All (1935); Go Into Your Dance (1935); 'G' Men (1935); Fighting Shadows (1935); Black Fury (1935); The Crimson Trail (1935); Times Square Lady (1935); One New York Night (1935); Devil Dogs of the Air (1935); Under Pressure (1935); Grand Old Girl (1935); Broadway Bill (1934); Men of the Night (1934); Against the Law (1934); 6 Day Bike Rider (1934); Death on the Diamond (1934); Girl in Danger (1934); The Human Side (1934); Chained (1934); The Affairs of Cellini (1934); The Defense Rests (1934); The Circus Clown (1934); A Man's Game (1934); Here Comes the Groom (1934); Most Precious Thing in Life (1934); I'll Tell the World (1934); The Crime of Helen Stanley (1934); Whirlpool (1934); Voice in the Night (1934); The Fighting Ranger (1934); It Happened One Night (1934); The Poor Rich (1934); Speed Wings (1934); School for Romance (1934); Frontier Marshal (1934); The Fighting Code (1933); Straightaway (1933); Son of a Sailor (1933); College Coach (1933); Police Car 17 (1933); Wild Boys of the Road (1933); Lady for a Day (1933); The Wrecker (1933); Heroes for Sale (1933); When Strangers Marry (1933); Unknown Valley (1933); Obey the Law (1933); State Trooper (1933); Lucky Devils (1933); Sundown Rider (1932); 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932); Flesh (1932); Air Mail (1932); Virtue (1932); Rackety Rax (1932); White Eagle (1932); That's My Boy (1932); Hold 'Em Jail (1932); Hello Trouble (1932); Bachelor's Affairs (1932); The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932); Careless Lady (1932); High Speed (1932); The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932); Maker of Men (1931); Arrowsmith (1931); Over the Hill (1931); Sob Sister (1931); The Spider (1931); The Brat (1931); Quick Millions (1931); Three Girls Lost (1931); A Connecticut Yankee (1931); Up the River (1930); The Big Trail (1930); Cheer Up and Smile (1930); Born Reckless (1930); The Lone Star Ranger (1930); So This Is College (1929); Salute (1929); Words and Music (1929); Noah's Ark (1928).

Born on this day – John Batten:

John Batten

Actor

April 3, 1903 – August 10, 1993

Credits:

As Good As New (1933); Backstage (1927); Call Me Mame (1933); For Those in Peril (1944); High Finance (1933); The Battle of the Sexes (1928); The Chorus Kid (1928); The Church Mouse (1934); The Godless Girl (1928); The Great Game (1930); The Greenwood Tree (1929); The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929); The Love Waltz (1930); The Wonderful Story (1932); Trapped in a Submarine (1932).

Born on this day – Mabel Seeley:

Mabel Seeley

Writer

March 25, 1903 – June 9, 1991

Credits:

Eleven Came Back (1943); The Beckoning Door (1950); The Chuckling Fingers (1941); The Crying Sisters (1939); The Listening House (1938); The Stranger Beside Me (1951); The Whispering Cup (1940); The Whistling Shadow (aka The Blonde with the Deadly Past) (1954); Women of Property (1947).

Born on this day – Mark Hellinger:

Mark Hellinger

Writer

Producer

March 21, 1903 – December 21, 1947

Credits:

Affectionately Yours (1941); At the Round Table (1930); Between Two Worlds (1944); Boston Blackie / Rebound (1952); British Intelligence (1939); Broadway Bill (1934); Brother Orchid (1940); Brute Force (1947); Comet Over Broadway (1938); Danger (1951–1952); Hell's Kitchen (1939); High Sierra (1940); I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket (1933); It All Came True (1940); Kid Nightingale (1939); Manpower (1941); Moontide (1942); Naked City (1958–1959); Night Court (1932); Racket Busters (1938); Riding High (1950); Rise and Shine (1941); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Swell Guy (1946); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943); The Adventures of Jane Arden (1939); The Cowboy Quarterback (1939); The Doughgirls (1944); The Elgin Hour (1955); The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945); The Hundred Pound Window (1944); The Killers (1946); The Naked City (1948); The Roaring Twenties (1939); The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947); They Drive by Night (1940); Torrid Zone (1940); Walking Down Broadway (1938); Women in the Wind (1939).

Born on this day – Verree Teasdale:

Verree Teasdale

Actress

March 15, 1903 – February 17, 1987

Credits:

Stage:

Buy, Buy, Baby (1926); By Request (1928); Experience Unnecessary (1931 / 1932); Marriage for Three (1931); Nice Women (1929); Precious (1929); Soldiers and Women (1929); The Constant Wife (1926 / 1927); The Greeks Had a Word for It (1930 / 1931); The Master of the Inn (1925 / 1926); The Morning After (1925); The Royal Virgin (1930); The Youngest (1924 / 1925).

Movies and television:

A Dream Comes True (1935); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935); A Modern Hero (1934); Breakdowns of 1938 (1938); Busby Berkeley and the Gold Diggers (1969); Come Live with Me (1941); Desirable (1934); Dr. Monica (1934); Fashions of 1934 (1934); Fifth Avenue Girl (1939); First Lady (1937); Good-bye Love (1933); Her New Chauffeur (1929); Hunt the Tiger (1929); I Take This Woman (1940); Love Thy Neighbor (1940); Love, Honor and Oh, Baby! (1933); Luxury Liner (1933); Madame Du Barry (1934); Mr. Intruder (1930); Payment Deferred (1932); Roman Scandals (1933); Skyscraper Souls (1932); Syncopation (1929); Terror Aboard (1933); The Firebird (1934); The Milky Way (1936); The Ninety-Ninth Amendment (1929); The Sap from Syracuse (1930); They Just Had to Get Married (1932); Topper Takes a Trip (1938); Turnabout (1940).

Born on this day – Dorothy Mackaill:

Dorothy Mackaill

Actress

March 4, 1903 – August 12, 1990

Credits:

Hawaii Five-O (1976–1980); Studio One (1953); Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937); Cheaters (1934); Picture Brides (1934); The Chief (1933); Curtain at Eight (1933); Neighbors' Wives (1933); No Man of Her Own (1932); Love Affair (1932); Safe in Hell (1931); The Reckless Hour (1931); Their Mad Moment (1931); Party Husband (1931); Once a Sinner (1931); Bright Lights (1930); The Office Wife (1930); Man Trouble (1930); The Flirting Widow (1930); Strictly Modern (1930); The Love Racket (1929); The Great Divide (1929); Hard to Get (1929); Two Weeks Off (1929); Children of the Ritz (1929); His Captive Woman (1929); The Barker (1928); Waterfront (1928); The Whip (1928); Lady Be Good (1928); Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath (1928); Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927); Man Crazy (1927); The Crystal Cup (1927); Smile, Brother, Smile (1927); Convoy (1927); The Lunatic at Large (1927); Just Another Blonde (1926); Subway Sadie (1926); Ranson's Folly (1926); The Dancer of Paris (1926); Joanna (1925); Shore Leave (1925); The Making of O'Malley (1925); Chickie (1925); One Year to Live (1925); The Bridge of Sighs (1925); The Mine with the Iron Door (1924); The Painted Lady (1924); The Man Who Came Back (1924); What Shall I Do? (1924); The Next Corner (1924); Twenty-One (1923); His Children's Children (1923); The Fair Cheat (1923); The Fighting Blade (1923); The Broken Violin (1923); Mighty Lak' a Rose (1923); The Inner Man (1922); The Streets of New York (1922); A Woman's Woman (1922); Isle of Doubt (1922); Torchy's Hold-Up (1922); The Lotus Eater (1921); Bits of Life (1921); Torchy's Promotion (1921); Torchy's Night Hood (1921); Torchy Mixes In (1921); Torchy's Millions (1920); Torchy (1920); The Face at the Window (1920).

Born in March – Kathleen Noisette:

Kathleen Noisette

Actress

March 1903 / exact date of birth unknown – April 16, 1935

Credits:

The Exile (1931); A Daughter of the Congo (1930); Wages of Sin (1929); When Men Betray (1928).

Born on this day – Scrapper Blackwell:

Scrapper Blackwell

Blues singer

Guitarist

February 21, 1903 – October 7, 1962

Credits:

Albums:

A Blues (2018); ABC Of The Blues Vol 7 (2010); Blue Night Blues (2000); Blues Before Sunrise + Mr. Scrapper's Blues (2014); Blues Night Blue (2019); Kokomo (2021); Penal Farm Blues (2021); Presenting Scrapper Blackwell (1929); Rocks In My Bed (2016); Scrapper Blackwell - Music History (2021); Scrapper Blackwell 1959-1960 (2005); Scrapper Blackwell Vol. 1 (1928-1932) (2005); The Blues Collective -Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell (2023); The Very Best Of (2009); The Virtuoso Guitar Of Scrapper Blackwell (2006); Trouble Blues (2019); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD A (2008); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD B (2008); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD C (2008); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD D (2008).

Songs:

Alabama Women Blues; Back Door Blues; Be-Da-Da-Bum; Blue Day Blues; Blue Night Blues; Blues Before Sunrise; Cold Blooded Murder; D Blues; Down and Out Blues; Down South Blues; Four Day Rider; Goin' Where the Monon Crosses the Yellow Dog; Hard Time Blues; How About Me; How Long Blues No. 1; I Believe I'll Make a Change; I Won't Miss You When You're Gone; Lifeboat Blues; Low Down Dog Blues; Mean Mistreater Mama; My Dream Blues; My Heart Struck Sorrow; My Old Pal; My Old Pal Blues; Naptown Blues; Nobody Knows When You're Down and Out; Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out; Pack Up Her Trunk Blues; Papa's on the House Top; Scrapper Blackwell; Shady Lane; When the Sun Goes Down; Whiskey Man Blues.

Born on this day – Georges Simenon:

Georges Simenon

Writer

February 13, 1903 – 4 September 4, 1989,

Credits:

Books:

Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett / Pietr the Latvian (1931); Maigret Meets a Milord / The Carter of ‘La Providence’ (1931); The Death of Monsieur Gallet / The Late Monsieur Gallet / Maigret Stonewalled (1931); The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien / The Crime of Inspector Maigret / Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets (1931); A Battle of Nerves / A Man’s Head / Maigret Bides His Time / The Patience of Maigret / Maigret’s Patience (1931); The Yellow Dog / Maigret and the Concarneau Murders (1931); Maigret at the Crossroads / The Night at the Crossroads (1931); Maigret in Holland / A Crime in Holland (1931); The Sailors’ Rendezvous / Maigret Answers a Plea / The Grand Banks Café (1931); The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin / Maigret At the Gai-Moulin (1931); Maigret and the Tavern by the Seine / The Two-Penny Bar (1931); The Shadow Puppet / Maigret Mystified (1932); Maigret Goes Home / The Saint-Fiacre Affair / Maigret on Home Ground / Maigret and the Countess (1932); Maigret and the Flemish Shop / The Flemish House (1932); Maigret and the Death of a Harbor-Master / Misty Harbour / Maigret and Monsieur Labbe (1932); The Madman of Bergerac (1932); Liberty Bar / Maigret on the Riviera (1932); Lock No. 1 / The Lock at Charenton (1933); Maigret / Maigret Returns (1934); The Cellars of the Majestic / Maigret and the Hotel Majestic (1942); The Judge’s House / Maigret in Exile (1942); Maigret and the Spinster / Cécile is Dead (1942); Maigret and the Fortuneteller / To Any Lengths / Signed, Picpus (1944); Félicie / Maigret and the Toy Village (1944); Inspector Cadaver / Maigret’s Rival (1944); Maigret Gets Angry / Maigret in Retirement (1947); Maigret in New York / Maigret in New York’s Underworld (1947); Maigret’s Holiday / A Summer Holiday / No Vacation for Maigret (1948); Maigret’s Dead Man / Maigret’s Special Murder (1948); Maigret’s First Case (1949); My Friend Maigret / The Methods of Maigret (1949); Maigret at the Coroner’s / Maigret and the Coroner (1949); Maigret and the Old Lady (1950); Madame Maigret’s Own Case / The Friend of Madame Maigret / Madame Maigret’s Friend (1950); Maigret’s Memoirs (1951); Maigret in Montmartre / Maigret and the Strangled Stripper / Maigret at Picratt’s (1951); Maigret Takes a Room / Maigret Rents a Room (1951); Maigret and the Burglar’s Wife / Maigret and the Tall Woman (1951); Maigret and the Gangsters / Inspector Maigret and the Killers / Maigret, Lognon and the Gangsters (1952); Maigret’s Revolver (1952); Maigret and the Man on the Bench / Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard (1953); Maigret Afraid / Maigret Is Afraid (1953); Maigret’s Mistake (1953); Maigret Goes to School (1954); Maigret and the Calame Report / Maigret and the Minister (1954); Maigret and the Dead Girl / Maigret and the Young Girl (1954); Maigret and the Headless Corpse (1955); Maigret Sets a Trap (1955); Maigret’s Failure (1956); Maigret Enjoys Himself / Maigret’s Little Joke / None of Maigret’s Business (1957); Maigret Travels / Maigret and the Millionaires (1958); Maigret Has Scruples / Maigret’s Doubts (1958); Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses (1959); Maigret’s Secret / Maigret Has Doubts (1959); Maigret in Court (1960); Maigret and the Old People / Maigret in Society (1960); Maigret and the Idle Burglar / Maigret and the Lazy Burglar (1961); Maigret and the Black Sheep / Maigret and the Good People of Montparnasse (1962); Maigret and the Saturday Caller (1962); Maigret and the Tramp / Maigret and the Dosser / Maigret and the Bum (1963); Maigret’s Fury / Maigret Loses His Temper / Maigret’s Anger (1963); Maigret and the Ghost / Maigret and the Apparition (1964); Maigret on the Defensive / Maigret Holds His Own / Maigret Defends Himself (1964); Maigret and the Nahour Case (1966); Maigret and the Pickpocket / Maigret’s Pickpocket (1967); Maigret in Vichy / Maigret Takes the Waters (1968); Maigret Hesitates (1968); Maigret’s Boyhood Friend / Maigret’s Childhood Friend (1968); Maigret and the Killer (1969); Maigret and the Wine Merchant (1970); Maigret and the Madwoman / Maigret’s Madwoman (1970); Maigret and the Loner (1971); Maigret and the Informer / Maigret and the Flea (1972); Maigret and Monsieur Charles (1973); Maigret’s Pipe: Seventeen Stories (1945); Maigret’s Christmas (1976); The Girl with a Squint (1931); The Engagement (1933); Tropic Moon (1933); The Window Over the Way (1933); The Lodger (1934); The Long Exile (1935); Donadieu’s Will (1936); The Man Who Watched Trains Go By (1938); Girl In Waiting (1938); Three Crimes (1938); The Strangers in the House (1940); The Widow (1942); The Truth About Bebe Donge (1942); Across the Street (1942); The Suspect (1944); Monsieur Monde Vanishes (1945); Three Bedrooms in Manhattan (1946); Act of Passion (1946); The Mahé Circle (1946); Death of a Nobody (1947); Pedigree (1948); The Snow Was Dirty (1948); Magnet of Doom (1948); The Bottom Of The Bottle (1949); Four Days in a Lifetime (1949); The Pitards (1949); Strange Inheritance (1950); The Heart of a Man (1950); A New Lease On Life (1951); The Burgomaster of Furnes (1952); Escape in Vain (1952); Havoc by Accident (1952); On the danger line (1952); Belle (1952); In Two Latitudes (1952); The Trial of Bebe Donge (1952); Dirty Snow (1953); Red Lights (1953); The Iron Staircase (1953); The Watchmaker of Everton (1954); The Clockmaker (1954); Big Bob (1954); The Accomplices (1955); The Rules of the Game (1955); The Burial of Monsieur Bouvet (1955); The Fugitive (1955); A Sense of Guilt (1955); The Little Man From Archangel (1956); The Stowaway (1957); Sunday (1958); The President (1958); The Son (1958); The Widower (1959); The Grandmother (1959); The Negro (1959); Young Cardinaud (1959); The Blue Room (1960); Betty (1960); Justice (1960); The Family Lie (1960); The Train (1961); Striptease (1961); Poisoned Relations (1961); The hatter’s ghosts (1961); The Door (1962); The House on Quai Notre Dame (1962); The Others (1962); The Bells of Bicetre (1963); The Magician (1963); Inquest on Bouvet (1963); The Man With the Little Dog (1964); The Venice Train (1965); The Survivors (1965); Venice Train (1965); Black Rain (1965); Ticket of Leave (1965); The Cat (1966); The Old Man Dies (1966); Old Man Dies (1966); The Mouse (1966); Fate of the Malous (1966); The Little Saint (1967); The Brothers Rico (1967); The Reckoning (1967); The neighbours (1968); The Prison (1968); The Premier (1968); The confessional (1968); The Patient (1968); The Witnesses (1968); Uncle Charles Has Locked Himself in (1969); Uncle Charles (1969); November (1970); The Rich Man (1970); Enigmas (1970); The Glass Cage (1971); The Innocents (1972); The Disappearance Of Odile (1972); Magician (1974); The Girl in His Past (1976); The Nightclub (1977); The White Horse Inn (1979); The Little Doctor (1981); The Outlaw (1987); The Murderer (2013); The Hand (2016); Simenon’s Paris (1970); When I Was Old (1971); Letter to My Mother (1976); Intimate Memoirs: Including Marie-Jo’s Book (1981); Writers At Work: The Paris Review Interviews (1957); Nine Detective Stories (1964); City Sleuths and Tough Guys (1989); Murder Intercontinental (1996); The Oxford Book of Detective Stories (2000); Murder On The Railways (2003); The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction (2004).

Movies and television:

A Life in the Balance (1955); A Man’s Head (1933); A sápadt demon (1989); Abécédaire du polar (1999); Adela (2000); Afera Saint-Fiacre (1963); Afternoon Theatre (1976); Annette et la dame blonde (1942); Antoine et Julie (1981); Apostrophes (1981); Armchair Cinema (1974); Aujourd’hui Madame (1971); Barrio (1947); BBC Play of the Month (1969); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1959); Bellas Tod (1979); Belle (2024); Betty (1992); Bibliothèque de poche (1967); Blackballed (2015); Bratya Riko (1980); Brelan d’as / Segment: Le Témoignage d’un enfant de choeur (1952); Cecile Is Dead (1944); Ceux de la soif (1989); Chabrol, l’anticonformiste (2019); Cinépanorama (1957); Cop-Out (1967); Crime impuni (1991); Danger (1951); Das zweite Leben (1990); De burgemeester van Veurne (1984); De weduwnaar (1991); Der kleine Doktor (1974); Der Mann aus London (1971); Der Mörder (1979); Dernier refuge (1947); Die Katze (2007); Die Komplizen (1985); Die Stunde des Leon Bisquet (1986); Die Unbekannten im eigenen Haus (1985); Ein anderer Liebhaber (1990); Els De Davant/Los De Enfrente (1993); Enter Inspector Maigret (1966); Equator (1983); Es gibt noch Haselnuß-Sträucher (1983); Federico Fellini - un autoritratto ritrovato (2000); Fellini, Simenon - Con profonda simpatia e sincera gratitudine (2021); Forbidden Fruit (1952); Het spoor van de Hollander (1968); Histoires de fiction (2004); Il était une fois... (2009); Il y a encore des noisetiers (1978); In All Innocence (1998); In Case of Bad Luck (2010); Inspector Bellamy (2009); Inspector Maigret (1958); Jusqu’à l’Enfer (2009); La Californie (2006); La Chambre (1961); La chasse aux vedettes (1961); La grande librairie (2022); La maison des sept jeunes filles (1942); La maison du canal (2003); La Marie du Port (1950); La mort d’Auguste (2015); La mort de Belle (1961); La nuit du livre sur France 5 (2007); La tête haute (2005); L’aîné des Ferchaux (2001); L’altro Simenon (1979); Le baron de l’écluse (1960); Le bateau d’Émile (1962); Le blanc à lunettes (1995); Le cas Simenon (2003); Le Chat (1971); Le chien jaune (1932); Le crime de monsieur Stil (1989–1995); Le dernier refuge (1940); Le grand échiquier (1972); Le inchieste del commissario Maigret (1964–1972); Le petit docteur (1986); Le président (1961); Le sang à la tête (1956); Le suspect (1989); Le voyageur de la Toussaint (1943 / 2007); L’enterrement de Monsieur Bouvet (1980); Léonard de Vinci: La manière moderne (2019); Les anneaux de Bicêtre (1977); Les caves du Majestic (1945); Les clients d’Avrenos (1996); Les complices (1999 / 2013); Les dossiers de l’agence O (1968); Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret (1967–1990); Les gens de lettres (1960); Les gens d’en face (1993); Les innocents (2006); L’étoile du Nord (1982); L’heure Simenon (1986–1988); L’homme au petit chien (1979); L’Homme de Londres (1943); Liberty Bar (1960); L’invité de FR3 (1981); L’invité du dimanche (1968); Long cours (1996); L’ours en peluche (1982); Love Is My Profession (1958); Madelen, elle est tellement tout ça (2020); Madrid, 1987 (2011); Magnet of Doom (1963); Maigret (1960–1963 / 1964–1969 / 1988 / 1992–1993 / 2004 / 2016–2017 / 2022); Maigret à Pigalle (1966); Maigret a smutný Alfréd (1966); Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959); Maigret at the Minister (1987); Maigret dirige l’enquête (1956); Maigret et la grande perche (1964 / 1991–2004); Maigret Simenon, le discours de la méthode (2003); Maigret voit rouge (1963); Midnight Episode (1950); Midnight in Paris (1942); Monitor (1959); Monsieur Hire (1989); Monsieur Joseph (2007); Monsieur Monde Makes His Escape (2004); Night at the Crossroads (1932); Niji no aru heya (1988); Noir sur blanc (1979–1983); On verra demain: Excursion en procrasti-nation (2019); Op straffe des doods (1970); Panique (1946); Pariser Journal (1968); Picpus (1943); Portrait souvenir (1960–1963); Premier Plan (1959–1963); Quartier nègre (1990); Quatuor (1956); Red Lights (2004); Reifenwechsel (1983); Rembob’Ina (2020–2022); Rückfahrt von Venedig (1973); Sedm krízku (1983); Sette piccole croci (1957); Shabab Yahtarek (1972); Simenon (1959); Simenon et l’affaire du cinema (2020); Simenon, écrivain photographe (2001); Smert Sesili (1970); Sonntag (1985); Sono te ni noru na (1958); Sous peine de mort (Unter Todesstrafe) (1960); Stranger in the House (1992 / 1997); Strangers in the House (1942); Studio One (1952–1953); Suspense (1952); Tangier Cop (1997); Telescope (1963); Television Theater (1958–1975); Temptation Harbor (1947); The Blue Room (2002 / 2014); The Bottom of the Bottle (1956); The Brothers Rico (1957); The Clockmaker (1974); The Family Rico (1972); The Green Shutters (2022); The Hatter’s Ghost (1982); The Iron Stairs (2013); The Last Train (1973); The Man from London (2007); The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949); The Paris Express (1952); The Price of Head (1992); The Snow Was Black (1954); The South Bank Show (1978); The Stowaway (1958); The Suspect (1966); The Teddy Bear (1994); The Train (1972); The Trap (1950); The Truth About Bebe Donge (1952); The Web (1950); The Widow Couderc (1971); This Is Your Life (1962); Three Rooms in Manhattan (1965); Tokyo Megure Keishi (1978); Tout (ou presque) sur Maigret (2009); Treffpunkte (1971); Versión española (2001); Viela, Rua Sem Sol (1947); Vzpurní svedkové (1983); Yajû no Fukkatsu (1969); Zalozhniki strakha (1994).

Born on this day – Georges Simenon:

Georges Simenon

Writer

February 12, 1903 – September 4, 1989

Credits:

A Crime in Holland aka Maigret in Holland (1931); A Man's Head aka A Battle of Nerves / Maigret's War of Nerves (1931); Death Threats: And Other Stories (2021); Felicie aka Maigret and the Toy Village (1944); Inspector Cadaver aka Maigret's Rival (1944); Liberty Bar aka Maigret on the Riviera (1932); Lock No. 1 aka The Lock at Charenton (1933); Madame Maigret's Friend aka The Friend of Madame Maigret / Madame Maigret's Own Case (1950); Maigret aka Maigret Returns (1934); Maigret and Monsieur Charles (1973); Maigret and the Dead Girl aka Maigret and the Young Girl (1954); Maigret and the Ghost aka Maigret and the Apparition (1964); Maigret and the Good People of Montparnasse aka Maigret and the Black Sheep (1962); Maigret and the Headless Corpse (1955); Maigret and the Hotel Majestic aka The Cellars of the Majestic (1942); Maigret and the Informer aka Maigret and the Flea (1972); Maigret and the Killer (1969); Maigret and the Lazy Burglar aka Maigret and the Idle Burglar (1961); Maigret and the Loner (1971); Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard aka Maigret and the Man on the Bench (1953); Maigret and the Minister aka Maigret and the Calame Report (1955); Maigret and the Nahour Case (1966); Maigret and the Old Lady (1950); Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses (1959); Maigret and the Saturday Caller (1962); Maigret and the Spinster aka Cecile Is Dead (1942); Maigret and the Tall Woman aka Maigret and the Burglar's Wife (1951); Maigret and the Tramp aka Maigret and the Dosser / Maigret and the Bum (1963); Maigret and the Wine Merchant (1970); Maigret at Picratt's aka Maigret and the Strangled Stripper / Maigret in Montmartre (1951); Maigret at the Coroner's aka Maigret and the Coroner (1949); Maigret Defends Himself aka Maigret Holds His Own / Maigret on the Defensive (1964); Maigret Enjoys Himself aka None of Maigret's Business / Maigret's Little Joke (1957); Maigret Gets Angry aka Maigret in Retirement (1947); Maigret Goes to School (1954); Maigret Hesitates (1968); Maigret in Court (1960); Maigret in Exile aka The Judge's House (1942); Maigret in New York aka Maigret in New York's Underworld (1947); Maigret in Society aka Maigret and the Old People (1960); Maigret in Vichy aka Maigret Takes the Waters (1968); Maigret Is Afraid aka Maigret Afraid (1953); Maigret Sets a Trap (1955); Maigret Takes a Room aka Maigret Rents a Room (1951); Maigret Travels aka Maigret and the Millionaires (1958); Maigret, Lognon and the Gangsters aka Inspector Maigret and the Killers / Maigret and the Gangsters (1952); Maigret's Anger aka Maigret Loses His Temper / Maigret's Fury (1963); Maigret's Childhood Friend aka Maigret's Boyhood Friend (1968); Maigret's Dead Man aka Maigret's Special Murder (1948); Maigret's Doubts aka Maigret Has Scruples (1958); Maigret's Failure (1956); Maigret's First Case (1949); Maigret's Holiday aka A Summer Holiday / No Vacation for Maigret (1948); Maigret's Madwoman aka Maigret and the Madwoman (1970); Maigret's Memoirs (1951); Maigret's Mistake (1953); Maigret's Patience aka The Patience of Maigret / Maigret Bides His Time (1965); Maigret's Pickpocket aka Maigret and the Pickpocket (1967); Maigret's Revolver (1952); Maigret's Secret aka Maigret Has Doubts (1959); My Friend Maigret aka The Methods of Maigret (1949); Pietr the Latvian aka The Strange Case of Peter the Lett / Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett (1931); Signed, Picpus aka To Any Lengths / Maigret and the Fortune Teller (1944); The Carter of 'La Providence' aka Maigret Meets a Milord / Lock 14 / The Crime at Lock 14 (1931); The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin aka At the Gai-Moulin / Maigret At the Gai-Moulin (1931); The Flemish House aka The Flemish Shop / Maigret and the Flemish Shop (1932); The Grand Banks Cafe aka The Sailor's Rendezvous / Maigret Answers a Plea (1931); The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien aka Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets / The Crime of Inspector Maigret (1931); The Late Monsieur Gallet aka Maigret Stonewalled / The Death of Monsieur Gallet (1931); The Madman of Bergerac (1932); The Misty Harbour aka Maigret and the Death of a Harbor-Master / Maigret and Monsieur Labbe (1932); The New Investigations of Inspector Maigret (2022); The Night at the Crossroads aka The Crossroads Murders / Maigret at the Crossroads (1931); The Saint-Fiacre Affair aka Maigret Goes Home / Maigret on Home Ground / Maigret and the Countess (1932); The Shadow Puppet aka Maigret Mystified / The Shadow in the Courtyard (1932); The Two-Penny Bar aka The Bar on the Seine / Maigret and the Tavern by the Seine (1931); The Yellow Dog aka A Face for a Clue / Maigret and the Concarneau Murders (1931).

Born on this day – Tampa Red:

Tampa Red

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

January 8, 1903 – March 19, 1981

Credits:

Albums:

Beyond Patina Jazz Masters: Tampa Red (2011); Blues Legends: Tampa Red (2012); Blues Masters Vol. 26 - Tampa Red (2009); Bottleneck Guitar 1928-1937 (1974); Chicago Moan (2012); Chicago Moan Blues - Tampa Red in the 20's, Vol. 1 (2020); Don't Jive Me (1962); Don't Tampa With The Blues (1961 / 2012); Don't Tampa With The Blues (Remastered 1992) (1960); Echoes from the South With Tampa Red & Big Maceo (2009); Essential Blues (2012); Friendless Gal Blues (2016); Guitar Blues (2011); His Blues (2016); It Hurts Me Too (1995, EP); Mother Of The Blues, CD E (2007); Music Making In Chicago 1928-1935 (2012); Presenting Tampa Red (1928); Roots Of The Blues - Tampa Red (2004); Single String Slide (2020); So Far So Good (2010); Spotlight on Tampa Red (2022); Sugar Mama Blues (2009); Tampa Red - Music History (2021); Tampa Red - Volume 1 (MP3 Album) (2012); Tampa Red - Volume 2 (MP3 Album) (2012); Tampa Red The Guitar Wizard (1994); Tampa Red Vol. 10 1938-1939 (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 11 1939-1940 (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 12 1941-1945 (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 14 1949-1951 (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 15 1951-1953 (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 2 (1929) (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 3 (1929 - 1930) (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 4 (1930 - 1931) (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 5 (1931 - 1934) (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 7 1935-1936 (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 8 1936-1937 (2005); Tampa Red Vol. 9 1937-1938 (2005); Tampa Red:1931-1946: Slide Guitar Wizard, Chicago (1997); The Bluebird Recordings 1934-1936 (1997); The Bluebird Recordings, 1936-1938 (1997); The Blues Collective - Tampa Red (2023); Through Train Blues (2012); Travel On (2018); Uncle Bud - Selected Recordings (2009); Voice of the Blues (2015); Worried Life (2018); You Can't Get That Stuff No More (2008).

Songs:

1950 Blues; Anna Lou Blues; Beedle Um Bum; Black Eye Blues; Boogie Woogie Dance; But I Forgive You; Crying Won’t Help You; Deep Moaning Blues: 1; Delta Woman Blues; Denver Blues; Detroit Blues; Don't You Lie to Me; Green and Lucky Blues; Grievin' and Worryin' Blues; I'm Gonna Get High; It Hurts Me Too; It's Tight Like That; Kingfish Blues; Let Me Play with Your Poodle; Love Her With a Feelin'; Love With a Feeling; Lula Mae; Mean Mistreater Blues; No Matter How She Done It; Seminole Blues; She's Love Crazy; Sugar Mama Blues No. 1; Things 'Bout Coming My Way; Western Bound Blues; When Things Go Wrong with You; You Can't Get That Stuff No More; You Missed a Good Man.

Movies and television:

Baseball (1994); Honeydripper (2007); In Session: Stevie Ray Vaughan/Albert King (1983); Last Man Standing (1996); Music and Lyrics (2007); Tales from the Loop (2020); The Rose (1979).

Born on this day – Edith North Johnson:

Edith North Johnson

Blues singer

Pianist

Songwriter

January 2, 1903 – February 28, 1988

Credits:

Albums:

Barrelhouse Piano & Classic Blues (1984); The Blues in St. Louis, Vol. 2: Henry Brown and Edith Johnson: Barrelhouse Piano and Classic Blues (1984); Voice Throwin' Blues (2022).

Songs:

Can't Make Another Day; Drive My Baby Slow; Eight Hour Woman; Good Chib Blues; Honey Dripper Blues; Honey Dripper Blues: No. 2; Little Drops of Water; Lovin That Man; Lovin' That Man; Lovin’ That Man Blues; Nickel's Worth of Liver Blues: No. 2; Nickel's Worth Of River Blues; Nickle's Worth of Liver Blues; That's My Man; You Ain't No Good Blues; You Know That Ain't Right.

Born on this day – Elisha Cook Jr.:

Elisha Cook Jr.

Actor

December 26, 1903 – May 18, 1995

Born on this day – Fredi Washington:

Fredi Washington

Actress

December 23, 1903 – June 28, 1994

Credits:

Black and Tan (1929); Black Shadows on the Silver Screen (1975); Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho (1934); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2021); Imitation of Life (1934); Mills Blue Rhythm Band (1934); One Mile from Heaven (1937); Ouanga (1936); She's Gotta Have It (2017); Square Joe (1922); That's Black Entertainment (1990); The Emperor Jones (1933); The Ethel Waters Show (1939); The Goldbergs (1949); The Letter (1929); TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004).

Born on this day – Anita Dorris:

Anita Dorris

Actress

December 21, 1903 – December 24, 1993

Credits:

Alimente (1930); Bigamie (1927); Das Mädel aus der Provinz / The Girl from the Provinces (1929); Eros in chains (1929); Fedora (1926); Frau Sopherl vom Naschmarkt / Mrs. Sopherl from the Naschmarkt (1927); Goethe's Young Love (1930); Handsome Gigolo, Poor Gigolo (1930); Hinter Klostermauern / Behind monastery walls (1928); Honor Your Mother (1928); How to stay young and beautiful - marriage secrets (1926); Im weißen Rößl / At the White Horse Inn (1926); Königin Luise, 1. Teil - Die Jugend der Königin Luise / Queen Louise, Part 1 - The Youth of Queen Louise (1927); Königin Luise, 2. Teil / Queen Louise, Part 2 (1928); Liebeshandel / Love Trade (1927); Mach' mir die Welt zum Paradies / Make the world a paradise for me (1930); My dream would be a girl (1929); Nur Du / Only you (1930); Storm on three hearts (1930); Student Life in Merry Springtime (1930); Svengali (1927); The Lady on the Banknote (1929); The mill of Sanssouci / Luise, his daughter (1926); The thing with Schorrsiegel (1928); The trumpets are blowing (1926); Vienna – Berlin (1926); When I came back (1926).

Born on this day – Una Merkel:

Una Merkel

Actress

December 10, 1903 – January 2, 1986

Born on this day – Kathryn McGuire:

Kathryn McGuire

Actress

Dancer

December 6, 1903 – October 10, 1978

Credits:

A Lady's Tailor (1919); A String of Diamonds (1926); Bucking the Line (1921); Bungalow Troubles (1921); By Golly! (1920); Children of the Ritz (1929); Compression (2017); Cutie (1928); Dabbling in Art (1921); Dashing Thru (1926); Down on the Farm (1920); Dragnet (1959); Drama Deluxe (1927); Easy Going Gordon (1925); Failure (1925); Fashion News (1930); Fresh from the City (1920); Gee Whiz (1920); Giddap! (1925); Great Scott! (1920); Hard Knocks and Love Taps (1921); He Did His Best (1929); Helpful Hogan (1923); Her Husky Hero (1927); His Last False Step (1919); Home Talent (1921); Howdy Duke (1927); It's a Boy (1920); Lilac Time (1928); Love a la Mode (1930); Love's Outcast (1921); Made in the Kitchen (1921); Married Life (1920); Midnight Faces (1926); Molly O' (1921); Movie Fans (1920); Movieland (1926); Mystery Pilot (1926); Naughty Boy (1927); Naughty But Nice (1927); On a Summer Day (1921); Phantom Justice (1924); Pioneer's Gold (1924); Playing with Fire (1921); Salome vs. Shenandoah (1919); She Sighed by the Seaside (1921); Sherlock Jr. (1924); Somebody's Mother (1926); Stacked Cards (1926); Sweetheart Days (1921); Synthetic Sin (1929); Tearing Through (1925); The Big Diamond Robbery (1929); The Border Wildcat (1929); The Crossroads of New York (1922); The Draw-Back (1927); The Flame of Life (1923); The Gingham Girl (1920); The Girl in the Pullman (1927); The Gold Hunters (1925); The Long, Long Trail (1929); The Lost Zeppelin (1929); The Love Pirate (1923); The Navigator (1924); The Printer's Devil (1923); The Quack Doctor (1920); The Shriek of Araby (1923); The Silent Call (1921); The Thin Man (1958); The Thrill Hunter (1926); The Unhappy Finish (1921); The WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1922 (1922); The Woman of Bronze (1923); There It Is (1918) (1928); Trying to Get Along (1919); Two-Fisted Jones (1925); Uncle Tom Without a Cabin (1919); Up in Alf's Place (1919); Wedding Bells Out of Tune (1921); Wedding Yells (1927); Weird (2022); Who's Afraid? (1927); Wild and Wicked (1923); With Buffalo Bill on the U. P. Trail (1926); With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo (1926).