Born on this day – Kansas Joe McCoy:

Kansas Joe McCoy

Blues singer

Musician

Songwriter

May 11, 1905 – January 28, 1950

Credits:

Songs:

Botherin' That Thing; Delta Bound; Evil devil woman blues; Hey Hey Loretta; Hoodoo Women; If You Take Me Back; If You're a Viper; I'm Going Back Home; Joliet Bound; Lake Providence Blues; Let's Get Drunk and Truck; Let'sTry It Again; Look Who's Coming Down The Road; Meat Cutter Blues; Motherless and Fatherless Blues; My Babe, My Babe; My Garbage Man; Oh! Red; Pile Driver Blues; Pile Drivin' Blues; Root Hog or Die; That will be alright; That'll Be Alright; The Candy Man; The World Is a Hard Place to Live In; Time A-Wastin'; Twenty Minutes To Hell; Well, Well; Wet It; When the Levee Breaks; Why Don’t You Do Right; You Done Tore Your Pants With me.

Born on this day – Bumble Bee Slim:

Bumble Bee Slim

Blues singer

Guitarist

May 7, 1905 – June 8, 1968

Albums:

12 O clock Southern Train (2014); Aching Pain Blues (2023); Back in Town (2013); Bumble Bee Slim Vol. 5 1935-1936 (2005); Bumble Bee Slim Vol. 6 1936 (2005); Bumble Bee Slim Vol. 8 1937-1951 (2005); Bumble Bee Slim Vol. 9 (1934-1951) (2005); Chain Gang Bound (2015); From Georgia to Chicago 1931-1937 (1998); Got the Blues (2011); Greasy Greens And Blues (2012); Instinctively the Blues (2020); Jazz Figures (1934 -1935) Volume 3 (2011); Jazz Figures (1934) Volume 2 (2011); Jazz Figures (1935 - 1936) Volume 5 (2011); The Piedmont Blues (2024).

Born on this day – Charlotte Armstrong:

Charlotte Armstrong

Writer

May 2, 1905 – July 18, 1969

Credits:

Books:

A Dram of Poison (1956); A Little Less Than Kind (1963); A Moment on the Edge (2002); Bite-Sized Offerings (2015); Catch as Catch Can / aka Walk Out on Death (1952); Child's Ploy (1984); Dream of Fair Woman (1966); Fifty Best Mysteries (2004); Golden Age Detective Stories (2021); Hanging By a Thread (1970); Hound Dunnit (1987); I See You (1966); Incident At a Corner (1957); Lay On, Mac Duff! (1942); Lemon in the Basket (1967); Magical Wishes (1986); Mask of Evil (1958); Mischief (1950); Murder Most Divine (2000); Seven Seats to the Moon (1969); Something Blue (1959); Strange Maine (1986); The Albatross (1957); The Balloon Man (1968); The Better to Eat You / aka Murder's Nest (1954); The Big Book of Female Detectives (2018); The Black-Eyed Stranger (1951); The Case of the Weird Sisters (1943); The Chocolate Cobweb (1948); The Dream Walker / aka Alibi for Murder (1955); The Gift Shop (1967); The Girl with a Secret (1959); The Innocent Flower / aka Death Filled the Glass (1945); The Mark of the Hand (1963); The Master's Choice Book 1 (1979); The One-Faced Girl (1963); The Protege (1970); The Seventeen Widows of Sans Souci (1959); The Trouble in Thor / aka And Sometimes Death (1953); The Turret Room (1965); The Unsuspected (1946); The Web She Weaves (1983); The Witch's House (1963); Who's Been Sitting in My Chair? (1962).

Movies and television:

Aku no kamen (2001); Akujo no kamen (1980); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960); Climax! (1957); Don't Bother to Knock (1952); General Electric Theater (1961); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Kage no tsume (1972); Kraft Theatre (1958); Lux Playhouse (1958); Matinee Theatre (1956); Mofuku no houmonsha (1971); Nightcap (2000); Startime (1960); Studio 57 (1954–1955); Studio One (1954); Suspense (1953); Talk About a Stranger (1952); The Breach (1970); The Chevy Mystery Show (1960); The George Sanders Mystery Theater (1957); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1955); The Sitter (1991); The Three Weird Sisters (1948); The Trap (1950); The Unsuspected (1947); The Web (1951); Thriller (1960).

Born on this day – Leila Hyams:

Leila Hyams

Actress

Vaudevillian

May 1, 1905 – December 4, 1977

Credits:

$1000 a Minute (1935); A Girl in Every Port (1928); Affairs of a Gentleman (1934); Alias Jimmy Valentine (1928); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2009); Dancing Mothers (1926); First Aid (1943); Freaks (1932); Gentleman's Fate (1931); Honor Bound (1928); Horse Play (1933); Hurricane (1929); Island of Lost Souls (1932); Land of the Silver Fox (1928); Masquerade (1929); May I Come In (1930); Men Call It Love (1931); New Adventures of Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1931); No Ransom (1934); One-Round Hogan (1927); People Will Talk (1935); Red-Headed Woman (1932); Ruggles of Red Gap (1935); Sandra (1924); Saturday's Millions (1933); Schlitzie: One of Us; Sing Sinner Sing (1933); Spite Marriage (1929); Stepping Out (1931); Summer Bachelors (1926); Surrender (1931); Sweethearts and Wives (1930); The Big Broadcast (1932); The Big House (1930); The Bishop Murder Case (1929); The Branded Sombrero (1928); The Brute (1927); The Bush Leaguer (1927); The Christmas Party (1931); The Constant Woman (1933); The Crimson City (1928); The Far Call (1929); The Flirting Widow (1930); The Girl Said No (1930); The Idle Rich (1929); The Kick-Off (1926); The Phantom of Paris (1931); The Poor Rich (1934); The Sins of the Children (1930); The Thirteenth Chair (1929); The Wizard (1927); Tod Browning's 'Freaks': The Sideshow Cinema (2004); Way for a Sailor (1930); Way Out West (1930); White Pants Willie (1927); Wonder of Women (1929); Yellow Dust (1936).

Born on this day – Robert Penn Warren:

Robert Penn Warren

Writer

April 24, 1905 – September 15, 1989

Born on this day – Viktor Frankl:

Viktor Frankl

Neurologist

Psychiatrist

Writer

Holocaust survivor

March 26, 1905 – September 2, 1997

Credits:

Man's Search for Meaning (1946); Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning (1997); On the Theory and Therapy of Mental Disorders (2004); Psychotherapy and Existentialism (1967); The Doctor and the Soul (1955); The Unheard Cry for Meaning (2011); The Will to Meaning (1988); Viktor Frankl Recollections: An Autobiography (2000); Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything (2020).

Born on this day – Robert Donat:

Robert Donat

Actor

Director

Writer

March 18, 1905 – June 9, 1958

Credits:

Compression (2024); El lado oscuro (2024); My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); Discovering Film (2020); The Oscars Library: A Tribute to the Academy Awards (2019); Hitchcock Confidential (2019); The First Film (2015); A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (2009); 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009); Paul Merton Looks at Alfred Hitchcock (2009); Living Famously (2003); Hitchcock: The Early Years (1999); 100 Years at the Movies (1994); Best of British (1987); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); The British Greats (1980); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972); The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958); Kraft Theatre (1956); Lease of Life (1954); The Magic Box (1951); The Cure for Love (1949); The Winslow Boy (1948); Captain Boycott (1947); Vacation from Marriage (1945); The New Lot (1943); The Adventures of Tartu (1943); The Young Mr. Pitt (1942); Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939); The Citadel (1938); Knight Without Armor (1937); The Ghost Goes West (1935); The 39 Steps (1935); The Count of Monte Cristo (1934); The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933); For Love or Money (1933); Over Night (1932); Men of Tomorrow (1932); The Cure for Love (1949); Alexander Korda, Kt (1956); Korda Interviews (1956); The Stained Glass at Fairford (1956); Royal Heritage (1952); Some of the Best (1944); Twenty Years After (1944); The Miracle of Sound (1940); Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940).

Born on this day – Mildred Washington:

Mildred Washington

Actress

March 16, 1905 – September 7, 1933

Credits:

A Man of Sentiment (1933); Bed of Roses (1933); Blonde Venus (1932); Hearts in Dixie (1929); In Old Kentucky (1927); Morning Glory (1933); Only Yesterday (1933); Roman Scandals (1933); Tenderfeet (1928); The Shopworn Angel (1928); The Thoroughbred (1930); Torch Singer (1933); Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927).

Born on this day – Betty Amann:

Betty Amann

Actress

March 10, 1905 – August 3, 1990

Credits:

A Simple Sap (1928); Asphalt (1929); Das Lied der Nationen (1931); Daughters of Today (1933); Der Sträfling aus Stambul (1929); Der weiße Teufel (1930); Die große Sehnsucht (1930); Die kleine Schwindlerin (1933); East of Shanghai (1931); Hans in allen Gassen (1930); Hubby's Weekend Trip (1928); In Old Mexico (1938); Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943); Motorboat Mamas (1928); Mutiny on the Blackhawk (1939); Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939); Niebezpieczny romans (1930); Oh Those Glorious Old Student Days (1930); Pyjamas Preferred (1932); Smith's Holiday (1928); Strictly Business (1931); Strictly in Confidence (1933); The Beach Club (1928); The Best Man (1928); The Big Bluff (1933); The Campus Carmen (1928); The Campus Vamp (1928); The Kick-Off (1926); The Perfect Lady (1931); The Rodeo (1929); Trail of the Horse Thieves (1929); Tugboat M 17 (1933).

Born on this day – Félix Labisse:

Félix Labisse

Painter

Writer

Actor

March 9, 1905 – January 27, 1982

Credits:

Movies and television:

For Your Beautiful Eyes (1929); La belle saison est proche (1959); La mort de Vénus (1930); Le bonheur d'être aimé (1962); Vacances (1931); Visite à Félix Labisse (1947); Zero for Conduct (1933).

Born on this day – Edith Méra:

Edith Mera

Actress

February 7, 1905 – February 24, 1935

Credits:

Count Obligado (1935); The Outbreak (1934); Midnight Prince (1934); Poliche (1934); Fedora (1934); Iris lost and found (1934); Dream Castle (1933); Simone Is Like That (1933); The Premature Father (1933); The Hen (1933); Grandeur and Decadence (1933); I confide ma femme (1933); Mademoiselle Josette, ma femme (1933); Three Musketeers (1932); A Star Disappears (1932); Shout It from the House Tops (1932); My Lover the Assassin (1932); Miche (1932); Monsieur le maréchal (1931); Mam'zelle Nitouche (1931); Un soir de rafle (1931); The Man Who Murdered (1931); Beauty Cult (1930).

Born on this day – Kay Francis:

Kay Francis

Actress

January 13, 1905 – August 26, 1968

Credits:

Lux Video Theatre (1951); The Prudential Family Playhouse (1950); Wife Wanted (1946); Allotment Wives (1945); Divorce (1945); Four Jills in a Jeep (1944); Between Us Girls (1942); Always in My Heart (1942); The Feminine Touch (1941); Charley's Aunt (1941); The Man Who Lost Himself (1941); Play Girl (1941); Little Men (1940); When the Daltons Rode (1940); It's a Date (1940); In Name Only (1939); Women in the Wind (1939); King of the Underworld (1939); Comet Over Broadway (1938); Secrets of an Actress (1938); My Bill (1938); Women Are Like That (1938); First Lady (1937); Confession (1937); Another Dawn (1937); Stolen Holiday (1937); Give Me Your Heart (1936); The White Angel (1936); I Found Stella Parish (1935); The Goose and the Gander (1935); Stranded (1935); Living on Velvet (1935); British Agent (1934); Dr. Monica (1934); Wonder Bar (1934); Mandalay (1934); The House on 56th Street (1933); I Loved a Woman (1933); Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933); Storm at Daybreak (1933); The Keyhole (1933); Cynara (1932); Trouble in Paradise (1932); One Way Passage (1932); Jewel Robbery (1932); Street of Women (1932); Man Wanted (1932); Strangers in Love (1932); The False Madonna (1931); Girls About Town (1931); 24 Hours (1931); Guilty Hands (1931); Transgression (1931); The Vice Squad (1931); Ladies' Man (1931); Scandal Sheet (1931); Passion Flower (1930); The Virtuous Sin (1930); Let's Go Native (1930); For the Defense (1930); Raffles (1930); A Notorious Affair (1930); Paramount on Parade (1930); Street of Chance (1930); Behind the Make-Up (1930); The Marriage Playground (1929); Illusion (1929); Dangerous Curves (1929); The Cocoanuts (1929); Gentlemen of the Press (1929).

Born on this day – Nelson Leigh:

Nelson Leigh

Actor

January 1, 1905 – July 3, 1985

Credits:

The Nickel Ride (1974); The Other Wise Man (1969); This Is the Life (1952–1969); The Christophers (1968); Bonanza (1966–1967); The F.B.I. (1965–1966); The Time Tunnel (1966); The Silencers (1966); Perry Mason (1959–1964); The Great Adventure (1963); A Gathering of Eagles (1963); Incident in an Alley (1962); Target: The Corruptors! (1961); The Outsider (1961); Lover Come Back (1961); The New Breed (1961); Surfside 6 (1961); The Road to Better Living (1959); The Ann Sothern Show (1961); The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1961); A Fever in the Blood (1961); U.S. Marshal (1960); Joyful Hour (1960); The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960); Men Into Space (1960); Ocean's Eleven (1960); The Gallant Hours (1960); Lassie (1960); Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960); Vice Raid (1959); Operation Petticoat (1959); The Millionaire (1956–1959); Tightrope (1959); These Thousand Hills (1959); Steve Canyon (1958–1959); Imitation of Life (1959); The Hangman (1959); Flight (1958); In Love and War (1958); Whirlybirds (1958); Step Down to Terror (1958); Voice in the Mirror (1958); The Naked and the Dead (1958); Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958); The Silent Service (1957–1958); The Book of Acts Series (1957); Official Detective (1957); Bombers B-52 (1957); Jet Pilot (1957); Code 3 (1957); The Unholy Wife (1957); The Black Panther (1957); God Is My Partner (1957); Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957); Cheyenne (1957); The Spirit of St. Louis (1957); Father Knows Best (1957); Navy Log (1955–1956); Friendly Persuasion (1956); Toward the Unknown (1956); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1956); Strange Intruder (1956); Hold Back the Night (1956); The First Texan (1956); World Without End (1956); Crusader (1956); Empty Shoes (1956); Call It Free (1955); Lincoln Speaks for Himself (1955); Rebel Without a Cause (1955); Sheena: Queen of the Jungle (1955); Medic (1955); The Virgin Queen (1955); Soldiers of Fortune (1955); Creature with the Atom Brain (1955); The Halls of Ivy (1955); The Man Behind the Badge (1955); Untamed Mistress (1956); The Loretta Young Show (1955); Big House, U.S.A. (1955); Cavalcade of America (1955); The Whistler (1955); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Outlaw's Daughter (1954); Dynamite, the Story of Alfred Nobel (1954); The Black Shield of Falworth (1954); The Saracen Blade (1954); Drums of Tahiti (1954); Jesse James vs. the Daltons (1954); The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951–1954); Texas Bad Man (1953); Jack Slade (1953); Prisoners of the Casbah (1953); The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (1953); Valley of Head Hunters (1953); Split Second (1953); Fireside Theatre (1952–1953); Savage Mutiny (1953); The Living Bible (1952); The Story of Christopher Columbus: Proving the Earth Is Round (1952); Magnificent Adventure (1952); Family Theatre (1951–1952); Hopalong Cassidy (1952); The Living Bible (1952); Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1952); Gruen Guild Theater (1952); Racket Squad (1952); Dangerous Assignment (1952); Thief of Damascus (1952); Bugles in the Afternoon (1952); Submarine Command (1951); Hurricane Island (1951); Yukon Manhunt (1951); Home Town Story (1951); The Cisco Kid (1950); Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950); Captive Girl (1950); The Lone Ranger (1950); A Voice in the Wilderness (1949); Life of St. Paul Series (1949); The Living Christ Series (1949); The Christmas Carol (1949); The Adventures of Sir Galahad (1949); Jolson Sings Again (1949); Barbary Pirate (1949); The Lost Tribe (1949); The Fighting O'Flynn (1949); Raising of Lazarus (1948); Simon Peter, Fisherman (1948); Racing Luck (1948); Congo Bill (1948); And Forbid Them Not (1948); Abraham's Faith (1948); The Gallant Blade (1948); Superman (1948); The Black Arrow (1948); Angels' Alley (1948); Amos, Shepherd of Tekoa (1947); Faith of Jairus (1947); The Unfaithful Servant (1947); Brick Bradford (1947); The Calling of Matthew (1946); The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946); The Blind Beggar of Jerusalem (1945); The Sailor Takes a Wife (1945); Cornered (1945); Son of Lassie (1945); Identity Unknown (1945); It's a Pleasure (1945); Tonight and Every Night (1945); Hamlet (1945); Man of Faith (1944); Mary Magdalene (1944); Meet Miss Bobby Socks (1944); U-Boat Prisoner (1944); Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944); Louisiana Hayride (1944); The White Cliffs of Dover (1944); Follow the Boys (1944); The Girl in the Case (1944); Jam Session (1944); Two-Man Submarine (1944); Texas Masquerade (1944); Journey Into Faith (1943); What a Woman! (1943); A Guy Named Joe (1943); The Return of the Vampire (1943); Lassie Come Home (1943); Corvette K-225 (1943); Sahara (1943); The Man from Down Under (1943); First Comes Courage (1943); Appointment in Berlin (1943); No Greater Power (1942); A Certain Nobleman (1940).

Born on this day – Lewis Allen:

Lewis Allen

Director

December 25, 1905 – May 3, 2000

Born on this day – B.K. Turner:

B.K. Turner

Blues singer

Guitarist

December 21, 1905 – November 7, 1972

Credits:

Albums:

I'm the Boss Card in Your Hand (compilation, Arhoolie, 1992); The Black Ace: BK Turner and His Steel Guitar (studio album, Arhoolie, 1960).

Songs:

Beer Drinkin`Woman; Black Ace; Evil Woman; Hitch Hiking Woman; I Am the Black Ace; Interview; Your Legs Too Little.

Born on this day – Otto Preminger:

Otto Preminger

Director

Producer

Actor

December 5, 1905 – April 23, 1986

Born on this day – Norah Baring:

Norah Baring

Actress

November 26, 1905 – February 8, 1985

Credits:

Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (1995); Escape from Dartmoor (1930); Little Stranger (1934); Murder! (1930); Mystery at the Villa Rose (1930); Should a Doctor Tell? (1930); Strange Evidence (1933); The Celestial City (1929); The Doctors' Women (1928); The House of Trent (1933); The Lyons Mail (1931); The Runaway Princess (1929); Two Worlds (1930); Underground (1928).

Born on this day – Eleanor Audley:

Eleanor Audley

Actress

November 19, 1905 – November 25, 1991

Born on this day – Alice Day:

Alice Day

Actress

November 7, 1905 – May 25, 1995

Credits:

A Dozen Socks (1927); A Love Sundae (1926); A Sweet Pickle (1925); Alice Be Good (1926); Bashful Jim (1925); Cold Turkey (1925); Drag (1929); East of the Water Plug (1924); Fashion News (1930); Fast and Furious (1927); Flickering Youth (1924); Gold (1932); Gooseland (1926); Her Actor Friend (1926); Hesitating Horses (1926); His New Mamma (1924); His New York Wife (1926); Honeymoon Hardships (1925); Hot Cakes for Two (1926); Hot Curves (1930); Hotsy-Totsy (1925); In the Next Room (1930); Is Everybody Happy? (1929); Kitty from Killarney (1926); Ladies in Love (1930); Little Johnny Jones (1929); Little Robinson Corkscrew (1924); Love and Kisses (1925); Love Bound (1932); My Pal (1923); Night Life (1927); Off His Trolley (1924); Pass the Dumplings (1927); Phyllis of the Follies (1928); Picking Peaches (1924); Puppy Lovetime (1926); Riders of the Purple Cows (1924); Romeo and Juliet (1924); Secrets (1924); See You in Jail (1927); Shanghaied Lovers (1924); Should Husbands Marry? (1926); Show of Shows (1929); Skin Deep (1929); Spanking Breezes (1926); Tee for Two (1925); The Beloved Bozo (1925); The Cat's Meow (1924); The Circus: Premiere (1928); The First 100 Years (1924); The Ghost of Folly (1926); The Gorilla (1927); The Lady from Nowhere (1931); The Love Racket (1929); The Melody Man (1930); The Perils of Petersboro (1926); The Plumber (1925); The Plumber's Daughter (1927); The Reel Virginian (1924); The Sea Squawk (1925); The Smart Set (1928); The Soapsuds Lady (1925); The Temple of Venus (1923); The Waiter from the Ritz (1926); The Way of the Strong (1928); Times Square (1929); Two-Fisted Law (1932); Viennese Nights (1930); When Comedy Was King (1960).

Born on this day – Michael Fessier:

Michael Fessier

Writer

Producer

November 6, 1905 – September 19, 1988

Credits:

Books:

Clovis (1949); Fully Dressed and in His Right Mind (1935); Masters of Noir: Volume Two (2010); The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film (1999).

Movies and television:

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960); All American Chump (1936); Angels Wash Their Faces (1939); Bat Masterson (1960); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Bonanza (1968); Cavalcade of America (1957); Espionage Agent (1939); Exclusive Story (1936); Fired Wife (1943); Four Star Playhouse (1956); Frontier Gal (1945); Gilligan's Island (1967); Greenwich Village (1944); Have Gun - Will Travel (1957); He Stayed for Breakfast (1940); Her Primitive Man (1944); I Wanted Wings (1941); It All Came True (1940); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1957–1958); Johnny Staccato (1960); Julia (1969); Knockout (1941); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1950); Lost in Space (1966); Lover Come Back (1946); Mister Ed (1963); Mr. Lucky (1960); Red Garters (1954); San Diego I Love You (1944); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Slave Girl (1947); Society Doctor (1935); Song of the City (1937); Speed (1936); Studio 57 (1957); Sugarfoot (1957); Surfside 6 (1961); That Night with You (1945); That's the Spirit (1945); The Boy from Oklahoma (1954); The Brothers Brannagan (1961); The Californians (1958–1959); The Donna Reed Show (1961); The High Chaparral (1967–1969); The Kid from Kokomo (1939); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1961); The Merry Monahans (1944); The Tab Hunter Show (1960); The Thin Man (1958–1959); The Women Men Marry (1937); Trial by Trigger (1944); Vacation Playhouse (1964–1965); Valentine's Day (1964–1965); Valley of the Giants (1938); Wings of the Navy (1939); Woman They Almost Lynched (1953); Women Are Trouble (1936); You Were Never Lovelier (1942); You'll Never Get Rich (1941).