Born on this day – Daphne du Maurier:

Daphne du Maurier

Writer

May 13, 1907 – April 19, 1989

Credits:

Books:

Birds of Prey (2010); Castle Dor (1940); Come Wind, Come Weather (1940); Cornish Tales of Terror (1970); Daphne du Maurier's Classics of the Macabre (1987); Don't Look Now (1971); Don't Look Now and Other Stories (1973); Early Stories (1954); Echoes From the Macabre (1971); Enchanted Cornwall (1989); Frenchman's Creek (1941); Gerald (1935); Golden Lads (1975); Happy Christmas (1953); Hungry Hill (1943); I'll Never Be Young Again (1932); Jamaica Inn (1936); Kiss Me Again, Stranger (1953); Letters from Menabilly (1993); Mammoth Book of Short Crime Novels (1986); Mary Anne (1954); My Cousin Rachel (1951); Myself When Young (1977); Rebecca (1938); Rule Britannia (1972); Split Second and Other Stories (1981); Sunless Solstice: Strange Christmas Tales for the Longest Nights (2021); The Apple Tree (1952); The Birds and Other Stories (1952); The Breaking Point / The Blue Lenses and Other Stories (1959); The Doll (2011); The Du Mauriers (1937); The Flight of the Falcon (1965); The Glass-Blowers (1963); The House on the Strand (1969); The Infernal World of Branwell Bronte (1960); The King's General (1946); The Loving Spirit (1931); The Modern Library: The 200 Best Novels in English Since 1950 (1999); The Parasites (1949); The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women (1995); The Progress of Julius / Julius (1933); The Rebecca Notebook and Other Memories (1981); The Rendezvous and Other Stories (1980); The Scapegoat (1957); The Treasury of Du Maurier Short Stories (1960); The Winding Stair (1977); The Young George Du Maurier (1952); Vanishing Cornwall (1967); Witches' Brew (1984).

Movies and television:

Alta comedia (1973); Anamika: The Untold Story (2008); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1954); BBC2 Playhouse (1975); Broadway Television Theatre (1952); Danger (1955); Daphne du Maurier (1971); Daphné du Maurier: sur les traces de Rebecca (2017); Don't Look Now (1973); Frenchman's Creek (1944); Frenchman's Creek (1998); Grande Teatro Tupi (1952–1963); Guiding Light (1982); H.M. Tennent Globe Theatre (1956); Hostinec Jamaica (1972); Hungry Hill (1947); Jamaica Inn (1939); Jamaica Inn (1983); Jamaica Inn (2014); Kiskanç kadin (1966); Kraft Theatre (1950–1952); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1948); L'auberge de la Jamaïque (1995); Le général du roi (2014); 'Let's Pretend...' - The Make-Believe World of Daphne Du Maurier (1977); Lux Video Theatre (1954); Marea di Settembre (1963); Masterpiece Mystery (1985); Matinee Theatre (1956); Mi amor por ti (1969); Morning Patrol (1987); My Cousin Rachel (1952); My Cousin Rachel (1983); My Cousin Rachel (2017); Ocho estrellas en busca del amor (1964); Playhouse 90 (1958); Pursuit (1958); Rebecca (1940); Rebecca (1947); Rebecca (1969); Rebecca (1979); Rebecca (1997); Rebecca (2020); Rebecca, la prima moglie (2008); Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love / Kiss Me Again Stranger (1974); Rick Stein in du Maurier Country (2007); Robert Montgomery Presents (1950); September Tide (1958); Suspense (1953); Suspicion (1958); The Birds (1963); The Birds II: Land's End (1994); The Bondwoman (1974); The Lifeforce Experiment (1994); The Plymouth Playhouse (1953); The Scapegoat (1959); The Scapegoat (2012); The Unexpected (1952); The Years Between (1946); Theatre '62 (1962); Une seconde d'éternité (1977); Urangatha Sundary (1969); Utharam (1989).

Born on this day – Katharine Hepburn:

Katharine Hepburn

Actress

May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 100 Years of the Hollywood Western (1994); 10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2004); 20/20 / Remembering Kate (2003); 50 Years of Funny Females (1995); 60 Minutes / Katharine Hepburn (1979); A Bill of Divorcement (1932); A Delicate Balance (1973); A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011); A Woman Rebels (1936); ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999); Adam's Rib (1949); AFI Life Achievement Award (1980); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001); Alice Adams (1935); All-Time Movie Greats (1988); America at the Movies (1976); American Masters (1989–2009); Aspekte (1991); Biography (1993–1999); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte (2020); Break of Hearts (1935); Bringing Up Baby (1938); Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975); Call Me Kate (2023); Call the Usual Suspects: The Craft of the Character Actor (2006); Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010); Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988); Catalogue of Ships (2008); Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940); Christopher Strong (1933); Cinema 3 (2009); City Confidential (2007); Clive James Meets Katharine Hepburn (1985); Complicated Women (2003); Desk Set (1957); Directed by John Ford (1971); Donahue (1991); Dragon Seed (1944); Embracing Chaos: Making the African Queen (2010); Entertainment Tonight (2014–2021); Fonda on Fonda (1992); George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984); Good Morning America (1984–1985); Grace Quigley (1984); Great Performances (1987–1988); Great Romances of the 20th Century (1999); Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967); Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony (2021); Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987); Happy Accidents (2000); Headliners & Legends with Matt Lauer (1998–2008); Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997); History vs. Hollywood (2004); Holiday (1938); Hollywood Couples (2000); Hollywood Greats (1999); Hollywood Insider (2020); Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987); Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963); Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1969); Intimate Portrait (1995); Julianna: A Portrait (1984); Katharine Hepburn (2019); Katharine Hepburn: All About Me (1993); Katharine Hepburn: The Great Kate (2014); Keeper of the Flame (1942); La Marató 2005 (2005); La otra sala: Clásicos (2016); Larry King Live (2003); Laura Lansing Slept Here (1988); Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell (1995); Legends of Entertainment Video (1995); Les couples mythiques du cinema (2017); Little Women (1933); Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962); Love Affair (1994); Love Among the Ruins (1975); Lucy and Desi (2022); Mary of Scotland (1936); MGM Parade (1955); MGM: When the Lion Roars (1992); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Moonlighting (1987); Morning Glory (1933); Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (1986); MsMojo (2016–2023); New England Music Hall of Fame (2019); Night of 100 Stars III (1990); Of Black America (1968); Olly, Olly, Oxen Free (1978); On Golden Pond (1981); One Christmas (1994); One on One: Classic Television Interviews (1993); Oscar's Greatest Moments (1992); Pat and Mike (1952); Private Screenings (2005–2006); Quality Street (1937); Recordando a Katharine Hepburn (2003); Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women (2014); Reflections on the Silver Screen (1993); Rooster Cogburn (1975); S1m0ne (2002); Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2017); Sendung ohne Namen (2002); Sexes (2005); Sharon Stone - Una mujer de 100 caras (1998); Six Sides of Katharine Hepburn (2018); Sixty Years of Seduction (1981); Smash His Camera (2010); Some of the Best (1949); Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949); Song of Love (1947); Spécial cinéma (1986–1987); Spitfire (1934); Stage Door (1937); Stage Door Canteen (1943); Starring Katharine Hepburn (1981); State of the Union (1948); Suddenly, Last Summer (1959); Summertime (1955); Sylvia Scarlett (1935); Television Makers (1987); That's Entertainment! (1974); That's Entertainment! III (1994); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The 1974 Annual Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards (1974); The 24th Annual Tony Awards (1970); The 35th Annual Academy Awards (1963); The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 46th Annual Academy Awards (1974); The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (1991); The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993); The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004); The African Queen (1951); The American Creed (1946); The Barbara Walters Summer Special (1981); The Big Parade of Comedy (1964); The CBS Morning News (1986); The Corn Is Green (1979); The Costume Designer (1950); The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part I: 1956-1961 (2002); The Dick Cavett Show (1971–1972); The Dick Cavett Show (1973); The Film Society of Lincoln Center Tribute to George Cukor (1978); The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995); The Glass Menagerie (1973); The Good, the Bad & the Beautiful (1996); The Iron Petticoat (1956); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1990); The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story (1996); The Lion in Winter (1968); The Little Minister (1934); The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969); The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988); The Man Upstairs (1992); The Mike Douglas Show (1979); The Miracle of Sound (1940); The Movies (2019); The Philadelphia Story (1940); The Rainmaker (1956); The Rat Pack (1999); The Rebellious Olivia de Havilland (2021); The Roots of Roe (1993); The Schumann Story (1950); The Sea of Grass (1947); The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986); The Tales of Helpmann (1990); The Trojan Women (1971); These Amazing Shadows (2011); This Can't Be Love (1994); This Is Your Life (1992); True Love (2003); Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation (2020); Twenty Years After (1944); Undercurrent (1946); War Stories with Oliver North (2005); What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2018); Without Love (1945); Woman of the Year (1942); Women in Defense (1941); You Must Remember This (2016).

Born on this day – Fred Zinnemann:

Fred Zinnemann

Director

April 29, 1907 – March 14, 1997

Credits:

A Hatful of Rain (1957); A Man for All Seasons (1966); A Way in the Wilderness (1940); Act of Violence (1948); All Quiet on the Western Front (1930); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Arena (1998); Behold a Pale Horse (1964); Benjy (1951); Biography (1998); Camille (1936); Cinéma cinémas (1983); Darkness at High Noon: The Carl Foreman Documents (2002); De película (1983–1987); Decision (1958); Die Öscars (2016); Elstree Britain's Hollywood (1989); Exercise No. One (1962); Eyes in the Night (1942); Film Profile (1961); Filmmakers in Action (2005); Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005); Five Days One Summer (1982); Forbidden Passage (1941); Forgotten Victory (1939); Fred Zinnemann – Ein Hollywoodregisseur (1983); Friend Indeed (1937); From Here to Eternity (1953); George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984); George Stevens: The Filmmakers Who Knew Him (2001); Hands Up! (1981); Hawaii (1966); He Walks in Beauty: The George Stevens Production 'The Greatest Story Ever Told' (2001); Help Wanted (1939); High Noon (1952); I Kiss Your Hand Madame (1929); Julia (1977); Kid Glove Killer (1942); Little Mister Jim (1946); Making Montgomery Clift (2018); Man Trouble (1930); Montgomery Clift: His Place in the Sun (1989); My Brother Talks to Horses (1947); Nana (1934); Oklahoma! (1955); On Location with 'The Sundowners' (1960); One Against the World (1939); Our World (1987); People on Sunday (1930); Peter Ibbetson (1935); Redes (1936); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Sidney Korshak, la face cachée d'Hollywood (2014); Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015); Sonntagsgespräch (1986); Spécial cinéma (1983); Sprengbagger 1010 (1929); Strand, Under the Dark Cloth (1991); Stuffie (1940); Teresa (1951); That Mothers Might Live (1938); The 24th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1967); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The 69th Annual Academy Awards (1997); The Ash Can Fleet (1939); The Clock (1945); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955); The Dark Angel (1935); The David Susskind Show (1960); The Day of the Jackal (1973); The Great Meddler (1940); The Greenie (1942); The Kid from Spain (1932); The Lady or the Tiger? (1942); The Making of 'High Noon' (1992); The Man from Yesterday (1932); The March of the Machines (1927); The Member of the Wedding (1952); The Men (1950); The Nun's Story (1959); The Old Man and the Sea (1958); The Old South (1940); The Search (1948); The Seventh Cross (1944); The Spy (1931); The Story of Doctor Carver (1938); The Sundowners (1960); The Wiser Sex (1932); They Live Again (1938); This Is Your Life (1956); Tracking the Sleeping Death (1938); Walt Disney Academy Awards: 26th Annual, 1954 / The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); Weather Wizards (1939); While America Sleeps / Series: Crime Does Not Pay (1939); Your Last Act (1941).

Born on this day – Shirley Griffith:

Shirley Griffith

Blues singer

Guitarist

April 26, 1907 – June 18, 1974

Credits:

Mississippi Blues (1973); The Blues of J. T. Adams and Shirley Griffith: Indiana Ave. Blues (1964); The Blues of Shirley Griffith: Saturday Blues (1965).

Book references:

Blues: A Regional Experience (Greenwood Guides to American Roots Music) 1st Edition, by Eric LeBlanc (2013); The Guinness Who's Who of Blues, by Colin Larkin (1995).

Born on this day – Lee Miller:

Lee Miller

Photographer

April 23, 1907 – July 21, 1977

Credits:

Books:

Lee Miller; Lee Miller: An Exhibition of Photographs 1929 – 1964; Lee Miller's War 1944-1945; Lee Miller's War: Beyond D-Day; Lee Miller's War: Photographer and Correspondent with the Allies in Europe, 1944-45; Love Letters: Bound in Gold Handcuffs; Picasso; Roanoke: Solving the Mystery of the Lost Colony; Roland Penrose, Lee Miller: The Surrealist and the Photographer; The Boy who Bit Picasso; Wherever I Am: Yael Bartana, Emily Jacir, Lee Miller.

Movies and television:

Apocalypse, le crépuscule d'Hitler (2023); Autoportrait ou Ce qui manque à nous tous (1930); Capturing Lee Miller (2020); Compression (2019); Drei Frauen und der Krieg (2022); Gelebte Träume - Künstlerinnen des Surrealismus (2020); Lee Miller: Through the Mirror (1995); Lost Women Art (2021); Love+War (2025); Passage des arts (2020); The Blood of a Poet (1932); Un siècle d'écrivains (1999); War Paint: Women at War (2025).

Born on this day – Lina Basquette:

Lina Basquette

Actress

April 19, 1907 – September 30, 1994

Credits:

A Dream of Egypt (1917); A Night for Crime (1943); A Prince for a Day (1917); A Romany Rose (1917); Brother Jim (1916); Celebrity (1928); Come Across (1929); Ebb Tide (1937); Fashion News (1930); Four Men and a Prayer (1938); Goldie (1931); Hello Trouble (1932); His Wife's Relatives (1917); Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul (1993 / 2023); Juvenile Dancer (1916); Little Mariana's Triumph (1917); Morals for Women (1931); Mounted Fury (1931); Paradise Park (1992); Penrod (1922); Pleasure (1931); Polly Put the Kettle On (1917); Ranger of the North (1927); Rose of the Rio Grande (1938); Screen Snapshots (1932); Serenade (1927); Shoes (1916); Show Folks (1928); Souls at Sea (1937); The Arizona Terror (1931); The Arm of the Law (1932); The Black Mantilla (1917); The Brothers Warner (2007); The Buccaneer (1938); The Caravan (1916); The Chump (1934); The Dance of Love (1916); The Dude Wrangler (1930); The Dumb Girl of Portici (1916); The Final Hour (1936); The Gates of Doom (1917); The Godless Girl (1928); The Grip of Crime (1916); The Hard Hombre (1931); The Human Cactus (1916); The Midnight Lady (1932); The Mike Douglas Show (1970); The Noose (1928); The Phantom Express (1932); The Star Witness (1917); The Voice of Hollywood No. 15 (1930); The Weaker Vessel (1919); The Younger Generation (1929); Trapped (1931); Wheel of Chance (1928); Who Calls (1942).

Born on this day – Joseph H. Lewis:

Joseph H. Lewis

Director

April 6, 1907 – August 30, 2000

Credits:

$1000 a Minute (1935); 7th Cavalry (1956); A Lady Without Passport (1950); A Lawless Street (1955); A Man Called Shenandoah (1965–1966); Alcoa Theatre (1959); American Cinema (1995); Arizona Cyclone (1941); As Simple as That: Joseph H. Lewis in Hollywood (1987); Bat Men of Africa (1966); Beautiful Dreamer (1935); Behind the Green Lights (1935); Blazing Six Shooters (1940); Bombs Over Burma (1942); Bonanza (1963); Border Wolves (1938); Boss of Hangtown Mesa (1942); Boys of the City (1940); Branded (1965); Comin' 'Round the Mountain (1936); Confidential (1935); Courage of the West (1937); Criminals Within (1941); Cry of the Hunted (1953); Dancing Feet (1936); Daniel Boone (1964); Darkest Africa (1936); Death on Credit (1980); Desperate Search (1952); Femme Fatales (2012); Gun Crazy (1950); Gunsmoke (1965); Harmony Lane (1935); Hearts in Bondage (1936); Hitch Hike Lady (1935); Invisible Ghost (1941); King of the Pecos (1936); Ladies Crave Excitement (1935); Laughing Irish Eyes (1936); Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula (1997); Man on a Bus (1955); Melody Trail (1935); Minstrel Man (1944); My Name Is Julia Ross (1945); Navy Spy (1937); One Frightened Night (1935); Pride of the Bowery (1940); Red River Valley (1936); Retreat, Hell! (1952); Sagebrush Troubadour (1935); Secrets of a Co-Ed (1942); Sharad of Atlantis (1966); So Dark the Night (1946); Sodankylä Forever (2010); Streamline Express (1935); Terror in a Texas Town (1958); Texas Stagecoach (1940); That Gang of Mine (1940); The Adventures of Rex and Rinty (1935); The Big Combo (1955); The Big Valley (1965–1966); The Detectives (1959); The Devil on Horseback (1936); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The Falcon in San Francisco (1945); The Fat Man: The Thirty-Two Friends of Gina Lardelli (1959); The Fighting Marines (1935); The Girl from Mandalay (1936); The Gold Racket (1937); The Halliday Brand (1957); The Harvester (1936); The Headline Woman (1935); The House of a Thousand Candles (1936); The Investigators (1961); The Jolson Story (1946); The Last Stand (1938); The Leathernecks Have Landed (1936); The Leavenworth Case (1936); The Mad Doctor of Market Street (1942); The Man from Tumbleweeds (1940); The Miracle Rider (1935); The Return of Jimmy Valentine (1936); The Return of October (1948); The Return of Wild Bill (1940); The Rifleman (1958–1963); The Silver Bullet (1942); The Singing Cowboy (1936); The Singing Outlaw (1937); The Singing Vagabond (1935); The Spy Ring (1938); The Story of Hollywood (1988); The Swordsman (1948); The Undercover Man (1949); Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1935); Two-Fisted Rangers (1939); Undersea Kingdom (1936); Waterfront Lady (1935); Zane Grey Theatre (1961).

Born on this day – Eddie Quillan:

Eddie Quillan

Actor

March 31, 1907 – July 19, 1990

Credits:

87th Precinct (1961); A Fool and His Honey (1952); A Guide for the Married Man (1967); A Guy Could Change (1946); A Little Bit of Everything (1928); A Love Sundae (1926); ABC Afterschool Specials (1979); Adam-12 (1972); Advance to the Rear (1964); A-Hunting They Did Go (1948); Ain't Nature Grand (1927); Alaska Highway (1943); Alcoa Premiere (1963); Alice Be Good (1926); Allegheny Uprising (1939); Angel in My Pocket (1969); Baretta (1978); Batman (1967); Big City (1937); Big Money (1930); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Bonanza (1962); Branded (1966); Brigadoon (1954); Broadway to Hollywood (1933); Burke's Law (1964–1965); Catalina, Here I Come (1927); Checkmate (1962); Chico and the Man (1977); Cimarron Strip (1967); City of Angels (1976); Columbia Laff Hour (1956); Columbo (1972); Come Blow Your Horn (1963); Come on Seven (1956); Crabbin' in the Cabin (1948); Dancing on a Dime (1940); Daniel Boone (1966–1970); Dark Mountain (1944); Dark Streets of Cairo (1940); Death Valley Days (1960–1961); Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady? (1968); Dixie Jamboree (1944); Doggie in the Bedroom (1954); Eight on the Lam (1967); Father Murphy (1982); Flying Blind (1941); Follow the Band (1943); For Sale, a Bungalow (1927); For the Love of It (1980); Frankie and Johnny (1966); Fun on the Run (1951); Geraldine (1929); Girl Crazy (1932); Glynis (1963); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1967–1968); Gridiron Flash (1934); Griff (1973); Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1963); Gunsmoke (1971–1974); Hardcastle and McCormick (1985); Harry and Maggie (1975); Hawaiian Nights (1939); Hazel (1963); He Flew the Shrew (1951); He Popped His Pistol (1953); He Took a Powder (1955); Heebie Gee-Gees (1952); Hell Town (1985); Hello, Dolly! (1969); Hennesey (1962); Her Actor Friend (1926); Here Comes Kelly (1943); Here's Boomer (1982); Here's Lucy (1970–1974); Hesitating Horses (1926); Hi Ya, Sailor (1943); Hi, Good Lookin'! (1944); Highway to Heaven (1984–1986); His Pest Friend (1955); Hitchhike! (1974); Hollywood Party (1934); Hollywood Snapshots #11 (1929); House About It (1950); How to Frame a Figg (1971); Incident on a Dark Street (1973); It Ain't Hay (1943); It's About Time (1966); Joe Forrester (1975); Julia (1968–1971); Jungle Queen (1945); Jungle Raiders (1945); Jungle Safari (1956); Kaz (1979); Kid Glove Killer (1942); Kitty from Killarney (1926); La Conga Nights (1940); Law of the Plainsman (1959); Let Down Your Aerial (1949); Lifetime of Comedy (1960); Little House on the Prairie (1977–1983); Lock Up (1960); London by Night (1937); Lost in Space (1966); Love in a Police Station (1927); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Loud Mouth (1971); Lucas Tanner (1975); Mad Bull (1977); Made for Each Other (1939); Mannix (1973–1975); Margie (1940); Matlock (1987); McHale's Navy (1963); Me and the Chimp (1972); Meet the Baron (1933); Meet the Stars #8: Stars Past and Present (1941); Melody Parade (1943); Melvin Purvis G-MAN (1974); MGM Parade (1955); Mister Ed (1961); Mod Squad (1970); Moonlight and Cactus (1944); Moonlighting (1986); Move Over, Darling (1963); Mr. Too Little (1979); Mutiny on the Bounty (1935); My Three Sons (1962); Mystery of the River Boat (1944); Nichols (1971); Night Work (1930); No Time for Sergeants (1964); Nobody's Home (1955); Noisy Neighbors (1929); Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972); Papa's Delicate Condition (1963); Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath (1948); Pass the Dumplings (1927); Perry Mason (1961–1966); Pete and Gladys (1962); Petrocelli (1976); Petticoat Junction (1963–1964); Police Story (1973–1977); Police Woman (1977); Priorities on Parade (1942); Promises..... Promises! (1963); Puppy Lovetime (1926); Red Hot Bullets (1927); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1958); Sarge (1971); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 5 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 11 (1930); Sensation Hunters (1945); She Lives! (1973); Should Husbands Marry? (1926); Show Folks (1928); Sideshow (1950); Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga (1941); Slightly Terrific (1944); Song of the Sarong (1945); Stout Hearts and Willing Hands (1931); Strange Confession (1944); Strictly Personal (1933); Strop, Look and Listen (1952); Summer Magic (1963); Surfside 6 (1961); Sweepstakes (1931); Swing, Sister, Swing (1938); Take Her, She's Mine (1963); Temple Houston (1964); The Addams Family (1964–1966); The Alaskans (1959); The Andy Griffith Show (1965); The A-Team (1986); The Banana Company (1977); The Big Shot (1931); The Big Valley (1967); The Bill Dana Show (1964); The Bing Crosby Show (1964); The Bob Cummings Show (1958); The Bounty Killer (1965); The Bull Fighter (1927); The Case of the Baltimore Girls (1978); The College Kiddo (1927); The Darker Side of Terror (1979); The Dennis O'Keefe Show (1960); The Deputy (1960); The Detectives (1962); The Doris Day Show (1970); The F.B.I. (1972); The Family Next Door (1939); The Flame of New Orleans (1941); The Flying Irishman (1939); The Gentleman from Louisiana (1936); The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966); The Ghost of Folly (1926); The Godless Girl (1928); The Golf Nut (1927); The Good Guys (1968); The Grapes of Wrath (1940); The Great Cash Giveaway Getaway (1980); The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967–1969); The Jack Benny Program (1961–1963); The Jeffersons (1980); The Jimmy Stewart Show (1972); The Judge and Jake Wyler (1972); The Ladies Man (1961); The Last Day (1975); The Lucy Show (1962–1965); The Mack Sennett Collection: Volume One (2014); The Magical World of Disney (1965–1977); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Mandarin Mystery (1936); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again (1970); The Perils of Petersboro (1926); The Phyllis Diller Show (1966); The Plumber's Daughter (1927); The Real McCoys (1958–1963); The Rifleman (1962); The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968); The Sophomore (1929); The South Bank Show (1991); The Streets of San Francisco (1976); The Strongest Man in the World (1975); The Texan (1959); The Thin Man (1958); The Tip-Off (1931); The Tycoon (1964); The Virginian (1969); The Voice of Hollywood No. 14 (1930); The Voice of Hollywood No. 6 (1930); The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz (1968); The Wild Wild West (1967–1969); This Is the Life (1944); Too Many Blondes (1941); Twilight on the Prairie (1944); Vacation Playhouse (1965); Valentine's Day (1964–1965); Viva Las Vegas (1964); Where Did You Get That Girl? (1941); Who's Got the Action? (1962); Young Mr. Lincoln (1939); Zebra in the Kitchen (1965).

Born on this day – Mary Mayberry:

Mary Mayberry

Actress

March 29, 1907 – May 4, 1972

Credits:

A Blonde's Revenge (1926); A Dozen Socks (1927); A Small Town Princess (1927); Broke in China (1927); By Golly! (1920); Captain Careless (1928); Catalina, Here I Come (1927); Crazy to Act (1927); Dabbling in Art (1921); Daddy Boy (1927); Dog Law (1928); Gold Digger of Weepah (1927); Headin' Westward (1929); Home Talent (1921); Lightning Speed (1928); Midnight Daddies (1930); Restless Youth (1928); Smith's Army Life (1928); Smith's Holiday (1928); Smith's Modiste Shop (1927); Smith's Picnic (1926); Smith's Pony (1927); Smith's Restaurant (1928); Texas Tommy (1928); The Bargain Hunt (1928); The Beach Club (1928); The Best Man (1928); The Bull Fighter (1927); The College Kiddo (1927); The Godless Girl (1928); The Golf Nut (1927); The Jolly Jilter (1927); The Law of the Mounted (1928); The Law's Lash (1928); The Manhattan Cowboy (1928).

Born on this day – Frances Fuller:

Frances Fuller

Actress

March 16, 1907 – December 18, 1980

Credits:

Homebodies (1974); They Might Be Giants (1971); Love of Life (1967); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1961); Play of the Week (1961); Harbourmaster (1958); Omnibus / Plays of the Irish Renaissance (1956); Appointment with Adventure (1956); The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955); Studio One (1949–1954); Curtain Call (1952); Lux Video Theatre (1951); Crime Syndicate (1951); Elmer and Elsie (1934); One Sunday Afternoon (1933).

Born on this day – Collette Merton:

Collette Merton

Actress

March 7, 1907 – July 24, 1968

Credits:

Clear the Decks (1929); King of the Campus (1929); Paddling Co-Eds (1928); The Doorway to Hell (1930); The Godless Girl (1928); Why Be Good? (1929).

Born on this day – Albert Ammons:

Albert Ammons

Pianist

Blues Musician

March 1, 1907 – December 2, 1949

Born on this day – Florence Rice:

Florence Rice

Actress

February 14, 1907 – February 23, 1974

Credits:

The Ghost and the Guest (1943); The Boss of Big Town (1942); Stand by All Networks (1942); Let's Get Tough! (1942); Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! (1942); Borrowed Hero (1941); The Blonde from Singapore (1941); Doctors Don't Tell (1941); Father Takes a Wife (1941); Mr. District Attorney (1941); Cherokee Strip (1940); The Secret Seven (1940); Phantom Raiders (1940); Girl in 313 (1940); Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940); Little Accident (1939); At the Circus (1939); Miracles for Sale (1939); The Kid from Texas (1939); Four Girls in White (1939); Stand Up and Fight (1939); Sweethearts (1938); Vacation from Love (1938); Fast Company (1938); Paradise for Three (1938); Beg, Borrow or Steal (1937); Navy Blue and Gold (1937); Double Wedding (1937); Riding on Air (1937); Married Before Breakfast (1937); Man of the People (1937); Under Cover of Night (1937); The Longest Night (1936); Sworn Enemy (1936); Women Are Trouble (1936); Blackmailer (1936); Panic on the Air (1936); Pride of the Marines (1936); Super-Speed (1935); Escape from Devil's Island (1935); Guard That Girl (1935); The Awakening of Jim Burke (1935); Death Flies East (1935); Carnival (1935); Under Pressure (1935); The Best Man Wins (1935); Fugitive Lady (1934).

Born on this day – Gwili Andre:

Gwili Andre

Actress

Model

February 4, 1907 – February 5, 1959

Credits:

A Woman's Face (1941); Meet the Boy Friend (1937); No Other Woman (1933); Roar of the Dragon (1932); Secrets of the French Police (1932); The Falcon's Brother (1942); The Girl Said No (1937).

Born on this day – Carlotta Monti:

Carlotta Monti

Actress

Writer

January 25, 1907 – December 8, 1993

Carlotta Monti (right) with W.C. Fields (left)

Credits:

W.C. Fields and Me (1976); To Please a Lady (1950); Crisis (1950); The Doctor and the Girl (1949); He Walked by Night (1948); Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941); The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940); Boom Town (1940); Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936); Hell-Ship Morgan (1936); Night Cargo (1936); Bonnie Scotland (1935); Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935); Marie Galante (1934); Tarzan the Fearless (1933); Deadwood Pass (1933); Kiss of Araby (1933); King Kong (1933); In Old California (1929); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925).

Book:

W. C. Fields & Me (1971).

Born on this day – Marcello Pagliero:

Marcello Pagliero

Actor

Writer

Director

January 15, 1907 – December 9, 1980

Credits:

07... Tassì (1945); A Man Walks in the City (1950); Anime in tumulto (1942); Appuntamento a Piazza di Spagna (1947); Chéri-Bibi (1955); Confessione (1941); Daughters of Destiny / Segment: Elisabeth (1954); Days of Glory (1945); Dedee (1948); Desire (1946); Désordre (1950); Disorder Is 20 Years Old (1967); La danza del fuoco (1943); La gondola del diavolo (1946); La rose rouge (1951); La voix du rêve (1949); L'altra (1947); Le bel âge (1960); Le due tigri (1941); Leon Garros ishchet druga (1961); Les amants de Bras-Mort (1951); Les beaux yeux d'Agatha (1964); Les évasions célèbres (1972); Les Gauloises bleues (1968); Les jeux sont faits (1947); Naked Autumn (1961); Nebbie sul mare (1944); Nick Carter et le trèfle rouge (1965); Paisan (1946); Roma città libera (1946); Rome, Open City (1945); Saint-Germain-des-Prés (1951); Si chiude all'alba (1945); Symphonie pour un massacre (1963); The Beasts of Marseilles (1957); The Respectful Whore (1952); Ton ombre est la mienne (1963); Tourbillon (1953); Vergine moderna (1954); Vestire gli ignudi (1954); Vilain contre Ministère Public (1968); Walk Into Hell (1956).

Born on this day – Ray Milland:

Ray Milland

Actor

Director

January 3, 1907 – March 10, 1986

Credits:

The Gold Key (1985); The Sea Serpent (1985); Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death (1984); Hart to Hart (1979); Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (1983); Our Family Business (1981); The Dream Merchants (1980); The Attic (1980); Charlie's Angels (1976); Cave in! (1983); The Love Boat (1977); Game for Vultures (1979); Survival Run (1979); The Darker Side of Terror (1979); Oliver's Story (1978); Fantasy Island (1977); Battlestar Galactica (1978); Blackout (1978); The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977); Cruise Into Terror (1978); The Pyjama Girl Case (1977); Slavers (1977); The Uncanny (1977); Testimony of Two Men (1977); Oil (1977); Seventh Avenue (1977); The Last Tycoon (1976); Mayday at 40, 000 Feet! (1976); Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby (1976); Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (1976); Aces High (1976); The Swiss Conspiracy (1976); Rich Man, Poor Man (1976); Ellery Queen (1975); Escape to Witch Mountain (1975); The Dead Don't Die (1975); Gold (1974); The Student Connection (1974); Terror in the Wax Museum (1973); The Big Game (1973); The House in Nightmare Park (1973); Cool Million (1972); Columbo (1971); The Thing with Two Heads (1972); Frogs (1972); Embassy (1972); Black Noon (1971); Night Gallery (1969); River of Gold (1971); ove Story (1970); The Name of the Game (1968); Company of Killers (1970); Bracken's World (1969); Daughter of the Mind (1969); Hostile Witness (1969); The Confession (1964); The DuPont Show of the Week (1961); The Silver Burro (1963); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962); X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963); Panic in Year Zero! (1962); The Premature Burial (1962); Alcoa Premiere (1961); King of Kings (1961); Markham (1959); Goodyear Theatre (1957); General Electric Theater (1953); Suspicion (1957); The Safecracker (1958); High Flight (1957); The River's Edge (1957); Schlitz Playhouse (1951); Three Brave Men (1956); The Ford Television Theatre (1952); Lisbon (1956); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955); A Man Alone (1955); The Ray Milland Show (1953); Dial M for Murder (1954); Let's Do It Again (1953); Jamaica Run (1953); The Thief (1952); Something to Live For (1952); Bugles in the Afternoon (1952); Close to My Heart (1951); Rhubarb (1951); Night Into Morning (1951); Circle of Danger (1951); A Life of Her Own (1950); A Woman of Distinction (1950); Copper Canyon (1950); It Happens Every Spring (1949); Alias Nick Beal (1949); Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948); Sealed Verdict (1948); The Big Clock (1948); So Evil My Love (1948); Variety Girl (1947); Golden Earrings (1947); The Trouble with Women (1947); California (1947); The Imperfect Lady (1946); The Well Groomed Bride (1946); Kitty (1945); The Lost Weekend (1945); Till We Meet Again (1944); Ministry of Fear (1944); The Uninvited (1944); Lady in the Dark (1944); The Crystal Ball (1943); Forever and a Day (1943); Star Spangled Rhythm (1942); The Major and the Minor (1942); Are Husbands Necessary? (1942); Reap the Wild Wind (1942); The Lady Has Plans (1942); Sullivan's Travels (1941); Skylark (1941); I Wanted Wings (1941); Arise, My Love (1940); Untamed (1940); The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940); Irene (1940); French Without Tears (1940); Everything Happens at Night (1939); Beau Geste (1939); Hotel Imperial (1939); Say It in French (1938); Men with Wings (1938); Tropic Holiday (1938); Her Jungle Love (1938); Wise Girl (1937); Ebb Tide (1937); Easy Living (1937); Wings Over Honolulu (1937); Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937); Three Smart Girls (1936); The Jungle Princess (1936); The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936); The Return of Sophie Lang (1936); Next Time We Love (1936); The Glass Key (1935); Alias Mary Dow (1935); Four Hours to Kill! (1935); The Gilded Lily (1935); One Hour Late (1934); Menace (1934); Charlie Chan in London (1934); Many Happy Returns (1934); We're Not Dressing (1934); The Mystery of Mr. X (1934); Bolero (1934); This Is the Life (1933); Orders Is Orders (1933); Payment Deferred (1932); But the Flesh Is Weak (1932); Polly of the Circus (1932); The Man Who Played God (1932); Ambassador Bill (1931); Blonde Crazy (1931); Bought! (1931); Just a Gigolo (1931); Strangers May Kiss (1931); The Bachelor Father (1931); Passion Flower (1930); Way for a Sailor (1930); The Informer (1929); The Plaything (1929; The Lady from the Sea (1929); The Flying Scotsman (1929); Piccadilly (1929); Moulin Rouge (1928).

Born on this day – Doris Miles Disney:

Doris Miles Disney

Writer

December 22, 1907 – March 9, 1976

Credits:

Books:

A Compound for Death (1943); Murder on a Tangent (1945); Appointment at Nine (1947); Fire at Will (1950); The Last Straw (aka Driven to Kill) (1954); Dark Road (aka Dead Stop) (1946); Family Skeleton (1949); Straw Man (1951); Trick or Treat (aka The Halloween Murder) (1955); Method in Madness (aka Quiet Violence) (1957); Did She Fall or Was She Pushed? (1959); Find the Woman (1962); The Chandler Policy (1971); Unappointed Rounds (1956); Black Mail (1958); Mrs Meeker's Money (1961); Shadow of a Man (1940); Who Rides a Tiger? (aka Sow the Wind) (1946); Enduring Old Charms (aka Death for My Beloved) (1947); Testimony by Silence (1948); That Which Is Crooked (1948); Count the Ways (1949); Look Back on Murder (1951); Heavy, Heavy Hangs (1952); Do unto Others (1953); Prescription: Murder (1953); Room for Murder (1955); My Neighbor's Wife (1957); No Next of Kin (1959); Dark Lady (aka Sinister Lady (1961); Should Auld Acquaintance (1962); Here Lies... (1963); The Hospitality of the House (aka Unsuspected Evil (1964); The Departure of Mr. Gaudette (aka Fateful Departure) (1965); At Some Forgotten Door (1966); The Magic Grandfather (aka Mask of Evil (1966); Night of Clear Choice (aka Flame of Evil (1967); Money for the Taking (1968); Voice from the Grave (1968); Two Little Children and How They Grew (1969); Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate (aka Death by Computer) (1970); Fatal Choice (1970); Three's a Crowd (1972); The Day Miss Bessie Lewis Disappeared (1972); Only Couples Need Apply (1973); Don't Go into the Woods Today (1974); Cry for Help (1975); Winifred (1976); Muppets Most Wanted (2014); The Last Straw / The Pale Door / The Dead Don't Speak (1955).

Movies and television:

Betrayal (1974); Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate (1971); Kraft Theatre (1958); La strada buia (1950); Stella (1950); The Straw Man (1953); Yesterday's Child (1977).

Born on this day – Fred M. Wilcox:

Fred M. Wilcox

Director

December 22, 1907 – September 23, 1964

Photographed with Pal (as Lassie), on the set of Lassie Come Home (1943).

Born on this day – Barbara Kent:

Barbara Kent

Actress

December 16, 1907 – October 13, 2011

Credits:

Beauty Parlor (1932); Chinatown After Dark (1931); Dumbbells in Ermine (1930); Emma (1932); Exposed (1932); Feet First (1930); Flesh and the Devil (1926); Freighters of Destiny (1931); Grief Street (1931); Guard That Girl (1935); Her Forgotten Past (1933); His Destiny (1928); Indiscreet (1931); Lonesome (1928); Marriage on Approval (1933); Modern Mothers (1928); No Living Witness (1932); No Man's Law (1927); Old Man Rhythm (1935); Oliver Twist (1933); Prowlers of the Night (1926); Self Defense (1932); Stop That Man! (1928); Swellhead (1935); That's My Daddy (1927); The Drop Kick (1927); The Lone Eagle (1927); The Night Ride (1930); The Peace Deputy (1927); The Pride of the Legion (1932); The Shakedown (1929); The Small Bachelor (1927); Under Age (1941); Vanity Fair (1932); Welcome Danger (1929); What Men Want (1930).