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).

Born on this day – Gordon Douglas:

Gordon Douglas

Director

Actor

Writer

December 15, 1907 – September 29, 1993

Born on this day – Virginia Kellogg:

Virginia Kellogg

Writer

December 3, 1907 – April 8, 1981

Credits:

Caged (1950); Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956); Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933); Meet the People (1944); Screaming Eagles (1956); Stolen Holiday (1937); The Road to Reno (1931); T-Men (1947); TV de Vanguarda (1953); We, the People (1950); White Heat (1949).

Born on this day – Jack Schaefer:

Jack Schaefer

Writer

November 19, 1907 – January 1991

Credits:

Books:

Shane (1949); The Canyon (1953); The Pioneers (1954); First Blood (1954); Company of Cowards (1957); Out West (1959); Old Ramon (1960); Monte Walsh (1963); Adolphe Francis Alphonse Bandelier (1966); Mavericks (1974); Stubby Pringle's Christmas (1964); The Big Range (1953); First Blood and Other Stories (1954); The Kean Land (1960); Tales from the West (1961); The Plainsmen (1963); The Collected Stories of Jack Schaefer (1966); The Great Endurance Horse Race (1963); Heroes Without Glory (1965); Jack Schaefer And The American West (1978); Conversations with a Pocket Gopher (1978).

Movies and television:

Advance to the Rear (1964); Cavalcade of America (1956); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1956); Konyakçi (1965); Monte Walsh (1970 / 2003); New Comedy Showcase (1960); Shane (1953 / 1966); Stubby Pringle's Christmas (1978); Studio 57 (1957); The Silver Whip (1953); Tribute to a Bad Man (1956); Trooper Hook (1957).

Born on this day – Les Clark:

Les Clark

Animator

Director

November 17, 1907 - September 12, 1979

Born on this day – Burgess Meredith:

Burgess Meredith

Actor

Director

November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997

Born on this day – Jane Froman:

Jane Froman

Actress

Singer

November 10, 1907 – April 22, 1980

Credits:

The Ed Sullivan Show (1960); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960); The Arthur Murray Party (1956–1960); The Bell Telephone Hour (1960); The Walter Winchell Show (1956); The Vic Damone Show (1956); The NBC Comedy Hour (1956); The Jimmy Durante Show (1955); The Jane Froman Show (1952–1955); The Jackie Gleason Show (1952–1954); The Milton Berle Show (1949–1954); The Larry Storch Show (1953); Answer the Call (1953); What's My Line? (1953); This Is Show Business (1950–1953); The Ed Sullivan Show (1950–1952); The Jane Froman Show (1952); The Ezio Pinza Show (1951); The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue (1950–1951); All Star Revue (1951); The Voice of Firestone (1950–1951); The Alan Young Show (1950); Radio City Revels (1938); Stars Over Broadway (1935); Kissing Time (1933).

Born on this day – Sheila Bromley:

Sheila Bromley

Actress

October 31, 1907 – July 23, 2003

Born on this day – Edwige Feuillère:

Edwige Feuillère

Actress

October 29, 1907 – November 13, 1998

Born on this day – John Marley:

John Marley

Actor

Director

October 17, 1907 – May 22, 1984

Born on this day – Shepperd Strudwick:

Shepperd Strudwick

Actor

September 22, 1907 – January 15, 1983

Born on this day – Helen Vinson:

Helen Vinson

Actress

September 17, 1907 – October 7, 1999

Born on this day – Fay Wray:

Fay Wray

Actress

September 15, 1907 – August 8, 2004

Born on this day – Miriam Seegar:

Miriam Seegar

Actress

September 1, 1907 – January 2, 2011

Credits:

Big Money (1930); Clancy in Wall Street (1930); False Faces (1932); Fashion News (1930); Fashions in Love (1929); I Used to Be in Pictures (2000); New Movietone Follies of 1930 (1930); Out of Singapore (1932); Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929); Strangers of the Evening (1932); Such Is the Law (1930); TCM Remembers (2011); The Dawn Trail (1930); The Famous Ferguson Case (1932); The Lion and the Lamb (1931); The Love Doctor (1929); The Price of Divorce (1928); The Valley of Ghosts (1930); The Woman Between (1931); What a Man (1930); When Knights Were Bold (1929).

Born on this day – Lurene Tuttle:

Lurene Tuttle

Actress

Acting coach

August 29, 1907 – May 28, 1986

Credits:

A Life of Her Own (1950); Adam-12 (1973); Adam's Rib (1973); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Alice (1976); Amazing Stories (1985); Bachelor Father (1959); Barnaby Jones (1980); Bonanza (1967); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Broken Arrow (1957); Buckskin (1958); Burke's Law (1964); Carlton Your Doorman (1980); Cavalcade of America (1953–1957); Charlie's Angels (1978); Cinderella Goes to a Party (1942); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2010); Colt .45 (1957–1960); Crash (1978); Crazy Like a Fox (1985); Critic's Choice (1963); Crusader (1956); Dennis the Menace (1960); Dirty Duck (1974); Don't Bother to Knock (1952); Dorothy in the Land of Oz (1980); Dr. Kildare (1963); Dynasty (1982); Evil Town (1985); Fantasy Island (1978–1979); Father of the Bride (1961–1962); Final Chapter: Walking Tall (1977); For the Love of It (1980); Front Row Center (1956); General Electric Theater (1953–1958); Give a Girl a Break (1953); Goodbye, My Fancy (1951); Goodyear Theatre (1959–1960); Grand Jury (1959–1960); Gunsmoke (1960–1973); Hart to Hart (1981); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958); Hazel (1961–1963); Heaven Only Knows (1947); Hello Mother, Goodbye! (1974); Hemo the Magnificent (1958); Hollywood Beat (1985); Hollywood Opening Night (1951); Homecoming (1948); Human Experiments (1979); I Dream of Jeannie (1965); I Love Lucy (1953); Insight (1972); Iron Horse (1967); It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (1984); Johnny Midnight (1960); Johnny Ringo (1960); Judd for the Defense (1967); Julia (1968–1970); Karen (1965); Kickapoo Juice: Porkuliar Piggy / A Pee-kool-yar Sit-chee-ay-shun / Amoozin' But Confoozin' (1944); Law and Order (1976); Lawman (1959–1961); Leave It to Beaver (1959–1962); Life with Father (1953–1955); Little House on the Prairie (1975–1976); Live Again, Die Again (1974); Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960); Macbeth (1948); Mannix (1975); Matinee Theatre (1956–1958); Matt Houston (1985); Medical Center (1975); Michael Shayne (1960); Mod Squad (1972); Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948); Mr. Novak (1963); Mrs. Sundance (1974); Murder, She Wrote (1985); My Favorite Martian (1965); My Friend Flicka (1956); My Living Doll (1964); My Three Sons (1968); NBC Comics (1950–1951); Never Wave at a WAC (1953); Niagara (1953); Nightmare in the Sun (1965); Nutcracker Fantasy (1979); Part 2: Walking Tall (1975); Perry Mason (1958–1966); Pete and Gladys (1961); Petticoat Junction (1964–1968); Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966); Playhouse 90 (1959); Police Woman (1977); Psycho (1960); Rawhide (1961); Ripcord (1963); Robert Young and the Family (1971); Room for One More (1952); Sadie Hawkins Day (1944); Saints and Sinners (1962); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Screen Snapshots 5852: Hollywood Night at '21' Club (1952); Shooting Stars (1983); Shotgun Slade (1961); Sincerely Yours (1955); Slander (1957); Soldiers of Fortune (1955); St. Elsewhere (1984); Stand Up and Cheer! (1934); Stars Over Hollywood (1950); Strike Force (1982); Studio 57 (1956–1957); Summer Playhouse (1964); Sweet Smell of Success (1957); Switch (1976–1977); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); Tammy (1965); Testament (1983); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1957); The Admiral Was a Lady (1950); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1981); The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1957); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1953); The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953); The Americans (1961); The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1964); The Ann Sothern Show (1960–1961); The Asphalt Jungle (1961); The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1961); The Beverly Hillbillies (1967); The Bob Cummings Show (1956); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1972); The Californians (1958–1959); The Clonus Horror (1979); The Cowboys (1974); The Danny Thomas Show (1957–1964); The Dukes of Hazzard (1979); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Fortune Cookie (1966); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1953); The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966); The Glass Slipper (1955); The Good Old Days of Radio (1976); The Gray Ghost (1957); The Great Grape Ape Show (1975); The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968); The Jimmy Stewart Show (1972); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1956); The Loretta Young Show (1954); The Love Boat (1982); The Magical World of Disney (1971); The Manitou (1978); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1972); The Millionaire (1956–1958); The Munsters (1964); The Name of the Game (1971); The Partridge Family (1972); The Real McCoys (1958–1959); The Restless Gun (1957); The Restless Ones (1965); The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies (1981); The Rookies (1974); The Second Hundred Years (1967); The Smith Family (1971); The Story of Heidi (1975); The Texan (1958); The Thin Man (1958); The Twilight Zone (1964); The Unexpected (1952); The Whip Hand (1951); The World Through the Eyes of Children (1975); These Are the Days (1974); This Is the Life (1959); Three Lives (1953); Tom, Dick and Harry (1941); Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951); Trapper John, M.D. (1979–1984); True Fear: The Making of Psycho (2015); Untamed Youth (1957); Valentine's Day (1965); Voyagers! (1983); Wagon Train (1960); Walking Tall (1973); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958); Watch the Birdie (1950); White Mama (1980); Wide Country (1962); You Are There (1953).

Born on this day – Gladys Bentley:

Gladys Bentley

Blues singer

Pianist

August 12, 1907 – January 18, 1960

Born on this day – Adrienne Ames:

Adrienne Ames

Actress

August 3, 1907 – May 31, 1947

Born on this day – Isabel Jewell:

Isabel Jewell

Actress

July 19, 1907 – April 5, 1972

Credits:

A Tale of Two Cities (1935); Advice to the Forlorn (1933); Babies for Sale (1940); Badman's Territory (1946); Beauty for Sale (1933); Belle Starr's Daughter (1948); Bernardine (1957); Big Brown Eyes (1936); Blessed Event (1932); Bombshell (1933); Bondage (1933); Born to Kill (1947); Career Woman (1936); Ceiling Zero (1936); Ciao Manhattan (1972); Climax! (1957); Counsellor at Law (1933); Dancing Feet (1936); Danger! Women at Work (1943); Day of Reckoning (1933); Design for Living (1933); Dr. Christian (1956); Drum Beat (1954); Evelyn Prentice (1934); Fireside Theatre (1952–1953); For Beauty's Sake (1941); Go West Young Man (1936); Gone with the Wind (1939); Gunsmoke (1965); Here Comes the Groom (1934); High Sierra (1940); Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1969); Irene (1940); I've Been Around (1935); Judd for the Defense (1967); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Let's Be Ritzy (1934); Little Men (1940); Lock Up (1961); Lost Horizon (1937); Love on Toast (1937); Mad Love (1935); Man in the Attic (1953); Manhattan Melodrama (1934); Marked Men (1940); Marked Woman (1937); Matinee Theatre (1956–1957); Michael O'Halloran (1948); Missing Daughters (1939); Mr. & Mrs. North (1952); Northwest Passage (1940); Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love! (1940); catterbrain (1940); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots, Series 14, No. 1 (1934); Sensation Hunters (1945); Shadow of Doubt (1935); She Had to Choose (1934); Small Town Girl (1936); Steppin' in Society (1945); Sweet Kill (1972); Swing It, Sailor! (1938); The Adventures of Kit Carson (1952); The Aquanauts (1961); The Bishop's Wife (1947); The Casino Murder Case (1935); The Crime of the Century (1933); The Crowd Roars (1938); The Falcon and the Co-eds (1943); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1953); The Leathernecks Have Landed (1936); The Leopard Man (1943); The Making of 'Lost Horizon' (1999); The Man Who Lived Twice (1936); The Merry Monahans (1944); The New Cinema (1968); The Seventh Victim (1943); The Snake Pit (1948); The Story of Molly X (1949); The Unexpected (1952); The Untouchables (1962); The Week End Mystery (1931); The Women in His Life (1933); They Asked for It (1939); 36 Hours to Kill (1936); Times Square Lady (1935); Treasury Men in Action (1955); Unfaithfully Yours (1948); Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (1936).

Born on this day – Barbara Stanwyck:

Barbara Stanwyck

Actress

Dancer

July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990

Born on this day – Joan Davis:

Joan Davis

Actress

June 29, 1907 – May 23, 1961

Credits:

Abbott & Costello: The Art of Chemistry (2021); Angel's Holiday (1937); Around the World (1943); Beautiful But Broke (1944); Biography (1996); Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976); Bunker Bean (1936); Day-Time Wife (1939); For Beauty's Sake (1941); Free, Blonde and 21 (1940); George White's Scandals (1945); Harem Girl (1952); Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 6 (1942); He's My Guy (1943); Hold That Co-ed (1938); Hold That Ghost (1941); Hollywood Hobbies (1939); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); I Married Joan (1952–1955); If You Knew Susie (1948); Joan of Arkansas (1958); Josette (1938); Just Around the Corner (1938); Kansas City Kitty (1944); Keep Smiling (1938); Let's Join Joanie (1950); Life Begins in College (1937); Love and Hisses (1937); Love That Brute (1950); Make Mine Laughs (1949); Manhattan Heartbeat (1940); Millions in the Air (1935); My Lucky Star (1938); On the Avenue (1937); Sailor's Lady (1940); Sally, Irene and Mary (1938); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1949); Screen Snapshots Series 21, No. 1 (1941); Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians (1952); She Gets Her Man (1945); She Wrote the Book (1946); Show Business (1944); Sing and Be Happy (1937); Sun Valley Serenade (1941); Sweetheart of the Fleet (1942); Tail Spin (1939); Terror in the Aisles (1984); The Bob Hope Show (1956); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1957–1958); The Garry Moore Show (1959); The George Gobel Show (1958); The Great Hospital Mystery (1937); The Groom Wore Spurs (1951); The Holy Terror (1937); The Milton Berle Show (1959); The Sound of Laughter (1963); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1958); The Traveling Saleswoman (1950); Thin Ice (1937); Time Out for Romance (1937); Too Busy to Work (1939); Two Latins from Manhattan (1941); Two Señoritas from Chicago (1943); Wake Up and Live (1937); Way Up Thar (1935); Yokel Boy (1942).