Born on this day – Frances Morris:

Frances Morris

Actress

August 3, 1908 – December 2, 2003

Credits:

A Child Is Born (1939); A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949); A Dangerous Profession (1949); A Man Betrayed (1941); A Tragedy at Midnight (1942); Abie's Irish Rose (1946); Adventures of Superman (1952); Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951); Afraid to Talk (1932); Again... Pioneers (1950); Against the Law (1934); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1962); Alias Mary Dow (1935); Alias Nick Beal (1949); Always Tomorrow: The Portrait of an American Business (1941); As Good as Married (1937); Because of You (1952); Benjy (1951); Bermuda Mystery (1944); Between Midnight and Dawn (1950); Big Brown Eyes (1936); Big Town (1955); Blaze of Noon (1947); Blue Skies (1946); Bobby Ware Is Missing (1955); Bonnie Scotland (1935); Bullets or Ballots (1936); Caged (1950); Cain's Hundred (1962); California (1947); Carrie (1952); Casanova Brown (1944); Case of the Missing Man (1935); Caught (1949); Caught in the Draft (1941); Cavalcade of America (1954); Centennial Summer (1946); Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939); Cheyenne (1957–1959); Cocoanut Grove (1938); Conflict (1945); Cover Girl (1944); Crime Against Joe (1956); Crime of the Century (1946); Dance Charlie Dance (1937); Dangerous Intrigue (1936); Devil's Squadron (1936); Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. (1941); Dixie Dugan (1943); Doctors Don't Tell (1941); Duffy's Tavern (1945); Earl Carroll Sketchbook (1946); Easy Living (1937); Edge of Doom (1950); Exclusive (1937); Fireside Theatre (1953); Flaxy Martin (1949); Florian (1940); Footlights Theater (1953); Four Jills in a Jeep (1944); From This Day Forward (1946); Fury at Showdown (1957); 'G' Men (1935); Give Us This Night (1936); Go Into Your Dance (1935); Gun for a Coward (1956); Guns for Hire (1932); Hangmen Also Die! (1943); Having Wonderful Crime (1945); Hazard (1948); Here Come the Waves (1944); Here's to Romance (1935); Hit Parade of 1941 (1940); Holiday Affair (1949); Hollywood Boulevard (1936); Hollywood Hotel (1937); Hollywood Mystery (1934); I Stole a Million (1939); I Want a Divorce (1940); Ichabod and Me (1962); I'll Sell My Life (1941); In Old Kentucky (1935); Internes Can't Take Money (1937); It's a Great Life (1935); It's the Cats (1934); I've Been Around (1935); Joan of Arc (1948); Joe Smith, American (1942); Just My Luck (1935); Keep Your Powder Dry (1945); King of the Newsboys (1938); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963); Ladies of the Big House (1931); Lady Bodyguard (1943); Lassie (1954–1958); Lawless Riders (1935); Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941); Life with Henry (1940); Little Miss Roughneck (1938); Living in a Big Way (1947); Lumberjack (1944); M Squad (1960); Man Without a Gun (1958–1959); Manhattan Heartbeat (1940); Manhattan Love Song (1934); Maverick (1958); Miss Annie Rooney (1942); Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen (1934); Miss Sadie Thompson (1953); Missing Witnesses (1937); Money to Loan (1939); Monkey on My Back (1957); More Than a Secretary (1936); Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936); Mrs. Mike (1949); Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942); My Girl Tisa (1948); My Heart Belongs to Daddy (1942); My Son John (1952); Neighborhood House (1936); Nevada Cyclone (1934); Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941); Never Wave at a WAC (1953); New York Town (1941); Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948); No Greater Sin (1941); On an Island with You (1948); On the Wrong Trek (1936); One More Tomorrow (1946); Onionhead (1958); Our Leading Citizen (1939); Our Neighbors - The Carters (1939); Over My Dead Body (1942); Palm Springs (1936); Pals of the Range (1935); Paula (1952); Perry Mason (1960–1964); Pick-Up (1944); Pilgrimage (1933); Pittsburgh (1942); Playhouse 90 (1956); Portrait of a Mobster (1961); Private Affairs (1940); Professor Beware (1938); Rawhide (1960); Redheads on Parade (1935); Rhythm on the Range (1936); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1959); Rose Bowl (1936); Safety in Numbers (1938); Sailor's Lady (1940); Samson and Delilah (1949); Sandy Gets Her Man (1940); Schlitz Playhouse (1958); Sealed Verdict (1948); Sergeant Madden (1939); She Loves Me Not (1934); She Married an Artist (1937); Shoot the Works (1934); Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957); Show Business (1944); Silver Queen (1942); Sing and Like It (1934); Sky Raiders (1941); Slightly Dangerous (1943); Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947); So Proudly We Hail! (1943); Stand Up and Cheer! (1934); Stand-In (1937); Star Dust (1940); Stella Dallas (1937); Strangers in the Night (1944); Strictly in the Groove (1942); Suddenly It's Spring (1947); Summer Storm (1944); Swing High, Swing Low (1937); That Brennan Girl (1946); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Big Clock (1948); The Big Show (1936); The Boss Cowboy (1934); The Bridge of Sighs (1936); The Captive City (1952); The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1960); The Cat's-Paw (1934); The Chase (1946); The Company She Keeps (1951); The Deputy (1960); The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940); The Feminine Touch (1941); The Ford Television Theatre (1952–1953); The Forgotten Woman (1939); The Ghost Goes Wild (1947); The Golden Fleecing (1940); The Hard Way (1943); The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure (1956); The House Across the Bay (1940); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1959); The Kid from Brooklyn (1946); The Killer That Stalked New York (1950); The Lady Is Willing (1942); The Last Warning (1938); The Leather Pushers (1940); The Lineup (1957); The Lost Missile (1958); The Man Behind the Badge (1955); The Millerson Case (1947); The Millionaire (1957–1959); The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952); The Naked Hills (1956); The Night of the Hunter (1955); The Parson of Panamint (1941); The Perils of Pauline (1947); The Preview Murder Mystery (1936); The Price of Fear (1956); The Rawhide Terror (1934); The Razor's Edge (1946); The Restless Gun (1958); The Ridin' Fool (1931); The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947); The Silver Streak (1934); The Singing Marine (1937); The Sisters (1938); The Snake Pit (1948); The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944); The Unfaithful (1947); The Virginian (1946 / 1963–1964); The Walls of Jericho (1948); The Woman in the Window (1944); The Woman of the Town (1943); They Wanted to Marry (1937); This Gun for Hire (1942); This Side of the Law (1950); Thriller (1962); Thunder (1929); Till We Meet Again (1936); Trailing North (1933); Turnabout (1940); Two Heads on a Pillow (1934); Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (1936); Venus Makes Trouble (1937); Wagon Train (1957–1964); We Go Fast (1941); Wedding Present (1936); Week-End at the Waldorf (1945); Whispering Smith (1961); Wild Harvest (1947); Wild Is the Wind (1957); Winterset (1936); Woman in Distress (1937); Women's Prison (1955); World Premiere (1941); Young Tom Edison (1940).

Born on this day – Blanche Mehaffey:

Blanche Mehaffey

Actress

Showgirl

July 28, 1908 – March 31, 1968

Credits:

Stage:

Ziegfeld Follies of 1922 (1922); Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic (1921).

Movies and television:

A Sailor Papa (1925); A Woman of the World (1925); Alias Mary Smith (1932); April Fool (1924); At First Sight (1924); Border Guns (1934); Confessions of a Vice Baron (1943); Cuckoo Love (1925); Dancing Dynamite (1931); Devil Monster (1946); Dugan of the Badlands (1931); Dynamite Denny (1932); Finnegan's Ball (1927); Friend Husband (1924); Fully Insured (1923); Going to Congress (1924); He Forgot to Remember (1926); Held for Ransom (1938); His People (1925); Hold My Baby (1925); Hypnotized (1932); Is There Justice? (1931); It's a Boy (1923); Just a Minute (1924); Marlie the Killer (1928); Meet the Missus (1924); Mounted Fury (1931); North of Arizona (1935); One of the Family (1924); Passport to Paradise (1932); Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935); Position Wanted (1924); Powder and Smoke (1924); Riders of the North (1931); Sally of the Subway (1932); Smilin' Guns (1929); Soul of the Slums (1931); Take It from Me (1926); Tell It to a Policeman (1925); The Air Mail Pilot (1928); The Battling Orioles (1924); The Big Idea (1924); The Cowboy and the Bandit (1935); The Denver Dude (1927); The Goofy Age (1924); The Haunted Honeymoon (1925); The Mystery Trooper (1931); The Old War-Horse (1926); The Outlaw Tamer (1935); The Princess from Hoboken (1927); The Runaway Express (1926); The Sea Fiend (1935); The Silent Code (1935); The Silent Rider (1927); The Sky Spider (1931); The Sunrise Trail (1931); The Texas Streak (1926); The Tired Business Man (1927); The Voice of Hollywood No. 5 (1930); The Wages of Sin (1938); The Wages of Tin (1925); The White Sheep (1924); White Renegade (1931); Wildcat Saunders (1936).

Born on this day – Lupe Vélez:

Lupe Vélez

Actress

Singer

Dancer

July 18, 1908 – December 14, 1944

Credits:

Arena (1991); Death Scenes (1989); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999); East Is West (1930); Ernesto Alonso: Estrella de estrellas (2007); Fashion News (1930); Gypsy Melody (1936); He Loved an Actress (1938); Hell Harbor (1930); High Flyers (1937); Hollywood on Parade (1934); Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 (1933); Hollywood Party (1934); Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988); Hollywood Snapshots #11 (1929); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); Hombres de mi vida (1932); Honolulu Lu (1941); Hot Pepper (1933); Kongo (1932); La zandunga (1938); Ladies' Day (1943); Lady of the Pavements (1929); Laughing Boy (1934); Los que hicieron nuestro cine (1983–1985); Mexican Spitfire (1939); Mexican Spitfire at Sea (1942); Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940); Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost (1942); Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event (1943); Mexican Spitfire's Elephant (1942); Mr. Broadway (1933); Naná (1944); Oriente es Occidente (1930); Palooka (1934); Perdida (2009); Playmates (1941); Recordar es vivir (1941); Redhead from Manhattan (1943); Resurrección / Resurrection (1931); Sailors, Beware! (1927); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 11 (1930); Screen Snapshots, Series 14, No. 1 (1934); Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga (1941); Stand and Deliver (1928); Strictly Dynamite (1934); That's Entertainment! III (1994); The Big Parade of Comedy (1964); The Broken Wing (1932); The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema (2001); The Casting Couch (1995); The Cuban Love Song (1931); The Gaucho (1927); The Girl from Mexico (1939); The Half-Naked Truth (1932); The Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941); The Morals of Marcus (1935); The One, the Only, the Real Tarzan (2004); The Squaw Man (1931); The Storm (1930); The Voice of Hollywood No. 12 (1930); The Voice of Hollywood No. 13 / Second Series (1932); The Voice of Hollywood, Series 1, No. 2 (1930); Tiger Rose (1929); What Women Did for Me (1927); When the Applause Died / Death in Hollywood (1990); Where East Is East (1929); Wolf Song (1929).

Born on this day – Evi Maltagliati:

Evi Maltagliati

Actress

July 11, 1908 – April 27, 1986

Born on this day – Winston Graham:

Winston Graham

Writer

June 30, 1908 – July 10, 2003

Born on this day – Erik Barnouw:

Erik Barnouw

Writer

Historian

Producer

June 23, 1908 – July 19, 2001

Credits:

Books:

A Tower in Babel: A History of Broadcasting in the United States To 1933 (1966); Documentary: A History of the Non-Fiction Film (1993); Indian Film (1962 / 1980); International Encyclopedia of Communications (1989); Media Lost and Found (2001); Media Marathon (1996); The Golden Web: A History of Broadcasting in the United States 1933–1953 (1968); The Image Empire: A History of Broadcasting in the United States from 1953 (1970); The Magician and the Cinema (1981); The Sponsor: Notes on a Modern Potentate (1978 / 2005); Tube of Plenty: The Evolution of American Television (1976 / 1992).

Television:

American Experience (1997); Betty Hughes and Friends (1972); Camps of Death / Segment: Hiroshima Nagasaki August, 1945 (1983); Columbia University Seminar (1952–1953); Corwin (1996); Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991); Hiroshima Nagasaki August, 1945 (1946); Horizons (1951–1955); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954–1960); Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992); Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998); Television in America: An Autobiography (2002); The Great Depression (1998).

Born on this day – L.B. Abbott:

L.B. Abbott

Cinematographer

Special effects expert

Cameraman

June 13, 1908 – September 28, 1985

Credits:

Wrong Is Right (1982); When Time Ran Out... (1980); 1941 (1979); The Swarm (1978); The Return of Captain Nemo (1978); Viva Knievel! (1977); Fire (1977); Flood (1976); Logan's Run (1976); Planet of the Apes (1974); The Towering Inferno (1974); Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973); Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973); Emperor of the North (1973); The Poseidon Adventure (1972); Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972); Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971); City Beneath the Sea (1971); The Great White Hope (1970); Cover Me Babe (1970); Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970); Move (1970); Myra Breckinridge (1970); Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970); Land of the Giants (1968–1970); The Challenge (1970); Patton (1970); M*A*S*H (1970); The Only Game in Town (1970); City Beneath the Sea (1969); Hello, Dolly! (1969); John and Mary (1969); Daughter of the Mind (1969); The Undefeated (1969); Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969); Justine (1969); Che! (1969); Hard Contract (1969); 100 Rifles (1969); The Man from the 25th Century (1968); Lady in Cement (1968); The Boston Strangler (1968); Star! (1968); The Secret Life of an American Wife (1968); The Sweet Ride (1968); Bandolero! (1968); The Detective (1968); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968); Batman (1967–1968); Lost in Space (1965–1968); Planet of the Apes (1968); Valley of the Dolls (1967); Doctor Dolittle (1967); The Flim-Flam Man (1967); The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967); Caprice (1967); A Guide for the Married Man (1967); The Time Tunnel (1966–1967); The Green Hornet (1967); In Like Flint (1967); The Sand Pebbles (1966); Way... Way Out (1966); Fantastic Voyage (1966); Batman: The Movie (1966); Stagecoach (1966); Our Man Flint (1966); Do Not Disturb (1965); The Flight of the Phoenix (1965); The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965); The Reward (1965); Morituri (1965); Von Ryan's Express (1965); John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965); The Sound of Music (1965); Valentine's Day (1964–1965); Dear Brigitte (1965); Goodbye Charlie (1964); Fate Is the Hunter (1964); Shock Treatment (1964); What a Way to Go! (1964); Move Over, Darling (1963); Take Her, She's Mine (1963); Cleopatra (1963); Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962); Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962); Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962); State Fair (1962); Tender Is the Night (1962); Bachelor Flat (1961); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961); Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961); The Wizard of Baghdad (1960); North to Alaska (1960); High Time (1960); The Lost World (1960); The Story of Ruth (1960); From the Terrace (1960); Wake Me When It's Over (1960); Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959); The Man Who Understood Women (1959); The Blue Angel (1959); Holiday for Lovers (1959); Woman Obsessed (1959); Warlock (1959); The Diary of Anne Frank (1959); Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958); The Roots of Heaven (1958); The Hunters (1958); The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958); A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958); The Fly (1958); From Hell to Texas (1958); Ten North Frederick (1958); Fräulein (1958); The Young Lions (1958); South Pacific (1958); The Long, Hot Summer (1958); The Gift of Love (1958); The Enemy Below (1957); Kiss Them for Me (1957); Stopover Tokyo (1957); April Love (1957); No Down Payment (1957); The Three Faces of Eve (1957); Forty Guns (1957); Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957); Bernardine (1957); A Hatful of Rain (1957); An Affair to Remember (1957); The Wayward Bus (1957); The Return of Don Camillo (1953); The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951).

Born on this day – Margherita Carosio:

Margherita Carosio

Opera singer

Soprano

June 7, 1908 – January 10, 2005

Credits:

Eternal Melodies (1940); L'elisir d'amore (1941); Regina della Scala (1937); Ripudiata (1955); Sarasate (1941).

Born on this day – Don Ameche:

Don Ameche

Actor

Comedian

Vaudevillian

May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993

Credits:

59th Academy Awards Nominations Announcement (1987); 209 Hamilton Drive (1991); A Century of Cinema (1994); A Fever in the Blood (1961); A Masterpiece of Murder (1986); A Welcome Guest in the House (1957); AFI Life Achievement Award (1978 / 1986); Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); All Star Revue (1951); Angels of Mercy (1940); Beloved Infidel (1959); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Biography (1995–1999); Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies (2000); Burke's Law (1964); CBS Mornings (1988); Celebrity Time (1949–1951); Cinéma cinémas (1989); Climax! (1958); Clive of India (1935); Cocoon (1985); Cocoon: The Return (1988); Coke Time (1953); Columbo (1971); Coming to America (1988); Compression (2015); Confirm or Deny (1941); Corrina, Corrina (1994); Dante's Inferno (1935); De película (1985–1989); Des O'Connor Tonight (1985); Detective in the House (1985); Don Ameche's Musical Playhouse (1950–1951); Down Argentine Way (1940); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2001); Ellery Queen (1975); Entertainment Tonight (1990); F for Fake (1973); Family Theatre (1953); Fantasy Island (1980); Fifty Roads to Town (1937); Filmmaker Focus: Director John Landis on 'Trading Places' (2021); Fire One (1954); Folks! (1992); Four Sons (1940); Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974); Gateway (1938); General Motors 50th Anniversary Show (1957); Gidget Gets Married (1972); Girl Trouble (1942); Good Heavens (1976); Goodyear Playhouse (1957); Greenwich Village (1944); Guest Wife (1945); Happy Land (1943); Happy Landing (1938); Harry and the Hendersons (1987); Heaven Can Wait (1943); Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997); Hollywood Cavalcade (1939); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009); Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993); Hour Magazine (1982); Hy Gardner Calling (1962); In Old Chicago (1938); Insider Trading: The Making of 'Trading Places' (2007); International Showtime (1961–1965); It's in the Bag! (1945); I've Got a Secret (1954–1962); Josette (1938); Julia (1969–1970); Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1941); Ladies in Love (1936); Land of Liberty (1939); Late Night with David Letterman (1986); Les Chroniques du Mea (2022); Lillian Russell (1940); Lipstick & Dynamite, Piss & Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling (2004); Love Is News (1937); Love Under Fire (1937); McCloud (1975); Midnight (1939); Moon Over Miami (1941); Mr. Smith (1983); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Not in Front of the Kids (1984); Oddball Hall (1990); One in a Million (1936); One on One with John Tesh (1992); Oscar (1991); Our American Heritage (1961); Our Shining Moment (1991); Pals (1987); Password (1961); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1958–1961); Person to Person (1956); Petticoat Junction (1970); Phantom Caravan (1954); Picture Mommy Dead (1966); Probe and Night Beat (1957); Pros and Cons (1991); Quincy, M.E. (1979); Ramona (1936); Reflections on the Silver Screen (1991); Rings Around the World (1966); Rough But Hopeful (1946); Saturday Spectacular: High Button Shoes (1956); Screen Snapshots, Series 18, No. 8 (1939); Screen Snapshots, Series 32, No. 2: Hollywood Night at '21' Club (1952); Seabiscuit: Racing Through History (2003); Shadow Over Elveron (1968); Shepherd's Flock (1971); Sins of Man (1936); Siskel & Ebert Holiday Gift Guide (1988); Sleep, My Love (1948); Slightly French (1949); So Goes My Love (1946); Something to Shout About (1943); Special Collector's Edition (2012); Sunstroke (1992); Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came (1970); Swanee River (1939); Take a Chance (1950); That Night in Rio (1941); That's My Man (1947); The 12th Annual People's Choice Awards (1986); The 1930's: Music, Memories & Milestones (1988); The 47th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1990 (1990); The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986); The 58th Annual Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon (1986); The 59th Annual Academy Awards (1987); The 66th Annual Academy Awards (1994); The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008); The 8th Annual American Cinema Awards (1991); The Arthur Murray Party (1957); The Bickersons (1967); The Boatniks (1970); The Bob Braun Show (1972–1977); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1949); The Chinese Typewriter (1979); The Christophers (1963–1964); The David Frost Show (1970); The DuPont Show of the Month (1957); The Ed Sullivan Show (1957); The Feminine Touch (1941); The Frances Langford Show (1960); The Frances Langford-Don Ameche Show (1951–1952); The Frank Sinatra Show (1951); The Golden Girls (1990); The Greatest Show on Earth (1964); The Hollywood Palace (1967); The Ken Murray Show (1951); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1985-1989); The Love Boat (1979–1984); The Lux Show (1958); The Magical World of Disney (1978); The Magnificent Dope (1942); The Match Game (1964); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1971); The Mike Douglas Show (1963–1970); The Milton Berle Show (1949–1954); The Movies That Made Us (2021); The Name's the Same (1954); The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom (1958); The Polly Bergen Show (1957); The Price Is Right (1964); The Roy Leonard Show (1971); The Saturday Night Revue (1953); The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter (1950); The Sig Sakowicz Show (1971); The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997); The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939); The Story of Hollywood (1988); The Three Musketeers (1939); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1985–1986); The Trade in 'Trading Places' (2007); Things Change (1988); This Is Your Life (1984); To Tell the Truth (1957–1964); Too Young to Go Steady (1959); Trading Places (1983); Trading Places: Dressing the Part (2007); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1958); We, the People (1949); Week End in Hollywood (1947); What's My Line? (1953–1957); Wing and a Prayer (1944); Wogan (1985); You Can't Have Everything (1937).

Born on this day – Ian Fleming:

Ian Fleming

Writer

May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964

Born on this day – Frank Nugent:

Frank Nugent

Writer

May 27, 1908 – December 29, 1965

Born on this day – James Stewart:

James Stewart

Actor

May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997

Credits:

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991); North & South: Book 2, Love & War (1986); Right of Way (1983); Mr. Krueger's Christmas (1980); A Tale of Africa (1980); General Electric's All-Star Anniversary (1978); The Magic of Lassie (1978); The Big Sleep (1978); Laugh-In (1977); Airport '77 (1977); The Shootist (1976); Sentimental Journey (1976); Hawkins (1973); Harvey (1972); The Jimmy Stewart Show (1971); Fools' Parade (1971); The Cheyenne Social Club (1970); Bandolero! (1968); Firecreek (1968); The Rare Breed (1966); The Flight of the Phoenix (1965); Shenandoah (1965); Dear Brigitte (1965); The Jack Benny Program (1950); Cheyenne Autumn (1964); Take Her, She's Mine (1963); My Three Sons (1960); How the West Was Won (1962); Alcoa Premiere (1961); Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); X-15 (1961); Two Rode Together (1961); The Mountain Road (1960); Startime (1959); The FBI Story (1959); Schlitz Playhouse (1951); Lux Playhouse (1958); Anatomy of a Murder (1959); Bell Book and Candle (1958); Vertigo (1958); General Electric Theater (1953); Night Passage (1957); The Spirit of St. Louis (1957); The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956); The Man from Laramie (1955); Strategic Air Command (1955); Tomorrow's Drivers (1954); Rear Window (1954); The Far Country (1954); The Glenn Miller Story (1954); Thunder Bay (1953); The Naked Spur (1953); Carbine Williams (1952); Bend of the River (1952); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); No Highway in the Sky (1951); And Then There Were Four (1950); Harvey (1950); The Jackpot (1950); Broken Arrow (1950); Winchester '73 (1950); Malaya (1949); The Stratton Story (1949); 10,000 Kids and a Cop (1948); You Gotta Stay Happy (1948); Rope (1948); Call Northside 777 (1948); On Our Merry Way (1948); Magic Town (1947); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); Ziegfeld Girl (1941); Pot o' Gold (1941); Come Live with Me (1941); The Philadelphia Story (1940); No Time for Comedy (1940); The Mortal Storm (1940); The Shop Around the Corner (1940); Destry Rides Again (1939); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); It's a Wonderful World (1939); The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939); Made for Each Other (1939); You Can't Take It with You (1938); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); The Shopworn Angel (1938); Vivacious Lady (1938); Of Human Hearts (1938); Navy Blue and Gold (1937); The Last Gangster (1937); Seventh Heaven (1937); After the Thin Man (1936); Born to Dance (1936); The Gorgeous Hussy (1936); Speed (1936); Small Town Girl (1936); Important News (1936); Wife vs. Secretary (1936); Next Time We Love (1936); Rose-Marie (1936); The Murder Man (1935); Art Trouble (1934).

Born on this day – Ralph Wright:

Ralph Wright

Animator

Writer

Director

Actor

May 17, 1908 – December 31, 1983

Born on this day – Betty Boyd:

Betty Boyd

Actress

May 11, 1908 – September 16, 1971

Credits:

A Modern Hero (1934); A Royal Romance (1930); Along Came Youth (1930); An Old Gypsy Custom (1934); Battling Sisters (1929); Companionate Service (1928); Ex-Sweeties (1931); Fallen Angel (1945); French Kisses (1930); Gun Law (1933); Hard Work (1928); Honeymooniacs (1929); Hot Sports (1929); In a Persian Market (1929); Indiscreet Pete (1928); Light of India (1929); Lilies of the Field (1929); Maid to Order (1931); Off Again (1927); Papa's Boy (1927); Paradise Island (1930); Privates Beware (1928); Purely Circumstantial (1929); Samson and Delilah (1949); Social Prestige (1928); The Godless Girl (1928); The Green Goddess (1930); The Quiet Worker (1928); The Right Bed (1929); The Show (1927); Under a Texas Moon (1930); Vacation Loves (1930); Wedded Blisters (1928); Who's Lyin? (1928).

Born on this day – Lucien Ballard:

Lucien Ballard

Cinematographer

May 6, 1908 – October 1, 1988

Credits:

A Ducking They Did Go (1939); A Kiss Before Dying (1956); A Nag in the Bag (1938); A Star Is Shorn (1939); A Time for Dying (1969); ABC Stage 67 (1966); Al Capone (1959); An Eye for an Eye (1966); Anna Lucasta (1958); Arruza (1972); Back to the Woods (1937); Band of Angels (1957); Beloved Bachelor (1931); Berlin Express (1948); Big Executive (1933); Black Saddle (1960); Blind Alley (1939); Blonde Venus (1932); Boeing, Boeing (1965); Bomber's Moon (1943); Breakheart Pass (1975); Breakout (1975); Broken Lullaby (1932); Buchanan Rides Alone (1958); Cash and Carry (1937); City of Fear (1959); Coast Guard (1939); Cold Turkey (1940); Craig's Wife (1936); Crime and Punishment (1935); Dangerous Curves (1929); Dear Brigitte (1965); Desire in the Dust (1960); Devil's Playground (1937); Diplomatic Courier (1952); Don't Bother to Knock (1952); Drum (1976); Elfego Baca: Six Gun Law (1963); Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970); Fixed Bayonets! (1951); Flat Foot Stooges (1938); Flight to Fame (1938); From Bad to Worse (1937); From Noon Till Three (1976); Girls Can Play (1937); Halfway to Hollywood (1938); Highway Patrol (1938); Holy Matrimony (1943); Home on the Rage (1938); Hour of the Gun (1967); How Sweet It Is! (1968); I Married a Woman (1958); I Promise to Pay (1937); I Take This Woman (1931); Inferno (1953); Junior Bonner (1972); L'académie des 9 (1982); Lady Ice (1973); Laura (1944); Law of the Plainsman (1960); Let Us Live (1939); Let's Make It Legal (1951); Life Begins with Love (1937); Love Me Tonight (1932); Man Bites Lovebug (1937); Marines, Let's Go (1961); Mikey and Nicky (1976); Monte Carlo (1930); Moontide (1942); Morocco (1930); Murder by Contract (1958); My Kingdom for... (1995); Nevada Smith (1966); New Faces (1954); Night Song (1947); Night Without Sleep (1952); No Census, No Feeling (1940); O. Henry's Full House (1952); One Hour with You (1932); Orchestra Wives (1942); Outside These Walls (1939); Pay or Die! (1960); Penitentiary (1938); Prince Valiant (1954); Rabbit Test (1978); Racketeers in Exile (1937); Return of the Texan (1952); Ride the High Country (1962); Rio Grande (1938); Roustabout (1964); Saints and Sinners (1962); Seven Cities of Gold (1955); South of the Boudoir (1940); Squadron of Honor (1938); St. Ives (1976); Susan Slade (1961); Swamp Water (1941); Sweet and Low-Down (1944); Take Her, She's Mine (1963); Target: The Corruptors (1962); Temptation (1946); Texas Stampede (1939); The 33rd (1959); The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970); The Bramble Bush (1960); The Caretakers (1963); The Desert Rats (1953); The Detectives (1960); The Devil Is a Woman (1935); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961–1963); The Eagle and the Hawk (1933); The Final Hour (1936); The Getaway (1972); The Glory Brigade (1953); The Hawaiians (1970); The House on Telegraph Hill (1951); The Killer Is Loose (1956); The Killing (1956); The King and Four Queens (1956); The King Steps Out (1936); The Lodger (1944); The Lone Wolf in Paris (1938); The Love Parade (1929); The Magical World of Disney (1959–1961); The Magnificent Matador (1955); The Mind Needer (1938); The New Interns (1964); The Nightshirt Bandit (1938); The Outlaw (1943); The Parent Trap (1961); The Party (1968); The Proud Ones (1956); The Raid (1954); The Rifleman (1963); The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960); The Shadow (1937); The Sons of Katie Elder (1965); The Three Stooges Follies (1974); The Thundering West (1939); The Undying Monster (1942); The Unholy Wife (1957); The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940); The Westerner (1960); The Wild Bunch (1969); This Is the Night (1932); This Love of Ours (1945); Thomasine & Bushrod (1974); Three Little Sew and Sews (1939); Three the Hard Way (1974); Tonight We Raid Calais (1943); True Grit (1969); Vacation Playhouse (1965); Venus Makes Trouble (1937); Violent Is the Word for Curly (1938); Wall of Noise (1963); What's the Matter with Helen? (1971); Whispering Ghosts (1942); White Feather (1955); Wild Geese Calling (1941); Will Penny (1967); Wives and Lovers (1963); Yes, We Have No Bonanza (1939); Zane Grey Theatre (1960); Zorro (1960).

Born on this day – Eve Arden:

Eve Arden

Actress

April 30, 1908 – November 12, 1990

Credits:

A Child Is Born (1939); A Gift of Music (1981); A Guide for the Married Woman (1978); A Very Missing Person (1972); ABC's Nightlife (1965); AFI Life Achievement Award (1987); Alice (1980); All My Darling Daughters (1972); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); Amazing Stories (1986); Anatomy of a Murder (1959); At the Circus (1939); B.J. and the Bear (1980); Bedtime Story (1941); Behind Closed Doors (2018); Bewitched (1966); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Big Town Czar (1939); Biography (2001); Bloopermania (1987); Blow-Ups of 1946 (1947); Bobby Vinton's Rock 'n Rollers (1978); Cactus Creek (1950); CBS: On the Air (1978); Checkmate (1961); Classic Comedy Teams (1986); Climax! (1956); Cocoanut Grove (1938); Comrade X (1940); Cover Girl (1944); Crawford at Warners (2008); Dancing Lady (1933); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Angie Dickinson (1977); Dinah! (1978); Earl Carroll Vanities (1945); Ellery Queen (1975); Entertainment Tonight (2021); Eternally Yours (1939); Faerie Tale Theatre (1985); Falcon Crest (1987); Flying High (1979); Goodbye, My Fancy (1951); Grease (1978); Grease 2 (1982); Great Performances (1983); Gypsy (1967); Hart to Hart (1980); Having Wonderful Time (1938); Help, Inc. (1972); Herbie Day at Disneyland (1974); Here's Hollywood (1961–1962); Hit Parade of 1943 (1943); Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985); Hour Magazine (1984); I Love Lucy (1955); I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special (2001); In Name Only (1969); Inside the Marx Brothers (2003); It's Your Bet (1972); I've Got a Secret (1961); Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom (1992); Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On (2019); Laredo (1965); Last of the Duanes (1941); Let's Face It (1943); Letter of Introduction (1938); Life with Linkletter (1970); Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary (1986); Love, American Style / Love and the Contact Lens / Love and the New Roommate (1971); Manpower (1941); Masquerade (1983); Maude (1977); Mildred Pierce (1945); My Dream Is Yours (1949); My Reputation (1946); My Three Sons (1962); Night and Day (1946); No, No, Nanette (1940); Nuts and Bolts (1981); Obliging Young Lady (1942); Oh, Doctor (1937); One Touch of Venus (1948); Our Miss Brooks (1952–1956); Our World (1987); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1974); Paid in Full (1950); Pan-Americana (1945); Pandemonium (1982); Password (1962–1967); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967); Patrick the Great (1944); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1958–1960); Personality (1967); Philbin's People (1970); Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991); Presidential Blooper Reel (1981); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968); Run for Your Life (1966); San Antonio Rose (1941); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 / Screen Snapshots: Off the Air (1947); Sergeant Dead Head (1965); She Couldn't Say No (1940); She Knew All the Answers (1941); Sing for Your Supper (1941); Slightly Honorable (1939); Song of Love (1929); Song of Scheherazade (1947); Stage Door (1937); Star Bloopers (1979); Starlight Theatre (1951); Stars in the Eye (1952); Startime (1959); Tea for Two (1950); That Uncertain Feeling (1941); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The 17th Golden Globe Awards (1960); The 23rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1971); The 29th Annual Tony Awards (1975); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The 34th Annual Tony Awards (1980); The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986); The 3th Annual American Cinema Awards (1986); The 8th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1956); The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1974); The Arnelo Affair (1947); The Costume Designer (1950); The Danny Thomas Hour (1967); The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960); The David Frost Show (1972); The Dean Martin Show (1972); The Dick Cavett Show (1980); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1958–1959); The Doughgirls (1944); The Dream Merchants (1980); The Ed Sullivan Show (1955–1956); The Ed Wynn Show (1949); The Eve Arden Show (1957–1958); The Forgotten Woman (1939); The George Gobel Show (1959); The Girl with Something Extra (1974); The Grease Yearbook (1998); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1967–1968); The Kid from Brooklyn (1946); The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949); The Lady Wants Mink (1953); The Liberace Show (1969); The Love Boat (1980); The Magical World of Disney (1957); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Merv Griffin Show (1967–1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1967–1979); The Milton Berle Show (1948); The Mothers-In-Law (1967–1969); The Movie Game (1971); The Name's the Same (1953); The Pat Boone Show (1966); The Pet Set (1971); The Red Skelton Hour (1959–1967); The Return of Video Yesterbloop (1986); The Strongest Man in the World (1975); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1960); The Toni Tennille Show (1980); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965–1967); The Unfaithful (1947); The Voice of the Turtle (1947); This Is Your Life (1972); Three Husbands (1950); Today (1982); Under the Rainbow (1981); Vacation Playhouse (1964); Vega$ (1979); We, the People (1949); We're Not Married! (1952); What's It All About, World? (1969); What's My Line? (1955); Whiplash (1948); Whistling in the Dark (1941); Women in the Wind (1939); You Don't Say (1966); Ziegfeld Girl (1941); Ziegfeld Girl Intro (2004).

Born on this day – Jack Williamson:

Jack Williamson

Writer

April 29, 1908 – November 10, 2006

Credits:

Books:

A Sense of Wonder (1967); After World's End (1939); At the Human Limit (2011); Beachhead (1992); Bright New Universe (1967); Brother to Demons, Brother to Gods (1979); Darker Than You Think (1948); Darker Than You Think and Other Novels (2003); Demon Moon (1994); Dragon's Island / aka The Not-Men (1951); Dragon's Island and Other Stories (2002); Dreadful Sleep (1977); Farthest Star (1975); Firechild (1986); Gateway to Paradise (2008); Golden Blood (1933); H. G. Wells (1973); Islands of the Sun (1935); Jack Williamson SF Gateway Omnibus (2014); Jamboree (1969); Lady in Danger (1945); Land's End (1988); Lifeburst (1984); Manseed (1982); Mazeway (1990); One against the Legion (1939); People Machines (1971); Realm of Wizardry (1940); Rogue Star (1969); Salvage in Space (2011); Seetee Ship (1951); Seetee Shock (1950); Seventy-Five (2004); Spider Island (2002); Star Bridge (1955); Starchild (1965); Teaching Science Fiction (1980); Terraforming Earth (2001); The Alien Intelligence (1929); The Best of Jack Williamson (1978); The Black Sun (1997); The Blue Spot (1935); The Cometeers (1936); The Cosmic Express (2011); The Crucible of Power (2006); The Dome Around America / aka Gateway to Paradise (1955); The Early Williamson (1975); The Fortress of Utopia (1939); The Girl from Mars (1930); The Green Girl (1930); The Green Girl / The Robot Peril (2012); The Humanoid Touch (1980); The Humanoids (1949); The Humanoids and With Folded Hands (2002); The Legion of Space (1934); The Legion of Time (1938); The Metal Man and Others (1984); The Moon Children (1973); The Moon Era (1967); The Pandora Effect (1969); The Power of Blackness (1976); The Queen of the Legion (1982); The Reefs of Space (1964); The Reign of Wizardry (1964); The Silicon Dagger (1999); The Singers of Time (1991); The Stone from the Green Star (1931); The Stonehenge Gate (2005); The Trial of Terra (1962); The Ultimate Earth (2000); Trapped in Space (1968); Undersea City (1958); Undersea Fleet (1955); Undersea Quest (1954); Wall Around a Star (1975); With Folded Hands (2011); With Folded Hands . . . And Searching Mind (2010); Wizard's Isle (2000); Wolves of DarknessX (1999); Wonder's Child (1984); Xandulu (1934).

Movie, television and radio:

Dimension X (1950); Sci-Fi Buzz (1992); The Creation of the Humanoids (1962).

Born on this day – Carl Laemmle Jr.:

Carl Laemmle Jr.

Writer

Producer

April 28, 1908 – September 24, 1979

Credits:

A Fighting Finish (1927); A House Divided (1931); A Lady Surrenders (1930); Affairs of a Gentleman (1934); Afraid to Talk (1932); Air Mail (1932); All Quiet on the Western Front (1930); Around the Bases (1927); Back Street (1932); Bad Sister (1931); Barnum Was Right (1929); Beloved (1934); Benson at Calford (1926); Bombay Mail (1934); Breaking Records (1927); Bride of Frankenstein (1935); Broadway (1929); Burning Words (1923); By Candlelight (1933); Calford in the Movies (1928); Calford on Horseback (1928); Calford vs. Redskins (1928); Carl Laemmle (2019); College Love (1929); Counsellor at Law (1933); Crimson Colors (1927); Cross Country Cruise (1934); Cross Country Run (1929); Dear Old Calford (1928); Destination Unknown (1933); Destry Rides Again (1932); Don't Bet on Love (1933); Dracula (1931); Drácula (1931); East Is West (1930); East of Borneo (1931); Embarrassing Moments (1934); Farewell (1929); Fast Companions (1932); Fighting for Victory (1928); Fighting Spirit (1927); Fighting to Win (1926); Flaming Guns (1932); Flashing Oars (1927); Flying High (1929); Frankenstein (1931); Free Love (1930); Gift of Gab (1934); Great Expectations (1934); Half a Sinner (1934); Heaven on Earth (1931); Hell's Heroes (1929); Her First Mate (1933); Hidden Gold (1932); Hollywood Snapshots #11 (1929); Homicide Squad (1931); Horse Play (1933); I'll Tell the World (1934); Imitation of Life (1934); Kicking Through (1928); King for a Night (1933); King of Jazz (1930); King of the Campus (1929); La voluntad del muerto (1930); Ladies Must Love (1933); Lasca of the Rio Grande (1931); Laughter in Hell (1933); Law and Order (1932); Let's Be Ritzy (1934); Little Accident (1930); Little Man, What Now? (1934); Lonesome (1928); Love Birds (1934); Lucky Dog (1933); Madame Spy (1934); Making Good (1926); Many a Slip (1931); Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932); My Pal, the King (1932); Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935); Nagana (1933); Night Life of the Gods (1935); Night World (1932); Okay America! (1932); On the Sidelines (1929); Once in a Lifetime (1932); One Hysterical Night (1929); One More River (1934); Only Yesterday (1933); Oriente es Occidente (1930); Out All Night (1933); Outside the Law (1930); Paddling Co-Eds (1928); Private Jones (1933); Racing Youth (1932); Radio Patrol (1932); Remember Last Night? (1935); Resurrection (1931); Running Wild (1927); S.O.S. Iceberg (1933); Samson at Calford (1927); Saturday's Millions (1933); Scandal for Sale (1932); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 11 (1930); Secret of the Blue Room (1933); Seed (1931); Shanghai Lady (1929); Show Boat (1929); Sliding Home (1928); Smilin' Guns (1929); Speeding Youth (1929); Splashing Through (1927); Steady Company (1932); Strictly Dishonorable (1931); Terror Trail (1933); The Big Cage (1933); The Black Cat (1934); The Bookworm Hero (1928); The Boudoir Diplomat (1930); The Cat Creeps (1930); The Charlatan (1929); The Cinder Path (1927); The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932); The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble (1933); The Cohens and the Kellys in Africa (1930); The Collegians (1926); The Crosby Case (1934); The Dazzling Co-Eds (1927); The Doomed Battalion (1932); The Dude Desperado (1927); The Fire Fighters (1927); The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster (2002); The Good Fairy (1935); The Impatient Maiden (1932); The Invisible Man (1933); The Iron Man (1931); The Irresistible Lover (1927); The Junior Year (1928); The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933); The Last Lap (1926); The Last Performance (1929); The Last Warning (1928); The Love Captive (1934); The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934); The Mummy (1932); The Night Ride (1930); The Old Dark House (1932); The Poor Rich (1934); The Rambling Ranger (1927); The Relay (1927); The Rider of Death Valley (1932); The Rivals (1929); The Rustler's Roundup (1933); The Spirit of Notre Dame (1931); The Storm (1930); The Texas Bad Man (1932); The Thrill Chaser (1923); The Unexpected Father (1932); The Varsity Drag (1929); The Winning Five (1927); The Winning Goal (1928); The Winning Point (1929); The Winning Punch (1927); There's Always Tomorrow (1934); Tom Brown of Culver (1932); Transient Lady (1935); Trimmed in Scarlet (1923); Uncertain Lady (1934); Up for Murder (1931); Virtuous Husband (1931); Waterloo Bridge (1931); We Americans (1928); What Men Want (1930).

Born on this day – Marceline Day:

Marceline Day

Actress

April 24, 1908 – February 16, 2000

Born on this day – Virginia Cherrill:

Virginia Cherrill

Actress

April 12, 1908 – November 14, 1996

Credits:

Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933); City Lights (1931); Delicious (1931); Fast Workers (1933); Girls Demand Excitement (1931); He Couldn't Take It (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 (1934); Ladies Must Love (1933); Late Extra (1935); Money Mad (1934); The Air Circus (1928); The Brat (1931); The Nuisance (1933); Troubled Waters (1936); Unknown Chaplin (1983); What Price Crime (1935); White Heat (1934).