Born on this day – Jane Wyatt:

Jane Wyatt

Actress

August 12, 1910 – October 20, 2006

Born on this day – Sylvia Sidney:

Sylvia Sidney

Actress

August 8, 1910 – July 1, 1999

Credits:

A Small Killing (1981); A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley (2013); Accent on Youth (1935); AFI Life Achievement Award (1978); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); American Masters (1989–2001); American Playhouse (1982–1990); An American Tragedy (1931); An Early Frost (1985); Beetlejuice (1988); Behind the High Wall (1956); Behold My Wife! (1934); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Biography (2002); Blood on the Sun (1945); Breakdowns of 1941 (1941); Broadway Nights (1927); Broadway Television Theatre (1952–1953); California Fever (1979); Cameo Theatre (1952); Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988); Celebrity Playhouse (1955–1956); City Streets (1931); Climax! (1955–1957); Confessions of a Co-Ed (1931); Damien: Omen II (1978); Dead End (1937); Dear John (1988); Death at Love House (1976); Diagnosis Murder (1993); Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate (1971); Domestic Life (1984); Eight Is Enough (1977); Equal Justice (1990); F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980); Fantasy Island (1998–1999); Finnegan Begin Again (1985); Five Minutes from the Station (1930); Fury (1936); General Electric Theater (1960); Girl Talk (1965–1967); God Told Me To (1976); Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984); Going Hollywood: The War Years (1988); Good Dame (1934); Gypsy (1965–1967); Hammett (1982); Having It All (1982); Here's Hollywood (1960); Home (1956); I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977); Jennie Gerhardt (1933); Joseph Schildkraut Presents (1953); Kaz (1978); Kraft Theatre (1957); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1954); Ladies of the Big House (1931); Les Miserables (1952); Love from a Stranger (1947); Lux Video Theatre (1952); Madame Butterfly (1932); Magnum, P.I. (1983); Make Me a Star (1932); Mars Attacks! (1996); Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935); Matinee Theatre (1957); Merrily We Go to Hell (1932); Morningstar/Eveningstar (1986); Moving Image Salutes Sidney Lumet (1985); Mr. Ace (1946); My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); My Three Sons (1969); Naked City (1961); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Night of 100 Stars III (1990); ...One Third of a Nation... (1939); Order of Death (1983); Pals (1987); Pick-up (1933); Playhouse 90 (1957–1958); Playwrights '56 (1955); Ponds Theater (1953–1955); Raid on Entebbe (1976); Route 66 (1961–1964); Ryan's Four (1983); Ryan's Hope (1975–1976); Sabotage (1936); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner (1949); Screen Snapshots: The Skolsky Party (1946); Siege (1978); Snowbeast (1977); Star Stage (1955); Starsky and Hutch (1976); Street Scene (1931); Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973); Supertrain (1979); Tales of Tomorrow (1952); Talking Pictures (1988); That's Life (1979); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955); The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986); The 43rd Annual Golden Globe Awards 1986 (1986); The 46th Annual Academy Awards (1974); The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1999); The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000); The Annual Waldorf Gala Salute to Myrna Loy (1985); The Bob Braun Show (1973); The Brass Ring (1983); The Defenders (1962); The Doctors (1963); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Equalizer (1989); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1955); The Gossip Columnist (1980); The House That Shadows Built (1931); The Joan Rivers Show (1969); The Kate Smith Evening Hour (1951); The Lee Phillip Show (1971); The Love Boat (1981); The Man in the Family (1991); The Mike Douglas Show (1965–1970); The Miracle Man (1932); The Polly Bergen Show (1957); The Searching Wind (1946); The Secret Night Caller (1975); The Shadow Box (1980); The Sorrows of Satan (1926); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960); The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936); The Wagons Roll at Night (1941); The Witching of Ben Wagner (1987); Thirty Day Princess (1934); Thirtysomething (1989); Thru Different Eyes (1929); Tom Cottle: Up Close (1982); Trapper John, M.D. (1984); Used People (1992); Violent Saturday (1955); Westside Medical (1977); Whiz Kids (1984); Winner Take All (1975); WKRP in Cincinnati (1978); You and Me (1938); You Only Live Once (1937).

Born on this day – Anita Page:

Anita Page

Actress

August 4, 1910 – September 6, 2008

Credits:

A Kiss for Cinderella (1925); A Silent Star (2008); Are You Listening? (1932); Beach Nuts (1927); Bob's Night Out (2004); Broadway: The American Musical (2004); Caught Short (1930); Circle of Champions the History of Woman's Pro Wrestling (2025); Creaturealm: From the Dead / Segment: Hollywood Mortuary (1998); Doctor Stein (2019); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998); Estrellados (1930); Fashion News (1930); Frankenstein Rising (2010); Free and Easy (1930); Gentleman's Fate (1931); Going Hollywood (1994); Great Day (1930); Hitch Hike to Heaven (1936); Hollywood Mortuary (2000); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008); Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972); I Have Lived (1933); I Used to Be in Pictures (2000); Jackie Cooper's Birthday Party (1931); Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (2002); Jungle Bride (1933); Little Accident (1930); Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000); Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (1926); Navy Blues (1929); Night Court (1932); Our Blushing Brides (1930); Our Dancing Daughters (1928); Our Modern Maidens (1929); Prosperity (1932); Reducing (1931); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 20 (1930); Sidewalks of New York (1931); Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood (1993); Skyscraper Souls (1932); Soldiers of the Storm (1933); Speedway (1929); Sunset After Dark (1996); TCM Remembers 2008 (2008); Telling the World (1928); The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936); The Big Cage (1933); The Big Parade of Comedy (1964); The Broadway Melody (1929); The Christmas Party (1931); The Crawling Brain (2002); The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007); The Easiest Way (1931); The Flying Fleet (1929); The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929); The Runaway (1961); The Voice of Hollywood No. 3 (1930); The Voice of Hollywood No. 7 (Second Series) (1931); Under Eighteen (1931); War Nurse (1930); While the City Sleeps (1928); Wir schalten um auf Hollywood (1931); Witchcraft XI: Sisters in Blood (2000).

Born on this day – Truus van Aalten:

Truus van Aalten

Actress

August 2, 1910 – June 27, 1999

Born on this day – Washboard Sam:

Washboard Sam

Blues singer

Musician

July 15, 1910 – November 6, 1966

Credits:

Albums:

Big Bill Broonzy & Washboard Sam (1962); Diggin' My Potatoes (2021); Harmonica and Washboard Blues 1937-1940 (Blues for Ever) (2003); Presenting Washboard Sam (1935); The Genius Of (2007); The Very Best Of (2009); Washboard Sam 1935-1947: Swinging the Blues (1999); Washboard Sam Vol. 1 (1935-1936) (2005); Washboard Sam Vol. 2 (1937-1938) (2005); Washboard Sam Vol. 3 (1938) (2005); Washboard Sam Vol. 4 1939-1940 (2005); Washboard Sam Vol. 5 1940-1941 (2005); Washboard Sam Vol. 6 1941-1942 (2005); Washboard Sam Vol. 7 1942-1949 (2005); Washboard Selection (2020); Washboard Swing (2008).

Born on this day – William Hanna:

William Hanna

Animator

Cartoonist

Voice actor

Musician

July 14, 1910 – March 22, 2001

Born on this day – Sally Blane:

Sally Blane

Actress

July 11, 1910 – August 27, 1997

Credits:

A Bullet for Joey (1955); A Dangerous Affair (1931); A Trip Through the Paramount Studio (1927); Adventures of the Falcon (1954); Advice to the Forlorn (1933); Against the Law (1934); All for a Lady (1930); Angel's Holiday (1937); Annabelle's Affairs (1931); Arabian Knights (1931); Around the Bases (1927); Biography (1998); Boys Will Be Boys (1932); Casey at the Bat (1927); Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939); City Limits (1934); City Park (1934); Code 3 (1957); Crashing Through Danger (1936); Crime on the Hill (1933); Cross Country Run (1929); Cross-Examination (1932); Crossroads (1955); Dead Man's Curve (1928); Disorderly Conduct (1932); Escapade (1932); Eyes of the Underworld (1929); Fashion News (1930); Fighting Mad (1939); Flashing Oars (1927); Fools for Luck (1928); Forbidden Company (1932); Framed! (1931); Good Sport (1931); Gregory Porter's Popular Voices (2017); Half a Sinner (1934); Half Marriage (1929); Hammer and Tongs (1930); Hello, Everybody! (1933); Her Summer Hero (1928); Heritage of the Desert (1932); Hollywood and the Stars (1963–1964); Hollywood My Home Town (1965); Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); Horseman of the Plains (1928); I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932); Kane Meets Abel (1931); Kid Roberts (1930); King Cowboy (1928); La fuga (1944); Little Accident (1930); Mayfair Girl (1933); Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars (1941); Night of Terror (1933); No More Women (1934); Numbered Woman (1938); Once a Sinner (1931); One Mile from Heaven (1937); Outlawed (1929); Probation (1932); Rolled Stockings (1927); Running Hollywood (1932); Schlitz Playhouse (1956); Shanghaied Love (1931); She Had to Choose (1934); Shootin' Irons (1927); Show of Shows (1929); Sirens of the Sea (1917); Star Stage (1955); Stolen Sweets (1934); Sunday Night at the Trocadero (1937); Tanned Legs (1929); Ten Cents a Dance (1931); The Champion (1931); The Cinder Path (1927); The Circus Show-Up (1932); The Comeback (1930); The Great Hospital Mystery (1937); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1955); The Knockout (1930); The Lady Killer (1931); The Last Lap (1926); The Law of the Sea (1931); The Leather Pushers (1930); The Local Bad Man (1932); The Loretta Young Show (1954–1960); The Mardi Gras (1930); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Phantom Express (1932); The Pride of the Legion (1932); The Reckoning (1932); The Relay (1927); The Secret Hour (1928); The Sheik (1921); The Silver Streak (1934); The Spirit of Notre Dame (1931); The Star Witness (1931); The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939); The Vagabond Lover (1929); The Vanishing Pioneer (1928); The Very Idea (1929); The Voice of Hollywood No. 6 (1930); This Is the Life (1935); Trick for Trick (1933); Way Down South (1939); Who, Me? (1932); Wife Savers (1928); Wild Horse Mesa (1932); Wolves of the City (1929); Women Men Marry (1931); X Marks the Spot (1931).

Born on this day – Gloria Stuart:

Gloria Stuart

Actress

Artist

July 4, 1910 – September 26, 2010

Born on this day – Martha Sleeper:

Martha Sleeper

Actress

June 24, 1910 – March 25, 1983

Credits:

A Punch in the Nose (1926); A Tailor Made Man (1931); A Ten-Minute Egg (1924); All Wet (1924); Along Came Auntie (1926); Are Husbands Human? (1925); Are Husbands Necessary? (1925); Baby Clothes (1926); Bad Boy (1925); Better Movies (1925); Big Red Riding Hood (1925); Bombshell (1933); Broken Dreams (1933); Bromo and Juliet (1926); Budding Youth (1924); Confessions of a Co-Ed (1931); Crazy Like a Fox (1926); Danger Street (1928); Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961); Don Key (Son of Burro) (1926); Every Man for Himself (1924); Fighting Fathers (1927); Flaming Fathers (1927); Fluttering Hearts (1927); Four Days Wonder (1936); Girls Demand Excitement (1931); Great God Gold (1935); Happy Days (1924); Hold Everything (1925); Hollywood Party (1934); Huddle (1932); Innocent Husbands (1925); Jewish Prudence (1927); Laughing Ladies (1925); Long Fliv the King (1926); Love 'em and Feed 'em (1927); Low Bridge (1924); Madam Satan (1930); Madame Mystery (1926); Merry Widower (1926); Midnight Mary (1933); Mum's the Word (1926); Never Too Old (1926); Our Blushing Brides (1930); Outdoor Pajamas (1924); Pass the Gravy (1928); Penthouse (1933); Plain and Fancy Girls (1925); Please, Teacher! (1924); Rasputin and the Empress (1932); Rhythm on the Range (1936); Sailing Along (1925); Say It with Babies (1926); Seeing Nellie Home (1924); Sex and the College Girl (1964); Sherlock Sleuth (1925); Should Husbands Pay? (1926); Should Landlords Live? (1924); Should Sailors Marry? (1925); Should Tall Men Marry? (1928); Skinner's Big Idea (1928); Spitfire (1934); Sure-Mike! (1925); Sweet Daddy (1924); Tame Men and Wild Women (1925); Taxi 13 (1928); Ten Cents a Dance (1931); The Air Legion (1929); The Bells of St. Mary's (1945); The Honorable Mr. Buggs (1927); The Little Yellow House (1928); The Mailman (1923); The Racing Kid (1924); The Rat's Knuckles (1925); The Republic Pictures Story (1991); The Royal Razz (1924); The Scoundrel (1935); The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933); The Voice of the Storm (1929); The Way of All Pants (1927); There Goes the Bride (1925); Thundering Fleas (1926); Tomorrow's Youth (1934); Too Many Mammas (1924); Trailing Trouble (1924); Two Sinners (1935); Ukulele Sheiks (1926); War Nurse (1930); West of the Pecos (1934); What's the World Coming To (1926); Wild Papa (1925); Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes (1926); Yale vs. Harvard (1927).

Born on this day – Carmine Coppola:

Carmine Coppola

Composer

Flautist

Pianist

Songwriter

June 11, 1910 – April 26, 1991

Born on this day – John W. Campbell:

John W. Campbell

Writer

June 8, 1910 – July 11, 1971

Credits:

Books:

A New Dawn (2003); Analog (1961); Analog 1 (1963); Analog 6 (1966); Astoundimg Science Fiction Vol. 10 No. 1 (1954); Cloak of Aesir (1952); Cosmic Kill / Beyond the End of Space (2014); From Unknown Worlds (1938); Frozen Hell (2019); Invaders from the Infinite (1961); Islands of Space (1957); Moon is Hell / Green World (2012); The Best of John W Campbell (1973); The Black Star Passes (1953); The Elder Gods (1951); The Essential Surrealism (2002); The Incredible Planet (1949); The John W. Campbell Letters With Isaac Asimov and A.E. Van Vogt (1989); The Mightiest Machine (1935); The Moon Is Hell (1951); The Space Beyond (1976); The Ultimate Weapon (1936); Who Goes There? (1938).

Movies, video and television:

Cineficción Radio (2020); Prophets of Science Fiction (2012); Special Collector's Edition (2012); Tales of Tomorrow (1952); The Thing (1982 / 2002 / 2011); The Thing from Another World (1951).

Born on this day – Paulette Goddard:

Paulette Goddard

Actress

June 3, 1910 – April 23, 1990

Born on this day – Gloria Shea:

Gloria Shea

Actress

May 30, 1910 – February 8, 1995

Credits:

23 -- Skidoo (1930); A Demon for Trouble (1934); A Private Engagement (1930); A Successful Failure (1934); Absent Minded Abner (1932); Alias the Professor (1933); Big City Blues (1932); Big Time or Bust (1933); Black Gold (1936); Bolero (1934); Booklovers (1929); Dance, Girl, Dance (1933); Dancing Around (1929); Dangerous Intrigue (1936); Glorifying the American Girl (1929); Great God Gold (1935); His Vacation (1932); I Like It That Way (1934); Laddie (1935); Life Begins (1932); Men of Action (1935); Money Means Nothing (1934); One-Way Ticket (1935); Smoking Guns (1934); Strange People (1933); The Dude Bandit (1933); The Eleventh Commandment (1933); The Fiddlin' Buckaroo (1933); The Gob (1930); The Heart Breaker (1930); The Last Days of Pompeii (1935); The Love Kiss (1930); The Night Mayor (1932); The Oil Raider (1934); The Phantom of the Air (1933); The Varsity Show (1930); They Call It Sin (1932); Tomorrow's Youth (1934); Umpa (1933); We're Rich Again (1934); Women Won't Tell (1932).

Born on this day – Scatman Crothers:

Scatman Crothers

Actor

Musician

May 23, 1910 – November 22, 1986

Credits:

Albums:

Rock 'N Roll With "Scat Man" (1956); 4 A.M. (1960); Comedy Sweepstakes (1961); Big Ben Sings (1973).

Movies and television:

ABC Nutrition Spots (1974); ABC Weekend Specials (1979); Ad Lib (1981); Adam-12 (1972); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958); Alias Jesse James (1959); Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1966); Alvarez Kelly (1966); American Playhouse (1982); American Playhouse (1982); An Evening at the Improv (1981); Andy Williams Presents (1974); Arena (1980); Banjo the Woodpile Cat (1979); Banjo the Woodpile Cat (1979); Barefoot in the Park (1970); Benson (1982); Between Heaven and Hell (1956); Beulah (1952); Bewitched (1971); Big Town (1953); Biography (1996–2003); Black Belt Jones (1974); Black Cop (2017); Bloody Mama (1970); Bonanza (1961); Bourbon Street Beat (1959); Break the Bank (1977); Bronco Billy (1980); C B Bears (1977); Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (1977–1980); Casablanca (1983); Celebrity Bowling (1976); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1976); Chandler (1971); Charlie's Angels (1978); Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy (1976); Chico and the Man (1974–1978); Cineficción Radio (2019); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2012); City at Night (1949); Climax! (1955); Coonskin / aka Street Fight (1974); Deadly Eyes (1982); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Angie Dickinson (1977); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Ted Knight (1977); Detroit 9000 (1973); Dinah! (1975–1977); Disney Sing-Along Songs: Circle of Life (1994); Disney Sing-Along Songs: The Bare Necessities (1987); Dragnet 1967 (1967); East of Sumatra (1953); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1983); Fallout (2024); Fantasy Film Festival (1980); Filmworker (2017); Flying High (1978); Friday Foster (1975); FRO Thizzle Reviews (2023); Good Morning America (1980); Grandpa, Will You Run with Me? (1983); Griff (1973); Harlem Globe Trotters (1970–1971); Hello, Dolly! (1969); Heyyy, It's the King! (1977); Hill Street Blues (1984); Hong Kong Phooey (1974); Hook, Line and Sinker (1969); Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019); Hotel (1983); Imagine That (1983); Ironside (1973); It Takes Two (1982); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1975); Johnny Dark (1954); Johnny Midnight (1960); Jokebook (1982); Joys! (1976); Kids Are People, Too (1981); King Cole Trio & Benny Carter Orchestra (1950); Kojak (1973); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974); KTLA at 40: A Celebration of Los Angeles Television (1987); Lady in a Cage (1964); Lady Sings the Blues (1972); Laverne & Shirley (1980); Linda Lovelace for President (1975); Love, American Style / Love and the Perfect Wedding / Love and the Dummies (1969–1972); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and Circus (1970); Madame's Place (1982); Magnum, P.I. (1981); Man on the Outside (1974); Mannix (1974); Matt Houston (1985); Matty's Funnies with Beany and Cecil (1959–1962); McMillan & Wife (1974); Mean Dog Blues (1978); Meet Me at the Fair (1953); Meet Me at the Fair (1953); Missing Children: A Mother's Story (1982); Morningstar/Eveningstar (1986); NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney (1978); NBC Special Treat (1980); Nichols (1972); No Small Parts (2014); One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975); One of the Boys (1982); Palmerstown, U.S.A. (1980); Paw Paws (1985–1986); Petrocelli (1976); Porgy and Bess (1959); Pryor's Place (1984); Renée (2011); Resident Alien (2024); Revenge of the Gray Gang (1981); Rock Odyssey (1987); Room 237 (2012); Roots (1977); Salute! (1983); Sammy and Company (1975); Sanford and Son (1975); Sanford and Son (1975); Scavenger Hunt (1979); Scavenger Hunt (1979); Schlitz Playhouse (1958); Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1981); Scooby-Doo! Laff-A-Lympics: Spooky Games (2012); Scooby's Laff-A Lympics (1977); Sha Na Na (1980); Silver Streak (1976); Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973); Starsky and Hutch (1977); Stay Hungry (1976); Surprising Suzie (1953); Surprising Suzie (1953); Tarzan and the Trappers (1960); Taxi (1978); The 1980 Sci-Fi Awards (1980); The 2nd Annual Black Achievement Awards (1979); The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1977); The 5th Annual Black Achievement Awards (1984); The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1957); The Aristocats (1970); The Cheap Detective (1978); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1952–1954); The David Steinberg Show (1976); The Family Jewels (1965); The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo (1964–1965); The Fortune (1975); The Gift of Love (1958); The Good Life (1971); The Governor & J.J. (1970); The Great White Hope (1970); The Harlem Globetrotters Meet Snow White (1980); The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981); The Incredible Hulk (1979); The Jim Nabors Show (1978); The John Davidson Show (1982); The Journey of Natty Gann (1985); The Kill Room (2023); The King of Marvin Gardens (1972); The Lloyd Thaxton Show (1966); The Lorax (1972); The Love Boat (1978–1984); The Magical World of Disney (1971); The Mike Douglas Show (1975–1976); The Music of Disney: A Legacy in Song (1992); The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972–1973); The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (1984); The New Temperatures Rising Show (1973); The Odd Couple (1974); The Paper Chase (1985); The Patsy (1964); The Return of Gilbert & Sullivan (1952); The Rich Little Show (1976); The Shining (1980); The Shootist (1976); The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961); The Skatebirds (1977–1978); The Spade Cooley Show (1957); The Sty of the Blind Pig (1974); The Super Globetrotters (1979); The Teller and the Tale (1985); The Third Annual Black Achievement Awards (1980); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1975–1982); The Transformers (1984–1986); The Transformers: The Movie (1986); The Very Very Best of the 70s (2020); The Wonderful World of Jonathan Winters (1986); This Is Your Life (1984); Three on a Couch (1966); Toma (1974); Transformers: The Return of Optimus Prime (1987); Trollkins (1981); Truck Turner (1974); Twilight Zone: The Movie / Kick the Can (1983); Two of a Kind (1983); Vega$ (1978–1979); View from the Overlook: Crafting 'the Shining' (2007); Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009); Walking My Baby Back Home (1953); We Got It Made (1984); Win, Place or Steal (1974); Yes Sir, Mr. Bones (1951); Zapped! (1982).

Born on this day – Constance Cummings:

Constance Cummings

Actress

May 15, 1910 – November 23, 2005

Born on this day – James Ellison:

James Ellison

Actor

May 4, 1910 – December 23, 1993

Credits:

23 1/2 Hours Leave (1937); 8 Girls in a Boat (1934); After Office Hours (1935); Almost a Gentleman (1939); Annapolis Salute (1937); Anne of Windy Poplars (1940); Army Surgeon (1942); Bar 20 Rides Again (1935); Bar 20 Rides Again (1950); Battle of the Buttes (1952); Best Foot Forward (1943); Border Justice (1951); Borderland (1937); Buried Loot (1935); Calendar Girl (1947); Call of the Prairie (1936); Careful, Soft Shoulders (1942); Carolina (1934); Central Airport (1933); Charley's Aunt (1941); Colorado Ranger (1950); Crooked River (1950); Dead Man's Trail (1952); Death on the Diamond (1934); Dixie Dugan (1943); Earth Aid, Our World: A Users Guide (1993); Everybody's Dancin' (1950); Fast on the Draw (1950); Fifth Avenue Girl (1939); G.I. War Brides (1946); Heart of the West (1936); Heart of the West (1950); Hitch Hike Lady (1935); Hollywood and Vine (1945); Hop-a-Long Cassidy (1935); Hostile Country (1950); Hotel for Women (1939); I Killed Geronimo (1950); I Walked with a Zombie (1943); Ice-Capades (1941); Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1944); Kentucky Jubilee (1951); Lady, Let's Dance (1944); Last of the Wild Horses (1948); Man from the Black Hills (1952); Marshal of Heldorado (1950); Mother Carey's Chickens (1938); Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case (1941); Next Time I Marry (1938); Oklahoma Justice (1951); Play Girl (1932); Play Girl (1941); Prairie Vengeance (1951); Reckless (1935); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 5: Art and Artists (1940); Sorority House (1939); Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove (1934); Student Tour (1934); Texas City (1952); Texas Lawmen (1951); That Other Woman (1942); The Barrier (1937); The Eagle's Brood (1935); The Famous Ferguson Case (1932); The Gang's All Here (1943); The Ghost Goes Wild (1947); The Laurel and Hardy Show (1986); The Leathernecks Have Landed (1936); The Plainsman (1936); The Texan Meets Calamity Jane (1950); The Undying Monster (1942); The Winning Ticket (1935); They Met in Argentina (1941); Three on a Trail (1950); Three on the Trail (1936); Trail Dust (1936); Vivacious Lady (1938); West of the Brazos (1950); When the Girls Take Over (1962); Whistling Hills (1951); You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940); Zenobia (1939).

Born on this day – Norman Corwin:

Norman Corwin

Writer

Producer

Director

Professor

May 3, 1910 – October 18, 2011

Born on this day – Dolly Haas:

Dolly Haas

Actress

Singer

April 29, 1910 – September 16, 1994

Born on this day – Richard Conte:

Richard Conte

Actor

March 24, 1910 – April 15, 1975

Born on this day – Samuel Barber:

Samuel Barber

Composer

Pianist

Conductor

Baritone

Teacher

March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981

Credits:

Compositions:

[First] Essay for Orchestra, Op. 12, 1937; 2nd movement revised as Night Flight, Op. 19a, 1964; A Hand of Bridge, opera in 1 act, 1953; A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map, Op. 15, 1940; Adagio for Strings, [arr. of 2nd movement of String Quartet], Op. 11, 1938; Agnus Dei, Op. 11, 1967; Andromache's Farewell, Op. 39, 1963; Antony and Cleopatra, opera in 3 acts after Shakespeare, 1966; arr. as orchestral Suite, 1947; Ballade, piano, Op. 46, 1977; Canzone (elegy), flute and piano, Op. 38a, 1961; Canzonetta, Op. 48 [posth.], 1981; Capricorn Concerto, Op. 21, 1944; Cello Concerto, Op. 22, 1945; Cello Sonata, Op. 6, 1932; Despite and Still: A Last Song, Op. 41, 1968-9; Die Natali, chorale preludes for Christmas, Op. 37, 1960; Dover Beach, Op. 3, 1933; Excursions, Op. 20, 1942-4; Fadograph of a Yestern Scene (after Joyce, Finnegans Wake), Op. 44, 1971; Four Songs, Op. 13, 1941; Hermit Songs, Op. 29, 1952-3; Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24, 1947; Medea / Serpent Heart, ballet, Op. 23, 1946; Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, Op. 23a, 1953; Melodies passagères, Op. 27, 1950-51; Music for a Scene from Shelly, Op. 7, 1933; Nocturne (Homage to John Field), piano, Op. 33, 1959; Nuvoletta, Op. 25, 1947; Piano Concerto, Op. 38, 1962; Prayers of Kirkegaard, Op. 30, 1954; Reincarnations, Op. 16, 1937-40; Rev. as The Cave of the Heart 1947; Second Essay, Op. 17, 1942; Serenade, string quartet/string orchestra, Op. 1, 1930; Solo Instrumental; Sonata, piano, Op. 26, 1949; Souvenirs, ballet, 1955; Stille Nacht [arrangement of Silent Night from Die natali], Op. 37, 1960; String Quartet, Op. 11, 1936; Summer Music, wind quintet, Op. 31, 1956; Symphony [No. 1] in One Movement, Op. 9, 1936; Symphony No. 2, Op. 19, 1944; The Lovers, Op. 43, 1971; The School for Scandal, Op. 5, 1931-3; The Virgin Martyrs, Op. 8/1-2, 1936; Three Songs (Joyce), Op. 10, 1935; Three Songs, Op. 45, 1972; Toccata festiva, Op. 36, 1960; Twelfth Night, Op. 42, 1968; Two Songs, Op. 18, 1942; Vanessa, opera in 4 acts, 1956-7; Violin Concerto, Op. 14, 1939; Violin Sonata, Op. 4, 1928.

Movies and television:

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