Born on this day – Eleanor Powell:

Eleanor Powell

Dancer

Actress

November 21, 1912 – February 11, 1982

Born on this day – June Havoc:

June Havoc

Actress

Dancer

Director

Writer

November 8, 1912 – March 28, 2010

Born on this day – Dale Evans:

Dale Evans

Actress

Singer

Songwriter

October 31, 1912 – February 7, 2001

Born on this day – Don Siegel:

Don Siegel

Director

Producer

October 26, 1912 – April 20, 1991

Born on this day – Philip H. Lathrop:

Philip H. Lathrop

Cinematographer

Actor

October 22, 1912 – April 12, 1995

Philip H. Lathrop (left), Charlton Heston (center), and Orson Welles (right), on set filming Touch of Evil (1958).

Credits:

36 Hours (1964); A Change of Seasons (1980); A Different Story (1978); Airport 1975 (1974); Airport '77 (1977); All Night Long (1981); Against All Flags (1952); All My Sons (1948); All That Heaven Allows (1955); Battle Hymn (1957); Between the Darkness and the Dawn (1985); Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961); Captains Courageous (1977); Celebrity (1984); Christmas Snow (1986); Class Reunion (1982); Combat! (1962); Cry Tough (1959); Days of Wine and Roses (1962); Deadly Friend (1986); Dime with a Halo (1963); Don't Make Waves (1967); Earthquake (1974); Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972); Experiment in Terror (1962); Finian's Rainbow (1968); Flame of Araby (1951); Foolin' Around (1980); Girl Happy (1965); Girls on the Loose (1958); Gunn (1967); Hammett (1982); Hard Times (1975); Hong Kong (1960–1961); I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968); In Harm's Way (1965); It Happens Every Thursday (1953); Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982); Katie Did It (1950); Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948); Little Girl Lost (1988); Little Egypt (1951); Little Miss Marker (1980); Live Fast, Die Young (1958); Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973); Lonely Are the Brave (1962); Love on the Run (1985); Loving Couples (1980); Malice in Wonderland (1985); Mame (1974); Moment by Moment (1978); Money, Women and Guns (1958); Mr. and Mrs. Ryan (1986); Mr. Lucky (1959–1960); Man Afraid (1957); Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948); Naked Alibi (1954); Never Con a Killer (1977); Never Too Late (1965); Peggy (1950); Perry Mason (1961); Peter Gunn (1958–1960); Picking Up the Pieces (1985); Point Blank (1967); Portnoy's Complaint (1972); Profiles in Courage (1965); Rabbit, Run (1970); Rawhide (1959); Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall (1987); Sam Benedict (1962); Scarlet Angel (1952); Seminole (1953); Six Against the Rock (1987); Soldier in the Rain (1963); Steve Canyon (1959); Swashbuckler (1976); The All-American Boy (1973); The Americanization of Emily (1964); The Black Bird (1975); The Cat Creeps (1946); The Cincinnati Kid (1965); The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979); The Desert Hawk (1950); The Driver (1978); The Feather and Father Gang (1977); The Female Animal (1958); The Green Peacock (1958); The Gypsy Moths (1969); The Happening (1967); The Hawaiians (1970); The Illustrated Man (1969); The Killer Elite (1975); The Lady Gambles (1949); The Magical World of Disney (1959); The Man from the Alamo (1953); The Midnight Story (1957); The Monster of Piedras Blancas (1959); The Perfect Furlough (1958); The Pink Panther (1963); The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975); The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1960); The Raging Tide (1951); The Saga of Hemp Brown (1958); The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973); The Traveling Executioner (1970); The Treasure of Lost Canyon (1952); The Woody Woodpecker Show (1957); They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969); Three for the Road (1975); Together Brothers (1974); Touch of Evil (1958); Twilight of Honor (1963); Vacation Playhouse (1963); The Veils of Bagdad (1953); What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966); What Now, Catherine Curtis? (1976); Wild Heritage (1958); Wild Rovers (1971); Wyoming Mail (1950); Yankee Buccaneer (1952); You Gotta Stay Happy (1948).

Born on this day – Frances Drake:

Frances Drake

Actress

October 22, 1912 – January 18, 2000

Born on this day – Cornel Wilde:

Cornel Wilde

Actor

Director

October 13, 1912 – October 16, 1989

Born on this day – Michelangelo Antonioni:

Michelangelo Antonioni

Director

September 29, 1912 – July 30, 2007

Born on this day – Martha Ellen Scott:

Martha Ellen Scott

Actress

September 22, 1912 – May 28, 2003

Born on this day – Chuck Jones:

Chuck Jones

Animator

Director

Painter

September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002

Born on this day – Barry Sullivan:

Barry Sullivan

Actor

August 29, 1912 – June 6, 1994

Born on this day – Ted Key:

Ted Key

Cartoonist

Writer

August 25, 1912 – May 3, 2008

Born on this day – Gene Kelly:

Gene Kelly

Actor

Singer

Director

Dancer

Choreographer

August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration (1955); 40 Carats (1973); 47th Annual Academy Awards (1975); 50 años de (2009); 8 Women (2002); A Bing Crosby Christmas (1998); A Classic Evolves: From Print to Stage to Screen (2006); A Clockwork Orange (1971); A Current Affair (2011); A Guide for the Married Man (1967); À la folie, pas du tout (1987); A Life in Words and Music (2007); A Show Business Salute to Milton Berle (1973); A Tribute to Mr. Television Milton Berle (1978); ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999); ABC Late Night (1974); AFI Life Achievement Award (1974–1992); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004); Al-yawm al-Sadis (1986); America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music (1976); American Dynasties: The Kennedys (2018); American in Paris (1964); American Masters (1987–2014); America's Sweetheart: The Mary Pickford Story (1978); An American in Paris (1951); An Evening with Gene Kelly (1974); Anatomia do Espectador (1979); Anchors Aweigh (1945); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Ang boyfriend kong gamol (1993); Babylon (2022); Backlot USA (1976); Beau geste (2024); Best of the Dean Martin Show (1979); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Biography (1987–2004); Black Hand (1950); Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006); Bourne to Dance (2001); Breakfast (2016); Brigadoon (1954); Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2016); Broadway: The American Musical (2004); Ça c'est l'amour (2003); Call the Midwife (2014); Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking (2010); Catalogue of Ships (2008); Cats Don't Dance (1997); CBS Early Morning News (1982); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2018–2022); Champs-Elysées (1985); Changing Scene (1970); Changing Scene II (1970); Children's Letters to God (1969); Christmas at the Movies (1991); Christmas Gold (1982); Christmas Holiday (1944); Cinderella at the Palace (1978); Cinema (1970); Combat Fatigue Irritability (1945); Compression (2022–2023); Council of Europe (1952); Cover Girl (1944); Crest of the Wave (1954); Dancing with the Stars (2007–2014); Das Kino ist tot, es lebe das Kino: Berlinale-Beobachtungen (2020); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Danny Thomas (1976); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Dean Martin (1976); Deep in My Heart (1954); Der ganz normale Wahnsinn (1979); Dom DeLuise and Friends (1983); Doug Henning's World of Magic (1975); Dough (2015); Du Barry Was a Lady (1943); Easter Parade: On the Avenue (2005); El lado oscuro (2024); Entertainment Tonight (1990); Entrée Libre (2018); E-penser (2022); Eröffnung der X. Internationalen Filmfestspiele (1960); Faces of the East: Casting Flower Drum Song (2006); Family Guy (2007); Film '76 (1976); Film Fanfare (1956); Film Night (1970); Filmfestspiele Cannes 1959 (1959); Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012); For Me and My Gal (1942); Forget Paris (1995); Frank Sinatra. Die Stimme Amerikas (2015); Frank Sinatra: L.A. Is My Lady (1984); Frankenstein Punk (1986); Fred Astaire: Puttin' on His Top Hat (1980); Freedom Spectacular (1964); Friars Club Tribute to Gene Kelly (1976); Friends (1995); Gene Kelly in New York, New York (1966); Gene Kelly: An American in Pasadena (1978); Gene Kelly's Wonderful World of Girls (1970); General Electric Theater (1960); Gent de paraula (2011); Gigot (1962); Gintberg på kanten (2012); Gisoku no Moses (2014); Godard Mon Amour (2017); Going Back to Xanadu (2008); Going My Way (1962–1963); Good Morning America (1979–1985); Good Morning Britain (2016); Great Hollywood Memories, Vol. I (date?); Great Performances (1987 / 1991); Great Performances (1996–2003); Happy Again (2006); Hawaii Five-0 (2018); Hello, Dolly! (1969); Hello, Dolly! Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered (2013); Here's Hollywood (1961); Here's Peggy Fleming (1968); Héros (2007); Hoge bomen: Pioniers (2007); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Greats (2001); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hollywood Musicals of the 50's (1999); Hollywood Rivals (2001–2002); Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 (1999); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's (2009); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008); Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Hollywood: The Golden Years (1961); Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963); Hour Magazine (1985); Huset på Christianshavn (1973); Il était une fois... Champs-Elysées (2022); I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! (2019); Inherit the Wind (1960); Inside the Movie Kingdom – 1964 (1964); Invitation to the Dance (1956); It's a Big Country: An American Anthology (1951); It's Always Fair Weather (1955); It's Showtime (1976); Jack and the Beanstalk (1967); Jackie Gleason: The Great One (1988); James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983); King of Cool (2021); La galerie France 5 (2017); La nuit des Césars (1984); La rentadora (2006); Le fantôme d'Henri Langlois (2004); Le petit prince, naissance d'une étoile (2023); Legal Eagles (1986); Legend to Legend Night: A Celebrity Cavalcade (1993); Léon: The Professional (1994); Les années Hollywood de François Chalais (2019); Les Girls (1957); Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star (2016); Let's Make Love (1960); Liberty Weekend (1986); Living in a Big Way (1947); Los Angeles 1984: Games of the XXIII Olympiad (1984); Love Is Better Than Ever (1952); Lovecraft Country (2020); Lucy Moves to NBC (1980); Lucy Moves to NBC: A Remembrance (2012); Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra (1973); Making Xanadu: The Musical Fantasy Movie (1980); Marjorie Morningstar (1958); Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's World Famous Musical Hits! (1962); MGM Parade (1955–1956); MGM Sing-Alongs: Friends (1997); MGM Sing-Alongs: Searching for Your Dreams (1997); MGM: When the Lion Roars (1992); Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (2010); Mickey's 50 (1978); Milkshake (1994); Miss Hollywood Talent Search (1985); Mobile (1971); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Monty and the Movies (2024); Moonlighting (1985); MsMojo (2021–2023); Musikalische Unterhaltung (1963); My Hindu Friend (2015); NBC: The First Fifty Years (1976); Newsies (1992); Night of 100 Stars (1982); North & South: Book 1, North & South (1985); Numéro un (1980); October Madness: The World Series (1965); Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights (1980); Olympic Gala (1984); Omnibus (1958 / 1976 / 1980 / 2001); On Any Saturday (2008); On the Edge (2001); On the Town (1949); One from the Heart (1981); Parkinson (1975); Password (1965); Person to Person (1958); Pilot #5 (1943); Pontiac Star Parade (1959); Por Toda Minha Vida (2007); Precious Images (1986); Reflections on the Silver Screen (1994); Reflets de Cannes (1955–1959); Rembob'Ina (2021); Reporters (1981); Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again (2005); Ringling Bros. And Barnum & Bailey Circus - 107th Edition (1977); Rita Hayworth: The Columbia Lady (2000); Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town (1988); Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane (2007); Salute to Baseball (1957); Salute to Oscar Hammerstein II (1972); Salute to Sir Lew - The Master Showman (1975); Sandy Duncan Special (1974); Sawako no asa (2012); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Screen Actors (1950); Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2010); Seder-Masochism (2018); Sendung ohne Namen (2002); Showbiz Goes to War (1982); Showbiz Today (1992); Sid & Judy (2019); Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet to Come (1990); Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015); Singin' in the Rain (1952); Singin' in the Rain / Short movie (2008); Sins (1986); Siskel & Ebert (1996); Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' (1997); Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949); Somebody or The Rise and Fall of Philosophy (1989); Something for the Girls (1958); Steps of Freedom (2021); Steve and Eydie: Our Love Is Here to Stay (1975); Strangers with Candy (2000); Summer Stock (1950); Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949); Talking Pictures (2013); That's Dancing! (1985); That's Entertainment III: Behind the Screen (1994); That's Entertainment! (1974); That's Entertainment! / Just One More Time (1974); That's Entertainment! / The Lion Roars Again (1975); That's Entertainment! III (1994); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The $64, 000 Question (1955–1958); The 100 Greatest Musicals (2003); The 18th Annual Grammy Awards (1976); The 1974 Annual Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards (1974); The 1975 Annual Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards (1975); The 1982 Annual Vision Awards (1982); The 19th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1967); The 20th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1963); The 20th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1968); The 23rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1966); The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994 (1994); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The 32nd Annual Tony Awards (1978); The 34th Annual Academy Awards (1962); The 35th Annual Academy Awards (1963); The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1981); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 48th Annual Academy Awards (1976); The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made (2004); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 56th Annual Academy Awards (1984); The 57th Annual Academy Awards (1985); The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986); The 5th Annual American Cinema Awards (1988); The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993); The 68th Annual Academy Awards (1996); The Actor's Society Benefit Gala (1949); The American Ireland Fund Annual Tribute a Salute to Gene Kelly (1990); The Andy Griffith Show (1967); The Annual Friars Club Tribute Presents a Salute to Gene Kelly (1985); The Big Show (1980); The Brass Are Comin' (1969); The Cap and Gown Revue (1932); The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait (1978); The Cheyenne Social Club (1970); The Choreography of One from the Heart (2024); The Costume Designer (1950); The Cross of Lorraine (1943); The Danny Kaye Show (1963); The David Frost Show (1969); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Frank Sinatra (1978); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: George Burns (1978); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jackie Gleason (1975); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Muhammad Ali (1976); The Dean Martin Show (1972–1974); The Devil Makes Three (1952); The Dorothy Hamill Special (1976); The Dream Studio (2004); The Ed Sullivan Show (1954–1961); The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995); The First 40 Years (1980); The Flash (2017); The Funny Side (1971); The Gene Kelly Show (1959); The Happy Road (1957); The Hollywood Palace (1964 / 1970); The Hollywood Stars of Tomorrow Awards (1967); The Intern (2015); The Jackie Gleason Show (1967–1969); The Joey Bishop Show (1969); The Julie Andrews Show (1965); The Kelly Brothers (1932); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1979 / 1982 / 1983 / 1991); The Love Boat (1984); The Magic Lamp (1956); The Magical World of Disney (1978); The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2019); The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell (1982); The Mary Tyler Moore Hour (1979); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1972); The Messiah (2023); The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1951); The Mike Douglas Show (1976); The Movies (2019); The Muppet Show (1981); The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986); The Neighbors (2012); The New Bike (2009); The Object of My Affection (1998); The Orville (2019); The Pirate (1948); The Pirate: A Musical Treasure Chest (2007); The Project (2024); The Royal Variety Performance 1983 (1983); The Stars Salute Israel at 30 (1978); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956); The Story of Hollywood (1988); The Story of Submarine Warfare in the Pacific (1945); The Three Musketeers (1948); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar / The Jack Paar Program (1964); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1966–1992); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 25th Anniversary Special (1987); The Tunnel of Love (1958); The Ultimate Swan Lake (1984); The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967); The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993); This Is Joan Collins (2022); This Is Your Life (1970); Thousands Cheer (1943); Today (1967–1976); Torrella, una vida pel cinema (1997); Tu cara me suena - Argentina (2014); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Twenty Years After (1944); Two by Dove / Great Performances: Dance in America (1981); Vacation Playhouse (1964); Viaje al centro de la tele (2020); Viva Knievel! (1977); What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' (2002); What a Way to Go! (1964); What's My Line? (1957–1964); Women He's Undressed (2015); Words and Music (1948); Xanadu (1980); Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera (1977); Ziegfeld Follies (1945); Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2020).

Born on this day – Samuel Fuller:

Samuel Fuller

Director

Writer

Actor

World War II veteran

August 12, 1912 – October 30, 1997

Born on this day – Anne Brown:

Anne Brown

Opera singer

Soprano

August 9, 1912 – March 13, 2009

Born on this day – David Raksin:

David Raksin

Composer

August 4, 1912 – August 9, 2004

Born on this day – Anne Ridler:

Anne Ridler

Writer

July 30, 1912 – October 15, 2001

Credits:

Book:

Collected Poems (1997).

Born on this day – Paola Barbara:

Paola Barbara

Actress

July 22, 1912 – October 2, 1989

Born on this day – Luana Walters:

Luana Walters

Actress

July 22, 1912 – May 19, 1963

Credits:

A Star Is Born (1937); Aces and Eights (1936); Across the Sierras (1941); Algiers (1938); Arizona Bound (1941); Arthur Takes Over (1948); Assassin of Youth (1938); Bad Men of the Hills (1942); Bells of San Angelo (1947); Blondie Plays Cupid (1940); Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935); Cafe Society (1939); Captain Midnight (1942); Disbarred (1939); Down Texas Way (1942); Drums of Fu Manchu (1940); End of the Trail (1932); Eternally Yours (1939); Fangs of the Wild (1939); Fighting Texans (1933); Girls in Prison (1956); Halloween Monster Bash (1991); Honeymoon in Bali (1939); Horrible Horror (1986); Hotel Imperial (1939); I'm from Missouri (1939); Inside the Law (1942); King of Chinatown (1939); Law of the Wolf (1939); Lawless Plainsmen (1942); Lovable Trouble (1941); Marie Antoinette (1938); Mexicali Rose (1939); Midshipman Jack (1933); Mighty Joe Young (1949); Millionaire Playboy (1940); Misbehaving Husbands (1940); Miss Pinkerton (1932); Mutiny on the Blackhawk (1939); My Bridge Experiences (1933); No Greater Sin (1941); Paris Honeymoon (1939); Reaching for the Moon (1930); Ride 'Em Cowboy (1936); Road Agent (1941); Say It in French (1938); Secrets of Hollywood (1933); Shadow of Chinatown (1936); Shoot to Kill (1947); Souls at Sea (1937); St. Louis Blues (1939); Superman (1948); Suzy (1936); Thanks for the Memory (1938); The Buccaneer (1938); The Corpse Vanishes (1942); The Durango Kid (1940); The First Chair (1938); The Kid's Last Ride (1941); The Lone Star Vigilantes (1942); The Magnificent Fraud (1939); The Merry Widow (1934); The Range Busters (1940); The Return of Wild Bill (1940); The She-Creature (1956); The Speed Reporter (1936); The Third Sex (1934); The Tulsa Kid (1940); Three Knaves and a Queen (1933); Thundering Hoofs (1942); Two Seconds (1932); Under Strange Flags (1937); Undercover Doctor (1939); Where the West Begins (1938); Youth on Parole (1937).

Born on this day – John Godey:

John Godey

Writer

July 20, 1912 – April 16, 2006

Credits:

Books:

Fatal Beauty (1984); Killer at His Back (1960); Nella (1981); Never Put Off Till Tomorrow What You Can Kill Today (1970); Sun and Mr. Smith (1976); The Blonde Betrayer (1951); The Blue Hour / aka Next to Die (1948); The Clay Assassin (1959); The Crime of the Century (1973); The Fifth House (1960); The Gun and Mr. Smith (1947); The Man in Question (1953); The Reluctant Assassin / aka A Thrill a Minute With Jack Albany (1966); The Snake (1978); The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1973); The Talisman (1976); The Three Worlds of Johnny Handsome (1972); This Year's Death (1953).

Movies and television:

Johnny Handsome (1989); Never a Dull Moment (1968); The Magical World of Disney (1979); The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009); The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974 / 1998).