Born on this day – Lilli Palmer:

Lilli Palmer

Actress

Writer

May 24, 1914 – January 27, 1986

Credits:

The Other Side of the Wind (2018); Peter the Great (1986); The Holcroft Covenant (1985); The Love Boat (1984); Eine etwas sonderbare Dame (1982); Imaginary Friends (1982); Feine Gesellschaft - beschränkte Haftung (1982); Kinder (1981); Elvira's Movie Macabre (1981); Sarah in America (1981); Weekend (1980); Kaninchen im Hut und andere Geschichten mit Martin Held (1980); Eine Frau bleibt eine Frau (1972–1979); The Boys from Brazil (1978); Lotte in Weimar (1975); Derrick (1974); The Zoo Gang (1974); What the Peeper Saw (1972); Der Kommissar (1971); Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971); Hauser's Memory (1970); Only the Cool (1970); The House That Screamed (1969); De Sade (1969); Hard Contract (1969); The High Commissioner (1968); Oedipus the King (1968); Sebastian (1968); The Diary of Anne Frank (1967); Jack of Diamonds (1967); Paarungen (1967); Le voyage du père (1966); Der Kongreß amüsiert sich (1966); An Affair of States (1966); Le tonnerre de Dieu (1965); The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965); Operation Crossbow (1965); Le grain de sable (1964); Das große Liebesspiel (1963); Torpedo Bay (1963); Miracle of the White Stallions (1963); L'amore difficile (1962); Adorable Julia (1962); Le rendez-vous de minuit (1962); The Counterfeit Traitor (1962); Finden sie, daß Constanze sich richtig verhält? (1962); Dark Journey (1961); Frau Cheneys Ende (1961); The Pleasure of His Company (1961); Conspiracy of Hearts (1960); Frau Warrens Gewerbe (1960); But Not for Me (1959); Life as a Couple (1958); Mädchen in Uniform (1958); Montparnasse 19 (1958); Eine Frau, die weiss, was sie will (1958); The Glass Tower (1957); Tempestuous Love (1957); Between Time and Eternity (1956); Anastasia: The Czar's Last Daughter (1956); The Taming of the Shrew (1956); Teufel in Seide (1956); Fireworks (1954); Four Star Playhouse (1954); Kraft Theatre (1953); Main Street to Broadway (1953); Omnibus (1952); Lux Video Theatre (1952); The Four Poster (1952); The Lilli Palmer Show (1951); The Long Dark Hall (1951); Kraft Theatre (1950); The Ford Theatre Hour (1949); Suspense (1949); Wicked City (1949); No Minor Vices (1948); My Girl Tisa (1948); Body and Soul (1947); Cloak and Dagger (1946); Beware of Pity (1946); Notorious Gentleman (1945); Her Man Gilbey (1944); The Gentle Sex (1943); Thunder Rock (1942); Chamber of Horrors (1940); Blind Folly (1939); One Night, One Day... (1939); Take Two Eggs (1939); A Girl Must Live (1939); Little Ladyship (1939); Suicide Legion (1939); The Man with 100 Faces (1938); Bath H. & C. (1938); S-s-s-h! The Wife! (1938); Starlight (1938); Moving Furniture (1938); Round the Film Studios (1937); Command Performance (1937); Silent Barriers (1937); Good Morning, Boys! (1937); Where There's a Will (1936); Secret Agent (1936); The First Offence (1936); Wolf's Clothing (1936); Crime Unlimited (1935); Rivaux de la piste (1933).

Born on this day – Charles McGraw:

Charles McGraw

Actor

May 10, 1914 – July 29, 1980

Born on this day – Tyrone Power:

Tyrone Power

Actor

May 5, 1914 – November 15, 1958

Credits:

A Yank in the RAF (1941); ABC Late Night (1975); Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938); Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937); All This and World War II (1976); America at the Movies (1976); American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950); Armchair Theatre (1956); Biography (1995–1999); Blood and Sand (1941); Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies (2000); Brigham Young (1940); Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975); Bud Boetticher: A Documentary (2020); Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005); Café Metropole (1937); Captain from Castile (1947); Casting By (2012); Christmas with the Stars (1953); Ciclo Agatha Christie (2006); Cinépanorama (1957); Compression (2015); Count Three and Pray (1955); Crash Dive (1943); Day-Time Wife (1939); Death in Hollywood (1990); Death Scenes 2 (1992); Diplomatic Courier (1952); Eight Steps to Peace: World Law (1958); Flirtation Walk (1934); Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974); Gay, Gay Hollywood (1980); Gene Tierney, une star oubliée (2017); Girls' Dormitory (1936); Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (1982); Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997); Hollywood and the Stars (1963–1964); Hollywood Exclusive (1954); Hollywood Goes to Town (1938); Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990); Hollywood Hobbies (1939); Hollywood Insider (2022); Hollywood My Home Town (1965); Hollywood Remembers (2000); Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988); Hollywood Sex Symbols (1988); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner (2019); Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972); I'll Never Forget You (1951); In Old Chicago (1938); Inside Daisy Clover (1965); Inside the Dream Factory (1995); I've Got a Secret (1958); Jesse James (1939); Johnny Apollo (1940); King of the Khyber Rifles (1953); Ladies in Love (1936); Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir (2001); Lloyd's of London (1936); Love Is News (1937); Lusitania Illusion (2010); Marie Antoinette (1938); Max Liebman Presents: Promenade (1955); Nightmare Alley (1947); Northern Frontier (1935); Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997); Oops, those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982); Person to Person (1957); Pony Soldier (1952); Prince of Foxes (1949); Rawhide (1951); Rose of Washington Square (1939); School for Wives (1925); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 9 (1938); Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 2 (1938); Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 (1939); Screen Snapshots Series 23, No. 1: Hollywood in Uniform (1943); Second Fiddle (1939); Second Honeymoon (1937); Seven Days from Now (1957); Showbiz Ballyhoo (1982); Showbiz Goes to War (1982); Show-Business at War (1943); Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (2000); Six-Five Special (1957); Solomon and Sheba (1959); Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942); Standard Oil New Jersey Presents Its 75th Anniversary Entertainment (1957); Suez (1938); That Wonderful Urge (1948); The 12th Annual Tony Awards (1958); The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005); The Black Rose (1950); The Black Swan (1942); The Ed Sullivan Show (1953–1955); The Eddy Duchin Story (1956); The Hollywood Collection: Anthony Quinn an Original (1990); The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002); The Long Gray Line (1955); The Luck of the Irish (1948); The Many Faces of Zorro (2000); The Mark of Zorro (1940); The Mississippi Gambler (1953); The Naked Archaeologist (2008); The Rains Came (1939); The Razor's Edge (1946); The Red, White and Blue Line (1955); The Return of Frank James (1940); The Rising of the Moon (1957); The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997); The Sun Also Rises (1957); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1958); The World at War (1973); The World's Most Beautiful Girls (1953); These Amazing Shadows (2011); Thin Ice (1937); This Above All (1942); Three of a Kind (1941); Tom Brown of Culver (1932); Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997); Un jour de bonheur (1939); Uncommon Valor (1955); Untamed (1955); Verifica incerta - Disperse Exclamatory Phase (1965); We, the People (1949); What's My Line? (1955); When the Applause Died (1990); Witness for the Prosecution (1957).

Born on this day – Bernard Malamud:

Bernard Malamud

Writer

April 26, 1914 – March 18, 1986

Credits:

Books:

A Malamud Reader (1967); A New Life (1961); A World of Fiction (1983); Baseball: a Literary Anthology (2002); Best of Science Fiction: No. 10 (1964); Dubin's Lives (1977); First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994); God's Grace (1982); Great Baseball Stories (1990); Great Tales of Mystery and Suspense (1981); Idiots First (1963); Penguin Modern Stories 1 (1969); Pictures of Fidelman (1969); Prize Stories 1970: The O. Henry Awards (1970); Prize Stories 1973: The O. Henry Awards (1973); Rembrandt's Hat (1973); Selected Stories (1950); Talking Horse (1980); The Assistant (1957); The Best American Short Stories 1964 (1964); The Best American Short Stories of the Century (2000); The Complete Stories (1997); The Fixer (1966); The Magic Barrel (1950); The Modern Library: The 200 Best Novels in English Since 1950 (1999); The Natural (1952); The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales (1993); The People (1989); The Stories of Bernard Malamud (1983); The Tenants (1971); Wandering Stars: An Anthology of Jewish Fantasy and Science Fiction (1973); Winter's Tales 15 (1969); Wonderful Town (2000); Writing New York (1998).

Awards:

National Jewish Book Award: The Assistant (1958); National Book Award for Fiction: The Magic Barrel (1959); National Book Award for Fiction: The Fixer (1967); Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: The Fixer (1967); O. Henry Award: Man in the Drawer, published in the April 1968 edition of The Atlantic Monthly (1969); PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the runner-up award for The Stories (1984).

Movies and television:

Der Gehilfe (1978); Shoestring Theatre (1959); Storyboard (1961); Take Pity (1996); The Angel Levine (1970); The Assistant (1997); The Book Programme (1980); The First Seven Years (1998); The Fixer (1968); The Matchmaker (1984); The Model (1994); The Natural (1984); The Tenants (2005); Writers and Places (1980).

Born on this day – William Castle:

William Castle

Director

Producer

Writer

Actor

April 24, 1914 – May 31, 1977

Born on this day – Gilbert Taylor:

Gilbert Taylor

Cinematographer

April 21, 1914 – August 23, 2013

Credits:

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968); A British Horror Film (2003); A Day at the Beach (1970); A Hard Day's Night (1964); A Nice Girl Like Me (1969); A Prize of Arms (1962); Alive and Kicking (1958); Aquarius (1972); As Long as They're Happy (1955); Before Winter Comes (1968); Bottoms Up (1960); Breaking Up (1978); Brighton Rock (1948); Call Me Genius (1961); Circle of Danger (1951); Conan the Barbarian (1982); Crest of the Wave (1954); Cul-de-sac (1966); Damien: Omen II (1978); Department S (1969); Don't Get Me Started (1994); Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964); Dracula (1979); Duran Duran: The Chauffeur (1982); Escape Me Never (1935); Escape to Athena (1979); Fame Is the Spur (1947); Ferry Cross the Mersey (1964); Flash Gordon (1980); Follow the Beatles: The Story of the Making of 'A Hard Day's Night' (1964); Frenzy (1972); Front Page Story (1954); Glory at Sea (1952); Green Ice (1981); Hide and Seek (1964); High Treason (1951); Ice Cold in Alex (1958); Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' (2000); It's Great to Be Young! (1956); Josephine and Men (1955); Journey Together (1945); Lassiter (1984); Losin' It (1982); Macbeth - Power and Corruption (1973); Macbeth (1971); Many Waters (1931); Me and My Girl (1939); Meetings with Remarkable Men (1979); Monopoly Star Wars (1997); My Brother Jonathan (1948); My Partner the Ghost (1969); My Wife's Family (1956); Nell Gwyn (1934); No Time for Tears (1957); No Trees in the Street (1959); Number 17 (1932); One Embarrassing Night (1930); Operation Bullshine (1959); Pathfinders (1972–1973); Paul Merton Looks at Alfred Hitchcock (2009); Petticoat Pirates (1961); Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970); Repulsion (1965); Reputations (1999); Ring-A-Ding Rhythm! (1962); Sailor of the King (1953); Sands of the Desert (1960); Secret Flight (1946); Seven Days to Noon (1950); She Didn't Say No (1958); Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977); Stop Me Before I Kill! (1960); The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove (2000); The Avengers (1966–1969); The Baron (1966–1967); The Bedford Incident (1965); The Bedroom Window (1987); The Dam Busters (1955); The Good Companions (1957); The Man in a Looking Glass (1965); The Man Outside (1967); The New-Fangled Wandering Minstrel Show (1973); The Omen (1976); The One Show (2013); The Outsider (1948); The Punch and Judy Man (1963); The Silken Affair (1956); The Yellow Balloon (1953); Theatre of Death (1967); Things They Said Today (2002); Third Time Lucky (1931); Tommy the Toreador (1959); Trouble in the Glen (1954); Turn of the Tide (1935); Two Gangsters and an Island (2003); Undercovers Hero (1974); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1978); Venom (1981); Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984); Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957); Work Is a Four Letter Word (1968); Yield to the Night (1956); Young and Willing (1954).

Born on this day – María Félix:

María Félix

Actress

Singer

April 8, 1914 – April 8, 2002

Born on this day – Alec Guinness:

Alec Guinness

Actor

April 2, 1914 – August 5, 2000

Credits:

A Handful of Dust (1988); A Majority of One (1961); A Passage to India (1984); A Run for Your Money (1949); All at Sea (1957); Apostrophes (1986); Aquarius (1976); Arena (1976–1993); Baker's Dozen (1955); Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972); Caesar and Cleopatra (1976); Cromwell (1970); Damn the Defiant! (1962); Doctor Zhivago (1965); Edwin (1984); Evensong (1934); Eye on New York (1964); Farewell to the Vic (1963); Film '72 (1980–1987); Film Extra (1973); Great Expectations (1946); Great Performances (1986); Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hotel Paradiso (1966); Interview Day (1996); ITV Playhouse (1974); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1970); Kafka (1991); Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949); Last Holiday (1950); Late Night with David Letterman (1986); Lawrence of Arabia (1962); Little Dorrit (1987); Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980); Lovesick (1983); Malta Story (1953); Murder by Death (1976); Mute Witness (1995); Oliver Twist (1948); Omnibus (1983–1994); Our Man in Havana (1959); Parkinson (1977); Performance (1992); Q.E.D. (1994); Raise the Titanic (1980); Rowlandson's England (1955); Screen One (1993); Scrooge (1970); Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious (1965); Smiley's People (1982); Solo (1970); Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977); Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980); Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back: Deleted Scenes (2011); Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983); Startime (1959); The 12th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1960); The 18th Annual Tony Awards (1964); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957); The British Academy Awards (1983); The Captain's Paradise (1953); The Comedians (1967); The Comedians in Africa (1967); The Detective (1954); The Ed Sullivan Show (1964); The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Alec Guinness (1987); The Horse's Mouth (1958); The Ladykillers (1955); The Lavender Hill Mob (1951); The London Standard Film Awards (1986); The Making of 'Star Wars' (1977); The Man in the White Suit (1951); The Morecambe & Wise Show (1980); The Mudlark (1950); The Prisoner (1955); The Promoter (1952); The Quiller Memorandum (1966); The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant (1958); The Scapegoat (1959); The Second Annual West End Theatre Awards (1977); The South Bank Show (1985); The Square Mile (1953); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1957); The Stratford Adventure (1954); The Swan (1956); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1969); Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979); To Paris with Love (1955); Tuesday's Documentary (1970); Tunes of Glory (1960); Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1957 (1958); Zehn Minuten für den Kinogänger (1965).

Born on this day – Sonny Boy Williamson:

Sonny Boy Williamson

Blues singer

Harmonicist

Songwriter

March 30, 1914 – June 1, 1948

Credits:

Music:

A Portrait in Blues (1963); Baby Let Me Come Back Home / November Boogie / All Nite Boogie / Leavin Blues (1966); Blues Classics by The Original Sonny Boy Williamson (1965); Born Blind / Ninety-Nine (1958); Bring It On Home / Down Child (1965); Bummer Road (1969); Bye Bye Bird / Help Me (1963); Come On Back Home / Stop Crying (1951); Cool, Cool Blues / Do It if You Wanta (1951); Crazy ‘Bout You, Baby / Eyesight to the Blind (1951); Cross My Heart / Dissatisfied (1958); Don’t Send Me No Flowers (1968); Don’t Start Me Talkin’/ All My Love in Vain (1955); Down and Out Blues (1959); Empty Bedroom / From the Bottom (1955); Fattening Frogs for Snakes / I Don’t Know (1957); From the Bottom / Empty Bedroom; Gettin’ Out of Town / She Brought Life Back to the Dead (1954); Going in Your Direction / Red Hot Kisses (1954); I Cross My Heart / West Memphis Blues (1954); In Memoriam (1965); Keep It to Yourself / The Key (To Your Door) (1956); King Biscuit Time (1989); Let Me Explain / Your Imagination (1956); Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide / Unseeing Eye (1959); Mighty Long Time / Nine Below Zero (1951); More Real Folk Blues (1966); Mr. Downchild / Stop Now Baby (1954); My Younger Days / I Want You Close to Me (1964); No Nights by Myself / Boppin’ with Sonny (1956); One Way Out / Nine Below Zero (1962); Pontiac Blues / Sonny Boy’s Christmas Blues (1951); Rock Generation Vol. 4 with the Animals (1973); Sonny Boy Williamson and Memphis Slim (1964); Sonny Boy Williamson and the Yardbirds (1966); Stop Right Now / The Hunt (1961); Temperature 110 / Lonesome Cabin (1960); The Blues of Sonny Boy Williamson (1963); The Goat / It’s Sad to Be Alone (1960); The Hunt / Little Village (1961); The Real Folk Blues (1966); This Is My Story (1972); Too Close Together / Cat Hop (1953); Trust My Baby / Too Close Together (1960); Trying to Get Back on My Feet / Decoration Day (1963); Your Funeral and My Trial / Wake Up Baby (1958).

Movies and television:

Af jazzens billedbog (1963); Almost Famous (2000); American Gangster (2007); American Made (2017); Animal House of Blues: 33.3 Special Edition (2018); Arena (1985); Barfly (1987); Blues Brothers 2000 (1998); Blues Odyssey (2003); Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993); Charming the Hearts of Men (2021); Deadwood (2004); Dogfight (1991); Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars (2017); Frogs for Snakes (1998); Fuel (2008); Godfather of Harlem (2019); Green Book (2018); Groupies (1970); Homicide: Life on the Street (1994); Hullabaloo! (1963–1964); Jane B. for Agnes V. (1988); Johnny Winter And: Live in Copenhagen (1971); Jonny Lang Live at Montreux 1999 (1999); Listening to You: The Who at the Isle of Wight 1970 (1998); Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues (2000); Long Strange Trip (2017); Lords of Dogtown (2005); Mae Mercer & Sonny Boy Williamson: Careless Love (1965); Mulholland Drive (2001); My Kinda People (2003); Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America (2023); On Any Saturday (2006); Once Were Brothers (2019); Private Practice (2007); Ready, Steady, Go! (1965); Secondhand Lions (2003); Tempo (1964); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 - Volume 1 (2003); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 - Volume 2 (2003); The Beat Room (1964); The Blues (2003); The Departed (2006); The Dukes of Hazzard (2005); The Ed Sullivan Show (1950); The Fall (2013); The Funeral (1996); The Howlin' Wolf Story (2003); The Who: The Making of Tommy (2013); Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995); Tommy (1975); Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Nightclub (2008); Where Has Poor Mickey Gone? (1964); Who Shot Pat? (1989).

Born on this day – Harriet Medin:

Harriet Medin

Actress

Casting Director

March 14, 1914 – May 20, 2005

Credits:

A Farewell to Arms (1957); Abdullah's Harem (1955); After the Fox (1966); Agent 8 3/4 (1964); All I Want for Christmas (1991); All-American Girl (1994); Baby M (1988); Beat the Devil (1953); Beautiful But Dangerous (1955); Black Magic (1949); Black Sabbath / Segment: La goccia d'acqua (1963); Blood and Black Lace (1964); Blood and Roses (1960); Blood Beach (1980); Bonanza (1968–1970); Conquered City (1962); Crossed Swords (1954); Daddy's Boys (1988); Death Race 2000 (1975); Esther and the King (1960); False Arrest (1991); Family (1979); Fast and Sexy (1958); Genoveffa di Brabante (1947); Ha da venì... don Calogero (1952); Helen of Troy (1956); Hunter (1987); It Happened in Athens (1962); It Started in Naples (1960); JAG (1996); La Dolce Vita (1960); Merkmale der Gotik am Beispiel von L'orribile segreto del Dr. Hichcock (2018); Mill of the Stone Women (1960); Murder Can Hurt You! (1980); My Life and Times (1991); Never Take No for an Answer (1951); Northern Exposure (1993); Othello (1951); Paisan (1946); Panic Button (1964); Phaedra (1962); Quantum Leap (1989); Quo Vadis (1951); Schlock (1973); Solomon and Sheba (1959); Squares (1972); Stranger on the Prowl (1952); Sword of the Conqueror (1961); The 300 Spartans (1962); The Bermuda Triangle (1979); The Captive: The Longest Drive 2 (1976); The Colbys (1986); The Doris Day Show (1970); The Eye of the Needle (1963); The Fanelli Boys (1990); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1993); The Ghost (1963); The Hills Run Red (1966); The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962); The Killing Time (1987); The Montecarlo Story (1956); The Murder Clinic (1966); The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962); The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell (1968); The Quest (1976); The Tenth Month (1979); The Terminator (1984); The Whip and the Body (1963); The Witches of Eastwick (1987); Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995); Thirtysomething (1991); Those Secrets (1992); Time of Indifference (1964); Trapeze (1956); Troppo per vivere... poco per morire (1967); Troublemakers (1994); Vulcano (1950); Who's the Boss? (1990).

Born on this day – Etty Hillesum:

Etty Hillesum

Writer

January 15, 1914 – November 30, 1943

Credits:

An Interrupted Life: The Diaries of Etty Hillesum 1941–1943; Anne Frank and Etty Hillesum: Inscribing Spirituality and Sexuality; Etty Hillesum: An Interrupted Life the Diaries, 1941–1943 and Letters from Westerbork; Etty Hillesum: Essential Writings (Modern Spiritual Masters); Etty Hillesum: Letters from Westerbork; Etty: The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943 (2002).

Born on this day – Arletta Duncan:

Arletta Duncan

Actress

December 31, 1914 – October 28, 1985

Credits:

Damaged Goods (1937); Mile a Minute Love (1937); Hook and Ladder (1935); Menace (1934); Unknown Blonde (1934); The Gallant Fool (1933); The Fighting Champ (1932); Back Street (1932); Fast Companions (1932); Night World (1932); Frankenstein (1931).

Born on this day – Dorris Bowdon:

Dorris Bowdon

Actress

December 27, 1914 – August 9, 2005

Credits:

The Moon Is Down (1943); Jennie (1940); The Grapes of Wrath (1940); Drums Along the Mohawk (1939); Young Mr. Lincoln (1939); Down on the Farm (1938); Always Goodbye (1938).

Born on this day – Richard Widmark:

Richard Widmark

Actor

Producer

December 26, 1914 – March 24, 2008

Born on this day – Nelly Corradi:

Nelly Corradi

Opera singer

Soprano

Actress

December 16, 1914 – April 16, 1968

Credits:

Gli orizzonti del sole (1955); House of Ricordi (1954); Puccini (1953); The Count of Saint Elmo (1951); La forza del destino (1950); Faust and the Devil (1949); The Lost One (1947); Barber of Seville (1947); Elixir of Love (1947); Lucia di Lammermoor (1946); La danza del fuoco (1943); Measure for Measure (1943); Fari nella nebbia (1942); Barbablù (1941); La zia smemorata (1940); Il ladro sono io (1940); Nobody's Land (1939); Il torrente (1938); Dimmed Lights (1936); Le scarpe al sole (1935); Everybody's Woman (1934).

Born on this day – Dorothy Lamour:

Dorothy Lamour

Actress

Singer

December 10, 1914 – September 22, 1996

Born on this day – Frances Reid:

Frances Reid

Actress

December 9, 1914 – February 3, 2010

Born on this day – Odette Joyeux:

Odette Joyeux

Actress

Writer

December 5, 1914 – August 26, 2000

Born on this day – Vera Carmi:

Vera Carmi

Actress

November 23, 1914 – September 6, 1969

Born on this day – Ellen Drew:

Ellen Drew

Actress

November 23, 1914 – December 3, 2003