Born on this day – Sterling Hayden:

Sterling Hayden

Actor

Writer

March 26, 1916 – May 23, 1986

Credits:

The Blue and the Gray (1982); Venom (1981); Gas (1981); 9 to 5 (1980); The Outsider (1979); Winter Kills (1979); King of the Gypsies (1978); The Godfather Saga (1977); 1900 (1976); Is It Any Wonder? (1975); Cry, Onion (1975); Deadly Strangers (1975); Banacek (1972); The Final Programme (1973); The Starlost (1973); The Long Goodbye (1973); Le grand départ (1972); The Godfather (1972); Angel's Leap (1971); Loving (1970); Ternos Caçadores (1969); Hard Contract (1969); Carol for Another Christmas (1964); Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964); The DuPont Show of the Month (1957); Goodyear Theatre (1958); The Eighty Yard Run (Playhouse 90) (1957–1958); Ten Days to Tulara (1958); Terror in a Texas Town (1958); Schlitz Playhouse (1954–1958); General Electric Theater (1957); Zero Hour! (1957); Wagon Train (1957); Gun Battle at Monterey (1957); Valerie (1957); The Iron Sheriff (1957); Zane Grey Theatre (1957); Crime of Passion (1956); 5 Steps to Danger (1956); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); The Killing (1956); The Come On (1956); Top Gun (1955); The Last Command (1955); Shotgun (1955); The Eternal Sea (1955); Timberjack (1955); Battle Taxi (1955); Suddenly (1954); Naked Alibi (1954); Johnny Guitar (1954); Arrow in the Dust (1954); Prince Valiant (1954); Fighter Attack (1953); So Big (1953); The Philip Morris Playhouse (1953); Crime Wave (1953); Take Me to Town (1953); Kansas Pacific (1953); The Star (1952); Flat Top (1952); The Golden Hawk (1952); Hellgate (1952); Denver & Rio Grande (1952); Flaming Feather (1952); Journey Into Light (1951); The Asphalt Jungle (1950); Manhandled (1949); El Paso (1949); Variety Girl (1947); Blaze of Noon (1947); Bahama Passage (1941); Virginia (1941).

The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frost:

The Road Not Taken

By Robert Frost.
Published in 1916.
 

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

 

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

 

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

 

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

 

Robert Frost
(1874 – 1963)

Born on this day – Jean Rogers:

Jean Rogers

Actress

March 25, 1916 – February 24, 1991

Credits:

8 Girls in a Boat (1934); A Stranger in Town (1943); Ace Drummond (1936); Always in Trouble (1938); American Experience (2013); Backlash (1947); Brigham Young (1940); Charlie Chan in Panama (1940); Cineficción Radio (2020); Conflict (1936); Crash Donovan (1936); Dames (1934); Deadly Ray from Mars (1966); Design for Scandal (1941); Don't Get Personal (1936); Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942); Fighting Back (1948); Fighting Youth (1935); Flash Gordon (1936); Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938); Footlight Parade (1933); Gay Blades (1946); Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939); His Night Out (1935); Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (1933); Hot Cargo (1946); Hotel for Women (1939); Inside Story (1939); Lady Tubbs (1935); Let's Make Music (1940); Manhattan Moon (1935); Mars Attacks the World (1938); My Man Godfrey (1936); Mysterious Crossing (1936); Night Key (1937); Pacific Rendezvous (1942); Personalities (1942); Reported Missing! (1937); Rocket Ship (1938); Rough, Tough and Ready (1945); Secret Agent X-9 (1937); Spaceship to the Unknown (1966); Speed to Spare (1948); Squadron of Doom (1949); Stand Up and Cheer! (1934); Stop, Look and Love (1939); Stormy (1935); Sunday Punch (1942); Swing Shift Maisie (1943); Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery (1935); The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936); The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940); The Second Woman (1950); The Strange Mr. Gregory (1945); The War Against Mrs. Hadley (1942); The Wildcatter (1937); These Amazing Shadows (2011); Time Out for Murder (1938); Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934); Viva Cisco Kid (1940); When Love Is Young (1937); While New York Sleeps (1938); Whistling in Brooklyn (1943); Yesterday's Heroes (1940).

Born on this day – Irving Wallace:

Irving Wallace

Writer

March 19, 1916 – June 29, 1990

Born on this day – Mercedes McCambridge:

Mercedes McCambridge

Actress

March 16, 1916 – March 2, 2004

Credits:

99 Women (1969); A Farewell to Arms (1957); ABC Stage 67 (1966); About Faces (1960); All the King's Men (1949); Amazing Stories (1987); Angel Baby (1961); Bewitched (1968); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Bonanza (1962–1970); Cagney & Lacey (1988); Charlie's Angels (1978); Cimarron (1960); Climax! (1955); Dr. Kildare (1964); Echoes (1982); Flying High (1978); Front Row Center (1955–1956); Giant (1956); 'Giant' Stars Are Off to Texas (1955); Gunsmoke (1971); Hagen (1980); Here's Hollywood (1961); Illinois Special: I Remember Illinois (1968); Inside Straight (1951); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1958); Johnny Guitar (1954); Killer by Night (1972); Lamp Unto My Feet (1963); Life with Linkletter (1970); Lightning Strikes Twice (1951); Lost in Space (1966); Lux Video Theatre (1950–1952); Lyman H. Howe's High Class Moving Pictures (1983); Magnum, P.I. (1981); Marquis de Sade's Justine (1969); Medical Center (1970); Night Line (1964); One Man's Family (1949); Overland Trail (1960); Panic! (1958); Rawhide (1959–1965); Riverboat (1959); Run Home, Slow (1965); Schlitz Playhouse (1959); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1951); Sixteen (1972); Spectrum (1958); Studio One (1953–1956); Suddenly, Last Summer (1959); Tales of Tomorrow (1953); The 18th Annual Tony Awards (1964); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); The 26th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1952); The 26th Annual Tony Awards (1972); The 29th Annual Academy Awards (1957); The 60th Annual Academy Awards (1988); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The Alan Young Show (1951); The Bob Braun Show (1975–1981); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1950); The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979); The Counterfeit Killer (1968); The Dakotas (1963); The David Frost Show (1972); The Defenders (1964); The Doctors (1963); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); The Ed Sullivan Show (1953); The Exorcist (1973); The Ford Television Theatre (1952); The Girls of Huntington House (1973); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969); The Loretta Young Show (1956); The Mike Douglas Show (1966–1974); The Name of the Game (1971); The Other Side of the Wind (2018); The President's Plane Is Missing (1973); The Red Skelton Hour (1957–1959); The Sacketts (1979); The Scarf (1951); The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963); Thieves (1977); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1974); Touch of Evil (1958); Two for the Money (1972); Vacation Playhouse (1965); Wagon Train (1957); Warner Pathé News Issue # 87 (1955); What's My Line? (1951); Who Is the Black Dahlia? (1975); Wire Service (1956–1957).

Born on this day – Rochelle Hudson:

Rochelle Hudson

Actress

March 6, 1916 – January 17, 1972

Credits:

Gallery of Horror (1967); Branded (1965); The Night Walker (1964); Strait-Jacket (1964); 77 Sunset Strip (1961); Rebel Without a Cause (1955); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Shower of Stars (1954); That's My Boy (1954); I'm the Law (1953); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); The Unexpected (1952); Racket Squad (1951); Roots in the Soil (1949); Sky Liner (1949); Devil's Cargo (1948); Bush Pilot (1947); Queen of Broadway (1942); Rubber Racketeers (1942); The Officer and the Lady (1941); The Stork Pays Off (1941); Meet Boston Blackie (1941); Picture People No. 1: Stars in Defense (1941); Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 5: Art and Artists (1940); Girls Under 21 (1940); Babies for Sale (1940); Men Without Souls (1940); Island of Doomed Men (1940); Convicted Woman (1940); A Woman Is the Judge (1939); Konga, the Wild Stallion (1939); Smuggled Cargo (1939); Missing Daughters (1939); Pirates of the Skies (1939); Pride of the Navy (1939); Storm Over Bengal (1938); Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938); Rascals (1938); She Had to Eat (1937); Born Reckless (1937); That I May Live (1937); Woman-Wise (1937); Circus Daze (1937); Reunion (1936); Poppy (1936); The Country Beyond (1936); Everybody's Old Man (1936); The Music Goes 'Round (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); 20th Century Fox Promotional Film (1936); Show Them No Mercy! (1935); Way Down East (1935); Curly Top (1935); Les Misérables (1935); Life Begins at 40 (1935); I've Been Around (1935); The Mighty Barnum (1934); Bosko's Parlor Pranks (1934); Imitation of Life (1934); Judge Priest (1934); Bachelor Bait (1934); Such Women Are Dangerous (1934); Harold Teen (1934); Mr. Skitch (1933); Walls of Gold (1933); Wild Boys of the Road (1933); Doctor Bull (1933); Bosko's Picture Show (1933); Bosko the Musketeer (1933); Notorious But Nice (1933); Beau Bosko (1933); Bosko the Sheep-Herder (1933); Bosko's Knight-Mare (1933); Bosko the Speed King (1933); Love Is Dangerous (1933); Scarlet River (1933); Bosko in Person (1933); Lucky Devils (1933); She Done Him Wrong (1933); The Past of Mary Holmes (1933); Bosko in Dutch (1933); Screen Snapshots (1932); Penguin Pool Murder (1932); The Savage Girl (1932); Secrets of the French Police (1932); Bosko the Drawback (1932); Hell's Highway (1932); Ride Him, Bosko! (1932); Bosko the Lumberjack (1932); Bosko's Store (1932); Bosko at the Beach (1932); Beyond the Rockies (1932); Bosko's Dog Race (1932); Is My Face Red? (1932); Bosko's Party (1932); Girl Crazy (1932); Battling Bosko (1932); Bosko at the Zoo (1932); Bosko's Soda Fountain (1931); Are These Our Children (1931); Fanny Foley Herself (1931); Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! (1931); Lady, Play Your Mandolin! (1931); The Public Defender (1931); Everything's Rosie (1931); Yodeling Yokels (1931); Laugh and Get Rich (1931); Hold Anything (1930); Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930).

Born on this day – Jackie Gleason:

Jackie Gleason

Actor

Comedian

Writer

Composer

February 26, 1916 – June 24, 1987

Credits:

Nothing in Common (1986); Izzy & Moe (1985); Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson (1983); Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983); The Sting II (1983); The Toy (1982); Smokey and the Bandit II (1980); Smokey and the Bandit (1977); Mr. Billion (1977); Three for Two (1975); How Do I Love Thee? (1970); Don't Drink the Water (1969); How to Commit Marriage (1969); Skidoo (1968); Here's Lucy (1968); The Jackie Gleason Show (1952–1968); Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine (1965); Soldier in the Rain (1963); Papa's Delicate Condition (1963); Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962); Gigot (1962); The Hustler (1961); The Secret World of Eddie Hodges (1960); Playhouse 90 (1958); The Honeymooners (1955–1956); Studio One (1953–1955); The Jack Benny Program (1955); The Best of Broadway (1955); The Red Skelton Hour (1953–1954); The Ed Sullivan Show (1952); Musical Comedy Time (1951); The Desert Hawk (1950); The Life of Riley (1949–1950); Springtime in the Rockies (1942); Orchestra Wives (1942); Escape from Crime (1942); Larceny, Inc (1942); Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! (1942); Lady Gangster (1942); All Through the Night (1942); Steel Against the Sky (1941); Navy Blues (1941).

Born on this day – Robert Alda:

Robert Alda

Actor

Singer

Dancer

Director

February 26, 1916 – May 3, 1986

Credits:

Amanda's (1983); Quincy M.E. (1977–1983); Matt Houston (1983); Trapper John, M.D. (1982); Private Benjamin (1982); Days of Our Lives (1981–1982); The Love Boat (1981); Code Red (1981); Beyond Westworld (1980); Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (1980); Lucy Moves to NBC (1980); M*A*S*H (1975–1980); The White Shadow (1980); The Dukes of Hazzard (1980); The Incredible Hulk (1978–1979); The Facts of Life (1979); But Mother! (1979); Laverne & Shirley (1979); Supertrain (1979); Every Girl Should Have One (1978); Grandpa Goes to Washington (1978); Fame (1978); Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1978); The Rockford Files (1978); Wonder Woman (1978); Sword of Justice (1978); The Squeeze (1978); The Rock Rainbow (1978); Fantasy Island (1978); The Amazing Spider-Man (1978); Perfect Gentlemen (1978); Police Story (1975–1978); The Tony Randall Show (1977); The Feather and Father Gang (1977); The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977); Phyllis (1977); Holiday Hookers (1976); Bittersweet Love (1976); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); I Will... I Will... For Now (1976); Ellery Queen (1976); Kojak (1975); The Invisible Man (1975); Last Hours Before Morning (1975); The House of Exorcism (1975); Cagliostro (1975); Rhoda (1974); Get Christie Love! (1974); The Serpent (1973); Emergency! (1973); Here's Lucy (1970–1971); Julia (1970); Mission: Impossible (1970); The Name of the Game (1970); The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1969); Ironside (1967–1969); N.Y.P.D. (1968); That Girl (1968); Judd for the Defense (1967); All Woman (1967); The Lucy Show (1964); The DuPont Show of the Week (1963); Musketeers of the Sea (1962); Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino (1962); La padrona di raggio di luna (1961); Force of Impulse (1961); The Devil's Hand (1961); Revenge of the Barbarians (1960); Daughter of Cleopatra (1960); Un militare e mezzo (1960); Tales of the Vikings (1959); Naked City (1959); Imitation of Life (1959); The Millionaire (1959); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959); Pursuit (1958); Schlitz Playhouse (1958); Playhouse 90 (1958); Matinee Theatre (1957); Robert Montgomery Presents (1953–1957); Can Do (1956); Secret File, U.S.A. (1955); Assignment Abroad (1955); The Robert Alda Show (1955); Beautiful But Dangerous (1955); Lux Video Theatre (1952–1953); The Gulf Playhouse (1952); Tales of Tomorrow (1952); Love of Life (1951); Faith Baldwin Romance Theatre (1951); Two Gals and a Guy (1951); Your Story Theatre (1951); Mister Universe (1951); Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950); Holiday Rhythm (1950); Homicide (1949); Your Show Time (1949); April Showers (1948); Nora Prentiss (1947); The Man I Love (1946); The Beast with Five Fingers (1946); Cloak and Dagger (1946); Cinderella Jones (1946); Rhapsody in Blue (1945).

Born on this day – Betty Field:

Betty Field

Actress

February 8, 1916 – September 13, 1973

Credits:

7 Women (1965); Actors and Sin (1952); Ah, Wilderness! (1959); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960); Are Husbands Necessary? (1942); Ben Casey (1962); Betty Crocker Star Matinee (1952); Birdman of Alcatraz (1962); Blues in the Night (1941); Bus Stop (1956); BUtterfield 8 (1960); Calendar (1963); Celanese Theatre (1952); Climax! (1958); Coogan's Bluff (1968); Cosmopolitan Theatre (1951); Dr. Kildare (1962); Flesh and Fantasy (1943); General Electric Theater (1956); Going My Way (1963); Goodyear Playhouse (1953–1954); Hound-Dog Man (1959); How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968); Judd for the Defense (1968); Justice (1954); Kings Row (1942); Kraft Theatre (1957); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1954); Love Story (1954); Lux Video Theatre (1951–1955); Marilyn (1963); Masterpiece Playhouse (1950); Naked City (1961); Of Mice and Men (1939); Peyton Place (1957); Picnic (1955); Play of the Week (1960–1961); Producers' Showcase (1956); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950–1951); Robert Montgomery Presents (1952); Route 66 (1960–1962); Sam Benedict (1963); Seventeen (1940); Showtime, U.S.A. (1951); Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (1951); The 17th Annual Tony Awards (1963); The Alcoa Hour (1957); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Defenders (1964); The Doctors and the Nurses (1962); The Elgin Hour (1954); The Ford Television Theatre (1957); The Great Gatsby (1949); The Great Moment (1944); The Loretta Young Show (1956); The Motorola Television Hour (1954); The Outsider (1968); The Philip Morris Playhouse (1954); The Shepherd of the Hills (1941); The Southerner (1945); The Trials of O'Brien (1965); The Untouchables (1960); The Web (1952); Tomorrow, the World! (1944); Victory (1940); What a Life (1939).

Born on this day – Jay McShann:

Jay McShann

Blues singer

Pianist

Composer

Bandleader

January 12, 1916 – December 7, 2006

Credits:

Albums:

A Tribute to Fats Waller (1978); After Hours (1982); Airmail Special (1994); Al Casey, Jumpin' with Al (1974); Axel Zwingenberger, Swing the Boogie! (1996); Best of Friends with Al Casey (1982); Blowin' in from K.C. with Joe Thomas (1983); Blue Pianos with Axel Zwingenberger (1991); Claude Williams, Fiddler's Dream (1977); Cold Strange (1977); Confessin' the Blues (1970); Crazy Legs & Friday Strut with Buddy Tate (1977); Duke Robillard, The Acoustic Blues & Roots of (2015); Early Bird with Charlie Parker (1973); Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Kidney Stew is Fine (1969); Goin' to Kansas City Blues (1957); Goin' to Kansas City with Duke Robillard (2003); Going to Kansas City (1972); Helen Humes, Helen Comes Back (1973); Helen Humes, On the Sunny Side of the Street (1975); Hootie Blues (2006); Hootie! (2000); Hootie's Jumpin' Blues with Duke Robillard (1997); Jackie Washington, Keeping Out of Mischief (1995); Jim Galloway, Kansas City Nights (1993); Jim Galloway, Thou Swell (1981); Jimmy Witherspoon & Jay McShann (1992); Julia Lee, Tonight's the Night (1982); Jumpin' the Blues with Milt Buckner (1972); Just a Lucky So and So (1984); Just Got Lucky (1993); Kansas City Hustle (1978); Kansas City Joys with Buddy Tate, Paul Quinichette (1976); Kansas City Memories (1955); Kansas City Memories (1973); Kansas City On My Mind (1977); Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players with Ralph Sutton (1980); Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players with Ralph Sutton (1989); Live in France Vol. 2 with Eddie Cleanhead Vinson (1984); McShann's Piano (1967); More Stuff (1985); My Baby with the Black Dress On (1998); Paris All-Star Blues: A Tribute to Charlie Parker (1991); Piano Playhouse (1996); Pressure Cooker (1985); Roll 'em (1987); Saturday Night Function with the Sackville All-Stars (1981); Slim Gaillard, Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere! (1983); Some Blues (1993); Still Jumpin' the Blues with Duke Robillard, Maria Muldaur (1999); Stride Piano Summit with Dick Hyman, Ralph Sutton (1991); Swingmatism with Don Thompson, Archie Alleyne (1994); T-Bone Walker, Feelin' the Blues (1999); The Band That Jumps the Blues! (1973); The Big Apple Bash (1979); The Early Bird Charlie Parker (1941–1943) (1982); The Last of the Blue Devils (1978); The Man from Muskogee with Claude Williams (1980); The Missouri Connection with John Hicks (1993); Tiny Grimes, Some Groovy Fours (1996); Tiny Grimes, Tiny Grimes (1970); Tuxedo Junction with Don Thompson (1980); Vine Street Boogie (1974); Walter Brown, Confessin' the Blues (1981); What a Wonderful World (1999).

Songs:

After Hours; Ain't Nobody's Business; Blue Devil Jump; Cherokee; Come on Over to My House; Confessin' the Blues; Confessin’ the Blues; Dexter Blues; 'Fore Day Rider; Georgia on My Mind; Get Me on Your Mind; Going To Kansas City; Hands Off; Hold'em Hootie; Hootie Blues; Hot Biscuits; Jumpin' at the Woodside; Just for You; Let It Be Me; McShann's Boogie-Blues; Moten Swing; Mr. Cleanhead Blues; My Chile; Red River Blues; Roll'em; Sepian Bounce; Swingmatism; T'Aint Nobody's Bizness; The Duke and the Brute; Vine Street Boogie; What a Wonderful World; When I Grow Too Old to Dream.

Movies and television:

American Horror Story (2014); American Masters (1989); American Splendor (2003); Better Call Saul (2020); Charlie Parker, Bird Songs (2022); Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Way (2010); Eastwood After Hours: Live at Carnegie Hall (1997); Hanging Up (2000); Independent Lens (2005); Jazz (2001); Jazz Scene at the Ronnie Scott Club (1969–1970); Lovecraft Country (2020); Married Life (2007); Solo Flight: The Genius of Charlie Christian (1992); The Blues (2003); The Last of the Blue Devils (1979); Vine Street Blues (1943).

Born on this day – David Bruce:

David Bruce

Actor

January 6, 1916 – May 3, 1976

Credits:

A Careless Word (1954); A Dispatch from Reuters (1940); Adventures of Don Juan (1948); Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951); Alice in Movieland (1940); Allergic to Love (1944); Beulah (1952); Biography (2000); Bozo the Clown (1954); Bronk (1976); Calling Dr. Death (1943); Cannibal Attack (1954); Can't Help Singing (1944); Chevron Theatre (1952); Christmas Holiday (1944); Corvette K-225 (1943); East of the River (1940); Fireside Theatre (1951–1953); Flight from Destiny (1941); Flying Tigers (1942); General Electric Theater (1955); 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders (1943); Highways by Night (1942); Hi-Jacked (1950); Honeymoon Lodge (1943); Hopalong Cassidy (1953); How's About It? (1943); Joe Palooka in the Big Fight (1949); Knute Rockne All American (1940); Ladies Courageous (1944); Lady on a Train (1945); March on, Marines (1940); Masterson of Kansas (1954); Money and the Woman (1940); Moon Over Las Vegas (1944); Moving Violation (1976); My Love Came Back (1940); Pier 23 (1951); Pony Express Days (1940); Prejudice (1949); Public Defender (1955); Public Prosecutor (1947); Pygmy Island (1950); Racing Luck (1948); Revenue Agent (1950); River's End (1940); Salome, Where She Danced (1945); Santa Fe Trail (1940); Savage Drums (1956); Schlitz Playhouse (1952–1953); Sergeant York (1941); She's for Me (1943); Singapore Woman (1941); Sky King (1952); So This Is Hollywood (1955); South of Dixie (1944); Susie Steps Out (1946); That Night with You (1945); The Body Disappears (1941); The Cisco Kid (1950–1951); The Dog in the Orchard (1941); The Du Pont Story (1950); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1954); The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (1953); The Great Plane Robbery (1950); The Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill (1950); The Iron Glove (1954); The Letter (1940); The Lone Ranger (1950–1955); The Mad Ghoul (1943); The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940); The Millionaire (1955); The Mummy's Ghost (1944); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Sea Hawk (1940); The Sea Wolf (1941); The Sickle or the Cross (1949); The Singing Dude (1940); The Smiling Ghost (1941); The Yellow Haired Kid (1952); This Is the Life (1954); Timber Fury (1950); To the People of the United States (1943); Waterfront (1954–1956); Young Daniel Boone (1950); You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith (1943).

Born on this day – Maris Wrixon:

Maris Wrixon

Actress

December 28, 1916 – October 6, 1999

Credits:

Dayton's Devils (1968); The Graduate (1967); The Double Life of Henry Phyfe (1966); Slattery's People (1964); Breaking Point (1963); The Untouchables (1963); Peter Loves Mary (1960); Hong Kong (1960); Sea Hunt (1960); Target (1958); The Millionaire (1958); Whirlybirds (1958); The Silent Service (1958); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); Big Town (1956); Your Favorite Story (1953); Boston Blackie (1951 / 1952); The Cisco Kid (1951); As You Were (1951); Highway 13 (1948); The Saxon Charm (1948); Hollywood Wonderland (1947); The Glass Alibi (1946); The Face of Marble (1946); Black Market Babies (1945); This Love of Ours (1945); White Pongo (1945); The Master Key (1945); Trail to Gunsight (1944); Waterfront (1944); Phantom Lady (1944); Women in Bondage (1943); Silent Witness (1943); The Old Homestead (1942); Sons of the Pioneers (1942); Spy Ship (1942); Navy Blues (1941); Bullets for O'Hara (1941); Sunset in Wyoming (1941); Million Dollar Baby (1941); A Shot in the Dark (1941); Meet John Doe (1941); Footsteps in the Dark (1941); High Sierra (1941); The Case of the Black Parrot (1941); Santa Fe Trail (1940); Lady with Red Hair (1940); Knute Rockne All American (1940); The Ape (1940); The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940); Cinderella's Feller (1940); Flight Angels (1940); Saturday's Children (1940); 'Til We Meet Again (1940); Alice in Movieland (1940); Calling Philo Vance (1939); Private Detective (1939); A Child Is Born (1939); British Intelligence (1939); Jeepers Creepers (1939); The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939); No Place to Go (1939); Ride, Cowboy, Ride (1939); Dust Be My Destiny (1939); Each Dawn I Die (1939); Daughters Courageous (1939); Code of the Secret Service (1939); Dark Victory (1939); The Adventures of Jane Arden (1939); Off the Record (1939).

Born on this day – Carlo Rustichelli:

Carlo Rustichelli

Composer

December 24, 1916 – November 13, 2004

Born on this day – Dino Risi:

Dino Risi

Director

December 23, 1916 – June 7, 2008

Born on this day – Roy Ward Baker:

Roy Ward Baker

Director

December 19, 1916 – October 5, 2010

Born on this day – Betty Grable:

Betty Grable

Actress

Model

Dancer

Singer

December 18, 1916 – July 2, 1973

Born on this day – Birgitta Valberg:

Birgitta Valberg

Actress

Director

December 16, 1916 – March 29, 2014

Born on this day – Ruth Johnson Colvin:

Ruth Johnson Colvin

Literacy Advocate

Writer

Teacher

Philanthropist

December 16, 1916 – August 18, 2024

Credits:

Founder of the non-profit organization Literacy Volunteers of America / renamed ProLiteracy Worldwide.

Awarded the Volunteer Action Award by President Ronald Reagan in 1987,

and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2006 by President George W. Bush.

Books and educational videos:

Basic Reading Workshop (video); English as a Second Language Tutor Training Workshop; Great Traveling After 55 (1989); How to Add Family Literacy to Your Program; I Speak English (1962); LVA Works: A Guide to Workplace Education; Maintaining the Balance: A Guide to 50/50 Management; My Travels Through Life, Love, and Literacy: A Memoir (2020); Off the Beaten Path: Stories of People Around the World (2011); Reading to Children (video); Student Involvement Guidelines; Tutor (1962); Tutoring Small Groups Handbook.

Born on this day – Shirley Jackson:

Shirley Jackson

Writer

December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965

Credits:

Books:

9 Magic Wishes (1963); A Fabulous, Formless Darkness (1992); A Little Night Reading (1974); A Moment on the Edge (2002); A Science Fiction Argosy (1972); A Visit (1950); American Christmas Stories (2021); American Gothic Tales (1996); American Midnight (2019); And Baby Makes Three (1960); Best Horror Stories 3 (1972); Brave New Worlds (2010); Chapter and Hearse (1985); Charles (1990); Circus of Dr. Lao and Other Improbable Stories (1956); Classics of the Supernatural (1998); Come along with Me (1968); Dark (2000); Dark Lessons (1985); Dark Tales (2016); Deadlier (2017); Famous Sally (1966); Fifty Great Short Stories (1952); Four Novels of the 1940s & 50s (2020); From Our Porch Swing / poems (1992); Great Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction (1992); Hangsaman (1951); Haunting Women (1988); Just an Ordinary Day (1996); Let Me Tell You (2015); Life among the Savages (1953); London Tales of Terror (1972); Loss (2013); Masters of Fantasy (1992); Men with Their Big Shoes (1947); Mistresses of the Dark (1998); More Stories Strange and Sinister (1967); Murderous Schemes (1996); Nightshade (2000); One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts (1979); Open at Your Own Risk (1975); Points of View (1966); Raising Demons (1959); Realms of Darkness (1985); Seasons of Terror (2022); Shirley Jackson Collected Short Stories (2001); Shirley Jackson: Novels and Stories (2010); Stories for the Dead of Night (1957); Stories for Winter (2023); Stories of Suspense (1963); Strangeness (1977); Stranger (2002); The 2nd Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1966); The 5th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1970); The American Fantasy Tradition (2002); The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century (2000); The Best American Short Stories 1964 (1964); The Best American Short Stories 1966 (1966); The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 4th Series (1955); The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 5th Series (1956); The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 8th Series (1959); The Bird's Nest / aka Lizzie (1954); The Black Magic Omnibus Volume 1 (1976); The Century's Best Horror Fiction Volume One (2004); The Cold Embrace (1966); The Colour of Evil (1987); The Daemon Lover (1948); The Dark Descent (1997); The Evil People (1968); The Fantasy Hall of Fame (1998); The Granta Book of the American Short Story (1992); The Haunting of Hill House / aka The Haunting (1959); The Letters of Shirley Jackson (2021); The Lottery (1949); The Magic of Shirley Jackson (1966); The Masterpieces of Shirley Jackson (1996); The Missing Girl (1957); The Mists From Beyond (1989); The Other Dimension (1972); The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women (1995); The Road through the Wall / aka The Other Side of the Street (1948); The Shirley Jackson Collection (2020); The Short Story (1992); The Summer People (1950); The Sundial (1958); The Very Best of Fantasy and Science Fiction (2009); The Vintage Book of Amnesia (2000); The Web She Weaves (1983); The Weird (2011); The Witchcraft of Salem Village (1956); Three Stories (1991); Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow (1952); Unforgettable Ghost Stories by Women Writers (2008); Urban Horrors (1990); We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1962); Witches' Brew (1984); Wolf's Complete Book of Terror (1979).

Movies and television:

American Playhouse (1982); Cameo Theatre (1950); Cineficción Radio (2020); Curtain Call (1952); Danger (1955); Fireside Theatre (1951); Histoires insolites (1974); June (2012); Lizzie (1957); Long Twilight (1997); Loteria (2022); Lux Playhouse (1959); Nothing Important (2018); Shoestring Theatre (1959); The Haunting (1963 / 1999); The Haunting of Hill House (2018); The Lottery (1969 / 1996 / 2007 / 2008 / 2015); The Robert Herridge Theater (1960); Videotape (2017); We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2018); Witch (2024); Zizi (1982).

Born on this day – Mark Stevens:

Mark Stevens

Actor

Director

Producer

December 13, 1916 – September 15, 1994

Credits:

Between Midnight and Dawn (1950); Big Town (1954–1956); Bronk (1975); Bus Stop (1962); Celebrity Playhouse (1955); Cry Vengeance (1954); Dancing in the Dark (1949); Decision (1958); Destination Tokyo (1943); Es usted mi padre (1971); Escape from Hell Island (1963); España otra vez (1968); Fate Is the Hunter (1964); Food and Magic (1943); Footlights Theater (1953); From This Day Forward (1946); Frontier Justice (1958); Frozen Alive (1964); General Electric Theater (1953); Ghost Train (1991); God Is My Co-Pilot (1945); Gun Fever (1958); Gunsight Ridge (1957); Gunsmoke in Tucson (1958); Hollywood Canteen (1944); Hollywood contra Franco (2008); Hollywood Opening Night (1952); I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947); Jack Slade (1953); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1957); Katie Did It (1950); Kojak (1975); La Lola, dicen que no vive sola (1970); Little Egypt (1951); Lux Video Theatre (1954 / 1955); Magnum, P.I. (1987); Martin Kane (1953–1954); Murder, She Wrote (1986); Mutiny (1952); News Gal (1957); Objective, Burma! (1945); Oh, You Beautiful Doll (1949); Our American Heritage (1959); Passage to Marseille (1944); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1956); Place the Face (1953); Please Believe Me (1950); Police Story (1975); Pride of the Marines (1945); Rawhide (1962); Reunion in Reno (1951); Rhapsody in Blue (1945); Roaring Guns (1944); S.W.A.T. (1976); Sand (1949); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1987); Schlitz Playhouse (1952–1957); September Storm (1960); Simon & Simon (1987); Strike It Rich (1953); Studio 57 (1957); Sunday Showcase (1959); Sunscorched (1965); Target Unknown (1951); The Big Frame (1952); The Dark Corner (1946); The Doughgirls (1944); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); The Ford Television Theatre (1952–1953); The Gisele MacKenzie Show (1958); The Law and Harry McGraw (1987); The Loretta Young Show (1957–1958); The Snake Pit (1948); The Street with No Name (1948); Time Table (1956); Torpedo Alley (1952); Wagon Train (1957–1958); Within These Walls (1945); Your Show Time (1949); Zane Grey Theatre (1957–1960).