Born on this day – Richard Boone:

Richard Boone

Actor

June 18, 1917 – January 10, 1981

Born on this day – Gwendolyn Brooks:

Gwendolyn Brooks

Writer

Teacher

June 7, 1917 – December 3, 2000

Credits:

A Street in Bronzeville (1945); Aloneness (1971); Annie Allen (1949); Black Love (1982); Bronzeville Boys and Girls (1956); Family Pictures (1970); For Illinois 1968: A Sesquicentennial Poem (1968); In Montgomery, and Other Poems (2003); In the Mecca (1968); Maud Martha (1953); Mayor Harold Washington; and, Chicago, the I Will City (1983); Report from Part One: An Autobiography (1972); Report from Part Two (1996); Riot (1969); The Bean Eaters (1960); The Near-Johannesburg Boy, and Other Poems (1987); We Real Cool (1960); Winnie (1988).

Born on this day – Dean Martin:

Dean Martin

Actor

Singer

Comedian

June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995

Credits:

20 to 1 (2011); 2046 (2004); 29th Street (1991); 3 Ring Circus (1954); 38-24-36 (1963); 4 for Texas (1963); 4 for Texas: Behind the Scenes (1963); 5 Card Stud (1968); 50th Presidential Inaugural Gala (1985); 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (2021); 9-1-1 (2020–2022); 97% (2013); A Bob Hope Comedy Special (1964); A Bronx Tale (1993); A Football Life (2017); A Perfect Plan (2012); A Sporting Oasis (1952); A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954); A Walk on the Moon (1999); A Year in Music (2022); Abandoned Engineering (2020); ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999); Ad Astra (2019); Ada (1961); Airport (1970); Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (2023); All in a Night's Work (1961); All in Kitchen (2016); Alles ist Liebe (2014); All-Star Inaugural Gala (1981); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); All-Star Party for Lucille Ball (1984); Almayer's Folly (2011); America After Dark (1957); American Dad! (2007); American Experience (2005); American Horror Story (2014–2021); American Justice: Target - Mafia (1993); American Masters (2004–2014); American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story (2017); America's Morning Headquarters (2021–2023); America's Tribute to Bob Hope (1988); An Evening with the Golddiggers (2009); Analyze This (1999); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Anni '50 (1998); Ann-Margret: From Hollywood with Love (1969); Any Questions for Ben? (2012); Arena (1998); Argentina, 1985 (2022); Artists and Models (1955); Ash vs Evil Dead (2016); Assault on Precinct 13 (2005); At War with the Army (1950); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2021); Babe: Pig in the City (1998); Bad Santa (2003); Bailey's Billion$ (2005); Banda sonora (2008); Bandolero! (1968); Bandstand (1967); Beautiful Creatures (2000); Bells Are Ringing (1960); Bells Are Ringing: Just in Time (2005); Ben Is Back (2018); Best of the Dean Martin Show (1979); Big Love (2010); Bing Crosby - Cooling It (1970); Bing Crosby and Dean Martin Present High Hopes (1959); Bing Crosby and His Friends (1958); Bing Crosby: His Life and Legend (1978); Biography (1987–2003); Birds Do It (1966); Blast from the Past (1999); Blondi tuli taloon (1994); Blushing Bloopers (1990); Bob Hope at 100 (2003); Bob Hope Comedy Special (1963); Bob Hope: Celebrity Bloopers (1997); Bob Hope: Laughing with the Presidents (1996); Bob Hope's All-Star Comedy Spectacular from Lake Tahoe (1977); Bob Hope's Pink Panther Thanksgiving Gala (1982); Bob Hope's Unrehearsed Antics of the Stars (1984); Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976); Body of Proof (2012); Bons baisers d'Europe (2018); Born Romantic (2000); Boston Legal (2007); Boxing's Greatest Knockouts (1987); Bridget Jones's Baby (2016); Britain's Got More Talent (2019); Bruce on Vegas (2007); Burger Quiz (2018); Bye Bye Love (1995); California's Gold (1999); Call the Midwife (2013–2020); Call the Usual Suspects: The Craft of the Character Actor (2006); Cannonball Run II (1984); Career (1959); Carnival Nights (1968); Cashed Out Casino (2017); Casino (1995); CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years (1976); Celebrity Golf (1960); Century of Cinema (1995); Chansons! (2022); Charlie's Angels (1978); Chicago Hope (1997); Christmas at Sea World (1981); Christmas Tree of Might (2010); Christmas with the Kranks (2004); Cinema (1966); Classic Comedy Teams (1986); Club Oasis (1957–1958); Cobra Kai (2018); Cold Case (2003); Come Blow Your Horn (1963); Compression (2016); Contact (1997); Criminal Minds (2005–2011); Crossing Jordan (2005); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2009); Dalkeith (2001); Dance with Me (1998); Dancing with the Stars (2007); Danny Thomas Special: The Wonderful World of Burlesque (1965); Danny Thomas' the Wonderful World of Burlesque: Third Edition (1966); Days of Rage: the Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont (2020); Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Present Their Television Party for Muscular Dystrophy (1953); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Angie Dickinson (1977); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Betty White (1978); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Dan Haggerty (1977); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Danny Thomas (1976); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Dean Martin (1976); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Dennis Weaver (1976); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Gabe Kaplan (1977); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jimmy Stewart (1978); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Joe Garagiola (1976); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Joe Namath (1979); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Mr. T (1984); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Peter Marshall (1977); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Redd Foxx (1976); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Sammy Davis Jr. (1975); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Suzanne Somers (1978); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Ted Knight (1977); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Valerie Harper (1975); Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra & G Alvarado - The Oldest Established (2023); Dean Martin: Encore (2004); Dean Martin: Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (2019); Dean Martin: Since I Met You Baby (1983); Dean Martin: That's Amore (2001); Dean Martin: The One and Only (2004); Dean Martin's California Christmas (1975); Dean Martin's Christmas in California (1977); Dean Martin's Red Hot Scandals of 1926 (1976); Dean Martin's Red Hot Scandals of 1926: Part Two (1977); Dean's Place (1976); Death to Smoochy (2002); Dernier jour à Paris (2004); Détrompez-vous (2007); Die Cowboy-Stadt (1970); Die Lugners (2009); Dinosaur Quiz (2022); Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over (2021); Dom DeLuise and Friends (1983–1986); Donnie Brasco (1997); Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe (2022); Drillbit Taylor (2008); E! True Hollywood Story (1999–2001); EastEnders (2018); Edith Head in Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002); Ein himmlischer Freund (2003); Elvis Presley: The Searcher (2018); Empire (2017); Endeavour (2014); Ennio (2021); Entertainment Tonight (2007–2017); ER (2002–2006); Eraser (1996); Ett litet rött paket (1999); Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie (2012); Extra (2017); Fading Gigolo (2013); Fallout: New Vegas (2010); Famous in Love (2018); Fan des années 2000 (2013); Fellow Travelers (2023); Fever: The Music of Peggy Lee (2004); Film Vodvil: Art Mooney and Orchestra (1946); Flip (1970); Flirting with Disaster (1996); Foodie Love (2019); Fools Rush In (1997); For All Mankind (2022); Forever (2015); Forgotten Movie Music, 1929-1985 (2018); Four Christmases (2008); Frank Elstner: Stippvisite in Las Vegas (1983); Frank Sinatra: L.A. Is My Lady (1984); Frank Sinatra: One More for the Road (2019); Frank Sinatra: Portrait of an Album (1985); Frank Sinatra: The Main Event (1974); Fraternity Row (1977); Freaks and Geeks (2000); Fred Claus (2007); French Cuisine (2015); Friends (1997–1999); Fringe (2009); FUBAR (2023); Funny Business (1992); Funny Show Part Two: The Video - Movie (2012); Funny Woman (2023); G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013); Gangster Empire: Rise of the Mob (2013); Gaudi Afternoon (2001); George Burns' 100th Birthday Party (1979); George Jessel Show (1958); George Jessel's Here Come the Stars (1969); Get Shorty (1995); Getaway (2005); Gilmore Girls (2001); Glacé (2016); Glasgow: Big Night Out (2014); Go (1999); Going in Style (2017); Golic and Wingo (2017); Good Luck (1996); Good Morning America (1984); Good Morning Britain (2017–2019); Goodfellas (1990); Gotti (2018); Grumpier Old Men (1995); Half Nelson (1985); Hanging Up (2000); Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988); Happy Birthday, Jerry Lewis (2006); Happy Endings (2011–2012); Happy Tears (2009); Happy! (2018); Hardcore (2004); Havana (1990); Hawaii Five-0 (2015); Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast (2004); Hitchcock (2012); Hollywood and the Stars (1963); Hollywood Greats (1978); Hollywood or Bust (1956); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Hollywood Rivals (2001–2002); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's (2009); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963); Hollywood's Private Home Movies (1983); Home & Family (2016); Home (2008); Home Alone 3 (1997); Home Fries (1998); House (2010); How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968); I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story (2023); I Can't Sleep (1994); I Dream of Jeannie (1969); I Love You, Man (2009); I'm a Celebrity... Extra Camp (2018); Infrarouge (2006); Inside the Movie Kingdom – 1964 (1964); It Boy (2013); Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special (1970); Jack Benny's First Farewell Special (1973); Jack Taylor of Beverly Hills (2007); James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1976); Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown (2016); Jerry Lewis: Total Filmmaker (1993); Jimmy Van Heusen: Swingin' With Frank & Bing (2014); John Wayne: America at All Costs (2019); John Wayne: Behind the Scenes (2007); Joys! (1976); Judy Garland Duets (2005); Jumping Jacks (1952); Keith Richards: Under the Influence (2015); Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia (2023); Kicked in the Head (1997); Kinderstunde (1970); King of Cool (2021); Kings of the Ring (1999); Kiss Me, Stupid (1964); Kissing (2018); L.A. Confidential (1997); La classe américaine (1993); Ladies and Gentlemen... Bob Newhart, Part II (1981); Larry King Live (2003); Larry's Showtime (1975–1981); Las Vegas: An All-Star 75th Anniversary (1987); Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989); Late Night with Seth Meyers (2016); Le chêne (2022); Le grand échiquier (1987); Legends (2008); Legends in Concert: Judy, Frank & Dean (2001); Legends in Concert: Unwind to the Sound of Romantic Voices (2012); Legends of Comedy (1992); Les Chroniques du Mea (2017–2020); Les mains sales (2019); Les yeux jaunes des crocodiles (2014); Let Me in, I Hear Laughter (2000); Let's Go to Prison (2006); Lies and Alibis (2006); Life Lessons (2013); Linzer Eiszauber (2014); Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection (2003); Live from Studio Five (2009); Living It Up (1954); Living Out Loud (1998); Liz & Dick (2012); Logorama (2009); Looking for Alibrandi (2000); Loose Women (2009); Losing Gemma (2006); Lost & Found (1999); Love Hotel (2014); Love Is All (2007); Love Is All You Need (2012); Love Wedding Repeat (2020); Love, Marilyn (2012); Lucy Gets Lucky (1975); Lymelife (2008); Mac Davis 10th Anniversary Special: I Still Believe in Music (1980); Mad Dog Time (1996); Mad Men (2015); Made (2001); Mafia II (2010); Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012); Magic City (2013); Magnum P.I. (2021); Making 'Dalkeith' (2005); Mandy (2020); March of Dimes Presents: Once Upon a Dime (1963); Marilyn (1963); Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986); Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (2001); Marilyn: Something's Got to Give (1990); Marriage on the Rocks (1965); Martin & Lewis at the Movies (1993); Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy (1992–1993); Masters of Sex (2013); Maxima (2024); Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003); Merci La Vie (1991); Michael Bublé Sings and Swings (2016); Mickey Blue Eyes (1999); Mike & Mike (2013); Millennium (1997); Milton Berle, the Second Time Around: The Funny Fifties (1988); Mireille Mathieu - Singen, nur singen! (2021); Misfits (2009); Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986); Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011); Modern Marvels (1999); Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare! (1967); Money from Home (1953); Money Talks (1997); Moonstruck (1987); Mostly Martha (2001); Movin' with Nancy (1967); Mr. Ricco (1975); Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007); MsMojo (2023); Mulholland Falls (1996); Murderers' Row (1966); Music Country U.S.A. (1974); Music Within (2007); My Donkey, My Lover & I (2020); My Friend Irma (1949); My Friend Irma Goes West (1950); My House in Umbria (2003); My Name Is Lopez (2021); My Policeman (2022); My Week with Marilyn (2011); NBC: The First Fifty Years (1976); Night and the City (1992); Nip/Tuck (2009); No Sudden Move (2021); Norman Lear: A Life on Television (2023); Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016); Not Fade Away (2012); Not Going Out (2013–2015); Ocean's Eleven (1960); Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997); Old Dogs (2009); Omnibus (1978–1999); On Stage America (1984); On Stage at the Kennedy Center: The Mark Twain Prize (2002); Only the Lonely (1991); Oscars, Actors and The Exorcist (1974); OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009); Our World (1987); Out of Sight (1998); Paid in Full (1950); Painkiller Jane (2007); Panic (2000); Pardners (1956); Parents (1989); Paul Anka ... Music My Way (1977); Paul Murray Live (2022); Payback (1999); Pepe (1960); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1957–1965); Person to Person (1954–1958); Petula (1970); Petula Clark: This Is My Song (2001); Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face (2007); Pioneers of Primetime (1995); Pioneers of Television (2008); Pizza (2000); Psych 2: Lassie Come Home (2020); Pushing Tin (1999); Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV (2024); Qwerty (2007); Raquel! (1968); Rat Pack: The Kings of Swing (2005); Rawhide (1964); Reaper (2007); Reframed: Marilyn Monroe (2022); Reindeer Games (2000); Renée (2011); Return to Me (2000); Rio Bravo (1959); Road to Bali (1952); Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964); Rough Night in Jericho (1967); Rowan & Martin at the Movies (1968); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1969); Rugby League: Challenge Cup (2014); S.P.U.N.G (2002); Sacrée soirée (1993); Sailor Beware (1952); Sammy by Sammy, mes années 60 (2022); Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration (1989); Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017); Samurai Jack (2017); Sandy Wexler (2017); Satisfaction (2015); Sauce (2017); Scared Stiff (1953); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 / Hollywood Fun Festival (1952); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 / Screen Snapshots: Hollywood, City of Stars (1956); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 / Screen Snapshots: Meet the Winners (1950); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 / Screen Snapshots: Thirtieth Anniversary Special (1950); Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2010); Sense, Sensibility & Snowmen (2019); Sergeants 3 (1962); Sex and the City (2003); Sexy Beast (2000); Shadows in the Sun (2005); Shazam! (2019); Shirley MacLaine... 'Every Little Movement' (1980); Show of the Year (1950); Showdown (1973); Sid & Judy (2019); Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet to Come (1990); Sinatra and Friends (1977); Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015); Sinatra: The Classic Duets (2002); Six Feet Under (2001); Sleepers (1996); Small Time (2014); Snooker Shoot-Out (2016); So Close Away (2020); Soft Toilet Seats (1999); Some Came Running (1958); Somebody Somewhere (2022); Something Big (1971); Something from Tiffany's (2022); Something's Got to Give (1962); Somewhere in Queens (2022); Son of a Critch (2022); Soul Mate (2005); Sour Grapes (1998); Speechless (1994); Spy Game (2001); Startime (1959–1960); Strangers in the Night: The Bert Kaempfert Story (2003); Striptease (1996); Stuart Little (1999); Sunrise (2017); Sunset Over Mulholland Drive (2019); Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970); Swingers (1996); Tales from the Crypt (1992); Ted Lasso (2021); Television (1988); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957); Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television (1975); Texas Across the River (1966); Text for You (2016); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); That's My Boy (1951); The 15th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1958); The 1982 Annual Vision Awards (1982); The 1st Annual Grammy Awards (1959); The 2012 Comedy Awards (2012); The 20th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1968); The 23rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1966); The 24th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1967); The 25 Songs of Christmas (2017); The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); The 27th Annual Academy Awards (1955); The 28th Annual Academy Awards (1956); The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The 68th Annual Academy Awards (1996); The Ambushers (1967); The Andrew Klavan Show (2017); The Angry Grandpa Show (2010–2017); The Annual Friars Club Tribute Presents a Salute to Roger Moore (1986); The Annual National Sports Awards (1961); The Audition (2015); The Batman (2022); The Bear (2023); The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1998); The Best of the Don Lane Show (1994); The Best on Record (1965); The Betty White Show (1954); The Big Lebowski (1998); The Big Show (1980); The Big Tease (1999); The Bing Crosby Show (1964); The Bing Crosby Special (1959); The Blacklist (2013); The Bob Hope Show (1959–1975); The Butler (2013); The Caddy (1953); The Cannonball Run (1981); The Carsony Brothers (2014); The Cleaning Lady (2022); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950–1955); The Confession (2018); The Corpse Had a Familiar Face (1994); The Crew (2000); The Crown (2020); The Danny Thomas Show (1958); The Danny Thomas Special - City Versus Country (1971); The Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Double (1982); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Bob Hope (1974); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Evel Knievel (1975); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Frank Sinatra (1978); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: George Burns (1978); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jack Klugman (1978); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jackie Gleason (1975); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Joan Collins (1984); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Lucille Ball (1975); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Michael Landon (1975); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Muhammad Ali (1976); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Telly Savalas (1974); The Dean Martin Christmas Special (1980); The Dean Martin Show (1959–1974); The Debbie Reynolds Show (1970); The Details (2011); The Deuce (2017); The Dick Cavett Show (1973); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1957–1962); The Dinah Shore Show (1956); The Don Lane Show (1983); The Don Rickles Show - Mr. Warmth (1975); The Ed Sullivan Show (1948); The Electric Company (1973); The Factor / Segment: Watters' World (2013); The Family Stone (2005); The First 40 Years (1980); The Flash (2014); The Frank Sinatra Show (1957–1959); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1992–1993); The Garfield Movie (2024); The Geraldo Rivera Show (1994); The Gisele MacKenzie Show (1957); The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1970); The Godfather (2006); The Godfather II (2009); The Great Standups (1984); The Green Fog (2017); The Hollywood Clowns (1979); The Hollywood Palace (1964); The Hypnotic Eye (1996); The Jack Benny Hour (1965); The Jack Benny Program (1953–1954); The Jewels of the Salton Sea (2019); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The Joey Salads Collection (2019); The John Wayne Story: The Early Years (1993); The Jonathan Ross Show (2013); The Judy Garland Show (1962); The Last Days of Disco (1998); The Legendary Bing Crosby (2010); The Legendary Crooners (2007); The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003); The Lock Keeper (2019); The Log (1999); The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996); The Lucille Ball / Jack Benny Comedy Double (1984); The Lucy Show (1966); The Mac Davis Show (1976); The Magic of Bing Crosby (1991); The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2018–2023); The Masked Dancer (2021); The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (1973); The Merv Griffin Show (1970–1973); The Mexican (2001); The Milton Berle Show (1948–1955); The Mindy Project (2014); The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1979); The Morning Show (2021); The Movie Orgy (2009); The Mule (2018); The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes (2022); The National Sports Awards (1961); The New Addams Family (1998); The Nightclub Years (2001); The Number 23 (2007); The Ocean's Eleven Story (2001); The Oranges (2011); The Outer Limits (1997); The Phil Silvers Show (1955); The Players (2012); The Powder Room (1971); The Power of Nightmares (2004); The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2004); The Rat Pack (1999); The Rat Pack Captured (1965); The Real Las Vegas (1996); The Red Skelton Hour (1954–1970); The Road to Hong Kong (1962); The Rum Diary (2011); The Salton Sea (2002); The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show (1966); The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter (1950); The Silencers (1966); The Simpsons (2000–2011); The Sixties (2014); The Sons of Katie Elder (1965); The Sopranos (2001–2006); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956–1957); The Stone Council (2006); The Stooge (1951); The Story of Late Night (2021); The Talk (2022); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1960); The Tonight Show (1955); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965–1980); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2010–2012); The Tree (2010); The Twenty-Eight Hits for Laughs (2013); The Unbeatable Bruce Lee (2001); The Waiting Game (1999); The West Wing (2002); The World of Kanako (2014); The Wrecking Crew (1968); The Wrecking Crew! (2008); The Young Lions (1958); There's Only One Elvis (2002); Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995); This Is Your Life (1956); Tohuwabohu (1997–1998); Too Young to Die (2012); Top of the Pops (1964–1969); Toys in the Attic (1963); Trapped in Paradise (1994); True Love (1989); TV's Censored Bloopers (1981); TV's Funniest Game Show Moments (1984); Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997); Two for the Money (2005); Ugly Betty (2006); Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015); Unforgettable (2015); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1975); Vega$ (1979); Vegas (2012); Vegas Vacation (1997); Vegas: The City the Mob Made (2009); Veronica Mars (2005); Vertical Limit (2000); Very Scary People (2021); Walt Disney Academy Awards: 26th Annual, 1954 / The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); War Dogs (2016); We, the People (1951); Welcome Aboard (1948); What a Way to Go! (1964); What's My Line? (1954); When Comedy Went to School (2013); When Double Acts Fall Out (2020); White Chicks (2004); Who Was That Lady? (1960); Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963); Who's Doing the Dishes? (2016); Who's Got the Action? (1962); Wild Card (2015); Wilsberg (2021); Wolf Like Me (2022); Working with Lucy: A Conversation with Gino Conforti (2009); World of Robin Hood (2006); WPC 56 (2013); Years of Lightning (1981); Young Love: Lemon Popsicle 7 (1987); Your All-Time Favorite Songs (1964).

Born on this day – Helen Wood:

Helen Wood

Actress

June 4, 1917 – February 8, 1988

Credits:

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935); Almost a Gentleman (1939); Anna Karenina (1935); Can This Be Dixie? (1936); Champagne Charlie (1936); Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936); Crack-Up (1936); Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935); High Tension (1936); In Caliente (1935); Kid Millions (1934); Mary Jane's Pa (1935); Moulin Rouge (1934); Musical Comedy Time (1950); My Marriage (1936); Roman Scandals (1933); She Married Her Boss (1935); Sing, Baby, Sing (1936); Sis Hopkins (1941); Sorority House (1939); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950–1951); The Goose and the Gander (1935); The Pilgrimage Play (1949); The Ted Steele Show (1949).

Born on this day – June Lang:

June Lang

Actress

May 5, 1917 – May 16, 2005

Credits:

The Felony Squad (1968); 77 Sunset Strip (1962); The Detectives (1961); City Detective (1953); Fireside Theatre (1950–1952); Lighthouse (1947); Three of a Kind (1944); Up in Arms (1944); Flesh and Fantasy (1943); Stage Door Canteen (1943); City of Silent Men (1942); Footlight Serenade (1942); Too Many Women (1942); The Deadly Game (1941); Redhead (1941); Isle of Destiny (1940); Convicted Woman (1940); Inside Information (1939); Captain Fury (1939); For Love or Money (1939); Forged Passport (1939); Zenobia (1939); Meet the Girls (1938); One Wild Night (1938); International Settlement (1938); Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937); Wee Willie Winkie (1937); Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937); White Hunter (1936); The Road to Glory (1936); Captain January (1936); Every Saturday Night (1936); The Country Doctor (1936); Bonnie Scotland (1935); George White's 1935 Scandals (1935); Music in the Air (1934); Love Time (1934); She Learned About Sailors (1934); Now I'll Tell (1934); The Man Who Dared (1933); I Loved You Wednesday (1933); Chandu the Magician (1932); She Wanted a Millionaire (1932); The Miracle Woman (1931); Young Sinners (1931).

Born on this day – Lamar Boren:

Lamar Boren

Cinematographer

Writer

May 3, 1917 – January 15, 1986

Born on this day – Danielle Darrieux:

Danielle Darrieux

Actress

Singer

Dancer

May 1, 1917 – October 17, 2017

Born on this day – Maya Deren:

Maya Deren

Director

Cinematographer

Choreographer

Dancer

Film theorist

Lecturer

Writer

Photographer

Music composer

April 29, 1917 – October 13, 1961

Credits:

The American Film Institute (AFI) created the Maya Deren Award, in 1986, to recognize and honor the work of independent video and film makers.

Written work:

An Anagram of Ideas on Art, Form and Film (1946); Divine Horsemen: Living Gods of Haiti (1953) / aka The Voodoo Gods by Paladin (1975 & 1998); Film in Medias Res (2005); Film Poetics (2005); Film Production (2005).

Music albums:

Divine Horsemen: The Voodoo Gods of Haiti (1980); Meringues and Folk Ballads of Haiti (1978); Voices of Haiti (1953).

Movies, video and television:

A Study in Choreography for Camera (1945); At Land (1944); At Land / The Very Eye of Night (1955); Black Lake (2020); Cinema16: American Short Films (2006); Dissent (2011); Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (1993); Ensemble for Somnambulists (1951); Eschew (2017); History's Mysteries (1999); Im Spiegel der Maya Deren (2001); Invocation: Maya Deren (1987); Julie's Smile (2013); Maeva (1961); Marianne (2005); Maya Deren - Experimental Films (2007); Maya Deren, Take 0 (2012); Meditation on Violence (1949); Medusa (1949); Meshes of the Afternoon (1943); Mother (2019); Probe and Night Beat (1957); Reminiscences of Yearning (2011); Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946); Roja Oscuridad (2018); Satan's Playground (2006); Season of Strangers (1959); The Private Life of a Cat (1946); The Very Eye of Night (1955); This Changes Everything (2018); Vever (2018); Vever (for Barbara) (2019); Witch's Cradle (1944).

Born on this day – Ella Fitzgerald:

Ella Fitzgerald

Singer

April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996

Credits:

Albums:

30 By Ella (1968); A Classy Pair / with Count Basie (1979); A Perfect Match / with Count Basie (1979); All That Jazz (1989); Brighten the Corner (1967); Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! (1961); Digital III At Montreux (1979); Dream Dancing (1978); Duke & Ella In Concerto / with Duke Ellington (1966); Easy Living / with Joe Pass (1986); Ella (1969); Ella 100 (1998); Ella À Nice (1982); Ella Abraça Jobim: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Antonio Carlos Jobim Song Book (1981); Ella and Basie! / with Count Basie / aka Ella and Basie!: On the Sunny Side of the Street with no differences (1963); Ella and Basie!: On the Sunny Side of the Street / with Count Basie (1963); Ella And Duke At The Cote D'Azur / with Duke Ellington (1966); Ella and Her Fellas (1957); Ella and Louis / with Louis Armstrong (1956); Ella and Louis Again / with Louis Armstrong (1957); Ella and Oscar / with Oscar Peterson (1975); Ella at Duke's Place / with Duke Ellington (1965); Ella At Juan-Les-Pins (1964); Ella At The Opera House (1958); Ella At Zardi's (2018); Ella Fitzgerald And Billie Holiday At Newport (1958); Ella Fitzgerald And Her Orchestra Live From The Roseland Ballroom, 1940 (1974); Ella Fitzgerald At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 (1975); Ella Fitzgerald In Budapest (1999); Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from "Let No Man Write My Epitaph" / aka The Intimate Ella with no differences (1960); Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers (1959); Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book (1956); Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book / with Duke Ellington (1957); Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book (1959); Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook (1961); Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book (1958); Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book (1963); Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book (1964); Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book (1956); Ella Fitzgerald With The Tommy Flanagan Trio (1996); Ella Fitzgerald: 100 Songs for a Centennial (2017); Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas (1967); Ella In Berlin: Mack The Knife (1960); Ella In Hamburg (1965); Ella In Hollywood (1961); Ella In Japan: 'S Wonderful (2011); Ella In London (1974); Ella In Rome: The Birthday Concert / Recorded: 1958 (1988); Ella Loves Cole (1972); Ella Returns To Berlin (1991); Ella Sings Broadway (1963); Ella Sings Gershwin (1950); Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson (1962); Ella Swings Gently with Nelson (1962); Ella Swings Lightly (1958); Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas (1960); Ella: The Legendary Decca Recordings (1995); Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes (2020); Fine and Mellow (1979); Fitzgerald and Pass... Again / with Joe Pass (1976); For Sentimental Reasons (1955); Get Happy! (1959); Hello, Dolly! (1964); Hello, Love (1959); J.A.T.P. In Tokyo: Live At The Nichigeki Theatre 1953 (1972); Jazz At Santa Monica Civic '72 (1972); Jazz At The Hollywood Bowl (1958); Lady Time (1978); Like Someone in Love (1957); Live At Mister Kelly's (2007); Live From The Cave Supper Club: Vancouver BC, Canada, 19 May 1968 (1999); Live In East Berlin 1967 (2023); Live in Paris, Vol. 1 / Recorded May 8 – October 7, 1957 (2012); Live in Paris, Vol. 2 / Recorded May 1, 1958; February 23 & 29, 1960 (2012); Live in Paris, Vol. 3 / February 28 & March 11, 1961; March 16, 1962 (2013); Lullabies of Birdland (1954); Miss Ella Fitzgerald & Mr Gordon Jenkins Invite You to Listen and Relax (1955); Misty Blue (1968); Montreux '77 / with the Tommy Flanagan Trio (1977); Newport Jazz Festival: Live At Carnegie Hall, July 5, 1973 (1973); Nice Work If You Can Get It: Ella Fitzgerald and André Previn Do Gershwin / with André Previn (1983); One O'Clock Jump / with Count Basie and Joe Williams (1957); Porgy and Bess / with Louis Armstrong (1959); Return To Happiness: Jazz At The Philharmonic, Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo, 1983 (1983); Rhythm Is My Business (1962); Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues / with Peggy Lee (1955); Songs in a Mellow Mood (1954); Sophisticated Lady / with Joe Pass (2001); Speak Love / with Joe Pass (1983); Sunshine Of Your Love (1968); Sweet and Hot (1955); Swingsation: Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb (1998); Take Love Easy / with Joe Pass (1973); The Best Is Yet to Come (1982); The Complete Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald Decca Sessions 1934-1941 (2014); The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve (1997); The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books (1994); The Complete Ella In Berlin: Mack The Knife (1993); The Greatest Jazz Concert In The World / with Duke Ellington (1990); The Intimate Ella (1989); The Stockholm Concert, 1966 / with Duke Ellington (1984); These Are the Blues (1963); Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It) (1970); Twelve Nights In Hollywood (2009); Whisper Not (1966).

Movies, video and television:

20 to 1 (2011); 24 Nights (1999); 75 Jahre Rheinland-Pfalz (2022); 7th Heaven (2005); 9-1-1 (2019); A Capitol Fourth (1986); A Celebration of America's Music (1998); A Girls Night Out (2009); A Letter to True (2004); A Little Dream of Me (2012); A Place for Lovers (1968); A Really Big Show: Ed Sullivan's 50th Anniversary (1998); A Salute to Duke (1981); A Year in Music (2020–2022); Abbott and Costello in the Movies (1990); Adventures in Jazz (1949); Alan Yentob Remembers... Ella Fitzgerald (2024); All My Life (1966); All Star Summer Revue (1952); All You Need Is Love (1977); All-Star Salute to Pearl Bailey (1979); American Bandstand's 30th Anniversary Special (1981); American Horror Story (2012); American Hustle (2013); American Masters (1993–2014); American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story (2017); America's Book of Secrets (2013); Amy's Orgasm (2001); An American Girl Story: Maryellen 1955 - Extraordinary Christmas (2016); An American Rhapsody (2001); Any Given Sunday (1999); Apollo Theatre Hall of Fame (1993); Aqui na Terra (1993); Arena (1996); ARS medica (1996); Arthur Fiedler: Just Call Me Maestro (1979); Arts (2019); Aspel & Company (1990); Assassin's Creed (2016); At First Sight (1999); Avrupa Yakasi (2004); Barney's Version (2010); BBC Show of the Week (1965); Beautiful Blue Eyes (2009); Beauty (2022); Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs (1990); Best of the Dean Martin Show (1979); Best on Record: The 9th annual Grammy Awards (1967); Better Call Saul (2015); Bewitched (2005); Beyond Tomorrow (2006); Bing Crosby: His Life and Legend (1978); Black Mass (2015); Broadway Serenade (1939); Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2016); Buonasera Raffaella (1985–1986); But Not for Me (1959); Call the Midwife (2014); Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love (2023); Cavalcade of Stars (1950); C'est la vie (2001); Christmas with the Kranks (2004); Claws (2017); Close to You: Remembering the Carpenters (1997); Cold Case (2004–2007); Coloquio en Segovia (1964); Committed (2014); Containment (2016); Contract (1985); Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes (2018); Curb Your Enthusiasm (2021); Damned in the U.S.A. (1992); Dancing on Ice (2009–2014); Dancing with the Stars (2006–2014); Dawson's Creek (2001); DCI Banks (2012); Desert Hearts (1985); Die Drehscheibe (1969); Dinah! (1976–1977); Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over (2021); Discover Jazz (1986); Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988); Don't Say a Word (2001); Don't Worry Darling (2022); Down at the Dunbar (1979); Downsizing (2017); Drei D (1988); Driving Miss Daisy (1989); Election Night (1998); Electric Dreams (2017); Elf (2003); Ella (1964); Ella (2007); Ella Fitzgerald - Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 (1975); Ella Fitzgerald à l'Olympia (1963); Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Cheek to Cheek (2021); Ella Fitzgerald: Cheek to Cheek (live) (2022); Ella Fitzgerald: Frosty the Snowman (2020); Ella Fitzgerald: Good Morning Blues (Visualizer) (2023); Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things (2019); Ella Fitzgerald: Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) (Lyric Video) (2017); Ella Fitzgerald: Live in Australia (1960); Ella Fitzgerald: Mack the Knife (Live) (2020); Ella Fitzgerald: Puttin' on the Ritz (Live) (2022); Ella Fitzgerald: Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (2022); Ella Fitzgerald: Sleigh Ride (2021); Ella Fitzgerald: Taking A Chance on Love (Live) (2020); Ella Fitzgerald: What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? (Lyric Video) (2023); Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas with Vanessa Williams (2020); Empire of Light (2022); Entertainment Tonight (1983); Eterna Magia (2007); Evening at Pops (1973); Everyone's Hero (2006); Fallout (2024); Fallout 3 (2008); Fallout 4 (2015); Flip (1970); Floor Show (1949); Focus (2001); Ford Star Jubilee (1955); Forever (2014); Forget Paris (1995); France Gall: Ella, elle l'a (1987); Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim (1967); Frank Sinatra: One More for the Road (2019); Frankie Laine Time (1956); Friday Night Lights (2011); Friends with Kids (2011); Fringe (2010); Front Page Challenge (1970); Fuzzy's værksted (1992); Garconira (2013); Gershwin's Summertime: The Song That Conquered the World (2011); Ghost Whisperer (2005); Gilmore Girls (2002); Good Grief (2023); Grand Amphi (1971); Great Performances (1994–2007); Great Performances (2007); Gregory Porter's Popular Voices (2017); Grey's Anatomy (2012); Grumpy Old Men (1993); Häuser der Kunst (2023); Hawkeye (2021); Het bittere kruid (1985); Hightown (2021); Hollywood (2020); Honolulu (1939); House (2006); How About You (2007); How Playboy Changed the World (2012); Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (2009); Iltatähti (1974); Improvisation (1950 / 2004); Ismael's Ghosts (2017); It Runs in the Family (2003); It's Black Entertainment (2002); It's in the Groove (1949); Jazz (2001); Jazz Divas Gold (2013); Jazz Greats (1982); Jazz Legends in Their Own Words (2014); Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009); Jojo Rabbit (2019); Joy (2015); Just Mercy (2019); Kak molody my byli (1985); Katastrofin aineksia (2008); King of Cool (2021); Kinsey (2004); Kissing Jessica Stein (2001); Koszmar minionej zimy (2011); Kreisler Bandstand (1951); Kriminalnyy talant (1989); L.A. Noire (2011); Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm (1999); Le grand échiquier (1975); Legends (2007); Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960); Lethal Weapon (2017); L'Histoire nous le dira (2019); Life Is Bearable at Times... (2010); L'invité de FR3 (1978); Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones (1990); Little Man Tate (1991); Lolita (1997); Longwave (2013); Looking for Grace (2015); Los simuladores (2002); Lou Rawls Parade of Stars (1980); Love Letters in the Sands of Time (2010); Love! Valour! Compassion! (1997); Love, Marilyn (2012); Lucifer (2020); Mad Men (2007); Malcolm X (1992); Manchester by the Sea (2016); Manhattan (2014); Mannenharten (2013); Marshall (2017); Masters of Sex (2013–2014); Maxine Sullivan: Love to Be in Love (1990); Melanie (1982); Miami Rhapsody (1995); Midnight Son (2007); Mindhunter (2019); Miss Match (2003); Monterey Jazz Festival: 40 Legendary Years (1998); Monty Don's French Gardens (2013); Moordterras (1991); More of 'the Best of the Hollywood Palace' (1993); Mörk sång: Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Petersons trio (1963); Mr. Nobody (2009); Muhammad Ali's 50th Birthday Celebration (1992); Music 55 (1955); Musiques au Coeur (1991); Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show (2003); My Fellow Americans (1996); My Music: Songbook Standards - As Time Goes By (2015); My Music: Starlight Ballroom (2015); My Policeman (2022); My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument (1996); MythBusters (2005); Nackt (2002); Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark (2014); Nat King Cole: The Incomparable Nat King Cole Volume 1 (1991); NDR Jazz Workshops (1962); Needle in a Timestack (2021); NET Festival (1968); Night-Club (1969); Noche del sábado (1966); Nurse Jackie (2010); Og avisen dør med døgnet (1969); Omnibus (1974–1989); On the Road (2012); One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film (2014); One Fine Day (1996); One Life (2023); Only Murders in the Building (2021); Ordinary Love (2019); Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar (1995); Outer Banks (2020); Outer Range (2022); Outside the Wire (2021); Ovation (2015); Pan Am (2011); Panorama Pacific (1957); Paraphilia (2012); Parenthood (2012); Paris-Manhattan (2012); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); Pepper Chocolate (2003–2004); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1966); Person to Person (1960); Pete Kelly's Blues (1955); Phantom Boy (2015); Playboy's Penthouse (1959); PopStory - Aneb od vinylu k iPodu (2020); Populaire (2012); Popular Voices at the BBC (2017); Preguntes freqüents (2018); President Kennedy's Birthday Salute (1962); Private Practice (2010); Protagonistas del recuerdo (2007); Pure Love: The Voice of Ella Fitzgerald (2017); Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas (2013); Quincy (2018); Raging Bull (1980); Reaching for the Moon (2013); Real-Life Mallory (2010); Reframed: Marilyn Monroe (2022); Rembob'Ina (2021); Remember When... (1981–1985); Revenge (2011); Rhapsody in Black (2002); Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942); Romeo! (2004); Ronnie's (2020); Röster och röstkonst (2000); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968); RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2022); Salaud, on t'aime. (2014); Salute! (1983); Salvation (2017); Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration (1989); Sandler and Young's Kraft Music Hall (1969); Sandy Wexler (2017); Saturday Night Dance Party (1952); Saturday Night Live (1989); Secret History (1999); Sex and the City (1998); Showtime (1993); Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet to Come (1990); Sinatra Duets (1994); Sinatra: The Classic Duets (2002); Singin' in the Rain (2008); Sings the Great American Songbook (2010); Skins (2008); Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998); Snow (2004); So You Think You Can Dance (2009–2014); So You Think You Can Dance Canada (2011); Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005); Soul Boys of the Western World (2014); Soul Power! (2013); Sphere (1998); St. Louis Blues (1958); Stage Show (1956); Stardom (2000); Stranger Things (2022); Strangers in the Night: The Bert Kaempfert Story (2003); Sunday Showcase (1959); Super Bowl VI (1972); Supernatural (2013); Swing Into Spring! (1959); Taxing Love (2018); Taylor (2008); Ted Lasso (2021); Teeth (2007); Telescope (1967); The 18th Annual Grammy Awards (1976); The 1st Annual Grammy Awards (1959); 20th NAACP Image Awards (1988); The 28th Annual American Music Awards (2001); The 2nd Annual Black Achievement Awards (1983); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The 32nd Annual Grammy Awards (1990); The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1981); The 3rd Annual Grammy Awards (1961); The 50 Year Argument (2014); The 5th Annual American Music Awards (1978); The Accusation (2021); The Age of Adaline (2015); The American Music Awards (1982); The Andy Williams Show (1965–1967); The Andy Williams Show (1966 / 1970); The Answer Man (2009); The Apollo (2019); The Aviator (2004); The Bandit (1946); The Bell Telephone Hour (1959–1965); The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (1992); The Big Record (1958); The Bob Braun Show (1976); The Break-Up (2006); The Captain & Tennille Songbook (1979); The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978); The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion (1993); The Carpenters: Music, Music, Music (1980); The Clan (2015); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955); The Cowboy and the Lady (1938); The Crown (2020); The Danny Kaye Show (1966); The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1989); The Dean Martin Show (1966–1967); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1958–1963); The Ed Sullivan Show (1957–1969); The English Patient (1996); The Frank Sinatra Show (1958); The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: An Afternoon with Frank Sinatra (1959); The Garry Moore Show (1959–1960); The Gentlemen (2024); The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1970); The Good Liar (2019); The Grammy Hall of Fame (1981); The Grass Harp (1995); The Holiday (2006); The Hollywood Palace (1967–1969); The Hollywood Palace (1970 / 1982); The In-Laws (2003); The Jo Stafford Show (1961); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The Jonathan Winters Show (1968); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1979 / 1981); The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997); The Last Tycoon (2017); The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998); The Lively Ones (1962); The Man in the High Castle (2015); The Man Who Fell to Earth (2022); The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017–2022); The Master (2012); The Merv Griffin Show (1970); The Midnight Special (1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1975–1977); The Milton Berle Show (1958); The Music According to Antonio Carlos Jobim (2012); The Nat King Cole Show (1957); The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom (1959); The Pearl Bailey Show (1971); The Perfect Find (2023); The Photograph (2021); The River (2012); The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America (2012); The Setting Sun (1992); The Singing Detective (1986); The Sixties (2014); The Sopranos (2000); The Starter Wife (2008); The Steve Allen Playhouse (1963); The Tender Game (1958); The Thorn and the Rose (2000–2001); The Tonight Show (1956); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1992); The Trip to Spain (2017); The Unforgettable Nat 'King' Cole (1988); The Uninvited Guest (2004); The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (1991); The Voice (2015); The War Room (1993 / 2008); The West Wing (2002); The White Shadow (1981); The Worst Movies of All Time (2018); The X Factor UK (2015); They All Came Out to Montreux (2023); This Is Tom Jones (1970); Tidsrejsen (2014); Timex All-Star Swing Festival (1972); Today (1964); Toon in with Me (2024); Torch Song Trilogy (1988); Torchwood (2007); Trilogie De Tragedie (2016); Triptych (2013); Two Girls and a Sailor (1944); Two Lovers (2008); U2: Window in the Skies (2007); Un héroe se hace a patadas (1995); Unusual Occupations (1948); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1958–1963); Victor Borges Tivoli 150 år (1993); Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (2001); Waterloo Road (2014); Wayward Pines (2015); Welcome to Chippendales (2022); We'll Take Manhattan (2012); What If... (2012); What's My Line? (1962); When Harry Met Sally... (1989); When I Fall in Love: The One & Only Nat King Cole (2003); While You Were Sleeping (1995); Wild Blade (1991); Zeit.geschichte (2019); Zwei Männer am Herd (1999).

Born on this day – Barry Nelson:

Barry Nelson

Actor

April 16, 1917 – April 7, 2007

Credits:

A Guy Named Joe (1943); A Yank on the Burma Road (1942); Airborne Lifeboat (1945); Airport (1970); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959); Allen Ludden's Gallery (1969); Bataan (1943); Battlestar Galactica (1978); Ben Casey (1963); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Biography (2003); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Cannon (1973); CBS Playhouse (1968); Circle of Fear (1973); Climax! (1954–1958); Climb an Angry Mountain (1972); Colgate Theatre (1950); Comet Over Broadway (1938); Command Decision (1948); Dallas (1981); David Cassidy - Man Undercover (1978); Don't Talk (1942); Dr. Kildare (1964); Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942); Eyes in the Night (1942); Fantasy Island (1983); Fitz and Bones (1981); Fools, Females and Fun (1974); Get the Message (1964); Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1978); Here's Boomer (1981); Hollywood Screen Test (1948); How to Get Killed in One Easy Lesson (1943); Hudson's Bay (1959); Island Claws (1980); I've Got a Secret (1952); J.J. Starbuck (1988); Johnny Eager (1941); Kaz (1978); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Kraft Theatre (1950); Kraft Theatre (1960); Living Easy with Dr. Joyce Brothers (1974); Longstreet (1971); Love, American Style / Love and the Militant (1969); Lux Playhouse (1958); Magnum, P.I. (1982); Mary, Mary (1963); Mason (1977); McLean and Company (1970); Monsters (1990); Murder, She Wrote (1988); My Favorite Husband (1953–1955); My Wives Jane (1971); Nero Wolfe (1981); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972); Password (1962–1967); Personality (1967–1968); Pete 'n' Tillie (1972); Producers' Showcase (1956); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950); Rio Rita (1942); Robert Montgomery Presents (1950); Salvage 1 (1979); Schlitz Playhouse (1955); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Seven in Darkness (1969); Shadow of the Thin Man (1941); Snap Judgment (1968); Starlight Theatre (1950); Stars for Israel (1967); Sucker Bait (1943); Suspense (1950–1951); Taxi (1981); Tenth Avenue Angel (1948); The 19th Annual Tony Awards (1965); The 20th Annual Tony Awards (1966); The 32nd Annual Tony Awards (1978); The Affairs of Martha (1942); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Beginning or the End (1947); The Borgia Stick (1967); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1948–1950); The David Frost Show (1970); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The DuPont Show of the Week (1963); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960); The F.B.I. (1969); The Face Is Familiar (1966); The First Traveling Saleslady (1956); The Ford Theatre Hour (1949); The Fred Waring Show (1951); The Greatest Show on Earth (1964); The Human Comedy (1943); The Hunter (1952); The Joan Rivers Show (1968); The Love Boat (1979); The Luckiest Guy in the World (1947); The Man with My Face (1951); The Match Game (1963); The Mike Douglas Show (1966); The Name of the Game (1969); The Ropers (1979); The Shining (1980); The Twilight Zone (1964); Thriller (1973); Time to Kill (1945); To Tell the Truth (1962–1981); Undercover Maisie (1947); Vacation Playhouse (1967); Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1956 (1957); Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977); What's My Line? (1961); Willys Theatre Presenting Ben Hecht's Tales of the City (1953); Winged Victory (1944); You're Putting Me On (1969); Zane Grey Theatre (1960).

Born on this day – Valerie Hobson:

Valerie Hobson

Actress

April 14, 1917 – November 13, 1998

Credits:

Atlantic Ferry (1941); August Weekend (1936); Badger's Green (1934); Blackout (1940); Blanche Fury (1948); Bride of Frankenstein (1935); Cabaret (1937); Chinatown Squad (1935); Continental Express (1939); Edge of Divorce (1953); Evening News British Film Awards (1978); Eyes of Fate (1933); Film Profile (1961); For Love of You (1933); Great Expectations (1934); Great Expectations (1946); Henry IV (1938); His Lordship (1932); Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949); Knave of Hearts (1954); Life Returns (1934); Murder Will Out (1952); Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935); No Escape (1936); Oh, What a Night (1935); Pasquinade (1937); Q Planes (1939); Rendezvous at Midnight (1935); Round the Film Studios (1937); Round the Film Studios (1937); Shadows of the Underworld (1939); Strange Wives (1934); Tele-Ho! (1937); The Adventures of Tartu (1943); The Drum (1938); The Great Impersonation (1935); The Hideout (1948); The Interrupted Journey (1949); The Man of Destiny (1950); The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934); The Passionate Sentry (1952); The Path of Glory (1934); The Promoter (1952); The Rocking Horse Winner (1949); The Spy in White (1936); The Years Between (1946); This Man Is News (1938); Tonight at 8:30 / Ways and Means (1952); Train of Events / The Composer (1949); Tugboat Princess (1936); Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1934); U-Boat 29 (1939); Unpublished Story (1942); Werewolf of London (1935); When Thief Meets Thief (1937).

Born on this day – Brad Dexter:

Brad Dexter

Actor

Producer

April 9, 1917 – December 12, 2002

Credits:

9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2003); Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' (2000); Cognac (1988); Skag (1980); Valentine (1979); The Incredible Hulk (1979); Winter Kills (1979); Project U.F.O. (1978); House Calls (1978); The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977); Vigilante Force (1976); Law and Order (1976); S.W.A.T. (1975); McCloud (1975); Kojak (1975); Shampoo (1975); Jory (1973); Mission: Impossible (1972); Lady Sings the Blues (1972); Little Fauss and Big Halsy (1970); Mannix (1970); The Lawyer (1970); The Naked Runner (1967); Blindfold (1966); Von Ryan's Express (1965); Bus Riley's Back in Town (1965); None But the Brave (1965); Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964); Kings of the Sun (1963); Johnny Cool (1963); Death Valley Days (1963); Here's Hollywood (1962); Taras Bulba (1962); X-15 (1961); Alcoa Premiere (1961); The George Raft Story (1961); The Investigators (1961); Twenty Plus Two (1961); Surfside 6 (1961); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); General Electric Theater (1961); Hawaiian Eye (1961); The Aquanauts (1960); The Magnificent Seven (1960); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1960); Bourbon Street Beat (1959–1960); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1960); 13 Fighting Men (1960); Bat Masterson (1960); Mr. Lucky (1960); Tightrope (1960); The Man from Blackhawk (1960); Vice Raid (1959); Bronco (1959); Colt .45 (1959); 77 Sunset Strip (1958–1959); This Man Dawson (1959); Last Train from Gun Hill (1959); Yancy Derringer (1959); Cimarron City (1959); Behind Closed Doors (1959); Pursuit (1959); Zane Grey Theatre (1958); Jefferson Drum (1958); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958); Wagon Train (1958); Run Silent Run Deep (1958); Studio One (1958); How to Marry a Millionaire (1957); The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1957); The Oklahoman (1957); Between Heaven and Hell (1956); The Bottom of the Bottle (1956); Climax! (1955); House of Bamboo (1955); Violent Saturday (1955); Untamed (1955); 99 River Street (1953); Macao (1952); The Las Vegas Story (1952); Fourteen Hours (1951); The Asphalt Jungle (1950); Sinbad, the Sailor (1947); Heldorado (1946); Winged Victory (1944); The Mortal Storm (1940).

Born on this day – R. G. Armstrong:

R. G. Armstrong

Actor

Writer

April 7, 1917 – July 27, 2012

Born on this day – Robert Bloch:

Robert Bloch

Writer

April 5, 1917 – September 23, 1994

Credits:

Books:

15 Grusel Stories (1964); American Gothic (1974); Atoms and Evil (1962); Black Cat Weekly #13 (2021); Blood Runs Cold (1961); Bogey Men (1963); Chamber of Horrors (1966); Cold Chills (1977); Crimes and Punishments (2000); Dragons and Nightmares (1969); Fear and Trembling (1979); Fear Planet and Other Unusual Destinations (2004); Fear Today, Gone Tomorrow (1971); Fever Dream and Other Fantasies (1970); Final Reckonings (1987); Firebug (1961); Flowers from the Moon (1998); Hell On Earth (2000); Horror-7 (1963); It's All in Your Mind (1971); Lori (1989); Lost in Time and Space with Lefty Feep (1987); Midnight Pleasures (1987); Monsters in Our Midst (1993); More Nightmares (1962); Mysteries of the Worm (1981); Nightmares (1961); Night-World (1972); Out of My Head (1981); Out of the Mouths of Graves (1979); Pleasant Dreams (1960); Pleasant Dreams / Nightmares (1959); Psycho (1959); Psycho House (aka Psycho III) (1990); Psycho II (1982); Psycho-paths (1991); Robert Bloch's Psychos (1997); Sea-Kissed (1945); Skeleton in the Closet (2008); Spiderweb (1954); Strange Eons (1978); Such Stuff as Screams Are Made of (1979); Tales in a Jugular Vein (1965); Terror (1962); Terror in the Night (1958); That Hellbound Train (2011); The Best of Robert Bloch (1977); The Couch (1962); The Crowded Earth (2009); The Cunning (aka There Is a Serpent in Eden) (1979); The Dead Beat (1960); The Devil with You! (1999); The Early Fears (1978); The House of the Hatchet (1960); The Jekyll Legacy (1990); The Kidnapper (1954); The King of Terrors (1977); The Laughter of a Ghoul (1977); The Living Demons (1967); The Night of the Ripper (1984); The Opener of the Way (1945); The Scarf (1947); The Selected Stories of Robert Bloch (1987); The Shooting Star (1958); The Skull of the Marquis de Sade (1965); The Star Stalker (1968); The Todd Dossier (1969); The Will to Kill (1954); This Crowded Earth (1958).

Movies and television:

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960–1986); Asylum (1972); Bates Motel (1987); Bates Motel (2013–2017); Battle-Axe: The Making of 'Strait-Jacket' (2002); Bus Stop (1962); Cineficción Radio / Mannikins of Horror / Reaper (2019–2020); Circle of Fear (1972); Curious Matter Anthology (2019); Darkroom (1981); Dimension X (1950); Fear in the Dark (1991); Gemini Man (1976); Historias para no dormir (1966); Hollywood Ghost Stories (1986); How to Plan a Movie Murder (1964); I Spy (1966); Journey to Midnight (1968); Journey to the Unknown (1968); Lock Up (1960–1961); Mannikin (1977); Mashup at the Movies (2021); Michaels' Movie Madness (1988); Monsters (1988–1989); Mother (2020); Night Gallery / Logoda's Heads (1971); Psycho (1960); Psycho (1988); Psycho (1998); Psycho II (1983); Psycho III (1986); Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990); Run for Your Life (1966); Sanfter Schrecken / The Man Who Looked Like Napoleon (1977); Secrets and Mysteries (1983); Star Trek (1966–1967); Strait-Jacket (1964); Tales from the Darkside (1984–1987); Tales of the Unexpected (1980); Tambien la muerte puede morir (1990); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965); The Cabinet of Caligari (1962); The Cat Creature (1973); The Couch (1962); The Dead Don't Die (1975); The Deadly Bees (1966); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Famous Monsters 1993 World Convention Souvenir Video (1993); The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (1986); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Horror of It All (1983); The House That Dripped Blood (1971); The Hunger (1998); The Manhunter (1974); The Night Walker (1964); The Plot Thickens (1963); The Psychopath (1966); The Return of Captain Nemo / Atlantis Dead Ahead (1978); The Skull / The Skull of the Marquis de Sade (1965); The Vault of Horror (1992); Three Dangerous Ladies / The Mannikin (1977); Thriller (1960–1962); Torture Garden (1967); Whispering Smith (1961); X Minus One (1955).

Born on this day – Melville Shavelson:

Melville Shavelson

Director

Producer

Writer

April 1, 1917 – August 8, 2007

Born on this day – Virginia Grey:

Virginia Grey

Actress

March 22, 1917 – July 31, 2004

Credits:

A Perilous Journey (1953); Accused of Murder (1956); Airport (1970); All Star Revue (1951); All That Heaven Allows (1955); Another Thin Man (1939); Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (1976); Bachelor in Paradise (1961); Back Street (1961); Bad Guy (1937); Bells of Capistrano (1942); Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue (1938); Biography (2003); Black Zoo (1963); Blonde Inspiration (1941); Blonde Ransom (1945); Bonanza (1962); Broadway Serenade (1939); Bullfighter and the Lady (1951); Burke's Law (1964); Captain Scarface (1953); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); Climax! (1956); Crime of Passion (1956); Dames (1934); Desert Pursuit (1952); Don't Bet on Blondes (1935); Dramatic School (1938); Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956); Fighting Lawman (1953); Fireside Theatre (1954–1955); Flame of Barbary Coast (1945); Flirtation Walk (1934); Flower Drum Song (1961); Footlights Theater (1953); Four Star Playhouse (1952–1954); General Electric Theater (1953–1960); George Jessel Show (1959); Glamour Girl (1948); Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935); Goodyear Theatre (1958); Grand Central Murder (1942); Grissly's Millions (1945); Heart to Heart (1928); Here's Hollywood (1961); Highway 301 (1950); Hollywood Greats (1977); House of Horrors (1946); Hullabaloo (1940); I Spy (1967); Idaho (1943); Idiot's Delight (1939); Ironside (1968); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1956–1958); azz Mad (1928); Jeanne Eagels (1957); Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (2002); Jungle Jim (1948); Keeping Company (1940); Ladies in Distress (1938); Leather Gloves (1948); Love Has Many Faces (1965); Love, American Style / Love and the Hot Spell (1973); Madame X (1966); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1970); Men in Her Diary (1945); Mexican Hayride (1948); Miraculous Journey (1948); Misbehaving Ladies (1931); Mr. and Mrs. North (1942); My Three Sons (1966); No Name on the Bullet (1959); Old Hutch (1936); Our Relations (1936); Pacific Paradise (1937); Peter Gunn (1961); Playhouse 90 (1958); Portrait in Black (1960); Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938); Rosalie (1937); Rosie! (1967); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Science Fiction Theatre (1955); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 9: Sports in Hollywood (1940); Secret Valley (1937); Secrets (1933); Secrets of the Underground (1942); She Gets Her Man (1935); Sis Hopkins (1941); Slaughter Trail (1951); Smooth as Silk (1946); Snow Gets in Your Eyes (1938); So This Is New York (1948); Stage Door Canteen (1943); Stagecoach West (1960); Strangers in the Night (1944); Swamp Fire (1946); Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943); Tammy Tell Me True (1961); Target Earth (1954); Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942); Test Pilot (1938); That's Entertainment! (1974); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The Big Store (1941); The Canary Comes Across (1938); The Captain Is a Lady (1940); The Christophers (1957–1963); The David Niven Show (1959); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1952); The Eternal Sea (1955); The Firebird (1934); The Ford Television Theatre (1953); The Forty-Niners (1954); The Golden Fleecing (1940); The Great Ziegfeld (1936); The Hardys Ride High (1939); The Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill (1950); The Jim Backus Show (1961); The Last Command (1955); The Lives of Jenny Dolan (1975); The Lone Wolf (1955); The Michigan Kid (1928); The Millionaire (1955–1958); The Naked Kiss (1964); The Red Skelton Hour (1955–1966); The Restless Years (1958); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Romance of Celluloid (1937); The Rose Tattoo (1955); The Shopworn Angel (1938); The St. Louis Kid (1934); The Threat (1949); The Unexpected (1952); The Virginian (1966); The Women (1939); 3 Cheers for the Irish (1940); Three Desperate Men (1951); Thunder Afloat (1939); Tish (1942); Trackdown (1958); U.S. Marshal (1959); Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927); Unconquered (1947); Unknown Island (1948); Violets in Spring (1936); Wagon Train (1958–1961); Washington Melodrama (1941); Waterfront (1954); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); Whistling in the Dark (1941); Who Killed 'Doc' Robbin? (1948); Wyoming (1947); Yancy Derringer (1959); Your Show of Shows (1952); Youth Takes a Fling (1938).