Born on this day – Audra Lindley:

Audra Lindley

Actress

September 24, 1918 – October 16, 1997

Credits:

Absolute Strangers (1991); All-Star Family Feud Special (1978–1979); American Inventory (1954); An American Girl (1958); Another World (1964–1969); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1952–1963); Barnaby Jones (1975); Best Friends (1982); Biography (2009); Bridesmaids (1989); Bridget Loves Bernie (1972–1973); Brilliant But Cancelled (2002); Cannery Row (1982); Chico and the Man (1975); Cybill (1996–1998); Dangerously They Live (1941); Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan (1995); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Suzanne Somers (1978); Desert Hearts (1985); Dinah! (1979); Doc (1976); Entertainment Tonight (2016); Family Feud (1980); Fay (1975–1976); Friends (1995); From These Roots (1958–1961); Getting Married (1978); Good Morning America (1979); Goodyear Playhouse (1956); Hands of Mystery (1951–1952); Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart (1994); High Incident (1996); Horizons (1954); Insight (1981); Just My Imagination (1992); Kraft Theatre (1953–1958); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1952); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1963); Lamp Unto My Feet (1955); Lifestories: Families in Crisis (1992); Lights Out (1951); Love Story (1954); Lux Video Theatre (1950–1951); Manpower (1941); Married Is Better (1974); Matlock (1987); Maude (1975); Modern Romances (1954–1956); Murder, She Wrote (1995); Naked City (1961–1962); Nothing Sacred (1997); One Foot in Heaven (1941); Pat Boone and Family Christmas Special (1979); Pearl (1978); Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake (1988); Playhouse 90 (1957); Ponds Theater (1955); Revenge of the Stepford Wives (1980); Robert Montgomery Presents (1951–1956); Route 66 (1963); Search for Tomorrow (1951–1986); Shadow of the Cloak (1951); Shoot the Moon (1996); Sisters and Other Strangers (1997); Skyward Christmas (1981); Spellbinder (1988); Stamp of a Killer (1987); Sudden Death (1995); Take My Daughters, Please (1988); Taking Off (1971); Tales from the Crypt (1989); Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Golden Land (1988); The 6th People's Choice Awards (1980); The Alcoa Hour (1955–1957); The Big Story (1952); The Bob Crane Show (1975); The Canterville Ghost (1974); The Corpse Had a Familiar Face (1994); The Day the Bubble Burst (1982); The Edge of Night (1956–1984); The Girl with Something Extra (1974); The Heartbreak Kid (1972); The Hidden Room (1991); The Love Boat (1977–1981); The Magical World of Disney (1986); The Male Animal (1942); The Merv Griffin Show (1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1978–1979); The Mommies (1994); The New Age (1994); The Relic (1997); The Ropers (1979–1980); The Silent Lovers (1980); The Web (1951–1954); Three's Company (1976–1982); Three's Company (1982); Troop Beverly Hills (1989); True Story (1957–1958); When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979); Zoo Ship (1985).

Born on this day – Constance Weiler:

Constance Weiler

Actress

September 17, 1918 – December 10, 1965

Credits:

Bathing Beauty (1944); Broadway Rhythm (1944); Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945); I Dood It (1943); I Led 3 Lives (1954); It Happened in Brooklyn (1947); The Arnelo Affair (1947); The Asphalt Jungle (1950); The Beginning or the End (1947); The Clock (1945); The Hoodlum Saint (1946); The Man from Down Under (1943); The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947); This Man's Navy (1945); Three Guys Named Mike (1951); Two Smart People (1946); Up Goes Maisie (1946).

Born on this day – Helen Wagner:

Helen Wagner

Actress

September 3, 1918 – May 1, 2010

Credits:

50 Years of Soaps: An All-Star Celebration (1994); A Closer Look (1991); As the World Turns (1956–2010); As the World Turns (2010); Donahue (1985); Guiding Light (1952–1953); Hallmark Hall of Fame (1952); Inner Sanctum (1954); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1951–1954); Lamp Unto My Feet (1951); Mister Peepers (1953); SoapTalk (2006); Starlight Theatre (1951); The 31st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2004); The 33rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2006); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2004); The Kate Smith Hour (1954); The Web (1950–1951); The World of Mr. Sweeney (1954–1955); Valiant Lady (1953–1957).

Born on this day – Alan Jay Lerner:

Alan Jay Lerner

Lyricist

Librettist

August 31, 1918 – June 14, 1986

Stage:

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (1976); Brigadoon (1947); Camelot (1960); Carmelina (1979); Coco (1969); Dance a Little Closer (1983); Gigi (1973); Life of the Party (1942); Lolita, My Love (1971); Love Life (1948); My Fair Lady (1956); My Man Godfrey (1984); On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1965); Paint Your Wagon (1951); The Day Before Spring (1945); What's Up? (1943).

Movies and television:

20 to 1 (2010); 47th Annual Academy Awards (1975); 50 First Dates (2004); A Rainy Day in New York (2019); A Visit with Maurice Chevalier (1967); A Voice Out of the Cold: Vivica Genaux (2004); AFI Life Achievement Award (1988); Agent Elvis (2023); All about Shirley (1972); All Creatures Great & Small (1985); All the World's a Stage (1984); All Things Bright and Beautiful (1968); Ally McBeal (1998); American Idol (2004–2005); An American in Paris (1951); An Evening with... (1965); Angels in America (2003); Antz (1998); Australian Idol (2003); Banda sonora (2012); Bandstand (1965); Barbra Streisand and Other Musical Instruments (1973); Barbra: The Concert (1994); Barbra: Yesterday, Today and Forever! (1970); Barney Miller (1976–1979); Bassey: You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet (1985); BBC Proms (2009 / 2012); Belfast (2021); Belinda's Swan Song (2006); Benidorm (2014); Betty Hughes and Friends (1971); Bing Crosby Special: Making Movies (1968); Biography (1997 / 1998); Blast from the Past (1999); Blue Money (1984); Bob Hope's Love Affair with Lucy (1989); Breaking Bad (2012); Breathe (2017); Brigadoon (1954 / 1964 / 1966); Broadway Open House (1951); Call the Midwife (2014); Callaway Went Thataway (1951); Camelot (1967); Camelot: The World Premiere of Camelot (1967); Ces chers disparus (1978); Champagne Problems (2025); Chevrolet Presents the Golddiggers (1973); Clueless (1995); Confetti (2006); Crônica de um Industrial (1978); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2006); Cuéntame cómo pasó (2009); Dancing on Ice (2014); Dancing with the Stars (2009–2011); De Mike Burstyn show (1979–1980); Dean Martin: That's Amore (2001); Deutsche Schlagerfestspiele 1966 (1966); Die Otto Show (1973); Diminishing Returns (2020); Dinah! (1979); Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016); Doctor Who (2006); Dolly (1977); Eliza (1962); Ensign O'Toole (1962); Family Business (1989); Family Guy (2000–2001); Fanfare (1965); Fifty Years on Stage (2013); Flip (1971); Flubber (1997); Forrest Gump (1994); Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim (1967); Frasier (1999); French and Saunders (1987); Gavin & Stacey (2007); Gay San Francisco (1970); Gigi (1958); Gilmore Girls (2001); Glee (2009–2012); GLOW (2019); Gold (2020); Gold Fever (1970); Gone to Seed (1992); Good Girls Revolt (2016); Good Times (1976–1978); Goodnight Sweetheart (1993); Great Performances (1989–2001); Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Sarah Vaughan (2005); Groundhog Day (1993); Grumpier Old Men (1995); Happy Birthday, Bob (1978); Happy Days (1978); Havana (1990); HBO Theater (1982); Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (1993); Here's Lucy (1971–1972); Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (1992); Holiday in Metropolis (2006); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008); Idool 2003 (2003); I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (2008); I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020); In de Vlaamsche pot (1992); In Therapy (2009); It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1988); I've Got a Secret (1963); Jackie (2016); Jazz Scene at the Ronnie Scott Club (1969–1970); Jim Henson: Idea Man (2024); Jimmy Carter's Inaugural Gala (1977); Joan of Paris (1942); Joe Versus the Volcano (1990); Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall (1962); Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge (1994); Kottan ermittelt (1979); La nuit des César (1993); La vida en el aire (1998); Late Night with Seth Meyers (2017); Late Show with David Letterman (2002–2006); Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection (2003); Live from Lincoln Center (2008); Looks Familiar (1981); Lørdagskveld med Erik Bye (1971); Los nuevos y clásicos bloopers (2004); Lost Angels (1989); Love Letter to Atlanta (2020); Mad Men (2007); Man About the House (1976); Married Life (2007); Marry Me (2022); Martine (2002); Mashup (2021); Maurice Chevalier, un canotier à Hollywood (2023); Max Liebman Presents: The Maurice Chevalier Show (1956); McCloud (1977); Me, Myself & Irene (2000); Med sjela i Sjøgata (2004); MGM: When the Lion Roars (1992); Mike Yarwood in Persons (1985); Mister Peepers (1955); Mondo Trasho (1969); Monk (2004); Monsanto Night Presents Burl Ives (1972); Monsanto Night Presents Jack Jones (1974); Monsanto Night Presents Johnny Mathis in the Canadian Rockies (1975); Mr. Belvedere (1988–1990); Mr. B's Lost Shorts (2001); MsMojo (2021); Muppets Tonight (1996); Music from Shubert Alley (1959); Mussolini's Sister (2018); Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show (2003); My Fair Lady (1964); My Father the Hero (1994); My Name Is Earl (2007); My Summer in Provence (2013); My Summer with Des (1998); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1989–1997 / 2022); Näytönpaikka (1995); NDR Jazz Workshops (1960); Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014); Nixon (1995); No 73 (1985); North by Northwest (1959); Oliver & Company (1988); Omnibus (1956); On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970); One Pair of Eyes (1967); Paint Your Wagon (1954 / 1969); Pan Am (2011); Petticoat Junction (1970); Plaza Suite (1986); Porca misèria (2006); Povratak (1966); President Kennedy's Birthday Salute (1962); Pretend It's a City (2021); Real Haunts 3 (2022); Relative Values (2000); Rendez-vous with Maurice Chevalier (2021); Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978); Roswell (2001); Royal Wedding (1951); Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane (2007); Saturday Night Live (1977–1997); Saturday Spectacular (1960); Save the Children (1973); Secombe with Music (1982); Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2010); Secret Places (1984); Secret Voices of Hollywood (2013); Seinfeld (1994); Sex and the City 2 (2010); Shirley (1979); Show Tunes at the BBC: Volume 1 (2024); Show Tunes at the BBC: Volume 2 (2025); Show Tunes at the BBC: Volume 3 (2026); Sing Your Song (2011); Six Fifty-Five Special (1981); Skins (2007); Sneaky Pete (2018); So You Think You Can Dance (2009); Soft Toilet Seats (1999); Something Special (1967); Song by Song (1979); Sounds Like Us (1970); Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1997); Stage Mother (2020); Star Search (2003); Stars and the Moon: Betty Buckley Live at the Donmar (2002); Studio One (1958); Sunday Showcase (1959); That's Amore!: Italian-American Favorites (2008); That's Dancing! (1985); That's Entertainment! (1974); That's Entertainment! III (1994); That's Entertainment! III (1994); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The 25th Annual Tony Awards (1971); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 40th Annual Tony Awards (1986); The 45th Annual Tony Awards (1991); The 69th Annual Tony Awards (2015); The 72nd Annual Tony Awards (2018); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960); The Annual British Academy Film and Television Awards (1984); The Arthur Haynes Show (1960–1964); The Band Wagon (1953); The Beiderbecke Affair (1985); The Beiderbecke Tapes (1987); The Bell Telephone Hour (1963–1964); The Big Record (1958); The Bing Crosby Show (1961); The Birdcage (1996); The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (1977); The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe (1962); The Brothers Warner (2007); The Carmel Myers Show (1952); The Chevy Show (1960); The Cooler (2003); The Danny Kaye Show (1963–1964); The Danny Thomas Show (1957–1963); The David Frost Show (1969–1970); The Dean Martin Show (1968–1970); The Dick Cavett Show (1978); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1958–1962); The DuPont Show of the Month (1957); The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1969); The Engelbert Humperdinck Show (1970); The Ernie Sigley Show (1974–1975); The Fabulous Fifties (1960); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990); The Graham Kennedy Show (1972–1975); The Hollywood Palace (1964–1966); The Island (2011); The Jack Benny Program (1956–1964); The Jackie Gleason Show (1957); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1985); The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002); The Lake House (2006); The Late Late Lien Show (1981); The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2016); The Lawrence Welk Show (1974); The Little Prince (1974); The Lux Show (1958); The Mark of Beauty (2013); The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2019–2023); The Middle (2018); The Mike Douglas Show (1973); The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968–1971); The Mothers-In-Law (1968); The Muppet Show (1976–1978); The Muppets. (2015); The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991); The Nat King Cole Show (1956–1957); The New Steve Allen Show (1962); The Perry Como Show (1960–1966); The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976); The Post (2017); The Project (2024); The Red Skelton Hour (1963); The Revlon Revue (1960); The Royal Variety Performance 1961 (1961); The Royal Variety Performance 1979 (1979); The Seven Lively Arts (1958); The Simpsons (2004–2019); The Spike Jones Show (1957); The Steve Allen Show (1958); The Story of Camelot (1967); The Swift Show (1949); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1957–1961); The Van (1996); The Vicar of Dibley (2007); The Voice of Firestone (1952); The Walter Winchell Show (1956); The Wonder Years (1990); Theater Camp (2023); This Is Your Life (1980); Tiswas (1978–1979); Tohuwabohu (1994–1997); Tony Bennett at the Talk of the Town (1972); Torch Song (1953); Tough Baby: Torch Song (2008); Tribute (1980); Two of a Kind (1962); Tyrannosaur (2011); Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez (1987); Valentine's Day (2010); Veronica Mars (2006); Wag the Dog (1997); Wah-Wah (2005); Waiting for God (1994); Waxwork (1988); Welcome to the Basement (2012); WGN Morning News (2017); What's My Line? (1956–1965); What's Your Number? (2011); Wilde mossels (2000); Will & Grace (2000); William and Mary (2004); Wilson chante Montand (2017); WKRP in Cincinnati (1979); Your Hit Parade (1956); Yves Montand on Broadway (1961); Z Cars (1964).

Born on this day – Leonard Bernstein:

Leonard Bernstein

Conductor

Composer

Pianist

Teacher

Writer

Humanitarian

August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990

Born on this day – Jacqueline Susann:

Jacqueline Susann

Writer

Actress

August 20, 1918 – September 21, 1974

Credits:

Books:

Dolores (1976); Every Night, Josephine! (1963); Jacqueline Susann Omnibus: The Love Machine, Once Is Not Enough (2004); Once Is Not Enough (1973); The Love Machine (1969); Valley of the Dolls (1966); Yargo (1979).

Movies and television:

AFI Life Achievement Award (1974); All About Faces (1971); Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man (1970); Backstory (2001); Betty Hughes and Friends (1969); Bilder aus Kalifornien (1969); Biography (2000); Comedy Tonight (1970); Danger (1954); Della (1969); E! True Hollywood Story (1998); Girl Talk (1966–1967); Guess My Sign (1968); Gypsy (1966–1967); Intimate Portrait (1999); It's Your Bet (1969–1970); Jacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls (1968); Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls (1981); Life and Times (2000); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Hidden Meaning (1973); Mannix (1971); Once Is Not Enough (1975); Open Door (1951); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967); Personality (1969); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1969–1971); Shopper's Corner (1951); Studio One (1953); Suspense (1953); Tempo (1969); The Barbara McNair Show (1969); The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (1992); The Bob Hope Show (1971); The David Frost Show (1969); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Divine Ms. Susann (2006); The Ed Sullivan Show (1966 / 1969); The Game Game (1970); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1969–1973); The Joan Rivers Show (1969); The Joey Bishop Show (1969); The John Gary Show (1967); The Love Machine (1971); The Match Game (1966); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1966–1974); The Morey Amsterdam Show (1949–1950); The Real Tom Kennedy Show (1970); The Singing Filipina (1971); The Steve Allen Show (1969); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1969–1973); The Virginia Graham Show (1971); This Is Show Business (1952 / 1954 / 1956); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1977); Valley of the Dolls (1967); Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage (1967); What's My Line? (1967); Your Surprise Store (1952).

Born on this day – Robert Aldrich:

Robert Aldrich

Director

Producer

Writer

August 9, 1918 – December 5, 1983

Born on this day – Andrée Clément:

Andrée Clément

Actress

August 7, 1918 – May 31, 1954

Credits:

Angels of Sin (1943); Bethsabée (1947); Coïncidences (1947); Daughters of Destiny / Segment: Jeanne (1954); Devil's Daughter (1946); God Needs Men (1950); Jeanne (1952); Just a Big Simple Girl (1948); La vierge du Rhin (1953); Macadam (1946); Pastoral Symphony (1946); Premier de cordée (1944); Premier prix du conservatoire (1943); Suivez cet homme (1953); The Thirst of Men (1950).

Born on this day – Jacqueline Laurent:

Jacqueline Laurent

Actress

August 6, 1918 – December 18, 2009

Credits:

Addio, amore! (1943); Dawn Over France (1935); Judge Hardy's Children (1938); The abito Nero da Sposa (1945); The Coup de Grace, 1965; The Day Rises (1939); Life del peccato (1946); The Two Timid (1943); The Man Who Plays with Fire (1942); Sarati, the Terrible (1937); A Straw Hat from Italy (1941); A Frenchman named Gabin (2017).

Born on this day – Joseph Hayes:

Joseph Hayes

Writer

August 2, 1918 – September 11, 2006

Credits:

Books and plays:

Bon Voyage!; Calculated Risk; Come into my Parlor; Don't Go Away Mad; Impolite Comedy; Is Anyone Listening?; Island on Fire; Leaf and Bough; Like Any Other Fugitive; Missing and Presumed Dead; No Escape; Summer in Copenhagen; The Deep End; The Desperate Hours; The Happiest Millionaire; The Hours After Midnight; The Long Dark Night; The Midnight Sun; The Third Day; The Ways of Darkness; Winner's Circle.

Movies and television:

Bon Voyage! (1962); Desperate Hours (1990); Ich melde einen Selbstmord (1989); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Pour cent millions (1994); Starlight Theatre (1950); Stolen Hours (1963); Stunden der Angst (1964); Suspense (1949); Terror After Midnight (1962); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); The Desperate Hours (1955 / 1967); The Happiest Millionaire (1967); The Magical World of Disney (1970); The Third Day (1965); The Web (1951); The Young Doctors (1961).

Born on this day – Helen Chapman:

Helen Chapman

Actress

July 29, 1918 – November 1, 1986

Credits:

Alias Nick Beal (1949); All-American Co-Ed (1941); Bells Are Ringing (1960); Blaze of Noon (1947); Borrowed Trouble (1948); Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945); Call Me Mister (1951); Chicago Deadline (1949); Confidence Girl (1952); Cowboy G-Men (1953); Craig Kennedy, Criminologist (1952–1953); Dangerous Assignment (1952); Double Diving (1939); Easy to Wed (1946); Girl Crazy (1943); Give a Girl a Break (1953); Good News (1947); High Tension (1954); Hopalong Cassidy (1952); I Dood It (1943); Jackson and Jill (1949); Knock on Wood (1954); Lillian Russell (1940); Man About Town (1939); Man Against Crime (1954); Man with a Camera (1959); Martin Kane (1954); Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case (1941); My Dog Shep (1946); My Favorite Spy (1951); Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948); O.S.S. (1946); Outlaw Roundup (1944); Panic! (1957); Prairie Chickens (1943); Racket Squad (1953); Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958); Rocky King, Detective (1954); Show Boat (1951); Sing Another Chorus (1941); Skirts Ahoy! (1952); Smooth as Silk (1946); So Goes My Love (1946); Somewhat Secret (1939); Son of Sinbad (1955); Stranger on the Third Floor (1940); The Belle of New York (1952); The Box Brothers (1956); The Delicate Delinquent (1957); The Farmer's Daughter (1947); The Files of Jeffrey Jones (1952); The French Line (1953); The House Across the Bay (1940); The Last Angry Man (1959); The Thin Man (1958); The Thrill of Brazil (1946); Week-End at the Waldorf (1945); You're a Sweetheart (1937).

Born on this day – Ingmar Bergman:

Ingmar Bergman

Director

Producer

Writer

July 14, 1918 – July 30, 2007

Born on this day – Richard L. Breen:

Richard L. Breen

Writer

Director

June 26, 1918 – February 1, 1967

Born on this day – Ben Johnson:

Ben Johnson

Actor

Stuntman

Rodeo cowboy

June 13, 1918 – April 8, 1996

Born on this day – Jane Bryan:

Jane Bryan

Actress

Philanthropist

Arts patron

June 11, 1918 – April 8, 2009

Credits:

A Slight Case of Murder (1938); AFI Life Achievement Award (1974); Breakdowns of 1937 (1937); Brother Rat (1938); Brother Rat and a Baby (1940); Confession (1937); Each Dawn I Die (1939); Girls on Probation (1938); Invisible Stripes (1939); Kid Galahad (1937); Marked Woman (1937); Murderers, Mobsters & Madmen: Fatal Females (1992); TCM Remembers 2009 (2009); The Captain's Kid (1936); The Case of the Black Cat (1936); The Cherokee Strip (1937); The Man Who Dared (1939); The Old Maid (1939); The Sisters (1938); These Glamour Girls (1939); Under Southern Stars (1937); We Are Not Alone (1939).

Born on this day – Jeanne Bates:

Jeanne Bates

Actress

May 21, 1918 – November 28, 2007

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1960); ABC Afterschool Specials (1979); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); Bachelor Father (1959–1961); Back from the Dead (1957); Barnaby Jones (1974–1978); Ben Casey (1961–1966); Benson (1979); Big Town (1955–1956); Blood Arrow (1958); Bonanza (1959); Bourbon Street Beat (1959); Buckskin (1958); Cannon (1972); Charlie's Angels (1976); Checkmate (1961); Chevron Theatre (1953); Cimarron City (1959); Compression (2024–2025); Dallas (1981); Dan August (1970); Dangerous Assignment (1952); Days of Our Lives (1966–1975); Death of a Salesman (1951); Death Valley Days (1959–1961); Die Hard 2 (1990); Dr. Christian (1957); Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal (1957); Dream Lover (1994); Eraserhead (1977); Family Affair (1970); Family Theatre (1953); From the Dead of Night (1989); Gang Busters (1952); General Electric Theater (1955–1959); General Hospital (1983); Getting Married (1978); Grand Canyon (1991); Great Directors (2009); Griff (1973); Guns Don't Argue (1957); Gunsmoke (1955); Gus (1976); Hard Time on Planet Earth (1989); Have Gun - Will Travel (1959); Hawaii Five-O (1968); Hey, Rookie (1944); Hi, Grandma! (1958); I Led 3 Lives (1955–1956); It's Murder (1944); Joyful Hour (1960); Judd for the Defense (1969); Kodiak (1974); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1950); Laramie (1960); Lassie (1958); Lock Up (1960–1961); Lucas Tanner (1974); M Squad (1958–1959); Mackenzie's Raiders (1959); Man with a Camera (1960); Mannix (1968–1974); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1970–1972); Mayberry R.F.D. (1969–1970); Medic (1956); Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2005); Mod Squad (1971–1972); Mom (1990); Mulholland Drive (1999 / 2001); My Friend Flicka (1956); My Three Sons (1971); Needles and Pins (1973); One Night Stand (1991); One Step Beyond (1959–1960); Outlaws (1960); Paula (1952); Perry Mason (1958); Peter Gunn (1959); Poco... Little Dog Lost (1977); Public Enemy #2 (1991); Quincy, M.E. (1979); Racket Squad (1952); Rawhide (1959–1960); Rescue 8 (1958); Riverboat (1959); Room 222 (1971–1972); Sabaka (1954); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Sergeant Mike (1944); Shadows in the Night (1944); She's a Soldier Too (1944); Shotgun Slade (1961); Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (1990); Sister, Sister (1996); Sky King (1959); Stars Over Hollywood (1951); State Trooper (1957–1958); Studio 57 (1955); Sundown Valley (1944); Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came (1970); Suspicion (1958); Switch (1976); Tales of Wells Fargo (1958–1959); Tension at Table Rock (1956); That '70s Show (2002); The Adventures of McGraw (1957); The Black Parachute (1944); The Chance of a Lifetime (1943); The Chisholms (1980); The Commish (1991); The Court of Last Resort (1957); The Donna Reed Show (1960); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Halls of Ivy (1954); The Jack Benny Program (1957); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1960); The Lineup (1958); The Living Christ Series (1951); The Lone Ranger (1956); The Magical World of Disney (1977); The Mask of Diijon (1946); The Millionaire (1955); The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1957); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Oval Portrait (1997); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1955); The Phantom (1943); The Racket Man (1944); The Range Rider (1953); The Restless Gun (1957–1959); The Return of the Vampire (1943); The Rockford Files (1975); The Rookies (1972); The Schaefer Century Theatre (1952); The Sheriff of Cochise (1957); The Slowest Gun in the West (1960); The Smith Family (1971); The Soul of a Monster (1944); The Stranger (1973); The Strangler (1964); The Streets of San Francisco (1972); The Twilight Zone (1961); The Unexpected (1952); The Young and the Restless (1973); The Young Lawyers (1970); There's Something About a Soldier (1943); This Is the Life (1970); Three's Company (1979); Tonight and Every Night (1945); Topper Returns (1973); Touch and Go (1986); Trooper Hook (1957); Trouble in-Laws (1951); Two Faces West (1961); Vice Raid (1959); Wagon Train (1958–1962); What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (1978); Whirlybirds (1957–1959); Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue (1991); Wings (1996); Wonder Woman (1978); Zane Grey Theatre (1960).

Born on this day – Maryesther Denver:

Maryesther Denver

Actress

May 10, 1918 – June 3, 1980

Credits:

Alice Through the Looking Glass (1966); Ben Casey (1964); Bewitched (1971); Born to Be Loved (1959); Columbo (1974); Diamond Jim: Skulduggery in Samantha (1965); Frasier, the Sensuous Lion (1973); Nightmare (1974); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1965); Project X (1968); Star Trek (1967); Strange Homecoming (1974); The Danny Thomas Hour (1967); The Fortune Cookie (1966); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Interns (1962); The New Interns (1964); The Wild Wild West (1968); Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963); Wicked, Wicked (1973).

Born on this day – William Jay Smith:

William Jay Smith

Writer

April 22, 1918 – August 18, 2015

Credits:

Alain Bosquet (1995); Army brat: a memoir (1980); Around My Room (2000); Boy Blue's Book of Beasts (1957); Celebration at Dark (1950); His Collected Poems: 1939–1989 (1990); Ho for a Hat! (1964 / revised edition published in 1989); Laughing Time (1955); Laughing Time: Collected Nonsense (1980); My Friend Tom: The Poet-Playwright Tennessee Williams (2012); Poems (1947); Poems of a Multimillionaire by Valéry Larbaud (1955); Selected Writings of Jules Laforgue (1956); Songs of C, Federico García Lorca (1994); The Cherokee Lottery: A Sequence of Poems (2000); The Straw Market (2006); The streaks of the tulip: selected criticism (1972); The Tin Can and Other Poems (1966); The World Below the Window: Poems 1937–1997 (1998); Two Plays by Charles Bertin: Christopher Columbus and Don Juan (1970); Typewriter Town (1960).

Born on this day – William Holden:

William Holden

Actor

April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981

Credits:

Adventures at the Jade Sea (1969); AFI Life Achievement Award (1980); Alvarez Kelly (1966); Apartment for Peggy (1948); Arizona (1940); Ashanti (1979); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); Bing Crosby: His Life and Legend (1978); Blaze of Noon (1947); Boots Malone (1952); Born Yesterday (1950); Breezy (1973); Casino Royale (1967); Ciné regards (1979); Damien: Omen II (1978); Dear Ruth (1947); Dear Wife (1949); Die Jungfrau auf dem Dach (1953); Donahue (1976); Escape from Fort Bravo (1953); Escape to Athena (1979); Et par ord om Danmark (1960); Executive Suite (1954); Father Is a Bachelor (1950); Fedora (1978); Force of Arms (1951); Forever Female (1953); Golden Boy (1939); Good Morning America (1977–1981); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hollywood Today (1955); I Love Lucy (1955); I Wanted Wings (1941); Invisible Stripes (1939); Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955); Lux Video Theatre (1954–1956); Meet the Stars #3: Variety Reel #1 (1941); Meet the Stewarts (1942); Million Dollar Legs (1939); Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949); Mysteries of the Sea (1980); Network (1976); Once Upon a Time.... is Now Grace Kelly (1977); Open Season (1974); Our Town (1940); Paris When It Sizzles (1964); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1956); Person to Person (1955); Picnic (1955); Prison Farm (1938); Producers' Showcase (1955); Rachel and the Stranger (1948); Reconnaissance Pilot (1943); Report on Hong Kong (1961); S.O.B. (1981); Sabrina (1954); Salute to Show Business (1957); Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954); Satan Never Sleeps (1962); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Night Life (1952); Sheilah Graham in Hollywood (1955); Shooting Stars (1961); Stalag 17 (1953); Streets of Laredo (1949); Submarine Command (1951); Sunset Blvd. (1950); Texas (1941); World's Heavyweight Championship Fight: Floyd Patterson Heavyweight Champion of the World versus Ingemar Johansson Heavyweight Champion of Europe (1959); The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); The 27th Annual Academy Awards (1955); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1977); The 49th Annual Academy Awards (1977); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The 7th Dawn (1964); The American Movie Awards (1980); The Annual National Sports Awards (1974); The Blue Knight (1973); The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957); The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954); The Christmas Tree (1969); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1954–1955); The Counterfeit Traitor (1962); The Country Girl (1954); The Dark Past (1948); The David Frost Show (1971–1972); The Dean Martin Show (1968–1973); The Devil's Brigade (1968); The Dick Cavett Show (1969–1972); The Earthling (1980); The Ed Sullivan Show (1958); The Fleet's In (1942); The Horse Soldiers (1959); The Jack Benny Program (1956); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The Key (1958); The Lion (1962); The Man from Colorado (1948); The Merv Griffin Show (1968–1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1972–1977); The Moon Is Blue (1953); The Moviemakers (1971); The Proud and Profane (1956); The Remarkable Andrew (1942); The Revengers (1972); The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant (1958); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1957); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1969–1981); The Towering Inferno (1974); The Turning Point (1952); The Wild Bunch (1969); The World of Suzie Wong (1960); Those Were the Days! (1940); Toward the Unknown (1956); 21 Hours at Munich (1976); Union Station (1950); Variety Girl (1947); Walt Disney Academy Awards: 26th Annual, 1954 (1954); What's My Line? (1956); When Time Ran Out... (1980); Wild Rovers (1971); Wild Rovers (1971); Wings Up (1943); You Can Change the World (1950); Young and Willing (1943).

Born on this day – Anne Shirley:

Anne Shirley

Actress

April 17, 1918 – July 4, 1993

Credits:

4 Devils (1928); A Man to Remember (1938); A Night at the Biltmore Bowl (1935); Alice's Egg Plant (1925); All That Money Can Buy (1941); Anne of Green Gables (1934); Anne of Windy Poplars (1940); Bachelor Bait (1934); Bombardier (1943); Boy Slaves (1939); Career (1939); Chasing Yesterday (1935); Chatterbox (1936); City Girl (1930); Condemned Women (1938); Emma (1932); Finishing School (1934); Four Jacks and a Jill (1942); Girls' School (1938); Government Girl (1943); Gun Smoke (1931); Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (1941); Hello Napoleon (1931); His Wooden Wedding (1925); Howdy Mate (1931); Lady Bodyguard (1943); Law of the Underworld (1938); Liliom (1930); Make Way for a Lady (1936); Man from Frisco (1944); Meet the Missus (1937); M'Liss (1936); Moonshine Valley (1922); Mother Carey's Chickens (1938); Mother Knows Best (1928); Murder, My Sweet (1944); Music in Manhattan (1944); Night Life (1927); Picture People No. 1: Stars in Defense (1941); Rasputin and the Empress (1932); Rich Man's Folly (1931); Riders of the Purple Sage (1925); Saturday's Children (1940); School for Girls (1934); Sins of the Fathers (1928); So and Sew (1936); So Big! (1932); Sorority House (1939); Steamboat Round the Bend (1935); Stella Dallas (1937); The Callahans and the Murphys (1927); The Fast Set (1924); The Hidden Woman (1922); The History Chicks (2018); The Key (1934); The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933); The Man Who Fights Alone (1924); The Mayor of 44th Street (1942); The Powers Girl (1943); The Purchase Price (1932); The Rich Pup (1924); The Rustle of Silk (1923); The Spanish Dancer (1923); The World Is Ours (1938); This Side of Heaven (1934); Three on a Match (1932); Too Many Wives (1937); Unexpected Uncle (1941); Vigil in the Night (1940); West Point Widow (1941); Young America (1932).