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).

Born on this day – Spike Milligan:

Spike Milligan

Actor

Comedian

Writer

Musician

Writer

April 16, 1918 – February 27, 2002

Credits:

Books:

A Book of Milliganimals (1968); A Children's Treasury of Milligan (1999); A Dustbin of Milligan (1961); A Mad Medley Of Milligan (1999); Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (1971); Bad Jelly the Witch: A Fairy Story (1973); Black Beauty According to Spike Milligan (1996); Book of Bits or a Bit of a Book (1974); Box 18 (2006); Chill Air (1981); Classic Adventures According to Spike Milligan (2002); Condensed Animals (1991); D.H. Lawrence's John Thomas And Lady Jane According to Spike Milligan (1995); Dear Robert, Dear Spike (1991); Depression And How To Survive It (1993); Dip the puppy (1974); Fleas, Knees And Hidden Elephants (1995); Floored Masterpieces with Worse Verse (1985); Frankenstein according to Spike Milligan (1997); Get in the Q annual (1980); Goblins (1978); Goodbye Soldier (1986); Goon Again (2001); Goon Cartoons (1982); Gunner Milligan, 954024 (1995); Hidden Words (1993); If Only I Were Bald (1981); Indefinite Articles and Scunthorpe (1983); It Ends With Magic (1990); Lady Chatterly's Lover According to Spike Milligan (1994); Milligan's Meaning of Life (1994); Milligan's War (1988); Monty, His Part In My Victory (1976); More Goon Cartoons (1983); More Goon Show Scripts (1973); More Nation's Favourite Poems (2004); More Spike Milligan Letters (1984); Mussolini: His Part in My Downfall (1978); My Mother (1991); Nothing Solemn (1973); Open Heart University (1979); Peace Work (1991); Poems (1997); Potboiling Dustbin Full Of Bits (1984); Puckoon (1963); Robin Hood According to Spike Milligan (1998); 'Rommel?' 'Gunner Who?' (1974); Scunthorpe Revisited - Added Articles and Instant Relatives (1989); Silly Verse For Kids (1959); Sir Nobonk And The Terrible, Awful, Dreadful, Naughty, Nasty Dragon (1982); Small Dreams Of A Scorpion (1972); Spike Milligan (2013); Spike Milligan: A Celebration (1995); Spike Milligan's Further Transports Of Delight (1985); Spike Milligan's Transports of Delight (1974); Startling Verse For All The Family (1987); Sunday-midnight (1990); That's Amazing (1989); The 101 Best And Only Limericks Of Spike Milligan (1984); The Bald Twit Lion (1968); The Bedside Milligan (1960); The Bedsitting Room (1972); The Bible According to Spike Milligan (1993); The Book of the Goons (1974); The Compulsive Spike Milligan (2004); The Essential Spike Milligan (2002); The Family Album (1999); The Goon Show (2017); The Goon Show Companion: A History and Goonography (1976); The Goon Show Scripts (1972); The Goons (1997); The Great MaGonagall Scrap Book (1975); The Hound of the Baskervilles According to Spike Milligan (1998); The Little Pot Boiler (1963); The Looney (1987); The Lost Goon Shows (1988); The Magical World of Milligan (2009); Milligan's Ark (1973); The Melting Pot (1983); The Mirror Running (1987); The Murphy (2000); The Nation's Favourite Animal Poems (2001); The Nation's Favourite Children's Poems (2001); The Nation's Favourite Love Poems (1997); The Nation's Favourite Poems (1998); The Nation's Favourite Poems of Remembrance (2003); The Nation's Favourite Poems: Book 1 (1996); The Nation's Favourite: Comic Poems (1998); The Q Annual (1979); The Spike Milligan Letters (1977); There's A Lot Of It About! (1983); Treasure Island According To Spike Milligan (2001); Unspun Socks From A Chicken's Laundry (1982); Where Have All the Bullets Gone? (1985); William McGonagall Meets George Gershwin (1988); William McGonagall: Freefall (1992); William McGonagall: The Truth at Last (1976); Wuthering Heights According To Spike Milligan (1995).

Movies and television:

2Gs and the Pop People (1972); 90 Minutes Live (1977); A Big Hand for Sooty (1998); A Christmas Cracker (1956); A Current Affair (2011); A Kid for Two Farthings (1955); A Royal Birthday Celebration (1998); A Short History of Man and Music: Part 2 (1957); A Show Called Fred (1956); A Tribute to Johnny Speight: For Richer, for Poorer (1998); A Whole Scene Going (1966); Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (1973); Alfred Marks Time (1959); Alice Through the Looking Box (1960); Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972); All Star Secrets (1985–1986); All the Best from Denis Norden (2007); An Apple a Day (1971); An Evening with Spike Milligan (1996); Aquarius (1972–1973); Arena (1993–2011); Australia (1987); Badjelly (2025); Badjelly the Witch (2000); Barry Humphries Gives Us the Good Oil (2003); Behind the Scenes of 'the Last Remake of Beau Geste' (1977); Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story (2009); Bernard Miles on the Halls (1986); Between Two Women (2003); Billy Cotton Band Show (1964–1966); Blankety Blank (1981–1984); Bob Hope's Happy Birthday Homecoming (London Royal Gala) (1985); Breakfast (2010); Britain's Favourite Christmas Songs (2011); Burke's Backyard (1995); Call My Bluff (1987); Call the Midwife (2013); Calling All Cars (1954); Carrott Confidential (1987–1988); Carry on Spike in Australia (1972); Celebrity Squares (1975–1979); Chaos Supersedes E.N.S.A.. (1980); Children in Need (1984); Cilla (1968–1969); Clapper Board (1980); Clive Anderson Talks Back (1995); Come Here Often (1967–1968); Comedy Connections (2008); Comedy Playhouse (1975); Comic Roots (1983); Cucumber Castle (1970); Curry & Chips (1969); Das Auto: The Germans, Their Cars and Us (2013); Decidedly Dusty (1969); Dee Time (1967–1969); Demob Happy: How TV Conquered Britain (2007); Des O'Connor Tonight (1988–1996); Digby: The Biggest Dog in the World (1973); Doctor Who: Thirty Years in the TARDIS (1993); Don't Miss Wax (1987); Don't Say a Word (1963–1964); Don't Spare the Horses (1952); Dot and the Kangaroo (1977); Down Among the Z Men (1952); Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964); Earth Patrol (1979); EMI: The Inside Story (2016); Emmy the Robot (2026); Every Night Something Atrocious (1980); Everyman (1977–1999); Face Your Image (1975); Fantastic Animation Festival (1977); Festival of Entertainment (1972); Film Night (1970); Fish and Milligan (1966); Friday Night (1993); Full House (1973); Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1974); Give Us a Clue (1979–1988); Going a Bundle (1974); Goonreel (1952); Gormenghast (2000); Group Madness (1983); Hancock's Half Hour (1956); Have I Got News for You (1995); Hawkins' Rivers (1982); Here Comes Channel 8 (1980); Heroes of Comedy (1995–2002); Highway (1991); History of the World: Part I (1981); Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007); Home and Dry (1955); Home Movie Roadshow (2010); Home on Sunday (1984); Hullabaloo (1968); I Told You I Was Ill: The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan (2005); In Sickness and in Health (1987); In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett (1995); Invasion Quartet (1961); It's Patently Obvious (1980); Jackanory (1971–1979); Jeremy Taylor (1980); John Nettles Applauds (2008); Jools Holland's Happening (1991); Juke Box Jury (1960–1966); Kazuko's Karaoke Klub (1989); Kenny Everett's Christmas Carol (1985); Labour's Old Romantic (1997); Late Night Line-Up (1965 / 1969); Laugh Line (1960–1961); Lena (1981); Let's Go Crazy (1951); Living Famously (2003); London Entertains (1951); Looks Familiar (1976–1986); Loose Talk (1983); Lost in the Wild (1976); Man About the House (1974); Mary: Rhymes and Reasons (1972); Milligan in... (1972–1973); Milligan's Wake (1964–1965); M'Lords... Ladies and Gentlemen... (1978–1979); Monitor (1959); Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyer's Cut (2009); Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979); Moonshadow (1972); Multi-Coloured Swap Shop (1978); Muses with Milligan (1964–1965); Nelson's Column Big Band (1984); New Faces (1988); No 73 (1985); oel Edmonds: The Rise & Fall of Mr Saturday Night (2022); Noel's House Party (1992); Not Only... But Also (1966–1970); Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008); Now and Then (1967–1968); Off the Record (1956–1958); Oh in Colour (1970); Omnibus (1974–1996); Once More with Felix (1967–1968); One Foot in the Past (1995); One Man's Week (1975); One Pair of Eyes (1973); Open Door (1977); Pantomania, or Dick Whittington (1956); Parkinson (1971–1982); Parkinson in Australia (1981); Parkinson One to One (1987); Paul Merton's Palladium Story (1994); Penny Points to Paradise (1951); Perspectives (2012); Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy (2020); Plunder (1990); Pob's Programme (1985–1990); Pop Gold (2015); Postman's Knock (1962); Private Eye TV (1971); Puckoon (2002); Q5 (1969–1980); Quiz of the Year (1970); Rentadick (1972); Rhubarb Rhubarb (1980); Right to Work March (1972); Rita and Wally (1968); Room 101 (1999); Rugby Special (1973); Sad/Happy Ending Story of the Bald Twit Lion (1967); Saturday Live (1986); Saturday Night at the Mill (1977–1981); Score with the Scaffold (1970); Secombe and Friends (1959 / 1966); Secombe Here! (1955); Sellers' Best? (1992); Sing a Song of Secombe (1974); Six Dates with Barker (1971); Six-Five Special (1957); Some Jerk with a Camera (2012); Some You Win (1984); Something to Sing About (1975); Son of Fred (1956); Spike (1996); Spike Milligan Meets Joe Brown (1961); Spike Milligan on Treasure Island WC2 (1961); Spike Milligan: A Series of Unrelated Incidents at Current Market Value (1961); Spike Milligan: Assorted Q (2014); Spike Milligan: I Told You I Was Ill... - A Live Tribute (2002); Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace (2014); Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive (2022); Spike Night (1998); Steve Wright's People Show (1994); Studio 9: The Home of Australian Television (2004); Super Gran (1985); Surprise! Surprise! (1984); Sykes and A... (1960); Takin' Over the Asylum (1994); Telescope (1963); Television (1985); Tell Me Another (1977); That Was the Year That Was (2023); That's Life! (1985); The 11 O'Clock Show (2000); The ABC of ABC - A Souvenir with Music (1966); The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972); The Adventures of Barry McKenzie: A Conversation with Barry Humphries (2002); The Adventures of Barry McKenzie: Introduction by Dame Edna Everage (2007); The Adventures of Bazza in Chunderland: The Making of 'The Adventures of Barry McKenzie' (2007); The Bed Sitting Room (1969 / 2016); The Big Freeze (1993); The Big Time (1976); The Bob Monkhouse Show (1983); The British Comedy Awards 1992 (1992); The British Comedy Awards 1994 (1994); The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn (1956); The Cherry Picker (1974); The Climber (1983); The Comedians' Comedian (2005); The Comedy Map of Britain (2008); The Comedy Trail: A Shaggy Dog Story (1999); The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau (2002); The Daryl Somers Show (1983); The Des O'Connor Show (1968); The Diana Dors Show (1981); The Diane Solomon Show (1974); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Don Lane Show (1980); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1957–1968); The Frankie Howerd Show (1953); The Ghost of Peter Sellers (2018); The Gladys Half-Hour (1958); The Good Old Days (1964); The Goon Show (1968); The Great Bong (1993); The Great McGonagall (1975); The Happening (1991); The Heart of Show Business (1967); The Hippodrome Show (1989); The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978); The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d (1956); The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d (1956); The James Whale Radio Show (1992); 'The Jewel in the Crown' Southall, Middx (1985); The Jo Stafford Show (1961); The Last Goon Show of All (1972); The Last Impresario (2013); The Last Laugh Before TV-am (1985); The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977); The Last Turkey in the Shop Show (1974); The Lively Arts (1976–1977); The Magic Christian (1969); The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins / Segment; Sloth (1971); The Marti Caine Show (1984); The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine (1971–1972); The Melting Pot (1975–1976); The Muppet Show (1979–1981); The Nations' Favourite Children's Poem (2001); The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (1999); The New London Palladium Show (1965); The Noel Edmonds Saturday Roadshow (1988–1990); The Other Spike (1970); The Paranormal Peter Sellers (2002); The Pythons (1979); The Ratties (1988); The Risk (1960); The Rock 'n' Roll Years (1987); The Rolf Harris Show (1974); The Roy Castle Show (1969); The Royal Variety Performance 1965 (1965); The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1959); The Saturday Show (1982); The Secret Life of Brian (2007); The Sooty Show (1986); The Super Secret Service (1953); The Sweepstakes Game (1976); The Telegoons (1963–1964); The Three Musketeers (1973); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960); The Two Ronnies (1976); The Two Ronnies at the Movies (1999); The Two Ronnies Sketchbook (2005); The Undertakers (1969); The Undiscovered Peter Cook (2016); The Unforgettable Harry Secombe (2010); The Unforgettable Spike Milligan (2010); The Unknown Peter Sellers (2000); The Unseen Spike Milligan (2005); The Very Best of 'Have I Got News for You' (2002); The World of Beachcomber (1968–1969); Them and Us (1990); There's a Lot of It About (1982); This Is Your Life (1958–1999); Through the Keyhole (1987); Till Death Us Do Part (1970–1974); Timeshift (2007–2012); Tiswas (1980); To See Such Fun (1977); Tonight Live with Steve Vizard (1990–1993); Tonight with Jonathan Ross (1991); TV Heroes (1993); Under the Volcano (2021); Up Yer Festival (1990); Val Parnell's Spectacular (1957); Variety Parade (1955); Victoria Wood's Sketch Show Story (2001); Village (1996); Walk Across Britain: Right to Work (1973); Watch Your Stern (1960); Wham! Bam! Strawberry Jam! (1995); What a Performance! (2000); What a Whopper (1961); What We Were Watching (2025); Whatever Next? (1968–1970); When the Sun Goes In... (1999); Where Do I Sit? (1971); Wild About Harry: A Tribute to Sir Harry Secombe (2001); Wildlife Spectacular (1971); Will the Real Mr Sellers.....? (1969); 'Wiltons' - The Handsomest Hall in Town (1970); With a Little Help from My Friends (1969); Without Walls (1991); Wogan (1983–1989); Wolves, Witches and Giants (1995–1998); World in Action (1992); Yellowbeard (1983); Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here (1972); You Bet! (1988–1991).

Born on this day – Dolores Muñoz Ledo:

Dolores Muñoz Ledo

Voice actress

April 14, 1918 – February 13, 2026

Credits:

Anita Louise in Marie Antoinette (1938); Bea Arthur in The Golden Girls (1989–1992); Chip in Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers; Donna Reed in They Were Expendable (1945); Sorceress in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.

Born on this day – Marguerite Chapman:

Marguerite Chapman

Actress

March 9, 1918 – August 31, 1999

Credits:

Barnaby Jones (1977); Police Story (1973); Hawaii Five-O (1975); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1971); Frontier Circus (1962); Here's Hollywood (1961); Laramie (1961); Perry Mason (1960); The Amazing Transparent Man (1960); The Lineup (1959); The Ann Sothern Show (1959); Rawhide (1959); Pursuit (1958); The Millionaire (1958); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1958); Studio One (1958); Climax! (1955–1957); The Eve Arden Show (1957); Studio 57 (1954–1957); The Ford Television Theatre (1952–1957); Strange Stories (1956); Lux Video Theatre (1955–1956); TV Reader's Digest (1956); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Shower of Stars (1955); The Star and the Story (1955); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Science Fiction Theatre (1955); The Seven Year Itch (1955); City Detective (1953–1955); The Whistler (1955); Private Secretary (1954); Four Star Playhouse (1954); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1954); Your Play Time (1954); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); Hollywood Opening Night (1953); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Fireside Theatre (1953); Chevron Theatre (1952–1953); Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952); Sea Tiger (1952); Man Bait (1952); Your Show of Shows (1951–1953); Flight to Mars (1951); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); Kansas Raiders (1950); The Green Promise (1949); The Gallant Blade (1948); Coroner Creek (1948); Relentless (1948); Mr. District Attorney (1947); Rough But Hopeful (1946); The Walls Came Tumbling Down (1946); One Way to Love (1946); Pardon My Past (1945); Counter-Attack (1945); Strange Affair (1944); My Kingdom for a Cook (1943); Destroyer (1943); Appointment in Berlin (1943); Times Square (1943); One Dangerous Night (1942); The Daring Young Man (1942); The Spirit of Stanford (1942); A Man's World (1942); Parachute Nurse (1942); Submarine Raider (1942); Meet the Stewarts (1942); Spy Smasher (1942); The Playgirls (1942); You're in the Army Now (1941); West of the Rockies (1941); The Body Disappears (1941); Navy Blues (1941); The Great Lie (1941); A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941); Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940); Four Sons (1940); On Their Own (1940).

Born on this day – Mickey Spillane:

Mickey Spillane

Writer

Actor

March 9, 1918 – July 17, 2006

Credits:

Books:

A Century of Great Suspense Stories (2001); A Century of Noir (2002); A Dangerous Cat (2017); A Long Time Dead (2016); An Acceptable Sacrifice (2012); An Acceptable Sacrifice (2012); Black Alley (1996); Bloody Sunrise (1965); Book Club (2014); Book Club (2014); Citadel (2016); Citadel (2016); City Sleuths and Tough Guys (1989); Complex 90 (2013); Condor in the Stacks (2015); Condor in the Stacks (2015); Crimes by Moonlight (2010); Day of the Guns (1964); Dead Dames Don't Sing (2016); Dead Dames Don't Sing (2016); Dead Street (2007); Death Leaves a Bookmark (2012); Death Leaves a Bookmark (2012); Dig Two Graves (2023); Every Seven Years (2015); Every Seven Years (2015); From the Queen (2015); From the Queen (2015); From the Queen (2015); Hoodoo Harry (2017); Hoodoo Harry (2017); Hot Lead, Cold Justice (2020); I, the Jury (1947); It's in the Book (2014); It's in the Book (2014); Kill Me If You Can (2022); Kill Me, Darling (2015); Killer Mine (1965); Killing Town (2018); King of the Weeds (2014); Kiss Her Goodbye (2009); Kiss Me, Deadly (1952); Lady, Go Die! (2012); Last Stage to Hell Junction (2019); Masquerade for Murder (2020); Masters of Noir, Volume One (2010); Me, Hood! (1963); Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer #1 (2018); Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer #2 (2018); Murder Never Knocks (2016); Murder, My Love (2019); My Gun Is Quick (1950); Mystery, Inc. (2015); Mystery, Inc. (2015); One Lonely Night (1951); Private Eyes (1998); Pronghorns of the Third Reich (2012); Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories (1996); Reconciliation Day (2016); Reconciliation Day (2016); Remaindered (2014); Remaindered (2014); Return of the Hood (1964); Rides a Stranger (2013); Rides a Stranger (2013); Seven Years (2018); Shoot-Out at Sugar Creek (2021); Skin (2012); So Long, Chief (2013); Something's Down There (2003); Stand Up and Die! (2022); Survival... Zero (1970); The Best American Mystery Stories 2011 (2011); The Big Bang (2010); The Big Kill (1951); The Big Showdown (2016); The Bloody Spur (2018); The Body Lovers (1967); The Book Case (2012); The Book of Ghosts (2013); The Book of the Lion (2015); The Book of Virtue (2012); The Book Thing (2012); The By-Pass Control (1966); The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository (2018); The Compendium of Srem (2014); The Consummata (2011); The Dark Door (2022); The Day the Sea Rolled Back (1979); The Death Dealers (1966); The Deep (1961); The Delta Factor (1968); The Erection Set (1972); The Final Testament (2013); The Flier (1964); The Girl Hunters (1962); The Girl Who Did Say No (2020); The Goliath Bone (2008); The Gospel of Sheba (2014); The Haze (2016); The Hemingway Valise (2018); The Honeymoon Trap (2022); The Interrogator and Other Criminally Good Fiction (2012); The Killing Man (1989); The Last Cop Out (1973); The Last Honest Horse Thief (2018); The Last Stand (2018); The Legend of Caleb York (2015); The Little Men (2015); The Long Sonata of the Dead (2013); The Long Wait (1951); The Menace (2022); The Nature of My Inheritance (2014); The Pretty Little Box (2018); The Scroll (2014); The Sequel (2014); The Ship That Never Was (1982); The Snake (1964); The Tough Guys (1969); The Traitor (2022); The Travelling Companion (2016); The Twisted Thing (1966); The Will to Kill (2017); Tomorrow I Die (1984); Vengeance is Mine (1950); Vintage Spillane (1974).

Movies and television:

Mike Hammer, Private Eye (1997–1998); Mommy's Day (1997); Fallen Angels (1995); Mommy (1995); Come Die with Me: A Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Mystery (1994); Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All (1989); The New Mike Hammer (1984–1987); More Than Murder (1984); Murder Me, Murder You (1983); I, the Jury (1982); Margin for Murder (1981); Miller Lite: Tastes Great, Less Filling (1976–1986); Columbo (1974); The Delta Factor (1970); The Girl Hunters (1963); Mike Hammer (1958–1959); My Gun Is Quick (1957); Kiss Me Deadly (1955); Mickey Spillane's 'Mike Hammer!' (1954); Ring of Fear (1954); The Long Wait (1954); I, the Jury (1953).

Born on this day – Ida Lupino:

Ida Lupino

Actress

Singer

Director

Writer

Producer

February 4, 1918 – August 3, 1995

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1959); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960–1961); Alias Smith and Jones (1972); Anything Goes (1936); Artist and Models (1937); Barnaby Jones (1974); Batman (1968); Beware, My Lovely (1952); Bewitched (1965); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Bonanza (1959); Bracken's World (1970); Breaking Point (1963); Burke's Law (1963–1964); Charlie's Angels (1977); Climax! (1956); Columbo (1972–1974); Come On, Marines! (1934); Daniel Boone (1967); Dante (1960); Deadhead Miles (1972); Death Valley Days (1960); Deep Valley (1947); Devotion (1946); Dr. Kildare (1964); Dundee and the Culhane (1967); Ellery Queen (1975); Escape Me Never (1947); Family Affair (1969–1970); Female Artillery (1973); Fight for Your Lady (1937); Forever and a Day (1943); Four Star Playhouse (1953–1956); General Electric Theater (1960–1962); Gilligan's Island (1964–1966); Hard, Fast and Beautiful! (1951); Have Gun - Will Travel (1959–1961); Her First Affaire (1932); High Finance (1933); High Sierra (1940); Hollywood Canteen (1944); Honey West (1965); Hong Kong (1960); Hotel de Paree (1959–1960); I Lived with You (1933); I Love a Mystery (1973); In Our Time (1944); Insight (1971); It Takes a Thief (1968); Jennifer (1953); Judd for the Defense (1968); Junior Bonner (1972); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963–1964); Ladies in Retirement (1941); Let's Get Married (1937); Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942); Lust for Gold (1949); Lux Playhouse (1959); Medical Center (1972); Mod Squad (1969); Money for Speed (1933); Moontide (1942); Mr. Adams and Eve (1957–1958); Mr. Novak (1963–1965); My Boys Are Good Boys (1979); Nanny and the Professor (1971); Never Fear (1950); Not Wanted (1949); On Dangerous Ground (1951); On the Loose (1951); One Rainy Afternoon (1936); Out of the Fog (1941); Outrage (1950); Paris in Spring (1935); Peter Ibbetson (1935); Pillow to Post (1945); Police Woman (1975); Prince of Arcadia (1933); Private Hell 36 (1954); Ready for Love (1934); Road House (1948); Sam Benedict (1962–1963); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Sea Devils (1937); Search for Beauty (1934); Smart Girl (1935); Strange Intruder (1956); Switch (1975); Tate (1960); Teenage Idol (1958); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943); The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939); The Big Knife (1955); The Bigamist (1953); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1973); The Devil's Rain (1975); The Donna Reed Show (1959); The Food of the Gods (1976); The Ford Television Theatre (1954); The Fugitive (1963–1964); The Gay Desperado (1936); The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968); The Ghost Camera (1933); The Green Peacock (1958); The Hard Way (1943); The Hitch-Hiker (1953); The Investigators (1961); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1956); The Lady and the Mob (1939); The Letters (1973); The Light That Failed (1939); The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939); The Love Race (1931); The Man I Love (1946); The Manhunter (1974); The Name of the Game (1969); The Outcasts (1969); The Rifleman (1961); The Rogues (1964–1965); The Sea Wolf (1941); The Strangers in 7A (1972); The Streets of San Francisco (1974); The Trouble with Angels (1966); The Twilight Zone (1959–1964); The Untouchables (1962–1963); The Virginian (1963–1965); The Wild Wild West (1966); They Drive by Night (1940); Thriller (1961–1962); Virginian (1966); While the City Sleeps (1956); Woman in Hiding (1950); Women in Chains (1972); Women's Prison (1955); Yours for the Asking (1936); Zane Grey Theatre (1956).

Born on this day – Claudia Drake:

Claudia Drake

Actress

Singer

January 30, 1918 – October 19, 1997

Credits:

Wagon Train (1958); Calypso Joe (1957); Your Favorite Story (1954–1955); Cavalcade of America (1955); Day of Triumph (1954); Northern Patrol (1953); Racket Squad (1950); The Pace That Thrills (1952); The Cisco Kid (1951); The Cowboy and the Indians (1949); Indian Agent (1948); Lady at Midnight (1948); The Return of Rin Tin Tin (1947); Renegade Girl (1946); Lone Star Moonlight (1946); Lawless Breed (1946); The Gentleman from Texas (1946); The Face of Marble (1946); Live Wires (1946); Detour (1945); The Crimson Canary (1945); Why Girls Leave Home (1945); Bedside Manner (1945); The Lady Confesses (1945); Enemy of Women (1944); Campus Rhythm (1943); False Colors (1943); Border Patrol (1943); Reunion in France (1942); Flying with Music (1942); No Greater Sin (1941); Footlight Parade (1933); Old King Cole (1933).

Born on this day – John Forsythe:

John Forsythe

Actor

Producer

Narrator

Drama teacher

Philanthropist

January 29, 1918 – April 1, 2010

Born on this day – Suzanne Ridgeway:

Suzanne Ridgeway

Actress

January 27, 1918 – May 6, 1996

Credits:

3 Ring Circus (1954); 5 Fingers (1952); A Bullet for Joey (1955); A Date with Judy (1948); A Merry Mix-up (1957); A Missed Fortune (1952); A Night in Casablanca (1946); A Night of Adventure (1944); A Star Is Shorn (1939); A Woman's Secret (1949); Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952); Adventures of Don Juan (1948); Alias Boston Blackie (1942); All About Eve (1950); An Annapolis Story (1955); Anne of the Indies (1951); April in Paris (1952); Arabian Nights (1942); Arch of Triumph (1948); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Assignment: Paris (1952); Back Street (1941); Barbary Pirate (1949); Bengazi (1955); Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956); Big Jim McLain (1952); Black Angel (1946); Blues Busters (1950); Border River (1954); Born to Be Bad (1950); Bowery Buckaroos (1947); Brigadoon (1954); Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940); Brooklyn Orchid (1942); Calamity Jane (1953); California Passage (1950); Captain Pirate (1952); Casbah (1948); Cattle Town (1952); Chained for Life (1952); Citizen Kane (1941); City Beneath the Sea (1953); City of Shadows (1955); Climax! (1954); Club Havana (1945); College Swing (1938); Come on Seven (1956); Counter-Espionage (1942); Cow Town (1950); Cowboy (1958); Cowboy and the Prizefighter (1949); Criss Cross (1949); Cruisin' Down the River (1953); Dangerous Assignment (1952); Dangerous to Know (1938); Death Valley Days (1952); Destination Murder (1950); Double Crossbones (1951); Down Argentine Way (1940); Down Dakota Way (1949); Duchess of Idaho (1950); Duel on the Mississippi (1955); East of Sumatra (1953); El Dorado (1945); Even as IOU (1942); F.B.I. Girl (1951); First Aid (1943); Flying with Music (1942); Force of Arms (1951); Fort Osage (1952); Fort Ti (1953); Fourteen Hours (1951); Foxfire (1955); From Hell It Came (1957); Fun on a Weekend (1947); Gaucho Serenade (1940); Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953); Gilda (1946); Girl Rush (1944); Girls in Chains (1943); Golden Girl (1951); Gone with the Wind (1939); Gunsmoke (1956); H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941); Heaven Only Knows (1947); Her Kind of Man (1946); Here Come the Marines (1952); Hey Moe, Hey Dad! (2015); Hired Wife (1940); Hit the Ice (1943); Hold 'Em Navy (1937); Hold That Kiss (1938); Hollywood or Bust (1956); Homecoming (1948); Hoodlum Empire (1952); Hot News (1953); Hot Stuff (1956); Hurricane Island (1951); I Was an American Spy (1951); I, the Jury (1953); I'll See You in My Dreams (1951); Illegal (1955); Incident (1948); It's a Date (1940); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); It's Always Fair Weather (1955); Jinx Money (1948); Johnny One-Eye (1950); Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949); Jungle Goddess (1948); Khyber Patrol (1954); Lady from Louisiana (1941); Latin Lovers (1953); Lili (1953); Loose Loot (1953); Lost City of the Jungle (1946); Love Is Better Than Ever (1952); Lovely to Look At (1952); Love's A-Poppin' (1953); Lucky Losers (1950); Lullaby of Broadway (1951); Lust for Gold (1949); Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1952); Malaya (1949); Mary Ryan, Detective (1949); Mesa of Lost Women (1953); Mexican Hayride (1948); Mighty Joe Young (1949); Millionaire Playboy (1940); Money from Home (1953); Monsieur Verdoux (1947); Montana (1950); Morocco (1949); Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938); Mr. Dynamite (1941); Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939); Mummy's Dummies (1948); My Blue Heaven (1950); My Dream Is Yours (1949); My Favorite Spy (1951); My Foolish Heart (1949); My Friend Irma Goes West (1950); My Son, the Hero (1943); Mystery Street (1950); Nancy Goes to Rio (1950); Night Song (1947); No Holds Barred (1952); No Questions Asked (1951); Not as a Stranger (1955); O.S.S. (1946); On Moonlight Bay (1951); On Our Merry Way (1948); On the Riviera (1951); One Too Many (1950); Out Where the Stars Begin (1938); Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951); Panama Hattie (1942); Passport to Danger (1954–1955); Perry Mason (1957); Please Believe Me (1950); Possessed (1947); Prince of Players (1955); Public Defender (1954); Quicksand (1950); Raiders of the Desert (1941); Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953); Raintree County (1957); Red, Hot and Blue (1949); Ride, Vaquero! (1953); Right Cross (1950); Road to Morocco (1942); Romance in the Dark (1938); Rumpus in the Harem (1956); Ruthless (1948); Saddle Legion (1951); Sailor Beware (1952); Scared Stiff (1953); Sea of Lost Ships (1953); Second Fiddle (1939); September Affair (1950); Serenade (1956); Serpent of the Nile (1953); Show Boat (1951); Sincerely Yours (1955); Sing, You Sinners (1938); Siren of Bagdad (1953); Slightly French (1949); Smart Woman (1948); Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947); Smooth as Silk (1946); So You Want to Learn to Dance (1953); So You Want to Wear the Pants (1952); Something for the Birds (1952); Sorrowful Jones (1949); South Sea Sinner (1950); Strange Lady in Town (1955); Stranger on the Third Floor (1940); Strangers on a Train (1951); Suddenly It's Spring (1947); Sunny Side of the Street (1951); Suspicion (1957); Take the High Ground! (1953); Tales of Manhattan (1942); Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949); Tell It to the Judge (1949); Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957); Tennessee's Partner (1955); Tension at Table Rock (1956); That Midnight Kiss (1949); That Night in Rio (1941); That Way with Women (1947); That's Right - You're Wrong (1939); The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1956); The Beast with Five Fingers (1946); The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949); The Best Years of Our Lives (1946); The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938); The Big Punch (1948); The Big Sky (1952); The Big Sleep (1946); The Big Street (1942); The Big Tip Off (1955); The Broken Star (1956); The Buccaneer (1938); The Conspirators (1944); The Desperado (1954); The Devil and Miss Jones (1941); The Fighting Chance (1955); The Fleet's In (1942); The Girl from Jones Beach (1949); The Golden Eye (1948); The Golden Hawk (1952); The Great Gambini (1937); The House Across the Street (1949); The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939); The Jazz Singer (1952); The Kansas Terrors (1939); The Kissing Bandit (1948); The Lady Eve (1941); The Lady Is Willing (1942); The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956); The Lone Wolf (1954); The Long Night (1947); The Luck of the Irish (1948); The Magic Carpet (1951); The Man Behind the Gun (1953); The Man I Love (1946); The Man with the Golden Arm (1955); The Merry Widow (1952); The Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941); The Pace That Thrills (1952); The Parson of Panamint (1941); The Purple Gang (1959); The Red Skelton Hour (1952); The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947); The She-Creature (1956); The Steel Lady (1953); The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944); The Story of Seabiscuit (1949); The Story of Three Loves / Mademoiselle (1953); The Thrill of Brazil (1946); The Tijuana Story (1957); The Toast of New Orleans (1950); The Walls of Jericho (1948); The West Point Story (1950); The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942); They Won't Believe Me (1947); Thief of Damascus (1952); Three Daring Daughters (1948); Three Little Words (1950); Three Sailors and a Girl (1953); Thrill of a Lifetime (1937); Timber Queen (1944); Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die (1942); Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951); Tonight We Sing (1953); Top Gun (1955); Tricky Dicks (1953); Two Girls on Broadway (1940); Undercurrent (1946); Unfaithfully Yours (1948); Up in Daisy's Penthouse (1953); Uranium Boom (1956); Valentino (1951); Walk a Crooked Mile (1948); Wife Wanted (1946); Wintertime (1943); Women's Prison (1955); You Were Never Lovelier (1942); Young Buffalo Bill (1940); Yukon Gold (1952).

Born on this day – Herbert L. Strock:

Herbert L. Strock

Producer

Director

January 13, 1918 – November 30, 2005

On this day in movie history - The Outlaw and His Wife (1918):

The Outlaw and His Wife

Swedish title: Berg-Ejvind och hans hustru,

directed by Victor Sjöström,

written by Victor Sjöström and Sam Ask,

based on the 1911 play by Jóhann Sigurjónsson.

Based on the true 1760 case of Eyvind of the Mountains.

Released in Sweden on January 1, 1918.

Orchestra music by Röda Kvarns Orkester and Rudolf Sahlberg.

Cast:

Victor Sjöström, Edith Erastoff, John Ekman, Nils Aréhn, Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson, William Larsson, Artur Rolén, Sigurd Wallén, Emil Fjellström, Hildur Carlberg, Edith Wallén, Harald Wehlnor, Thure Holm, Gucken Cederborg, Nils Elffors, Olof Ås, Herman Lantz, Walerie Alexandrow-Höök.

Born on this day – Maritta M. Wolff:

Maritta M. Wolff

Writer

December 25, 1918 – July 1, 2002

Credits:

Books:

Whistle Stop (1941); Night shift (1942); About Lyddy Thomas (1947); Back of Town (1953); Buttonwood (1962); The Big Nickelodeon (1963); Sudden Rain (2005).

Movies and television:

The Man I Love (1946); Whistle Stop (1946).

Born on this day – Jeff Chandler:

Jeff Chandler

Actor

Producer

Singer

December 15, 1918 – June 17, 1961

Credits:

Merrill's Marauders (1962); Return to Peyton Place (1961); A Story of David: The Hunted (1960); The Plunderers (1960); The Jayhawkers! (1959); Ten Seconds to Hell (1959); Thunder in the Sun (1959); A Stranger in My Arms (1959); Raw Wind in Eden (1958); The Lady Takes a Flyer (1958); Man in the Shadow (1957); Jeanne Eagels (1957); The Tattered Dress (1957); Drango (1957); Pillars of the Sky (1956); Away All Boats (1956); The Toy Tiger (1956); The Spoilers (1955); The Nat 'King' Cole Musical Story (1955); Female on the Beach (1955); Foxfire (1955); Sign of the Pagan (1954); Yankee Pasha (1954); Taza, Son of Cochise (1954); War Arrow (1953); East of Sumatra (1953); The Great Sioux Uprising (1953); Girls in the Night (1953); Because of You (1952); Yankee Buccaneer (1952); Son of Ali Baba (1952); Red Ball Express (1952); The Battle at Apache Pass (1952); Meet Danny Wilson (1952); Flame of Araby (1951); Iron Man (1951); Smuggler's Island (1951); Double Crossbones (1951); Bird of Paradise (1951); Two Flags West (1950); The Desert Hawk (1950); Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950); Broken Arrow (1950); Deported (1950); Abandoned (1949); Sword in the Desert (1949); Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949); Roses Are Red (1947); The Invisible Wall (1947); Johnny O'Clock (1947); Thrill of a Romance (1945).

Born on this day – Gisèle Préville:

Gisèle Préville

Actress

December 11, 1918 – November 26, 2006

Born on this day – Anne Gwynne:

Anne Gwynne

Actress

December 10, 1918 – March 31, 2003

Born on this day – William P. McGivern:

William P. McGivern

Writer

December 6, 1918 – November 18, 1982

Credits:

But Death Runs Faster / The Whispering Corpse (1948); Heaven Ran Last (1949); Very Cold for May (1950); Shield for Murder (1951); Blondes Die Young (1952); The Crooked Frame (1952); The Big Heat (1953); Margin of Terror (1953); Rogue Cop (1954); The Darkest Hour / Waterfront Cop (1955); The Seven File / Chicago-7 (1956); Night Extra (1957); Odds Against Tomorrow (1957); Mention My Name in Mombasa (1958); Savage Streets (1959); Seven Lies South (1960); The Road to the Snail (1961); A Pride of Place (1962); A Choice of Assassins (1963); The Caper of the Golden Bulls (1966); Lie Down, I Want to Talk to You (1967); Caprifoil (1972); Reprisal (1973); Night of the Juggler (1975); Soldiers of '44 (1979); The Seeing (1980); Summit (1982); War Games (1984); A Matter of Honor (1984); Killer On the Turnpike (1961); The Science Fiction Collection 3 (2018); Convoy to Atlantis (1941); Send Along a Wreath (2019); The Judas Valley (2008); Police Special (1962); We, the Machine / Planet of Dread (2012); Black Cat Weekly #83 (2023).

Born on this day – Madeleine L'Engle:

Madeleine L'Engle

Writer

November 29, 1918 – September 6, 2007

Credits:

Books:

101st Miracle: Early Short Stories (1999); A Circle of Quiet (1971); A Cry Like a Bell (1987); A Full House (2000); A House Like a Lotus (1984); A Live Coal in the Sea (1962); A Prayerbook for Spiritual Friends: Partners in Prayer (1999); A Ring of Endless Light (1980); A Severed Wasp (1982); A Stone for a Pillow: Journeys with Jacob (1986); A Swiftly Tilting Planet (1978); A Wind in the Door (1973); A Winter's Love (1957); A Wrinkle in Time (1962 / 2012); An Acceptable Time (1989); And Both Were Young (1949); And It Was Good: Reflections on Beginnings (1983); Anytime Prayers (1994); Bright Evening Star: Mystery of the Incarnation (1997); Camilla Dickinson / Camilla (1951); Certain Women (1992); Dance in the Desert (1969); Dragons in the Waters (1976); Everyday Prayers (1974); Following the Call: Living the Sermon on the Mount Together (2021); Friends for the Journey (1997); From This Day Forward (1989); Glimpses of Grace: Daily Thoughts and Reflections (1996); Home for Christmas: Stories for Young and Old (2002); Ilsa (1946); Intergalactic P.S. 3 (2018); Ladder of Angels (1979); Lines Scribbled on an Envelope and Other Poems (1969); Madeleine L'Engle Herself: Reflections on a Writing Life (2001); Many Waters (1986); Meet the Austins (1960); Miracle on 10th Street and Other Christmas Writings (1998); Moses, Prince of Egypt (1999); Mothers & Daughters (1997); Mothers and Sons (2000); My Own Small Place: Developing the Writing Life (1999); Penguins and Golden Calves: Icons and Idols in Antarctica and Other Spiritual Places (1996); Prayers for Sunday (1974); Prelude (1968); Second Sight (1999); Sold into Egypt: Joseph's Journey into Human Being (1989); The Anti-Muffins (1981); The Arm of the Starfish (1965); The Fact of the Matter (2020); The Glorious Impossible (1990); The Irrational Season (1976); The Journey with Jonah (1967); The Joys of Love (2008); The Love Letters (1966); The Moment of Tenderness (2020); The Moon by Night (1963); The Ordering of Love: The New and Collected Poems of Madeleine L'Engle (2005); The Other Dog (2001); The Other Side of the Sun (1971); The Rock That is Higher: Story as Truth (1993); The Small Rain (1945); The Sphinx at Dawn: Two Stories (1989); The Summer of the Great-Grandmother (1974); The Twenty-Four Days Before Christmas (1964); The Unicorn Treasury: Stories, Poems, and Unicorn Lore (1988); The Wand in the Word (2006); The Weather of the Heart (1978); The Young Unicorns (1968); Trailing Clouds of Glory: Spiritual Values in Children's Literature (1985); Troubling a Star (1994); Two Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage (1988); Walking on Water: Personal Reflections (1980); Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas (2001); Way More than Luck (2015); WinterSong (1996); Writing Women's Lives (1994).

Movies and television:

A Ring of Endless Light (2002); A Wrinkle in Time (2003 / 2018); Camilla Dickinson (2012); Madeleine L'Engle: Star Gazer (1990).

Born on this day – Teresa Wright:

Teresa Wright

Actress

October 27, 1918 – March 6, 2005