Born on this day – Helen Nielsen:

Helen Nielsen

Writer

October 23, 1918 – June 22, 2002

Credits:

Books:

101 Mystery Stories (1986); A Killer in the Street (1967); After Midnight (1966); Anti-Social Register (1965); Borrow the Night / aka Seven Days Before Dying (1956); Coffin Break (1974); Dead on the Level (2012); Deadly Arts (1985); Detour / aka Detour to Death (1953); False Witness (1959); Fifty Best Mysteries (2004); Gold Coast Nocturne / aka Dead On The Level / Murder By Proxy (1951); Hard-boiled (1995); Murder on Trial (1994); Obit Delayed (1952); Shot On Location (1971); Sing Me a Murder (1960); Sing Me a Murder / Woman Missing (1961); Speaking of Greed (2001); Stranger In The Dark (1955); Tales of Terror (1980); The Brink of Murder (1976); The Case of the Gilded Lily / The Crime Is Murder / Riddle of a Lady (1956); The Crime Is Murder (1956); The Darkest Hour (1969); The Fifth Caller (1959); The Kind Man (1951); The Man in My Grave / Burden of Proof / Borrow the Night (1956); The Severed Key (1973); The Woman On the Roof (1954); To Hide a Rogue / Policeman's Dread / Verdict Suspended (1964); Uncollected Crimes (1987); Verdict Suspended (1964); Woman Missing (1961).

Movies and television:

87th Precinct (1961); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959–1961); Blackout (1954); Checkmate (1961); Der Unfallzeuge (1971); Kraft Mystery Theater (1963); Lux Playhouse (1959); Markham (1960); Perry Mason (1961–1962); Tales of the Unexpected (1982); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961).

Born on this day – Fiorenzo Carpi:

Fiorenzo Carpi

Composer

Pianist

October 19, 1918 – May 21, 1997

Born on this day – Rita Hayworth:

Rita Hayworth

Actress

Dancer

Producer

October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987

Born on this day – Jack MacGowran:

Jack MacGowran

Actor

October 13, 1918 – January 30, 1973

Born on this day – Olive Deering:

Olive Deering

Actress

October 11, 1918 – March 22, 1986

Born on this day – Linda Hayes:

Linda Hayes

Actress

October 11, 1918 – December 19, 1995

Credits:

Brooklyn (2015); Citadel of Crime (1941); Conspiracy (1939); Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime (1941); I'm Still Alive (1940); Men of the Timberland (1941); Mexican Spitfire (1939); Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940); Millionaire Playboy (1940); Millionaires in Prison (1940); Raiders of the Desert (1941); Ridin' Down the Canyon (1942); Romance on the Range (1942); Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys (1992); South of Santa Fe (1942); Sued for Libel (1939); The Girl from Mexico (1939); The Saint in Palm Springs (1940); The Spellbinder (1939).

Born on this day – Jacqueline Gauthier:

Jacqueline Gauthier

Actress

October 7, 1918 – September 18, 1982

Born on this day – Arnold Stang:

Arnold Stang

Actor

Comedian

September 28, 1918 – December 20, 2009

Credits:

Cool Cats in Interview Alley (2004); Reading Rainbow (1986–1995); Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991); Sesame Street: The Alphabet Game (1988); Blue Peter (1986); A Museum of Broadcasting Tribute: Milton Berle - Mr. Television (1985); The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera Arena Show (1981); The Mike Douglas Show (1963–1970); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Jonathan Winters Show (1967–1968); How's Your Mother-in-Law? (1968); Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine (1966); ABC's Nightlife (1965); That Regis Philbin Show (1965); You Don't Say (1963–1965); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962); Here's Hollywood (1960); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960); The Arthur Murray Party (1951–1960); I've Got a Secret (1955–1959); The Ed Sullivan Show (1958–1959); The Patrice Munsel Show (1958); The Vic Damone Show (1957); Washington Square (1956–1957); Arthur Godfrey and His Friends (1957); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956); The Esther Williams Aqua Spectacle (1956); The Milton Berle Show (1950–1956); Hollywood Preview (1955); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1950–1955); What's My Line? (1955); The Name's the Same (1954); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1953); The Sam Levenson Show (1952); Henry Morgan's Great Talent Hunt (1951); Robert Q's Matinee (1951); The Faye Emerson Show (1951); All Star Revue (1951); The Robert Q. Lewis Show (1950); Bob Hope in The Bob Hope Show (1950); School House (1949); Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1976); Seven Days' Leave (1942); Please Won't You Leave My Girl Alone (1942); Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999–2001); Garfield and Friends (1994); The Cosby Mysteries (1994); Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1994); Dennis the Menace (1993); Clippers (1991); Mathnet (1990); Wake, Rattle & Roll (1990); Ghost Dad (1990); True Blue (1990); The Cosby Show (1989); Top Cat (1988); Yogi's Treasure Hunt (1985–1988); Norman's Corner (1987); HBO Storybook Musicals (1987); Tales from the Darkside (1987); CBS Library (1983); No Man's Valley (1981); I Go Pogo (1980); Flying High (1978); ABC Nutrition Spots (1977); The Fourth King (1977); Easy Come Easy Go (1976); Cool Shark (1976); Deep Sea Rodeo (1976); Maguiness Book of Records (1976); Fish Anonymous (1976); Cannery Caper (1976); The Aquanuts (1976); Shark and the Beanstalk (1976); Holiday in Venice (1976); Moulin Rogues (1976); Mama (1976); Misterjaw (1976); Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1976); Chico and the Man (1976); The $6.95 Bionic Shark (1976); Transistorized Shark (1976); The Fishy Time Machine (1976); Stand-In Room Only (1976); Never Shake Hands with a Piranha (1976); Aloha, Hah, Hah! (1976); Sea Chase (1976); Merry Sharkman, Merry Sharkman (1976); Caught in the Act (1976); The Shape of Things (1976); Flying Saucer (19760; Davey Jones' Locker (1976); The Codfather (1976); Little Red Riding Halibut (1976); Aladdin's Lump (1976); Showbiz Shark (1976); Monster of the Deep (1976); Beach Resort (1976); Shopping Spree (1976); Flying Fool (1976); The Bureau (1976); Sweat Hog Shark (1976); Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1974); Ozzie's Girls (1973); The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1973); Emergency! (1972–1973); Marco Polo Jr. (1972); Loopy de Loop (1971–1972); Hercules in New York (1970); The Pink Panther (1969); Hello Down There (1969); Skidoo (1968); Batman (1968); Two by Two (1966); The Secret Squirrel Show (1966); Pinocchio in Outer Space (1965); Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar (1965); Broadside (1965); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); Slippery Slippers (1962); The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962); Top Cat (1961–1962); Kooky Loopy (1961); Bonanza (1961); Wagon Train (1961); Dondi (1961); Alakazam the Great (1960); Matty's Funnies with Beany and Cecil (1959); Fun on Furlough (1959); Owly to Bed (1959); You Said a Mouseful (1958); The Eighty Yard Run (Playhouse 90) (1957–1958); Frighty Cat (1958); One Funny Knight (1957); From Mad to Worse (1957); Sky Scrappers (1957); The Red Skelton Hour (1957); Cat in the Act (1957); Hide and Peak (1956); December Bride (1956); Producers' Showcase (1956); Washington Square (1956); Bulletin from Bertie (1956); Mousetro Herman (1956); Will Do Mousework (1956); The Ford Television Theatre (1956); Mouseum (1956); The Man with the Golden Arm (1955); Ship A-Hooey (1954); Surf and Sound (1954); The Milton Berle Show (1953–1954); Northwest Mousie (1953); Robert Montgomery Presents (1953); Herman the Catoonist (1953); Hollywood Opening Night (1953); Of Mice and Magic (1953); Doc Corkle (1952); Mice-capades (1952); Cat Carson Rides Again (1952); The Billy Bean Show (1951); Cat Tamale (1951); Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1951); Search for Tomorrow (1951); Casper the Friendly Ghost - Casper Comes to Clown (1951); Two Gals and a Guy (1951); Land of Lost Watches (1951); Hold the Lion Please (1951); Mice Paradise (1951); Mice Meeting You (1950); Voice of the Turkey (1950); Saved by the Bell (1950); Starlight Theatre (1950); Expectant Father (1950); Campus Capers (1949); A Mutt in a Rut (1949); The Goldbergs (1954-1955); So This Is New York (1948); The Bored Cuckoo (1948); We're in the Honey (1948); The Circus Comes to Clown (1947); Naughty But Mice (1947); Much Ado About Mutton (1947); A Scout with the Gout (1947); Musica-Lulu (1947); Sudden Fried Chicken (1946); The Goal Rush (1946); Sheep Shape (1946); Bored of Education (1946); Cheese Burglar (1946); Laughter in Paris (1946); A Lamb in a Jam (1945); Beau Ties (1945); Scrappily Married (1945); Let's Go Steady (1945); Moving Aweigh (1944); I'm Just Curious (1944); Herman and Katnip (1944); Henpecked Rooster (1944); The Marry-Go-Round (1943); No Mutton fer Nuttin' (1943); The Hungry Goat (1943); They Got Me Covered (1943); Seven Days' Leave (1942); My Sister Eileen (1942); Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1976); Seven Days' Leave (1942); Please Won't You Leave My Girl Alone" (1942); Cool Cats in Interview Alley (2004); Reading Rainbow (1986–1995); Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991); Sesame Street: The Alphabet Game (1988); Blue Peter (1986); A Museum of Broadcasting Tribute: Milton Berle - Mr. Television (1985); The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera Arena Show (1981); The Mike Douglas Show (1963–1970); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Jonathan Winters Show (1967–1968); How's Your Mother-in-Law? (1968); Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine (1966); ABC's Nightlife (1965); That Regis Philbin Show (1965); You Don't Say (1963–1965); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962); Here's Hollywood (1960); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960); The Arthur Murray Party (1951–1960); I've Got a Secret (1955–1959); The Ed Sullivan Show (1958–1959); The Patrice Munsel Show (1958); The Vic Damone Show (1957); Washington Square (1956–1957); Arthur Godfrey and His Friends (1957); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956); The Esther Williams Aqua Spectacle (1956); The Milton Berle Show (1950–1956); Hollywood Preview (1955); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1950–1955); What's My Line? (1955); The Name's the Same (1954); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1953); The Sam Levenson Show (1952); Henry Morgan's Great Talent Hunt (1951); Robert Q's Matinee (1951); The Faye Emerson Show (1949); All Star Revue (1951); The Robert Q. Lewis Show (1950); The Bob Hope Show (1950); School House (1949).

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 – 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 – 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