Born on this day – Gene Roddenberry:

Gene Roddenberry

Writer

Producer

Creator of Star Trek

August 19, 1921 – October 24, 1991

Born on this day – Carl Möhner:

Carl Möhner

Actor

Director

Writer

Painter

August 11, 1921 – January 14, 2005

Born on this day – Marilyn Maxwell:

Marilyn Maxwell

Actress

August 3, 1921 – March 20, 1972

Credits:

3 Men in White (1944); 77 Sunset Strip (1960–1961); A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954); Abbott and Costello in the Movies (1990); Adventures in Paradise (1960–1961); ... A Father... A Son... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2005); American Masters (2017); Anatomy of a Crime (1969); Arizona Bushwhackers (1968); Between Two Women (1945); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Bob Hope: Hollywood's Brightest Star (1996); Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976); Branded (1965); Brooklyn Goes to Las Vegas (1956); Bud Boetticher: A Documentary (2020); Burke's Law (1963–1965); Bus Stop (1961–1962); Cavalcade of Stars (1949); Celebrity Bowling (1972); Champion (1949); Critic's Choice (1963); Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943); Du Barry Was a Lady (1943); East of Sumatra (1953); Forever, Darling (1956); Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer (2006); From Nashville with Music (1969); Front Row Center (1949); General Electric Theater (1953); Goodbye Mama (1942); Gunsmoke (1960); Havin' a Time in Havana (1942); Here's Hollywood (1961); Here's Lucy (1970); High Barbaree (1947); Hollywood Exclusive (1954); I've Got a Secret (1952–1962); Key to the City (1950); Lost in a Harem (1944); Matinee Theatre (1957); Max Liebman Spectaculars (1954); Men at Law (1971); New Mexico (1951); New York Confidential (1955); Off Limits (1952); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971); Outside the Wall (1950); Paris Model (1953); Password (1963); Pilot #5 (1943); Playhouse 90 (1957); Presenting Lily Mars (1943); Race Street (1948); Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958); Salute to the Marines (1943); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Goes to Bat (1950); Shower of Stars (1955); Stage to Thunder Rock (1964); Stand by for Action (1942); Star of the Family (1952); Stump the Stars (1950–1963); Summer Holiday (1948); Swing Fever (1943); Talent Scouts (1963); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The Alan Young Show (1950); The Arthur Murray Party (1957–1960); The Bob Hope Show (1950–1966); The Celebrity Game (1964); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950–1954); The Danny Thomas Show (1964); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); The Frank Sinatra Show (1951); The Garry Moore Show (1958); The George Gobel Show (1954–1957); The Jimmy Durante Show (1955–1956); The Ken Murray Show (1951); The Lemon Drop Kid (1951); The Lively Set (1964); The Mike Douglas Show (1965); The Name's the Same (1953); The Outsider (1968); The Phynx (1970); The Red Skelton Hour (1956–1963); The Show-Off (1946); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1957); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1966); Thousands Cheer (1943); Tune Time (1942); Twenty Years After (1944); Wagon Train (1964); What's My Line? (1953); What's My Line? At 25 (1975); What's This Song? (1965); Wild Women (1970); You Don't Say (1964); Your Show of Shows (1952–1954).

Born on this day – Frank De Felitta:

Frank De Felitta

Author

Director

Producer

Pilot

August 3, 1921 – March 29, 2016

Credits:

Books:

A Swift Death To Critics (2000); Audrey Rose (1975); For Love of Audrey Rose (1982); Funeral March / aka Funeral March of the Marionettes (1990); Golgotha Falls (1984); Oktoberfest (1973); Sea Trial (1980); The Entity (1978).

Movies and television:

Adventure (1954); Anzio (1968); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1951–1954); Assignment: Underwater (1960–1961); Audrey Rose (1977); Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story (2012); Bubba Didn't Do It!: 30 Years of Dark Night of the Scarecrow (2011); Cafe Society (1995); California's Most Haunted (2003); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1953–1954); Danger (1954–1955); Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981); Dark Night of the Scarecrow 2 (2022); Dateline NBC / Segment: Finding Booker's Place (2012); Doberman Patrol (1973); El retorno de Ana Rosa (1982); Hollywood Ghost Stories (1986); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Killer in the Mirror (1986); Le Lab Secret (2016); Matinee Theatre (1957); Medallion Theatre (1953); Rich and Famous (1981); Scissors (1991); Sightings: Ghosts (1992); Suspense (1954); Tales of Tomorrow (1952–1953); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Entity (1982); The Mike Douglas Show (1976); The Penthouse (1989); The Plymouth Playhouse (1953); The Savage Is Loose (1974); The Stately Ghosts of England (1965); The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan (1979); Two Family House (2000); Windows (1955); Witchcraft (1961); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1953); Z.P.G. (1972).

Born on this day – Barbra Fuller:

Barbra Fuller

Actress

July 31, 1921 – May 15, 2024

Credits:

Adventures of Superman (1953); Alias the Champ (1949); Boston Blackie / Front Page Detective (1951); City of Bad Men (1953); Colgate Theatre (1958); Daniel Boone (1970); Flame of Youth (1949); Four Star Playhouse (1955–1956); Harbor of Missing Men (1950); Lassie (1965); Lonely Heart Bandits (1950); Medic (1955); My Three Sons (1960); Perry Mason (1960–1964); Rock Island Trail (1950); Singing Guns (1950); State Trooper (1958); Tarnished (1950); The Ford Television Theatre (1957); The Jack Benny Program (1958); The Lineup (1955); The Millionaire (1956); The Red Menace (1949); The Roommates (1973); The Savage Horde (1950); Trackdown (1958); Trial Without Jury (1950); U.S. Marshal (1960); Unmasked (1950); Visiting... with Huell Howser (1994); Women from Headquarters (1950); World of Giants (1959).

Born on this day – Chris Marker:

Chris Marker

Director

Writer

Photographer

July 29, 1921 – July 29, 2012

Born on this day – Jean Shepherd:

Jean Shepherd

Writer

Actor

Humorist

Radio and TV personality

July 26, 1921 – October 16, 1999

Credits:

Books:

A Christmas Story (2003); A Fistful of Fig Newtons (1981); In God We Trust / aka In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash (1966); The America of George Ade (1960); The Ferrari in the Bedroom (1972); The Phantom of the Open Hearth (1978); Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories (1970).

Albums:

Jean Shepherd – Into the Unknown With Jazz Music (1955); Jean Shepherd and Other Foibles (1959); Jean Shepherd Reads Poems of Robert Service (1975); “Live” At The Limelight (1965); The Declassified Jean Shepherd (1971); Will Failure Spoil Jean Shepherd? (1960).

Movies and television:

A Christmas Story / Voice-over narration (1983); A Christmas Story 2 (2012); A Christmas Story Christmas (2022); A Christmas Story Live! (2017); A Fine Madness (1966); A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011); America (1971); American Playhouse (1982–1985); Babe Ruth (1998); Chicago White Sox a Visual History (1987); Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas (1997); Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius (1982); Flickers (1980); Jean Shepherd on Route 1... and Other Major Thoroughfares (1984); Late Night with David Letterman (1982); Lenny Bruce: Without Tears (1972); Light Fantastic (1964); My Summer Story (1994); NET Playhouse (1970); New Faces (1954); No Whistles, Bells, or Bedlam (1973); Norman Rockwell: An American Portrait (1987); Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss (1988); Sesame Street (1976–2000); Shadows (1958); Shepherd's Pie (1978); Summer Incident (1960); The David Frost Show (1972); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Driving Scene (1969); The Great American Road Racing Festival (1985); The Joe Franklin Show (1972); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1969); The Phantom of the Open Hearth (1976 / 1978); The Radio Broadcast Vault (2019); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1961–1962); Tiki Tiki (1971); Village Sunday (1960); Visions (1976).

Born on this day – Jeff Donnell:

Jeff Donnell

Actress

July 10, 1921 – April 11, 1988

Born on this day – Carol Andrews:

Carol Andrews

Actress

July 4, 1921 – February 27, 1956

Credits:

Blue Skies (1946); Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946); Ladies' Man (1947); Murder Is My Business (1946); Nob Hill (1945); Slightly Scandalous (1946); Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947); Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (1946); The Best Years of Our Lives (1946); The Bullfighters (1945); The Guilty (1947); The Lady Confesses (1945).

Born on this day – Susan Peters:

Susan Peters

Actress

July 3, 1921 – October 23, 1952

Born on this day – Vici Raaf:

Vici Raaf

Actress

June 30, 1921 – April 6, 1984

Credits:

Because of You (1952); Big Town (1954); Champagne for Caesar (1950); Climax! (1955–1958); Code 3 (1957); Colt .45 (1957); Coronado 9 (1961); Death Valley Days (1959–1964); Dragnet (1957); Dreamboat (1952); Four Star Playhouse (1955); Foxfire (1955); Going My Way (1963); Gunsmoke (1964); Hazel (1962); He Ran All the Way (1951); Hopalong Cassidy (1954); It's About Time (1967); Jack the Ripper (1958); Johnny Staccato (1959); Let's Make It Legal (1951); Lock Up (1960); Lux Video Theatre (1955); M Squad (1957–1959); Mr. Adams and Eve (1957); Not for Hire (1959); Official Detective (1957); One Desire (1955); Rawhide (1960–1964); Run for the Hills (1953); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); Squad Car (1960); The Andy Griffith Show (1965); The Big Trees (1952); The Californians (1958); The Clown (1953); The Lady Wants Mink (1953); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1957); The Lineup (1956–1959); The Lone Wolf (1954); The Man Behind the Gun (1953); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Pride of St. Louis (1952); The Red Skelton Hour (1952–1963); The Second Woman (1950); The Twinkle in God's Eye (1955); The Untouchables (1961); The Veil (1958); The Yellow Canary (1963); Trouble Along the Way (1953); Unsolved (1960); West Point (1956); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); You Are There (1955).

Born on this day – Dhia Cristiani:

Dhia Christiani

Actress

June 27, 1921 – July 17, 1977

Credits:

$1,000 on the Black (1966); $10,000 Blood Money (1967); 002 Operation Moon (1965); 3 foreigners to Rome (1958); A Day in Court (1954); A Fistful of Dollars (1964); A Man Called Sledge (1970); Some Like It Bald (1960); Goodbye, love! (1943); Farewell Naples! (1955); On the Edge of the Metropolis (1953); Altair (1956); My love (1964); Angélique (1964); Anna perdonami (1953); Anna: The Pleasure, the Torment (1973); Difficult Years (1948); Anthony of Padua (1949); Archimède, the clochard (1959); At Sword's Edge (1952); Atom Age Vampire (1960); Auferstehung (1958); Avanzi di galera (1954); Tragic Ballad (1955); Beauty on the Beach (1961); Blood and Black Lace (1964); Storms (1953); Sing me good morning sadness (1957); Castle of the Banned Lovers (1956); One Hundred Thousand Dollars (1940); Chains (1949); What a distinguished family! (1945); He who is without sin.... (1952); Calls 22-22 Lieutenant Sheridan (1960); Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954); Searing Strike (1970); Conqueror of Maracaibo (1961); Crazy Desire (1962); Crime Does Not Pay (1962); From the Apennines to the Andes (1959); Day by Day, Desperately (1961); Delirium (1954); Desperate Farewell (1955); Tomorrow is another day (1951); Don Camillo and The Hon. Peppone (1955); Don Juan's Night of Love (1952); Donne soli (1956); Two tears (1954); Two million for a smile (1939); Elena and Her Men (1956); Emergency Squad (1974); She was the one who wanted it! (1953); Esther and the King (1960); Ettore Fieramosca (1938); Fame and the Devil (1949); Lighthouses in the Fog (1942); Fatal Desire (1953); Fever of Living (1953); Chained Female (1949); Stop everybody... I'll come! (1953); First Love (1959); Footprints on the Moon (1975); For a Few Dollars More (1965); Four Ways Out (1951); Phryne, courtesan of the East (1953); Frisky (1954); Frontier Wolf (1952); Funniest Show on Earth (1953); Jealousy (1953); Gladiator of Rome (1962); The Horizons of the Sun (1955); Goliath and the Barbarians (1959); Woe to the vanquished (1954); Gunfight in the Red Sands (1963); Guns of the Black Witch (1961); Hercules (1958); Hercules and the Masked Rider (1963); Hercules the Invincible (1964); Holiday Island (1957); House of Memories (1954); The Bacchanals of Tiberius (1960); The Knights with Black Masks (The Beati Paoli) (1948); The Days of Violence (1967); The Department Stores (1939); The Patriarchs (1963); I tartassati (1959); The Terrible 7 (1963); The Three Corsairs (1952); The Baron Carlo Mazza (1948); The Sky is Red (1950); The Master Is Me (1955); The Price of Glory (1956); The Novel of My Life (1952); The secret of the Rose (1958); The Tyrant of Padua (1946); Inspector Maigret (1958); I am the Capataz (1951); I, Hamlet (1952); Jolanda the daughter of the black corsair (1953); Journey to Italy (1954); Knife of Ice (1972); The Woman Who Invented Love (1952); The enemy (1952); The Amba Alagi patrol (1953); The Sheriff (1959); The slave of sin (1954); The School of Cinema (1942); The sword and the cross (1958); The Bride Can't Wait (1949); The Living Statue (1943); The route delle bianche (1952); Tears of a Bride (1955); The Two Sisters (1950); The bare-breasted warriors (1973); The Colonel's Three Etcetera (1960); Les Misérables (1958); Les tricheurs (1958); The Elusive 12 (1950); The Intruder (1956); The Gold of the World (1968); Love and Poison (1950); Love on the Riviera (1958); The Last Supper (1948); The Last Violence (1957); The Last Lover (1955); Lust of the Vampire (1957); Mafia Junction (1973); Never Forget You (1956); Melancholic autumn (1958); Mambo (1954); Man of Straw (1958); Mata Hari's Daughter (1954); Immortal Melodies - Mascagni (1952); Melody of Love (1952); Lie (1952); Me Allow dad! (1956); Michael Strogoff (1956); Miss Italy (1950); Mistress of Treves (1952); My Heart Sings (1951); Nel sole (1967); Nobody's Children (1951); Nobody's Land (1939); We Sinners (1953); Obsession (1943); Of Life and Love (1954); One Dollar Too Many (1968); Paolo and Francesca (1950); Word di ladro (1957); Peppino, the models and.... 'Chella llà' (1957); Before evening (1954); Prisoner in the Tower of Fire (1952); Professionals for a Massacre (1967); Puccini (1953); Queen of the Nile (1961); Ragazze d'oggi (1955); Rage of the Buccaneers (1961); Red Lips (1960); Revenge of Black Eagle (1951); Revenge of the Pirates (1951); Rififi (1955); Rigoletto and its tragedy (1956); Repudiated (1955); Riviera (1954); Romeo and Juliet (1968); Romulus and the Sabines (1961); Sand, Love and Salt (1957); Samson vs. the Pirates (1963); Scandals at the sea (1961); Elementary school (1955); Increasingly difficult (1943); Seven Dollars to Kill (1966); Siegfried (1957); Sign of the Gladiator (1959); Sissignora (1942); Story of a Love Affair (1950); Swordsman of Siena (1962); Texas Ranger (1964); The Antichrist (1974); The Art of Getting Along (1954); The Beast of Babylon Against the Son of Hercules (1963); The Charterhouse of Parma (1948); The Contessa's Secret (1954); The Crossing of Paris (1956); The Devil Is a Woman (1953); The Devil's Cavaliers (1959); The Dream of Zorro (1952); The Earth Cries Out (1949); The Fall of Rome (1963); The Forbidden Christ (1951); The Grand Maneuver (1955); The King's Guerrillas (1950); The Lady Without Camelias (1953); The Life and Music of Giuseppe Verdi (1953); The Loves of Hercules (1960); The Lucky Five (1952); The Miller's Beautiful Wife (1955); The Moralist (1959); The Naked and the Wicked (1951); The Path of Hope (1950); The Queen of Sheba (1952); The Railroad Man (1956); The Red and the Black (1954); The Relentless Four (1965); The Ship of Damned Women (1953); The Sign of the Coyote (1963); The Teacher and the Miracle (1957); The Three Musketeers (1953); The Tramplers (1965); The Vampire and the Ballerina (1960); The Vanquished (1953); The Vengeance of Ursus (1961); The Warrior and the Slave Girl (1958); The White Angel (1955); The World Condemns Them (1953); The Young Caruso (1951); Theodora Slave Empress (1954); This Angry Age (1958); Three Graves for a Winchester (1966); Tomorrow Is Too Late (1950); Tormento (1950); Come back my little one! (1955); Back! (1954); Tornado on Wheels (1957); Totò cerca casa (1949); Trinity Is Still My Name (1971); Yours for Life (1955); Twelve Hours to Live (1950); Two Nights with Cleopatra (1954); Ultimate Gunfighter (1967); A fifa dollar (1960); A Broken Lily (1955); A Husband for the Month of April (1941); One Romantic Adventure (1940); A Love Story (1942); Revenge... Sarda (1952); Spring Wind (1958); Virginity (1951); Sicilian Vespers (1949); Via delle Cinque lune (1942); Vortex (1953); War and Peace (1956); We Stole a Tram (1954); What Price Innocence? (1952); White Slave Ship (1961); Zazà (1944).

Born on this day – Jane Russell:

Jane Russell

Actress

Singer

June 21, 1921 – February 28, 2011

Credits:

100 Greatest Sexy Moments (2003); 100 Years of Hope and Humor (2003); 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2012); ABC Late Night (1975); ABC Stage 67 (1966); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); America Alive! (1978); American Cinema (1995); American Grindhouse (2010); American Masters (2006); Arena (1989); Becoming Marilyn (2022); Biography (1993–2002); Bob Hope & Friends: Making New Memories (1991); Bob Hope at 100 (2003); Bob Hope: The First 90 Years (1993); Bob Hope's Road to Hollywood (1983); Breakfast (2011); Burlesque (2010); Car Commercials of the 50's & 60's (2018); Cauliflower Cupids (1970); Celebrity Talent Scouts (1960); Cinema 3 (2011); Cleavage (2002); Colgate Theatre (1958); Compression (2016); Darker Than Amber (1970); Death Valley Days (1960); Dee Time (1968); Della (1969); Der Duft von Las Vegas (1965); Días de cine (2011); Dieter & Andreas (1989); Dinah! (1977); Don Adams' Screen Test (1975); Double Dynamite (1951); Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe (2022); ntertainment This Week Salutes Paramount's 75th Anniversary (1987); Fascination: An Unauthorized Tribute to Marilyn Monroe (2011); Fate Is the Hunter (1964); Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012); Foxfire (1955); Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974); Gala Paramount Pictures Celebrates 90th Anniversary with 90 Stars for 90 Years (2002); Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955); Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953); George Jessel Show (1959); Golden Globe Awards (1992); Golden Globes 50th Anniversary Celebration (1994); Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (2000); Gottschalk Late Night (1994); Handicap (1968); Haunted Theaters of Hollywood (2016); Here's Hollywood (1961–1962); His Kind of Woman (1951); History vs. Hollywood (2004); Hollywood and the Stars (1963); Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990); Hollywood Legenden (2004); Hollywood My Home Town (1965); Hollywood on Fire (2009); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History (2008); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008); Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987); Hollywood Uncensored (1987); Hollywood's Diamond Jubilee (1978); Hot Blood (1956); Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies (2000); Hunter (1986); Inside the Dream Factory (1995); Intimate Portrait (1996); I've Got a Secret (1961); Jane Russell - Der Star aus dem Heu (2006); Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten (2006); Johnny Reno (1966); L.A. Confidential (1997); Larry King Live (2002); Le doc Stupéfiant (2022); Legends of World Cinema (2004); Loose Women (2008); Love, Marilyn (2012); Macao (1952); Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz (2004); Margret Dünser, auf der Suche nach den Besonderen (1981); Marilyn (1963); Marilyn Monroe - Ich möchte geliebt werden (2010); Marilyn Monroe: Auction of a Lifetime (2017); Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986); Marilyn's Man (2004); Meet the Stars #8: Stars Past and Present (1941); Montana Belle (1952); Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America (2023); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1956); Person to Person (1956); Philbin's People (1970); Pierrot the Fool / Cannes Film Festival (1987); Private Screenings (1996); Quelli che... il calcio (2008); Reflections on the Silver Screen (1991); Reframed: Marilyn Monroe (2022); Rendez-vous avec Maurice Chevalier n°1 (1957); Road to Bali (1952); Robert Mitchum, le mauvais garçon d'Hollywood (2018); Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star (1991); Ron Russell's Set the Record Straight (2009); Run for the Sun (1956); Scene by Scene (1999); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 / Hollywood Cowboy Stars (1955); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 / Hollywood Goes to Bat (1950); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 / Hollywood Rodeo (1949); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 / Playtime in Hollywood (1956); Screen Snapshots: WAIF International Ball (1957); Screen Tests of the Stars (2002); Shooting the Hollywood Stars (2011); Showbiz Goes to War (1982); Shower of Stars (1956); Singles (1992); Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies (2020); Social Security in Action (1958–1968); Son of Paleface (1952); Stage Show (1955); Stump the Stars (1952–1962); Talking Pictures (1988 / 2016); TCM Remembers (2011); The 100 Greatest Musicals (2003); The 10th Annual Movieguide Awards (2002); The 13th Annual Movieguide Awards (2005); The 28th Annual Academy Awards (1956); The 3th Annual American Cinema Awards (1986); The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972); The 4th Annual American Cinema Awards (1987); The 55th Annual Academy Awards (1983); The 5th Annual National WAIF Humanitarian Awards (1989); The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006); The 7th Annual Golden Boot Awards (1989); The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008); The 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009); The 84th Annual Academy Awards (2012); The 8th Annual American Cinema Awards (1991); The 9th Annual American Cinema Awards (1992); The All-Star Christmas Show (1958); The Annual National Sports Awards (1961); The Arthur Murray Party (1954–1960); The Arthur Murray Special for Bob Hope (1960); The Bob Hope Show (1955–1966); The Born Losers (1967); The Casting Couch (1995); The Chevy Show (1955); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1954); The Cowboy (2016); The David Frost Show (1971); The Discovery of Marilyn Monroe (1991); The DuPont Show of the Week (1961); The Ed Sullivan Show (1955–1963); The French Line (1953); The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown (1957); The Game of Their Lives: Pro Football's Wonder Years (2001); The Geraldo Rivera Show (1990); The Hollywood Fashion Machine (1995); The Jackass Trail (1980); The Jackie Gleason Show (1969); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The Juke Box Jury (1959); The King and Four Queens (1956); The Las Vegas Story (1952); The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (1965); The Linkletter Show (1955); The Merv Griffin Show (1969–1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1966–1972); The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes (2022); The Nat King Cole Show (1957); The National Sports Awards (1961); The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2012); The Outlaw (1943); The Paleface (1948); The Passions of Howard Hughes (2004); The Red Skelton Hour (1959–1963); The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956); The Road to Eltham (1978); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1957–1958); The Tall Men (1955); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh (2014); The Virginia Graham Show (1971); The Woody Woodbury Show (1967); The Yellow Rose (1984); This Is David Gest (2007); This Is Your Life (1954–1995); This Morning (2006); Today (1984); Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997); Underwater! (1955); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1972); Val Parnell's Spectacular (1960); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1959); Vegas: The City the Mob Made (2009); Vicki! (1993); Waco (1966); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); What's My Line? (1957–1962); Wogan (1986); Worst in Show (2011); Young Widow (1946).

Born on this day – Sheila Ryan:

Sheila Ryan

Actress

June 8, 1921 – November 4, 1975

Born on this day – Alexis Smith:

Alexis Smith

Actress

Singer

June 8, 1921 – June 9, 1993

Born on this day – Alida Valli:

Alida Valli

Actress

Director

Writer

May 31, 1921 – April 22, 2006

Credits:

How I became Alida Valli (2008); Angel of Death (2001); Probably Love (2001); Vino santo (2000); The Sweet Sounds of Life (1999); Fatal Frames (1996); A Month by the Lake (1995); The Final Scoop (1993); The Long Silence (1993); Private Crimes (1993); A lifetime In gioco 2 (1992); Zitti e mosca (1991); The Mouth (1991); A Life at Play (1991); À notre regrettable époux (1988); Le jupon rouge (1987); Secret Secrets (1985); The Farewell Girl (1984); Love Drama (1983); Piccolo mondo antico (1983); The Misunderstanding (1983); Monstrously Forbidden Dreams (1982); Aspern (1982); That ancient love (1981–1982); The Fall of the Rebel Angels (1981); Sezona aims at the Parizu (1981); Illa - Observation Point (1981); The Red House (1981); Puppenspiel mit toten Augen (1980); Aquella casa en las afueras (1980); Towards zero hour (1980); The Prioress's Legacy (1980); Inferno (1980); Licanthropus, the son of the night (1979); The Other Simenon (1979); Luna (1979); Der Landvogt von Greifensee (1979); The Killer Nun (1979); Zoo zéro (1979); Investigation of a perfect crime (1978); Les grandes conjurations (1978); Dirty World (1978); Berlinguer: I Love You (1977); A Simple Heart (1977); Suspiria (1977); The Cassandra Crossing (1976); 1900 (1976); Le jeu du solitaire (1976); The Raoul case (1975); Cher Victor (1975); The Flesh of the Orchid (1975); The Antichrist (1974); The Big Scare (1974); The Imperial Councillor (1974); Beyond Erotica (1974); LISA and the Devil (1973); Indian Summer (1972); Diary of an Italian (1972); Eye in the Labyrinth (1972); Mourning Suits Electra (1972); The Spider's Stratagem (1970); The Mushroom (1970); Love in all its expressions (1968); Oedipus Rex (1967); Humor in Black (1965); Desencuentro (1964); Dr. Kildare (1964); L'autre femme (1964); A la salida (1963); The Getaway Face (1963); Combat! (1963); The Paper Man (1963); The Castilian (1963); Ophélia (1963); Las momias de Guanajuato (1962); Homenaje a la hora de la siesta (1962); Al otro lado de la Ciudad (1962); Disorder (1962); The Maurizius case (1961); La fille du torrent (1961); The Happy Thieves (1961); The Long Absence (1961); The Gigolos (1960); The sin of the Green Years (1960); Le dialogue des Carmélites (1960); My girl (1960); Eyes Without a Face (1960); Signé: Arsène Lupin (1959); The children of Medea (1959); The Man with Short Trousers (1958); The Night Heaven Fell (1958); This Angry Age (1958); The Great Blue Road (1957); The Scream (1957); Sense (1954); The Hand of the Foreigner (1954); We, the Women (1953); The World Condemns Them (1953); The Lovers of Toledo (1953); Last meeting (1951); Les miracles n'ont Lieu qu'une fois (1951); Walk Softly, Stranger (1950); The White Tower (1950); The Third Man (1949); The Miracle of the Bells (1948); The Paradine Case (1947); Eugenie Grandet (1946); The Song of Life (1945); Life Begins Anew (1945); Circus equestrian Za-bum (1944); Apparition (1943); I will always love you (1943); Laugh Pagliacci (1943); Nothing New Tonight (1942); Goodbye Kira! (1942); We the Living (1942); Two Orphans (1942); Invisible Chains (1942); The secret lover (1941); Schoolgirl Diary (1941); Light in the Darkness (1941); Small world Antico (1941); The First Woman Who Passes (1940); Passion (1940); The Last Enemy (1940); Red Tavern (1940); Manon Lescaut (1940); Her First Love (1939); Ball at the Castle (1939); Mille lire al mese (1939); The House of Sin (1938); Love mine does not die! (1938); A Lady Has Made It (1938); It Was I (1937); The ferocious Saladin (1937); The Two Sergeants (1936); The Three-Cornered Hat (1935).

Born on this day – James Blish:

James Blish

Writer

May 23, 1921 – July 30, 1975

Credits:

Written work:

6 Great Short Novels of Science Fiction (1954); A Case of Conscience (1958); A Dusk of Idols, and Other Stories (1996); A Life for the Stars (1962); A Torrent of Faces (1967); A Work of Art and Other Stories (1993); And All the Stars a Stage (1971); Antigrav (1975); Anywhen (1970); Backdrop of Stars (1968); Best Science Fiction Stories Of James Blish (1965); Beyond Tomorrow (1976); Black Easter (1968); Born of the Sun: Adventures in Our Solar System (2020); Bug-Eyed Monsters (1974); Death's Angel (1981); Devil World (1979); Doctor Mirabilis (1964); Earthman, Come Home (1956); Flights of Eagles (2009); Galactic Cluster (1959); Get Out of My Sky (1980); Get Out Of My Sky and There Shall be No Darkness (1980); Giants in the Earth (1968); Human Machines: An Anthology of Stories about Cyborgs (1975); In This World, or Another (2003); Jack of Eagles (1952); Midsummer Century (1972); Mission to the Heart Stars (1965); More Issues At Hand (1970); Mudd's Angels (1978); Novelets of Science Fiction (1963); One-Shot (1955); Perry's Planet (1980); Planet of Judgment (1977); Science Against Man (1970); Science Fiction Gems, Volume Two (2011); So Close to Home (1961); Spock Must Die! (1970); Spock, Messiah! (1976); Star Trek 1 (1967); Star Trek 10 (1974); Star Trek 11 (1975); Star Trek 12 (1977); Star Trek 12 (1977); Star Trek 2 (1968); Star Trek 3 (1969); Star Trek 4 (1971); Star Trek 5 (1972); Star Trek 6 (1972); Star Trek 7 (1972); Star Trek 8 (1972); Star Trek 9 (1973); Star Trek: The New Voyages (1976); Star Trek: The New Voyages 2 (1977); Supermen (2002); Ten Tomorrows (1973); The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction (1980); The Best of James Blish (1979); The Day After Judgment (1971); The duplicated man (1959); The Fate of the Phoenix (1979); The Frozen Year / Fallen Star (1957); The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume IV (2018); The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume VI (2016); The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume X (2018); The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume X (2018); The Issue at Hand (1964); The Late Great Future (1976); The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF (2009); The Night Shapes (1962); The Price of the Phoenix (1977); The Quincunx of Time (1973); The Seedling Stars (1956); The Star Dwellers (1961); The Starless World (1978); The Tale That Wags the God (1987); The Testament of Andros (1965); The Thing in the Attic (1954); The Triumph of Time / A Clash of Cymbals (1958); The Vanished Jet (1968); The Warriors of Day (1953); They Shall Have Stars / Year 2018! (1956); Titan's Daughter (1961); Trek to Madworld (1979); Vor (1958); Vulcan! (1978); Welcome to Mars (1967); With All of Love (1995); Works of Art (1993); World Without End (1979); Worlds to Come: New Science Fiction Adventures (1967).

Movie and television:

The Beast Must Die (1974); The Secret Files of Captain Video (1953); Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1949–1955).

Born on this day – Maria Michi:

Maria Michi

Actress

May 14, 1921 – April 7, 1980

Credits:

Appuntamento a Piazza di Spagna (1947); Brothers Blue (1973); Dedicato a un medico (1974); Down the Ancient Stairs (1975); Fatalità (1947); I problemi di Don Isidro (1978); Irene, Irene (1975); L'altra (1947); Last Tango in Paris (1972); Le ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis (1973); Legge di guerra (1961); Madam Kitty (1976); Mont-Dragon (1970); Paisan (1946); Redneck (1973); Rome, Open City (1945); Shamed (1947); The Breach (1970); The Charterhouse of Parma (1948); The Lady of Monza (1969); What Have You Done to Solange? (1972).

Born on this day – Farley Mowat:

Farley Mowat

Writer

Environmentalist

May 12, 1921 – May 6, 2014

Credits:

Books:

A Whale for the Killing (1972); Aftermath: Travels in a Post-War World (1996); And No Birds Sang (1979); Bay of Spirits: A Love Story (2006); Born Naked: The Early Adventures of the Author of Never Cry Wolf (1992); Canada North Now: The Great Betrayal (1967); Coppermine Journey: An Account of Great Adventure Selected from the Journals of Samuel Hearne (1958); Eastern Passage (2010); High Latitudes: An Arctic Journey (2002); Lost in the Barrens (1956); My Discovery of America (1985); My Father's Son: Memories of War and Peace (1993); Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves (1963); No Man's River (2004); Ordeal by Ice: The Search for the Northwest Passage (1960); Otherwise (2008); Out Among the Wolves (1993); Owls in the Family (1961); People of the Deer (1950); Rescue the Earth: Conversations with the Green Crusaders (1990); Sea of Slaughter (1984); Sibir: My Discovery of Siberia (1970); Small Boats on Green Waters (2007); The Black Joke (1962); The Boat Who Wouldn't Float (1969); The Curse of the Viking Grave (1966); The Desperate People (1957); The Dog Who Wouldn't Be (1957); The Farfarers: Before the Norse (1998); The Grey Seas Under: The Perilous Rescue Mission of a N.A. Salvage Tug (1958); The New Founde Land (1989); The Polar Passion: The Quest for the North Pole (1967); The Regiment (1974); The Serpent's Coil (1974); The Snow Walker (1975); This Rock within the Sea (1976); Tundra: Selections from the Great Accounts of Arctic Land Voyages (1973); Virunga: The Passion of Dian Fossey / Woman in the Mists: The Story of Dian Fossey and the Mountain Gorillas of Africa (1987); Wake of the Great Sealers (1973); Walking on the Land (2000).

Movies and television:

30 Years on the Frontline (2008); 90 Minutes Live (1976); A Whale for the Killing (1981); Angus (1971); Canada Remembers - Part Three: Endings and Beginnings (1995); Canada Remembers - Part Two: The Liberators (1995); Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson (2011); Finding Farley (2009); Floating After Farley (2022–2023); Life and Times (1997); Lost in the Barrens II: The Curse of the Viking Grave (1992); Magic Hour: Lost in the Barrens (1990); Make the Movie Live the Movie (2004); Never Cry Wolf (1983); Ocean Warrior (1981); Pirate for the Sea (2008); Telescope (1964); Telescope (1966–1970); Ten Days to Victory (2005); Ten Million Books: An Introduction to Farley Mowat (1981); The New North with Farley Mowat (1987); The Snow Walker (2003); View from the Typewriter (1993).

Born on this day – Gale Robbins:

Gale Robbins

Actress

Singer

May 7, 1921 – February 18, 1980

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1960); Alcoa Theatre (1959); All Star Revue (1951–1952); Between Midnight and Dawn (1950); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Calamity Jane (1953); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Climax! (1955); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); Double Jeopardy (1955); George Jessel Show (1959); Gunsmoke (1966); Gunsmoke in Tucson (1958); Harry James and His Music Makers (1953); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hollywood House (1949); In the Meantime, Darling (1944); Johnny Midnight (1960); M Squad (1959); Markham (1960); Mister Ed (1962); Mr. Hex (1946); My Dear Secretary (1948); My Girl Tisa (1948); My Little Margie (1955); Oh My Word (1965); Oh, You Beautiful Doll (1949); Passport to Danger (1956); Perry Mason (1965); Philip Marlowe (1960); Place the Face (1955); Quantrill's Raiders (1958); Race Street (1948); Stand Up and Be Counted (1972); State Trooper (1959); Strictly Dishonorable (1951); Stump the Stars (1953); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1954); The Barkleys of Broadway (1949); The Belle of New York (1952); The Bob Cummings Show (1955–1958); The Brigand (1952); The Cases of Eddie Drake (1952); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951–1952); The Comedy Spot (1960); The Ed Wynn Show (1950); The Ford Television Theatre (1954–1955); The Fuller Brush Girl (1950); The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955); The Jackie Gleason Show (1952); The Juke Box Jury (1956); The Millionaire (1957); The Red Skelton Hour (1956); The Untouchables (1961); The Windjammer (1945); Three Little Words (1950); Thriller (1962); Trackdown (1957); Valentine's Day (1965).