Born on this day – Jan Sterling:

Jan Sterling

Actress

April 3, 1921 – March 26, 2004

Credits:

About Faces (1960); Ace in the Hole (1951); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Alaska Seas (1954); Alcoa Theatre (1960); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958–1961); American in Paris (1964); Appointment with Danger (1950); Baby Boom (1988); Backstairs at the White House (1979); Bonanza (1960); Bracken's World (1970); Breaking Point (1963); Burke's Law (1963–1965); Caged (1950); Cannibal Hookers (1987); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); Climax! (1956–1957); Dangerous Company (1982); Delta Kappa Alpha Silver Anniversary Banquet (1963); Donahue (1971); Female on the Beach (1955); First Monday in October (1981); Flesh and Fury (1952); Front Row Center (1956); General Electric Theater (1960); George Jessel Show (1958); Get the Message (1964); Goodyear Theatre (1960); Gunfire (1950); Gypsy (1968); Having Babies (1976); Here's Hollywood (1960); High School Confidential! (1958); Hollywood Today (1955); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1958); Johnny Belinda (1948); Kathy O' (1958); King of Diamonds (1961); Kraft Mystery Theater (1962); Kraft Theatre (1958); Kung Fu (1974); Little House on the Prairie (1976); Love in a Goldfish Bowl (1961); Lux Playhouse (1959); Lux Video Theatre (1955–1957); Made in America (1964); Man with the Gun (1955); Mannix (1968); Medallion Theatre (1954); Medical Center (1971); My Kidnapper, My Love (1980); Mystery Street (1950); Naked City (1961); Night Line (1964); 1984 (1956); Password (1964); Person to Person (1957); Picture This (1963); Playhouse 90 (1957); Pony Express (1953); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1951); Pursuit (1959); Return from the Sea (1954); Rhubarb (1951); Riptide (1985); Riverboat (1959); Run for Your Life (1966); Sammy Somebody (1971); Sky Full of Moon (1952); Slaughter on 10th Avenue (1957); Split Second (1953); Stage 7 (1955); Suspicion (1958); Talking Pictures (1968); Tempo (1968); The 27th Annual Academy Awards (1955); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962); The All New Truth or Consequences (1962); The Angry Breed (1968); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961–1963); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); The Female Animal (1958); The Ford Television Theatre (1954); The George Gobel Show (1955); The Harder They Fall (1956); The High and the Mighty (1954); The Human Jungle (1954); The Incident (1967); The Incredible Hulk (1981); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1957); The Les Crane Show (1964); The Loretta Young Show (1957); The Mating Season (1951); The Mike Douglas Show (1962–1964); The Milton Berle Show (1954); The Minx (1969); The Movie Quiz (1973–1974); The Name of the Game (1969); The Plot Thickens (1963); The Price Is Right (1964); The Road West (1967); The Skipper Surprised His Wife (1950); The Star and the Story (1955); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959–1960); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1964); The Untouchables (1960); The Vanquished (1953); The Virginian (1971); The Woody Woodbury Show (1968); This Is Your Life (1954); This Is Your Life (1975); Three's Company (1976); To Tell the Truth (1963); Tycoon (1947); Union Station (1950); Vacation Playhouse (1964); Wagon Train (1959–1961); WGN-TV Salute to Chicago (1948); Women's Prison (1955); You Don't Say (1968); Your First Impression (1962); You're in the Picture (1961).

Born on this day – Simone Signoret:

Simone Signoret

Actress

March 25, 1921 – September 30, 1985

Born on this day – Nancy Kelly:

Nancy Kelly

Actress

March 25, 1921 – January 2, 1995

Credits:

A Very Young Lady (1941); Alcoa Theatre (1958); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); Betrayal from the East (1945); Bronk (1975); Celebrity Time (1950); Climax! (1957); Compression (2024); Double Exposure (1944); Faith Baldwin Romance Theatre (1951); Fly-By-Night (1942); Follow That Woman (1945); Friendly Enemies (1942); Frontier Marshal (1939); Gambler's Choice (1944); Girl Talk (1963); Glorifying the American Girl (1929); He Married His Wife (1940); Hollywood Preview (1956); Jesse James (1939); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1954); Leave It to the Girls (1949); Lux Video Theatre (1953–1954); Medallion Theatre (1954); Medical Center (1974); Mismates (1926); Murder at the World Series (1977); Murder in the Music Hall (1946); One Night in the Tropics (1940); Parachute Battalion (1941); Picture People No. 3 (1940); Playhouse 90 (1957); Ponds Theater (1954); Private Affairs (1940); Sailor's Lady (1940); Sam Benedict (1962); Scotland Yard (1941); Show Business (1944); Showtime, U.S.A. (1951); Song of the Sarong (1945); Stanley and Livingstone (1939); Starlight Theatre (1950); Studio One (1953–1956); Submarine Patrol (1938); Suspense (1954); Suspicion (1957); Tail Spin (1939); Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943); The 11th Annual Tony Awards (1957); The 12th Annual Tony Awards (1958); The 17th Annual Tony Awards (1963); The 27th Annual Academy Awards (1955); The 29th Annual Academy Awards (1957); The 68th Annual Academy Awards (1996); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Bad Seed (1956); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); The Ed Sullivan Show (1959); The Girl on the Barge (1929); The Great Gatsby (1926); The Igor Cassini Show (1955); The Impostor (1975); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956); The Mike Douglas Show (1962–1963); The Pig's Curly Tail (1926); The Roy Leonard Show (1972); The Silver Theatre (1950); The Untamed Lady (1926); Thriller (1962); To the Shores of Tripoli (1942); Tornado (1943); Woman Who Came Back (1945); Women in Bondage (1943); Wonderful Town, U.S.A. (1951).

Born on this day – Diana Barrymore:

Diana Barrymore

Actress

March 3, 1921 – January 25, 1960

Credits:

Between Us Girls (1942); Eagle Squadron (1942); Fired Wife (1943); Frontier Badmen (1943); Hollywood Canteen (1944); Ladies Courageous (1944); Manpower (1941); Nightmare (1942); The Ben Hecht Show (1958); The Ed Sullivan Show (1949); The Eyes Have It (1949); The Mike Wallace Interview (1957); The Steve Allen Show (1951); Too Much, Too Soon (1958).

Born on this day – Jack Clayton:

Jack Clayton

Director

Producer

March 1, 1921 – February 26, 1995

Born on this day – Betty Hutton:

Betty Hutton

Actress

Comedian

Dancer

Singer

February 26, 1921 – March 11, 2007

Credits:

Baretta (1977); Gunsmoke (1965); Burke's Law (1964–1965); The Greatest Show on Earth (1964); The Betty Hutton Show (1959–1960); Spring Reunion (1956); Satins and Spurs (1954); Somebody Loves Me (1952); Sailor Beware (1952); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); Let's Dance (1950); Annie Get Your Gun (1950); Red, Hot and Blue (1949); Dream Girl (1948); The Perils of Pauline (1947); Cross My Heart (1946); The Stork Club (1945); Hollywood Victory Caravan (1945); Duffy's Tavern (1945); Incendiary Blonde (1945); Here Come the Waves (1944); Skirmish on the Home Front (1944); And the Angels Sing (1944); The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943); Let's Face It (1943); Happy Go Lucky (1943); Star Spangled Rhythm (1942); The Fleet's In (1942); One for the Book (1940); Public Jitterbug No. 1 (1939); Three Kings and a Queen (1939); Queens of the Air (1938).

Born on this day – Angela Greene:

Angela Greene

Actress

February 24, 1921 – February 9, 1978

Credits:

Futureworld (1976); Baretta (1975); Medical Center (1973–1975); The Day of the Locust (1975); Police Story (1974); The Waltons (1973); Pete 'n' Tillie (1972); Room 222 (1972); Banacek (1972); Adam-12 (1969–1972); Love, American Style / Love and the Waitress (1971); Lassie (1970); Nancy (1970); The Immortal (1970); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969); The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969); Mod Squad (1969); The F.B.I. (1968); The Fugitive (1966); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Batman (1966); Tickle Me (1965); The Rogues (1965); Ben Casey (1964); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Donna Reed Show (1958–1963); Wagon Train (1958–1963); Hawaiian Eye (1962); Lawman (1962); The Law and Mr. Jones (1962); 77 Sunset Strip (1961–1962); Bus Stop (1962); Surfside 6 (1961–1962); The Joey Bishop Show (1961); Cheyenne (1961); Thriller (1961); Lock Up (1961); U.S. Marshal (1960); Bachelor Father (1960); Johnny Midnight (1960); Markham (1960); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1956–1960); General Electric Theater (1960); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959); Perry Mason (1959); Whirlybirds (1958–1959); Frontier Doctor (1959); Tales of Wells Fargo (1959); The Cosmic Man (1959); The Danny Thomas Show (1959); Schlitz Playhouse (1955–1958); Behind Closed Doors (1958); Night of the Blood Beast (1958); Sally (1958); M Squad (1958); El coyote (1957); Spoilers of the Forest (1957); Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers (1957); Affair in Reno (1957); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956); The Adventures of Hiram Holliday (1956); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Four Star Playhouse (1956); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1956); Steve Donovan, Western Marshal (1956); Waterfront (1955); Crossroads (1955); Shotgun (1955); Stage 7 (1955); The Whistler (1955); Adventures of the Falcon (1955); Patrick Henry (1955); Passport to Danger (1954); Topper (1954); The Royal African Rifles (1953); Chevron Theatre (1953); Loose in London (1953); A Perilous Journey (1953); The Lady Wants Mink (1953); The Cases of Eddie Drake (1952); Fireside Theatre (1952); Racket Squad (1952); Sky King (1952); Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (1952); Dick Tracy (1950); At War with the Army (1950); Wallflower (1948); King of the Bandits (1947); Escape Me Never (1947); Love and Learn (1947); Stallion Road (1947); That Way with Women (1947); The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946); Humoresque (1946); Cinderella Jones (1946); Too Young to Know (1945); Mildred Pierce (1945); Coney Island Honeymoon (1945); Law of the Badlands (1945); Hollywood Canteen (1944); The Very Thought of You (1944); Musical Movieland (1944); Mr. Skeffington (1944); Grandfather's Follies.

Born on this day – Jean Heather:

Jean Heather

Actress

February 21, 1921 – October 29, 1995

Credits:

Double Indemnity (1944); Duffy's Tavern (1945); Going My Way (1944); Holiday Inn (1942); Knots Landing (1989); Murder, He Says (1945); National Barn Dance (1944); Our Hearts Were Young and Gay (1944); Red Stallion in the Rockies (1949); The Last Round-up (1947); The Well Groomed Bride (1946).

Born on this day – Ann Savage:

Ann Savage

Actress

February 19, 1921 – December 25, 2008

Credits:

My Winnipeg (2007); Saved by the Bell (1991); Fire with Fire (1986); Gang Busters (1955); City Detective (1954–1955); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); Death Valley Days (1953); I'm the Law (1953); Woman They Almost Lynched (1953); Mr. & Mrs. North (1953); Fireside Theatre (1950–1952); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Boston Blackie (1951); Pier 23 (1951); Pygmy Island (1950); On the Right Side (1949); The Daring Caballero (1949); Jungle Flight (1947); Renegade Girl (1946); Lady Chaser (1946); The Last Crooked Mile (1946); The Dark Horse (1946); The Spider (1945); Detour (1945); Apology for Murder (1945); Midnight Manhunt (1945); Scared Stiff (1945); Manhattan (1944); The Unwritten Code (1944); Ever Since Venus (1944); The Last Horseman (1944); Two-Man Submarine (1944); What a Woman! (1943); Klondike Kate (1943); Footlight Glamour (1943); Dangerous Blondes (1943); Passport to Suez (1943); Two Señoritas from Chicago (1943); The More the Merrier (1943); Saddles and Sagebrush (1943); Murder in Times Square (1943); Boston Blackie (1943); One Dangerous Night (1942).

Born on this day – Vera-Ellen:

Vera-Ellen

Actress

Dancer

February 16, 1921 – August 30, 1981

Credits:

Let’s Be Happy (1957); The Ford Television Theatre (1957); Lux Video Theatre (1954); White Christmas (1954); Big Leaguer (1953); Call Me Madam (1953); The Belle of New York (1952); Happy Go Lovely (1951); Three Little Words (1950); On the Town (1949); Love Happy (1949); Words and Music (1948); Costa Rica (1947); Three Little Girls in Blue (1946); The Kid from Brooklyn (1946); Wonder Man (1945).

Born on this day – Lana Turner:

Lana Turner

Actress

February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995

Born on this day – Betty Friedan:

Betty Friedan

Writer

Actress

February 4, 1921 – February 4, 2006

Credits:

Books:

Beyond Gender (1997); It Changed My Life: Writings on the Women's Movement (1976); Life So Far (2000); The Feminine Mystique (1963); The Fountain of Age (1993); The Second Stage (1981).

Movies and television:

A Century of Women (1994); American Experience (2014); Beatles '64 (2024); Before Stonewall (1984); Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); Camera Three (1968); Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed (2004); Debunked (2022); Donahue (1972); Ex Libris (1990); Femme d'aujourd'hui (1965–1982); Firing Line (1971); Five Day Bicycle Race (2011); Gloria: In Her Own Words (2011); Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (2000); Headliners & Legends (1998); History 101 (2020); Independent Lens (2005); Intimate Portrait (1999); Makers: Women Who Make America (2013); Passion & Power: The Technology of Orgasm (2007); Quelques féministes américaines (1977); Superpowered: The DC Story (2023); Take Thirty (1984); The David Frost Show (1971); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Eighties (2016); The First Measured Century (2000); The Irv Kupcinet Show (1971); The Last Party (1993); The Many Lives of Martha Stewart (2024); The Merv Griffin Show (1963); The Mike Douglas Show (1965–1976); The Seventies (2015); The Sixties (2014); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963); Think Tank with Ben Wattenberg (1996); Tiny Shoulders, Rethinking Barbie (2018); Town Bloody Hall (1979); Women's Day: The Making of a Bill (1998); Year of the Woman (1973).

Born on this day – Donna Reed:

Donna Reed

Actress

January 27, 1921 – January 14, 1986

Credits:

Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1990); Dallas (1984–1985); The Love Boat (1984); Deadly Lessons (1983); The Best Place to Be (1979); The Donna Reed Show (1958–1966); Pepe (1960); The Whole Truth (1958); Suspicion (1957); General Electric Theater (1957); Beyond Mombasa (1956); Backlash (1956); Ransom! (1956); The Benny Goodman Story (1956); Tales of Hans Anderson (1955); The Far Horizons (1955); The Ford Television Theatre (1954); The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954); They Rode West (1954); Three Hours to Kill (1954); The Big Moment (1954); Gun Fury (1953); The Caddy (1953); From Here to Eternity (1953); Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953); Trouble Along the Way (1953); Hangman's Knot (1952); Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (1952); Scandal Sheet (1952); Saturday's Hero (1951); Chicago Deadline (1949); Beyond Glory (1948); Green Dolphin Street (1947); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); Faithful in My Fashion (1946); They Were Expendable (1945); The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945); Gentle Annie (1944); See Here, Private Hargrove (1944); Sucker Bait (1943); Thousands Cheer (1943); The Man from Down Under (1943); Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943); The Human Comedy (1943); Personalities (1942); Eyes in the Night (1942); Apache Trail (1942); Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942); Mokey (1942); The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942); The Bugle Sounds (1942); Babes on Broadway (1941); Shadow of the Thin Man (1941); The Getaway (1941).

Born on this day – Bill Hickman:

Bill Hickman

Actor

Stunt driver

Stunt coordinator

January 25, 1921 – February 24, 1986

Credits:

Bullitt: Steve McQueen's Commitment to Reality (1998); Capricorn One (1977); The Hindenburg (1975); Electra Glide in Blue (1973); Charley and the Angel (1973); The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973); The Anatomy of a Chase: Behind the Scenes of the Filming of 'the Seven-Ups' (1973); The Seven-Ups (1973); Shaft (1973); Madigan (1973); Rage (1972); What's Up, Doc? (1972); Hickey & Boggs (1972); The War Between Men and Women (1972); Diamonds Are Forever (1971); Vanishing Point (1971); They Call It Murder (1971); The French Connection (1971); Columbo (1971); The Bold Ones: The Senator (1971); Zabriskie Point (1970); The F.B.I. (1966–1970); Patton (1970); Daughter of the Mind (1969); The Love Bug (1969); The Wrecking Crew (1968); Bullitt (1968); The Flim-Flam Man (1967); Gunsmoke (1967); Batman (1967); Judd for the Defense (1967); Point Blank (1967); The Felony Squad (1967); Bonanza (1963–1967); The Invaders (1967); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1967); A Fine Madness (1966); Get Smart (1966); Jericho (1966); The Rounders (1966); The Fugitive (1966); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1966); Branded (1965–1966); How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965); The Great Race (1965); Honey West (1965); The Outer Limits (1964); The Fugitive (1963); The Twilight Zone (1963); Temple Houston (1963); Take Her, She's Mine (1963); Johnny Cool (1963); Toys in the Attic (1963); The Eleventh Hour (1963); It Happened at the World's Fair (1963); California (1963); Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962); Outlaws (1962); The Andy Griffith Show (1962); Cain's Hundred (1962); The Lawless Years (1959–1961); The Deputy (1961); Klondike (1960–1961); Lock Up (1960); Bat Masterson (1960); Not for Hire (1959–1960); Tombstone Territory (1960); Home from the Hill (1960); Peter Gunn (1959); Mr. Lucky (1959); The Big Operator (1959); Don't Give Up the Ship (1959); The Beat Generation (1959); The Thin Man (1957–1959); Have Gun - Will Travel (1959); Ask Any Girl (1959); The Mating Game (1959); Perry Mason (1959); Andy Hardy Comes Home (1958); The Perfect Furlough (1958); Houseboat (1958); High School Confidential! (1958); Attack of the Puppet People (1958); Adventures of Superman (1958); Maverick (1958); Kiss Them for Me (1957); Jailhouse Rock (1957); Raintree County (1957); The Helen Morgan Story (1957); Appointment with a Shadow (1957); The Joker Is Wild (1957); An Affair to Remember (1957); Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957); Highway Patrol (1957); The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956); He Laughed Last (1956); Four Star Playhouse (1956); Outside the Law (1956); The Benny Goodman Story (1956); Rebel Without a Cause (1955); The Square Jungle (1955); Love Me or Leave Me (1955); The Far Horizons (1955); High Society (1955); A Bullet for Joey (1955); Phffft (1954); Woman's World (1954); Tobor the Great (1954); Living It Up (1954); Public Defender (1954); Lucky Me (1954); Loophole (1954); Kiss Me Kate (1953); Jennifer (1953); Half a Hero (1953); Latin Lovers (1953); Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953); Code Two (1953); My Pal Gus (1952); Because You're Mine (1952); Love Is Better Than Ever (1952); Phone Call from a Stranger (1952); The Red Badge of Courage (1951); Fixed Bayonets! (1951); The Unknown Man (1951); Angels in the Outfield (1951); Iron Man (1951); Meet Me After the Show (1951); To Please a Lady (1950); Tulsa (1949); It Happened in Brooklyn (1947); The Beginning or the End (1947); See Here, Private Hargrove (1944); Salute to the Marines (1943).

Born on this day – Patricia Highsmith:

Patricia Highsmith

Writer

January 19, 1921 – February 4, 1995

Credits:

Books:

65 Great Tales Of Horror (1981); A Century of British Mystery and Suspense (2000); A Century of Great Suspense Stories (2001); A Dog's Ransom (1972); A Game for the Living (1958); A New Omnibus of Crime (2005); A Suspension of Mercy / The Story-Teller (1965); Books to Die For (2012); Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules (2005); Chillers (1990); Crime Never Pays (2001); Crime Story Collection (2000); Deep Water (1957); Edith's Diary (1977); Eleven / The Snail Watcher and Other Stories (1970); Escape to Mexico: An Anthology of Great Writers (2002); Fifty Best Mysteries (1993); Found in the Street (1986); Great Baseball Stories (1990); Little Tales of Misogyny (1974); Mermaids on the Golf Course (1984); Murder Intercontinental (1996); Murder On The Railways (2003); Mystery Cats (1991); Nothing That Meets the Eye (1968); Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks: 1941-1995 (2021); People Who Knock on the Door (1983); Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction (1966); Ripley Under Ground (1970); Ripley Under Water (1991); Ripley's Game (1974); Simply The Best Mysteries, Edgar Award Winners And Front Runners (1970); Slowly, Slowly in the Wind (1979); Small g (1994); Sour Tales for Sweethearts (2015); Stranger: Dark Tales of Eerie Encounters (2002); Strangers on a Train (1950); Tales of Natural and Unnatural Catastrophes (1987); The 18th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1977); The 24th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1983); The Animal-Lover's Book of Beastly Murder (1975); The Black House (1981); The Blunderer (1954); The Boy Who Followed Ripley (1980); The Campfire Collection: Ghosts, Beasts, and Things That Go Bump in the Night (2003); The Cry of the Owl (1962); The Glass Cell (1964); The Price of Salt / Carol (1952); The Selected Stories of Patricia Highsmith (2001); The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955); The Tremor of Forgery (1969); The Twelfth Pan Book of Horror Stories (1971); The Two Faces of January (1964); The Web She Weaves (1983); This Sweet Sickness (1960); Those Who Walk Away (1967); Verdict of Thirteen (1979).

Movies and television:

15! (2007); 77 Sunset Strip (1958); A Kind of Murder (2016); A Mighty Nice Man (2014); After Dark (1988); Armchair Thriller (1978); Carol (2015); Chillers (1990); Climax! (1956); Cover to Cover (1987); Deep Water (1981 / 2022); Der Geschichtenerzähler (1989); Der Schrei der Eule (1987); Die zwei Gesichter des Januar (1986); Ediths Tagebuch (1983); Enough Rope (1963); Húkanie sovy (1988); ITV Play of the Week (1967); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1957); Kulturplatz (2006); La rançon du chien (1996); Loving Highsmith (2022); Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders (1990); Muy personal (1987); Once You Kiss a Stranger... (1969); Once You Meet a Stranger (1996); Perfect Days (2023); Petits contes misògins (1995); Purple Noon (1960); Read All About It (1978); Ripley (2024); Ripley Under Ground (2005); Ripley's Game (2002); Saturday Review (1986); Strangers on a Train (1951); Studio One (1956); Tales of the Unexpected (1984); Tell Her That I Love Her (1977); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962); The American Friend (1977); The Book Programme (1976–1980); The Cry of the Owl (1987); The Cry of the Owl (2009); The Glass Cell (1978); The Late Show (1990); The South Bank Show (1982); The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999); The Two Faces of January (2014); The Wednesday Thriller (1965); Tiefe Wasser (1983); Trip nach Tunis (1993); Trossos (1986).

Born on this day – Kathleen Byron:

Kathleen Byron

Actress

January 11, 1921 – January 18, 2009

Credits:

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010); Painting with Light (2001); Perfect Strangers (2001); In a Land of Plenty (2001); A Profile of 'Black Narcissus' (2000); Heartbeat (2000); Dalziel and Pascoe (2000); Casualty (1989–1999); Midsomer Murders (1999); Diary (1998); Saving Private Ryan (1998); Les Misérables (1998); Frighteners (1997); Remembering Sister Ruth (1997); Emma (1996); The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994); Out (1993); The Late Show (1992); Moon and Son (1992); The Bill (1991); Portrait of a Marriage (1990); Gentlemen and Players (1989); Casualty (1989–1999); Theatre Night (1985); Howards' Way (1985); Love and Marriage (1984); Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983); Take Three Women (1982); God Speed Co-operation (1982); Nancy Astor (1982); From a Far Country (1981); Together (1980–1981); BBC2 Playhouse (1981); Hedda Gabler (1981); Angels (1976–1980); The Elephant Man (1980); Minder (1979); Emmerdale Farm (1979); Blake's 7 (1979); Crown Court (1974–1979); General Hospital (1979); An Englishman's Castle (1978); ITV Playhouse (1968–1978); The Professionals (1978); Secret Army (1977); The Upchat Line (1977); Supernatural (1977); Z Cars (1977); Jubilee (1977); Within These Walls (1976); North & South (1975); Comedy Premiere (1975); The Main Chance (1975); One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975); Village Hall (1975); Edward the King (1975); Anne of Avonlea (1975); The Little Mermaid (1974); Notorious Woman (1974); Heidi (1974); The Abdication (1974); Marked Personal (1974); Craze (1974); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969–1973); The Brontës of Haworth (1973); Sutherland's Law (1973); Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood (1973); The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1973); Away from It All (1973); Menace (1973); Nothing But the Night (1973); The Edwardians (1972); Armchair Theatre (1972); The Golden Bowl (1972); The Moonstone (1972); The Challengers (1972); Twins of Evil (1971); Private Road (1971); The Worker (1965–1970); Paul Temple (1970); Take Three Girls (1969); The Avengers (1969); Callan (1969); Omnibus (1969); Hammerhead (1968); The Portrait of a Lady (1968); The Wednesday Play (1965–1967); Who Is Sylvia? (1967); Vendetta (1966); Breaking Point (1966); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1966); Hereward the Wake (1965); Sergeant Cork (1964); Emergency-Ward 10 (1959–1963); Night of the Eagle (1962); Probation Officer (1961); Design for Murder (1961); ITV Play of the Week (1961); Hand in Hand (1961); Danger Man (1961); Theatre 70 (1960); International Detective (1960); ITV Television Playhouse (1957); Othello (1956); Patrol Car (1955–1956); Secret Venture (1955); Handcuffs, London (1955); Night of the Silvery Moon (1954); Profile (1954); Star of My Night (1954); Young Bess (1953); The Gambler and the Lady (1952); My Death Is a Mockery (1952); I'll Never Forget You (1951); Four Days (1951); Life in Her Hands (1951); Hell Is Sold Out (1951); Scarlet Thread (1951); Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951); Prelude to Fame (1950); The Inheritance (1950); Madness of the Heart (1949); Hour of Glory (1949); Black Narcissus (1947); A Matter of Life and Death (1946); The Silver Fleet (1943); The Young Mr. Pitt (1942); Climbing High (1938).

On this day in movie history - The Phantom Carriage (1921 movie & novel):

The Phantom Carriage

a.k.a. The Stroke of Midnight & Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness,

directed and written by Victor Sjöström,

based on the novel Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness, original Swedish title: Körkarlen,

by Selma Lagerlöf,

released in Sweden on January 1, 1921.

Music by Eric Westberg.

Cast:

Victor Sjöström, Hilda Borgström, Tore Svennberg, Astrid Holm, Concordia Selander, Lisa Lundholm, Tor Weijden, Einar Axelsson, Olof Ås, Nils Aréhn, Simon Lindstrand, Nils Elffors, Algot Gunnarsson, Hildur Lithman, Josua Bengtson, Emmy Albiin, Helga Brofeldt, Mona Geijer-Falkner, Signe Wirff, Anna-Lisa Baude, Arthur Natorp, Carl Harald, Fridolf Rhudin, Elof Ahrle, Julia Cæsar, Edvin Adolphson, John Ekman.

Recommended reading:

Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness

By Selma Lagerlöf.

Translated by William Frederick Harvey.

Published by e-artnow.

First published 1912.

ISBN-10: 8027340209

ISBN-13: 9788027340200

Description:

Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness is a result of a collaboration between Selma Lagerlöf and the Swedish association. The novel was written as a means of public education about tuberculosis. It is set in a small town in Sweden at the beginning of the 20th century. Edith, a young "Slum Sister" (social worker) in the service of the Salvation Army is on her death bed dying of tuberculosis. She requests that before she dies, she would like to again see David Holm, one of her charges. It becomes apparent that the two have a special relationship.

Born on this day – George Roy Hill:

George Roy Hill

Director

December 20, 1921 – December 27, 2002

Born on this day – Elsie Albiin:

Elsie Albiin

Actress

December 17, 1921 – April 3, 2009

Born on this day – Piero Piccioni:

Piero Piccioni

Composer

December 6, 1921 – July 23, 2004