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Tuesday, March 25, 2025

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

Monday, March 3, 2025

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).

Saturday, March 1, 2025

Born on this day – Jack Clayton:

Jack Clayton

Director

Producer

March 1, 1921 – February 26, 1995

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

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).

Monday, February 24, 2025

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.

Friday, February 21, 2025

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).

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

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).

Sunday, February 16, 2025

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).

Saturday, February 8, 2025

Born on this day – Lana Turner:

Lana Turner

Actress

February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995

Monday, January 27, 2025

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).

Saturday, January 25, 2025

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).

Sunday, January 19, 2025

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).

Saturday, January 11, 2025

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).