Born on this day – Carl Reiner:

Carl Reiner

Actor

Comedian

Director

Writer

March 20, 1922 – June 29, 2020

Credits:

2015 TV Land Awards (2015); 30 Years of TV Comedy's Greatest Hits: To Laughter with Love (1980); 50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration (1989); 60 Minutes / Rob Reiner (1994); A Child's Guide to Screenwriting (1964); A Comedy Salute to Andy Kaufman (1995); A Conversation with Dinah (1989); A Date with Debbie (1960); A Guide for the Married Man (1967); A Look Back at The Jerk with Steve Martin & Carl Reiner (2018); A Touch of Grace (1973); A Tribute to Mr. Television Milton Berle (1978); About Faces (1961); AFI Life Achievement Award (1985–2015); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (2000); Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind (1990); Alice of Wonderland in Paris (1966); All of Me (1984); All-Star Party for Lucille Ball (1984); Ally McBeal (2002); America 2-Night (1978); America in Primetime (2011); American Dad! (2011–2015); American Masters (1996–2016); Anatole (1962); Angie Tribeca (2018); Annie and the Hoods (1974); Beggars and Choosers (1999); Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989); Betty Hughes and Friends (1969); Betty White: First Lady of Television (2018); Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl (2012); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Biography (1995–2008); Bob's Burgers (2014); Boston Legal (2005); Bravo Profiles (2003); Brief But Spectacular (2016); Burke's Law (1964); Burlesque is Alive and Living in Beautiful Downtown Burbank (1970); Caesar's Writers (1996); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1954); Captain Jake and the Never Land Pirates (2014–2015); Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin (1987); Cavalcade of Stars (1950); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2015–2020); Celebrity Life Coach (2010); Celebrity Page (2017); Charlie Rose (1997); Chelsea Lately (2009); Choosing Hope; Jewish Responses to the Holocaust (2017); Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (2012); Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee: Single Shot (2014–2015); Comedy Central Roasts (2009); Comic Relief (1986); Comic Relief V (1992); Comic Relief VI (1994); Conan (2013–2017); Cover Story (1984); Crossing Jordan (2002); Danny Thomas Special: Friends (1965); Danny Thomas Special: The Wonderful World of Burlesque (1965); Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982); Dean Martin Presents: The Bobby Darin Amusement Co. (1972); Dennis Miller Live (2000); Dick Van Dyke (1968); Dinah! (1975–1978); Dispatches from Quarantine (2020); Donny and Marie (1976); Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title (1966); Droodles (1954); Duck Duck Goose (2018); Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1996); Dumbbells (2014); E! True Hollywood Story (2001); Edward James Olmos and Debbie Gibson in The 16th Annual People's Choice Awards (1990); Emmy's Greatest Moments (2004); Enter Laughing (1967); Entertainment Tonight (2016–2018); Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man (2012); Eye on Entertainment (2006–2007); Faerie Tale Theatre (1984); Family Guy (2016–2017); Family Law (1999–2000); Fatal Instinct (1993); Father of the Pride (2004–2005); Film '82 (1982); Flannery and Quilt (1976); Flip (1971); Floor Show (1949–1950); Forky Asks a Question (2019); Frasier (1993); Free to Be... You & Me (1974); Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (2017); Funny Already: A History of Jewish Comedy (2004); Funny Is Funny (1966); Funny You Never Knew (2019); Generation (1969); George Burns' 95th Birthday Party (1991); George Clooney: An American Cinematheque Tribute (2006); George Jessel's Here Come the Stars (1968); GI Jews: Jewish Americans in World War II (2018); Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2017); Globehunters (2002); Go!!! (1967); Good Boy (2003); Good Heavens (1976); Good Morning America (1979); Good Morning World (1967–1968); Great Performances (1997–2021); Greatest Ever Blockbuster Movies (2006); Gypsy (1967–1968); Hail Sid Caesar! The Golden Age of Comedy (2001); Happy Anniversary (1959); Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown (1976); HBO First Look (2004–2007); Hercules (1998); Here's Hollywood (1960–1962); High Hopes: The Capra Years (1981); History of the World: Part I (1981); Hollywood Insider (2022); Home Movie: The Princess Bride (2020); Hot in Cleveland (2010–2014); House (2009); I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac (2011); If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast (2017); In Search of... (1980); In the Beginning: The Caesar Years (2012); In the House with Peter Bart & Peter Guber (2010); In the Mood (1987); Inside Comedy (2012); Inside TV Land (2000–2003); Intimate Portrait (1998); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); It's Garry Shandling's Show (1988–1989); I've Got a Secret (1954–1958); Jeopardy! (2014); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1969); Jerry Seinfeld: Stand-Up Confidential (1987); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2006–2013); Julie and Dick at Covent Garden (1974); Just for Laughs (2005); Justice League Action (2016); Keep Talking (1958–1959); Kevin Pollak's Chat Show (2017); King of the Hill (1997–2000); Larry King Now (2017); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1995–1999); Late Night with David Letterman (1983–1994); Laughter in Lockdown (2020); Life with Bonnie (2002–2003); Linus the Lionhearted (1964–1965); Lotsa Luck! (1973–1974); Lunch (2012); M*A*S*H, Tootsie & God: A Tribute to Larry Gelbart (1998); Mad About You (1995); Made You Laugh: The Funniest Moments in Comedy (2004); Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009); Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration (2015); Masquerade Party (1957); Medical Story (1975); Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again (2011); Mel Brooks Live at the Geffen (2015); Merry Madagascar (2009); Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis (2011); Mickey's 60th Birthday (1988); Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years (2008); Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20's (1976); Monty Python Conquers America (2008); More to Come: A Tonight Show Documentary (2017); Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007); Name Droppers (1969); National Comedy Center Lucille Ball Virtual Festival 2020 (2020); NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration (1986); Night Gallery / Professor Peabody's Last Lecture (1971); Norm Macdonald Live (2014); Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016); Ocean's Eleven (2001); 'Ocean's Eleven': The Look of the Con (2002); Ocean's Thirteen (2007); Ocean's Twelve (2004); Oh, God! (1977); On Story (2016); On Your Marx, Get Set, Go! (2004); One on One with John Tesh (1991); Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story (2008); Parks and Recreation (2012); Password (1971–1974); Pat Paulsen for President (1968); Pat Sajak in The Pat Sajak Show (1989); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1955); Personality (1968); Pioneers of Television (2019); Playhouse 90 (1957); Ponds Theater (1954); Pop Culture (2017); Probe and Night Beat (1958); Producers' Showcase (1954); Real Time with Bill Maher (2013); Remarks on Marx (2004); Roseanne and Tom: Getting Away with It (1992); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1970–1972); Salute to Stan Laurel (1965); Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996); Shatner's Raw Nerve (2011); Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life (2011); Shimmer and Shine (2015); Showbiz Today (1986–1997); Sibling Rivalry (1990); Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - Shining Stars (2003); Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar (2003); Sid Caesar Invites You (1958); Skokie (1981); Slums of Beverly Hills (1998); Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991); Something Spectacular with Steve Allen (1981); Stand Up Planet (2013); Star Search (1984); Star Spangled Revue (1950); Star Spangled Salesman (1968); Starring: Nancy Clancy (1973); Steve Martin: A Comic Life (1999); Steve Martin: An American Cinematheque Tribute (2005); Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty (1980); Street Scenes: New York on Film (1992); Stu's Show (2013–2014); Summer Rental (1985); Summer School (1987); Sunday Best (1991); Take a Good Look (1960–1961); Talkshow with Spike Feresten (2007–2009); Tavis Smiley (2014–2017); Telescope (1963); Ten from Your Show of Shows (1973); That Girl (1969); That Old Feeling (1997); The 100 Most Unexpected TV Moments (2005); The 14th Annual People's Choice Awards (1988); The 14th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1962); The 14th TV Academy Hall of Fame (1999); The 16th Annual Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: Carol Burnett (2013); The 16th Annual Satellite Awards (2011); The 1974 Annual Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards (1974); The 19th Annual Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame (2010); The 1st Annual American Comedy Awards (1987); The 2000 Year Old Man (1975); The 2000 Year Old Man (1975); The 20th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1968); The 23rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1997); The 29th Annual Tony Awards (1975); The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1983); The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1977); The 3rd Annual Television Academy Hall of Fame Awards (1986); The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1989); The 43rd Annual Golden Globe Awards 1986 (1986); The 44th Annual Writers Guild of America Awards (1992); The 46th Annual Director's Guild Awards (1994); The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1995); The 47th Annual Writers Guild Awards (1995); The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1997); The 4th Annual American Comedy Awards (1990); The 4th Annual TV Land Awards (2006); The 50 Greatest Comedy Films (2006); The 50th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards (1998); The 5th Annual American Comedy Awards (1991); The 5th Annual Sterling Awards (1991); The 5th Annual Young Comedians Show (1980); The 7th Annual American Comedy Awards (1993); The 7th Annual People's Choice Awards (1981); The 8th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1956); The 8th Annual TV Land Awards (2010); The Adventures of Captain Cross Dresser (2008); The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000); The Alan Brady Show (2003); The All-Star Comedy Hour (1962); The Andy Williams Show (1966); The Annual Museum of Television and Radio Gala (1997); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989–1990); The Arsenio Hall Show (2014); The Art Linkletter Show (1963); The Art of Love (1965); The Arthur Murray Party (1950); The Automat (2021); The Battle for Late Night (2010); The Bernie Mac Show (2002–2005); The Big Interview with Dan Rather (2019); The Blue Elephant (2006); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1972); The Bonnie Hunt Show (2009); The Bronx Boys (2003); The Bronx Boys Still Playing at 80 (2013); The Bronx, USA (2019); The Carol Burnett Show (1972–1974); The Celebrity Game (1964–1965); The Century: America's Time (1999); The Cleveland Show (2010–2013); The Comedians' Comedian (2005); The Comedy Spot (1960); The Comic (1969); The David Frost Show (1969–1971); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966); The Dick Van Dyke Show Remembered (1994); The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited (2004); The Dick Van Dyke Show: Now in Living Color! (2016–2017); The Dick Van Dyke Show: Now in Living Color! A Special Tribute to Carl Reiner (2020); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1959–1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1961); The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003–2006); The End (1978); The Fashion Story (1948); The Fifty-Fourth Street Revue (1949); The Florence Henderson Show (2009); The Gazebo (1959); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1955); The George Gobel Show (1958–1959); The Great Buster (2018); The Great Standups (1984); The History of Comedy (2017–2018); The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition (2020); The Hollywood Palace (1964–1967); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1971–1974); The Importance of Being Funny in America (1987); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (1998); The Jerk (1979); The Jerry Lewis Show (1963); The Jewish Americans (2008); The Jim Nabors Show (1978); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1968); The Judy Garland Show (1963); The Julie Andrews Hour (1972); The Kate Smith Hour (1950); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998–2009); The Larry Sanders Show (1997); The Last 70mm Film Festival (2014); The Last Laugh (2016); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005–2014); The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (2004); The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015); The Linkletter Show (1966); The Magical World of Disney (1981); The Majestic (2001); The Man with Two Brains (1983); The Mark Twain Prize: Celebrating the Humor of Carl Reiner (2001); The Mark Twain Prize: Steve Martin (2005); The Martin Short Show (1999); The Merv Griffin Show (1962–1977); The Mike Douglas Show (1967–1977); The Milton Berle Show (1950); The Movie Game (1970–1971); The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979); The Museum of Television & Radio: William S. Paley Television Festival 1999: A Salute to Carl Reiner (1999); The Museum of Television & Radio's 11th Annual Television Festival in Los Angeles: A Salute to Sid Caesar (1994); The Name's the Same (1953); The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1973–1974); The New Steve Allen Show (1961–1963); The One and Only (1978); The Paley Honors: A Special Tribute to Television's Comedy Legends (2019); The Patrice Munsel Show (1957); The Patti Page Oldsmobile Show (1958); The Penguins of Madagascar (2010); The Queen Latifah Show (2014); The Right to Remain Silent (1996); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997); The Second Annual Comedy Awards (1976); The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy (2000); The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room (2000); The Sid Caesar Collection: The Fan Favorites - Love & Laughter (2001); The Sid Caesar Collection: The Fan Favorites - The Dream Team of Comedy (2001); The Sid Caesar Collection: The Fan Favorites - The Professor and Other Clowns (2001); The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV (2000); The Sid Caesar Show (1958); The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special (1967); The Sixties (2014); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967); The Society of Singers Presents: A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald (1989); The Spirit of '76 (1990); The Talk (2013–2017); The Thrill of It All (1963); The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (1970); The Tomorrow Show (2017); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1964–1965); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2015); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1992); The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993–2012); The Traveler's Guide to Life (2011); The Violinist (1959); The World of Jewish Humor (1990); The Writers Guild Awards (1962); This Is Your Life (1960–1987); This Week in Nemtim (1972); 3 Girls 3 (1977); Those Wonderful TV Game Shows (1984); To Tell the Truth (1957); Today (1958); Tom Green Live (2014); Toni Twin Time (1950); Toy Story 4 (2019); Treasury of Children's Stories (1996); True Love: The Princess Bride Phenomenon - Entering the Zeitgeist (2012); Turn Ben Stein On (1999); TV Guide Close Up: From Comedy Club to Primetime (2004); TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2003); TV Land Convention Special (2004); TV Land Moguls (2004); Twilight Theatre (1982); Two and a Half Men (2009–2014); Unscripted (2013); Van Dyke and Company (1975–1976); Wait for Your Laugh (2017); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); What's It All About, World? (1969); Where's Poppa? (1970); WordGirl (2015); World by TheTail: The Bill Hayes Story (2017); WTF with Marc Maron (2013); You Don't Know Jack: Volume 2 (1996); Young & Hungry (2017); Your Show of Shows (1950–1957); Your Show of Shows / Caesar's Hour (1954–1957).

Born on this day – Jack Kerouac:

Jack Kerouac

Writer

March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969

Credits:

Books:

And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks (1945); Atop an Underwood (1987); Beat Generation (1992); Big Sur (1962); Book of Blues (1995); Book of Dreams (1960); Book of Haikus (2003); Book of Sketches (1957); Collected Poems (1971); Dear Carolyn (1983); Departed Angels (2004); Desolation Angels (1965); Door Wide Open (2000); Dr. Sax (1959); Escape to Mexico: An Anthology of Great Writers (2002); Field of Fantasies (2014); Good Blonde & Others (1993); Heaven and Other Poems (1977); Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters (2010); Lonesome Traveler (1960); Mexico City Blues (1959); Old Angel Midnight (1973); On the Road (1957); Orpheus Emerged (2002); Pic (1971); Piers of the Homeless Night (2018); Pomes All Sizes (1992); Reel Verse: Poems about the Movies (2019); San Francisco Blues (1991); Satori in Paris (1966); Scattered Poems (1971); Selected Letters, 1940-1956 (1995); Selected Letters, 1957-1969 (1999); Some of the Dharma (1997); The Dharma Bums (1958); The Haunted Life (2014); The Scripture of the Golden Eternity (1960); The Sea Is My Brother (1942); The Subterraneans (1958); The Town and the City (1950); The Unknown Kerouac (2016); Trip Trap (1973); Tristessa (1960); Vanity of Duluoz (1967); Visions of Cody (1960); Visions of Gerard (1963); Wake Up (2008); Windblown World (1947); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018); Writing Los Angeles (2002).

Movie:

On the Road (2012).

Born on this day – Cyd Charisse:

Cyd Charisse

Actress

Dancer

March 8, 1922 - June 17, 2008

Credits:

Empire State Building Murders (2008); Frasier (1995); Burke's Law (1995); Swimsuit (1989); Crazy Like a Fox (1986); Murder, She Wrote (1985); Glitter (1984); Sentimental Journey (1984); The Fall Guy (1984); Fantasy Island (1978–1983); Portrait of an Escort (1980); The Love Boat (1979); Hawaii Five-O (1978); Warlords of the Deep (1978); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); Medical Center (1975); Fol-de-Rol (1972); Maroc 7 (1967); The Silencers (1966); Assassination in Rome (1965); Something's Got to Give (1962); Two Weeks in Another Town (1962); Checkmate (1961); Five Golden Hours (1961); Black Tights (1960); Party Girl (1958); Twilight for the Gods (1958); Silk Stockings (1957); Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956); It's Always Fair Weather (1955); Deep in My Heart (1954); Brigadoon (1954); Easy to Love (1953); The Band Wagon (1953); Sombrero (1953); Singin' in the Rain (1952); The Wild North (1952); The Mark of the Renegade (1951); ast Side, West Side (1949); Tension (1949); Words and Music (1948); The Kissing Bandit (1948); On an Island with You (1948); The Unfinished Dance (1947); Fiesta (1947); Till the Clouds Roll By / Roberta (1946); Three Wise Fools (1946); The Harvey Girls (1946); Ziegfeld Follies (1945); This Love of Mine (1944); In Our Time (1944); Thousands Cheer (1943); Something to Shout About (1943); This Love of Mine (1942); The Gay Parisian (1941); Escort Girl (1941).

Born on this day – Martha O'Driscoll:

Martha O'Driscoll

Actress

March 4, 1922 – November 3, 1998

Credits:

Carnegie Hall (1947); Criminal Court (1946); Down Missouri Way (1946); Blonde Alibi (1946); House of Dracula (1945); The Daltons Ride Again (1945); Shady Lady (1945); Her Lucky Night (1945); Here Come the Co-eds (1945); Under Western Skies (1945); Hi, Beautiful (1944); Allergic to Love (1944); Ghost Catchers (1944); Follow the Boys (1944); Prices Unlimited (1944); Week-End Pass (1944); Crazy House (1943); The Fallen Sparrow (1943); We've Never Been Licked (1943); Paramount Victory Short No. T2-4: The Aldrich Family Gets in the Scrap (1943); Young and Willing (1943); My Heart Belongs to Daddy (1942); Youth on Parade (1942); Reap the Wild Wind (1942); The Remarkable Andrew (1942); Pacific Blackout (1941); Henry Aldrich for President (1941); Her First Beau (1941); The Lady Eve (1941); Li'l Abner (1940); Wagon Train (1940); Fashion Horizons (featured in The Lady Eve) (1940); Forty Little Mothers (1940); Laddie (1940); The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939); Judge Hardy and Son (1939); Girls' School (1938); Mad About Music (1938); She's Dangerous (1937); The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936); Three Cheers for Love (1936); The Great Ziegfeld (1936); Collegiate (1936); Coronado (1935); Peter Ibbetson (1935); The Last Days of Pompeii (1935); The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935).

Born on this day – Dorothy Morris:

Dorothy Morris

Actress

February 23, 1922 – November 20, 2011

Credits:

Marcus Welby, M.D. (1971); The Name of the Game (1970); Dragnet 1967 (1970); Seconds (1966); Wagon Train (1964–1965); The Lieutenant (1963–1964); This Is the Life (1956–1963); Shannon (1962); Rawhide (1959–1962); Tightrope (1960); The Untouchables (1960); Border Patrol (1959); The Power of the Resurrection (1958); The Donna Reed Show (1958); Macabre (1958); Casey Jones (1957); Navy Log (1957); Whirlybirds (1957); The Millionaire (1957); Little Miss Big (1946); Club Havana (1945); Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945); Main Street After Dark (1945); Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944); Rationing (1944); None Shall Escape (1944); Cry 'Havoc' (1943); I Dood It (1943); Someone to Remember (1943); Young Ideas (1943); Pilot #5 (1943); The Human Comedy (1943); The Youngest Profession (1943); Keeper of the Flame (1942); Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (1942); Seven Sweethearts (1942); Calling All Pa's (1942); The Magic Alphabet (1942); The War Against Mrs. Hadley (1942); Somewhere I'll Find You (1942); Maisie Gets Her Man (1942); Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942); Barbee-Cues (1942); Rio Rita (1942); This Time for Keeps (1942); What About Daddy? (1942); We Were Dancing (1942); We Do It Because- (1942); Babes on Broadway (1941); Design for Scandal (1941); Strange Testament (1941); The Chocolate Soldier (1941); Down in San Diego (1941); When Ladies Meet (1941); Whistling in the Dark (1941); Her First Beau (1941).

Born on this day – Kathryn Grayson:

Kathryn Grayson

Actress

Singer

February 9, 1922 – February 17, 2010

Credits:

Murder, She Wrote (1987–1989); Baretta (1978); Lux Playhouse (1958); Playhouse 90 (1957); General Electric Theater (1955–1956); The Vagabond King (1956); Kiss Me Kate (1953); So This Is Love (1953); The Desert Song (1953); Lovely to Look At (1952); Show Boat (1951); Grounds for Marriage (1951); The Toast of New Orleans (1950); That Midnight Kiss (1949); The Kissing Bandit (1948); It Happened in Brooklyn (1947); Till the Clouds Roll By (1946); Two Sisters from Boston (1946); Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945); Ziegfeld Follies (1945); Anchors Aweigh (1945); Thousands Cheer (1943); Seven Sweethearts (1942); Rio Rita (1942); The Vanishing Virginian (1942); Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941).

Born on this day – Audrey Meadows:

Audrey Meadows

Actress

February 8, 1922 – February 3, 1996

Born on this day – William Sylvester:

William Sylvester

Actor

January 31, 1922 – January 25, 1995

Born on this day – Telly Savalas:

Telly Savalas

Actor

Singer

January 21, 1922 – January 22, 1994

Credits:

Backfire! (1995); Mind Twister (1993); The Commish (1991); Ein Schloß am Wörthersee (1990); Rose Against the Odds (1991); Kojak: None So Blind (1990); Kojak: It's Always Something (1990); Kojak: Flowers for Matty (1990); Kojak: Fatal Flaw (1989); Kojak: Ariana (1989); The Hollywood Detective (1989); Faceless (1988); The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (1988); J.J. Starbuck (1987); The Equalizer (1987); The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (1987); Kojak: The Price of Justice (1987); GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords (1986); Solomon's Universe (1985); Alice in Wonderland (1985); George Burns Comedy Week (1985); Beyond Reason (1985); Kojak: The Belarus File (1985); The Love Boat (1977); The Cartier Affair (1984); Cannonball Run II (1984); Afghanistan pourquoi? (1983); Fake-Out (1982); American Playhouse (1982); Tales of the Unexpected (1979); Hellinger's Law (1981); Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980); Border Cop (1980); The French Atlantic Affair (1979); Alice (1979); The Muppet Movie (1979); Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979); Escape to Athena (1979); Windows, Doors & Keyholes (1978); Kojak (1973–1978); Capricorn One (1977); Killer Force (1976); Inside Out (1975); Lisa and the Devil (1973); She Cried Murder (1973); The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973); Redneck (1973); Pancho Villa (1972); A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (1972); Visions... (1972); The Killer Is on the Phone (1972); Horror Express (1972); onny and Jed (1972); Crime Boss (1972); Mongo's Back in Town (1971); Clay Pigeon (1971); A Town Called Hell (1971); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969); Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971); Violent City (1970); Kelly's Heroes (1970); On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969); Land Raiders (1969); Sophie's Place (1969); Mackenna's Gold (1969); The Assassination Bureau (1969); Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968); The Scalphunters (1968); Sol Madrid (1968); Cimarron Strip (1967); Garrison's Gorillas (1967); The Dirty Dozen (1967); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The F.B.I. (1967); Combat! (1964–1967); Beau Geste (1966); The Fugitive (1964–1966); The Virginian (1966); Battle of the Bulge (1965); The Slender Thread (1965); Run for Your Life (1965); Bonanza (1965); Genghis Khan (1965); John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965); Burke's Law (1963–1965); The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965); The Rogues (1964); Fanfare for a Death Scene (1964); The New Interns (1964); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Breaking Point (1964); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); Arrest and Trial (1964); Channing (1964); The Twilight Zone (1963); 77 Sunset Strip (1963); Grindl (1963); Johnny Cool (1963); Love Is a Ball (1963); The Man from the Diners' Club (1963); Empire (1963); The Dakotas (1963); The Eleventh Hour (1962); The Untouchables (1961–1963); The Sin of Jesus (1962); Alcoa Premiere (1961); The Interns (1962); Birdman of Alcatraz (1962); Cape Fear (1962); Cain's Hundred (1961–1962); Ben Casey (1961); The Detectives (1961); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961); King of Diamonds (1961); The New Breed (1961); The Young Savages (1961); Mad Dog Coll (1961); Acapulco (1961); The Aquanauts (1961); Kraft Theatre (1960); The Witness (1960); Naked City (1960); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1959–1960); Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (1960); Diagnosis: Unknown (1960); Deadline (1959); Sunday Showcase (1959).

Born on this day – Guy Madison:

Guy Madison

Actor

January 19, 1922 – February 6, 1996

Credits:

Red River (1988); Crossbow (1987–1988); The Rebels (1979); Fantasy Island (1979); The Hughes Mystery (1979); Where's Willie? (1978); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); Il baco da seta (1974); The Pacific Connection (1974); The Smith Family (1972); Reverend's Colt (1970); Lusty Brawlers (1970); The War Devils (1969); Hell Commandos (1969); A Place in Hell (1969); La battaglia dell'ultimo panzer (1969); Testa di sbarco per otto implacabili (1968); Long Days of Hate (1968); Superargo and the Faceless Giants (1968); Bang Bang Kid (1967); The Devil's Man (1967); Return of Django (1967); Payment in Blood (1967); LSD Flesh of Devil (1967); Lasciapassare per l'inferno (1966); Five for Revenge (1966); Legacy of the Incas (1965); L'avventuriero della Tortuga (1965); Kidnapped to Mystery Island (1964); Gunmen of Rio Grande (1964); Sandokan contro il leopardo di Sarawak (1964); Sandokan alla riscossa (1964); Old Shatterhand (1964); Il vendicatore mascherato (1963); The Executioner of Venice (1963); Women of Devil's Island (1962); Sword of the Conqueror (1961); Zane Grey Theatre (1961); Slave of Rome (1961); Death Valley Days (1960); Jet Over the Atlantic (1959); The Red Skelton Hour (1959); The Ann Sothern Show (1959); Schlitz Playhouse (1959); Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951–1958); Bullwhip (1958); General Electric Theater (1958); The 27th Day (1957); Not One Shall Die (1957); The Hard Man (1957); Wagon Train (1957); Climax! (1955–1957); The Ford Television Theatre (1955–1956); Reprisal! (1956); The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956); Hilda Crane (1956); On the Threshold of Space (1956); The Last Frontier (1955); 5 Against the House (1955); The Command (1954); The Charge at Feather River (1953); Red Snow (1952); Drums in the Deep South (1951); Massacre River (1949); Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven (1948); Honeymoon (1947); Till the End of Time (1946); Since You Went Away (1944).

Born on this day – Betty White:

Betty White

Actress

Comedian

Animal welfare advocate

January 17, 1922 – December 31, 2021

Credits:

Forky Asks a Question (2019); Trouble (2019); Toy Story 4 (2019); Fireside Chat with Esther (2015–2018); Young & Hungry (2017); Bones (2015–2017); Crowded (2016); SpongeBob SquarePants (2016); Hot in Cleveland (2010–2015); The Soul Man (2014); WWE Raw (2014); Pound Puppies (2010–2013); Mickey Mouse (2013); Save Me (2013); Betty White's Off Their Rockers (2012–2017); Marie (2012); The Client List (2012); The Lorax (2012); Betty White: I'm Still Hot (2011); The Lost Valentine (2011); Prep & Landing Stocking Stuffer: Operation: Secret Santa (2010); Community (2010); You Again (2010); Glenn Martin DDS (2009–2010); The Middle (2010); Part Two: The Warm Mission (2009); The Bold and the Beautiful (2006–2009); 30 Rock (2009); The Proposal (2009); Love N' Dancing (2009); My Name Is Earl (2009); Boston Legal (2005–2008); Ponyo (2008); Ugly Betty (2007); Sea Tales (2007); Higglytown Heroes (2004–2007); The Simpsons (2000–2007); Family Guy (2006); Joey (2005); Complete Savages (2004–2005); The Third Wish (2005); Annie's Point (2005); Father of the Pride (2004); Malcolm in the Middle (2004); My Wife and Kids (2004); Everwood (2003–2004); The Practice (2004); Stealing Christmas (2003); I'm with Her (2003); Gary the Rat (2003); The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (2003); Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt (2003); Bringing Down the House (2003); That '70s Show (2002–2003); King of the Hill (1999–2002); Providence (2002); Yes, Dear (2002); Teacher's Pet (2002); The Ellen Show (2001); The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie (2001); The Retrievers (2001); Ladies Man (1999–2001); The Wild Thornberrys (2000); Tom Sawyer (2000); Whispers: An Elephant's Tale (2000); Ally McBeal (1999); The Story of Us (1999); Lake Placid (1999); Hercules (1999); L.A. Doctors (1998); Noddy: Anything Can Happen at Christmas (1998); The Lionhearts (1998); Holy Man (1998); Dennis the Menace Strikes Again! (1998); Hard Rain (1998); The Story of Santa Claus (1996); Suddenly Susan (1996); A Weekend in the Country (1996); The John Larroquette Show (1996); Maybe This Time (1995–1996); The Naked Truth (1995); Diagnosis Murder (1994); Bob (1993); The Golden Palace (1992–1993); The Golden Girls (1985–1992); Empty Nest (1989–1992); Chance of a Lifetime (1991); Nurses (1991); Carol & Company (1990); The Earth Day Special (1990); One to Grow On (1989); Days of Our Lives (1988); Santa Barbara (1988); Matlock (1987); D.C. Follies (1987); Alf Loves a Mystery (1987); Mama's Family (1983–1986); Who's the Boss? (1985); The Love Boat (1980–1985); St. Elsewhere (1985); Hotel (1984); Fame (1983); Madame's Place (1982); Eunice (1982); Love, Sidney (1982); Best of the West (1981); Stephanie (1981); The Gossip Columnist (1980); Before and After (1979); The Best Place to Be (1979); Snavely (1978); With This Ring (1978); The Betty White Show (1977–1978); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1973–1977); Ellery Queen (1975); Lucas Tanner (1975); The Odd Couple (1972); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1972); Vanished (1971); The Pet Set (1971); Petticoat Junction (1969); That's Life (1968); Another World (1964); Kraft Theatre (1962); Advise & Consent (1962); Date with the Angels (1957–1958); The Millionaire (1956); Life with Elizabeth (1953–1955); Hollywood on Television (1949); Time to Kill (1945).

Born on this day – Shirley Patterson:

Shirley Patterson

Actress

December 26, 1922 – April 4, 1995

Born on this day – Ava Gardner:

Ava Gardner

Actress

December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990

Born on this day – Ruth Roman:

Ruth Roman

Actress

December 22, 1922 – September 9, 1999

Born on this day – Tom Gries:

Tom Gries

Director

Writer

Producer

December 20, 1922 – January 3, 1977

Born on this day – Maila Nurmi:

Maila Nurmi

Actress

Writer

December 11, 1922 – January 10, 2008

Portrayed the character Vampira

Born on this day – Toni Vaz:

Toni Vaz

Actress

Stuntwoman

December 11, 1922 – October 4, 2024

Credits:

Founder of the NAACP Image Awards.

Movies and television:

Anna Lucasta (1958); Lady Sings the Blues (1972); Mission: Impossible (1971); Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959); The Singing Nun (1966); The Towering Inferno (1974).

Born on this day – Sven Nykvist:

Sven Nykvist

Cinematographer

December 3, 1922 – September 20, 2006

Credits:

Nova (2001); Ljuset håller mig sällskap (2000); It All Came True (1998); Celebrity (1998); Private Confessions (1996); Lumière and Company (1995); Kristin Lavransdatter (1995); Something to Talk About (1995); Mixed Nuts (1994); Only You (1994); With Honors (1994); What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993); Sleepless in Seattle (1993); Chaplin (1992); The Ox (1991); Buster's Bedroom (1991); Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989); New York Stories (1989); Another Woman (1988); Ved vejen (1988); The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988); The Sacrifice (1986); Nobody's Child (1986); Dream Lover (1986); Agnes of God (1985); After the Rehearsal (1984); Swann in Love (1984); La tragédie de Carmen (1983); Fanny and Alexander (1983); Star 80 (1983); Fanny and Alexander (1982); Cannery Row (1982); The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981); Willie & Phil (1980); From the Life of the Marionettes (1980); Marmalade Revolution (1980); Starting Over (1979); Hurricane (1979); King of the Gypsies (1978); Autumn Sonata (1978); One and One (1978); Pretty Baby (1978); The Serpent's Egg (1977); De fördömda kvinnornas dans (1976); The Tenant (1976); Face to Face (1976); Black Moon (1975); Monismanien 1995 (1975); Nouvelles d'Henry James (1974); The Magic Flute (1975); The Terrorists (aka Ransom) (1974); Scenes from a Marriage (1974); The Dove (1974); Das blaue Hotel (1973); Kallelsen (1973): Scenes from a Marriage (1973); Cries & Whispers (1972); Siddhartha (1972); A Free Woman (1972); Lockfågeln (1971); The Last Run (1971); The Touch (1971); Karpfs Karriere (1971); One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1970); First Love (1970); Fårö Document (1970); The Passion of Anna (1969); The Rite (1969); An-Magritt (1969); Shame (1968); Hour of the Wolf (1968); Bränt barn (1967); Roseanna (1967); Persona (1966); Transit (1965); Lianbron (1965); Loving Couples (1964); Klänningen (1964); To Love (1964); All These Women (1964); Prins hatt under jorden (1963); The Silence (1963); Liebe will gelernt sein (1963); Winter Light (1963); Schneewittchen und die sieben Gaukler (1962); The Magical World of Disney (1962); Africa and Schweitzer (1961); Lita på mej älskling (1961); Murder Party (1961); Through a Glass Darkly (1961); Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi (1961); Domaren (1960); A Matter of Morals (1960); Lampenfieber (1960); The Virgin Spring (1960); Får jag låna din fru? (1959); Der Engel, der seine Harfe versetzte (1959); Make Way for Lila (1958); Damen i svart (1958); Synnöve Solbakken (1957); Gäst i eget hus (1957); En drömmares vandring (1957); Den tappre soldaten Jönsson (1956); Flickan i frack (1956); Nattbarn (1956); Gorilla Safari (1956); Blånande hav (1956); Ett kungligt äventyr (1956); Sista ringen (1955); Älskling på vågen (1955); Den underbara lögnen (1955); Salka Valka (1954); Karin Månsdotter (1954); Storm över Tjurö (1954); Sawdust and Tinsel (1953); Vägen till Klockrike (1953); Barabbas (1953); Under södra korset (1952); När syrenerna blomma (1952); Rågens rike (1950); Loffe blir polis (1950); Bohus bataljon (1949); Lång-Lasse i Delsbo (1949); Sjösalavår (1949); Hin och smålänningen (1949); Maj på Malö (1947); Lata Lena och blåögda Per (1947); Där lägereldarna brinna (1946); Saltstänk och krutgubbar (1946); 13 stolar (1945); Barnen från Frostmofjället (1945); Gomorron Bill! (1945); I mörkaste Småland (1943); En Stockholmssilhuett (1943).

Born on this day – Len Lesser:

Len Lesser

Actor

December 3, 1922 – February 16, 2011

Born on this day – Hall Bartlett:

Hall Bartlett

Director

Producer

Writer

November 27, 1922 – September 8, 1993