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Saturday, December 20, 2025

Thursday, December 11, 2025

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).

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

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

Thursday, November 27, 2025

Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Born on this day – Charles M. Schulz:


Charles M. Schulz

Cartoonist

Writer

Creator of the Peanuts comic strip

November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Born on this day – Kurt Vonnegut:


Kurt Vonnegut


Writer

November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007


Credits:

Books:

Galápagos (1985); Bluebeard (1987); Player Piano / Utopia 14 (1952); The Sirens of Titan (1959); Cat's Cradle (1960); Mother Night (1961); Harrison Bergeron (1961); God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1965); Slaughterhouse-Five (1969); Between Time and Timbuktu (1972); Breakfast of Champions (1973); Slapstick, or Lonesome No More! (1976); Jailbird (1979); Deadeye Dick (1982); Hocus Pocus (1990); Timequake (1997); The Big Trip Up Yonder (1954); 2 B R 0 2 B (1968); Who Am I This Time? For Romeos and Juliets (1970); God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian (1999); The Honor of a Newsboy (2009); Confido (2009); Hall of Mirrors (2009); A Song for Selma (2009); Hello, Red (2009); The Good Explainer (2009); King and Queen of the Universe (2009); Little Drops of Water (2009); The Nice Little People (2009); Ed Luby's Key Club (2009); Shout about It from the Housetops (2009); FUBAR (2009); Basic Training (2012); Vonnegut by the Dozen: Twelve Pieces by Kurt Vonnegut (2013); Slice of Life (2016); Canary in a Cat House (1961); 2BR02B (1962); Welcome to the Monkey House (1968); Bagombo Snuff Box (1999); Armageddon in Retrospect (2008); Look at the Birdie (2009); While Mortals Sleep (2011); Sucker's Portfolio (2012); Sinbad (2016); Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons (1974); Palm Sunday (1981); Like Shaking Hands with God (1999); Kurt Vonnegut on Mark Twain, Lincoln, Imperialist Wars and the Weather (2004); A Man Without a Country (2005); Letters (2012); We Are What We Pretend To Be (2012); If This Isn't Nice What Is? (2013); Pity the Reader (2019); Fates Worse Than Death (1982); Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters, 1941-1945 (2020); Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1970); Sun, Moon, Star (1980); Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade (2020); The Flying Sorcerers (1997); The Wizards of Odd (1997); Wizards of Odd (1997); Learning to Live Finally: The Last Interview (2005); Kurt Vonnegut Jr. The Last Interview (2011); Big City Cool: Short Stories About Urban Youth (2002); Connoisseur's Science Fiction (1964); ABC of Science Fiction (1968); Best SF Vol 7 (1971); Masks (1971); Autumn Light: Illuminations of Age (1978); The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction (1980); The Golden Age of Science Fiction (1981); Space Odyssey (1983); A World of Fiction (1983); Great Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction (1985); Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century (1987); The Ultimate Frankenstein (1991); First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994); Cybersex: Aliens, Neurosex and Cyborgasms (1996); The Flying Sorcerers (1997); Wizards of Odd (1997); The Playboy Book of Science Fiction (1998); Writers on Writing (2001); Big City Cool: Short Stories About Urban Youth (2002); Louder than Bombs: Interviews from The Progressive Magazine (2004); Favorite Science Fiction Stories, Volume 2 (2010); The Best American Mystery Stories 2010 (2010); Slaughterhouse-Five: Critical Insights (2010); Science Fiction Collection 002 (2011); The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack (2012); The Big Book of Classic Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction (2013); Lieu: Science Fiction Short Stories (2015); Grave Predictions (2016); The Ultimate Short Story Bundle (2020).

Awards:

1953: nominated for the International Fantasy Award for: Player Piano.
1960: won the Writers Guild of America Award for: Auf Wiedersehen.
1960: finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novel for: The Sirens of Titan.
1964: finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novel for: Cat's Cradle.
1970: nominated for the Nebula Award for: Slaughterhouse-Five.
1970: finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novel for: Slaughterhouse-Five.
1971: won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play for: Happy Birthday Wanda June.
1973: won the Seiun Award for foreign novel for: The Sirens of Titan.
1973: won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation winner for: Slaughterhouse-Five.
1986: won second placed for the John W. Campbell Award for: Galapagos.
2009: won the Audie Award for Short Stories / Collections for: Armageddon in Retrospect.
2015: awarded a place in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, by the Science Fiction Museum.
2019: won the Prometheus Hall of Fame award, by the Libertarian Futurist Society, for: Harrison Bergeron.

Movies and television:

1 Giant Leap (2002); 2081 (2009); 2Br02B (2016); 2BR02b (2016); 2BR02B (2017); 2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be (2016 / 2018); 60 Minutes (1970); 90 Minutes Live (1977–1978); A Curious World (2016); A Man Without a Country (2012); A Matadeira (1994); American Experience (1997); American Playhouse (1982–1985); Automatic Thirteen (2007); Back to School (1986); Between Time and Timbuktu (1972); Breakfast of Champions (1999); Brooklyn Bridge (1981); Bus Stop (1961); Charlie Rose (2007); Curious Matter Anthology (2021); Deer in the Works (1980); Epicac (2008); Film '72 (1972); First Man (2018); FUBAR (2019); Full House (1973); General Electric Theater (1955–1958); God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut (2018); Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971); Harrison Bergeron (1995 / 2006); Here After (2020); 'Hick' Town (2009); Hollywood Insider (2021); I riassuntini (2018); Karikakramäng / Segment: Promenaad (1976); Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.: A Self-Portrait (1975); Kurt Vonnegut: Reporter on the Afterlife (2023); Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time (2021); Kurt Vonnegut's A Man Without a Country (2018); Kurt Vonnegut's Saab Dealership (2022); Langmuir's World (1998); Long Walk to Forever (1987 / 2014); Monkey House (1991–1993); Mother Night (1996); Moving Image Salutes Elia Kazan (1987); Moving Image Salutes James Stewart (1988); Moving Image Salutes Sidney Poitier (1989); Nelson Algren: The End Is Nothing, the Road Is All... (2015); Never Down (2007); New Nightmares (1993); Newsstand Theatre (1952); Next Door (1976); Now on PBS (2005); Poetry, Passion, the Postman: The Poetic Return of Pablo Neruda (1996); Real Time with Bill Maher (2005); Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love / Segment: Epicac (1974); Saturday Review (1986); Scary Stories Around the Fire (2024); Sicko (2007); Slapstick of Another Kind (1982); Slaughterhouse-Five (1972); Spegeln - för konst och kultur (1977); Tabu Vergeltung - Die Literaten und der Luftkrieg (2000); The ABCs of Book Banning (2023); The American Ruling Class (2005); The Big Trip Up Yonder (2014); The Civil War (1990); The Congress (1989); The Daily Show (2005); The David Frost Show (1972); The Day of Five Billion (1987); The Dick Cavett Show (1989); The Ford Television Theatre (1954); The Foster Portfolio (2017); The Larry Solway Show (1976); The Last Day of Charley E. Rays (2016); The Making of Slaughterhouse-Five (1972); The Man from Bagombo (2010); The Merv Griffin Show (1969); The Painted Boy (1995); Think Tank with Ben Wattenberg (1994); Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist (2007).

Sunday, November 9, 2025

Born on this day – Dorothy Dandridge:


Dorothy Dandridge


Actress

Singer

November 9, 1922 – September 8, 1965

Credits:

A Day at the Races (1937); A Jig in the Jungle (1941); A Zoot Suit with a Reet Pleat (1942); Atlantic City (1944); Bahama Passage (1941); Blackbird Fantasy (1942); Bright Road (1953); Cain's Hundred (1962); Carmen Jones (1954); Cavalcade of Stars (1952); Cow-Cow Boogie (1942); Dieter & Andreas (1989); Drums of the Congo (1942); Easy Street (1941); Easy to Take (1936); Film Fanfare (1956); Ford Star Jubilee (1956); Four Shall Die (1940); Freedom Spectacular (1964); Going Places (1938); Happy Go Lucky (1943); Hit Parade of 1943 (1943); Irene (1940); Island in the Sun (1957); It Can't Last Forever (1937); Juke Box Jury (1964); Jungle Jig (1941); Lady from Louisiana (1941); Lazybones (1941); Light's Diamond Jubilee (1954); Lucky Jordan (1942); Malaga (1960); Moo Cow Boogie (1943); Myra Breckinridge (1970); Nicholas Brothers Family Home Movies (1940); Night in New Orleans (1942); Open House (1964); Paper Doll (1942); Pillow to Post (1945); Pinky and Perky (1964); Porgy and Bess (1959); Pretty Dudes (2016); Private Life (2018); Reflets de Cannes (1955–1957); Remains to Be Seen (1953); Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942); Since You Went Away (1944); Sing Your Song (2011); Snow Gets in Your Eyes (1938); Songs for Sale (1952); Sun Valley Serenade (1941); Sundown (1941); Swing for Your Supper (1941); Tamango (1958); Tarzan's Peril (1951); Teacher's Beau (1935); That Regis Philbin Show (1965); The 27th Annual Academy Awards (1955); The 29th Annual Academy Awards (1957); The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951–1953); The Decks Ran Red (1958); The Ed Sullivan Show (1952–1961); The George Jessel Show (1954); The Harlem Globetrotters (1951); The Mike Douglas Show (1963); The Night Before the Divorce (1942); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1956); Yes, Indeed! (1941); You Don't Say (1964).

Monday, October 27, 2025

Born on this day – Ruby Dee:


Ruby Dee


Actress

Writer

October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014

Credits:

Books:

My One Good Nerve: Rhythms, Rhymes, Reasons (1986); Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears / Audio (1984); With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together (1998).

Movies and television:

14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2008); 1982 (2013); 2003 Trumpet Awards (2003); 22nd NAACP Image Awards (1990); 39th NAACP Image Awards (2008); 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2001); A Certain Magical Pimpdex: Extended Edition (2019); A Colored Life: The Herb Jeffries Story (2008); A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School (2009); A Raisin in the Sun (1961); A Simple Wish (1997); A Storm in Summer (2000); A Thousand Words (2012); A Time to Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner (1998); A Walk Through the 20th Century with Bill Moyers (1984); A Wealth of Wisdom (2004); Actor's Choice (1970); After Goodbye: An AIDS Story (1993); Alcoa Premiere (1963); All About Us (2007); All God's Children (1980); America (2009); America at the Movies (1976); American Experience (1990); American Gangster (2007); American Masters (1995 / 1999); American Playhouse (1985–1990); American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs (2013); An Ecstatic Experience (2015); An Evening at the Academy Awards (2008); An Evening of Stars: A Celebration of Educational Excellence (1998); An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Stevie Wonder (2006); An Evening with Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee (2002); And When I Die, I Won't Stay Dead (2015); Anyone for Tennyson? The Master Poets Collection (1976); Armchair Theatre (1966); Baby Geniuses (1999); Baby of the Family (2002); Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2003); Betty and Coretta (2013); Betty Hughes and Friends (1970); Between the Lions (2001); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Biography (2005); Black Girl (1972); Black Girls Rock (2010); Book TV (2004); Broadway Legends (2002); Buck and the Preacher (1972); Camera Three (1960–1965); Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (1996); Cat People (1982); CBC Show of the Week (1964); Character Studies (2005); Charlie Rose (1997–1998); Chelsea D.H.O. (1973); China Beach (1990); Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years (2001); Color Adjustment (1992); Cool Red (1976); Cop & ½ (1993); Cosby (1999); Crossing Over: How Roots Captivated an Entire Nation (2007); Crown Dick (1987); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2007); Dateline NBC: American Gangster: First Look (2007); Decoration Day (1990); Def Poetry (2004); Discovering William Greaves (2006); Do the Right Thing (1989); Domestic Differences (1997); Dooley's Not Dooby (2018); Dream Street (2010); East Side/West Side (1963); Easy to Get (1947); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1988); Edge of the City (1957); Entertainment Tonight (2008 / 2014); Evening Shade (1993); Fatherhood (2004); Finding Buck McHenry (2000); For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (2010); Frankenpimp's Revenge: The Romeo and Juliet Massacre (2020); Freedom Never Dies: The Legacy of Harry T. Moore (2001); Freedom Spectacular (1964); Frontiers of Faith (1961); Go Man Go (1954); Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985); God's Gonna Trouble the Water (1998); Gone Are the Days! (1963); Great Performances (1982–1998); Great Performances / Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021); Guiding Light (1952–2009); Hands Upon the Heart (1991); Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (2000); Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1999); HBO First Look (2007); He Said, She Said (1970); History of the Negro People (1965); Homeward Bound (1994); Hughes' Dream Harlem (2002); I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979); Iconoclasts (2007); In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema (2007); Inside TV Land (2002); Intimate Portrait (2001); It's Good to Be Alive (1974); I've Got a Secret (1963); Jazztime Tale (1991); Jungle Fever (1991); Just Cause (1995); King of Stage: The Woodie King Jr. Story (2018); King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1969); La noche de los Oscar (2008); Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday (1990); Legends Ball (2006); Let Freedom Sing: How Music Inspired the Civil Rights Movement (2009); Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee (2014); Lincoln (1988); Little Bill (1999–2004); Little Bill Thinks Big! (2003); Little Bill: Big Little Bill (2001); Lockdown, USA (2006); Long Day's Journey Into Night (1982); Look Up and Live (1968); Lorraine Hansberry: The Black Experience in the Creation of Drama (1975); Love at Large (1990); Love in Syncopation (1946); Making Do the Right Thing (1989); Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story (2023); Meet Mary Pleasant (2008); Middle Ages (1992); Minty Comedic Arts (2019); Miss Smith of Georgia (1962); Mississippi, America (1996); Mr. and Mrs. Loving (1996); Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary (2012); Naming Number Two (2006); Nick Jr. Favorites Holiday (2006); No Way Out (1950); NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II (1998); On the Set of No. 2 (2007); Ossie and Ruby! (1980); Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson (2007); Our Virgin Island (1958); P.O.V. (2014); Passing Glory (1999); Password (1962); Peyton Place (1968–1969); Play of the Week (1960–1961); Police Woman (1975); Politics of Love (2011); Promised Land (1998); Reading Rainbow (1984–2001); Red & Blue Marbles (2011); Roots: The Next Generations (1979); Seven Times Monday (1962); Shelly Fisher (1999); Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart (2017); Sing Your Song (2011); Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998); Soul! (1970–1972); Special Collector's Edition (2014); Spenser: For Hire (1987); Sports on the Silver Screen (1997); St. Louis Blues (1958); Steam (2007); Stories from the Edge / Segment: Tuesday Morning Ride (1996); Street Gear (1995); Take a Giant Step (1959); Taking Back Our Town (2001); Tavis Smiley (2008); Tenafly (1973); That Man of Mine (1946); The 15th Annual Women in Film Crystal Awards (1991); The 16th Annual Diversity Awards (2008); The 16th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1964); The 16th Annual Tony Awards (1962); The 2006 Black Movie Awards (2006); The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2015); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991); The 48th Annual Tony Awards (1994); The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards (2014); The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008); The African Burial Ground: An American Discovery (1994); The Atlanta Child Murders (1985); The Balcony (1963); The Black Movie Awards (2005); The Bold Ones: The Protectors (1969); The Business of Hunger (1984); The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People (1974); The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990); The Defenders (1965); The Dick Cavett Show (1970 / 1990); The Directors (2000); The Doctors and the Nurses (1963); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Ernest Green Story (1993); The Feast of All Saints (2001); The Fight Never Ends (1948); The First Year (1946); The Fugitive (1963); The Golden Girls (1990); The Great Adventure (1963); The Great American Pastime (1956); The History Makers (2005); The Incident (1967); The Insider (2004); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2000); The Jackie Robinson Story (1950); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2004); The Landlord (2009); The Making of American Gangster (2008); The Making of Stephen King's the Stand (1994); The Merv Griffin Show (1967–1968); The Mike Douglas Show (1965–1971); The Mo'Nique Show (2010); The New Neighbors (2009); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2008); The Oscars (2015); The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll (2009); The Poetry Hall of Fame (1993); The Roseanne Show (1998); The Sheriff (1971); The Sig Sakowicz Show (1972); The Stand (1994); The Tall Target (1951); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963); The Torture of Mothers (1980); The Tyra Banks Show (2009); The Unfinished Journey (1999); The Wall / Segment: The Badge (1998); The Way Back Home (2006); The Wendy Williams Show (2011); Theater Talk (2014); Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005); To Be Young, Gifted, and Black (1972); To Tell the Truth (1963); Today (1989); Tony Brown's Journal (1978); Touched by an Angel (1999); Tuesday Morning Ride (1995); Turner Classic Movies Remembers 2014 (2014); TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004); Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003); Unstoppable: Conversation with Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks, and Ossie Davis (2005); Uptight (1968); Video Girl (2011); Watch Your Mouth (1978); Wattstax (1973); Wedding Band (1974); What a Guy (1948); What's My Line? (1972); Whitewash (1994); Windmills of the Gods (1988); Zur Nacht (1970).