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

Born on this day – Charles M. Schulz:

Charles M. Schulz

Cartoonist

Writer

Creator of the Peanuts comic strip

November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000

Born on this day – María Casares:

María Casares

Actress

November 21, 1922 – November 22, 1996

Born on this day – Luisella Beghi:

Luisella Beghi

Actress

November 19, 1922 – September 9, 2006

Born on this day – Veronica Lake:

Veronica Lake

Actress

November 14, 1922 – July 7, 1973

Born on this day – Oskar Werner:

Oskar Werner

Actor

November 13, 1922 – October 23, 1984

Born on this day – Kim Hunter:

Kim Hunter

Actress

November 12, 1922 – September 11, 2002

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).

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).

Born on this day – Barbara Bel Geddes:

Barbara Bel Geddes

Actress

Artist

Writer

October 31, 1922 – August 8, 2005

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).

Born on this day – Coleen Gray:

Coleen Gray

Actress

October 23, 1922 – August 3, 2015

Born on this day – John Anderson:

John Anderson

Actor

October 20, 1922 – August 7, 1992

Born on this day – Martha Stewart:

Martha Stewart

Actress

October 7, 1922 – February 17, 2021

Credits:

Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (1952); Are You with It? (1948); Cavalcade of Stars (1951); Convicted (1950); Daisy Kenyon (1947); Doll Face (1945); Footlights and Kleiglights (1951); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009); I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947); In a Lonely Place (1950); Johnny Comes Flying Home (1946); Musical Chairs (1955); My Three Sons (1965); Our Man Higgins (1963); Songs for Sale (1952); Surf Party (1964); TCM Remembers 2021 (2021); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Arthur Murray Party (1954); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1952–1954); The Jackie Gleason Show (1954); The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017); The Milton Berle Show (1950); The Red Skelton Hour (1954); The Stork Club (1955); Those Two (1952–1953).

Born on this day – Teala Loring:

Teala Loring

Actress

October 6, 1922 – January 28, 2007

Born on this day – Woodrow Parfrey:

Woodrow Parfrey

Actor

October 5, 1922 – July 29, 1984

Credits:

Bay City Blues (1984); The Yellow Rose (1984); Remington Steele (1984); The New Mike Hammer (1984); Quincy M.E. (1976–1983); The Sting II (1983); The Fall Guy (1983); Frances (1982); Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982); Jinxed! (1982); CBS Afternoon Playhouse (1982); Report to Murphy (1982); Mr. Merlin (1981); The Seduction (1982); Code Red (1981); Pals (1981); Foul Play (1981); Flo (1980); Used Cars (1980); Bronco Billy (1980); Carny (1980); Vega$ (1979); Barnaby Jones (1979); The Tenth Month (1979); Time Express (1979); Backstairs at the White House (1979); Dallas (1979); The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel (1979); WKRP in Cincinnati (1978); B.J. and the Bear (1978); The New Maverick (1978); The Seniors (1978); ABC Afterschool Specials (1978); Police Woman (1978); Baretta (1978); When Every Day Was the Fourth of July (1978); Little House on the Prairie (1978); The Oregon Trail (1978); Lucan (1978); Charlie's Angels (1977); The Tony Randall Show (1977); Kojak (1977); Eight Is Enough (1977); Insight (1971–1977); Police Story (1975–1977); Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (1976); The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976); The Return of the World's Greatest Detective (1976); Stay Hungry (1976); Jigsaw John (1976); Ellery Queen (1976); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976); The Blue Knight (1976); Valley Forge (1975); The Family Holvak (1975); Hearts of the West (1975); Lucas Tanner (1975); Get Christie Love! (1975); McCoy (1975); McCloud (1971–1975); The Family Nobody Wanted (1975); Mannix (1968–1975); The Rookies (1973–1975); Movin' On (1974); This Is the West That Was (1974); The Streets of San Francisco (1973–1974); Planet of the Apes (1974); Melvin Purvis G-MAN (1974); The Fess Parker Show (1974); Firehouse (1974); The Girl with Something Extra (1974); Chase (1973–1974); Good Times (1974); Ironside (1972–1974); Maude (1973); Papillon (1973); The New Perry Mason (1973); he Alpha Caper (1973); Charley Varrick (1973); Oklahoma Crude (1973); Kung Fu (1973); The New Temperatures Rising Show (1973); Hunter (1973); The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1972); Mod Squad (1969–1972); Room 222 (1970–1972); No Place to Run (1972); Wheeler and Murdoch (1972); A Very Missing Person (1972); Cade's County (1972); Bonanza (1966–1972); Mission: Impossible (1967–1972); Dirty Harry (1971); The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971); Men at Law (1971); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Adam-12 (1970–1971); The High Chaparral (1971); Cold Turkey (1971); Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? (1971); The F.B.I. (1971); The Most Deadly Game (1971); Crowhaven Farm (1970); That Girl (1968–1970); The Andersonville Trial (1970); The Name of the Game (1969–1970); The Doris Day Show (1968–1970); Mayberry R.F.D. (1969–1970); The Movie Murderer (1970); Love, American Style (1970); Hastings Corner (1970); Silent Night, Lonely Night (1969); The Good Guys (1969); Daniel Boone (1969); Wake Me When the War Is Over (1969); Sam Whiskey (1969); Lancer (1969); I Dream of Jeannie (1965–1969); The Sunshine Patriot (1968); Judd for the Defense (1968); The Outcasts (1968); Bewitched (1968); Madigan (1968); The Virginian (1962–1968); Planet of the Apes (1968); How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968); The Felony Squad (1967–1968); The Flying Nun (1967); Iron Horse (1966–1967); The Second Hundred Years (1967); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1967); Lost in Space (1967); Hogan's Heroes (1965–1967); The King's Pirate (1967); The Flim-Flam Man (1967); Batman (1966–1967); Occasional Wife (1966–1967); Love on a Rooftop (1967); Get Smart (1967); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1966); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1966); Family Affair (1966); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964–1966); Death Valley Days (1965–1966); Scalplock (1966); A Man Called Shenandoah (1966); Honey West (1966); My Favorite Martian (1966); The Legend of Jesse James (1965); The War Lord (1965); The Fugitive (1964–1965); Mister Roberts (1965); The Farmer's Daughter (1963–1965); Laredo (1965); The Munsters (1965); No Time for Sergeants (1966); Wendy and Me (1965); Profiles in Courage (1964–1965); The Rogues (1964); Hazel (1964); Tom, Dick and Mary (1964); Summer Playhouse (1964); The Richard Boone Show (1964); Suspense (1964); My Three Sons (1964); The Great Adventure (1964); Combat! (1963); Breaking Point (1963); Perry Mason (1962–1963); Temple Houston (1963); Cattle King (1963); The Dakotas (1963); Empire (1962–1963); The Untouchables (1962–1963); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1963); Have Gun - Will Travel (1963); Gunsmoke (1963); Sam Benedict (1962); Wide Country (1962); The Defenders (1961–1962); The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe (1962); Naked City (1959–1961); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1960–1961); Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed (1961); 'Way Out (1961); Tallahassee 7000 (1961); The Million Dollar Incident (1961); The Robert Herridge Theater (1960); Play of the Week (1959–1960); The DuPont Show of the Month (1960); Startime (1959); Brenner (1959); Camera Three (1957–1958); Johnny Gunman (1957); The Seven Lively Arts (1957); So Lovely... 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On this day in movie history - The Temptress (movie & novel):

The Temptress

directed by Fred Niblo, Mauritz Stiller,

written by Dorothy Farnum, Marian Ainslee,

based on the novel La Tierra de Todos by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez,

released in the United States on October 3, 1926.

Music by Michael Picton, Ernst Luz.

Cast: Greta Garbo, Antonio Moreno, Marc McDermott, Lionel Barrymore, Armand Kaliz, Roy D'Arcy, Robert Anderson, Francis McDonald, Hector V. Sarno, Virginia Brown Faire, Sam Appel, Helen Brent, Steve Clemente, Roy Coulson, Louise Emmons, Inez Gomez, Gale Gordon, Bob Kortman, Ethan Laidlaw, Annabelle Magnus, Chris-Pin Martin, Louis Mercier, Alys Murrell, Constantine Romanoff, Charles Stevens, Mauritz Stiller.

Recommended reading:

The Temptress: La Tierra de Todos

By Vicente Blasco Ibáñez.

Published by Zinc Read.

First published 1922.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 9362346877

ISBN-13: 978-9362346872

Description:

"The Temptress" is a novel set in the early 20th century, dealing with themes of social conflict, personal ambition, and moral dilemmas. The story focuses on the character of a woman who is central to the plot’s exploration of human desires and societal pressures. The narrative examines the effects of personal ambitions and temptations on individuals and their relationships. It delves into issues of social inequality, the impact of wealth and power, and the moral consequences of one's actions.

Born on this day – Lamont Johnson:

Lamont Johnson

Actor

Director

September 30, 1922 – October 24, 2010