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

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 – 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... So Deadly (1957); Studio One (1956–1957); Robert Montgomery Presents (1957); Crunch and Des (1956); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956); Kraft Theatre (1956); Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (1955); Ponds Theater (1954); The Stranger (1954); Man Against Crime (1954); Danger (1950); Wyoming Mail (1950).