Born on this day – Natalie Norwick:

Natalie Norwick

Actress

May 28, 1923 – December 20, 2007

Credits:

23 Paces to Baker Street (1956); 87th Precinct (1961); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950); Ben Casey (1962); Big Town (1955); Boots and Saddles (1957); Cavalcade of America (1955); Crusader (1955); Dark Shadows (1968–1969); Death Valley Days (1955); Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal (1957); Dragnet (1958); Gunsmoke (1963); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958–1962); Hidden Fear (1957); I Led 3 Lives (1954); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Law of the Plainsman (1960); M Squad (1957); Matinee Theatre (1955); Medic (1954); Mike Hammer (1959); Navy Log (1956); Perry Mason (1958–1964); Ryan's Hope (1976); Schlitz Playhouse (1954); Star Trek (1966); Starsky and Hutch (1977); Studio 57 (1955); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1957); The Clock (1950); The D.A.'s Man (1959); The Detectives (1962); The Edge of Night (1982); The Halls of Ivy (1955); The Lineup (1954); The Millionaire (1956); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1955); The Rebel (1960); The Star and the Story (1956); The Thin Man (1957); You Are There (1955); Zane Grey Theatre (1961).

Born on this day – György Ligeti:

György Ligeti

Composer

May 28, 1923 – June 12, 2006

Credits:

Music:

Allegro (1943); Andante and Allegretto, for string quartet (1950); Apparitions (1958–1959); Artikulation (1958); Atmosphères (1961); Aventures (1962); Baladă și joc (Ballad and Dance) (1950); Betlehemi királyok (Kings of Bethlehem) (1946); Bujdosó (The fugitive) (1946); Capriccio nº 1 & nº 2 (1947); Cello Concerto (1966); Chamber Concerto (1969–1970); Chromatische Phantasie (1956); Clocks and Clouds (1973); Concert românesc (1951); Continuum (1968); Continuum (1970) (adapted for two Player Pianos); Continuum (1970); Coulée (1969); Der Sommer (1989); Double Concerto (1972); Due capricci (1947); Éjszaka – Reggel (Night, morning) (1955); Études pour piano, Book 1, six etudes (1985); Études pour piano, Book 2, eight etudes (1988–1994); Études pour piano, Book 3, four etudes (1995–2001); Four Early Piano Pieces: Basso Ostinato (1941); Fragment (1961); From Études pour piano, Book 2:Ha folyóvíz volnék (1947); Haj, ifjuság! (Hey, youth!) (1951); Hamburg Concerto (1998–1999); Harmonies (1967); Három lakodalmi tánc (Three Wedding Dances) (1950); Három Weöres-dal (Three Weöres Songs) (1946–1947); Hommage à Hilding Rosenberg (1982); Hortobágy (1951); Hungarian Rock (Chaconne) (1978); Húsvét (Easter) (1946); Idegen földön (Far from home) (1945–1946); Inaktelki nóták (Tunes from Inaktelk) (1953); Induló (March) (1942); Invention (1948); Kállai kettős (1952); Lakodalmas (Wedding dance) (1950); L'arrache-coeur (1994); Le Grand Macabre (1975–1977); lissandi (1957); Lontano (1967); Lux Aeterna (1966); Magány (Solitude) (1946); Magos Kősziklának (From the high rocks) (1946); Magyar Etüdök, for 16 voices after Sándor Weöres (1983); Mátraszentimrei dalok (Songs from Mátraszentimre) (1955); Melodien (1971); Musica ricercata (1951–1953); Négy lakodalmi tánc (1950); No. IX: Vertige (1990); No. VII: Galamb borong (1988); No. X: Der Zauberlehrling (1994); No. XI: En suspens (1994); No. XIII: L'escalier du diable (1993); No. XIVa: Coloana fără sfârşit (original version for Player Piano) (1993); Nonsense madrigals (1988–1993); Nouvelles Aventures (1962–1965); Öt Arany-dal (Five Arany Songs) (1952); Pápainé (Widow Pápai) (1953); Passacaglia ungherese (1978); Piano Concerto (1985–88); Pièce électronique no. 3 (1957–1958); Pletykázó asszonyok (1952); Poème Symphonique (1962); Polifón etüd (Polyphonic Étude) (1943); Ramifications (1968–1969); Requiem, for soprano and mezzo-soprano solo, mixed chorus and orchestra (1963–1965); Ricercare – Omaggio a Girolamo Frescobaldi (1953); Rondeau, One-man theatre for an actor and tape (1976); San Francisco Polyphony (1973–1974); Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedűvel (With Pipes, Drums, Fiddles) (2000); Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet (1953); Sonata for Solo Cello (1948/1953); Sonata for Solo Viola (1991–1994); Sonatina (1950); String Quartet No. 1 Métamorphoses nocturnes (1953–1954); String Quartet No. 2 (1968); Ten Pieces for Wind Quintet (1968); The Big Turtle Fanfare from the South China Sea, for trumpet (1985); Three Fantasies after Friedrich Hölderlin (1982); Three Pieces for Two Pianos – Monument – Selbstporträt – Bewegung (1976); Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano (1982); Trois Bagatelles, for David Tudor (1961); Violin Concerto (1989–93); Volumina (1961–62, revised 1966).

Movies and television:

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968); 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984); 2020: a toilet paper odyssey (2020); 56 villanás (2007); A Warning to the Curious (1972); Anónimo (2003); As Above, So Below (2014); Aurora (2018); Bang Bang Orangutang (2005); Barbie (2023); Berlin murmures (1991); Beyond My Reflection (2015); Blink of an Eye (2015); Brainwash (2010); Bruno n'a pas d'agent (1999); C'è musica & musica (1972); Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005); Club 2 (1983); Csalog-Kurtág-Ligeti; Der Paradiesgarten (1970); Die Früchte der Arbeit (1977); Ekpyrosis (2013); Elemental Mass (2013); Embers (2015); Enter the Green Abyss (2022); Eyes Wide Shut (1999); Fist of Fury (1972); For the End of Time (2009); Giraffe (2019); Godzilla (2014); György Ligeti - Ein Komponist gibt Auskunft (1970); Heat (1995); Homecoming (2018); Hot for Cash (1974); Intervalo (2012); Jean Tardieu ou le 'voir-dit' (1991); Kinderspiel (2015); Klang aus dem Chaos - Aspekte der Neuen Musik (1969); La ira (1989); Le Grand Macabre (2012); Lemming (2005); Letters from War (2016); Little Spain (2011); Lonely Child: The Imaginary World of Claude Vivier (1988); Magánszám - Üljön le Hajós Andrással! (2003); Másnap (2004); Mediterranea (2011); Memoir of War (2017); Menschen & Mächte (2016); Merci La Vie (1991); Miss Gulag (2007); Mission Hill (1999–2002); Morrer no mar (1984); Musica ricercata (2023); Mutter (2002); NDR Talk Show (1989); Omnibus (1976); Orson Welles's the Other Side of the Wind: A Film by Orson Welles (2011); Other Worlds (2020); Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow (2010); Paper Girls (2022); Polyformia (2008); Reel Iconic (2015); Requiem (1986); Schalcken the Painter (1979); Screen Two (1985); Shutter Island (2010); Stanley Kubrick in Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001); Strada Pia (1983); Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (2015); The Fear (El Miedo);  (2006); The Great Performance (2008); The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017); The Miracle of Tekir (2015); The Pervert's Guide to Ideology (2012); The Shining (1980); The Silent Witness (1978); The Trouville Zone (2013); The Vanity (2020); The War (2007); The Whole Town's Sleeping (2014); The Young Hitchikers (1971); Tulevaisuus ei ole entisensä (2002); Um Filme Sem História (2002); Viagem a Portugal (2011); Winterspelt 1944 (1978).

Born on this day – Nicole Stéphane:

Nicole Stéphane

Director

Producer

Actress

May 27, 1923 – March 13, 2007

Born on this day – Joy Barlow:

Joy Barlow

Actress

May 18, 1923 – May 2, 1995

Credits:

Just Across the Street (1952); Look for the Silver Lining (1949); The Decision of Christopher Blake (1948); Two Guys from Texas (1948); Blackmail (1947); The Trespasser (1947); The Big Sleep (1946); Cinderella Jones (1946); Don't Fence Me In (1945); George White's Scandals (1945); Where Do We Go from Here? (1945); The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945); Earl Carroll Vanities (1945); To Have and Have Not (1944); Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (1944); Destination Tokyo (1943); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943); Call of the Canyon (1942); Louisiana Purchase (1941).

Born on this day – Alice Backes:

Alice Backes

Actress

May 17, 1923 – March 15, 2007

Credits:

14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2008); 87th Precinct (1962); Adam-12 (1973–1974); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959); Amanda's (1983); Bachelor Father (1957–1958); Baretta (1976); Barnaby Jones (1980); Barney (1965); Barney Miller (1981); Ben Casey (1961); Bewitched (1964–1966); Blondie (1968–1969); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964–1965); Breaking Point (1964); Bringing Up Buddy (1961); Burke's Law (1965); Cassie & Co. (1982); Columbo (1974); Columbo: A Trace of Murder (1997); Date with the Angels (1957); Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal (1957); Dr. Kildare (1961); Dragnet (1952); Dragnet 1967 (1969); Fear on Trial (1975); Gable and Lombard (1976); Gang Busters (1952); General Electric Theater (1959–1962); Going My Way (1963); Goodyear Theatre (1960); Gunsmoke (1959–1966); Half a House (1975); Hazel (1961–1966); Hennesey (1960); Here's Lucy (1968–1973); I Want to Live! (1958); Ichabod and Me (1962); Ironside (1974); It Started with a Kiss (1959); It Was a Very Good Year (1971); James at 16 (1977); Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid (1978); Knight Rider (1984); Kolchak: Crackle of Death / Segment: Firefall (1974); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974); Lancer (1970); Law of the Plainsman (1959); Leave It to Beaver (1959–1962); Lux Playhouse (1958–1959); M Squad (1958); Mannix (1973); Maude (1974); Mayberry R.F.D. (1970–1971); Medic (1955); Mr. & Mrs. North (1954); Mr. Belvedere (1988); My Favorite Martian (1964); Outlaws (1962); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1973); Project U.F.O. (1978); Riverboat (1960); Room 222 (1972); Schlitz Playhouse (1959); Snowball Express (1972); Startime (1959–1960); Studio 57 (1958); Switch (1978); That Touch of Mink (1962); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1957); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963–1965); The Andy Griffith Show (1963); The Ann Sothern Show (1959); The Best Place to Be (1979); The Big Valley (1968); The Cat from Outer Space (1978); The Danny Kaye Special (1961); The Detectives (1960–1962); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Donna Reed Show (1959–1966); The Doris Day Show (1969); The Farmer's Daughter (1966); The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1969); The Glory Guys (1965); The Greatest American Hero (1983); The Jack Benny Program (1962–1963); The Magical World of Disney (1962 / 1982); The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988); The Man from Independence (1974); The Munsters (1965); The Outsider (1969); The Real McCoys (1957); The Rifleman (1960); The Rogues (1965); The Third Day (1965); The Tom Ewell Show (1961); The Twonky (1953); The Virginian (1962); This Is the Life (1984); Thriller (1960); Turnabout (1979); Up in Central Park (1948); Wagon Train (1963–1965); Welcome Back, Kotter (1977); Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis? (1977); Winner Take All (1975); Women in Chains (1972); You Bet Your Life (1951).

Born on this day – Doris Dowling:

Doris Dowling

Actress

May 15, 1923 – June 18, 2004

Born on this day – Louise Meriwether:

Louise Meriwether

Writer

May 8, 1923 – October 10, 2023

Credits:

Daddy Was a Number Runner (1970); The Freedom Ship of Robert Smalls (1971); The Heart Man: Dr. Daniel Hale Williams (1972); Don't Ride the Bus on Monday: The Rosa Parks Story (1973); Francie's Harlem (1988); Fragments of the Ark (1994); Shadow Dancing (2000).

Television:

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property (2003); American Masters (2017); Maya Angelou And Still I Rise (2016); Life with Linkletter (1970).

Born on this day – Anne Baxter:

Anne Baxter

Actress

May 7, 1923 – December 12, 1985

Credits:

20 Mule Team (1940); A Royal Scandal (1945); A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950); All About Eve (1950); Amazing World of Radio (2018); Angel on My Shoulder (1946); Arena (1983); Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (1976); Backstory (2000–2001); Banacek (1973); Batman (1966–1967); Bedevilled (1955); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Biography (1994–1995); Blaze of Noon (1947); Bracken's World (1970); Campus Heat (1969); Cannon (1973); Carnival Story (1954); Charley's Aunt (1941); Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958); Checkmate (1960); Ciclo Alfred Hitchcock (2005); Cimarron (1960); Circus of Love (1954); Columbo (1973); Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer (2009); Compression (2016–2023); Cowboy in Africa (1967); Crash Dive (1943); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Day at Night (1974); Dr. Kildare (1964); East of Eden (1981); exclusiv (1985); Five Graves to Cairo (1943); Follow the Sun (1951); Fools' Parade (1971); Gala Dinner Tribute to Aaron Spelling (1985); General Electric Theater (1957–1960); Guest in the House (1944); Hagen (1980); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hitchcock Confidential (2019); Hitchcock: il brividio del genio (1985); Homecoming (1948); Hotel (1983–1986); Hour Magazine (1983); I Confess (1953); If Tomorrow Comes (1971); Ironside (1968–1969); Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1961); Lapin 360 (1972); Life with Linkletter (1970); Lisa, Bright and Dark (1973); Little Mo (1978); Love Story (1973); Lux Playhouse (1958); Mannix (1973); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969–1973); Marilyn (1963); Mix Me a Person (1962); Mother Wore Tights (1947); My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); My Three Sons (1967); My Wife's Best Friend (1952); Nero Wolfe (1979); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Nightmare / Companions in Nightmare (1968); Nihon eiga no hyaku nen / Century of Cinema (1995); Northern Exposure (1993); O. Henry's Full House / The Last Leaf (1952); One Desire (1955); Over Easy (1978); Paris 7000 (1970); Playhouse 90 (1958); Ritual of Evil (1970); Riverboat (1959); Run for Your Life (1968); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Night Life (1952); Season of Passion (1959); Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death (1984); Smoky (1946); Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (2006); Stars of the Silver Screen (2011); Stranger on the Run (1967); Sunday Dinner for a Soldier (1944); Swamp Water (1941); The 14th Annual NAACP Image Awards (1983); The 24th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1967); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The 36th Annual Academy Awards (1964); The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards (1984); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 41st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1984); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The Alan Hamel Show (1976–1977); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright (1983); The Arlene Francis Show (1957); The Arthur Murray Party (1958); The Best of Hollywood (1998); The Big Valley (1969); The Blue Gardenia (1953); The Busy Body (1967); The Catcher (1972); The Celebrity Game (1964–1965); The Challengers (1970); The Come On (1956); The Danny Thomas Hour (1968); The David Frost Show (1971); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Joan Collins (1984); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960); The Eve of St. Mark (1944); The F.B.I. (1968); The Family Jewels (1965); The Fighting Sullivans (1944); The Great Profile (1940); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1969); The Jerry Lewis Show (1968); The Joey Bishop Show (1969); The Late Liz (1971); The Linkletter Show (1958–1964); The Loner (1965); The Lorenzo and Henrietta Music Show (1976); The Love Boat (1981–1985); The Love Boat Fall Preview Special (1984); The Luck of the Irish (1948); The Magnificent Ambersons (1942); The Merv Griffin Show (1967–1984); The Mike Douglas Show (1967–1978); The Name of the Game (1968–1970); The Name of the Game (1970); The North Star (1943); The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Pied Piper (1942); The Purple Heart (1944); The Razor's Edge (1946); The Spoilers (1955); The Tall Women (1966); The Ten Commandments (1956); The Ten Commandments: Making Miracles (2011); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1976); The Virginia Graham Show (1971); The Virginian (1968); The Walls of Jericho (1948); The Wandering Company (1985); This Is Your Life (1973 / 1985); Three Violent People (1956); To Tell the Truth (1958); Today (1984); Wagon Train (1959); Walk on the Wild Side (1962); Yellow Sky (1948); You Don't Say (1967–1968); Your Choice for the Film Awards (1971); You're My Everything (1949); Zane Grey Theatre (1959).

Born on this day – Joseph Heller:

Joseph Heller

Writer

May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999

Credits:

Books:

Catch-22 (1961); Closing Time (1994); God Knows (1984); Good as Gold (1979); No Laughing Matter (1986); Now and Then (1998); Picture This (1988); Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man (2000); Something Happened (1974); The Best American Mystery Stories 2014 (2014).

Movies and television:

Bombardovanje Nju Hejvna (1973); Camera Three (1962); Casino Royale (1967); Catch Five: Joseph Heller and Rembrandt (1992); Catch-22 (1970); Catch-22 (1973); Catch-22 (2019); Charlie Rose (1994); Dirty Dingus Magee (1970); Good Morning America (1985); Hier is... Adriaan van Dis (1985); James Jones: Reveille to Taps (1985); Late Night with David Letterman (1986); McHale's Navy (1962); McLean and Company (1971); Pommitamme Pasilasta (1970); Sex and the Single Girl (1964); Something Happened; The Book Programme (1974–1980); The Merv Griffin Show (1968); The South Bank Show (1979–1984); Theatre of the Absurd: Luigi Pirandello, Six Characters in Search of an Author (1976); Today (1968–1974); Wogan (1986).

Born on this day – Irvin Kershner:

Irvin Kershner

Actor

Director

Producer

April 29, 1923 – November 27, 2010

Born on this day – Adele Mara:

Adele Mara

Actress

Singer

Dancer

April 28, 1923 – May 7, 2010

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1959–1960); A Guy Could Change (1946); A Rookie's Cookie (1943); Adventures of the Falcon (1954–1955); Alias Boston Blackie (1942); Angel in Exile (1948); Atlantic City (1944); Bachelor Father (1961); Back from Eternity (1956); Back from the Front / I Can Hardly Wait (1943); Bat Masterson (1958); Bells of Rosarita (1945); Big Town (1955); Blackmail (1947); Blondie Goes to College (1942); Bringing Up Buddy (1961); California Passage (1950); Call of the South Seas (1944); Campus Honeymoon (1948); Casey Jones (1957); Cheyenne (1955–1958); Conflict (1957); Cool Million (1972); Count the Hours! (1953); Crime Doctor (1943); Curse of the Faceless Man (1958); Dante (1961); Earl Carroll Vanities (1945); Exposed (1947); Faces in the Fog (1944); Farmer for a Day (1943); Flame of Barbary Coast (1945); Girls of the Big House (1945); Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943); Grissly's Millions (1945); His Girl's Worst Friend (1943); Honolulu Lu (1941); I, Jane Doe (1948); I've Always Loved You (1946); Kiss and Wake Up (1942); Laramie (1960); Lock Up (1961); Lucky Legs (1942); Markham (1959–1960); Maverick (1958–1960); Navy Blues (1941); Nevada (1948); Night Train to Memphis (1946); Passkey to Danger (1946); Redhead from Manhattan (1943); Reveille with Beverly (1943); Riders of the Northwest Mounted (1943); Robin Hood of Texas (1947); Rock Island Trail (1950); San Fernando Valley (1944); Sands of Iwo Jima (1949); Shut My Big Mouth (1942); Socks Appeal (1943); Soldiers of Fortune (1955); Song of Mexico (1945); Stagecoach West (1961); Studio 57 (1955); Tales of Wells Fargo (1959); The Adventures of McGraw (1957); The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1956); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962); The Avengers (1950); The Big Circus (1959); The Black Whip (1956); The Catman of Paris (1946); The Fighting Seabees (1944); The Gallant Legion (1948); The Great Glover (1942); The Inner Circle (1946); The Invisible Informer (1946); The Last Crooked Mile (1946); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1958–1961); The Lone Wolf (1954); The Magical World of Disney (1957); The Magnificent Rogue (1946); The Main Street Kid (1947); The Millionaire (1956); The Red Skelton Hour (1961); The Republic Pictures Story (1991); The Sea Hornet (1951); The Tall Man (1962); The Tiger Woman (1945); The Trespasser (1947); The Vampire's Ghost (1945); Thoroughbreds (1944); Thriller (1961); Traffic in Crime (1946); Twilight on the Rio Grande (1947); Twilight on the Rio Grande (1947); Vengeance of the West (1942); Wake of the Red Witch (1948); Web of Danger (1947); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); Wheels (1978); You Were Never Lovelier (1942).

Born on this day – Peggy Knudsen:

Peggy Knudsen

Actress

April 22, 1923 – July 11, 1980

Credits:

A Stolen Life (1946); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956); Bat Masterson (1959–1961); Betrayed Women (1955); City Detective (1955); Copper Canyon (1950); General Electric Theater (1960); Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955); Half Past Midnight (1948); Hilda Crane (1956); Howie (1962); Humoresque (1946); Istanbul (1957); Lock Up (1959); Mr. & Mrs. North (1953); My Wild Irish Rose (1947); Never Say Goodbye (1946); Panic! (1957); Perilous Waters (1948); Perry Mason (1958–1959); Pete and Gladys (1960); Racket Squad (1951); Roses Are Red (1947); Shadow of a Woman (1946); So This Is Hollywood (1955); Stallion Road (1947); Target (1958); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1958–1961); The Big Sleep (1946); The Bob Cummings Show (1955); The Bottom of the Bottle (1956); The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1961); The Charles Farrell Show (1956); The Eve Arden Show (1958); The Ford Television Theatre (1957); The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1956); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1955); The George Burns Show (1958); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1957); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1958); The Loretta Young Show (1955); The Magical World of Disney (1961); The Millionaire (1956); The People's Choice (1955–1956); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Real McCoys (1958); The Thin Man (1957); The Unfaithful (1947); Tightrope (1959); Tombstone Territory (1959); Trouble Preferred (1948); Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946); Unchained (1955); Your Show Time (1949).

Born on this day – Mari Blanchard:

Mari Blanchard

Actress

April 13, 1923 – May 10, 1970

Credits:

It Takes a Thief (1968); The Virginian (1967); Burke's Law (1965); Valentine's Day (1965); Breaking Point (1964); McLintock! (1963); Twice-Told Tales (1963); Don't Knock the Twist (1962); Perry Mason (1962); The Detectives (1962); 77 Sunset Strip (1961); Hawaiian Eye (1961); Gunslinger (1961); The Roaring 20's (1961); Klondike (1960–1961); Rawhide (1959–1961); Sea Hunt (1960); Bronco (1960); Mr. Lucky (1960); Laramie (1960); Tales of Wells Fargo (1960); Shotgun Slade (1959); Bachelor Father (1959); Sugarfoot (1959); Not for Hire (1959); The Texan (1959); The Green Peacock (1958); Karasu (1958); The Witches from Another World (1958); No Place to Land (1958); The Frank Sinatra Show (1957); The Millionaire (1957); Jungle Heat (1957); She Devil (1957); Stagecoach to Fury (1956); Canasta de cuentos mexicanos (1956); The Cruel Tower (1956); Casablanca (1956); The Ford Television Theatre (1956); It's a Great Life (1955); The Crooked Web (1955); The Return of Jack Slade (1955); Son of Sinbad (1955); The Linkletter Show (1955); Climax! (1955); Destry (1954); Black Horse Canyon (1954); Rails Into Laramie (1954); The Veils of Bagdad (1953); Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953); Terry and the Pirates (1952); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1952); Back at the Front (1952); Assignment: Paris (1952); The Brigand (1952); Something to Live For (1952); The Frank Sinatra Show (1951); Overland Telegraph (1951); The Unknown Man (1951); Ten Tall Men (1951); Bannerline (1951); No Questions Asked (1951); On the Riviera (1951); Mr. Music (1950); Copacabana (1947).

Born on this day – Ann Miller:

Ann Miller

Actress

Dancer

Singer

April 12, 1923 – January 22, 2004

Credits:

A Century of Cinema (1994); A Show Business Salute to Milton Berle (1973); Allen Ludden's Gallery (1969); America After Dark (1957); American Masters (2004); America's All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (1989); America's Dance Honors (1990); Angela Rippon Meets (1981); Anne of Green Gables (1934); At Long Last Cole (1975); Begin the Beguine (2003); Biography (1993–2000); Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003); Carolina Blues (1944); Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot (2003); Dames at Sea (1971); Deep in My Heart (1954); Donahue (1973); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998); E! True Hollywood Story (2001); Eadie Was a Lady (1945); Easter Parade (1948); Easter Parade: On the Avenue (2005); Eve Knew Her Apples (1945); George Jessel's Here Come the Stars (1968); Girl Talk (1967); Go West, Young Lady (1941); Good Morning America (1989); Goodnight, We Love You (2004); Great Performances (1996–1998); Gypsy (1966–1968); Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987); Having Wonderful Time (1938); Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (1941); Hey, Rookie (1944); Hit Parade of 1941 (1940); Hit the Deck (1955); Hollywood goes to a World Premiere (1964); Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987); Home Improvement (1993); Hour Magazine (1982–1984); Inside the Dream Factory (1995); Inside the Marx Brothers (2003); It's Your Bet (1970); Jam Session (1944); Joanne Carson's VIPs (1973); Kiss Me Kate (1953); Larry King Live (2001); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994); Late Night with David Letterman (1986); Life with Linkletter (1970); Lights, Camera, Action!: A Century of the Cinema (1996); Love, American Style / Love and the Christmas Punch (1972); Lovely to Look At (1952); Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie (1993); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1979); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1981); Meet the Stars #3: Variety Reel #1 (1941); Meet the Stars #8: Stars Past and Present (1941); Melody Ranch (1940); Mighty Manhattan, New York's Wonder City (1949); Movie Memories with Debbie Reynolds (1991); Mulholland Drive (2001); New Faces of 1937 (1937); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Omnibus (2001); On the Town (1949); Out of This World (1990); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1958); Philbin's People (1970); Priorities on Parade (1942); Private Screenings (1997); Radio City Music Hall's Grand Re-Opening Gala (1999); Radio City Revels (1938); Reveille with Beverly (1943); Rita (2003); Room Service (1938); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1969); Sailor's Holiday (1944); Sally Jessy Raphael (1991); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1941); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1958); Screen Snapshots, Series 19, No. 4 (1940); Small Town Girl (1953); Stage Door (1937); Talking Pictures (1968); Tarnished Angel (1938); Texas Carnival (1951); That Regis Philbin Show (1965); That's Dancing! (1985); That's Entertainment III: Behind the Screen (1994); That's Entertainment! (1974); That's Entertainment! III (1994); That's Entertainment!: The Masters Behind the Musicals (2004); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The 100 Greatest Musicals (2003); The 1994 Annual Diversity Awards (1994); The 19th Annual Nosotros Golden Eagle Awards (1989); The 26th Annual Grammy Awards (1984); The 34th Annual Tony Awards (1980); The 35th Annual Thalians Gala (1990); The 35th Annual Tony Awards (1981); The 36th Annual Tony Awards (1982); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986); The 9th Annual American Cinema Awards (1992); The Arthur Murray Party (1958); The Bell Telephone Hour (1966); The Big Record (1957); The Bob Braun Show (1972); The Bob Hope Show (1957); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955); The Desilu Story (2003); The Devil on Horseback (1936); The Dick Cavett Show (1969–1971); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1957); The Ed Sullivan Show (1953–1954); The Ed Sullivan Show (1960); The Good Fairy (1935); The Great American Pastime (1956); The Hollywood Palace (1964–1967); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1968–1971); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The John Davidson Show (1981); The John Gary Show (1967); The Jonathan Winters Show (1968); The Juke Box Jury (1959); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998); The Kissing Bandit (1948); The Kissing Bandit (1948); The Lady with the Torch (1999); The Life of the Party (1937); The Linkletter Show (1967); The Love Boat (1982); The Magical World of Disney (1989); The Merv Griffin Show (1968–1984); The Mike Douglas Show (1967–1979); The Opposite Sex (1956); The Rosey Grier Show (1970); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1998); The Royal Variety Performance 1988 (1988); The Thrill of Brazil (1946); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965); The Virginia Graham Show (1971); The Woody Woodbury Show (1968); The18th Annual Nosotros Golden Eagle Awards (1988); This Is Your Life (1980–1995); This Is Your Life (1984); Time Out for Rhythm (1941); Today (1972); Too Many Girls (1940); True to the Army (1942); Two Tickets to Broadway (1951); Unhinged (1982); Vicki! (1992); Watch the Birdie (1950); What's Buzzin', Cousin? (1943); What's My Line? (1956); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); You Can't Take It with You (1938); Your Choice for the Film Awards (1973–1975).

Born on this day – Arthur Batanides:

Arthur Batanides

Actor

April 9, 1923 – January 10, 2000

Credits:

21 Beacon Street (1959); 87th Precinct (1962); A Man Called Shenandoah (1965); Accidental Family (1967); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Alcoa Premiere (1963); Alcoa Theatre (1958); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958–1959); Barefoot in the Park (1970); Bearcats! (1971); Ben Casey (1963); Black Tuesday (1954); Blansky's Beauties (1977); Blue Light (1966); Bonanza (1960–1961); Border Patrol (1959); Brannigan (1975); Broken Arrow (1957); Burke's Law (1965); Cimarron Strip (1967); Colonel Humphrey Flack (1959); Colt .45 (1958); Columbo (1974); Combat! (1963); Crusader (1956); Cry Tough (1959); Danger (1951); Daniel Boone (1970); Dante (1960); Death Valley Days (1966); Decoy (1958); Dr. Kildare (1964); Evil Roy Slade (1972); Follow the Sun (1961); G.E. True (1963); Galactica 1980 (1980); Get Smart (1966); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1965–1969); Gunsmoke (1964–1965); Happy Days (1974–1983); Hawaii Five-O (1971); Honey West (1965); I Spy (1966–1967); Insight (1966); Ironside (1973); It Takes a Thief (1970); Jericho (1966); Johnny Midnight (1960); Johnny Staccato (1960); Karen (1975); Knight Rider (1985); Korg: 70,000 B.C. (1974); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1956); Land of the Giants (1968); Lawman (1959); Lock Up (1959); Lost in Space (1967); Lou Grant (1978–1981); Love's Dark Ride (1978); Lucan (1977); M Squad (1960); Man from Atlantis (1977); Man with a Camera (1958); Mannix (1973); Man-Trap (1961); Maverick (1957); McCloud (1973); Medical Center (1976); Men of Annapolis (1957); Mike Hammer (1958–1959); Mission: Impossible (1967–1972); Mod Squad (1969); Mr. Lucky (1960); Navy Log (1957); Not for Hire (1960); Not for Publication (1951); One Step Beyond (1959); Out There (1951); Perry Mason (1963); Peter Gunn (1958); Playhouse 90 (1956–1959); Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985); Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986); Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol - Remembering a Lofty Investigation (2004); Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987); Police Academy 6: City Under Siege - Unholy Alliance: A Retrospective (2004); Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989); Police Story (1975–1977); Quincy, M.E. (1982); Rawhide (1959–1961); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1958–1959); Riverboat (1960); Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers (1953–1954); Room 222 (1970); Route 66 (1961); Run Buddy Run (1966); Spartacus (1960); Stagecoach West (1960); Star Trek (1969); State Trooper (1958); Studio 57 (1957); Target (1958); Target: The Corruptors (1961); The Andy Griffith Show (1964); The Asphalt Jungle (1961); The Beachcomber (1962); The Bill Dana Show (1963–1964); The Brothers Brannagan (1961); The Cat Ate the Parakeet (1972); The Chevy Mystery Show (1960); The Defenders (1963); The Detectives (1960–1961); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1963–1964); The Feminist and the Fuzz (1971); The Fugitive (1964); The Great Adventure (1963–1964); The Green Hornet (1967 / 1974); The Heist (1972); The Islanders (1961); The Last Hurrah (1977); The Lawless Years (1959); The Leech Woman (1960); The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976); The Maltese Bippy (1969); The Man Called X (1957); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Millionaire (1958); The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1979–1980); The Name of the Game (1970); The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1972–1973); The Odd Couple (1972–1974); The Outer Limits (1964); The Plot Thickens (1963); The Rifleman (1963); The Rogues (1964); The Silent Force (1970); The Silent Service (1957); The Streets of San Francisco (1972); The Ten Commandments (1956); The Thin Man (1959); The Third Man (1959); The Time Tunnel (1967); The Twilight Zone (1959–1961); The Unearthly (1957); The Web (1953–1954); The Wild Wild West (1965–1968); Thicker Than Water (1973); Tombstone Territory (1957); U.S. Marshal (1958); Violent Road (1958); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1960); Warner Brothers Presents (1956); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1960); What's a Nice Girl Like You...? (1971); Whirlybirds (1959); Wonder Woman (1978); Yancy Derringer (1959); Zorro (1959).

Born on this day – Peter Vaughan:

Peter Vaughan

Actor

April 4, 1923 – December 6, 2016

Credits:

11 Harrowhouse (1974); A Book with Chapters in It (1961); A Chance of Thunder (1961); A Man Without Friends (1972); A Twist of Sand (1968); A Warning to the Curious (1972); Adam Adamant Lives! (1966); Against the Crowd (1975); Albatross (2011); Alfred the Great (1969); An Ideal Husband (1999); Arena (1993); Armchair Mystery Theatre (1964); Armchair Theatre (1956–1967); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1957); BBC2 Playhouse (1981); Beauty (2004); Big Brother (1970); Biggles (1960); Birds of a Feather (1994); Black and Blue (1973); Boon (1991); Boyd Q.C. (1958–1960); Brazil (1985); Britain's Best Sitcom (2004); C.A.T.S. Eyes (1985); Canone Inverso (2000); Care (2006); Casualty (2003); Chancer (1990–1991); Chillers (1990); Christmas at the Riviera (2007); Circle of Deceit (1993); Citizen Smith (1977–1979); Codename: Kyril (1988); Coming Out of the Ice (1982); Coronation Street (1966); Countdown to War (1989); Crane (1964); Crown Court (1979); Dandelion Dead (1994); Deadline Midnight (1960–1961); Death at a Funeral (2007); Die! Die! My Darling! (1965); Dimensions of Fear (1963); Dixon of Dock Green (1965–1966); Doc Martin (2011); Doing Time (1979); Espionage (1964); Face (1997); Fall of Eagles (1974); Fatal Journey (1954); Fatherland (1994); First Night (1963–1964); Forbidden (1984); Fox (1980); Fox Mystery Theater (1984); Full House (1973); Game of Thrones (2011–2015); Game of Thrones: Inside the Night's Watch (2011); Game, Set, and Match (1988); Great Expectations (1967); Hammerhead (1968); Hancock (1963); Harry's Kingdom (1987); Härte 10 (1974–1975); Haunted (1967); Haunted Honeymoon (1986); Heart of Darkness (1993); Heartbeat (2002–2005); Hildegard of Bingen (1994); Holby Blue (2008); Horatio Hornblower: The Wrong War (1999); Horizon (1972); Hotel Splendide (2000); I Thank a Fool (1962); In Deep (2002); Inside Story (1960); International Detective (1960); Interpol Calling (1959); Intimate Reflections (1975); Is Anybody There? (2008); ITV Play of the Week (1959–1966); ITV Playhouse (1978); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1971); ITV Television Playhouse (1959–1961); Jamaica Inn (1983); Kate Bush: Experiment IV (1986); King of the Wind (1990); Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2001); Knight Errant Limited (1960); Knock on Any Door (1965); Lark Rise to Candleford (2008); Late Night Theatre (1972); Les Misérables (1998); Life and Death of Penelope (1976); Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher (2003); Longitude (2000); Lorna Doone (2000); Lovejoy (1992); Madigan (1973); Make Mine Mink (1960); Malachi's Cove (1973); Malice Aforethought (2005); Man from Interpol (1960); Man in a Suitcase (1967); Margery and Gladys (2003); Mary Britten, M.D. (1958); Massacre in Rome (1973); Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House (1985); Maupassant (1963); Mobile (2007); Monte Carlo (1986); Mountains of the Moon (1990); Murder Most Horrid (1994); My Partner the Ghost (1969); Nightingales (1993); No Exit (1972); No Hiding Place (1960–1962); Oliver Twist (1962); Oliver's Travels (1995); Omnibus (1968); Our Friends in the North (1996); Our Geoff (1987); Our Man at St. Mark's (1966); Our Mutual Friend (1998); Philby, Burgess and Maclean (1977); Play for Today (1984); Played Upon a Stage (1959); Porridge (1975–1977); Porridge: Inside Out (2014); Potts and the Phantom Piper (1957); Premiere (1978); Prisoner of Honor (1991); Probation Officer (1959); Public Eye (1966); Quick Before They Catch Us (1966); Rab C. Nesbitt (1994); Richard the Lionheart (1962); Ronnie Barker: A BAFTA Tribute (2004); Rotten to the Core (1965); Sapphire (1959); Saturday Playhouse (1959); Savage Messiah (1972); Screen Two (1987); Season's Greetings (1986); Second Sight: Hide and Seek (2000); Shelley (1981); Silk (2011); Sins (1986); Smokescreen (1964); Somerset Maugham Hour (1960); Spice Island, Farewell! (1976); Stage by Stage (1954); Still Life (1963); Strange Report (1969); Straw Dogs (1971); Sudden Terror (1970); Sweet Medicine (2003); Symptoms (1974); Tales from Soho (1956); Taste of Excitement (1969); The 10th Kingdom (2000); The 39 Steps (1959); The Adventurer (1973); The Adventures of Ben Gunn (1958); The Antiques Rogue Show (2009); The Avengers (1968); The BBC Television Shakespeare (1979); The Blockhouse (1973); The Bofors Gun (1968); The Bourne Identity (1988); The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991); The Cheaters (1962); The Choir (1995); The Court Martial of Major Keller (1961); The Crucible (1981); The Crucible (1996); The Danedyke Mystery (1979); The Devil's Agent (1962); The Doombolt Chase (1978); The Expert (1968); The First Freedom (1967); The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981); The Gold Robbers (1969); The Good Son (1998); The Informer (1966); The Jury (2002); The Legend of 1900 (1998); The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004); The MacKintosh Man (1973); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963); The Magical World of Disney (1963); The Man Outside (1967); The Moonstone (1996); The Morecambe & Wise Show (1980); The Mother (2003); The Naked Runner (1967); The Pallisers (1974); The Persuaders! (1971); The Pied Piper (1972); The Protectors (1973); The Punch and Judy Man (1963); The Queen of Sheba's Pearls (2004); The Razor's Edge (1984); The Remains of the Day (1993); The Respectful Prostitute (1963); The Return (1973); The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971); The Saint (1964); The Secret Agent (1996); The Snowdropper (1975); The Squirrels (1975); The Sweeney (1975); The Thing About Vince (2000); The Victors (1963); The Wednesday Play (1968–1970); Theatre 625 (1967); Theatre Night (1988); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1973); This Way for Murder (1967); Three Live Wires (1961); Thriller (1973); Thursday the 12th (2003); Time Bandits (1981); Top Secret (1961); Treasure Island (1968); Two Living, One Dead (1961); Valentino (1977); Village of the Damned (1960); War and Remembrance (1988); When We Are Married (1987); Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981); Zodiac (1974); Zulu Dawn (1979).

Born on this day – Gloria Henry:

Gloria Henry

Actress

April 2, 1923 – April 3, 2021

Credits:

Adventures in Silverado (1948); Air Hostess (1949); Al Jennings of Oklahoma (1951); Alcoa Theatre (1959); Bare Essence (1983); Broken Arrow (1958); Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1947); Calamity Jane (1984); Compression (2023); Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard (1950); Dallas (1989–1990); Dennis the Menace (1959–1963); Doin' Time on Planet Earth (1988); Doogie Howser, M.D. (1990–1991); Dragnet (1989); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); Easy Street (1986); Father Knows Best (1957); Feudin' Rhythm (1949); Fireside Theatre (1952); Gang War (1958); General Hospital (1985); Hazel (1963); Her Minor Thing (2005); Her Wicked Ways (1991); Hot News (1953); It Happened in Hollywood (1960); Johnny Allegro (1949); Keeper of the Bees (1947); Kill the Umpire (1950); Law of the Barbary Coast (1949); Lightning Guns (1950); Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949); Mr. & Mrs. North (1953–1954); Mr. Belvedere (1990); My Little Margie (1953); Navy Log (1957); Newhart (1984); Our House (1987); Parks and Recreation (2012); Perry Mason (1957); Port Said (1948); Racing Luck (1948); Rancho Notorious (1952); Real George (1956); Rescue 8 (1958); Riders in the Sky (1949); Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess (1983); Rookie Fireman (1950); Rusty Saves a Life (1949); Silver Spoons (1985); Simon & Simon (1984); Sisters (1992); Sport of Kings (1947); Stu's Show (2007–2011); Tales of Wells Fargo (1957); The Abbott and Costello Show (1954); The Arkansas Swing (1948); The Brady Brides (1981); The Farmer's Daughter (1965); The Files of Jeffrey Jones (1952); The Ford Television Theatre (1953); The Life of Riley (1958); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Strawberry Roan (1948); The Thin Man (1959); The Tougher They Come (1950); The Walter Winchell File (1957); Triple Threat (1948); TV Reader's Digest (1956); Yellow Fin (1951).

Born on this day – Bob Haymes:

Bob Haymes

Actor

Singer

Songwriter

March 29, 1923 – January 27, 1989

Credits:

Albums:

The Complete Capitol Collection (2006); That's All: Bob Haymes Sings & Plays Bob Haymes (1984).

Songs:

Ebb Tide; No Other Love; Now At Last; Road Show; That's All; The Next Time Around; With These Hands.

Movies and television:

American Idol (2006); Around the Town (1950); Bandstand (1966); BBC Show of the Week (1967); BBC Swingin' Christmas (2010); Beautiful But Broke (1944); Beyond the Sea (2004); Blonde from Brooklyn (1945); Blondie's Lucky Day (1946); Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945); Campus Hoopla (1946); Celebrity Time (1952); Days of Our Lives (2003); Everwood (2004); Fargo (2014); Ford Star Revue (1951); Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (1944); Gilmore Girls (2004); Great Performances (2005); Gulliver's Space Travels: Beyond the Moon (1965); Hey, Rookie (1944); Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999); Is Everybody Happy? (1943); It's a Business (1952); It's a Living (1988); It's Great to Be Young (1946); Mark Bautista: That's All (2013); Monkey Shines (1988); Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944); Sailor's Holiday (1944); Sex and the City (1999); Sing While You Dance (1946); So Dear to My Heart (1948); So You Think You Can Dance (2013); Sois jeune et tais-toi (2003); Songs for Sale (1951); Swing Out the Blues (1943); Television Screen Magazine (1946–1949); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1963); The Gentleman Misbehaves (1946); The Impatient Years (1944); The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1960); The Money Jungle (1967); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1956–1958); The Wedding Singer (1998); Tootsie (1982); Tubby Hayes: A Man in a Hurry (2015); Two Señoritas from Chicago (1943); Variety Views, #116 (1943); Village Barn (1948–1949); We, the People (1949).

Born on this day – Murray Hamilton:

Murray Hamilton

Actor

March 24, 1923 – September 1, 1986

Born on this day – Fred J. Scollay:

Fred J. Scollay

Actor

March 19, 1923 – November 3, 2015