Born on this day – William A. Fraker:

William A. Fraker

Cinematographer

Director

Producer

September 29, 1923 – May 31, 2010

Born on this day – Hank Williams:

Hank Williams

Singer

Songwriter

Musician

September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953

Albums:

24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits (1976); 40 Greatest Hits (1978); 49 Essential Hank Williams Classics (2011); Are You Walkin and Talkin with the Lord (2013); Beyond the Sunset (1953); C&W SUPERSTAR, Vol. 8 (2013); Calling You (2012); Country Great (2013); Crazy Heart - The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams (2019); Dear John (2013); Hank Williams / Hank Williams Jr. Again (1966); Hank Williams on Stage (1962); Hank Williams Sings (1951); Hank Williams Vol. 1 (2009); Hank Williams Vol. 2 (2009); Hank Williams, Sr. / Live at the Grand Ole Opry (1976); Health & Happiness Shows (1993); Hey Good Lookin' - Hank Williams (2009); Hot Classic Country, Vol. 1 (Recordings Remastered) (2014); I'm Blue Inside (1961); I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (1976); Jesus Remembered Me (2013); Just Me and My Guitar (1985); Leisure Time (2014); Live at the Grand Ole Opry (1999); Live on the Radio (2014); Lost Highway (2000); Memorial Album (1953); Moanin' the Blues (1952); On Stage Volume II (1963); On the Air (2015); Ramblin' Man (1955); Restoration Lab, Vol.1 (2013); Sacred Songs of... Hank Williams (2019); Sing Me a Blue Song (1957); The Complete Hank Williams (1998); The Complete Mother's Best Recordings...Plus! (2010); The Gospel According to Hank Williams (2008); The Legend of Hank Williams in Song and Story (1973); The Lonesome Sound of Hank Williams (1960); The Lost Concerts (2012); The Original Singles Collection... Plus (1990); The Unforgettable Hank Williams (1959); The Unreleased Recordings: Gospel Keepsakes (2009); The Very Best of Hank Williams (2006); Three Hanks: Men with Broken Hearts (1996); Wait for the Light to Shine (1960); Wedding Bells (2013).

Songs:

A Tramp on the Street; Alone And Forsaken; Be Careful of Stones That You Throw; Beyond The Sunset; Bile ’Em Cabbage Down; Cajun Baby; Cold Cold Heart; Dust on the Bible; Hey, Good Lookin'; Honky Tonk Blues; Honky Tonkin’; Howlin' At The Moon; I Can't Help It; I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Living; I Saw The Light; I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry; I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive; Jambalaya; Kaw-Liga; Lonesome Whistle; Long Gone Lonesome Blues; Lord Build Me A Cabin; Lost Highway; Lovesick Blues; Mind Your Own Business; Move It On Over; My Bucket's Got a Hole in It; Settin' The Woods On Fire; The Log Train; The Old Country Church; Your Cheatin' Heart.

Movies and television:

42 (2013); A Complete Unknown (2024); A Poem Is a Naked Person (1974); A Room for Romeo Brass (1999); Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974); All the King's Men (2006); All Tied Up (1993); Almost Heaven (2005); Aloha from Sweden (2006); American Experience (2000); American Folk (2017); American Masters (2001–2007); American Playhouse (1984); America's Music: The Roots of Country (1996); Another 48 Hrs. (1990); Apache Country (1952); Apollo 13 (1995); Arena (1984–1985); Asteroid City (2023); Bandstand (1966); Baseball (1994); Bastard Out of Carolina (1996); Batman: Arkham Origins (2013); Beats of the Heart: Chase the Devil - Religious Music of the Appalachian Mountains (1983); Beavis and Butt-Head (1995); Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland (2018–2019); Black Hearts Bleed Red (1992); Blaze (1989); Bloodworth (2010); Blue Black Permanent (1992); Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back (1967); Born to Be Wild (2011); Brothers in Arms (2005); Buddy (2013); Cariño, sabes que soy de otro planeta (2022); Cars (2006); Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid (2024); CBGB (2013); Century of Country (1999); CMT: 40 Greatest Love Songs (2011); Cold Case (2006); Cold Lazarus (1996); Columbo (1974); Columbo: Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo (1990); Countdown (1974); Country Music (2019); Country Music Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Celebration (1992); Country Music on Broadway (1965); Country Strong (2010); Country Style, U.S.A. (1957–1960); Country's Greatest Stars Live: Vol. 1 (2010); Crazy (2008); Crook & Chase (2009); Cuban Fury (2014); Dancing with the Stars (2006); Deuce and a Quarter (2012); Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009); Dog Man (2025); Dolly (1976–1988); Dolly Parton & Friends (2007); Dolly Parton: 50 Years at the Opry (2019); Dolly Parton: She Ain't No Dumb Blonde (1997); Dollywood: A Memory Worth Repeating (1996); Doom Patrol (2019); Down in the Valley (2005); Drive-In (1976); Dust Devil (1992); Dutch (1991); Elvis (2022); Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii - Rehearsal Concert (1973); Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii (1973); Evil Awakening (2008); Explained (2021); Falcon Crest (1988); Fantasy Island (1982); For All Mankind (2019); For the Love of Music: The Story of Nashville (2013); Forever (2014); Forever Is a Long, Long Time (2004); Forrest Gump (1994); Fortitude (2015); Frank's Place (1988); Frau Pepi und die Buben (1996); From Nashville with Music (1969); Funland (2005); Fyre (2019); Glen Campbell: The Rhinestone Cowboy (2013); Glory Road (2006); Good Vibrations (2012); Grand Ole Opry (1985); Grand Ole Opry 70th Anniversary (1996); Grand Ole Opry 75th: A Celebration (2000); Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004); Hank Williams Feat. Anita Carter: I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You) (1998); Hank Williams Jr. and Hank Williams Sr.: There's a Tear in My Beer (1989); Hank Williams: Cold Cold Heart (1998); Hank Williams: Hey, Good Lookin (1951); Hank Williams: The Man and His Music (1980); Happy Camp (2017); Hard Target (1993); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); Home (1957); Honeydripper (2007); Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief (2010); How Does It Feel (2011); How to Get to Heaven from Belfast (2026); Hubble 3D (2010); Human Highway (1982); I Can't Help It If I'm Still in Love with You (2023); I Saw the Light (2015); I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive (1993); In Concert (1975); Independent Lens (2015); It's a Living (1986); It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2011); Jedermann Remixed (2011); Jeff Foxworthy's Comedy Classics (2000); Jerry Lee Lewis: The Story of Rock & Roll (1991); Jimmy Buffett: Scenes You Know by Heart (2009); John Cat (1984); John Henry and the Railroad (2013); JS Williams - Alone and Forsaken feat. Katie Moore (2022); Juggalo Championshxt Wrestling Volume 1 (2000); King of the Hill (1998); Knuckles (2024); Krieg (2017); L.A. Noire (2011); Later... With Jools Holland (2002); Leroy & Stitch (2006); Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019); Lipps & McCain (1978); Lipstick on Your Collar (1993); Lisey's Story (2021); Live from Austin Tx: Neko Case (2006); Long Gone (1987); M*A*S*H (1982); Made in Heaven (1987); Made in U.S.A. (1987); Marion Scrape: Not Without a Hitch (2016); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976); Matlock (1987); Memphis (1992); Miami Vice (1986–1988); Miss Firecracker (1989); Mondo Trasho (1969); Moonrise Kingdom (2012); Morning Glory (1993); Mr. Wrong (1996); Music City USA (1967); Musikrausch - Der Konzertsommer (2012); NCIS (2012); New Orleans Story (2008); No 73 (1982); Norah Jones: Live in New Orleans (2003); Nurse Betty (2000); One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film (2014); One Life to Live (1980); One Mississippi (2015–2017); Opry Memories (2011); Opry Video Classics: Honky-Tonk Heroes (2007); Orange Is the New Black (2013); Ozark Jubilee (1960); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1951); Pink Cadillac (1989); Porky's (1981); Promised Land (2012); Psychopathic: The Videos (2007); Quantum Leap (1989–1991); Radio Flyer (1992); Ramblin' Man (2000); Rango (2011); Renaldo and Clara (1978); Rich Hill (2014); Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain (2021); Rockabilly Rockers (1989); RocKwiz (2006); Rocky Mountain Opry (1984); Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019); Route 66 (1963); Saint Maud (2019); Sapphire Man (1990); Saturday Night Live (1986); Scandal (1989); Scrubs (2004); See How They Run (2022); Seven Psychopaths (2012); Shellshock Rock (1981); Shindig! (1965); Sick Tree: Alone and Forsaken (2017); Six Feet Under (2003); Slow Southern Steel (2010); Smoky Mountain Hymns (1990); Some Jerk with a Camera (2012); Son in Law (1993); Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... (2009); Spielberg Musikfestival 2016 (2016); Steel Magnolias (1989); Stick (2025); Straw Dogs (2011); Strictly Come Dancing (2014); Sweet Dreams (1985); Sweet Home Alabama (2002); Take Off (1978); Texasville (1990); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1959); The Aliens (2016); The Andy Williams Show (1966); The Beatles: Get Back (2021); The Beverly Hillbillies (1993); The Blues Brothers (1980); The Bradshaw Bunch (2022); The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012); The Caverns Sessions (2015); The Cheryl Ladd Special (1979); The Conners (2021); The Dean Martin Show (1970); The Drew Carey Show (2003); The Drifter (1965); The Dukes of Hazzard (1981); The Education of Charlie Banks (2007); The End of the F***ing World (2017–2019); The Expanse (2017–2021); The Fifties (1997); The Fisherman and His Wife (2005); The Heart of Country: How Nashville Became Music City USA (2014); The History of Rock 'n' Roll (1995); The Johnny Cash Show (1969–1971); The Joy of Country (2011); The Kate Smith Evening Hour (1952); The Kids in the Hall (1989); The Kraft Summer Music Hall (1966); The Last Elvis (2012); The Last of Us (2013); The Last of Us: Part I (2022); The Last Picture Show (1971); The Last Ride (2011); The Life & Times of Tim (2008); The Life and Times (1995–1997); The Marty Stuart Show (2010–2014); The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2022); The Midnight Special (1973–1980); The Morecambe & Wise Show (1973); The Muppet Show (1980–1981); The Porter Wagoner Show (1967–1976); The Quebe Sisters Band: Texas Fiddling and Swing (2014); The Queens of Country (2009); The Rock Prophet: Link Wray (2025); The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015); The Second Death (2000); The Shawshank Redemption (1994); The Simpsons (2012); The Sweet Lady with the Nasty Voice (2008); The Telephone (1988); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1957–1961); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1989); The Truth (2019); The Vampire Diaries (2014); The Virginian (1964–1965); The Wendell Baker Story (2005); The Wilburn Brothers Show (1967); The Winding Stream (2014); The Wire (2004); The Wonder Years (1990); The X Factor UK (2005–2008); Thou Shalt Not Steal (2024); Time (2020); Together Again (1990); Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic (2006); Too Late (2015); Top Gun: Maverick (2022); Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009); True Love (1989); U Turn (1997); Vegas (2013); Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007); Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (2001); Wanderlust (2006); White Stripes: Under Blackpool Lights (2004); Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland (2006); Will & Harper (2024); You (2025); You Win Again (2023); Your Cheatin' Heart (1964); Your Hit Parade (1953); Zombieland (2009).

Born on this day – Betsy Drake:

Betsy Drake

Actress

Writer

Psychotherapist

September 11, 1923 – October 27, 2015

Credits:

American Masters (2004); Becoming Cary Grant (2017); Biography (1993); Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988); Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion (1965); Dancing in the Dark (1949); Every Girl Should Be Married (1948); General Electric Theater (1958); Houseboat (1958); Intent to Kill (1958); Next to No Time! (1958); Off to See the Wizard (1967); Pretty Baby (1950); Room for One More (1952); TCM Remembers 2015 (2015); The 17th Golden Globe Awards (1960); The Second Woman (1950); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1959); Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957).

Born on this day – Cliff Robertson:

Cliff Robertson

Actor

September 9, 1923 – September 10, 2011

Credits:

1968: A Crack in Time (1978); 633 Squadron (1964); 39th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1982); 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2012); 13th Child (2002); A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1974); ABC Stage 67 (1967); ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration (1978); Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Alcoa Theatre (1959); All in a Night's Work (1961); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1951–1955); As the Sea Rages (1959); Assignment Berlin (1998); Autumn Leaves (1956); Batman (1966–1968); Battle of the Coral Sea (1959); Ben Casey (1962); Biography (1995); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964–1967); Bracken's World (1969); Brainstorm (1983); Breaking Point (1964); Bus Stop (1962); Campbell Playhouse (1952); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Charly (1968); Class (1983); Corvette K-225 (1943); Dazzle (1995); Dead Reckoning (1990); Dominique (1979); Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story (1986); Escape from L.A. (1996); Faith Is a Nine-Letter Word (1952); Falcon Crest (1983–1984); Falcon Down (2001); Family Tree (1999); Film '77 (1977); Film Night (1972); Ford: The Man and the Machine (1987); Fraternity Row (1977); General Electric Theater (1961); Gidget (1959); Golden Showcase (1962); Hallmark Hall of Fame (1952); J W Coop (1971); Kraft Mystery Theatre (1957); Kraft Mystery Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1951); Kraft Mystery Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1956–1961); Lincoln (1992); Lincoln: Trial by Fire (1974); Love Has Many Faces (1965); Lux Video Theatre (1950); Mach 2 (2000); Malone (1987); Man on a Swing (1974); Masquerade (1965); Midway (1976); Modern Romances (1954); My Father's House (1975); My Six Loves (1963); Obsession (1976); Out of Season (1975); Outlaws (1960–1962); Overboard (1978); Picnic (1955); Playhouse 90 (1958–1960); PT 109 (1963); Race (1998); Renaissance Man (1994); Return to Earth (1976); Riding the Bullet (2004); Riverboat (1960); Robert Montgomery Presents (1952–1954); Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers (1953–1954); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968–1969); Shaker Run (1985); Shoot (1976); Short Short Dramas (1952); Spider-Man (2002); Spider-Man 2 (2004); Spider-Man 3 (2007); Star 80 (1983); Sunday in New York (1963); Suspense (1964); TCM Remembers (2011); Ten Thousand Words (1952); The American Revolution (1994); The Best Man (1964); The Big Show (1961); The Devil's Brigade (1968); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Girl Most Likely (1957); The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972); The Greatest Show on Earth (1963); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1967); The Honey Pot (1967); The Interns (1962); The Key to Rebecca (1985); The Little Prince (1979); The Lyon's Den (2003); The Man Without a Country (1973); The Naked and the Dead (1958); The Outer Limits (1963 / 1999); The Pilot (1980); The Sunset Boys (1995); The Sunshine Patriot (1968); The Twilight Zone (1961–1962); The Untouchables (1959); The Yanks Are Coming (1974); Three Days of the Condor (1975); Too Late the Hero (1970); Two of a Kind (1982); Underworld U.S.A. (1961); Up from the Beach (1965); Wagon Train (1958); Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); We've Never Been Licked (1943); Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (1991); Wind (1992).

Born on this day – William Duell:

William Duell

Actor

Singer

August 30, 1923 – December 22, 2011

Credits:

1776 (1972); 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2012); 3-2-1 Contact (1980); A Stranger Is Watching (1982); Advice from a Caterpillar (1999); Airplane! (1980); All My Children (1983); Another World (1995); Camera Three (1956); Casey Stengel (1981); Channel 99 (1988); Cradle Will Rock (1999); Deadhead Miles (1972); Earthly Possessions (1999); Ed (2001–2002); Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988); Funny Farm (1988); Grace Quigley (1984); Great Performances (1989); Guiding Light (1952–2009); Hawk (1966); Home Fires Burning (1989); How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003); In & Out (1997); Ironweed (1987); King of the Gypsies (1978); Kraft Theatre (1954–1956); Law & Order (1999); Law and Disorder (1974); Look Up and Live (1961); Me and Veronica (1992); Mrs. Soffel (1984); My Old Man (1979); N.Y.P.D. (1967–1969); Naked City (1961); NBC Special Treat (1976); On Our Own (1978); One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975); Out of the Rain (1991); Palookaville (1995); Police Squad! (1982); Reckless (1995); Sanctuary of Fear (1979); Seize the Day (1986); Shining Time Station (1989); Standing Room Only (1981); Texas (1982); The 23rd Annual Tony Awards (1969); The Adams Chronicles (1976); The American Parade (1975); The Beniker Gang (1984); The Defenders (1961–1963); The DuPont Show of the Month (1958); The Happy Hooker (1975); The Hustler (1961); The Man Who Came to Dinner (2000); The Out-of-Towners (1999); The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984); The Trials of O'Brien (1965); Trial by Jury (1994); Without a Trace (1983); Woman Found Dead in Elevator (2000).

Born on this day – Richard Attenborough:

Richard Attenborough

Actor

Director

August 29, 1923 – August 24, 2014

Born on this day – Helena Carter:

Helena Carter

Actress

August 24, 1923 – January 11, 2000

Born on this day – Joan Chandler:

Joan Chandler

Actress

August 24, 1923 – May 11, 1979

Born on this day – Rose Marie:

Rose Marie

Actress

Singer

Comedian

August 15, 1923 – December 28, 2017

Born on this day – Jorja Curtright:

Jorja Curtright

Actress

August 14, 1923 – May 11, 1985

Credits:

Ben Casey (1962); Bonanza (1966); Boston Blackie (1952); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1952); Celanese Theatre (1952); Chevron Theatre (1952–1953); China Smith (1952); City Detective (1953–1954); Conflict (1956); Crusader (1956); Dangerous Assignment (1952); Fireside Theatre (1951); General Electric Theater (1958); Gruen Guild Theater (1951); Gunsmoke (1956); Heaven Only Knows (1947); Hitler's Madman (1943); Hollywood Opening Night (1951–1952); I Dream of Jeannie (1966); Insight (1963); Iron Horse (1967); Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955); M (1951); Passport to Danger (1954); Perry Mason (1962); Racket Squad (1952); Stage 7 (1955); Stars Over Hollywood (1951); State Trooper (1956); Strange Stories (1956); Studio 57 (1954); Surfside 6 (1961); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1954); The Best in Mystery (1954); The Cases of Eddie Drake (1952); The Danny Thomas Show (1953); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1957); The Loretta Young Show (1953); The Millionaire (1957); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1954); The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956); The Rogues (1965); The Sheriff of Cochise (1957); Whistle Stop (1946); Zane Grey Theatre (1958).

Born on this day – Rhonda Fleming:

Rhonda Fleming

Actress

Singer

August 10, 1923 – October 14, 2020

Credits:

50th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (1981); A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949); Abilene Town (1946); Adventure Island (1947); Alias Jesse James (1959); All-Star Family Feud Special (1980); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); Backtrack! (1969); Biography (1996–1999); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Bob Hope's Road to Hollywood (1983); Bullwhip (1958); Burke's Law (1963–1964); Celebrity Bowling (1974); Compression (2023–2024); Crosswinds (1951); Cry Danger (1951); Death Valley Days (1952); Dinah! (1977); Dreaming with Scissors: Hitchcock, Surrealism & Salvador Dali (2008); Ellery Queen (1975); Entertainment This Week Salutes Paramount's 75th Anniversary (1987); Fascination: An Unauthorized Tribute to Marilyn Monroe (2011); Follow the Sun (1962); Gala Paramount Pictures Celebrates 90th Anniversary with 90 Stars for 90 Years (2002); Gun Glory (1957); Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hollywood Fun Festival (1952); Hollywood Glamour on Ice (1957); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008); Home Before Dark (1958); Hong Kong (1952 / 1961); In Old Oklahoma (1943); Inferno (1953); Inside TV Land (2001); Instant Love (1964); It's Your Bet (1973); I've Got a Secret (1952–1967); Jivaro (1954); Kung Fu (1975); L.A. Confidential (1997); Last Hours Before Morning (1975); Little Egypt (1951); Love for Rent (1979); Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz (2004); McMillan & Wife (1974); Nashville Now (1987); Needles and Pins (1973); Odongo: An Adventure of the African Frontier (1956); Out of the Past (1947); Password (1962); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1956); Person to Person (1957); Police Woman (1974); Pony Express (1953); Praise (2003–2009); Reflets de Cannes (1959); Remembering Bing (1989); Rhonda Fleming: A Cinderella Story (2008); Ronald Reagan: The Hollywood Years, the Presidential Years (2001); Run for Your Wife (1965); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Beauty (1955); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Goes to Bat (1950); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Premiere (1955); Screen Snapshots: Hula from Hollywood (1954); Screen Snapshots: Jimmy McHugh's Song Party (1951); Screen Snapshots: Salute to Hollywood (1958); Screen Snapshots: Thirtieth Anniversary Special (1950); Screen Snapshots: WAIF International Ball (1957); Search (1973); Serpent of the Nile (1953); Shower of Stars (1956); Since You Went Away (1944); Slightly Scarlet (1956); Spellbound (1945); TCM Remembers 2020 (2020); Tennessee's Partner (1955); That's Entertainment! / The Lion Roars Again (1975); The 22nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1965); The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The All-Star Christmas Show (1958); The Arthur Murray Party (1954); The Bell Telephone Hour (1962); The Best of Broadway (1955); The Big Circus (1959); The Big Record (1957); The Bob Hope Show (1957–1966); The Buster Keaton Story (1957); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1952–1955); The Crowded Sky (1960); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1959); The Eagle and the Hawk (1950); The Ed Sullivan Show (1959); The Fighting Generation (1944); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); The Golden Hawk (1952); The Great Lover (1949); The Hour of Power (1980); The Investigators (1961); The Killer Is Loose (1956); The Last Outpost (1951); The Legends of the Screen (1982); The Love Boat (1978); The Many Faces of Cleopatra (2009); The Merv Griffin Show (1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1964–1973); The Name's the Same (1955); The Nude Bomb (1980); The Oscars (2021); The Patsy (1964); The Queen of Babylon (1954); The Red Skelton Chevy Special (1959); The Red Skelton Hour (1961–1963); The Redhead and the Cowboy (1951); The Revolt of the Slaves (1960); The Road to Eltham (1978); The Spiral Staircase (1946); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1960); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1964); The Virginian (1965); The Wildest West Show of the Stars (1986); Those Redheads from Seattle (1953); Tropic Zone (1953); TV Club (1950); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1971–1977); Wagon Train (1958–1963); Waiting for the Wind (1991); What's My Line? (1955); When Strangers Marry (1944); While the City Sleeps (1956); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); Xpose (1982); Yankee Pasha (1954); You Don't Say (1964); Your Choice for the Film Awards (1974); Your First Impression (1961).

Born on this day – Eve Miller:

Eve Miller

Actress

August 8, 1923 – August 17, 1973

Credits:

Annie Oakley (1955–1956); April in Paris (1952); Arctic Fury (1951); Artists and Models (1955); Beyond the Forest (1949); Broadway Jungle (1955); Buckaroo from Powder River (1947); City Detective (1955); Code 3 (1957); Coronado 9 (1961); Crossroads (1955–1957); Diamond Horseshoe (1945); Fireside Theatre (1950–1953); Four Star Playhouse (1955); Frontier Doctor (1959); I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947); Inner Sanctum (1948); Kansas Pacific (1953); Lassie (1957); Mayor of the Town (1954); Mr. & Mrs. North (1954); Mr. Adams and Eve (1957); Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950); Navy Log (1957); Never Fear (1950); Perry Mason (1958); Pier 23 (1951); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957); Schlitz Playhouse (1956); She's Working Her Way Through College (1952); Telephone Time (1956); The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956); The Big Bluff (1955); The Big Trees (1952); The Cases of Eddie Drake (1952); The Desperate Women (1954); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1954); The Lineup (1954–1959); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1955); The Range Rider (1951); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Story of Will Rogers (1952); The Vicious Years (1950); The Whistler (1955); The Winning Team (1952); There's No Business Like Show Business (1954); This My Son (1954); Trackdown (1957); Wire Service (1956); Your Show Time (1949); Zane Grey Theatre (1957).

Born on this day – Marisa Merlini:

Marisa Merlini

Actress

August 6, 1923 – July 27, 2008

Born on this day – Jean Hagen:

Jean Hagen

Actress

August 3, 1923 – August 29, 1977

Credits:

A Life of Her Own (1950); Adam's Rib (1949); Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn (1977); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957); Ambush (1950); American Masters (2002); Arena (1953); Babylon (2022); Becoming Marilyn (2022); Ben Casey (1962); Carbine Williams (1952); Chris Olsen - The Boy Who Cried (2016); Climax! (1956); Dead Ringer (1963); Dr. Kildare (1963); General Electric Theater (1961); Good Heavens (1976); Half a Hero (1953); Latin Lovers (1953); Night Into Morning (1951); No Questions Asked (1951); Panic in Year Zero! (1962); Shadow in the Sky (1952); Shower of Stars (1954); Side Street (1949); Singin' in the Rain (1952); Spring Reunion (1956); Stagecoach West (1961); Starsky and Hutch (1976); Sunrise at Campobello (1960); Talking Pictures (1988); The 8th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1956); The Andy Griffith Show (1961); The Asphalt Jungle (1950); The Big Knife (1955); The Danny Thomas Show (1953–1956); The Detectives (1959); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960); The Ford Television Theatre (1956); The Jim Backus Show (1961); The Jimmy Durante Show (1954); The Law and Mr. Jones (1962); The Magical World of Disney (1978); The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1951); The Shaggy Dog (1959); The Streets of San Francisco (1976); Wagon Train (1960–1963); Welcome to the Basement (2016); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' (2002); Zane Grey Theatre (1961).

Born on this day – Estelle Getty:

Estelle Getty

Actress

Comedian

July 25, 1923 – July 22, 2008

Credits:

15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2009); 1996 MTV Movie Awards (1996); 5x5 (2014); A Match Made in Heaven (1997); An Evening at the Improv (1990); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2019); Baker's Dozen (1982); Betty White: First Lady of Television (2018); Betty White: Pure Gold (2022); Bij van Duin op de achterbank (2024); Biography (2003); Blossom (1991); Brotherly Love (1996); Cagney & Lacey (1984); CBS Mornings (1987 / 2014); Celebrities Uncensored (2004); City (1990); CNN Showbiz Today (1986); Comic Relief (1986); Comic Relief '87 (1987); Commitment to Life (2023); Copacabana (1985); Dead Mall (2015); Deadly Force (1983); Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1997); Empty Nest (1988–1995); Entertainment Tonight (1992–2022); Entertainment USA (1986); Fame, Fortune and Romance (1986); Fantasy Island (1984); Funny Women of Television (1991); Game Show Moments Gone Bananas (2005); Golden Girls: Ageless (2021); Golden Globe Awards (1992); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hollywood Squares (1998); Hotel (1984); Hour Magazine (1987–1988); Inside the Actors Studio (2010); Intimate Portrait (2000–2003); It's Like, You Know... (2001); La imagen de tu vida (2006); Ladies Man (2000); Las 50 imágenes de nuestra vida (2006); Live with Kelly and Mark (1988–1993); Mad About You (1997); Mannequin (1987); Mask (1985); Maury (1992); Memòries de la tele (2007); Mickey's 60th Birthday (1988); NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration (1986); Newhart (1985); Night of 100 Stars III (1990); Nightlife (1986); No Man's Land (1984); Nurse (1981); Nurses (1993); One of the Boys (1982); One on One with John Tesh (1992); Roomies (1987); Sly (2023); Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992); Stuart Little (1999); Super Password (1987); Team-Mates (1978); The 12th Annual People's Choice Awards (1986); The 13th Annual People's Choice Awards (1987); The 17th Annual People's Choice Awards (1991); The 2nd Annual American Comedy Awards (1988); The 32th Annual Thalians Ball (1987); The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986); The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1987); The 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1988); The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1989); The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1990); The 43rd Annual Golden Globe Awards 1986 (1986); The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991); The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992); The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1991 (1991); The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards (2008); The 6th Annual American Comedy Awards (1992); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989); The Crew (1995); The Earth Day Special (1990); The Fanelli Boys (1991); The Generation Game (1995–1997); The Geraldo Rivera Show (1996); The Golden Girls (1985–1992); The Golden Girls: Their Greatest Moments (2003); The Golden Palace (1992–1993); The John Larroquette Show (1996); The Late Show (1986); The Magical World of Disney (1989); The Making of 'Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot' (1992); The Marsha Warfield Show (1990); The Merv Griffin Show (1985); The Million Dollar Kid (2000); The Nanny (1998); The NBC All Star Hour (1985); The New Hollywood Squares (1986); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996–1998); The Royal Variety Performance 1988 (1988); The Sissy Duckling (1999); This Is Your Life (1987); Tootsie (1982); Touched by an Angel (1996); TV Tales (2002); TV's All-Time Funniest: A Paley Center for Media Special (2008); TV's Greatest Sidekicks (2004); Un dia és un dia (1990); Vicki! (1992); Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story (1984); Wogan (1990).

Born on this day – Marcelle Derrien:

Marcelle Derrien

Actress

July 20, 1923 – November 2, 2008

Credits:

Chéri (1950); Cinéma cinémas (1983); Dieu a choisi Paris (1969); Le secret de Monte-Cristo (1948); Les J3 (1946); L'impeccable Henri (1948); L'inconnue n° 13 (1949); Man About Town (1947); Sombre dimanche (1948); The King's Musketeers (1951); To Each His Own Cinema / Segment: Épilogue (2007).

Born on this day – María Martín:

María Martín

Actress

July 14, 1923 – June 10, 2014

Credits:

A las once en casa (1998); Alta costura (1954); Bandidos (1967); Bigas Luna: The entomologist gaze (2008); Bilbao (1978); Cabeza de hierro (1944); Canción mortal (1948); Cine de barrio (2000); Compadece al delincuente (1960); Crimen (1964); Crimen en el entreacto (1954); Cristina Guzmán (1943); Cuidado con las personas formales (1962); Culpable (1945); Dawn of America (1951); Dead Men Don't Count (1968); Días de viejo color (1968); Divorcio a la andaluza (1975); Doctor Zhivago (1965); Dora la espía (1943); El amor empieza en sábado (1961); El amor tiene cara de mujer (1971 / 1973); El ángel gris (1947); El ceniciento (1955); El hombre de mundo (1949); El honorable señor Valdez (1973); El marino de los puños de oro (1968); El obstáculo (1945); El secreto de papá (1959); El señorito Octavio (1950); El triunfo del amor (1943); Elisa (1979); En un rincón de España (1949); Febbre (1943); Flame Over Vietnam (1957); Flash 01 (1967); Four Candles for Garringo (1971); Four Rode Out (1969); God's Crooked Lines (1983); Golden Balls (1993); Hombres sin honor (1944); Hospital de urgencia (1956); Interior roig (1983); Johnny Chicano (1981); Journey to Italy (1954); La banda de los tres crisantemos (1970); La mano della morta (1949); La máscara (1977); La mujer del ministro (1981); La ragazza di Piazza San Pietro (1958); La venganza de Maria (1983); Los ángeles del volante (1957); Los cobardes (1959); Los que ayudan a Dios (1973); Lovers: A True Story (1991); L'ultimo amante (1955); Manos sucias (1957); Memorias del cine español (1978); Mi canción es para ti (1965); Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971); Navajeros (1980); Ni contigo ni sin tí (1998); Ni pobre, ni rico, sino todo lo contrario (1944); Noche sin cielo (1947); Overseas (1990); Pacto de silencio (1949); Parecido al amor (1979); Parque de Madrid (1959); Pasaje a Venezuela (1957); Pasaporte al infierno (1959); Pasiones encendidas (1978); Percy Stuart (1969); Principessa (1984); Reverend's Colt (1970); Rigo es amor (1980); Ringo and Gringo Against All (1966); Sangre derramada (1975); Sartana Kills Them All (1970); Serenata española (1947); Siempre vuelven de madrugada (1949); Sinfonía del hogar (1947); The Great Swindle (1971); The Hellbenders (1967); The Holy Queen (1947); Torrella, una vida pel cinema (1997); Turbante blanco (1944); Un bruto para Patricia (1960); Un indiano en Moratilla (1958); Un sudario a la medida (1969); Una sombra en la ventana (1945); Viaje de novios (1956); Vivir un poco (1985–1986); Voto di marinaio (1953); Y ahora qué, señor fiscal (1977); Ya tenemos coche (1958).

Born on this day – James E. Gunn:

James E. Gunn

Writer

Editor

Scholar

Anthologist

July 12, 1923 – December 23, 2020

Credits:

Books:

100 Astounding Little Alien Stories (1996); 100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories (1984); 100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories (1978); 100 Great Science Fiction Stories (1978); Afterlives (1986); All I Need to Know About Filmmaking I Learned from the Toxic Avenger (1998); Alternate Worlds (1975); Arena (1976); Best SF: 1972 (1973); Best Tales of Terror (1962); Bio-Futures (1976); Breaking Point (1972); Comets (1986); Creations (1983); Crisis! (1986); Destination: Future (2010); Extraterrestrials (1988); Future Imperfect (1964); Gateways (2010); Gift from the Stars (2005); Golden Age SF (2006); Human Voices (1999); Inside Science Fiction (1992); Into the Unknown (1973); Isaac Asimov (1968); Kampus (1977); Little Green Men - Attack! (2017); Microcosmic Tales (1980); Mission: Tomorrow (2015); Modern Science Fiction: A Critical Analysis (2018); Nebula Award Stories 10 (1975); Nebula Award Stories 4 (1968); Nebula Awards Showcase 2008 (2008); Nova 2 (1972); One and Wonder (2013); One Hundred Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories (1993); Paratexts (2013); Pilgrims to Transcendence (2020); Reading Science Fiction (2018); Science Fiction A to Z (1982); Science Fiction Today And Tomorrow (1974); Sentinels (2010); Some Dreams Are Nightmares (1974); Space Opera (1974); Space Pioneers (2018); Star-Begotten (2017); Station in Space (1958); Synergy: New Science Fiction, Volume 4 (1989); Tales from Super-Science Fiction (2012); Talks with the Masters (2018); The 1978 Annual World's Best SF (1978); The Best of Astounding (1992); The Burning (1972); The Dreamers / aka The Mind Master (1980); The End of Summer (1979); The End of the Dreams (1975); The Gravity Business (1956); The Great SF Stories 17 (1988); The Great SF Stories 20 (1990); The Immortals (1962); The Joy Machine (1996); The Joy Makers (1961); The Last Dangerous Visions (2024); The Listeners (1972); The Magicians (1976); The Millennium Blues (2000); The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1988); The Road to Science Fiction 1 (1977); The Road to Science Fiction 2 (1979); The Road to Science Fiction 3 (1979); The Road to Science Fiction 4 (1982); The Road to Science Fiction 5 (1998); The Road to Science Fiction 6 (1998); The Science of Science Fiction Writing (1988); The Stars Around Us (1970); The Stilled Patter (1956); The Unpublished Gunn (2020); The Witching Hour (1970); This Fortress World (1955); Tiger! Tiger! (1984); Time Travelers (1997); Transcendental (2013); Transformation (2017); Transgalactic (2016); Triax (1977); TV: 2000 (1982); Visions of the Future (2015); Where Do We Go from Here? (1971); Young Extraterrestrials (1984).

Born on this day – Cathy O'Donnell:

Cathy O'Donnell

Actress

July 6, 1923 – April 11, 1970

Credits:

Ben-Hur (1959); Bonanza (1964); Bury Me Dead (1947); Center Stage (1954); Climax! (1955); Compression (2023); Detective Story (1951); Eight O'Clock Walk (1954); In Town Today (1951); Lights Out (1951); Loves of Three Queens / Segment: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships (1954); Mad at the World (1955); Man Without a Gun (1959); Matinee Theatre (1956); My World Dies Screaming (1958); Never Trust a Gambler (1951); Orient Express (1953–1954); Perry Mason (1961); Side Street (1949); Sugarfoot (1961); Target (1958); Tate (1960); The 17th Golden Globe Awards (1960); The Amazing Mr. X (1948); The Best of Broadway (1955); The Best Years of Our Lives (1946); The Californians (1958); The Deerslayer (1957); The Detectives (1960); The Man from Laramie (1955); The Miniver Story (1950); The Motorola Television Hour (1954); The Philip Morris Playhouse (1954); The Rebel (1960); The Story of Mankind (1957); The Woman's Angle (1952); These Amazing Shadows (2011); They Live by Night (1948); Wonder Man (1945); Zane Grey Theatre (1958).

Born on this day – Margarita Alexandre:

Margarita Alexandre

Actress

Director

Producer

July 3, 1923 – December 23, 2015

Credits:

Barco sin rumbo (1952); Captain Blackjack (1950); Cine de barrio (1995); Correo de Indias (1942); Cristo (1954); Cumbite (1964); Death of a Bureaucrat (1966); El negro que tenía el alma blanca (1951); El Vaquero and the Girl (1956); La vida comienza ahora (1960); Margarita Alexandre (2018); Operation Ogre (1979); Porque te vi llorar (1941); Preludio 11 (1964); Puebla de las mujeres (1953); Quema el suelo (1952); Ronda española (1951); Sabela de Cambados (1949); Terroristi a Madrid (1955); The Twelve Chairs (1962); Tierra y cielo (1941); Un hecho violento (1959).