Born on this day – Paddy Chayefsky:

Paddy Chayefsky

Writer

January 29, 1923 – August 1, 1981

Credits:

Novel:

Altered States (1978).

Movies and television:

A Double Life (1947); A nagy üzlet (1974); Altered States (1980); As Young as You Feel (1951); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Danger (1952); Das große Projekt (1956 / 1971); Der zehnte Mann (1968); Die Mutter (1978); Ein Zug nach Manhattan (1981); Fame (1980); Faye (2024); Film '72 (1972); Gideon (1966 / 1971); Goodyear Playhouse (1952–1955); Gran Teatro (1964); Grande Teatro Tupi (1959); History Rediscovered: The True Glory (2012); Hollywood Insider (2021); Il grosso affare (1971); Iso keikka (1966); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949–1954); La madre (1971); Manhunt (1952); Marty (1955 / 1965); Mati (1958); Matka (1982); Middle of the Night (1959); Mitten in der Nacht (1971); Monitor (1959); Network (1976); O Grande Negócio (1973); Oscar's Greatest Moments (1992); Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words (2025); Paint Your Wagon (1969); Performance (1994); Plunder (1966); Release (1968); Star 80 (1983); Teatterituokio (1969); Teledrama (1957); The 1st TV Academy Hall of Fame (1984); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1957); The 28th Annual Academy Awards (1956); The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972); The 49th Annual Academy Awards (1977); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The Americanization of Emily (1964); The Bachelor Party (1957); The Catered Affair (1956); The David Susskind Show (1974); The Ed Sullivan Show (1969); The Goddess (1958); The Gulf Playhouse (1953); The Hospital (1971); The Merv Griffin Show (1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1969); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1972); The True Glory (1945); The Way We Were (1973); TV de Vanguarda (1956); Veliki poduhvat (1960); Welcome to the Basement (2012–2016); Your Place or Mine? (1976).

Born on this day – Anne Jeffreys:

Anne Jeffreys

Actress

Singer

January 26, 1923 – September 27, 2017

Credits:

Getting On (2013); Sins (2012); Empire State Building Murders (2008); Richard III (2007); General Hospital (1984–2004); Port Charles (1999–2003); Baywatch (1993–1998); Clifford (1994); A Message from Holly (1992); L.A. Law (1992); Murder, She Wrote (1986); Finder of Lost Loves (1984–1985); Hotel (1984); Matt Houston (1983); Falcon Crest (1982–1983); Fantasy Island (1978–1982); Mr. Merlin (1982); Beggarman, Thief (1979); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979); Vega$ (1979); Battlestar Galactica (1979); Flying High (1978); Southern Double Cross (1976); Police Story (1975–1976); The Delphi Bureau (1972–1973); Love, American Style (1972); Bright Promise (1969); My Three Sons (1969); Panic in the City (1968); Tarzan (1967); Ghostbreakers (1967); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); Bonanza (1966); Two's Company (1965); Dr. Kildare (1965); Boys' Night Out (1962); Wagon Train (1957–1962); The Bob Cummings Show (1959); Lux Playhouse (1959); Love That Jill (1958); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1958); Telephone Time (1957); Cavalcade of America (1957); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1957); The Red Skelton Hour (1956); Star Stage (1956); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Max Liebman Presents: Dearest Enemy (1955); Topper (1953–1955); Max Liebman Presents: The Merry Widow (1955); Musical Comedy Time (1951); All Star Revue (1951); Return of the Bad Men (1948); Riffraff (1947); Trail Street (1947); Reno (1946); Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946); Genius at Work (1946); Step by Step (1946); Ding Dong Williams (1946); Dick Tracy (1945); Sing Your Way Home (1945); Those Endearing Young Charms (1945); Zombies on Broadway (1945); Dillinger (1945); Nevada (1944); Step Lively (1944); Hidden Valley Outlaws (1944); Mojave Firebrand (1944); Death Valley Manhunt (1943); Overland Mail Robbery (1943); Wagon Tracks West (1943); Bordertown Gun Fighters (1943); The Man from Thunder River (1943); Crime Doctor (1943); Calling Wild Bill Elliott (1943); Chatterbox (1943); X Marks the Spot (1942); Flying Tigers (1942); The Old Homestead (1942); Joan of Ozark (1942); I Married an Angel (1942); Olaf Laughs Last (1942); Moonlight Masquerade (1942); Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942); Yokel Boy (1942); Billy the Kid Trapped (1942).

Born on this day – Diana Douglas:

Diana Douglas

Actress

January 22, 1923 – July 3, 2015

Born on this day – Jean Stapleton:

Jean Stapleton

Actress

January 19, 1923 – May 31, 2013

Credits:

20/20 (1986); 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2014); 50 Years of Funny Females (1995); 50 Years of Television: A Celebration of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Golden Anniversary (1997); Acts of Love and Other Comedies (1973); Aesop's Fables (1995); AFI Life Achievement Award (1975); All in the Family (1971–1979); All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special (1991); All-Star Party for Carol Burnett (1982); American Playwrights Theater: The One-Acts (1990); AMV Hell 3: The Motion Picture (2005); Angel Dusted (1981); Archie Bunker's Place (1979); Aunt Mary (1979); A Matter of Sex (1984); Baby (2000); Bagdad Cafe (1990–1991); Beakman's World (1996); Bells Are Ringing (1960); Bells Are Ringing: Just in Time (2005); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Biography (2001); Camera Three (1954–1956); Captain Kangaroo (1981); Car 54, Where Are You? (1962); Caroline in the City (1995); CBS Galaxy (1977); CBS Mornings (1990); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2021); CBS: On the Air (1978); Chance of a Lifetime (1998); Cher (1975); Circus of the Stars (1977); Cold Turkey (1971); Colonel Humphrey Flack (1954); Damn Yankees (1958); Danger (1954); Dark Side of the '90s (2022); Dead Man's Folly (1986); Dennis the Menace (1962); Dinah and Her New Best Friends (1976); Dinah! (1974–1979); Donny & Marie (2000); Dr. Kildare (1961); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); Eleanor, First Lady of the World (1982); Entertainment Tonight (1983 / 2023); Everybody Loves Raymond (1996); Faerie Tale Theatre (1983–1985); Film Making Techniques: Acting (1973); Fire in the Dark (1991); Funny Ladies (1991); Funny Women of Television (1991); Ghost Mom (1993); Golden Globe Awards (1992); Good Evening, Captain (1981); Good Morning America (1977); Grace Under Fire (1994); Great Performances (1985); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hit Celebrity TV Commercials (2004); Hour Magazine (1987); Inside TV Land (2002); Intimate Portrait (2003); Isabel's Choice (1981); Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine (1962); Justice for All (1968); Klute (1971); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1953–1955); Lamp Unto My Feet (1955); Laugh? I Thought I'd Die! (1999); Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes (2001); Lily Dale (1996); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Michael (1996); Mike & Mike (2013); Morning Joe (2023); Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (1990); Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (1994); Muppet Video: Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff (1985); Murphy Brown (1996); My Three Sons (1964); Naked City (1961–1963); Nightlife (1986); Norman Lear: A Life on Television (2023); Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016); Omnibus / Segments: The Best Year in the History of the Whole World / A House of Cards / Three Sketches (1954–1956); Parade of Stars (1983); Pocahontas 2: Journey to a New World (1998); Pursuit of Happiness (2001); Robert Montgomery Presents (1952); Robert Shaw: Man of Many Voices (2016); Route 66 (1963); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1972); Sammy and Company (1975); Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017); Saturday Night Live (1976 / 2001); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1984); Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories / Segment: Elizabeth and Larry (1992); Something Wild (1961); Something's Afoot (1982); Special Collector's Edition (2013); Starlight Theatre (1951); Studio One (1954); Style & Substance (1998); Tail Gunner Joe (1977); TCM Remembers 2013 (2013); Television (1988); Tender Places (1987); The 1st Annual People's Choice Awards (1975); The 1st TV Academy Hall of Fame (1984); The 23rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1997); The 23rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1971); The 24th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1972); The 26th Annual Tony Awards (1972); The 29th Annual Tony Awards (1975); The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978); The 31st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1974); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 31st Annual Tony Awards (1977); The 32nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1975); The 33rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1976); The 34th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1982); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 48th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1996); The 48th Annual Tony Awards (1994); The 5th Annual People's Choice Awards (1979); The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards (2013); The 67th Annual Tony Awards (2013); The 7th Annual People's Choice Awards (1981); The Buddy System (1984); The Carol Burnett Show (1975); The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion (1993); The David Frost Show (1972); The Defenders (1962); The Dick Cavett Show (1972–1975); The Doctors and the Nurses (1962); The Electric Company (1972); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The General Motors Playwrights Theater (1993); The Great War: 1914-1918 (1996); The Habitation of Dragons (1992); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1972); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2000); The Jeffersons (1978); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1991 / 1982); The Last Laugh (2016); The Love Boat (1986); The Melba Moore-Clifton Davis Show (1972); The Merv Griffin Show (1971–1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1972–1979); The Muppet Show (1978); The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979); The Patty Duke Show (1965); The Ray Bradbury Theater (1992); The Robert Herridge Theater (1960); The Robert Q. Lewis Show (1956); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1998); The Seventies (2015); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1972–1973); The Stars Salute Israel at 30 (1978); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1973–1990); The Trial (1993); The Very Very Best of the 70s (2019); They Said It with Music: Yankee Doodle to Ragtime (1977); This Is My Father (1999); Those Were the Days (1998); Today (1979–1986); Touched by an Angel (2000); True Story (1960); Trying Times (1989); TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2003); TV Land Moguls (2009); TV Land's Top Ten (2006); TV on the Edge: Moments That Shaped Our Culture (2024); TV's 50 Funniest Catch Phrases (2009); Up the Down Staircase (1967); Votes for Women (1997); Waiting to Act (1985); Woman with a Past (1954); Working in the Theatre (1986); You Can't Take It with You (1979); Your Show (1954); You've Got Mail (1998).

Born on this day – Jacqueline Pierreux:

Jacqueline Pierreux

Actress

January 15, 1923 – March 10, 2005

Born on this day – Valentina Cortese:

Valentina Courtese

Actress

January 1, 1923 – July 10, 2019

Credits:

The End (Teleteatro) (1999); The Story of a Blackcap (1993); Buster's Bedroom (1991); The Betrothed (1989); The trap (1989); The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988); Young Toscanini (1988); Facciaffittasi (1987); Blue Tango (1987); Via Montenapoleone (1987); The Ferdinanda: Sonatas für eine Medici-Villa (1981); When Time Ran Out... (1980); Ring of Darkness (1979); Le troisième couteau (1979); Anyway the cat goes to the lard ... (1978); The Cherry Orchard (1978); The Grand Duchess and the Waiters (1977); Nest De viudas (1977); Jesus of Nazareth (1977); Le grand escogriffe (1976); Nick the Sting (1976); Rose Bloomed Again (1975); Kidnap Syndicate (1975); Dracula in the Provinces (1975); My Love Don't Hurt Me (1974); The Kiss of Death (1974); The Big Scare (1974); Appassionata (1974); Day for Night (1973); The Assassination of Trotsky (1972); Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972); Chronicle of Homicide (1972); The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire (1971); The Boat on the Grass (1971); The Buddenbrooks (1971); The Love Mates (1970); First Love (1970); Give Her the Moon (1970); The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969); Oh grandma is dead! (1969); The Killer (1969); Preliminary investigation (1968); Listen, Let's Make Love (1968); The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968); Soleil noir (1966); Juliet of the Spirits (1965); The Possessed (1965); The Great Chameleons (1964); The Visit (1964); The Evil Eye (1963); Story of San Michele (1962); Barabbas (1961); Square of Violence (1961); Béatrice ou la servante folle (1959); Love and Trouble (1958); Decision (1958); Love at First Sight (1958); Schlitz Playhouse (1951); Lux Video Theatre (1950); Kean: Genius or Scoundrel (1957); Forget My Past (1957); The Rocket from Calabuch (1956); Faccia da mascalzone (1956); Magic Fire (1955); Rheingold Theatre (1953); The Girlfriends (1955); Adriana Lecouvreur (1955); Count Aquila (1955); The Barefoot Countess (1954); Avanzi di galera (1954); The wedding (1954); Angels of Darkness (1954); The Walk (1953); Lulu (1953); Secret People (1952); The House on Telegraph Hill (1951); The Empress's Rival (1951); Shadow of the Eagle (1950); Women Without Names (1950); Malaya (1949); Thieves' Highway (1949); Black Magic (1949); The Glass Mountain (1949); Crossroads of Passion (1948); The Wandering Jew (1948); Storm over Paris (1948); Hunting to Man (1948); The King's Courier (1947); Bullet for Stefano (1947); A American on vacation (1946); Rome, Free City (1946); Who saw him? (1945); Ten Commandments (1945); Nobody Goes Back (1945); Charge of Heroes (1943); 4 Girls Dream (1943); Happy Days (1942); Fourth page (1942); Horizon of blood (1942); Only a Kiss (1942); Queen of Navarre (1942); One Lady of the West (1942); The Mocking Dinner (1942); First Love (1941); The bravo of Venice (1941); The Missing Actor (1941); Painted horizon (1941).

Born on this day – Mike Nussbaum:

Mike Nussbaum

Actor

December 29, 1923 – December 23, 2023

Credits:

The Old Country (2021); Tom of Your Life (2020); Nostalgic (2014); The Chicago Code (2011); Osso Bucco (2008); Dirty Work (2006); The Game of Their Lives (2005); Off-Loop, on Stage (2004); The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas (2002); Flying (2002); Sailorman (2000); In Our Own Hands (2000); Cupid (1998); The Con (1998); Early Edition (1997); Men in Black (1997); The X-Files (1997); The Commish (1992–1996); Shadow of a Doubt (1995); Steal Big Steal Little (1995); Frasier (1995); Losing Isaiah (1995); Gypsy (1993); Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage (1993); Class of '96 (1993); Condition: Critical (1992); Overexposed (1992); The Water Engine (1992); Gladiator (1992); Brooklyn Bridge (1991); Separate But Equal (1991); Desperate Hours (1990); L.A. Law (1990); Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again (1990); 227 (1990); Field of Dreams (1989); Things Change (1988); Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1987); Fatal Attraction (1987); House of Games (1987); The Equalizer (1987); Spenser: For Hire (1986); Vital Signs (1986); Towing (1978); Harry and Tonto (1974); The Sig Sakowicz Show (1972); T.R. Baskin (1971); The Monitors (1969).

Born on this day – Lily Ebert:

Lily Ebert

Writer

Holocaust survivor

December 29, 1923 – October 9, 2024

Credits:

Television:

Good Morning Britain (2021); Sky Midnight News (2021); Sky World News (2021); The View (2022).

Book:

Lily's Promise

How I Survived Auschwitz and Found the Strength to Live

By Lily Ebert and Dov Forman.

Hardcover.

Published 2021.

Published by Macmillan.

ISBN 13: 9781529073409

ISBN 10: 1529073405

ASIN: 1529073405

Description:

A heart-wrenching and ultimately life-affirming Holocaust survivor story that demonstrates the power of love to see us through the darkest of times.

When Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert was liberated in 1945, a Jewish-American soldier gave her a banknote on which he’d written ‘Good luck and happiness’. And when her great-grandson, Dov, decided to use social media to track down the family of the GI, 96-year-old Lily found herself making headlines round the world. Lily had promised herself that if she survived Auschwitz she would tell everyone the truth about the camp. Now was her chance.

In Lily’s Promise she writes movingly about her happy childhood in Hungary, the death of her mother and two youngest siblings on their arrival at Auschwitz in 1944 and her determination to keep her two other sisters safe. She describes the inhumanity of the camp and the small acts of defiance that gave her strength. From there she and her sisters became slave labour in a munitions factory, and then faced a death march that they barely survived.

Lily lost so much, but she built a new life for herself and her family, first in Israel and then in London. It wasn’t easy; the pain of her past was always with her, but this extraordinary woman found the strength to speak out in the hope that such evil would never happen again.

Born on this day – Dina Merrill:

Dina Merrill

Actress

Producer

December 29, 1923 – May 22, 2017

Born on this day – Andrew Duggan:

Andrew Duggan

Actor

December 28, 1923 – May 15, 1988

Born on this day – Rod Colbin:

Rod Colbin

Actor

December 23, 1923 – February 4, 2007

Born on this day – Rod Amateau:

Rod Amateau

Writer

Director

Producer

December 20, 1923 – June 29, 2003

Born on this day – Betsy Blair:

Betsy Blair

Actress

December 11, 1923 – March 13, 2009

Born on this day – Sheldon Reynolds:

Sheldon Reynolds

Director

Producer

Writer

Actor

December 10, 1923 – January 25, 2003

Born on this day – Tommy Dix:

Tommy Dix

Actor

Singer

December 6, 1923 – January 15, 2025

Credits:

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944); Best Foot Forward (1943); School House (1949); We, the People (1948).

Born on this day – Norman Burton:

Norman Burton

Actor

December 5, 1923 – November 29, 2003

Born on this day – Maria Callas:

Maria Callas

Opera singer

Soprano

December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977

Born on this day – Gloria Grahame:

Gloria Grahame

Actress

Singer

November 28, 1923 – October 5, 1981

Credits:

1 a Minute (2010); A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1980); A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954); A Woman's Secret (1949); Black Noon (1971); Blonde Fever (1944); Blood and Lace (1971); Burke's Law (1964–1965); Chandler (1971); Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979); Crossfire (1947); Daniel Boone (1970); Dome Project (2010); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2001); Escape (1971); Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017); Game of Murder (1973); General Electric Theater (1961); Grindl (1964); Harrigan and Son (1961); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Human Desire (1954); In a Lonely Place (1950); Iron Horse (1967); It Happened in Brooklyn (1947); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); Kojak (1977); Macao (1952); Mama's Dirty Girls (1974); Man on a Tightrope (1953); Mannix (1970); Mansion of the Doomed (1976); Melvin and Howard (1980); Merton of the Movies (1947); Mr. Griffin and Me (1981); My Heart Tells Me (1944); Naked Alibi (1954); Not as a Stranger (1955); Odds Against Tomorrow (1959); Oklahoma! (1955); Polka Dot Polka (1944); Prisoners of the Casbah (1953); Pulp Cinema (2001); Rich Man, Poor Man (1976); Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966); Ride Out for Revenge (1957); Roughshod (1949); Sam Benedict (1962); Seventh Avenue (1977); Song of the Thin Man (1947); Sudden Fear (1952); Tales of the Unexpected (1980–1984); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The Bad and the Beautiful (1952); The Big Heat (1953); The Cobweb (1955); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1953); The Dancing Princesses (1980); The Ed Sullivan Show (1954); The Fugitive (1964); The Girl on the Late, Late Show (1974); The Glass Wall (1953); The Good Die Young (1954); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); The Lee Phillip Show (1972); The Loners (1972); The Man Who Never Was (1956); The Merry Wives of Windsor (1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1972); The Name of the Game (1970); The Nesting (1981); The New Breed (1961); The Outer Limits (1964); The Todd Killings (1971); Then Came Bronson (1969); Without Love (1945).

Born on this day – Arthur Hiller:

Arthur Hiller

Director

November 22, 1923 – August 17, 2016

Born on this day – Belita:

Belita

Actress

Figure skater

Dancer

October 25, 1923 – December 18, 2005

Credits:

A Good Idea: Son! (1953); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1954); Erskine Johnson's Hollywood Reel (1949–1952); Face the Music (1953–1955); Ice-Capades (1941); Invitation to the Dance (1956); Lady, Let's Dance (1944); Never Let Me Go (1953); Screen Snapshots: Holiday in Las Vegas (1947); Silk Stockings (1957); Silver Skates (1943); Suspense (1946); The Ed Wynn Show (1949); The Gangster / aka Low Company (1947); The Hunted (1948); The Key (1958); The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949); What's My Line (1952); Where Are They Now? (1980).