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).

Born on this day – Yves Jean Bonnefoy:

Yves Jean Bonnefoy

Writer

Poet

Art historian

June 24, 1923 – July 1, 2016

Credits:

Books:

Alberto Giacometti: A Biography of His Work (1993); Beginning and End of the Snow (2012); In the Shadow's Light (1991); Mythologies (1991); On the Motion and Immobility of Douve (1968); Poems: 1959-1975 (1985); Second Simplicity: New Poetry and Prose, 1991-2011 (2011); Shakespeare and the French Poet (2004); The Anchor's Long Chain (2015); The Curved Planks (2007); The Digamma (2014); The Lure and the Truth of Painting: Selected Essays on Art (1995); The Present Hour (2013); Together Still (2017).

Movies and television:

Feu! Chatterton - Avant qu'il n'y ait le monde (Live acoustique) (2021); Hamlet, Prince de Danemark (1960); Le Louvre imaginaire (1993); Le roi Lear (1965); Les Nuits de France Culture (1994); Qu'est-ce que la poésie? (2018); Un siècle d'écrivains (1995).

Born on this day – Peggy Maley:

Peggy Maley

Actress

June 8, 1923 – October 1, 2007

Born on this day – Margot Trooger:

Margot Trooger

Actress

June 2, 1923 – April 24, 1994

Credits:

Afraid to Love (1954); Again the Ringer (1965); Alle Loks pfeifen für Jan (1965); Astrid Lindgrens jul (1999); Auch ich war nur ein mittelmäßiger Schüler (1974); Ballade (1965); Blüten der Gesellschaft (1972); Butler Parker (1973); Candida (1963); Christoph Kolumbus oder Die Entdeckung Amerikas (1969); Das Halstuch (1962); Das kalte Licht (1955); Das Kurheim (1972); Das lange Weihnachtsmahl (1962); Dem Täter auf der Spur (1968–1971); Der Abgeordnete von Bombignac (1977); Der Brief des Don Juan (1967); Der entscheidende Augenblick (1957); Der Fall Rouger (1966); Der Herr Kottnik (1974); Der Kirschgarten (1966); Der Weg ist dunkel (1961); Die Bernauerin (1958); Die Cocktailparty (1964); Die Dame in der schwarzen Robe (1960); Die Gerechten (1959); Die letzte Vorstellung (1965); Die schwedische Jungfrau (1965); Die spanische Puppe (1967); Die Stadt ist voller Geheimnisse (1955); Die Troerinnen des Euripides (1959); Die venezianische Tür (1966); Diener zweier Herren (1956); Dr. Joanna Marlowe (1963); Dumala (1963); Ein Frauenarzt klagt an (1964); Eine Gefangene bei Stalin und Hitler (1968); Einfach davonsegeln! (1972); Elf Jahre und ein Tag (1963); Express (1971); Familie Mack verändert sich (1969); FBI - Francesco Bertolazzi investigatore (1970); Feinde (1976); Femmina (1967); Fernsehverweigerung (1973); Gaslicht (1960); Gut gefragt ist halb gewonnen (1970); Haus Herzenstod (1968); Heidi (1965); Heute zwischen gestern und morgen - Poesie und Prosa von Kurt Tucholsky (1968); Histoires insolites (1974); Hypnosis (1962); Ich mach dich glücklich (1949); I'm an Elephant, Madame (1969); In einer fremden Stadt (1963); Intercontinental Express (1964–1966); Irren ist Teuflisch (1964); Jet Generation (1968); Jetzt schlägt's 13 (1967); Joan of Arc at the Stake (1960); Klaus Fuchs: Geschichte eines Atomverrats (1965); Konami (1965); Konto ausgeglichen (1959); Linda (1964); Lockende Sterne (1952); Lockende Tiefe (1962); Match (1969); Monsignores große Stunde (1957); Mordkommission (1974); Nachtasyl (1959); Nebel (1957); Ostern (1958); Peterchen's Mondfahrt (1959); Pippi Goes on Board (1969); Pippi Longstocking (1969); Raumpatrouille - Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion (1966); René Deltgen - Der sanfte Rebell (2004); Rosen im Herbst (1955); Seen und Schlösser (1969); Tatort (1975); Telekurs für Autofahrer (1968); The Devil's Girls (1967); The Love Keys (1971); The Mysterious Magician (1964); Traitor's Gate (1964); Tre per una rapina (1964); Troilus und Cressida (1969); ... und wieder Chansons (1964); Und nicht mehr Jessica (1965); Unser Sohn Nicki (1966); Van de Velde: Das Leben zu zweit - Sexualität in der Ehe (1969); Vorsätzlich (1961); Wages of Sin (1966); Wenn abends die Heide träumt (1952); Wir hau'n den Hauswirt in die Pfanne (1971); Wir warten auf's Christkind (1980); Zum blauen Bock (1966).

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 – Ralph Senensky:

Ralph Senensky

Director

Production Manager

May 1, 1923 – November 1, 2025

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1965); A Dream for Christmas (1973); Arrest and Trial (1963–1964); Banyon (1972); Barnaby Jones (1973–1975); Big Bend Country (1981); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Breaking Point (1963–1964); Casablanca (1983); Casting By (2012); Channing (1963); Checkmate (1962); City of Angels (1976); Dan August (1971); Dan August: Murder, My Friend (1980); Dan August: Once Is Never Enough (1980); Death Cruise (1974); Dr. Kildare (1961–1965); Dynasty (1981); East Side / West Side (1963); Eight Is Enough (1977); Family (1977); Full Circle (1960–1961); Getting Together (1971); Harper Valley P.T.A. (1978); Hart to Hart (1979–1984); How the West Was Won (1979); I Spy (1968); Inglorious Treksperts (2020–2024); Insight (1969–1982); Ironside (1967–1968); James at 16 (1978); Jeremiah of Jacob's Neck (1976); Judd for the Defense (1967); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963–1965); Lou Grant (1980); Mannix (1968); Matt Lincoln (1970); Medical Story (1975); Mission: Impossible (1967); Naked City (1963); Nanny and the Professor (1970–1971); Night Gallery (1972); Paper Dolls (1984); Planet of the Apes (1974); Playhouse 90 (1958–1960); Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1984); Route 66 (1963); Search (1973); Slattery's People (1965); Star Trek (1967–1968); Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault (2016); The Big Valley (1966); The Blue Knight (1975); The Cliff (1970); The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969–1970); The Doctors and the Nurses (1963–1964); The F.B.I. (1966–1972); The Family Holvak (1975); The Family Kovack (1974); The Family Nobody Wanted (1975); The Fugitive (1964–1965); The High Chaparral (1967); The Interns (1970); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2011); The Long, Hot Summer (1965); The Name of the Game (1968); The New Adventures of Heidi (1978); The Paper Chase (1985–1986); The Partridge Family (1970–1971); The Right Regrets (2013); The Rookies (1972–1973); The Trek Files: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast (2021–2022); The Twilight Zone (1963); The Waltons (1973–1978); The Wild Wild West (1966); Then Came Bronson (1969); Three for the Road (1975); Trapper John, M.D. (1979); Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes (1980); Westside Medical (1977); Winesburg, Ohio (1973); Young Maverick (1980).

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).