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Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Born on this day – Peggy Knudsen:


Peggy Knudsen


Actress

April 22, 1923 – July 11, 1980

Credits:

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

Monday, April 13, 2026

Born on this day – Mari Blanchard:


Mari Blanchard


Actress

April 13, 1923 – May 10, 1970

Credits:

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

Sunday, April 12, 2026

Born on this day – Ann Miller:


Ann Miller


Actress

Dancer

Singer

April 12, 1923 – January 22, 2004

Credits:

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

Saturday, April 11, 2026

Born on this day – David Murdock:


David Murdock


Plant-based diet advocate

Philanthropist

April 11, 1923 – June 9, 2025

Credits:

Book:


The Dole Nutrition Handbook
What to Eat and How to Live for a Longer, Healthier Life

By Dole Nutrition Institute & Andrew Conrad PhD.

Published by Rodale Books.
Published 2010.
ISBN-10: 1605292958
ISBN-13: 9781605292953

Description:

The Dole Nutrition Handbook comprises the best handpicked information from the Dole Nutrition Institute, the research and education organization founded by David H. Murdock, Chairman of Dole Food Company.
This book will teach you:
Everything you need to know about the vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals that support optimum health.
Top superfoods with the highest nutrient density and off-the-charts antioxidant power.
The Dole Diet: a complete two-week meal plan that curbs cravings with total nutrition through filling fruit and vegetables.
Dietary and lifestyle tips for your heart, brain, skin, bones, joints and more. Total body health – from head to toe.

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Born on this day – Arthur Batanides:


Arthur Batanides


Actor

April 9, 1923 – January 10, 2000

Credits:

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

Saturday, April 4, 2026

Born on this day – Peter Vaughan:


Peter Vaughan


Actor

April 4, 1923 – December 6, 2016

Credits:

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

Thursday, April 2, 2026

Born on this day – Gloria Henry:


Gloria Henry


Actress

April 2, 1923 – April 3, 2021

Credits:

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

Sunday, March 29, 2026

Born on this day – Bob Haymes:


Bob Haymes


Actor

Singer

Songwriter

March 29, 1923 – January 27, 1989

Credits:

Albums:

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

Songs:

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

Movies and television:

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

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Born on this day – Patrick Moore:


Patrick Moore


Astronomer

Writer

Researcher

Radio commentator

TV presenter

March 4, 1923 – December 9, 2012

Credits:

Books:

A Guide to the Moon (1953); Mission to Mars (1955); The Planet Venus (1956); The Voices of Mars (1957); A Guide to the Planets (1960); Stars and Space (1960); A Guide to the Stars (1960); Oxford Children's Reference Library Book 2: Exploring the World (1966); The Amateur Astronomer's Glossary (aka The A-Z of Astronomy) (1966); Moon Flight Atlas (1969); Observer's Book of Astronomy (1971); Challenge of the Stars (1972); Can You Speak Venusian? (1972); How Britain Won the Space Race (1972); The Southern Stars (1972); Mastermind: Book 1 (1973); Watchers of the Stars: The Scientific Revolution (1974); Next Fifty Years in Space (1976); Astronomy Quiz Book (1978); The Scott Saunders series (1970); Bureaucrats: How to Annoy Them (1982); New Observer's Book of Astronomy (1983); Armchair Astronomy (1984); Travellers in Space and Time (1984); Stargazing: Astronomy Without A Telescope (1985); Explorers of Space (1986); The Astronomy Encyclopaedia (1987); Astronomers' Stars (1987); Television Astronomer: Thirty Years of the "Sky at Night" (1987); Exploring the Night Sky with Binoculars (1988); Space Travel for the Under Tens (1988); The Universe for the Under Tens (1990); Mission to the Planets (1991); New Guide to the Planets (1993); The Sun and the Moon (1996); The Guinness Book of Astronomy (1995); The Stars (1996); The Sun and the Moon (1996); The Planets (1996); Eyes on the Universe: Story of the Telescope (1997); Exploring the Earth and Moon (1997); Philip's Guide to Stars and Planets (1997); Brilliant Stars (1997); Patrick Moore on Mars (1998); Patrick Moore's Guide to the 1999 Total Eclipse (1999); Countdown!, or, How nigh is the end? (1999); Exploring the Night Sky with Binoculars (2000); The Star of Bethlehem (2001); 80 Not Out: The Autobiography (2003); 2004: The Yearbook of Astronomy (2003); Our Universe: Facts, Figures and Fun (2007); Patrick Moore's Data Book of Astronomy (2011).

Television:

Mark Lawson Talks to... (2013); The Sky at Night (1957–2013); Stargazing Live: Back to Earth (2012); That Sunday Night Show (2011); Destination Titan (2011); Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV (2010); Doctor Who (2010); Starhyke (2009); Chris Moyles Quiz Night (2009); Naming Pluto (2008); The One Show (2008); Those Were the Days (2008); Countdown (2007); We Love 'The Sky at Night' (2007); Timeshift (2005–2006); Apollo 11 A Night to Remember (2006); The Astronomical Patrick Moore (2006); Top 50 Greatest Celebrity Animals (2005); Richard & Judy (2005); Newsnight (2005); Big Brother (2004); The British UFO Files (2004); This Week (2004); The Truth Behind the Moon Landings (2003); That Was the Week We Watched (2003); This Morning (2003); Britain's Secret UFO Hunters (2002); The Annual BARFTA Awards (2002); Room 101 (2002); Question Time (2002); Heroes of Comedy (2002); Comedy Lab (1998–2002); Our House (2001); Alter Ego (2001); I Love 1970's (2000); Original Copies (1999); Minim (1999); The 100 Greatest TV Moments (1999); Total Eclipse Live (1999); Live & Kicking (1996–1999); McCoist and MacAulay (1998); Television's Greatest Hits (1998); Telly Addicts (1998); The Jack Docherty Show (1998); Have I Got News for You (1998); Red Dwarf A-Z (1998); Gamesmaster (1992–1998); The End of the Year Show (1997); Mastermind: It Started, Now It's Finished (1997); It'll Never Work (1996–1997); Selection Box (1997); Celebrity Squares (1995); Finders Keepers (1995); How We Used to Live (1995); This Is Your Life (1974–1995); A Word in Your Ear (1994); That's Showbusiness (1993); Big Break (1992); Masterchef (1992); Wogan (1987–1992); Going Live! (1992); Plunder (1991); Hudson and Halls (1990); Record Breakers (1979–1989); The Reluctant Cook (1989); Daytime Live (1987–1989); The Groovy Fellers (1989); Open Air (1988); Aspel & Company (1988); Shoreleave (1987); Masterteam (1987); Television: The Magic Rectangle - An Anatomy of the TV Personality (1986); Saturday SuperStore (1983–1986); Blue Peter (1986); Q.E.D. (1986); Windmill (1985); Children in Need (1981–1985); The Saturday Picture Show (1985); The Time of Your Life (1984); Digital Dreams (1983); Blankety Blank (1979–1983); The British Academy Awards (1983); The Paul Daniels Magic Show (1982); The Little and Large Show (1982); The Royal Variety Performance (1981); Did You See..? (1981); Tomorrow's World (1969–1981); Seeing Stars (1980); Morecambe and Wise at the BBC (1979); Face the Music (1972–1979); Lennie and Jerry (1978–1979); Animal Magic (1979); Jackanory (1978); Curriculee Curricula (1978); Saturday Night at the Mill (1978); Just a Minute (1976); The Grand Prix Night of the Stars (1976); It's Patently Obvious (1976); Up Sunday (1973); The Goodies (1973–1980); Ask Aspel (1972); Parkinson (1972); The Morecambe & Wise Show (1971–1976); Braden's Week (1971); Score with the Scaffold (1970); Tom Tom (1969); Dee Time (1969); One Pair of Eyes (1969); The Master (1966); Let's Imagine (1962); Panorama (1959); Studio E (1958).

Saturday, February 28, 2026

Born on this day – Charles Durning:


Charles Durning


Actor

February 28, 1923 – December 24, 2012

Credits:

Bleeding Hearts (2015); Scavenger Killers (2014); Rogue Assassin (2012); Rescue Me (2004–2011); The Life Zone (2011); The Great Fight (2011); Naked Run (2011); No Clean Break (2010); Three Chris's (2010); An Affirmative Act (2010); The Waiter (2010); Family Guy (1999–2009); Shannon's Rainbow (2009); A Bunch of Amateurs (2008); The Golden Boys (2008); iMurders (2008); Break (2008); The Drum Beats Twice (2008); Deal (2008); Good Dick (2008); Polycarp (2007); Monk (2007); Family Guy (2006); Everwood (2006); Desperation (2006); Forget About It (2006); Local Color (2006); Unbeatable Harold (2006); Miracle Dogs Too (2006); Descansos (2006); River's End (2005); Jesus, Mary and Joey (2005); Dirty Deeds (2005); Resurrection: The J.R. Richard Story (2005); The L.A. Riot Spectacular (2005); Detective (2005); A Very Married Christmas (2004); A Boyfriend for Christmas (2004); NCIS (2004); One Last Ride (2004); Death and Texas (2004); Dead Canaries (2003); Touched by an Angel (2003); Pride & Loyalty (2002); The Naked Run (2002); The Last Man Club (2002); Mr. St. Nick (2002); Mother Ghost (2002); Turn of Faith (2002); Everybody Loves Raymond (1998–2002); First Monday (2002); Citizen Baines (2001); Bleacher Bums (2001); L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve (2001); Arli$$ (2001); The Judge (2001); Never Look Back (2000); State and Main (2000); The Last Producer (2000); Very Mean Men (2000); Early Edition (1997–2000); O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000); Now and Again (1999–2000); Lakeboat (2000); The Practice (1998–2000); The Hoop Life (2000); Hard Time: Hostage Hotel (1999); Chicken Soup for the Soul (1999); Justice (1999); Hard Time: The Premonition (1999); Hard Time (1998); A Chance of Snow (1998); Hi-Life (1998); Cybill (1998); The Secret Life of Algernon (1998); Homicide: Life on the Street (1998); Jerry and Tom (1998); Shelter (1998); Orleans (1997); Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas (1996); One Fine Day (1996); Mrs. Santa Claus (1996); The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists (1996); Recon (1996); Spy Hard (1996); Home for the Holidays (1995); The Grass Harp (1995); The Last Supper (1995); A Woman of Independent Means (1995); I.Q. (1994); The American Revolution (1994); In Search of Dr. Seuss (1994); Leslie's Folly (1994); Texan (1994); Roommates (1994); Evening Shade (1990–1994); The Hudsucker Proxy (1994); Harlan & Merleen (1993); Shania Twain: Dance with the One That Brought You (1993); When a Stranger Calls Back (1993); The Music of Chance (1993); Performance (1992); The Water Engine (1992); The Story Lady (1991); The Return of Eliot Ness (1991); V.I. Warshawski (1991); Fatal Sky (1990); Dick Tracy (1990); The Kennedys of Massachusetts (1990); It Nearly Wasn't Christmas (1989); Dinner at Eight (1989); The Butter Battle Book (1989); Cat Chaser (1989); Prime Target (1989); Brenda Starr (1989); Ballet (1989); Unholy Matrimony (1988); Far North (1988); Case Closed (1988); Cop (1988); Kenny Rogers as The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues (1987); The Man Who Broke 1, 000 Chains (1987); I Would Be Called John: Pope John XXIII (1987); The Rosary Murders (1987); A Tiger's Tale (1987); Happy New Year (1987); Solarbabies (1986); Meatballs III: Summer Job (1986); Amazing Stories (1985–1986); Where the River Runs Black (1986); Tough Guys (1986); Big Trouble (1986); Eye to Eye (1985); Stand Alone (1985); Tall Tales & Legends (1985); Death of a Salesman (1985); The Man with One Red Shoe (1985); Comedy Factory (1985); Stick (1985); Mass Appeal (1984); P.O.P. (1984); Good Evening, He Lied (1984); Mister Roberts (1984); To Be or Not to Be (1983); Two of a Kind (1983); Scarface (1983); Hadley's Rebellion (1983); Tootsie (1982); The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982); BBC2 Playhouse (1982); American Playhouse (1982); Sharky's Machine (1981); Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981); True Confessions (1981); Great Performances / The Monument (1981); The Best Little Girl in the World (1981); Crisis at Central High (1981); A Perfect Match (1980); The Final Countdown (1980); Die Laughing (1980); Attica (1980); Starting Over (1979); When a Stranger Calls (1979); North Dallas Forty (1979); The Muppet Movie (1979); Tilt (1979); Studs Lonigan (1979); The Greek Tycoon (1978); An Enemy of the People (1978); The Fury (1978); Special Olympics (1978); The Choirboys (1977); Visions (1977); Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977); The Cop and the Kid (1975–1976); New York (1976); Captains and the Kings (1976); Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976); The Ashes of Mrs. Reasoner (1976); The Hindenburg (1975); Breakheart Pass (1975); The Rivalry (1975); Hawaii Five-O (1975); Baretta (1975); Barnaby Jones (1975); Dog Day Afternoon (1975); Cannon (1975); Switch (1975); Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (1975); The Trial of Chaplain Jensen (1975); The Front Page (1974); The Sting (1973); Rx for the Defense (1973); All in the Family (1973); The Connection (1973); Sisters (1972); Another World (1972); Madigan (1972); Doomsday Voyage (1972); Look Homeward, Angel (1972); Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972); Deadhead Miles (1972); The Pursuit of Happiness (1971); Sticky My Fingers... Fleet My Feet (1970); I Walk the Line (1970); There Was a Crooked Man... (1970); Hi, Mom! (1970); The High Chaparral (1970); Stiletto (1969); N.Y.P.D. (1967–1968); Hawk (1966); Harvey Middleman, Fireman (1965); The Doctors and the Nurses (1965); East Side / West Side (1963); The Defenders (1963); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1963); The Password Is Courage (1962); You Are There (1953).

Sunday, February 15, 2026

Born on this day – Keene Curtis:


Keene Curtis


Actor

February 15, 1923 – October 13, 2002

Credits:

9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2003); Adventures from the Book of Virtues (1996); Ally McBeal (1997); Amanda's (1983); American Heritage - American Revolution I: The Cause of Liberty (1972); American Heritage - The American Revolution II: The Impossible War (1972); American Hot Wax (1978); Baretta (1975); Benson (1982); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1991); Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1990); Blade (1973); Bonkers (1993); Boone (1983); Brotherly Love (1996); Cannon (1976); Caroline in the City (1996); Cassie & Co. (1982); Cheers (1990–1993); Cheers: Last Call! (1993); Coach (1995); Cracker: Mind Over Murder (1997); Dark Shadows (1970); Eight Is Enough (1979); Ellery Queen (1975); ER (1995); Full House (1994); Gypsy (1993); Hart to Hart (1981–1982); Hawaii Five-O (1974–1975); Heaven Can Wait (1978); Hope & Gloria (1995); I.Q. (1994); Karen (1975); Knight Rider (1983); Lambada (1990); Legalese (1998); Les Chroniques du Mea (2017); Logan's Run (1977); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1996); Lou Grant (1978–1981); M*A*S*H (1974); Macbeth (1948); Matt Houston (1983); Men Behaving Badly (1997); Michael Hayes (1998); Modesty Blaise (1982); Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour (1982); Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor (1997); Murder, She Wrote (1993); Ned and Stacey (2017); Newhart (1989); Nick & Hillary (1989); Night Court (1988); One in a Million (1980); Pac Preview Party (1982); Partners in Crime (1984); Party of Five (1998); Primus (1971); Private Benjamin (1982); Quincy, M.E. (1977); Rabbit Test (1978); Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (1998); Sanford and Son (1975); Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–1983); Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996); Sliver (1993); Space Stars (1981); Star Trek: Voyager (1996); Star Wars: The Original Radio Drama (1981); Stargate SG-1 (1997 / 1999); Stowaway to the Moon (1975); Strange New World (1975); Struck by Lightning (1979); Sunset Beach (1997–1998); Superman (1988); Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron (1993–1994); The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda (1990); The Buddy System (1984); The Creative Person (1967); The David Frost Show (1972); The Drew Carey Show (1996–1997); The Dukes (1983); The Easter Story (1989); The Fantastic Funnies (1980); The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible (1986); The Hoboken Chicken Emergency (1984); The Jeff Foxworthy Show (1997); The Jeffersons (1976); The Lady's Not for Burning (1974); The Little Mermaid (1992); The Lives of Benjamin Franklin (1974); The Magician (1973–1974); The Magnificent Magical Magnet of Santa Mesa (1977); The Making of La Cage Aux Folles (1985); The Missiles of October (1974); The Pirates of Dark Water (1991); The Pretender (1998); The Royal Family (1977); The San Pedro Beach Bums (1977); The Single Guy (1995); The Smurfs (1982–1989); The Smurfs Springtime Special (1982); The Wide World of Mystery (1974); The Wizard (1987); The Wrong Damn Film (1975); There Goes the Neighborhood (1983); Three (2000); Three's Company (1979–1981); Timeless Tales from Hallmark (1990); Touched by an Angel (1997); Trapper John, M.D. (1982); Unit 4 (1981); Whiz Kids (1984); Wildfire (1986); Wonder Woman (1976).

Monday, February 2, 2026

Born on this day – Bonita Granville:


Bonita Granville


Actress

Producer

Director

February 2, 1923 – October 11, 1988

Credits:

AFI Life Achievement Award (1987–1988); Ah Wilderness! (1935); Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944); Angels of Mercy (1940); Angels Wash Their Faces (1939); Anne of Green Gables (1934); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1951); Beauty for Sale (1933); Behind the Attraction (2021); Biography (1995); Breakdowns of 1938 (1938); Breakfast in Hollywood (1946); Broadway Television Theatre (1953); Call It a Day (1937); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1952); Cavalcade (1933); Chevron Theatre (1952); Climax! (1955–1956); Cradle Song (1933); Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson (1955); Dateline: Disneyland (1955); Down in San Diego (1941); Escape (1940); Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956); Flight of the Cougar (1967); Forty Little Mothers (1940); Gallant Sons (1940); Gruen Guild Theater (1951–1952); Guilty of Treason (1950); H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941); Hard to Get (1938); Hitler's Children (1943); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Talent Scouts (1966); Hollywood's Children (1982); It's Love I'm After (1937); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1957); Land of Liberty (1939); Lassie (1959–1973); Lassie: A Christmas Tail (1963); Lassie: Peace is Our Profession (2006); Lassie: The Adventures of Neeka (1968); Lassie: Well of Love (1970); Lassie's Great Adventure (1963); Little Women (1933); Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946); Lux Video Theatre (1951–1957); Maid of Salem (1937); Matinee Theatre (1956); Merrily We Live (1938); My Bill (1938); Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939); Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939); Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter (1939); Nancy Drew: Detective (1938); Now, Voyager (1942); One Rogue Reporter (2014); Picture People Vol. 2 No. 6: Hollywood War Efforts (1942); Playhouse 90 (1959); Quality Street (1937); Schlitz Playhouse (1955); Science Fiction Theatre (1957); Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 12 (1939); Screen Snapshots: Jimmy McHugh's Song Party (1951); Senorita from the West (1945); Seven Miles from Alcatraz (1942); Silver Dollar (1932); Soaring Stars (1942); Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (1951); Song of the Open Road (1944); Song of the Saddle (1936); Strike It Rich (1948); Studio One (1958); Suspense (1946); Syncopation (1942); Target (1958); The Beautiful Cheat (1945); The Beloved Brat (1938); The Best of the Post (1961); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater (1955); The Ford Television Theatre (1953); The Garden of Allah (1936); The Glass Key (1942); The Guilty (1947); The Ken Murray Show (1950); The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981); The Life of Vergie Winters (1934); The Lone Ranger (1956); The Magic of Lassie (1978); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Mike Douglas Show (1970–1979); The Mortal Storm (1940); The People vs. Dr. Kildare (1941); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Plough and the Stars (1936); The Schaefer Century Theatre (1952); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1964); The Truth About Murder (1946); The Unexpected (1952); The Wild Man of Borneo (1941); These Three (1936); Third Finger, Left Hand (1940); This Is the Life (1956); This Is Your Life (1953); Those Were the Days! (1940); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1974); Westward Passage (1932); White Banners (1938); Youth Runs Wild (1944).

Born on this day – James Dickey:


James Dickey


Writer

Actor

February 2, 1923 – January 19, 1997

Credits:

Books:

Alnilam (1987); Buckdancer's Choice (1965); Deliverance (1970); Drownings (1981); For a Time and Place (1983); From the Green Horseshoe (1987); Night Hurdling (1983); Sorties (1971); The Eagle's Mile (1981); The Selected Poems (1979); The Zodiac (1976); To the White Sea (1993).

Movies:

The Call of the Wild (1976); Deliverance (1972).

Thursday, January 29, 2026

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).

Monday, January 26, 2026

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).

Monday, January 19, 2026

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).