Born on this day – Marilyn Buferd:

Marilyn Buferd

Actress

January 30, 1925 – March 27, 1990

Credits:

Adorable Creatures (1952); Beauties of the Night (1952); Don't Touch the Loot (1954); Earl Carroll Vanities (1945); Fame and the Devil (1949); Fuoco nero (1951); George White's Scandals (1945); Gioventù alla sbarra (1953); Highway Patrol (1956); Io sono il capataz (1951); La cieca di Sorrento (1953); L'inafferrabile 12 (1950); Mademoiselle Gobete (1952); Maracatumba... ma non è una rumba! (1949); Of Human Bondage (1946); Orient Express (1954); Queen of Outer Space (1958); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Strange Stories (1956); The Anatomy of Love / Segment: Don Corradino (1954); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); The Machine to Kill Bad People (1952); The Millionaire (1957); The Unearthly (1957); The Wayward Wife (1953); The Woman Who Came from the Sea (1954); Tototarzan (1950); Viva il cinema! (1952); Without Reservations (1946).

Born on this day – Paul Newman:

Paul Newman

Actor

Director

January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008

Credits:

The Meerkats (2008); Mater and the Ghostlight (2006); Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1 (2006); Cars (2006); Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon (2005); Empire Falls (2005); Freedom: A History of US (2003); Our Town (2003); Road to Perdition (2002); The Simpsons (1989); Where the Money Is (2000); Message in a Bottle (1999); Twilight (1998); Nobody's Fool (1994); The Hudsucker Proxy (1994); Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990); Blaze (1989); Fat Man and Little Boy (aka Shadow Makers) (1989); The Color of Money (1986); Harry & Son (1984); The Verdict (1982); American Playhouse (1982); Absence of Malice (1981); Fort Apache the Bronx (1981); When Time Ran Out... (1980); Quintet (1979); Slap Shot (1977); Two by Dove (1976); Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976); Silent Movie (1976); The Drowning Pool (1975); The Towering Inferno (1974); The Sting (1973); The MacKintosh Man (1973); The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972); Pocket Money (1972); Sometimes a Great Notion (aka Never Give an Inch) (1971); WUSA (1970); Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969); Winning (1969); The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968); Cool Hand Luke (1967); Hombre (1967); Torn Curtain (1966); Harper (aka The Moving Target) (1966); Lady L (1965); The Outrage (1964); What a Way to Go! (1964); The Prize (1963); A New Kind of Love (1963); Hud (1963); Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962); Sweet Bird of Youth (1962); The Hustler (1961); Paris Blues (1961); Exodus (1960); From the Terrace (1960); The Young Philadelphians (1959); Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958); The Left Handed Gun (1958); The Long, Hot Summer (1958); The Eighty Yard Run (Playhouse 90 (1958); The Helen Morgan Story (1957); Until They Sail (1957); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956); Kraft Theatre (1954–1956); Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956); The Rack (1956); Playwrights '56 (1955); Producers' Showcase (1955); Kraft Theatre (1955); Appointment with Adventure (1955); The Silver Chalice (1954); Danger (1954); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1954); Goodyear Playhouse (1954); The Mask (1954); The Man Behind the Badge (1953); The Web (1950); You Are There (1953); Suspense (1949); Tales of Tomorrow (1951); The Aldrich Family (1952-1953).

Born on this day – Erica Beer:

Erica Beer

Actress

January 19, 1925 – December 27, 2013

Credits:

Eurocops (1989); Die Zeiten ändern sich (1983); Die Undankbare (1980); Die Münze (1979); Unternehmen Rentnerkommune (1978–1979); Eine kleine Liebe (1976); Zwei himmlische Dickschädel (1974); Münchner Geschichten (1974); Ardéchois Coeur Fidèle (1974); Die Fälle des Herrn Konstantin (1974); Ein Haus voll Zeit (1973); King, Queen, Knave (1972); Der Fall von nebenan (1970); Deep End (1970); Nicht fummeln, Liebling! (1970); They're Too Much (1965); The Counterfeit Traitor (1962); Das Halstuch (1962); Im sechsten Stock (1961); Mit 17 weint man nicht (1960); The Red Circle (1960); So angelt man keinen Mann (1959); Rebel Flight to Cuba (1959); Doctor Without Scruples (1959); Arzt aus Leidenschaft (1959); Verbrechen nach Schulschluß (1959); Your Body Belongs to Me (1959); Stars in der Manege (1959); Meine 99 Bräute (1958); ...und führe uns nicht in Versuchung (1957); Kindermädchen für Papa gesucht (1957); Flucht in die Tropennacht (1957); Mein Vater, der Schauspieler (1956); Der Glockengießer von Tirol (1956); Schwarzwaldmelodie (1956); Waldwinter (1956); Wunschkonzert (1955); 08/15 - Zweiter Teil (1955); Kopf in der Schlinge (1955); Die goldene Pest (1954); They Were So Young (1954); Moselfahrt aus Liebeskummer (1953); The Last Waltz (1953); Gefangene Seele (1952).

Born on this day – Sol Yurick:

Sol Yurick

Writer

January 18, 1925 – January 5, 2013

Credits:

Books:

An Island Death (1975); Behold Metatron, the Recording Angel (1985); Fertig (1966); Green Snow (1984); Richard A (1982); Someone Just Like You (1973); The Bag (1968); The Warriors (1965); Voices of Brooklyn (1973).

Movies & video:

The Dreamers (2016); The Warriors (2005); The Confession (1999); The Warriors (1979).

Born on this day – Gwen Verdon:

Gwen Verdon

Actress

Dancer

January 13, 1925 – October 18, 2000

Born on this day – Rosemary Murphy:

Rosemary Murphy

Actress

January 13, 1925 – July 5, 2014

Born on this day – Lee Van Cleef:

Lee Van Cleef

Actor

January 9, 1925 – December 16, 1989

Credits:

High Risk (1981); Speed Zone (1989); The Commander (1988); Armed Response (1986); Jungle Raiders (1985); Code Name: Wild Geese (1984); The Master (1984); Goma-2 (1984); Escape from New York (1981); The Octagon (1980); The Hard Way (1980); The Squeeze (1978); The Perfect Killer (1977); Nowhere to Hide (1977); Vengeance (1976); God's Gun (1976); Take a Hard Ride (1975); El karate el Colt y el impostor (1974); Mean Frank and Crazy Tony (1973); The Grand Duel (1972); The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972); Bad Man's River (1971); Return of Sabata (1971); Captain Apache (1971); El Condor (1970); Barquero (1970); Sabata (1969); Commandos (1968); Beyond the Law (1968); Day of Anger (1967); Death Rides a Horse (1967); The Big Gundown (1967); The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966); Gunsmoke (1955); Laredo (1965); Branded (1965); For a Few Dollars More (1965); My Mother the Car (1965); The Andy Griffith Show (1960); Rawhide (1959); Destry (1964); The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963); 77 Sunset Strip (1958); Laramie (1959); Have Gun - Will Travel (1957); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961); Perry Mason (1957); The Dakotas (1962); Ripcord (1961); How the West Was Won (1962); Death Valley Days (1952); Cheyenne (1955); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); Bronco (1958); The Joey Bishop Show (1961); Shotgun Slade (1959); The Twilight Zone (1959); Stagecoach West (1960); Maverick (1957); Posse from Hell (1961); Hawaiian Eye (1959); Bonanza (1959); Lawman (1958); Colt .45 (1957); Mr. Lucky (1959); The Deputy (1959); The Slowest Gun in the West (1960); Black Saddle (1959); The Untouchables (1959); The Alaskans (1959); Hotel de Paree (1959); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); Law of the Plainsman (1959); Riverboat (1959); Tombstone Territory (1957); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958); The Real McCoys (1957); Yancy Derringer (1958); Cimarron City (1958); Fury (1955); Ride Lonesome (1959); Guns Girls and Gangsters (1959); Northwest Passage (1958); The Witches from Another World (1958); Target (1958); Rex Allen in Frontier Doctor (1956); Zorro (1957); The Bravados (1958); State Trooper (1956); The Young Lions (1958); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957); Day of the Bad Man (1958); Wagon Train (1957); Trackdown (1957); Casey Jones (1957); Joe Dakota (1957); The Tin Star (1957); General Electric Theater (1953); Raiders of Old California (1957); Gun Battle at Monterey (1957); Last Stagecoach West (1957); The Lonely Man (1957); Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957); China Gate (1957); The Badge of Marshal Brennan (1957); Schlitz Playhouse (1951); Tales of Wells Fargo (1957); The Quiet Gun (1957); Soldiers of Fortune (1955); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); The Sheriff of Cochise (1956); Crossroads (1955); Wire Service (1956); The Ford Television Theatre (1952); Accused of Murder (1956); It Conquered the World (1956); Pardners (1956); Tribute to a Bad Man (1956); Studio 57 (1954); The Conqueror (1956); The Millionaire (1955); Brave Eagle (1955); The Vanishing American (1955); The Adventures of Champion (1955); A Man Alone (1955); The Naked Street (1955); Luke and the Tenderfoot (1955); The Star and the Story (1955); The Road to Denver (1955); The Man Behind the Badge (1953); I Cover the Underworld (1955); Buffalo Bill, Jr. (1955); Annie Oakley (1954); City Detective (1953); TV Reader's Digest (1955); The Big Combo (1955); The Lineup (1954); Ten Wanted Men (1955); Treasure of Ruby Hills (1955); The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951); The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954); Medic (1954); The Gene Autry Show (1950); Dawn at Socorro (1954); Waterfront (1954); The Desperado (1954); Princess of the Nile (1954); Cavalcade of America (1952); The Yellow Tomahawk (1954); Arrow in the Dust (1954); Rails Into Laramie (1954); Gypsy Colt (1954); Stories of the Century (1954); Big Town (1950); The Range Rider (1951); Tumbleweed (1953); The Nebraskan (1953); Jack Slade (1953); The Lone Ranger (1949); Vice Squad (1953); Arena (1953); Space Patrol (1950); The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953); White Lightning (1953); Bandits of Corsica (1953); Four Star Playhouse (1952); The Lawless Breed (1952); Boston Blackie (1951); Kansas City Confidential (1952); Sky King (1951); Untamed Frontier (1952); High Noon (1952).

Born on this day – Harry Guardino:

Harry Guardino

Actor

December 23, 1925 – July 17, 1995

Credits:

Fist of Honor (1993); Murder, She Wrote (1984–1993); Renegade (1992); Human Target (1992); Cheers (1992); Under Surveillance (1991); P.S.I. Luv U (1991); Jake and the Fatman (1991); The Neon Empire (1989); Hunter (1989); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1988); The Law and Harry McGraw (1987); Adderly (1987); Hotel (1985–1986); On Our Way (1985); Jessie (1984); Lovers and Other Strangers (1983); The Sophisticated Gents (1981); Vega$ (1981); Any Which Way You Can (1980); Barnaby Jones (1980); Hawaii Five-O (1969–1979); Bender (1979); Goldengirl (1979); Pleasure Cove (1979); Every Which Way But Loose (1978); Evening in Byzantium (1978); Matilda (1978); Police Story (1973–1978); No Margin for Error (1978); Wonder Woman (1978); Fantasy Island (1978); Contract on Cherry Street (1977); Rollercoaster (1977); Future Cop (1977); The Enforcer (1976); The Streets of San Francisco (1976); Having Babies (1976); Street Killing (1976); St. Ives (1976); Good Heavens (1976); McCoy (1975); Whiffs (1975); Capone (1975); The Manhunter (1974); The Evil Touch (1973–1974); Kojak (1974); Get Christie Love! (1974); The New Perry Mason (1973–1974); Indict and Convict (1974); The Wide World of Mystery (1973); Partners in Crime (1973); McCloud (1973); They Only Kill Their Masters (1972); Medical Center (1972); Night Gallery (1972); Slingshot (1971); Dirty Harry (1971); Monty Nash (1971); The Last Child (1971); Red Sky at Morning (1971); Love, American Style (1971); The Name of the Game (1968–1971); Men at Law (1971); The F.B.I. (1970); Lovers and Other Strangers (1970); The Lonely Profession (1969); The Hell with Heroes (1968); Jigsaw (1968); Madigan (1968); Valley of Mystery (1967); The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967); The Treasure of San Gennaro (1966); Run for Your Life (1966); 12 O'Clock High (1966); The Virginian (1965); The Reporter (1964); Rhino! (1964); Ben Casey (1964); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963); The Outer Limits (1963); The Greatest Show on Earth (1963); Naked City (1959–1963); The Eleventh Hour (1963); Route 66 (1962); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Dr. Kildare (1962); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962); Kraft Theatre (1962); Hell Is for Heroes (1962); The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962); The Untouchables (1960–1962); Cain's Hundred (1962); Target: The Corruptors! (1962); King of Kings (1961); Checkmate (1961); Overland Trail (1960); 5 Branded Women (1960); Johnny Staccato (1959); The Five Pennies (1959); The Eighty Yard Run (Playhouse 90) (1957–1959); Pork Chop Hill (1959); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); Houseboat (1958); Suspicion (1958); Kraft Theatre (1948); Studio 57 (1957); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957); The Millionaire (1957); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Studio One (1957); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1957); I Led 3 Lives (1955); The Court Jester (1955); Hold Back Tomorrow (1955); I Married Joan (1955); The Big Tip Off (1955); Dangerous Assignment (1952); Son of Ali Baba (1952); Flesh and Fury (1952); Sirocco (1951); Up Front (1951).

Born on this day – Nicole Maurey:

Nicole Maurey

Actress

December 20, 1925 – March 11, 2016

Credits:

Action (1957); Au théâtre ce soir (1972–1974); Avatar (1964); Blondine (1945); Call My Bluff (1968); Casablanca (1955); Catherine, il suffit d'un amour (1986); Champion House (1967–1968); Chanel Solitaire (1981); Comme du bon pain (1976); Companions of the Night (1953); Coulisses (1986); Creepy Classics (1987); Chaste Dwelling and pure (1967); Diary of a Country Priest (1951); Fan of the 80s (2012); Gloria (1977); High Time (1960); His and Hers (1961); Igor Cassini's Million Dollar Showcase (1956); Joseph Balsamo (1973); Juke Box Jury (1961); The Battle of the fire (1949); La demoiselle d'Avignon (1972); The Moon Dad (1977); The moral of History (1966); The Passenger (1974–1975); The Lost Sentence (1964); The Fourth Dimension (1970); The Lives of Others (1980); The life and passion of Dodin-Bouffant (1972); The Black Rider (1945); Fire in the Snow (1973); The Grand Batre (1997); The Hearth Cricket (1972); The Provocateur (1973); The five last minutes (1983–1989); The Writers (1973); Famous escapes (1972); Nights of Anger (1973); Little Boy Lost (1953); The eye in Coulisses (1953); Love in Monaco (1959); Lucien Leuwen (1973–1974) Marianne a star for Napoleon (1983); Marie Dorval (1973); Mariage à la Mode (1955); Me and the Colonel (1958); My Only Love (1971); Napoleon (1955); Christmas at the Four Winds (1971); Operation Magali (1953); Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! (1957); Pamela (1945); Coffee Break (1981); Placed in police custody (1994); Reflections Cannes (1959); Rendez-vous à Grenade (1951); Rogue's Yarn (1957) Rouletabille (1966); Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954); Bad Times for Flies (1966); Secret of the Incas (1954); Section of the Missing (1956); Shooting Stars (1961); Sunday Night Thriller (1981); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The Big Risk (1965); The Bold and the Brave (1956); The Day of the Triffids (1963); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); The House of the Seven Hawks (1959); The Jayhawkers! (1959); The Last Robin Hood (1952) The Most Wanted Man (1953); The Scapegoat (1959); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1958) The Very Edge (1963); The Weapon (1956) Top jury (1966); An Atrocious Little Music (1973); Why Bother to Knock (1961)

Born on this day – Peggy Cummins:

Peggy Cummins

Actress

December 18, 1925 – December 29, 2017

Credits:

Always a Bride (1953); American Cinema (1995); Both Sides of the Law (1953); Cash on Delivery (1954); Century of Cinema (1995); Compression (2023–2025); Current Release (1952); Dentist in the Chair (1960); Dr. O'Dowd (1940); Escape (1948); Film Fanfare (1956); Full Screen Ahead (1957); Green Grass of Wyoming (1948); Gun Crazy (1950); Hell Drivers (1957); Her Man Gilbey (1944); If This Be Sin (1949); In the Doghouse (1961); Juke Box Jury (1959–1960); La voleuse (1987); Looks Familiar (1973); Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953); Moss Rose (1947); Night of the Demon / aka Curse of the Demon (1957); Noir Alley (2017); Old Mother Riley Detective (1943); Operation X (1950); Salute John Citizen (1942); Speak of the Devil: The Making of Night of the Demon (2007); Summer Comedy Hour (1965); TCM Remembers 2018 (2018); The Captain's Table (1959); The Human Jungle (1964); The Late George Apley (1947); The Love Lottery (1954); The March Hare (1956); The Passionate Sentry (1952); The Rules of Film Noir (2009); The Ship Was Loaded (1957); The World Our Stage (1957); Val Parnell's Spectacular (1960); Welcome Mr Washington (1944); Your Money or Your Wife (1960).

Born on this day – Carmen Martín Gaite:

Carmen Martín Gaite

Writer

Actress

December 8, 1925 – July 22, 2000

Credits:

Written work:

A palo seco (1957); A rachas (1976); Agua pasada (1992); Caperucita en Manhattan (1990); Cuadernos de todo (2002); Cuentos completos (1978); Desde la ventana (1987); El balneario (1954); El castillo de las tres murallas (1981); El cuarto de atrás (1978); El cuento de nunca acabar (1983); El pastel del diablo (1985); El proceso de Macanaz (1969); Entre visillos (1957); Fragmentos de interior (1976); Irse de casa (1998); La búsqueda de interlocutor y otras búsquedas (1973); La hermana pequeña (1959); La Reina de las Nieves (1994); Las ataduras (1960); Lo raro es vivir (1996); Los parentescos (2001); Madame Bovary / translation (1993); Nubosidad variable (1992); Retahílas (1974); Ritmo lento (1963); Teresa de Jesús (1984); The Back Room / translation (2000); Usos amorosos de la postguerra española (1987); Usos amorosos del dieciocho en España (1972); Variable Cloud / translation (1992 / 1996).

Movies and television:

A fondo (1981); Biblioteca Nacional (1983); Celia (1993); Continuarà... (1998); Emilia, parada y fonda (1976); Encuentros con las letras (1979); Escritores de hoy (1974); Esta es mi tierra (1983); Fragmentos de interior (1984); La seducción del caos (1990); Más estrellas que en el cielo (1988); Novela (1974); Ochéntame... otra vez (2016); Qué grande es el teatro! (2000); Tata mía (1986); Teresa de Jesús (1984).

Born on this day – Carla Del Poggio:

Carla Del Poggio

Actress

December 2, 1925 – October 14, 2010

Born on this day – Julie Harris:

Julie Harris

Actress

December 2, 1925 – August 24, 2013

Born on this day – Marshall Thompson:

Marshall Thompson

Actor

Writer

Director

Producer

November 27, 1925 – May 18, 1992

Born on this day – Johnny Mandel:

Johnny Mandel

Composer

November 23, 1925 – June 29, 2020

Born on this day – Rock Hudson:

Rock Hudson

Actor

November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985

Born on this day – John Guillermin:

John Guillermin

Director

Writer

Producer

November 11, 1925 – September 27, 2015

Born on this day – Richard Burton:

Richard Burton

Actor

November 10, 1925 – August 5, 1984

Born on this day – William Wharton:

William Wharton

Writer

November 7, 1925 – October 29, 2008

Credits:

Birdy (1978); Ever after (1981); Dad (1981); A Midnight Clear (1982); Scumbler (1984); Pride (1985); Tidings (1987); Franky Furbo (1989); Last Lovers (1991); Wrongful Deaths (1994); Houseboat on the Seine (1996); Shrapnel (2012).

Awards:

In 1980, William Wharton was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction / Best Book, for his 1978 novel: Birdy.

Born on this day – Doris Roberts:

Doris Roberts

Actress

November 4, 1925 – April 17, 2016