Born on this day – Barbara Clegg:

Barbara Clegg

Actress

Writer

March 1, 1926 – January 7, 2025

Credits:

Armchair Theatre (1956–1957); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1956); Coronation Street (1961); Deadline Midnight (1960–1961); Doctor Who (1983); Doctor Who: Destiny of the Doctors (1997); Doctor Who: Target Novelisation Audiobooks (2020); Doctor Who: The Lost Stories (2010–2011); Drama 61-67 (1961); Emergency-Ward 10 (1958–1960); Gems (1985–1986); Once Aboard the Lugger... (1963); Strange Concealments (1962); The Citadel (1960); The Dark Man (1960); The Desk Set (1958); The Dream Maker (1963); The Victim (1961); Together (1980–1981); Winner Takes All (2009).

On this day in movie history - The Johnstown Flood (1926):

The Johnstown Flood

directed by Irving Cummings,

written by Edfrid Bingham and Robert Lord,

was released in the United States on February 28, 1926.

Cast:

George O'Brien, Florence Gilbert, Janet Gaynor, Anders Randolf, Paul Nicholson, Paul Panzer, George Harris, Max Davidson, Walter Perry, Sid Jordan, Elmo Billings, Gary Cooper, Kay Deslys, Clark Gable, Florence Lawrence, Carole Lombard, George Reed, Dick Rush, Fred Warren, Jim Welch.

On this day in movie history - La Bohème (1926 movie & novel):

La Bohème

directed by King Vidor,

written by Frédérique De Grésac, William M. Conselman and Ruth Cummings,

based on the 1851 novel Scenes of Bohemian Life by Henri Murger,

and the 1896 opera La bohème by Giacomo Puccini,

was released in the United States on February 24, 1926.

Music by William Axt.

Cast:

Lillian Gish, John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, George Hassell, Roy D'Arcy, Edward Everett Horton, Karl Dane, Mathilde Comont, Gino Corrado, Eugene Pouyet, Frank Currier, David Mir, Catherine Vidor, Valentina Zimina, Agostino Borgato, Harry Crocker, Blanche Payson.

Recommended reading:

Scènes De La Vie De Bohême

By Henri Murger.

First published 1849.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0359742505

ISBN-13: 978-0359742509

Description:

The inspiration for Puccini’s great opera La Bohème, Henri Murger’s episodic story of the bohemians of mid-19th century Paris is a lively, eccentric and amusing narrative – it is presented here with the original 33 drawings. Less a novel and more a series of entertaining encounters, Murger’s work constructs a picture of artistic community and madcap association – aspiring painters, musicians and writers, all with strange stories to tell. Though struggling with poverty, the bohemians are blessed with occasional good fortune; eccentric but monied clients, or jobs landed by sheer luck and opportunistic panache. More than this however is the abiding theme of bonhomie between the young associates; all share the same dream – recognition and money for their creative endeavours – and are bound together by their place of meeting and low social standing. The café where the group gather to socialize serves as the genesis for several plotlines; here the protagonists commiserate and collaborate in equal measure.

Born on this day – Richard Matheson:

Richard Matheson

Writer

February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013

Credits:

Books:

65 Great Spine Chillers (1982); 7 Steps to Midnight (1993); A Primer of Reality (2002); A Stir of Echoes (1958); Abu and the 7 Marvels (2002); American Pulp (1997); Best of Science Fiction: No. 10 (1964); Bloodlines (2006); Button, Button: Uncanny Stories (2007); By the Gun (1994); California Sorcery (1999); Camp Pleasant (2001); Collected Stories, Vol. 1 (1989); Collected Stories, Vol. 2 (2005); Collected Stories, Vol. 3 (2005); Come Fygures, Come Shadowes (2003); Comedy of Terrors (1964); Completely Doomed (2007); Darker Places (2004); Duel — Horror Stories of the Road (1987); Duel (1971); Earthbound (1982); Flight or Fright (2018); Fury on Sunday (1953); Generations (2012); Great Black Magic Stories (1974); Great Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction (1985); Haunts: Reliquaries of the Dead (2011); Hell House (1971); Hot Blood Tales of Erotic Horror (1989); Hunger and Thirst (2000); Hunted Past Reason (2002); I Am Legend / The Omega Man (1954); If This Goes On (1965); Journal of the Gun Years (1991); Kiss the Whip (2005); Kolchak Scripts (2003); Kolchak the Night Stalker Volume 1 (2004); Laughing Space: An Anthology of Science Fiction Humor (1982); Leave Yesterday Alone (2013); Masques V (2006); Mediums Rare (2000); Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (1961); Now You See It... (1995); Off Beat: Uncollected Stories (2020); Other Kingdoms (2011); Passion Play (2000); Pride (2002); Richard Matheson Uncollected: Backteria and Other Improbable Tales (2011); Ride the Nightmare (1959); Road Rage (2012); Robert Bloch: Appreciations of the Master (1995); Rod Serling’s Night Gallery Reader (1987); Rod Serling’s Other Worlds (1978); Second Annual Collection (1989); Shadow on the Sun (1994); Shock!: Thirteen Tales to Thrill and Terrify (1961); Shock II: Thirteen Tales to Haunt the Imagination (1964); Shock III (1966); Shock Waves (1970); Slaughter House (1953); Someone is Bleeding (1953); Somewhere In Time / Bid Time Return (1975); Star Science Fiction Stories 3 (1955); Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 (1953); Star Science Fiction Stories No. 5 (1972); Steel and Other Stories (2011); Stranger: Dark Tales of Eerie Encounters (2002); Taps and Sighs (2000); The Beardless Warriors of World War II (1960); The Best Horror Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (1988); The Best of Cemetery Dance II (2008); The Box (2008); The Dead That Walk (2009); The Devil’s Generation (1973); The Gun Fight (1993); The Incredible Shrinking Man / The Shrinking Man (1956); The Link (2006); The Mammoth Book of Body Horror (2012); The Memoirs of Wild Bill Hickok (1996); The Monster Book of Monsters (1988); The Night Stalker (1973); The Night Strangler (1974); The Path (1993); The Richard Matheson Companion (2007); The Shores of Space (1957); The Time Traveler’s Almanac (2013); The Twilight Zone (2017); The Twilight Zone Scripts (1998); The Year’s Best Fantasy 2 / Demons and Dreams (1990); The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings (1998); Third from the Sun: Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasy (1954); Unrealized Dreams (2005); Visions Deferred (2009); Visions of Death: Richard Matheson’s Edgar Allan Poe Scripts, Vol. 1 (2007); What Dreams May Come (1978); Woman / Third from the Sun / Born of Man (1954).

Movies and television:

100 Years of Horror (1996); 100 Years of Horror: The Aristocrats of Evil (1996); 100 Years of Horror: The Evil Unseeable (1996); 20 heures le journal (2007); Am I the Last (2019); Amazing Stories (1986–1987); American Masters (1995); Animus: The Tell-Tale Heart (2015); Back to 'Somewhere in Time' (2000); Black Magic: The Making of the Devil Rides Out (2012); Blood Son (2006); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Buckskin (1959); Captains and the Kings (1976); Catnado (2022); Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man (2010); Cheyenne (1960); Cineficción Radio (2019–2020); Circle of Fear (1972–1973); Cold Sweat (1970); Combat! (1962); Corman's Comedy of Poe (2003); Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011); Creating 'I Am Legend' (2008); Dark Dreamers (2011); De Sade (1969); Dead of Night / Segment: No Such Thing as a Vampire (1977); Die Prüfung (1973); Die! Die! My Darling! (1965); Dracula (1974); Duel (1971); Dying Room Only (1973); Family Guy (2010); Have Gun - Will Travel (1960); HBO First Look (2007); Hideouser and Hideouser (2019); House of Usher (1960); I Am Legend (2007 / 2008); I Am Omega (2007); In the Year 2889 / It's Alive! (1969); Jaws 3-D (1983); Journey to the Unknown (1968); Late Night Horror (1968); Lawman (1960–1962); L'esame (2007); Loose Cannons (1990); Markham (1959); Master of the World (1961); Masters of Fantasy (1998); Masters of Horror (2005); Minty Comedic Arts (2019); My Ambition (2006); Night Gallery (1971–1972); Night of the Eagle (1962); Now Is Tomorrow (1958); Official onesheet. (2011); Perry Como's Christmas in Paris (1982); Perry Como's French-Canadian Christmas (1981); Person to Person (2011); Prey (1983); Rabid Love (2012); Racconti di fantascienza (1979); Real Steel (2011); Richard Matheson Storyteller: Comedy of Terrors (2003); Richard Matheson Storyteller: The Raven (2003); Richard Matheson: The Writing of 'Duel' (2004); Scream of the Wolf (1974); Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy (2005); Shoestring Theatre (1962); Someone Is Bleeding (1974); Somewhere in Time (1980); Soy leyenda (1967); Star Trek (1966); Stir of Echoes (1999); Studio 57 (1955); Tales of Terror (1962); TCM Remembers 2013 (2013); The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards (2013); The AckerMonster Chronicles! (2012); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1963); The Beat Generation (1959); The Box (2006 / 2009); The Comedy of Terrors (1963); The D.A.'s Man (1959); The Devil Rides Out (1968); The Dreamer of Oz (1990); The Famous Monsters 1993 World Convention Souvenir Video (1993); The Fearmakers Collection (2007); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Godfather Part II (1974); The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992); The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977); The Holiday Man (2009); The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957); The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981); The Last Man on Earth (1964); The Last of the Living (2022); The Last Rites of Richard Keene (2010); The Legend of Hell House (1973); The Life After Death Project (2013); The Martian Chronicles (1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1978); The Morning After (1974); The Near Departed (2012); The Night Stalker (1972); The Night Strangler (1973); The Omega Man (1971); The Oscars (2014); The Outer Limits (1996); The Pit and the Pendulum (1961); The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1960); The Raven (1963); The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver (1977); The Stranger Within (1974); The Twilight Zone (1959–2019); The Twilight Zone / Segment: Button, Button (1986); The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas (2006–2010); The Young Warriors (1967); This Week in Comedy (2010); Thriller (1961); Trilogy of Terror / Segment: Amelia (1975); Trilogy of Terror II / Segment: Bobby (1996); Trilogy of Terror: Terror Scribe (2006); Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994); Twilight Zone: The Definitive Edition Interviews (2005); Twilight Zone: The Movie / Segment: four (1983); Vampirismus (1982); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1959); What Dreams May Come (2009).

Born on this day – Whitney Blake:

Whitney Blake

Actress

Writer

Director

February 20, 1926 – September 28, 2002

Credits:

-30- (1959); 77 Sunset Strip (1958–1960); A Face in the Crowd (1981); Adventures in Paradise (1960); Alcoa Theatre (1958); Anatomy of a Crime (1969); Bachelor Father (1960); Batman (1967); Big Town (1956); Bonanza (1959); Branded (1966); Bronco (1960–1961); Cannon (1974); Cavalcade of America (1957); Cheyenne (1957–1960); Circus Boy (1957); Collector's Item: The Left Fist of David (1957); Destination Space (1959); Family (1979); Frontier Justice (1959); Gunsmoke (1959–1973); Gypsy (1968); Hazel (1961–1965); Here's Boomer (1980); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hunter (1977); Ironside (1975); Johnny Midnight (1960); Kraft Mystery Theater (1962); Laredo (1966); Law and Order (1976); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Boss's Ex (1970); M Squad (1958–1960); Mannix (1967); Markham (1959); Maverick (1958); Medic (1956); Medical Story (1975); Michael Shayne (1960); Mike Hammer (1958); Mobile One (1975); My Gun Is Quick (1957); One Day at a Time (1975–2020); Overland Trail (1960); Panic! (1958); Perry Mason (1957–1958); Pete and Gladys (1960); Pete Kelly's Blues (1959); Playhouse 90 (1959); Pony Express (1959); Pursuit (1958); Rawhide (1959–1960); Reno's Kids: 87 Days + 11 (1987); Returning Home (1975); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1959); Riverboat (1960); Route 66 (1961); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Shotgun Slade (1959); Solo en America (1998–2000); State Trooper (1957–1959); Strange Homecoming (1974); Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers (1957); Tales of Wells Fargo (1959–1960); The Andy Griffith Show (1967); The Aquanauts (1961); The Betsy (1978); The Boy Who Stole the Elephant (1970); The D.A.'s Man (1959); The Deputy (1959); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1958); The Legend of Jesse James (1966); The Lineup (1959); The Loretta Young Show (1959); The Magical World of Disney (1970); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Mike Douglas Show (1963–1964); The Millionaire (1957–1960); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Outsider (1968); The Restless Gun (1959); The Sheriff of Cochise (1957); The Stranger Who Looks Like Me (1974); The Texan (1959); The Virginian (1967); Thriller (1960); Tightrope (1960); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); Whirlybirds (1957); Whitney (2018); Wire Service (1957); You Don't Say (1963); Zane Grey Theatre (1957–1958).

Born on this day – John Schlesinger:

John Schlesinger

Director

Writer

Actor

February 16, 1926 – July 25, 2003

Credits:

A Kind of Loving (1962); A Loan from Lorenzo (1953); A Woman of Property (1957); Aggie (1957); An Englishman Abroad (1983); Armchair Theatre (1957); As I Was Saying (1955); Assignment Foreign Legion (1957); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1953); Big City (1956); Billy Liar (1963); Black Tide (1958); Brothers in Law (1957); Cold Comfort Farm (1995); Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1956); Darling (1965); Der Rosenkavalier (1994); Eye for an Eye (1996); Far from the Madding Crowd (1967); Honky Tonk Freeway (1981); ITV Television Playhouse (1957); Ivanhoe (1958); Madame Sousatzka (1988); Madame Sousatzka (1988); Marathon Man (1976); Midnight Cowboy (1969); Monitor (1958–1961); Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955); Pacific Heights (1990); Paul McCartney: Little Willow (1997); Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1956); Sailor of the King (1953); Screen One (1991); Screen Two (1985); Separate Tables (1983); Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971); Sunday in the Park (1956); Terminus (1961); The Adventures of Annabel (1955); The Adventures of Robin Hood (1956–1957); The Beasts of Marseilles (1957); The Believers (1987); The Buccaneers (1956); The Day of the Locust (1975); The Divided Heart (1954); The Falcon and the Snowman (1985); The Grove Family (1956–1957); The Innocent (1993); The Last Man to Hang (1956); The Lost Language of Cranes (1991); The McCartney Years (2007); The Next Best Thing (2000); The Starfish (1952); The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1997); The Twilight of the Golds (1996); The Vise (1955); The Wednesday Play (1967); The Why Store: Father (1996); Un ballo in maschera (1990); Visions of Eight (1973); Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years (1960); Yanks (1979).

Born on this day – Paula Hill:

Paula Hill

Actress

February 15, 1926 – February 15, 2000

Credits:

Chump Change (2000); The Soldier of Fortune (1991); Mike Hammer (1958); M Squad (1958); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1958); The Sad Sack (1957); The Joker Is Wild (1957); Dragnet (1956–1957); The Man Called X (1956–1957); Three Violent People (1956); Highway Patrol (1956); Hot Cars (1956); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1955); The Loretta Young Show (1955); Playgirl (1954); Mesa of Lost Women (1953); The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953); Models Inc. (1952); Outlaw Women (1952); Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (1952); Meet Danny Wilson (1952); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); Highway 301 (1950); Love That Brute (1950); Hellfire (1949); Buffalo Bill Rides Again (1947).

Born on this day – Leslie Nielsen:

Leslie Nielsen

Actor

Comedian

February 11, 1926 – November 28, 2010

Born on this day – Hazel Court:

Hazel Court

Actress

February 10, 1926 – April 15, 2008

Credits:

100 Years of Horror (1996); 100 Years of Horror: The Frankenstein Family (1996); 100 Years of Horror: The Monster Makers (1996); 12 O'Clock High (1964–1965); A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (2010); A Woman of Mystery (1958); Adventure Theater (1956); Adventures in Paradise (1959–1960); Afternoon Film Festival (1956); Alcoa Theatre (1960); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958–1961); Behind the Headlines (1956); Biography (1993–1997); Bonanza (1960); Bond Street (1948); Breakout (1959); Burke's Law (1964–1965); Carnival (1946); Champagne Charlie (1944); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007–2013); Corman's Comedy of Poe (2003); Danger Man (1960–1966); Dear Murderer (1947); Devil Girl from Mars (1954); Dick and the Duchess (1957–1958); Doctor Blood's Coffin (1961); Dr. Kildare (1965); Dreaming (1944); Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994); Forbidden (1949); Frankenpimp's Revenge: The Romeo and Juliet Massacre (2020); Frankenstein Reborn: The Making of a Hammer Classic (2012); Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991); General Electric Theater (1960); Ghost Ship (1952); Ghost Squad (1961); Gidget (1966); Goodyear Theatre (1960); Greasepaint and Gore, Part 2: The Hammer Monsters of Roy Ashton (2004); Greasepaint and Gore: The Hammer Monsters of Phil Leakey (2004); Holiday Camp (1947); Hour of Decision (1957); Hungry Hill (1947); I Used to Be in Pictures (2000); Interpol Calling (1960); Iron Horse (1966); Jane Asher on the 100th Birthday of Vincent Price (2011); Kraft Mystery Theater (1961); Mannix (1968); Markham (1959); Mary Had a Little... (1961); McMillan & Wife (1972); Meet Me at Dawn (1947); Mission: Impossible (1967); Mobile One (1975); Model for Murder (1959); My Sister and I (1948); Play the Game (1948); Playhouse 90 (1958); Present for a Bride (1954); Rawhide (1964); Richard Matheson Storyteller: The Raven (2003); Sam Benedict (1962); Showtime (1946); Stagecoach West (1961); Tale of Three Women / Segment: ‘Wedding Gift’ story (1954); TCM Remembers 2008 (2008); The Buccaneers (1956); The Curse of Frankenstein (1957); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961–1962); The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1960); The Farmer's Daughter (1964); The Final Conflict (1981); The Gay Cavalier (1957); The Gentle Killers (1957); The Invisible Man (1958); The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959); The Man Who Was Nobody (1960); The Masque of the Red Death (1964); The Name of the Game (1970); The Narrowing Circle (1956); The Premature Burial (1962); The Raven (1963); The Root of All Evil (1947); The Scarlet Web (1954); The Shakedown (1960); The Third Man (1959); The Twilight Zone (1964); The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1965); The Wild Wild West (1966); The World of Hammer (1994); Thriller (1961); Top Secret (1961); Undercover Agent (1953).

Born on this day – Nancy Gates:

Nancy Gates

Actress

February 1, 1926 – March 24, 2019

Credits:

Mod Squad (1969); Bonanza (1966); Burke's Law (1965); The Loner (1965); Rawhide (1965); Perry Mason (1957–1965); Kentucky Jones (1965); The Virginian (1964); Wagon Train (1958–1964); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962–1963); Gunsmoke (1962); Bus Stop (1961); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); The Detectives (1961); Zane Grey Theatre (1961); Hong Kong (1961); The Best of the Post (1961); Wichita Town (1960); Laramie (1960); Comanche Station (1960); Hawaiian Eye (1960); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); The Lineup (1959); Men Into Space (1959); Bronco (1959); Lock Up (1959); Riverboat (1959); The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959); The Third Man (1959); The Millionaire (1955–1959); Maverick (1958–1959); 77 Sunset Strip (1959); Some Came Running (1958); Trackdown (1958); The Loretta Young Show (1957–1958); The Rawhide Trail (1958); Kraft Theatre (1958); The Adventures of McGraw (1957); Lux Video Theatre (1953–1957); The Brass Legend (1956); Death of a Scoundrel (1956); The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956); Schlitz Playhouse (1954–1956); Magnificent Roughnecks (1956); The Red Skelton Hour (1956); Wetbacks (1956); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1956); World Without End (1956); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955–1956); The Star and the Story (1955–1956); Adventures of the Falcon (1954–1956); The Bottom of the Bottle (1956); The Adventures of Ellery Queen (1952–1955); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); General Electric Theater (1954–1955); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); No Man's Woman (1955); Science Fiction Theatre (1955); Top of the World (1955); Treasury Men in Action (1955); The Whistler (1954–1955); Studio 57 (1954–1955); Soldiers of Fortune (1955); Stranger on Horseback (1955); The Man Behind the Badge (1955); TV Reader's Digest (1955); Masterson of Kansas (1954); Suddenly (1954); Your Play Time (1954); The Lone Wolf (1954); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1954); Hell's Half Acre (1954); Your Favorite Story (1954); Four Star Playhouse (1953); Torch Song (1953); Target Hong Kong (1953); The Member of the Wedding (1952); The Atomic City (1952); At Sword's Point (1952); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); Roll, Thunder, Roll! (1949); Check Your Guns (1948); Cheyenne Takes Over (1947); The Spanish Main (1945); Nevada (1944); The Master Race (1944); Bride by Mistake (1944); A Night of Adventure (1944); Family Feud (1943); Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943); This Land Is Mine (1943); The Great Gildersleeve (1942); The Magnificent Ambersons (1942); The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942).

Born on this day – Dolores Moran:

Dolores Moran

Actress

January 27, 1926 – February 5, 1982

Credits:

Silver Lode (1954); Mr. & Mrs. North (1953–1954); Count the Hours! (1953); My Hero (1952); Dangerous Assignment (1952); Johnny One-Eye (1950); Movietown USA (1950); Christmas Eve (1947); The Man I Love (1946); Without Reservations (1946); Mr. Noisy (1946); Too Young to Know (1945); The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945); Hollywood Canteen (1944); To Have and Have Not (1944); The Last Ride (1944); Old Acquaintance (1943); Three Cheers for the Girls (1943); The Hard Way (1943); Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942); Winning Your Wings (1942); The Ghost Breakers (1940).

Born on this day – Ingrid Thulin:

Ingrid Thulin

Actress

Director

Writer

January 27, 1926 – January 7, 2004

Credits:

The House of Smiles (1991); Cuore di mamma (1988); Orn (1987); Control (1987); Il Corsaro (1985); After the Rehearsal (1984); Brusten himmel (1982); It Rained All Night the Day I Left (1980); One and One (1978); The Cassandra Crossing (1976); L'Agnese va a morire (1976); Madam Kitty (1976); La cage (1975); Monismanien 1995 (1975); Moses the Lawgiver (1974); E cominciò il viaggio nella vertigine (1974); A Handful of Love (1974); Puccini (1973); La sainte famille (1973); Cries & Whispers (1972); Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971); N.P. (1971); The Damned (1969); The Rite (1969); Adelaide (1968); Badarna (1968); Un diablo bajo la almohada (1968); Hour of the Wolf (1968); O.K. Yevtushenko (1967); Domani non siamo più qui (1967); Night Games (1966); The War Is Over (1966); Hängivelse (1965); Return from the Ashes (1965); Games of Desire (1964); Sextet (1963); Espionage (1963); The Silence (1963); Ett drömspel (1963); Winter Light (1963); Agostino (1962); The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962); Theatre '62 (1961); Syskon (1961); Domaren (1960); Vår ofödde son (1959); Älska (1959); The Magician (1958); Brink of Life (1958); Wild Strawberries (1957); Det händer i natt (1957); Pettersson i Annorlunda (1956); Foreign Intrigue (1956); Hoppsan! (1955); Danssalongen (1955); Foreign Intrigue (1954–1955); Två sköna juveler (1954); I rök och dans (1954); Göingehövdingen (1953); En skärgårdsnatt (1953); Kalle Karlsson från Jularbo (1952); Möte med livet (1952); Leva på 'Hoppet' (1951); När kärleken kom till byn (1950); Hasse Ekman in Hjärter knekt (1950); Kärleken segrar (1949); Son of the Sea (1949); Känn dej som Hemma (1948); Jørund Smed (1948).

Born on this day – Patricia Neal:

Patricia Neal

Actress

January 20, 1926 – August 8, 2010

Credits:

Flying By (2009); For the Love of May (2001); Cookie's Fortune (1999); Heidi (1993); A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story (1992); Murder, She Wrote (1990); Caroline? (1990); An Unremarkable Life (1989); Shattered Vows (1984); Love Leads the Way: A True Story (1984); Glitter (1984); Ghost Story (1981); The Patricia Neal Story (1981); All Quiet on the Western Front (1979); The Passage (1979); The Bastard (1978); A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (1978); Nido de viudas (1977); Tail Gunner Joe (1977); The American Woman: Portraits of Courage (1976); Movin' On (1975); Little House on the Prairie (1975); Eric (1975); Hay que matar a B. (1974); Things in Their Season (1974); Kung Fu (1974); Happy Mother's Day, Love George (1973); Baxter! (1973); Circle of Fear (1972); The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971); The Night Digger (1971); The Subject Was Roses (1968); In Harm's Way (1965); Psyche 59 (1964); Espionage (1963); Hud (1963); Ben Casey (1963); Zero One (1962); Winter Journey (1962); Westinghouse Presents: That's Where the Town Is Going (1962); The Untouchables (1962); Checkmate (1962); Drama 61-67 (1962); Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961); Rendezvous (1961); Special for Women: Mother and Daughter (1961); Play of the Week (1960–1961); Strindberg on Love (1960); Clash by Night (1959); Pursuit (1958); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1958); Studio One (1954–1958); Playhouse 90 (1957–1958); Suspicion (1958); A Face in the Crowd (1957); Omnibus (1955); La tua donna (1954); The Venusian (1954); Goodyear Playhouse (1954); Something for the Birds (1952); Washington Story (1952); Diplomatic Courier (1952); Week-End with Father (1951); The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951); Raton Pass (1951); Operation Pacific (1951); The Breaking Point (1950); Three Secrets (1950); Bright Leaf (1950); Breakdowns of 1949 (1949); The Hasty Heart (1949); It's a Great Feeling (1949); The Fountainhead (1949); John Loves Mary (1949).

Born on this day – Fritz Weaver:

Fritz Weaver

Actor

January 19, 1926 − November 26, 2016

Born on this day – Michèle Philippe:

Michèle Philippe

Actress

January 17, 1926 – September 23, 1972

Credits:

Hot Hours (1959); Man and Child (1956); Paris, Palace Hotel (1956); The swords in the secret service (1956); French Cancan (1955); The Babes Make the Law (1955); The clandestine women (1954); Marriage Episodes (1954); His Father's Portrait (1953); The 400 club blows (1953); A Night in Megève (1953); Beautiful Mentality (1953); The Dream of Zorro (1952); Don Juan's Night of Love (1952) Each in turn (1951); The needle red (1951); Blonde Head (1950); The Naked Woman (1949); Wearing her heart on her sleeve (1948); The Firemen's Ball (1948); The Tragic Dolmen (1948); Crossroads of the crime (1948); The Thief Is Well (1948); Through the Window (1948); The great Maguet (1947); Thirty and Forty (1946); Hoboes in Paradise (1946) Julia (1945); The Black Rider (1945).

Born on this day – Frank Aletter:

Frank Aletter

Actor

January 14, 1926 – May 13, 2009

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1965–1966); 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2010); 1st & Ten (1988); A Tiger Walks (1964); ABC Weekend Specials (1981); Adam-12 (1974); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Alice (1983); All in the Family (1978); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1955–1962); Automan (1984); Banyon (1972); Ben Casey (1963–1966); Blansky's Beauties (1977); Bringing Up Buddy (1960–1961); Cannon (1971–1976); Capitol (1982–1987); CHiPs (1982); Columbo (1978); Dallas (1986); Danger Island (1968–1969); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); David Cassidy - Man Undercover (1978); Detective in the House (1985); Dr. Kildare (1963); Emergency! (1972–1978); Falcon Crest (1986); Fantasy Island (1978–1979); Farewell to the Planet of the Apes (1980); Funny Face (1971); General Electric Theater (1961); General Hospital (1991); Grindl (1964); Hawkins Falls: A Television Novel (1950–1955); Hazel (1963); He Said, She Said (1970); Hello, Larry (1979); Holmes and Yoyo (1976); Hotel (1985); Hunter (1976); Insight (1971–1975); Ironside (1969–1973); It's About Time (1966–1967); Jigsaw (1973); Justice (1955); Karen (1975); Kojak (1975); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1975); Kraft Theatre (1956); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1959); Lassie (1972); Lassie: Peace is Our Profession (2006); Lou Grant (1981); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Naked Stranger (1971); Love, Sidney (1983); M*A*S*H (1973); Mannix (1967–1975); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1973–1975); Matlock (1987); Maude (1972); Medical Center (1971); Mister Roberts (1955); Mod Squad (1970); Murder, She Wrote (1985); My Favorite Martian (1963); My World and Welcome to It (1970); Nancy (1970); Nanny and the Professor (1971); Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972); Omnibus (1958); Operation Petticoat (1978); Perry Mason (1963–1964); Petrocelli (1976); Petticoat Junction (1966–1969); Planet of the Apes (1974); Police Woman (1975–1978); Private School (1983); Project U.F.O. (1978); Quincy, M.E. (1978–1982); Rich Man, Poor Man (1976); Run, Cougar, Run (1972); S.W.A.T. (1975); Sierra (1974); Simon & Simon (1984); Studio One (1955); Switch (1976–1977); T.J. Hooker (1986); Target: The Corruptors (1962); The Alcoa Hour (1956); The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (1968–1970); The Best of Hollywood (1999–2018); The Big Brain (1963); The Bionic Woman (1978); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1972); The Cara Williams Show (1964–1965); The Don Rickles Show (1972); The Doris Day Show (1969); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The F.B.I. (1968–1972); The Facts of Life (1983); The Fall Guy (1982–1985); The Fugitive (1965); The Gertrude Berg Show (1962); The Golden Girls (1985); The Great Adventure (1964); The Invisible Man (1975); The Law and Harry McGraw (1987); The Lazarus Man (1996); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962); The Love Boat (1979); The Lucy Show (1962); The Magical World of Disney (1966–1975); The Name of the Game (1970); The New Adam-12 (1991); The New Temperatures Rising Show (1972); The Quest (1976); The Six Million Dollar Man (1975); The Star Maker (1981); The Twilight Zone (1963); This Is the Life (1978); Three's a Crowd (1985); Three's Company (1981 / 1982); Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970); Vacation Playhouse (1963–1967); Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter (1986); What's Happening!! (1977); Wide Country (1963); You Again? (1987); You Are There (1953–1955).

Born on this day – Michael Bond:

Michael Bond

Writer

January 13, 1926 – June 27, 2017

Credits:

Books:

A Bear Called Paddington (1958); A Bear Called Paddington and & Stories (2014); A Bear Called Paddington And Other Stories (2024); A Bear in Hot Water (1995); A Day by the Sea (1992); A Jar of Jokes (1992); A Picnic On the River (1980); A Spot of Decorating (1995); Adventures of a Bear Called Paddington (1976); Bears and Forebears (1996); Best of Paddington Bear (1970); Best-loved Paddington Stories (2017); Favourite Paddington Stories (2014); Fun and Games with Paddington (1977); Here Comes Thursday (1966); It Wasn't Me! (2016); J. D. Polson and the Dillogate Affair (1981); J. D. Polson and the Liberty Head Dime (1980); Learn with Paddington (1999); Love from Paddington (2014); Malice Domestic 7 (1998); Michael Bond's Book of Bears (1992); Monsieur Pamplemousse (1983); Monsieur Pamplemousse Afloat (2000); Monsieur Pamplemousse Aloft (1989); Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Carbon Footprint (2010); Monsieur Pamplemousse and the French Solution (2007); Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Militant Midwives (2006); Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Secret Mission (1985); Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Tangled Web (2014); Monsieur Pamplemousse Hits the Headlines (2003); Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates (1990); Monsieur Pamplemousse on Location (1992); Monsieur Pamplemousse on Probation (2000); Monsieur Pamplemousse on the Spot (1986); Monsieur Pamplemousse on Vacation (2002); Monsieur Pamplemousse Rests His Case (1991); Monsieur Pamplemousse Stands Firm (1992); Monsieur Pamplemousse Takes the Cure (1987); Monsieur Pamplemousse Takes the Train (1993); More About Paddington (1959); More Hilarious Adventures of Paddington (1978); Mouse Called ThursdayMr. Cram's Magic Bubbles (1975); My Book of Marmalade (2008); My Secret Suitcase (2010); Olga Carries On (1976); Olga Counts Her Blessings (1975); Olga da Polga (2015); Olga Follows Her Nose (2002); Olga Makes a Friend (1975); Olga Makes a Wish (1975); Olga Makes Her Mark (1975); Olga Meets Her Match (1973); Olga Moves House (2001); Olga Takes a Bite (1975); Olga Takes Charge (1982); Olga's New Home (1975); Olga's Second House (1975); Olga's Special Day (1975); Oliver the Greedy Elephant (1985); Paddington - King of the Castle (2009); Paddington (2011); Paddington Abroad (1961); Paddington and Aunt Lucy (1980); Paddington and the Christmas Shopping (1986); Paddington and the Disappearing Sandwich (2009); Paddington and the Grand Tour (2003); Paddington and the Magic Trick (2016); Paddington and the Marmalade Maze (1987); Paddington and the Snowbear (1981); Paddington and the Stately Home (1999); Paddington and the Tutti Frutti Rainbow (1998); Paddington at Home (1980); Paddington at Large (1962); Paddington at St Paul's (2018); Paddington At the Airport (1986); Paddington at the Barber Shop (2017); Paddington at the Beach (2009); Paddington at the Carnival (1998); Paddington At the Circus (1973); Paddington at the Fair (1985); Paddington at the Launderette (1981); Paddington At the Palace (1986); Paddington at the Rainbow's End (2009); Paddington at the Seashore (1992); Paddington at the Seaside (1975); Paddington at the Station (1976); Paddington at the Tower (1975); Paddington at the Zoo (1984); Paddington at Work (1966); Paddington Bear (1965); Paddington Bear All Day (1998); Paddington Bear and the Busy Bee Carnival (1998); Paddington Bear and the Christmas Surprise (1997); Paddington Bear at the Circus (2000); Paddington Bear Goes to Market (1998); Paddington Bear Goes to the Hospital (2001); Paddington Bear in the Garden (2002); Paddington Bear Up and About (1999); Paddington Breaks the Peace (1992); Paddington Buggy Book (2011); Paddington Cleans Up (1986); Paddington Collector's Quintet (2018); Paddington Does It Himself (1977); Paddington Does the Decorating (1993); Paddington Dressing Up (1999); Paddington Goes for Gold (2012); Paddington Goes On a Picnic (1994); Paddington Goes Out (1980); Paddington Goes Shopping (1973); Paddington Goes to Hospital (2001); Paddington Goes to Market (1999); Paddington Goes To The Sales (1976); Paddington Goes to Town (1968); Paddington Has a Bath (1992); Paddington Has Fun (1982); Paddington Helps Out (1960); Paddington Here and Now (2008); Paddington Hits Out (1977); Paddington in Hot Water (2000); Paddington in the Garden (2002); Paddington in the Kitchen (1977); Paddington in Touch (1980); Paddington Learns a Lesson (1981); Paddington Lockable Diary (2008); Paddington Mails a Letter (1986); Paddington Makes a Mess (1994); Paddington Marches On (1964); Paddington Meets the Queen (1991); Paddington Minds the House (1986); Paddington on Holiday (1991); Paddington On Screen (1981); Paddington On Stage (1974); Paddington on the River (1989); Paddington on Top (1974); Paddington Plays On (2016); Paddington Pocket Library (2008); Paddington Posts a Letter (1976); Paddington Races Ahead (2012); Paddington Rides On! (1991); Paddington Rules the Waves (2008); Paddington Sets Sail (2016); Paddington Takes a Bath (1976); Paddington Takes the Air (1970); Paddington Takes the Test (1979); Paddington Takes to TV (1971); Paddington the Artist (1998); Paddington Treasury (1989); Paddington Turns Detective and Other Funny Stories (2018); Paddington Weighs in (1980); Paddington Works Hard (1982); Paddington's 123 (1990); Paddington's ABC (1990); Paddington's Art Exhibition (1986); Paddington's Birthday Book (1996); Paddington's Birthday Party (1977); Paddington's Birthday Treat (1981); Paddington's Blue Peter Story Book (1973); Paddington's Bus Ride (1986); Paddington's Busy Day (1987); Paddington's Busy Week (1991); Paddington's Cartoon Book (1979); Paddington's Clock Book (1986); Paddington's Colours (1987); Paddington's Cookery Book (2011); Paddington's Counting Book (1977); Paddingtons Day of Action (1983); Paddington's Day Off (2017); Paddington's Disappearing Trick (1992); Paddington's Favourite Stories (1992); Paddington's Finest Hour (2017); Paddington's First Bath (1994); Paddington's First Book (1977); Paddington's First Word Book (1993); Paddington's Garden (1972); Paddington's Guide to London (2011); Paddington's London Treasury (2011); Paddington's Loose End Book (1976); Paddington's Lucky Day (1974); Paddington's Magical Christmas (1988); Paddington's New Room (1976); Paddington's Numbers (1987); Paddington's Opposites (1990); Paddington's Painting Exhibition (1985); Paddington's Party Book (1976); Paddington's Party Tricks (2000); Paddington's Picture Book (1978); Paddington's Play Book (1977); Paddington's Pop Up (1977); Paddington's Prize Picture (2017); Paddington's Puzzle Book (1987); Paddington's Shopping Adventure (1981); Paddington's Story Book (1983); Paddington's Things I Do (1994); Paddington's Things I Feel (1994); Paddington's Wheel Book (1986); Paddington's Word Book (1977); Parsley and the Herbs (1971); Parsley Parade (1972); Parsley the Lion (1972); Parsley's Good Deed (1969); Parsley's Last Stand (1970); Parsley's Problem Present (1970); Parsley's Tail (1969); Please Look After This Bear (1986); Something Nasty in the Kitchen (1992); The Adventures of Olga Da Polga (1993); The Adventures of Paddington (1965); The Arrival (2009); The Best of Olga Da Polga (2002); The Caravan Puppets (1983); The Complete Adventures of Olga Da Polga (1987); The Day the Animals Went on Strike (1972); The First Big Olga Da Polga Book (1983); The Giant Paddington Story Book (1989); The Great Big Paddington Bear Picture Book (1984); The Great Big Paddington Book (1976); The Hilarious Adventures of Paddington (1972); The Life and Times of Paddington Bear (1988); The Paddington Treasury for the Very Young (2014); The Pleasures of Paris (1987); The Second Big Olga Da Polga Book (1983); The Tale of the Castle Mice (2016); The Tales of Olga Da Polga (1972); The Ups and Downs of the Castle Mice (2019); Thursday Ahoy! (1969); Thursday in Paris (1971); Thursday Rides Again (1968); Too Much Off the Top (1999); Trouble At the Laundrette (2000); Windmill (1975).

Movies and television:

Ask Aspel (1973); Breakfast (2008); CBeebies Bedtime Story (2022); Collector's Lot (2000); Desert Island Discs: Archive 1976-1980 (1976); Extinction (2018); Jackanory (1966–1970); Last Sunset (2012); Monitor (1961); Multi-Coloured Swap Shop (1977); Napoleon's Day Out (1957); Out of the Shadows (2004); Paddington (2014); Paddington 2 (2017); Paddington Bear (1976–1987 / 1989–1990); Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies (1980); Paddington Goes to School (1986); Paddington in Peru (2024); Paddington: The Man Behind the Bear (2019); Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley (2009); Queen Elizabeth and Paddington Bear Film (2022); Simon's Good Deed (1955); Songs of Praise (2018); The Adventures of Paddington (2019–2020); The Adventures of Paddington Bear (1997–2000); The Adventures of Parsley (1970–1971); The Herbs (1968); The World Our Stage (1958); This Is Your Life (1961); Top 50 Greatest Celebrity Animals (2005.

Born on this day – Renée Michaelis:

Renée Michaelis

Actress

December 24, 1926 – April 7, 2022

Credits:

Asphalt (1951); Das Ei (1959); Der Untermieter (1964–1967); Donaug'schichten (1966); Familie Leitner (1960–1965); Gehört sich das? (1960); Herzliches Beileid (1970); Schäm' dich, Brigitte! (1952).

Born on this day – Thelma Pelish:

Thelma Pelish

Actress

December 24, 1926 – March 6, 1983

Credits:

Alias Big Cherry (1975); Arnie (1971); Call Her Mom (1972); Can I Do It 'Till I Need Glasses? (1977); Candid Camera (1961); Car 54, Where Are You? (1962); Dirty Sally (1974); Every Which Way But Loose (1978); Flicks / Segment: Philip Alien (1983); Flush (1982); Gleason: He's the Greatest (1988); Herowork (1977); If You Don't Stop It... You'll Go Blind!!! (1975); Jigsaw John (1976); Legends (2007); Love, American Style / Segments Love and the Awkward Age; Love and the First Kiss (1972–1973); Man Against Crime (1954); Naked City (1959); Quincy, M.E. (1981); Racquet (1979); Robert Montgomery Presents (1953); Search (1972); Shaft (1974); Skateboard (1978); The Incredible Hulk (1981); The Jackie Gleason Show (1953); The Odd Couple (1971); The Pajama Game (1957); The Robert Q. Lewis Show (1954); The Silent Scream (1979); True Story (1960); Valley of the Dolls (1967); White House Madness (1975); You Light Up My Life (1977).

Born on this day – Patrice Wymore:

Patrice Wymore

Actress

December 17, 1926 – March 22, 2014

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1961); About Faces (1961); Chamber of Horrors (1966); Cheyenne (1961); Death Valley Days (1959); Die VII. Internationalen Filmfestspiele (1957); Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler (1983); F Troop (1965–1967); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Christmas Lane Parade of the Stars (1960); I'll See You in My Dreams (1951); In the Wake of the Zaca (2005); Jefferson Drum (1958); Juke Box Jury (1965); King's Rhapsody (1955); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Mister Roberts (1966); Never Too Young (1965–1966); Ocean's Eleven (1960); Perry Mason (1963–1965); Rocky Mountain (1950); She's Back on Broadway (1953); She's Working Her Way Through College (1952); Starlift (1951); Stump the Stars (1959–1964); Tales of Wells Fargo (191); Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn (2007); Tea for Two (1950); That Regis Philbin Show (1964); The 18th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1961); The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005); The Big Trees (1952); The Deputy (1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1949–1952); The Errol Flynn Theatre (1956–1957); The Lamb's Gambol (1949); The Littlest Hobo (1964); The Man Behind the Gun (1953); The Mike Douglas Show (1964); The Monkees (1967); The Roaring 20's (1960); The Sad Horse (1959); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963).