Showing posts with label 1927. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1927. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Saturday, October 18, 2025

Monday, September 29, 2025

Born on this day – Barbara Mertz:


Barbara Mertz


Writer

September 29, 1927 – August 8, 2013

Credits:

Books:

A Gothic Treasure Trove (1987); A River in the Sky (2010); Amelia Peabody Omnibus (2012); Amelia Peabody's Egypt (2003); Ammie, Come Home (1968); AZ Murder Goes... Artful (1997); Be Buried in the Rain (1985); Black Rainbow (1982); Borrower of the Night (1973); Children of the Storm (2003); Crocodile on the Sandbank (1975); Devil May Care (1977); Die for Love (1984); Greygallows (1972); Guardian of the Horizon (2004); He Shall Thunder in the Sky (2000); Here I Stay (1983); Historical Whodunits (1993); House of Many Shadows (1974); Houses of Stone (1993); Into the Darkness (1990); Legend in Green Velvet (1976); Lion in the Valley (1986); Lord of the Silent (2001); Malice Domestic 1 (1992); Malice Domestic 14 (2019); Malice Domestic 2 (1993); More Malice Domestic (1997); Naked Once More (1989); Night Train to Memphis (1994); Other Worlds (1999); Patriot's Dream (1976); Prince of Darkness (1969); Red Land, Black Land (1967); Search the Shadows (1987); Seeing a Large Cat (1997); Shattered Silk (1986); Silhouette in Scarlet (1983); Smoke and Mirrors (1989); Someone in the House (1981); Sons of the Wolf (1967); Stitches in Time (1995); Street of the Five Moons (1978); Summer of the Dragon (1979); Tales of the Uncanny (1983); Temples, Tombs & Hieroglyphs (1964); The Ape Who Guards the Balance (1998); The Camelot Caper (1969); The Copenhagen Connection (1982); The Crying Child (1971); The Curse of the Pharaohs (1981); The Dancing Floor (1997); The Dark on the Other Side (1970); The Dead Sea Cipher (1970); The Deeds of the Disturber (1988); The Falcon at the Portal (1999); The Golden One (2002); The Grey Beginning (1984); The Hippopotamus Pool (1996); The Jackal's Head (1968); The Last Camel Died at Noon (1991); The Laughter of Dead Kings (2008); The Locked Tomb Mystery: And Other Stories (2018); The Love Talker (1980); The Master of Blacktower (1966); The Mummy Case (1985); The Murders of Richard III (1974); The Night of Four Hundred Rabbits (1971); The Painted Queen (2014); The Sea King's Daughter (1975); The Serpent on the Crown (2005); The Seventh Sinner (1972); The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog (1992); The Walker in Shadows (1979); The Wizard's Daughter (1980); Tomb of the Golden Bird (2006); Trojan Gold (1987); Vanish with the Rose (1992); Wait for What Will Come (1978); Wings of the Falcon (1977); Witch (1973).

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Sunday, September 7, 2025

Born on this day – Rossana Rory:


Rossana Rory


Actress

September 7, 1927 – April 1, 2020

Credits:

Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958); Captain Falcon (1958); Casablanca (1956); Come September (1961); El Alamein (1957); Europe '51 (1952); Hell Canyon Outlaws (1957); I cavalieri dell'illusione (1954); In amore si pecca in due (1954); Jessica (1962); La spada e la croce (1958); L'Eclisse (1962); L'eterna femmina (1954); Licenza premio (1951); Padri e figli (1958–1959); Perdonami! (1953); Piccola santa (1954); Robin Hood and the Pirates (1960); The Angel Wore Red (1960); The Big Boodle (1957); The Errol Flynn Theatre (1957); The Naked and the Wicked (1951); The River Changes (1956).

Saturday, August 16, 2025

Born on this day – Lois Nettleton:


Lois Nettleton


Actress

August 16, 1927 – January 18, 2008

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1965); 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2008); 39th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1982); A Face in the Crowd (1957); Accidental Family (1967–1968); All That Glitters (1977); Any Second Now (1969); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1958); Babylon 5 (1994); Barnaby Jones (1974); Baywatch Nights (1995); Bonanza (1966); Bracken's World (1970); Brass (1985); Brenner (1959); Butterfly (1981); Cagney & Lacey (1987); Camera Three (1955–1958); Cannon (1972); Captain David Grief (1959); Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1954); CBS Repertoire Workshop (1960); Celebrity Bowling (1975–1976); Celebrity Revue (1976); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1974); Centennial (1978–1979); Chain Reaction (1980); Charlie Grace (1996); Coach (1995); Come Fly with Me (1963); Cop Out! (1972); Crossing Jordan (2001); Daniel Boone (1968); Dark of Night (1953); Deadline (1959); Deadly Blessing (1981); Decoy (1957–1958); Dirty Dingus Magee (1970); Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (1960); Dr. Kildare (1964–1965); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); East Side/West Side (1963); Echoes of a Summer (1976); Encounter (1961); Fear on Trial (1975); Finder of Lost Loves (1985); Flash III: Deadly Nightshade (1992); Full House (1991); General Hospital (1996–1998); Glitter (1984); Great Ghost Tales (1961); Gunsmoke (1961–1967); Hawaii Five-O (1975); Herc's Adventures (1997); Hotel (1985); House of Mouse (2003); In the Heat of the Night (1988–1989); Insight (1982); It's Your Bet (1971); Kraft Theatre (1956–1958); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1958–1959); Kung Fu (1975); Look Up and Live (1956); Macbeth (1968); Mail Order Bride (1964); Man Against Crime (1953); Manhunt for Claude Dallas (1986); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1974); Medical Center (1970–1976); Meet Me in St. Louis (1959); Mickey's House of Villains (2002); Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance (1994); Movin' On (1974); Mr. Belvedere (1988); Mr. Novak (1965); Murder, She Wrote (1984–1991); Naked City (1960–1962); NET Playhouse (1969); Night Gallery / Segment: I'll Never Leave You – Ever (1972); Password (1972–1973); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); Period of Adjustment (1962); Petrocelli (1975); Play of the Week (1960); Rhyme and Reason (1975); Route 66 (1961–1963); Seinfeld (1994); Shoot for the Stars (1977); Sinatra: Dark Star (2005); Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. (1981); Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1997); Star's Table (1986); Startime (1959); Studio One (1949–1956); Stumpers! (1976); Summer of Decision (1959); Terror in the Sky (1971); The $10,000 Pyramid (1977–1991); The $100,000 Pyramid (1987–1991); The $25,000 Pyramid (1977–1988); The $50,000 Pyramid (1981); The 30th Annual Tony Awards (1976); The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1989); The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards (2008); The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1974); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The American Woman: Portraits of Courage (1976); The Bamboo Saucer (1968); The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982); The Big Story (1956); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969); The Brighter Day (1954); The Bull of the West (1972); The Christmas Card (2006); The Cross-Wits (1976); The Dating Game (1971); The Doctors and the Nurses (1963–1964); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The F.B.I. (1966–1970); The Facts of Life (1986–1987); The Feminine Touch (1995); The Flash (1990); The Forgotten Man (1971); The Fugitive (1964–1966); The Golden Girls (1986); The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969); The Honkers (1972); The Interns (1971); The Lee Phillip Show (1972); The Love Boat (1980); The Making of a Hollywood Madam (1996); The Man and the City (1971); The Man in the Glass Booth (1975); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1973); The Merv Griffin Show (1973); The Munsters Today (1989); The Name of the Game (1968–1970); The Outsider (1969); The Pat Boone Show (1966); The Pretender (1999); The Real Tom Kennedy Show (1970); The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker (1970); The Stranger (1954); The Streets of San Francisco (1977); The Twilight Zone (1961); The Virginian (1965–1968); The Woody Woodbury Show (1968); Then Came Bronson (1969); Today (1967); Tourist (1980); Trapper John, M.D. (1982); Traveler's Rest (1993); True Story (1959); University Hospital (1995); Valley of Mystery (1967); Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977); Weekend of Terror (1970); What's My Line? (1973); Women in Chains (1972); You Can't Take It with You (1987–1988).

Sunday, August 3, 2025

Born on this day – Elliot Silverstein:


Elliot Silverstein


Director

Writer

Producer

Actor

August 3, 1927 – November 24, 2023

Credits:

50 Years of Action! (1986); A Man Called Horse (1970); Alcoa Theatre (1959–1960); Arrest and Trial (1964); Assignment: Underwater (1960); Belle Sommers (1962); Betrayed by Innocence (1986); Biography (1996–2004); Black Saddle (1960); Breaking Point (1963–1964); Cain's Hundred (1962); Cat Ballou (1965); Channing (1963–1964); Checkmate (1961); Dr. Kildare (1961–1963); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); Fight for Life (1987); Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005); Flashfire (1994); Goodyear Theatre (1959); Have Gun - Will Travel (1961); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963–1964); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1956–1957); L'ouest, le vrai (2019); Naked City (1961–1962); Night of Courage (1987); Nightmare Honeymoon (1974); Omnibus (1955–1956); Picket Fences (1993); Rich Men, Single Women (1990); Route 66 (1960–1961); Suspicion (1958); Tales from the Crypt (1991–1994); Talk to Taka (2000); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); The Car (1977); The Defenders (1962–1964); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The Doctors and the Nurses (1962–1964); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Firm (1983); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1959); The Happening (1967); The Legend of 'Cat Ballou' (2000); The Twilight Zone (1961–1964); The Westerner (1960).

Monday, July 21, 2025

Born on this day – Joan Benedict Steiger:


Joan Benedict Steiger


Actress

July 21, 1927 – June 24, 2024

Credits:

A Month of Sundays (2001); Actors Entertainment (2010); Apple's Way (1974); Berrenger's (1985); Bravo Profiles (2001); Crazy Like a Fox (1985); Days of Our Lives (1986); Dead Border (2013); Dollhouse (2009); Fantasy Island (1981–1982); Hotel (1986); Hunter (1985); Let's Call It Quits (1974); Opus of an Angel (2017); Perfect Victims (1988); Saturday Night in Apple Valley (1965); Sweet Underground (2004); T.J. Hooker (1984); The Flying Dutchman (2001); The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington (1977); The Incredible Hulk (1980); The New Gidget (1986); The Prize Fighter (1979); The Smith Family (1971); The Theory of Everything (2006); The Trials of Rosie O'Neill (1992).