Born on this day – Sidney Poitier:

Sidney Poitier

Actor

Director

Diplomat

February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022

Credits:

The Last Brickmaker in America (2001); The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (1999); David and Lisa (1998); Free of Eden (1998); The Jackal: Alternate Ending (1998); The Jackal (1997); Mandela and de Klerk (1997); To Sir, with Love II (1996); Children of the Dust (1995); Sneakers (1992); Separate But Equal (1991); Little Nikita (1988); Shoot to Kill (1988); A Piece of the Action (1977); Let's Do It Again (1975); The Wilby Conspiracy (1975); Uptown Saturday Night (1974); A Warm December (1973); Buck and the Preacher (1972); The Organization (1971); Brother John (1971); They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970); The Lost Man (1969); For Love of Ivy (1968); Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967); In the Heat of the Night (1967); To Sir, with Love (1967); Duel at Diablo (1966); A Patch of Blue (1965); The Slender Thread (1965); The Bedford Incident (1965); The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965); The Long Ships (1964); Lilies of the Field (1963); Pressure Point (1962); Paris Blues (1961); A Raisin in the Sun (1961); All the Young Men (1960); Porgy and Bess (1959); Our Virgin Island (1958); The Defiant Ones (1958); The Mark of the Hawk (1957); Band of Angels (1957); Something of Value (1957); Edge of the City (1957); Good-bye, My Lady (1956); Kraft Theatre (1952–1955); Ponds Theater (1955); Blackboard Jungle (1955); Go Man Go (1954); Omnibus (segment entitled The Bad Men) (1952); Red Ball Express (1952); CBS Television Workshop (1952); Cry, the Beloved Country (1951); No Way Out (1950); Sepia Cinderella (1947).

Recommended reading - The Canary Murder Case, by S.S. Van Dine (1927):

The Canary Murder Case

By S.S. Van Dine.

First published 1927.

Library of Congress Crime Classics.

Paperback.

Edited by Leslie S. Klinger.

Description:

Philo Vance #2.

At the height if his popularity, S.S. Vane Dine pens a locked-room mystery with a lethal dose of sex and sin where infamous actress, "The Canary," is murdered in her cage after a passionate night with her lover.

Margaret Odell, the famous Broadway beauty and ex-Follies girl known as "The Canary", is found murdered in her ransacked apartment, her jewelry stolen. It appears to be a robbery gone wrong, but the police can find no physical evidence to pinpoint a culprit. No one witnessed anyone entering or leaving, and the only unwatched entrance to the apartment building was bolted from the inside.

Who could have killed the Canary in her locked cage? Margaret was seeing a number of men, ranging from high society gentleman to ruthless gangsters, and more than one man visited her apartment on the night she died.

Born on this day – Lois Maxwell:

Lois Maxwell

Actress

February 14, 1927 – September 29, 2007

Credits:

The Suite Life of Hudson & James (2002); The Fourth Angel (2001); Hard to Forget (1998); Lady in the Corner (1989); Rescue Me (1988); Martha, Ruth & Edie (1988); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1987); Eternal Evil (1985); A View to a Kill (1985); The Edison Twins (1985); Peep (1984); Octopussy (1983); For Your Eyes Only (1981); Mr. Patman (1980); Lost and Found (1979); Moonraker (1979); Witch of Westminster Crossing (1978); The Spy Who Loved Me (1977); Age of Innocence (1977); Bons baisers de Hong-Kong (1975); The Man with the Golden Gun (1974); Live and Let Die (1973); Endless Night (1972); The Persuaders! (1971); Diamonds Are Forever (1971); UFO (1970–1971); Adventures in Rainbow Country (1969–1970); The Adventurers (1970); On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969); My Partner the Ghost (1969); Department S (1969); You Only Live Twice (1967); Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond (1967); Operation Kid Brother (1967); The Saint (1966–1967); Rome, Sweet Home (1966); Gideon C.I.D. (1966); The Baron (1966); Thunderball (1965); Stingray (1964–1965); The Ambassadors (1965); Goldfinger (1964); Ghost Squad (1964); The Avengers (1964); From Russia with Love (1963); The Haunting (1963); ITV Play of the Week (1957–1963); Come Fly with Me (1963); Zero One (1962); Dr. No (1962); Lolita (1962); The Unstoppable Man (1961); No Hiding Place (1961); One Step Beyond (1961); Danger Man (1960); Rendezvous (1960); Face of Fire (1959); Television Playwright (1958); O.S.S. (1957); Kill Me Tomorrow (1957); Time Without Pity (1957); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1956); Rheingold Theatre (1956); High Terrace (1956); Aggie (1956); Satellite in the Sky (1956); The Petrified Forest (1956); Passport to Treason (1956); Torpedo Zone (1954); Aida (1953); Man in Hiding (1953); Orient Express (1952); Twilight Women (1952); Scotland Yard Inspector (1952); Ha da venì... don Calogero (1952); The Woman's Angle (1952); Viva il cinema! (1952); Lebbra bianca (1951); Tomorrow Is Too Late (1950); Love and Poison (1950); Kazan (1949); The Crime Doctor's Diary (1949); The Decision of Christopher Blake (1948); The Dark Past (1948); The Big Punch (1948); Corridor of Mirrors (1948); That Hagen Girl (1947); Springtime (1946); A Matter of Life and Death (1946).

Born on this day – Ann Gillis:

Ann Gillis

Actress

February 12, 1927 – January 31, 2018

Credits:

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968); The Saint (1963–1965); Espionage (1964); Man of the World (1963); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963); Studio One (1951); Out There (1951); Big Town After Dark (1947); Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (1946); The Time of Their Lives (1946); Janie Gets Married (1946); Gay Blades (1946); The Cheaters (1945); A Wave, a WAC and a Marine (1944); In Society (1944); Janie (1944); Since You Went Away (1944); Man from Music Mountain (1943); Stage Door Canteen (1943); Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 6 (1942); 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge (1942); Bambi (1942); Tough As They Come (1942); Meet the Stewarts (1942); Glamour Boy (1941); Mr. Dynamite (1941); Nice Girl? (1941); Little Men (1940); My Love Came Back (1940); All This, and Heaven Too (1940); Edison, the Man (1940); The Under-Pup (1939); Beau Geste (1939); Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus (1938); Little Orphan Annie (1938); The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938); The Californian (1937); You Can't Buy Luck (1937); Off to the Races (1937); King of Hockey (1936); Under Your Spell (1936); The Man I Marry (1936); Postal Inspector (1936); The Singing Cowboy (1936); The Great Ziegfeld (1936); Men in White (1934).

Born on this day – Alvin Rakoff:

Alvin Rakoff

Director

Producer

Writer

February 6, 1927 – October 12, 2024

Credits:

Books:

Baldwin Street: A novel (2007); Baldwin Street: Roman (2002); I'm Just The Guy Who Says Action: BY THE DIRECTOR WHO GAVE SEAN CONNERY & OTHERS THAT FIRST BIG BREAK (2021); The Seven Einsteins (2013).

Movies and television:

A Dance to the Music of Time (1997); A Flight of Fancy (1952); A Haunting Harmony (1993); A Kiss Is Just a Kiss (1971); A Place of Execution (1953); A Quiet Game of Cards (1962); A Talent for Murder (1984); A Voyage Round My Father (1982); All for Love (1983); Armchair Theatre (1958–1967); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2023); BBC Play of the Month (1972–1973); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1957–1959); BBC2 Play of the Week (1977); Blood Money (1957); Brits Go to Hollywood (2003); Call Me Daddy (1967); Canada Day (1955); Churchill's People (1975); City on Fire (1979); Court Martial (1965–1966); Crossplot (1969); Death Ship (1980); Dial 999 (1958–1959); Dirty Tricks (1980); For the Defence (1956); Hoffman (1970); Hot Money Girl (1959); Hudson's Bay (1959); In Praise of Love (1976); ITV Play of the Week (1961–1967); ITV Playhouse (1968–1982); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1972–1973); ITV Sunday Night Drama (1976); ITV Television Playhouse (1957–1961); Jacqueline Hill: A Life in Pictures (2011); Killers (1976); King Solomon's Treasure (1979); Late Night Drama (1974); Meet Me on the Southbank (2013); Molly (1993); Money-Go-Round (1967); Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson (1983); Mrs. Amworth (1978); No Man's Land (1956); Number 10 (1983); Panorama (1974); Paradise Postponed (1986); Performance (1975); Private Affairs (1975); Room 43 (1958); Rooms (1974); Sam Saturday (1992); Say Hello to Yesterday (1971); Sean Connery: An Intimate Portrait (1997); Shades of Greene (1975); She Stoops to Conquer (1973); Stormy Seas: The Voyage from Bloodstar to Death Ship (2007); Strange Relationship: Alvin Rackoff on Hoffman (2022); Strictly Personal (1953); Studio 4 (1962); Summer Playhouse (1967); Television Playwright (1959); The Anniversary (1968); The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978); The Best of Friends (1991); The Comedy Man (1964); The Condemned (1956); The Dame of Sark (1976); The Emperor Jones (1953); The Face of Love (1954); The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984); The Hole in the Wall (1955); The Largest Theatre in the World: Heart to Heart (1962); The Lover (1954); The Madhouse on Castle Street / BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960–1963); The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1957); The Play on One (1991); The Promise (1977); The Ransom of Red Chief (1959); The Saint (1969); The Saint Steps in... To Colour (2006); The Saint Steps in... to Television (2006); The Sextet (1972); The Teckman Biography (1953–1954); The World in My Pocket (1961); Theatre 625 (1964); Three Dangerous Ladies (1977); Three Empty Rooms (1955); Tyrant's Tower (1954); Willie the Squouse (1954); Z Cars (1962).

Born on this day – William Redfield:

William Redfield

Actor

Writer

January 26, 1927 – August 17, 1976

Credits:

Mr. Billion (1977); Spencer's Pilots (1976); Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (1976); Medical Center (1976); The Bob Newhart Show (1972–1976); One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975); Maude (1972–1975); Fear on Trial (1975); Death Wish (1974); For Pete's Sake (1974); The Odd Couple (1974); The Hot Rock (1972); Such Good Friends (1971); A New Leaf (1971); Dragon Country (1970); NET Playhouse (1970); The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker (1970); Companions in Nightmare (1968); Androcles and the Lion (1967); All Woman (1967); Fantastic Voyage (1966); Duel at Diablo (1966); Bewitched (1965); Morituri (1965); Instant Love (1964); The Defenders (1963–1964); Mr. Broadway (1964); Hamlet (1964); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1952–1963); Naked City (1961); Great Ghost Tales (1961); The Connection (1961); The Million Dollar Incident (1961); Frontiers of Faith (1961); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957–1961); Gunsmoke (1961); Encounter (1960); The Comedy Spot (1960); Wrangler (1960); Deadline (1960); General Electric Theater (1959); Startime (1959); Kitty Foyle (1958); Colgate Theatre (1958); Kraft Theatre (1952–1958); I Married a Woman (1958); True Story (1957); Modern Romances (1957); Goodyear Playhouse (1954–1957); Studio One (1956–1957); The Big Story (1951–1957); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1957); Omnibus (1957); The Proud and Profane (1956); As the World Turns (1956); Kraft Theatre (1954–1956); Robert Montgomery Presents (1956); The Alcoa Hour (1955); Mr. Citizen (1955); Conquest of Space (1955); Justice (1954–1955); The Elgin Hour (1954–1955); Producers' Showcase (1955); The Marriage (1954); Jimmy Hughes, Rookie Cop (1953); Family Affair (1952); Lux Video Theatre (1952); Lights Out (1952); Tales of Tomorrow (1952); Suspense (1950–1952); Mr. District Attorney (1952); The Web (1951–1952); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (1951); Hands of Mystery (1951); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1951); Treasury Men in Action (1950); The Ford Theatre Hour (1950); Kraft Theatre (1949); Actor's Studio (1948–1949); Back Door to Heaven (1939).

On this day in movie history - The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927):

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

directed by Alfred Hitchcock,

written by Eliot Stannard, Alfred Hitchcock and Marie Belloc Lowndes,

based on the novel The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes,

was released in the United Kingdom on January 17, 1927.
Music by Ashley Irwin (for the 1999 release).

Cast:

Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, June Tripp, Malcolm Keen, Ivor Novello, Wallace Bosco, Daisy Campbell, Maudie Dunham, Reginald Gardiner, Eve Gray, Alfred Hitchcock, Alma Reville.

On this day in movie history - Metropolis (1927):

Metropolis

directed by Fritz Lang,

written by Thea von Harbou and Fritz Lang,

based on the novel by Thea von Harbou,

was released in Germany on January 10, 1927.
Music by Gottfried Huppertz.

Cast:

Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Fritz Rasp, Theodor Loos, Erwin Biswanger, Heinrich George, Brigitte Helm, Fritz Alberti, Grete Berger, Olly Boeheim, Max Dietze, Ellen Frey, Beatrice Garga, Heinrich Gotho, Dolly Grey, Anny Hintze, Gottfried Huppertz, Georg John, Walter Kuehle, Vera Kálmán, Margarete Lanner, Rose Lichtenstein, Hanns Leo Reich, Arthur Reinhardt, Curt Siodmak, Henrietta Siodmak, Olaf Storm, Erwin Vater, Rolf von Goth, Helen von Münchhofen, Helene Weigel, Hilde Woitscheff.

Born on this day – Lee Philips:

Lee Philips

Actor

Director

Writer

Producer

January 10, 1927 – March 3, 1999

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1961); A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain (1982); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956–1961); Anna and the King (1972); Appointment with Adventure (1955–1956); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1958); Barnum (1986); Blind Vengeance (1990); Bracken's World (1969–1970); Bridget Loves Bernie (1972); Cade's County (1972); Checkmate (1962); Combat! (1965); Crazy Times (1981); Daddy-O (1961); Dan August (1970); Danger (1955); Daniel Boone (1969); Death Valley Days (1960); Diagnosis Murder (1995); Dr. Kildare (1964); Dynasty (1976); East Side/West Side (1964); Follow the Sun (1961); Games Mother Never Taught You (1982); Getting Away from It All (1972); Gidget (1966); Going Places (1973); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1966); Goodyear Playhouse (1955); Goodyear Theatre (1959); Happy (1983); Hardhat and Legs (1980); Headmaster (1970); Here's Hollywood (1962); I Spy (1966); Inspector Perez (1983); Justice (1955); King of the Olympics: The Lives and Loves of Avery Brundage (1988); Kraft Theatre (1953–1960); Kung Fu (1974); Longstreet (1971); Lottery! (1983); Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style (1976); Love on a Rooftop (1967); Love, American Style (1973); M*A*S*H (1972–1975); Mae West (1982); Medical Center (1973–1975); Middle of the Night (1959); Money, Power, Murder. (1989); My World and Welcome to It (1969); Naked City (1959); Of Men and Women (1973); On the Right Track (1981); One Step Beyond (1960); Perry Mason (1965); Peyton Place (1957–1969); Playhouse 90 (1958); Riding High (1977); Ripcord (1962); Room 222 (1969–1971); Route 66 (1963–1964); Salvage 1 (1979); Samson and Delilah (1984); Shaft (1974); Silent Motive (1991); Space (1985); Special Olympics (1978); Studio One (1952–1955); Summer Playhouse (1964); Surfside 6 (1962); Sweet Hostage (1975); Target: The Corruptors! (1961); Tess of the Storm Country (1960); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962); The American Girls (1978–1979); The Andy Griffith Show (1965–1971); The Best of the Post (1961); The Big Story (1952); The Blue Lightning (1986); The Comedy Company (1978); The Defenders (1962); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1964–1965); The Donna Reed Show (1966); The Doris Day Show (1971–1973); The Fugitive (1963); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1959); The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968–1970); The Girl Most Likely to... (1973); The Governor & J.J. (1969); The Hunters (1958); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1957); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962–1963); The Lollipop Cover (1965); The Loner (1965); The Man and the City (1971); The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1972–1973); The Notebook (1985); The Outer Limits (1963); The Partridge Family (1972–1973); The Practice (1976); The Red Badge of Courage (1974); The Reporter (1964); The Rookies (1974); The Spell (1977); The Stranger Within (1974); The Survivors (1969); The Twilight Zone (1963–1964); The Untouchables (1961); The Waltons (1972–1975); The War Between the Tates (1977); Valentine (1979); Violent Midnight (1963); Wagon Train (1965); Wanted: The Sundance Woman (1976); Windmills of the Gods (1988).

Born on this day – Barbara Rush:

Barbara Rush

Actress

January 4, 1927 – March 31, 2024

Credits:

3055 Jean Leon (2006); 7th Heaven (1997–2007); ABC Weekend Specials (1977); All My Children (1992–1994); At Your Service (1984); Batman (1968); Ben Casey (1963); Bigger Than Life (1956); Bleeding Hearts: The Arteries of Glenda Bryant (2017); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Bob Hope's All-Star Look at TV's Prime Time Wars (1980); Burke's Law (1995); Cade's County (1972); Cannon (1975); Can't Stop the Music (1980); Captain Kangaroo (1977); Captain Lightfoot (1955); Checkmate (1960); Come Blow Your Horn (1963); Convoy (1965); Cop Shop (1981); Crime Club (1973); Custer (1967); Cutter (1972); Dateline: San Francisco (1962); Death Car on the Freeway (1979); Dinah! (1974); Dinah's Place (1973); Dr. Kildare (1965); Ellery Queen (1975–1976); Family Feud / All-Star Family Feud Special (1983); Fantasy Island (1978–1984); Finder of Lost Loves (1984); Flaming Feather (1952); Flamingo Road (1980–1982); Flight to Hong Kong (1956); Fools, Females and Fun (1974); Frontier Circus (1961); General Electric Theater (1962); Glitter (1985); Harry Black and the Tiger (1958); Hearts Are Wild (1992); Here's Hollywood (1960–1961); Hombre (1967); Hooperman (1988); Hotel (1985–1986); Hour Magazine (1981–1986); Ironside (1971–1972); It Came from Outer Space (1953); Joanne Carson's VIPs (1972); King of Cool (2021); Kiss of Fire (1955); Knight Rider (1983); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); La nuit des Césars (1992); Laredo (1966); Love, American Style / Love and the Motel (1970); Lux Playhouse (1958); Lux Video Theatre (1954–1956); Magnificent Obsession (1954); Magnum, P.I. (1984–1987); Mannix (1968–1975); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969–1972); Masquerade (1984); Matinee Theatre (1957); Matt Houston (1983); Maude (1972); McCloud (1972); Medal of Honor (1955); Medical Center (1969–1974); Mod Squad (1971); Moon of the Wolf (1972); Murder, She Wrote (1987); My Mother's Hairdo (2006); Night Gallery / Cool Air (1971); No Down Payment (1957); Of Men and Women / The Interview (1973); Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957); Our American Heritage (1960); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972); Paradise (1991); Password (1963–1972); Peege (1973); Peyton Place (1968–1969); Playhouse 90 (1957–1960); Police Story (1974); Prince of Pirates (1953); Private Screenings (2014); Private Screenings (2014); Quebec (1951); Relativity (1996); Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964); Saints and Sinners (1962–1963); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Night Life (1952); Strangers When We Meet (1960); Suddenly Single (1971); Summer Lovers (1982); Sunday Showcase (1959); Superdad (1973); Suspicion (1958); Taza, Son of Cochise (1954); The 17th Golden Globe Awards (1960); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 9th Annual American Cinema Awards (1992); The Bionic Woman (1976); The Black Shield of Falworth (1954); The Bramble Bush (1960); The Danny Kaye Show (1967); The David Frost Show (1970); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); The Eleventh Hour (1962); The Eyes of Charles Sand (1972); The First Legion (1951); The Fugitive (1965); The Goldbergs (1950); The Hollywood Palace (1964); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1967); The Jet Set (1966); The Last Day (1975); The Lee Phillip Show (1971); The Love Boat (1979); The Making of 'Summer Lovers' (1982); The Man (1972); The Merv Griffin Show (1967–1982); The Mike Douglas Show (1967–1980); The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1973–1974); The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1980); The Outer Limits (1964); The Outer Limits (1998); The Regis Philbin Show (1981–1982); The Roy Leonard Show (1971); The Seekers (1979); The Sig Sakowicz Show (1971); The Streets of San Francisco (1973); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1964–1969); The Unknown (1964); The Young Lions (1958); The Young Philadelphians (1959); Theatre '62 (1961); Vacation Playhouse (1965); Web of Deceit (1990); When Worlds Collide (1951); Widow's Kiss (1996); Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (1982); World in My Corner (1956); You Don't Say (1964).

Born on this day – Mary Higgins Clark:

Mary Higgins Clark

Writer

December 24, 1927 – January 31, 2020

Credits:

A Cry in the Night (1982); A Stranger is Watching (1977); All Around the Town (1992); All By Myself, Alone (2017); All Dressed in White (2015); All Through the Night (1998); As Time Goes By (2016); Aspire to the Heavens / Mount Vernon Love Story (1968); Bad Behavior (1995); Before I Say Good-Bye (2000); Burned (2005); By Hook or By Crook and 27 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year (2010); Caribbean Blues (1988); Caribbean Blues (1988); Cursed (2009); Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (2013); Daddy's Little Girl (2001); Dashing Through the Snow (2008); Death on the Cape and Other Stories (1989); Death Wears a Beauty Mask and Other Stories (2015); Deck the Halls (2000); Deck the Halls (2000); Decked (1991); Double Vision (1988); Every Breath You Take (2017); Fleeced (2001); Ghost Ship (2007); Gypped / Scammed (2012); He Sees You When You're Sleeping (2001); Hitched (2006); I Heard That Song Before (2007); Iced (1994); I'll Be Seeing You (1993); I'll Walk Alone (2011); Inherit the Dead (2013); I've Got My Eyes on You (2018); I've Got You Under My Skin (2014); Jinxed (2002); Just Take My Heart (2009); Justice in Manhattan (1995); Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry (2019); Kitchen Privileges (2002); Laced (2007); Let Me Call You Sweetheart (1995); Loves Music, Loves to Dance (1991); Malice Domestic 1 (1992); Malice Domestic 14 (2019); Malice Domestic 2 (1993); Manhattan Mayhem (2015); Master's Choice: Mystery Stories by Today's Top Writers and the Masters Who Inspired Them (2000); Mobbed (2011); Moonlight Becomes You (1996); More Malice Domestic (1997); Murder For Love (1996); Murder in Manhattan (1988); Murder on the Aisle (1987); Murder on the Run (1998); My Gal Sunday (1996); Nighttime is My Time (2004); No Place Like Home (2005); On a Raven's Wing (2009); On the Street Where You Live (2001); Piece of My Heart (2020); Popped (2003); Pretend You Don't See Her (1995); Remember Me (1994); Santa Cruise (2006); Silent Night (1995); Sisters in Crime 2 (1990); Snagged (1993); Stillwatch (1984); The Anastasia Syndrome (1989); The Best American Mystery Stories 1998 (1998); The Body in the Closet and Plumbing for Willy (1998); The Christmas Thief (2004); The Christmas Thief (2004); The Cinderella Murder (2014); The Cradle Will Fall (1980); The Crown Crime Companion (1995); The Lost Years (2012); The Lottery Winner (1994); The Magical Christmas Horse (2011); The Melody Lingers On (2015); The Night Awakens (1998); The Plot Thickens (1997); The Second Time Around (2003); The Shadow of Your Smile (2010); The Sleeping Beauty Killer (2016); The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1996 (1995); Twanged (1997); Two Little Girls in Blue (2006); Weep No More, My Lady (1987); We'll Meet Again (1999); Where Are the Children Now? (2023); Where are the Children? (1975); Where Are You Now? (2008); While My Pretty One Sleeps (1989); Women of Mystery (1992); Wrecked (2010); You Belong To Me (1999); You Don't Own Me (2018); Zapped (2008).

Movies and television:

A Crime of Passion (2003); A Cry in the Night (1992); A Stranger Is Watching (1982); All Around the Town (2002); Books Equal Gifts Commercial (2008); Bouillon de culture (1999); C à vous (2011); Café Picouly (2011); Campus, le magazine de l'écrit (2003); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2017); Ce Que Vivent les Roses (2018); Collection Mary Higgins Clark, la reine du suspense (2014); Crier Today (2000–2001); Deck the Halls (2011); Deux Petites Filles en Bleu (2014); Double Vision (1992); En aparté (2003); Encore with John Palmer (2006–2010); Ex Libris (1989–1995); Haven't We Met Before (2002); Imus in the Morning (2014); La Clinique du Docteur H (2015); Le cercle de minuit (1994); Le divan (1992); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2006); Les Années Perdues (2015); Let Me Call You Sweetheart (1997); L'invité (2006); Loves Music, Loves to Dance (2001); Lucky Day (2002); Moonlight Becomes You (1998); My Gal Sunday (2014); NOS Uit het Leven (2020); Nulle part ailleurs (1995); On a tout essayé (2003); On the Money (2005); Où Es-Tu Maintenant? (2014); Party Planner with David Tutera (2005); Pretend You Don't See Her (2002); Remember Me (1995); Rien ne vaut la douceur du foyer (2018); Souviens-toi (2015); Stillwatch (1987); Terror Stalks the Class Reunion (1992); The Cradle Will Fall (1983); The Joan Rivers Show (1991); The Last Horsemen of New York (2018); The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet (2007); The Mystery Cruise (2013); Thé ou café (2008); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997); The Scent of Fear (1960); The View (2004); The Write Stuff (1988); Today (2010–2017); Toi Que J'Aimais Tant (2014); Tout le monde en parle (2003); Weep No More, My Lady (1992); Where Are the Children? (1985); While My Pretty One Sleeps (1997); You Belong to Me (2002).

Born on this day – Peggie Castle:

Peggie Castle

Actress

December 22, 1927 – August 11, 1973

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1958); 99 River Street (1953); Air Cadet (1951); Assignment: Mexico (1956); Back from the Dead (1957); Beginning of the End (1957); Bright Victory (1951); Buccaneer's Girl (1950); Cheyenne (1956–1957); Conflict (1957); Cow Country (1953); Fingerman (1955); Fireside Theatre (1952–1954); Four Star Playhouse (1956); Frontier Justice (1958); Gunsmoke (1957); Harem Girl (1952); Hell's Crossroads (1957); Here's Hollywood (1961); Herman's Herd (1949); Hollywood Christmas Lane Parade of the Stars (1960); I Was a Shoplifter (1950); I, the Jury (1953); I'm the Law (1953); Invasion, U.S.A. (1952); Jesse James' Women (1954); Lawman (1959–1962); Life of St. Paul Series (1949); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Markham (1959); Max Liebman Presents: Kaleidoscope (1955); Mike Hammer (1959); Miracle in the Rain (1956); Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949); Our Miss Brooks (1956); Outside the Wall (1950); Overland Pacific (1954); Payment on Demand (1951); Perry Mason (1957); Quincannon, Frontier Scout (1956); Racket Squad (1953); Seven Hills of Rome (1957); Shakedown (1950); Son of Belle Starr (1953); Tall Man Riding (1955); Target Zero (1955); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955); The Counterfeit Plan (1957); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1959); The Golden Horde (1951); The Juke Box Jury (1956); The Long Wait (1954); The Millionaire (1956); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Oklahoma Woman (1956); The Prince Who Was a Thief (1951); The Restless Gun (1958–1959); The Sergeant and the Lady (1958); The Texan (1958); The Virginian (1966); The White Orchid (1954); The Yellow Tomahawk (1954); Two-Gun Lady (1955); Wagons West (1952); When a Girl's Beautiful (1947); Woman in Hiding (1950); World of Giants (1959); Zane Grey Theatre (1956).

Born on this day – Michael Carreras:

Michael Carreras

Director

Writer

Producer

December 21, 1927 – April 19, 1994

Born on this day – James Wright:

James Wright

Writer

December 13, 1927 – March 25, 1980

Credits:

Poems:

A Blessing; A Note Left In Jimmy Leonard's Shack; A Poem About George Doty In The Death House; A Winter Daybreak Above Vence; As I Step Over A Puddle At The End Of Winter...; At The Executed Murderer's Grave; Autumn Begins In Martins Ferry, Ohio; Beginning; Bologna: A Poem About Gold; Depressed By A Book Of Bad Poetry...; Fear Is What Quickens Me; Goodbye to the Poetry of Calcium; Having Lost My Sons, I Confront The Wreckage Of The Moon...; Hook; In Response To A Rumor That The Oldest Whorehouse In Wheeling...; Lying In A Hammock At William Duffy's; May Morning; Northern Pike; On The Skeleton Of A Hound; Outside Fargo, North Dakota; Rip; Saint Judas; Small Frogs Killed On The Highway; The Jewel; The Journey; The Lambs on the Boulder; The Last Pieta, in Florence; To A Blossoming Pear Tree; To The Muse; Trying To Pray.

Books:

A Wild Perfection: The Selected Letters of James Wright (2005); Above the River, The Complete Poems (1990); Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio—Broadside (1963); Collected Poems (1971); James Wright, In Defense Against This Exile. Letters To Wayne Burns (1985); Moments of the Italian Summer (1976); Saint Judas (1959); Selected Poems (2005); Shall We Gather at the River (1967); The Branch Will Not Break (1963); The Delicacy and Strength of Lace: Letters Between Leslie Marmon Silko and James Wright (2009); The Green Wall (1957); The Temple at Nîmes (1982); This Journey (1982); To a Blossoming Pear Tree (1977); Two Citizens (1973).