Born on this day – Gianna Maria Canale:

Gianna Maria Canale

Actress

September 12, 1927 – February 13, 2009

Credits:

Alerte au sud (1953); Black Magic (1949); Clash of Steel (1962); Colossus and the Amazon Queen (1960); Dead Woman's Kiss (1949); Donne sole (1956); Double Cross (1951); Go for Broke! (1951); Goliath and the Vampires (1961); Guarany (1950); Hercules (1958); Il coraggio (1955); Il corsaro della mezzaluna (1957); Il figlio di d'Artagnan (1950); Il treno del sabato (1964); Kolossal - i magnifici Macisti (1977); La Gerusalemme liberata (1957); La leggenda del piave (1952); L'ombra (1954); Lust of the Vampire (1957); Lykke og krone (1962); Madame du Barry (1954); Napoleon (1955); O Caçula do Barulho (1949); Return of the Black Eagle (1946); Revenge of Black Eagle (1951); See Naples and Die (1953); Seven in the Sun (1960); Spartaco (1953); The Adventures of Scaramouche (1963); The Avenger of Venice (1964); The Boom (1963); The Centurion (1961); The Conqueror of the Orient (1960); The Devil's Cavaliers (1959); The Eternal Chain (1952); The Iron Swordsman (1949); The Lebanese Mission (1956); The Lion of St. Mark (1963); The Man from Cairo (1953); The Mysterious Rider (1948); The Night They Killed Rasputin (1960); The Queen of the Pirates (1960); The Secret of Monte Cristo (1961); The Silent Enemy (1958); The Slave (1962); The Sword and the Cross (1956); The Warrior and the Slave Girl (1958); The Whole Truth (1958); Theodora, Slave Empress (1954); Tiger of the Seven Seas (1962); Totò le moko (1949); Zwischen Glück und Krone (1959).

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).

Born on this day – L. Q. Jones:

L. Q. Jones

Actor

Director

August 19, 1927 – July 9, 2022

Born on this day – Ann Blyth:

Ann Blyth

Actress

Singer

August 16, 1927 – June 24, 2026

Credits:

A Most Unusual Man (1993); A Woman's Vengeance (1948); About Faces (1960); All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); American Masters (2001); Another Part of the Forest (1948); Babes on Swing Street (1944); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Bowery to Broadway (1944); Brute Force (1947); Burke's Law (1964–1965); Cancer Fund Film Notables Attend Glittering Benefits (1951); Chip Off the Old Block (1944); Crawford at Warners (2008); Crusade for Prayer (1952); Family Theatre (1952–1953); Free for All (1949); Girl Talk (1966); Hit Celebrity TV Commercials (2004); Hollywood Talent Scouts (1966); Hour Magazine (1987); I'll Never Forget You (1951); Insight (1962–1967); Joan Crawford: Always the Star (1996); Katie Did It (1950); Killer McCoy (1947); Kismet (1955); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003); Lux Video Theatre (1954); MGM Parade (1955); Mildred Pierce (1945); Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948); Murder, She Wrote (1985); Musings of the Classic Sherlock Holmes Actor (2022); Once More, My Darling (1949); One Minute to Zero (1952); Our Very Own (1950); Quincy, M.E. (1979–1983); Red Canyon (1949); Rose Marie (1954); Saints and Sinners (1963); Sally and Saint Anne (1952); Screen Snapshots, Series 31, No. 8: Hollywood Night Life (1952); Slander (1956); Startime (1959); Swell Guy (1946); Switch (1975); The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958); The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The 44th Annual American Cinema Editors Awards (1994); The 5th Annual American Cinema Awards (1988); The Bell Telephone Hour (1959); The Buster Keaton Story (1957); The Christophers (1958–1963); The Citadel (1960); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1958); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Ed Sullivan Show (1954–1958); The Eddie Fisher Show (1958); The Golden Horde (1951); The Great Caruso (1951); The Helen Morgan Story (1957); The Igor Cassini Show (1955); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The Juke Box Jury (1958); The Ken Murray Show (1952); The King's Thief (1955); The Merry Monahans (1944); The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1951); The Mike Douglas Show (1970); The Name of the Game (1969); The Perry Como Show (1956–1958); The RCA Victor Show (1954); The Red Rowe Show (1959); The Steve Allen Show (1960); The Student Prince (1954); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1958); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965–1969); The Twilight Zone (1964); The World in His Arms (1952); The World's Most Beautiful Girls (1953); This Is Your Life (1959); Thunder on the Hill (1951); Top o' the Morning (1949); Vicki! (1993); Wagon Train (1959–1963); You Can Change the World (1950).

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).

Born on this day – Marisa Fabbri:

Marisa Fabbri

Actress

August 15, 1927 – June 10, 2003

Credits:

Acqua e chiacchiere (1963); Carlotta Lowenskold (1960); Cenere per le sorelle Flynn (1982); Corri, Jimmy, corri... (1958); Der Fall der vier Fliegen (2012); Diario di un maestro (1973); Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971); Giovanna alla riscossa (1967); Gli astronomi (2003); Gli ultimi giorni dell'umanità (1991); I sette giorni di Garibaldi (1967); Il leone di San Marco (1969); Il processo Slansky (1968); Il Prof. Dott. Guido Tersilli primario della Clinica Villa Celeste convenzionata con le mutue (1969); Il ragazzo prodigio (1959); Istruttoria preliminare (1968); John Gabriel Borkman (1982); La bufera (1975); La pecora nera (1968); La Tosca (1973); Laboratorio teatrale di Luca Ronconi (1977); L'asino d'oro: processo per fatti strani contro Lucius Apuleius cittadino romano (1970); Le care mogli (1976); Le inibizioni del dottor Gaudenzi, vedovo col complesso della buonanima (1971); Le storie del Vasari (1968); Luna incostante (1963); Macbeth (1960); Manettoni e Pippo Fantasma (1960); Milarepa (1974); Non ho tempo (1973); Orestea (1975); Orlando furioso (1974); Profonde sono le radici (1957); Rabid Dogs (1974); Racconti dell'Italia di ieri (1961); Ritratto di signora (1975); Romolo il grande (1971); Sacco & Vanzetti (1971); Spera di sole (1959); The Weekend Murders (1970); Ybris (1984).

Born on this day – Stuart Rosenberg:

Stuart Rosenberg

Director

August 11, 1927 – March 15, 2007

Born on this day – Robert Shaw:

Robert Shaw

Actor

Writer

August 9, 1927 – August 28, 1978

Credits:

Written work:

A Card from Morocco (1969); Cato Street (play, 1971); Figures in a Landscape (1970); Jaws / collaboration on Indianapolis monologue section of movie script (1975); Situation Hopeless ... But Not Serious (1965); The Flag (1965); The Hiding Place (1960); The Man in the Glass Booth (1967 / 1968); The Sun Doctor (1961).

Movies and television:

20 to 1 (2010); A Man for All Seasons (1966); A New Look at the Legend of Robin Hood and Maid Marian (1976); A Pirate Ship Sails Again! The Making of Swashbuckler (1976); A Reflection of Fear (1972); A Time to Be Born (1952); A Town Called Hell (1971); American Grindhouse (2010); Arena (2002); Armchair Theatre (1960); Avalanche Express (1979); Battle of Britain (1969); Battle of the Bulge (1965); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1955); Behind the Scenes with ‘Thunderball’ (1995); Best Ever Bond (2002); Black Sunday (1977); Boffo! Tinseltown’s Bombs and Blockbusters (2006); Bonds Are Forever (1983); Bond’s Greatest Moments (2013); Carol for Another Christmas (1964); Cineficción Radio (2020); Cinemassacre’s Monster Madness (2007); Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011); Custer of the West (1967); Danger Man (1960); Dial 999 (1958); Diamonds (1975); Dinah! (1975); Don’t Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck (2013); Doublecross (1956); E! True Hollywood Story (2002); End of the Game (1975); European Eye (1968); Figures in a Landscape (1970); Film Night (1972); For the Children (1948); Force 10 from Navarone (1978); From Russia with Love (1963); Hamlet at Elsinore (1964); Hell in Korea (1956); Highway Patrol (1955–1959); Hindle Wakes (1957); Holiday (1957); Hurray for Hollywood (1977); ITV Play of the Week (1960–1974); ITV Television Playhouse (1957–1960); James Bond 007 at the Movies (1986); James Bond: A BAFTA Tribute (2002); Jaws (1975); Jaws: Deleted Scenes (2000); Jaws: The Inside Story (2010); Libel (1959); Life and Times (2002); Luther (1968); Minty Comedic Arts (2022); Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare! (1967); MythBusters (2005); North to the Dales (1962); Ocean of Fear (2007); Omnibus (1970); Parkinson (1971); PBS News Weekend (2024); Playhouse 90 (1960); Robert Shaw: Jaws, Deoch & Deora (2015); Robin and Marian (1976); Rove Live (2009); Rupert of Hentzau (1957); Scenes from Twelfth Night and Macbeth (1948); Scenes from Twelfth Night and Macbeth/II (1948); Sea Fury (1958); Sean Connery vs James Bond (2022); Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious (1965); Special Collector’s Edition (2011); Spielberg (2017); Success (1957); Swashbuckler (1976); Temple Houston (1963); The 23rd Annual Tony Awards (1969); The 32nd Annual New York Film Critics Circle Awards (1967); The 48th Annual Academy Awards (1976); The Battle for The Battle of Britain (1969); The Birthday Party (1968); The Buccaneers (1956–1957); The Cherry Orchard (1947); The Dam Busters (1955); The Dark Man (1960); The David Frost Show (1969–1971); The Deep (1977); The Dick Cavett Show (1969–1972); The Ed Sullivan Show (1970); The Father (1962); The Filming of the Battle of the Bulge (1965); The Four Just Men (1960); The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973); The Guest (1963); The Hireling (1973); The Horror Show (1979); The Incredible World of James Bond (1965); The Lavender Hill Mob (1951); The Les Crane Show (1965); The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964); The Making of ‘the Deep’ (1977); The Man in the Glass Booth (1975); The Merv Griffin Show (1968–1969); The Mike Douglas Show (1972–1975); The Peak District (1954); The Respectful Prostitute (1964); The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969); The Scarlet Pimpernel (1955); The South Bank Show (2008); The Sting (1973); The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1967–1975); The Train Set (1961); The Valiant (1962); The Wide World of Mystery (1974); The Winter’s Tale (1962); Theatre Night (1959); Thirty Minute Theatre (1962); This Week in Britain (1963); Today (1965); Tomorrow at Ten (1963); White Hunter (1958); William Tell (1959); World of Robin Hood (2006); Years of Lightning (1981); Yorkshire Sands (1955); Young Winston (1972).

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).

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).

Born on this day – Robert Ellis Miller:

Robert Ellis Miller

Director

July 18, 1927 – January 27, 2017

Born on this day – Joe Turkel:

Joe Turkel

Actor

Writer

July 15, 1927 – June 27, 2022

Credits:

A Slight Case of Larceny (1953); Adam-12 (1970); Angels in Disguise (1949); Animals in My Head (2017); Bat Masterson (1958–1960); Beau James (1957); Ben Casey (1964); Big Town (1954); Black Jack (1972); Blade Runner (1982); Blade Runner / Video Game (1997); Blade Runner: Deleted and Alternate Scenes (2007); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte (2013); Bonanza (1961–1968); Boots and Saddles (1958); Boston Blackie (1952); Broken Arrow (1957); Cade's County (1972); Cell 2455, Death Row (1955); Chasing Whiskey (2021); City Across the River (1949); Code 3 (1957); Combat! (1964); Convoy (1965); Crossroads (1955); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); Dangerous Assignment (1952); Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007); Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1952); Dr. Christian (1957); Dragnet (1958); Duffy of San Quentin (1954); East Side/West Side (1963); Fantasy Island (1980); Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling (2007); Federal Man (1950); Fixed Bayonets! (1951); Four Star Playhouse (1954); Friendly Persuasion (1956); From Borehamwood to Hollywood: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Elstree (2014); Frontier Doctor (1959); General Electric Theater (1953); Groovey.TV's Celebration of Badassery Interview Series (2015); Gypsy Colt (1954); Halls of Montezuma (1951); Hellcats of the Navy (1957); Here Come the Jets (1959); Highway Patrol (1955); House of Numbers (1957); I Led 3 Lives (1954); I'm the Law (1953); Inside Detroit (1956); Ironside (1968); Jeanne Eagels (1957); Jefferson Drum (1958); Johnny Cool (1963); Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949); Judd for the Defense (1968); King Rat (1965); Kojak (1977); Kubrick's Universe: The Stanley Kubrick Podcast (2019); Land of the Giants (1969); Lock Up (1961); Lucky Losers (1950); Lucy Gallant (1955); Mackenzie's Raiders (1959); Mad at the World (1955); Making it in Hollywood (1976); Man Crazy (1953); Miami Vice (1988); Navy Log (1955–1956); Official Detective (1958); On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000); One Step Beyond (1961); Paths of Glory (1957); Police Story (1976); Portrait of a Mobster (1961); Prophets of Science Fiction (2011); Public Defender (1955); Reel Horror (1985); Rescue 8 (1959); Return from the Sea (1954); Ripcord (1962); Room 237 (2012); S.W.A.T. (1975); Savage Abduction (1973); Scream Free! (1969); Six-Hundred & Sixty Six (1972); Sky King (1957); So You Want to Get Rich Quick (1949); Southside 1-1000 (1950); Starlift (1951); Sword in the Desert (1949); Tales from the Darkside (1985); Tales of the Texas Rangers (1958); Tallahassee 7000 (1961); TCM Remembers 2022 (2022); The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1957); The Andy Griffith Show (1966); The Animals (1970); The Aquanauts (1961); The Asphalt Jungle (1961); The Bamboo Prison (1954); The Beast of Budapest (1958); The Bonnie Parker Story (1958); The Boy and the Pirates (1960); The Californians (1957); The Carpetbaggers (1964); The Case Against Brooklyn (1958); The Chicago Teddy Bears (1971); The Commitment (1976); The Dark Side of the Moon (1990); The David Niven Show (1959); The Detectives (1961); The Devil's 8 (1969); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The Felony Squad (1967); The Glass Wall (1953); The Hindenburg (1975); The Human Jungle (1954); The John Kerwin Show (2002); The Kate Smith Evening Hour (1951); The Killing (1956); The Law and Mr. Jones (1962); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1956); The Lineup (1954–1960); The Lone Ranger (1955); The Loretta Young Show (1957); The Midnight Story (1957); The Naked Street (1955); The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975); The Proud and Profane (1956); The Purple Gang (1959); The Rat Patrol (1967); The Roaring 20's (1961); The Sand Pebbles (1966); The Secret Life of Sandra Blain (1971); The Sex Symbol (1974); The Shadow on the Window (1957); The Shining (1980); The Silent Service (1957–1958); The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967); The Texan (1959); The Unexpected (1952); The Untouchables (1960–1963); The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1966); The Yellow Canary (1963); This Week in Horror (2011); Tightrope (1959); Tombstone Territory (1957); Tormented (1960); Triple Trouble (1950); TV Reader's Digest (1956); Two Faces West (1961); U.S. Marshal (1960); Verboten! (1959); Village of the Giants (1965); Visit to a Small Planet (1960); Wagon Train (1962); Warlock (1959); Which Way Is Up? (1977); Wit's End (2005).

Born on this day – Gloria Pall:

Gloria Pall

Actress

Dancer

Writer

Businesswoman

July 15, 1927 – December 30, 2012

Credits:

Books:

Cameo Girl of the 50s (1993); I Danced Before the King (2000); The Marilyn Monroe Party (2002); Voluptua: Story of a TV Love Goddess (1992).

Movies and television:

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954); Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953); Ada (1961); All Ashore (1953); All Star Revue (1952); City of Shadows (1955); Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe (1955); December Bride (1957); Elmer Gantry (1960); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958); Hot Shots (1956); Jailhouse Rock (1957); Low Man on a Totem Pole (1964); Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1952); Moviewatch (1994); Paris Model (1953); Racket Squad (1952); Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood (2009); Sky King (1958); Son of Sinbad (1955); Space Patrol (1954); The Abbott and Costello Show (1954); The A-B-C's of Love (1953); The All New Truth or Consequences (1951); The Bob Cummings Show (1955); The Brothers Karamazov (1958); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951); The Crimson Kimono (1959); The Danny Thomas Show (1960); The Extra (2017); The French Line (1953); The Garment Jungle (1957); The George Jessel Show (1953); The Night of the Hunter (1955); The People's Choice (1957); The Spike Jones Show (1957); The Twilight Zone (1959); This Could Be the Night (1957); Vampira and Me (2012); Where's Raymond? (1954).

Born on this day – William Smithers:

William Smithers

Actor

July 10, 1927 – May 26, 2026

Credits:

Armstrong Circle Theatre (1955–1961); Attack (1956); Barnaby Jones (1975–1979); Cade's County (1972); Call to Danger (1968 / 1973); Cannon (1974); Combat! (1965); Dallas (1981–1989); Dallas Reunion: Return to Southfork (2004); Danger (1954); Deathsport (1978); Doctors' Private Lives (1979); Eagle in a Cage (1965); Espionage (1964); Executive Suite (1976–1977); General Electric Theater (1955–1956); Goodyear Television Playhouse (1952); Guiding Light (1952); Hamlet (1953); Harbourmaster (1958); Hawaii Five-O (1970); Hawkins (1973); Hunter (1990); Ironside (1969–1970); It Takes a Thief (1968); Jericho (1966); Judd for the Defense (1967); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1954); Lucan (1978); Mannix (1968); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1970); Mission: Impossible (1966–1968); Mister Peepers (1953); Most Wanted (1977); Omnibus (1957); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1973); Papillon (1973); Peyton Place (1965–1966); Premiere (1968); Quincy, M.E. (1979–1982); Robert Montgomery Presents (1954); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1984); Scorpio (1973); Shane (1966); Sledge Hammer! (1987); Star Trek (1968); Studio One (1955–1957); Suspense (1952–1953); Tarzan (1967); The Amazing Spider-Man (1978); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969); The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970); The Defenders (1965); The F.B.I. (1967–1969); The Felony Squad (1966); The Invaders (1967–1968); The Investigator (1958); The Manhunter (1974); The Mod Squad (1968–1970); The Monk (1969); The Name of the Game (1970); The Neon Ceiling (1971); The Parisienne and the Prudes (1964); The Reporter (1964); The Return of Frank Cannon (1980); The Road West (1966); The Rookies (1974); The Seven Lively Arts (1957); The Shadow (1954); The Six Million Dollar Man (1974); The Streets of San Francisco (1975); The Witness (1960–1961); Trouble Man (1972); True Story (1959); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1966); Walker, Texas Ranger (1994); Where the Ladies Go (1980); Young Dr. Malone (1958–1963).

Born on this day – Kate Coscarelli:

Kate Coscarelli

Writer

Actress

Producer

July 6, 1927 – August 25, 1999

Credits:

Books:

Dublu Testament (1995); Fame & Fortune (1984); Heir Apparent (1993); Leading Lady (1991); Living Color (1987); Perfect Order (1985); Phantasm (2002); Pretty Women (1989).

Movies and television:

Jim, the World's Greatest (1975); Kenny & Company (1976); Phantasm (1979); Phantasmagoria (2005).

Born on this day – Janet Leigh:

Janet Leigh

Actress

Singer

Dancer

Writer

July 6, 1927 – October 3, 2004

Credits:

100 Years of Universal - The Lot (2012); 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops (2004); 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2005); 24 Hour Psycho (1993); 50 años de (2009); 5th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1999); 78/52 (2017); A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (2010); A Life in Words and Music (2007); A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011); A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (2009); A Single Man (2009); A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954); ABC Late Night (1974); Act of Violence (1948); AFI Life Achievement Award (1975–1988); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (2003); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001); Alfred Hitchcock: Master of Suspense (2013); Alfred Hitchcock: The Art of Making Movies (1990); All-Star Salute to Mother's Day (1981); American Dynasties: The Kennedys (2018); An All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (1977); An American Dream (1966); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Angels in the Outfield (1951); Autograph (2002); A-Z of Horror (1997); Bad Girls from Valley High (2005); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Biography (1995–2004); Boardwalk (1979); Bob Hope Christmas Show (1965); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964–1966); Bracken's World (1970); Breakaway (1984); Bye Bye Birdie (1963); Camera Three (1972); Celebrity Profile (1998–2001); Celebrity Tennis (1975); Century of Cinema (1995); Cinéma cinémas (1987); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007–2015); Circle of Fear (1973); Circus of the Stars (1977); Close-Up (1997); Columbo (1975); Comme au cinéma (1998); Confidentially Connie (1953); Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond (2000); Das Ei (1993); De película (1987); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jimmy Stewart (1978); Defunctland (2018); Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic (2023); Diminishing Returns (2019); Dinah! (1977); Donahue (1985–1992); Double Take (2009); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999–2000); E! True Hollywood Story (1998–2004); Entertainment Tonight (2020–2023); Family Feud (1980); Family Law (2001); Fantasy Island (1979–1982); Fascination: An Unauthorized Tribute to Marilyn Monroe (2011); Fear on Film: Inside 'the Fog' (1980); Fearless Fagan (1952); Film Time (1955); Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005); Gala de l'union (1976); Gene Kelly: An American in Pasadena (1978); Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006); Good Morning America (1980–1990); Good Old Days Part II (1978); Grand Slam (1967); Great Romances of the 20th Century (2001); Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998); Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987); Harper / aka The Moving Target (1966); Hello Down There (1969); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hills of Home (1948); Hitchcock Confidential (2019); Hitchcock: il brividio del genio (1985); Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius (1999); Holiday Affair (1949); Hollywood Couples (2000); Hollywood Dearest (1992); Hollywood Greats (1978–2002); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Hollywood Remembers (2000); Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987); Hollywood, No Sex Please! (2018); Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972); Honeymoon with a Stranger (1969); Houdini (1953); Hour Magazine (1980–1986); House on Greenapple Road (1970); How Art Made the World (2005); How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border (1949); Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies (2000); Howard Stern (2001); I Am Alfred Hitchcock (2021); I Love Hitchcock (2014); If Winter Comes (1947); In My Sister's Shadow (1997); Inside the Dream Factory (1995); Intimate Portrait (2000–2002); It's a Big Country: An American Anthology (1951); I've Got a Secret (1954–1962); James Stewart: The Last of the Good Guys (1997); Jamie Lee Curtis, un cri de liberté à Hollywood (2022); Jerry Lewis: Total Filmmaker (1993); Jerry Visits (1971–1973); Jet Pilot (1957); Just This Once (1952); Kid Rodelo (1966); Kings of Black Comedy (2002); Larry King Live (1990–2000); Le club (1995); Little Women (1949); Living It Up (1954); Look Magazine Gala Party (1979); Love Hollywood Style (2004); Love Story (1973); Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy (1993); Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (1997); Matt Houston (1982); Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003); Mirror, Mirror (1979); Mister Cory (1957); Movie Night Extravaganza (2021); Movin' On (1975); Moving Image Salutes James Stewart (1988); Murder at the World Series (1977); Murder, She Wrote (1987); Murdock's Gang (1973); My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); My Sister Eileen (1955); My Wives Jane (1971); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Night of the Lepus (1972); Olympic Fund Telethon (1952); On Our Way (1985); One Is a Lonely Number (1972); One on One with John Tesh (1992); Password (1963); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); People, Hopes, Medals (1960); Pepe (1960); Person to Person (1954); Pete Kelly's Blues (1955); Pictures of Ghosts (2023); Pierrot the Fool / Cannes Film Festival (1998); Pioneers of Television (2008); Prince Valiant (1954); Psycho (1960 / 1998); Psycho II: Cast and Crew Interviews (1983); Psycho: Hitchcock/Truffaut (2008); Psycho: The Shower Scene - With and Without Music (2001); Reputations (1999); Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger (2010); Rogue Cop (1954); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1971–1972); Safari (1956); Sammy and Company (1976); Saturday Night Live 25 (1999); Scaramouche (1952); Scene by Scene (2000); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Secret Lives (1995); Sendung ohne Namen (2002); Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell (2014); Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015); Sinatra: Dark Star (2005); Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949); Special Collector's Edition (2011); Special Gala to Support Kennedy Campaign (1960); Starman (1986); Startime (1960); Stephen Verona: Self Portrait (1993); Steve Garvey Celebrity Sports Classic for Multiple Sclerosis (1981); Strictly Dishonorable (1951); Sweet Smell of Success (1957); Take a Good Look (1959); Talent Scouts (1963); Tales from the Mist: Inside 'the Fog' (2002); Tales of the Unexpected (1982–1984); Talking Pictures (2015); Taras Bulba (1962); Telethon (1977); Tempo (1970); That Forsyte Woman (1949); The 100 Greatest Films (2001); The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (2003); The 15th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1958); The 16th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1959); The 17th Golden Globe Awards (1960); The 18th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1961); The 19th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1962); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The 25th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1968); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 31st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1974); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The 35th Annual Thalians Gala (1990); The 3th Annual American Cinema Awards (1986); The 57th Annual Academy Awards (1985); The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005); The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010); The American Nightmare (2000); The Andy Williams Show (1963–1964); The Annual Friars Club Tribute Presents a Salute to Gene Kelly (1985); The Best of Film Noir (1999); The Best of Hollywood (1998 / 2017); The Black Shield of Falworth (1954); The Bob Hope Show (1964–1968); The Century: America's Time (1999); The Charles Grodin Show (1995); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1953–1955); The Daily Show (1996); The Danny Thomas Hour (1968); The Deadly Dream (1971); The Dean Martin Show (1967); The Defiant Ones (1958); The Dick Cavett Show (1995); The Doctor and the Girl (1949); The Ed Sullivan Show (1956 / 1957); The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017); The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (1986); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Alfred Hitchock (1974); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to James Stewart (1990); The Fog (1980); The Grand Opening of Universal Studios New Theme Park Attraction Gala (1990); The Hollywood Palace (1965); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1971–1977); The Horror Hall of Fame (1990); The Horror Show (1979); The Howard Stern Radio Show (2001); The Jerry Lewis Show (1967); The Joey Bishop Show (1968–1969); The Kraft Music Hall (1968); The Love Boat (1978–1985); The Making of 'Psycho' (1997); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Manchurian Candidate (1962); The Master's Preference (2005); The Merv Griffin Show (1968–1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1971–1978); The Monk (1969); The Movies That Made Us (2021); The Naked Spur (1953); The Name of the Game (1971); The Perfect Furlough (1958); The Psycho Legacy (2010); The Rat Pack (1999); The Red Danube (1949); The Red Skelton Hour (1966 / 1969); The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947); The Rosemary Clooney Show (1956); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967); The Spy in the Green Hat (1967); The Story of Lassie (1994); The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (1970); The Toni Tennille Show (1981); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1971); The Twilight Zone (1989); The Vikings (1958); The Virginian (1970); They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018); This Is Your Life (1954–1960); Three on a Couch (1966); Today (1963); Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom (2012); Touch of Evil (1958); Touched by an Angel (1997); True Fear: The Making of Psycho (2015); Two Tickets to Broadway (1951); Unmasking the Horror (1998); Vicki! (1992); Walking My Baby Back Home (1953); WatchMojo (2018); Welcome to the Basement (2014); What's My Line? (1954–1961); Who Was That Lady? (1960); Wives and Lovers (1963); Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (1982); Words and Music (1948).

Born on this day – Neil Simon:

Neil Simon

Writer

July 4, 1927 – August 26, 2018

Born on this day – Gina Lollobrigida:

Gina Lollobrigida

Actress

Photographer

Artist

July 4, 1927 – January 16, 2023

Born on this day – Ken Russell:

Ken Russell

Director

July 3, 1927 – November 27, 2011

Born on this day – Bob Fosse:

Bob Fosse

Actor

Choreographer

Dancer

Director

June 23, 1927 – September 23, 1987