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

Born on this day – Eva Bartok:

Eva Bartok

Actress

June 18, 1927 – August 1, 1998

Born on this day – Gene Winfield:

Gene Winfield

Special effects designer

Actor

June 16, 1927 – March 4, 2025

Credits:

Against All Odds, the Making of DEUCE of SPADES (2016); Bitchin' Rides (2017); Crazy America (2017); Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007); Deuce of Spades (2011); Full Custom Garage (2019–2021); Jay Leno's Garage (2016–2019); Motor MythBusters (2021); Mr. Fantastic & The Wonderful Depot (2015); RoboCop (1987); Solar Crisis (1990); The Last Starfighter (1984); The Photographer (1974); Trancers (1984); TV's Greatest Cars (2004); Visual Futurist: The Art & Life of Syd Mead (2006); World of Cars (2020).

Born on this day – Ángela Álvarez:

Ángela Álvarez

Singer

Composer

Actress

June 13, 1927 – December 6, 2024

Credits:

In 2022, she was the oldest recipient of the Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist.

Songs:

Amor; Añoranzas; Ansias Locas; Camino Sin Rumbo; El Regreso; El Sol; En Mi Jardín; María; Mi Gran Amor; Pedacito De Cielo; Que Linda Es; Quiéreme Mucho; Romper El Yugo; Sé Que Te Vas; Seguirei; Un Canto a Mi Cuba; Un Nuevo Amanecer.

Movies and television:

Father of the Bride (2022); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2022); Miss Angela (2021); Today (2021).

Born on this day – Jerry Stiller:

Jerry Stiller

Actor

Writer

Comedian

June 8, 1927 – May 11, 2020

Born on this day – Henri Borlant:

Henri Borlant

Doctor

Writer

Director

June 5, 1927 – December 3, 2024

Credits:

Book:

Merci d'avoir survécu (Thank you for surviving) (2011).

Published 2011.

ISBN: 9782757827949

ISBN10: 2757827944

ASIN: 2757827944

Description:

In 1942, arrested on the eve of the Vel' d'Hiv roundup, Henri Borlant was deported to the Auschwitz camp. He was fifteen years old. In this testimony, a teenager tells how his family was broken, how he survived the death camps, and how he escaped.

Movies and television:

14 récits d'Auschwitz / TV Mini Series (2002); Des survivants racontent (1995); Il faudra raconteur (2005); La grande librairie (2011); Les survivants (2005); Salut les Terriens (2011); Témoignages pour Mémoire (2007).

Born on this day – Robert Ludlum:

Robert Ludlum

Writer

May 25, 1927 – March 12, 2001

Born on this day – Herbert Ross:

Herbert Ross

Actor

Choreographer

Director

May 13, 1927 – October 9, 2001

Credits:

A Christmas Festival (1959); AFI Life Achievement Award (1978–1981); All Star Revue (1952–1953); All Star Revue (1953); All Star Revue (1953); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Barbra in Movieland (1968); Biography (2000); Boys on the Side (1995); Boys on the Side (1995); California Suite (1978); Camera Three (1978); Carmen Jones (1954); Dancers (1987); Dinah! (1978); Doctor Dolittle (1967); Doctor Dolittle (1967); E! True Hollywood Story (2007); Footloose (1984); Footloose (2011); Funny Girl (1968); Funny Lady (1975); Funny Lady (1975); Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969); Great Performances (1986); Great Performances (1986); I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982); I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982); In Full Bloom (2002); In Full Bloom (2002); Inside Daisy Clover (1965); Intimate Portrait (1998); Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires (1999); Kenny Loggins: Footloose (Version 2) (1984); Max Dugan Returns (1983); Max Dugan Returns (1983); Meet Me in St. Louis (1959); My Blue Heaven (1990); My Blue Heaven (1990); Nijinsky (1980); On Location with the Owl and the Pussycat (1970); Pennies from Heaven (1981); Pennies from Heaven (1981); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1964); Placido Domingo's Tales from the Opera (1994); Play It Again, Sam (1972); Pontiac Star Parade: Four for Tonight (1960); Protocol (1984); Rinaldo in campo (1963); Shirley MacLaine: Kicking Up Her Heels (1996); Soapdish (1991); Steel Magnolias (1989); Summer Holiday (1963); T.R. Baskin (1971); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002); The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play (1977); The Bacchantes (1961); The Bell Telephone Hour (1963–1966); The Buick Berle Show, 1954 (1995); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1952); The Fantasticks (1964); The Goodbye Girl (1977); The Jerry Lewis Show (1957); The Last of Sheila (1973); The Making of 'the Goodbye Girl' (1977); The Martha Raye Show (1954); The Milton Berle Show (1953–1955); The Nut House!! (1964); The Owl and the Pussycat (1970); The Paul Winchell Show (1954); The Secret of My Success (1987); The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956); The Sunshine Boys (1975); The Turning Point (1977); This Is Streisand (1968); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1981); True Colors (1991); Undercover Blues (1993); Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough (1997); We, the People (1949); Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966); Wonderful to Be Young! (1961); Wonderful Town (1958).

On this day in movie history - 7th Heaven (1927):

7th Heaven

a.k.a. Seventh Heaven,

directed by Frank Borzage,

written by Benjamin Glazer, Katherine Hilliker, H.H. Caldwell and Bernard Vorhaus,

based on the play Seventh Heaven by Austin Strong,

was released in the United States on May 6, 1927.

Music by R.H. Bassett, Erno Rapee, William P. Perry.

Cast:

Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Albert Gran, David Butler, Marie Mosquini, Gladys Brockwell, Emile Chautard, Ben Bard, George E. Stone, Henry Armetta, Lewis Borzage Sr., Dolly Borzage, Mary Borzage, Sue Borzage, Italia Frandi, Venezia Frandi, Frankie Genardi, Lois Hardwick, Jessie Haslett, Brandon Hurst, Lily Tietelbaum, Lillian West.

Born on this day – Lianella Carell:

Lianella Carell

Actress

Writer

May 6, 1927 – December 22, 2000

Credits:

At Free Woman (1954); It Happened at the Penitentiary (1955); Always Victorious (1958); Love and trouble (1958); Bandits in Rome (1968); Welcome Reverend! (1950); Bicycle Thieves (1948); Buonasera Raffaella (1985–1986); Carnal Circuit (1969); Things to do Pazzi (1954); Desiderio 'e sole (1954); Sunday in (1986); Genoese Dragnet (1952); Gli zitelloni (1958); Hola Raffaella (1993); The Little Glassmaker (1955); Neapolitan Letter (1954); Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966); Raffaella Carrá Show (1988); Ragazze da marito (1952); Groundhog Day (1990–1991); Scandal in the Family (1975); SuperTotò (1980); The Counterfeiters (1951); The Forbidden Christ (1951); The Gold of Naples / Il guappo (1954); A Woman Killed (1952); Long live cinema! (1952); Long live the magazine! (1953).

Born on this day – Edie Adams:

Edie Adams

Actress

Comedian

Singer

April 16, 1927 – October 15, 2008

Credits:

15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2009); 4th Annual Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy (1954); 3 Things Must Die! (2021); A Cry for Love (1980); A Lovely Night: The Making of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Television Classic (2005); A Man Called Sloane (1979); ABC's Nightlife (1965); ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration (1978); Adventures Beyond Belief (1988); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); American Cowboy (1960); American Masters (2000); Appointment with Adventure (1955); Art Carney Special (1959); As the World Turns (1982); Best Classic Commercials - The Golden Era of Advertising (2018); Biography (1998–2001); Bosom Buddies (1980); Boxoffice (1982); Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003); Call Me Bwana (1963); CBS Children's Mystery Theatre (1981); Celebrity Bowling (1976); Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy (1953); Chance of a Lifetime (1953); Cinderella (1957); Cinerama Adventure (2002); Club Oasis (1958); Coke Time (1953); Cop on the Beat (1975); Danny Thomas Special: 40th Anniversary of the Coconut Grove (1964); Danny Thomas Special: The Wonderful World of Burlesque (1965); Designing Women (1990); Dr. Yesterday's Old Time News (1981); Dreams with Sharp Teeth (2008); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2000); Ernie in Kovacsland (1951); Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984); Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius (1982); Evil Roy Slade (1972); Fantasy Island (1981); Fast Friends (1979); General Electric Theater (1958); Good Morning! with Will Rogers, Jr. (1955); Great Performances (2004); Harry O (1976); Here's Edie (1962–1964); Here's Edie: The Edie Adams Television Collection (2013); Here's Hollywood (1961–1962); Hollywood and the Stars (1963); Hungarian Emergency Relief Organization Christmas Day Special (1956); Inside 'The Apartment' (2008); It Takes Two (1969); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1989–1990); I've Got a Secret (1956–1966); Jack Paar Tonite (1973); Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1989); Joe Forrester (1975); Juke Box Jury (1962); KHJ's 4th Annual Academy Awards Special (1969); Kids Incorporated (1992); Kovacs on Music (1959); Kovacs on the Corner (1952); Kovacs Unlimited (1952–1954); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1960 / 1961); Late Night with David Letterman (1982); Le Disco! (1978); Love with the Proper Stranger (1963); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Hotel Caper (1971); Lover Come Back (1961); Made in Paris (1966); Make Me an Offer (1980); McMillan & Wife (1972); Miss Television U.S.A. Contest (1950); Mrs. Columbo (1979); Murder, She Wrote (1985); NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II (1998); Omnibus (1961); Over Easy (1979); Password (1961–1971); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1957–1960); Playboy After Dark (1970); Police Woman (1978); Portrait of an Escort (1980); Producers' Showcase (1955); Racquet (1979); Rosetti and Ryan (1977); Shooting Stars (1983); Showdown at Ulcer Gulch (1956); Sid Caesar - Edie Adams Together (1963); Snap Judgment (1967); Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991); Stand Up and Cheer (1971); Superdome (1978); Suspense (1954); Suspicion (1958); Take a Good Look (1959–1961); Talent Scouts (1963); Tales of the City (1993); Tarzana (1978); TCM Remembers 2008 (2008); Telescope (1963); Television's Greatest Commercials (1982); The 11th Annual Tony Awards (1957); The 14th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1962); The 20th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1963); The 25th Annual Tony Awards (1971); The 30th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1956); The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards (2009); The Apartment (1960); The Arthur Murray Party (1953–1959); The Bell Telephone Hour (1959); The Best Man (1964); The Bing Crosby Show (1962); The Blue Knight (1976); The Bob Hope Show (1963–1971); The Carol Burnett Show (1968–1969); The Chevy Show (1960); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955); The Danny Kaye Show (1966); The David Frost Show (1970); The Dean Martin Show (1967); The Desilu Story (2003); The Dick Cavett Show (1968); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1957–1959); The Don Adams Special: Hooray for Hollywood (1970); The Don Knotts Show (1971); The DuPont Show of the Week (1961); The Ed Sullivan Show (1956–1958); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); The Ernie Kovacs Show (1952–1956); The Frank Sinatra Show (1958); The Garry Moore Show (1958); The George Gobel Show (1957); The Gisele MacKenzie Show (1958); The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood (1980); The Hollywood Palace (1965–1969); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1969–1972); The Hollywood Squares (Primetime/Nighttime) (1968); The Honey Pot (1967); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (1999); The Jack Paar Program (1965); The Jack Paar Show (1953–1956); The Jackie Gleason Show (1969); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The John Gary Show (1968); The Jonathan Winters Show (1956); The Kraft Music Hall (1968–1970); The Linkletter Show (1967); The Love Boat (1978); The Lucy Show (1968); The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1960); The Match Game (1969); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1976); The Mike Douglas Show (1963–1977); The NBC Comedy Hour (1956); The New Steve Allen Show (1961); The Oscar (1966); The Pat Boone Show (1966); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Practice (1976); The Price Is Right (1964); The Red Skelton Hour (1959–1967); The Rosey Grier Show (1970); The Royal Variety Performance 1962 (1962); The Seekers (1979); The Spiral Staircase (1961); The Stork Club (1955); The Tonight Show (1955 / 1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959–1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1972); The Vic Damone Show (1957); The Walter Winchell Show (1956); Theatre '62 (1961); Three to Get Ready (1950–1952); Trapper John, M.D. (1985); Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963); Up in Smoke (1978); Vega$ (1981); Versatile Varieties (1949–1950); What's My Line? (1956–1964); Your Choice for the Film Awards (1969).

Born on this day – Rita Gam:

Rita Gam

Actress

Director

April 2, 1927 – March 22, 2016

Born on this day – Dan Wallin:

Dan Wallin

Sound engineer

March 13, 1927 – April 10, 2024

Credits:

40 Carats (1973); 48 Hrs. (1982); 50/50 (2011); 80 Steps to Jonah (1969); A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966); A Covenant with Death (1967); A Family Upside Down (1978); A Fine Madness (1966); A Memory for Tino (1996); A Name for Evil (1973); A Not So Hollow Halloween! (2021); A Prayer for the Dying (1987); A Small Circle of Friends (1980); A Star Is Born (1976); A Streetcar Named Desire (1984); A Time to Heal (1994); Absence of Malice (1981); Afterburn (1992); Aftermath (2013); Airplane! (1980); Ali (2001); All the President's Men (1976); Altered States (1980); Ambush Bay (1966); American Tragedy (2000); Amerika (1987); An American Dream (1966); An Unmarried Woman (1978); Anastasia (1997); And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003); Annie (1982); Any Wednesday (1966); Art School Confidential (2006); Assignment to Kill (1968); Avenging Angelo (2002); Baby Boom (1987); Backfire (1987); Bad Boys (1983); Bad Santa (2003); Barquero (1970); Because I Said So (2007); Bed of Roses (1996); Beer (1985); Bella Mafia (1997); Below the Belt (1980); Best Defense (1984); Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979); Big Jake (1971); Big Shots (1987); Big Top Pee-wee (1988); Big Trouble (1986); Big Wednesday (1978); Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977); Black Bart (1975); Blazing Saddles (1974); Blood In, Blood Out (1993); Bloodbrothers (1978); Blue Streak (1999); Blume in Love (1973); Bobby Deerfield (1977); Body Heat (1981); Body Language (1995); Body of Evidence (1992); Bonnie and Clyde (1967); Born Again (1978); Boulevard Nights (1979); Bound (1996); Bound for Glory (1976); Boycott (2001); Boys on the Run (2003); Brainstorm (1965); Brannigan (1975); Bringing Out the Dead (1999); Brown's Requiem (1998); Brubaker (1980); Bullitt (1968); Busting (1974); Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973); California Suite (1978); Call of Duty (2003); Call of Duty: Finest Hour (2004); Camelot (1967); Cancel My Reservation (1972); Carbon Copy (1981); Carly's Web (1987); Carnal Knowledge (1971); Cars 2 (2011); Casey's Shadow (1978); Celebrity (1984); Chamber of Horrors (1966); Charlie's Angels (2000); Children of a Lesser God (1986); China Lake (1983); Chinese Box (1997); Chinese Coffee (2000); Chips, the War Dog (1990); Chisum (1970); Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968); Chubasco (1968); Citizen Cohn (1992); Citizens Band (1977); Class of '44 (1973); Cleopatra Jones (1973); Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975); Clue (1985); Cohen and Tate (1988); Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970); Commandments (1997); Commando (1985); Continental Divide (1981); Contract on Cherry Street (1977); Cool Hand Luke (1967); Countdown (1967); Crosscurrent (1971); Darkman (1990); Date Movie (2006); Deadly Blessing (1981); Deadly Outbreak (1995); Death of a Salesman (1985); Defiance (1980); Dennis the Menace Strikes Again! (1998); Devil in a Blue Dress (1995); Dirty Harry (1971); Doctor Detroit (1983); Double Agent (2003); Dude, Where's My Car? (2000); Dunston Checks In (1996); Easy Money (1983); Eleanor and Franklin (1976); Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977); Elvis Has Left the Building (2004); Enter the Dragon (1973); Evolver (1995); Excellent Cadavers (1999); Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977); F Troop (1967); F.I.S.T. (1978); Far from Heaven (2002); Farewell, My Lovely (1975); Finian's Rainbow (1968); Fire and Ice (1983); Firecreek (1968); First Family (1980); First to Fight (1967); Firstborn (1984); Five Days from Home (1978); Flap (1970); Fled (1996); Fort Apache the Bronx (1981); Foul Play (1978); Frances (1982); Frankie and Johnny (1991); Freebie and the Bean (1974); Fringe (2008); From Dusk Till Dawn (1996); From Justin to Kelly (2003); Funny Farm (1988); Fuzz (1972); G (2002); Game of Death (1978); Garrison's Gorillas (1967–1968); Getting Up and Going Home (1992); Ghost in the Machine (1993); Ghost World (2001); Gloria (1980); Golden Needles (1974); Goldengirl (1979); Good Morning, Vietnam (1987); Gorky Park (1983); Gotcha! (1985); Gotti (1996); Grace Quigley (1984); Graffiti Bridge (1990); Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets (1984); Greased Lightning (1977); Grilled (2006); Gunfighter's Moon (1995); Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989); Hammersmith Is Out (1972); Happy Birthday to Me (1981); Happy New Year (1987); Hard Target (1993); Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004); Harper (1966); Harry & Son (1984); Harry and Tonto (1974); Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976); Heartsounds (1984); Heaven Help Us (1985); High Anxiety (1977); High Road to China (1983); History of the World: Part I (1981); Hollywood Wives (1985); Homegrown (1998); Hooper (1978); Hot Potato (1976); Hot Stuff (1979); Hotel (1967); Hounded (2001); How to Deal (2003); Howard the Duck (1986); Hustling (1975); I Kissed a Vampire (2010); I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968); I, the Jury (1982); Iceman (1984); Impasse (1969); Impulse (1984); In God We Trust (or Gimme That Prime Time Religion) (1980); In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan (1977); Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989); Inside Daisy Clover (1965); Into the Night (1985); Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999); Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978); Iron Eagle (1986); Iron Will (1994); Jeremiah Johnson (1972); John Carter (2012); Joshua Tree (1993); Journey from Darkness (1975); Judas (2004); Just Like Dad (1995); Kane & Abel (1985); Keeping the Faith (2000); Kill Me If You Can (1977); King Kong (1976); Kiss My Grits (1982); Kissing a Fool (1998); Klute (1971); Kona Coast (1968); Kotch (1971); Ladder 49 (2004); Lady Beware (1987); Land of the Lost (2009); Laughter on the 23rd Floor (2001); Lean on Me (1989); Let It Be Me (1995); Life Is Ruff (2005); Little Big League (1994); Little Treasure (1985); Lock Up (1989); Lonesome Dove (1989); Loser (2000); Lost Horizon (1973); Lucky Chances (1990); MacArthur (1977); Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991); Magnum Force (1973); Making Love (1982); Malone (1987); Man & Woman (1994); Man, Woman and Child (1983); Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (1990); Marriage on the Rocks (1965); Mass Appeal (1984); Masters of the Universe (1987); Max Keeble's Big Move (2001); McQ (1974); Mean Dog Blues (1978); Medicine Ball Caravan (1971); Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction (2005); Mercy or Murder? (1987); Mickey Blue Eyes (1999); Micki + Maude (1984); Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1995); Mike's Murder (1984); Miss Congeniality (2000); Mission to Mars (2000); Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011); Mission: Impossible III (2006); Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20's (1976); Mitzi... Zings Into Spring (1977); Moment by Moment (1978); Monte Carlo (2011); Moonraker (1979); More Dead Than Alive (1969); Motel Hell (1980); Moving Violations (1985); Mrs. Doubtfire (1993); Mrs. Pollifax-Spy (1971); My Blood Runs Cold (1965); Nashville (1975); Never Too Late (1965); New Jack City (1991); Night Slaves (1970); Night Train to Venice (1993); Nightwing (1979); Nobody's Baby (2001); None But the Brave (1965); Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966); Number One (1969); Nuts (1987); Of Men and Women (1973); Off Beat (1986); Oh, God! (1977); Oklahoma Crude (1973); Old Boyfriends (1979); On Any Sunday (1971); Once Upon a Crime... (1992); Once You Kiss a Stranger... (1969); One on One (1977); Ordinary People (1980); Out of Africa (1985); Panther (1995); Partners (1982); Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973); Paternity (1981); Phoenix (1998); Pie in the Sky (1995); Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii (1972); Plain Clothes (1988); Police Academy (1984); Popeye (1980); Popi (1969); Portnoy's Complaint (1972); Power (1986); Pray for the Wildcats (1974); Prep & Landing (2009); Prince Jack (1984); Private Benjamin (1980); Prizzi's Honor (1985); Probe (1972); Protocol (1984); Rabbit, Run (1970); Race the Sun (1996); Radioland Murders (1994); Rage (1972); Rage of Angels (1983); Raid on Entebbe (1976); Raise the Titanic (1980); Ratatouille (2007); Redemption of the Ghost (2002); Relative Strangers (2006); Renaldo and Clara (1978); Rendezvous in Space (1964); Return to Me (2000); Rhoda (1975–1976); Robin and Marian (1976); RoboCop (1987); RoboCop 2 (1990); Rocky Balboa (2006); Rocky II (1979); Rocky III (1982); Rollercoaster (1977); Roots (1977); Sam's Son (1984); Saturday Night Fever (1977); Scarecrow (1973); Scary Movie (2000); Semi-Tough (1977); Semper Fi (2001); Shampoo (1975); She's So Lovely (1997); Short Circuit (1986); Silver Streak (1976); Sin (2003); Siskel & Ebert (1986); Skeezer (1982); Skin Game (1971); Sky High (2005); Slow Dancing in the Big City (1978); Somewhere in Time (1980); Songwriter (1984); Spartacus (1960); Species (1995); Speed Racer (2008); Spies Like Us (1985); Split Image (1982); Spy Hard (1996); Stanley & Iris (1990); Star Kid (1997); Star Tours: The Adventures Continue (2011); Star Trek (2009); Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982); Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984); Star Trek Into Darkness (2013); Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986); Stark (1985); Starting Over (1979); Straight Time (1978); Strange Days (1995); Strange Invaders (1983); Street Fighter (1994); Stripes (1981); Stuck in the Suburbs (2004); Suicide Kings (1997); Summer Rental (1985); Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973); Super 8 (2011); Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came (1970); Sweet November (1968); Sybil (1976); Youthquake! (1977); Zandy's Bride (1974); Zorro: The Gay Blade (1981); Tank (1984); Tank Girl (1995); Taxi Driver (1976); Tell Me Where It Hurts (1974); Terms of Endearment (1983); That Championship Season (1982); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009); The Accidental Spy (2001); The Accidental Tourist (1988); The Arrangement (1969); The Babe (1992); The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970); The Baltimore Bullet (1980); The Basketball Diaries (1995); The Bear (1984); The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982); The Betsy (1978); The Big Bounce (1969); The Big Fix (1978); The Big Red One (1980); The Big Sleep (1978); The Black Hole (1979); The Black Stallion (1979); The Bobo (1967); The Boss' Wife (1986); The Bugs Bunny/Road-Runner Movie (1979); The Cheap Detective (1978); The China Syndrome (1979); The Chosen (1981); The Cool Ones (1967); The Cowboys (1972); The Craft (1996); The Crow (1994); The Cure (1995); The Darwin Awards (2006); The Day After (1983); The Dead (1987); The Deep (1977); The Deep End of the Ocean (1999); The Delphi Bureau (1972); The Drowning Pool (1975); The Electric Horseman (1979); The End (1978); The Enforcer (1976); The Family Stone (2005); The First Deadly Sin (1980); The Formula (1980); The Frisco Kid (1979); The Fugitive (1993); The Gauntlet (1977); The Golden Child (1986); The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969); The Good Mother (1988); The Good Son (1993); The Goonies (1985); The Great Bank Robbery (1969); The Great Race (1965); The Greatest (1977); The Green Berets (1968); The Gumball Rally (1976); The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992); The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968); The Ice Harvest (2005); The Illustrated Man (1969); The Incredibles (2004); The Incredibles: The Video Game (2004); The In-Laws (1979); The Insider (1999); The Jesse Owens Story (1984); The Judas Project (1990); The Karate Kid (1984); The Karate Kid Part II (1986); The Karate Kid Part III (1989); The Killer Elite (1975); The Lady in Red (1979); The Last Detail (1973); The Last of Sheila (1973); The Last Word (1995); The Learning Tree (1969); The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981); The Man Inside (1990); The Master Gunfighter (1975); The Mountain Men (1980); The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005); The Negotiator (1998); The Omega Man (1971); The Other Side of the Mountain (1975); The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976); The Pack (1977); The Package (1989); The Pardon (2013); The Pentagon Wars (1998); The Perfect Game (2009); The Phynx (1970); The Pickle (1993); The Pirate (1978); The President's Mistress (1978); The Private Eyes (1980); The Promise (1979); The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981); The Rainmaker (1997); The Reef (2006); The Return of Captain Nemo (1978); The Rich Man's Wife (1996); The Right Stuff (1983); The River (1984); The Sea Gypsies (1978); The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979); The Shell Seekers (1989); The Shootist (1976); The Sports Pages (2001); The Stunt Man (1980); The Substance of Fire (1996); The Swarm (1978); The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974); The Terminal Man (1974); The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973); The Third Day (1965); The Thomas Crown Affair (1999); The Tic Code (1998); The Train Robbers (1973); The Trial of Billy Jack (1974); The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (1987); The Way We Were (1973); The White Buffalo (1977); The Wild Bunch (1969); The Winds of War (1983); The Woman in Red (1984); The World According to Garp (1982); The World's Greatest Lover (1977); The Yakuza (1974); There Was a Crooked Man... (1970); They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969); Three Amigos! (1986); Three the Hard Way (1974); Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974); THX 1138 (1971); Tilt (1979); Time After Time (1979); To Be or Not to Be (1983); To Fly! (1976); Tomcats (2001); Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970); Tortilla Soup (2001); Touched by Love (1980); Tough Guys (1974); Trading Places (1983); Tron (1982); Truck Turner (1974); Truman (1995); Twilight (1998); Twin Dragons (1992); UFOria (1984); Uncle Joe Shannon (1978); Under Siege (1992); Under the Volcano (1984); Up (2009); Up the Down Staircase (1967); Up: The Video Game (2009); Velvet (1984); Victory (1981); Victory at Entebbe (1976); Viva Knievel! (1977); Volunteers (1985); Wait Until Dark (1967); Waiting to Exhale (1995); Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985); Wanda Nevada (1979); Welcome to L.A. (1976); What's Up, Doc? (1972); When the Time Comes (1987); When Time Ran Out... (1980); Where It's At (1969); Which Way to the Front? (1970); White Dog (1982); White Line Fever (1975); Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966); Wild Wild West (1999); Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971); Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies (1999); Wolf (1994); Wolfen (1981); Woodstock (1970); Wrongfully Accused (1998); Yellowbeard (1983); Yes, Giorgio (1982); Young Frankenstein (1974).

Born on this day – James Broderick:

James Broderick

Actor

March 7, 1927 – November 1, 1982

Credits:

American Playhouse (1982–1983); Dreams Don't Die (1982); Fantasy Island (1981); The Shadow Box (1980); Family (1976–1980); The Love Boat (1980); Roots: The Next Generations (1979); Visions (1976); The Phantom of the Open Hearth (1976); The Adams Chronicles (1976); Dog Day Afternoon (1975); Great Performances (1975); The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974); Nicky's World (1974); The Wide World of Mystery (1973); If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band (1972); The Todd Killings (1971); Longstreet (1971); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1970); NET Playhouse (1970); The Bold Ones: The Protectors (1970); Alice's Restaurant (1969); The Tree (1969); Judd for the Defense (1969); N.Y.P.D. (1967); The Magical World of Disney (1967); ABC Stage 67 (1967); The Fugitive (1967); 12 O'Clock High (1966); The F.B.I. (1966); The Group (1966); For the People (1965); Gunsmoke (1963–1964); Look Up and Live (1964); Brenner (1959–1964); The Doctors and the Nurses (1963–1964); Suspense (1964); Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1964); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1957–1963); The Twilight Zone (1963); The Defenders (1962); Kraft Theatre (1957–1962); Great Ghost Tales (1961); Play of the Week (1960); The Iceman Cometh (1960); Girl of the Night (1960); John Brown's Raid (1960); The Big Story (1953–1959); Studio One (1953–1957); Camera Three (1957); Kraft Theatre (1950–1957); The Edge of Night (1956); As the World Turns (1956); Star Tonight (1955); Ponds Theater (1955); You Are There (1953–1955); The Stranger (1954); Kraft Theatre (1953–1954); The Secret Storm (1954); Treasury Men in Action (1954); Medallion Theatre (1954); Mister Peepers (1953); The Doctor (1953); Danger (1953); Omnibus / Lincoln Part III: Growing Up (1952); Ten Thousand Words (1952); Goodyear Playhouse (1952); Celanese Theatre (1952); Suspense (1951); Nash Airflyte Theatre (1950).

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.