Born on this day – Richard M. Sherman:

Richard M. Sherman

Songwriter

June 12, 1928 – May 25, 2024

Born on this day – Maurice Sendak:

Maurice Sendak

Writer

Illustrator

Producer

June 10, 1928 – May 8, 2012

Credits:

Books:

A Hole is to Dig (1952); A Kiss for Little Bear (1968); A Very Special House (1953); Along Came a Dog (1958); Atomics for the Millions (1947); Bears! (2005); Best in Children's Books: Volume 31 (1960); Best in Children's Books: Volume 41 (1961); Brundibár (2003); Bumble Ardy (2011); Bumble-Ardy (2011); Caldecott and Co: Notes on Books and Pictures (1988); Charlotte and the White Horse (1955); Circus Girl (1957); Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom (1998); Dear Mili (1988); Dwarf Long-Nose (1960); Fantasy Sketches (1970); Father Bear Comes Home (1959); Fly by Night (1976); Frank and Joey Eat Lunch (1996); Frank and Joey Go to Work (1996); Good Shabbos Everybody (1951); Happy Hanukah Everybody (1955); Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water: Two Nursery Rhymes (1965); Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life (1967); How Little Lori Visited Times Square (1963); Hurry Home, Candy (1953); I Saw Esau (1992); I Want to Paint My Bathroom Blue (1956); I'll Be You and You Be Me (1954); In Grandpa's House (1985); In the Night Kitchen (1970); Kenny's Window (1956); King Grisly-Beard, by the Brothers Grimm, 1973); Let's Be Enemies (1961/ 1965); Little Bear (1957); Little Bear's Friend (1960); Little Bear's Visit (1961); Little Cow & the Turtle (1955); Lullabyes and Night Songs (1965); Making Mischief: A Maurice Sendak Appreciation (2009); Maurice Sendak: A Celebration of The Artist and His Work (2013); Maurice Sendak's Christmas Mystery (1995); McCall's: August 1964, VOL. XCI, No. 11 (1964); Mommy? (2006); Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present (1962); Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm (1954); Music album: Mahler – Symphony No. 3, James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra / What The Night Tells Me (1976); My Brother's Book (2013); My Brother's Book (2013); No Fighting, No Biting! (1958); Nutcracker (1984); Open House for Butterflies (1960); Outside Over There (1981); Penthesilea (1998); Pierre, or The Ambiguities: The Kraken Edition (1995); Pincus and the Pig: A Klezmer Tale (2004); Pleasant Fieldmouse (1975); Presto and Zesto in Limboland (2018); Sarah's Room (2003); Seven Little Monsters (1977); Seven Little Stories on Big Subjects (1955); Seven Tales by H. C. Andersen (1959); Shadrach (1953); She Loves Me ... She Loves Me Not ... (1963); Sing a Song of Popcorn: Every Child's Book of Poems (1988); Singing Family of the Cumberlands (1955 / 1980); Some Swell Pup or Are You Sure You Want a Dog? (1976); Somebody Else's Nut Tree and Other Tales from Children (1971); Swine Lake (1999); Ten Little Rabbits (2025); Ten Little Rabbits: A Counting Book with Mino the Magician (1970); The Animal Family (1965); The Art of Maurice Sendak (1980); The Art of Maurice Sendak: From 1980 to the Present (2003); The Bat-Poet (1967); The Bee-Man of Orn (1964); The Big Book for Peace (1990); The Big Green Book (1962); The Big Green Book (1978); The Birthday Party (1957); The Cunning Little Vixen (1985); The Giant Story (1953); The Golden Key (1967 / 1992); The Griffin and the Minor Canon (1963); The Happy Rain (2004); The House of Sixty Fathers (1956); The Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm: Volumes 1 & 2 (1973); The Light Princess (1969); The Love for Three Oranges (1984); The Miami Giant (1995); The Moon Jumpers (1959); The Mother Goose Collection (1985); The Nutshell Library: Alligators All Around / Chicken Soup with Rice / One Was Johnny / Pierre (1962); The Saturday Evening Post: May 4, 1968, 241st year, Issue no. 9 / The Chimney Sweep (1968); The Sign on Rosie's Door (1960); The Singing Hill (1962); The Tin Fiddle (1954); The Wheel on the School (1954); The Wonderful Farm (1951); Very Far Away (1957); We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy: Two Nursery Rhymes with Pictures (1993); What Can You Do with a Shoe? (1955 / 1997); What Do You Do, Dear? (1958 / 1961); Where the Wild Things Are (1963); You Can't Get There From Here (1957); Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories (1966).

Movies and television:

2nd House (1974); American Masters (1987); Angels in America (2003); Chicken Soup with Rice (1975); Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story (2012); Galaxie (1966); George and Martha (1999–2000); Great Performances (1994); Hansel and Gretel (1998 / 1999); HBO First Look (2009); Her (2013); Higglety Pigglety Pop! (1986); Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life (2010); In the Night Kitchen (1987); Jackanory (1971); Labyrinth (1986); Last Dance (2002); L'Enfant et les Sortilèges (1987); L'heure espagnole (1987); Little Bear (1995–2001); Little Bear: Family Tales (1997); Little Bear: Feel Better, Little Bear (2003); Little Bear: Friends (1999); Little Bear: Goodnight Little Bear (1998); Little Bear: Little Artist Bear (2002); Little Bear: Little Goblin Bear (1999); Little Bear: Little Sherlock Bear (2001); Little Bear: Meet Little Bear (1997); Little Bear: Parties & Picnics (1998); Little Bear: Rainy Day Tales (2005); Little Bear: Snacktime Tales (2002); Live from Lincoln Center (1983); Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal (1982); Northern Exposure (1991); Nutcracker (1986); Read to Me, Heidi (2024); Really Rosie (1975); Return to Oz (1985); Scholastic Jumbo Box of Storybook Classics - Volume 1 (2002); Scholastic Storybook Treasures: Where the Wild Things Are... And 5 More Stories by Maurice Sendak (2008); Scholastic Treasury of 100 Storybook Classics / Segment: Where the Wild Things Are (2007); Seasons of the Heart (1994); Sendak (1986); Seven Little Monsters (2000–2003); Simple Gifts / Segment: Prologue (1978); Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak (2009); The Book Programme (1976); The Colbert Report (2012); The Dresden Dolls: In Paradise (2005); The Little Bear Movie (2000); The Love for Three Oranges (1982); The Pixar Story (2007); The Secret World of the Very Young (1984); The World of Maurice Sendak (1986); Today (1975); Where the Wild Things Are (1975 / 1984 / 2009); Zlateh the Goat (1966).

Born on this day – Kate Wilhelm:

Kate Wilhelm

Writer

June 8, 1928 – March 8, 2018

Credits:

Books:

A Flush of Shadows (1995); A Sense of Shadow (1981); A Wrongful Death (2007); Abyss (1973); All For One (2012); Alpha 5 (1974); And the Angels Sing (1992); Andover and the Android (1966); Angels! (1995); Asimov's Science Fiction, November 1994 (1994); Best New Horror 4 (1993); Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Sixth Annual Collection (1977); Better Than One (1980); By Stone By Blade By Fire (2012); Cambio Bay (1990); Children of the Wind (1989); City of Cain (1974); Clarion SF (1977); Clear and Convincing Proof (2003); Cold Case (2008); Crazy Time (1988); Death of an Artist (2012); Death Qualified (1991); Defense for the Devil (1999); Desperate Measures (2001); Fantasy & Science Fiction, July / August 2012 (2012); Fault Lines (1977); Fear is a Cold Black (2010); Forever Yours, Anna (1987); Heaven is High (2011); Huysman's Pets (1985); I Know What You’re Thinking (1994); In Between (2014); Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, October 1986 (1986); Isaac Asimov's Aliens & Outworlders (1983); Juniper Time (1979); Justice for Some (1993); Kate Wilhelm in Orbit, Volume One (2015); Kate Wilhelm in Orbit, Volume Two (2015); Let the Fire Fall (1969); Listen, Listen (1981); Malice Prepense / For the Defense (1996); Margaret and I (1971); Mirror, Mirror (2017); Moongate (2000); More Bitter Than Death (1963); Music Makers (2012); Naming the Flowers (1992); Nebula Awards 9 (1974); No Defense (2000); Oh, Susannah! (1982); Omni Visions Two (1994); Orbit 11 (1972); Orbit 12 (1973); Orbit 3 (1967); Orbit 6 (1970); Seven Kinds of Death (1992); Sister Angel (2012); Skeletons (2002); Sleight of Hand (2006); Smart House (1989); Somerset Dreams and Other Fictions (1978); Storyteller (2005); Sweet, Sweet Poison (1990); Terry's Universe: Science fiction's finest writers join in honoring the memory of Terry Carr (1987); The Best Defense (1994); The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology (1999); The Bird Cage (2012); The Clewiston Test (1976); The Clone (1965); The Dark Door (1988); The Deepest Water (2000); The Downstairs Room (1970); The Fullness of Time (2012); The Giant Book of Terror (1994); The Girl Who Fell Into the Sky (1986); The Good Children (1998); The Gorgon Field (1986); The Hamlet Trap (1987); The Hills Are Dancing (1986); The House Share (2022); The Infinity Box (1975); The Killer Thing / The Killing Thing (1967); The Mile-Long Spaceship (1963); The Nevermore Affair (1966); The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1 (1988); The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook Three (1990); The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook Two (1989); The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women (1995); The Price of Silence (2005); The Secret History of Science Fiction (2009); The Seventh Omni Book of Science Fiction (1989); The Unbidden Truth (2004); The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010); The Winter Beach (1981); Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader (1973); Torch Song (2012); Welcome, Chaos (1983); Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (1975); Whisper Her Name (2012); With Thimbles, With Forks, and Hope (2012); Yesterday's Tomorrows (2015).

Movies and television:

The Lookalike (1990); Out of the Unknown (1965).

Born on this day – Charles Strouse:

Charles Strouse

Composer

Lyricist

Actor

June 7, 1928 – May 15, 2025

Credits:

Musicals:

A Broadway Musical (1978); A Pound in Your Pocket (1959); Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (1998); All American (1962); An American Tragedy (1995 / 2010); Annie (1977); Annie 2: Miss Hannigan's Revenge (1989); Annie Warbucks (1993); Applause (1970); Bojangles (1993); Bring Back Birdie (1981); Bye Bye Birdie (1960); Charlie and Algernon (1979); Charlotte's Web (1989); Dance a Little Closer (1983); Golden Boy (1964); I and Albert (1972); It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman (1966); Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (1988); Martin: A New American Musical (2011); Marty (2002); Mayor (1985); Minsky's (2009); Nick & Nora (1991); Nightingale (1982); Rags (1986); Real Men (2005); Six (1971); Studio (2006); The Future of the American Musical Theater (2004).

Movies and television:

13 Conversations About One Thing (2001); 29th Street (1991); 30 Rock (2006–2008); 61* (2001); 7 in a Barn (1971); 90 Minutes Live (1978); A Broadway Lullaby (2012); A Child's Garden of Verses (1992); A Special Sesame Street Christmas (1978); Addams Family Values (1993); Aladdin and the Forty Thieves (1984); Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (1990); Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1966); All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story (1982); All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989); All in the Family (1971–1979); AMV Hell 3: The Motion Picture (2005); Angels in New York (2010); Annie (1982 / 1999 / 2014); Annie Live! (2021); Annie: A Royal Adventure! (1995); Applause (1973); Archie Bunker's Place (1979–1983); Are You Being Served? (1979); Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002); Backstage (2015); Bandstand (1961–1965); Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021); BBC Show of the Week (1967); Beyond the Sea (2004); Blue Bloods (2012); Bonnie and Clyde (1967); Boy Meets World (1996); Broadway Beat (2009); Broadway Idiot (2013); Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy (2013); Broadway Plays Washington on Kennedy Center Tonight (1982); Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021); Bye Bye Birdie (1963 / 1995 / 2012); Call Me Fitz (2010); Call the Midwife (2013); Camp Nowhere (1994); Canada After Dark (1978); Cathouse: The Musical (2008); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2025); Charlie Bartlett (2007); Cheers (1990–1992); Children of the Wind (2015); Clone High (2024); Conan (2016); Concentration (1958–1973); Crumbs (2006); Cybill (1997); Dancing with the Stars (2014); Daria (2000); Dave (1993); De Mike Burstyn show (1980); Deadpool 2 (2018); Demi Lovato: Stay Strong (2012); Diminishing Returns (2019); Diminishing Returns Diminisodes (2021); Dorbees: Making Decisions (1998); Dorothy (1979); Drunk Parents (2019); Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1994); Edtv (1999); Ein Abend für zwei Komödianten (1982); Emu's All Live Pink Windmill Show (1985); Emu's Wide World (1988); Esta noche (1981); Evil (2019); Family Guy (2009–2011); Family Ties (1982–1989); Fathers' Day (1997); Fred Claus (2007); Gizmo! (1977); Glee (2012–2014); Golic and Wingo (2018); Good Morning Britain (2017); Great Performances (1985–2003); Growing Pains (1991); Ha-Hofesh Ha'Acharon (1989); Hanging Up (2000); Happy Together (1989); Happy! (2019); HBO Storybook Musicals (1987); Here's Lucy (1969); Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996); Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (1992); Holiday in Metropolis (2006); Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The Early Years (1955-1970) (2000); How to Build a Girl (2019); Hugh Hefner's After Dark: Speaking Out in America (2018); Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony (2012); Igor (2008); In Living Color (1993–1994); Inside TV Land (2002); Ishtar (1987); It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman! (1975); It's a Living (1987); It's Tough to Be a Bug (1998); Jay-Z: Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem);  (1998); Jazz Scene at the Ronnie Scott Club (1970); Jungle Fever (1991); Just Like Heaven (2005); Just Tell Me What You Want (1980); Justice for All (1968); Keeping Up Appearances (1993); Kissing Jessica Stein (2001); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2004); Late Night with Seth Meyers (2016); Lea Salonga Live (2003); Liberty Weekend (1986); Life After Tomorrow (2006); Life with Mikey (1993); Lights, Camera, Annie! (1982); Like Mike (2002); Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' (2019); Lorraine (2017); Lulu's Back in Town (1968); Mad Men (2009); Married... with Children (1994); Masked Singer Sverige (2022); Matzav Ha'Uma (2013); Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back (2019); Meet Sammy Davis Jr. 1 (1963); Memory (1993); MGM Sing-Alongs: Being Happy (1997); MGM Sing-Alongs: Friends (1997); MGM Sing-Alongs: Having Fun (1997); Mike & Mike (2013); Monsanto Night Presents Tony Bennett in Waikiki (1973); Morgen is er zon (2016); Morning Joe (2023); MsMojo (2021); Murphy Brown (1990); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1992–2018); Night Dicks: Miami (2021); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016); Nurse Jackie (2010); Off Beat (1986); On Parade (1964); Only Murders in the Building (2021); Over the Top (1997); P.O.V. (2014); Pan Am (2011–2012); Parade of Stars (1983); Perfect Strangers (1988); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1966); Petticoat Junction (1970); Playboy After Dark (1970); PM East (1961); Police Squad! (1982); Popular (2001); Portrait of a Showgirl (1982); Pushing Tin (1999); Replay (1970); Sammy Davis and the Wonderful World of Children (1965); Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017); Saturday Night Live (1981–2009); Saved by the Bell: The College Years (1993); School of Rock (2003); Scrubs (2006); Search Party (2022); Secondhand Lions (2003); Serial (1980); Serial Mom (1994); Shindig! (1965–1966); Shrek 2 (2004); Shrek Forever After (2010); Sia: You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile (2014); Since I Don't Have You (2013); Spirit Young Performers Company: It's the Hard Knock Life (2014); Spirit Young Performers Company: You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile (2014); Spotlight on Broadway (2013); Stars in Their Eyes Kids (2002); Summer Sounds (1966); Tall Girl 2 (2022); That'll Be the Day (1973); The 25th Annual Tony Awards (1971); The 31st Annual Tony Awards (1977); The 35th Annual Tony Awards (1981); The 40th Annual Tony Awards (1986); The 41st Annual Tony Awards (1987); The 45th Annual Tony Awards (1991); The 51st Annual Tony Awards (1997); The 67th Annual Tony Awards (2013); The Afterlife of Grandpa (1989); The Annie Christmas Show (1977); The Anniversary Party (2001); The Avengers (1963); The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit (1991); The Big Bang Theory (2015); The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (1977); The Broadway.com Show (2013); The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000); The Ed Sullivan Show (1960–1967); The Facts of Life (1987); The Fantastic Funnies (1980); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1996); The Golden Girls (1991); The Graham Kennedy Show (1975); The Hollywood Palace (1965); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2005); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2010); The Legacy Project (2011); The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017); The Mating Game (1959); The Mike Douglas Show (1977 / 1980); The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968); The Muppet Show (1978–1980); The Nanny (1993); The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968); The Nostradamus Kid (1993); The Office (2013); The Paul Lynde Halloween Special (1976); The Porter Wagoner Show (1970); The Post (2017); The Price Is Right (1956–1965); The Simpsons (1991–2018); The Songwriters (1982); The Songwriter's Hall of Fame 20th Anniversary... The Magic of Music (1989); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1960); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2015–2017); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1982); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2011–2012); The Two Ronnies (1983); The Voice Kids (2014); The West Wing (2000); The Women's Football Show (2016); The World According to Jeff Goldblum (2019); The Worst Witch (1986); The X-Files (1998); Theater Camp (2023); There Was a Crooked Man... (1970); Tony Bennett at the Talk of the Town (1972); Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic (2006); Tu cara me suena - Argentina (2014); Viki ja Köpi Show (2023); Webster (1984–1987); What's Up Doc? (1992); When Things Were Rotten (1975); Words and Music by Jerry Herman (2007); Working in the Theatre (1984–1996); Xena: Warrior Princess (2000); Year of the Comet (1992); You've Got Mail (1998); Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2021).

Born on this day – Agnès Varda:

Agnès Varda

Director

Writer

Photographer

Artist

May 30, 1928 – March 29, 2019

Born on this day – Sally Forrest:

Sally Forrest

Actress

May 28, 1928 – March 15, 2015

Born on this day – Mary Fickett:

Mary Fickett

Actress

May 23, 1928 – September 8, 2011

Credits:

18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2012); 60 Minutes / Segment: Harry Reasoner (1991); All About Erica (1994); All My Children (1970–2011); All My Children 25th Anniversary Special (1995); All My Children: Daytime's Greatest Weddings (1993); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1953–1961); Biography (2003); Bonanza (1969); Calendar (1961–1962); Daniel Boone (1969); Daytime's Greatest Weddings (2004); Dream Girl (1955); Frontiers of Faith (1960); General Electric Guest House (1951); General Electric Theater (1956); Have Gun - Will Travel (1961); Home & Family (2017); Kathy O' (1958); Kraft Theatre (1953–1957); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1953–1961); Lamp Unto My Feet (1954); Lancer (1968–1970); Look Up and Live (1960–1961); Man on Fire (1957); Modern Romances (1956); N.Y.P.D. (1968); Naked City (1961); Playwrights '56 (1956); Ponds Theater (1953–1954); Pueblo (1973); Robert Montgomery Presents (1954–1956); Star Stage (1955); Studio One (1957); Sunday Showcase (1960); The 1st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1974); The 27th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2000); The 28th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2001); The Defenders (1961–1965); The Doctors and the Nurses (1963); The DuPont Show of the Week (1964); The Edge of Night (1960); The F.B.I. (1970); The Inner Flame (1954); The Nurses (1965–1967); The Untouchables (1961); True Story (1959); Young Dr. Malone (1958–1963).

Born on this day – Alice Drummond:

Alice Drummond

Actress

May 21, 1928 – November 30, 2016

Credits:

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994); Advice from a Caterpillar (1999); After.Life (2009); American Playhouse (1980); Animal Behavior (1989); Another World (1979); Awakenings (1990); Boston Legal (2005); Chronic Town (2008); Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters (2019); Commandments (1997); Dark Shadows (1967); Daybreak (1993); Doubt (2008); Earthly Possessions (1999); Ed (2002); Eyewitness (1981); Frannie's Turn (1992); Friends (1994); Funny Farm (1988); Furry Vengeance (2010); Ghostbusters (1984); Grace Under Fire (1994); Great Performances (1977–1984); Hide in Plain Sight (1980); House of D (2004); I.Q. (1994); I'll Take You There (1999); In & Out (1997); Jeffrey (1995); Joe Gould's Secret (2000); Just in Time (1996); Just the Ticket (1998); Kate & Allie (1988); King of the Gypsies (1978); Law & Order (1994); Lenny (1990–1991); Love, Sidney (1981); Man on a Swing (1974); Mitch Albom's for One More Day (2007); Money for Nothing (1993); Money, Power, Murder. (1989); Motherhood (2009); N.Y.P.D. (1968); NET Playhouse (1970); New York News (1995); New York Television Theatre (1970); Night Court (1984–1987); Nikki and Alexander (1989); Nobody's Fool (1994); Office Killer (1997); One Life to Live (1979–1980); Open House (2011); Park Place (1981); Particular Men (1972); Pieces of April (2003); Ray Parker Jr.: Ghostbusters / Music Video (1984); Running on Empty (1988); Ryan's Hope (1978); Sanctuary of Fear (1979); Spin City (2000); Synecdoche, New York (2008); Tales from the Darkside: The Movie / Cat From Hell (1990); The 24th Annual Tony Awards (1970); The American Parade (1975); The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982); The Best of Families (1977); The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1989); The Dog Lover (1962); The Equalizer (1986); The Honeymooners (2005); The House on Carroll Street (1988); The Jury (2004); The Love Letter (1999); The Rising Place (2001); The Suicide Club (1987); Thieves (1977); 'Til There Was You (1997); To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995); Trinity (1998); Video Games Awesome! (2014); Walking and Talking (1996); Where the Heart Is (1973); Where's Poppa? (1970).

Born on this day – Bruce Bilson:

Bruce Bilson

Producer

Director

Producer

Writer

May 19, 1928 – January 16, 2026

Credits:

Alias Smith and Jones (1972); Alice (1976); Almost Home (1993); Aloha Paradise (1981); Arnie (1971); B.J. and the Bear (1978–1980); Barbary Coast (1975); Barefoot in the Park (1970); Barney and me (1973); Barney Miller (1976–1981); Bewitched (1968); Blondie (1968); Bonanza (1970); Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982); Camp Runamuck (1966); Chattanooga Choo Choo (1984); Chopper One (1974); Dallas (1986); Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (1979); Dead Man on the Run (1975); Deadly Games (1996); Delta House (1979); Dinosaurs (1991–1993); Duffy (1977); Dusty's Trail (1973–1974); Dynasty (1988–1989); Emergency! (1975); Finder of Lost Loves (1984–1985); Flash III: Deadly Nightshade (1992); Get Smart (1965–1968); Get Smart Reunion Seminar (2006); Gidget (1966); Gidget's Summer Reunion (1985); Glitter (1984); Green Acres (1971); Half Nelson (1985); Harper Valley P.T.A. (1981); Hawaii Five-O (1974–1976); Hogan's Heroes (1967–1971); Hotel (1983–1987); House Calls (1980–1982); Hull High (1990); Human Target (1992); Hunter (1977); Inside TV Land (2001); Jigsaw (1972); Journeys Below the Line: 24 - The Editing Process (2005); Journeys Below the Line: ER - The Prop Masters (2006); Journeys Below the Line: Lost - The Cinematography Team (2007); Just Our Luck (1983); Knight Rider (1982); Life with Lucy (1986); Love Boat: The Next Wave (1998); Love, American Style (1969–1971); M*A*S*H (1972); Matt Helm (1975); Nanny and the Professor (1970–1971); One Potato, Two Potato (1964); One West Waikiki (1994–1995); P.S.I. Luv U (1991); Pate Katelin en Buenos Aires (1969); Pensacola: Wings of Gold (1999); Pioneers of Television (2011); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1966–1967); Pleasure Cove (1979); Private Benjamin (1981–1982); Quark (1978); Roll Out (1973); Route 66 (1962–1963); Run Buddy Run (1966); S.W.A.T. (1975–1976); Sanford and Son (1972); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1985); Science Fiction Theatre (1956); Sierra (1974); Simon & Simon (1981); Skag (1980); Sledge Hammer! (1987); Smokey and the Bear (1986); Spencer's Pilots (1976); Spenser: For Hire (1987–1988); Stu's Show (2016); Tabitha (1977); Teenage Millionaire (1961); That Girl (1967); The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1962); The Bad News Bears (1979); The Baileys of Balboa (1964–1965); The Banana Company (1977); The Brady Bunch (1973–1974); The Bradys (1990); The Colbys (1987); The Doris Day Show (1968–1972); The Fall Guy (1982–1986); The Feather and Father Gang (1977); The Flash (1990–1991); The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1969); The Ghosts of Buxley Hall (1980); The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped (1974); The Good Life (1971); The Halloween That Almost Wasn't (1979); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2008); The Lawbreakers (1964); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1957–1958); The Love Boat (1981–1986); The Magical World of Disney (1980); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1971); The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1979); The Munsters Today (1989); The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1968–1969); The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe (1976); The New Temperatures Rising Show (1972); The North Avenue Irregulars (1979); The Nutt House (1989); The Odd Couple (1970–1971); The Partridge Family (1972–1973); The Patty Duke Show (1965–1966); The Paul Lynde Show (1972); The Powers of Matthew Star (1982); The Renegades (1983); The Rookies (1974–1975); The Secret History of Get Smart (2006); The Sentinel (1996–1998); The Six Million Dollar Man (1974); The Texan (1959); The Tim Conway Show (1970); The Twilight Zone / Segment: Welcome to Winfield (1986); The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (1976); They Came from Outer Space (1990); Too Close for Comfort (1983); Too Soon to Love (1960); Touched by an Angel (1995); Turnabout (1979); U.S. Marshal (1958–1959); Viper (1994–1999); When Things Were Rotten (1975); Whirlybirds (1957–1958); Wild Harvest (1962); Wonder Woman (1977).

Born on this day – Rose Leiman Goldemberg:

Rose Leiman Goldemberg

Writer

May 17, 1928 – July 21, 2025

Credits:

Books:

All About Jewelry; Antique Jewelry: A Practical and Passionate Guide; Here's Egg on Your Face; New York Times Arts Section: Woman Playwright, Man's World; The Complete Book of Natural Cosmetics; The Way It Happened.

Stage:

Adios, Hollywood; Apples in Eden; Gandhiji; Letters Home; Love One Another; Marching as to War; Picon Pie; Rites of Passage; Sophie; The Merry War; The Rabinowitz Gambit.

Screenplays:

A Celebration of Women; A Velvet Glove; Born Beautiful; Dark Holiday; Death at Dinner; Fight for Freedom; Florence Nightingale; Growing Pains; Land of Hope; Life in the Fast Lane; Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen; Mother and Daughter, the Loving War; Out of Wedlock; Stone Pillow; The Burning Bed; The Desiray Bartak Story; The Jonas Salk Story; The Medicine Men; The Rainbow Warrior; Unnatural Acts; Victory of the Heart.

Movies and television:

Born Beautiful (1982); Dark Holiday (1989); Florence Nightingale (1985); Letters Home (1986); Mother and Daughter: The Loving War (1980); Stone Pillow (1985); The Booth / Segment: Death at Dinner (1985); The Burning Bed (1984); The Land of Hope (1976); Working in the Theatre (1979).

Born on this day – Édouard Molinaro:

Édouard Molinaro

Director

Writer

May 13, 1928 – December 7, 2013

Born on this day – Jeanne Bal:

Jeanne Bal

Actress

May 3, 1928 – April 30, 1996

Credits:

Adventures of the Sea Hawk (1958); Appointment with Adventure (1955); Bachelor Father (1961); Birth of a Timeless Legacy (2004); Bonanza (1963); Checkmate (1961); Company of Killers (1970); Diagnosis: Unknown (1960); For the Love of Spock (2016); Hey, Landlord (1966); I Spy (1968); Insight (1969); Karen (1964); Love and Marriage (1959–1960); Matt Lincoln (1970); McHale's Navy (1965); Mr. Novak (1963–1964); Perry Mason (1961–1965); Riverboat (1961); Route 66 (1961); Sci Fi Visionaries (2004); Shotgun Slade (1961); Sid Caesar Invites You (1958); Star Trek (1966); Tales of Wells Fargo (1962); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Fugitive (1964); The Loretta Young Show (1953–1961); The Sid Caesar Show (1958); Thriller (1961); Wagon Train (1963).

Born on this day – Charlene Holt:

Charlene Holt

Actress

April 28, 1928 – April 5, 1996

Credits:

Arrest and Trial (1964); Barnaby Jones (1974); Burke's Law (1963–1964); CHiPs (1980); Days of Wine and Roses (1962); El Dorado (1966); Gypsy (1967); Hawaiian Eye (1962); Hey Moe, Hey Dad! (2015); Honey West (1965); Hour of the Gun (1967); If a Man Answers (1962); Island of Love (1963); It Takes a Thief (1968); Man's Favorite Sport? (1964); Melvin and Howard (1980); Perry Mason (1965); Police Story (1975); Red Line 7000 (1965); Saints and Sinners (1962); Target: The Corruptors (1962); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Hero (1966); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963); Wonder Woman (1974); Zig Zag (1970).

Born on this day – Herman Raucher:

Herman Raucher

Writer

April 13, 1928 – December 28, 2023

Credits:

Books:

A Glimpse of Tiger (1971); Maynard's House (1980); Summer of '42 (1971); There Should Have Been Castles (1978); Watermelon Man (1970).

Movies and television:

Sweet November (2001); Ode (1999); Morning Patrol (1987); The Great Santini (1979); The Other Side of Midnight (1977); Ode to Billy Joe (1976); Remember When (1974); Class of '44 (1973); Summer of '42 (1971); Watermelon Man (1970); Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969); Sweet November (1968); Follow That Dream (1962); Studio One (1958); Matinee Theatre (1957); Goodyear Playhouse (1956); The Alcoa Hour (1956).

Born on this day – Tom Lehrer:

Tom Lehrer

Composer

Actor

April 9, 1928 – July 26, 2025

Credits:

Books:

The Tom Lehrer Song Book (1954); Tom Lehrer's Second Song Book (1972); Too Many Songs by Tom Lehrer: With Not Enough Drawings by Ronald Searle (1981).

Albums:

An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer (1959); An Evening With the Infinite Genius of Tom Lehrer (2019); Be Prepared (2013); Entertaining (2009); Evenings Wasted With Tom Lehrer (2010); I Hold Your Hand in Mine (2013); I Wanna Go Back to Dixie (2008); In Concert (1960); Kings of Comedy Presents Tom Lehrer and George Formby (2015); More of Tom Lehrer (1959); Presenting Tom Lehrer (1953); Revisited (1960); Revisited Remastered (2013); Songs & More Songs by Tom Lehrer (1997); Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953); Songs By Tom Lehrer (Remastering 2013) (2013); That Was the Year That Was (1965); The Best & Worst of Tom Lehrer (2019); The Conducted Tom Lehrer (2023); The Elements (2010); The Remains of Tom Lehrer (2000); The Rest of Tom Lehrer (2010); The Songs of Tom Lehrer (2017); The Tom Lehrer Collection (2010); The Tom Lehrer Collection: 1953–60 (2015); The Very Best Of (2011); The Very Best of Tom Lehrer (2008); Tom Foolery (2012); Tom Lehrer Discovers Australia (and Vice Versa) (1960); Tom Lehrer Live on Stage (2017).

Movies and television:

A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for A Living Planet (2012); A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House (1966); A Gathering of Eagles (1963); Advent Comedy Calendar 2020 by We Are Thomasse (2020); Annette (2021); Better Call Saul (2018); Boys State (2020); BP Super Show (1960); Comedy Songs: The Pop Years (2008); Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary (1991); Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead (2015); Flitter, Flutter-Thud (2007); For All Mankind (2019); Gilmore Girls (2006); Heroes of Comedy (2000); Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh (1998); How to Prevent a Nuclear War (1987); I Hold Your Hand in Mine (2022); Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009); Marty Back Together Again (1974); Nacha (1977); NCIS (2007); Nova ScienceNow (2006); Oj - är det redan fredag? (1970); Parkinson (1980); Pollution (1967); Porträtt av en motvillig herre (2008); Romansinfrabelic Break Fast (2024); That Was the Week That Was (1963–1985); The Big Bang Theory (2010); The Cure (2011); The Electric Company (1971–1977); The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits (2006); The Frost Report (1966); The Gateway Bug (2017); The Life and Times of Death (2019); The Life and Times of Death: Prologue (2018); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1967); The Mike Douglas Show (1966); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965); The Weekend Starts Here (1970–1971); Timeshift (2008); Today (1966); We Drive Econo (2020).

Born on this day – Eric Porter:

Eric Porter

Actor

April 8, 1928 – May 15, 1995

Born on this day – Alan J. Pakula:

Alan J. Pakula

Director

Writer

Producer

April 7, 1928 – November 19, 1998

Born on this day – James Garner:

James Garner

Actor

Producer

April 7, 1928 – July 19, 2014

Credits:

100 Years of the Hollywood Western (1994); 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2005); 1995 VH1 Honors (1995); 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (2000); 36 Hours (1964); 5th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1999); 77 Sunset Strip (1959); 8 Simple Rules (2003–2005); A Century of Westerns (2003); A Conversation with Dinah (1991); A Man Called Sledge (1970); A Man Could Get Killed (1966); Action on the Beach (1964); AFI Life Achievement Award (1978); Al Roach: Private Insectigator (2004); American Masters (2000–2012); Amy Grant: Building the House of Love (1994); Angel (1961); Arena (2000); Arsenio Hall in The Arsenio Hall Show (1994); Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001); Barbarians at the Gate (1993); Battle for Terra (2007); Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (1997); Biography (1998–2000); Boys' Night Out (1962); Bravo Profiles (2001); Breathing Lessons (1994); Bret Maverick (1981–1982); Byron Nelson: The Legend Series, a Texas Gentleman (1999); Cash McCall (1960); CBS Early Morning News (1984); Celebrity Billiards (1968); Celebrity Golf (1961); Century of Country (1999); Changing Scene (1970); Cheyenne (1955–1957); Chicago Hope (2000); Conflict (1956–1957); Cops (1973); Cowboy Jubilee: Celebrating the National Cowboy Hall of Fame (1995); Darby's Rangers (1958); DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection (2010); Dead Silence (1997); Decoration Day (1990); Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002); Donahue (1989); Duel at Diablo (1966); Entertainment Tonight (1990–2003); Fire in the Sky (1993); First Annual All-Star Celebrity Softball Game (1967); First Monday (2002); First Night (2007); For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (2010); God, the Devil and Bob (2000); Golf: The Greatest Game (1994); Good Morning America (1989); Grand Prix (1966); Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions (1966); Great Performances (1995); Harty (1983); HBO First Look (1994–2002); HealtH (1980); Heartsounds (1984); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hollywood Greats (2006); Hollywood Salutes Jodie Foster: An American Cinematheque Tribute (1999); Hour of the Gun (1967); How Sweet It Is! (1968); Ice Station Zebra (1968); Inside the Movie Kingdom – 1964 (1964); Intimate Portrait (2002); I've Got a Secret (1962–1963); James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983); James Garner on-Camera Interview: Rockford Files Season 1 DVD (2005); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2004); Juke Box Jury (1964); Just to Prove It (1972); Larry King Live (2004); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2004); Laugh-In (1977–1978); Legalese (1998); Legends (2007); Legends of Baja (2018); Lily for President? (1982); Man of the People (1991–1992); Marlowe (1969); Maverick (1957–1962); Maverick (1994); Mister Buddwing (1966); Move Over, Darling (1963); Murphy's Romance (1985); Muscular Dystrophy Telethon (1957); My Fellow Americans (1996); My Fellow Americans: Bloopers (1997); My Name Is Bill W. (1989); Nichols (1971–1972); Not Necessarily the News (1987); Nulle part ailleurs: midi (2000); Off the Minnesota Strip (1980); On Location: James Garner at the Ontario 500 Raceway (1973); Once Upon a Wheel (1971); One Little Indian (1973); One Special Night (1999); Pioneers of Television (2011); Private Screenings (2001); Promise (1986); Pushing the Limit: The Making of 'Grand Prix' (2006); Return to 'the Great Escape' (1993); Roughing It (2002); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968–1970); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in: 25th Anniversary Reunion (1993); SAG Foundation Conversations (1997); Sayonara (1957); Scott Free (1976); Searchers for a Special City (1965); Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story (1999); Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957); Sidekicks (1974); Sixty Years of Seduction (1981); Skin Game (1971); Space (1985); Space Cowboys (2000); Spirit of American (1998); Streets of Laredo (1995); Sugarfoot (1957); Sunday Night Live (1984); Sunset (1988); Superman / Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam (2010); Superstunt (1977); Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971); Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969); Take Me to Your Leaders (1990); Tank (1984); The 11th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1959); The 12th Annual People's Choice Awards (1986); The 19th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1962); The 24th Annual Bing Crosby Golf Tournament (1965); The 24th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1967); The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 35th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1978); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1987); The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991); The 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1994); The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1991 (1991); The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1998); The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986); The 60th Annual Academy Awards (1988); The Americanization of Emily (1964); The Andy Williams Show (1969–1970); The Art of Love (1965); The Bing Crosby Special (1959); The Bob Hope Show (1960–1968); The Carol Burnett Show (1978); The Castaway Cowboy (1974); The Children's Hour (1961); The Coolest Guy Movie Ever: Return to the Scene of The Great Escape (2018); The David Frost Show (1971); The Dick Cavett Show (1986); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1961–1962); The Distinguished Gentleman (1992); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1966); The Ed Sullivan Show (1969); The Fan (1981); The Girl He Left Behind (1956); The Glitter Dome (1984); The Great Escape (1963); The Hidden Dimension (1997); The Howard Stern Radio Show (1999); The Joey Bishop Show (1968–1969); The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration (2003); The Last Debate (2000); The Lee Phillip Show (1963); The Long Summer of George Adams (1982); The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire' (2002); The Making of 'Space Cowboys' (2000); The Man Who Makes the Difference (1968); The Maverick Choir: Amazing Grace (1994); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1971); The Mike Douglas Show (1969–1976); The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers (1962); The New Maverick (1978); The New Steve Allen Show (1963); The Notebook (2004); The Pink Jungle (1968); The Racing Scene (1969); The Rockford Files (1974–1980); The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise (1995); The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play (1996); The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best (1996); The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A. (1994); The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads (1999); The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits... (1996); The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime (1996); The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda (1997); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1998–2002); The Thrill of It All (1963); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1991); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993–2005); The Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy (2006); The TV Academy Annual Tribute: A Salute to Angela Lansbury (1990); The Ultimate Gift (2006); The Wheeler Dealers (1963); The Writers Guild Awards (1962); They Only Kill Their Masters (1972); This Is Your Life (1958); Today (1993); Toward the Unknown (1956); TV Land Moguls (2009); Twilight (1998); Up Periscope (1959); Victor / Victoria (1982); Warner Brothers Presents (1956); Waylon (1980); What's My Line? (1964); Whicker's World (1966); Wide Wide World (1958); Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995); Young Maverick (1979); Zane Grey Theatre (1956).

Born on this day – Maya Angelou:

Maya Angelou

Writer

April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014

Credits:

Including titles with Steven Spielberg, Langston Hughes and Mary Ellen Mark:

Angelina of Italy (2004); Izak of Lapland (2004); Mikale of Hawaii (2004); Renee Marie of France (2004); Cedric of Jamaica (2005); Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie (1971); Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well (1975); And Still I Rise (1978); Now Sheba Sings the Song (1987); I Shall Not Be Moved (1990); On the Pulse of Morning (1993); Soul Looks Back in Wonder (1993); The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou (1994); The Complete Collected Poems (1994); Maya Angelou: Poems (1994); Phenomenal Woman (1995); A Brave and Startling Truth (1995); Black Pearls (1998); Van Gogh's Ear (2005); Amazing Peace (2005); Celebrations (2006); Poetry for Young People (2007); Love's Exquisite Freedom (2011); Mrs. Flowers (1986); Life Doesn't Frighten Me (1993); My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me (1994); Kofi and His Magic (1996); I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969); Gather Together in My Name (1974); Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas (1976); The Heart of a Woman (1981); All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986); A Song Flung Up to Heaven (2002); Mom & Me & Mom (2013); Shaker, Why Don't You Sing? (1983); Letter to My Daughter (1987); Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now (1993); Even the Stars Look Lonesome (1996); The Voyage of the Amistad (1997); Making Magic in the World (1998); Amistad (1998); Mary Ellen Mark (1999); Graduation (2000); Hallelujah! The Welcome Table (2004); Mother (2006); Great Food, All Day Long (2010); His Day Is Done (2014); Rainbow in the Cloud (2014); Understanding Aspergers (2014); Strategies of Abundance (2014); The Weary Blues (1926); The Dream Keeper and Other Poems (1932); The Ways of White Folks (1934); Selected Poems (1959); Ask Your Mama (1961); Poems from Black Africa (1963); The Panther and the Lash (1967); Soul Looks Back in Wonder (1993); The Poems 1921-1940 (2001); The Poems: 1941-1950 (2001); The Poems: 1951-1967 (2001); Let America Be America Again (2004); Poetry for Young People (2006); Jim Crow's Last Stand (2007); The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes (2022); Fine Clothes to the Jew: Poems of Black America in the 1920s (2023); An Earth Song (2023); I Am the Darker Brother (1968); Growing Up in the South (1991); Quartet Of Stories (1993); Writing Women's Lives (1994); The Little Big Book of California (2005); 40 Model Essays (2005); Becoming Myself: Reflections on Growing Up Female (2006); What I Know Now: Letters to My Younger Self (2006); Made With Love: The Meals On Wheels Family Cookbook (2012); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018); Coming of Age in a Hardscrabble World (2019).

Born on this day – Byron Janis:

Byron Janis

Pianist

March 24, 1928 – March 14, 2024

Credits:

Movies and television:

Discorama (1965); Great Music from Chicago (1959); Hannibal Rising (2007); Harmoniques (1998); Les vendredis d'Apostrophes (2015); Prestige de la musique (1965); Pro Musicis: The Spirit of Music (1992); Six Pianos on One Disc (1966); The Bell Telephone Hour (1962–1963); The Byron Janis Story (2010); The Byron Janis Story (2010); The Ed Sullivan Show (1965); The Tonight Show (1956); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1984).