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).

Born on this day – Fred Rogers:

Fred Rogers

Minister

Television host

Writer

Producer

March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003

Credits:

Books:

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: The Poetry of Mister Rogers Neighborhood (2009); A Trolley Visit to Make-Believe (1987); Adoption (1993); Dear Mister Rogers (1996); Divorce (1994); Everyone is Special (1975); Extraordinary Friends (2000); Going on an Airplane (1989); Going to Day Care (1985); Going to the Dentist (1989); Going to the Doctor (1986); Going to the Hospital (1977); Going to the Hospital (1988); Going to the Potty (1986); Good Weather or Not (2005); Having an Operation (1977); Henrietta Meets Someone New (1974); If We Were All the Same (1987); Josephine the Short Neck-Giraffe (2006); Life’s Journeys According to Mister Rogers (2005); Making Friends (1987); Many Ways to Say I Love You: Wisdom For Parents And Children (2019); Mister Rogers’ How Families Grow (1988); Mister Rogers’ Playbook (1986); Mister Rogers’ Playtime (2001); Mister Rogers’ Songbook (1970); Mister Rogers Talks About (1974); Mister Rogers Talks to Parents (1983); Mister Rogers Talks with Families About Divorce (1987); Moving (1987); No One Can Ever Take Your Place (1988); Our Small World (1954); Planet Purple (1986); So Many Things To See! (1977); Speedy Delivery (1973); Stepfamilies (2001); Tell Me, Mister Rogers (1975); The Costume Party (1976); The Elves, the Shoemaker, & the Shoemaker’s Wife (1973); The Giving Box (2000); The Matter of the Mittens (1973); The Mister Rogers Parenting Book (2002); The Mister Rogers Parenting Resource Book (2005); The New Baby (1985); The World According to Mister Rogers (2003); Time to Be Friends (1974); Tomorrow on the Children’s Corner (1960); Wearing a Cast (1977); When a Pet Dies (1988); When Monsters Seem Real (1988); Wishes Don’t Make Things Come True (1987); You are special: Neighborly Wisdom from Mister Rogers (2002); You Are Special: Words of Wisdom from America’s Most Beloved Neighbor (1994); You Can Never Go Down the Drain (1988).

Discography:

A Place of Our Own (1970); Around the Children’s Corner (with Josey Carey) (1958); Bedtime (1992); Come On and Wake Up (1972); Coming and Going (1997); Growing (1992); It’s Such A Good Feeling: The Best Of Mister Rogers (2019); Josephine the Short-Neck Giraffe (1969); King Friday XIII Celebrates (1964); Let’s Be Together Today (1968); Tomorrow on the Children’s Corner (with Josie Carey) (1959); Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (1967); Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (1994); You Are Special (1969).

Movies and television:

114th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade (2003); A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019); A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor (1999); Arthur (1997–2002); Atop the Fourth Wall (2008); Being There (1979); Bowling for Columbine (2002); Butternut Square (1964); CBS Tournament of Roses Parade (2003); Christmastime with Mister Rogers (1977); Cop Land (1997); Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood (2012–2018); Divided Highways: The Interstates and the Transformation of American Life (1997); Donahue (1972); Donkey Hodie (2021); Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1996); Entertainment USA (1988); Family Ties (1989); Good Morning America (1979–1985); Haack: The King of Techno (2004); Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992); Hour Magazine (1986); In Living Color (1993); Jimmy Valentine (1985); Junior Magazine (1955); Late Night with David Letterman (1982); Life and Times (2001); Medicine for Melancholy (2008); Mike & Mike (2016); Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (1968–2001); MisteRogers (1961–1967); Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe (2023); Mr. Dressup’s 25th Anniversary (1994); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1993); NET Playhouse (1970); Northern Exposure (1994); Old Friends... New Friends (1978–1980); Olive Kitteridge (2014); Pastor Mike Online (2011–2014); Paternity (1981); Perfect Strangers (1987); Presidential Inaugural Celebration for Children (1993); Saturday Night Live (2003); Saturday Night Live in the ‘80s: Lost & Found (2005); Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy (1998); Sesame Street (1981); Tattletales (1976); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); The 14th TV Academy Hall of Fame (1999); The 24th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1997); The Addams Family (2019); The Arsenio Hall Show (1993); The ‘Burbs (1989); The Children’s Corner (1955); The Creative Person (1966); The Drew Barrymore Show (2020); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (1999); The Magic of David Copperfield: China (1986); The Rosie O’Donnell Show (1996–2000); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2016–2018); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1980–1989); Today (1969); Wheel of Fortune (1998); Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1991); Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (2018); Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum (2021).

Born on this day – Patrick McGoohan:

Patrick McGoohan

Actor

Director

Writer

Producer

March 19, 1928 – January 13, 2009

Born on this day – Valerie French:

Valerie French

Actress

March 11, 1928 – November 3, 1990

Credits:

One of the Boys (1982); One Life to Live (1977); The Adams Chronicles (1976); All My Children (1977); Shalako (1968); Armchair Theatre (1968); Champion House (1967); ITV Playhouse (1968); The Prisoner (1967); Love Story (1967); The Nurses (1965); A Flame in the Wind (1964); The Best of the Post (1961); Have Gun - Will Travel (1959–1960); Alcoa Theatre (1958–1960); The Alaskans (1960); Goodyear Theatre (1958–1960); Bold Venture (1959); The Story on Page One (1959); The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959); The Third Man (1959); Ten Little Indians (1959); Schlitz Playhouse (1958); The George Sanders Mystery Theater (1957); The Hard Man (1957); Trackdown (1957); Decision at Sundown (1957); The 27th Day (1957); The Garment Jungle (1957); The Ford Television Theatre (1956); Secret of Treasure Mountain (1956); The Edge of Night (1965); Jubal (1956); Marriage a la Mode (1955); Rheingold Theatre (1954); Tonight's the Night (1954); Maddalena (1954); Strictly Personal (1953).

Born on this day – Lore Segal:

Lore Segal

Writer

Translator

Teacher

Actress

March 8, 1928 – October 7, 2024

Credits:

Books:

All the Way Home (1973); An Absence of Cousins (2024); Half the Kingdom (2013); Her First American (1985); Ladies' Lunch (2023); Lucinella (1976); More Mole Stories and Little Gopher, Too (2005); Morris the Artist (2003); Mrs. Lovewright & Purrless Her Cat (1993); Other People's Houses (1973); Shakespeare's Kitchen (2007); Tell Me a Mitzi (1977); Tell Me a Trudy (1977); The Best American Short Stories 1990 (1990); The Book Of Adam To Moses (1987); The Journal I Never Kept (2019); The Story of King Saul and King David (1991); The Story of Old Mrs. Brubeck (1981); Why Mole Shouted and Other Stories (2004).

Movies and television:

Crossing Delancey (1988); Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000); My Knees Were Jumping: Remembering the Kindertransports (1996); Vielleicht habe ich Glück gehabt / Maybe I was lucky (2003).

Born on this day – Daphne Slater:

Daphne Slater

Actress

March 3, 1928 – October 4, 2012

Credits:

A Man of our Times (1968); Armchair Theatre (1962); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1951–1959); Callan (1969); Don't Do It Dempsey (1960); Elizabeth R (1971); Emergency-Ward 10 (1967); Emma (1948); Happy Ever After (1969); I Want to Be an Actor (1946); ITV Play of the Week (1960); ITV Playhouse (1974); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969–1973); Jackanory (1967); Jane Eyre (1956); Katy's Love Affair (1947); Less Than Kind (1959); Love Story (1966); Our Man at St. Mark's (1966); Out of the Unknown (1965); Persuasion (1960–1961); Play for Today (1970); Precious Bane (1957); Pride and Prejudice (1952); Shadows (1975); Sunday Story (1965); Television World Theatre (1958); The Affair at Assino (1953); The Brontes at the BBC (2016); The Father (1962); The First Freedom (1967); The Gold Robbers (1969); The Jazz Age (1968); The Madhouse on Castle Street / BBC Sunday-Night Play (1961); The Man in the Iron Mask (1968); The Respectful Prostitute (1963); The Wednesday Play (1964); Theatre 625 (1966–1967); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1971); Thursday Theatre (1964–1965); Village Hall (1975); W. Somerset Maugham (1970); World Theatre (1959).

Born on this day – Katharine Whitehorn:

Katharine Whitehorn

Writer

Radio presenter

March 2, 1928 – January 8, 2021

Credits:

Cooking in a Bedsitter (aka Kitchen in the Corner: A Complete Guide to Bedsitter Cookery) (1961); Observations (1970); Only on Sundays (1966); Roundabout (1962); Selective Memory by Katharine Whitehorn (2007); Sunday Best (1976); View from a Column (1981).

Born on this day – Hilary Masters:

Hilary Masters

Writer

February 3, 1928 – June 14, 2015

Credits:

An American Marriage (1969); Clemmons (1985); Cooper (1987); Elegy for Sam Emerson (2006); Hammertown Tales (1986); Home Is the Exile (1996); How the Indians Buried Their Dead (2009); In Montaigne's Tower (2000); Last Stands: Notes from Memory (1982); Manuscript for Murder (1987); Palace of Strangers (1971); Post: A Fable (2011); Shadows On a Wall: Juan O'Gorman and the Mural in Patzcuaro (2005); Strickland (1989); Success: New and Selected Short Stories (1992); The Common Pasture (1967).

Born on this day – Dorian Gray:

Dorian Gray

Actress

February 2, 1928 – February 16, 2011

Credits:

The criminals of the metropolis (1967); Thrilling (1965); Motel Adventure (1963); Commando (1962); Peccati d'estate (1962); Finden sie, daß Constanze sich richtig verhält? (1962); The Attendants (1961); Destination Fury (1961); ... And Suddenly It's Murder! (1960); The tank of 8 September (1960); Colossus and the Amazon Queen (1960); Love and Larceny (1960); The Surprises of Love (1959); Short loves in Palma di Majorca (1959); Winter Holidays (1959); Love on the Riviera (1958); Wives dangerous (1958); Sunday is always Sunday (1958); The Scream (1957); Nights of Cabiria (1957); Totò, Peppino and the Outlaws (1956); Guaglione (1956); Totò, Peppino and the... Malafemmina (1956); Toto Double or Nothing (1956); They like me (1955); Poppy (1952); The Queen of Sheba (1952); Revenge... Sarda (1952); My Heart Sings (1951); Appointment for Murder (1951); The Magician by Strength (1951); Gosh to taxes!! (1951).

Born on this day – Stuart Whitman:

Stuart Whitman

Actor

February 1, 1928 – March 16, 2020

Born on this day – Roger Vadim:

Roger Vadim

Writer

Director

Producer

Artist

Actor

January 26, 1928 – February 11, 2000

Born on this day – Jeanne Moreau:

Jeanne Moreau

Actress

Singer

Writer

Director

January 23, 1928 – July 31, 2017

Born on this day – Joanne Linville:

Joanne Linville

Actress

January 15, 1928 – June 20, 2021

Credits:

A Star Is Born (1976); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958); Barnaby Jones (1973–1979); Behind the Screen (1981); Ben Casey (1962); Beyond Lovely (2005); Bonanza (1966); Bringing Up Buddy (1960); Bus Stop (1962); CBS Repertoire Workshop (1960); Charlie's Angels (1979); heckmate (1961); CHiPs (1977); Columbo (1973); Copper Canyon (1950); Coronado 9 (1960); Deadline (1959); Decoy (1957); Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (1960); Dr. Kildare (1962); Dynasty (1982–1983); Empire (1962); From the Dead of Night (1989); Gable and Lombard (1976); Going My Way (1962); Great Ghost Tales (1961); Guiding Light (1952–2009); Gunsmoke (1961–1968); Have Gun - Will Travel (1960); Hawaii Five-O (1969–1970); Hotel de Paree (1960); House on Greenapple Road (1970); I Spy (1965); James Dean (2001); Judd for the Defense (1969); Kojak (1974); Kraft Theatre (1958); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1958); L.A. Law (1988); Lancer (1969); Laramie (1961); Matinee Theatre (1957–1958); Medical Center (1971); Mrs. Columbo (1979); Naked City (1962–1963); Nakia (1974); One Step Beyond (1959–1960); Our American Heritage (1961); Playhouse 90 (1959); Prime Times (1983); Robert Montgomery Presents (1957); Route 66 (1962); Sam Benedict (1962); Scorpio (1973); ecrets (1977); Shane (1966); Star Trek (1968); Starship Excelsior (2016); Studio One (1954–1958); Suspicion (1958); Switch (1977); The Alcoa Hour (1957); The Ascent of Mt. Fuji (1978); The Blue Knight (1976); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1970–1972); The Critical List (1978); The Defenders (1961–1963); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Doctors and the Nurses (1962); The DuPont Show of the Month (1959); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The F.B.I. (1967–1969); The Felony Squad (1968); The Fugitive (1966); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1959); The Goddess (1958); The Invaders (1967–1968); The Investigator (1958); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956); The Law and Mr. Jones (1960); The New Breed (1962); The Right of the People (1986); The Seduction (1982); The Streets of San Francisco (1973–1974); The Third Man (1959); The Twilight Zone (1961); The Users (1978).

Born on this day – Gregory Walcott:

Gregory Walcott

Actor

January 13, 1928 – March 20, 2015

Born on this day – William Peter Blatty:

William Peter Blatty

Writer

Director

Actor

Producer

January 7, 1928 – January 12, 2017

Credits:

Books:

Which Way to Mecca, Jack? (1959); John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1963); I, Billy Shakespeare (1965); Twinkle, Twinkle, "Killer" Kane (1966); The Exorcist (1971); The Ninth Configuration (aka Twinkle, Twinkle "Killer" Kane) (1978); Legion (1983); Demons Five, Exorcists Nothing: A Fable (1996); Demons Five, Exorcists Nothing: A Hollywood Christmas Carol (2013); Elsewhere (2009); Dimiter (aka The Redemption) (2010 & 2013); Crazy (2010); The Exorcist for the 21st Century (2016); I'll Tell Them I Remember You (autobiography) (1974); William Peter Blatty on 'The Exorcist': From Novel to Screen (1974); If There Were Demons Then Perhaps There Were Angels: William Peter Blatty's Own Story of the Exorcist (2001); Finding Peter: A True Story of The Hand of Providence and Evidence of Life After Death (2015).

Movies:

The Exorcist III (1990); The Ninth Configuration (1980); The Exorcist (1973); John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965); No Place to Land (1958); Ficción sonora (2006); Mastermind (1976); Insight (1960); Darling Lili (1970); The Great Bank Robbery (1969); Gunn (1967); What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966); Promise Her Anything (1966); A Shot in the Dark (1964); The Man from the Diners' Club (1963).

Born on this day – Beverly Michaels:

Beverly Michaels

Actress

December 28, 1928 – June 9, 2007

Credits:

Adventures of the Falcon (1955); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956); Betrayed Women (1955); Blonde Bait (1956); Cheyenne (1956); Crashout (1955); East Side, West Side (1949); No Holds Barred (1952); Pickup (1951); The Girl on the Bridge (1951); The Marrying Kind (1952); Three Little Words (1950); Wicked Woman (1953); Women Without Men (1956).

Born on this day – Irish McCalla:

Irish McCalla

Actress

Artist

December 25, 1928 – February 1, 2002

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1963); Have Gun - Will Travel (1963); Hands of a Stranger (1962); Five Bold Women (1960); Five Gates to Hell (1959); The Beat Generation (1959); She Demons (1958); Sheena: Queen of the Jungle (1955–1956).

Born on this day – Dick Miller:

Dick Miller

Actor

December 25, 1928 – January 30, 2019

Born on this day – Ed Nelson:

Ed Nelson

Actor

December 21, 1928 – August 9, 2014

Born on this day – Jean Adamson:

Jean Adamson

Writer

Illustrator

February 29, 1928 – December 15, 2024

Credits:

Books:

ABC: A Picture Alphabet (1962); Animal bounce (1969); Busy Builders (1997); Chestnut Tree (1974); Family Tree (1968); Hop Like Me (1972); Neighbours in the Park (1962); People who Help Us Stories (1999); Red Boots, Yellow Boots (1997); Surprises for Topsy & Tim (1971); Topsy & Tim Have Their Hair Cut (1989); Topsy & Tim's Safety Book (1973); Topsy + Tim Meet the Ambulance Crew (1996); Topsy and Tim and the Bully (1994); Topsy and Tim and the New Puppy (1992); Topsy and Tim at Granny and Grandpa's (1996); Topsy and Tim at School (1968); Topsy and Tim at the Bank (1985); Topsy and Tim at the Farm (1970); Topsy and Tim at the Seaside (1965); Topsy and Tim at the Supermarket (1996); Topsy and Tim Can Play Party Games (1981); Topsy and Tim Go for Gold (1977); Topsy and Tim Go Shopping (1977); Topsy And Tim Go Swimming (1973); Topsy and Tim Go to London (2014); Topsy and Tim go to the Hospital (1971); Topsy and Tim go to the zoo (1968); Topsy and Tim move house (1979); Topsy and Tim Stay with a Friend (1987); Topsy and Tim Visit the Tower of London (1976); Topsy and Tim: First Sleepover (2016); Topsy and Tim: Go Camping (1977); Topsy and Tim: Go on a Train (1990); Topsy and Tim: Go on an Aeroplane (1979); Topsy and Tim: Go to the Doctor (1982); Topsy and Tim: Halloween Party; Topsy and Tim: Have a Birthday Party (1971 / 2010); Topsy and Tim: Have Itchy Heads (1996); Topsy and Tim: Have Their Eyes Tested (1982); Topsy and Tim: Help a Friend (2005); Topsy and Tim: Learn to Swim (1973); Topsy and Tim: Meet Father Christmas (2013); Topsy and Tim: Meet the Firefighters (1989); Topsy and Tim: Meet the Police (1989); Topsy and Tim: Our Day Clock Book; Topsy and Tim: Play Football (1991); Topsy and Tim: Start School (2003); Topsy and Tim: the Complete Audio Collection (2017); Topsy and Tim: Visit London (2012); Topsy and Tim's ABC (1982); Topsy and Tim's Big Fun Book; Topsy and Tim's Friday Book (1961); Village Green (1972).

Television:

Topsy and Tim / 64-episode TV series (2013–2015).