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).

Born on this day – Vanessa Brown:

Vanessa Brown

Actress

March 24, 1928 – May 21, 1999

Credits:

Movies, television and radio:

20 Questions (1952); All That Glitters (1977); Arnie (1971); Big Jack (1949); Bill Slater Show (1950); Bless the Beasts & Children (1971); Call to Glory (1985); Charleston (1979); Climax! (1955–1957); Dallas (1985); Eight Steps to Peace: Membership in the U.N. (1958); Eight Steps to Peace: The Answer Now (1958); Footlights and Kleiglights (1951); General Electric Theater (1959); General Hospital (1980); Good Heavens (1976); Goodyear Theatre (1959); Goosehill Gang and the Vanishing Schoolmate (1980); Hollywood Screen Test (1952); Hollywood Star Time / The Song of Bernadette (1946); Hollywood Theatre Time (1951); I’ll Buy That (1953–1954); I’ve Always Loved You (1946); Justice (1955); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1952); Leave It to the Girls (1949–1953); Lights Out (1951); Lux Video Theatre (1951); Margie (1946); Matinee Theatre (1957); Mother Wore Tights (1947); Murder, She Wrote (1989); My Favorite Husband (1955); One Step Beyond (1960); Österreicher in Hollywood (1994); Perry Mason (1959); Police Story (1975); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1951); Robert Montgomery Presents (1951); Rosie! (1967); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Stage 7 (1955); Suspense / Episode 107: The Vanishing Lady (1957); Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950); The Bad and the Beautiful (1952); The Basketball Fix (1951); The Chevy Mystery Show (1960); The Ezio Pinza Show (1952); The Fighter (1952); The Foxes of Harrow (1947); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1959); The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947); The Girl of the Limberlost (1945); The Heiress (1949); The Kate Smith Hour (1953); The Late George Apley (1947); The Loretta Young Show (1956); The Millionaire (1956); The Red Skelton Hour (1958); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Secret of St. Ives (1949); The Twilight Zone / A Message from Charity (1985); The Witch Who Came from the Sea (1976); The Wonder Years (1990); Three Husbands (1950); True Colors (1991); Wagon Train (1958); We, the People (1949); Youth Runs Wild (1944).

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

Credits:

15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2009); A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe (1975); A Time to Kill (1996); Aggie (1956–1957); All Night Long (1962); American Cowslip (2009); American Playhouse (1985); Armchair Theatre (1958–1961); Ashes to Ashes (1998); Assignment Foreign Legion (1957); Astley's Way (2001); Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985); BBC Sunday-Night Play (1963); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1955); Between Ourselves (1993); Brand (1959); Brass Target (1978); Braveheart (1995); Braveheart: A Look Back (2009); Brilliant But Cancelled (2002); Catch My Soul (1974); CBS Galaxy (1977); Columbo (1974–1990); Columbo: Agenda for Murder (1990); Columbo: Murder with Too Many Notes (2001); Danger Man (1960–1966); Derrick contre Superman (1992); Disney's Beautiful Witch (2004); Don't Knock Yourself Out (2007); Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow (1963); Elephant Gun (1958); Escape from Alcatraz (1979); Folio (1959); Hell Drivers (1957); High Tide at Noon (1957); Hysteria (1997); I Am a Camera (1955); Ice Station Zebra (1968); In My Mind (2017); In Search of the Prisoner (2001); Interviews with the Cast of 'Braveheart' (2007); ITV Play of the Week (1958–1961); ITV Television Playhouse (1958); Jamaica Inn (1983); Journey Into Darkness (1968); Kings and Desperate Men (1981); Koroshi (1968); Kreating Karloff (2006); Lionpower from MGM (1967); Many Happy Returns: 50 Years On (2017); Mary, Queen of Scots (1971); Moby Dick Rehearsed (1955); Murder, She Wrote (1987); Of Pure Blood (1986); Passage Home (1955); Que le meilleur gagne! (1993); Rafferty (1977–1979); Rendezvous (1957–1961); Scanners (1980); Secret Agent (1964–1967); Shooting the Moonshine War (1970); Silver Streak (1976); Six Into One: The Prisoner File (1984); Tales of the Vikings (1960); Tales of William Wallace (2007); TCM Remembers 2009 (2009); Television Playwright (1958); Terminus (1955); The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards (2009); The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956); The Best of Friends (1991); The Cars That Made Britain Great (2016); The Dam Busters (1955); The Greatest (2001); The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1958); The Hard Way (1980); The Laughing Prisoner (1987); The Magical World of Disney (1963 / 1965); The Man in the Iron Mask (1977); The Man Who Makes the Difference (1968); The Moonshine War (1970); The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2009); The Persuader: The TV Times of Lord Lew Grade (1994); The Phantom (1996); The Prisoner (1967–1968); The Prisoner Puzzle (1977); The Prisoner Video Companion (1990); The Prisoner: 35 Years of a Television Phenomenon (2003); The Quare Fellow (1962); The Simpsons (2000); The Sixties (2014); The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963); The Tube / Segment: The Laughing Prisoner (1987); The Vise (1955–1956); The Warriors (1955); Three Sovereigns for Sarah (1985); Timeshift (2004); Treasure Planet (2002); Treasure Planet Read-Along DVD (2003); Trespasses (1984); Two Living, One Dead (1961); Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1965 (1966); Walk in the Shadow (1962); World Theatre (1959); You Are There (1954); Zarak (1956).

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).