Born on this day – Valeria Moriconi:

Valeria Moriconi

Actress

November 15, 1931 – June 15, 2005

Born on this day – Adrienne Corri:

Adrienne Corri

Actress

November 13, 1931 – March 13, 2016

Born on this day – Mike Nichols:

Mike Nichols

Director

Producer

Actor

Comedian

November 6, 1931 – November 19, 2014

Born on this day – Monica Vitti:

Monica Vitti

Actress

November 3, 1931 – February 2, 2022

Born on this day – Annie Girardot:

Annie Girardot

Actress

October 25, 1931 – February 28, 2011

Born on this day – Ann Rule:

Ann Rule

Writer

October 22, 1931 – July 26, 2015

Credits:

A Rose for Her Grave and Other True Cases (1993); You Belong to Me and Other True Crime Cases (1994); A Fever in the Heart and Other True Cases (1996); In the Name of Love and Other True Cases (1998); The End of the Dream (1998); A Rage to Kill and Other True Cases (1999); Empty Promises and Other True Cases (2001); Last Dance, Last Chance (2001); Kiss Me, Kill Me and Other True Cases (2004); Worth More Dead and Other True Cases (2005); No Regrets and Other True Cases (2006); Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder and Other True Cases (2007); Mortal Danger and Other True Cases (2008); But I Trusted You and Other True Cases (2009); Don't Look Behind You (2011); Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors and Other True Cases (2012); Lying in Wait and Other True Cases (2014); Possession (1981); The Stranger Beside Me (1980); Lust Killer (1981); The Want-Ad Killer (1983); The I-5 Killer (1984); Mind Games (1984); Small Sacrifices (1987); If You Really Loved Me (1991); Everything She Ever Wanted (1992); Dead By Sunset (1995); Bitter Harvest (1997); And Never Let Her Go (1999); Jerry Harris Case (1999); Every Breath You Take (2001); Without Pity (2003); Heart Full of Lies (2003); Green River, Running Red (2004); Too Late to Say Goodbye (2007); In the Still of the Night (2010); Practice to Deceive (2013).

Movies and television:

12 Desperate Hours (2023); 48 Hours (2001–2012); A House on Fire (2021); A Rose for Her Grave: The Randy Roth Story (2023); And Never Let Her Go (2001); Ann Rule's A Murder to Remember (2020); Biography (1995); Born to Kill? (2010–2011); Circle of Deception (2021); Conversations with a Serial Killer (2008); Danger in the Dorm (2024); Dead by Sunset (1995); Deranged (2009); Every Breath You Take (2003); Everything She Ever Wanted (2009); Hunt for the I-5 Killer (2011); Motives & Murders: Cracking the Case (2014); Murder by Number (1993); Murderous Minds: Inside Serial Killers (2018); Sleeping with Danger (2020); Small Sacrifices (1989); The Criminal Calendar (1997); The Execution of Ted Bundy (1989); The Investigators (2002); The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science (1997); The Oprah Winfrey Show (1988); The Perfect Murder (2014); They Shoot Divas, Don't They? (2002); THS Investigates (2005); Too Late to Say Goodbye (2009); Twisted (2011).

Born on this day – Nicole Courcel:

Nicole Courcel

Actress

October 21, 1931 – June 25, 2016

Born on this day – Anita Ekberg:

Anita Ekberg

Actress

September 29, 1931 – January 11, 2015

Born on this day – Larry Hagman:

Larry Hagman

Actor

Director

Producer

September 21, 1931 – November 23, 2012

Born on this day – Malachy McCourt:

Malachy McCourt

Actor

Writer

September 20, 1931 – March 11, 2024

Credits:

Books:

A Monk Swimming: A Memoir (1998); Bush Lies in State (2004); Danny Boy: The Legend of the Beloved Irish Ballad (2003); Harold Be Thy Name: Lighthearted Daily Reflections for People in Recovery (2004); History of Ireland (2004); I Am Not Myself At All, an essay included in The Face in the Mirror: Writers Reflect on Their Dreams of Youth and the Reality of Age (2009); Singing My Him Song (2000); The Claddagh Ring: Ireland's Cherished Symbol Of Friendship, Loyalty And Love (2003); Through Irish Eyes: A Visual Companion to Angela McCourt's Ireland (1998); Voices of Ireland: Classic Writings of a Rich and Rare Land (2002).

Movies and television:

13 Stars for Channel 13 (1970); After.Life (2009); All My Children (1992–2009); Angela's Christmas (2017); Another World (1982); Ash Wednesday (2002); Beautiful Kid (2003); Beyond the Pale, A Look Back (2000–2004); Body & Soul (2002); Brewster's Millions (1985); Catalina C-Lab (1982); Coming Up Roses (2011); Danny Boy: The Ballad That Bewitched the World (2013); Freethought Matters (2021); Gods and Generals (2003); Green Card (1990); Guiding Light (1989); H.E.L.P. (1990); Happy Hour (2003); Hardball with Chris Matthews (2006); Home (2006); Humor Me (2017); Ira & Abby (2006); Isn't It Delicious (2013); J.F.K.: Reckless Youth (1993); Joyce to the World (2004); Kettle of Fish (2006); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2000–2001); Life on Mars (2009); Manny's Orphans (1978); Montana Trap (1976); Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990); Music of Ireland: Welcome Home (2010); Music of Ireland: Welcome to America (2010); My Music: When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (2010); Narcan (2016); Nick and Nicky; Odd Mom Out (2016); One Life to Live (1995); Oz (2002–2003); Popcorn Shrimp (2001); Q: The Winged Serpent (1982); Remember WENN (1997); Reversal of Fortune (1990); Reward (1980); Righteous Kill (2008); Ryan's Hope (1975–1989); Saint of 9/11 (2006); Search for Tomorrow (1984–1985); She's the One (1996); Starman (1987); Stillness (2012); Surfside 6 (1962); Tales from the Darkside (1985); Tales of the Unexpected (1984); Ten Hundred Kings (2000); The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990); The Brink's Job (1978); The Dain Curse (1978); The David Frost Show (1970); The Deli (1997); The Devil's Own (1997); The Dick Cavett Show (1968); The Don Rickles Show (1968); The DuPont Show of the Month (1959); The F.B.I. (1968); The Field (1990); The Fitzgerald Family Christmas (2012); The Ghost of Richard Harris (2022); The Guru (2002); The House of God (1984); The January Man (1989); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005–2007); The McCourts of Limerick (1998); The McCourts of New York (1999); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1971); The Mighty Macs (2009); The Mike Douglas Show (1968); The Molly Maguires (1970); The Orphan (1979); The Other Guys (2010); The Sam Levenson Show (1959); The Sweet Science (1999); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960–1961); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1972); The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1993); Thin Ice (1981); This Is a Story About Ted and Alice (2008); Threebound (2019); Toss It (2019); Turbulence (1997); Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics / Where the Dead Are (1994); Two for the Seesaw (1962); You Can't Go Home Again (1979).

Born on this day – Ray Danton:

Ray Danton

Actor

Director

Producer

September 19, 1931 – February 11, 1992

Born on this day – Jean-Claude Carrière:

Jean-Claude Carrière

Writer

Actor

Director

September 17, 1931 – February 8, 2021

Born on this day – Anne Bancroft:

Anne Bancroft

Actress

September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005

Born on this day – Bill McKinney:

Bill McKinney

Actor

September 12, 1931 – December 1, 2011

Born on this day – Ian Holm:

Ian Holm

Actor

September 12, 1931 – June 19, 2020

On this day in movie history - Murder at Midnight (1931):

Murder at Midnight,

aka The Monster Kills,

directed by Frank R. Strayer,

written by Scott Darling,

was released in France on September 1, 1931.
Music by Val Burton.

Cast:
Aileen Pringle, Alice White, Hale Hamilton, Leslie Fenton, Brandon Hurst, Kenneth Thomson, Robert Elliott, Clara Blandick, William Humphrey, Tyrell Davis, Aileen Carlyle, Robert Ellis, Vernon Dent, Anita Garvin, Frank McLure, King Mojave, Tom Steele.

Born on this day – Marilyn Lovell:

Marilyn Lovell

Actress

August 27, 1931 – April 13, 2012

Credits:

Ghosts of Mississippi (1996); The Return of Count Yorga (1971); The Outsider (1969); Captain Nice (1967); The Farmer's Daughter (1965); The Munsters (1964); The Nut House!! (1964); Naked City (1962–1963); Route 66 (1963); Tightrope (1959); Stanley (1956).

Born on this day – Janice Rule:

Janice Rule

Actress

Psychotherapist

August 15, 1931 – October 17, 2003

Born on this day – William Goldman:

William Goldman

Writer

August 12, 1931 – November 16, 2018

Credits:

Books:

Absolute Power (1997); Adventures in the Screen Trade (1983); Blood Sweat and Stanley Poole (1962); Boys and Girls Together (1969); Brothers (1986); Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid (1969); Control (1982); Father's Day (1971); Five Screenplays with Essays (1984); Four Screenplays with Essays (1994); Heat / aka Edged Weapons (1985); Hype and Glory (1990); Magic (1976); Marathon Man (1974); No Way to Treat A Lady (1964); Soldier in the Rain (1963); The Best of All Possible Worlds (1980); The Big Picture (2000); The Color of Light (1984); The Great Waldo Pepper (1975); The Princess Bride (1973); The Season (1969); The Silent Gondoliers (1983); The Temple of Gold (1957); The Thing of It Is... (1967); Tinsel (1979); Wait Till Next Year (1988); Which Lie Did I Tell? (2000); Wigger (1974); Your Turn to Curtsy, My Turn to Bow (1958).

Movies and television:

5 Minutes (2018); A Bridge Too Far (1977); A Cinematic Life: The Art & Influence of Conrad Hall (2010); A Few Good Men (1992); Absolute Power (1997); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes: America's Greatest Quips, Comebacks and Catchphrases (2005); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies (1998); All Aboard: Riding the Rails of American Film (1993); All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (2006); All the President's Men (1976); Amateur (2005); American Experience (2002); American Masters (2000); Animaniacs (2020–2023); Arena (2000); As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride' (2001); Be Water / 30 for 30 (2014); Biography (1995–2000); Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979); Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969); Chaplin (1992); Charlie Rose (1997); Checkpoint Echo (2006); Da Vinci (1996); Dateline NBC (2006); Dolores Claiborne (1995); Dreamcatcher (2003); Fierce Creatures (1997); Film Genre (2002); Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light (2006); Fry's Planet Word (2011); Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man' (2001); Good Will Hunting (1997); Harper (1966); HBO First Look (2003); Hearts in Atlantis (2001); Heat (1986); History vs. Hollywood (2001); Hollywood Insider (2021); Home Movie: The Princess Bride (2020); Inside the Actors Studio (1994); Last Action Hero (1993); Magic (1978); Malice (1993); Marathon Man (1976); Masquerade (1965); Maverick (1994); Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992); Minty Comedic Arts (2019); Miracles and Mystery: Creating 'the Green Mile' (2006); Misery (1990); Misery Loves Company (2002); Movie Night Extravaganza (2022); Moving Pictures (1990); Mr. Horn (1979); NBA 100 Greatest Plays (1999); No Way to Treat a Lady (1968); On Location with 'Gunga Din' (2004); Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat (2006); Papillon (1973); Pierrot the Fool / Cannes Film Festival (1988); Richard Attenborough: A Life (2014); Screenwriters: Word Into Image (1982); Screenwriting for Dummies (2006); ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007); Soldier in the Rain (1963); Tales from the Script (2009); Talking Pictures (1988); TCM Remembers 2018 (2018); Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of 'All the President's Men' (2006); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The 49th Annual Academy Awards (1977); The Chamber (1996); The Garden's Defining Moments (2015); The General's Daughter (1999); The Ghost and the Darkness (1996); The Gospel According to Bill (2010); The Great Waldo Pepper (1975); The Hot Rock (1972); The Human Face (2001); The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (1970); The Oscars (2019); The Princess Bride (1987 / 1999 / 2012); The Princess Bride Making Of (1987); The South Bank Show (1990–2009); The Stepford Wives (1975); The War of the Roses (1989); True Love: The Princess Bride Phenomenon - Entering the Zeitgeist (2012); Twins (1988); Under Suspicion (2000); Wild Card (2015); Year of the Comet (1992).

Born on this day – Umberto Lenzi:

Umberto Lenzi

Director

Writer

August 6, 1931 – October 19, 2017