Born on this day – Annie Girardot:

Annie Girardot

Actress

October 25, 1931 – February 28, 2011

Credits:

21 rue Blanche à Paris (1961); 6 à la maison (2020); 7 sur 7 (1990); À chacun son enfer (1977); A Cry in the Night (1992); À la folie, pas du tout (1986); A Matter of Convenience (1992); À vos amours (1993); Adieu blaireau (1985); Ainsi soit nous (2000); Alain Jessua, le franc-tireur du cinéma français (2021); Alibi perfetto (1992); All Night Long (1981); Allez au cinema (1969); Allons au cinéma (1976); Allons petits enfants (2005); Àngel Casas Show (1985); Annie Girardot comme au cinema (2004); Annie Girardot selon son coeur (2020); Annie Girardot, ainsi va la vie (2008); Arena (2002); Au-delà de l'écran (1965); Avis de recherche (1988–1990); Beau geste (2023); Beautiful Families (1964); Belmondo L'Incorrigible (2022); Black List (1984); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte (2021); Bobo Jacco (1979); Bobosse (1959); Boxes (2007); Cabaret du soir (1958); Caché (2005); Carné, vous avez dit Carné (1996); Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses! (1979); C'est au programme (2001); C'est beau une ville la nuit (2006); C'est encore mieux l'après-midi (1987); Champs-Elysées (1982–1987); Chansons à la Carte (1981); Christian (2007); Chroniques de France / Segment: Le cinquantième film d'Annie Girardot (1974); Ciné regards (1980–1981); Cinéma (1967); Cinéma 16 (1989); Cinema 3 (2011); Cinépanorama (1957–1961); Claude Lelouch La vie en mieux (2024); Close Up (2020); Coeurs neufs (1969); Colorspace Vol. 2 (2011); Colpo di coda (1993); Comédie d'amour (1989); Comme au cinéma (1999); Commissariat Bastille (2002); Compression (2023–2025); Crime Does Not Pay / Segment: L'affaire Fenayrou (1962); D'amour et d'eau fraîche (1976); Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987); Dear Inspector (1977); Déclic et des claques (1965); Delitti privati (1993); Des fleurs pour Irma (2005); Días de cine (2011); Dillinger Is Dead (1969); Dim Dam Dom (1970); Discorama (1968); Docteur Françoise Gailland (1976); Double jeu (1992); D'un film à l'autre (2011); Édith Piaf: Le concert idéal (2003); Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause! (1970); Elle cause plus... Elle flingue (1972); En aparté (2001); Engagement Italiano (1964); Epsteins Nacht (2002); Erotissimo (1969); Et si on se disait tout (1989); Ex Libris (1989); Faccia di lepre (1990); Famous Love Affairs / Segment: Les Comédiennes (1961); Ferreri, I Love You (2000); Five Days in June (1989); Florence ou La vie de château (1987); Formule 1 (1982–1983); Gala de l'union (1978); Girls with Guns (1994); Graffiti 60 (2004); Grand Amphi (1971); Grand écran (1965–1972); Grossesse nerveuse / Les mercredis de la vie (1993); Ham and Chips (1977); Hearth Fires (1972); Hotel Shanghai (1997); Il faut vivre dangereusement (1975); Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu (1973); Il pleut sur Santiago (1975); Il sospetto (1975); Inspector Maigret (1958); It Rains in My Village (1968); Jean Raymond / Les joies de la vie (1958–1959); Jean Yanne, tendre provocateur (2022); Jeanne (1994); Joyeux anniversaire Monsieur Trenet (1995); Juliette et Juliette (1974); La bande à Bonnot (1968); La bonne soupe (1964); La chanson d'un autre coeur IV (2012); La dernière nuit (1981); La façon de le dire (1999); La folle aventure de Louis de Funès (2020); La galerie France 5 (2017); La génération des Enfants du Rock (2024); La mandarine (1972); La nuit des 7 d'or (1989); La nuit des Césars (1977–2002); La nuit des Molières (1988–2002); La nuit des rois (1957); La parte del Leone: una storia della Mostra (2023); La prophétie des grenouilles (2003); La revanche (1981); La vie continue (1981); La vie de château (1985); La zizanie (1978); L'affaire (1977); L'âge de braise (1998); L'âge d'or de la pub (2023); L'agence (1989); Lahaye d'honneur (1988); L'altro enigma (1988); L'amour en question (1978); L'amour est en jeu (1957); L'autre femme (1964); Le bateau d'Émile (1962); Le bois du Pardoux (2000); Le cercle (1998); Le cercle de minuit (1993–1996); Le clair de terre (1970); Le club (2001); Le coeur à l'envers (1980); Le dernier baiser (1977); Le dernier des cinq (1974); Le dernier voyage (1995); Le désert de Pigalle (1958); Le drôle de drame de Marcel Carné (2021); Le gitan (1975); Le grand échiquier (1973–1989); Le JAP, juge d'application des peines (1994); Le jeu de la vérité (1985); Le marathon du lit (2001); Le mystère Bardot (2012); Le pain de ménage (1968); Le palmarès des chansons (1965); Le pays d'où je viens (1956); Le plus grand cabaret du monde (2000); Le point de mire (1977); Le rendez-vous (1961); Le temps des porte-plumes (2006); Le vent des moissons (1988); L'école des fans (1977); Legends of World Cinema (2004); Les 13 vies du chat Lelouch (2002); Les Bidochon (1996); Les Chroniques du Mea (2019–2020); Les dossiers de l'écran (1970); Les échos du cinéma (1961); Les enfants de la télé (1996 / 2021); Les femmes aussi (1965); Les Feux de la rampe (2002); Les fleurs de Maureen (2002); Les Gauloises bleues (1968); Les grands enfants (1967); Les Misérables (1995); Les nouveaux rendez-vous (1980–1981); Les novices (1970); Les Nuits de France Culture (2024); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1977–1980); Let's Be Friends (2005); L'histoire du samedi (1996); L'Homme aux clés d'or (1956); Life Love Death (1969); Lignes de mire (1998); L'invité du dimanche (1969–1970); Little Fadette (2004); Live for Life (1967); Louis de Funès ou Le pouvoir de faire rire (2003); Louis de Funès, champion du box office (2021); Louis de Funès, la comédie humaine (2003); Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son (2013); Love and the Frenchwoman / Segment: Le Divorce (1960); Love Circle (1969); Love Is a Funny Thing (1969); Lovers on a Tightrope (1960); Luchino Visconti (1999); Lundi en histoires (2016); Male Companion (1964); Mardi cinéma (1985–1987); Maria: Segment: Il principe Azzurro (1964); Marie Fransson (2000); Merci La Vie (1991); Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes (2002); Midi Trente (1972); Monsieur Cinéma (1967–1980); Morceaux de Cannes (2021); Mourir d'aimer... (1971); Musique and Music (1977–1978); Mussolini and I (1985); Nous nous sommes tant aimés (2012); Nuda proprietà vendesi (1997); Numéro un (1978–1981); Océaniques - Des idées des hommes des oeuvres (1991); Olga e i suoi figli (1985); Ombre et lumière (2002); On a tous grandi avec Louis de Funès (2007); On a volé la cuisse de Jupiter (1980); On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde (2001); Orages d'été (1989); Outlaws of Love (1963); Paris aktuell (1970); Paris romance (2004); Partir, revenir (1985); Péplum (1975); Père Noël et fils (1983); Permission de minuit (1987); Petite soeur (1996); Pierrot le Fou / Cannes Film Festival (1990); Pigalle-Saint-Germain-des-Prés (1950); Plaisir du théâtre (1983); Portagli i miei saluti... avanzi di galera (1993); Pour le cinéma (1969–1975); Pourquoi Paris? (1964); Practice Makes Perfect (1979); Préférence (1998); Prisonnières (1988); Profession: comédien (1979); Recours en grâce (1960); Recto verso (2002); Reflets de Cannes (1964–1967); Regards de femme (1989); Reproduction interdite (1957); Rocco and His Brothers (1960); Rochefort, Noiret, Marielle: les copains d'abord (2021); Ruf (1989); Run After Me Until I Catch You (1976); Sacha show (1965–1967); Sacrée soirée (1989–1990); Sept à huit (2001); Shadows of Adultery (1961); Simon le juste (2003); Simone Signoret, figure libre (2020); Smog (1962); Souvenirs souvenirs (1984); Speaking of Murder (1957); Spécial cinéma (1980–1983); Sport en fête (1973); Stars (1981); Stars'N Co (1997); Story of a Woman (1970); Surprise sur prise (1989); T'aime (2000); Take It from the Top (1978); CM Remembers (2011); Téléthon (1987); The 84th Annual Academy Awards (2012); The Ape Woman (1964); The Dragon of Danube (2013); The Girls of Lido (1995); The Key Is in the Door (1978); The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway (1989); The Making of 'C'est beau une ville la nuit' (2007); The Old Maid (1972); The Organizer (1963); Thé ou café (1998); The Piano Teacher (2001); The Secret Agents (1965); The Seed of Man (1969); The Shortest Day (1963); The Slap (1974); The Witches / Segment: La Strega Bruciata Viva (1967); There Were Days... and Moons (1990); This Is My Body (2001); Three Rooms in Manhattan (1965); Top à... (1972–1974); Toujours seuls (1991); Tout ce qui brille (1996); Tout le monde en parle (2004); Traffic Jam (1979); Traitement de choc (1973); Treize à table (1955); Un Français nommé Gabin (2017); Un jour en France (2002); Un jour, un destin (2010); Un métier de seigneur (1986); Una voglia da morire (1965); Une robe noire pour un tueur (1981); Une soupe aux herbes sauvages (2001); Unknown Movies (2015); Ursule et Grelu (1974); Vice and Virtue (1963); Visconti: La verdad del melodrama (2001); Vivement dimanche (1998–2002); Vivement dimanche prochain (2002); What War May Bring (2010).

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

Credits:

Amazons of Rome (1961); Antoine & Antoinette (1947); Au théâtre ce soir (1979); Autour d'une collection (1949); Aux yeux du souvenir (1948); Beau sang (1956); Club de femmes (1956); Credo (1983); Ein Mann geht durch die Wand (1959); Escalier sur cour (1965); Father, Mother, My Wife and I (1955); Father, Mother, the Maid and I (1954); Foreign Intrigue (1953); Gibier de potence (1951); Hello Beatrice (1984); Konga Yo (1962); La belle et le tzigane (1958); La dame de Noël (1958); La Marie du Port (1950); La milliardaire (1991); La parisienne (1967); La peau de l'ours (1957); La vallée des peupliers (1986); L'araignée (1973); Le collège en folie (1954); Le destin des Steenfort (1999); Le grand pavois (1954); L'enchantement (1974); Les amants de Bras-Mort (1951); Les amours de Paris (1961); Les amours finissent à l'aube (1953); Les Boussardel (1972); Les cinq dernières minutes (1995); Les clandestines (1954); Les deux virus (1989); Les petits drames (1961); Les ruses du diable (Neuf portraits d'une jeune fille) (1966); Les Thibault (2003); L'esprit de famille (1979); L'inspecteur aime la bagarre (1957); Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love! (1961); Madame Bovary (1974); Marchandes d'illusions (1954); Milady and the Three Musketeers (2004); Monelle (1948); Money Money Money (1972); Nick Carter et le trèfle rouge (1965); No Exit (1954); Quand elles conduisent (1955); Quatre femmes, quatre vies (1981); Rendezvous in July (1949); Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954); Sherlock Holmes (1955); Stop Train 349 (1963); Sundays and Cybèle (1962); Témoignages (1973); Testament of Orpheus (1960); The Beguines (1972); The Blonde Witch (1956); The Case of Dr. Laurent (1957); The Creatures (1966); The Night of the Generals (1967); The Slap (1974); The Strangler (1970); Thomas (1975); Tomorrow Is My Turn (1960); Un officier de police sans importance (1973).

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

Credits:

A Double Life (1978); A Howling in the Woods (1971); Antonio (1973); Applause (1973); Barnaby Jones (1975); Blood Sport (1973); Camera Three (1960); CBS Repertoire Workshop (1960); CBS Television Workshop (1960); Checkered Flag or Crash (1977); Dallas (1978–1991 / 2012–2013); Dallas: J.R. Returns (1996); Dallas: The Early Years (1986); Dallas: War of the Ewings (1998); Dan August (1971); Das Traumschiff (2010); Deadly Encounter (1982); Decoy (1958); Desperate Housewives (2011); Diagnosis: Unknown (1960); Doctors' Hospital (1975); Ein Schloß am Wörthersee (1991); Ellery Queen (1975); Ensign Pulver (1964); Fail Safe (1964); Frontiers of Faith (1961); Getting Away from It All (1972); Goodyear Television Playhouse (1957); Harbourmaster (1958); Harry and Tonto (1974); Harry O (1975); Here We Go Again (1973); Hurricane (1974); I Am Blushing (1981); I Dream of Jeannie (1965–1970); In Harm's Way (1965); Intimate Strangers (1977); Knots Landing (1980–1982); Kraft Mystery Theatre (1948); Kraft Mystery Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1958); Last of the Good Guys (1978); Lindenstraße (2006); Love Story (1973); Love, American Style (1970); Lucas Tanner (1975); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1970–1975); McCloud (1974); McCoy (1975); McMillan & Wife (1977); Medical Center (1973); Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976); Mr. Broadway (1964); Night Gallery (1970); Nip/Tuck (2006); Nixon (1995); No Place to Run (1972); Omnibus (1957); Orleans (1997); Pink Lady (1980); Play of the Week (1960); Police Story (1974–1979); Police Woman (1974); Primary Colors (1998); S.O.B. (1981); Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (1975); Sea Hunt (1958); Search for Tomorrow (1960); Sidekicks (1974); Somos cómplices (2009); Son of Blob (1972); Stardust (1974); Staying Afloat (1993); Studio One (1957); Superman (1978); Sword of Justice (1978); The Alpha Caper (1973); The Big Bus (1976); The Cavern (1964); The Defenders (1963–1964); The Detective: Bull in a China Shop (1975); The DuPont Show of the Month (1958); The DuPont Show of the Week (1963–1964); The Eagle Has Landed (1976); The Edge of Night (1958–1962); The Flight of the Swan (2010); The Good Life (1971–1972); The Group (1966); The Hired Hand (1971); The Investigator (1958); The Name of the Game (1971); The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1958); The President's Mistress (1978); The Return of the World's Greatest Detective (1976); The Rhinemann Exchange (1977); The Rockford Files (1977); The Rogues (1965); The Silver Burro (1963); The Simpsons (2006); The Streets of San Francisco (1975); The Third Twin (1997); The Toy Game (1974); Three for the Road (1975); Three's a Crowd (1969); Up in the Cellar (1970); Vanished (1971); West Point (1957); What Are Best Friends for? (1973); What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (1977).

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

Credits:

1066: The Battle for Middle Earth (2009); 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2021); 48th Annie Awards (2021); A Life Less Ordinary (1997); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959 / 1969); A Season of Giants (1990); A Severed Head (1971); Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998); Alien (1979); Alien: Isolation (2014); Alien: Romulus (2024); All Quiet on the Western Front (1979); Animal Farm (1999); Another Woman (1988); Armchair Theatre (1963–1970); Artists and Models (1986); BBC Play of the Month (1972–1983); BBC2 Play of the Week (1978); Beautiful Joe (2000); Big Night (1996); Bless the Child (2000); Blue Ice (1992); Brazil (1985); Chariots of Fire (1981); Chillers (1990); Chromophobia (2005); Conjugal Rights (1973); Dance with a Stranger (1985); D-Day 6.6.1944 (2004); Do You Remember? (1978); Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real (2004); Dreamchild (1985); Esther Kahn (2000); eXistenZ (1999); Festival: The Misanthrope (1980); Field of Fish (2000); Frog (1998); From Hell (2001); Game, Set, and Match (1988); Garden State (2004); Girls at Sea (1958); Gooseberries Don't Dance (1999); Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984); Hamlet (1990); Henry V (1989); Holocaust (1978); Incognito (1997); Inside the Third Reich (1982); ITV Play of the Week (1957); ITV Playhouse (1969–1971); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969–1970); Jesus of Nazareth (1977); Joe Gould's Secret (2000); Jubilee (1977); Juggernaut (1974); Kafka (1991); Laughterhouse / aka Singleton's Pluck (1984); Les Miserables (1978); Little Red Riding Hood (1995); Loch Ness (1996); Lord of War (2005); March or Die (1977); Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994); Mary, Queen of Scots (1971); Masquerade (1974); Mr & Mrs Edgehill (1985); Murder by the Book (1986); Mystery and Imagination (1966–1968); Naked Lunch (1991); Napoleon and Love (1974); Nicholas and Alexandra (1971); Night Falls on Manhattan (1996); O Jerusalem (2006); Oh! What a Lovely War (1969); Omnibus (1981); Orson Welles Great Mysteries (1974); Performance (1991–1998); Play for Today (1982); Private Affairs (1975); Ratatouille (2007); Ratatouille: The Video Game (2007); Renaissance (2006); Review (1971); Robert's Wife (1957); Robin and Marian (1976); S.O.S. Titanic (1979); Scary Stories Around the Fire (2024); Screen Two (1992); Secret Agent (2000); Shergar (1999); Shout at the Devil (1976); Simon Magus (1999); Spinning Wheels (2002); Strangers with Candy (2005); Tales of the Unexpected (1982); The Advocate (1993); The Aviator (2004); The Bell (1982); The Bofors Gun (1968); The Borrowers (1992); The Browning Version (1985); The Cherry Orchard (1962); The Day After Tomorrow (2004); The Emperor's New Clothes (2001); The Fifth Element (1997); The Fixer (1968); The Frighteners (1972); The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012); The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014); The Holocaust on Trial (2000); The Homecoming (1973); The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000); The Lives of Benjamin Franklin (1974–1975); The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001); The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003); The Lost Boys (1978); The Madness of King George (1994); The Man from Haven (1972); The Man in the Iron Mask (1977); The Match (1999); The Miracle Maker (1999); The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science (2002); The Oscars (2021); The Power Game (1966); The Return of the Borrowers (1993); The Return of the Soldier (1982); The Sweet Hereafter (1997); The Tailor of Gloucester (1989); The Thief of Baghdad (1978); The Treatment (2006); The Wars of the Roses (1965–1966); The Wednesday Play (1970); The World About Us (1983); The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (1993); Theatre Night (1961); Time Bandits (1981); Timewatch (1993); Treasures in Trust (1995); Waterbaby (2002); We, the Accused (1980); Wetherby (1985); Wisconsin Death Trip (1999); Young Winston (1972).

Born on this day – Silvia Pinal:

Silvia Pinal

Actress

Producer

September 12, 1931 – November 28, 2024

Credits:

70 Years the stars, shining together (2021); A Bob Hope Comedy Special (1966); Addict de Salsa (2009); Adiós, Mimí Pompón (1961); Adriana del Río, actress (1979); Adventures in Time (2001); Agent Macaw: Shaken & Stirred (2009); Alejandra Guzmán: The trajectory (2006); Love in Four Times (1955); Orange Blossoms for Your Wedding (1950); Bamba (1949); Bang Bang al Hoyo (1971); Good Night, New Year (1964); Corporal of Ovens (1956); Cachún cachún ra ra (1981); Cain, Abel and the Other (1971); Face de ángel (2000–2001); Charlotte: Love is... Veneno (1981); Mexican musical carousel (1964); Let's Celebrate Mexico: Made in Mexico (2005); Charleston (1959); Cinema 3 (2000); Cinema mil (2005); How There Are Shameless People (1972); When the children Pecan (1952); Cuando los hijos se van (1983); Care!... Women at work (2000); De película (1988); Derbez en cuando (1999); Right of admission (2006); Get undressed Lucrecia (1958); God forbid (1957); Divine Words (1978); Don Francis presents (2005); Doña Mariquita de mi corazón (1953); Two and two, five (1981); Eclipse (1984); The Love of María Isabel (1970); Love is not Ciego (1950); The Song of the Cicada (1980); El casto Susano (1954); The body of crime / Segment: La insatiable (1970); The awakening of the wolf (1970); The Scandalous Charm of Broken Egos (2024); The man I like (1958); The Innocent (1956); The Minute That Changed My Destiny (2016); The boy of his mother (1980); Laura's Sin (1949); The Doorman (1950); The privilege of amar (1999); The Master's Fist (1958); The Doll Seller (1955); School for married women (1949); Marriage Strategy (1966); Fire in the Blood (2008); Guns for San Sebastián (1968); Casaderas Daughters (1954); History of a mink coat (1955); Living History (2019); Historias engarzadas (2004–2006); Dangerous play / Segment: Divertimento (1967); The Adulteress (1956); The Sweet Enemy (1957); The Statue of Flesh (1951); The Great Illusion (2000); La guera Xóchitl (1971); The Sister Trinquete (1970); The Peak Hour (2002); The Mark of the Skunk (1950); The Fertile Memory (1986); The Golden Woman (1970); The Woman I Lost (1949); The incredible magazine by Silvia Pinal (1979); La soldadera (1966); The suspect (1955); Life Has Three Days (1955); Long Live Comedy (2005); The Locuras de Bárbara (1959); Lazos de amor (1995); Le cercle de minuit (1992); Them Échos du cinéma (1961); Locura pasional (1956); The Magnificent 5 (2007); The cacos (1972); Los caudillos (1968); Los cuervos están de luto (1965); The boyfriends (1971); Those Who Made Our Cinema (1983–1985); Luis Buñuel in the 60s (1984); Tomorrow is Spring (1982); María Isabel (1968); Maribel and the stranger family (1960); You bring me from a wing (1953); Memoria del cine mexicano (1993); Mexico De mis amores (1979); My Unknown Wife (1958); My husband has a family (2017–2019); My purpose is you (2018); My Three Merry Widows (1953); Woman of Midnight (1952); Woman, Real Life Cases (1985–2007); Female Murderers (2009); +Night (2020); Not very, very... not so, so... simply Tin Tan (2005); Ofelia Guilmáin... The Great Tragedy (2005); Pa'lante with Cristina (2004); Sin mortal (1955); Pedro Infante Lives (2007); Pedro Infante: La trayectoria (2008); Por ellas pero malpayen (1952); TV and Novelas Awards 2004 (2004); Awards TV y novelas 2007 (2007); Lend me your body (1958); Angelic Pubis (1982); Puppy-Go-Round (1996); Qué nos pasa (1985); Who (1973); Newlyweds... do not disturb (1951); Regarding Buñuel (2000); Resale of Slaves (1954); Revista de cine (1977); Secret de confesión (1971); Shark (1969); If You Came Back to Me (1954); Sí, mi vida (1953); Silvia Pinal behind the scenes (2019); Silvia Pinal... Frente a ti (2019); Silvia and Enrique (1973); Simon of the Desert (1965); Soy tu dueña (2010); Stuffed Butterflies (1978); T.A.P. Professional Actors Workshop (2013); Theatre of the crime (1957); The Exterminating Angel (1962); The Heart Is Never Wrong (2019); The King of the Neighborhood (1950); The Last Call (2013); The Last Script: Remembering Luis Buñuel (2008); The Loving Women (1953); Tiempo de amar (1987); Tin Tan (2010); After Nazarin: Following Nazarin (2015); Twenty-Four Hours of Pleasure (1969); Un Buñuel mexican (1997); A Stranger on the Staircase (1955); One Recuerdo Para Ellos de Gloria (2020); A Corner Near Heaven (1952); One Lucky Family (2011); A Family of Ten (2007–2021); A Galician dances mambo (1951); Una golfa (1958); A Woman Without a Shadow (2013); Uomini e Nobiluomini (1959); Video theaters: Véngan correr que les tengo un Muerto (1993); Vintage Model (1992); Viridiana (1961); Viva el amor (1958); XHDRbZ (2002); And now what? (1980); They don't make them like they used to (2003); Yo soy muy macho (1953).

On this day in movie history - Five Star Final (1931 movie & play):

Five Star Final

directed by Mervyn LeRoy,

written by Byron Morgan, Robert Lord,

based on the play Five Star Final by Louis Weitzenkorn,

released in the United States on September 10, 1931.
Music by Leo F. Forbstein, Vitaphone Orchestra.

Cast:

Edward G. Robinson, Marian Marsh, H.B. Warner, Anthony Bushell, George E. Stone, Frances Starr, Ona Munson, Boris Karloff, Aline MacMahon, Oscar Apfel, Purnell Pratt, Robert Elliott, James P. Burtis, Richard Carlyle, Frank Darien, James Donlan, Evelyn Hall, Gladys Lloyd, Arnold Lucy, Franklin Parker, William H. Strauss, David Torrence, Harold Waldridge, Polly Walters, Jack Wise.

Recommended reading:

Five Star Final

A Melodrama in Three Acts

Play by Louis Weitzenkorn.

Filmed as Five Star Final (1931), directed by Mervyn LeRoy.

ASIN: B000GDF9TI
Published by Samuel French.
First Edition.
Published 1931.
Hardcover.

Description:

Tabloid newspaper editor publishes a 20-year-old murder case to boost newspaper sales. A decision that leads to tragedy.

Born on this day – Mitzi Gaynor:

Mitzi Gaynor

Actress

Singer

Dancer

September 4, 1931 – October 17, 2024

Credits:

20 to 1 (2010); 2011 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2011); A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954); All About Alfred (1998); American Masters (2021); Anything Goes (1956); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Bing Crosby and Dean Martin Present High Hopes (1959); Biography (1999–2001); Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952); Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion (2024); Ça c'est l'amour (2003); Call the Midwife (2013); Cavalcade of Champions (1973); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2019); Danny Thomas Special: My Home Town (1966); Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1952); Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe (2022); Ed Sullivan Presents: The Beatles (2003); Eye for an Eye (1996); For Love or Money (1963); Frank Sinatra: One More for the Road (2019); Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974); Funny You Never Knew (2019); George Jessel Show (1959); Golden Girl (1951); Good Morning America (2006); Happy Anniversary (1959); Hello: A Portrait of Leslie Phillips (2013); Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997); Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990); Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (1999); It's Your Health (1949); Les Girls (1957); Lykke og krone (1962); Marilyn (1963); Mia, a Dancer's Journey (2014); Mission: Impossible (1989); Mitzi & 100 Guys (1975); Mitzi (1968); Mitzi Gaynor: Impressions of the Fox Years (2007); Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years (2008); Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife (1974); Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20's (1976); Mitzi... The First Time (1973); Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not (1978); Mitzi... Zings Into Spring (1977); Mitzi's 2nd Special (1969); Monty and the Movies (2024); My Blue Heaven (1950); My Music: A Classic Christmas (2019); Out of My Dreams: Oscar Hammerstein II (2012); Passion, Prejudice and South Pacific: Creating an American Masterpiece (2009); Perry Como's Winter Show (1971); Red Carpet Report (2013); Reflets de Cannes (1956–1958); Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021); Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies (1996); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968–1969); So You Think You Can Dance Canada (2010); South Pacific (1958); Springtime in Greenland (1981); Surprise Package (1960); Take Care of My Little Girl (1951); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The 16th Annual Satellite Awards (2011); The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards (1974); The 24th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1972); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); The 27th Annual Academy Awards (1955); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The Birds and the Bees (1956); The Bob Braun Show (1984); The Children of Lindos (1960); The Dick Clark Show (1960); The Donald O'Connor Show (1954–1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1954–1964); The Fabulous Fox (2004); The Frank Sinatra Show (1959); The George Jessel Show (1953); The I Don't Care Girl (1953); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2012); The Jack Benny Hour (1959); The Joker Is Wild (1957); The Kraft Music Hall (1967); The Merv Griffin Show (1970); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1964); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1967–1977); There's No Business Like Show Business (1954); This Is Your Life (1960); Three Young Texans (1954); Vancouver: Focus on Expo 86 (1986); Welcome to Woop Woop (1997); We're Not Married! (1952); Women He's Undressed (2015).

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

Born on this day – Pat Heywood:

Pat Heywood

Actress

August 1, 1931 – June 26, 2024

Credits:

10 Rillington Place (1971); 2nd House (1975); All the Way Up (1970); Another Bouquet (1977); Arcadia (1990); Armchair Theatre (1972–1973); Arms and the Man (1983); Battle of Britain (1969); BBC Sunday-Night Play (1961); BBC2 Play of the Week (1978); BBC2 Playhouse (1980); Between the Wars (1973); Centre Play (1975); Christabel (1988); Cottage to Let (1977); Couples (1976); Crown Court (1973–1978); December Flower (1984); Every Breath You Take (1988); First and Last (1989); Function Room (1985); Getting It Right (1989); Girly (1970); Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969); Hammer House of Horror (1980); Hazell (1978); I Thought You'd Gone (1984); Inspector Morse (1991); ITV Playhouse (1970–1980); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1971–1973); Lucky Feller (1976); Marks / Objects of Affection (1982); Orson Welles Great Mysteries (1973); Play for Today (1984); Public Eye (1972); Romeo and Juliet (1968); Root Into Europe (1992); Screen Two (1987); Seeing and Believing (1964); Six Days of Justice (1972); Sporting Scenes (1973); Staircase (1969); Storia di una capinera (1993); Summer Season (1985); The Best Things in Life (1969); The Castiglioni Brothers (1958); The Children of the New Forest (1964); The Collection (1976); The Foundation (1977); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963); The Main Chance (1970); The Nelson Affair (1973); The Problem of Mary Winshaw (1962); The Secret Garden (1987); The Teen-Age Lovers of Verona / Romeo & Juliet (1968); The Train Now Standing (1972); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1972); Too Much Monkey Business (1974); Village Hall (1974); Weekend Playhouse (1984); Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972); Wish You Were Here (1987); Within These Walls (1975); Wuthering Heights (1978); Young Toscanini (1988); Young Winston (1972).