Born on this day – Karen Steele:

Karen Steele

Actress

March 20, 1931 – March 12, 1988

Credits:

40 Pounds of Trouble (1962); 77 Sunset Strip (1959–1960); A Boy... a Girl (1969); A Man Called Shenandoah (1965); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Bailout at 43,000 (1957); Bat Masterson (1959); Big Town (1954); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Bonanza (1961); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Branded (1965); Bronco (1961); Bud Boetticher: A Documentary (2020); Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005); Chevron Theatre (1952–1953); Climax! (1955–1957); Conflict (1957); Cyborg 2087 (1966); Dante (1961); Death of a Salesman (1966); Decision at Sundown (1957); Dragnet (1956); Empire (1963); Flipper (1967); Follow the Sun (1961); General Electric Theater (1955); Get Smart (1965); Hawaiian Eye (1959); Hazel (1964); Hogan's Heroes (1969); Jefferson Drum (1958); Kraft Mystery Theater (1963); Laramie (1961–1962); Lawman (1960); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Man Crazy (1953); Mannix (1970); Marty (1955); Matinee Theatre (1955); Maverick (1957–1959); McGhee (1965); Medic (1955); Naked City (1962); Northwest Passage (1959); Perry Mason (1958–1965); Premiere (1968); Rawhide (1962); Ride Lonesome (1959); Riverboat (1960); Schlitz Playhouse (1959); Stage 7 (1955); Star Trek (1966); Studio 57 (1954); Summer Playhouse (1965); Surfside 6 (1961–1962); T.H.E. Cat (1967); Target: The Corruptors (1961); The Alaskans (1960); The Clown (1953); The Deputy (1960); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Farmer's Daughter (1966); The Felony Squad (1967); The Ford Television Theatre (1956); The Halls of Ivy (1955); The Happy Ending (1969); The Long, Hot Summer (1965); The Man Behind the Badge (1955); The Man Who Tore Down the Wall (1955); The Millionaire (1956–1958); The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960); The Roaring 20's (1961); The Sharkfighters (1956); The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1965); Tightrope (1960); Toward the Unknown (1956); Trap on Cougar Mountain (1972); Valentine's Day (1965); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1965); Wagon Train (1957); Westbound (1958); Wildcatters (1959).

Born on this day – Toby Robins:

Toby Robins

Actress

March 13, 1931 – March 21, 1986

Credits:

Armchair Mystery Theatre (1964); Armchair Theatre (1965–1966); BBC Play of the Month (1968–1971); BBC2 Playhouse (1982); Call My Bluff (1970); CBC Summer Theatre (1955); Champion House (1967); Clapper Board (1981); Department S (1969); Destination Moonbase-Alpha (1978); Dylan (1978); Encounter (1953–1961); Explorations (1956); Festival / Segment: The Collection (1961–1963); First Performance (1957); First Person (1960); Folio (1955–1958); For Your Eyes Only (1981); Friends (1971); Front Page Challenge (1958–1960); Game for Three Losers (1965); Gems (1985); Goodbye Darling (1981); Harriet's Back in Town (1972–1973); Hazell (1979); Husbands and Lovers (1970); ITV Playhouse (1969); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1972); Jason King (1972); Kraft Theatre (1951); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1961–1963); Look Who's Here (1976); Mickey Dunne (1967); Minder (1984); New Scotland Yard (1973); On Camera (1955–1958); Once (1981); Paul and Michelle (1974); Playbill (1953); Playdate (1962–1963); Princess Daisy (1983); R.C.M.P. (1960); Room Service (1979); Scandalous (1984); Scope (1955); Space: 1999 (1977); Spy Story (1976); Startime (1960); Sutherland's Law (1976); The Adventurer (1973); The Big Revue (1952); The Caves of Steel (1964); The Defenders (1963); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1967); The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1965); The Flip Side (1967); The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder (1971); The Naked Runner (1967); The President's Last Tape (1974); The Protectors (1972); The Saint (1967); The Sun James Bond 'For Your Eyes Only' Television Commercial / Video (1981); The Unforeseen (1959); The Wednesday Play (1965); Theatre 625 (1965); Undercover Lover (1979); Whodunnit? (1974); Youth 60 (1959).

Born on this day – Hal Needham:

Hal Needham

Stuntman

Director

Actor

Writer

March 6, 1931 – October 25, 2013

Born on this day – Toni Morrison:

Toni Morrison

Writer

February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019

Credits:

A Mercy (2008); bell hooks: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2023); Beloved (1987); Birth of a Nation'hood (1997); Black Satin (2004); Burn This Book (2009); Christopher Hitchens (2017); Conversations with Toni Morrison (1994); David Bowie (2016); Desdemona (2012); Ernest Hemingway (2015); Fred Rogers: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2021); Frida Kahlo: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2020); Gabriel García Márquez (2015); Go the Way Your Blood Beats (1996); God Help the Child (2014); Goodness and the Literary Imagination (2019); Graham Greene: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2019); Hannah Arendt: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (2013); Home (2011); Hunter S. Thompson (2018); Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir (1987); J. D. Salinger (2016); James Baldwin: The Last Interview: and other Conversations (2014); Jane Jacobs (2016); Janet Malcolm: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations (2022); Jazz (1992); John Lewis: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (2021); Johnny Cash: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2021); Jorge Luis Borges (2012); Julia Child: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (2018); Kathy Acker: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2018); Kurt Cobain: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2022); Kurt Vonnegut (2011); Learning to Live Finally (2005); Lessons of the Masters (2003); Little Cloud and Lady Wind (2010); Lou Reed (2015); Love (2003); Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2017); Memoirs (1999); Mouth Full of Blood: Essays, Speeches, Meditations (2019); Nora Ephron: The Last Interview (2015); Octavia E. Butler: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2023); Oliver Sacks (2016); On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library (2021); Paradise (1997); Peeny Butter Fudge (2009); Philip K. Dick (2015); Playing in the Dark (1992); Please, Louise (2013); Race (2017); Race-Ing Justice, En-Gendering Power (1992); Ray Bradbury: The Last Interview (2014); Recitatif (1983); Remember (2004); Roberto Bolaño: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations (2009); Shirley Chisholm: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2021); Sincerity and Authenticity (1972); Six Walks in the Fictional Woods (1994); Song of Solomon (1977); Space, Time and Architecture: The Growth of a New Tradition (1941); Sula (1973); Tar Baby (1981); The Big Box (1999); The Bluest Eye (1970); The Book of Mean People (2002); The Dancing Mind (1996); The Good Parts (2000); The Measure of Our Lives (2019); The Mirror Or The Glass? (2005); The Nobel Lecture In Literature, 1993 (1994); The Origin of Others (2016); The Romantic Generation (1995); The Secular Scripture: A Study of the Structure of Romance (1973); The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations (2019); The Tortoise or the Hare (2010); The Writer Before the Page: From The Source of Self-Regard (2019); To Die for the People (2009); Toni Morrison: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2020); Ursula K. Le Guin: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (2019); What Moves at the Margin (2008); Who's Got Game? Poppy or the Snake? (2004); Who's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper? (2003); Who's Got Game? The Lion or the Mouse? (2003); Who's Got Game? Three Fables (2003); Women of Color Pray (2012); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018).

Born on this day – James Dean:

James Dean

Actor

February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955

Credits:

The Big Story (1953–1957); Giant (1956); Crossroads (1955); Rebel Without a Cause (1955); Schlitz Playhouse (1955); Lux Video Theatre (1952–1955); East of Eden (1955); Kraft Theatre (1955); General Electric Theater (1954); Danger (1953–1954); Kraft Theatre (1954); The Philco Television Playhouse (1954); Pepsi Commercial (1954); Robert Montgomery Presents (1953); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1953); Kraft Theatre (1952–1953); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1953); Omnibus (1953); Studio One (1952–1953); Tales of Tomorrow (1953); Treasury Men in Action (1953); Trouble Along the Way (1953); You Are There (1953); The Kate Smith Hour (1953); Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952); Hallmark Hall of Fame (1952); CBS Television Workshop (1952); Sailor Beware (1952); The Stu Erwin Show (1951); Fixed Bayonets! (1951); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); Family Theatre (1951).

Born on this day – Rip Torn:

Rip Torn

Actor

February 6, 1931 – July 9, 2019

Credits:

TripTank (2016); Bridge of Names (2012); Men in Black 3 (2012); 3 Weeks to Daytona (2011); The Legend of Awesomest Maximus (2011); God of War III (2010); The Afterlight (2009); American Cowslip (2009); 30 Rock (2007–2009); Happy Tears (2009); The Golden Boys (2008); Lucky Days (2008); August (2008); Three Days to Vegas (2007); Bee Movie (2007); Turn the River (2007); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2006); Zoom (2006); Marie Antoinette (2006); The Convention (2006); Yours, Mine & Ours (2005); The Sisters (2005); Forty Shades of Blue (2005); Eulogy (2004); Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004); Welcome to Mooseport (2004); The Lyon's Den (2003); Love Object (2003); Maniac Magee (2003); Rolling Kansas (2003); Men in Black II: Blooper Reel (2002); Men in Black II: Alternate Ending (2002); Will & Grace (2002); Soul Food (2002); Men in Black II (2002); Freddy Got Fingered (2001); Men in Black: Extended and Alternate Scenes (2000); Men in Black Alien Attack (2000); Wonder Boys (2000); A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle (2000); Seasons of Love (1999); The Insider (1999); The Wonderful World of Disney (1999); Balloon Farm (1999); Passing Glory (1999); The Larry Sanders Show (1992–1998); Disney's Hades Challenge (1998); Ghost Stories (1997–1998); Senseless (1998); Hercules (1997); The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery (1997); Disney's Animated Storybook: Hercules (1997); Men in Black (1997); Hercules (1997); Trial and Error (1997); The Mouse (1996); Down Periscope (1996); The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (1995–1996); How to Make an American Quilt (1995); Chicago Hope (1995); Letter to My Killer (1995); Canadian Bacon (1995); She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal (1995); For Better or Worse (1995); The John Larroquette Show (1995); Heart of a Child (1994); North & South: Book 3, Heaven & Hell (1994); Where the Rivers Flow North (1993); RoboCop 3 (1993); Beyond the Law (1993); A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story (1992); T Bone N Weasel (1992); Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster (1992); Death Falls (1991); Death Hits the Jackpot (1991); My Son Johnny (1991); Dolly Dearest (1991); Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind (1991); Defending Your Life (1991); By Dawn's Early Light (1990); Kojak: None So Blind (1990); Beautiful Dreamers (1990); Pair of Aces (1990); Sweet Bird of Youth (1989); Silence Like Glass (1989); Cold Feet (1989); Hit List (1989); The Telephone (1988); Blind Curve (1988); April Morning (1988); The King of Love (1987); Laguna Heat (1987); Nadine (1987); Extreme Prejudice (1987); Destination America (1987); J. Edgar Hoover (1987); Manhunt for Claude Dallas (1986); Dream West (1986); Beer (1985); Summer Rental (1985); The Atlanta Child Murders (1985); The Execution (1985); City Heat (1984); Songwriter (1984); Flashpoint (1984); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1984); Misunderstood (1984); When She Says No (1984); Scarab (1983); Cross Creek (1983); Airplane II: The Sequel (1982); The Blue and the Gray (1982); Jinxed! (1982); The Beastmaster (1982); A Stranger Is Watching (1982); First Family (1980); Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case (1980); Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980); One-Trick Pony (1980); A Shining Season (1979); Heartland (1979); The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979); Blind Ambition (1979); Betrayal (1978); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); Steel Cowboy (1978); Coma (1978); The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977); Most Wanted (1977); Nasty Habits (1977); Birch Interval (1976); The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976); The American Parade (1976); Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan (1975); Crazy Joe (1974); The President's Plane Is Missing (1973); Cotter (1973); Payday (1973); Circle of Fear (1972); Mannix (1972); Slaughter (1972); Hollywood Television Theater: Two by Chekhov (1972); Bonanza (1971); Montserrat (1971); Maidstone (1970); Tropic of Cancer (1970); Coming Apart (1969); Lions Love (... and Lies) (1969); Wild 90 (1968); Sol Madrid (1968); Beach Red (1967); The Long Hunt of April Savage (1966); You're a Big Boy Now (1966); The Cincinnati Kid (1965); Rawhide (1965); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965); 12 O'Clock High (1965); Dr. Kildare (1962–1964); Combat! (1964); Ben Casey (1964); The Reporter (1964); The Great Adventure (1964); The Eleventh Hour (1964); Breaking Point (1963); Channing (1963); The Lieutenant (1963); Route 66 (1963); The Untouchables (1961–1963); Critic's Choice (1963); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); Festival (1962); Hero's Island (1962); Sweet Bird of Youth (1962); Naked City (1962); Frontier Circus (1961); King of Kings (1961); Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life (1961); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957–1961); Thriller (1960); Playhouse 90 (1958–1959); Sunday Showcase (1959); Pork Chop Hill (1959); Pursuit (1958); Johnny Belinda (1958); Matinee Theatre (1958); Kraft Theatre (1956–1958); The Restless Gun (1957); The Seven Lively Arts (1957); Time Limit (1957); The Alcoa Hour (1956–1957); A Face in the Crowd (1957); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1957); Baby Doll (1956); Omnibus (1956).

Born on this day – Lucia Bosè:

Lucia Bose

Actress

January 28, 1931 – March 23, 2020

Credits:

One More Time (2013); Capri (2010); I Viceré (2007); Harem Suare (1999); Alta società (1992); Il coraggio di Anna (1992); Le gorille (1990); L'avaro (1990); Volevo i pantaloni (1990); Brumal (1989); Moon Child (1989); Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1987); Like Peter for his house (1985); The Charterhouse of Parma (1982); The Partridge (1981); Mon enfant, Ma Mère (1981); Violanta (1977); Mrs. Garcia Confesses (1976–1977); The school trips (1976); Lumiere (1976); Down the Ancient Stairs (1975); The Golden Mass (1975); Blood Stains on a New Car (1975); The Legend of Blood Castle (1973); La colonna infame (1973); The Heroes (1973); Nathalie Granger (1972); Arcana (1972); The House of Pigeons (1972); L'ospite (1971); The Double (1971); Something Creeping in the Dark (1971); Ciao Gulliver (1970); Winter in Mallorca (1970); Metello (1970); The Picasso Summer (1969); Fellini Satyricon (1969); Of Love and Other Solitudes (1969); Under the Sign of Scorpio (1969); Nocturno 29 (1969); We Are Not Made of Stone (1968); On the roads of Spain (1966); Testament of Orpheus (1960); This is Called Dawn (1956); Sinfonia D'Amore (1956); Gli sbandati (1955); Death of a Cyclist (1955); Le village Magique (1955); Accadde al commissariato (1954); Concert of Intrigue (1954); Of Life and Love / Marsina stretta (1954); It was lei che lo voleva! (1953); The Lady Without Camellias (1953); Rome 11:00 (1952); Three Girls from Rome (1952); È L'amor che mi rovina (1951); Parigi è sempre Parigi (1951); Story of a Love Affair (1950); Under the Olive Tree (1950).

On this day in movie history - Little Caesar (1931):

Little Caesar

directed by Mervyn LeRoy,

written by Francis Edward Faragoh, Robert N. Lee, Robert Lord and Darryl F. Zanuck,

based on the novel by W. R. Burnett,

was released in the United States on January 25, 1931.
Music by Erno Rapee, Leo F. Forbstein and David Mendoza.

Cast:

Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glenda Farrell, William Collier Jr., Sidney Blackmer, Ralph Ince, Stanley Fields, Maurice Black, George E. Stone, Armand Kaliz, Nicholas Bela, Ernie Adams, Elmer Ballard, Ferike Boros, Kernan Cripps, George Daly, Adolph Faylauer, Ben Hendricks Jr., Al Hill, Lucille La Verne, Gladys Lloyd, Noel Madison, Tom McGuire, Louis Natheaux, Henry Sedley, Larry Steers, Landers Stevens, Mike Tellegen.

Born on this day – James Earl Jones:

James Earl Jones

Actor

January 17, 1931 – September 9, 2024

Credits:

15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2009); 1985 Stuntman Awards (1985); 1996 Essence Awards (1996); 1st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1995); 20 to 1 (2006–2010); 21st NAACP Image Awards (1989); 2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1996); 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996); 5 Second Movies (2008); 11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried (1988); A Century of Black Cinema (2003); A Family Thing (1996); A Hard Road to Glory (1986); A Mime's Life (2009); A Piece of the Action (1977); A Pirate Ship Sails Again! The Making of Swashbuckler (1976); A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979); A World Alive (1990); ABC Afterschool Specials (1982); ABC News Breakfast (2024); ABC Weekend Specials (1993); According to Jim (2004); According to Jim / Season 3 According to Jim (2011); AFI Life Achievement Award (1992–2006); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies (2006); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies (1998); Africa: The Serengeti (1994); Afro Promo (1997); Agent X (2015); Ali Rap (2006); Ali's 65 (2007); All the Presidents' Movies: The Movie (2009); Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986); Allen Boesak: Choosing for Justice (1984); Alone (1997); America at the Movies (1976); American Legends (2001); American Masters (2000–2019); American Playhouse (1993); American Playwrights Theater: The One-Acts / Episode entitled: 27 Wagons Full of Cotton (1989); America's All-Time Favorite Movies (1988); An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road (2012); An American Moment (1997–1999); An American Reunion: The People's Inaugural Celebration (1993); An Evening at the Improv (1990); Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street' (1998); Animated StoryBook: The Lion King (1994); Antietam: A Documentary Drama (2000); Arnold Schwarzenegger: Made in Britain (2003); As the World Turns (1956–2010); Athens 2004: Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (2004); Baggage Claim (2024); Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' (1994); Bearden Plays Bearden (2012); Beauty and the Beast (1981); Behind Closed Doors (2019); Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October' (2003); Best of the Best (1989); Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and Dr. Strangelove (2004); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Black Indians: An American Story (2001); Black Is King (2020); Black Omnibus (1973); Black Pop: Celebrating the Power of Black Culture (2023); Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement (1978); Blackfish (2013); Bloodtide (1982); Breakfast (2011); Brilliant But Cancelled (2002); Broadway: The Next Generation (2024); Business World News (2003); Butterfly in the Sky (2022); By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' (2005); By Dawn's Early Light (1990); Camera Three (1964 / 1966); Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997); Casting Calls (2003); CBS Library (1981); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2020); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley / Segment: Eric McCormack (2012); CBS Schoolbreak Special (1987); Celebrity Page (2019 / 2021); Celebrity Recordathon (1996); Channing (1964); Charlie Rose in Charlie Rose (1995–2011); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2010); Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable (1995); Circus of the Stars #2 (1977); City Limits (1984); Claudine (1974); Clean Slate (1994); Clear and Present Danger (1994); Clear and Present Danger: Behind the Danger (2002); Click (2006); Columbus: Encounter, Discovery and Beyond (1992); Comic Relief: Baseball Relief '93 (1993); Coming 2 America (2021); Coming to America (1988); Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (1999); Conan the Barbarian (1982); Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' (2000); Conan: From the Vault (2011); Conan: The Rise of a Fantasy Legend (2005); Confessions: Two Faces of Evil (1994); Convicts (1991); Corwin (1996); Countdown to Freedom: 10 Days That Changed South Africa (1994); Crossing Over: How Roots Captivated an Entire Nation (2007); Cry, the Beloved Country (1995); Dangerous: The Short Films (1993); Dark Side of the '90s (2022); Darth Vader Crashes Academy's Governors Awards (2011); David Copperfield: 15 Years of Magic (1994); Deadly Hero (1975); Death Battle (2010–2015); Deep Fat Fried (2018); Democracy Now! (2024); Diamonds on the Silver Screen (1992); Dinah! (1976); Dr. Kildare (1966); Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964); Dreamfield (1998); Dreamrider (1993); E! Behind the Scenes (1994); Earth (2007); East Side/West Side (1963); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1987–1990); Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy (2004); End of the Road (1970); Ennis' Gift (2000); Entertainment Tonight (1991); Entertainment Tonight (2019–2024); ESPN Outside the Lines Primetime (1994); Everwood (2003–2004); Excessive Force (1993); Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977); Extra (2003 / 2016); Faerie Tale Theatre (1986); Fantasia 2000 / Segment: Carnival of the Animals (1999); Field of Dreams (1989); 'Field of Dreams': A Scrapbook (1998); Field of Dreams: Passing Along the Pastime (2004); Film Night (1971); Finder's Fee (2001); Frasier (1997); Freddie as F.R.O.7. (1992); Fredericksburg (2002); Freedom to Speak (1983); Gabriel's Fire (1990–1991); Gang Related (1997); Gardens of Stone (1987); Garfield and Friends (1992); Getaway (2005); Gimme Shelter (2013); Giving Voice (2020); God's Trombones: A Trilogy of African-American Poems / Segment: The Creation (1981); Golden Globe Awards (1992); Good Luck (1996); Good Morning America (1976–1978); Grand Central (1983); Great Lakes, Bitter Legacy (1991); Great Performances (1971–2014); Grim Prairie Tales (1990); Guiding Light (1952–2009); Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980); Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995); Happy Endings / Segment: Big Joe and Kansas (1975); HARDtalk (2011); Heat Wave (1990); Highway to Heaven (1987); Hitler's Forgotten Victims (1997); Hollywood Health Report (2016); Hollywood Insider (2021–2022); Hollywood's Greatest Villains (2005); Homicide: Life on the Street (1997); House (2009); How Shakespeare Changed My Life (2016); Howard Stern (1996); I Am Your Father (2015); In Search of Liberty Bell 7 (1999); Information Democracy (1993); Inside TV Land (2002); Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' (2000); Ivory Hunters (1990); Jack and the Beanstalk (2009); Jackanory Playhouse (1976); James Earl Jones Reads the Bible: King James Version (2003); Jefferson in Paris (1995); Jesus of Nazareth (1977); Joe Papp in Five Acts (2012); Judge Dredd (1995); King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1969); Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix (2017); Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix (2014); Kingdom Hearts II (2005); Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ (2007); L.A. Law (1988–1989); La Premiere (2009); Lamp Unto My Feet (1962); Last Flight Out (1990); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1995); Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2010); Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2003); Law & Order (1993); Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (2006); Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (2007); Liberal Hivemind (2022); Lincoln (1992); Live with Kelly and Mark (1990); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1994); Lone Star Kid (1986); Long Ago and Far Away (1989–1990); Look Up and Live (1963); Looking for Richard (1996); Malcolm X (1972); Matewan (1987); Mathnet (1987–1991); Me and Mom (1985); Merlin (1998); Milius (2013); Minty Comedic Arts (2020); Monitor (1962); Monopoly Star Wars (1997); Moses (1986); MsMojo (2021–2023); Muhammad Ali: The Greatest (2016); Muhammad Ali: Through the Eyes of the World (2001); Muhammad Ali's 50th Birthday Celebration (1992); Muse of Fire (2013); My Little Girl (1986); N.Y.P.D. (1969); Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994); National Memorial Day Concert (1993); NBC Children's Theatre (1971); NET Playhouse (1968); New Day (2018); New York City... Come Visit the World (1998); Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards '94 (1994); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Nine Dog Christmas (2002); No Fighting in the War Room or Dr. Strangelove and the Nuclear Threat (2004); North Pole Promise (2013); Nostalgia Critic (2015); Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022); On the Q.T. (2001); One on One with John Tesh (1991); Our Friend, Martin (1999); Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson (2007); Outcry L.A. (1993); Paris (1979–1980); Patriot Games (1992); Patriot Games: Up Close (2002); Paul Robeson (1979); People: A Musical Celebration (1995); Percy & Thunder (1993); Picket Fences (1994); Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987); Primary Colors (1998); Pros and Cons (1991–1992); Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey (2010); Quentin Tarantino's Star Wars (2002); Rachael Ray (2016); Reading Rainbow (1983); Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996); Recess (1998); Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street (2001); Reflections on the Silver Screen (1991); Robots (2005); Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016); Roots: The Next Generations (1979); Santa and Pete (1999); Saturday Night with Connie Chung (1989); Scary Movie 4 (2006); Scorchers (1991); Searching for Orson (2006); Sesame Street (1969–2004); Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories / Segment: Millions of Cats (1992); Signs and Wonders (1995); Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998); Sneakers (1992); Sommersby (1993); Soul Man (1986); Soul! (1970); Special Collector's Edition (2014); Sports on the Silver Screen (1997); Square One Television (1987–1992); Stage 2 (1964); Stanley Kubrick's Pursuit of Perfection: Joe Dunton and Kelvin Pike (2021); Star Tours: The Adventures Continue (2011); Star Wars (1983); Star Wars Audio Comics: YouTube Channel (2019); Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005); Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977); Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019); Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980); Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983); Star Wars: Rebels (2014–2016); Star Wars: Rebels (2018); Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery (1997); Stargate SG-1 (1997); Storyline Online (2009); Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter (2011); Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021); Summer's End (1999); Summershow (1980); Super Bowl XXVII Halftime Show (1993); Survival (1981); Swashbuckler (1976); Tarzan (1967–1968); Teach 109 (1989); Terrorgram (1990); That Fellow in the Coat (2008); The 12th Annual CableACE Awards (1991); The 1st Annual Black Achievement Awards (1978); The 23rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1997); The 23rd Annual Tony Awards (1969); The 27th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2000); The 2nd Annual Black Achievement Awards (1979); The 34th Annual Tony Awards (1980); The 36th Annual Tony Awards (1982); The 38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (2015); The 41st Annual Tony Awards (1987); The 42nd Annual Academy Awards (1970); The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1990); The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971); The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991); The 43rd Annual Tony Awards (1989); The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992); The 44th Annual Tony Awards (1990); The 47th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1990 (1990); The 47th Annual Tony Awards (1993); The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1991 (1991); The 50th Annual Tony Awards (1996); The 52nd Annual Tony Awards (1998); The 59th Annual Tony Awards (2005); The 60th Annual Tony Awards (2006); The 65th Annual Tony Awards (2011); The 66th Annual Tony Awards (2012); The 70th Annual Tony Awards (2016); The 71st Annual Tony Awards (2017); The 78th Annual Drama League Awards (2012); The 84th Annual Academy Awards (2012); The Ambulance (1990); The American Parade (1975); The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014); The Annihilation of Fish (1999); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989–1994); The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove (2000); The Atlanta Child Murders (1985); The Benchwarmers (2006); The Big Bang Theory (2014); The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976); The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal (2022); The Bushido Blade (1981); The Cay (1974); The CBS Evening News (2022); The Chuck Woolery Show (1991); The Clinton 12 (2006); The Comedians (1967); The Comedians in Africa (1967); The Comments Section with Brett Cooper (2022); The Creation (1981); The David Frost Show (1970); The Defenders (1962–1964); The Dennis Miller Show (1992); The Dick Cavett Show (1972 / 1995); The Directors (2001 / 2018); The Ed Sullivan Show (1969); The Feast of All Saints (2001); The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995); The Five (2024); The Flight of Dragons (1982); The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story (1980); The Great White Hope (1970); The Great Year (2004); The Greatest (1977); The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible (1985); The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened (1977); The Howard Stern Radio Show (1999); The Hunt for Red October (1990); The Hunting of the Snark (1989); The JFK Conspiracy (1992); The Joan Rivers Show (1969); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2002); The Larry Elder Podcast (2021); The Larry Solway Show (1976); The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2009); The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar (2015); The Lion King (1994 / 2019); The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998); The Lion King Read-Along (2011); The Lion King: A Musical Journey with Elton John (1994); The Lion King: Simba's Mighty Adventure (2000); The Loving Story (2011); The Magic 7 (1996); The Magic of David Copperfield XIV: Flying - Live the Dream (1992); The Making of 'Jurassic Park' (1995); The Making of 'Star Wars' (1977); The Making of the Lion King (1994); The Man (1972); The Me Nobody Knows (1980); The Merv Griffin Show (1968–1974); The Meteor Man (1993); The Mike Douglas Show (1969–1979); The Movies That Made Us (2021); The One Show (2009); The Pandora Directive (1996); The Papp Project (2001); The Perfect Pitch (2002); The Reading Room (2005); The River Niger (1976); The Sandlot (1993); The Sandlot 2 (2005); The Second Civil War (1997); The Second Coming (1992); The Secret World of Spying (1992); The Simpsons (1990–1998); The Simpsons: Access All Areas (2010); The Space - Theatre of Survival (2019); The Spirit Hunters (1994); The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978); The States (2007); The Story Behind the Story (2002); The Story of the Faithful Wookiee (1978); The System: Coming to America (1988); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1968–1991); The Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy (2006); The UFO Incident (1975); The Vegas Strip War (1984); The Vernon Johns Story (1994); The View (2009–2010); The Washington Monument: It Stands for All (2000); The Wendy Williams Show (2011); The Whoopi Goldberg Show (1993); Them That Work (2019); There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues (1981); This Week (2010); Three Fugitives (1989); Timepiece (1996); Tina Turner: One Last Time Live in Concert (2000); Today (1989–2014); Today Tonight (2007); Touched by an Angel (1997); Troldspejlet (1994); True Identity (1991); Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994); Twister: A Musical Catastrophe (2000); Two and a Half Men (2008); Two by Dove / Great Performances: Dance in America (1980); Ultimate Super Heroes, Vixens & Villains (2005); Under a Killing Moon (1994); Under One Roof (1995); Undercover Angel (1999); Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004); Vegetable Soup (1975–1978); Visitors from the Unknown (1991); Voices in America (2015–2016); Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009); Warning Shot (2018); Water (1995); Weekend Express (2022); Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008); What If?: Martin Luther King (1997); What the Deaf Man Heard (1997); What's My Line? (1968); When It Was a Game (1991); Who Lives, Who Dies (1988); Who's in Rabbit's House? (1995); Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (1984); Will & Grace (2003); Words from a Bear (2019); Working in the Theatre (2012); World of Discovery (1993).

Born on this day – E. L. Doctorow:

E. L. Doctorow

Writer

January 6, 1931 – July 21, 2015

Credits:

Welcome to Hard Times (1960); Big As Life (1966); The Book of Daniel (1971); Ragtime (1975); Drinks Before Dinner (1979); Loon Lake (1980); American Anthem (1982); World's Fair (1985); Billy Bathgate (1989); The Waterworks (1994); City of God (2000); The March (2005); Homer & Langley (2009); Andrew's Brain (2014); Lives of the Poets (1984); Daniel, Ragtime, Loon Lake (2003); Sweet Land Stories (2004); Poems for Life: A Special Collection of Poetry (2011); All the Time in the World (2011); Essays and Conversations (1983); Jack London, Hemingway, and the Constitution: Selected Essays, 1977-1992 (1993); Poets and Presidents: Selected Essays, 1977-92 (1994); Lamentation: 9/11 (2002); Reporting the Universe (2003); Creationists: Selected Essays, 1993-2006 (2006); Early Sorrow: Ten Stories of Youth (1986); Writing New York (1998); The Best American Short Stories 2000 (2000); The Good Parts (2000); Writers on Writing (2001).

Born on this day – Mala Powers:

Mala Powers

Actress

December 20, 1931 – June 11, 2007

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1962); About Faces (1960); Appointment with Adventure (1955); Arrest and Trial (1964); Bengazi (1955); Bewitched (1967–1968); Biography (1998); Bonanza (1959); Bourbon Street Beat (1959); Bronco (1960); Calling the Shots (1988); Celebrity Playhouse (1955); Century of Cinema (1995); Charlie's Angels (1978 / 1979); Cheyenne (1960–1961); City Beneath the Sea (1953); City That Never Sleeps (1953); Crossroads (1957); Cyrano de Bergerac (1950); Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969); Daniel Boone (1967); Death in Small Doses (1957); Doomsday Machine (1976); Dr. Kildare (1964); Edge of Doom (1950); Everglades! (1962); Fear No More (1961); Flight of the Lost Balloon (1961); Frontier Justice (1959); General Electric Theater (1961); Gentle Ben (1967); Geraldine (1953); Girl Talk (1964); Gypsy (1966); Hawaiian Eye (1960–1963); Hazel (1965–1966); Here Come the Brides (1969); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hitters (2002); Ironside (1970); Jericho (1966); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Lawman (1961); Lock Up (1960); Man on the Prowl (1957); Matinee Theatre (1957–1958); Maverick (1961); Mission: Impossible (1967); Mr. Adams and Eve (1957); Murder, She Wrote (1990); Outrage (1950); Perry Mason (1959–1966); Rage at Dawn (1955); Rawhide (1962); Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women (2014); Rogue's Gallery (1968); Rose of Cimarron (1952); Seis pasajes al infierno (1981); Sierra Baron (1958); Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood (1987); Studio 57 (1955); Stump the Stars (1953–1964); Sugarfoot (1960); Surfside 6 (1961); Switch (1977); Tammy and the Bachelor (1957); TCM Remembers 2007 (2007); The Bob Cummings Show (1961); The Colossus of New York (1958); The Connextion (2005); The Ford Television Theatre (1955–1956); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1958); The Gallant Men (1962); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1956); The Les Crane Show (1965); The Magical World of Disney (1960–1961); The Man and the Challenge (1960); The Man and the City (1971); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965); The Rebel (1960); The Restless Gun (1958–1959); The Silent Force (1970); The Storm Rider (1957); The Unknown Terror (1957); The Wild Wild West (1966); The Yellow Mountain (1954); This Is the Life (1970–1972); This Is Your Life (1956–1958); Thriller (1962); Tombstone Territory (1960); Tough As They Come (1942); Undercurrent (1957); Wagon Train (1958); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958); Where the Wind Dies (1976); Wide Country (1963); You Don't Say (1964); Zane Grey Theatre (1957).

Born on this day – Gunnel Lindblom:

Gunnel Lindblom

Actress

Director

December 18, 1931 – January 24, 2021

On this day in movie history - Safe in Hell (1931):

Safe in Hell

directed by William A. Wellman,

written by Joseph Jackson and Maude Fulton,

based on the play by Houston Branch,

was released in the United States on December 12, 1931.
Music by Leo F. Forbstein.

Cast:

Dorothy Mackaill, Donald Cook, Ralf Harolde, John Wray, Ivan F. Simpson, Victor Varconi, Morgan Wallace, Nina Mae McKinney, Charles Middleton, Clarence Muse, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Noble Johnson, Cecil Cunningham, Sam Appel, Lionel Belmore, Ted Billings, Rondo Hatton, Kenneth MacDonald, Chris-Pin Martin, Dick Rush, Harry Semels, Harold Waldridge.

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