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Sunday, June 21, 2026

Born on this day – Lalo Schifrin:


Lalo Schifrin


Composer

Pianist

Conductor

June 21, 1932 – June 26, 2025

Credits:

+ de cinéma (2001); 20 to 1 (2010); 30 Rock (2010); 8 to 4 (1981); 99 Francs (2007); A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' (2003); A Long Way from Nowhere (1970); A Mother's Burden with Rutanya Alda (2013); A Natural Born World-Shaker: Making 'Cool Hand Luke' (2008); A Piece of the Action: Behind the Scenes of 'Rush Hour' (1999); A Small Rebellion (1966); A Stranger Is Watching (1982); A Woman Named Jackie (1991); A.D. (1985); Abominable (2006); Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994); Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen: Theme from Mission: Impossible (1996); Adapting Amityville with Tommy Lee Wallace (2013); After the Sunset (2004); Airplane II: The Sequel (1982); Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'the Osterman Weekend' (2004); American Playhouse (1989); Amityville II: The Possession (1982); Amityville: The Truth (2010); Any Boy Can (1973); Armação Ilimitada (1987); Assassins (1995); Autour de 'Rush Hour 3' en 80 mots (2008); Back to Genre: Making Abominable (2006); Back to the Planet of the Apes (1980); Bad Medicine (1985); Bains de minuit (1987); Bandstand (1966); BaseBoys (2018); Battle Creek Brawl (1980); Ben Casey (1965); Berlín Blues (1988); Better Call Saul (2022); Beverly Hills Madam (1986); Beyond Ipanema (2013); Biyik (2004); Black Moon Rising (1986); Blindfold (1966); Blood and Steel: Making 'Enter the Dragon' (2004); Blue Bloods (2015); Blue Light (1966); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964–1966); Boléro, le refrain du monde (2019); Boulevard Nights (1979); Brenda Starr (1976); Bringing Down the House (2003); Britain's Got More Talent (2019); Britain's Got Talent (2012–2015); Bronk (1975–1976); Brows Held High (2013); Brubaker (1980); Bruce Lee: In His Own Words (1998); Buddy Buddy (1981); Bullitt (1968); Cannes Film Festival (1994); Can't Touch This (2016); Caveman (1981); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2025); Charley Varrick (1973); Charlie's Angels (2000); Che! (1969); Chicago Story (1982); Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023); CHiPs (1978); Christmas in Vienna (1992–1995); Cine Chalom (2020); Cinema 3 (1998); Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion (1965); Class of 1984 (1982); Classroom (2006); Çöl (1983); Coming Through the Window (1973); Command 5 (1985); Confessions of a Top Crime Buster (1971); Conversations on Alex North's Spartacus: The Celebration of a Masterpiece (2010); Coogan's Bluff (1968); Cool Hand Luke (1967); Copshop (2021); Crazy Safari (1991); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2006); Culture Clash: West Meets East (2001); D.C. Cab (1983); Dancing on Ice (2014); Dancing Stars (2011); Dancing with the Stars (2012); Danger Theatre (1993); Dark Intruder (1965); Day of the Animals (1977); Delancey Street: The Crisis Within (1975); Der Klang der Bilder (1995); Detective Bobby Dicey (2015); Detective in the House (1985); Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009); Diminishing Returns (2018); Dirty Harry (1971); Doctor Detroit (1983); Don Quijote de la Mancha (1991); Doogie Howser, M.D. (1990–1992); Dr. Kildare (1965); Drag Me to Hell (2009); Earth II (1971); Earth Star Voyager (1988); Eastwood Symphonic - Une affaire de Famille (2023); Egan (1973); El jefe (1958); El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza (2012); Enter the Dragon (1973); Entourage (2004); Escape (1971); Escape to Athena (1979); Eye of the Cat (1969); F/X2 (1991); Face to Face (1990); Falcon's Gold (1982); Family Matters with Diane Franklin (2013); Family Switch (2023); Fast-Walking (1982); Father Tom's Memories with Andrew Prine (2013); Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021); Felicity (1998); Foster & Laurie (1975); Gamer (2012); Glitter (1984–1985); Golden Needles (1974); Gone with the Wave (1964); Good Against Evil (1977); Good Morning Britain (2019); Great Performances (1988); Great Performances: Dance in America (2001); Greek Lightning (1973); Growing Pains (1989–1991); Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case (1975); Halloween on Dartmoor (2014); Happy Accidents (2000); Harry in Your Pocket (1973); Haunted Melodies with Lalo Schifrin (2013); Hell in the Pacific (1968); Here's Lucy (1971); Hermanos: Cantaré, cantarás (1985); Heute Xpress (2025); History Repeats Itself: Class of 1984 (2015); Hit! (1973); Hola Susana (1996); Hollywood in Vienna (2012); Hollywood Wives (1985); Homecoming (2018); Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993); How Bruce Lee Changed the World (2009); How I Spent My Summer Vacation (1967); Hunter (1973); Hustle (1975); I Deal in Danger (1966); I Love My Wife (1970); Il était une fois (2024–2026); Imago (1970); Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015); In the Tracks of Jean-Michel Bernard (2019); Inglourious Basterds (2009); Inside TV Land (2002); Institute for Revenge (1979); It's Happening (1968); ITV Celebrites Interviews (2020–2021); Jackass (2000); Jackie Chan's Hong Kong Tour (2001); Jake's M.O. (1987); Jane Fonda in Five Acts (2018); Jazz Casual (1961); Jazz Scene at the Ronnie Scott Club (1970); Jeopardy! (1984); Jericho (1966); Jinxed! (1982); Joe Kidd (1972); Joy House (1964); Kate & Leopold (2001); Kelly's Heroes (1970); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Kung Fu Chaos (2003); Kung Fu Kenobi's Big Adventure (1999); Kung Fu: The Movie (1986); La aventura del hombre (1981–2000); L'âge d'or de la musique de film 1965-1975 (2009); L'âge d'or de la pub (2023); Lalo Schifrin, Mission: Impossible - Direction de Victor Jacob (2023); Lalo: My Mission Impossible (2026); Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick' (2015); Le monde est à vous (1988); Les Français écrivent aux Shadoks (1969); Limp Bizkit: Take a Look Around (2000); L'invité (2016); Little Sisters (1972); Little White Lies (1989); Location: Hong Kong with Enter the Dragon (1973); Longshot (2001); Loophole (1981); Los viernes de la eternidad (1981); Love and Bullets (1979); Love Story (2011); Luciano Pavarotti: A Legend Turns 70 (2005); Mad for It (2000); Magicians (2007); Magnum Force (1973); Making Magic Out of Mire (2001); Man on a Swing (1974); Manhattan Merengue! (1995); Mannix (1967–1975); Mean Machine (2001); Medea (2005); Medical Center (1969–1976); Meet the Sniper (2008); Miranda (2009); Mission Impossible (2008); Mission Impossible Versus the Mob (1969); Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023); Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018); Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011); Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015); Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025); Mission: Impossible (1966–1973 / 1988 / 1988–1990 / 1996); Mission: Impossible II (2000); Mission: Impossible III (2006); Money Talks (1997); Moonlighting (1989); Morgenmagazin (2025); Most Wanted (1976–1977); MotorStorm: Apocalypse (2011); Movie Music Man: A Portrait of Lalo Schifrin (1993); Mr. Bigstuff (2024); Mrs. Pollifax-Spy (1971); Murderers' Row (1966); Mutant Action (1993); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1989–1994); N.U.N.S. with Nunchucks (2021); National Geographic Specials (1966); Never Ever (2020); New British Canon (2021); Night Gallery (1972); Night Games (1974); No Rest for the Wicked: A Basil & Moebius Adventure (2011); Nostalgia Critic (2012); Nunzio (1978); Olympic Gala (1984); Once a Thief (1965); Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019); One Foot in the Grave (1992); Open the Dragon: A ROBLOX movie (2022); Oriental Blue (1975); Original Sin (1989); Ouija (2014); Out on a Limb (1987); Paddington (2014); Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1992); Pastor Mike Online (2011); Petrocelli (1974–1976); Planet of the Apes (1974); Premiere (1968); Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971); Preview Tonight (1966); Prime Cut (1972); Princess Daisy (1983); Private Eye (1987); Private Sessions (1985); Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970); Rage (1972); Ready to Wear (1994); Red Dragon (2002); Rembob'Ina (2020); Return from the River Kwai (1989); Return from Witch Mountain (1978); Rhino! (1964); Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1982); Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess (1983); Rituals and Resolutions (1999); Rollercoaster (1977); Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg (2022); Rude Tube (2009–2014); Rush Hour (1998); Rush Hour 2 (2001); Rush Hour 3 (2007); Rush Hour: Isolated Score with Audio Commentary by Lalo Schifrin (1999); Sadie J (2012); Sanford and Son (1976); Scorpion Spring (1995); See How They Run (1964); Serial (1980); Sev Yeter (1984); Severance (2022); Shakedown on the Sunset Strip (1988); Shoot the Moon (1982); Show of Strength - David Carradine's: Martial Arts Journey (1998); Shrek 2 (2004); Sky Riders (1976); Smallville (2001); Snow Day (2000); Sol Madrid (1968); Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap (2012); Something to Believe In (1998); Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies (2013); Sound of Speed: Composing Black Moon Rising (2019); Soundtrack of Our Lives: A Celebration for the Film & TV Music Community (2020); Sparky's Magic Piano (1987); Special Delivery (1976); Spielberg (2017); Spraggue (1984); Spud 3: Learning to Fly (2014); St. Ives (1976); Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (1983); Starsky and Hutch (1975–1976); Strictly Come Dancing (2016); Sudden Impact (1983); Sullivan's Empire (1967); Switchback (1997); T.H.E. Cat (1966–1967); Tales of Halloween (2015); Tango (1998); Tango Under the Stars with Dudamel (2016); Tank (1984); TCM Remembers 2025 (2025); TCN Channel 9 News (1957); Telefon (1977); Terror at London Bridge (1985); The 10th Annual Governors Awards (2018); The 20th Annual Charlie Awards (2006); The 25th Annual Grammy Awards (1983); The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994 (1994); The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (1981); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The All Star Spangled Mission (1973); The Amityville Horror (1979); The Angry River (1971); The Aquarians (1970); The Art Of... When You're Hot, Young, Poor and a Filmmaker! (2011); The Background Beat (1965); The Beguiled (1971); The Benny Hill Show (1977); The Best on Record (1968); The Beverly Hillbillies (1993); The Big Valley (1968–1969); The Black Godfather (2019); The Bob Hope Show (1968); The Boondocks (2005); The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004); The Brotherhood (1968); The Cat from Outer Space (1978); The Christian Licorice Store (1971); The Cincinnati Kid (1965); The Competition (1980); The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979); The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969–1970); The Craft of Dirty Harry (2008); The Crooked Arrangement (1982); The Dead Pool (1988); The Death of Scorpio (1979); The Doomsday Flight (1966); The Eagle Has Landed (1976); The Ed Sullivan Show (1969); The Enforcers: Sudden Impact (1983); The Exorcist (1973); The Ferals (1994); The Four Musketeers (1974); The Fourth Protocol (1987); The Fox (1967); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1993); The Garfield Movie (2024); The Groove Under the Groove (2026); The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971); The Hidden Dove (2018); The In-Laws (2003); The Insatiables (1973); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2008); The Ladies Club (1985); The Last Dragon (1985); The Light from the Chocolate Factory (2020); The Liquidator (1965); The Lorax (2012); The Magical World of Disney (1988); The Making of a President: 1964 (1966); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965–1966); The Manitou (1978); The Mask of Sheba (1970); The Master Gunfighter (1975); The Mean Season (1985); The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024); The Nativity (1978); The Near Departed (2012); The Neon Empire (1989); The Neptune Factor (1973); The New Kids (1985); The Nude Bomb (1980); The Oscars (2019 / 2026); The Osterman Weekend (1983); The Other Woman (2014); The Partners (1971); The Partners (1971–1972); The President's Analyst (1967); The President's Mistress (1978); The Richard Boone Show (1964); The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (1968); The Rivermen (1980); The Roseanne Show (1998); The Score (2003); The Seduction (1982); The Silence at Bethany (1988); The Sixth Sense (1972); The Skin (1981); The Spirit of '76 (1990); The Spy in the Green Hat (1967); The Stalking Investigators (2014); The Sting II (1983); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2017); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2012); The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau (1966); The Venetian Affair (1966); The Ventures: Stars on Guitars (2020); The Virginia Graham Show (1972); The Vision: The Making of the 'Three Tenors in Concert' (1994); The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (1985); The Way Out Men (1965); The White Gown (1975); The World About Us (1968); The Wrath of God (1972); The Wrecking Crew! (2008); The Young Lawyers (1969–1971); Thelma (2024); Three for Danger (1967); Three Giant Men (1973); THX 1138 (1971); Time of Our Lives (1990); Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (2004); Tom the Cat (2002); Tommys Hollywood Report (1988); Top of the Pops (1976–2000); Tracks (2007); Trainyard Dogs: Part I (2018); Trashi (1981); Triplecross (1986); Troldspejlet (1999); Trooper Clerks: The Animated One-Shot (2000); Two Billion Hearts (1995); Ultrasordine (2007); Undercover Brother (2002); Up from the Ape (1975); Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000); Vampire Idol (2011); Venga a bailar el rock (1957); Victims (1982); Voyage of the Damned (1976); Wagon Train (1964); Wait Until Dark (1982); Wall Street: Where the Money Is (1966); Wanted: Perfect Father (1994); Way... Way Out (1966); Wayne's World (1992); Wayne's World 2 (1993); Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol (1972); What's Behind the Groupies? (1975); What's Up Doc? (1993); When Time Ran Out... (1980); Where Angels Go Trouble Follows! (1968); Who's Minding the Mint? (1967); WUSA (1970); Youtube Geographic (2018); Zodiac (2007).

Friday, June 19, 2026

Born on this day – Pier Angeli:


Pier Angeli


Actress

Singer

June 19, 1932 – September 10, 1971

Credits:

Addio Alexandra (1969); Battle of the Bulge (1965); Biography (2002); Cinépanorama (1964); Code Name, Red Roses (1968); Domani è un altro giorno (1951); Eröffnung der X. Internationalen Filmfestspiele (1960); Estoril y sus fiestas (1960); Every Bastard a King (1968); Flame and the Flesh (1954); For One Thousand Dollars Per Day (1966); Girl Talk (1968); Grand écran (1964); In the Folds of the Flesh (1970); I've Got a Secret (1956); James Dean: Forever Young (2005); James Dean: The First American Teenager (1975); King of Africa (1968); M.M.M. 83 (1966); Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956); Merry Andrew (1958); Miss Nitouche (1954); Musketeers of the Sea (1962); Octaman (1971); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1958); Port Afrique (1956); Quell'amore particolare (1970); Shadow of Evil (1964); Sodom and Gomorrah (1962); Sombrero (1953); Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956); SOS Pacific (1959); Spy in Your Eye (1965); Teresa (1951); The Angry Silence (1960); The Devil Makes Three (1952); The Ed Sullivan Show (1954); The Filming of the Battle of the Bulge (1965); The Light Touch (1951); The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1951); The Million Dollar Nickel (1952); The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom (1960); The Silver Chalice (1954); The Story of Three Loves / Segment: Equilibrium (1953); The Vic Damone Show (1956); The Vintage (1957); Tomorrow Is Too Late (1950); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1955); Viva América! (1969); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958); What's My Line? (1956); When the Applause Died / Death in Hollywood (1990); White Slave Ship (1961).

Born on this day – Marisa Pavan:


Marisa Pavan


Actress

June 19, 1932 – December 6, 2023

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1963); A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956); Antoine et Sébastien (1974); Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (1976); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Breaking Point (1963); Cabaret du soir (1958); Chris & Don: A Love Story (2007); Climax! (1957); Combat! (1963); Court Martial (1965); Cutter's Trail (1970); Diane (1956); Down Three Dark Streets (1954); Drum Beat (1954); Entrez sans frapper (1972); Fireside Theatre (1954); Front Row Center (1955); Good Morning America (1977); Hawaii Five-O (1977); He Said, She Said (1970); Here's Hollywood (1961); Ho scelto l'amore (1953); Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner (2019); ITV Television Playhouse (1956); I've Got a Secret (1956); Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires (1999); John Paul Jones (1959); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1960); La derelitta / Cinéma 16 (1987); La vie des autres (1980); Le puits aux trois vérités (1961); McMillan & Wife (1977); MGM Parade (1956); Midi Trente (1973); Naked City (1961–1963); Person to Person (1959); Playhouse 90 (1959); Pour cent millions (1992); Renseignements généraux (1991); Ryan's Hope (1985); Samedi soir (1971); Seaway (1966); Shangri-La (1960); Solomon and Sheba (1959); Something Special (1967); Stars (1980); Stars 94 (1994); Stelle emigrant (1982); Studio One (1955); Switch (1977); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); The 17th Golden Globe Awards (1960); The 28th Annual Academy Awards (1956); The Arthur Murray Party (1956–1960); The Diary of Anne Frank (1967); The F.B.I. (1965); The Frank Sinatra Show (1958); The Hollywood Palace (1966); The John Bartholomew Tucker Show (1966); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956); The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956); The Merv Griffin Show (1966); The Midnight Story (1957); The Rockford Files (1979); The Rose Tattoo (1955); The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977); Today (1966); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); What Price Glory (1952); What's My Line? (1956–1966); Wonder Woman (1977).

Saturday, June 6, 2026

Born on this day – Billie Whitelaw:


Billie Whitelaw


Actress

June 6, 1932 – December 21, 2014

Credits:

A Dinner of Herbs (2000); A Matter of Conscience (1962); A Murder of Quality (1991); A Tale of Two Cities (1980); An Audience with Bob Monkhouse (1994); An Audience with Mel Brooks (1983); An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1982); Anna Christie (1963); Arena (1976 / 1995); Armchair Mystery Theatre (1960); Armchair Theatre (1956–1971); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1953–1959); BBC2 Playhouse (1981); Big City (1956); Bobbikins (1959); Born to Run (1997); Breakout (1959); ...but the clouds... (1977); Call My Bluff (1967–1969); Camille (1984); Carve Her Name with Pride (1958); Charlie Bubbles (1968); Companions in Crime (1954); Confidential Report (1955); Deadly Advice (1994); Dixon of Dock Green (1955); Don't Say a Word (1963); Dope Sheet (1998); Duel of Hearts (1991); Eagle in a Cage (1972); Emergency-Ward 10 (1959); Espionage (1963); Eustace and Hilda (1977); Film '81 (1981); Firm Friends (1992–1994); First Night (1963); Flight of the Dove (1957); Freddie as F.R.O.7. (1992); Frenzy (1972); Ghost Trio (1977); Gideon of Scotland Yard (1958); Golden Gala (1978); Gumshoe (1971); Hell Is a City (1960); Hell's Kitchen (2004); Hindle Wakes (1957); Hot Fuzz (2007); Huckleberry Finn (1952); I Like Money (1961); I Promised to Pay (1961); Imaginary Friends (1987); In Search of Maitland (1953); ITV Play of the Week (1957–1960); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1970); ITV Television Playhouse (1959–1961); Jackanory (1969); Jamaica Inn (1983); Jane Eyre (1996); Joyriders (1988); Judge John Deed (2002); Knock on Any Door (1966); Kraft Mystery Theater (1961); Late Show London (1966); Leo the Last (1970); Leopard in the Snow (1978); Lilli Palmer Theatre (1955); Little Red Monkey (1953); Lorna Doone (1990); Love Story (1966); Make Mine Mink (1960); Masterchef (1997); Maurice (1987); Merlin (1998); Miracle in Soho (1957); Morrissey: Everyday Is Like Sunday (1988); Murder Elite (1985); My Pal Bob (1957); Napoleon and Love (1974); Night of One Hundred Stars (1980); Night Watch (1973); No Love for Johnnie (1961); Not a Word (1970); Not I (1973); NOTFILM (2015); Oresteia (1979); Othello (1955); Patrol Car (1955); Performance (1993); Poet Game (1971); Private Schulz (1981); Quills (2000); Rheingold Theatre (1954); Rockaby (1982); Room in the House (1955); Samuel Beckett: Silence to Silence (1984); Screen Two (1989–1994); Shadey (1985); Shooting the Past (1999); Simply Red: Never Never Love (1996); Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1967); Slayground (1983); Small Hotel (1957); Space: 1999 (1976); Special Collector's Edition (2015); Start the Revolution Without Me (1970); Stryker of the Yard (1961); Sunday Story (1964–1965); Supernatural (1977); Tales from Soho (1956); Tangiers (1982); Television (1985); Television Playwright (1958); Television Scrabble (1984); Ten from the Twenties (1975); Terminus (1955); Terror in the Aisles (1984); The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2015); The Adding Machine (1969); The Adventures of Robin Hood (1957); The Ball Is Round (1994); The British Academy Award (1973); The British Academy Awards (1979); The Canterbury Tales (1998–2000); The Chain (1984); The Cloning of Joanna May (1992); The Comedy Man (1964); The Crimean War (1997); The Curse of 'The Omen' (2005); The Dark Crystal (1982); The Devil's Agent (1962); The Dressmaker (1988); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1966); The Fake (1953); The Fifteen Streets (1989); The Flesh and the Fiends (1960); The Krays (1990); The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000); The Lively Arts (1977 / 1978); The Lost Son (1999); The Madhouse on Castle Street / BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960); The Omen (1976); The Pattern of Marriage (1953); The Respectful Prostitute (1964); The Secret Garden (1952 / 1987); The Sextet (1972); The Slackering Field (1955); The Sleeping Tiger (1954); The Story of 'Frenzy' (2001); The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968); The Water Babies (1978); The World Our Stage (1957); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1966); This Is Your Life (1999); Three Plays by Samuel Beckett: Rockaby, Footfalls and Eh Joe. (1988); Time Out for Peggy (1958–1959); Twisted Nerve (1968); Val Parnell's Spectacular (1959); Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1960 (1961); Wessex Tales (1973); Whodunnit? (1974); Wicked Women (1970); Without Love (1956); Without the Prince (1952); Wogan (1985–1989); You're a Long Time Dead (1958).

Thursday, May 28, 2026

On this day in movie history - Two Seconds (1932):


Two Seconds

directed by Mervyn LeRoy,
written by Harvey Thew,
based on the play by Elliott Lester,
was released in the United States on May 28, 1932.
Music by W. Franke Harling.


Cast:

Edward G. Robinson, Vivienne Osborne, Guy Kibbee, Preston Foster, J. Carrol Naish, Frederick Burton, Harry Beresford, Dorothea Wolbert, Berton Churchill, William Janney, Edward McWade, Gladys Lloyd, Lew Brice, James P. Burtis, Jill Dennett, Adrienne Dore, Charles E. Evans, Helena Phillips Evans, June Gittelson, Otto Hoffman, Fred Howard, John Kelly, Matt McHugh, Franklin Parker, Sam Rice, Larry Steers, Luana Walters, Allen Wood, Harry Woods.

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Born on this day – Francine Pascal:


Francine Pascal


Writer

May 13, 1932 – July 28, 2024

Credits:

Books:

A Christmas Without Elizabeth (1993); A Curse on Elizabeth (1995); A Date with a Werewolf (1994); A Deadly Christmas (1994); A Killer on Board (1995); A Kiss Before Dying (1996); A Married Woman (1994); A New Promise (1986); A Night to Remember (1993); A Picture Perfect Prom? (1998); A Roller Coaster for the Twins! (1996); A Royal Pain (2001); A Stranger in the House (1995); Aftershock (1998); Against the Odds (1988); Against the Rules (1987); Agent Out (2006); All About Love (2000); All Night Long (1984); Almost Married (1994); Alone (2002); Alone In the Crowd (1986); Amy Moves In (1990); Amy's Pen Pal (1989); Amy's Secret Sister (1994); Amy's True Love (1991); And the Winner Is... Jessica Wakefield! (1996); Andy and the Alien (1992); Angels Keep Out (1996); Anything For Love (1994); April Fool! (1989); Are We in Love? (1993); As If I Care (2000); Backstabber (2000); Bad (2001); Bad Girl (1999); Barnyard Battle (1992); Be Mine (2002); Beauty and the Beach (1997); Before Gaia (2002); Behind Closed Doors (1995); Best Friends (1986); Best of Enemies (2002); Betrayed (2002); Beware the Baby-Sitter (1993); Beware the Wolfman (1994); Big Brother's in Love Again (1997); Big Brother's In Love! (1992); Big for Christmas (1994); Billie's Secret (1996); Bitter Rivals (1986); Bittersweet (2012); Blind (2001); Blood (2000); Bon Voyage, Unicorns! (1997); Booster Boycott (1991); Bossy Steven (1991); Boy Friend (1999); Boy Meets Girl (1999); Boy Trouble (1989); Boyfriends For Everyone (1997); Boys Against Girls (1988); Breakfast of Enemies (1997); Breaking Away (1998); Broken Angel (1999); Broken Promises, Shattered Dreams (1996); Brokenhearted (1989); Brooke and Her Rock Star Mom (1991); Bruce's Story (1990); Buried Treasure (1987); Busted! (1996); California Love (1995); Cammi's Crush (1997); Camp Killer (1996); Can't Stay Away (1999); Caroline's Halloween Spell (1992); Caroline's Mystery Dolls (1991); Caught in the Middle (1987); Center of Attention (1988); Channel X (1997); Chase (2003); Chateau D'Amour Collection (1999); Cheating on Anna (1999); Cheating to Win (1991); Choosing Sides (1986); Ciao, Sweet Valley! (1992); Claim to Fame (1988); Class Picture Day! (1997); Close to You (2001); Clueless (2000); College Cruise (1995); College Girls (1993); College Weekend (1995); Control Freak (2001); Cousin Kelly's Family Secret (1991); Cover Girls (1997); Cowboy Kisses (1993); Crash Landing (1985); Cruise Control (2002); Crybaby Lois (1990); Cutting the Ties (2012); Cyberstalker (1998); Dance Fever (2001); Dance of Death (1996); Danger: Twins at Work! (1998); Dangerous Love (1984); Danny Means Trouble (1990); Dead Before Dawn (1997); Deadly Attraction (1995); Deadly Summer (1989); Deadly Terror (1999); Deadly Voyage (1995); Dear Sister (1984); Death Threat (1994); Deceptions (1984); Decisions (1988); Desert Adventure Collection (1998); Don't Answer the Phone (1998); Don't Go Home With John (1992); Don't Go in the Basement (1997); Don't Let Go (1999); Don't Talk to Brian (1996); Double Jeopardy (1987); Double Love (1984); Double Love Collection (1999); Double-Crossed (1994); Down with Queen Janet (1998); Downstairs, Upstairs (2001); Drama Queen (2001); Dreams of Forever (1988); Dropping Out (2000); Earthquake (1998); Elizabeth and Jessica Run Away (1992); Elizabeth and the Orphans (1992); Elizabeth and Todd Forever (1997); Elizabeth Betrayed (1992); Elizabeth Hatches an Egg (1996); Elizabeth in Love (2000); Elizabeth Is Mine (1998); Elizabeth Loves New York (1998); Elizabeth Meets Her Hero (1992); Elizabeth Solves it All (1996); Elizabeth the Hero (1993); Elizabeth the Impossible (1991); Elizabeth the Seventh-Grader (1995); Elizabeth the Spy (1996); Elizabeth the Tattletale (1994); Elizabeth: Next Stop, Jr. High (1998); Elizabeth's Broken Arm (1992); Elizabeth's First Kiss (1990); Elizabeth's Heartbreak (1997); Elizabeth's Horseback Adventure (1995); Elizabeth's New Hero (1989); Elizabeth's Piano Lessons (1993); Elizabeth's Rival (1996); Elizabeth's Secret Diary (1994); Elizabeth's Secret Diary Volume II (1996); Elizabeth's Secret Diary Volume III (1998); Elizabeth's Summer Love (1996); Elizabeth's Super-selling Lemonade (1990); Elizabeth's Valentine (1990); Elizabeth's Video Fever (1993); Ellen Is Home Alone (1993); Ellen's Family Secret (1995); Enid's Story (1990); Escape (2003); Escape From Terror Island (1995); Escape to New York (1998); Everything You Need to Know About an Alcoholic Parent (1999); Evil Elizabeth (1995); Exposed (2004); Face It (2000); Fake (2004); Falling Apart (2000); Falling for Lucas (1996); Family Secrets (1988); Fashion Victim (1997); Fear (2002); Fearless (2000); Fearless 1 (2012); Fearless 2 (2013); Fearless 3 (2014); Fearless Elizabeth (1991); Fearless: Double Edition 2 (2003); Fearless: Double Edition 3 (2003); Fearless: Double Edition 4 (2003); Fearless: Double Edition 5 (2003); Fearless: Double Edition 6 (2003); Fight Fire with Fire (1997); First Place (1987); Five Girls and a Baby (1996); Flair Collection (1999); Flee (2001); Fooling Around (1999); For the Love of Ryan (1996); Forbidden Love (1987); Forever and Always (1988); Francine Pascal's Meet the Stars of Sweet Valley High: An Authorized Biography (1995); Freak (2003); Friend Against Friend (1990); Full House (2007); Gaia Abducted (2003); Get a Clue (2002); Get Real (1999); Get the Teacher! (1994); Gone (2004); Goodbye Elizabeth (1998); Good-Bye Eva? (1993); Good-Bye to Love (1994); Good-Bye, Middle School! (1998); Good-Bye, Mrs. Otis (1997); Got a Problem (1999); Hands Off (2000); Hangin' Out With Cici (1991); Hanging Out with Cici (1984); Happily Ever After (1997); Happy Mother's Day, Lila (1998); Hard Choices (1988); Have You Heard About Elizabeth? (1998); Head Over Heels (1985); Heartbreaker (1984); Heat (2000); Here Comes the Bride (1996); He's Back (2002); He's the One (2001); He's Watching You (1995); Highland Hearts (1994); His Secret Past (1996); Holiday Mischief (1988); Home For Christmas (1994); Horror in London Collection (1999); Hostage! (1986); How to Ruin a Friendship (1999); I Need You (2001); If I Die Before I Wake (1996); If I Die Before I Wake (1996); If Looks Could Kill (1997); If You Only Knew (1999); I'll Never Love Again (1999); I'm So Outta Here (2000); In Love Again (1989); In Love With a Prince (1993); In Love with Mandy (1997); In Love With the Enemy (1995); Invisible Me (2000); It Can't Happen Here (1995); It Takes Two (2002); It's My Life (2000); I've Got a Secret (1999); Jealous Lies (1986); Jessica + Jessica = Trouble (1995); Jessica Against Bruce (1992); Jessica and the Brat Attack (1989); Jessica and the Earthquake (1993); Jessica and the Jumbo Fish (1991); Jessica and the Money Mix-Up (1990); Jessica and the Secret Star (1991); Jessica and the Spelling-bee Surprise (1991); Jessica Gets Spooked (1993); Jessica Goes for the Gold (1996); Jessica on Stage (1989); Jessica Plays Cupid (1995); Jessica Quits the Squad (1994); Jessica Saves the Trees (1993); Jessica Takes Charge (1998); Jessica Takes Manhattan (1997); Jessica the Babysitter (1990); Jessica the Genius (1995); Jessica the Nerd (1992); Jessica the Thief (1993); Jessica the TV Star (1991); Jessica, the Rock Star (1989); Jessica: Next Stop, Jr. High (1998); Jessica's Animal Instincts (1996); Jessica's Bad Idea (1989); Jessica's Big Mistake (1995); Jessica's Blind Date (1994); Jessica's Cat Trick (1990); Jessica's Cookie Disaster (1995); Jessica's Dream Date (1998); Jessica's First Kiss (1997); Jessica's Lucky Millions (1997); Jessica's Mermaid (1994); Jessica's Monster Nightmare (1993); Jessica's New Look (1991); Jessica's No Angel (1998); Jessica's Older Guy (1995); Jessica's Secret (1990); Jessica's Secret Diary (1994); Jessica's Secret Diary Volume II (1996); Jessica's Secret Diary Volume III (1997); Jessica's Secret Friend (1997); Jessica's Secret Love (1994); Jessica's Snobby Club (1992); Jessica's Unburied Treasure (1992); Jessica's Zoo Adventure (1990); Julie the Karate Kid (1994); Jumping to Conclusions (1988); Keepin' It Real (2000); Keeping It Real (2000); Keeping Secrets (1987); Kidnapped by the Cult! (1992); Kidnapped! (1984); Kill Game (2005); Killer (2000); Killer at Sea (1997); Killer Party (1999); Kimberly Rides Again (1995); Kiss (2000); Kiss of a Killer (1996); Kiss of the Vampire (1995); La Villa / aka If Wishes Were Horses... (1994); Lacey's Crush (1999); Last Chance (1987); Last Wish (1998); Leaving Home (1987); Left at the Altar (1994); Left Back! (1992); Left Behind (1988); Left Out Elizabeth (1991); Liar (2000); Lies and Omissions (2012); Lila on the Loose (1996); Lila's April Fool (1994); Lila's Birthday Bash (1995); Lila's Christmas Angel (1995); Lila's Haunted House Party (1991); Lila's Little Sister (1994); Lila's Music Video (1993); Lila's New Flame (1997); Lila's Secret (1994); Lila's Secret Valentine (1995); Lila's Story (1989); Little Drummer Girls (1998); Live Bait (2005); Living Together (1999); Lois and the Sleepover (1994); Lois Strikes Back (1990); London Calling (2001); Lost (2002); Lost at Sea (1989); Love (2001); Love and Betrayal and Hold the Mayo! (1985); Love and Death in London (1994); Love and Murder (1998); Love Letters (1985); Love Letters for Sale (1992); Love Lost (1985); Love Me Always (1998); Love, Lies, and Jessica Wakefield (1993); Lovestruck (1986); Loving (1985); Loving the Enemy (1999); Lucy Takes the Reins (1991); Lust (2003); Mademoiselle Jessica (1991); Malibu Summer (1986); Mandy in the Middle (1996); Mandy Miller Fights Back (1991); Maria Who? (1999); Maria's Movie Comeback (1994); Mary is Missing (1990); Max's Choice (2001); Me, Me, Me (2001); Meant to Be (2001); Meet Me at Midnight (1996); Memories (1985); Miss Teen Sweet Valley (1991); Missing (2001); Model Flirt (1997); Ms. Quarterback (1990); Murder in Paradise (1995); Murder on the Line (1996); My Best Friend's Boyfriend (1992); My Funny Guy (1994); My Mother Was Never a Kid (1995); My Perfect Guy (2000); Mystery Date (1998); Naked (2001); Naked Eye (2006); Never Give Up (2002); Never Let Go (2000); Nightmare in Death Valley (1995); No Escape! (1998); No Girls Allowed (1995); No Means No (1995); No More Mr.Nice Guy (2001); No Place to Hide (1988); No Rules (1999); Normal (2004); Nothing Is Forever (2000); Nowhere To Run (1985); Olivia's Story (1991); On My Own (2000); On the Edge (1987); On the Run (1988); Once Upon a Time (1997); One 2 Many (1999); One Last Kiss (1997); One of the Gang (1987); Operation: Love Match (1994); Out of Control (1987); Out of Place (1988); Out of Reach (1988); Out of the Picture (1997); Outcast (1987); Party Weekend! (1998); Patty's Last Dance (1992); Payback (2000); Perfect Shot (1989); Perfect Summer (1985); Playing Dirty (2001); Playing For Keeps (1988); Playing Hooky (1988); Playing With Fire (1983); Please Forgive Me (1998); Poor Lila! (1992); Power Play (1983); Pretenses (1988); Princess Elizabeth (1989); Private Jessica (1998); Prom Night (2002); Promises (1984); Promises Broken (1986); Psychic Sisters (1993); Pumpkin Fever (1997); R is for Revenge (1997); Rachel's In, Lila's Out (1997); Racing Hearts (1984); Rags To Riches (1985); Rebel (2000); Regina's Legacy (1991); Return of the Evil Twin (1995); Road Trip (2001); Robbery at the Mall (1994); Robin in the Middle (1996); Rock Star's Girl (1991); Romance Collection (1998); Romeo and Two Juliets (1994); Rosa's Lie (1991); Rumors (1987); Run (1999); Runaway (1985); Runaway Hamster (1989); Running For Her Life (1996); Rush Week (2000); Sam (1999); Sarah's Dad and Sophia's Mom (1992); Save Johanna! (1981); Save the Turkey! (1995); Save the Unicorns! (1994); Say Goodbye (1985); Say It to My Face (1999); Scaredy-Cat Elizabeth (1995); Second Best (1988); Second Chance (1989); Secret Admirer (1987); Secret Love Diaries: Chloe (2000); Secret Love Diaries: Elizabeth (2000); Secret Love Diaries: Jessica (2000); Secret Love Diaries: Sam (2000); Secrets (1983); Secrets and Seductions (2012); Senior Cut Day (2002); Sex / aka Hurt (2002); She Loves Me...Not (2000); She's Back... (2001); She's Not What She Seems (1993); Shipboard Wedding (1995); Shock (2003); Showdown (1985); Sisters at War (1997); Slam Book Fever (1988); Sneaking in (1998); Sneaking Out (1986); Snow Bunnies (1997); So Cool (1999); So Not Me (2000); Soap Star (1992); Sorority Scandal (1995); Soulmates (1999); Special Christmas (1985); Split Decision (2000); Spring Break (1986); Spring Fever (1987); Spy Girl (1997); SS Heartbreak (1995); Standing Out (1988); Star of the Parade (1994); Starring Jessica! (1990); Starring Winston Egbert (1990); Starting Over (1986); Stay or Go (2001); Stepsisters (1993); Steven Gets Even (1995); Steven the Zombie (1994); Steven's Big Crush (1996); Steven's Bride (1992); Steven's Enemy (1994); Steven's Twin (1994); Straight Up (2001); Stranded (1999); Stretching the Truth (1987); Summer of Love (1999); Surprise Surprise (1989); Sweet 18 (2003); Sweet Kiss of Summer (1996); Sweet Valley Blizzard! (1997); Sweet Valley Confidential (2011); Sweet Valley High 1 (1991); Sweet Valley High Collection: 109/110/111 (1998); Sweet Valley High Collection: Loving Ambitions (1999); Sweet Valley High, Books 1-12 (2015); Sweet Valley High: Three Novels (2011); Sweet Valley Slumber Party (1991); Take Back the Night (1995); Take Me On (1999); Taking Charge (1989); Taking Sides (1986); Tall, Dark, and Deadly (1996); Teacher Crush (1989); Teacher's Pet (1986); Teamwork (1989); Tearing Me Apart (2001); Tears (2001); Tender Promises (1986); Terror (2004); That Fatal Night (1989); The Amazing Jessica (1995); The Arrest (1993); The Battle of the Cheerleaders (1996); The Beast is Watching You (1996); The Beast Must Die (1996); The Best Friend Game (1994); The Best Thanksgiving Ever (1992); The Big Camp Secret (1989); The Big Night (1998); The Big Party Weekend (1991); The Big Race (1993); The Boyfriend Game (1998); The Boyfriend Mess (1998); The Boyfriend War (1993); The Boys of Summer (1997); The Bully (1988); The Carnival Ghost (1990); The Case of the Alien Princess (1994); The Case of the Christmas Thief (1992); The Case of the Haunted Camp (1992); The Case of the Hidden Treasure (1993); The Case of the Magic Christmas Bell (1991); The Case of the Million-Dollar Diamonds (1993); The Case of the Secret Santa (1990); The Charm School Mystery (1992); The Christmas Ghost (1989); The Class Trip (1988); The Cool Crowd (1999); The Cousin War (1995); The Curse of the Golden Heart (1994); The Curse of the Ruby Necklace (1993); The Dating Game (1991); The Dreaded Ex (2000); The Easter Bunny Battle (1995); The Evil Twin (1993); The Evil Twin (1993); The First Time (2000); The Fowlers of Sweet Valley (1996); The Ghost in the Bell Tower (1992); The Ghost in the Graveyard (1994); The Ghost of Tricia Martin (1990); The Girl They Both Loved (1991); The Gossip War (1994); The Great Boyfriend Switch (1993); The Halloween War (1995); The Hand-Me-Down Kid (1980); The Haunted Burial Ground (1994); The Haunted House (1986); The High School War (1996); The House of Death (1995); The Incredible Madame Jessica (1995); The It Guy (2000); The Jessica and Elizabeth Show (1994); The Little Crew of Butchers (2017); The Long-Lost Brother (1991); The Love Bet (1990); The Love of Her Life (1994); The Love Potion (1993); The Macaroni Mess (1997); The Magic Christmas (1992); The Magic Puppets (1994); The Middle School Gets Married (1993); The Missing Tea Set (1993); The Morning After (1996); The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (1997); The Mother-Daughter Switch (1995); The Mysterious Dr. Q (1996); The New Elizabeth (1990); The New Girl (1987); The New Jessica (1986); The Older Boy (1987); The One That Got Away (1999); The Other Woman (1995); The Parent Plot (1990); The Patmans of Sweet Valley (1996); The Perfect Girl (1991); The Pom-Pom Wars (1995); The Price of Love (1998); The Roommate (1996); The Ruling Class (2004); The Secret of Fantasy Forest (1996); The Secret of the Magic Pen (1995); The Similars (2019); The Slime that Ate Sweet Valley (1991); The Stolen Diary (1992); The Sweet Life (2012); The Sweet Valley Clean-Up Team (1992); The Treasure of Death Valley (1995); The Trial of Jessica Wakefield (1996); The Truth About Ryan (1997); The Twins and the Wild West (1990); The Twin's Big Pow-Wow (1993); The Twins Get Caught (1990); The Twins Go to College (1997); The Twins Go to Hospital (1991); The Twins Hit Hollywood (1997); The Twins' Little Sister (1991); The Twins' Mystery Teacher (1989); The Twins Take Paris (1996); The Unicorns at War (1995); The Unicorns Go Hawaiian (1991); The Verdict (1993); The Wakefield Legacy: The Untold Story (1996); The Wakefields of Sweet Valley (1991); The Wakefields Strike it Rich (1992); The War Between the Twins (1990); The Wedding (1993); The Witch in the Pumpkin Patch (1997); The Year Without Christmas (1997); Third Wheel (1999); Three Days, Two Nights (2000); Three Girls and a Guy (2000); Three's a Crowd (1987); Tia in the Middle (2002); To Catch a Thief (1997); Todd Runs Away (1994); Todd's Story (1992); Together Forever (1988); Too Close For Comfort (1995); Too Cool for the Unicorns (1996); Too Good To Be True (1984); Too Hot to Handle (1997); Too Late (2001); Too Many Doubts (2012); Too Many Good-byes (2001); Too Much In Love (1985); Too Popular (1999); Too Scared to Sleep (1996); Touch and Go (2002); Trapped in the Mall (1998); Trapped in Toyland (1994); Trick or Treat (1990); Trouble at Home (1990); Troublemaker (1988); Troublemaker (1988); True Blue (2000); True Love (1985); Trust (2000); Truth or Dare (1999); Tug of War (1987); Twin Hearts (1995); Twin Switch (1999); Twins (2002); Twins in Love (1996); Twisted (2000); Two-Boy Weekend (1989); Undercover Angels (1997); Unicorns in Love (1994); University, Interrupted (2001); V for Victory (1995); Very Bad Things (2000); Wanted For Murder (1994); What Jessica Wants (1998); What Winston Saw (1996); What You Don't Know (2000); What Your Parents Don't Know... (1994); Whatever (2000); When Love Dies (1984); Where We Belong (2001); White Lies (1989); Who Knew? (2000); Who Will Be Miss Unicorn? (1996); Who's To Blame? (1990); Who's Who? (1990); Wild Child (2000); Win One for Sandra (1996); Winners and Losers Collection (1998); Winter Carnival (1986); Wired (2004); Won't Someone Help Anna? (1993); Wrong Kind of Girl (1984); Your Basic Nightmare (1999); You're Not My Sister (1999); Yours For a Day (1994).

Movies and television:

ABC Afterschool Specials (1981–1983); Fearless (2004); George M! (1970); Sweet Valley High (1994–1997); The Young Marrieds (1964–1966); Words and Music by Jerry Herman (2007).

Saturday, May 9, 2026

Born on this day – Geraldine McEwan:


Geraldine McEwan


Actress

May 9, 1932 – January 30, 2015

Credits:

A Flea in Her Ear (1967); A Royal Birthday Gala (1990); Abuelas (2011); All for Love (1982); Away from It All (1973); BBC Play of the Month (1970–1972); BBC2 Playhouse (1982); Behind the Scenes: Agatha Christie's Marple (2005); Beware of Children (1960); Bookmark (1999); Call My Bluff (1975); Carrie's War (2004); Caught in the Act (1988); Comedy Connections (2004–2006); Contaminated Man (2000); Crime on Our Hands (1954); Fat (1979); Festival (1963); Five to Eleven (1987–1990); Food of Love (2002); For Better, for Worse (1953); Foreign Body (1986); French and Saunders (1994); GMTV (2004); Golden Gala (1978); Henry V (1989); ITV Play of the Week (1956–1960); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1971–1973); Jackanory (1967–1977); Late Night Theatre (1973–1974); Love's Labour's Lost (2000); Mapp & Lucia (1985–1986); Marple (2004–2007); Moses (1995–1996); Mulberry (1992–1993); Not Without My Handbag (1993); Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1990); Our Friend Victoria (2017); Out of This World (1962); Pebble Mill at One (1996); Private Affairs (1975); Profiles in Courage (1964); Pure (2002); Red Dwarf (1999); Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991); Somerset Maugham Hour (1960); Springing Lenin (1992); Success (1957); Tears Before Bedtime (1983); The 52nd Annual Tony Awards (1998); The Barchester Chronicles (1982); The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976); The Dance of Death (1969); The Evening Standard Theatre Awards (1994); The Garden Party (1990); The Lazarus Child (2004); The Littlest Horse Thieves (1976); The Love Letter (1999); The Magdalene Sisters (2002); The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2003); The People's Detective (2010); The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1978); The Secret World of Arrietty (2010); The South Bank Show (2007); The Wednesday Play (1965); Theatre Night (1957); There Was a Young Lady (1953); Thin Ice (2000); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1968–1972); Titus (1999); Vanity Fair (2004); Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings Outtakes (2000); Victoria Wood: With All the Trimmings (2000); Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008); Wallace & Gromit: The Aardman Collection 2 (1996); Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Collection (2009); Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005); Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures: Muzzled! (2009); 'Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit': On the Set - Part 1 (2005); Wogan (1990).

Sunday, May 3, 2026

Born on this day – Robert Osborne:


Robert Osborne


Film historian

Television presenter

Writer

Actor

May 3, 1932 – March 6, 2017

Credits:

Host at Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and The Movie Channel.

Columnist for The Hollywood Reporter.

Books:

50 Golden Years of Oscar (1978); 60 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards (1988); 65 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards (1994); 70 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards (1999); 75 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards (2003); 80 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards (2008); 85 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards (2013); Academy Awards Illustrated (1965); Academy Awards Oscar Annual (1971–1976); Best Actor Oscar Winners Since 1927 (1977); Best Actress Oscar Winners (1977); Best Picture Oscar Winners Since 1927 (1977); Hollywood Legends: The Life and Films of Humphrey Bogart and Greta Garbo (1967); In the Picture: Production Stills from the TCM Archives (2004); Leading Couples: The Most Unforgettable Screen Romances of the Studio Era, by Frank Miller / Foreword by Robert Osborne (2008); Leading Ladies: The 50 Most Unforgettable Actresses of the Studio Era, Turner Classic Movies / Foreword by Robert Osborne (2006); Leading Men: The 50 Most Unforgettable Actors of the Studio Era, by Turner Classic Movies / Foreword by Robert Osborne (2006); Picture Show: Classic Movie Posters from the TCM Archives, by Dianna Edwards / Foreword by Robert Osborne (2003); The Essentials: 52 Must-See Movies and Why They Matter, by Jeremy Arnold / Foreword by Robert Osborne (2016); Under the Rainbow: An Intimate Memoir of Judy Garland, Rock Hudson and My Life in Old Hollywood, by John Carlyle / Foreword by Robert Osborne (2006).

Movies and television:

100th Anniversary of Bray Studios (2014); 20/20 (2016); A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not' (2003); A New Dimension in Noir: Filming Inferno in (2017); A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics (2009); A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (2009); AFI Life Achievement Award (1977); Alan Arkin: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (2015); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); American Masters (2000); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Auguste Lumière and Louis Lumière in History of World Cinema: Part I (2021); Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Humphrey Bogart (1997); Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Judy Garland (1996); Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Lana Turner (1996); Before Breakfast (2010); Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock (2004); Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men' (2008); Biography (2001–2002); Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017); Boulevard! A Hollywood Story (2021); Call the Usual Suspects: The Craft of the Character Actor (2006); Captain Blood: A Swashbuckler Is Born (2005); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2016); Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer (2009); Commitment to Life (2023); Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen (2013); Credit Where Credit Is Due (2006); Curtains for Roy Earle: The Story of 'High Sierra' (2003); Dateline NBC (2004); Death Valley Days (1954); Dial M for Murder / 3D: A Brief History (2004); Dial M for Murder / Hitchcock and Dial M (2004); Dinah! (1978); Discovering Treasure: The Story of the Treasure of the Sierra Madre (2003); Dive Bomber: Keep 'Em in the Air (2005); Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night' (2003); Dodge City: Go West, Errol Flynn (2005); Double Indemnity: Introduction by Robert Osborne (2006); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2001); E! True Hollywood Story (2001); Eva Marie Saint: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (2014); Forever Endeavor (2022); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2014); Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'the Wrong Man' (2004); Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (2005); Hitchcock and 'Stage Fright' (2004); Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at 'I Confess' (2004); Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage' (2003); Hollywood Greats (1999); Hollywood Helps the Cause (2006); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's (2009); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's (2009); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History (2008); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008); Hollywood Wives (1985); How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967); I Love Lucy Costume & Makeup Tests (2014); Inside the Academy Awards (1995); Inside 'The Apartment' (2008); Jeopardy! (2019); Kim Novak: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (2013); La fabuleuse histoire des studios hollywoodiens: MGM (2014); La fabuleuse histoire des studios hollywoodiens: Warner Bros (2014); Let Freedom Sing! The Story of 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (2003); Let It Begin! A Filmmaker's Journey (2010); London After Midnight (2002); Luise Rainer: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (2011); Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her (1994); Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon (2007); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Mr. Hitchcock Meets the Smiths (2004); My Music: Movie Songs (2007); On Your Marx, Get Set, Go! (2004); One Step Beyond (1959); Passion, Prejudice and South Pacific: Creating an American Masterpiece (2009); Personal History: Foreign Hitchcock (2004); Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (2012); Private Screenings (1996–2014); Private Screenings (2019); Psycho (1960); Remarks on Marx (2004); Robert Osborne with Lana Turner Today (1982); Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute (2015); SAG Foundation Conversations (2009); Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor (2018); Sergeant York: Of God and Country (2006); Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996); Spartacus (1960); Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (2006); Strangers on a Train: A Hitchcock Classic (2004); Summer Under the Stars (2003); Tab Hunter Confidential (2015); Tale as Old as Time: The Making of 'Beauty and the Beast' (2002); Tarzan: Silver Screen King of the Jungle (2004); TCM Guest Programmer (2005–2016); TCM Remembers 2017 (2017); TCM Spotlight: Pre-Code Classics (2014); TCM: Twenty Classic Moments (2014); The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards (2017); The Beverly Hillbillies (1962); The Boys (2009); The Californians (1958); The Desilu Story (2003); The Essentials (2006–2012); The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017); The Great Movie Ride (1989); The Hollywood Bowl: Music Under the Stars (2003); The Lady from Shanghai: Introduction by Robert Osborne (2014); The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1959); The Man with Bogart's Face (1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1979); The Morning Program (1987); The Osborne Column (1984); The Oscars (2018); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Projected Image: The Jewish Experience on Film (2014); The Sea Hawk: Flynn in Action (2005); 'They Died with Their Boots On': To Hell or Glory (2005); Thicke of the Night (1984); Twenty Plus Two (1961); Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015); Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' (2003); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); Whirlybirds (1959).

Saturday, May 2, 2026

Born on this day – Bruce Glover:


Bruce Glover


Actor

Writer

Director

May 2, 1932 – March 12, 2025

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1965); 30 Years of James Bond (1992); 6½ (1998); Adam-12 (1969); American Hero (1997); An Approximation of their Barbarous Manners (2021); At Ease (1983); Avroskoop (1971); B.J. and the Bear (1980–1981); Barney Miller (1978); Battlestar Galactica (1978); Bearcats! (1971); Benson (1982); Big Bad Mama II (1987); Big Shamus, Little Shamus (1979); Black Gunn (1972); Bless the Beasts & Children (1971); Blindfold (1966); Bonanza (1970); Broke Sky (2007); Buffalo Bushido (2009); C.C. & Company (1970); Car 54, Where Are You? (1961); Chaindance (1991); Chinatown (1974); CHiPs (1977–1979); Darkness Awaits (2025); Dayton's Devils (1968); Diamonds Are Forever (1971); Diamonds Are Forever: Deleted Scenes (2006); Die Hard Dracula (1998); Dundee and the Culhane (1967); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); Electric Memories with Bruce Glover (2017); Filming the James Bond Film 'Diamonds Are Forever' in Amsterdam (1971); Final Chapter: Walking Tall (1977); Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster (1965); Ghost Town (1988); Ghost World (2001); Gunsmoke (1969–1972); Hard Times / aka Street Fighter (1975); Harry O (1976); Hart to Hart (1981); Hawk (1966); Hider in the House (1989); Hunter's Blood (1986); Influence (2015); Inside Acting (2000); Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever' (2000); Inside Out II / Segment: Mis-Apprehended (1992); It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine. (2007); James Bond Radio (2015); James Bond: A BAFTA Tribute (2002); James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983); Johnny Mnemonic: The Interactive Action Movie (1995); Kill Crazy (1989); Kiss Me, Kill Me (1976); Kojak (1976); Les enfants de la télé (2020); Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003); McNamara's Band (1977); Mission: Impossible (1970); Mod Squad (1968–1970); MTV Movie Special: Licence to Kill (1989); Murder, She Wrote (1990); My Favorite Martian (1966); Never Steal Anything Small (1959); Night of the Scarecrow (1995); No Soap, Radio (1982); One Little Indian (1973); Our House (1987); Paris 7000 (1970); Part 2: Walking Tall (1975); Penny Ante: The Motion Picture (1990); Perry Mason (1965); Police Story (1975–1979); Popcorn (1991); Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet (2015); Route 66 (1963); Run for Your Life (1967); S.W.A.T. (1976); Santa Barbara (1987); Scammerhead (2014); Scandalous John (1971); Sean Connery: Private (1993); Sean Connery: The Man and the Movies (2021); Sergeant T.K. Yu (1979); Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space (1991); Simon Says (2006); Six Days in Paradise (2010); Small & Frye (1983); Spoiler (1998); Street War! (1990); Street Wars (1991); Stunts (1977); Suicide, the Comedy (1998); Summer Babes (2013); Swatch James Bond 007 Villain Collection Television Commercial (2008); Sweet Love, Bitter (1967); Switch (1976); T.J. Hooker (1984); The A-Team (1985); The Big Score (1983); The Big Valley (1968); The Blue Knight (1975–1976); The Cylons of 'Battlestar Galactica' (2004); The Danny Thomas Hour (1967); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); The Documentary of the Making of 'It Is Fine Everything Is Fine' (2009); The Dukes of Hazzard (1983); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Exotic Locations of 'Diamonds Are Forever' (2006); The Facts of Life (1984); The Feather and Father Gang (1977); The Good Guys (1968); The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967–1969); The Impostor (1975); The Magical World of Disney (1976 / 1980); The Outsider (1969); The Over-the-Hill Gang (1969); The Partners (1972); The Psychiatrist (1971); The Rat Patrol (1967); The Six Million Dollar Man (1974–1978); The Streets of San Francisco (1976–1977); The Thomas Crown Affair (1968); The Verdict Is Yours (1958); This Is the West That Was (1974); Tiger, Tiger (1969); Untitled Crispin Hellion Glover Project / Apollo, Old Brutus (2025); Vega$ (1980); Voices Lost (2025); Walking Tall (1973); Warlock: The Armageddon (1993); What Is It? (2005); Who Killed Teddy Bear (1965); Will Unplugged (2005); You're in the Picture (1961); Yuma (1971).

Monday, April 27, 2026

Born on this day – Anouk Aimée:


Anouk Aimée


Actress

Credits:

1999 Madeleine (1999); 81/2 (1963); 93 Faubourg Saint-Honoré (2003); A Leap in the Dark (1980); A Man and a Woman (1966); A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (1986); À vos amours (1993); Adrienne Mesurat (1953); Agnes Varda: From Here to There (2011); Alfonso Sánchez (1980); Let's Go to the Cinema (1976); Arrivederci e Grazie (1988); Beyond the Screen (1966); Aznavour by Charles (2019); Barbey on Diabolical (2008); Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990); Big Is Beautiful (2012); Billy Baxter Presents Diary of the Cannes Film Festival with Rex Reed (1980); Bouillon de culture (1991–1993); C à vous (2019); Cannes Film Festival (1980–1987); The One I Love (2009); It's Even Better in the Afternoon (1986); Charlie Rose (2012); Ciné regards / Segment: The film of the week (1981); Cinema star (1987); Cinema (1966–1967); Cinema mil (2005); Cinemas (2010); Cinépanorama (1959–1960); Claude Lelouch, on s'aimera (2007); Compression (2024); Contraband Spain (1955); De película (1987); Déjà dimanche (1995); Two of the Wave (2010); From One Film to Another (2011); Footprints (2012); Everybody Wants to Kill Me (1957); Ex Libris (1989); Federico Fellini - Mit den Augen der Anderen (2003); Fellini dice... (2006); Fellini of the Spirits (2020); Festival in Cannes (2001); Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012); Freedom2speak v2.0 (2004); Gilles Jacob: Citizen Cannes (2010); Globos de Ouro 1998 (1999); Golden Salamander (1950); Happily Ever After (2004); Happy New Year (1973); Head Against the Wall (1959); Heart of the Festival (2002); Men, women, how to use it (1996); Horisont (1963); Offside (1961); Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant: Confidences of Three Unforgettable Actors (2022); Hotel Harabati (2006); Hustle (1975); Ich suche dich (1956); Once upon a time... (2009); Il morbidone (1965); Il successo (1963); Il terrorista (1963); Jean-Louis Trintignant - Mysterious and Elusive (2022); Justine (1969); L.A. Without a Map (1998); La Dolce Vita (1960); The Flower of Life (1947), La fuga (1965); The house under The Sea (1947), The Night of the Caesars (1982–2002); The Night of the Molières (1993–1999); The Crossing of the Looking Glass (2009); La vie de château (1984); Love cursed by Leisenbohg (1991); The Concerned Researcher (2014); The Grand Chessboard (1986); The Big Show (2016); The 8 p.m. news (2014); The novel of the Saturday (1980); Legends of World Cinema (2004); The Crimes of Love / Segment 2: The Crimson Curtain (1953); Limelight (2002); Groundhogs (1993); Bad Encounters (1955); Les nouveaux rendez-vous (1981); The Nuits de France Culture (2024); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1980); The weekly Cinema (2006); L'île bleue (2001); L'imprevisto (1961); The Guest of FR3 (1978); Liolà (1964); Live for Life (1967); Lo scandalo (1966); Lola (1961); Love Letters (2008); Lovers of Paris (1957); L'ultima sequenza (2003); Marcello, una Vita Dolce (2006); Cinema Tuesday (2018); Model Shop (1969); My last dream will be for you (1989); My First Love (1978); Montparnasse 19 (1958); Smithereens Cannes (2021); Napoleon (2002); Nina (1956); Noche de tormenta (1955) Noi Che abbiamo fatto la dolce vita (2009), Nowhere Else (2000); Of Flesh and Blood (1963); We Tried Everything (2006); One Hundred and One Nights (1995); One Night... a Train (1968); ORTF, They Invented Television (2020); Paris Connections (2010); Personal and confidential (2007); Piazza Navona (1988); Portrait (1979); Quai Notre-Dame (1961); What makes David run? (1982); Ready to Wear (1994); RCannes Eflets (1958–196)6); Release (1967); Rheingold Theatre (1953); Rich, beautiful, etc. (1998); Rupture(s) (1993); Sacrée soirée (1993); Screen Two (1993); Seasons of Our Love (1966); Second Chance (1976); Simenon and the Cinema Affair (2020); Sodom and Gomorrah (1962); Solomon (1997); Stranger Than Fiction (2006); Stresemann (1957); Studio Gabriel (1995); Stupefying! (2019); Success Is the Best Revenge (1984); Tell Me Yes... (1995); The 2011 European Film Awards (2011); The 24th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1967); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The Appointment (1969); The Best Years of a Life (2019); The Birch-Tree Meadow (2003); The Chasers (1959); The Crimson Curtain (1952) The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird (1952); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute To Federico Fellini (1985); The General of the Dead Army (1983); Italian Tea Traveler (1987); The Joker (1960) The Journey (1959) The Last Judgment (1961); The Lovers of Verona (1949); The Paris Express (1952); The Respectful Prostitute (1963); The Shortest Day (1963); The World of Jacques Demy (1995); There Were Days... and Moons (1990); To Each His Own Cinema / Segment: Cinéma de Boulevard (2007); Turning to Live (2016); All the Suns (2011); All Le Monde en parle (2002–2006); Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981); Turning Table (1988); A Dream Barely Begins (1984); One for All (1999); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1976); V.O.S.: Lo que NO te cuentan (2021); Victory, or the Women's Pain (2000); Visioni senza tempo - Anna Napoli e il montaggio Cinematografico (2022); Viva la vie (1984); Vivement Dimanche (2000–2019); What War May Bring (2010); White Voices (1964); Zoom su Fellini (1983).

Friday, April 10, 2026

Born on this day – Delphine Seyrig:


Delphine Seyrig


Actress

Director

Writer

April 10, 1932 – October 15, 1990

Credits:

30 millions d’amis (1980); A Doll’s House (1973); A Matter of Convenience (1989); Accident (1967); Actuel 2 (1972); Alain Resnais, l’audacieux (2022); Allons au cinéma (1976); Aloïse (1975); Angry Annie (2022); Antenne 2 Midi (1982–1986); Arena (1976); Aujourd’hui la vie (1985); Autour de Jeanne Dielman (1975); Baxter, Vera Baxter (1977); BBC Play of the Month (1977); Béjart (1961); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d’Arte (2023); Calamity Jane & Delphine Seyrig: A Story (2023); Caro Michele (1976); Cinéma (1966–1967); Cinema 3 (1985); Clap (1976); Comédie (1966); Compression (2016–2024); Dans le labyrinthe de Marienbad (2005); Daughters of Darkness (1971); Delphine and Carole (2019); Delphine Seyrig, portrait d’une comète (2000); Der letzte Schrei (1975); Deux de la Vague (2010); Dim Dam Dom (1968); Dites-le avec des fleurs (1974); Documenteur (1981); Donkey Skin (1970); Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press (1984); Du côté de chez Fred (1988); El primer año (1972); El vientre de la ballena (1969); Étoiles et toiles (1983); Faces of Love (1977); Film Night (1974); Freak Orlando (1981); Golden Eighties (1986); Grain of Sand (1983); Hedda Gabler (1967); Her Venetian Name in Deserted Calcutta (1976); I Sent a Letter to My Love (1980); In and Out of Fashion (1998); India Song (1975); Inês (1974); J’aime (2007); Je t’aime, tu danses (1975); Jean Rochefort, l’irrésistible (2020); Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975); Joan of Arc of Mongolia (1989); L’année dernière à Dachau (2020); L’atelier (1974); L’écume des jours (1968); L’enjeu de l’acteur (1979); L’Exception IV (2012); L’invité du dimanche (1969); L’invité du jeudi (1980); L’Oeil du cyclone (1995); La bête dans la jungle (1990); La chanson d’un autre coeur II (2012); La chevauchée sur le lac de Constance (1974); La couleur des mots (1984); La derelitta / Cinéma 16 (1981); Last Year at Marienbad (1961); Le boucher, la star et l’orpheline (1975); Le chemin perdu (1980); Le cri du coeur (1974); Le dessus du panier (1978); Le jardin qui bascule (1975); Le journal d’un suicidé (1972); Le journal de 13 heures (1981–1982); Le lys dans la vallée (1970); Le troisième concerto (1963); Les effrontées: Le cinéma au féminin (2022); Les étonnements d’un couple moderne (1986); Les guerres de Coco Chanel (2019); Les nouveaux rendez-vous (1981); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1976–1980); Les Trois Portugaises (1974); Letters Home (1986); Madelen, elle est tellement tout ça (2020); Maso and Miso Go Boating (1975); Mississippi Mermaid (1969); Monsieur Cinéma (1980); Morceaux de Cannes (2021); Movie Night Extravaganza (2023); Mr. Freedom (1968); Muriel (1963); Normands, barbares et bâtisseurs (1979); On the Move (1979); Pete and Gladys (1960); Picture of Europe (1990); Plaisir du théâtre (1984); Pour le cinéma (1975); Pull My Daisy (1959); Qui donc a rêvé? (1965); Regards de femme (1989); Rembob’Ina (2021); Rochefort, Noiret, Marielle: les copains d’abord (2021); Sarah (1988); Sarah et le cri de la langouste (1985); Scum Manifesto - J’ai tiré sur Andy Warhol (2024); Scum Manifesto (1976); Seven Women, Seven Sins / Segment: Pride (1986); Sherlock Holmes (1954–1955); Sois belle et tais-toi! (1981); Stéphane Audran, la complice de Chabrol (2024); Stolen Kisses (1968); Tartuffe (1971); The Black Windmill (1974); The Day of the Jackal (1973); The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972); The Man of Destiny (1981); The Milky Way (1969); The Music (1967); The World of Jacques Demy (1995); Un étrange equipage (2010); Un mois à la campagne (1966); Véronique et le chat (1964); Viva Varda! (2023); Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (1966).