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Friday, October 23, 2026

Born on this day – Dimitra Arliss:


Dimitra Arliss


Actress

October 23, 1932 – January 26, 2012

Credits:

A Perfect Couple (1979); As the World Turns (1987); Bella Mafia (1997); Bless the Child (2000); Bring 'Em Back Alive (1983); Civil Wars (1992); Dallas (1979); Eleni (1985); Firefox (1982); General Hospital (1993); Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980); Iron Man (1994); It's My Party (1996); Joe and Sons (1975); Kojak (1974); Lucas Tanner (1974); Mannix (1975); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1975); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1977); Murder in Texas (1981); NBC Special Treat (1976); Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988); Quincy, M.E. (1976); Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (1976); Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1996); Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown (2002); Streetkill (1975); The Art of Crime (1975); The Art of 'the Sting' (2005); The Disappearance of Christina (1993); The Fall of the House of Usher (1979); The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977); The Other Side of Midnight (1977); The Pirate (1978); The Ski Bum (1971); The Sting (1973); The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All (1999); This Is the West That Was (1974); Xanadu (1980); You Gotta Start Somewhere (1977).

Monday, October 19, 2026

Born on this day – Lucile Saint-Simon:


Lucile Saint-Simon


Actress

October 19, 1932 – May 23, 2026

Credits:

Cinépanorama (1960); Girls' Dormitory (1953); Horror Castle (1963); La donnaccia (1965); Le commissaire mène l'enquête (1963); Le dernier quart d'heure (1962); Le roi des montagnes (1963); Mannequins de Paris (1956); No dispares contra mí (1961); Ravissante (1960); Tendre et violente Elisabeth (1960); The Good Girls (1960); The Hands of Orlac (1960); Women and War (1961).

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

On this day in movie history - The Phantom of Crestwood (1932):


The Phantom of Crestwood

directed by J. Walter Ruben,
written by Bartlett Cormack,
based on a story by Bartlett Cormack and J. Walter Ruben,
was released in the United States on October 14, 1932.
Music by Max Steiner.


Cast:

Ricardo Cortez, Karen Morley, Anita Louise, Pauline Frederick, H.B. Warner, Mary Duncan, Sam Hardy, Tom Douglas, Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, Ivan Simpson, Aileen Pringle, George E. Stone, Robert McWade, Hilda Vaughn, Gavin Gordon, Matty Kemp, Clarence Wilson, Eddie Sturgis, Robert Elliott.

Friday, October 9, 2026

Born on this day – Judy Tyler:


Judy Tyler


Actress

Singer

October 9, 1932 – July 3, 1957

Credits:

Bop Girl Goes Calypso (1957); Elvis: #1 Hit Performances (2007); Hollywood Preview (1956); It's Howdy Doody Time (1987); Jailhouse Rock (1957); Perry Mason (1957); Presley (1987); Sid Caesar Presents Comedy Preview (1955); Stump the Stars (1956); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); The Ed Sullivan Show (1955–1956); The Elgin Hour (1955); The Howdy Doody Show (1950–1953); The Scene That Stole Jailhouse Rock (2007); The Tonight Show (1955); There's Only One Elvis (2002); Your Show of Shows / Caesar's Hour (1955).

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Born on this day – Fay Spain:


Fay Spain


Actress

October 6, 1932 – May 8, 1983

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1959); A Man Called Shenandoah (1966); Adventures in Paradise (1959); Al Capone (1959); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959); Bat Masterson (1959); Ben Casey (1962); Big Town (1955); Black Gold (1962); Bonanza (1959); Cain's Hundred (1962); Caribe (1975); Channing (1964); Cheyenne (1956); Choque de Sentimentos (1965); Conflict (1956); Cordillera (1964); Daniel Boone (1964); Death Valley Days (1966); Dr. Kildare (1962); Dragnet (1956); Dragstrip Girl (1957); Flight to Fury (1964); George Jessel Show (1959); God's Little Acre (1958); Going My Way (1963); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1968); Gunslinger (1961); Gunsmoke (1957); Have Gun - Will Travel (1957); Hawaiian Eye (1960); Hercules and the Captive Women (1961); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hogan's Heroes (1968–1969); I Spy (1966); Iron Horse (1967); Ironside (1974); Johnny Guitar (1959); Laramie (1960); M Squad (1958); Mannix (1967–1972); Markham (1960); Matinee Theatre (1956); Maverick (1957); Medical Center (1971); Michael Shayne (1960); Mike Hammer (1958); Moment of Fear (1960); My Friend Tony (1969); Naked City (1960); Night Gallery (1972); Perry Mason (1958); Playhouse 90 (1956); Police Woman (1974–1975); Pursuit (1958); Rawhide (1959); Riverboat (1960); Route 66 (1960); Schlitz Playhouse (1959); Stoney Burke (1963); Sugarfoot (1957); Tales of Wells Fargo (1962); Teenage Doll (1957); The Abductors (1957); The Alaskans (1960); The Beat Generation (1959); The Box Brothers (1957); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955); The Court of Last Resort (1958); The Crooked Circle (1957); The Deputy (1960); The Detectives (1960); The Fugitive (1965); The Gentle Rain (1966); The Godfather Part II (1974); The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992); The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977); The Great Space Adventure (1963); The Greatest Show on Earth (1963); The Man and the City (1971); The Millionaire (1958); The Naked Zoo (1970); The NBC Comedy Hour (1956); The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1960); The Rat Patrol (1966); The Restless Gun (1958); The Texan (1958); The Third Commandment (1959); The Todd Killings (1971); The Untouchables (1961); The Web (1957); Thunder Island (1963); Tombstone Territory (1958); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1959); Warner Brothers Presents (1956); Welcome to Hard Times (1967); Whirlybirds (1958); Wire Service (1957); You Bet Your Life (1956).

Sunday, October 4, 2026

Born on this day – Stan Dragoti:


Stan Dragoti


Director

Writer

October 4, 1932 – July 13, 2018

Credits:

Necessary Roughness (1991); She's Out of Control (1989); The Man with One Red Shoe (1985); Mr. Mom (1983); Love at First Bite (1979); McCoy (1975); Dirty Little Billy (1972).

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Born on this day – Antoinette Bower:


Antoinette Bower


Actress

September 30, 1932 – April 30, 2026


Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1964–1966); A Death of Innocence (1971); A Man Called Shenandoah (1966); Adventures in Paradise (1960–1961); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961–1962); Archer (1975); Ben Casey (1965); Blood Song (1982); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Bonanza (1968); Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982); Burke's Law (1965); Cannon (1976); Club Paradise (1986); Columbo (1974); Combat! (1963); Convoy (1965); Cowboy in Africa (1967–1968); Die Sister, Die! (1978); Explorations (1957 / 1959); First, You Cry (1978); Get Smart (1969); Halloween Monster Bash (1991); Hart to Hart (1982); Have Gun - Will Travel (1961); Hawaii Five-O (1969); Hawaiian Eye (1962); Hawkins (1973); Heritage (1960); Hogan's Heroes (1967–1969); Hong Kong (1961); Hudson's Bay (1959); I Spy (1966); Insight (1968); Iron Horse (1966); Ironside (1967–1972); Jericho (1966); Kojak (1978); Kraft Mystery Theater (1962); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); Lancer (1969); Mannix (1968–1969); Mission: Impossible (1967–1971); Murder, She Wrote (1987); Mutiny on the Bounty (1962); Neon Rider (1989–1992); Perry Mason (1962–1963); Prom Night (1980); Search (1973); See the Man Run (1971); Star Trek (1967); Stoney Burke (1963); Superbeast (1972); T.H.E. Cat (1967); Tarzan (1967); The Aquanauts (1961); The Big Valley (1968); The Collaborators (1973); The Cowboy and the Ballerina (1984); The Evil That Men Do (1984); The F.B.I. (1967–1973); The Felony Squad (1967); The Fugitive (1966–1967); The Great Adventure (1964); The Invaders (1967); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965); The Mephisto Waltz (1971); The Name of the Game (1969); The Scorpio Letters (1967); The Six Million Dollar Man (1976); The Starlost (1973); The Sunshine Patriot (1968); The Tab Hunter Show (1961); The Telltale Heart (1958); The Thorn Birds (1983); The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963–1964); The Twilight Zone (1963); The Unforeseen (1958); The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1965–1966); The Whiteoaks of Jalna (1972); The Wide World of Mystery (1974); The Wild Wild West (1965); The Young Lawyers (1970); Thriller (1961–1962); Time Walker (1982); Wagon Train (1961).

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Born on this day – Robert Benton:


Robert Benton


Writer

Director

Producer

September 29, 1932 – May 11, 2025

Credits:

A Great Day in Harlem (1994); A Texas Romance, 1909 (1964); Alex of Venice (2014); Bad Company (1972); Billy Bathgate (1991); Bonnie and Clyde (1967); Bravo Profiles (2000); Cinema 3 (1987); Cinema mil (2005); Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave (1992); Congo the Movie: Descent Into Zinj (1995); Cracking the Story: Beneath 'The Ice Harvest' (2006); Cries of the Heart (2025); De película (1985–1987); Entertainment Tonight (2008); Faye (2024); Feast of Love (2007); Film Önü / Arkasi (2019); Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer' (2001); François Truffaut: Portraits volés (1993); Godard Made in USA (2010); Hollywood's Best Film Directors (2010); Homeward Bound (1994); Inside the Actors Studio (1994); It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman! (1975); Kramer vs. Kramer (1979); Le grand échiquier (1983); Magic Time for Piotr (1998); Making the Boys (2011); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Moving Image Salutes Elia Kazan (1987); Moving Image Salutes Sidney Lumet (1985); Nadine (1987); Nicole Kidman: An American Cinematheque Tribute (2003); Nobody's Fool (1994); North of Cheyenne (2025); Oh! Calcutta! (1972); On location with There Was a Crooked Man. (1970); Places in the Heart (1984); Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008); Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' (2008); Still of the Night (1982); Superman (1978); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 47th Annual Writers Guild Awards (1995); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 57th Annual Academy Awards (1985); The Daily Planet Presents: The Story of Superman (1966); The House on Carroll Street (1988); The Human Stain (2003); The Ice Harvest (2005); The Late Show (1977); The Windmill Movie (2008); There Was a Crooked Man... (1970); Twilight (1998); Valkokangas (1985); Wanderlust (2006); What's Up, Doc? (1972); You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman (2006).

Sunday, September 27, 2026

Born on this day – Roger C. Carmel:


Roger C. Carmel


Actor

September 27, 1932 – November 11, 1986

Credits:

A House Is Not a Home (1964); Act One (1963); Adventures of the Gummi Bears (1986); All in the Family (1977); Alvarez Kelly (1966); Anatomy of a Seduction (1979); Anna and the King (1972); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1961–1962); B.J. and the Bear (1979); Banacek (1972); Batman (1967); Batmania from Comics to Screen (1989); Blue Light (1966); Breezy (1973); Car 54, Where Are You? (1962); CBS Storybreak (1987); Chico and the Man (1975); Diff'rent Strokes (1982); DuckTales (1987); East Side / West Side (1963); Everglades! (1962); Fitz and Bones (1981); Gambit (1966); Get Christie Love! (1975); Getting Together (1971); Goodbye Charlie (1964); Great Ghost Tales (1961); Hardly Working (1980); Hart to Hart (1980); Hawaii Five-O (1971–1972); Hogan's Heroes (1965); I Spy (1965–1967); Insight (1969); Ironside (1971); It Takes a Thief (1968); It Takes Two (1969–1970); It's Your Bet (1970–1971); Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On (2019); Lamp Unto My Feet (1962); Laverne & Shirley (1980); Look Up and Live (1961); Marathon Bar: Captain Quick (1974); McCloud (1975); McMillan & Wife (1973); My Brother the Angel (1966); My Dog, the Thief (1969); My Living Doll (1964–1965); Myra Breckinridge (1970); Naked City (1960–1963); North by Northwest (1959); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); Premiere (1968); Route 66 (1960–1964); Skullduggery (1970); Snorks (1985); Stage Struck (1958); Star Trek (1966–1967); Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973); Stump the Stars (1970); Switch (1975); Terror at Alcatraz (1982); That's Life (1979); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); The Art of Love (1965); The Defenders (1961); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1964); The Doris Day Show (1972); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Glo Friends (1986); The Greatest Show on Earth (1963); The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977); The High Chaparral (1971); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1968); The Invisible Man (1975); The Magical World of Disney (1969); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1965); The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1980); The Mothers-In-Law (1967–1968); The Munsters (1965); The New Adventures of Jonny Quest (1986–1987); The Patty Duke Show (1964); The Paul Lynde Show (1973); The Phyllis Diller Show (1966); The San Pedro Beach Bums (1977); The Silencers (1966); The Smurfs (1986); The Telephone Book (1971); The Transformers (1985–1986); The Transformers: The Movie (1986); The Venetian Affair (1966); Three's Company (1979); Thunder and Lightning (1977); Today (1967); Transformers: Five Faces of Darkness (1986); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1965).

Saturday, September 26, 2026

Born on this day – Joyce Jameson:


Joyce Jameson


Actress

September 26, 1932 – January 16, 1987

Credits:

Lovelines (1984); Hardbodies (1984); The Man Who Loved Women (1983); The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show (1983); Ladies Night (1983); Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1982); Jokebook (1982); The Fall Guy (1982); The Love Boat (1982); The Ri¢hie Ri¢h/Scooby-Doo Show (1980–1981); Pray TV (1980); The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979); Project U.F.O. (1979); This Is the Life (1978); Charlie's Angels (1978); Every Which Way But Loose (1978); Crash (1978); Barney Miller (1978); CPO Sharkey (1977); The Feather and Father Gang (1977); Rhoda (1976); Baretta (1976); Scorchy (1976); The Love Boat (1976); The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976); Police Woman (1975); Barbary Coast (1975); Promise Him Anything (1975); The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant (1975); Death Race 2000 (1975); Emergency! (1973–1975); Movin' On (1974); The Rockford Files (1974); The Waltons (1974); Sons and Daughters (1974); McMillan & Wife (1972–1974); Thicker Than Water (1973); Of Men and Women (1973); Here's Lucy (1973); Women in Chains (1972); Arnie (1972); Crosscurrent (1971); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Ironside (1971); Mod Squad (1971); Run, Simon, Run (1970); Company of Killers (1970); Insight (1970); The Virginian (1969); The Split (1968); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1966–1968); Hogan's Heroes (1967); F Troop (1967); Mr. Terrific (1967); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Big Valley (1967); The Mouse That Roared (1966); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964–1966); The Red Skelton Hour (1964–1966); Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1966); Frankie and Johnny (1966); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Munsters (1965–1966); The Andy Griffith Show (1962–1965); Perry Mason (1963–1965); The Baileys of Balboa (1965); My Favorite Martian (1964); Harris Against the World (1964); Good Neighbor Sam (1964); Vacation Playhouse (1964); The New Phil Silvers Show (1964); Grindl (1964); Burke's Law (1964); The Comedy of Terrors (1963); McHale's Navy (1963); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Jack Benny Program (1963); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1961–1963); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); General Hospital (1963); The Danny Thomas Show (1958–1963); The Twilight Zone (1963); The Balcony (1963); Tales of Terror (1962); Outlaws (1962); Lock Up (1961); Stagecoach West (1961); Checkmate (1960); Dante (1960); Swinging Spiketaculars (1960); The Spike Jones Show (1960); The Apartment (1960); General Electric Theater (1957–1960); The Betty Hutton Show (1960); Yancy Derringer (1959); The Eighty Yard Run (Playhouse 90) (1958–1959); The Bob Cummings Show (1959); Club Oasis (1958); Dragnet (1957); The Court of Last Resort (1957); Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957); Science Fiction Theatre (1956); Crusader (1956); Tension at Table Rock (1956); Star Stage (1956); Crime Against Joe (1956); The Cisco Kid (1956); Crossroads (1955); The Ray Milland Show (1955); Phffft (1954); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1954); Problem Girls (1953); Death Valley Days (1953); The Abbott and Costello Show (1953); Gang Busters (1952); The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951); The Strip (1951); Show Boat (1951).

Born on this day – Donna Douglas:


Donna Douglas


Actress

Singer

September 26, 1932 – January 1, 2015

Credits:

21 Beacon Street (1959); 77 Sunset Strip (1961); Adam-12 (1973); Bachelor Father (1959); Bells Are Ringing (1960); Cain's Hundred (1961); Career (1959); Checkmate (1961); Chronicles of Life Starfish (2008); Chronicles of Life Trials (2013); Dr. Kildare (1961); Frankie and Johnny (1966); Hennesey (1961); Li'l Abner (1959); Lock Up (1960); Love, American Style (1970–1973); Lover Come Back (1961); Man in the Middle (1961); Marineland Carnival (1966); McMillan & Wife (1974); Michael Shayne (1961); Mister Ed (1961–1962); Night Gallery (1972); North by Northwest (1959); Pete and Gladys (1961); Project U.F.O. (1978–1979); Route 66 (1960); Sam Benedict (1962); Strangers When We Meet (1960); Surfside 6 (1961); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1960); The Aquanauts (1960–1961); The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971); The Defenders (1964); The Detectives (1960); The Jack Benny Program (1962); The Joey Bishop Show (1962); The Nanny (1999); The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies (1981); The Steve Allen Show (1959-1960); The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (1989); The Twilight Zone (1960–1962); Thriller (1961); Tightrope (1959); U.S. Marshal (1959); Whirlybirds (1960).

Thursday, September 17, 2026

Born on this day – Rosemarie Stack:


Rosemarie Stack


Actress

September 17, 1932 – January 20, 2019

Credits:

A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954); AFI Life Achievement Award (1977); All in a Night's Work (1961); Big Trouble (1986); Burke's Law (1963); Celebrity Tennis (1975); Entertainment Tonight (1982); Gala Paramount Pictures Celebrates 90th Anniversary with 90 Stars for 90 Years (2002); Hollywood Women (1993); It's a Great Life (1955) / 1985); Joanne Carson's VIPs (1973); John Paul Jones (1959); Life with Linkletter (1970); Lovely to Look At (1952); Making of a Male Model (1983); Million Dollar Mermaid (1952); Murder on Flight 502 (1975); My Kingdom for... (1995); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971); The 1983 Annual American Image Awards (1983); The 20th Annual Your Choice for the Film Awards (1985); The 27th Annual Academy Awards (1955); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 3rd Annual Television Academy Hall of Fame Awards (1986); The 50th Anniversary Gala for USC's Film Department (1979); The 9th Annual American Cinema Awards (1992); The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954); The Annual Daily Variety Honors. A Salutes to Army Archerd (1993); The Big Bluff (1955); The Corrupt Ones (1967); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1954); The Golden Mistress (1954); The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World (1971); The Holywood Reporter Salutes Radie Harris (1985); The Lone Wolf (1955); The Merv Griffin Show (1971–1973); he Mike Douglas Show (1973–1978); The Peacemaker (1956); The Third Man (1963); The View from Pompey's Head (1955); This Is Your Life (1960); Vicki! (1993); Your Choice for the Film Awards (1985).

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Born on this day – Mitzi McCall:


Mitzi McCall


Comedian

Actress

Writer

September 9, 1932 – August 8, 2024

Credits:

13 Queens Boulevard (1979); 7th Heaven (2002); 87th Precinct (1961); Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1997); ABC Afterschool Specials (1996); ALF (1986); Almost Perfect (1996); Alright Already (1997–1998); American Dad! (2008); Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits (2003); Beat the Clock (1980); Becker (1999); Biography (1998); Birds of a Feather (2010 / 2011); Bobby's World (1994); Candid Camera on Vacation (1990); Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1995); Caroline in the City (1998); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1975–1976); Chance of a Lifetime (1991); Charles in Charge (1987–1988); Chuck (2009); Clifford the Big Red Dog: Reading (2000); Clifford the Big Red Dog: Thinking Adventures (2000); Cow and Chicken (1997); Crimson Peak (2015); Darkwing Duck (1991); Deep Blood (1989); Della (1969); Dharma & Greg (2001); Dragnet (1990); Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1994); Edtv (1999); Eight Is Enough (1979); Ellen (1996); Family (1978); Fred Flintstone and Friends (1977); Free for All (2003); Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure (2005); Gravedale High (1990); Gravity (1976); Gypsy (1967); Hannah Montana (2007); Hard Four (2007); Hence the Gray (2024); Here's Edie (1963–1964); Hey Arnold! (1998); Histeria! (1999); Honeymoon Suite (1972); Hot Line (1994); Ice Age (2002); It's Not Easy (1983); Junior High School (1978); Ladies' Man (1980–1981); Liar's Club (1977); Life Goes On (1991–1992); Limbo Lounge (2010); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Old-Fashioned Father; Love and the Private Eye (1972); Lucky Luke (1984); Machine-Gun Kelly (1958); Madman of the People (1995); Make the Scene (1965); Match Game (1974–1975); Maude (1974); Monster in My Pocket: The Big Scream (1992); Mother Goose and Grimm (1991–1992); Mr. Belvedere (1988); No More Heroes (2007); One Day at a Time (1978–1982); Operation: Entertainment (1969); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967–1968); Paw Paws (1985–1986); Playboy After Dark (1970); Port Charles (2001); Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness (1994); Regular Show (2011); Rhyme and Reason (1975–1976); Rocky Road (1986); Roseanne (1992); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968); Scoob! (2020); Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–1983); Screen Test! (1965); Seinfeld (1994); Silk Stalkings (1993–1999); Small Wonder (1985); Snorks (1984–1985); Spider-Man 3 (2007); Stu's Show (2009); Svengali and the Blonde (1955); Tak 3: The Great Juju Challenge (2005); Tales from the Toilet (2015); TaleSpin (1991); Tattletales (1974–1977); The 100 Most Memorable TV Moments (2004); The Barbara McNair Show (1971); The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (1992); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955); The Cry Baby Killer (1958); The Dennis O'Keefe Show (1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1964); The Flintstone Comedy Hour (1972–1973); The Flintstone Comedy Show (1980); The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (1980–1981); The Girl with Something Extra (1974); The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (2006); The Hollywood Palace (1970); The Insider (2014); The Jim Backus Show (1961); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969); The Johnny Cash Show (1969); The Lively Ones (1962); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1966–1969); The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (1984); The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles (2014); The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them (1992); The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1971–1972); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1955); The Ri¢hie Ri¢h/Scooby-Doo Show (1981); The Steve Allen Show (1968); The Stockard Channing Show (1980); The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2007); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1966); The Twilight Zone (1960 / 1985); The Virginia Graham Show (1971); The Wild Thornberrys (2000); To Say the Least (1977); War of the Satellites (1958); White Palace (1990); World's Greatest Dad (2009); Yo Yogi! (1991); You're Never Too Young (1955).

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Born on this day – Ja'net DuBois:


Ja'net DuBois


Actress

Singer

August 5, 1932 – February 17, 2020

Credits:

1999 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (1999); 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2021); 29th Annual Trumpet awards (2020); 51st NAACP Image Awards (2020); A Different World (1991); A Journal for Jordan (2021); A Man Called Adam (1966); A Piece of the Action (1977); All Star Secrets (1979); As Told by Ginger (2000–2004); Basic Instinct (1992); Best Friends for Life (1998); BET Comedy Awards (2004); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1992); Boomtown (2003); Caribe (1975); Celebrity Bowling (1976); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1976); Chappelle's Show (2004); Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003); Chelsea Lately (2012); Clueless (1999); Cold Case (2007); Crazy Like a Fox (1985); Crossing Jordan (2006); Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970); Dinah! (1975); Doctor Doctor (1990); Don't Look Back (1996); Dream On (1991); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); ER (1995); Everybody Hates Chris (2005); Everybody Loves Raymond (2000); Extra (2015); Five on the Black Hand Side (1973); G.I. Joe: Renegades (2011); Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006); Good Evening, Captain (1981); Good Times (1974–1979); Hammer, Slammer, & Slade (1990); Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1994); Hanging Up (2000); Hard Time (1998); Hard Time: Hostage Hotel (1999); Harlan & Merleen (1993); Heart Condition (1990); Hellinger's Law (1981); Home Improvement (1991–1995); Houston Knights (1988); I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988); J.T. (1969); Janet Jackson: Control / Music Video (1986); Kids Like These (1987); Kojak (1974); Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2011); Laugh!s (1990); Little Man (2006); Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' (2019); Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' (2019); Lottery Ticket (2010); Love of Life (1970-1972); Lovecraft Country (2020); Magic Island (1995); Married... with Children (1993); Martin (1995); Melody Trice Special Events (2019); Moesha (1997); Morning Joe (2023); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1994 / 2017); Random! Cartoons (2007); Roots: The Next Generations (1979); Sammy and Company (1975); Sanford and Son (1972); Saturday Night Live (1982); Scrubs (2002); Senseless (1998); Shaft (1973); Shark Tale (2004); She's Got a Plan (2016); Sister, Sister (1994); Sophie & the Moonhanger (1996); Spencer (1984); Steve Harvey (2016); Stranded (1986); Nearly Departed (1989); New Attitude (1990); Next Friday (2000); Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016); One on One (2003); Other Women's Children (1993); Penny Ante: The Motion Picture (1990); The Masked Singer (2022); The Office (2010); The Original Kings of Comedy (2000); The Oscars (2021); The PJs (1999–2001); The Resolution of Mossie Wax (1973); The Simpsons (2004–2020); The Sophisticated Gents (1981); The Steve Harvey Show (2000); The Tom Swift and Linda Craig Mystery Hour (1983); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2018); TCM Remembers 2020 (2020); The 2001 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2001); The 4th Annual TV Land Awards (2006); The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2020); The Ben Stiller Show (1995); Who's the Man? (1993).The Big Easy (1982); The Blue Knight (1973); The Cookout (2004); The Facts of Life (1981); The Golden Palace (1992–1993); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1977–1978); The Jeffersons (1975–1985); The King of Queens (2005); The Love Boat (1980); The Masked Singer (2022); The Office (2010); The Original Kings of Comedy (2000); The Oscars (2021); The PJs (1999–2001); The Resolution of Mossie Wax (1973); The Simpsons (2004–2020); The Sophisticated Gents (1981); The Steve Harvey Show (2000); The Tom Swift and Linda Craig Mystery Hour (1983); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2018); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2011); The Wayans Bros. (1996–1997); The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008); tick, tick... BOOM! (2021); Touched by an Angel (1997); Tropic Thunder (2008); True Colors (1991); TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2003); TV Land Confidential (2007); TV's Illest Minority Moments Presented by Ego Trip (2004); Waterproof (2000).

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Born on this day – Tom Robbins:


Tom Robbins


Writer

Actor

July 22, 1932 – February 9, 2025


Credits:

Books:

Another Roadside Attraction (1973); B is for Beer (2009); Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1976); Even Cowgirls Get the Blues / Jitterbug Perfume / Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas (2002); Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates (2000); Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas (1994); Jitterbug Perfume (1984); Mob Boss (2013); Skinny Legs and All (1990); Still Life with Woodpecker (1980); The Best American Short Stories 1977 (1977); Tibetan Peach Pie (2014); Villa Incognito (2003); Wild Ducks Flying Backward (2005).

Movies and television:

1 Giant Leap (2002); A Not So Still Life (2010); American Playhouse (1986); Anthem (1997); Arthur Janov's Primal Therapy (2018); Breakfast of Champions (1999); Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993); La grande librairie (2010); Made in Heaven (1987); Maybe Logic: The Lives and Ideas of Robert Anton Wilson (2003); Modern Tribalism (2002); Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994); One Giant Leap 2: What About Me? (2008); Stevie D (2016); Surrealism (1993); The Itsy Bitsy Spider (1994).