Born on this day – Lelia Goldoni:

Lelia Goldoni

Actress

October 1, 1936 – July 22, 2023

Born on this day – Jim Henson:

Jim Henson

Actor

Writer

Producer

September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990

Credits:

20 to 1 (2006–2010); 5, rue Sésame (2005); 50 Greatest TV Animals (2003); 60 Minutes / Segment: Backstage at The Muppets (1979); A Company of Players (2008); A Current Affair (2011); A Muppet Family Christmas (1987); A Sesame Street Christmas Carol (2006); A Tribute to Mr. Television Milton Berle (1978); A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979); A Year in Music (2020); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004); Akasta: The Salvation of Thra (2016); Alexander the Grape (1965); Alive from Off Center (1987); All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994); An American Werewolf in London (1981); Apple: Here's to the Crazy Ones (1997); Arias with a Twist (2010); Atop the Fourth Wall (2015); Basil Hears a Noise (1990); Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (2011); Big Bird in China (1983); Big Bird's Favorite Party Games (1988); Big Bird's Story Time (1987); Biography (2001); Bird of Steel! (2024); Blue Peter (1986); Cat and Mouse (1962); CBS Mornings (1989); CBS Summer Playhouse (1987); Chameleon of Pop: David Bowie Story (1993); Childhood Thoughts (2016 / 2019); Childrens Songs and Stories with the Muppets (1985); Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2009); Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi (1983); Classic Stand-Up Comedy of Television (1996); Coffee Break Machine (1967); Conan (2014); Construction Site (1999); Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street (1988); Dancing with the Stars (2009–2022); Dante's Mystery Mix Vol. 1 (2012); De película (1983–1986); Defunctland (2018); DefunctTV (2019); Demnächst auf VHS (2024); Die Hausmeisterin (1992); Die Robot (2022); Dinah! (1975–1976); Dinosaurs (1991–1994); Dolly (1987); Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1983); Double Toasted (2021); Down at Fraggle Rock... Behind the Scenes (1987); Drums West (1961); El kiosco (1984–1987); Elmo's World (2000); Elmo's World: Singing, Drawing & More! (2000); Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy? (2007); Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977); Entertainment Tonight (1990–2009); Evening at Pops (1971); exclusive (1985); Filthy Gorgeous: The Trannyshack Story (2005); Flip (1971); Follow That Bird (1985); Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008); Fozzie's Muppet Scrapbook (1985); Fraggle Rock (1983–1987); Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (2024); Free to Be... a Family (1988); From the Heart... The First International Very Special Arts Festival (1989); Gilda Radner's Greatest Moments (2002); Good Morning America (1979); Great Performances (1994); Great Performances: Dance in America (1985); Gumby II: Dead by Dawn (2021); Happy Birthday, Bob (1978 / 1983); Henson's Place (1984); Here Come the Puppets! (1981); Hey Cinderella! (1969); Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear (1988); Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (1992); Hollywood in Vienna (2014); Hollywood Insider (2020); Hollywood Insider (2022); I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story (2014); I Love Liberty (1982); I Love Muppets (2002); Idea Man (1966); In Their Own Words (2015); Inner Tube (1987); Inside the Labyrinth (1986); Into the Night (1985); It's Not Easy Being Green (1994); It's the Muppets! Meet the Muppets! (1993); It's the Muppets! More Muppets, Please! (1993); Jack Paar: Smart Television (2003); Jim Henson Presents the World of International Puppeteering (1988–1989); Jim Henson: Idea Man (2024); Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow (2015); Joan Rivers: Can We Talk? (1986); John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979); Journey Through the Labyrinth (2007); Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring (1978); Julie Andrews: One to One (1975); Julie on Sesame Street (1973); Julie: My Favorite Things (1975); Keep U.S. Beautiful (1973); Kermit: A Frog's Life (2005); Kids' Favorite Country Songs (2007); Labyrinth (1986); Labyrinth: Remembering the Goblin King (2016); Labyrinth: Reordering Time - Looking Back on Labyrinth (2016); Le tour du monde des marionnettes (1969); League of Superheroes (2015); Learning to Add and Subtract (1987); Let's Learn to Play Together (1988); Life with Jeannie (2013); Lighthouse island (1989); Little Mermaid's Island (1990–1991); Little Muppet Monsters (1985); Look Jazz, See Jazz (1963); Lutheran Satire (2012); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1984 / 1987); Magic on Sesame Street (1988); Marionnettes de tous les pays: Festival international de Charleville-Mézières (1972); Memories Then and Now (1988); Mickey's 50 (1978); Minty Comedic Arts (2023); Movie Night Extravaganza (2022); Muppet Adventure: Chaos at the Carnival (1989); Muppet Babies (1984–2018); Muppet Babies Video Storybook Vol. 1 (1987); Muppet Breakaway (1987); Muppet Breaker Upper (1979); Muppet Breakthrough (1983); Muppet Coffee Break (1987); Muppet Gimme a Break (1979); Muppet Guys Talking (2017); Muppet Lift Off (1985); Muppet Madness (1988); Muppet Monster Adventure (2000); Muppet Perk-Up (1985); Muppet Picker Upper (1975); Muppet Race Mania (2000); Muppet Side Splitter (1981); Muppet Studios Presents: You're the Director (1988); Muppet Video: Country Music with the Muppets (1985); Muppet Video: Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff (1985); Muppet Video: Muppet Moments (1985); Muppet Video: Muppet Treasures (1985); Muppet Video: Rock Music with the Muppets (1985); Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets (1985); Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story (1985); Muppet*vision 3-D (1991); MuppeTelevision (1987–1992); Muppets 201: Rarities from the Henson Vault (2009); Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021); Muppets Magic from 'the Ed Sullivan Show' (2003); Muppets Most Wanted (2014); Muppets No-Nonsense Show (1975); Muppets Tonight (1996); Muppets TV (2006); Muppets: Time Travel (1999); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (2017–2022); Na sowas! (1986); Natural Born Stanley (1997); NBC Experiment in Television (1968–1969); NBC Experiment in Television (1969); Neat Stuff: To Know & to Do (1988); NECN Morning (2018); Newsies (1992); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Nostalgia Critic (2020–2022); Of Muppets and Men: The Making of 'The Muppet Show' (1981); OK Go & The Muppets: Muppet Show Theme Song (2011); Our Place (1967); Out to Lunch (1974); Parkinson (1979); Pastor Mike Online (2011); Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten (1977); Pioneers of Television (2011); Play with Me Sesame (2002–2007); Pre-Hysterical Times: The Making of Dinosaurs (2006); Prop Culture (2020); Pure Goldie (1971); Reading Rainbow (1985); Reflections of 'the Dark Crystal' (2007); Ripples (1967); Robot (1963); Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets (1983); Rumple Wrinkle Shrinkel Stretchelstiltzkin (1965); Run, Run (1965); Sam and Friends (1955–1961); Saturday Night Live (1976 / 2009); Saturday Night Live / Segments: The Land of Gorch; Dregs and Vestiges (1975–1976); Sesame English (1999); Sesame Songs: Dance Along! (1990); Sesame Songs: Sing-Along Earth Songs (1993); Sesame Street (1969–2005); Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration (1993); Sesame Street Pitch Reel (1969); Sesame Street Unpaved (1999); Sesame Street: 123 Count with Me (1997); Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989 (1989); Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting (2019); Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover (2004); Sesame Street: Awesome Alphabet Collection (2019); Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play (2002); Sesame Street: C is for Cookie Monster (2010); Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites (1995); Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet (1996); Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO! (1997); Sesame Street: Elmo Through the Looking-Glass (1998); Sesame Street: Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game (1991); Sesame Street: Get Up and Dance (1997); Sesame Street: Getting Ready for School (1987); Sesame Street: Getting Ready to Read (1986); Sesame Street: Grover's Travels (1998); Sesame Street: I'm Glad I'm Me (1986); Sesame Street: Imagine That! (1996); Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs 2 (2001); Sesame Street: Learning About Letters (1986); Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers (1986); Sesame Street: Monster Hits! / Segment director: C is for Cookie (1990); Sesame Street: Numbers (1991); Sesame Street: Old School Volume 2 (2007); Sesame Street: Old School, Volume 3 (2012); Sesame Street: Oscar's Letter Party (1988); Sesame Street: Play-Along Games and Songs (1986); Sesame Street: Preschool is Cool, ABCs with Elmo (2010); Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie (1988); Sesame Street: Quiet Time (1997); Sesame Street: Rock & Roll (1990); Sesame Street: Silly Storytime (2011); Sesame Street: Sing Along (1987); Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! / Segment: One Banana (1990); Sesame Street: Sing, Hoot & Howl with the Sesame Street Animals (1991); Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories / Segment: The King's Problem (1986); Sesame Street: The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999); Sesame Street: The Alphabet Game (1988); Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo (1994); Sesame Street: The Best of Sesame Spoofs Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 (2011); Sesame Street: The Great Numbers Game (1998); Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2019); Sesamstraße (1973); Shalom Sesame (1987–1991); Shearing (1962); Shrinkel and Stretchel (1965); Shrinkenstein (1967); SIE - er – ES (1971); Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music (1990); Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along (1988); Special Collector's Edition (2011); Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021); Stu's Show (2022); Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince (1971); Tales from Muppetland: The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (1972); Tales of the Tinkerdee (1962); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991); Telescope (1971); Television's Christmas Classics (1994); Temps X (1987); That's Life (1968); The 16th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1989); The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2009); The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards (1984); The 3rd Annual American Comedy Awards (1989); The 3rd Annual Television Academy Hall of Fame Awards (1986); The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1989); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 54th Annual Academy Awards (1982); The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986); The 69th Annual Academy Awards (1997); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The 8th Annual Cable ACE Awards (1987); The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play (1999); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989–1990); The Beat with Ari Melber (2021); The Best of Ernie and Bert (1988); The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street (1998); The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special (1977); The Christmas Toy (1986); The Crystal Calls - Making the Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019); The Dark Crystal (1982); The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019); The Dark Crystal: The Magic, Myth, and the Henson Legacy (2018); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Disney Family Singalong Volume 2 (2020); The Don Lane Show (1981); The Earth Day Special / Segment: Kermit the Frog (1990); The Ed Sullivan Show (1966–1971); The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (1982); The Ghost of Faffner Hall (1989); The Golden Handshake (2022); The Great Muppet Caper (1981); The Great Santa Claus Switch (1970); The Hollywood Palace (1966); The Jimmy Dean Show (1963–1966); The Julie Andrews Hour (1973); The Land of Tinkerdee (1964); The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2021); The Magical World of Disney (1978 / 1990); The Making of 'the Muppets Take Manhattan' (1984); The Merv Griffin Show (1962–1982); The Mike Douglas Show (1961–1982); The Morning Show (2017); The Muppet CDROM: Muppets Inside (1996); The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992); The Muppet Show (1976–1981); The Muppet Show Pitch Reel (1976); The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence (1975); The Muppets (2011); The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990); The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979); The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981); The Muppets Mayhem (2023); The Muppets on Puppets (1970); The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984); The Muppets Valentine Show (1974); The Muppets. (2015–2016); The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986); The Muppets: I'm Gonna Always Love You (1984); The Orson Welles Show (1979); The Paperwork Explosion (1967); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Power of the Dark CrystalThe Puppet Monster Massacre (2010); The Russell Harty Show (1983); The Saturday Show (1984); The Sesame Street Experiment (1989); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956–1957); The Storyteller (1987–1988); The Storyteller: Greek Myths (1991); The Tale of the Bunny Picnic (1986); The Tonight Show (1956); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1958–1965); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1975–1979); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2011); The Witches (1990); The Wizard of Id (1969); The World of 'The Dark Crystal' (1983); Three Men and a Little Lady (1990); Time Piece (1965); Vesper (2022); Wedden, dat..? (1986); Wheels That Go (1967); Wide Awake Club (1988); Wilson's Meats Meeting Film #2 (1965); Wogan (1985); World Hunger Telethon: The Cry of a Hurting World... I'm Hungry! (1977); World of Robin Hood (2006); Wow, You're a Cartoonist! (1988).

Born on this day – Owen Roizman:

Owen Roizman

Cinematographer

Actor

September 22, 1936 – January 6, 2023

Credits:

Cine Chalom (2019); Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection (2009); Wyatt Earp (1994); Grand Canyon (1991); The Addams Family (1991); Havana (1990); I Love You to Death (1990); Madonna: Gambler (1985); Madonna: Crazy for You (1985); Vision Quest (1985); Tootsie (1982); Taps (1981); Absence of Malice (1981); True Confessions (1981); The Black Marble (1980); The Electric Horseman (1979); The Rose (1979); Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978); Straight Time (1978); Network (1976); Independence (1976); The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976); Three Days of the Condor (1975); The Stepford Wives (1975); The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974); The Exorcist (1973); The Heartbreak Kid (1972); Liza with a Z (1972); Play It Again, Sam (1972); The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971); The French Connection (1971); Stop! (1970).

Born on this day – Teresa Gimpera:

Teresa Gimpera

Actress

Model

September 21, 1936 – July 23, 2024

Born on this day – David Hess:

David Hess

Actor

Singer

Songwriter

Director

September 19, 1936 – October 7, 2011

Born on this day – Michael Preece:

Michael Preece

Director

Script supervisor

Producer

Actor

September 15, 1936 – February 27, 2025

Credits:

7th Heaven (2004–2007); A Man Called Sloane (1979); Ace Crawford... Private Eye (1983); American Frontiers: Anthony Mann at Universal (2019); B.J. and the Bear (1980–1981); Barnaby Jones (1978–1980); Baywatch (1995); Beretta's Island (1993); Berrenger's (1985); Boone (1983–1984); Breakheart Pass (1975); Dallas (1981–1991); Dallas: War of the Ewings (1998); Dog and Cat (1977); Doing Dallas (2000); Falcon Crest (1981–1989); Fantasy Island (1980); Flamingo Road (1981–1982); Forces of Nature: Anthony Mann at Universal (2025); Freebie and the Bean (1980–1981); Great Day (1983); Gunsmoke (1967); How the West Was Won (1962); Hunter (1984–1990); I Spy (1965–1968); Jake and the Fatman (1987); Knots Landing (1986–1988); Lady Ice (1973); Logan's Run (1977); Logan's War: Bound by Honor (1998); MacGyver (1989–1991); Mannix (1968); Men in War (1957); Mitchell (1975); Most Wanted (1977); Renegade (1993); Riptide (1986); Sara (1976); Shadows Over Sulphur Falls (2025); Shirley (1980); Skullduggery (1970); Sons of Thunder (1999); Stingray (1986); T.J. Hooker (1982–1983); The Bionic Woman (1977); The City (1977); The Collector (2012); The Diary of a High School Bride (1959); The Don Is Dead (1973); The Getaway (1972); The Gun and the Pulpit (1974); The Hawaiians (1970); The Incredible Hulk (1982); The Lazarus Man (1996); The New Mike Hammer (1984); The Paper Chase (1973); The Paradise Connection (1979); The President's Man (2000); The Prize Fighter (1979); The Runaways (1978–1979); The Sand Runner (2025); The Streets of San Francisco (1975–1977); The Young Riders (1991–1992); Thunder in Paradise (1994); Trapper John, M.D. (1981); Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion (1994); Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001); Waterfront (1954–1956); When the Whistle Blows (1980); Wolf (1989).

Born on this day – Nicol Williamson:

Nicol Williamson

Actor

September 14, 1936 – December 16, 2011

Born on this day – Charles Dierkop:

Charles Dierkop

Actor

September 11, 1936 – February 25, 2024

Credits:

Adam-12 (1968); Alias Smith and Jones (1971–1972); Angels Hard as They Come (1971); Banzai Runner (1987); Batman (1968); Bearcats! (1971); Best of VCX Classics 2 (2005); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction / Segment: The Card Game (1998); Blood Red (1989); Bonanza (1969–1972); Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969); Cade's County (1971); Cannon (1971–1974); Captain Nice (1967); Captains Courageous (1977); Celebrity Bowling (1976); Chase (1973); Chinaman's Chance: America's Other Slaves (2008); CHiPs (1980); Cimarron Strip (1968); Circumstances of Fate (2006); City Beneath the Sea (1971); Code Name Zebra (1987); Custer (1967); Daniel Boone (1968–1969); Dark Justice (1993); Days of Our Lives (1984); Death Man's Bluff (2003); Death Valley Days (1967–1968); Dusty's Trail (1973); ER (1996); Eternity (1990); Fantasy Island (1980–1982); Female Artillery (1973); Forget Me Not (2009); Freebie and the Bean (1981); Grotesque (1988); Guide to Attracting Today's Woman (1988); Gunn (1967); Gunsmoke (1966–1973); Hard Time on Planet Earth (1989); Heaven & Hell (2018); Hell Town (1985); Invisible Dad (1998); Ironside (1969); It Takes a Thief (1969); James Dean (2001); Kojak (1974); Kung Fu (1973); Lancer (1968–1970); Land of the Giants (1970); Liberty & Bash (1989); Lock, Stock and Barrel (1971); Lost in Space (1965); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Eyewitness (1971); MacGyver (1991); Mannix (1969–1973); Matt Houston (1983–1984); Maverick (1994); Merchants of Venus (1998); Messenger of Death (1988); Messiah of Evil (1974); Mission: Impossible (1972); Monty and the Runaway Furnace (2016); Mr. Broadway (1964); Mr. Terrific (1967); Murder on the Yellow Brick Road (2005); Murdock's Gang (1973); Mystery Woman: Wild West Mystery (2006); Naked City (1960–1963); Nerds of a Feather (1989); Nichols (1971); Night of the Cobra Woman (1972); Police Headquarters (1974); Police Story (1973–1974); Police Woman (1974–1978); Pound (1970); R.E.M.: Man on the Moon (1992); Revenge of the Gray Gang (1981); Robert Shaw: Jaws, Deoch & Deora (2015); Roots of Evil (1992); Run Buddy Run (1966); Savage Harbor (1987); Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984); Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! (1989); Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987); Simon & Simon (1986–1988); Star Trek (1967); Star Virgin (1979); Strike Force (1982); Summer Fun (1966); Superguy: Behind the Cape (2000); T.J. Hooker (1983); Texas Lightning (1981); The Alan Hamel Show (1977); The Andy Griffith Show (1966); The Best of Hollywood (2017); The Custodian (2017); The Deerslayer (1978); The F.B.I. (1970); The Face of Fear (1971); The Fall Guy (1983–1985); The Fix (1985); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The High Chaparral (1970); The Hot Box (1972); The Hustler (1961); The Intruders (1970); The Long Hunt of April Savage (1966); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Midnighters (2016); The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1980); The New Adam-12 (1990–1991); The Outcasts (1968); The Pawnbroker (1964); The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967); The Sting (1973); The Student Teachers (1973); The Sweet Ride (1968); The Thousand Plane Raid (1969); The Trials of O'Brien (1965); The Wide World of Mystery (1974); Too Fast Too Young (1996); Under Crystal Lake (1991); Vega$ (1978); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961 / 1965).

Born on this day – Peter Lovesey:

Peter Lovesey

Writer

September 10, 1936 – April 10, 2025

Credits:

Books:

A Case of Spirits (1975); Abracadaver (1972); Against the Grain (2024); Another One Goes Tonight (2016); Beau Death (2017); Bloodhounds (1996); Bloodhounds / Diamond Dust (2004); Cop to Corpse (2012); Diamond and the Eye (2021); Diamond Dust (2002); Diamond Solitaire (1992); Do Not Exceed The Stated Dose (1998); Down Among the Dead Men (2015); Invitation to a Dynamite Party / aka The Tick of Death (1974); Killing with Confetti (2019); Mad Hatter's Holiday (1973); Peter Diamond: A Mysterious Profile (2024); Showstopper (2022); Skeleton Hill (2009); Stagestruck (2011); The Detective Wore Silk Drawers (1971); The Finisher (2020); The House Sitter (2003); The Last Detective (1991); The Last Detective / Diamond Solitaire (2006); The Secret Hangman (2007); The Stone Wife (2014); The Summons (1995); Swing, Swing Together (1976); The Tooth Tattoo (2013); The Vault (1999); Upon A Dark Night (1997); Waxwork (1978); Wobble to Death (1970).

Movies and television:

Cribb (1980–1981); Dead Gorgeous (2002); Goldengirl (1979); Rosemary & Thyme (2003–2006); Screenplay (1979); Tales of the Unexpected (1982).

Born on this day – Alyce and Rhae Andrece:

Alyce and Rhae Andrece, in Star Trek. Episode entitled: I, Mudd. Aired November 3, 1967.

Alyce Andrece, Actress, September 5, 1936 – May 14, 2005

Rhae Andrece, Actress, September 5, 1936 – March 2, 2009

Credits:

Batman (1968); Bonanza (1969); Gunn (1967); Hell’s Bloody Devils (1970); Kiss ‘N’ Tell: Romance in the 23rd Century (2004); Occasional Wife (1967); Star Trek (1967); The Name of the Game (1970).

Born on this day – Roderick Thorp:

Roderick Thorp

Writer

September 1, 1936 – April 28, 1999

Credits:

Books:

Devlin (1992); Dionysus (1969); Hot Pursuit (2014); Into The Forest (1961); Jenny and Barnum (1981); Nothing Lasts Forever / aka Die Hard (1979); Orbit 6 (1970); Rainbow Drive (1986); River (1995); Slaves (1977); The Circle of Love (1974); The Detective (1966); The Music of Their Laughter (1970); Westfield (1977); Wives (1971).

Movies, television and video games:

A Good Day to Die Hard (2013); Deep Down (1994); Devlin (1992); Die Hard (1988); Die Hard / Video Game (1990); Die Hard 2 (1990); Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995); Easter (2023–2025); Live Free or Die Hard (2007); Rainbow Drive (1990); The Detective (1968); The Movies That Made Us (2019); Unsolved Mysteries (1996).

Born on this day – Francine York:

Francine York

Actress

Model

August 26, 1936 – January 6, 2017

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1963); A New Kind of Love (1963); Actor's Day in LA (2012); Actors Entertainment (2012–2015); Actors Reporter Interviews (2012); Adam-12 (1971–1972); Adventures of the Queen (1975); Any Second Now (1969); Astro Zombies: M3 - Cloned (2010); Barbary Coast (1975); Batman (1966); Bedtime Story (1964); Berrenger's (1985); Bert D'Angelo/Superstar (1976); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1993); Bewitched (1971); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Bringing Up Buddy (1961); Brothers (1986); Bucket and Skinner's Epic Adventures (2012); Burke's Law (1964–1995); Cannon for Cordoba (1970); City Beneath the Sea (1969); Columbo (1975); Counter Measures (1998); Cracking Up (1983); Curse of the Swamp Creature (1968); Days of Our Lives (1978); Death Valley Days (1964–1965); Dirty Sally (1974); Dr. Kildare (1963); Dumped (2000); E! True Hollywood Story (2001); Emergency! (1972); Even Stevens (2001); Family Affair (1970); Flood (1976); Future Cop (1977); General Hospital (1982); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1966); Green Acres (1968); Half a House (1975); Harry Held TV Visits the Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival (2015); Hazel (1964); Hec Ramsey (1973); Hercules in Hollywood (2005); Hot in Cleveland (2012); I Dream of Jeannie (1969); I Love a Mystery (1973); I'm Dickens, He's Fenster (1962); Ironside (1968–1969); It Takes a Thief (1968); It's Only Money (1962); Jason of Star Command (1979); Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten (2006); Kojak (1974); Land of the Giants (1970); Las Vegas (2005); Lock Up (1960–1961); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993); Longstreet (1971); Lost in Space (1967); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Super Lover; Love and the Lovely Evening; Love and the Wild Party (1969–1972); Making the Cut: A Look Back at the Centerfold Girls (2009); Mama's Family (1987); Mannix (1971); Marilyn Alive and Behind Bars (1992); Marilyn! The New Musical (2018); Masquerade (1984); Masters of the Grind (2024); Matlock (1991); Miracle at Sage Creek (2005); Mission: Impossible (1972); Monsanto Night Presents Walt Disney's America on Parade (1976); Mr. Belvedere (1989); Mr. Skeffington: A Picture of Strength (2005); Mutiny in Outer Space (1965); My Brother the Angel (1965); My Favorite Martian (1964); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1972); Perry Mason (1965–1966); Petrocelli (1975–1976); Pioneer Spirit (1969); Police Story (1973); Private Obsession (1995); Rescue 8 (1959); Riptide (1985); Route 66 (1961); Run for Your Life (1968); Secret File: Hollywood (1962); Sexual Predator (2001); Shannon (1962); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1961); Slattery's People (1964–1965); Space Probe Taurus (1965); Star Trek: Progeny (2016); Stu's Show (2012); Surfside 6 (1962); Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel (2016); Ten Violent Women: Part Two (2017); The Big Tease (1999); The Centerfold Girls / Segment: The Second Story (1974); The Chicago Teddy Bears (1971); The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969); The Damned Don't Cry: The Crawford Formula - Real and Reel (2005); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Disorderly Orderly (1964); The Doll Squad (1973); The F.B.I. (1969); The Family Jewels (1965); The Family Man (2000); The Gallant Men (1963); The Greatest Show on Earth (1964); The Interns (1962); The King of Queens (2003–2004); The Making of 'Miracle at Sage Creek' (2005); The Mindy Project (2015); The Name of the Game (1968); The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1980); The Nutty Professor (1963); The Odd Couple (1971); The Outsider (1968); The Quest (1976); The Red Skelton Hour (1967); The Ride to Hangman's Tree (1967); The Right Approach (1961); The Roaring 20's (1961); The Sergeant Was a Lady (1961); The Streets of San Francisco (1974–1977); The Under Achievers (1987); The Untouchables (1963); The Wild Wild West (1968); The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels (2008); They Only Come Out at Night (1975); Tickle Me (1965); Time Travelers (1976); To Rome with Love (1970); Vacation Playhouse (1965); Welcome Home Soldier Boys (1971); Where the Bears Are (2016); Wild Ones on Wheels (1962); Zero to Sixty (1978).

Born on this day – A. S. Byatt:

A. S. Byatt

Writer

August 24, 1936 – November 16, 2023

Credits:

Books:

A Stone Woman (2011); A Whistling Woman (2002); Angels and Insects (1992); Babel Tower (1996); Best European Fiction 2013 (2012); Black Water 2 (1990); Body Art (2011); Deadly Sins (1994); Degrees of Freedom (1994); Dolls' Eyes (2013); Elementals (1998); Ghostly (2015); Life (2013); Medusa's Ankles (2021); Memory (2008); Mistresses of the Dark (1998); New Writing 4 (1995); On Histories and Stories (2000); Passions of the Mind (1990); Peacock & Vine (2016); Portraits in Fiction (2001); Possession (1990); Ragnarok (2011); Raw Material (2011); Short Stories (2009); Sightlines (2001); Still Life (1985); Stories for Mothers and Daughters (2025); Sugar (1987); The Biographer's Tale (2000); The Children's Book (2009); The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye (1994); The Game (1967); The Literary Ghost (1991); The Little Black Book of Stories (2003); The Matisse Stories (1975); The New Uncanny (2008); The Oxford Book of English Short Stories (1998); The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1996); The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories (1984); The Pink Ribbon (2011); The Shadow of the Sun (1991); The Thing in the Forest (2011); The Virgin in the Garden (1978); The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Sixth Annual Collection (1993); The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Twelfth Annual Collection (1999); Unruly Times (1970); White Fire (1991).

Movies and television:

Angels and Insects (1995); Bestseller (2001); Bookmark (1995–1996); Ceramics: A Fragile History (2011); Cover to Cover (1987); Inside the News (1975); Late Night Line-Up (1968); Mark Lawson Talks to... (2009); Medusa's Ankles (2018); Newsnight at 30 (2010); Omnibus (1989); Possession (2002); Read All About It (1978–1979); Roundhead or Cavalier: Which One Are You? (2012); Samtaler i natten (1996); Take It or Leave It (1967–1970); The Andrew Neil Show (1996); The Brains Trust (1996); The Burgess Variations (1999); The Late Show (1992–1994); The South Bank Show (1990); The Worlds of Fantasy (2008); Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022); Un siècle d'écrivains (1997).

Born on this day – Míriam Colón:

Míriam Colón

Actress

August 20, 1936 – March 3, 2017

Born on this day – Carla Fracci:

Carla Fracci

Ballet dancer

Actress

Ballet director

August 20, 1936 – May 27, 2021

Born on this day – Sabine Sesselmann:

Sabine Sesselmann

Actress

August 13, 1936 – March 1, 1998

Born on this day – Andre Dubus:

Andre Dubus

Writer

August 11, 1936 – February 24, 1999

Credits:

Books:

Adultery and Other Choices (1980); Blue Collar, White Collar, No Collar (2011); Boston Noir 2 / Akashic Noir (2012); Broken Vessels (1991); Dancing After Hours (1996); Finding a Girl in America (1980); In the Bedroom (2002); Land Where My Fathers Died (1984); Louisiana Stories (1990); Meditations from a Movable Chair (1998); New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 1987 (1987); Selected Stories (1988); Separate Flights (1982); Stories of the Modern South (1995)The Best American Short Stories 1970 (1970); The Best American Short Stories 1975 (1975); The Best American Short Stories 1981 (1981); The Best American Short Stories 1984 (1984); The Colonel's Wife (2015); The Cross Country Runner (2018); The Last Worthless Evening (1986); The Lieutenant (1986); The New Granta Book of the American Short Story (2007); The Picador Book of Crime Writing (1993); The Times Are Never So Bad (1983); The Winter Father (2018); Voices from the Moon (1984); We Don't Live Here Anymore (1984); Why I Like This Story (2019).

Movies and television:

A Year in the Life (1987); Delivering (1993); His Lover (2017); In the Bedroom (2001); Literary Visions (1992); We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004).

Born on this day – John Saxon:

John Saxon

Actor

August 5, 1936 – July 25, 2020

Born on this day – Franca Polesello:

Franca Polesello

Actress

July 27, 1936 – March 8, 2021

Born on this day – Richard Ben Sapir:

Richard Ben Sapir

Writer

July 27, 1936 – January 1987

Credits:

Books:

A Pound of Prevention (2000); Acid Rock (1974); Air Raid (2002); American Obsession (1997); An Old-Fashioned War (1987); Angry White Mailmen (1996); Arabian Nightmare (1991); Assassin's Play-Off (1975); Bad Dog (2006); Balance of Power (1981); Bamboo Dragon (1997); Bidding War (1995); Blood Brotherhood (2021); Blood Lust (1991); Bloody Tourists (2003); Blue Smoke and Mirrors (1989); Brain Drain (1976); Brain Storm (1998); Bressio (1975); By Eminent Domain (2001); Chained Reaction (1978); Child's Play (1976); Chinese Puzzle (1973); Coin of the Realm (1989); Cold Warrior (1993); Created, the Destroyer (1972); Dark Ages (2005); Dark Horse (1992); Deadly Genes (1999); Deadly Seeds (1975); Death Check (1972); Death Sentence (1990); Death Therapy (1974); Disloyal Opposition (2001); Dr. Quake (1974); Dragon Bones (2006); Dream Thing (2005); Dying Space (1982); Engines of Destruction (1996); Fade To Black (2000); Failing Marks (1999); Father to Son (2002); Feast or Famine (1997); Fool's Gold (1983); Frightening Strikes (2005); Funny Money (1975); Ghost in the Machine (1992); Ground Zero (1991); High Priestess (1994); Holy Mother (2006); Holy Terror (1975); Hostile Takeover (1990); Identity Crisis (1994); In Enemy Hands (1977); Industrial Evolution (2004); Inside Sinanju (1985); Judgment Day (1974); Kill Or Cure (1975); Killer Chromosomes (1978); Killer Watts (2000); Killing Time (1982); King's Curse (1976); Last Drop (1983); Last Rites (1995); Last War Dance (1974); Look Into My Eyes (1987); Lords of the Earth (1985); Lost Yesterday (1986); Mafia Fix (1974); Market Force (2002); Master's Challenge (1984); Mindblower (2006); Misfortune Teller (1999); Mob Psychology (1992); Monumental Terror (2019); Mugger Blood (1977); Murder Ward (1974); Murder's Shield (1973); Never Say Die (1998); No Contest (2005); Oil Slick (1974); Political Pressure (2004); Profit Motive (1982); Prophet of Doom (1998); Quest (1987); Rain of Terror (1989); Remo: The Adventure Begins (1985); Scorched Earth (1996); Ship of Death (1977); Shock Value (1983); Shooting Schedule (1990); Skull Duggery (1990); Slave Safari (1973); Spies (1984); Spoils of War (1981); Sue Me (1986); Survival Course (1990); Syndication Rites (2001); Target of Opportunity (1994); Terminal Transmission (1993); Terror Squad (1973); The Arms of Kali (1984); The Best of the Destroyer (2007); The Body (1983); The Color of Fear (1995); The Day Remo Died (2015); The Destroyer Collection (2000); The Destroyer Collector's Ed. 2 (2000); The Empire Dreams (1998); The End of the Beginning (2002); The End of the Game (1985); The Far Arena (1978); The Final Crusade (1989); The Final Death (1977); The Final Reel (1998); The Head Men (1977); The Last Alchemist (1986); The Last Dragon (1993); The Last Monarch (2000); The Last Temple (1977); The Seventh Stone (1985); The Sky is Falling (1986); The Ultimate Death (1992); The Wrong Stuff (2001); Trial By Fire (2021); Troubled Waters (2003); Union Bust (1974); Unite and Conquer (1996); Unnatural Selection (2003); Unpopular Science (2004); Voodoo Die (1978); Walking Wounded (1988); Waste Not, Want Not (2003); White Water (1997); Wolf's Bane (2003).

Movies and television:

The Body (2001); Remo Williams: The Prophecy (1988); Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985).