Born on this day – Steve Sandor:

Steve Sandor

Actor

October 27, 1937 – April 5, 2017

Credits:

Alamo: The Price of Freedom (1988); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Amy Prentiss (1974); Baretta (1977); Barnaby Jones (1974); Bonnie's Kids (1972); Bronk (1975); Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story (1992); Cannon (1972); Centennial (1978); Charlie's Angels (1976); CHiPs (1981); Civil Wars (1993); Death Valley Days (1967); Fantasy Island (1981); Fire and Ice (1983); Gunsmoke (1968); Hardcastle and McCormick (1985); Hell Town (1985); Hell's Angels '69 (1969); Hunter (1985); If He Hollers, Let Him Go! (1968); Ironside (1972); Jessie (1984); Knight Rider (1985); Lady Blue (1986); Livin' Fast (2015); Mad Bull (1977); Matt Helm (1975); Nakia (1974); One More Train to Rob (1971); Petrocelli (1975); Rough Night in Jericho (1967); Star Trek (1968); Starsky and Hutch (1975); Strike Force (1981); Stryker (1983); perman: The Animated Series (1998); T.J. Hooker (1982); Tales of the Unexpected (1977); The A-Team (1984); The Blue Knight (1976); The Bridge at Remagen (1969); The Dukes of Hazzard (1981); The F.B.I. (1971); The Fall Guy (1982); The Manhunter (1975); The Movie Murderer (1970); The Name of the Game (1969); The Ninth Configuration (1980); The No Mercy Man (1973); The Only Way Home (1972); The Platinum Triangle (1990); The Rookies (1974); The Six Million Dollar Man (1977); The Streets of San Francisco (1973); The Virginian (1970); The Yellow Rose (1983); The Young Country (1970); Three's Company (1980); Vega$ (1980).

Born on this day – Édith Scob:

Édith Scob

Actress

October 21, 1937 – June 26, 2019

Credits:

A Butterfly Kiss (2011); À chacun son enfer (1977); A Thousand Billion Dollars (1982); A.A.Lapieski (2011); Adeline Venician (1967); Amor maman (2019); An Air So Pure (1997); An Eye for Beauty (2014); Avocats & associés (2002); Babek (1964); Baptême (1989); Bon Voyage (2003); Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001); Byron libérateur de la Grèce ou Le jardin des héros (1973); Camera Cafe (2003); Ce que je vous dois (2006); Cinéma 16 (1979); Clara's End (2012); Clay (2012); Comedy of Innocence (2000); Commedia (1966); Defendant (2016); Déjeuner chez Wittgenstein (2004); Des Indes à la planète Mars (2008); Diabolissimo (1971); Didine (2008); Down to Earth (1994); Du côté des filles (2001); Echo (2007); Eclipse (The Muse) (2013); Ennui ennui (2013); Erica Minor (1974); Eyes Without a Face (1960); Fantasmagorie (1964); Fidelity (2000); Gemma Bovery (2014); Hachisch (1968); Haute tension (1992); Head Against the Wall (1959); Holy Motors (2012); Ils respirent (2008); Inventaires (1990); Jeanne au bûcher (1966); Joan the Maid 2: The Prisons (1994); Judex (1963); Komma (2006); L' Homme hanté (1969); La Bonifas (1968); La cavale blanche (2013); La Cavale des fous (1993); La chambre des magiciennes (2000); La cigale (1967); La fable des continents (1991); La jeune fille Violaine (1965); La librairie du soleil (1969); La mort de Danton (1970); La poupée sanglante (1976); La question humaine (2007); La tête (1973); La trilogie française (2013); La vérité tient à un fil (1976); La vie des autres (1981); L'acrobate (1976); L'assassin est dans l'annuaire (1962); Le bateau d'Émile (1962); Le bel âge (1960); Le cancre (2016); Le detour (1970); Le garçon avec les cheveux dans les yeux (2009); Le grillon du foyer (1972); Le mal du pays (2001); Le passage (1965); Le père (1964); Le rendez-vous (1964); Le sang des Atrides (1981); Les cinq dernières minutes (1967); Les duettistes (2001); Les écrits restent (1973); Les Grandes Filles (2015); Les yeux jaunes des crocodiles (2014); Line of Sight (1960); L'ours en peluche (1982); Love at Second Sight (2019); Love Me Strangely (1971); Man on the Train (2002); Marcel Proust's Time Regained (1999); Médecins de nuit (1980); Monsieur Jadis (1975); Ni dieux ni maîtres (2019); Nova Eva (2010); One Can Always Dream (1991); One Deadly Summer (1983); Par exemple, Electre (2012); Que voyez-vous Miss Ellis? (1975); Radio Raven (1989); Requiem (1972); Retour à Mayerling (2011); Rue du Bac (1991); S.O.S. disparus (1990); Savage Souls (2001); Spectacle d'un soir (1966); Summer Hours (2008); Suzanne (2006); Taprobana (2014); Télévision de chambre (1983); That Day (2003); The Accompaniment (1969); The Burning Court (1962); The Code (2002); The Dark Room (2000); The Long Falling (2011); The Lost Domain (2005); The Lovers on the Bridge (1991); The Milky Way (1969); The Old Maid (1972); The Ring Finger (2005); The Suspended Vocation (1978); Therese (1962); Things to Come (2016); Thomas the Impostor (1965); Transfers (2017); Trois heures entre deux avions (1969); Un camion en réparation (2004); Un homme de Dieu (1961); Une aventure de Sherlock Holmes (1967); Une famille à louer (2015); Une vie française (2011); Venus Beauty Institute (1999); Vidocq (2001); Wicked Game (2016); You Will Be Mine (2009).

Born on this day – Linda Lavin:

Linda Lavin

Actress

Singer

October 15, 1937 – December 29, 2024

Credits:

20/20 (1986); 9JKL (2017–2018); A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story (1995); A Matter of Life and Death (1981); A Place to Call Home (1987); A Short History of Decay (2014); A World of Love (1970); ABC's Nightlife (1965); Alan King and His Buddy (1969); Alice (1976–1985); American Playhouse (1991); American Television Icons (2000); Another Woman's Child (1983); At Home in Utopia (2008); B Positive (2020–2022); Bakery in Brooklyn (2016); Barney Miller (1975–1982); Battle of the Network Stars II (1977); Being the Ricardos (2021); Beneath the Airlie Oak (2008); Best Friends for Life (1998); Betty White: First Lady of Television (2018); Bob's Burgers (2013–2023); Bones (2015); Brockmire (2019); Call Me Back: The Uncommon Wisdom of Yvette Slosch (2021); CBS All American Thanksgiving Day Parade (1980); CBS at 75 (2003); CBS Galaxy (1977); CBS Mornings (2024); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2020); CBS Playhouse (1969); CBS Schoolbreak Special (1990); CBS: On the Air (1978); Celebrity Page (2019); Charlie Rose (1998); Collected Stories (2002); Comedy Is King (1968); Conrad Bloom (1998); Courage the Cowardly Dog (2002); Daily Blast Live (2024); Damn Yankees! (1967); Dean Martin's Christmas in California (1977); Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2022); Elsbeth (2024); Family (1977); Final Warning (1977); For the Future: The Irvine Fertility Scandal (1996); Girl Talk (1967); Girls Weekend (2019); Good Morning America (1979); Great Performances (1987); Great Women of Television Comedy (2003); Harry O (1975); History of the Sitcom (2021); Holiday Road Trip (2013); Hollywood Squares (1999); Hour Magazine (1981); How to Be a Latin Lover (2017); I Want to Go Home (1989); In a New Light: A Call to Action in the War Against AIDS (1992); Independent Lens (2009); Intimate Portrait (1990–2005); Jerry (1974); Kaz (1979); Lauren Hutton and... (1996); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2002); Lena: My 100 Children (1987); Let Us Entertain You (2020); Like Mom, Like Me (1978); Lily for President? (1982); Linda in Wonderland (1980); Madam Secretary (2018); Maggie Tales (2010); Manhattan Night (2016); Maricela (1986); Mid-Century Modern (2025); Mom (2016); Moving Image Salutes James Stewart (1988); r. Prince (2009); Naked Singularity (2021); Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Night of 100 Stars III (1990); No Good Deed (2024); On Stage (2020); One Big Happy Family (2025); One on One with John Tesh (1992); Phyllis (1976); Reading Rainbow (1994); Rhoda (1974); Room 104 (2020); Room for Two (1992–1993); Santa Clarita Diet (2019); Saturday Night Live (2001); Sean Saves the World (2013–2014); See You in the Morning (1989); Selected Shorts / Segment: Silver Water (2023); Spotlight on Broadway (2013); Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden (1996); Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration (2020); The $5.20 an Hour Dream (1980); The 24th Annual Tony Awards (1970); The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 32nd Annual Tony Awards (1978); The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards (1984); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1985); The 41st Annual Tony Awards (1987); The 42nd Annual Tony Awards (1988); The 44th Annual Tony Awards (1990); The 48th Annual Tony Awards (1994); The 52nd Annual Tony Awards (1998); The 55th Annual Tony Awards (2001); The 5th Annual Critics' Choice Television Awards (2015); The 64th Annual Tony Awards (2010); The 66th Annual Tony Awards (2012); The 76th Annual Drama League Awards (2010); The 78th Annual Drama League Awards (2012); The Alan King Show (1969); The Back-up Plan (2010); The Best of Everything (1983); The Doctors (1963); The Doctors and the Nurses (1963); The Good Wife (2014–2015); The Great American Dream Machine (1971); The Hal Linden Special (1979); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1976–1980); The Hollywood Squares (Syndication) (1978); The Intern (2015); The Joan Rivers Show (1992); The John Davidson Christmas Show (1978); The John Davidson Show (1980); The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch (2005); The Lorenzo and Henrietta Music Show (1976); The Making of Slaughterhouse-Five (1972); The Mary Tyler Moore Hour (1979); The Merv Griffin Show (1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1969–1980); The Morning After (1974); The Muppet Show (1979); The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984); The O.C. (2004–2005); The Ring (1996); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996–2000); The Sopranos (2002); The Talk (2018–2021); The Television Critics Circle Awards (1977); The Toni Tennille Show (1980–1981); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1969–1980); Theater Talk (2010–2016); Touched by an Angel (1999); TV's 50 Funniest Catch Phrases (2009); Wanderlust (2012); Whitewash (1994); Working in the Theatre (1987–2012); Yvette Slosch, Agent (2020); Yvette Slosch, Agent: How It's Made (2020).

Born on this day – Ron Leibman:

Ron Leibman

Actor

October 11, 1937 – December 6, 2019

Born on this day – Jackie Collins:

Jackie Collins

Writer

Actress

Producer

October 4, 1937 – September 19, 2015

Books:

American Star (1993); Chances (1981); Confessions of a Wild Child (2013); Dangerous Kiss (1999); Deadly Embrace (2002); Drop Dead Beautiful (2007); Goddess of Vengeance (2011); Hollywood Divorces (2003); Hollywood Husbands (1986); Hollywood Kids (1994); Hollywood Wives (1983); Hollywood Wives: The New Generation (2001); L. A. Connections / serialised novel: Power / Obsession / Murder / Revenge (1998); Lady Boss (1990); Lethal Seduction (2000); Lovehead / aka The Love Killers (1974); Lovers & Players (2006); Lovers and Gamblers (1977); Lucky (1985); Married Lovers (2008); Poor Little Bitch Girl (2009); Rock Star (1988); Sunday Simmons & Charlie Brick / aka Sinners (1971); The Bitch (1979); The Lucky Santangelo Cookbook (2014); The Power Trip (2012); The Santangelos (2015); The Stud (1969); The World Is Full of Divorced Women (1975); The World Is Full of Married Men (1968); Thrill! (1998); Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge (1996).

Movies and television:

5th Annual Soap Opera Awards (1989); 7th Annual American Cinema Awards (1990); 100 Greatest Sexy Moments (2003); 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops (2004); Access Hollywood (2014); AFI Life Achievement Award (1997); Afternoon Live (1997); All at Sea (1957); All-Star Party for Joan Collins (1987); Almost Fifty (2016); American Idol (2007); Aspel & Company (1984–1993); Banzai (2001); Bethenny (2014); Big Morning Buzz Live (2012–2013); Biography (1995); Biography (1995–2002); Breakfast (2011); Canada A.M. (2006); Chelsea Lately (2010–2014); Choccywoccydoodah (2013); Clive Anderson Talks Back (1990–1994); Cocktails in the Kitchen (1954); Comedy Central Roasts (2009); Compact (1965); Danger Man (1966); Daybreak (2012); Dee Time (1968); Des O'Connor Tonight (1985–1992); Diet America Challenge (1989); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2000); Educated Evans (1957); Entertainment Tonight (2007–2018); Extra (2015–2017); Film '78 (1978); Friday Night, Saturday Morning (1980); Girlfriends (2003); Give Us a Clue (1981); Good Morning America (1984); Good Morning Britain (1985); Hobson's Choice (1979); Hollywood Greats (2003); Hollywood Love (1997); Hollywood Me! (2013); Hollywood Squares (1999–2004); Hollywood Wives (1985); Hollywood Wives: The New Generation (2003); Home & Family (2014–2015); Hour Magazine (1981–1989); Intent to Kill (1958); Intimate Portrait (2003); It Could Be You (1957); ITV Play of the Week (1955); Jackie Collins Presents (2004); Jackie's Back! (1999); Joy Behar: Say Anything! (2013); Juke Box Jury (1959–1965); Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (2009); Kilroy (1993); Lady Boss (1992); Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story (2021); Larry King Live (2001); Late Lunch (1998); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994–1995); Late Night with the Loose Women (2009); Let Loose... The Very Best of 'Loose Women' (2008); Life and Times (2000); Light Lunch (1997); Live from Studio Five (2009); Live Talk (2000); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989); Loose Lips (2003); Loose Women (2007–2015); Lorraine (2001); Lucky Chances (1990); Lunettes noires pour nuits blanches (1989); Marie (2013); Minder (1980); Namesakes: A Very British Odyssey (2004); Night of Passion (1960); Nightmare Weekend (1986); Not Necessarily the News (1989); Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997); One on One with John Tesh (1991); One Plus One (2014); Paris Connections (2010); Read All About It (1976); Reading the Decades (2002); Rock You Sinners (1957); Room 43 (1958); Ruby (2000); RuPaul's Drag Race (2010); Sacrée soirée (1991); Saturday Night at the Mill (1979–1981); Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015); She-Devil (1989); Showtime (1993); Six-Five Special (1957); So Graham Norton (2001); Star Wars at the BBC (2015); Steve Harvey (2014); Suburgatory (2014); Super Secret Movie Rules (2004); Talk Stoop (2011); Tavis Smiley (2011–2014); TFI Friday (1997); The 15th Annual American Comedy Awards (2001); The 18th Annual Women in Film Crystal Awards (1994); The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards (2016); The Alan Hamel Show (1980); The Annual American Cinematheque Awards Honoring Robin Williams (1988); The Annual Entertainment Industry Honors Presentes a Salute to Bud Grant (1987); The Annual Friars Club Tribute Presents a Salute to Roger Moore (1986); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989); The Best of the Don Lane Show (1994); The Big Breakfast (1993); The Big Question (1998); The Bigger Picture (2006); The Bitch (1979); The Bonnie Hunt Show (2010); The Bookworm (1994); The Celebrity Guide to Entertaining (1993); The Daily Show (1997–1998); The Generation Game (1975); The Graham Norton Show (2007–2013); The Hollywood Collection: Roger Moore, A Matter of Class (1995); The I'm Exhausted Concert (1988); The Insider (2014); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2006–2014); The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (2001); The Late Show (1986); The Max Headroom Show (1986); The Merv Griffin Show (1979–1985); The Michael Ball Show (2010); The Mike Douglas Show (1980); The Missing Scientists (1955); The Nate Berkus Show (2011); The New Hollywood Squares (1986–1988); The One Show (2008–2015); The Paul O'Grady Show (2005–2007); The Queen Latifah Show (2014); The Ray Martin Show (2001); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997); The Safecracker (1958); The Saint (1963); The Shakedown (1960); The Sharon Osbourne Show (2004); The Stud (1978); The Suzanne Somers Show (1994); The Talk (2011–2014); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1985–1990); The Tony Danza Show (2004–2006); The TV Book Club (2010–2012); The USA Today's 5th Anniversary Gala (1987); The View (2004–2010); The Wendy Williams Show (2010–2012); The World Is Full of Married Men (1979); The Wright Stuff (2009); The Write Stuff (1989); The Xtra Factor (2009); They Never Learn (1956); Thicke of the Night (1983); This Is Joan Collins (2022); This Is Your Life (1987–1993); This Morning (1999–2004); Today (1982–2014); Today (2009 / 2015); Tom Snyder (1994); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1976); Tracey Ullman's Visible Panty Lines (2001); Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies (2008); Twilight (2024); Undercover Girl (1958); Up Close with Carrie Keagan (2007); V Graham Norton (2002–2003); Van der Vorst ziet sterren (2009); Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2010–2012); Weekend Sunrise (2013); Weekend Today Australia (2015); Whodunnit? (1974–1975); Wogan (1985–1990); Yesterday's Hero (1979); Your New Day (1980).

Born on this day – Jerry Weintraub:

Jerry Weintraub

Producer

Actor

September 26, 1937 – July 6, 2015

Credits:

2013 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2013); 41 (2012); 50 Things to Do Before I Die (2006); 71st Golden Globe Awards (2014); A Kick in the Head: The Lure of Las Vegas (2010); All Night Long (1981); An Evening with John Denver (1975); Are You in or Out?: The Making of 'Ocean's Eleven' (2014); Bank on us 2 (2020); Behind the Candelabra (2013); Behind the Music (1998); Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story (2009); Biography (1998); Blue Jeans (1980); Carpenters Very First Television Special (1976); Chabad Telethon (2014); Chabad 'to Life' Telethon (2010); Chabad: To Life Telethon (2008); Charlie Rose (2004); Chelsea Lately (2010–2011); Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002); Cruising (1980); Diner (1982 / 1983); Dorothy Hamill Presents Winners (1978); Dream Job (2012); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); Entertainment Tonight (2007–2015); Exorcising Cruising (2007); Extra (2015–2016); Father O Father (1976); Frank Sinatra: The Main Event (1974); Full Frontal (2002); Geraldo Rivera Reports (2012–2014); Good Morning America (2013); Happy New Year (1987); HBO First Look (2001–2007); His Way (2011); Jerry Weintraub: Walk and Talk (2007); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2007–2011); John Denver - Thank God I'm a Country Boy (1977); John Denver and Friend (1976); John Denver and the Ladies (1979); John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979); John Denver at Wembley Arena (1979); John Denver in Australia (1978); John Denver with His Special Guest George Burns: Two of a Kind (1981); John Denver: Country Boy (2013); John Denver: Music and the Mountains (1981); John Denver: The Higher We Fly (1980); John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs (2017); King of the Road (1978); Larry King Live (2010); Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2011); L'Chaim: To Life Telethon (2005); Lopez Tonight (2010); Making Behind the Candelabra Show (2013); My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988); Nancy Drew (2007); Nashville (1975); Neil Diamond: I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight (1977); Neil Diamond: Love at the Greek (1977); Ocean's Eight (2018); Ocean's Eleven (2001); 'Ocean's Eleven': The Look of the Con (2002); Ocean's Thirteen (2007); Ocean's Twelve (2004); Oh, God! (1977); Pat Boone and Family (1978); Pat Boone and Family Easter Special (1979); Piers Morgan Live (2012); Poor Richard (1984); Pure Country (1992); Ready, Jet Set, Go: The Making of 'Ocean's Twelve' (2014); Red Army (2014); Rocky Mountain Christmas (1975); Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets (1983); Rocky Mountain Reunion (1979); September 30, 1955 (1977); Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015); Soldier (1998); Szysznyk (1977); Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot (2013); Tavis Smiley (2010); TCM Remembers 2015 (2015); The 58th Annual Grammy Awards (2016); The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards (2013); The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards (2015); The Avengers (1998); The Brink (2015); The Carpenters at Christmas (1977); The Carpenters... Space Encounters (1978); The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait (1978); The Carpenters: Music, Music, Music (1980); The Cowboy and the Ballerina (1984); The Definitive Elvis: Elvis and the Colonel (2002); The Directors (2000); The Dorothy Hamill Special (1976); The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2010–2011); The Firm (1993); The Haunting of Pearson Place (2015); The History of Cruising (2007); The Independent (2000); The Jimmy McNichol Special (1980); The John Davidson Christmas Show (1977 / 1978); The John Denver Show (1974); The John Denver Special (1976); The Karate Kid (1984 / 1989 / 2010); The Karate Kid Part II (1986); The Karate Kid Part III (1989); The Legend of Tarzan (2016); The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan Reborn (2016); The Media Show (1987); The Men Who Built America (2012); The Next Karate Kid (1994); The Oscars (2016); The Sherry Wolf Show (2016); The Specialist (1994); The Starland Vocal Band Show (1977); The Talk (2013); Three Dog Night: Shot in the Dark (1983); Tout le monde en parle (2004); Vegas Vacation (1997); Westworld (2016–2018); When the Whistle Blows (1980); Years of Living Dangerously (2014–2016).

Born on this day – Daniela Rocca:

Daniela Rocca

Actress

Writer

September 12, 1937 – May 28, 1995

Born on this day – Lynn Sukenick:

Lynn Sukenick

Writer

September 11, 1937 – March 14, 1995

Books:

Danger wall may fall: short stories (1997); Feeling and Reason in Doris Lessings's Fiction (1973); Houdini (1973); Houdini Houdini (1982); On Women and Fiction: The Authority of experience (1988);Problems & Characteristics (1975); The Hue Everyone Living Knows: Poems (1993); Water astonishing: poems (1974).

Born on this day – Spencer Milligan:

Spencer Milligan

Actor

Producer

September 10, 1937 – April 18, 2024

Credits:

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980); Alice (1979); Barbary Coast (1976); Baretta (1976); CBS Library (1980); City of Angels (1976); Father Murphy (1981); Flying High (1978); Gavilan (1983); General Hospital (1987); Gunsmoke (1975); Hardcastle and McCormick (1983); Just Friends (1979); Kingston: Confidential (1977); Land of the Lost (1974–1975); Logan's Run (1977); McCloud (1977); Police Squad! (1982); Quincy M.E. (1979–1982); Sleeper (1973); Sword of Justice (1978); Terror Among Us (1981); The Bionic Woman (1976–1977); The Dukes of Hazzard (1981); The Keegans (1976); The Last Page of Summer (2020); The Magical World of Disney (1987); The Man from Clover Grove (1974); The New Mike Hammer (1984); The Photographer (1974); The Powers of Matthew Star (1982); The Yellow Rose (1984); Vega$ (1981).

Born on this day – Mariangela Giordano:

Mariangela Giordano

Actress

September 2, 1937 – July 16, 2011

Credits:

At lights off (2004); A Maiden for the Prince (1965); Abbronzatissimi (1991); Batton Story (1976); Big Man (1988); Good morning first love! (1957); Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror (1981); Caffè capo (2010); Canzoni a tempo di twist (1962); Cara de Goma (1959); What a doctor guys! (1976); Ci hai rotto papà (1993); Colossus and the Amazon Queen (1960); Courtyard (1955); From Here to the Legacy (1955); Decameron n° 2 - The other novels of Boccaccio (1972); Decameron n° 4 - The beautiful tidings by Boccaccio (1972); Desert Warrior (1957); Djurado (1966); Don Milani (1976); Armed Women (1991); Where the Silver Crows Fly (1977); Drama in the harbor (1955); Ivy (1992); El reflejo del alma (1962); Eroticón (1981); Yellow in Venice (1979); The Discontented (1961); The Four of the Pater Noster (1969); The boys of the wall (1993); The Coup (1976); The Golden Falcon (1955); The moped (1984); The King of Poggioreale (1961); The Traffic Policeman (1989); The Volpone (1988); Me and My Sister (1987); Killer Barbys (1996); The gang of onesti (1956); The size is yours... L'uomo l'ammazzo io (1969); The Other God (1975); Malabimba (1979); Malabimba Uncovered (2007); Max and Tux (2002); Mensajeros de Paz (1957); Naked and Sicilian Wife (1978); No Room to Die (1969); We men Duri (1987); How I learned to love women (1966); Once a Year, Every Year (1994); Panarea (1997); Patrick Still Lives (1980); Paula Mujer de la Noche (1981); Let's lose sight of it (1994); When Angels Weep (1958); How beautiful is the Bernarda, all black, all hot / Eleonora and Sigismondo (1975); Romulus and the Sabines (1961); Sacred Heart (2005); Satan's Baby Doll (1982); Seven from Thebes (1964); Skipper (1987); Tonight at Alice's house (1990); I'll read it to you in the eyes (1965); The Black Devil (1957); The Eye of the Needle (1963); The Hottest Zombie Movie Babes (2016); The Iron Commissioner (1978); The Last Gun (1964); The Last Round (1976); The Legacy of Caine (1971); The Lusty Wives of Canterbury (1972); The Power of Desire (1999–2000); The Sect (1991); The Smell of Death (2016); The Voyage of Captain Fracassa (1990); Three Crosses Not to Die (1968); A day to the end of October (1977); Ursus (1961); Valley of the Lions (1961); Vengeance (1968).

Born on this day – Carole D'Andrea:

Carole D'Andrea

Actress

Singer

Teacher

August 28, 1937 – March 11, 2025

Credits:

West Side Story (1961); That's Dancing! (1985).

On this day in movie history - Dead End (1937):

Dead End

directed by William Wyler,

written by Lillian Hellman,

based on the play by Sidney Kingsley,

was released in the United States on August 27, 1937.
Music by Alfred Newman.

Cast:

Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart, Wendy Barrie, Claire Trevor, Allen Jenkins, Marjorie Main, Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Gabriel Dell, Bernard Punsly, Charles Peck, Minor Watson, James Burke, Ward Bond, Elisabeth Risdon, Esther Dale, George Humbert, Marcelle Corday.

Born on this day – Nina Companeez:

Nina Companeez

Director

Writer

Editor

August 26, 1937 – April 9, 2015

Born on this day – Stelvio “Viostel” Cipriani:

Stelvio “Viostel” Cipriani

Composer

Conductor

Pianist

August 20, 1937 – October 1, 2018

Born on this day – Kathy Ahart:

Kathy Ahart

Actress

August 19, 1937 – November 11, 1971

Credits:

Star Trek, episode entitled: Space Seed. Originally aired February 16, 1967.

Born on this day – Fran Bennett:

Fran Bennett

Actress

August 14, 1937 – September 12, 2021.

Credits:

8MM (1999); A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Grimacing Governor (1994); A Year in the Life (1987); ABC Afterschool Specials (1983–1989); ALF (1989); Alone Together (2018); Amen (1987–1990); Animal Kingdom (2018); Any Day Now (2002); Arli$$ (1996); Becker (2000); Benson (1986); Between Two Women (1986); Blind Tom: The Story of Thomas Bethune (1981); Boomtown (2003); Boston Legal (2006); Breaking the Silence (1992); Cagney & Lacey (1986); Capital News (1990); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1984); CBS Repertoire Workshop (1964); Checking In (1981); Chicago Hope (1997–2000); City of Angels (2000); Community (2010); Crazy as Hell (2002); Crazy from the Heart (1991); Crisis Center (1997); Crossing Jordan (2006); Dallas (1984); Days of Our Lives (2002); Diff'rent Strokes (1978); Dynasty (1988); Early Edition (1999); ER (1996–2008); Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984); Falcon Crest (1985); Family (1979); Foley Square (1986); Foxfire (1996); Friendships, Secrets and Lies (1979); General Hospital (1983); Gideon's Crossing (2000); Glitter (1984); Grave Misconduct (2008); Growing Up (2016); Guiding Light (1952–2009); Hail to the Chief (1985); Here's Boomer (1980); Highway to Heaven (1988); How I Got Into College (1989); In the Heat of the Night (1990–1992); Jake and the Fatman (1987–1992); Jessabelle (2014); Knots Landing (1980–1986); L.A. Law (1987–1988); Leave It to Beaver (1997); Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' (2019); Lou Grant (1981); Majority Rule (1992); Mancuso, FBI (1990); Maple (2001); Matinee Theatre (1956); Matlock (1990); Matt Houston (1983); Melrose Place (1992); Murder, She Wrote (1994); Nasty Boys (1990); NCIS (2017–2018); Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010); New Nightmare (1994); Nightingales (1988); Numb3rs (2009); Once in a Lifetime (1994); One Day at a Time (1979); Plymouth (1991); Promises in the Dark (1979); Providence (2001); Quantum Leap (1991–1992); Remington Steele (1986); Romantic Comedy (1983); Roots: The Gift (1988); Roots: The Next Generations (1979); Scandal (2015); Shadow Chasers (1985); Simon & Simon (1986); Sports Theater with Shaquille O'Neal (1996); St. Elsewhere (1986); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991); Sunset Beach (1997); Team Knight Rider (1998); Tempting Fate (1998); The Bold and the Beautiful (1987); The Book of Daniel (2006); The Dancing Bulrushes (1985); The Doctor (1991); The Fosters (2015); The Jennie Project (2001); The Knife and Gun Club (1990); The Manor (2021); The Morning After (1986); The Next Best Thing (2000); The Righteous Apples (1980); The Sky Is Falling (1999); The Twilight Zone / Segment: A Small Talent for War (1986); The Violation of Sarah McDavid (1981); This Is the Life (1978); Tour of Duty (1989); Trapper John, M.D. (1984); Unbowed (1999); What Do You Have in Common? (1954); What Love Sees (1996); WIOU (1990–1991).

Born on this day – Richard Foronjy:

Richard Foronjy

Actor

Writer

August 3, 1937 – May 19, 2024

Credits:

Book:

From the Mob to the Movies (2020).

Movies and television:

Prince of the City: The Real Story (2007); Hot Parts (2003); Boss of Bosses (2001); 18 Wheels of Justice (2001); Love Boat: The Next Wave (1999); Evasive Action (1998); Hoods (1998); Recoil (1998); Michael Hayes (1998); Dumb Luck in Vegas (1997); The Big Easy (1997); Under Suspicion (1994–1995); Man of the House (1995); Carlito's Way (1993); Da Vinci's War (1993); The Public Eye (1992); Fatal Instinct (1992); Oscar (1991); Get a Life (1991); Capital News (1990); Curiosity Kills (1990); Equal Justice (1990); Amen (1987–1990); Ghostbusters II (1989); Murphy's Law (1989); Midnight Run (1988); The Galucci Brothers (1987); Who's the Boss? (1987); The Morning After (1986); The Check Is in the Mail... (1986); Odd Jobs (1986); Hunter (1985); Streets of Justice (1985); Misfits of Science (1985); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985); Silver Spoons (1982); The Jeffersons (1985); City Heat (1984); Cagney & Lacey (1984); Once Upon a Time in America (1984); His & Hers (1984); Young Lust (1984); Repo Man (1984); Shannon (1982); Hill Street Blues (1982); The Gangster Chronicles (1981); Gangster Wars (1981); True Confessions (1981); Prince of the City (1981); The Two of Us (1981); Flying High (1979); The Jerk (1979); Hart to Hart (1979); Angie (1979); The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979); Fix-it City (1978); Taxi (1978); The One Man Jury (1978); Kojak (1975–1978); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1977); Fun with Dick and Jane (1977); The Streets of San Francisco (1977); Rhoda (1977); Serpico (1976–1977); Charlie's Angels (1976); M*A*S*H (1976); Starsky and Hutch (1976); Wonderbug (1976); The Krofft Supershow / Wonderbug (1976); Shark Kill (1976); Phyllis (1976); Baretta (1976); The Blue Knight (1975); Harry O (1975); That's My Mama (1975); The Rookies (1975); Police Story (1975); The Bob Newhart Show (1975); The Gambler (1974); Serpico (1973).

Born on this day – Bruce Surtees:

Bruce Surtees

Cinematographer

July 23, 1937 – February 23, 2012

With Clint Eastwood (left).

Credits:

Joshua (2002); And Never Let Her Go (2001); American Tragedy (2000); Thin Air (2000); The Lady in Question (1999); Lethal Vows (1999); That Championship Season (1999); Dash and Lilly (1999); Murder in a Small Town (1999); Just a Little Harmless Sex (1998); The Substitute (1996); The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995); Corrina, Corrina (1994); The Birds II: Land's End (1994); The Crush (1993); That Night (1992); The Super (1991); Run (1991); Chains of Gold (1990); Men Don't Leave (1990); License to Drive (1988); Back to the Beach (1987); Ratboy (1986); Out of Bounds (1986); Psycho III (1986); Pale Rider (1985); Beverly Hills Cop (1984); Tightrope (1984); Sudden Impact (1983); Risky Business (1983); Bad Boys (1983); Honkytonk Man (1982); Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1982); White Dog (1982); Firefox (1982); Inchon (1981); Escape from Alcatraz (1979); Dreamer (1979); Movie Movie (1978); Big Wednesday (1978); Three Warriors (1977); The Shootist (1976); The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976); Sparkle (1976); Leadbelly (1976); Night Moves (1975); Lenny (1974); Hello Mother, Goodbye! (1974); The Outfit (1973); Blume in Love (1973); High Plains Drifter (1973); Joe Kidd (1972); Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972); The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972); Dirty Harry (1971); Play Misty for Me (1971); The Beguiled (1971).

Born on this day – Allan Blye:

Allan Blye

Writer

Producer

Actor

July 19, 1937 – October 4, 2024

Credits:

60 Minutes / Segment: The Smothers Brothers (1969); A Dream of Body (1972); Andy Williams' Kaleidoscope Company (1968); Bizarre (1979–1986); Breaking the Band (2018); Comic Relief V (1992); E! True Hollywood Story (2003); Elvis: One Night with You (1985); Elvis: The Comeback Special (1968); Festival (1966); Hamburgers (1974); Joey & Dad (1975); Juliette (1963); Li'l Abner (1971); Lola! (1975–1976); Mister Rogers (1963–1967); My First Time (2006); Pat Paulsen for President (1968); Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour (1970); Petula (1968); Playdate (1962); Redd Foxx (1977–1978); Reinventing Elvis: The '68 Comeback (2023); Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (2002); Super Dave (1987–1999); Super Dave: Daredevil for Hire (1992); Super Dave's All Stars (1997–1998); Super Dave's Spike Tacular (2009); Super Dave's Vegas Spectacular (1995); That's My Mama (1974–1975); The 20th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1968); The 21st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1969); The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992); The Andy Williams Christmas Show (1971); The Andy Williams Christmas Special (1968); The Andy Williams Magic Lantern Show Company (1969); The Andy Williams Show (1969–1971); The Bobby Vinton Show (1975–1977); The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave (2000); The Forest Rangers (1963); The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show (1974); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2019); The Juliette Show (1954–1966); The Ken Berry 'Wow' Show (1972); The Life and Times of Sonny Bono (1999); The Ray Stevens Show (1970); The Redd Foxx Special (1978); The Return of the Smothers Brothers (1970); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967–1993); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1971–1977); The Sonny Comedy Revue (1974); The Summer Brothers Smothers Show (1968); The Super Bob Einstein Movie (2021); The Super Dave Superbowl of Knowledge (1994); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1970); Theatre 625 (1965); Van Dyke and Company (1975 / 1976); Zoomerang! (1974).

Born on this day – Hunter S. Thompson:

Hunter S. Thompson

Writer

July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005

Credits:

Books:

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1971); Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 (1973); Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone (2009); The Proud Highway (1997); Fear and Loathing in America (2000); The Mutineer (2012); The Great Shark Hunt (1979); Generation of Swine (1988); Songs of the Doomed (1990); Better Than Sex (1994); The Gonzo Papers Anthology (2007); Gonzo: An Oral History (2007); Ancient Gonzo Wisdom (with Anita Thompson) (2009); The Rum Diary (1998); Screwjack (2000); Hell's Angels (1966); The Curse of Lono (1983); Kingdom of Fear (2003); Hey Rube (2004); Happy Birthday, Jack Nicholson (2005); Exquisite Corpse Annual, No. 2, 2010 (2010).

Movies and television:

1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything (2021); 90 Minutes Live (1977); Adrenochrome (2017); American Masters (2006); Anderson Cooper 360° (2015); Animals, Whores & Dialogue: Breakfast with Hunter Vol. 2 (2010); Anthem (1997); Breakfast with Hunter (2003); Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film (2006); Charlie Rose (1997–2003); Come on Down: Searching for the American Dream (2005); Culture Prophet – Hustler (2009); Dans les yeux de Johnny Depp (2022); Dem Tinseltown Homiez, the Hollywood Guys (2023); ESPN 25: Who's #1? (2005); ESPN SportsCentury (2003); Fear & Loathing Through the Camera Lens (2012); Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998); Final 24 (2006); For No Good Reason (2012); Freak Power: The Ballot or the Bomb (2020); Free Lisl! (2007); Fuck (2005); Gonzo (2008); High There (2014); History's Mysteries (1998); Hunter Goes to Hollywood (2003); Hunter S. Thompson talks about Hells Angels (1967); In Search of History (1999); In the Blink of an Eye (2005); Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President (2020); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1997–2009); Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1988); Late Show with David Letterman (1998); Muhammad Ali (2021); Nash Bridges (1996–2001); Nexus Vegas (2013); Omnibus (1978); Origins of High Times Magazine (2024); Outlaw Poet: The Legend of Ron Whitehead (2020); Outside Providence (1999); Road to Hunter (2006); Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain (2021); Some Jerk with a Camera (2011); Stuntmen (2009); The Beat with Ari Melber (2022); The Crazy Never Die (1988); The Curse of Blanchard Hill (2006); The Libertine (2004); The Rum Diary (2011); The South Bank Show (1994); The Theta Girl (2017); The War Room (1993); The Wild Ride of Outlaw Bikers (1999); This Week (1970); To Tell the Truth (1967); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1973); Tripping (1999); TVTV Meets Rolling Stone (1973); TVTV: Video Revolutionaries (2018); Vanity Fair Confidential (2015); Venus Blue (1998); Where the Buffalo Roam (1980); Woman Found Dead in Elevator (2000).