Born on this day – Betty A. Bridges:

Betty A. Bridges

Actress

Director

August 1, 1941 – August 27, 2024

Credits:

2 Broke Girls (2011); 240-Robert (1979); 7th Heaven (2001); A Day in the Life of Mia (1997); A Devil Disguised (1997); A Night at the Roxbury (1998); Ally McBeal (1997–2001); Archie Bunker's Place (1980); Backstairs at the White House (1979); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1996); Big Ball'n (2007); Black Ball (2003); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1980); Building Bridges (2000); Charlie's Angels (1976); CHiPs (1980); Cold Case (2003); Condominium (1980); Crisis Counselor (1982); Dallas (1987); Days of Our Lives (1986); Diff'rent Strokes (1979–1982); Dogcatchers (2013); E! True Hollywood Story (1998); ER (1999); Family (1978); Flamingo Road (1981–1982); Foster Babies (2007); Frankie D (2007); Good Times (1975); Hill Street Blues (1984); Jack & Jill (1999); Logan's Run (1977); Lou Grant (1982); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976); Moonlight (2007); NYPD Blue (1998–2004); Our House (1986); Out All Night (1993); Paper Dolls (1984); Payne (1999); Police Story: The Freeway Killings (1987); Police Woman (1974); Quincy, M.E. (1979); Rooster (1982); Sanford (1981); Scrubs (2010); Secret Witness (1988); Sister, Sister (1996); Snoops (1999); Take Two (1987); The Bad News Bears (1980); The Colony (1995); The Concrete Jungle (1982); The District (2001); The Hustle (2008); The Judge (1987); The Nine (2007); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2010); The Paper Chase (1983); The Practice (2001); The Young Landlords (1983); Totally Tracked Down (2010); True.Health: Body, Mind, Spirit (2015); TV 101 (1988–1989); TV Guide's Truth Behind the Sitcom Scandals 2 (2000); What's Happening!! (1977–1979); Wonder Woman (1978).

Born on this day – David Warner:

David Warner

Actor

July 29, 1941 – July 24, 2022

Born on this day – Brenton Wood:

Brenton Wood

R&B singer

Songwriter

July 26, 1941 – January 3, 2025

Credits:

Albums:

18 More of the Best, Vol. 2 (1999); Baby You Got It (1967); Better Believe It (2000); Brenton Wood's 18 Best (1991); Classic By Design (2000); Come Softly (1977); Gimme Little Sign (1967); Lord Hear My Prayer (2009); Oogum Boogum (1967); Out of the Woodwork (1986); Sweet Old School (1995); This Love Is for Real (2001).

Songs:

A Change Is Gonna Come (1969); All That Jazz (1975); Another Saturday Night (1973); Baby You Got It (1967); Bless Your Little Heart (1976); Boogaloosa Louisian' (1970); Come Softly To Me (1977); Gimme Little Sign (1967); Great Big Bundle of Love (1970); Hide-a-Way (1963); I Want Love (1966); It Only Make Me Want It More (1975); It's Just a Game, Love (1968); Let's Get Crazy Together (1978); Lovey Dovey Kinda Lovin' (1968); Number One (1977); Rainin' Love (You Gotta Feel It) (1975); Sad Little Song (1971); Some Got It, Some Don't (1968); Sticky Boom Boom (Too Cold) (1972); Sweet Molly Malone (1966); The Oogum Boogum Song (1967); Whoop It On Me (1969); You're Beautiful People (1973).

Movies and television:

20 to 1 (2008); 4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet (1968); Almost Famous (2000); American Bandstand (1967–1977); Aquarius (2015); Big Little Lies (2019); Colors (1988); Criminal Minds (2015); CrissCross (1992); Devil's Due (2014); Dogfight (1991); Don't Worry Darling (2022); Eastbound & Down (2010); England's World Cup Lionesses (2019); Festival di Sanremo (1969); Funny Woman (2022); GLOW (2018); Hangin' with the Homeboys (1991); Hard Eight (1996); Home Again (2017); Infinitely Polar Bear (2014); It's Happening (1968); Joy (2024); Life of Crime (2013); Little Fish (2020); Lorraine (2016); Love, Simon (2018); Lovelace (2013); Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln (2024); Lymelife (2008); Mortal Sins (1989); Mother and Child (2009); Mr. Write (1994); Mrs. America (2020); Murphy Brown (1990); My Crazy Life (1993); On My Block (2019); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967); Pee-wee's Big Holiday (2016); Pie in the Sky (1995); Playboy After Dark (1969); Poms (2019); Popdown (1969); Reptile (2023); Reversal of Fortune (1990); Scorpion (2016); Seven Girlfriends (1999); Sex Education (2021); Shopgirl (2005); Slayground (1983); Small Time (2014); Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso (2017); The Gray Man (2022); The Groovy Show (1967); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The Last Days of Disco (1998); The Playroom (2012); The Shack (2017); The Stand (2021); The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (1989); The Umbrella Academy (2022); The Woody Woodbury Show (1968); This Fool (2022); Tohuwabohu (1998); Top of the Pops (1968); Vibrato (1968); Will & Harper (2024); Your Mother Should Know (2018).

Born on this day – Paula Shaw:

Paula Shaw

Actress

July 17, 1941 – September 10, 2025

Credits:

21 Jump Street (1988–1989); A Mrs. Miracle Christmas (2021); A Stranger in the Mirror (1993); All That Glitters (1977); ...and Your Name Is Jonah (1979); Android Employed (2018); Archie Bunker's Place (1983); B.J. and the Bear (1981); Barney Miller (1976–1977); Beggars and Choosers (1999); Beverly Hills Buntz (1988); Cagney & Lacey (1984); Cedar Cove (2013); Chatterbox! (1977); Chupacabra Terror (2005); Cold Squad (1998); Coming Home for Christmas (2017); Communion (1989); Da Vinci's Inquest (1999); Day of the Dead (2021); Deadlocked (2000); Destination Wedding (2017); Elsewhere (2019); Fall Back Down (2019); Far Cry 5 (2018); Fatal Memories (1992); Five Star Christmas (2020); Freddy vs. Jason (2003); Freedom to Love (1969); General Hospital (1981–1982); Hanukkah on Rye (2022); Herowork (1977); Hitched for the Holidays (2012); Home for the Holidays (2005); Ignition (2001); In the Glitter Palace (1977); Insomnia (2002); Ironside (1972); It Was Always You (2021); iZombie (2015); Just Cause (2002); Killer Bash (2005); Little House on the Prairie (1977); Lost Rites (2011); Lottery! (1984); Lou Grant (1982); M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994); Mary Higgins Clark's: We'll Meet Again (2002); Masquerade (1984); Merchants of Venus (1998); Mr. Young (2011–2013); Mysterious Ways (2000); Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010); Night Creep (2003); Off Season (2001); Picture a Perfect Christmas (2019); R.L. Stine's the Haunting Hour (2012); Reindeer Games (2000); Round and Round (2023); Santa Barbara (1984); Savage Streets (1984); Say Yes (1986); Shaft (1973); Shame (1992); So Weird (2000); Some Assembly Required (2016); Starsky and Hutch (1977); Supernatural (2013); Terminal City (2005); The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982); The Bob Newhart Show (1974); The Centerfold Girls / Segment: The First Story (1974); The Commish (1994); The Guava Juice Show (2022); The New Addams Family (1999); The Outer Limits (1995–1998); The Ranch (2004); The Roommates (1973); The Tony Randall Show (1978); The Twilight Zone (2002); The Wedding Veil Legacy (2022); The X-Files (1995); The Young and the Restless (1989–1994); Three's Company (1981); Ties That Bind (2006); To Hex with Sex (1969); Twist of Fate (2013); Van Helsing (2017); Wedding of a Lifetime (2022); When the Bough Breaks (1986); When We Rise (2017); Wiseguy (1988); Witchfire (1985).

Born on this day – Robert Forster:

Robert Forster

Actor

July 13, 1941 – October 11, 2019

Credits:

4th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1998); 10 Cent Pistol (2014); 13 Graves (2006); 29th Street (1991); A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks (2017); A Word on Westerns (2016); Acts of Vengeance (2017); Alcatraz (2012); All the Rage (1999); Alligator (1980); Alligator Author (2007); Amazing Stories (2020); American Grindhouse (2010); American Perfekt (1997); American Yakuza (1993); Army Wives (2007); Art of the Prank (2015); Automata (2014); Avalanche (1978); Backstrom (2015); Banyon (1971–1973); Better Call Saul (2020); Bigger (2018); Blockbuster Entertainment (2001); Bounty Hunters (2005); Breaking Bad (2013); Bus Driver (2016); Celebrity Page (2017); Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003); Checkered Flag (1990); Childrens Hospital (2015); Cleaner (2007); Clubhouse (2004); Coffee, Kill Boss (2013); Committed (1991); Confidence (2003); Countdown to Esmeralda Bay (1990); Counterforce (1988); Cover Me Babe (1970); Cover Story (1993); Cowboys and Angels (2000); Crossbow (1987–1988); Crossbow: The Movie (1989); CSI: NY (2011); Damsel (2018); Demolition University (1997); Dennis Miller Live (1998); Desperate Housewives (2007); Diamond Men (2000); Diplomatic Immunity (1991); Divorce (2016); Dragon Wars: D-War (2007); Due East (2002); El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019); Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014); Expecting Love (2009); Eye on Entertainment (2017); Family Tree (1999); Fastlane (2002–2003); Finder's Fee (2001); Firewall (2006); Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009); Gibbsville (1976); Girl Walks Into a Bar (2011); Godzilla: The Series (2000); Goliath Awaits (1981); Grampa's Cabin (2007); Grand Theft Parsons (2003); Grave Intentions / Segment: The Bridge Partner (2021); Guns & Lipstick (1995); Heartbreak High (1981); Heroes (2007–2008); Heroes Unmasked (2008); Hindsight (1996); Hollywood Harry (1985); Hollywood Remembers Lee Marvin (2000); Home & Family (2017); Home (2015); Hotel (1987); Hotel Noir (2012); Huff (2004–2005); Human Nature (2001); I'm Dying Up Here (2017); In Between (1991); In the Shadow of a Killer (1992); Indie Film Hustle Show (2015); Intruders (2014); Ironside (2013); It's a Shame About Ray (2000); Jack and Jill vs. the World (2008); Jackie Brown (1997); Jackie Brown: How It Went Down (2002); Jake and the Fatman (1991); Jesse Hawkes (1989); Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1994); John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988); Journey Through Rosebud (1972); Judd for the Defense (1968); Justice League Unlimited (2005); Justine (1969); Kalamity (2010); Karen Sisco (2003–2004); Killer on the Loose (2011); King Cohen (2017); Kiss Toledo Goodbye (1999); Knight Rider (1985); Lakeboat (2000); Last Man Standing (2012–2018); Le dernier film de Jess Franco (2013); Like Mike (2002); Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes (2001); London Has Fallen (2016); Lone Hero (2002); Long Way Back (1990); Look Out, Haskell, It's Real: The Making of 'Medium Cool' (2001); Lucky Number Slevin (2006); Magnum, P.I. (1985); Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1992); Me, Myself & Irene (2000); Medical Story (1975); Medium Cool (1969); Mick and Frankie (1989); Middle Men (2009); Mulholland Drive (2001); Mundo VIP (1998); Murder in Greenwich (2002); Murder, She Wrote (1986–1995); N.Y.P.D. (1967); Nakia (1974); Nasty (2018); Never the Same: The Prisoner-of-War Experience (2013); Night Vision (1997); No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad (2013); NTSF:SD:SUV (2013); Numb3rs (2006); Olympus Has Fallen (2013); Once a Hero (1987); One West Waikiki (1995); Original Gangstas (1996); Outside Ozona (1998); P.S.I. Luv U (1991); Peacemaker (1990); Phil (2019); Pieces of Dreams (1970); Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III (1994); Police Story (1975–1977); Premiere (1968); Psycho (1998); QT8: The First Eight (2019); Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking (2012); Rachael Ray (2018); Rear Window (1998); Red Carpet Report (2013–2019); Red Princess Blues (2010); Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967); Remembering 2019: In Memoriam (2019); Rise: Blood Hunter (2007); Roads to Riches (2002); Royce (1976); Run Fast (2015); SAG Foundation Conversations (2007); Satan's Princess (1989); Scanner Cop II (1995); Sex, Love and Cold Hard Cash (1993); Silk Stalkings (1993); Small Crimes (2017); Small Town Crime (2017); Small Town Crime: Crime and Character (2018); Small Town Crime: Devising a Small Town Crime (2018); Somewhere Slow (2013); South Beach (1993); Spawn (1999); Standing Tall (1978); Street Time (2003); Stunts (1977); Supernova (2000); Survivor (2015); Tales from the Darkside (1987); Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso (2016); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014–2015); That Guy Dick Miller (2014); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2020); The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster (2015); The A-List (2001); The American Side (2016); The Banker (1989); The Bannen Way (2010); The Biffle Murder Case (2015); The Big Take (2018); The Black Hole (1979); The Bridge Partner (2015); The Case for Christ (2017); The City (1977); The Code (2009); The Code: Cast Interviews (2009); The Confirmation (2016); The Darker Side of Terror (1979); The David Frost Show (1969); The Death Squad (1974); The Delta Force (1986); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Descendants (2011); The Don Is Dead (1973); The Eric Andre Show (2012); The Grid (2004); The Hunt for the BTK Killer (2005); The Joe Spinell Story (2001); The John Kerwin Show (2016); The Lady in Red (1979); The Magic of Marciano (2000); The Making of 'London Has Fallen' (2016); The Making of 'Survivor' (2015); The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair (2017); The Method (1996); The Movies That Made Me (2018); The Program (2015); The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019); The Simpsons (2008); The Soul Man (2012); The Spaghetti West (2005); The Stalking Moon (1968); The Trial (2010); The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020); Tilt (2005); Too Late (2015); Touching Home (2008); Transformers Prime (2012); Twin Peaks (2017); Uncle Sam (1996); Undefeated (2003); Unsung Hollywood (2014); Vigilante (1982); Walker, Texas Ranger (1995–1997); Walking the Edge (1985); What They Had (2018); Where's Angelo? (2003); Wild Seven (2006); Would Be Kings (2008); You'll Be Fine (2014).

Born on this day – Michael Lerner:

Michael Lerner

Actor

June 22, 1941 – April 8, 2023

Born on this day – Joe Flaherty:

Joe Flaherty

Actor

Writer

Comedian

June 21, 1941 – April 1, 2024

Credits:

1941 (1979); A Dairy Tale (2004); A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2002); A Pig's Tale (1994); American Dad! (2009); An Afternoon with SCTV; Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004); Back to the Beanstalk (1990); Back to the Future Part II (1989); Baloney (1988–1989); Belushi (2020); Biography (1995); Blue Monkey (1987); By Design (1981); Call Me Fitz (2012); Canada After Dark (1979); Cartoon Planet (1997); Caution: May Contain Nuts (2008–2010); CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival (2008); CBS Summer Playhouse (1988); Chilly Beach (2005); Clone High (2002–2003); Club Paradise (1986); Contempt of Court (1998); Count Floyd (1982); Crazy for Christmas (2005); Dave Thomas: The Incredible Time Travels of Henry Osgood (1986); Detroit Rock City (1999); Dinosaurs (1993–1994); Distinguished Artists (2005); Double Negative (1980); Dream On (1996); Ellen (1996); eTalk Daily (2007); Even Stevens (2001); Family Guy (2008–2011); Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare (1995); Follow That Bird (1985); Frasier (2002); Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000); Freddy Got Fingered (2001); Friends of Gilda (1993); From Cleveland (1980); George Burns Comedy Week (1985); Go Fish (2001); Going Berserk (1983); Gold Turkey (1975); Happy Gilmore (1996); Hardball (1994); Heavy Metal (1981); Home on the Range (2004); I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood (1989); I, Martin Short, Goes Home (2012); Imagining Heavy Metal (1999); Innerspace (1987); Johnny Dangerously (1984); Kid Safe: The Video (1988); King of Kensington (1978); Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1991); Little Dracula (1991); Looking for Miracles (1989); Making Real Funny Home Videos (1990); Maniac Mansion (1990–1993); Married... with Children (1989); Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas (1985); Maybe It's Me (2002); Mentors (2000); Monsters (1990); Monstervision (1999); Morton & Hayes (1991); My Talk Show (1990); National Security (2003); Nightlife (2014); Nothing Personal (1980); Nurses (1994); One Crazy Summer (1986); Partners in Life (1990); Phenom (1994); Phil the Alien (2004); Playboy After Dark (1969); Police Academy: The Series (1997–1998); Primetime Glick (2001); Puppets Who Kill (2004); Really Weird Tales / All's Well that Ends Strange / Cursed with Charisma / I'll Die Loving (1986); Rebel Highway (1994); Rio Loco (2004); Royal Canadian Air Farce (2002); Rush: Grace Under Pressure Tour 1984 (1985); Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2012); SCTV (1976–1981); SCTV Channel (1983–1984); SCTV Network (1981–1983); Second City: First Family of Comedy (2006); Second City's Next Comedy Legend (2007); Slackers (2002); Snowboard Academy (1997); Speed Zone (1989); Stripes (1981); Stuart Saves His Family (1995); Summerhood (2008); Teamo Supremo (2002); That '70s Show (2001); The Best of SCTV (1988); The Business (2007); The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley (1988); The Daily Blade (2000); The David Steinberg Show (1976–1977); The Dead Beat (2008); The Don's Analyst (1997); The Fringe: Acting Up (2006); The Hitchhiker (1986); The Industry (2001); The King of Queens (2001–2003); The Legend of Tarzan (2001–2003); The Life & Times of Tim (2011–2012); The Louie Show (1996); The Martin Short Show (2000); The Santa Claus Brothers (2001); The Second City 25th Anniversary Special (1985); The Second City Toronto 15th Anniversary (1988); The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show (1995); The Smoke Detectives (1990); The Sunshine Hour (1976); The Super Popular Show (2004); The True Meaning of Christmas Specials (2002); The Wonderful World of Disney (1999); The Wrong Guy (1997); This Is My Friend (2007); Tilt (2005); Too Young to Die (2012); Traders (1999); Tunnel Vision (1976); Uncle Joe's Cartoon Playhouse (2006); Used Cars (1980); Wedding Band (1989); Whatever Happened To? (2007); Who Is the Real Martin Short? (2017); Who's Harry Crumb? (1989).

Born on this day – Marlene Warfield:

Marlene Warfield

Actress

June 19, 1941 – April 6, 2025

Credits:

A Century of Black Cinema (2003); Across 110th Street (1972); Aurora Borealis (2011); Beacon Hill (1975); Cagney & Lacey (1984); Child's Cry (1986); Cold Case (2003); Cutter (1972); Dead Last (2001); Equal Justice (1990); ER (1997); Freddy's Nightmares (1990); Goodbye, Raggedy Ann (1971); Hill Street Blues (1983); How I Got Into College (1989); In the House (1996); Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986); Joe (1970); Little House on the Prairie (1981); Lou Grant (1978); Madigan (1972); Maude (1977–1978); Network (1976); Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson (1989); Pomroy's People (1973); So Weird (2000); The Andros Targets (1977); The Great White Hope (1970); The Jeffersons (1979); The Name of the Game (1970); The Shield (2002); The Sophisticated Gents (1981); The West Wing (1999).

Born on this day – Elizabeth Franz:

Elizabeth Franz

Actress

June 18, 1941 – November 4, 2025

Credits:

A Fish in the Bathtub (1998); A Girl Thing (2001); ABC Afterschool Specials (1989–1995); Alone (2009); American Playhouse (1980–1989); An Unexpected Love (2003); Another World (1982–1983); As the World Turns (1956–2010); Christmas with the Kranks (2004); Cold Case (2003); Dear John (1989); Death of a Salesman (2000); Face of a Stranger (1991); Gilmore Girls (2001); Grey's Anatomy (2012); Homeland (2011); In Memoriam (2009); It's Nothing Personal (1993); Jacknife (1989); Judging Amy (2000–2001); Law & Order (2004); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2004); Loopy (2004); Monsters (1989); Roseanne (1990); Sabrina (1995); School Ties (1992); Shameful Secrets (1993); Sisters (1994–1995); Spenser: For Hire (1985); Story of a Bad Boy (1999); Take Me to the River (2015); The 37th Annual Tony Awards (1983); The 53rd Annual Tony Awards (1999); The 56th Annual Tony Awards (2002); The Equalizer (1987); The House of Mirth (1981); The Pallbearer (1996); The Reader (2005); The Secret of My Success (1987); The Substance of Fire (1996); Thinner (1996); Twisted (1996); Walking to the Waterline (1998); Working in the Theatre (1999–2008).

On this day in movie history - The Get-Away (1941):

The Get-Away

directed by Edward Buzzell and Richard Rosson,

written by Wells Root and W.R. Burnett,

based on a story by J. Walter Ruben and Wells Root,

was released in the United States on June 13, 1941.

Music by Daniele Amfitheatrof, Earl K. Brent, Joseph Nussbaum, Leonid Raab.

Cast:

Robert Sterling, Charles Winninger, Donna Reed, Henry O'Neill, Dan Dailey Jr., Don Douglas, Ernest Whitman, Grant Withers, Chester Gan, Charles Wagenheim, Guy Kingsford, Matty Fain, Fred Aldrich, Barbara Bedford, Clara Blandick, Veda Ann Borg, Wade Boteler, Ed Brady, George M. Carleton, Eddy Chandler, Naomi Childers, Dean Collins, Sayre Dearing, Eddie Dunn, Eddie Fetherston, Dink Freeman, John George, Jack Gordon, Roy Gordon, George Guhl, Frank Hagney, Harry Hayden, Edward Hearn, George Hoagland, Robert Homans, Jack King, Richard Kipling, William Lally, George J. Lewis, Jack Luden, Pierce Lyden, George Magrill, Mickey Martin, Jim Mason, May McAvoy, Mathew McCue, Jewel McGowan, Pat McKee, Art Miles, Philip Morris, Frank O'Connor, Patrick O'Moore, Anne O'Neal, Bob Perry, Lee Phelps, James Pierce, Edwin Rochelle, Dick Rush, Robert Ryan, Charles Sherlock, Ray Spiker, Henry Sylvester, William Tannen, John Wald, Joe Yule.

Born on this day – John Lawlor:

John Lawlor

Actor

Assistant director

June 5, 1941 – February 13, 2025

Credits:

3 Minute Gaps (2011); A Matter of Life and Death (1981); A New Kind of Family (1979); A Prayer for the Dying (1987); ABC Weekend Specials (1984); After the Shock (1990); Alice (1977); Angel (1982); Banshee Chapter (2013); Barney Miller (1978); Behind Closed Doors (2020); Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977); Black Sheep Squadron (1976); Breaking Bad (2011); Cassie & Co. (1982); Cold Case (2004); Condo (1983); Driftwood (1997); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); Ellery Queen (1975); Excalibur (1981); FBI: The Untold Stories (1992); Godless (2017); Gold (2016); Graves (2016); Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1999); Here's Boomer (1981); Highlander (1986); Highway to Heaven (1985–1987); In Plain Sight (2009); Isabel's Honeymoon Hotel (1987); Jackson County Jail (1976); Joe Forrester (1976); Killer Women (2014); Knots Landing (1992–1993); L.A. Law (1993); Longmire (2014); McBride: Tune in for Murder (2005); Movie Madness (1982); Mr. Belvedere (1989); Mr. Fixit (1988); Naked Run (2011); Newhart (1984); Northern Lights (2000); Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs (2014); Outside Chance (1978); Phyllis (1976–1977); Relentless (1977); S.O.B. (1981); Scoundrels (2010); She's the Sheriff (1987); Simon & Simon (1984); Sledge Hammer! (1986); Stingray (1986); T.J. Hooker (1984); The Best Times (1985); The Bold and the Beautiful (1988–1989); The Bureau (1976); The Country Girls (1983); The Facts of Life (1979–1984); The Gumball Rally (1976); The Lyon's Den (2003); The Magical World of Disney (1987); The New Lassie (1991); The Oregon Trail (1978); The Reunion (2011); The Roaring Twenties (2008); The Rockford Files (1975); The Trumpeter (2004); Today (2010); United States (1980); Why Us? (1981); Wyatt Earp (1994).

Born on this day – Robert Weatherwax:

Robert Weatherwax

Director

Writer

Dog Trainer

June 4, 1941 – August 15, 2024

Credits:

Back to the Future (1985); Big Jake (1971); CBS Mornings (1994); Dennis the Menace (1987 / 1993); Hollywood's Top Dogs (2006); Lassie (1956–1967); Lassie (1994); Lassie (1997–1999); Moment by Moment (1978); Nickelodeon (1976); 'Old Yeller': Remembering a Classic (2002); Paws, Claws & Videotape (2010); Run, Joe, Run (1975); Second Thoughts (1983); Skeezer (1982); Stone Fox (1987); Taking Hollywood by Storm (2019); The 100 Greatest Family Films (2005); The Magic of Lassie (1978); The New Lassie (1989 / 1991 / 1992); The Osterman Weekend (1983); The Story of Lassie (1994); The Thing (1982); The Weatherwax Legacy (2011); Top Dog (1995); Watchers (1988).

Born on this day – Nicole Van Goethem:

Nicole Van Goethem

Animator

Illustrator

Writer

Director

May 31, 1941 - March 3, 2000

Credits:

Drawing the Film

By Nicole Van Goethem.

Published 1988.

ISBN 10: 9063032528
ISBN 13: 9789063032524

The book of the movie: A Greek Tragedy. Original title: Een griekse tragedie (1985).

A 7-minute short comedy film, written, directed, and animated by Nicole Van Goethem.

IMDB synopsis:

Three scantily-clad female figures struggle to hold up the crumbling remains of an ancient Greek temple.

Awards:

Grand Prix at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France (1985).

Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film (1987).

Awarded the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, at the 59th Academy Awards in 1987, for her movie: A Greek Tragedy (1985).

Book:

Drawing the Film (1988).

Movies and television:

A Greek Tragedy (1985); B.C. Rock (1980); Human Rights Article 13 (1988); John the Fearless (1984); Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle (1975); Trouble in Paradise (1989); Verloren maandag (1974); Vol van gratie (1987).

Born on this day – Robert Logan:

Robert Logan

Actor

Writer

May 29, 1941 – May 6, 2024

Credits:

1st & Ten (1984); 77 Sunset Strip (1961–1963); A Night in Heaven (1983); Across the Great Divide (1976); Adventures of the Wilderness Family 3 (1979); Beach Ball (1965); Born to Race (1988); Catlow (1971); Claudelle Inglish (1961); Daniel Boone (1965–1966); Death Ray 2000 (1980); Dr. Kildare (1964); Here's Hollywood (1962); Kelly (1981); Man Outside (1987); Maverick (1961); Mr. Novak (1964); Patriots (1996); Redboy 13 (1997); Riptide (1984); Scorpion (1986); Snowbeast (1977); Surfside 6 (1961); The Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1975); The Bridge at Remagen (1969); The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1978); The Mike Douglas Show (1978); The Sea Gypsies (1978).

Born on this day – Nora Ephron:

Nora Ephron

Writer

Director

May 19, 1941 – June 26, 2012

Credits:

60 Minutes / Randy Newman / Rob Reiner (1994–1997); Acting for the Camera (2009); Adam's Rib (1973); AFI Life Achievement Award (2002–2010); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes: America's Greatest Quips, Comebacks and Catchphrases (2005); American Masters (2012); Bewitched (2005); Bewitched: Star Shots (2005); Biography (1999–2006); Cake (2005); Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched' (2005); CBS This Morning (1993); Charles Portis: The Greatest Writer You've Never Heard Of... (2011); Charlie Rose (1998–2010); Cookie (1989); Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989); Dateline NBC (2006); Delivering 'You've Got Mail' (2008); Dreams on Spec (2007); E! True Hollywood Story (2005); ESPN SportsCentury (2001); Film Genre (2002); From Weepies to Chick Flicks (2010); Greatest Ever Romantic Movies (2007); Hanging Up (2000); HBO First Look (1998–2000); Heartburn (1986); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hopeless Pictures (2005); Husbands and Wives (1992); Intimate Portrait (1995–2003); Julie & Julia (2009); L'amour, la mort, les fringues (2011); Late Night with David Letterman (1983–1992); Late Show with David Letterman (2008); Leaves of Grass (2009); Lucky Numbers (2000); Makers: Women Who Make America (2013); Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015); Michael (1996); Mixed Nuts (1994); My Blue Heaven (1990); New York 360º Presents: The 2007 Matrix Awards (2007); New York at the Movies (2002); On Story (2019); Perfect Gentlemen (1978); Primetime (1989); Real Time with Bill Maher (2010); Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women (2014); Secret Ingredients: Creating Julie & Julia (2009); Signed, Sealed, Delivered (1998); Silkwood (1983); Sleepless in Seattle (1993); Smiling Through the Apocalypse (2013); Special Collector's Edition (2012); Steve Martin: Seriously Funny (1999); Strike! (1998); Tavis Smiley (2006); The 2011 Annual American Theatre Wing Gala (2011); The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002); The Colbert Report (2006); The David Frost Show (1970); The Dick Cavett Show (1970–1971); The Directors (1999); The Five Stages of Grief (2011); The Five-Year Engagement (2012); The Good, the Bad & the Beautiful (1996); The Home Show (1992); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2006); The Making of 'Hanging Up' (2000); The Mike Douglas Show (1971); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2006); The Post (2017); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997); The South Bank Show (1995); The View (2007); This Is My Life (1992); This Week (2006); Through The Grape Vine (2011); Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' (2006); We All Dream of Oz (2000); When Harry Met Sally... (1989); Where's Elvis This Week? (1996); Why I Love 'Bewitched' (2005); You've Got Mail (1998).

Born on this day – Diane McBain:

Diane McBain

Actress

May 18, 1941 – December 21, 2022

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1959–1963); A Distant Trumpet (1964); Airwolf (1984); Arrest and Trial (1964); Barbary Coast (1975); Batman (1966–1967); Besotted (2001); Black Gold (1962); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Burke's Law (1964–1965); Cab to Canada (1998); Charlie's Angels (1979–1981); Claudelle Inglish (1961); Crazy Like a Fox (1985); Dallas (1978); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Days of Our Lives (1982–1984); Donner Pass: The Road to Survival (1978); Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1998); Eight Is Enough (1981); Five the Hard Way (1969); General Hospital (1988); Hawaii Five-O (1980); Hawaiian Eye (1962–1963); Here's Hollywood (1962); Huyendo del halcón (1973); I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew (1969); Ice Palace (1960); Invisible Mom II (1999); Jake and the Fatman (1990); Knight Rider (1985); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Land of the Giants (1970); Lawman (1960); Legend of the Wild (1981); Love, American Style / Love and the Roommate (1969); Mannix (1970); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1976); Mary, Mary (1963); Maryjane (1968); Matt Houston (1983); Maverick (1959); Mod Squad (1971); Once Upon a Starry Night (1978); Parrish (1961); Police Story (1974); Puppet Master 5 (1994); Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996); Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood (1978–2014); Spinout (1966); Strong Medicine (2001); Stu's Show (2014); Sugarfoot (1960); Surfside 6 (1960–1962); The 18th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1961); The 20th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1963); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The Alaskans (1960); The Bob Hope Show (1959–1965); The Bob Hope Vietnam Christmas Show (1966); The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000); The Caretakers (1963); The Christmas Path (1998); The Cross-Wits (1976); The Deathhead Virgin (1974); The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part II: 1962-1969 (2002); The Delta Factor (1970); The Karate Killers (1967); The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1978); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965–1967); The Mini-Skirt Mob (1968); The Red Fury (1984); The Streets of Beverly Hills (1992); The Unbeatable Bruce Lee (2001); The Wide World of Mystery (1974); The Wild Season (1971); The Wild Wild West (1965–1967); The Young and the Restless (1999); Thunder Alley (1967); To Rome with Love (1970); Vacation Playhouse (1965); Valentine's Day (1964); Wendy and Me (1964); Wicked, Wicked (1973); You Don't Say (1965).

Born on this day – James Mitchum:

James Mitchum

Actor

May 8, 1941 – September 20, 2025

Credits:

Ambush Bay (1966); Beyond Kilimanjaro, Across the River of Blood (1990); Blackout (1978); Code Name Zebra (1987); Colli di cuoio (1989); Colorado Territory (1949); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); Enemy (1990); Genghis Khan: The Story of a Lifetime (1992); Girls Town (1959); Have Gun - Will Travel (1962); Hollywood Cop (1987); Im Dschungel ist der Teufel los (1982); In Harm's Way (1965); Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1989); Marked for Murder (1990); Massacre at Grand Canyon (1964); Mercenary Fighters (1988); Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare! (1967); Monstroid (1980); Moonrunners (1975); Raiders of the Magic Ivory (1988); Ride the Wild Surf (1964); Robert Mitchum, le mauvais garçon d'Hollywood (2018); Stickfighter (1994); The 18th Rudolph Valentino Awards (1990); The Beat Generation (1959); The High Chaparral (1969); The Invincible Six (1970); The Juke Box Jury (1959); The Last Movie (1971); The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961); The Money Trap (1965); The Ransom (1977); The Tramplers (1965); The Victors (1963); Thunder Road (1958); Trackdown (1976); Two-Lane Blacktop (1971); Young Guns of Texas (1962).

On this day in movie history - Citizen Kane (1941 movie & book):

Citizen Kane

directed by Orson Welles,

written by Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles,

John Houseman, Roger Q. Denny and Mollie Kent,

was released in the United States on May 1, 1941.
Music by Bernard Herrmann.

Cast:

Orson Welles, Joseph Cotton, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead, Ruth Warrick, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, Everett Sloane, William Alland, Paul Stewart, George Coulouris, Fortunio Bonanova, Gus Schilling, Philip Van Zandt, Georgia Backus, Harry Shannon, Sonny Bupp, Buddy Swan, Don Ackerman, Loretta Agar, John Alban, Demetrius Alexis, Peter Allen, William Alston, Baudelio Alva, T. Lockwood Arbright, Sam Ash, Michael Audley, Walter Bacon, Harry A. Bailey, Richard Barr, Alva Baudena, Brandon Beach, Charles Bennett, Joan Blair, William A. Boardway, Danny Borzage, Robert Brent, James Brought, Morgan Brown, Harry Burkhardt, William Calkins, Porter Chase, Gene Chervow, J.J. Clark, Dorothy Cleveland, Edmund Cobb, Eddie Coke, Nat 'King' Cole, Tom Coleman, Gene Coogan, Sally Corner, Gino Corrado, Herbert Corthell, Maurice Costello, Irene Crosby, Charles Cross, Thomas A. Curran, Louise Currie, Jack Curtis, Ed Dahlen, Ernie Daniels, Coy Danz, Margaret Davis, Tim Davis, Dona Dax, Marie Day, Petra R. de Silva, Gayle DeCamp, Frances Deets, Carl Deloro, George DeNormand, Eddie Dew, John Dilson, Robert Dudley, Lou Duello, Suzanne Dulier, Art Dupuis, Pauline Easterday, Al Eben, Johnny Eckert, Jack Egan, Carl Ekberg, Richard Elmore, Edith Evanson, Carl Faulkner, Juanita Fields, Bess Flowers, Jack Floyd, Ray Flynn, Monty Ford, Jean Forward, Olin Francis, Louise Franklin, Al Frazier, Guy Gada, Gloria Gale, Captain Garcia, Jack Gargan, Bud Geary, Rudy Germane, Bob Gladman, Renee Godfrey, Jerry Gordon, Peter Gowland, Jimmy Grant, Jesse Graves, Ernest Grooney, Jack Gwynne, Robert Haines, Frank Haney, Harry Harris, Sam Harris, Lew Harvey, Henry Hebert, Edward L. Hemmer, Cliff Herd, Bryan 'Slim' Hightower, Harlan Hoagland, John Huettner, Mitchell Ingraham, Jack Itay, Jack Jahries, Walter James, George W. Jimenez, CeePee Johnson, Clayton Jones, Edna Mae Jones, Harry Jones, Alexander Julian, William Kane, Arthur Kay, Ivy Keene, Kenneth Kendall, E. Kerry, Milton Kibbee, Laura Knight, Alan Ladd, Mike Lally, Carmen Laroux, Perc Launders, Walter Lawrence, Robert Lawson, Bert LeBaron, David Ledner, Adam Linke, J.D. Lockhart, Mary Lorraine, Ellen Lowe, Ludwig Lowry, Buck Mack, James T. Mack, Evelyn Mackert, Teddy Mangean, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Jack Manolas, Joe Manz, Loretta Marsh, Mickey Martin, Clyde McAtee, Major McBride, Lee McCluskey, John McCormack, Frank McLure, Charles Meakin, Hercules Mendez, Jim Merritt, Buddy Messinger, E.G. Miller, Irving Mitchell, Bert Moorhouse, Philip Morris, Jack Morton, Louis Natheaux, Frances E. Neal, Lillian Nicholson, Leda Nicova, George Noisom, Joseph North, John Northpole, Field Norton, William H. O'Brien, Arthur O'Connell, Frank O'Connor, Paddy O'Flynn, Lillian O'Malley, Edward Peil Jr., Gerald Pierce, Thomas Pogue, Russ Powell, J.R. Ralston, Terrance Ray, Jack Raymond, Alton Redd, William Reed, Guy Repp, Jolane Reynolds, Sam Rice, Verne Richards, Suzanne Ridgway, Cyril Ring, Myrtle Rishell, Jack Robbins, Don Roberts, George Rogers, Victor Romito, Benny Rubin, Shimen Ruskin, Edward Ryan, Jack Ryan, Robert Samven, Walter Sande, Jack Santoro, Francis Sayles, Dick Scott, Ruth Seeley, George Sherwood, Brent Shugar, Bruce Sidney, Guy Smith, Roy Smith, Vince Speaker, George Sperry, Sam Steele, Tom Steele, Ralph Stein, Bert Stevens, Landers Stevens, Dimas Sutteno, Jack Taylor, Norman Taylor, Bob Terry, Karl Thomas, Robert B. Tobin, Gregg Toland, Kathryn Trosper, Fred Trowbridge, Glen Turnbull, Gohr Van Vleck, Harry J. Vejar, Tim Wallace, Ken Weaver, Charles West, Larry Wheat, Patrick Whitney, Jan Wiley, Bill Wilkens, Larry Williams, Tudor Williams, Richard Wilson, Vivian Wilson, Roland Winters, Vera Winters, Arthur Yeoman, Louis Young.

Recommended reading:

Citizen Kane

By Orson Welles & Herman J. Mankiewicz.

Published by Methuen Drama.

Published 2002.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0413771873

ISBN-13: 978-0413771872

Description:

"A definitive chronicle of the making of the film" – Sheridan Morley, Films & Filming.

"Citizen Kane revolutionised film-making, and the question of its authorship is as important to the cinema as that of Hamlet to the theatre ... Pauline Kael explains how the picture came to be made and concludes that the man most responsible for its creation was not Welles but Herman J. Mankiewicz" – Kenneth Tynan, Observer.

The complete screenplay of one of the world's most famous and controversial films.

This is the complete companion to Citizen Kane - the film that was "designed to shock" (Kenneth Tynan) - one of the best-loved and best-known movies in the history of Hollywood and still the most staggering film debut ever. Not only was this Orson Welles's first film as actor and director but most of the cast were also new to the cinema. Yet so controversial was the subject matter that an $842,000 bribe and the concentrated wrath of the Hearst newspaper empire combined in an attempt to strangle its distribution. And the authorship of the film is still a subject of conflict.

Pauline Kael's long essay, "Raising Kane", dissects a maze of Hollywood lore to re-evaluate these and many other fascinating stories about the making of this remarkable film. Her account is followed by the original screenplay, illustrated with stills and frame enlargements.

Born on this day – Claudine Auger:

Claudine Auger

Actress

April 26, 1941 – December 18, 2019

Credits:

A Bay of Blood (1971); A Bob Hope Comedy Special (1966); A Few Hours of Sunlight (1971); Adriatic Sea of Fire (1968); Alerte à Orly (1964); Anyone Can Play (1967); Asalto al casino (1981); BBC2 Playhouse (1982); Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball' (1995); Best Ever Bond (2002); Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971); Bloody Sun (1974); Borsalino and Co. (1974); Christine (1958); Cinéma (1966); Cinémas (2010); Climb It, Tarzan! (2011); Come ti chiami, amore mio? (1969); Compression (2023); Credo (1983); Cuando los maridos se iban a la guerra (1976); Danny Thomas Special: On the Road to Lebanon (1966); Desire (1992); Die goldenen Schuhe (1983–1984); Emmenez-moi au Ritz (1977); Equinozio (1971); Escalation (1968); Fantastica (1980); Flic Story (1975); Fregoli (1981); Games of Desire (1964); Gli ordini sono ordini (1972); Grand Amphi (1971); Great Performances / The Man Who Married a French Wife (1981); Gypsy (1966); I bastardi (1968); Il colpaccio (1976); Il gioco dei 9 (1991); Il mistero del tempio indiano (1963); Il padre di famiglia (1967); Il pentito (1985); In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross (1995); In the French Style (1963); Italiques (1971); James Bond 007 at the Movies (1986); James Bond in the Bahamas (2008); James Bond's 'Spectre' with Jonathan Ross (2015); Kali Yug, la dea della vendetta (1963); Komm, süßer Tod (1969); Kvitt eller dobbelt (1994); La bocca (1991); La caméra explore le temps (1964); La nasse (1978); La nuit des 7 d'or (1985); La nuit des Césars (1979–1991); La piovra (1990); L'associé (1979); Le masque de fer (1962); Le théâtre de la jeunesse (1961); Les moutons de Panurge (1961); Les oiseaux de Meiji Jingu (1974); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1978); Les secrets de la princesse de Cadignan (1982); L'homme de Marrakech (1966); L'intrépide (1975); Listen, Let's Make Love (1968); Lobster for Breakfast (1979); L'ombra della sera (1994); Lovers and Liars (1979); Mardi cinema (1987); Medical Center (1972); Men Always Lie (1995); Oggi ho vinto anch'io (1989); Pane, burro e marmellata (1977); Pierrot the Fool / Cannes Film Festival (1990); Pour cent millions (1990); Premiere Bond: Opening Nights (2006); Prestami tua moglie (1980); Que c'est triste Paris (1976); Qui c'est ce garçon? (1987); Reflets de Cannes (1965); Secret Places (1984); Signé croisette (1993); Spia - Il caso Philby (1977); Sport en fête (1973); Summertime Killer (1972); Take Thirty (1965); Terrain vague (1960); Testament of Orpheus (1960); The Bermuda Triangle (1978); The Bob Hope Show (1966); The Devil in Love (1966); The Devil's Lieutenant (1984); The Ed Sullivan Show (1965); The Exotic Locations of 'Thunderball' (2006); The Incredible World of James Bond (1965); The Killing Game (1967); The Man who Married a French Wife (1984); The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994); The Red and the Black (1997); The Seven Deadly Sins / L’Envie (1962); The South Bank Show (2008); The Sparrow's Fluttering (1988); The Steve Lawrence Show (1965); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965); The Treasure of San Gennaro (1966); Thunderball (1965); Thunderball: Ken Adam's Production Films (2006); Thunderball: Production Footage (1964); Thunderball: The London Pavillion Premiere (1965); Triple Cross (1966); Un amore di donna (1988); Un orage immobile (1995); Un papillon sur l'épaule (1978); Una bella grinta (1965); Una grande storia d'amore (1988); What Every Frenchwoman Wants (1986); Yoyo (1965).

Born on this day – Ryan O’Neal:

Ryan O’Neal

Actor

Producer

April 20, 1941 – December 8, 2023

Credits:

Bones (2006–2017); Knight of Cups (2015); Slumber Party Slaughter (2012); 90210 (2010); Waste Land (2007); Desperate Housewives (2005); Miss Match (2003); Malibu's Most Wanted (2003); People I Know (2002); Epoch (2001); Bull (2000–2001); The List (2000); Gentleman B. (2000); Coming Soon (1999); Zero Effect (1998); An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997); Hacks (1997); Faithful (1996); The Larry Sanders Show (1995); Man of the House (1995); The Man Upstairs (1992); 1775 (1992); Good Sports (1991); Small Sacrifices (1989); Chances Are (1989); Sam Found Out: A Triple Play (1988); Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987); Fever Pitch (1985); Irreconcilable Differences (1984); Partners (1982); So Fine (1981); Green Ice (1981); Obsession (1981); The Main Event (1979); Oliver's Story (1978); The Driver (1978); A Bridge Too Far (1977); Nickelodeon (1976); Barry Lyndon (1975); Paper Moon (1973); The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973); What's Up, Doc? (1972); Wild Rovers (1971); Love Hate Love (1971); Love Story (1970); The Games (1970); Under the Yum Yum Tree (1969); The Big Bounce (1969); Peyton Place (1964–1969); European Eye (1968); Wagon Train (1964); Perry Mason (1964); The Virginian (1963); Empire (1962–1963); My Three Sons (1962); Leave It to Beaver (1961); Westinghouse Playhouse (1961); Two Faces West (1961); Laramie (1961); Bachelor Father (1961); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1961); General Electric Theater (1960); The Untouchables (1960); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1960).