Born on this day – Jonathan Demme:

Jonathan Demme

Director

Producer

Writer

Actor

February 22, 1944 – April 26, 2017

Credits:

2000 MTV Video Music Awards (2000); A Gifted Man (2011–2012); A Master Builder (2013); Adaptation (2002); Alive from Off Center (1984); American Playhouse (1982); Amos & Andrew (1993); Angels Hard as They Come (1971); Another Telepathic Thing (2015); Arena (1977); Artists United Against Apartheid: Sun City (1985); Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2003); Beloved (1998); Black Mama White Mama (1973); Bouki nan paradi (2001); Bruce Springsteen: American Skin (41 Shots);  - Live in New York City (2001); Bruce Springsteen: If I Should Fall Behind (2000); Bruce Springsteen: Murder Incorporated (1995); Bruce Springsteen: Streets of Philadelphia (1994); Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000 / videos: Streets of Philadelphia, Murder Incorporated, If I Should Fall Behind (2001); Caged Heat (1974); Citizens Band (1977); Columbo (1978); Courage and Pain (1996); Cousin Bobby (1992); Crazy Mama (1975); Crude Independence (2009); Deep Time (2015); Devil in a Blue Dress (1995); Enlightened (2011); Enzo Avitabile Music Life (2012); Everett Ruess Wilderness Song (2013); Fighting Mad (1976); Fly Me (1973); Gimme the Loot (2012); H.E.A.L.: Heal Yourself (1991); Haiti Dreams of Democracy (1988); Household Saints (1993); I'm Carolyn Parker (2011); Into the Night (1985); Into the Rope (1996); Jimmy Carter Man from Plains (2007); Joe Lamont: Secrets You Keep (1985); Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids (2016); Kenny Chesney: Unstaged (2012); Last Disintegrated School (2019); Last Embrace (1979); Line of Sight (2014); Mandela (1996); Married to the Mob (1988); Melvin and Howard (1980); Miami Blues (1990); Naughty Wives (1973); Neil Young Journeys (2011); Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006); Neil Young: Trunk Show (2009); New Order: The Perfect Kiss (1985); Now That's What I Call Music 6 (1985); One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room (1994); Oz (2000); P.O.V. (2012); Philadelphia (1993); Protection Not Protest: The People of Standing Rock (2016); Queenae Taylor Mulvihill in Maangamizi: The Ancient One (2001); Rachel Getting Married (2008); Rachel Getting Married: Deleted Scenes (2009); Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter / In The Still Of The Night (1990); Ricki and the Flash (2015); Right to Return: New Home Movies from the Lower 9th Ward (2007); Rio Tigre (1972); Seven Seconds (2018); Shadrach (1998); Shots Fired (2017); SNL: Saturday Night Live (1980–1986); SNL: Saturday Night Live / Gidgette Goes to Hell (1980); Something Wild (1986); Song One (2014); Stop Making Sense (1984); Storefront Hitchcock (1998); SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground / Subway Car from Hell (1997); Survival Guide (1985); Suzanne Vega: Solitude Standing (1987); Swimming to Cambodia (1987); Swing Shift (1984); Talking Heads: Once in a Lifetime (Live);  (1984); Talking Heads: Slippery People (Live) (1984); Tavis Smiley Reports / Been In The Storm Too Long (2010); That Thing You Do! (1996); The Agronomist (2003); The Center (2015); The Complex Sessions (1994); The Hot Box (1972); The Incredible Melting Man (1977); The Killing (2013–2014); The Manchurian Candidate (2004); The New Yorker Presents / What's Motivating Hayes (2015); The Opportunists (1999); The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986); The Power of Rock (2017); The Pretenders: Greatest Hits / video: I Got You Babe (2000); The Silence of the Lambs (1991); The Truth About Charlie (2002); The Uttmost (1998); Tom Tom Club: Genius of Love – Live (1984); Trying Times (1987); UB40 and Chrissie Hynde: I Got You Babe (1985); What's Motivating Hayes (2015); Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules (1991).

Born on this day – Alan Parker:

Alan Parker

Director

February 14, 1944 – July 31, 2020

On this day in movie history - Phantom Lady (1944):

Phantom Lady

directed by Robert Siodmak,

written by Bernard C. Schoenfeld,

based on the novel by Cornell Woolrich,

was released in the United States on January 28, 1944.
Music by Hans J. Salter.

Cast:

Franchot Tone, Ella Raines, Alan Curtis, Aurora Miranda, Thomas Gomez, Fay Helm, Elisha Cook, Jr., Andrew Tombes, Regis Toomey, Joseph Crehan, Doris Lloyd, Virginia Brissac, Milburn Stone.

Born on this day – Rutger Hauer:

Rutger Hauer

Actor

January 23, 1944 – July 19, 2019

Credits:

Break (2020); Ecstasy (2019); Iron Mask (2019); Porters (2017–2019); Kingdom Hearts III (2019); Alien: Out of the Shadows (2018); The Sonata (2018); The Sisters Brothers (2018); Corbin Nash (2018); Channel Zero (2018); Samson (2018); The Broken Key (2017); 24 Hours to Live (2017); Observer (2017); Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017); Gangsterdam (2017); Mata Hari (2016); Drawing Home (2016); Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich (2016); Cuba libre (2016); Genderness (2016); The Last Kingdom (2015); Clones (2015); WAX: We Are the X (2015); The Admiral (2015); Galavant (2015); The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power (2015); Francesco (2014); True Blood (2013–2014); 2047: Sights of Death (2014); Wilfred (2014); The Letters (2014); Isip the Warrior (2013); I Turned Her to the Left (2013); Real Playing Game (2013); Flight of the Storks (2013); Il Futuro (2013); Metal Hurlant Chronicles (2012); Michelangelo - Il cuore e la pietra (2012); Agent Ranjid rettet die Welt (2012); Bachelor Trip (2012); Dracula 3D (2012); Requiem 2019 (2011); The Heineken Kidnapping (2011); The Reverend (2011); Portable Life (2011); The Cardboard Village (2011); Klyuch salamandry (2011); All for One (2011); Black Butterflies (2011); The Rite (2011); The Mill and the Cross (2011); Hobo with a Shotgun (2011); Spoon (2010); Happiness Runs (2010); Sword of War (2009); 3 (2009); Dazzle (2009); The Prince of Motor City (2008); The Rhapsody (2008); Bride Flight (2008); Magic Flute Diaries (2008); Starting Over (2007); Sweet Betty (2007); Moving McAllister (2007); Dead Tone (2007); Goal II: Living the Dream (2007); Starfish Tango (2006); Mentor (2006); Minotaur (2006); The Hunt for Eagle One (2006); The Poseidon Adventure (2005); Dracula III: Legacy (2005); Batman Begins (2005); Sin City (2005); In the Shadow of the Cobra (2004); Camera ascunsa (2004); Salem's Lot (2004); Tempesta (2004); Smallville (2003); Dracula II: Ascension (2003); Alias (2003); Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002); Warrior Angels (2002); Scorcher (2002); I banchieri di Dio (2002); The Last Words of Dutch Schultz (2001); The Room (2001); Flying Virus (2001); Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal (2001); Lying in Wait (2001); Slow Burn (2000); Kylie Minogue: On a Night Like This (2000); The 10th Kingdom (2000); Partners in Crime (2000); New World Disorder (1999); Simon Magus (1999); Bone Daddy (1998); Merlin (1998); Tactical Assault (1998); The Ruby Ring (1997); Redline (1997); Bleeders (1997); Screen One (1997); Lexx (1997); Blast (1997); Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997); The Call of the Wild (1997); Omega Doom (1996); Crossworlds (1996); Precious Find (1996); Mr. Stitch (1995); Blood of the Innocent (1994); Fatherland (1994); The Beans of Egypt, Maine (1994); Nostradamus (1994); Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (1994); Surviving the Game (1994); Arctic Blue (1993); Voyage (1993); Blind Side (1993); T.V. (1992); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992); Split Second (1992); Guinness: Art (1991); Beyond Justice (1991); Past Midnight (1991); Wedlock (1991); The Law of the Desert (1991); Submitting (1989); Guinness: Just a Nightmare (1989); Guinness: Sauna (1989); The Blood of Heroes (1989); Crystal or Ash, Fire or Wind, as Long as It's Love (1989); The Edge (1989); Blind Fury (1989); Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989); The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988); Escape from Sobibor (1987); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1986); The Hitcher (1986); Flesh+Blood (1985); Ladyhawke (1985); A Breed Apart (1984); The Osterman Weekend (1983); Eureka (1983); Blade Runner (1982); Inside the Third Reich (1982); Chanel Solitaire (1981); Nighthawks (1981); Spetters (1980); Duel in de diepte (1979); Grijpstra & De Gier (1979); Een vrouw tussen hond en wolf (1979); Es begann bei Tiffany (1979); Voor koningin en vaderland (1979); Mysteries (1978); Pastorale 1943 (1978); Heilige Jeanne (1978); Soldier of Orange (1977); Max Havelaar (1976); La donneuse (1976); Floris von Rosemund (1975); Cyrano de Bergerac (1975); Het jaar van de kreeft (1975); Cold Blood (1975); Katie Tippel (1975); The Wilby Conspiracy (1975); Hard to Remember (1974); Repelsteeltje (1973); Waaldrecht (1973); Turkish Delight (1973); Pathfinders (1972); Floris (1969); Monsieur Hawarden (1968).

Born on this day – Pamela Salem:

Pamela Salem

Actress

January 22, 1944 – February 21, 2024

Credits:

A Necessary Death (2008); After Darkness (1985); All Creatures Great and Small (1978–1988); April's Shower (2003); Back to School (2007); Big Love (2010); Blake's 7 (1978); Boon (1987); Buccaneer (1980); Chain (1990); Chance in a Million (1986); Crown Court (1981–1984); Doctor Who (1977–1988); Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures (2017); Don't Leave Me This Way (1993); Down's Revenge (2019); EastEnders (1988–1989); El C.I.D. (1990); ER (1996); Ever Decreasing Circles (1984); Flesh and Blood (1980); French Fields (1989–1991); General Hospital (1979); Gods and Monsters (1998); God's Outlaw (1986); Gosia's Witch (2009); Happy Ever After (1969); Hellsing Ultimate (2008); Howards' Way (1986); Into the Labyrinth (1981–1982); Jason King (1971); Licensed by Royalty (2003); Lytton's Diary (1985); Magnum, P.I. (1985); Man at the Top (1972); Never Say Never Again (1983); Never Say Never Again: Royal Film Premiere (1983); Never Say Never Again: Sean Is Back (2009); New Scotland Yard (1972); Night Train to Murder (1984); No Longer Alone (1978); Out of the Unknown (1971); Party of Five (2000); Perfect Scoundrels (1992); Pig (2011); Quicksand (2002); River Made to Drown In (1997); Royal Variety Performance 1984 (1984); Salomé (1986); Scorpion Tales (1978); Seagull Island (1981); Strangers (1982); Succubus (1987); Suicide, the Comedy (1998); The Adventurer (1972); The Bitch (1979); The Book of Eve (2002); The Carnforth Practice (1974); The Consultant (1983); The Early Life of Stephen Hind (1974); The Girls of 'Never Say Never Again' (2009); The Great Train Robbery (1978); The Making of 'Never Say Never Again' (2009); The Onedin Line (1972); The Paradise Club (1990); The Professionals (1978); The Sandmine Murders (2012); The Secret of Seagull Island (1982); The Tripods (1984); The West Wing (2005); Then Churchill Said to Me (1993); Thirteen at Dinner (1985); Tycoon (1978); Van der Valk (1977); Wide Awake (2007).

Born on this day – Françoise Hardy:

Françoise Hardy

Singer

Actress

Writer

Composer

January 17, 1944 – June 11, 2024

Credits:

Books:

A Gift From Heaven... (2016); Secret Notes: Interviews With Eric Dumont (1991); Songs About You And Us (2021); The Despair of Monkeys and Other Trifles: A Memoir by Françoise Hardy (2018); Unauthorized Reviews... (2015).

Albums:

4th English album (1971); All boys and girls (1962); Chiaroscuro (2000); Crazy love (2012); Drunken music (1978); English 3 (1969);  Françoise [The house where I grew up] (1966); Françoise Hardy (1970); Françoise Hardy (1972); Françoise Hardy [Friendship] (1965); Françoise Hardy [How to Say Goodbye] (1968); Françoise Hardy [The question] (1971); Françoise Hardy canta per voi in Italiano (1963); Françoise Hardy in Deutschland (1965); Françoise Hardy in English (1966); Gin Tonic (1980); In English (1969); Intermission (1974); My friend the rose (1964); My youth is running away... (1967); No one else (2018); Parentheses... (2006); Personal message (1973); Rain without an umbrella (2010); Shifts (1988); So many beautiful things (2004); Some Titles I Know of Her, Vol. 1 (2023); Someone who is leaving (1982); Star (1977); The danger (1996); The first happiness of the day (1963); To be continued... (1981); Träume (1970).

Movies and television:

20 heures le journal (2000–2018); 20h10 pétantes (2004–2005); 30 Favoriten (2021); 60/90 (2008); 8 Women (2002); A French Guy Named Saba (2017); À la folie, pas du tout (1986); A Revolta dos Anjos (1972); A Simple Favor (2018); À vos amours (1991); A Wes Anderson Film (2015); Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016); Age tendre et tête de bois (1963–1964); Aikuiset (2019); Aktuelle Schaubude (1973); Alexandra - Stimme der Sehnsucht: Der rätselhafte Tod eines Stars (2012); All Eyes Off Me (2021); Ambitions (1986); Amigos del martes (1964); Anyone for Demis? How the World Invaded the Charts (2011); Arrêt spectacles (2004); Attenberg (2010); Au risque de vous plaire (1967); Avis de recherche (1988–1989); Bains de minuit (1988); Banda sonora (2012); BBC Show of the Week (1966); Beatles på Sverigeturné (2014); Bienvenue (1978); Birkin, Hardy, Sanson, une vie à aimer (2017); Blind (2014); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte (2022); Blur & Françoise Hardy: To the End (1994); BÖsterreich (2014); Bouton Rouge (1967); C à vous (2011–2021); C politique (2016); Café Picouly (2006); Camping Cosmos (1996); Campus, le magazine de l'écrit (2003); Certains Leeb Show (1986); C'est au programme (2003); C'est encore mieux l'après-midi (1985–1986); Chabada (2010); Champs-Elysées (1984–1990); Chansons! (2021–2022); Chez F.O.G. (2008); Chroniques de France (1965–1971); Cinéma (1965); Cinq colonnes à la une (1963); Círculos sobre agua, bajo nubes de algodón (2023); Classé confidentiel (2007); Close Up (2020); Cocoricocoboy (1984); Collaroshow (1981); Colorspace Vol. 2 (2011); De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre de 1958 - 1991 (1994); Der goldene Schuß (1967); Devil at My Heels (1966); D'hier et d'aujourd'hui (1971); Diamoci del tu (1967); Die Drehscheibe (1969–1970); Dim Dam Dom (1966–1969); Dimanche Salvador (1973); Discorama (1966); Discs a Go-Go (1964); Dix de der (1976); Domino (1974); Double jeu (1992); Dream On (1992); Durand la nuit (1992); Dutronc, la vie malgré lui (2020); Effraction (1986); El idioma imposible (2010); Embarquement immédiat (1987–1988); Émilie jolie (1980); Empreintes (2008); En aparté (2003); En compagnie de Mireille Darc et d'Alain Delon pour Plus de Vie (2010); Endeavour (2018); England Is Mine (2017); Etienne Daho, un itinéraire pop modern (2015); Europa canta (1966); Europarty (1968); Eurovision Song Contest: Grand Prix 1963 (1963); Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams (1983); Exclusif... Canada (1979); F.C. De Kampioenen (1998); Falling Star (2014); Fan des années 90 (2009); Ferpect Crime (2004); Festival di Sanremo (1966); Formule 1 (1984); France Gall: Message personnel (1996); Françoise et Udo... (1968); Francoise Hardy - Ein Porträt in Musik (1965); Françoise Hardy - Tant de belles choses (2005); Françoise Hardy, la discrète (2016); Françoise Hardy: Le Large (2018); Françoise Hardy: Tous les garçons et les filles (Black and White Version) (1964); Françoise Hardy: Tous les garçons et les filles (Color Version) (1964); Francoise Hardy: Un Peu D'eau (1996); French Postcards (1979); Fréquenstar (1992); Frost on Sunday (1968); Frou-Frou (1993); Funny Woman (2023); Gainsbourg, l'homme qui aimait les femmes (2010); Gainsbourg, toute une vie (2021); Gala de l'Unicef (1970); Gone with the Woman (2007); Gottschalk & Friends (2005); Graffiti 60 (2004); Grand Prix (1966); Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions (1966); Happy Birthday (2019); Helix (2014); Hello! Paris (1964); Herzlichst Ihr Peter Kraus (1962); Heute Abend im 'Palladium' (1964); High Society (2014); Highest Pressure (1965); Hör hin, schau zu! (1967); Hullabaloo (1965); I ragazzi dell'hully-gully (1964); Il est minuit, Paris s'éveille (2012); Immer wieder geht die Sonne auf (1999); International Cabaret (1968); Irrésistiblement... Sylvie (1998); It's Only the End of the World (2016); Jacques Dutronc, la nuit d'un rêveur (1982); Je suis venu(e);  vous dire (2003); Jimi Hendrix: The Guitar Hero (2010); Jolie poupée (1968); Juke Box Jury (1965–1966); Kako glasi ono pitanje? (2018); Killing Eve (2018); Klingende Geschenke aus aller Welt (1965); La boîte à questions (2004–2008); La bonne conduite (1982); La chanson du maçon (2002); La Femme Nikita (1999); La fête de la chanson française (2007); La grande farandole (1964); La pièce manquante (2013); La Saint-Valentin en chansons (2007); La traversée du miroir (2009); La vie secrète des chansons (2016–2021); L'académie des 9 (1982–1986); Ladybirds (1965); Lahaye d'honneur (1988); Le cercle de minuit (1994); Le cimetière des CD (1994–2004); Le culture club (2006); Le divan de Marc-Olivier Fogiel (2016); Le doc Stupéfiant (2021); Le goût du noir (2001); Le grand échiquier (1979–1981); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2004–2012); Le gros journal (2017); Le palmarès des chansons (1966–1968); Le parapluie des vedettes (1967); Le petit conservatoire de la chanson (1962–1965); Le petit dimanche illustré (1968); Le Prince Miiaou cover 'Tous les garçons et les filles' (2013); Le Temps de l'Amour (2022); L'école des fans (1981–1986); Les années tubes (2000); Les belles soeurs (2011); Les colombes (1972); Les copains d'abord (1975); Les enfants de la télé (2001); Les habits du Dimanche (1986); Les Històries Perdudes: The Max Ernst Sessions (2024); Les nouveaux rendez-vous (1980–1981); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1976–1980); Letters to Paul Morrissey (2018); L'homme qui venait du Cher (1969); Liedercircus (1977); L'invité (2003–2017); Live from Studio Five (2010); Lo + plus (1996); L'Oeil du cyclone (1993); Love at Second Sight (2019); Lundi en histoires (2015); Lunettes noires pour nuits blanches (1989–1990); Madame Claude (2021); Maman est chez le coiffeur (2008); Mamy Scopitone - L'âge d'or du clip (2005); Mascarade (2022); Masculine Feminine (1966); Mathilde Lacombe: Message personnel (2022); Meine Melodie (1965–1970); Même le dimanche (2016); Metroland (1997); Midi Trente (1972–1973); Midi-Première (1975–1981); Modefrühling in Paris (1965); Monsieur 100.000 Volt (1968); Monsieur Spade (2024); Monte Carlo: C'est La Rose (1968); Moonrise Kingdom (2012); Musicolor (1969–1970); Musik aus Studio B (1964); Nelly (2016); Never Look Away (2018); Ni figue ni raisin (1965–1967); Night-Club (1972); Notre histoire est politique (2017); Nulle part ailleurs (1997–2000); Numéro un (1975–1981); Nutty, Naughty Chateau (1963); Oh Les Filles! (2019); Ombre et lumière (2001); On a tout essayé (2003–2004); On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde (2003); On n'est pas couché (2006–2018); Ontdek de ster (1967); ORTF, ils ont inventé la télévision (2020); Palmarès (1980); Paris aktuell (1967–1968); Paris nach Noten (1968); Pariser Journal (1963); Passez donc me voir (1979); Patriot (2018); Personnel et confidentiel (2008); Peter Sarstedt (1969); Plus belle la vie (2004–2005); Pollen (1985); Porte-bonheur (1986); Portrait of a Disappearing Woman (2023); Préjudice (2015); Private Screening (1973); Questo pazzo, pazzo mondo della canzone (1965); Qui est-ce? (2010); Quotidien (2018); Ready, Steady, Go! (1964–1966); Red Oaks (2016); Reflets de Cannes (1963); Rembob'Ina (2020–2023); Remember Me, My Love (2003); Rendezvous am Rhein (1964); Rezeta (2012); Royal Gala (1967); Sacha show (1963–1969); Sacrée soirée (1988–1993); Salut les Terriens (2006); Salut sex! (2000); Samedi et compagnie (1968); Samedi soir (1971–1972); Se devo essere sincera (2004); Second Chance (1976); Señoras y señores! (1974); Serge si tu nous regarde (2001); Set 'em Up Joe (1969); Sex, Love & Therapy (2014); Shindig! (1966); Show Pänggggg - oder: Gäste zum Fernsehen (1969); Sightseers (2012); Signé Mireille Dumas (2017); Smash His Camera (2010); Snip, snap, snude - en omvendt historie (1964); Soeben eingetroffen (1965); Some Voices (2000); Somebody Told Me About Carla Bruni (2009); Something Special (1967); Sparks and Embers (2015); Spécial Ray Charles (1978); Sport en fête (1974); Star Academy (2006); Stars'N Co (1997); Suivez Lecoq (1981); Symphonic Show (2007); Système 2 (1976); Taratata (1993); Teenager-Party (1964); Télé Caroline (1989); Télé-Zèbre (1990–1991); Tenue de soirée (2006); Tête de bois et tendres années (1965); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1964–1965); The Act (2019); The Art Dealer (2015); The Barbarian Invasions (2003); The Boat That Rocked (2009); The Dreamers (2003); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1964–1968); The End of the F***ing World (2017); The Enfield Haunting (2015); The Guerrilla Masquerade Party (2004); The Island Inside (2009); The Last Key (2017); The London Palladium Show (1967); The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1966); The Misadventures of Margaret (1998); Thé ou café (2001); The Path (2018); The Roy Castle Show (1969); The Spinners (1971); The Staircase (2022); The Statement (2003); The X Factor UK (2009); The Young Generation (1970); Thelma, Louise et Chantal (2010); Tilt (1967–1968); Tin Star (2017); Tohuwabohu (1995–1998); Top à... (1972–1974); Top Club (1979); Top club Dimanche (1978); Top jury (1965); Top of the Pops (1965); Tour d'Eurovision (2005); Tous en scène (1968–1969); Tous... pour la musique (2007); Tout le monde en parle (2000–2004); Tout le monde l'appelle Sylvie (2010); Toute la chanson (1962–1963); Toutes folles de lui (1986); Trainyard Dogs: Part I (2018); Triple Dare (2006); Udo-Jürgens-Show (1968); Un giorno a Capo Boi (1964); Un jour, un destin (2009–2018); Vadim Mister Cool (2016); Venus Beauty Institute (1999); Victoires de la musique (1986–2005); Video Hits (2009); Vie privée, vie publique (2006–2011); Vive les vacances! (2009); Vivement dimanche (2000–2013); Vivement dimanche prochain (2000–2018); Vortex (2021); Was bin ich? (1969); Water Drops on Burning Rocks (2000); What's New Pussycat (1965); Young & Beautiful (2013).

Born on this day – Lorey Sebastian:

Lorey Sebastian

On-set movie still photographer

January 7, 1944 – May 9, 2022

Credits:

Hell or High Water (2016); A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014); 50 to 1 (2014); Frank (2014); Building Vegas (2013); As Cool as I Am (2013); Tiger Eyes (2012); Fright Night (2011); The Resident (2011); True Grit (2010); Passion Play (2010); The Killer Inside Me (2010); Crazy Heart (2009); Brothers (2009); Carriers (2009); Spoken Word (2009); Appaloosa (2008); Redbelt (2008); Living Hell (2008); In the Valley of Elah (2007); In the Land of Women (2007); Wild Hogs (2007); Bordertown (2007); Seraphim Falls (2006); Relative Strangers (2006); Even Money (2006); Big Love (2006); Mrs. Harris (2005); Havoc (2005); The Amateurs (2005); The Last Shot (2004); Crash (2004); Spartan (2004); The Clearing (2004); Carnivàle (2003); 11:14 (2003); Masked and Anonymous (2003); A Decade Under the Influence (2003); The United States of Leland (2003); The Singing Detective (2003); Moonlight Mile (2002); I Am Sam (2001); Blow (2001); Avant Feat. Keke Wyatt: My First Love (2000); The Cell (2000); If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000); Anywhere But Here (1999); Simpatico (1999); American Beauty (1999); Winchell (1998); The Parent Trap (1998); Slums of Beverly Hills (1998); Twilight (1998); Mousehunt (1997); Commandments (1997); Volcano (1997); Head Above Water (1996); Ransom (1996); Flirting with Disaster (1996); The Birdcage (1996); Beautiful Girls (1996); Three Wishes (1995); To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995); Smoke (1995); Safe Passage (1994); Imaginary Crimes (1994); The Favor (1994); Blank Check (1994); Flesh and Bone (1993); Mariah Carey: Hero (1993); Dangerous Game (1993); American Playhouse (1992); Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992); Boris and Natasha (1992); The Player (1992); Rush (1991); Late for Dinner (1991); White Palace (1990); Q&A (1990); Crazy People (1990); Communion (1989); Limit Up (1989); The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989); Lost Angels (1989); Far North (1988); Earth Girls Are Easy (1988); Pumpkinhead (1988); A Time of Destiny (1988); Tapeheads (1988); Best Seller (1987); House of Games (1987); Tin Men (1987); Slow Burn (1986); Violets Are Blue... (1986); The Money Pit (1986); St. Elmo's Fire (1985); Falling in Love (1984); Iceman (1984); Daniel (1983); Lovesick (1983); The King of Comedy (1982); Author! Author! (1982); Neighbors (1981); So Fine (1981); Boardwalk (1979); Acting Out (1978); Between the Lines (1977).

Born on this day – Ulli Lommel:

Ulli Lommel

Actor

Director

December 21, 1944 – December 2, 2017

Born on this day – Bernard Hill:

Bernard Hill

Actor

December 17, 1944 – 5 May 5, 2024

Credits:

10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2004); 2003 MTV Movie Awards (2003); 2nd House (1974); 30 Greatest Political Comedies (2006); A Dirty Knight's Work (1976); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999); A Question of Faith (2000); A Very Social Secretary (2005); About Face (1991); Alan Davies' Teenage Revolution (2010); Analogue Love (2011); Ancient Egyptians (2004); Auntie's Bloomers (1991–2001); BBC2 Play of the Week (1977–1978); Beatles Biggest Secrets (2004); Bellman and True (1987); Bernard Hill Remembers... Boys from the Blackstuff (2022); Between the Lines (1993); Big-atures / The Passing of an Age / Home of the Horse Lords (2004); Billy Connolly: An Audience with Billy Connolly (1985); Bombay Railway (2007); Boys from the Blackstuff (1982); Breakfast Time (1986); Brief History of Disbelief (2004); Cameras in Middle-Earth (2004); Canoe Man (2010); Childhood (1974); Christmas University Challenge (2014); CR: Titanic (2011); Crime Story (1992); Crown Court (1976); Cruel Sea: The Penlee Disaster (2006); Dispatches (2009); Double Helix: The DNA Years (2004); Double X: The Name of the Game (1992); Drowning by Numbers (1988); Drug-Taking and the Arts (1993); Du kommst nicht vorbei - Fans im Bann des Ringes (2005); Eisenstein (2000); El corazón de la tierra (2007); Equinox (1997); Europe, a Modern Profile (1992–1993); Everyman (1985 / 1986); Exodus (2007); Fable III (2010); Fairy Tales (2008); Falcón (2012); First Knight (1995); Five Days (2010); Folk America (2009); Forever Young (2023); Fox (1980); Franklyn (2008); From There to Here (2014); Gandhi (1982); Going Off Big Time (2000); Golden Moustache (2016); Golden Years (2016); Gothika (2003); Great Expectations (1999); Have I Got News for You (2005); HBO First Look (1997); Heatwave (2005); Hope and Wire (2014); Horizon (2001–2016); How Britain Worked (2012); I, Claudius (1976); Indian Hill Railways (2010); India's Frontier Railways (2015); Interlude City (2016); It Could Happen to You (1976); Jackanory (1985); John Lennon: A Journey in the Life (1985); Joy Division (2006); Ken Dodd in the Dock (2002); Lego the Lord of the Rings (2012); Lipstick on Your Collar (1993); Love Is Not Enough: The Journey to Adoption (2000–2001); Madagascar Skin (1995); Mania (2007); Match of the Eighties (1997); Midsummer Dream (2005); Milwr Bychan (1987); Mountain Men (1986); Mountains of the Moon (1990); Mr. Toad's Wild Ride (1996); No Go: The Free Derry Story (2006); No Surrender (1985); North v South (2015); Olly's Prison (1993); On the Set of 'Gothika' (2004); On the Set: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002); Once Upon a Time in the North (1994); OutPost 11 (2013); ParaNorman (2012); Pickersgill People (1978); Play for Today (1973–1981); Premiere (1977); Raphael: A Mortal God (2004); Reflections on Titanic (2012); Restless Natives (1985); Reunited Apart (2020); Revealed (2006); Richard III (1983); Ring*Con 2004 (2004); Ringens disipler (2004); Rooms (1977); Runners (1983); Samson and Delilah (1985); Save Angel Hope (2007); Saxon Gold: Finding the Hoard (2010); Say No to Strangers (1981); Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano (2000); Screen Two (1985–1994); Screenplay (1990); Second City Firsts (1977); Secret Lives (1997); Secrets of the Deep (2006); See You in the Future... (2004); Segunda oportunidad (2018); Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992); Shepherd on the Rock (2014); Shirley Valentine (1989); Shrinks (1991); Special Collector's Edition (2011); Squaring the Circle (1984); Stages (1994); Still Life (1984); Sunshine (2008); Surviving Disaster (2006); Telford's Change (1979); Telltale (1993); The 60s: The Beatles Decade (2006); The Big Game (1995); The Black Stuff (1980); The Bounty (1984); The Boys & Girl from County Clare (2003); The Breaker (2014); The Chain (1984); The Children's Rebellion (1985); The Criminal (1999); The Crumblegiant (2007); The Deal (2004); The Death Train (1998); The Devil: An Unauthorised Biography (1998); The First Part of Henry the Sixth (1983); The Fremantle Conspiracy (1988); The Gambling Man (1995); The Ghost and the Darkness (1996); The Glamour Girls (1980); The Great White Mountain (1986); The Greatest (2001); The Grid (2004); The Hunt for Jill Dando's Killer (2003); The Kid (2010); The King's Speech: Revealed (2011); The Last Tommy (2005); The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005); The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse: Deleted Scenes (2005); The Long March to Freedom (2011); The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest (2010); The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003); The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (2004); The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002); The Loss of Sexual Innocence (1998); The Making of 'the Bounty' (1984); The Mill on the Floss (1997); The Moor (2023); The Responder (2024); The Sailor's Return (1978); The Scorpion King (2002); The Second Part of Henry the Sixth (1983); The Sorrows (2013); The Theban Plays by Sophocles (1986); The Third Part of Henry the Sixth (1983); The Titanic Chronicles (1999); The Wraith (2011); Timewatch (1999–2002); Titanic (1997); Titanic Explorer (1998); Titanic: Deleted Scenes (2012); Titanic: Secrets Revealed (1998); Titanic: Southampton Remembers (2012); Titanic's Final Mystery (2012); Titus: The Gorilla King (2008); Tory! Tory! Tory! (2006); True Crime (1999); Unforgotten (2015); Unforgotten Takes Us Back to the 70s (2015); Unforgotten: Building the Series (2017); Unforgotten: Domestic Turmoil (2017); Unnatural Acts (1998); Valkyrie (2008); Village Hall (1974); Warship (1977); What Is Unforgotten? (2015); What We Were Watching (2019); Wild China (2008); Wimbledon (2004); Wolf Hall (2015).

Born on this day – Teri Garr:

Teri Garr

Actress

Dancer

Comedian

December 11, 1944 – October 29, 2024

Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 1983.

Teri Garr in Star Trek (1968)

Richard Dreyfuss (left) and Teri Garr (right) in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Gene Wilder (left) and Teri Garr (right) in Young Frankenstein (1974)

Credits:

Book:

Speedbumps: Flooring it Through Hollywood (2005).

Movies and television:

1988 MTV Video Music Awards (1988); 50 Years of Funny Females (1995); A Better Man: The Making of Tootsie (2008); A Colder Kind of Death (2001); A Comic's Climb at the USCAF (2005); A Festival at Ford's (1991); A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder (1990); A Simple Wish (1997); A Swingin' Affair (1963); A Taste of Jupiter (2005); Adventures in Wonderland (1993); AFI Life Achievement Award (1986–2013); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (2000); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends (1999); After Hours (1985); Aliens for Breakfast (1995); Aloha, Scooby-Doo! (2005); American Cinema (1995); An American Saturday Night (1991); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Ask Rita (2003); Banyon (1972); Barnaby Jones (1974); Barney's First Adventures (1998); Batman (1966); Batman Beyond (1999–2000); Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000); Batman Beyond: The Movie (1999); Biography (1998–2002); Bitte umblättern (1984); Black Dahlia / Video Game (1998); Casper Meets Wendy (1998); Celebrity First Loves (1995); Changes (1969); Changing Habits (1997); Cher (1975); Chicken Soup for the Soul (1999–2000); Cinemax Comedy Experiment (1985 / 1988); Clambake (1967); Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977); Crumbs (2006); David Letterman's 2nd Annual Holiday Film Festival (1986); Deja View (1986); Deliver Them from Evil: The Taking of Alta View (1992); Des O'Connor Tonight (1992); Dick (1999); Do It Debbie's Way (1983); Doctor Franken (1980); Double Jeopardy (1996); Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (1999); Dr. Kildare (1965); Dream On (1992); Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1994); Dumb and Dumber (1994); E! True Hollywood Story (2003); Elvis Forever (2002); Entertainment Tonight (2007); ER (1999); Expired (2007); Faerie Tale Theatre (1982 / 1985); Felicity (2001); Firstborn (1984); For Pete's Sake! (1966); Frasier (1995); Fresno (1986); Friday Night (1992); Friends (1997–1998); Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert (1993); Full Moon in Blue Water (1988); Fun in Acapulco (1963); Futures (1991); Gene Wilder: Loved, Remembered (2017); Ghost World (2001); God Out the Window (2007); Good & Evil (1991); Good Advice (1994); Great Drives (1996); Greetings from Tucson (2003); GSN Live (2009); Half a Dozen Babies (1999); Head (1968); Hey, Hey We're the Monkees (1997); Hollywood Squares (2001–2002); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Homage to Steve (1984); Honky Tonk Freeway (1981); Hour Magazine (1984–1986); How to Marry a Billionaire (2011); Hunter (1977); Imagine (2018); Inside the Coppola Personality (1981); Insight (1966); Intimate Portrait (2000); Intimate Strangers (1986); It Takes a Thief (1969); I've Got a Secret (2000); Jackie Gleason: The Great One (1988); Java Junkie (1979); Jeopardy! (1993–1998); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2006); John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965); Kabluey (2007); Kill the Man (1999); King of the Hill (2000); Kissin' Cousins (1964); La tele de tu vida (2007); Larry King Live (2005); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1995–1996); Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1993); Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2008); Laugh? I Thought I'd Die! (1999); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2005); Law and Order (1976); Legends (2008); Let It Ride (1989); Life with Bonnie (2003); Life Without Dick (2002); Lifetime Presents: Disney's American Teachers Awards (2001); Love, Gilda (2018); M*A*S*H (1973 / 1978); Mad TV (2002); Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio (1987); Mary & Tim (1997); Maryjane (1968); Maude (1975); Mayberry R.F.D. (1968); McCloud (1970–1975); Memories Then and Now (1988); Men Behaving Badly (1996); Michael (1996); Miracles (1986); Mom and Dad Save the World (1992); Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (1990); Movin' with Nancy (1967); Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979); Mr. Mom (1983); Mr. Novak (1964); Murder Live! (1997); Murphy Brown (1993); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); NightScream (1997); Oh, God! (1977); Once Upon a Brothers Grimm (1977); Once Upon a Brothers Grimm / Segment: The Frog Prince (1977); One from the Heart (1981); One on One with John Tesh (1991); Out Cold (1989); Pack of Lies (1987); Pajama Party (1964); Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim (1987); Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers (1974); Perfect Alibi (1995); Prime Suspect (1982); Radio City Music Hall: The Story Behind the Showplace (1999); Ray Parker Jr.: Ghostbusters (1984); Ready to Wear (1994); Red Line 7000 (1965); Remembering Gene Wilder (2023); Rendez-Vous Video Magazine / Segment: Coppola (1981); Role Model: Gene Wilder (2008); Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary (1977); Room 222 (1969); Roustabout (1964); Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1997); Safeguard: Beige Deodorant and Antibacterial Soap Commercial (1972); Saturday Night Live (1979 / 1985); Save the Rabbits (1994); Screen Goddesses (2006); Searching for Debra Winger (2002); Sesame Street (1987); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); Shindig! (1964–1965); Shining Time Station: One of the Family (1995); Shivaree (1965); Short Time (1990); Showbiz Today (1992); Sin City Spectacular (1998–1999); Spielberg (2017); Star Trek (1968); Steve Martin: A Comic Life (1999); Stranger in the Family (1991); Strong Medicine (2001); Studio 10 (2017); Summertree (1971); Tales from the Crypt (1991); Teri Garr in Flapjack Floozie (1988); That Girl (1967–1968); The 13th Annual CableACE Awards (1992); The 15th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2000); The 41st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1984); The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1993); The 51st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1994); The 55th Annual Academy Awards (1983); The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986); The 6th Annual Independent Spirit Awards (1991); The 7th Annual American Comedy Awards (1993); The Absent-Minded Waiter (1977); The Alan Hamel Show (1978); The Andy Griffith Show (1968); The Arsenio Hall Show (1991); The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic (1991); The Best TV Shows That Never Were (2004); The Black Stallion (1979); The Black Stallion Returns (1983); The Bob Newhart Show (1973–1974); The Bonnie Hunt Show (2008); The Booth / Segment: Death at Dinner (1985); The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour (1973); The Carson Podcast (2018); The Celebrity Guide to Entertaining (1993); The Conversation (1974); The Cool Ones (1967); The Definite Maybe (1997); The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part II: 1962-1969 (2002); The Dennis Miller Show (1992); The Downer Channel (2001); The Dream Studio (2004); The Escape Artist (1982); The Factor (2014); The Full Wax (1992); The General Motors Playwrights Theater (1993); The Girl with Something Extra (1973–1974); The Greatest Show You Never Saw (1996); The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk (1967); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1975); The Ken Berry 'Wow' Show (1972); The Larry Sanders Show (1993); The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross (1987); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005); The Legend of Prince Valiant (1993); The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (1977 / 2001); The Martin Short Show (2000); The Merv Griffin Show (1975–1984); The Mike Douglas Show (1978); The Moonshine War (1970); The Mothers-In-Law (1969); The Movie Awards (1991); The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1973); The New Show (1984); The Odd Couple (1974); The Player (1992); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996); The Sky Is Falling (1999); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1971–1977); The Sonny Comedy Revue (1974); The Sting II (1983); The T.A.M.I. Show (1964); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1975–1992); The Tony Danza Show (2006); The View (2005); The Weird Al Show (1997); The Winter of Our Discontent (1983); This Is the Life (1970); This Means War (2012); To Catch a King (1984); Today (1982); Tootsie (1982); Trailers from Hell (2007); Trying Times (1987); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Ultimate Trek: Star Trek's Greatest Moments (1999); Unaccompanied Minors (2006); Viva Las Vegas (1964); Waiting for the Light (1990); Weakest Link (2001); What a Way to Go! (1964); What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2003); Where the Action Is (1965); Where's the Bus? (1966); Witches' Brew (1980); Wogan (1987); Women of the House (1995); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); Young Frankenstein (1974); Young Frankenstein: It's Alive! Creating a Monster Classic (2008); Your Total Health (2006).

Born on this day – Harold Ramis:

Harold Ramis

Actor

Comedian

Director

Writer

November 21, 1944 – February 24, 2014

Recommended reading - The Black Path of Fear by Cornell Woolrich (1944):

The Black Path of Fear

By Cornell Woolrich.

Filmed as The Chase (1946), directed by Arthur Ripley.

ASIN: B000TZ32I8

Published by Ace.

Published 1944.

Mass Market Paperback.

Description:

The Black Path of Fear (1944) tells of a man who runs away to Havana with an American gangster's wife, followed by the vengeful husband, who kills the woman and frames her lover, leaving him a stranger in a strange land, menaced on all sides and fighting for his life.

“A fiendishly ingenious plot … thrilling episodes.” – New York Times.

Born on this day – Mary Linda Rapelye:

Mary Linda Rapelye

Actress

November 16, 1944 – April 5, 2021

Credits:

As the World Turns (1981–1985); Blind Ambition (1979); How William Shatner Changed the World (2005); In Cold Blood (1967); Ironside (1969); Late Night Saturday with Tim Kavanagh (2006); Marooned (1969); Medical Center (1969); One Life to Live (1979–1980); Star Trek / episode entitled: The Way to Eden, originally aired February 21 (1969); Star Trek Phase II (2006); The Proposal (2009).

Born on this day – Linda Gary:

Linda Gary

Actress

November 4, 1944 – October 5, 1995

On this day in movie history - The Woman in the Window (1944):

The Woman in the Window

directed by Fritz Lang,

written by Nunnally Johnson,

based on the novel Once Off Guard, by J. H. Wallis,

was released in the United States on November 3, 1944.
Music by Arthur Lange.

Cast:

Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey, Edmund Breon, Dan Duryea, Thomas E. Jackson, Dorothy Peterson, Arthur Loft, Iris Adrian.

Born on this day – David W. Allen:

David W. Allen

Stop motion animator

October 22, 1944 – August 16, 1999

Born on this day – Robert Swan:

Robert Swan

Actor

October 20, 1944 – August 9, 2023

On this day in movie history - Laura (1944):

Laura

directed by Otto Preminger,

written by Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, Elizabeth Reinhardt and Ring Lardner Jr.,

based on the novel by Vera Caspary,

was released in the United States on October 11, 1944.
Music by David Raksin.

Cast:

Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson, Dorothy Adams, Ralph Dunn, Clyde Fillmore, William Forrest, James Flavin, Kathleen Howard, Larry Steers, Cara Williams, Eric Wilton.