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Sunday, November 2, 2025

Born on this day – JD Souther:


JD Souther


Actor

Composer

November 2, 1945 – September 17, 2024

Credits:

Songs:

Banging My Head Against the Moon; Believe Me; Best of My Love; Black Rose; Border Town; Faithless Love; Fallin' in Love; Go Ahead and Rain; Hearts Against the Wind; Heavenly Fire; How Long; I’ll Take Care of You; If You Don’t Want My Love; If You Have Crying Eyes; I'll Be Here at Closing Time; Little Victories; New Kid in Town; Safe at Home; Silver Blue; Simple Man, Simple Dream; Smoke Gets in Your Eyes; Something in the Dark; Songs of Love; The Fast One; The Last in Love; The Moon Just Turned Blue; The Sad Café; ’Til the Bars Burn Down; White Rhythm and Blues; Wishing on Another Lucky Star; You're Only Lonely.

Albums:

20 Songs (1999); Black Rose - Live At The Troubadour Nightclub, West Hollywood, Ca. April 8Th 1976 (2016); Black Rose (1976); Border Town: The Very Best of J.D. Souther (2007); Call Out My Name (2019); Hanging By A Thread (2024); Home by Dawn (1984); If the World Was You (2008); John David Souther (1972); Midnight In Tokyo (2012); Natural History (2011); Rain - Live at the Belcourt Theatre (2009); Tenderness (2015); The Souther–Hillman–Furay Band (1974); You're Only Lonely (1979).

Movies and television:

1991 MTV Video Music Awards (1991); 41st Annual Country Music Association Awards (2007); About Last Night (1986); Always (1989); American Masters (2011); Anything But Love (1989); At This Hour with Kate Bolduan (2019); Bernadette Peters in Concert (1998); Bob Hearts Abishola (2020); CMT Hot 20 Countdown (2007); Coast to Coast (1980); Cry-Baby (1990); Deadline (2012); Don Henley: The Heart of the Matter (1990); Doom Patrol (2019); Eagles: Hell Freezes Over (1994); Eagles: How Long (2007); Eagles: The Best of My Love (Live 1977); Eagles: The Farewell 1 Tour - Live from Melbourne (2005); Encore! (1980); Entourage (2005); Fire with Fire (1986); Florida Georgia Line: Dirt (2014); FM (1978); Glenn Frey Strange Weather Live in Dublin (1992); Good Day L.A. (2013); History of the Eagles (2013); How to Make the Cruelest Month (1998); I Love Trouble (1994); J.D. Souther: Go Ahead and Rain (1984); James Taylor & J.D. Souther: Her Town Too (1981); John Waite: If Anyone Had a Heart (1986); Laurel Canyon (2020); Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019); Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill (2022); My Girl 2 (1994); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1997); Nashville (2012–2017); NBI: Epimaco Velasco, the True Story (1994); Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights (1980); Once Upon a River (2019); P.O.V. (2015); Permanent Record (1988); Postcards from the Edge (1990); Providence (2000); Pure Country (1992); Purgatory (1999); Queens Logic (1991); Roswell (2001); Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night (1988); Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30 (2017); Saturday Night Live (2001); Sex and the City (2008); Strictly Come Dancing (2014); The Best Little Girl in the World (1981); The Color of Money (1986); The Last Horror Film (1982); The Midnight Special (1972); The Old Grey Whistle Test (1973); The Pennsylvania Miners' Story (2002); The Rivermen (1980); The Seventies (2015); The Simpsons (2005); The Sure Thing (1985); The Wraith (1986); Thirtysomething (1989–1990); To Cross the Rubicon (1991); Top of the Pops (1977); Troubadours (2011); Urban Cowboy (1980).

Friday, October 31, 2025

Born on this day – Barrie Keeffe:


Barrie Keeffe


Writer

Actor

October 31, 1945 – December 10, 2019

Credits:

Books:

Gadabout (1969); No Excuses (1983).

Stage and radio plays:

A Mad World My Masters (1977 / 1984); A Sight of Glory (1975); Anything Known (1980); Barbarians / Killing Time; Abide with Me; In the City (1977); Bastard Angel (1980); Better Times (1985); Black Lear (1980); Chorus Girls (1981); Feng Shui and Me (2001); Frozen Assets (1978 / 1987); Gimme Shelter (1977); Heaven Scent (1979); Here Comes the Sun (1976); I Only Want to Be With You (1995); King of England (1988); My Girl (1989); My Girl (1999); Not Fade Away (1990); On the Eve of the Millennium (1999); Only a Game (1973 / 1976); Paradise (1989); Pigeon Skyline (1976); Scribes (1975); Shadows on the Sun (2001); She's So Modern (1980); Still Killing Time (2006); Sus (1979); The Five of Us (2002); The Long Good Friday (1997); Uncle Jack (1975); Wild Justice (1990).

Movies and television:

Adam Smith (1973); An Accidental Studio (2019); Cast & Crew (2005); Du er ferdig (1981); Innbrakt (1985); ITV Playhouse (1977); Julius Caesar (1964); No Excuses (1983); På lika villkor (1979); Play for Today (1977–1984); Premiere (1978); Pylon (2017); Sus (2010); The London Programme (1990); The Long Good Friday (1980).

Monday, September 15, 2025

Born on this day – Jessye Norman:


Jessye Norman


Opera singer

Recitalist

September 15, 1945 – September 30, 2019

Credits:

Albums:

Alceste (1982); Amazing Grace (1990); Bartok: Bluebeard's Castle (1998); Bluebeard's Castle (Hungarian State Orchestra feat. conductor: Adam Fischer) (1988); Brahms Edition: Lieder (1996); Brahms: Lieder (1983); Brettl-Lieder (1993); Chausson: Poème de l'amour et de la mer; Chanson perpétuelle; Mélodies – Apex (1990); Das Festkonzert zur Weihnachtszeit: Ein großer Abend aus Notre-Dame (1992); Dido and Aeneas (English Chamber Orchestra feat. conductor: Raymond Leppard) (1986); Die Walküre (Erich Leinsdorf, The London Symphony Orchestra feat. Nilsson, Vickers & London) (1999); I Was Born In Love With You - Music By Michel Legrand (2000); I Was Born in Love With You: Jessye Norman Sings Michel Legrand (2000); In the Spirit (1996); Jessye Norman - Roots: My Life, My Song (2009); Jessye Norman Live (1988); La Belle Hélène (1985); Les Contes d´Hoffmann - Jacques Offenbach (1994); Lieder (1980); Lieder (soprano: Jessye Norman, piano: Daniel Barenboim) (1983); Lohengrin (1987); Lucky To Be Me (1992); Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde (1982); Mahler: Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn & Rückert-Lieder / Schubert: Lieder (1972); Mahler: Symphony No. 6; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (1970); Purcell: Dido & Aeneas; Ode for St. Cecilia's Day (1962); Recitals: An Evening with Jessye Norman (2009); Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs; 6 Orchestral Songs (2008); Roméo et Juliette (1998); Sacred Songs (1981); Salzburg Recital (1991); Schubert: Lieder (1985); Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben; Liederkreis, Op.39 (1976); Sinfonía n° 9 (1989); Spirituals (1979); Spirituals in Concert (1991); Symphony No. 3 (1982); The Compact Opera Collection: Carmen (1989); The Essential Jessye Norman (2004); The Unreleased Masters (2023); Vier Letzte Lieder / 6 Orchesterlieder (1982); Wagner: Die Walkure (2011); Wagner: Lohengrin (1963); Wagner: Scenes from Tristan und Isolde, Tannhäuser, Der fliegende Holländer & Götterdämmerung (1988); Wagner: Wesendonk Lieder; Tristan & Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod (1976); Weber: Euryanthe (1976); With a Song in My Heart (1984).

Songs:

Adams: The Holy City / Sacred Songs (1981); Amazing Grace / Sacred Songs (1981); Amen / Christmastide (2009); Barcarolle / Les Contes d´Hoffmann - Jacques Offenbach (1994); Beim Schlafengehen / Vier Letzte Lieder / 6 Orchesterlieder (1982); Cavalleria rusticana: "Oh! Il Signore vi manda" / Cavalleria Rusticana (1991); Chanson triste / Les Chemins de l'amour (1977); Erlkönig / Lieder (1985); Erlkönig, D.328 / Schubert: Lieder (1985); Es gibt ein Reich / Ariadne Auf Naxos (1988); Frühling / Vier Letzte Lieder / 6 Orchesterlieder (1982); Gounod: Repentir / Sacred Songs (1981); Greensleeves / Sacred Songs (1981); He's Got The Whole World In His Hands / Spirituals in Concert (Kathleen Battle Edition, Vol. 10) / Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Act III, Scene VI. No. 20 Recitativo "E Susanna non vien!" / No. 20 Aria "Dove sono i bei momenti" / The Jessye Norman Collection (1990); Je te veux / Les Chemins de l'amour (1977); Les chemins de l'amour / Les Triomphes de Jessye Norman (1987); Les chemins de l'amour, FP 106 / Les Chemins de l'amour (1977); Lord, How Come Me Here / Spirituals in Concert (1991); Panis Angelicus / Sacred Songs (1981); R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder, TrV 296 - 3. Beim Schlafengehen / R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder / Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder (1994); R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder, TrV 296 - 4. Im Abendrot / Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs; 6 Orchestral Songs (2008); The Holy City / Sacred Songs (1981); There is a balm in Gilead / Spirituals (1979); There's a Man Going Round / Spirituals (1979); Thy hand, Belinda ... When I am Laid in Earth / Dido and Aeneas (1986); Tristan and Isolde, WWV 90, Act III: Isoldes Liebestod, Mild und Leise wie er lächelt / Árias Clásicas: Soprano (2017); Tristan und Isolde, Act III: Liebestod. "Mild und leise wie er lächelt" / Wagner: Scenes from Tristan und Isolde, Tannhäuser, Der fliegende Holländer & Götterdämmerung (1988); Tristan und Isolde: Isoldes Liebestod / Tannhäuser / Siegfried Idyll / Tristan und Isolde (1988); Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91 – Träume / R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder / Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder (1994); Yon: Gesù Bambino / Sacred Songs (1981); Zueignung / Vier Letzte Lieder / 6 Orchesterlieder (1982).

Movies and television:

28th Annual Trumpet Awards (2020); 51st NAACP Image Awards (2020); 60 Minutes / Segment: Jessye (1991); Absolute Wilson (2006); Aquarius (1972); Artemisia (1997); Beckmann (2009); Bill Moyers: Amazing Grace (1990); Boulevard Bio (1993); C à vous (2015); Carnegie Hall: The Grand Reopening (1987); Champs-Elysées (1987); Charlie Rose (2000–2001); Choke (2008); Christmas Glory from New York (2001); CNBC Meets (2015); Die Walküre (1990); Dimanche Martin (1985); Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988); Ebony (1984); Formule 1 (1982); Freedomfest: Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday Celebratation (1988); Grâce à la musique (1979 / 1982); Great Performances (1993 / 2000–2023); Great Performances at the Met (1996–2022); Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (2000); Hep Taxi ! (2017); Im Herzen des Lichts - Die Nacht der Primadonnen (2002); Imagine (2015); In Depth (2020); Jackie Kennedy: Fighting for Civil Rights (2018); Jessye Norman at Notre Dame (1991); Jessye Norman Recital (1986); Jessye Norman Sings Carmen (1989); Jessye Norman Sings for the Healing of Aids (1995 / 1997); Jessye Norman's Christmas Symphony (1987); Karajan in Salzburg (1988); Karsh Is History (2009); Katie (2014); Late Show with David Letterman (1994–2014); Le grand échiquier (1974–1984); Les enfants de la guerre (1996); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1992); Margie Gillis: Wild Hearts in Strange Times (1996); Marian Anderson (1991); Musiques au Coeur (1987 / 1991); Nobel Peace Prize Concert (2002); Omnibus (1986–1989); Ozawa (1985); Proms Extra (2014); Rembob'Ina (2024); Restless City (2011); Romeo (1990); Slow Horses (2022); Sternstunden der Musik (2021); Sunday Today with Willie Geist (2019); Symphony for the Spire (1992); Tavis Smiley (2011); Tchaikovsky: 150th Birthday Gala from Leningrad (1990); The 2nd Annual Black Achievement Awards (1984); The 39th Annual Grammy Awards (1997); The Banshees of Inisherin (2022); The French Revolution (1989); The Hours (2002); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1997); The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2017); The Metropolitan Opera: Centennial Gala (1983); The People's Passion (1999); The South Bank Show (1979); The Trip to Greece (2020); The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs (2015); To Life! America Celebrates Israel's 50th (1998); Vangelis and the Journey to Ithaka (2013); Vangelis: Mythodea - Music for the NASA Mission, 2001 Mars Odyssey (2001); Verdi: Requiem (2009); Vivement dimanche prochain (2015); Weekend in Wallop (1984); Wetten, dass..? (2006); Wild at Heart (1990); Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel (2009); Wogan (1985).

Monday, September 1, 2025

Born on this day – Venita Wolf:


Venita Wolf


Actress

September 1, 1945 – November 22, 2014

Credits:

Catalina Caper (1967); Gunsmoke (1967); Star Trek / episode entitled: The Squire of Gothos, originally aired January 12 (1967); The Beverly Hillbillies (1966–1969); The Bob Hope Show (1966); The Felony Squad (1968); The Flying Nun (1967); The Monkees (1967); The Oscar (1966); The Second Hundred Years (1967); The Wild Wild West (1967); To Boldly Go ... Season One (2004).

Sunday, August 17, 2025

On this day in movie history - Lady on a Train (1945):


Lady on a Train

directed by Charles David,
written by Edmund Beloin and Robert O’Brien,
based on a story by Leslie Charteris,
was released in the United States on August 17, 1945.
Music by Miklós Rózsa.


Cast:

Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, David Bruce, George Coulouris, Allen Jenkins, Dan Duryea, Edward Everett Horton, Jacqueline deWit, Patricia Morison, Elizabeth Patterson, Maria Palmer, Samuel S. Hinds, William Frawley, Thurston Hall, Kathleen O’Malley, Lash LaRue.

Thursday, August 7, 2025

Born on this day – Caroline Cellier:


Caroline Cellier


Actress

August 7, 1945 – December 15, 2020

Credits:

At madness, not at all (1987); A Pain in the Ass (1973) At the theatre tonight (1966–1967); Beyond the Screen (1967); Cadet Rousselle (1973); Some short stories (1980); It's even better in the afternoon (1986–1987); Champs-Elysées (1984–1988); Charlie Goofy (1987); Ciné star (1987); Cop au vin (1985); Danger Passion (1986); Minor Misdemeanour (1994); Desproges is alive (1998); Didier (1997); Dim Dam Dom (1969); Ghosts in Legacy (1990); Farinelli (1994); Nobody's Women (1984); Fragile(s) (2007); Grand Guignol (1987); Gym tonic (1984); Histoires insolites (1974); Men, Women, a User's Guide (1996); Jean-Philippe (2006); Happy Birthday Monsieur Trenet (1995); Julie de Carneilhan (1990); The Question Box (2010); La contre-allée (1991); The derelitta / Cinema 16 (1980); The Trojan War Will Not Take Place (1967); The The Trojan War Will Not Take Place / Take Me to the Theatre (1984); The moral of the story (1966); The Death of a Champion (1972); The Night of the 7 d'Or (1987); The night of the Césars (1977–1985); The Client's Head (1965); La vie de château (1984); The landing (1981); The Fainting Horse (1976); Le ciel de lit (1974); The great journal of Canal+ (2004); The Great Restaurant (2011); The 8 p.m. news (1992); The Flight of Icarus (1980); The Zebra (1992); The Sweetest Confessions (1971); The files of Jérôme Randax (1966); Les enfants de la télé (2019); The Enfoirés (1997); Blue ferns (1977); The Big Children (1998); The Heroics (1981); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1977); The Saturday Story (1997); Life Love Death (1969) The Sunday Guest (1969); The Eye Behind the Scenes (1988); Manon: The Three-Sided Mirror (1966); Cinema Tuesday (1987); Marriage (1974); Marie Curie - A Certain Young Girl (1965); Michel Sardou: Hello! (1997); A Thousand Billion Dollars (1982); Molière pour rire et pour pleurer (1973); Molinaro, a Free Spirit (2006); Musicolor (1969); Nino Castelnuovo, the bellboy Hôtel du Palais (2006); Light and Shadow (2003); Petit Con (1984); Pleasure (And Its Little Inconveniences) (1998); Poiret est à vous (1975); Poker (1987); Film Encounters (2010); Romulus the Great (1971); Rouletabille (1966); Sacrée soirée (1987–1991); Courteline Evening / Segment: The Fear of Blows (1974); Surprise Party (1983); The Pupil (1996); The Taming of the Shrew (1964); Thelma, Louise and Chantal (2010); This Man Must Die (1969) Transit (2004); A Dangerous Game (2005); A Cell for Two (2006); One woman, one day... (1977); A Girl in the Mountain (1964); Panic (1987); Vivement dimanche (1999–2010); Year of the Jellyfish (1984).

Thursday, July 10, 2025

Born on this day – Ron Glass:


Ron Glass


Actor

July 10, 1945 – November 25, 2016

Credits:

227 (1987); A Filmmaker's Journey (2006); Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013–2014); Aladdin (1994); All Grown Up! (2003–2008); All in the Family (1973); All-Star Family Feud Special (1978); Amen (1989–1991); Ancient Space (2014); Back in Business (1997); Barney Miller (1975–1982); Beg, Borrow ... or Steal (1973); Change at 125th Street (1974); Crash (1978); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2014); CSI: NY (2011); Deal of a Lifetime (1999); Death at a Funeral (2010); Deep Space (1988); Designing Women (1993); Dirty Sexy Money (2008); Done the Impossible: The Fans' Tale of 'Firefly' and 'Serenity' (2006); Entertainment Tonight (1996–2005); Fable II (2008); Family Matters (1989); Firefly (2002–2003); Firefly 10th Anniversary: Browncoats Unite (2012); Foster & Laurie (1975); Friends (1999); Good Times (1974); Griff (1973); Gus Brown and Midnight Brewster (1985); Hart to Hart (1981); Hawaii Five-O (1973); Here's How It Was: The Making of 'Firefly' (2003); History of the Sitcom (2021); Houseguest (1995); Incognito (1999); Inside TV Land (2002); Insight (1963); It's My Party (1996); Jack & Jill (2000); Jasmine's Wish (1999); Just Another Man's Story (2013); Lakeview Terrace (2008); Let's Switch! (1975); Major Crimes (2013); Maude (1973); Mr. Rhodes (1996–1997); Murder, She Wrote (1992); Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star (1986); Recess: School's Out (2001); Re-Lighting the Firefly (2005); Rhythm & Blues (1992–1993); Rude Awakening (2001); Rugrats (1993–2001); Sanford and Son (1972–1974); Sci Fi Inside: 'Serenity' (2005); Science of the Bible (2006); Secret History of Religion: Doomsday - Book of Revelation (2006); Secret History of Religion: Knights Templar (2006); Serenity (2005); Shades of LA (1990); Shark (2006–2007); Shirts/Skins (1973); Showoffs (1975); Snoops (1989); Sonny Spoon (1988); Sound of Sunshine - Sound of Rain (1983); Star Trek: Voyager (2000); Stat (1991); Strange Frame: Love & Sax (2012); Superman: The Animated Series (1997); Teen Angel (1997–1998); The $10,000 Pyramid (1977–1978); The $25,000 Pyramid (1977–1978); The 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2017); The 34th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1982); The Bob Newhart Show (1973); The Butler (2013); The Calamities of Jane (2016); The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder (1974); The Division (2004); The Education of Max Bickford (2001); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1978–1979); The Jim Nabors Show (1978); The Mike Douglas Show (1977); The New Adam-12 (1991); The New Odd Couple (1982–1983); The New Perry Mason (1974); The Practice (1997); The Proud Family (2001–2003); The Royal Family (1992); The Streets of San Francisco (1974–1976); The Twilight Zone / Segment: I of Newton (1985); TV Land Confidential (2005–2007); Twice in a Lifetime (1999); Unbowed (1999); When Things Were Rotten (1975); Yes, Dear (2001); You Don't Say (1975); Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane (2000).

Friday, July 4, 2025

Born on this day – Bruce French:


Bruce French


Actor

July 4, 1945 – February 7, 2025

Credits:

21 Jump Street (1988); A Case for Murder (1993); ABC Afterschool Specials (1983); ABC Weekend Specials (1988); Airplane II: The Sequel (1982); All-American Girl (1994); Ally McBeal (2001); Ants! (1977); Baby Talk (1992); Barbarians at the Gate (1993); Beautiful Boy (2010); Beginners (2010); Benson (1983); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1997); Biography (1987); Black Eagle (1988); Bloodbrothers (1978); Bones (2006); Boston Legal (2008); Boston Public (2003); Caroline in the City (1999); CBS Summer Playhouse (1987); Cheers (1989); Christine (1983); City of Angels (2000); Coach (1996); Coming Home (1978); Crash (2009); Criminal Minds (2008); Crossing Jordan (2003); Curse of the Black Widow (1977); Dallas (1981–1982); Dark and Stormy Night (2009); Deadly Intentions (1985); Designing Women (1989); Dharma & Greg (1999); Dirty Sexy Money (2008); Eli Stone (2008); Enough (2002); Falcon Crest (1986–1988); Fame (1983); Family Ties (1982); First Family (1980); Fletch (1985); Gilmore Girls (2003); Grey's Anatomy (2009); Grounded for Life (2001); GUNS (1976); Hardball (1989); Hardcastle and McCormick (1983–1985); Hawthorne (2009); Head Cases (2005); Helter Skelter (1976); Herman's Head (1993); Highway to Heaven (1987); Hill Street Blues (1984); House (2006); Hudson Street (1996); In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing (1990); It's a Horrible Life (2010); Jack Reed: Badge of Honor (1993); JAG (2002); Jagged Edge (1985); Jake and the Fatman (1991); Jane Doe: Ties That Bind (2007); Jurassic Park III (2001); Justify the Means (2009); Kaz (1979); Knots Landing (1984); L.A. Law (1986); Leave 'em Laughing (1981); Leaving L.A. (1997); Legal Eagles (1986); Lottery! (1983); Love, Sidney (1982); Mad Men (2007); Magnum, P.I. (1983); Man on a Swing (1974); Martians Go Home (1989); Matlock (1987); Men Behaving Badly (1996); Mission: Impossible III (2006); Moonlighting (1988); Mr. Deeds (2002); Mr. Mom (1983); Mr. Smith (1983); Murder Ordained (1987); Murphy's Romance (1985); Mysterious Two (1982); NCIS (2006); Newhart (1986); Night Court (1989); Pacific Palisades (1997); Party of Five (1996); Passions (1999–2008); Picket Fences (1994); Pipe Dreams (1976); Providence (2000); Raising the Bar (2008); Rendezvous Hotel (1979); Robert Kennedy and His Times (1985); Rollercoaster (1977); Roots: The Next Generations (1979); Ruby and Oswald (1978); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1987); Sexual Life (2004); Silver Spoons (1985); Simon & Simon (1988); Snoops (1989); Soap (1979); Sorority Boys (2002); Special Bulletin (1983); Special Thanks to Roy London (2005); Star Trek: Enterprise (2001); Star Trek: Insurrection (1998); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991); Star Trek: Voyager (1995); Star Wars: The Original Radio Drama (1981); Strong Medicine (2000); Surrender (1987); Sweetwater (1983); Team Knight Rider (1997); Terror Out of the Sky (1978); Thank You for Smoking (2005); The A-Team (1984); The Boys Are Back (1995); The Bronx Zoo (1988); The Chisholms (1980); The French Atlantic Affair (1979); The Guardian (2004); The Lyon's Den (2003–2004); The New WKRP in Cincinnati (1993); The Outer Limits (1995); The Pentagon Wars (1998); The Popcorn Kid (1987); The Powers of Matthew Star (1983); The Practice (1997–2003); The Riches (2007–2008); The Savage Bees (1976); The Visitor (1997); The Waltons (1978); The Wayans Bros. (1997); The West Wing (2002); The Wishing Well (2009); Thieves (2001); Up All Night (2012); Valerie (1990); Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story (1993); Waiting for Godot (1977); Walkout (2006); War and Remembrance (1989); When Every Day Was the Fourth of July (1978); Where Pigeons Go to Die (1990); Who Is Julia? (1986); Who's the Boss? (1991–1992); Wildcats (1986).

Saturday, May 31, 2025

Born on this day – Rainer Werner Fassbinder:


Rainer Werner Fassbinder


Director

Actor

Composer

Writer

May 31, 1945 – June 10, 1982

Credits:

Querelle (1982); Veronika Voss (1982); Theater in Trance (1981); Lola (1981); Lili Marleen (1981); Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980); The Third Generation (1979); The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979); In a Year with 13 Moons (1978); Despair (1978); Deutschland im Herbst (1978); The Stationmaster's Wife (1977); Women in New York (1977); Chinese Roulette (1976); Satan's Brew (1976); I Only Want You to Love Me (1976); Fear of Fear (1975); Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven (1975); Fox and His Friends (1975); Like a Bird on a Wire (1975); Effi Briest (1974); Martha (1974); Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974); Nora Helmer (1974); World on a Wire (1973); Eight Hours Don't Make a Day (1972–1973); Jail Bait (1972); Bremen Freedom (1972); The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972); The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972); Beware of a Holy Whore (1971); Whity (1971); Pioneers in Ingolstadt (1971); Rio das Mortes (1971); The Niklashausen Journey (1970); The American Soldier (1970); Warum läuft Herr R. Amok (1970); Das Kaffeehaus (1970); Gods of the Plague (1970); Katzelmacher (1969); Love Is Colder Than Death (1969); The Little Chaos (1967); This Night (1966); The City Tramp (1966).

Sunday, April 27, 2025

Born on this day – August Wilson:


August Wilson


Writer

April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005

Credits:

Written work:

Black Bart and the Sacred Hills; Fences; Fullerton Street; Gem of the Ocean; How I Learned What I Learned; Jitney!; Joe Turner's Come and Gone; King Hedley II; Ma Rainey's Black Bottom; Placebo; Profiles in Science: One Man and One Woman / William Harvey; Radio Golf; Recycle; Seven Guitars; The Coldest Day of the Year; The Ground on Which I Stand; The Homecoming; The Janitor; The Piano Lesson; Two Trains Running.

Movies, video and television:

60 Minutes / Viola / August Wilson (2002–2021); American Masters (2015); Charlie Rose (1998); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1990); Fences (2012); Fences (2016); Literary Visions (1992); Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020); On Broadway (2019); PBS NewsHour (2020–2024); The 41st Annual Tony Awards (1987); The 43rd Annual Tony Awards (1989); The 55th Annual Tony Awards (2001); The Naked Proof (2003); The Piano Lesson (1995); Working in the Theatre (1987–2001).

Saturday, April 19, 2025

Born on this day – Cleo Sylvestre:


Cleo Sylvestre


Actress

Writer

April 19, 1945 – September 20, 2024

Credits:

Book:

The Marvellous Adventures of Mary Seacole (2021).

Movies and television:

14th Screen Nation Film and Television Awards 2019 (2019); Against the Crowd (1975); Alf 'n' Family (1968); All Creatures Great and Small (2020–2023); An Anorexic's Tale: The Brief Life of Catherine (1988); Armchair 30 (1973); Beautiful Things (2024); Beyond the Lake (2022); Black and White in Colour (1992); Bliss! (2016); Bloods (2021); Boyz Unlimited (1999); Brookside (1998); Callan (1972); Casualty (1988); Coronation Street (1966); Crossroads (1964–1988); Doctor Who (1965); Doctors (2007–2016); Five by Five (2017); Forever Young (2023); Grange Hill (1979–1990); Happy Families (1990); If You See God, Tell Him (1993); Johnny on the Run (1953); Kate (1972); Kidulthood (2006); Life Begins at Forty (1980); Marked Personal (1974); Merry-Go-Round (1975–1976); Minder (1985); Mogul (1965–1967); National Theatre Live: Allelujah! (2018); New Tricks (2006); Paddington (2014); Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire (2018); Platform 7 (2023); Play School (1984–1985); Police Patrol (1965); Public Eye (1972); Rock 'n' Roll Island: Where legends were born (2020); Rockliffe's Babies (1988); Rolling Stone: Life and Death of Brian Jones (2019); Rose Tyler: The Dimension Cannon (2023); Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987); Sanctuary (1967); School for Unclaimed Girls (1969); Silent Witness (2000); Some Women (1969); Strange Report (1969); Sweetness in the Belly (2019); Television Club (1969); The Alf Garnett Saga (1972); The Attendant (1993); The Bill (1988–2004); The Curry Club (2007); The Day of the Triffids (1981); The Expert (1968); The Gemini Factor (1987); The Guilty (2013); The Idris Takeover (2017); The Leaving Party (2019); The Love Child (1987); The Punk (1993); The Rough with the Smooth (1975); The Split (2022); The Wednesday Play (1965–1969); Thick as Thieves (1974); Till Death Us Do Part (1967–1972); Torchwood: Monthly Range (2022); Trog (1970); Tube Tales / Segment: A Bird in the Hand (1999); Uncle (2014); Waiting (2019); You're Only Young Twice (1978); Z Cars (1967).

Sunday, April 13, 2025

On this day in movie history - Two O’clock Courage (1945):


Two O’clock Courage

directed by Anthony Mann,
written by Gordon Kahn and Robert E. Kent,
based on the novel by Gelett Burgess,
was released in the United States on April 13, 1945.
Music by Roy Webb.


Cast:

Tom Conway, Ann Rutherford, Richard Lane, Lester Matthews, Roland Drew, Emory Parnell, Jane Greer, Jean Brooks.

Monday, March 24, 2025