Born on this day – Leslie Charleson:

Leslie Charleson

Actress

February 22, 1945 – January 12, 2025

Credits:

5th Annual Soap Opera Awards (1989); 88th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2019); A Flame in the Wind (1964–1966); A Lovely Way to Die (1968); Adam-12 (1972); Another April (1974); As the World Turns (1966); Barnaby Jones (1975); Bert D'Angelo/Superstar (1976); Black Sheep Squadron (1976); Cannon (1972–1975); Caribe (1975); CBS Daytime 90 (1973); Celebrity Page (2018); Cheering Section (1977); Dharma & Greg (2001); Diagnosis Murder (1997); Emergency! (1972); Emergency! (1978); Family Feud (1982–1984); Friends (2004); General Hospital (1977–2023); General Hospital: Night Shift (2008); Girl Talk (1968); Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1975); Happy Days (1975); Hour Magazine (1980–1986); How2 Make It in Film and Television (2004); Intimate Portrait (1998–2003); Ironside (1973); Kung Fu (1975); Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (1967–1973); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1993); Mannix (1970); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1972–1973); McMillan & Wife (1977); Medical Center (1972); Medical Story (1975); Most Wanted (1976); N.Y.P.D. (1967); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1972); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1973–1974); Port Charles (1997–2001); Revenge! (1971); Search (1972); SoapTalk (2005); Star's Table (1986); The 22nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1995); The Day of the Dolphin (1973); The F.B.I. (1973); The Joan Rivers Show (1993); The Merv Griffin Show (1986); The Return of the Muskrats (2005); The Rockford Files (1977); The Rookies (1972); The Streets of San Francisco (1974–1976); The Wide World of Mystery (1975); The Wild Wild West (1968); The Young on the Run (1989); Woman on the Ledge (1993).

Born on this day – Brion James:

Brion James

Actor

February 20, 1945 – August 7, 1999

Credits:

48 Hrs. (1982); A Breed Apart (1984); A Place Called Truth (1998); Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1996); Amazing Stories (1985); American Playhouse (1982); American Strays (1996); Annihilator (1986); Another 48 Hrs. (1990); Armed and Dangerous (1986); Art Deco Detective (1994); Arthur's Quest (1999); Assault on Dome 4 (1996); B.J. and the Bear (1979); Back in Business (1997); Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1993); Benson (1981); Big Shamus, Little Shamus (1979); Billy Lone Bear (1996); Black Magic (1992); Black Sea 213 (2000); Blade Runner (1982); Blade Runner / Video Game (1997); Blade Runner: Deleted and Alternate Scenes (2007); Blue Sunshine (1977); Bombshell (1997); Border to Border (1998); Bound for Glory (1976); Brain Smasher... A Love Story (1993); Brown's Requiem (1998); Cabin Boy (1994); Cagney & Lacey (1983); Cherry 2000 (1987); Chico and the Man (1978); CHiPs (1979–1981); Circles in a Forest (1989); City of Angels (1976); Conquest of the Earth (1980); Corvette Summer (1978); Crimewave (1985); Cyberjack (1995); D.O.A. (1988); Dark Justice (1993); Dead Man Walking (1988); Deadly Ransom (1998); Desperado: The Outlaw Wars (1989); Diplomatic Siege (1999); Dirt Merchant (1999); Dominion (1995); Dynasty (1986); Enemy Mine (1985); Enid Is Sleeping (1990); Evil Obsession (1996); F.T.W. (1994); Farewell, My Love (2000); Flesh+Blood (1985); Flying High (1978); Foolish (1999); Frogtown II (1992); Future Shock (1994); Galactica 1980 (1980); General Hospital (1980); Get Christie Love! (1974); Goober & the Truckers' Paradise (1978); Gunsmoke (1975); Hard Times / aka Street Fighter (1975); Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976); Hear No Evil (1982); Heist (1998); Highlander (1994); Hong Kong 97 (1994); House III: The Horror Show (1989); Hunter (1988–1991); In God's Hands (1998); Indecent Behavior III (1995); Jekyll Island (1998); Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1995); Johnny Bago (1993); Johnny Staccato (1977); Joseph's Gift (1999); Kai Rabe gegen die Vatikankiller (1998); Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues (1983); Killing at Hell's Gate (1981); Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978); Knight Rider 2010 (1994); Little House on the Prairie (1982); Lone Star (1983); Love Among Thieves (1987); M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994); Malevolence (1999); Marco Polo: The Missing Chapter (1996); Matlock (1987); Men in Black: The Series (1998); Men in White (1998); Miami Vice (1988); Millennium (1998); Miracles (1986); Mom (1990); Mork & Mindy (1978); Movie Nights (2012); Mutator (1989); Nemesis (1992); Nickelodeon (1976); Nightmare at Noon (1988); On My Honor (1988); Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story (1992); Palmerstown, U.S.A. (1980); Phoenix Point (2005); Precious Find (1996); Precious Victims (1993); Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills (1996); Quincy, M.E. (1982); Radioland Murders (1994); Red Heat (1988); Red Scorpion (1988); Renegade (1993); Rio Diablo (1993); Roots (1977); Savage Land (1994); Scanner Cop (1994); Showdown (1993); Sidekicks (1986); Silk Stalkings (1994); Silverado (1985); Sketch Artist II: Hands That See (1995); Slaughter Inc.: The Horrors of 'The Horror Show' (2017); Sledge Hammer! (1986–1988); Snide and Prejudice (1997); Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. (1981); Southern Comfort (1981); Spawn (1997–1999); Special Collector's Edition (2010); Spitfire (1995); Steel Dawn (1987); Steel Frontier (1995); Street Asylum (1990); Striking Distance (1993); Strip 'n Run (2000); Superman (1999); Superman: The Animated Series (1996–1997); Tales from the Crypt (1991); Tango & Cash (1989); The A-Team (1983–1985); The Companion (1994); The Dark (1993); The Dukes of Hazzard (1982–1984); The F.B.I. (1974); The Fall Guy (1985); The Fifth Element (1997); The Hitchhiker (1987); The Hunter's Moon (1999); The Incredible Hulk (1978); The Invasion of Johnson County (1976); The Jazz Singer (1980); The Jeffersons (1980); The Kansas City Massacre (1975); The Killing Jar (1997); The King Is Alive (2000); The Lazarus Man (1996); The Magical World of Disney (1977); The Magnificent Seven (1998–1999); The Making of 'Steel Dawn' (1987); The Marshal (1995); The Nature of the Beast (1995); The Operator (2000); The Player (1992); The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981); The Renegades (1983); The Rockford Files (1977); The Sentinel (1998); The Setting Son (1997); The Soft Kill (1994); The Underground (1997); The Waltons (1974); The Wrong Guys (1988); The Young Riders (1990); Time Runner (1993); Treasure of Matecumbe (1976); Trouble in High Timber Country (1980); Ultimate Desires (1991); Vengeance Unlimited (1998); Walker, Texas Ranger (1997); Webster (1988); When the Whistle Blows (1980); Wholly Moses! (1980); Wishman (1992); Z-TV (1989).

Born on this day – Zina Bethune:

Zina Bethune

Actress

Dancer

Choreographer

February 17, 1945 – February 12, 2012

Credits:

ABC Afterschool Specials (1980); Cain's Hundred (1962); CHiPs (1977); Emergency! (1974–1976); Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes (1980); Guiding Light (1956–1958); Gunsmoke (1974); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Kraft Theatre (1948); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1959–1961); L.A. Woman (2013); Lamp Unto My Feet (1961); Lancer (1970); Little Women (1958); Love of Life (1951–1980); Naked City (1960); Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder (1987); Party of Five (1995); Planet of the Apes (1974); Play of the Week (1961); Police Story (1978); Route 66 (1960–1962); Santa Barbara (1986); Special for Women: The Cold Woman (1960); Stump the Stars (1963); Sunday Showcase (1959); Sunrise at Campobello (1960); The Boost (1988); The Doctors and the Nurses (1962–1965); The Filmmaker (1969); The First Hollywood Hero Awards (2006); The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1978); The Invaders (1967); The Judy Garland Show (1963); The Mike Douglas Show (1965); The Next Step Beyond (1978); Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967); Wings of Legacy (2006); Young Dr. Kildare (1973); Young Dr. Malone (1958–1963); Your First Impression (1964).

Born on this day – Clive Wilmer:

Clive Wilmer

Writer

February 10, 1945 – March 13, 2025

Credits:

A Catalogue of Flowers – poetry pamphlet (1986); A New Road on which the World should Travel: John Ruskin, "The Nature of Gothic" and William Morris – lecture (2014); Amores - poetry pamphlet (1986); Cambridge Observed: An Anthology (1998); Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Selected Poems and Translations (1991); Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Selected Poems and Translations (2002); Devotions - poems (1982); Donald Davie, Modernist Essays: Yeats, Pound, Eliot (2004); Donald Davie, With the Grain: Essays on Thomas Hardy and Modern British Poetry (1998); Forced March: Selected Poems (1979); George Gömöri, My Manifold City (1996); George Gömöri, Polishing October – revised and expanded edition (2013); George Gömöri, Polishing October (2008); György (George);  Gömöri, Versek Marinak / Poems for Mari (2006); György Petri, Eternal Monday: New and Selected Poems (1999); János Pilinszky, Passio: Fourteen Poems (2011); John Ruskin, Unto this Last, and Other Writings (1985); Miklós Radnóti, Forced March: Selected Poems, revised & expanded edition (2003); New & Collected Poems (2012); Night Song of the Personal Shadow: Selected Poems (1991); Of Earthly Paradise – poems (1992); Poets Talking: The 'Poet of the Month' Interviews from BBC Radio 3 (1994); Ruskin’s Language: How a Victorian Prophet Uses Words – lecture booklet (2016); Selected Poems (1995); Steep Path: Poems translated from Hungarian (2018); Stigmata - poetry pamphlet (2005); The Dwelling-Place (1977); The Falls – poems (2000); The Letters of Thom Gunn (2021); The Life and Poetry of Miklós Radnóti: Essays (1999); The Mystery of Things – poems (2006); Thom Gunn, Selected Poems (2017); Thom Gunn, The Occasions of Poetry: Essays in Criticism and Autobiography (1982); Urban Pastorals – poetry pamphlet (2014); What the Guild of St George Does: Reflections on Wealth and Life – lecture (2019); William Morris, News from Nowhere and Other Writings (1993).

Born on this day – Richard Romanus:

Richard Romanus

Actor

Writer

Producer

February 8, 1945 – December 23, 2023

With Harvey Keitel and Martin Scorsese, in Mean Streets (1973).

Credits:

The Young Black Stallion (2003); The Sopranos (1999–2002); Nailed (2001); Providence (2001); Carlo's Wake (1999); If You Believe (1999); Giving Up the Ghost (1998); Urban Relics (1998); NYPD Blue (1996); Diagnosis Murder (1996); Charlie Grace (1995); The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise (1995); Northern Exposure (1995); Chicago Hope (1994); Cops and Robbersons (1994); Johnny Bago (1993); Point of No Return (1993); Reasonable Doubts (1992); To Protect and Serve (1992); The Entertainers (1991); Jake and the Fatman (1991); Oscar (1991); Final Stage (1990); Hollywood Heartbreak (1990); Married to the Mob (1989); Mission: Impossible (1989); Midnight Caller (1989); The Couch Trip (1988); Cagney & Lacey (1983–1987); Ghost of a Chance (1987); The A-Team (1983–1986); MacGyver (1985–1986); Murphy's Law (1986); Hill Street Blues (1986); Shadow Chasers (1985); Stir Crazy (1985); Tales from the Darkside (1985); Fame (1985); Crackups (1984); Protocol (1984); Hunter (1984); Second Sight: A Love Story (1984); More Than Murder (1984); Hardcastle and McCormick (1983); Strangers Kiss (1983); Matt Houston (1982); Hey Good Lookin' (1982); Strike Force (1981–1982); Pandemonium (1982); Foul Play (1981); Fantasy Island (1981); Heavy Metal (1981); Hart to Hart (1980); Sitting Ducks (1980); Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (1980); Gold of the Amazon Women (1979); The Rockford Files (1978); Hawaii Five-O (1978); Outtakes (1977); Starsky and Hutch (1977); Night Drive (1977); Wizards (1977); Charlie's Angels (1977); Russian Roulette (1975); Kojak (1974); Rhoda (1974); The Dion Brothers (1974); Mean Streets (1973); Mod Squad (1970–1971); Night Chase (1970); Walk the Walk (1970); Mission: Impossible (1970); The Ghastly Ones (1968).

Born on this day - Frank Doubleday:

Frank Doubleday

Actor

January 28, 1945 – March 3, 2018

Credits:

John Wayne Made Me Cry: Our Western Heros (2002); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997); Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space (1991); Dollman (1991); L.A. Bounty (1989); Our House (1988); Longarm (1988); Broadcast News (1987); Amazing Stories (1987); Sledge Hammer! (1986); Stingray (1986); Nomads (1986); Space Rage (1985); T.J. Hooker (1983–1985); Avenging Angel (1985); Trauma Center (1983); Hill Street Blues (1983); The Greatest American Hero (1982); CHiPs (1981–1982); Archie Bunker's Place (1981); Escape from New York (1981); The Incredible Hulk (1981); Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979); Charlie's Angels (1978); The Big Fix (1978); Wonder Woman (1978); A Killing Affair (1977); Abar (1977); Starsky and Hutch (1977); The Quest (1976); Assault on Precinct 13 (1976); Alex & the Gypsy (1976); Johnny Staccato (1976); Delvecchio (1976); The First Nudie Musical (1976); Police Story (1975); Lucas Tanner (1975).

Born on this day – Christine Kaufmann:

Christine Kaufmann

Actress

Writer

January 11, 1945 – March 28, 2017

Born on this day – Zienia Merton:

Zienia Merton

Actress

December 11, 1945 – September 14, 2018

Credits:

Alien Attack (1976); Angels (1983); Bergerac (1983); Beryl's Lot (1973); Capital City (1989); Casanova (1971); Casualty (1986–2002); Chiller (1995); Coronation Street (2008); Cosmic Princess (1982); Crime of Passion (1972); Crime Traveller (1997); Dempsey and Makepeace (1985); Destination Moonbase-Alpha (1978); Dinotopia (2002); Doctor Who (1964); Doctor Who: Target Novelisation Audiobooks (2018); Doctors (2001–2011); EastEnders (1998–2005); Ego Hugo (1973); Escape (1980); Family Affairs (1997–2005); Fox Mystery Theater (1984); Grange Hill (1985); Having a Wild Weekend (1965); Heaven on Earth (1998); Help! (1965); Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972); ITV Playhouse (1970); Jackanory Playhouse (1974); Jason King (1972); Journey Through the Black Sun (1982); Judge John Deed (2006); Kosmetikkrevolusjonen (1977); Law & Order: UK (2009); Leap in the Dark (1975); Lie with Me (2004); Lovejoy (1986); Madigan (1973); Masters of Venus (1962); Message from Moonbase Alpha (1999); Mogul (1969); Omnibus (1969); Peak Practice (1998); Return of the Saint (1978); Space: 1999 (1975–1977); Spotlight on 1999 (2002); Strange Report (1969); Tenko (1984); Thank You, Comrades (1978); The Adventurers (1970); The Benny Hill Show (1972); The Bill (1994–2005); The Brief (1984); The Chairman (1969); The History Man (1981); The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (1964); The Lakes (1999); The Other Side (1979); The Root of All Evil? (1969); The Sarah Jane Adventures (2009); The Sarah Jane Adventures (2010); The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970); The 'Space: 1999' Documentary (1996); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1969); This Is Your Life (1974); W. Somerset Maugham (1970); Wenn du bei mir bist (1970); Wilde Alliance (1978); Wire in the Blood (2008); Wizards vs. Aliens (2013).

On this day in movie history – Detour (movie & novel):

Detour

directed by Edgar G. Ulmer,

written by Martin Goldsmith,

based on the novel Detour: An Extraordinary Tale by Martin Goldsmith,

was released in the United States on November 30, 1945.
Narrated by Tom Neal.
Music by Leo Erdody.

Cast:

Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald, Tim Ryan, Esther Howard, Pat Gleason, Don Brodie, Roger Clark, Eddie Hall, Harry Mayo, Harry Strang.

Recommended reading:

Detour: An Extraordinary Tale

By Martin M. Goldsmith.

Filmed as Detour (1945), directed by Edgar G. Ulmer.

Published by Black Curtain Press.
First published 1939.
Hardcover.
ISBN-10: 1515426785
ISBN-13: 978-1515426783

Description:

Alex Roth is a musician who thumbs it out for L.A. and the woman of his dreams. Things hit a snag when a bookmaking driver Alex flags down suddenly ends up dead. With its tight, crisp writing comparable to James M. Cain and Chandler, the work translated perfectly on screen into the legendary noir "Detour," perhaps the greatest low-budget film ever made.

THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED … 1938. Alexander Roth is hitchhiking from New York to Los Angeles, where he hopes to reconnect with his self-absorbed, cutesy-poo girlfriend. A car stops to pick him up and he is soon plunged into a long nightmare from which there may be no escape. This fatalistic novel is a forgotten noir masterpiece that has languished for decades in the swamps of neglected crime fiction. In 1945, film director Edgar G. Ulmer cranked out the movie version in a couple of weeks on a microscopic budget, and it is now widely recognized as one of the greatest gems in film noir history. The novel is its equal in every way. Legendary crime fiction author Lawrence Block provides a foreword unique to this edition.

Born on this day – Billy Drago:

Billy Drago

Actor

November 30, 1945 – June 24, 2019

On this day in movie history - The Lost Weekend (1945):

The Lost Weekend

directed by Billy Wilder,

written by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder,

based on the novel by Charles R. Jackson,

was released in the United States on November 29, 1945.
Music by Miklós Rózsa.

Cast:

Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard Da Silva, Doris Dowling, Frank Faylen, Mary Young, Anita Bolster, Lilian Fontaine, Frank Orth, Lewis Russell, Harry Tenbrook, Gene Ashley, Walter Baldwin, Harry Barris, Ian Begg, Eddie Borden, Jess Lee Brooks, Jack Rube Clifford, David Clyde, James Conaty, Willa Pearl Curtis, John Deauville, Helen Dickson, Clark Eggleston, Franklyn Farnum, John Garris, Dick Gordon, Jayne Hazard, Ted Hecht, Ernest Hilliard, Earle Hyman, Jerry James, Stan Johnson, Jack W. Johnston, Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky, Eddie Laughton, Perc Launders, Theodora Lynch, Bertram Marburgh, William Meader, James Millican, Frank Mills, Pat Moriarity, William Newell, William O'Leary, Peter Potter, Mark Power, Stanley Price, Craig Reynolds, The San Francisco Opera Company, Lester Sharpe, Lee Shumway, Sophie (the dog), Douglas Spencer, Al Stewart, Bunny Sunshine, Fred 'Snowflake' Toones, Emmett Vogan, Max Wagner, Milton Wallace, Gisela Werbisek, Crane Whitley, Ernest Whitman, Isabel Withers, Audrey Young.

Born on this day – Terence Davies:

Terence Davies

Writer

Director

November 10, 1945 – October 7, 2023

Born on this day – Rosita Torosh:

Rosita Torosh

Actress

November 10, 1945 – December 10, 1995

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).

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).

Born on this day – Carrie Snodgress:

Carrie Snodgress,

Actress

October 27, 1945 – April 1, 2004

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).

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).

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.

Born on this day – Jill Haworth:

Jill Haworth

Actress

August 15, 1945 – January 3, 2011