Born on this day – Claude Jade:

Claude Jade

Actress

October 8, 1948 – December 1, 2006

Credits:

Célimène et le cardinal (2006); Groupe flag (2005); À San Remo (2004); La crim' (2004); Sans Famille (2000); The Tide of Life (1998–2000); Scénarios sur la drogue (2000); Une femme d'honneur (1998); Les rapapommes (1997); Inspecteur Moretti (1997); Belle Époque (1995); Porté disparu (1995); Navarro (1995); Julie Lescaut (1995); Eugénie Grandet (1994); Bonsoir (1994); La tête en l'air (1993); List of Merite (1992); Histoires d'amour (1990); Le radeau de la Méduse (1990); Fleur bleue (1990); The Hitchhiker (1990); The Window (1990); V comme vengeance (1990); Le grand secret (1989); Qui sont mes juges? (1987); The Man Who Wasn't There (1987); Voglia di volare (1984); A Girl in the Sunflowers (1984); A Captain's Honor (1982); Rendezvous in Paris (1982); Lise et Laura (1982); Commissaire Moulin (1981); Assassination Attempt (1981); Lenin in Paris (1981); Jade in Treize (1981); Schools Falling Apart (1981); La derelitta (1979–1981); Quelqu'un manque (1980); Nous ne l'avons pas assez aimée (1980); La grotte aux loups (1980); Antenne à Francis Perrin (1980); Coffin Island (1979); Love on the Run (1979); Au théâtre ce soir (1974–1978); The Pawn (1978); Ulysse est revenu (1978); Les amours sous la Révolution (1978); A Spiral of Mist (1977); Les anneaux de Bicêtre (1977); Le collectionneur des cerveaux (1976); Kita no misaki (1976); Mamie Rose (1976); The Choice (1976); Maître Pygmalion (1975); Trop c'est trop! (1975); Evil Pleasure (1975); Malaventure (1974); Les oiseaux de lune (1974); Forbidden Priests (1973); Special Killers (1973); Home Sweet Home (1973); Number one (1973); Le château perdu (1973); La mandragore (1972); Hearth Fires (1972); Shéhérazade (1971); The Boat on the Grass (1971); Nijinsky: Unfinished Project (1970); Mauregard (1970); Bed & Board (1970); Allô police (1966); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1969); Topaz (1969); My Uncle Benjamin (1969); The Witness (1969); Les oiseaux rares (1969); The Return of Monte Cristo (1968); La prunelle (1968); Stolen Kisses (1968); Le crime de la rue de Chantilly (1967).

Born on this day – Meg Bennett:

Meg Bennett

Writer

Actress

Model

October 4, 1948 – April 11, 2024

Credits:

After Hours: Getting to Know Us (1977); Camera Three (1971); Celebrity Page (2018); General Hospital (1993–2011); General Hospital: Night Shift (2007); Generations (1989–1991); Hour Magazine (1983); Live on Bowen (2013); Match Game PM (1973–1977); Santa Barbara (1991–1993); Search for Tomorrow (1975–1977); SoapTalk (2005); Sunset Beach (1997–1998); The $10,000 Pyramid (1984–1986); The $100,000 Pyramid (1986–1988); The $25,000 Pyramid (1984–1988); The Bold and the Beautiful (1987–2004); The Paper Chase (1986); The Young and the Restless (1980–2020); You Are the Jury (1987).

Born on this day – Persis Khambatta:

Persis Khambatta

Actress

Model

Producer

October 2, 1948 – August 18, 1998

Credits:

Bambai Raat Ki Bahon Mein (1968); Bheegi Raat (1965); Casablanca (1983); Conduct Unbecoming (1975); Deadly Intent (1988); Family Feud / All-Star Family Feud Special (1984); First Strike (1984); Get High on Yourself (1981); Good Morning America (1980); Hunter (1986); Jazira (1987); Kama Sutra (1969); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993); MacGyver (1986); Making It So: Continuing Star Trek - The Next Generation (2012); Megaforce (1982); Men Who Rate a 10 (1980); Miss Universe Pageant (1965); Multi-Coloured Swap Shop (1979); My Beautiful Laundrette (1985); Nighthawks (1981); Not a Nice Man to Know (1998); Phoenix the Warrior (1988); Pinjre Ke Panchhi (1966); Sammy LaBella: The Real Skip E. Lowe (2025); Shingora (1986); Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979); 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture' Teaser (1979); Terror in the Aisles (1984); That's Action (1990); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek (2021); The Lost Enterprise: Star Trek - Phase II (2001); The Man with the Power (1977); The Merv Griffin Show (1983); The Mike Douglas Show (1980); The Miss Teen USA Pageant (1983); The New Mike Hammer (1987); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Wilby Conspiracy (1975); Warrior of the Lost World (1983).

On this day in movie history - Cry of the City (1948):

Cry of the City

directed by Robert Siodmak,

written by Richard Murphy and Ben Hecht,

based on the novel The Chair for Martin Rome by Henry Edward Helseth,

was released in the United States on September 29, 1948.
Music by Alfred Newman.

Cast:

Victor Mature, Richard Conte, Fred Clark, Shelley Winters, Betty Garde, Berry Kroeger, Tommy Cook, Debra Paget, Hope Emerson, Roland Winters, Walter Baldwin, Robert Adler, Mimi Aguglia, George Beranger, Oliver Blake, Harry Carter, Dolores Castle, Ken Christy, Davison Clark, Ruth Clifford, John Cortay, Antonio Filauri, Tiny Francone, Howard Freeman, Ed Hinton, Kathleen Howard, Thomas Ingersoll, Robert Karnes, George Magrill, George Melford, Joan Miller, Tom Moore, Thomas Nello, Jane Nigh, Eddie Parks, Emil Rameau, Claudette Ross, Elena Savonarola, Harry Seymour, Konstantin Shayne, Dan Sheridan, Michael Stark, June Storey, Charles Tannen, Helen Troya, Tito Vuolo, Charles Wagenheim.

Born on this day – Olivia Newton-John:

Olivia Newton-John

Singer

Writer

Actress

September 26, 1948 – August 8, 2022

On this day in movie history - Rope (1948):

Rope

directed by Alfred Hitchcock,

written by Arthur Laurents and Hume Cronyn,

based on the novel by Patrick Hamilton,

was released in the United States on September 25, 1948.
Music by David Buttolph, Francis Poulenc and Leo F. Forbstein.

Cast:

James Stewart, Dick Hogan, John Dall, Farley Granger, Edith Evanson, Douglas Dick, Joan Chandler, Cedric Hardwicke, Constance Collier, Alfred Hitchcock.

Born on this day – Rebecca Balding:

Rebecca Balding

Actress

September 21, 1948 – July 18, 2022

Born on this day – John Ritter:

John Ritter

Actor

Producer

Writer

September 17, 1948 – September 11, 2003

Credits:

10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2004); 3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1997); 50 Years of Funny Females (1995); 57th Annual Photoplay Gold Medal Awards (1978); 8 Simple Rules (2002–2003); A Child's Wish (1997); A Festival at Ford's (1991); A Gun, a Car, a Blonde (1997); A Life of Laughter: Remembering John Ritter (2003); A Salute to American Imagination (1978); A Smoky Mountain Christmas (1986); ABC Presents Tomorrow's Stars (1978); ABC Presents: A Royal Gala (1988); ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2003); ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration (1978); Access Hollywood (1997–2002); Access Hollywood (2023); All-Star Family Feud Special (1978); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); All-Star Party for Lucille Ball (1984); Ally McBeal (1998); American Masters (1989); Americathon (1979); An All Star Salute to Country Music (1990); Anything But Love (1989 / 1991); Artists of the Roundtable (2022); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2020); Bachelor-at-Law (1973); Bad Santa (2003); Bad Santa: Outtakes (2003); Barnaby Jones (1975); Batman Beyond (2000); Behind Closed Doors (2018); Biography (1987–2009); Bob Hope's Birthday Memories (1994); Bonkers! (1979); Breakaway (1984); Breakfast in Bed (1977); Breaking Ground (1987); Breaking News (2002); Bride of Chucky (1998); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2002); Captain Kangaroo (1977); CBS Mornings (1989 / 2001); CBS: 50 Years from Television City (2002); Celebrity Page (2019–2021); Celebrity Profile (1998–2001); Century of Country (1999); Chance of a Lifetime (1998); Chicago Hope (2000); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2014); Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000–2003); Clifford the Big Red Dog: Learning Activities (2000); Clifford the Big Red Dog: Musical Memory Games (2002); Clifford the Big Red Dog: Phonics (2003); Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004); Completely Off the Wall (1979); Crazy World, Crazy People (1968); Dan August (1970); Dave's World (1994–1995); Dead Husbands (1998); Dead Man's Gun / Segment: The Great McDonacle (1997); Dinah! (1978); Disco Fever: 'Saturday Night Fever' Premiere Party (1977); Doc (1976); Donahue (1978); Donald Duck's 50th Birthday (1984); E! True Hollywood Story (1998–2002); E! True Hollywood Story (2005); Entertainment Tonight (1986–2023); ET in TV Land (2003); Evening (1987); Evil Roy Slade (1972); Extra (2003); Family Law (2000); Felicity (2000–2002); Fish Police (1992); For Hope (1996); Fox and Friends (2002); General Electric's All-Star Anniversary (1978); Get Rich Quick! (1977); Gilbert (2017); Given a Chance... A Little Girl's Journey (2003); GMA3: What You Need to Know (2023); Good Day Live (2002); Good Morning America (1977–2003); Graham Nash: Innocent Eyes / Music Video (1986); Gramps (1995); Great Performances (1975); Hacks (1997); Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987); Harry Anderson: The Tricks of His Trade (1996); Have Faith (1989); Hawaii Five-O (1971–1977); Heartbeat (1993); Hearts Afire (1992–1995); Hee Haw (1978); Help Save Planet Earth (1990); Hero at Large (1980); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood Insider (2020 / 2021); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Hollywood Squares (2000–2003); Holy Joe (1999); Hooperman (1987–1989); Hour Magazine (1982–1988); How to Survive the 70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness (1978); I Love You (1978); I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998); In Love with an Older Woman (1982); Inside TV Land (2001–2002); Insight (1981); Intimate Portrait (2000); It (1990); It Came from the Sky (1999); It's Howdy Doody Time (1987); I've Got a Secret (2001); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (2003); John Ritter: Being of Sound Mind and Body (1980); King of the Hill (1997–2004); Kojak (1974); KTLA Morning News (2002); Larry King Live (2000 / 2003); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1997–2003); Laugh? I Thought I'd Die! (1999); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2002); Leave Yesterday Behind (1978); Lethal Vows (1999); Letting Go (1985); Life with Lucy (1986); Life's Most Embarrassing Moments (1983); Live with Kelly and Mark (2000–2002); Living Seas (1986); Loss of Faith (1998); Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel (2000); Love Thy Neighbor (1984); M*A*S*H (1973); M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television (2024); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (2000); Mad TV (2002); Man of the Year (2002); Manhood (2003); Mannix (1975); Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy (1993); Maury (1991); Medical Center (1973); Memories Then and Now (1988); Mercenary (1996); Merry Christmas from the Grand Ole Opry (1978); Mickey's 60th Birthday (1988); Montana (1998); Morning Joe (2023); Movin' On (1975); Muppet Babies (1990); Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators (2023); My Adventures in Television (2002); My Brother's Wife (1989); Nature (2001); Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010); NewsRadio (1995); Nickelodeon (1976); Noises Off... (1992); North (1994); Nostalgia Critic (2014); Nowhere (1997); Nuncrackers (2001); Omnibus (1980); Ordinary/Extraordinary (1997); Over the Top (1997); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1974); Panic (2000); Petrocelli (1975); Phyllis (1976); Poochinski (1990); Pray TV (1982); Prison for Children (1987); Problem Child (1990); Problem Child 2 (1991); Pryor's Place (1984); Real Men (1987); Regis and Kelly in Prime Time (2002); Rhoda (1975–1976); Ringo (1978); Robin Williams: Off the Wall (1978); Ryan & Ruby (2014); Saturday Night Live (2000); Scandalous John (1971); Scrubs (2002); Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996); Shadow of Doubt (1998); Skin Deep (1989); Sling Blade (1996); Special Collector's Edition (2012); Stand-up Comics Take a Stand (1988); Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up (2006); Star-athon: Weekend with the Stars 1987 (1987); Star-athon: Weekend with the Stars 1988 (1988); Star-athon: Weekend with the Stars 1989 (1989); Star-athon: Weekend with the Stars 1990 (1990); Star-athon: Weekend with the Stars 1991 (1991); Starsky and Hutch (1976); Stay Tuned (1992); Strong Kids, Safe Kids (1984); Sunday Night Live (1984); Sunset Limousine (1983); Super Birthday: A World's Fair Salute to Bob Hope (1984); Superstar (2021); Superstars and Their Moms (1987); Tadpole (2002); Tales from the Crypt (2000); Tattletales (1977); Teenage America: Glory Years (1986); Terror Tract / Segment: Make Me An Offer (2000); That Thing on ABC (1978); The $10,000 Pyramid (1977–1978); The 10th Annual People's Choice Awards (1984); The 13th Annual People's Choice Awards (1987); The 14th Annual People's Choice Awards (1988); The 1978 Cerebral Palsy Telethon Benefit (1978); The 1983 Annual American Image Awards (1983); The 1987 Annual Salute to Hollywood Benefit (1987); The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards (1993); The 28th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2001); The 29th Annual People's Choice Awards (2003); The 2nd TV Academy Hall of Fame (1985); The 30th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2003); The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1981); The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards (1984); The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986); The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1987); The 40th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1983 (1983); The 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1988); The 41st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1984); The 44th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1987); The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992); The 4th Annual Family Television Awards (2002); The 4th Annual People's Choice Awards (1978); The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2002); The 70s: The Decade That Changed Television (2000); The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004); The 8th Annual American Comedy Awards (1994); The Alan Hamel Show (1978–1979); The American Cinematheque Honors Ron Howard (1990); The American Red Cross Emergency Test (1990); The Associates (1980); The Barefoot Executive (1971); The Bob Crane Show (1975); The Bob Newhart Show (1974); The Colony (1995); The Comeback Kid (1980); The Daily Show (2002); The Dating Game (1967); The Dick Cavett Show (1990–1992); The Dreamer of Oz (1990); The Ellen Show (2002); The Factor (2008); The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (1982); The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame (1993); The Flight of Dragons (1982); The Funniest Families of Television Comedy: A Museum of Television & Radio Special (2004); The Game Show Show (2023); The Goldie Hawn Special (1978); The Greatest Commercials Ever Made (1995); The History of Comedy (2018); The History of Toys and Games (1997); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1977); The Honeymooners 50th Anniversary Celebration (2002); The Insider (2014); The Jim Nabors Show (1978); The Joy of Natural Childbirth (1985); The Larry Sanders Show (1993–1994); The Last Fling (1987); The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (2003); The Lie (1973); The Lorenzo and Henrietta Music Show (1976); The Love Boat (1977–1983); The Love Boat Fall Preview Special (1983 / 1984); The Magical World of Disney (1973 / 1989); The Making of 'High Noon' (1992); The Making of: The Other (2021); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1975); The Merv Griffin Show (1977); The Mike Douglas Show (1977–1980); The Night That Panicked America (1975); The Only Way Out (1993); The Other (1972); The Other Half (2002); The Paul Ryan Show (1978); The Power of Play (2002); The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975); The Real Story of O Christmas Tree (1991); The Regis Philbin Show (1982); The Rookies (1975); The Ropers (1979); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1999–2000); The Secret World of the Very Young (1984); The Singing Cowboys Ride Again (1979); The Stone Killer (1973); The Streets of San Francisco (1975); The Summer My Father Grew Up (1991); The Teen Choice Awards 2003 (2003); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1977–1989); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993–2002); The View (2002); The Waltons (1972–1976); The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons (1980); The Wayne Brady Show (2002); The World's Greatest Magic 3 (1996); The World's Greatest Magic 4 (1997); The World's Greatest Magic 5 (1998); They All Laughed (1981); They All Laughed 25 Years Later: Director to Director - A Conversation with Peter Bogdanovich and Wes Anderson (2006); Thicke of the Night (1983); This Is My Father (1999); Three's a Crowd (1984–1985); Three's Company (1976–1984); Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King (2003); Totally Animals (1996); Touched by an Angel (1996–1999); Treasury of Children's Stories (1996); Tricks of the Trade (1988); Tripfall (2000); Tucker (2001); TV Funhouse (2001); TV Guide's Truth Behind the Sitcom Scandals (1999); TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2003); TV Road Trip (2002); TVography: Suzanne Somers - Mastering Success (2002); TV's Censored Bloopers (1981); Unforgivable (1996); Unnatural Causes (1986); Veronica's Closet (1999); VH-1 Behind the Movie (2002); Visionado obligado (2011); Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade (2002); We the People 200: The Constitutional Gala (1987); Weekend with the Stars Telethon (1983 / 1984 / 1985 / 1986); What About Me? I'm Only 3! (1992); What's Life Got to Do with It? (2011); Whew! (1979); Wholly Moses! (1980); Wings (1996).

Recommended reading - Sinful Woman (1948):

Sinful Woman

By James M. Cain.

Published in 1948.

ISBN 13: 9780887390890

ISBN 10: 0887390897

Description:

“Cleverly plotted.” – The New York Times.

“Swift and absorbing.” – The Wall Street Journal.

A starlet comes to Reno to start a new life – and end her old one forever. Sylvia Shoreham’s Hollywood dreams came true long ago. Critically beloved for her beauty, talent, and style, she was on her way to international stardom when a bad contract committed her to seven years of trashy comedies and half-baked melodramas. Her marriage to her producer husband has become a rotten, loveless sham, so Sylvia’s silver screen life verges on a nightmare. To escape her celluloid hell, she has only one option: Forget Hollywood. It’s time for a Reno vacation. She comes to Nevada hoping for a divorce from her husband, Vicki, and an end to her contract, but the ugly side of the business follows her. To protect herself from Vicki, she enlists Nevada’s biggest Sylvia Shoreham fan. He’s six feet tall, strong as a mule, and just happens to be Reno’s sheriff. When her divorce turns into a war, this Hollywood icon will be glad to have him on her side.

On this day in movie history - Bodyguard (1948):

Bodyguard

directed by Richard Fleischer,

written by Fred Niblo Jr. and Harry Essex,

based on a story by George W. George and Robert Altman,

was released in the United States on September 4, 1948.
Music by Paul Sawtell.

Cast:

Lawrence Tierney, Priscilla Lane, Phillip Reed, June Clayworth, Elisabeth Risdon, Steve Brodie, Frank Fenton, Charles Cane, Erville Alderson, Bobby Barber, Charles Bedell, Claire Carleton, Jack Carr, Russ Clark, Marcelle Corday, David Cota, Joe Devlin, Ray Dolciame, Jack Ellis, Dan Foster, Ben Frommer, Jack Gargan, Michael Harvey, Jimmy Hawkins, Pepe Hern, John Indrisano, William J. O'Brien, Lucien Prival, Dewey Robinson, Michael St. Angel, Brick Sullivan, David Thursby, Charles Wagenheim.

On this day in movie history - Pitfall (1948):

Pitfall

directed by André de Toth,

written by Karl Kamb, André de Toth and William Bowers,

based on the novel The Pitfall by Jay Dratler,

was released in the United States on August 24, 1948.
Music by Louis Forbes.

Cast:

Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt, Raymond Burr, John Litel, Byron Barr, Jimmy Hunt, Ann Doran, Selmer Jackson, Margaret Wells, Dick Wessel.

On this day in movie history - The Amazing Mr. X (1948):

The Amazing Mr. X

aka The Spiritualist,

directed by Bernard Vorhaus,

written by Crane Wilbur, Muriel Roy Bolton and Ian McLellan Hunter,

was released in the United States on July 29, 1948.
Music by Alexander Laszlo.

Cast:

Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O'Donnell, Richard Carlson, Donald Curtis, Virginia Gregg, Harry Mendoza, Norma Varden.