Born on this day – Moya Brennan:

Moya Brennan

Singer

Writer

Harpist

Philanthropist

August 4, 1952 – April 13, 2026

Credits:

Books:

A Woman's Voice (1991); Ireland: Landscapes of God's Peace (2000); The Other Side of the Rainbow: The Autobiography of the Voice of Clannad (2001).

Albums:

Affinity (2013); An Irish Christmas (2005); Canvas (2017); Clannad (1973); Clannad 2 (1974); Clannad in Concert (1979); Clannad: Live in Concert (2005); Crann Úll (1980); Heart Strings (2008); Hidden Heart (2005); Legend (1984); Macalla (1985); Máire (1992); Misty Eyed Adventures (1994); My Match Is a Makin' (2010); New Irish Hymns (2001); Nollaig Gaelach (2023); Perfect Time (1998); Signature (2006); The Angel and the Soldier Boy (1989); The Best of Clannad: In a Lifetime (2003); Timeless (2019); Two Horizons (2003); Voices and Harps (2010); Voices and Harps (IV) (2024); Whisper to the Wild Water (1999); Worship Together: In Christ Alone (2001).

Movies and television:

Band of Brothers (2001); Baywatch (1994); BingoLotto (2003); Blood on the Land: The Making of a King (2004); Chicane Feat. Máire Brennan: Saltwater (1999); Circle of Friends (1995); Clannad & Paul Young: Both Sides Now (1991); Clannad Feat. Bono: In a Lifetime (1985); Clannad Feat. Bruce Hornsby: Something to Believe In (1987); Clannad Feat. Denise Chaila: In A Lifetime (2021); Clannad Feat. Duke Special: Brave Enough (2014); Clannad Live at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin (2012); Clannad: Buachaill Ón Éirne (1985); Clannad: Closer to Your Heart (1985); Clannad: Hourglass (1989); Clannad: In Fortune's Hand (1990); Clannad: Mystery Game (1993); Clannad: Robin (The Hooded Man) (1984); Clannad: Seanchas (1996); Clannad: The Hunter (1989); Clannad: Theme from Harry's Game (1982); Clannad: Who Knows (Where the Time Goes) (2020); Fishing the Sloe-Black River (1996); How Ireland Rocked the '70s (2021); If I Should Fall from Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story (2001); Ireland: am (2005); Kelly (2000–2004); King Arthur (2004); Millennium Chorus: The Greatest Story Ever Sung (2000); Moya (2020); Moya Brennan: Children of War (2019); Moya Brennan: The Music of What happens (2010); Moya Brennan: Voices & Harps Tour (2016); MTV 90s - Top 50 90s Collabs! (2024); Music of Ireland: Welcome Home (2010); Music of Ireland: Welcome to America (2010); Now Here (2010); Popular (2000); Prisoner Zero (2016); Robin of Sherwood (1984–1986); Roger Shah feat. Moya Brennan: Morning Star - Orchestral Version (2011); Roger Shah feat. Moya Brennan: Morning Star (2011); Samantha Brown's Places to Love (2018); Saturday Night with Miriam (2008); Smashing Hits! The 80s Pop Map of Britain & Ireland (2018); Sol (2020); Songs of Praise (2004–2006); The Angel and the Soldier Boy (1989); The Heaven and Earth Show (2006); The Last of the Mohicans (1992); The Late Late Show (2003); The Podge and Rodge Show (2008); The Project (2024); To End All Wars (2001); Top of the Pops (1982–1999); Warriors of Virtue (1997); Windmill Lane (2020).

Recommended reading - The Ivory Grin, by Ross MacDonald (1952):

The Ivory Grin

aka Marked for Murder

By Ross MacDonald.

Published 1952,

ISBN-10: 0307278999

ISBN-13: 9780307278999

Back cover description:

“Archer-Macdonald are working together at their peak, piecing together a most modern American Tragedy, making literature out of the thriller form, gazing more clearly than ever into the future as it rolls through the smog.” – Newsweek.

A hard-faced woman clad in a blue mink stole and dripping with diamonds hires Lew Archer to track down her former maid, who she claims has stolen her jewelry. Archer can tell he's being fed a line, but curiosity gets the better of him and he accepts the case. He tracks the wayward maid to a ramshackle motel in a seedy, run-down small town, but finds her dead in her tiny room, with her throat slit from ear to ear. Archer digs deeper into the case and discovers a web of deceit and intrigue, with crazed number-runners from Detroit, gorgeous triple-crossing molls, and a golden-boy shipping heir who's mysteriously gone missing.

Traveling from sleazy motels to stately seaside manors, The Ivory Grin is one of Lew Archer's most violent and macabre cases ever.

“Ross Macdonald must be ranked high amongst American thriller writers.” – The Times Literary Supplement.

Born on this day – Nicolette Larson:

Nicolette Larson

Singer

Actress

July 17, 1952 – December 16, 1997

Credits:

Albums:

All Dressed Up and No Place to Go (1982); Comes A Time (Live - Yosemite, CA 29 Aug '86) (1986); In the Nick of Time (1979); Live At The Roxy (2006); Lotta Love - Finest Moments (2019); Luxury Liner (Expanded & Remastered) (2004); Nicolette (1978); Radioland (1981); Rhino Hi-Five: Nicolette Larson (2005, EP); Rose of My Heart (1986); Same Old Talk (2023, EP);...Say When (1985); Shadows of Love (1988); Sleep, Baby, Sleep (1994); The Complete Warner Albums (2019); The Very Best of Nicolette Larson (1999).

Songs:

A lotta Love; All Dressed Up and No Place to Go; Angels Rejoiced; Baby, Don’t You Do It; Back in My Arms; Building Bridges; Can’t Get Away From You; Dancing Jones; Down to Seeds and Stems Again Blues; Fool Me Again; French Waltz; Hot Rod Lincoln; I Bid You Goodnight; I Only Want to Be With You; I’d Die for This Dance; Irish Lullaby; Last in Love; Let Me Be the First; Let Me Go, Love; Lotta Love; Mexican Divorce; Only Love Will Make It Right; Ooo‐Eee; Radioland; Rhumba Girl; Seeds and Stems; That’s How You Know Love’s Right; The Moment I Saw You; Two Trains; Welcome to the World; When You Come Around; You Were the One.

Movies and television:

20th Annual Country Music Awards (1986); American Bandstand (1980); An Evening at the Improv (1981); Independence Day (1983); Les nouveaux rendez-vous (1981); Men Seeking Women (1997); Midnight Heat (2007); MTV Unplugged (1993); New Country (1986); Nicolette Larson: Back in My Arms (1979); Nicolette Larson: Dancing Jones (1979); Nicolette Larson: Lotta Love (1978); Nicolette Larson: Rhumba Girl (1978); No Nukes (1980); Numéro un (1981); Rock Concert (1979); Solid Gold (1980–1981); The 20th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (1985); The 7th Annual American Music Awards (1980); The Bionic Woman (1976); The Merv Griffin Show (1985); The Personals (1982); The Tom and Dick Smothers Brothers Special I (1980); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1981); The Unknown Cyclist (1998); They Call Me Renegade (1987); Throb (1987); Twins (1988); Volunteer Jam XI (1985).

Born on this day – Mary Ellen Trainor:

Mary Ellen Trainor

Actress

July 8, 1952 – May 20, 2015

Credits:

1941 (1979); A Face to Die For (1996); Action Jackson (1988); Amazing Stories (1987); Amy's Orgasm / aka Amy’s O (2001); Anywhere But Here (1999); Back to the Future Part II (1989); Big Wednesday (1978); Cake: A Wedding Story (2007); CBS Schoolbreak Special (1986); Cheers (1983); Congo (1995); Crazy Like a Fox (1985); Death Becomes Her (1992); Die Hard (1988); Executive Decision (1996); Fear Stalk (1989); Fire Birds (1990); Forrest Gump (1994); Freaky Friday (2003); Ghostbusters II (1989); Grand Canyon (1991); Greedy (1994); Hardcore (1979); Hope (1997); Kuffs (1992); L'antre du Mea (2015); Lethal Weapon (1987); Lethal Weapon 2 (1989); Lethal Weapon 3 (1992); Lethal Weapon 4 (1998); Little Giants (1994); McBride: Requiem (2006); Mi casa, su casa (1998); Moonlight Mile (2002); Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1990–1993); Relativity (1996–1997); Remington Steele (1986–1987); Ricochet (1991); Rock Hudson (1990); Romancing the Stone (1984); Roswell (1999–2002); Scrooged (1988); Seduced and Betrayed (1995); Someone to Love Me (1998); Tales from the Crypt (1989); The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1995); The 67th Annual Academy Awards (1995); The Goonies (1985); The History of Coolness: A Look Back at 'Parker Lewis Can't Lose' (2009); The Monster Squad (1987); The Music Inside (2005); The Outsiders (1990); The Stone Boy (1984).

Born on this day – Laura Branigan:

Laura Branigan

Singer

Songwriter

Actress

July 3, 1952 – August 26, 2004

Credits:

Albums:

Branigan (1982); Branigan 2 (1983); Hold Me (1985); Laura Branigan (1990); Over My Heart (1993); Self Control (1984); Touch (1987).

Movies, television and music videos:

30 Favoriten (2020–2022); Alan Jones: Direct to the People (2021); All My Friends Are Dead (2020); American Bandstand (1982–1988); American Bandstand's 33 1/3 Celebration (1985); American Crime Story (2018); American Dad! (2006); An Uncommon Love (1983); Automan (1984); Backstage (1988); Baywatch (1996); Beat Shazam (2018); Body Rock (1984); Boundaries (2018); Bravo TV (1985); Calling Automan: The Auto Feature (2012); Cantantes y sonantes (1985); Cap d'any a TV3 (1985); Car Share (2015); Champs-Elysées (1984); Chewingum (1984); CHiPs (1982–1983); Cold Case (2007); Coming to America (1988); Daria (1997–2002); Delta Pi (1984); Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 1984 (1983); Die verflixte 7 (1987); Dirty John (2020); Doctors (2015); Dynasty (2022); Everybody Hates Chris (2007); Femme Fatales (2011); Festival de Viña del Mar (1988–1996); Flashdance (1983); Ghostbusters (1984); Gloria Bell (2018); Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002); Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (2006); Guapas (2014); Hittimittari (1984–1985); Hollywood Wives (1985); I Love the '80s Strikes Back (2003); I, Tonya (2017); In Love with an Older Woman (1982); It's a Sin (2021); Jack Unplugged (2018); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1997); Job Site (1984); Jones & Co (2020); Kapag wala nang batas (1990); Killer Party (1986); Knight Rider (1984); Laura Branigan & Cerrone: Heart of Me (1989); Laura Branigan in Concert Atlantic City, New Jersey 1990 (1990); Laura Branigan Live in Concert at Caesars Tahoe (1984); Laura Branigan: All Night with Me (1982); Laura Branigan: Cry Wolf (1987); Laura Branigan: Didn't We Almost Win It All (1993); Laura Branigan: Dim All the Lights (1995); Laura Branigan: Dim All the Lights (Remix) (1995); Laura Branigan: Don't Show Your Love (1983); Laura Branigan: Fool's Affair (1981); Laura Branigan: Gloria (1982); Laura Branigan: How Am I Supposed to Live Without You (1983); Laura Branigan: I Wish We Could Be Alone (1984); Laura Branigan: Maybe Tonight (1985); Laura Branigan: Moonlight on Water (1990); Laura Branigan: Self Control (1984); Laura Branigan: Shattered Glass (1987); Laura Branigan: Solitaire (1983); Laura Branigan: Spanish Eddie (1985); Laura Branigan: The Lucky One (1984); Laura Branigan: Ti amo (1984); Laura Branigan: Your Love (1988); Leo Sayer (1983); Lieder & Leute (1982); Live with Kelly and Mark (1990); Living Seas (1986); Love Is Forever (1983); MacGruber (2021); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1982); Mario (1984); Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015); Miami Vice (1984); Midnight Heat (2007); Monsoon (2019); Monsters (1991); Mr. Robot (2017); MTV 80s - 1982 Wrapped! (2023); MTV 80s - 1983 Wrapped! (2023); MTV 80s - 1984 Wrapped! (2023); MTV 80s - Happy New Year from MTV 80s! (2022); MTV 80s - I Want My MTV 80s Wonder Women! (2022); MTV 80s - It's an 80s New Year's Party! (2023); MTV 80s - Let's Hear It for the Girls! (2023); MTV 80s - Top 40 Modern Girls of the 80s! (2021); MTV 80s - Top 50 1984 Vs 1988! (2022); MTV 80s - Top 50 Best 80s Debuts! (2020); MTV 80s - Top 50 Boys vs Girls of the 80s! (2020); MTV 80s - Top 50 Global No. 1s of the 80s! (2021); MTV 80s - Top 50 Hits of 1982! (2022); MTV 80s - Top 50 Hits of 1984! (2022); MTV 80s - Top 50 Modern Girls of the 80s! (2022); MTV 80s - Top 50 Super 80s Pop Hits! (2021); MTV 80s - Top 50 Wonder Women of the 80s! (2024); Musikladen (1983); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Nöjesmassakern (1985); On Becoming a God in Central Florida (2019); On Stage America (1984); Porte-bonheur (1985); Sábado noche (1987); Salsa (1988); Saturday Night Live (1982–2005); Scorpion (2017); Seeing Allred (2018); Show & Co. mit Carlo (1984); Solid Gold (1984–1985); South Park (2017); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1985); Supermodels of the World (1987); Superstore (2020); The 11th Annual American Music Awards (1984); The 13th Annual American Music Awards (1986); The 15th Annual American Music Awards (1988); The 28th Annual American Music Awards (2001); The 47th Annual Grammy Awards (2005); The American Music Awards (1983); The Killing (2012); The Lather Effect (2006); The Magic of David Copperfield VII: Familiares (1985); The Mirage (2015); The Preppie Murder (1989); The RuPaul Show (1998); The Shrink Next Door (2021); The Tempestt Bledsoe Show (1996); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1984–1990); Today (1984); Top of the Pops (1984); Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer (1983); Tu cara me suena - Argentina (2015); Turn It Up: Ascending to a higher level (2022); Una vez más (1988–1990); VH-1 Where Are They Now? (2002); Violets Are Blue... (1986); Welcome to the Basement (2014); Wetten, dass..? (1985); Wie wär's heut mit Revue? (1983); Young Rock (2021).

Born on this day – Graham Greene:

Graham Greene

Actor

Writer

Producer

June 22, 1952 – September 1, 2025

Credits:

1883 (2022); 2004 Gemini Awards (2004); 500 Nations (1995); 9B (1988); A Beachcombers Christmas (2004); A Dark Foe (2020); A Life Connected (2025); A Lobster Tale (2006); A Thief of Time (2003); Adderly (1986); Afterwards (2025); All Hat (2007); Amend: The Fight for America (2021); American Gods (2021); Antlers (2021); As You Like It (2019); Astronaut (2019); Atlantic Rim (2013); Bad Money (1999); Behind the Scenes: Die Hard - With a Vengeance (1995); Bei Shao lin (1976); Being Erica (2010–2011); Benefit of the Doubt (1993); Beyond the Barbed Wire (1998); Big Spender (2003); Big Wolf on Campus (2000); Blue Ridge (2020); Bones of Crows: The Series (2023); Bonnie (2022); Brave (2025); Breakfast with Scot (2007); Buffalo Dreams (2005); Camilla (1994); Canada: A People's History (2000–2001); Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future (1987); Casino Jack (2010); Caution: May Contain Nuts (2012); CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival (2005); Celebrating Greatness: Canada's Walk of Fame Special (2021); Christmas in the Clouds (2001); Chroma (2017); Circle of Life (2015); Clearcut (1991); Cooperstown (1993); Corner Gas: The Movie (2014); Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family (2000–2001); Coyote Waits (2003); Dances with Wolves (1990); Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic (2003); Dead Innocent (1997); Dead Man's Gun (1997); Declaration of Independence (2003); Defiance (2013–2015); Defining Moments (2021); Desire (2000); Die Hard 3: Bruce Willis Interview (1995); Die Hard 3: Villains with a Vengeance (1995); Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995); Dream Makers (2006); Dreamcatcher Bios (2018); Duct Tape Forever (2002); Earth and the American Dream (1992); Echo (2023–2024); Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science (1997–2001); Family Tree (2013); First Nation Blue (1996); First Wave (1999); Freedom: A History of US (2003); From Above (2013); Goliath (2019); Great Drives (1996); Grey Owl (1999); Gunless (2010); Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995); HBO First Look (1995); Heart of the Sun (1998); Heritage Minutes (1995); Huck and the King of Hearts (1994); Ice Fall (2025); In the Echo (2002); Independence Day 2001 (2001); Into the West (2005); Jake and the Kid (1995); Javelins of Light (2025); Just Buried (2007); King Ivory (2024); L.A. Law (1991); Laws of Man (2024); Liberty Street (1995); Lily's Sacred Journey (2025); Living in Your Car (2010); Loch Ness Monster of Seattle (2022); LOL: Last One Laughing Canada (2022); Lonesome Dove: The Series (1994); Longmire (2014–2017); Lost and Delirious (2001); Luna: Spirit of the Whale (2007); Magic Hour: Lost in the Barrens (1990); Maïna (2013); Man on the Train (2011); Marvel Studios: Assembled (2024); Maverick (1994); Medicine River (1993); Misery Harbour (1999); Mister Sterling (2003); Molly's Game (2017); Mosaic of Diversity: Olympic National Park (2004); Mount Royal (1988); Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe (2023); Murder Sees the Light (1986); Murder, She Wrote (1992–1994); National Memorial Day Concert (2018–2020); No Reservation Required. The Life and Times of Graham Greene (2025); North (1994); North of 60 (1993); Northbound (2025); Northern Exposure (1992–1993); Numb3rs (2005); Out of the Darkness (2016); Paige Darcy: Reluctant Detective (2025); Phil the Alien (2004); Poltergeist: The Legacy (1997); Powwow Highway (1989); Project Blue Book (2019); Protectors of the Land (2025); PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1998); Punch & Judy (2002); Rain Without Thunder (1992); Read All About It! (1981); Red Dead Redemption II (2018); Reel Injun (2009); Reservation Dogs (2023); Revolution (1985); Riverdale (2018); Rocket Science (2002–2003); Royal Canadian Air Farce (1994–2001); Rugged Gold (1994); Running Brave (1983); Running Mates (2011); Sabotage (1996); Safe Harbor (1999); Savage Land (1994); Science Highway (2001); Seattle's Loch Ness: The Lake Washington Sea Monster (2012); Seeds (2024); Shadow Lake (1999); Shadow Wolves (2019); Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (2003); Shattered Image (1998); Shooting Gunless (2010); Skins (2002); Skinwalkers: The Navajo Mysteries (2002); Slings and Arrows (2005); Snow Dogs (2002); Song of Hiawatha (1997); Spirit Bay (1984–1987); Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story (2005); Spirit Rider (1993); Squealer (2023); Standing on Sacred Ground: Fire and Ice / Islands of Sanctuary / Pilgrims and Tourists / Profit and Loss (2013); Stranger in Town (1998); Street Legal (1987); Sweet Summer Pow Wow (2025); Tajný agent (1974); Tales of an Urban Indian (2009); Tar (2020); Te Ata (2016); Terminal City (1998); The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (1991); The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon (1994–1997); The Being Frank Show (2010–2012); The Bird Men (2013); The Birds Who Fear Death (2024); The Broken Chain (1993); The Campbells (1986–1988); The Collector (2005); The Detour (2018); The Education of Little Tree (1997); The Frog Who Can't Ribbit (2023); The Great Detective (1979); The Great Salish Heist (2024); The Green Mile (1999); The Herd (1998); The Highest Step in the World (2002); The Hired Heart (1997); The Home Show (1992); The Last of His Tribe (1992); The Last of Us (2023); The Legend of Secret Pass (2010); The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' (1990); The Making of 'Die Hard 3' (1995); The New Beachcombers (2002); The Outer Limits (1996); The Pathfinder (1996); The Performance (2023); The Protector (2025); The Proteus Chronicles (1998); The Red Green Show (1994–2006); The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together (2008); The Shack (2017); The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012); The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009); The War That Made America (2006); The Way West (1995); The Weekend Fix (2020); The Wild Girl (2010); The Wild West (1993); The Wolf and the Lion (2021); This Hour Has 22 Minutes (2020); This Is Wonderland (2006); Through Black Spruce (2018); Thunderheart (1992); Touched (1999); Trail of Vengeance (2025); Transamerica (2005); Trial by Fire (2000); Tulsa King (2024); Turok: Son of Stone (2008); Two Minutes to Midnight (2025); Unnatural (2015); V for Vengeance (2022); Valley of the Sun (2011); Walking the Mile (2000); Walking the Mile (Director's Cut) (2014); We Are Boats (2018); When I Find the Ocean (2006); When I Find the Ocean: Behind the Scenes (2008); Where the Spirit Lives (1989); Willatuk: The Legend of Seattle's Sea Serpent (2010); Wind River (2017); Winter's Tale (2014); Wolf Lake (2001–2002); World of Discovery (1993); Wounded (1997).

Born on this day – Connie Chiume:

Connie Chiume

Actor

June 5, 1952 – August 6, 2024

Credits:

Heart of the Hunter (2024); Soon Comes Night (2024); Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022); Jewel (2022); Housekeepers (2018–2022); Umama (2021); Gomora (2020–2023); Black Is King (2020); Seriously Single (2020); Queen Sono (2020); What Did You Dream? (2020); Blessers (2019); Losing Lerato (2019); Ring of Lies (2017–2018); Black Panther (2018); Thula's Vine (2017); Rhythm City (2007–2015); It's Complicated (2015–2016); Lerato (2015); Fanie Fourie's Lobola (2013); Stokvel (2007); 90 Plein Street (2007); Home Affairs (2006); Zone 14 (2005–2008); Yizo yizo (2001–2004); Mazinyo Dot Q (2004); In My Country (2004); Soul City (2003); I Dreamed of Africa (2000); Chikin Biznis ... The Whole Story! (1999); Tierärztin Christine III: Abenteuer in Südafrika (1998); A Woman of Color (1997); The Line (1994); The Air Up There (1994); Warriors from Hell (1990); Inkom' Edla Yodwa (1989).

On this day in movie history - Loan Shark (1952):

Loan Shark

directed by Seymour Friedman,

written by Eugene Ling and Martin Rackin,

based on a story by Martin Rackin,

was released in the United States on May 23, 1952.
Music by Heinz Roemheld.

Cast:

George Raft, Dorothy Hart, Paul Stewart, John Hoyt, Helen Westcott, Henry Slate, Russell Johnson, Margia Dean, Benny Baker, Lawrence Dobkin, Robert Bice, Ralph Brooks, Claire Carleton, Virginia Carroll, Russell Custer, Jack Daley, Mike Donovan, George Eldredge, Ross Elliott, Rudy Germane, Dick Gordon, Jack Gordon, Herschel Graham, Joe Hinds, Robert Karnes, Robert Lawson, Charles Meredith, Spring Mitchell, Hans Moebus, William H. O'Brien, Frank O'Connor, William 'Bill' Phillips, William Phipps, Mike Ragan, Keith Richards, John Roy, Brick Sullivan, William Tannen, Harlan Warde, Robert B. Williams, Barbara Wooddell.

Born on this day – Carl Carlton:

Carl Carlton

Singer

Songwriter

May 21, 1952 – December 14, 2025

Credits:

Albums:

25 Greatest Hits (2015); Carl Carlton (1981); Everlasting Love (1974); Everlasting: The Best Of Carl Carlton (2009); I Wanna Be With You (2024); Lights out in Wonderland (2014); Private Property (1985); Songs for the Lost and Brave (2008); The Bad C.C. (1982).

Songs:

46 Drums - 1 Guitar; Ain't Gonna Tell Nobody; Baby I Need Your Loving; Don’t Walk Away; Don’t You Need a Boy Like Me; Don't You Wanna Make Love; Drop by My Place; Everlasting Love; Fighting in the Name of Love; God Is Good; I Can Feel It; I Love Only You; I Think It's Gonna Be Alright; I Wanna Be With You; I Wanna Be Your Main Squeeze; I Won't Let That Chump Break Your Heart; I'll Love You Forever; I've Got That Boogie Fever; Just One Kiss; Look at Mary Wonder; Morning, Noon and Nightime; She's a Bad Mama Jama; Slipped, Tripped; Smokin' Room; So What; Sure Miss Loving You; The Generation Gap; This Feeling's Rated X-Tra; Toast to Freedom; Wild Child; You Can't Stop a Man in Love; You've Got So Much.

Movies and television:

Abbott Elementary (2024); American Bandstand (1974–1982); American Soundtrack: Rhythm, Love and Soul (2003); Black in the 80s (2005); Champions (2023); David Makes Man (2019); Die Abendschau (2023); EastEnders (1999–2007); Fat Albert (2004); Friends (1997); How to Be a Player (1997); Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005); Performance (1981); Scandal (2015); So What Is Love (2019); So You Think You Can Dance (2006–2007); Soul Train (1974–1983); Splitting Up Together (2019); Supergirl (2015); The Merv Griffin Show (1970); The New Guy (2002); Tijd voor MAX (2025); Two Can Play That Game (2001); Two of Us (2024); Undercover Brother (2002); Unsung (2022); Unsung Presents: The Decades (2022); WKRP in Cincinnati (1981).

Born on this day – Caitlin Clarke:

Caitlin Clarke

Actress

Teacher

May 3, 1952 – September 9, 2004

Credits:

Movies and television:

A Cure for Serpents (1997); Blown Away (1994); CBS Summer Playhouse (1987); Cost of Living (1997); Crocodile Dundee (1986); Dellaventura (1998); Dragonslayer (1981); Gabriel's Fire (1991); Joe the King (1999); Kiss and Tell (1996); Law & Order (1997–2000); Love, Lies and Murder (1991); Matlock (1990); Mayflower Madam (1987); Moonlighting (1987); Never Again (2001); New York Undercover (1995); Northern Exposure (1991); Nurse (1982); Once a Hero (1987); Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989); Sex and the City (2000); The Big Picture (1989); The Cosby Mysteries (1994); The Equalizer (1986); The Kid Brother (1987); The Stepford Husbands (1996).

On stage:

Aristocrats (2002); Arms and the Man (1985); As You Like It (1984); Bal (1980); Griller (1999); Indiscretions (1997); Mrs. Warren's Profession (1996); No End of Blame (1981); Not Quite Jerusalem (1984); Othello (1979); Our Country's Good (1989); Plenty (1981); Quartermaine's Terms (1984); Strange Interlude (1985); Summer (1983); Summer Vacation Madness (1982); Tales from the Vienna Woods (1978); Teaneck Tanzi: The Venus Flytrap (1983); The Gigli Concert (2002); The Glass Menagerie (1997); The Marriage of Figaro (1985); The Queen And The Rebels (1991); The Winter's Tale (1979); Thin Ice (1984); Three Birds Alighting On A Field (1994); Titanic: A New Musical (1998); Total Eclipse (1984); Unexpected Tenderness (1994); Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (2000).

On this day in movie history - The Narrow Margin (1952):

The Narrow Margin

directed by Richard Fleischer,

written by Earl Felton,

based on story by Martin Goldsmith and Jack Leonard,

was released in the United States on April 23, 1952.
Music by Gene Rose, Leith Stevens, Dave Torbett and Roy Webb.

Cast:

Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White, Queenie Leonard, David Clarke, Peter Virgo, Don Beddoe, Paul Maxey, Harry Harvey, Gordon Gebert, Peter Brocco, Ivan Browning, George Chandler, James Conaty, Don Dillaway, Franklyn Farnum, Bess Flowers, Don Haggerty, Clarence Hargrave, Art Howard, Bobby Johnson, Milton Kibbee, Mike Lally, Johnny Lee, William A. Lee, Walter Merrill, Harold Miller, Howard M. Mitchell, Edgar Murray, Franklin Parker, George Sawaya, Jeffrey Sayre, Ray Spiker, Jasper Weldon, Napoleon Whiting, Bob Whitney.

On this day in movie history - Hoodlum Empire (1952):

Hoodlum Empire

directed by Joseph Kane,

written by Bruce Manning and Bob Considine,

based on a story by Bob Considine,

was released in the United States on April 15, 1952.
Music by Nathan Scott.

Cast:

Brian Donlevy, Claire Trevor, Forrest Tucker, Vera Ralston, Luther Adler, John Russell, Gene Lockhart, Grant Withers, Taylor Holmes, Roy Barcroft, William Murphy, Richard Jaeckel, Don Beddoe, Roy Roberts, Richard Benedict, Phillip Pine, Damian O'Flynn, Pat Flaherty, Gertrude Astor, Walter Bacon, Joe Bailey.

On this day in movie history - The Captive City (1952):

The Captive City

directed by Robert Wise,

written by Karl Kamb and Alvin M. Josephy,

based on a story by Alvin M. Josephy,

was released in the United States on April 11, 1952.
Music by Jerome Moross.

Cast:

John Forsythe, Joan Camden, Harold J. Kennedy, Marjorie Crossland, Victor Sutherland, Ray Teal, Martin Milner, Geraldine Hall, Hal K. Dawson, Ian Wolfe, Gladys Hurlbut, Jess Kirkpatrick, Paul Newlan, Frances Morris, Paul Brinegar, Patricia Goldwater, Robert Gorell, Glenn Judd, William C. Miller, Estes Kefauver, Charles Regan, Victor Romito, Charles Wagenheim.