Born on this day – Beatrice Pearson:

Beatrice Pearson

Actress

July 27, 1920 – February 1986

Credits:

Movies, television and stage:

ITV Play of the Week (1957); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1951); The Day After Tomorrow (1950); Lost Boundaries (1949); Force of Evil (1948); The Day After Tomorrow (1950); The Mermaids Singing (1945–1946); Over 21 (1944); The Voice of the Turtle (1943–1948); Get Away Old Man (1943); Liliom (1940).

Awarded the Theatre World Award, for Outstanding Broadway Debut Performance, in the play: The Mermaids Singing (1946).

On this day in movie history - Force of Evil (1948):

Force of Evil,

directed by Abraham Polonsky,

written by Abraham Polonsky and Ira Wolfert,

based on the novel Tucker's People by Ira Wolfert,

was released in the United States on December 25, 1948.
Music by David Raksin.

Cast:
John Garfield, Beatrice Pearson, Thomas Gomez, Marie Windsor, Howland Chamberlain, Roy Roberts, Paul Fix, Stanley Prager, Barry Kelley, Beau Bridges, Paul McVey.