Born on this day – Valerie Bettis:

Valerie Bettis

Actress

Dancer

Choreographer

December 20, 1919 – September 26, 1982

Born on this day – Tony Mordente:

Tony Mordente

Director

Dancer

Choreographer

Actor

December 3, 1935 – June 11, 2024

Credits:

3 Girls 3 (1977); 7th Heaven (1997–2003); American Masters (2009); Angie (1979–1980); Baker's Dozen (1982); Benson (1979–1980); Blood and Flesh: The Reel Life and Ghastly Death of Al Adamson (2019); Brothers and Sisters (1979); Burke's Law (1995); Busting Loose (1977); Combat! (1962); Coming of Age (1988); Cousins (1976); Curb Your Enthusiasm (2009); Day by Day (1989); Doc (1975–1976); Don't Call Me Mama Anymore (1973); Easy Street (1986–1987); Family Ties (1982–1983); Flatbush (1979); Fleeting Moments (2018); Flo (1981); Good Time Harry (1980); Goodtime Girls (1980); Hardcastle and McCormick (1983–1986); Hunter (1985–1991); I'm a Big Girl Now (1981); Jake and the Fatman (1987); Just Tell Me You Love Me (1978); Keep on Truckin' (1975); Love Boat: The Next Wave (1998–1999); Love with the Proper Stranger (1963); Love, Sidney (1981–1982); M*A*S*H (1978–1979); Matlock (1987–1990); Maude (1973–1976); Nobody's Perfect (1980); Nurse (1982); Phyllis (1976); Private Benjamin (1982–1983); Quincy, M.E. (1979); Rhoda (1975–1978); Riptide (1984–1986); Romance Theatre (1982–1983); Safe Harbor (1999); Shadow Chasers (1986); Stars in the House (2020); That Second Thing on ABC (1978); That's Dancing! (1985); That's Life (1968); The 27th Annual Tony Awards (1973); The Associates (1979–1980); The A-Team (1984–1986); The Brady Brides (1981); The Daydreamer (1966); The Greatest American Hero (1986); The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine (1974); The Jim Nabors Hour (1969-1970); The Jimmy Dean Show (1965–1966); The Longest Day (1962); The Melba Moore-Clifton Davis Show (1972); The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004); The New Interns (1964); The New Lorenzo Music Show (1976); The Outer Limits (1964); The Practice (1976); The Rita Moreno Show (1978); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1971–1972); The Tony Randall Show (1977–1978); True Blue (1990); Turnabout (1979); Valerie (1987); Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–1998); West Side Memories (2003); West Side Story (1961); We've Got Each Other (1977); Who's on Call? (1979); Young Hearts (1984).

Born on this day – Gene Kelly:

Gene Kelly

Actor

Singer

Director

Dancer

Choreographer

August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration (1955); 40 Carats (1973); 47th Annual Academy Awards (1975); 50 años de (2009); 8 Women (2002); A Bing Crosby Christmas (1998); A Classic Evolves: From Print to Stage to Screen (2006); A Clockwork Orange (1971); A Current Affair (2011); A Guide for the Married Man (1967); À la folie, pas du tout (1987); A Life in Words and Music (2007); A Show Business Salute to Milton Berle (1973); A Tribute to Mr. Television Milton Berle (1978); ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999); ABC Late Night (1974); AFI Life Achievement Award (1974–1992); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004); Al-yawm al-Sadis (1986); America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music (1976); American Dynasties: The Kennedys (2018); American in Paris (1964); American Masters (1987–2014); America's Sweetheart: The Mary Pickford Story (1978); An American in Paris (1951); An Evening with Gene Kelly (1974); Anatomia do Espectador (1979); Anchors Aweigh (1945); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Ang boyfriend kong gamol (1993); Babylon (2022); Backlot USA (1976); Beau geste (2024); Best of the Dean Martin Show (1979); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Biography (1987–2004); Black Hand (1950); Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006); Bourne to Dance (2001); Breakfast (2016); Brigadoon (1954); Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2016); Broadway: The American Musical (2004); Ça c'est l'amour (2003); Call the Midwife (2014); Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking (2010); Catalogue of Ships (2008); Cats Don't Dance (1997); CBS Early Morning News (1982); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2018–2022); Champs-Elysées (1985); Changing Scene (1970); Changing Scene II (1970); Children's Letters to God (1969); Christmas at the Movies (1991); Christmas Gold (1982); Christmas Holiday (1944); Cinderella at the Palace (1978); Cinema (1970); Combat Fatigue Irritability (1945); Compression (2022–2023); Council of Europe (1952); Cover Girl (1944); Crest of the Wave (1954); Dancing with the Stars (2007–2014); Das Kino ist tot, es lebe das Kino: Berlinale-Beobachtungen (2020); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Danny Thomas (1976); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Dean Martin (1976); Deep in My Heart (1954); Der ganz normale Wahnsinn (1979); Dom DeLuise and Friends (1983); Doug Henning's World of Magic (1975); Dough (2015); Du Barry Was a Lady (1943); Easter Parade: On the Avenue (2005); El lado oscuro (2024); Entertainment Tonight (1990); Entrée Libre (2018); E-penser (2022); Eröffnung der X. Internationalen Filmfestspiele (1960); Faces of the East: Casting Flower Drum Song (2006); Family Guy (2007); Film '76 (1976); Film Fanfare (1956); Film Night (1970); Filmfestspiele Cannes 1959 (1959); Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012); For Me and My Gal (1942); Forget Paris (1995); Frank Sinatra. Die Stimme Amerikas (2015); Frank Sinatra: L.A. Is My Lady (1984); Frankenstein Punk (1986); Fred Astaire: Puttin' on His Top Hat (1980); Freedom Spectacular (1964); Friars Club Tribute to Gene Kelly (1976); Friends (1995); Gene Kelly in New York, New York (1966); Gene Kelly: An American in Pasadena (1978); Gene Kelly's Wonderful World of Girls (1970); General Electric Theater (1960); Gent de paraula (2011); Gigot (1962); Gintberg på kanten (2012); Gisoku no Moses (2014); Godard Mon Amour (2017); Going Back to Xanadu (2008); Going My Way (1962–1963); Good Morning America (1979–1985); Good Morning Britain (2016); Great Hollywood Memories, Vol. I (date?); Great Performances (1987 / 1991); Great Performances (1996–2003); Happy Again (2006); Hawaii Five-0 (2018); Hello, Dolly! (1969); Hello, Dolly! Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered (2013); Here's Hollywood (1961); Here's Peggy Fleming (1968); Héros (2007); Hoge bomen: Pioniers (2007); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Greats (2001); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hollywood Musicals of the 50's (1999); Hollywood Rivals (2001–2002); Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 (1999); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's (2009); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008); Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Hollywood: The Golden Years (1961); Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963); Hour Magazine (1985); Huset på Christianshavn (1973); Il était une fois... Champs-Elysées (2022); I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! (2019); Inherit the Wind (1960); Inside the Movie Kingdom – 1964 (1964); Invitation to the Dance (1956); It's a Big Country: An American Anthology (1951); It's Always Fair Weather (1955); It's Showtime (1976); Jack and the Beanstalk (1967); Jackie Gleason: The Great One (1988); James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983); King of Cool (2021); La galerie France 5 (2017); La nuit des Césars (1984); La rentadora (2006); Le fantôme d'Henri Langlois (2004); Le petit prince, naissance d'une étoile (2023); Legal Eagles (1986); Legend to Legend Night: A Celebrity Cavalcade (1993); Léon: The Professional (1994); Les années Hollywood de François Chalais (2019); Les Girls (1957); Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star (2016); Let's Make Love (1960); Liberty Weekend (1986); Living in a Big Way (1947); Los Angeles 1984: Games of the XXIII Olympiad (1984); Love Is Better Than Ever (1952); Lovecraft Country (2020); Lucy Moves to NBC (1980); Lucy Moves to NBC: A Remembrance (2012); Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra (1973); Making Xanadu: The Musical Fantasy Movie (1980); Marjorie Morningstar (1958); Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's World Famous Musical Hits! (1962); MGM Parade (1955–1956); MGM Sing-Alongs: Friends (1997); MGM Sing-Alongs: Searching for Your Dreams (1997); MGM: When the Lion Roars (1992); Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (2010); Mickey's 50 (1978); Milkshake (1994); Miss Hollywood Talent Search (1985); Mobile (1971); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Monty and the Movies (2024); Moonlighting (1985); MsMojo (2021–2023); Musikalische Unterhaltung (1963); My Hindu Friend (2015); NBC: The First Fifty Years (1976); Newsies (1992); Night of 100 Stars (1982); North & South: Book 1, North & South (1985); Numéro un (1980); October Madness: The World Series (1965); Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights (1980); Olympic Gala (1984); Omnibus (1958 / 1976 / 1980 / 2001); On Any Saturday (2008); On the Edge (2001); On the Town (1949); One from the Heart (1981); Parkinson (1975); Password (1965); Person to Person (1958); Pilot #5 (1943); Pontiac Star Parade (1959); Por Toda Minha Vida (2007); Precious Images (1986); Reflections on the Silver Screen (1994); Reflets de Cannes (1955–1959); Rembob'Ina (2021); Reporters (1981); Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again (2005); Ringling Bros. And Barnum & Bailey Circus - 107th Edition (1977); Rita Hayworth: The Columbia Lady (2000); Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town (1988); Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane (2007); Salute to Baseball (1957); Salute to Oscar Hammerstein II (1972); Salute to Sir Lew - The Master Showman (1975); Sandy Duncan Special (1974); Sawako no asa (2012); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Screen Actors (1950); Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2010); Seder-Masochism (2018); Sendung ohne Namen (2002); Showbiz Goes to War (1982); Showbiz Today (1992); Sid & Judy (2019); Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet to Come (1990); Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015); Singin' in the Rain (1952); Singin' in the Rain / Short movie (2008); Sins (1986); Siskel & Ebert (1996); Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' (1997); Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949); Somebody or The Rise and Fall of Philosophy (1989); Something for the Girls (1958); Steps of Freedom (2021); Steve and Eydie: Our Love Is Here to Stay (1975); Strangers with Candy (2000); Summer Stock (1950); Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949); Talking Pictures (2013); That's Dancing! (1985); That's Entertainment III: Behind the Screen (1994); That's Entertainment! (1974); That's Entertainment! / Just One More Time (1974); That's Entertainment! / The Lion Roars Again (1975); That's Entertainment! III (1994); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The $64, 000 Question (1955–1958); The 100 Greatest Musicals (2003); The 18th Annual Grammy Awards (1976); The 1974 Annual Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards (1974); The 1975 Annual Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards (1975); The 1982 Annual Vision Awards (1982); The 19th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1967); The 20th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1963); The 20th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1968); The 23rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1966); The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994 (1994); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The 32nd Annual Tony Awards (1978); The 34th Annual Academy Awards (1962); The 35th Annual Academy Awards (1963); The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1981); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 48th Annual Academy Awards (1976); The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made (2004); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 56th Annual Academy Awards (1984); The 57th Annual Academy Awards (1985); The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986); The 5th Annual American Cinema Awards (1988); The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993); The 68th Annual Academy Awards (1996); The Actor's Society Benefit Gala (1949); The American Ireland Fund Annual Tribute a Salute to Gene Kelly (1990); The Andy Griffith Show (1967); The Annual Friars Club Tribute Presents a Salute to Gene Kelly (1985); The Big Show (1980); The Brass Are Comin' (1969); The Cap and Gown Revue (1932); The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait (1978); The Cheyenne Social Club (1970); The Choreography of One from the Heart (2024); The Costume Designer (1950); The Cross of Lorraine (1943); The Danny Kaye Show (1963); The David Frost Show (1969); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Frank Sinatra (1978); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: George Burns (1978); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jackie Gleason (1975); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Muhammad Ali (1976); The Dean Martin Show (1972–1974); The Devil Makes Three (1952); The Dorothy Hamill Special (1976); The Dream Studio (2004); The Ed Sullivan Show (1954–1961); The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995); The First 40 Years (1980); The Flash (2017); The Funny Side (1971); The Gene Kelly Show (1959); The Happy Road (1957); The Hollywood Palace (1964 / 1970); The Hollywood Stars of Tomorrow Awards (1967); The Intern (2015); The Jackie Gleason Show (1967–1969); The Joey Bishop Show (1969); The Julie Andrews Show (1965); The Kelly Brothers (1932); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1979 / 1982 / 1983 / 1991); The Love Boat (1984); The Magic Lamp (1956); The Magical World of Disney (1978); The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2019); The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell (1982); The Mary Tyler Moore Hour (1979); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1972); The Messiah (2023); The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1951); The Mike Douglas Show (1976); The Movies (2019); The Muppet Show (1981); The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986); The Neighbors (2012); The New Bike (2009); The Object of My Affection (1998); The Orville (2019); The Pirate (1948); The Pirate: A Musical Treasure Chest (2007); The Project (2024); The Royal Variety Performance 1983 (1983); The Stars Salute Israel at 30 (1978); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956); The Story of Hollywood (1988); The Story of Submarine Warfare in the Pacific (1945); The Three Musketeers (1948); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar / The Jack Paar Program (1964); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1966–1992); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 25th Anniversary Special (1987); The Tunnel of Love (1958); The Ultimate Swan Lake (1984); The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967); The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993); This Is Joan Collins (2022); This Is Your Life (1970); Thousands Cheer (1943); Today (1967–1976); Torrella, una vida pel cinema (1997); Tu cara me suena - Argentina (2014); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Twenty Years After (1944); Two by Dove / Great Performances: Dance in America (1981); Vacation Playhouse (1964); Viaje al centro de la tele (2020); Viva Knievel! (1977); What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' (2002); What a Way to Go! (1964); What's My Line? (1957–1964); Women He's Undressed (2015); Words and Music (1948); Xanadu (1980); Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera (1977); Ziegfeld Follies (1945); Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2020).

Born on this day – Bob Fosse:

Bob Fosse

Actor

Choreographer

Dancer

Director

June 23, 1927 – September 23, 1987

Born on this day – Herbert Ross:

Herbert Ross

Actor

Choreographer

Director

May 13, 1927 – October 9, 2001

Credits:

A Christmas Festival (1959); AFI Life Achievement Award (1978–1981); All Star Revue (1952–1953); All Star Revue (1953); All Star Revue (1953); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Barbra in Movieland (1968); Biography (2000); Boys on the Side (1995); Boys on the Side (1995); California Suite (1978); Camera Three (1978); Carmen Jones (1954); Dancers (1987); Dinah! (1978); Doctor Dolittle (1967); Doctor Dolittle (1967); E! True Hollywood Story (2007); Footloose (1984); Footloose (2011); Funny Girl (1968); Funny Lady (1975); Funny Lady (1975); Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969); Great Performances (1986); Great Performances (1986); I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982); I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982); In Full Bloom (2002); In Full Bloom (2002); Inside Daisy Clover (1965); Intimate Portrait (1998); Jean-Pierre Aumont, charme et fou-rires (1999); Kenny Loggins: Footloose (Version 2) (1984); Max Dugan Returns (1983); Max Dugan Returns (1983); Meet Me in St. Louis (1959); My Blue Heaven (1990); My Blue Heaven (1990); Nijinsky (1980); On Location with the Owl and the Pussycat (1970); Pennies from Heaven (1981); Pennies from Heaven (1981); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1964); Placido Domingo's Tales from the Opera (1994); Play It Again, Sam (1972); Pontiac Star Parade: Four for Tonight (1960); Protocol (1984); Rinaldo in campo (1963); Shirley MacLaine: Kicking Up Her Heels (1996); Soapdish (1991); Steel Magnolias (1989); Summer Holiday (1963); T.R. Baskin (1971); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002); The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play (1977); The Bacchantes (1961); The Bell Telephone Hour (1963–1966); The Buick Berle Show, 1954 (1995); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1952); The Fantasticks (1964); The Goodbye Girl (1977); The Jerry Lewis Show (1957); The Last of Sheila (1973); The Making of 'the Goodbye Girl' (1977); The Martha Raye Show (1954); The Milton Berle Show (1953–1955); The Nut House!! (1964); The Owl and the Pussycat (1970); The Paul Winchell Show (1954); The Secret of My Success (1987); The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956); The Sunshine Boys (1975); The Turning Point (1977); This Is Streisand (1968); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1981); True Colors (1991); Undercover Blues (1993); Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough (1997); We, the People (1949); Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966); Wonderful to Be Young! (1961); Wonderful Town (1958).

Born on this day – Stanley Donen:

Stanley Donen

Director

Choreographer

April 13, 1924 – February 21, 2019

Credits:

24th Annual Academy Awards (1952); A Date with Judy (1948); AFI Life Achievement Award (1985); American Masters (2004–2008); Anchors Aweigh (1945); Arabesque (1966); Audrey Hepburn Remembered (1993); Autodefensa (2022); Bedazzled (1967); Best Foot Forward (1943); Big City (1948); Blame It on Rio (1984); Broadway: The American Musical (2004); Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988); Ceremonia de clausura 44ª edición del Festival de Cine de San Sebastián (1996); Charade (1963); Ciné regards (1979); Cinema (1969); Cinema 3 (1989); Cinéma cinémas (1986); Cover Girl (1944); Damn Yankees (1958); Deep in My Heart (1954); Der Klang der Bilder (1995); Fearless Fagan (1952); Film '80 (1980); Film Review (1967); Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005); Funny Face (1957); Give a Girl a Break (1953); Great Performances (1996); Hey, Rookie (1944); Holiday in Mexico (1946); Hollywood U.K. British Cinema in the Sixties (1993); Hollywood's Best Film Directors (2009); Indiscreet (1958); Inside the Actors Studio (1995); It's Always Fair Weather (1955); Jam Session (1944); Kansas City Kitty (1944); Killer McCoy (1947); Kismet (1955); Kiss Them for Me (1957); Les mystères du premier film (1995); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1976); Lionel Richie: Dancing on the Ceiling (1986); Living in a Big Way (1947); Love Is Better Than Ever (1952); Love Letters (1999); Love's Labour's Lost (2000); Lucky Lady (1975); MGM: When the Lion Roars (1992); Moonlighting (1986); Movie Movie / Baxter's Beauties of 1933 / Dynamite Hands (1978); No Leave, No Love (1946); Omnibus (1995); On the Town (1949); Once More, with Feeling! (1960); Pierrot the Fool (1984); Pour le cinéma (1969); Private Screenings (2006); Revista de cine (1976); Rich, Young and Pretty (1951); Royal Wedding (1951); Saturn 3 (1980); Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); Singin' in the Rain (1952); Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' (1997); Sodankylä Forever (2010); Staircase (1969); Stanley Donen: You Just Do It (2010); Surprise Package (1960); Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949); That's Entertainment!: The Masters Behind the Musicals (2004); The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The Children of Lindos (1960); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Audrey Hepburn (1991); The Grass Is Greener (1960); The Hollywood Fashion Machine (1995); The Hollywood Soundtrack Story (1995); The Kissing Bandit (1948); The Lionel Richie Collection (2003); The Little Prince (1974); The Making of Lionel Richie's Dancing on the Ceiling (1986); The Nation's Favourite Dance Moment (2013); The Pajama Game (1957); The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011); This Time for Keeps (1947); Two for the Road (1967); What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' (2002); Zapper n'est pas jouer (1990).

Born on this day – Gregory Hines:

Gregory Hines

Actor

Dancer

Choreographer

Singer

February 14, 1946 – August 9, 2003