Born on this day – Cyd Charisse:

Cyd Charisse

Actress

Dancer

March 8, 1922 - June 17, 2008

Credits:

Empire State Building Murders (2008); Frasier (1995); Burke's Law (1995); Swimsuit (1989); Crazy Like a Fox (1986); Murder, She Wrote (1985); Glitter (1984); Sentimental Journey (1984); The Fall Guy (1984); Fantasy Island (1978–1983); Portrait of an Escort (1980); The Love Boat (1979); Hawaii Five-O (1978); Warlords of the Deep (1978); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); Medical Center (1975); Fol-de-Rol (1972); Maroc 7 (1967); The Silencers (1966); Assassination in Rome (1965); Something's Got to Give (1962); Two Weeks in Another Town (1962); Checkmate (1961); Five Golden Hours (1961); Black Tights (1960); Party Girl (1958); Twilight for the Gods (1958); Silk Stockings (1957); Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956); It's Always Fair Weather (1955); Deep in My Heart (1954); Brigadoon (1954); Easy to Love (1953); The Band Wagon (1953); Sombrero (1953); Singin' in the Rain (1952); The Wild North (1952); The Mark of the Renegade (1951); ast Side, West Side (1949); Tension (1949); Words and Music (1948); The Kissing Bandit (1948); On an Island with You (1948); The Unfinished Dance (1947); Fiesta (1947); Till the Clouds Roll By / Roberta (1946); Three Wise Fools (1946); The Harvey Girls (1946); Ziegfeld Follies (1945); This Love of Mine (1944); In Our Time (1944); Thousands Cheer (1943); Something to Shout About (1943); This Love of Mine (1942); The Gay Parisian (1941); Escort Girl (1941).

Born on this day – Betty Hutton:

Betty Hutton

Actress

Comedian

Dancer

Singer

February 26, 1921 – March 11, 2007

Credits:

Baretta (1977); Gunsmoke (1965); Burke's Law (1964–1965); The Greatest Show on Earth (1964); The Betty Hutton Show (1959–1960); Spring Reunion (1956); Satins and Spurs (1954); Somebody Loves Me (1952); Sailor Beware (1952); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); Let's Dance (1950); Annie Get Your Gun (1950); Red, Hot and Blue (1949); Dream Girl (1948); The Perils of Pauline (1947); Cross My Heart (1946); The Stork Club (1945); Hollywood Victory Caravan (1945); Duffy's Tavern (1945); Incendiary Blonde (1945); Here Come the Waves (1944); Skirmish on the Home Front (1944); And the Angels Sing (1944); The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943); Let's Face It (1943); Happy Go Lucky (1943); Star Spangled Rhythm (1942); The Fleet's In (1942); One for the Book (1940); Public Jitterbug No. 1 (1939); Three Kings and a Queen (1939); Queens of the Air (1938).

Born on this day – Robert Alda:

Robert Alda

Actor

Singer

Dancer

Director

February 26, 1916 – May 3, 1986

Credits:

Amanda's (1983); Quincy M.E. (1977–1983); Matt Houston (1983); Trapper John, M.D. (1982); Private Benjamin (1982); Days of Our Lives (1981–1982); The Love Boat (1981); Code Red (1981); Beyond Westworld (1980); Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (1980); Lucy Moves to NBC (1980); M*A*S*H (1975–1980); The White Shadow (1980); The Dukes of Hazzard (1980); The Incredible Hulk (1978–1979); The Facts of Life (1979); But Mother! (1979); Laverne & Shirley (1979); Supertrain (1979); Every Girl Should Have One (1978); Grandpa Goes to Washington (1978); Fame (1978); Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1978); The Rockford Files (1978); Wonder Woman (1978); Sword of Justice (1978); The Squeeze (1978); The Rock Rainbow (1978); Fantasy Island (1978); The Amazing Spider-Man (1978); Perfect Gentlemen (1978); Police Story (1975–1978); The Tony Randall Show (1977); The Feather and Father Gang (1977); The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977); Phyllis (1977); Holiday Hookers (1976); Bittersweet Love (1976); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); I Will... I Will... For Now (1976); Ellery Queen (1976); Kojak (1975); The Invisible Man (1975); Last Hours Before Morning (1975); The House of Exorcism (1975); Cagliostro (1975); Rhoda (1974); Get Christie Love! (1974); The Serpent (1973); Emergency! (1973); Here's Lucy (1970–1971); Julia (1970); Mission: Impossible (1970); The Name of the Game (1970); The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1969); Ironside (1967–1969); N.Y.P.D. (1968); That Girl (1968); Judd for the Defense (1967); All Woman (1967); The Lucy Show (1964); The DuPont Show of the Week (1963); Musketeers of the Sea (1962); Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino (1962); La padrona di raggio di luna (1961); Force of Impulse (1961); The Devil's Hand (1961); Revenge of the Barbarians (1960); Daughter of Cleopatra (1960); Un militare e mezzo (1960); Tales of the Vikings (1959); Naked City (1959); Imitation of Life (1959); The Millionaire (1959); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959); Pursuit (1958); Schlitz Playhouse (1958); Playhouse 90 (1958); Matinee Theatre (1957); Robert Montgomery Presents (1953–1957); Can Do (1956); Secret File, U.S.A. (1955); Assignment Abroad (1955); The Robert Alda Show (1955); Beautiful But Dangerous (1955); Lux Video Theatre (1952–1953); The Gulf Playhouse (1952); Tales of Tomorrow (1952); Love of Life (1951); Faith Baldwin Romance Theatre (1951); Two Gals and a Guy (1951); Your Story Theatre (1951); Mister Universe (1951); Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950); Holiday Rhythm (1950); Homicide (1949); Your Show Time (1949); April Showers (1948); Nora Prentiss (1947); The Man I Love (1946); The Beast with Five Fingers (1946); Cloak and Dagger (1946); Cinderella Jones (1946); Rhapsody in Blue (1945).

Born on this day – Vera-Ellen:

Vera-Ellen

Actress

Dancer

February 16, 1921 – August 30, 1981

Credits:

Let’s Be Happy (1957); The Ford Television Theatre (1957); Lux Video Theatre (1954); White Christmas (1954); Big Leaguer (1953); Call Me Madam (1953); The Belle of New York (1952); Happy Go Lovely (1951); Three Little Words (1950); On the Town (1949); Love Happy (1949); Words and Music (1948); Costa Rica (1947); Three Little Girls in Blue (1946); The Kid from Brooklyn (1946); Wonder Man (1945).

Born on this day – Gregory Hines:

Gregory Hines

Actor

Dancer

Choreographer

Singer

February 14, 1946 – August 9, 2003

Born on this day – Ron Thompson:

Ron Thompson

Actor

Singer

Songwriter

Dancer

January 31, 1941 – April 13, 2024

Credits:

American Me (1992); American Playhouse / This Ain't Bebop (1989); American Pop (1981); Amy Prentiss (1974); An Interview with Joe Black (2017); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1962); Baretta (1975–1976); Bottleneck (2006); Bronk (1975); Brown Eye, Evil Eye (1968); Cagney & Lacey (1985); [Cargo] (2018); Chicks, Man (2018); Crisis Center (1997); Death Ring (1992); Deep Cover (1992); Ethnically Ambiguous (2020); Fallen Arches (2000); Gena (2018); Happy Winter Solstice (2014); Hate Horses (2017); Ironside (1974); Last Days of Coney Island (2015); Low Town (2017); Mannix (1974); Natasha Hall (2021); Quincy M.E. (1977); Stitches (2017); Suffrage (2023); Tellers (2019); The Actor's Choice (2018–2019); The Dream Makers (1975); The Greatest American Hero (1982); The Gun (1974); The Jimmy Star Show with Ron Russell (2023); The No Mercy Man (1973); The Only One in the Room (2020); The Rebels (1976); The Streets of San Francisco (1975); The Waltons (1980); The White Buffalo (1977); This Ain't Bebop (1989).

Born on this day – Chita Rivera:

Chita Rivera

Actress

Singer

Dancer

January 23, 1933 – January 30, 2024

Credits:

Chicago (2002); De Mike Burstyn show (1979); Dinah! (1975); Dora the Explorer (2004–2019); Gala of Stars 1984 (1984); General Motors 50th Anniversary Show (1957); Great Performances (1985–2004); Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1997); Johnny and the Sprites (2008); Kalamazoo? (2006); Max Liebman Presents: The Maurice Chevalier Show (1956); Mayflower Madam (1987); Once Upon a Brothers Grimm (1977); One Life to Live (1968); Pippin: His Life and Times (1982); Sammy and Company (1975); Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell (1975); Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978); So You Think You Can Dance (2013); So You Think You Can Dance Canada (2011); Stephen Fry in America (2008); Still Waiting in the Wings (2018); Strawberry Ice (1982); Submissions Only (2011); Sweet Charity (1969); That's Dancing! (1985); The 38th Annual Tony Awards (1984); The 39th Annual Tony Awards (1985); The 40th Annual Tony Awards (1986); The 41st Annual Tony Awards (1987); The 47th Annual Tony Awards (1993); The 69th Annual Tony Awards (2015); The Carol Burnett Show (1971); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1958); The Ed Sullivan Show (1960); The Entertainers (1965); The George Burns Special (1976); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2010); The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1976); The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1973–1974); The Outer Limits (1964); Think Like a Man Too (2014); tick, tick... BOOM! (2021); Will & Grace (2005).

Born on this day – Bebe Daniels:

Bebe Daniels

Actress

Singer

Dancer

Writer

Producer

January 14, 1901 – March 16, 1971

Credits:

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008); The Adventures of Timothy Telescope (1956); The Lyons Abroad (1955); Life with the Lyons (1955–1960); Family Affair (1954); The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival (1947); The Fabulous Joe (1947); Hi Gang! (1941); The Return of Carol Deane (1938); Treachery on the High Seas (1936); Music Is Magic (1935); Registered Nurse (1934); A Southern Maid (1934); The Song You Gave Me (1934); Hollywood on Parade No. B-7 (1934); Counsellor at Law (1933); Cocktail Hour (1933); 42nd Street (1933); Silver Dollar (1932); Honor of the Family (1931); The Maltese Falcon (1931); My Past (1931); The Stolen Jools (1931); Reaching for the Moon (1930); Lawful Larceny (1930); Dixiana (1930); Alias French Gertie (1930); Love Comes Along (1930); Rio Rita (1929); What a Night! (1928); Take Me Home (1928); Hot News (1928); The Fifty-Fifty Girl (1928); Feel My Pulse (1928); Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927); She's a Sheik (1927); Swim Girl, Swim (1927); Señorita (1927); A Kiss in a Taxi (1927); Stranded in Paris (1926); The Campus Flirt (1926); Volcano (1926); The Palm Beach Girl (1926); Miss Brewster's Millions (1926); The Splendid Crime (1925); Lovers in Quarantine (1925); Wild, Wild Susan (1925); The Manicure Girl (1925); The Crowded Hour (1925); Miss Bluebeard (1925); Argentine Love (1924); Dangerous Money (1924); Sinners in Heaven (1924); Monsieur Beaucaire (1924); Unguarded Women (1924); Daring Youth (1924); The Heritage of the Desert (1924); His Children's Children (1923); Hollywood (1923); The Exciters (1923); The Glimpses of the Moon (1923); The World's Applause (1923); Singed Wings (1922); Pink Gods (1922); Nice People (1922); North of the Rio Grande (1922); A Game Chicken (1922); Nancy from Nowhere (1922); The Speed Girl (1921); One Wild Week (1921); The Affairs of Anatol (1921); The March Hare (1921); Two Weeks with Pay (1921); Ducks and Drakes (1921); She Couldn't Help It (1920); Oh, Lady, Lady (1920); The Fourteenth Man (1920); You Never Can Tell (1920); Sick Abed (1920); The Dancin' Fool (1920); Why Change Your Wife? (1920); Everywoman (1919); Captain Kidd's Kids (1919); Male and Female (1919); Bumping Into Broadway (1919); His Only Father (1919); Luke's Movie Muddle (1916–1919); Count the Votes (1919); Soft Money (1919); He Leads, Others Follow (1919); The Rajah (1919); Be My Wife (1919); Don't Shove (1919); Heap Big Chief (1919); A Jazzed Honeymoon (1919); At the Old Stage Door (1919); Just Neighbors (1919); Billy Blazes, Esq. (1919); Off the Trolley (1919); Swat the Crook (1919); Pistols for Breakfast (1919); Back to the Woods (1919); The Marathon (1919); Before Breakfast (1919); Si, Senor (1919); Ring Up the Curtain (1919); Young Mr. Jazz (1919); Crack Your Heels (1919); Just Dropped In (1919); A Sammy in Siberia (1919); Next Aisle Over (1919); The Dutiful Dub (1919); Look Out Below (1919); I'm on My Way (1919); On the Fire (1919); Going! Going! Gone! (1919); Ask Father (1919); Love's Young Scream (1919); Wanted - $5,000 (1919); She Loves Me Not (1918); Take a Chance (1918); Nothing But Trouble (1918); Swing Your Partners (1918); Bees in His Bonnet (1918); Two Scrambled (1918); Bride and Gloom (1918); That's Him (1918); Kicking the Germ Out of Germany (1918); An Ozark Romance (1918); Are Crooks Dishonest? (1918); Somewhere in Turkey (1918); Sic 'Em, Towser (1918); The City Slicker (1918); Fireman Save My Child (1918); Two-Gun Gussie (1918); The Non-Stop Kid (1918); Kicked Out (1918); Hey There (1918); It's a Wild Life (1918); Pipe the Whiskers (1918); Follow the Crowd (1918); On the Jump (1918); Let's Go (1918); Here Come the Girls (1918); Look Pleasant, Please (1918); A Gasoline Wedding (1918); Beat It (1918); Hit Him Again (1918); Hello Teacher (1918); The Lamb (1918); The Tip (1918); Lonesome Luke's Lovely Rifle (1917); The Big Idea (1917); Step Lively (1917); Bashful (1917); Move On (1917); We Never Sleep (1917); Clubs Are Trump (1917); The Flirt (1917); Love, Laughs and Lather (1917); Rainbow Island (1917); From Laramie to London (1917); Bliss (1917); Birds of a Feather (1917); By the Sad Sea Waves (1917); Pinched (1917); Lonesome Luke Loses Patients (1917); Over the Fence (1917); Lonesome Luke's Wild Women (1917); Lonesome Luke, Mechanic (1917); Lonesome Luke, Messenger (1917); Stop! Luke! Listen! (1917); Lonesome Luke, Plumber (1917); Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon (1917); Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley (1917); Lonesome Luke's Lively Life (1917); Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire (1917); Lonesome Luke, Lawyer (1917); Luke's Trolley Troubles (1917); Drama's Dreadful Deal (1917); Luke's Busy Day (1917); Luke's Lost Liberty (1917); Luke's Shattered Sleep (1916); Luke Locates the Loot (1916); Luke's Fireworks Fizzle (1916); Luke, Rank Impersonator (1916); Luke's Newsie Knockout (1916); Luke, Patient Provider (1916); Luke, the Gladiator (1916); Luke's Preparedness Preparations (1916); Luke, the Chauffeur (1916); Luke and the Bang-Tails (1916); Luke's Speedy Club Life (1916); Luke and the Mermaids (1916); Luke Joins the Navy (1916); Luke Does the Midway (1916); Luke's Lost Lamb (1916); Luke, Crystal Gazer (1916); Luke Rides Roughshod (1916); Luke's Washful Waiting (1916); Luke's Society Mixup (1916); Luke's Fatal Flivver (1916); Luke Laughs Last (1916); Luke's Late Lunchers (1916); Luke and the Bomb Throwers (1916); Them Was the Happy Days! (1916); Luke's Double (1916); Lonesome Luke, Circus King (1916); Luke Pipes the Pippins (1916); Luke and the Rural Roughnecks (1916); Luke Foils the Villain (1916); Luke, the Candy Cut-Up (1916); Lonesome Luke Lolls in Luxury (1916); Luke Lugs Luggage (1916); Lonesome Luke Leans to the Literary (1916); Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster (1915); Peculiar Patients' Pranks (1915); Ruses, Rhymes and Roughnecks (1915); A Foozle at the Tee Party (1915); Ragtime Snap Shots (1915); Great While It Lasted (1915); Tinkering with Trouble (1915); Bughouse Bellhops (1915); Giving Them Fits (1915); Fresh from the Farm (1915); Anne of the Golden Heart (1914); The Savage (1913); A Counterfeit Santa Claus (1911); Justinian and Theodora (1910); The Common Enemy (1910); The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910); The Courtship of Miles Standish (1910).

Born on this day – Gwen Verdon:

Gwen Verdon

Actress

Dancer

January 13, 1925 – October 18, 2000

Born on this day – Suzy Delair:

Suzy Delair

Actress

Comedian

Vaudevillian

December 31, 1917 – March 15, 2020

Credits:

Actor studio (1986); Tabarin's Farewell (1966); Love, laugh and sing: Jacques Offenbach (1957); Antenne 2 Midi (1981); Au cinéma ce soir (1970–1971); At Théâtre ce soir (1974); Aujourd'hui Madame (1970); Botta e risposta (1950) Casanova (1934); Champs-Elysées (1989); Certified copy (1947); Daisy Jones & The Six (2023); Dédé (1934); Défense d'aimer (1942); Chickweed for small birds (1963); Emily in Paris (2020); Ferdinand le noceur (1935); Fernandel the Dressmaker (1956); Gervaise (1956); Henri-Georges Clouzot: The Enlightened Tyrant (2004); Ici Paris (1947); Is Paris Burning? (1966); Jenny Lamour (1947); The crisis is over (1934); The Lady from Maxim's (1933); La joie de vivre (1953–1970); La vie de bohème (1945); Lady Paname (1950); The Vermeil Age (1984); Money by the windows (1972); Le bal des Petits Lits blancs (1949); The last of the six (1941); Le fil à la patte (1954); The Lovers' Riding School (1965); The mythomaniac (1981); Le palmarès des chansons (1965); The Song Chart (1966); The creatures of God (1967); The San Francisco Regatta (1960); The Sisters Hortensia (1935); Gold in the Street (1934); Lost Memories (1950); Cinema Tuesday (1987); Oublie-moi, Mandolin (1976); Through the Window (1948); Poliche (1934); Take The Road (1936); Professor Cupid (1933); Rocco and His Brothers (1960); The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973); The Murderer Lives at Number 21 (1942); Touch du bois (1933); Toute la chanson (1961); Thirty-six Candles (1957–1958); Three... six... new (1937); Un caprice de la Pompadour (1931); Utopia (1950); Violets imperial (1932); White Paws (1949).

Born on this day – Nichelle Nichols:

Nichelle Nichols

Actress

Singer

Dancer

Writer

December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022

Credits:

Books:

Beyond Uhura (1994); Saturn's Child (1995); Saturna's Quest (2002).

Albums:

Down to Earth (1967); Uhura Sings (1986); Out of this World (1991).

Movies and television:

12 to Midnight (2021); Renegades: Ominara (2021); Space Command (2020); Surge of Power: Doctor Who Tribute (2020); Star Trek First Frontier (2020); Unbelievable!!!!! (2020); Surge of Dawn (2019); American Nightmares (2018); White Orchid (2018); Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017); Renegades (2017); Downward Dog (2017); Star Trek: Renegades (2015); The Young and the Restless (2016); Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel (2016); Starship Excelsior (2016); The Order (2016); Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff (2014); This Bitter Earth (2012); Billy Blackburn's Treasure Chest: Rare Home Movies and Special Memories (2011); Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster (2010); The Cabonauts (2009); The Torturer (2008); Tru Loved (2008); Lady Magdalene's (2008); Star Trek: Of Gods and Men (2007); Heroes (2007); Are We There Yet? (2005); Surge of Power: The Stuff of Heroes (2004); The Simpsons (2004); Roddenberry on Patrol (2003); Futurama (2000–2002); Snow Dogs (2002); Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000); Good vs Evil (2000); A Stitch in Time (1999); Spider-Man: Secret Wars (1997); Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1997); Gargoyles (1994–1996); The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space (1995); Batman: The Animated Series (1994); Star Trek: Judgment Rites (1993); ABC Weekend Specials (1993); Star Trek 25th Anniversary (1992); Star Trek Adventure (1991); Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991); Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989); Head of the Class (1988); Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986); The Supernaturals (1986); Antony and Cleopatra (1984); Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984); Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982); Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979); Woman in the Rain (1976); Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973–1974); Truck Turner (1974); The D.A. (1971); Insight (1960); Star Trek (1966–1969); Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! (1967); Tarzan (1966); Mister Buddwing (1966); Peyton Place (1966); Made in Paris (1966); CBS Repertoire Workshop (1964); The Lieutenant (1964); Great Gettin' Up Mornin' (1964); Porgy and Bess (1959).

Born on this day – Sharon Farrell:

Sharon Farrell

Actress

Dancer

December 24, 1940 – May 15, 2023

Credits:

Broken at Love (2013–2014); JAG (1999); Last Chance Love (1997); The Young and the Restless (1991–1997); Timeless Obsession (1996); White Cargo (1996); Yakuza Connection (1995); Beyond Desire (1995); A Gift from Heaven (1994); Arcade (1993); Sworn to Vengeance (1993); Matlock (1992); Lonely Hearts (1991); Freddy's Nightmares (1989); One Man Force (1989); Can't Buy Me Love (1987); Rituals (1984-1985); Night of the Comet (1984); Lone Wolf McQuade (1983); Small & Frye (1983); T.J. Hooker (1983); Sweet Sixteen (1983); Born to Be Sold (1981); Separate Ways (1981); Rage! (1980); Out of the Blue (1980); Hawaii Five-O (1977–1980); The Stunt Man (1980); Mrs. Columbo (1979); The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (1979); The Fifth Floor (1978); The Magical World of Disney (1978); Confessions of the D.A. Man (1978); Man from Atlantis (1978); Switch (1977); Gibbsville (1976); Police Woman (1974–1976); Doc (1976); Bronk (1975); The Premonition (1975); McCloud (1975); Police Story (1973–1975); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1975); Harry O (1975); The Six Million Dollar Man (1974); The Wide World of Mystery (1973–1974); Petrocelli (1974); Police Surgeon (1974); The Underground Man (1974); It's Alive (1974); Insight (1968–1974); This Is the Life (1974); Chase (1974); The F.B.I. (1974); Love, American Style (1974); The New Perry Mason (1973); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1972); Banyon (1972); The Eyes of Charles Sand (1972); The D.A. (1971); The Love Machine (1971); The Name of the Game (1969–1971); Men at Law (1970); Medical Center (1970); Quarantined (1970); The Reivers (1969); Marlowe (1969); Premiere (1968); A Lovely Way to Die (1968); The Wild Wild West (1968); The Virginian (1967); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1967); Iron Horse (1967); Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966); Run for Your Life (1965); The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1966); Dr. Kildare (1964–1965); My Three Sons (1965); I Dream of Jeannie (1965); Rawhide (1965); Ben Casey (1963–1965); The Spy with My Face (1965); The Fugitive (1965); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964–1965); The Beverly Hillbillies (1965); Burke's Law (1964); Gunsmoke (1963–1964); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); The Movie Maker (1964); Wagon Train (1962–1964); Arrest and Trial (1964); The Lieutenant (1963); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963); Death Valley Days (1953); My Favorite Martian (1963); Saints and Sinners (1962–1963); Empire (1963); 40 Pounds of Trouble (1962); Alfred Hitchcock in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1962); Naked City (1961); Kiss Her Goodbye (1959).

Born on this day – Valerie Bettis:

Valerie Bettis

Actress

Dancer

Choreographer

December 20, 1919 – September 26, 1982

Born on this day – Betty Grable:

Betty Grable

Actress

Model

Dancer

Singer

December 18, 1916 – July 2, 1973

Born on this day – Mary Nolan:

Mary Nolan

Actress

Singer

Dancer

December 18, 1902 – October 31, 1948

Credits:

A Man's Man (1929); Adventures of a Ten Mark Note (1926); Beautiful and Dumb (1932); Broadway Gossip No. 3 (1932); Charming Sinners (1929); Das Parfüm der Mrs. Worrington (1925); Das süße Mädel (1926); Desert Nights (1929); Die Feuertänzerin (1925); Die Königin des Weltbades (1926); Die Mädchen von Paris (1927); Die unberührte Frau (1925); Die Welt will belogen sein (1926); Docks of San Francisco (1932); Eleven Who Were Loyal (1926); Enemies of the Law (1931); Erinnerungen einer Nonne (1927); File 113 (1932); Fünf-Uhr-Tee in der Ackerstraße (1926); Good Morning, Judge (1928); Halloh - Caesar! (1927); Outside the Law (1930); Shanghai Lady (1929); Silks and Saddles (1929); Sorrell and Son (1927); The Armored Vault (1926); The Big Shot (1931); The Foreign Legion (1928); The Midnight Patrol (1932); Topsy and Eva (1927); Undertow (1930); Unser täglich Brot (1926); Verborgene Gluten (1925); Wenn die Liebe nicht wär'! (1925); West of Zanzibar (1928); Wien, wie es weint und lacht (1926); X Marks the Spot (1931); Young Desire (1930).

Born on this day – Teri Garr:

Teri Garr

Actress

Dancer

Comedian

December 11, 1944 – October 29, 2024

Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 1983.

Teri Garr in Star Trek (1968)

Richard Dreyfuss (left) and Teri Garr (right) in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Gene Wilder (left) and Teri Garr (right) in Young Frankenstein (1974)

Credits:

Book:

Speedbumps: Flooring it Through Hollywood (2005).

Movies and television:

1988 MTV Video Music Awards (1988); 50 Years of Funny Females (1995); A Better Man: The Making of Tootsie (2008); A Colder Kind of Death (2001); A Comic's Climb at the USCAF (2005); A Festival at Ford's (1991); A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder (1990); A Simple Wish (1997); A Swingin' Affair (1963); A Taste of Jupiter (2005); Adventures in Wonderland (1993); AFI Life Achievement Award (1986–2013); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (2000); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends (1999); After Hours (1985); Aliens for Breakfast (1995); Aloha, Scooby-Doo! (2005); American Cinema (1995); An American Saturday Night (1991); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Ask Rita (2003); Banyon (1972); Barnaby Jones (1974); Barney's First Adventures (1998); Batman (1966); Batman Beyond (1999–2000); Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000); Batman Beyond: The Movie (1999); Biography (1998–2002); Bitte umblättern (1984); Black Dahlia / Video Game (1998); Casper Meets Wendy (1998); Celebrity First Loves (1995); Changes (1969); Changing Habits (1997); Cher (1975); Chicken Soup for the Soul (1999–2000); Cinemax Comedy Experiment (1985 / 1988); Clambake (1967); Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977); Crumbs (2006); David Letterman's 2nd Annual Holiday Film Festival (1986); Deja View (1986); Deliver Them from Evil: The Taking of Alta View (1992); Des O'Connor Tonight (1992); Dick (1999); Do It Debbie's Way (1983); Doctor Franken (1980); Double Jeopardy (1996); Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (1999); Dr. Kildare (1965); Dream On (1992); Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1994); Dumb and Dumber (1994); E! True Hollywood Story (2003); Elvis Forever (2002); Entertainment Tonight (2007); ER (1999); Expired (2007); Faerie Tale Theatre (1982 / 1985); Felicity (2001); Firstborn (1984); For Pete's Sake! (1966); Frasier (1995); Fresno (1986); Friday Night (1992); Friends (1997–1998); Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert (1993); Full Moon in Blue Water (1988); Fun in Acapulco (1963); Futures (1991); Gene Wilder: Loved, Remembered (2017); Ghost World (2001); God Out the Window (2007); Good & Evil (1991); Good Advice (1994); Great Drives (1996); Greetings from Tucson (2003); GSN Live (2009); Half a Dozen Babies (1999); Head (1968); Hey, Hey We're the Monkees (1997); Hollywood Squares (2001–2002); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Homage to Steve (1984); Honky Tonk Freeway (1981); Hour Magazine (1984–1986); How to Marry a Billionaire (2011); Hunter (1977); Imagine (2018); Inside the Coppola Personality (1981); Insight (1966); Intimate Portrait (2000); Intimate Strangers (1986); It Takes a Thief (1969); I've Got a Secret (2000); Jackie Gleason: The Great One (1988); Java Junkie (1979); Jeopardy! (1993–1998); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2006); John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965); Kabluey (2007); Kill the Man (1999); King of the Hill (2000); Kissin' Cousins (1964); La tele de tu vida (2007); Larry King Live (2005); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1995–1996); Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1993); Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2008); Laugh? I Thought I'd Die! (1999); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2005); Law and Order (1976); Legends (2008); Let It Ride (1989); Life with Bonnie (2003); Life Without Dick (2002); Lifetime Presents: Disney's American Teachers Awards (2001); Love, Gilda (2018); M*A*S*H (1973 / 1978); Mad TV (2002); Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio (1987); Mary & Tim (1997); Maryjane (1968); Maude (1975); Mayberry R.F.D. (1968); McCloud (1970–1975); Memories Then and Now (1988); Men Behaving Badly (1996); Michael (1996); Miracles (1986); Mom and Dad Save the World (1992); Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (1990); Movin' with Nancy (1967); Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979); Mr. Mom (1983); Mr. Novak (1964); Murder Live! (1997); Murphy Brown (1993); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); NightScream (1997); Oh, God! (1977); Once Upon a Brothers Grimm (1977); Once Upon a Brothers Grimm / Segment: The Frog Prince (1977); One from the Heart (1981); One on One with John Tesh (1991); Out Cold (1989); Pack of Lies (1987); Pajama Party (1964); Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim (1987); Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers (1974); Perfect Alibi (1995); Prime Suspect (1982); Radio City Music Hall: The Story Behind the Showplace (1999); Ray Parker Jr.: Ghostbusters (1984); Ready to Wear (1994); Red Line 7000 (1965); Remembering Gene Wilder (2023); Rendez-Vous Video Magazine / Segment: Coppola (1981); Role Model: Gene Wilder (2008); Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary (1977); Room 222 (1969); Roustabout (1964); Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1997); Safeguard: Beige Deodorant and Antibacterial Soap Commercial (1972); Saturday Night Live (1979 / 1985); Save the Rabbits (1994); Screen Goddesses (2006); Searching for Debra Winger (2002); Sesame Street (1987); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); Shindig! (1964–1965); Shining Time Station: One of the Family (1995); Shivaree (1965); Short Time (1990); Showbiz Today (1992); Sin City Spectacular (1998–1999); Spielberg (2017); Star Trek (1968); Steve Martin: A Comic Life (1999); Stranger in the Family (1991); Strong Medicine (2001); Studio 10 (2017); Summertree (1971); Tales from the Crypt (1991); Teri Garr in Flapjack Floozie (1988); That Girl (1967–1968); The 13th Annual CableACE Awards (1992); The 15th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2000); The 41st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1984); The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1993); The 51st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1994); The 55th Annual Academy Awards (1983); The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986); The 6th Annual Independent Spirit Awards (1991); The 7th Annual American Comedy Awards (1993); The Absent-Minded Waiter (1977); The Alan Hamel Show (1978); The Andy Griffith Show (1968); The Arsenio Hall Show (1991); The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic (1991); The Best TV Shows That Never Were (2004); The Black Stallion (1979); The Black Stallion Returns (1983); The Bob Newhart Show (1973–1974); The Bonnie Hunt Show (2008); The Booth / Segment: Death at Dinner (1985); The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour (1973); The Carson Podcast (2018); The Celebrity Guide to Entertaining (1993); The Conversation (1974); The Cool Ones (1967); The Definite Maybe (1997); The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part II: 1962-1969 (2002); The Dennis Miller Show (1992); The Downer Channel (2001); The Dream Studio (2004); The Escape Artist (1982); The Factor (2014); The Full Wax (1992); The General Motors Playwrights Theater (1993); The Girl with Something Extra (1973–1974); The Greatest Show You Never Saw (1996); The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk (1967); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1975); The Ken Berry 'Wow' Show (1972); The Larry Sanders Show (1993); The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross (1987); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005); The Legend of Prince Valiant (1993); The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (1977 / 2001); The Martin Short Show (2000); The Merv Griffin Show (1975–1984); The Mike Douglas Show (1978); The Moonshine War (1970); The Mothers-In-Law (1969); The Movie Awards (1991); The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1973); The New Show (1984); The Odd Couple (1974); The Player (1992); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996); The Sky Is Falling (1999); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1971–1977); The Sonny Comedy Revue (1974); The Sting II (1983); The T.A.M.I. Show (1964); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1975–1992); The Tony Danza Show (2006); The View (2005); The Weird Al Show (1997); The Winter of Our Discontent (1983); This Is the Life (1970); This Means War (2012); To Catch a King (1984); Today (1982); Tootsie (1982); Trailers from Hell (2007); Trying Times (1987); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Ultimate Trek: Star Trek's Greatest Moments (1999); Unaccompanied Minors (2006); Viva Las Vegas (1964); Waiting for the Light (1990); Weakest Link (2001); What a Way to Go! (1964); What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2003); Where the Action Is (1965); Where's the Bus? (1966); Witches' Brew (1980); Wogan (1987); Women of the House (1995); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); Young Frankenstein (1974); Young Frankenstein: It's Alive! Creating a Monster Classic (2008); Your Total Health (2006).

Born on this day – Kathryn McGuire:

Kathryn McGuire

Actress

Dancer

December 6, 1903 – October 10, 1978

Credits:

A Lady's Tailor (1919); A String of Diamonds (1926); Bucking the Line (1921); Bungalow Troubles (1921); By Golly! (1920); Children of the Ritz (1929); Compression (2017); Cutie (1928); Dabbling in Art (1921); Dashing Thru (1926); Down on the Farm (1920); Dragnet (1959); Drama Deluxe (1927); Easy Going Gordon (1925); Failure (1925); Fashion News (1930); Fresh from the City (1920); Gee Whiz (1920); Giddap! (1925); Great Scott! (1920); Hard Knocks and Love Taps (1921); He Did His Best (1929); Helpful Hogan (1923); Her Husky Hero (1927); His Last False Step (1919); Home Talent (1921); Howdy Duke (1927); It's a Boy (1920); Lilac Time (1928); Love a la Mode (1930); Love's Outcast (1921); Made in the Kitchen (1921); Married Life (1920); Midnight Faces (1926); Molly O' (1921); Movie Fans (1920); Movieland (1926); Mystery Pilot (1926); Naughty Boy (1927); Naughty But Nice (1927); On a Summer Day (1921); Phantom Justice (1924); Pioneer's Gold (1924); Playing with Fire (1921); Salome vs. Shenandoah (1919); She Sighed by the Seaside (1921); Sherlock Jr. (1924); Somebody's Mother (1926); Stacked Cards (1926); Sweetheart Days (1921); Synthetic Sin (1929); Tearing Through (1925); The Big Diamond Robbery (1929); The Border Wildcat (1929); The Crossroads of New York (1922); The Draw-Back (1927); The Flame of Life (1923); The Gingham Girl (1920); The Girl in the Pullman (1927); The Gold Hunters (1925); The Long, Long Trail (1929); The Lost Zeppelin (1929); The Love Pirate (1923); The Navigator (1924); The Printer's Devil (1923); The Quack Doctor (1920); The Shriek of Araby (1923); The Silent Call (1921); The Thin Man (1958); The Thrill Hunter (1926); The Unhappy Finish (1921); The WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1922 (1922); The Woman of Bronze (1923); There It Is (1918) (1928); Trying to Get Along (1919); Two-Fisted Jones (1925); Uncle Tom Without a Cabin (1919); Up in Alf's Place (1919); Wedding Bells Out of Tune (1921); Wedding Yells (1927); Weird (2022); Who's Afraid? (1927); Wild and Wicked (1923); With Buffalo Bill on the U. P. Trail (1926); With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo (1926).

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 – June Clyde:

June Clyde

Actress

Singer

Dancer

December 2, 1909 – October 1, 1987

Credits:

A Strange Adventure (1932); A Study in Scarlet (1933); Affair in Monte Carlo (1952); After the Ball (1957); Aren't Men Beasts (1937); Arizona (1931); Back Street (1932); Behind the Mask (1946); Branded Men (1931); Charing Cross Road (1936); Country Fair (1941); Dance Band (1935); File 113 (1932); Forbidden Music (1936); Forgotten (1933); Her Resale Value (1933); Highlight: The Singing Cinema (1964); His Lordship Goes to Press (1938); Hit the Deck (1929); Hi'Ya Chum (1943); Hold Me Tight (1933); Hollywood (1932); Hollywood and Vine (1945); Hollywood Mystery (1934); Hollywood Party (1934); Humanettes No. 1 (1930); Humanettes No. 3 (1930); I Hate Women (1934); Intimate Relations (1937); King of the Castle (1936); Let's Make a Night of It (1937); Make-Up (1937); Midnight Mystery (1930); Moonlight and Monkey Business (1930); Morals for Women (1931); Night Without Stars (1951); No Monkey Business (1935); Oh! My Operation (1932); Only Yesterday (1933); Racing Youth (1932); Radio Patrol (1932); Room Mates (1933); Sam Small Leaves Town (1937); School for Husbands (1937); Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 8 (1931); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Sealed Lips (1942); Seven Doors to Death (1944); She Shall Have Music (1935); Side Street (1929); Starlight (1937); Steady Company (1932); Street Girl (1929); Tanned Legs (1929); Tess of the Storm Country (1932); The All-American (1932); The Broadway Minstrel (1929); The Cuckoos (1930); The Finishing Touch (1932); The Love Lottery (1954); The Mad Parade (1931); The Man Who Came to Dinner (1947); The Secret Witness (1931); The Story of Esther Costello (1957); The Vise (1957); Thrill of Youth (1932); Treasure Hunt (1952); Unfinished Business (1941); Weddings Are Wonderful (1938).

Born on this day – Virginia Mayo:

Virginia Mayo

Actress

Dancer

November 30, 1920 – January 17, 2005