Born on this day – Bob Fosse:

Bob Fosse

Actor

Choreographer

Dancer

Director

June 23, 1927 – September 23, 1987

Born on this day – Frances Rafferty:

Frances Rafferty

Actress

Dancer, June 16, 1922 – April 18, 2004

Credits:

Alcoa Premiere (1963); Alcoa Theatre (1958); An Old-Fashioned Girl (1949); Bad Bascomb (1946); Barbary Coast Gent (1944); Big Town (1952); Broadway Rhythm (1944); Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1952); Cavalcade of America (1954); Chevron Theatre (1952); Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson (1955); Curley (1947); Dangerous Assignment (1952); Dave and Charley (1953); December Bride (1954–1959); Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943); Dragnet (1953–1954); Dragon Seed (1944); Fingers at the Window (1942); Fireside Theatre (1954); Four Star Playhouse (1953–1954); General Electric Summer Originals (1956); General Electric Theater (1953); Girl Crazy (1943); Half Nelson (1985); Hitler's Madman (1943); Hollywood Opening Night (1951); Lady at Midnight (1948); Lassie (1957); Lost Honeymoon (1947); Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945); Matinee Theatre (1956); Money Madness (1948); Mrs. Parkington (1944); My Three Sons (1964); Mystery Is My Business (1954–1957); Oboler Comedy Theatre (1949); Perry Mason (1961–1963); Personalities (1942); Pete and Gladys (1962); Pilot #5 (1943); Presenting Lily Mars (1943); Public Defender (1954–1955); Racket Squad (1952–1953); Rodeo (1952); Schlitz Playhouse (1952–1955); Seven Sweethearts (1942); Slightly Dangerous (1943); Stage 7 (1955); Stars Over Hollywood (1950); Swing Shift Maisie (1943); The Adventures of Don Coyote (1947); The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival (1947); The Hidden Eye (1945); The Lone Wolf (1954); The Magical World of Disney (1959–1960); The Millionaire (1956); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1954); The Shanghai Story (1954); The Streets of San Francisco (1975–1977); The War Against Mrs. Hadley (1942); Thousands Cheer (1943); Topper (1954); Treasury Men in Action (1952–1955); Twenty Years After (1944); Wings of Chance (1961); Young Ideas (1943); Your Favorite Story (1953); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1953).

Born on this day – Judith Jamison:

Judith Jamison

Actress

Dancer

Choreographer

May 10, 1943 – November 9, 2024

Credits:

Book:

Dancing Spirit (1993).

Choreography:

Among Us / Private Spaces: Public Places (2009); Divining (1984); Double Exposure (2000); Echo: Far From Home (1998); Forgotten Time (1989); Here...Now (2001); Hymn / a tribute to Alvin Ailey (1993); Love Stories (2004); Reminiscin' (2005); Rift (1991); Riverside (1995); Sweet Release (1996).

Movies and television:

1999 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (1999); A Tribute to Alvin Ailey (1990); Ailey (2021); Alvin Ailey: Memories and Visions (1974); American Masters (2022); An Evening with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (1986); Batouk (1967); Beyond the Steps: Alvin Ailey American Dance (2006); Black Girls Rock! (2018); Bold & Untold by Makers (2018); Carmen and Geoffrey (2005); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1991); Great Performances (2006); Jack Mitchell: My Life Is Black and White (2006); Legends Ball (2006); Limón: A Life Beyond Words (2001); Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band (2015); Mr. Soul! (2018); Never Stand Still (2012); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Numéro un (1975); Roadtrip Nation (2011); Sophisticated Ladies (1982); Tamron Hall (2022); Tavis Smiley (2009); The 24th Annual Grammy Awards (1982); The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (2012); The 35th Annual Tony Awards (1981); The Articulate Hour (2023); The BET Honors (2009); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1999 / 2000); The Mo'Nique Show (2010); Today (2003); Weekend Today (2015).

Born on this day – Danielle Darrieux:

Danielle Darrieux

Actress

Singer

Dancer

May 1, 1917 – October 17, 2017

Born on this day – Maya Deren:

Maya Deren

Director

Cinematographer

Choreographer

Dancer

Film theorist

Lecturer

Writer

Photographer

Music composer

April 29, 1917 – October 13, 1961

Credits:

The American Film Institute (AFI) created the Maya Deren Award, in 1986, to recognize and honor the work of independent video and film makers.

Written work:

An Anagram of Ideas on Art, Form and Film (1946); Divine Horsemen: Living Gods of Haiti (1953) / aka The Voodoo Gods by Paladin (1975 & 1998); Film in Medias Res (2005); Film Poetics (2005); Film Production (2005).

Music albums:

Divine Horsemen: The Voodoo Gods of Haiti (1980); Meringues and Folk Ballads of Haiti (1978); Voices of Haiti (1953).

Movies, video and television:

A Study in Choreography for Camera (1945); At Land (1944); At Land / The Very Eye of Night (1955); Black Lake (2020); Cinema16: American Short Films (2006); Dissent (2011); Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (1993); Ensemble for Somnambulists (1951); Eschew (2017); History's Mysteries (1999); Im Spiegel der Maya Deren (2001); Invocation: Maya Deren (1987); Julie's Smile (2013); Maeva (1961); Marianne (2005); Maya Deren - Experimental Films (2007); Maya Deren, Take 0 (2012); Meditation on Violence (1949); Medusa (1949); Meshes of the Afternoon (1943); Mother (2019); Probe and Night Beat (1957); Reminiscences of Yearning (2011); Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946); Roja Oscuridad (2018); Satan's Playground (2006); Season of Strangers (1959); The Private Life of a Cat (1946); The Very Eye of Night (1955); This Changes Everything (2018); Vever (2018); Vever (for Barbara) (2019); Witch's Cradle (1944).

Born on this day – Adele Mara:

Adele Mara

Actress

Singer

Dancer

April 28, 1923 – May 7, 2010

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1959–1960); A Guy Could Change (1946); A Rookie's Cookie (1943); Adventures of the Falcon (1954–1955); Alias Boston Blackie (1942); Angel in Exile (1948); Atlantic City (1944); Bachelor Father (1961); Back from Eternity (1956); Back from the Front / I Can Hardly Wait (1943); Bat Masterson (1958); Bells of Rosarita (1945); Big Town (1955); Blackmail (1947); Blondie Goes to College (1942); Bringing Up Buddy (1961); California Passage (1950); Call of the South Seas (1944); Campus Honeymoon (1948); Casey Jones (1957); Cheyenne (1955–1958); Conflict (1957); Cool Million (1972); Count the Hours! (1953); Crime Doctor (1943); Curse of the Faceless Man (1958); Dante (1961); Earl Carroll Vanities (1945); Exposed (1947); Faces in the Fog (1944); Farmer for a Day (1943); Flame of Barbary Coast (1945); Girls of the Big House (1945); Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943); Grissly's Millions (1945); His Girl's Worst Friend (1943); Honolulu Lu (1941); I, Jane Doe (1948); I've Always Loved You (1946); Kiss and Wake Up (1942); Laramie (1960); Lock Up (1961); Lucky Legs (1942); Markham (1959–1960); Maverick (1958–1960); Navy Blues (1941); Nevada (1948); Night Train to Memphis (1946); Passkey to Danger (1946); Redhead from Manhattan (1943); Reveille with Beverly (1943); Riders of the Northwest Mounted (1943); Robin Hood of Texas (1947); Rock Island Trail (1950); San Fernando Valley (1944); Sands of Iwo Jima (1949); Shut My Big Mouth (1942); Socks Appeal (1943); Soldiers of Fortune (1955); Song of Mexico (1945); Stagecoach West (1961); Studio 57 (1955); Tales of Wells Fargo (1959); The Adventures of McGraw (1957); The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1956); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962); The Avengers (1950); The Big Circus (1959); The Black Whip (1956); The Catman of Paris (1946); The Fighting Seabees (1944); The Gallant Legion (1948); The Great Glover (1942); The Inner Circle (1946); The Invisible Informer (1946); The Last Crooked Mile (1946); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1958–1961); The Lone Wolf (1954); The Magical World of Disney (1957); The Magnificent Rogue (1946); The Main Street Kid (1947); The Millionaire (1956); The Red Skelton Hour (1961); The Republic Pictures Story (1991); The Sea Hornet (1951); The Tall Man (1962); The Tiger Woman (1945); The Trespasser (1947); The Vampire's Ghost (1945); Thoroughbreds (1944); Thriller (1961); Traffic in Crime (1946); Twilight on the Rio Grande (1947); Twilight on the Rio Grande (1947); Vengeance of the West (1942); Wake of the Red Witch (1948); Web of Danger (1947); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); Wheels (1978); You Were Never Lovelier (1942).

Born on this day – Ann Miller:

Ann Miller

Actress

Dancer

Singer

April 12, 1923 – January 22, 2004

Credits:

A Century of Cinema (1994); A Show Business Salute to Milton Berle (1973); Allen Ludden's Gallery (1969); America After Dark (1957); American Masters (2004); America's All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (1989); America's Dance Honors (1990); Angela Rippon Meets (1981); Anne of Green Gables (1934); At Long Last Cole (1975); Begin the Beguine (2003); Biography (1993–2000); Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003); Carolina Blues (1944); Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot (2003); Dames at Sea (1971); Deep in My Heart (1954); Donahue (1973); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998); E! True Hollywood Story (2001); Eadie Was a Lady (1945); Easter Parade (1948); Easter Parade: On the Avenue (2005); Eve Knew Her Apples (1945); George Jessel's Here Come the Stars (1968); Girl Talk (1967); Go West, Young Lady (1941); Good Morning America (1989); Goodnight, We Love You (2004); Great Performances (1996–1998); Gypsy (1966–1968); Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987); Having Wonderful Time (1938); Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (1941); Hey, Rookie (1944); Hit Parade of 1941 (1940); Hit the Deck (1955); Hollywood goes to a World Premiere (1964); Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987); Home Improvement (1993); Hour Magazine (1982–1984); Inside the Dream Factory (1995); Inside the Marx Brothers (2003); It's Your Bet (1970); Jam Session (1944); Joanne Carson's VIPs (1973); Kiss Me Kate (1953); Larry King Live (2001); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994); Late Night with David Letterman (1986); Life with Linkletter (1970); Lights, Camera, Action!: A Century of the Cinema (1996); Love, American Style / Love and the Christmas Punch (1972); Lovely to Look At (1952); Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie (1993); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1979); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1981); Meet the Stars #3: Variety Reel #1 (1941); Meet the Stars #8: Stars Past and Present (1941); Melody Ranch (1940); Mighty Manhattan, New York's Wonder City (1949); Movie Memories with Debbie Reynolds (1991); Mulholland Drive (2001); New Faces of 1937 (1937); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Omnibus (2001); On the Town (1949); Out of This World (1990); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1958); Philbin's People (1970); Priorities on Parade (1942); Private Screenings (1997); Radio City Music Hall's Grand Re-Opening Gala (1999); Radio City Revels (1938); Reveille with Beverly (1943); Rita (2003); Room Service (1938); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1969); Sailor's Holiday (1944); Sally Jessy Raphael (1991); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1941); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1958); Screen Snapshots, Series 19, No. 4 (1940); Small Town Girl (1953); Stage Door (1937); Talking Pictures (1968); Tarnished Angel (1938); Texas Carnival (1951); That Regis Philbin Show (1965); That's Dancing! (1985); That's Entertainment III: Behind the Screen (1994); That's Entertainment! (1974); That's Entertainment! III (1994); That's Entertainment!: The Masters Behind the Musicals (2004); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The 100 Greatest Musicals (2003); The 1994 Annual Diversity Awards (1994); The 19th Annual Nosotros Golden Eagle Awards (1989); The 26th Annual Grammy Awards (1984); The 34th Annual Tony Awards (1980); The 35th Annual Thalians Gala (1990); The 35th Annual Tony Awards (1981); The 36th Annual Tony Awards (1982); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986); The 9th Annual American Cinema Awards (1992); The Arthur Murray Party (1958); The Bell Telephone Hour (1966); The Big Record (1957); The Bob Braun Show (1972); The Bob Hope Show (1957); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955); The Desilu Story (2003); The Devil on Horseback (1936); The Dick Cavett Show (1969–1971); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1957); The Ed Sullivan Show (1953–1954); The Ed Sullivan Show (1960); The Good Fairy (1935); The Great American Pastime (1956); The Hollywood Palace (1964–1967); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1968–1971); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The John Davidson Show (1981); The John Gary Show (1967); The Jonathan Winters Show (1968); The Juke Box Jury (1959); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998); The Kissing Bandit (1948); The Kissing Bandit (1948); The Lady with the Torch (1999); The Life of the Party (1937); The Linkletter Show (1967); The Love Boat (1982); The Magical World of Disney (1989); The Merv Griffin Show (1968–1984); The Mike Douglas Show (1967–1979); The Opposite Sex (1956); The Rosey Grier Show (1970); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1998); The Royal Variety Performance 1988 (1988); The Thrill of Brazil (1946); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965); The Virginia Graham Show (1971); The Woody Woodbury Show (1968); The18th Annual Nosotros Golden Eagle Awards (1988); This Is Your Life (1980–1995); This Is Your Life (1984); Time Out for Rhythm (1941); Today (1972); Too Many Girls (1940); True to the Army (1942); Two Tickets to Broadway (1951); Unhinged (1982); Vicki! (1992); Watch the Birdie (1950); What's Buzzin', Cousin? (1943); What's My Line? (1956); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); You Can't Take It with You (1938); Your Choice for the Film Awards (1973–1975).

Born on this day – Badja Djola:

Badja Djola

Actor

Dancer

April 9, 1948 – January 8, 2005

Credits:

Slipdream (2005); Back to You in the Days (2005); Night at the Golden Eagle (2001); The Lone Gunmen (2001); The Fugitive (2000); The Price of Air (2000); Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel (2000); The Hurricane (1999); Deterrence (1999); Born Free (1998); Chicago Hope (1998); Butter (1998); ER (1998); Brooklyn South (1998); The Players Club (1998); Gunshy (1998); Millennium (1997); First Time Felon (1997); The Last Don (1997); The Brave (1997); NYPD Blue (1997); Rosewood (1997); Nash Bridges (1997); Heaven's Prisoners (1996); The X-Files (1995); Knight Rider 2010 (1994); Roc (1993–1994); Who's the Man? (1993); Marked for Murder (1993); Eddie Presley (1992); The Waterdance (1992); Division Street (1991); Christmas on Division Street (1991); The Last Boy Scout (1991); The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage (1991); A Rage in Harlem (1991); Wiseguy (1990); B.L. Stryker (1990); An Innocent Man (1989); Mississippi Burning (1988); The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988); Spenser: For Hire (1987); The Lightship (1985); Maximum Security (1984); The Lonely Guy (1984); Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982); Night Shift (1982); Penitentiary (1979); The Main Event (1979).

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).