Born on this day – Glynis Johns:

Glynis Johns

Actress

Dancer

Musician

Singer

October 5, 1923 – January 4, 2024

Credits:

Superstar (1999); While You Were Sleeping (1995); ABC Weekend Specials (1994); The Ref (1994); Coming of Age (1988–1989); Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988); Zelly and Me (1988); Nukie (1987); The Cavanaughs (1987); Murder, She Wrote (1985); The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (1984); Spraggue (1984); The Love Boat (1984); Cheers (1983); Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982); Mrs. Amworth (1978); Three Dangerous Ladies (1977); The Happy Prince (1974); The Vault of Horror (1973); Under Milk Wood (1971); Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969); ITV Playhouse (1968); Don't Just Stand There (1968); Batman (1967); Dear Brigitte (1965); 12 O'Clock High (1964); Mary Poppins (1964); The Defenders (1964); Burke's Law (1964); Glynis (1963); Vacation Playhouse (1963); Papa's Delicate Condition (1963); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1963); The DuPont Show of the Week (1963); Saints and Sinners (1962); The Beachcomber (1962); The Chapman Report (1962); The Cabinet of Caligari (1962); Dr. Kildare (1962); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); Naked City (1961); General Electric Theater (1961); The Roaring 20's (1961); Adventures in Paradise (1961); The Sundowners (1960); The Spider's Web (1960); Shake Hands with the Devil (1959); The Frank Sinatra Show (1958); Another Time, Another Place (1958); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); All Mine to Give (1957); The Errol Flynn Theatre (1956); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Loser Takes All (1956); The Court Jester (1955); Josephine and Men (1955); Mad About Men (1954); The Beachcomber (1954); Land of Fury (1954); Young and Willing (1954); Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue (1953); Personal Affair (1953); The Sword and the Rose (1953); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Studio One (1952); The Promoter (1952); Encore (1951); Island Rescue (1951); The Magic Box (1951); No Highway in the Sky (1951); Flesh and Blood (1951); The Great Manhunt (1950); Dear Mr. Prohack (1949); Helter Skelter (1949); Third Time Lucky (1949); Miranda (1948); An Ideal Husband (1947); Frieda (1947); This Man Is Mine (1946); Vacation from Marriage (1945); The Halfway House (1944); The Adventures of Tartu (1943); 49th Parallel (1941); The Prime Minister (1941); The Thief of Bagdad (1940); The Briggs Family (1940); Under Your Hat (1940); The Fugitive (1939); Prison Without Bars (1938); Murder in the Family (1938); South Riding (1938).

Born on this day – Sondra Lee:

Sondra Lee

Actress

Dancer

September 30, 1930 – February 24, 2026

Stage:

Hello Dolly (1964); High Button Shoes (1947); Hotel Paradiso (1957); Jerome Robbins' Ballet: U.S.A. (1958); Peter Pan (1954); Sunday in New York (1961); The Audiience (2005).

Movies and television:

A Dry White Season (1989); American Masters (2009); Backstage Babble (2020); Biography (2005); Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021); Hansel and Gretel (1958); La Dolce Vita (1960); Lamp Unto My Feet (1962); Light of Day (1987); Lincoln Center / Stage 5 (1967); Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire (2014); My Fair Mother: A Dancer Named Maxine Berke (2024); Nadie escuchaba (1987); New York Television Theatre (1969); Nobody's Fool (1994); Peter Pan (1955 / 1960); Pinocchio (1957); Places in the Heart (1984); Play of the Week (1960); Producers' Showcase (1955–1956); Tactic (1959); The Annual Anglo-American Cultural Gala Awards (2010); The Ed Sullivan Show (1958 / 1961); The Last of the Mohicans (1992); The Robert Herridge Theater (1960); Theater Talk (2014); Vibes (1988); You Might Know Her From / Podcast Series (2020).

Born on this day – George Raft:

George Raft

Actor

Singer

Dancer

Producer

September 26, 1901 – November 24, 1980

Credits:

A Bullet for Joey (1955); A Dangerous Profession (1949); A Show Business Salute to Milton Berle (1973); About Faces (1960); AFI Life Achievement Award (1974); Air Force: The Radio Play (1943); All of Me (1934); All This and World War II (1976); American Justice: Target - Mafia (1993); American Masters (2020); America's 60 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries and Crimes (2010); Arena (2012); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Background to Danger (1943); Barbra Streisand: The Movie Album (2003); Batman (1967); Betty Hughes and Friends (1970); Biography (2001); Black Widow (1954); Bogart (1967); Bolero (1934); Breakdowns of 1940 (1940); Breakdowns of 1941 (1941); Breakdowns of 1942 (1942); Broadway (1942); Brooklyn Bridge (1981); Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975); Bullets Over Hollywood (2005); Casino Royale (1967); Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940); Celebrity Time (1952); Century of Cinema (1995); Christmas Eve (1947); Compression (2015–2024); Curtains for Roy Earle: The Story of 'High Sierra' (2003); Dancers in the Dark (1932); Deadhead Miles (1972); Della (1969); Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night' (2003); Each Dawn I Die (1939); Entertaining the Troops (1988); Every Night at Eight (1935); Five Golden Dragons (1967); Follow the Boys (1944); For Those Who Think Young (1964); Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films (2011); Frankenpimp's Revenge: The Romeo and Juliet Massacre (2020); George Jessel Show (1958); Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929); Goldie (1931); Hammersmith Is Out (1972); Happy Days (1970); Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (1941); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hippodrome (1966); History's Greatest Mysteries (2023); Hollywood and the Stars (1963–1964); Hollywood Greats (1979); Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 (1934); Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. B-8 (1934); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Hollywood Park (1946); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963); Hush Money (1931); I Stole a Million (1939); If I Had a Million (1932); I'll Get You (1952); I'm the Law (1953); In This Corner... Boxing's Little Giants (1993); Inside Beverly Hills (1956); Intrigue (1947); Invisible Stripes (1939); It Had to Happen (1936); I've Got a Secret (1953); James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy (1981); Jet Over the Atlantic (1959); Johnny Allegro (1949); Johnny Angel (1945); Land of Liberty (1939); Limehouse Blues (1934); Loan Shark (1952); Love Is a Racket (1932); Lucky Nick Cain (1951); Madame Racketeer (1932); Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her (1994); Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012); Main Event (1961); Manpower (1941); Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play (1941); Midnight Club (1933); Mobsters (2007); Momo: The Sam Giancana Story (2011); Mr. Ace (1946); Murderers, Mobsters and Madmen: Hollywood Police Blotter (1992); Night After Night (1932); Night World (1932); Nob Hill (1945); Nocturne (1946); Nous irons à Paris (1950); Ocean's Eleven (1960); Outpost in Morocco (1949); Palmy Days (1931); Pick-up (1933); Picture People Vol. 2 No. 10: Hollywood at Home (1942); Presidential Blooper Reel (1981); Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008); Queen of the Night Clubs (1929); Quick Millions (1931); Race Street (1948); Red Light (1949); Red Skelton Timex Special (1960); Red Skelton: A Career of Laughter (1992); Red Skelton: A Comedy Scrapbook (1981); Rogue Cop (1954); Rogues Gallery (1997); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1971); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in: 25th Anniversary Reunion (1993); Rumba (1935); Scarface (1932); Screen Snapshots, Series 16, No. 11 (1937); Screen Snapshots, Series 17, No. 1 (1937); Screen Snapshots, Series 18, No. 4 (1938); Screen Snapshots, Series 20, No. 7 (1941); Screen Snapshots, Series 21, No. 10 (1942); Screen Snapshots, Series 28, No. 8: Vacation at Del Mar (1949); Sextette (1977); She Couldn't Take It (1935); Side Street (1929); Sidney Korshak, la face cachée d'Hollywood (2014); Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015); Skidoo (1968); Some Like It Hot (1959); Souls at Sea (1937); Spawn of the North (1938); Stage Door Canteen (1943); Stage Show (1955–1956); Stolen Harmony (1935); Taxi (1931); The Arthur Murray Party (1959); The Bowery (1933); The Chicago Teddy Bears (1971); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951–1955); The David Frost Show (1969); The Dean Martin Show (1970); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1966); The Ed Sullivan Show (1949–1964); The Fashion Side of Hollywood (1935); The Generation Game (1974); The Gisele MacKenzie Show (1957); The Glass Key (1935); The Great Sex War (1969); The House Across the Bay (1940); The Jack Benny Program (1955); The Jimmy Durante Show (1955–1956); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1968); The Jonathan Winters Show (1968); The Ladies Man (1961); The Lady's from Kentucky (1939); The Lee Phillip Show (1963); The Man from Cairo (1953); The Man with Bogart's Face (1980); The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (1973); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1970); The Mike Douglas Show (1969–1980); The Milton Berle Show (1953–1954); The Movie Game (1970); The Name's the Same (1953–1955); The New London Palladium Show (1965); The Patsy (1964); The Red Skelton Hour (1955–1960); The Return of Video Yesterbloop (1986); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1971); The Trumpet Blows (1934); The Upper Hand (1966); The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (1990); They Drive by Night (1940); Today (1966–1974); Tribute to Bogart (1972); Two Guys Abroad (1962); Under-Cover Man (1932); Vegas: The City the Mob Made (2009); What's My Line? (1953); Whistle Stop (1946); With Orson Welles: Stories of A Life in Film (1990); You and Me (1938); Yours for the Asking (1936).

Born on this day – Robert Banas:

Robert Banas

Actor

Dancer

Producer

September 22, 1933 – July 29, 2024

Credits:

Always (1989); Annie Get Your Gun (1957); Barnaby Jones (1978); Billie (1965); Bud and Lou (1978); Bye Bye Birdie (1963); Cagney & Lacey (1982); Calypso Heat Wave (1957); Carousel (1956); Daddy-O (1958); Damn Yankees (1958); Dateline: Disneyland (1955); Don't Knock the Rock (1956); Don't Knock the Twist (1962); Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986); Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977); Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music Part II (1966); Get Smart (1966); Girl Happy (1965); Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952); Heart Like a Wheel (1983); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical (2009); How the West Was Won (1962); Juke Box Rhythm (1959); Let's Make Love (1960); Li'l Abner (1959); Lindsay Wagner: Another Side of Me (1977); Made in Paris (1966); Malibu U. (1967); Mary Poppins (1964); Mork & Mindy (1981–1982); My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn (1985); Odd Jobs (1986); Producers' Showcase (1955–1956); Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958); Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959); Rock Around the Clock (1956); Say One for Me (1959); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958); Shivaree (1965–1966); Skatetown U.S.A. (1979); Swingin' Country (1966); Teen Witch (1989); That's Dancing! (1985); The Bad News Bears (1979); The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956); The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1995); The Danny Thomas Show (1960); The Day the Bubble Burst (1982); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1962); The Girl Most Likely (1957); The Jonathan Winters Show (1967–1968); The Judy Garland Show (1964); The King and I (1956); The Kraft Summer Music Hall (1966); The Nut House!! (1964); The Skydivers (1963); The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964); The Virginian (1969); Toyland (1961); Tuff Turf (1985); Twist Around the Clock (1961); Under the Boardwalk (1988); Untamed Youth (1957); Webster (1983); West Side Memories (2003); West Side Story (1961).

Born on this day – Mitzi Gaynor:

Mitzi Gaynor

Actress

Singer

Dancer

September 4, 1931 – October 17, 2024

Credits:

20 to 1 (2010); 2011 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2011); A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954); All About Alfred (1998); American Masters (2021); Anything Goes (1956); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Bing Crosby and Dean Martin Present High Hopes (1959); Biography (1999–2001); Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952); Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion (2024); Ça c'est l'amour (2003); Call the Midwife (2013); Cavalcade of Champions (1973); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2019); Danny Thomas Special: My Home Town (1966); Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1952); Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe (2022); Ed Sullivan Presents: The Beatles (2003); Eye for an Eye (1996); For Love or Money (1963); Frank Sinatra: One More for the Road (2019); Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974); Funny You Never Knew (2019); George Jessel Show (1959); Golden Girl (1951); Good Morning America (2006); Happy Anniversary (1959); Hello: A Portrait of Leslie Phillips (2013); Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997); Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990); Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (1999); It's Your Health (1949); Les Girls (1957); Lykke og krone (1962); Marilyn (1963); Mia, a Dancer's Journey (2014); Mission: Impossible (1989); Mitzi & 100 Guys (1975); Mitzi (1968); Mitzi Gaynor: Impressions of the Fox Years (2007); Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years (2008); Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife (1974); Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20's (1976); Mitzi... The First Time (1973); Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not (1978); Mitzi... Zings Into Spring (1977); Mitzi's 2nd Special (1969); Monty and the Movies (2024); My Blue Heaven (1950); My Music: A Classic Christmas (2019); Out of My Dreams: Oscar Hammerstein II (2012); Passion, Prejudice and South Pacific: Creating an American Masterpiece (2009); Perry Como's Winter Show (1971); Red Carpet Report (2013); Reflets de Cannes (1956–1958); Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021); Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies (1996); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968–1969); So You Think You Can Dance Canada (2010); South Pacific (1958); Springtime in Greenland (1981); Surprise Package (1960); Take Care of My Little Girl (1951); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The 16th Annual Satellite Awards (2011); The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards (1974); The 24th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1972); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); The 27th Annual Academy Awards (1955); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The Birds and the Bees (1956); The Bob Braun Show (1984); The Children of Lindos (1960); The Dick Clark Show (1960); The Donald O'Connor Show (1954–1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1954–1964); The Fabulous Fox (2004); The Frank Sinatra Show (1959); The George Jessel Show (1953); The I Don't Care Girl (1953); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2012); The Jack Benny Hour (1959); The Joker Is Wild (1957); The Kraft Music Hall (1967); The Merv Griffin Show (1970); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1964); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1967–1977); There's No Business Like Show Business (1954); This Is Your Life (1960); Three Young Texans (1954); Vancouver: Focus on Expo 86 (1986); Welcome to Woop Woop (1997); We're Not Married! (1952); Women He's Undressed (2015).

Born on this day – Yvonne De Carlo:

Yvonne De Carlo

Actress

Dancer

Singer

September 1, 1922 – January 8, 2007

Born on this day – Peggy Ryan:

Peggy Ryan

Dancer

Actress

August 28, 1924 – October 30, 2004

Credits:

A Night at the Troc (1939); All Ashore (1953); All Star Revue (1951–1952); Babes on Swing Street (1944); Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue (1938); Bowery to Broadway (1944); Chip Off the Old Block (1944); Follow the Boys (1944); Fun on the Run (1949); Get Hep to Love (1942); Girls' Town (1942); Give Out, Sisters (1942); Hawaii Five-O (1968–1976); Here Come the Co-eds (1945); Here's Hollywood (1961); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1985); Just Off Broadway (1955); Men in Her Diary (1945); Miss Annie Rooney (1942); Mister Big (1943); On Stage Everybody (1945); Oysters and Muscles (1948); Patrick the Great (1944); Pleasure Palace (1980); Private Buckaroo (1942); Sailor's Lady (1940); Shamrock Hill (1949); She Married a Cop (1939); ShirleyMania (2002); Simon & Simon (1983); Songs for Sale (1952); Stage Show (1954); Star of the Family (1951); That's the Spirit (1945); The Betty White Show (1954); The Eyes Have It (1952); The Flying Irishman (1939); The George Jessel Show (1954); The Grapes of Wrath (1940); The Ken Murray Show (1950); The Merry Monahans (1944); The Mickey Mouse Club (1956); The Milton Berle Show (1949–1952); The Saturday Night Revue (1954); The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter (1950); The Spike Jones Show (1954); The Tonight Show (1955–1956); The Wedding of Jack and Jill (1930); The Women Men Marry (1937); There's a Girl in My Heart (1949); This Is Show Business (1956); This Is the Life (1944); Top Man (1943); Top of the Town (1937); Universal Musical Short 3655: Singin' and Swingin' (1950); Val Parnell's Startime (1956); Varsity Vanities (1940); What's Cookin' (1942); When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942).

Born on this day – Joyzelle Joyner:

Joyzelle Joyner

Actress

Dancer

August 27, 1905 – November 30, 1980

Credits:

A Festival of Bagdad (1929); Beneath the Law (1929); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); Blondes by Proxy (1932); Close Harmony (1929); Dance Madness (1926); Dante's Inferno (1935); Girl Without a Room (1933); Glorious Vamps (1930); Go Into Your Dance (1935); I Believed in You (1934); Just Imagine (1930); Lotus Lady (1930); Moran of the Marines (1928); Old Loves and New (1926); One Hysterical Night (1929); Out of the Past (1927); Prince of Diamonds (1930); Resurrection (1927); Search for Beauty (1934); Shadows of the Night (1928); Sombras habaneras (1930); Song of the Caballero (1930); Souvenirs (1928); The Beloved Rogue (1927); The Black Watch (1929); The Devil Dancer (1927); The House of Mystery (1934); The Night Court (1927); The Sea Beast (1926); The Shady Lady (1928); The Sign of the Cross (1932); The Song of Spain (1929); The Sultan's Jester (1930); The Taxi Dancer (1927); The Vanishing Frontier (1932); Turn Back the Hours (1928); Whistlin' Dan (1932); Wild People (1933).

Born on this day – Ruby Keeler:

Ruby Keeler

Actress

Dancer

Singer

August 25, 1909 – February 28, 1993

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 – Patrick Swayze:

Patrick Swayze

Actor

Dancer

Singer

August 18, 1952 – September 14, 2009

Born on this day – Olympe Bradna:

Olympe Bradna

Actress

Dancer

August 12, 1920 – November 5, 2012

Credits:

Meet the Stars #5: Hollywood Meets the Navy (1941); International Squadron (1941); Highway West (1941); Knockout (1941); South of Pago Pago (1940); The Night of Nights (1939); Say It in French (1938); Stolen Heaven (1938); Souls at Sea (1937); The Last Train from Madrid (1937); College Holiday (1936); Three Cheers for Love (1936); Flofloche (1934); Roger la Honte (1933).

Born on this day – Patrick Adiarte:

Patrick Adiarte

Actor

Dancer

August 2, 1943 – April 16, 2025

Credits:

A Classic Evolves: From Print to Stage to Screen (2006); American Masters (2009); Bonanza (1971); CBS Playhouse (1967); Faces of the East: Casting Flower Drum Song (2006); Flower Drum Song (1961); Hawaii Five-O (1972); High Time (1960); Hullabaloo (1965–1966); Hullabaloo Vol. 8 (1996); Ironside (1970); It Takes a Thief (1968); John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965); Kojak (1974); Look Up and Live (1967); M*A*S*H (1972–1973); Omnibus (1958); Step Out of Your Mind (1966); The Brady Bunch (1972); The Enchanted Nutcracker (1961); The King and I (1956); The New Temperatures Rising Show (1973); The Songs of 'Flower Drum Song' (2006); Welcome to Woop Woop (1997).

Born on this day – Vali Myers:

Vali Myers

Artist

Writer

Dancer

Actress

Director

August 2, 1930 – February 12, 2003

Credits:

Books:

Drawings 1949–79 (1980); Love on the Left Bank (1956): Night Flower: The Life and Art of Vali Myers (2012); Vali Myers Memoirs (2006).

Movies and television:

Death in the Port Jackson Hotel (1972); Dope (1968); Painted Lady (2002); Patti and Vali (1973); The Big Day (1949); The Chelsea (1993); The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda (1968); The Tightrope Dancer (1990); Together (1956); Together with Lorenza Mazzetti (2023); Vali (1967); Vali, The Witch of Positano (1965); Vali: The Tightrope Dancer (1989); Vali's World (1984).

Born on the day - Carolyne Barry:

Carolyne Barry

Actress

Writer

Teacher

Director

Dancer

Dance instructor

July 20, 1943 – June 16, 2015

Credits:

Book:

HIT THE GROUND RUNNING: The First Years of Your Acting Career (2009).

Movies, television and stage:

An Intimate Look with Michelle Tomlinson (2014); Blue Code (2013); Dark August (1976); Dynasty (1987); Here Come the Brides (1968–1970); Hey, Landlord (1967); Hotel (1986); Hysterical Blindness (1995); Ironside (1971); J.J. Starbuck (1987); Julia (1970); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the V.I.P. Restaurant (1970); Mr. Novak (1965); Out of Sight (1966); Santa Barbara (1987); Shindig! (1964–1965); Small & Frye (1983); Stand Up and Be Counted (1972); Star Trek (1967); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988); The Bob Newhart Show (1978); The F.B.I. (1971); The Lloyd Thaxton Show (1965); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Paper Chase (1983); The Patty Duke Show (1965); The Second Hundred Years (1967).

Born on this day – Helen Gallagher:

Helen Gallagher

Actress

Dancer

Singer

July 19, 1926 – November 24, 2024

Credits:

Stage:

70, Girls, 70 (2000); Billion Dollar Baby (1945); Brigadoon (1957); Cry for Us All (1970); Finian's Rainbow (1955); Guys and Dolls (1955); Hazel Flagg (1953); High Button Shoes (1947); Make a Wish (1951); Mame (1968); Mr. Strauss Goes to Boston (1945); Much Ado About Nothing (1972); No, No, Nanette (1971); Oklahoma! (1958); Pal Joey (1952); Portofino (1958); Seven Lively Arts (1944); Sugar Babies (1981); Sweet Charity (1966); Tallulah (1984); The American Dance Machine (1978); The Pajama Game (1954); Touch and Go (1949).

Songs:

All That I Need; Anything Goes; Big Spender; Captivated By Your Love; Hey, Big Spender; Hey, Big Spender from Sweet Charity; I Am Not My Own; I Feel Like I'm Gonna Live Forever; I Love to Cry at Weddings; I Stand in Awe; I'm Glad I'm Leaving; Laura de Maupassant; No, No, Nanette: You Can Dance With Any Girl; Not to Us; Once for All; Once We Waited for You; Our God Reigns; Sing a Song of Celebration; Sweet Charity: Baby, Dream Your Dream; Sweet Charity: Big Spender; Sweet Charity: I Love to Cry at Weddings; Sweet Charity: There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This; The World Is Beautiful Today; There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This; There's a Place; Where-Has-My-Hubby-Gone Blues; You Are Good; You Can Dance With Any Girl at All; You Mustn't Kick It Around; You're Gonna Dance with Me, Willie; You're The Top.

Movies and television:

4th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1977); A.N.T.A. Album of 1955 (1955); ABC's Nightlife (1965); All My Children (1995); American Masters (2009); Another World (1989); April in the Wind (1970); Celebrity Time (1952); Chance of a Lifetime (1953); Don Ameche's Musical Playhouse (1951); Entertainment Tonight (1989); Ford Star Revue (1951); General Electric Guest House (1951); Kraft Theatre (1954); Law & Order (1993); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989); Manhattan Showcase (1949); Max Liebman Spectaculars (1956); Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon (2019); Neptune's Rocking Horse (1997); One Life to Live (1997–1998); Our American Musical Heritage (1971); Roseland (1977); Ryan's Hope (1975–1989); Shangri-La (1960); Strangers When We Meet (1960); Stump the Stars (1955); The $10,000 Pyramid (1979); The 11th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards (1995); The 12th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1985); The 26th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1999); The 26th Annual Tony Awards (1972); The 27th Annual Tony Awards (1973); The American Woman: Portraits of Courage (1976); The Arthur Murray Party (1958–1959); The Bell Telephone Hour (1961); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951–1955); The Cosby Mysteries (1995); The David Frost Show (1971); The Ed Sullivan Show (1951–1968); The Eddie Fisher Show (1958); The Ezio Pinza Show (1952); The Good Fight (2018); The Mel Tormé Show (1951); The Merv Griffin Show (1966); The Mike Douglas Show (1971–1979); The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue (1950–1951); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1971); This Is Show Business (1954); Yves Montand on Broadway (1961).

Born on this day – Lupe Vélez:

Lupe Vélez

Actress

Singer

Dancer

July 18, 1908 – December 14, 1944

Credits:

Arena (1991); Death Scenes (1989); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999); East Is West (1930); Ernesto Alonso: Estrella de estrellas (2007); Fashion News (1930); Gypsy Melody (1936); He Loved an Actress (1938); Hell Harbor (1930); High Flyers (1937); Hollywood on Parade (1934); Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 (1933); Hollywood Party (1934); Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988); Hollywood Snapshots #11 (1929); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); Hombres de mi vida (1932); Honolulu Lu (1941); Hot Pepper (1933); Kongo (1932); La zandunga (1938); Ladies' Day (1943); Lady of the Pavements (1929); Laughing Boy (1934); Los que hicieron nuestro cine (1983–1985); Mexican Spitfire (1939); Mexican Spitfire at Sea (1942); Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940); Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost (1942); Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event (1943); Mexican Spitfire's Elephant (1942); Mr. Broadway (1933); Naná (1944); Oriente es Occidente (1930); Palooka (1934); Perdida (2009); Playmates (1941); Recordar es vivir (1941); Redhead from Manhattan (1943); Resurrección / Resurrection (1931); Sailors, Beware! (1927); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 11 (1930); Screen Snapshots, Series 14, No. 1 (1934); Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga (1941); Stand and Deliver (1928); Strictly Dynamite (1934); That's Entertainment! III (1994); The Big Parade of Comedy (1964); The Broken Wing (1932); The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema (2001); The Casting Couch (1995); The Cuban Love Song (1931); The Gaucho (1927); The Girl from Mexico (1939); The Half-Naked Truth (1932); The Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941); The Morals of Marcus (1935); The One, the Only, the Real Tarzan (2004); The Squaw Man (1931); The Storm (1930); The Voice of Hollywood No. 12 (1930); The Voice of Hollywood No. 13 / Second Series (1932); The Voice of Hollywood, Series 1, No. 2 (1930); Tiger Rose (1929); What Women Did for Me (1927); When the Applause Died / Death in Hollywood (1990); Where East Is East (1929); Wolf Song (1929).

Born on this day – James Cagney:

James Cagney

Actor

Dancer

Director

July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986

Born on this day – Ginger Rogers:

Ginger Rogers

Actress

Dancer

Singer

July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995

Born on this day – Barbara Stanwyck:

Barbara Stanwyck

Actress

Dancer

July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990