Born on this day – Eileen Heckart:

Eileen Heckart

Actress

March 29, 1919 – December 31, 2001

Credits:

8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2002); A Doll's House (1959); Alfred Hitchcock in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); Alice (1976); All the Way Home (1971); Annie McGuire (1988–1989); Backstairs at the White House (1979); Banyon (1972); Barnaby Jones (1974); Ben Casey (1963); Breathing Lessons (1994); Broadway Legends (2002); Burnt Offerings (1976); Bus Stop (1956); Butterflies Are Free (1972); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1954); CBS Playhouse (1968); Corwin (1969); Cybill (1996–1998); Danger (1952); Dr. Kildare (1962); Ellen (1997); F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980); Flying High (1978); Games Mother Never Taught You (1982); Girl Talk (1967); Gloria (1983); Goodyear Playhouse (1953–1955); Gunsmoke (1965–1969); Hawaii Five-O (1975); Headliners & Legends (1998–2008); Heartbreak Ridge (1986); Heller in Pink Tights (1960); Highway to Heaven (1985); Home Improvement (1997); Hot Spell (1958); Josh, the Logan Legend (1986); Justice (1954); Kraft Theatre (1949–1957); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949–1955); Lily (1974); Little House on the Prairie (1979); Lou Grant (1980); Love & War (1993–1994); Love Story (1973); Lux Video Theatre (1950–1951); Miracle in the Rain (1956); Morning Maggie (1987); Murder One (1996); My Six Loves (1963); Naked City (1962–1963); Nash Airflyte Theatre (1951); New York Television Theatre (1966); Nine to Five (1987); No Way to Treat a Lady (1968); One Life to Live (1986–1992); Out of the Blue (1979); Out There (1951); Partners in Crime (1984); Play of the Week (1960–1961); Playhouse 90 (1959); Ponds Theater (1954); Rhoda (1976); Robert Montgomery Presents (1950); Seize the Day (1986); Short Short Dramas (1952); Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956); Stephen King's Golden Tales / Segment: Do Not Open This Box (1985); Stuck with Each Other (1989); Studio One (1950–1957); Suddenly, Love (1978); Sunshine Christmas (1977); Suspense (1949–1952); Switch (1976); Table Settings (1982); Tales from the Darkside (1988); The 24th Annual Tony Awards (1970); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1994); The 5 Mrs. Buchanans (1994–1995); The 5:48 (1979); The 54th Annual Tony Awards (2000); The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002); The Alcoa Hour (1957); The Bad Seed (1956); The Big Black Pill (1981); The Big Story (1951); The Cosby Show (1987); The Defenders (1964); The Doctors and the Nurses (1965); The Ed Sullivan Show (1953); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Ellen Burstyn Show (1986); The F.B.I. (1965); The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (1974); The Felony Squad (1966); The First Wives Club (1996); The Ford Theatre Hour (1950); The Fugitive (1964–1967); The Hiding Place (1975); The Honeymooners (1977 / 1978); The Little Foxes (1956); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1975–1976); The Merv Griffin Show (1967); The Mike Douglas Show (1971–1977); The New Breed (1961); The Recovery Room (1985); The Streets of San Francisco (1972); The Suzanne Somers Show (1994); The Tree (1969); The Trip to Bountiful (1953); The Victim (1972); The Web (1951); To Tell the Truth (1968); Trapper John, M.D. (1981–1984); Trauma Center (1983); Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story (1993); Ultimate Betrayal (1994); Up the Down Staircase (1967); Wedding Band (1974); White Mama (1980); Windows (1955); Zandy's Bride (1974).

On this day in movie history - Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956):

Somebody Up There Likes Me,

directed by Robert Wise,

written by Ernest Lehman,

based on the autobiography by Rocky Graziano with Rowland Barber,

was released in the United States on July 4, 1956.
Music by Bronislau Kaper.

Cast:
Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart, Harold J. Stone, Joseph Buloff, Sal Mineo, Ray Stricklyn, Robert Loggia, Steve McQueen, Angela Cartwright, Jack Orrison, Frank Campanella, Dean Jones.