Born on this day – Don Ameche:

Don Ameche

Actor

Comedian

Vaudevillian

May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993

Born on this day – Leila Hyams:

Leila Hyams

Actress

Vaudevillian

May 1, 1905 – December 4, 1977

Credits:

$1000 a Minute (1935); A Girl in Every Port (1928); Affairs of a Gentleman (1934); Alias Jimmy Valentine (1928); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2009); Dancing Mothers (1926); First Aid (1943); Freaks (1932); Gentleman's Fate (1931); Honor Bound (1928); Horse Play (1933); Hurricane (1929); Island of Lost Souls (1932); Land of the Silver Fox (1928); Masquerade (1929); May I Come In (1930); Men Call It Love (1931); New Adventures of Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1931); No Ransom (1934); One-Round Hogan (1927); People Will Talk (1935); Red-Headed Woman (1932); Ruggles of Red Gap (1935); Sandra (1924); Saturday's Millions (1933); Schlitzie: One of Us; Sing Sinner Sing (1933); Spite Marriage (1929); Stepping Out (1931); Summer Bachelors (1926); Surrender (1931); Sweethearts and Wives (1930); The Big Broadcast (1932); The Big House (1930); The Bishop Murder Case (1929); The Branded Sombrero (1928); The Brute (1927); The Bush Leaguer (1927); The Christmas Party (1931); The Constant Woman (1933); The Crimson City (1928); The Far Call (1929); The Flirting Widow (1930); The Girl Said No (1930); The Idle Rich (1929); The Kick-Off (1926); The Phantom of Paris (1931); The Poor Rich (1934); The Sins of the Children (1930); The Thirteenth Chair (1929); The Wizard (1927); Tod Browning's 'Freaks': The Sideshow Cinema (2004); Way for a Sailor (1930); Way Out West (1930); White Pants Willie (1927); Wonder of Women (1929); Yellow Dust (1936).

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 – Will Rogers:

Will Rogers

Vaudevillian

Actor

November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935

Credits:

Stand Up and Cheer! (1934); In Old Kentucky (1935); Steamboat Round the Bend (1935); Doubting Thomas (1935); Life Begins at 40 (1935); The County Chairman (1935); Judge Priest (1934); Handy Andy (1934); David Harum (1934); Mr. Skitch (1933); Doctor Bull (1933); State Fair (1933); Too Busy to Work (1932); Down to Earth (1932); Business and Pleasure (1932); Ambassador Bill (1931); Young as You Feel (1931); A Connecticut Yankee (1931); Lightnin' (1930); So This Is London (1930); They Had to See Paris (1929); Happy Days (1929); A Texas Steer (1927); Tiptoes (1927); Roaming the Emerald Isle with Will Rogers (1927); With Will Rogers in Dublin (1927); Gee Whiz, Genevieve (1924); A Truthful Liar (1924); Our Congressman (1924); Jubilo, Jr. (1924); Don't Park There (1924); Going to Congress (1924); High Brow Stuff (1924); The Cake Eater (1924); The Cowboy Sheik (1924); Two Wagons: Both Covered (1924); Uncensored Movies (1923); Hustlin' Hank (1923); Jus' Passin' Through (1923); Hollywood (1923); Fruits of Faith (1922); The Headless Horseman (1922); The Ropin' Fool (1922); One Glorious Day (1922); A Poor Relation (1921); Doubling for Romeo (1921); An Unwilling Hero (1921); Boys Will Be Boys (1921); Guile of Women (1920); Honest Hutch (1920); Cupid the Cowpuncher (1920); Jes' Call Me Jim (1920); The Strange Boarder (1920); Water, Water, Everywhere (1920); Jubilo (1919); Almost a Husband (1919); Laughing Bill Hyde (1918); Roaring Camp (1916).

Born on this day – Gloria Foy:

Gloria Foy

Actress

Dancer

Singer

Vaudevillian

October 25, 1901 –February 27, 1977

Movie credit:

Dancing Lady (1933).

Born on this day – Gracie Allen:

Gracie Allen

Vaudevillian

Singer

Actress

Comedian

July 26, 1895 – August 27, 1964

Credits:

100% Service (1931); 50 Years of Funny Females (1995); 5th Annual TV Academy Hall of Fame (1989); A Damsel in Distress (1937); American Masters (1997–2017); America's Clown: An Intimate Biography of Red Skelton (2014); Biography (2002); Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976); Classic Comedy Teams (1986); Classic Stand-Up Comedy of Television (1996); Climax! (1956); College Holiday (1936); College Humor (1933); College Swing (1938); Dumb, Dumber & Dumbest (1995); Fit to Be Tied (1930); Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984); Here Comes Cookie (1935); Hit Celebrity TV Commercials (2004); Hollywood and the Stars (1963); Hollywood Couples (2000); Hollywood on Parade No. A-2 (1932); Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (1933); Honolulu (1939); International House (1933); Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special (1970); Lambchops (1929); Larry King Live (2003); Legends of Comedy (1992); Let's Dance (1933); Love in Bloom (1935); Many Happy Returns (1934); Meet the Stars #3: Variety Reel #1 (1941); Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices (2008); Mr. and Mrs. North (1942); Murphy Brown (1989); Oh, My Operation (1931); Olympic Fund Telethon (1952); Once Over, Light (1931); Our World (1987); Patents Pending (1932); Paul Henning & The Hillbillies (2005); Paul Merton's Palladium Story (1994); Pioneers of Primetime (1995); Pioneers of Television (2014); Pulling a Bone (1931); Screen Snapshots Series 33, No. 10: Hollywood Grows Up (1954); Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians (1952); Shower of Stars (1955); Six of a Kind (1934); Stars in the Eye (1952); Startime (1959); Stu's Show (2023); Television (1988); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); The 8th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1956); The Actor's Society Benefit Gala (1949); The Antique Shop (1931); The Babbling Book (1932); The Big Broadcast (1932); The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935); The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936); The Bob Cummings Show (1957); The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007); The DuPont Show of the Week (1961); The Ed Sullivan Show (1957); The Factor (2008); The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame (1993); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950–1958); The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939); The Great Man: W.C. Fields (2005); The Great Radio Comedians (1972); The Great Standups (1984); The History of Comedy (2017); The Hollywood Palace (1982); The Jack Benny Program (1952–1964); The Jackie Gleason Show (1957); The World Our Stage (1957); This Is Your Life (1955); Two Girls and a Sailor (1944); Walking the Baby (1933); We're Not Dressing (1934); What's My Line? (1954); What's My Line? At 25 (1975); Your Hat (1932).