Born on this day – Jackie Collins:

Jackie Collins

Writer

Actress

Producer

October 4, 1937 – September 19, 2015

Books:

American Star (1993); Chances (1981); Confessions of a Wild Child (2013); Dangerous Kiss (1999); Deadly Embrace (2002); Drop Dead Beautiful (2007); Goddess of Vengeance (2011); Hollywood Divorces (2003); Hollywood Husbands (1986); Hollywood Kids (1994); Hollywood Wives (1983); Hollywood Wives: The New Generation (2001); L. A. Connections / serialised novel: Power / Obsession / Murder / Revenge (1998); Lady Boss (1990); Lethal Seduction (2000); Lovehead / aka The Love Killers (1974); Lovers & Players (2006); Lovers and Gamblers (1977); Lucky (1985); Married Lovers (2008); Poor Little Bitch Girl (2009); Rock Star (1988); Sunday Simmons & Charlie Brick / aka Sinners (1971); The Bitch (1979); The Lucky Santangelo Cookbook (2014); The Power Trip (2012); The Santangelos (2015); The Stud (1969); The World Is Full of Divorced Women (1975); The World Is Full of Married Men (1968); Thrill! (1998); Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge (1996).

Movies and television:

5th Annual Soap Opera Awards (1989); 7th Annual American Cinema Awards (1990); 100 Greatest Sexy Moments (2003); 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops (2004); Access Hollywood (2014); AFI Life Achievement Award (1997); Afternoon Live (1997); All at Sea (1957); All-Star Party for Joan Collins (1987); Almost Fifty (2016); American Idol (2007); Aspel & Company (1984–1993); Banzai (2001); Bethenny (2014); Big Morning Buzz Live (2012–2013); Biography (1995); Biography (1995–2002); Breakfast (2011); Canada A.M. (2006); Chelsea Lately (2010–2014); Choccywoccydoodah (2013); Clive Anderson Talks Back (1990–1994); Cocktails in the Kitchen (1954); Comedy Central Roasts (2009); Compact (1965); Danger Man (1966); Daybreak (2012); Dee Time (1968); Des O'Connor Tonight (1985–1992); Diet America Challenge (1989); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2000); Educated Evans (1957); Entertainment Tonight (2007–2018); Extra (2015–2017); Film '78 (1978); Friday Night, Saturday Morning (1980); Girlfriends (2003); Give Us a Clue (1981); Good Morning America (1984); Good Morning Britain (1985); Hobson's Choice (1979); Hollywood Greats (2003); Hollywood Love (1997); Hollywood Me! (2013); Hollywood Squares (1999–2004); Hollywood Wives (1985); Hollywood Wives: The New Generation (2003); Home & Family (2014–2015); Hour Magazine (1981–1989); Intent to Kill (1958); Intimate Portrait (2003); It Could Be You (1957); ITV Play of the Week (1955); Jackie Collins Presents (2004); Jackie's Back! (1999); Joy Behar: Say Anything! (2013); Juke Box Jury (1959–1965); Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (2009); Kilroy (1993); Lady Boss (1992); Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story (2021); Larry King Live (2001); Late Lunch (1998); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994–1995); Late Night with the Loose Women (2009); Let Loose... The Very Best of 'Loose Women' (2008); Life and Times (2000); Light Lunch (1997); Live from Studio Five (2009); Live Talk (2000); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989); Loose Lips (2003); Loose Women (2007–2015); Lorraine (2001); Lucky Chances (1990); Lunettes noires pour nuits blanches (1989); Marie (2013); Minder (1980); Namesakes: A Very British Odyssey (2004); Night of Passion (1960); Nightmare Weekend (1986); Not Necessarily the News (1989); Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997); One on One with John Tesh (1991); One Plus One (2014); Paris Connections (2010); Read All About It (1976); Reading the Decades (2002); Rock You Sinners (1957); Room 43 (1958); Ruby (2000); RuPaul's Drag Race (2010); Sacrée soirée (1991); Saturday Night at the Mill (1979–1981); Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015); She-Devil (1989); Showtime (1993); Six-Five Special (1957); So Graham Norton (2001); Star Wars at the BBC (2015); Steve Harvey (2014); Suburgatory (2014); Super Secret Movie Rules (2004); Talk Stoop (2011); Tavis Smiley (2011–2014); TFI Friday (1997); The 15th Annual American Comedy Awards (2001); The 18th Annual Women in Film Crystal Awards (1994); The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards (2016); The Alan Hamel Show (1980); The Annual American Cinematheque Awards Honoring Robin Williams (1988); The Annual Entertainment Industry Honors Presentes a Salute to Bud Grant (1987); The Annual Friars Club Tribute Presents a Salute to Roger Moore (1986); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989); The Best of the Don Lane Show (1994); The Big Breakfast (1993); The Big Question (1998); The Bigger Picture (2006); The Bitch (1979); The Bonnie Hunt Show (2010); The Bookworm (1994); The Celebrity Guide to Entertaining (1993); The Daily Show (1997–1998); The Generation Game (1975); The Graham Norton Show (2007–2013); The Hollywood Collection: Roger Moore, A Matter of Class (1995); The I'm Exhausted Concert (1988); The Insider (2014); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2006–2014); The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (2001); The Late Show (1986); The Max Headroom Show (1986); The Merv Griffin Show (1979–1985); The Michael Ball Show (2010); The Mike Douglas Show (1980); The Missing Scientists (1955); The Nate Berkus Show (2011); The New Hollywood Squares (1986–1988); The One Show (2008–2015); The Paul O'Grady Show (2005–2007); The Queen Latifah Show (2014); The Ray Martin Show (2001); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997); The Safecracker (1958); The Saint (1963); The Shakedown (1960); The Sharon Osbourne Show (2004); The Stud (1978); The Suzanne Somers Show (1994); The Talk (2011–2014); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1985–1990); The Tony Danza Show (2004–2006); The TV Book Club (2010–2012); The USA Today's 5th Anniversary Gala (1987); The View (2004–2010); The Wendy Williams Show (2010–2012); The World Is Full of Married Men (1979); The Wright Stuff (2009); The Write Stuff (1989); The Xtra Factor (2009); They Never Learn (1956); Thicke of the Night (1983); This Is Joan Collins (2022); This Is Your Life (1987–1993); This Morning (1999–2004); Today (1982–2014); Today (2009 / 2015); Tom Snyder (1994); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1976); Tracey Ullman's Visible Panty Lines (2001); Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies (2008); Twilight (2024); Undercover Girl (1958); Up Close with Carrie Keagan (2007); V Graham Norton (2002–2003); Van der Vorst ziet sterren (2009); Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2010–2012); Weekend Sunrise (2013); Weekend Today Australia (2015); Whodunnit? (1974–1975); Wogan (1985–1990); Yesterday's Hero (1979); Your New Day (1980).

Born on this day – Elie Wiesel:

Elie Wiesel

Writer

Professor

Nobel laureate

Holocaust survivor

September 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016

Books:

Night Trilogy: Night (1960); Dawn (1961); Day / aka The Accident (1962). The Town Beyond the Wall (1964); The Gates of the Forest (1966); A Beggar in Jerusalem (1970); The Oath (1970); The Testament (1981); The Golem (1983); The Fifth Son (1985); Twilight (1988); Forgotten (1990); The Judges (2002); The Time of the Uprooted (2005); A Mad Desire to Dance (2009); The Sonderberg Case (2010); Hostage (2012); One for Each Night (2023); Zalmen, or the Madness of God (1975); The Trial of God (1979); The Jews of Silence (1966); Legends of Our Time (1968); One Generation After (1970); Souls On Fire (1972); Messengers of God (1976); A Jew Today (1978); Four Hasidic Masters (1978); Five Biblical Portraits (1981); Somewhere a Master (1982); Splinters (1983); The Six Days of Destruction (1988); Against Silence (1988); A Journey of Faith (1990); Evil and Exile (1990); From the Kingdom of Memory (1990); Sages and Dreamers (1991); In Dialog and Dilemma With Elie Wiesel (1991); Passover Haggadah (1993); Telling the Tale (1993); All Rivers Run to the Sea (1995); Memoir in Two Voices (1996); And the Sea Is Never Full (1999); Conversations with Elie Wiesel (2001); After the Darkness (2002); Wise Men and Their Tales (2003); Rashi (2009); Open Heart (2012).

Movies and television:

1986 World Series (1986); 20 heures le journal (1994–2001); 20/20 (2007); 2016: We Remember Part Two (2016); 7 sur 7 (1985–1989); 9-11 Memories (2011); A Passover Seder (1994); A Sculpture of Love and Anguish: The Miami Beach Holocaust Memorial (1998); American Tribute to Vaclav Havel and a Celebration of Democracy in Czechoslovakia (1990); Antenne 2 - Le journal de 20H (1987–1988); Apostrophes (1980–1983); Bearing Witness: Fighting the Rise of Antisemitism (2022); Beyond Hate (1991); C à vous (2010); Café littéraire (2008); Chazak (2003); Chez F.O.G. (2008); Cities (1979); Culture et dépendances (2003–2006); Das Sonntagsinterview (1994); Dawn (2014 / 2019); Dawn Breakers Film Festival Spotlights (2009); Duels (2016); Elie Wiesel Goes Home (1996); Elie Wiesel in Concert: Memories and Melodies of My Childhood (2012); Elie Wiesel ou La ferveur hassidique (1982); Empreintes (2009); Facing Hate (1991); Familiar Voices (2008); FOLCS Conversations (2012); Françoise Hardy at an event for Vivement dimanche (2006); Great Conversations (1999); Histoire de l’antisémitisme (2022); Italiques (1972); Kaddish (1984); King Juan Carlos (2008); La grande librairie (2008–2011); La marche du siècle (1987–1997); L’aube (1986); Le cercle de minuit (1994–1996); Le procès de Shamgorod (1982); Le testament d’un poète juif assassiné (1987); Lectures pour tous (1958–1964); Les 4 vérités (1998); Les dossiers de l’écran (1969); L’invité (2002–2016); L’invité du jeudi (1980); Madoff (2016); Matin Bonheur (1994–1996); Mots croisés (2005); Nicky’s Family (2011); Nightline Up Close (2003); Ost und West (1970); Overheard (2012); Petra: A Quest for Hope (2006); Prix Galien USA 2022 (2022); Protocols of Zion (2005); Qu’avez vous fait de vos vingt ans? (1994); Sand and Sorrow (2007); Sighet, Sighet (1967); Television (1988); The 10 Commandments of Creativity (2001); The Death of Yugoslavia (1995); The Genocide Factor (2000); The Holocaust: In Memory of Millions (1994); The Hunt for Adolf Eichmann (1994); The Jewish People (2008); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2006); Thé ou café (2006–2012); The World of Elie Wiesel (1997); To Bear Witness (1983); Tout le monde en parle (2006); Un temps pour la mémoire (1970); Une Voix Du Timor Oriental (1999); USA the Movie (2005); Visionen zum Millennium (1999–2000); Weapons of the Spirit (1987); West Wing Week (2012); Zalmen: or, the Madness of God (1975).

Born on this day – Reggie Bannister:

Reggie Bannister

Actor

Musician

Producer

Writer

September 29, 1945 – August 9, 2026

Credits:

Album:

Live At The West Coast Bodega

By Reggie Bannister

Released 2025.

Recorded 1978.

Track list: 4 & 20 (Live); Another Day (Live); Berkley Woman (Live); Love Starved Woman (Live); Just to Please You (Live); Lenny's (Bruce) Song [Live]; Life Line (Live); Long Time (Live); Mr. Moon (Live); Music Stoned Man (Live); Shadow on the Run (Live); Wounded Bird (Live).

Movies and television:

Abolition (2011); Aconite (2005); Bloody Bloody Bible Camp (2012); Bonejangles (2017); Bubba Ho-Tep (2002); Burned Guys & Dolls (2011); Carnies (2010); Cemetery Gates (2006); Chasing Hollywood (2011); Dead Things / segments: Prologue / The Wish (2005); Deadpit Radio (2005); Death Is No Escape: The Making of Phantasm IV – Oblivion (2017); Disaster Wars: Earthquake vs. Tsunami (2013); Do You Like Scary Movies Podcast (2025); Doctor Spine (2015); Drop Off (1997); Fallen Angels (2006); FEARnet's Movies with More Brains (2011); Girls and Coprses (2017); Halloween Ghouls (2026); Horror Kung-Fu Theatre (1992–2019 / 2022); Inside Bryan (2015); Interstate (2007); Iron Core Talk (2010–2012); It Came from Trafalgar (2009); It's Never Over: The Making of Phantasm III - Lord of the Dead (2017); Jim, the World's Greatest (1975); Journeyman (2005); Kenny & Company (1976); Killer Waves 2 (2020); L.A. Law (1988); Last Rites (2006); Making of 'Bubba Ho-tep' (2004); Metal Man (2008); Necronaut (2007); Not Another B Movie (2010); One for the Road (2011); Phandom (2005); Phantasm (1979); Phantasm II (1988); Phantasm III: Behind the Scenes (2007); Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994); Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998); Phantasm Panel: Texas Frightmare Weekend 2015 (2015); Phantasm V: Ravager - Deleted Scenes (2016); Phantasm V: Ravager - Phuntasm: Blooper and Outtakes (2016); Phantasm: Deleted Scenes (1999); Phantasm: Genesis (2005); Phantasm: Ravager (2016); Phantasmagoria (2005); Phantasmagorical Mystery Tour (2005); Primitive (2011); Psychic Experiment (2010); Red & Blue Marbles (2011); Reflections of Fear: Phantasm (2017); Reflections of Fear: Phantasm II (2017); Reflections of Fear: Phantasm V (2017); Revamped (2007); Satan Hates You (2010); Sawblade (2010); Scare Me: Behind the Screams (2007); Schrödinger's Cat II (2016); Sigma Die! (2007); Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (1990); Small Town Saturday Night (2010); Song of the Dead (2005); Spring Break Massacre (2008); Stop It, You're Killing Me (2000); Survival Quest (1989); Terror Talk (2019); Text (2008); Text: The Story in the Snow (2008); That Little Monster (1994); The Ball Is Back! The Making of Phantasm II (2013); The Best of Chiller Theatre (1998); The Dead Beat Volume 1 (1990); The Demolitionist (1995); The Final Curtain (2007); The Ghastly Love of Johnny X (2012); The Horror We Make (2023); The Intruders (2015); The Last Doorway Show with Miss Misery (2009); The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs (2018); The Mangler Reborn (2005); The Obsidian Curse (2016); The Quiet Ones (2010); The Rage (2007); Transformers Prime (2011); Twiztid: Boogieman (2015); Up Against Amanda (2000); Wishmaster (1997); Women of Phantasm: The Documentary with Balls! (2022); Working with a Master: Don Coscarelli (2006); Zombie Family (2012).

Born on this day – Max Ehrmann:

Max Ehrmann

Writer

Attorney

September 26, 1872 – September 9, 1945

Books:

A Farrago; A Fearsome Riddle; A prayer, and other selections; Breaking Home Ties; Desiderata; Desiderata for Cat Lovers: A Guide to Life & Happiness; Desiderata for Dog Lovers; Desiderata for Horse Lovers; Desiderata: A Poem for a Way of Life; Desiderata: The Classic Manifesto for Living a Happy Life, with Additional Poems; Desiderata: Words for Life; Inspirational Desiderata Poem Adult Coloring Book: Stress Relieving Patterns Surround Inspirational Quotes from the Classic Poem Desiderata by Max Ehrmann; Jesus; Lifting the Veil: Beloved Dead, Biography & Other Appreciations; Max Ehrmann's poems; Poems; The Desiderata of Faith: A Collection of Religious Poems; The Desiderata of Happiness: A Collection of Philosophical Poems; The desiderata of hope; The Desiderata of Love: A Collection of Poems for the Beloved; The Journal of Max Ehrmann; The Mystery of Madeline Le Blanc; The poems of Max Ehrmann; The Poems of Max Ehrmann - Scholar's Choice Edition; The Wife of Marobious a Play; The Wife Of Marobius.

Movies and television:

Absolutely Fabulous (2003); Chevrolet Presents the Golddiggers (1972); F Is for Family (2018); Love Serenade (1996); Mr Inbetween (2019); Mudflats Living (1972); The David Frost Show (1970); The Ernie Sigley Show (1974).

Born on this day – Robert Bresson:

Robert Bresson

Writer

Director

September 25, 1901 – December 18, 1999

Books:

Bresson on Bresson: Interviews, 1943–1983 (2016); Notes sur le Cinématographe / aka Notes on Cinematography (1975).

Movies and television:

A Gentle Woman (1969); A Man Escaped (1956); Angels of Sin (1943); Au cinéma ce soir (1972); Au hasard Balthazar (1966); Au hasard Bresson (1967); Auf der Suche nach der verlorenen Zeit. Andrej Tarkowskijs Exil und Tod (1988); Cannes Film Festival (1971); C'était un musicien (1933); Cinéastes de notre temps (1965); Cinéma (1966–1967); Cinépanorama (1960); Courrier Sud (1937); Diary of a Country Priest (1951); Épreuves d'artistes (2004); Four Nights of a Dreamer (1971); Heart of the Festival (2002); Humbert Balsan, producteur rebelle (2006); If It Moves Shoot It (1970); Journeys Through French Cinema (2017); Lancelot of the Lake (1974); L'Argent (1983); Les dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945); Les échos du cinéma (1962); Les jumeaux de Brighton (1936); Los 10 magníficos (2008); Lyon, autopsie d'une grande ville (Inventaire des rues du 7ème arrondissement) (2014); Lyon, autopsie d'une grande ville (Inventaire des rues du 9ème arrondissement) (2014); Mag Bodard, un destin (2005); Morceaux de Cannes (2021); Mouchette (1967); Notes on the Cinematographer (parlato in italiano) (2020); Pickpocket (1959); Pour le cinéma (1969); Pour le plaisir (1966–1967); Public Affairs (1934); The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000); The Devil, Probably (1977); The Dreamers (2003); The Foolish Virgin (1938); The Road to Bresson (1984); The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962); The Well (2016); Wear (2015); What Is Cinema? (2013).

Born on this day – Nancylee Myatt:

Nancylee Myatt

Writer

Producer

Director

Actress

September 23, 1957 – September 23, 2025

Credits:

3Way (2008–2009); Brunch with Bridget (2009); Cleghorne! (1995); Cowgirl Up (2011–2013); Life with Roger (1996–1997); Little Secrets (1991); Living Single (1997–1998); Lloyd in Space (2001–2002); Mama Bear (2019); Muddling Through (1994); NCIS: New Orleans (2016); Night Court (1990–1992); Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files (2013); Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension (2011); Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe (2020); Recess (1999); Saint City (2022); Second Shot (2013); Social Studies (1997); South of Nowhere (2005–2006); Teacher's Pet (2000–2002); The 5 Mrs. Buchanans (1994–1995); The Long Shadow (2019); The New Addams Family (1998); The Powers That Be (1992–1993); Wave Babes (2003).

Born on this day – Francis Hopkinson:

Francis Hopkinson

Lawyer

Jurist

Writer

Composer

Designer of the American flag

September 21, 1737 – May 9, 1791

Written work:

A Pretty Story Written in the Year of Our Lord 1774 (1774); Judgments in the Admiralty of Pennsylvania in four suits (1789); The Miscellaneous Essays and Occasional Writings of Francis Hopkinson (1792).

Music:

Collection of Plain Tunes with a Few from Anthems and Hymns (1763); Seven Songs for the Harpsichord or Forte Piano (1788); Temple of Minerva / The First American Opera (1781).

Born on this day – Tanith Lee:

Tanith Lee

Writer

September 19, 1947 – May 24, 2015

Books:

100 Fiendish Little Frightmares (1990); 100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment (1998); A Bed of Earth (2002); A Century of Horror 1970-1979 (1987); A Different City (2015); A Heroine of the World (1989); A Wolf At the Door (2000); A Wolf at the Door: And Other Rare Tales (2019); Amazons II (1982); Amazons! (1979); Anackire (1983); Ancient Enchantresses (1995); Angels of Darkness (1995); Animal Castle (1972); Animate Objects (2016); Arabesques (1988); Arrows of Eros (1989); At the Court of the Crow (2020); Best British Horror 2014 (2014); Best New Horror 31 (2021); Best Gay Stories 2011 (2011); Bestiary! (1985); Beyond Lands of Never (1984); Beyond the Edge (2016); Beyond the Woods (2016); Biting the Sun (1999); Black Heart, Ivory Bones (2000); Black Unicorn (1989); Blood 20 (2015); Blood Is Not Enough (1989); Blood Sisters (2015); Blood Thirst (1997); By Blood We Live (2009); Cast a Bright Shadow (2004); Champions of the Road (1979); Chronicles of the Holy Grail (1996); Chrysalis 10 (1983); Chrysalis 8 (1980); Chrysalis 9 (1981); Clockwork Phoenix (2008); Clockwork Phoenix 2 (2012); Clockwork Phoenix 3: New Tales of Beauty and Strangeness (2012); Clockwork Phoenix 4 (2013); Colder Greyer Stones (2012); Colouring Books Gallery One (2020); Colouring Books Gallery Two (2020); Colouring Books: Gallery Three (2021); Companions on the Road (1975); Cruel Pink (2013); Curse of the Full Moon (2010); Cyrion (1982); Dancing Through the Fire (2015); Danse Macabre (2012); Dark Castle, White Horse (1986); Dark Dance (1992); Dark Fantasies (1989); Dark Terrors 5 (2000); Dark Terrors 6 (2002); Darkness, I (1994); Daw 30th Anniversary Fantasy Anthology (2002); Daw 30th Anniversary Science Fiction Anthology (2002); Day by Night (1980); Days of Grass (1985); Death of the Day (2004); Death's Master (1979); Delirium's Mistress (1986); Delusion's Master (1981); Demons and Daggers (1981); Demons! (1987); Devils and Demons (1987); Disturbed by Her Song (2010); Don't Bite the Sun (1976); Don't Open This Book! (1998); Dragons and Warrior Daughters (1989); Dragons! (1993); Dreams of Dark and Light (1986); Drinking Sapphire Wine (1977); Dying for It (1997); East of Midnight (1977); Electric Forest (1979); Elephantasm (1993); Elsewhere Three (1984); Emerald Magic (2004); Eva Fairdeath (1994); Evolve Two (2011); Faces Under Water (1998); Fantasy Stories (1996); Fatal Women (2004); Fearie Tales (2013); Final Shadows (1991); Firebirds Rising (2006); Forests of the Night (1989); From Twilight Till Dawn (2009); Frontier Worlds (2018); Full Moon City (2010); Gallery of Horror (1983); Ghosteria Volume 1 (2014); Ghosteria Volume 2 : Zircons May Be Mistaken (2014); Ghosts (1984); Girls' Night Out (1997); Gold Unicorn (1994); Grails (1992); Grails: Visitations of the Night (1994); Graven Images (2000); Greyglass (2011); Grimm Retold (2024); Habitats (1984); Handsome Devil (2014); Haunting Women (1988); Hauntings (2012); Haunts (2011); Heart-Beast (1992); Hecate's Cauldron (1982); Heiresses of Russ 2011 (2011); Here in Cold Hell (2005); Hidden Turnings (1989); Horrible Beginnings (2003); Horror Story Volume 3 (1991); Human for a Day (2011); Hunting the Shadows (2009); Immortal (2008); Indigara (2007); Into Gold (1991); Isaac Asimov's Camelot (1998); Isaac Asimov's Fantasy (1985); Isaac Asimov's Mother's Day (2000); Isaac Asimov's Robots (1991); Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep (1995); Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own (1983); Isaac Asimov's Vampires (1996); Islands in the Sky (1999); Ivoria (2012); Kill the Dead (1980); Killing Me Softly (1996); Killing Violets (2012); Lace and Blade (2008); Lace and Blade 2 (2013); L'Amber (2006); Last Drink Bird Head (2009); Law of the Wolf Tower / aka Wolf Tower (1998); Legenda Maris (2015); Legends (2013); Lightspeed: Year One (2011); Louisa the Poisoner (1992); Love Alters (2013); Love in a Time of Dragons (2019); Lycanthia (1981); Madame Two Swords (1988); Magicats II (1991); Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural (1985); Masters of Darkness II (1988); Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep (2015); Metallic Love (2005); Midnight Mass (2002); Modern Classics of Fantasy (1997); Moonsinger's Friends (1985); Mortal Suns (2003); Mythic Journeys (2019); Mythical Beasties (1983); Nature Futures 2 (2014); nEvermore! (2015); New Terrors 1 (1980); New Terrors Omnibus (1985); Night Visions 1 (1984); Night's Master (1978); Night's Sorceries (1987); Nightshades (1993); No Flame But Mine (2007); Obsession (2012); Obsidian (2016); Once Upon a Time: New Fairy Tales (2013); Other Edens (1987); Other Edens II (1988); Other Worlds 2 (1980); Outsiders (2005); Perpetual Light (1982); Personal Darkness (1993); Phantasya (2014); Piratica (2003); Prince on a White Horse (1982); Princess Hynchatti (1972); Queen of the Wolves / aka Wolf Queen (2001); Queen Victoria's Book of Spells (2013); Quest for the White Witch / aka Hunting the White Witch (1978); Red as Blood / aka Tales from the Sisters Grimmer (1982); Red Unicorn (1997); Red Unicorn (1997); Redder Than Blood (2017); Reigning Cats and Dogs (1995); Return to Parrot Island (2006); Rivals of Dracula (1996); Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears (1995); Sabella (1980); Sages and Swords (2006); Saint Fire (1999); Scheherazade's Facade (2012); Shadows 4 (1981); Shadows 5 (1982); Shadows 7 (1984); Shon the Taken (1979); Silver Birch, Blood Moon (1999); Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers (1998); Sisters of the Night (1995); Sisters of The Revolution (2015); Snow White, Blood Red (1993); Solaris Rising 1.5 (2012); Songs of Love and Death (2010); Songs of Love Lost and Found (2012); Songs of the Dying Earth (2009); Sounds and Furies (2010); Space Is Just a Starry Night (2013); Speaking of Horror (2022); Speaking of the Fantastic IV (2018); Stars (2003); Steampunk II (2010); Storyteller (2025); Strindberg's Ghost Sonata (2019); Subterfuge (2008); Sung in Shadow (1983); Swan Sister (2003); Swords Against Darkness (2017); Swords Against Darkness II (1977); Swords Against Darkness III (1978); Swords Against Darkness IV (1979); Swords Against Darkness V (1979); Swords and Dark Magic (2010); Tails of Wonder and Imagination (2010); Tales from the Forbidden Planet (1987); Tamastara / aka The Indian Nights (1984); Tanith By Choice (2017); Teeth (2011); Tempting The Gods (2008); Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year 14 (1985); The 1980 Annual World's Best SF (1980); The 1983 Annual World's Best SF (1983); The 1984 Annual World's Best SF (1984); The 1985 Annual World's Best SF (1985); The 1987 Annual World's Best SF (1987); The 1988 Annual World's Best SF (1988); The 1989 Annual World's Best SF (1989); The 9th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1968); The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic 2 (2014); The Armless Maiden (1995); The Beastly Bride (2010); The Beautiful Biting Machine (1984); The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology (1994); The Best Horror of the Year Volume 3 (2011); The Best of Dark Terrors (2021); The Best of Shadows (1988); The Best of the Best Horror of the Year (2018); The Best of Weird Tales (1995); The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9 (1980); The Betrothed (1968); The Big Book of Modern Fantasy (2020); The Big Book of Science Fiction (2016); The Birthgrave (1975); The Bitten Word (2012); The Blood of Roses (1990); The Blood of Roses Volume 1 (2020); The Blood of Roses Volume 2 (2020); The Book of the Beast (1988); The Book of the Damned (1988); The Book of the Dead / aka Paradys (1986); The Book of the Mad (1993); The Castle of Dark (1978); The Complete Masters of Darkness (1990); The Dark (2003); The Dark Descent (1997); The Dark of the Woods (2006); The Dragon Book (2009); The Dragon Hoard (1971); The Earth is Flat (2023); The Faery Reel (2004); The Fair Folk (2005); The Family Sea (2007); The Fantasy Hall of Fame (1998); The Feathered Edge (2012); The Ghost Quartet (2008); The Gods Are Thirsty (1996); The Gorgon (1985); The Green Man (2002); The Heart of the Moon (2019); The Immersion Book of SF (2010); The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (2009); The Mammoth Book of Angels and Demons (2013); The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 20 (2009); The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 25 (2014); The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Sixteen (2005); The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Ten (1999); The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Thirteen (2002); The Mammoth Book of Fairy Tales (1997); The Mammoth Book of Fantasy (2001); The Mammoth Book of Lesbian Short Stories (1999); The Mammoth Book of Merlin (2009); The Mammoth Book of Monsters (2007); The Mammoth Book of New Terror (2004); The Mammoth Book of Nightmare Stories (2019); The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women (2001); The Mammoth Book of Warriors and Wizardry (2014); The Mammoth Book of Zombie Apocalypse! (2010); The Many Faces of Van Helsing (2004); The Medusa in the Shield (1990); The Merlin Chronicles (1995); The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales (1975); The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women (1995); The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories (1987); The Random House Book of Fantasy Stories (1997); The Road to Science Fiction 5 (1998); The Secret History of Vampires (2007); The Silver Metal Lover (1982); The Storm Lord (1976); The Time Traveler's Almanac (2013); The Ultimate Dragon (1995); The Ultimate Witch (1993); The Vampire Archives (2009); The Weird (2011); The Weird Tales of Tanith Lee (2017); The White Serpent (1988); The Wildside Book of Fantasy (2012); The Winter Players (1976); The World and The Stars (2015); The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 (2011); The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2012 (2012); The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 (2014); The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 18th Annual Collection (2005); The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 21st Annual Collection (2008); The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourteenth Annual Collection (2001); The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Ninth Annual Collection (1996); The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Tenth Annual Collection (1997); The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Third Annual Collection (1990); The Year's Best Fantasy Second Annual Collection (1989); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 10 (1984); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 11 (1985); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 13 (1987); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 14 (1988); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 2 (1976); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 4 (1978); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 5 (1980); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 6 (1980); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 7 (1981); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 8 (1982); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 9 (1983); The Year's Best Horror Stories V (1977); The Year's Best Horror Stories VI (1978); The Year's Best Horror Stories VII (1979); The Year's Best Horror Stories XIV (1986); The Year's Best Science Fiction First Annual Collection (1984); The Year's Best Science Fiction Fourth Annual Collection (1987); The Year's Best Science Fiction Second Annual Collection (1985); The Year's Best Science Fiction Seventeenth Annual Collection (2000); The Year's Best Science Fiction Sixteenth Annual Collection (1997); Thirtyfour (2004); To Indigo (2011); Top Fantasy (1984); Turquoiselle (2014); Twists of the Tale (1996); Under My Hat (2012); Unicorns II (2014); Unsilent Night (1981); Vampires: Classic Tales (2011); Vampires: The Greatest Stories (1991); Vampires: The Recent Undead (2011); Vazkor, Son of Vazko / aka Shadowfire (1978); Venus Burning: Realms (2018); Venus Preserved (2003); Vivia (1995); Volkhavaar (1977); Warrior Enchantresses (1996); Warrior Women (2008); Weird Sisters (2025); Weird Tales 1 (1981); Weird Tales 2 (1980); When Darkness Falls (2003); When the Lights Go Out (1995); Whispers IV (1983); White as Snow (2000); Wilde Stories 2010 (2010); Wings of Fire (2010); Winter Moon (2005); Witches (2012); Witches and Warlocks (1989); Wizards (2007); Wolf Star / aka Wolf Star Rise (2000); Wolf Wing (2002); Women as Demons (1985); Women of the Night (1994); Women of Wonder (1995); Xanadu (1993); Xanadu 3 (1995); Year's Best Fantasy 2 (2002); Year's Best Fantasy 3 (2003); Year's Best Fantasy 4 (2004); Year's Best Fantasy 5 (2005); Year's Best Horror Stories XII (1984); Young Monsters (1985).

Television:

Blake's 7 (1980–1981); The Hunger (1999).

Born on this day – Frances Farmer:

Frances Farmer

Actress

Writer

September 19, 1913 – August 1, 1970

Book:

Will There Really Be a Morning?

Movies and television:

Among the Living (1941); Badlands of Dakota (1941); Biography (2000); Border Flight (1936); Come and Get It (1936); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); Ebb Tide (1937); Exclusive (1937); Flowing Gold (1940); Frances Farmer Presents (1958–1964); Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988); I Escaped from the Gestapo (1943); Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (1959); Matinee Theatre (1958); Nirvana: In Utero Under Review (2006); Playhouse 90 (1958); Rhythm on the Range (1936); Ride a Crooked Mile (1938); Screen Goddesses (2005); Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942); South of Pago Pago (1940); Special Agent 7 (1959); Studio One (1958); The Ed Sullivan Show (1957); The Party Crashers (1958); The Toast of New York (1937); This Is Your Life (1958); Today (1964); Too Many Parents (1936); Will There Really Be a Morning? (1983); World Premiere (1941).

Born on this day – Hildegard of Bingen:

Hildegard of Bingen

Writer

Composer

Painter

Abbess

September 16, 1098 – September 17, 1179

Books:

Dendermonde Codex; Hildegard of Bingen: Scivias; Hildegard's Healing Plants: From Her Medieval Classic Physica; Holistic healing; Holy Human: Mystics for Our Time: Conversations with Hildegard of Bingen; Meditations with Hildegard of Bingen; Physica; Prayers of Hildegard of Bingen; Scivias; Symphonia: A Critical Edition of the Symphonia Armonie Celestium Revelationum [Symphony of the Harmony of Celestial Revelations]; The Book of Divine Works; The Book of the Rewards of Life; The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen: Volumes I & II; Wiesbaden Codex.

Movies and television:

Hildegard of Bingen (1994); The Divine Visions of Hildegard von Bingen (2018); The Unruly Mystic: Saint Hildegard of Bingen (2014); Vision (2009).

Born on this day – Sam Neill:

Sam Neill

Actor

Director

Producer

Writer

September 14, 1947 – July 13, 2026

Book:

Did I Ever Tell You This?

A Memoir

By Sam Neill.

Published by Penguin Books Ltd.

Published 2023 / updated 2024.

ISBN-10: 140595745X

ISBN-13: 978-1405957458

Description:

In this unexpected memoir, written in a creative burst of just a few months in 2022, Sam Neill tells the story of how he became one of the world’s most celebrated actors, who has worked with everyone from Meryl Streep to Isabel Adjani, from Jeff Goldblum to Sean Connery, from Steven Spielberg to Jane Campion.

By his own account, his career has been a series of unpredictable turns of fortune. Born in 1947 in Northern Ireland, he emigrated to New Zealand at the age of seven. His family settled in Dunedin on the South Island, but young Sam was sent away to boarding school in Christchurch, where he was hopeless at sports and discovered he enjoyed acting.

But how did you become an actor in New Zealand in the 1960 and 1970s where there was no film industry? After university he made documentary films while also appearing in occasional amateur productions of Shakespeare. In 1977 he took the lead in Sleeping Dogs, the first feature made in New Zealand in more than a decade, a project that led to a major role in Gillian Armstrong’s celebrated My Brilliant Career.

Movies, television & voice-over:

14th AACTA Awards (2025); 15th AACTA Awards (2026); 3 News (2006); 5 Second Movies (2008); 7th AACTA Awards (2017); A Cry in the Dark (1988); A Long Way Down (2014); A Taste of My Life (2008); ABC News Breakfast (2024–2025); AFI Life Achievement Award (1995); Alcatraz (2012); Amerika (1987); And Then There Was Something: The Making of 'And Then There Were None' (2016); And Then There Were None (2015); Angel (2007); Apples Never Fall (2024); Architect Athfield (1977); Ashes (1975); Assassin Club (2023); At the Movies (2005); Attack Force Z (1981); Australian Story (2020–2023); Backtrack (2015); Beached Az (2009); Before Stardom (2002); Beyond Jurassic Park (2001); Bicentennial Man (1999); Big John (2006); Blackbird (2019); Bring Him to Me (2023); Bro'Town (2009); Buck (2011); Buck (2011); Cannes Film Festival (1993); CBS Mornings (1988); Century of Cinema (1995); Children of the Revolution (1996); Cinema Quarantine: Das Bad (2020); Cinema Quarantino: Das Bogroll (2020); Cinema Quarantino: Das Fone Hell (2020); Cinema Quarantino: Das Underachiever (2020); Cinema Quarentine: Das Leek (2020); Colin McCahon: I Am (2004); Confessions (2018); Country Life (1994); Cowboys of Culture (1990); Crusoe (2008–2010); CTV News at 11:30 Toronto (2019); Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal (2020); Dancing with the Stars (2010); Dark Air with Terry Carnation (2021); das Konversazion (2020); David Stratton's Stories of Australian Cinema (2017); Daybreakers (2009); De película (1989); Dead Calm (1989); Dean Spanley (2008); Death in Brunswick (1990); 'Death in Brunswick' Hits the Road Archival Publicity Tour (2022); Death in Brunswick: Deleted Scenes (2007); Death in Brunswick: Memories of Murder (2007); Días de cine (2019); Dirty Deeds (2002); Doctor Zhivago (2002); Dream in the Making: The Making of Sleeping Dogs (2018); Enigma (1982); Enough Rope with Andrew Denton (2004); Entertainment Tonight (2015–2025); Entertainment UK (1993); Equity Foundation Australia & New Zealand (2020); Escape Plan (2013); Event Horizon (1997); Family Pictures (1993); Farewall to the King: Michael Hirst on the Tudors Finale (2010); Festival de Cine de San Sebastián (2008 / 2019); Fever (1991); Film '80 (1980); Flack (2020); Flare: A Ski Trip (1977); For Love Alone (1986); Forgotten Silver (1995); Four Shorts on Architecture (1975); Framed (2002); From a Far Country (1981); From Jurassic Park to Jurassic World: Greatest Moments (2022); Gallipoli (2005); Get Krack!n (2017); Getaway (2005); Godzilla x Kong: Supernova (2027); Happy Town (2010); Harry (2013); Have You Been Paying Attention? (2019); Hollywood Insider (2022); Hostage (1992); House of Bond (2017); House of Hancock (2015); Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016); Hunt's Duffer (1973); Hyperspace (2001); Ice (2011); Icons Unearthed (2023); I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not (2025); In Cold Blood (1996); In Her Skin (2009); In the Mouth of Madness (1994); Inside 'the Living Daylights' (2000); Insiders (2018); Intimate Portrait (1999); Invasion (2021); Iron Road (2009); Irresistible (2006); Ivanhoe (1982); Jessica (2004); Jet 7 (1998); Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery (2017); Jurassic Park (1993); Jurassic Park III (2001); Jurassic World Evolution (2018); Jurassic World Evolution 2 (2021); Jurassic World: Dominion (2022); Just Out of Reach (1979); Kane & Abel (1985); Kids React (2015); Landfall (1975); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1995); Late Show with David Letterman (1996); Le Champion (2019); Leap of Faith (1988); Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010); Les Chroniques du Mea (2018–2022); Les effrontées: Le cinéma au féminin (2022); Leunig Animated (2002); Leunig: How Democracy Actually Works (2002); L'Histoire nous le dira (2020); Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story (2020); Little Fish (2005); Live Lunch (2001); Lorraine (2024); Lucinda Brayford (1980); Making of 'Wimbledon: The Movie' (2004); Making 'Under the Mountain' (2010); Maquillando entre monstruos (2007); Mary Bryant (2005); Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992); Merlin (1998); Merlin's Apprentice (2006); MindGamers (2015); Minty Comedic Arts (2019); Molokai (1999); Movie Night Extravaganza (2022); My Brilliant Career (1979); My Mother Frank (2000); New Country: New People (1978); New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands (2016); Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke (2025); Numero Bruno (2000); Old School (2014); Omen III: The Final Conflict: Audio Commentary with Graham Baker (2000); On Location with 'Robbery Under Arms' (1985); On the Road with Red Mole (1979); One Against the Wind (1991); Palm Beach (2019); Peaky Blinders (2013–2016); Perfect Strangers (2003); Peter Rabbit (2018); Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021); Plenty (1985); Plenty: Days of Plenty - A Conversation with Director Fred Schepisi (2002); Possession (1981); Quan arribin els marcians (2019); Rake (2010); Rams (2020); Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983); Reinventando Hollywood (2008); Restoration (1995); Rétrogaming made in France (2019); Return to Jurassic Park: Dawn of a New Era (2011); Return to Jurassic Park: Making Prehistory (2011); Return to Jurassic Park: The Next Step in Evolution (2011); Richard & Judy (2006); Rick and Morty (2019); Ride Like a Girl (2019); River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand (2013); Robbery Under Arms (1985); Robert Enrico, bref passage sur la Terre (2018); Rove Live (2001–2003); Russell Howard Stands Up to the World (2021); Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (2000); Scarygirl (2023); Sci Fi Inside: 'the Triangle' (2005); Sci-Fi Buzz (1992 / 1997); ScreenSlam (2015); Sea Lions: Life by a Whisker (2020); Séries express (2008); Shadow of China (1989); Short Poppies (2014); Sirens (1994); Skin (2008); Sleeping Dogs (1977); Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997); South Australia: Ocean to Outback (2003); South Australian Film Corporation 40th Anniversary Showreel (2012); Spielberg (2017); Split Enz - Spellbound (1993); Star Trek: Voyager (1997); Steven Spielberg Directs 'Jurassic Park' (2001); Stiff (2004); Storm Stories (2009); Stray (2018); Strong Medicine (1986); Submerged (2001); Sunday Night (2017); SuperCroc (2001); Surf Sail (1978); Sweet Country (2017); Sweet Country: Behind the Scenes (2018); Sweet Country: Sam Neill and Bryan Brown (2018); T. Rex (2024); Telephone Etiquette (1974); That Scene with Dan Patrick (2021); The 28th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1986); The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1985); The 47th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (2005); The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1998); The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1999); The 58th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (2016); The 61st Annual TV Week Logie Awards (2019); The 63rd Annual TV Week Logie Awards (2023); The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box (2013); The Assembly (2024); The Blood of Others (1984); The Brian Conley Show (2001); The Brush-Off (2004); The Celluloid Heroes (1995); The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X (2016–2021); The City of No (1971); The Commuter (2018); The Country Girls (1983); The Daughter (2015); The Dinosaurs of 'Jurassic Park III' (2001); The Dish (2000); The Dovekeepers (2015); The Dragon Pearl (2011); The Final Conflict (1981); The Fox (2025); The French Revolution (1989); The Games (1998); The Good Wife (1987); The Governor (1977); The Graham Norton Show (2016–2021); The Great Entertainer (2025); The Horse Whisperer (1998); The Hour (2011–2012); The Hunt for Red October (1990); The Hunter (2011); The Journalist (1979); The Jungle Book (1994); The Kelly Clarkson Show (2024); The Last Resort (2027); The Last Whale (1994); The Living Room (2019); The Magic Pudding (2000); The Magical Making of Merlin (1998); The Making of 'Daybreakers' (2010); The Making of 'Event Horizon' (2006); The Making of 'Jurassic Park' (1993); The Making of 'Jurassic Park' (1995); The Making of 'Jurassic Park III' (2001); The Making of Rudyard Kipling's 'the Jungle Book' (1994); The Making of 'Sleeping Dogs' (2004); The Martin Short Show (1999); The Movies That Made Us (2021); The One Show (2021); The Ordained (2013); The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill (2018); The Piano (1993); The Portable Door (2023); The Project (2020); The Rainbow Warrior (1993); The Real Hunt for Red October (2021); The Revengers' Comedies (1998); The Sealhunters (1973); The Simpsons (1994); The Special Effects of 'Jurassic Park III' (2001); The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011); The Sullivans (1979–1980); The Tem Show (2005); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993); The Triangle (2005); The Tudors (2007 / 2010); The Twelve (2022–2025); The Vow (2012); The Water Cycle (1972); The Weekly with Charlie Pickering (2015–2023); The Zookeeper (2001); This Is Your Life (1987–2002); This Morning (2020–2021); Thor: Love and Thunder (2022); Thor: Ragnarok (2017); Time Team (2001); To the Ends of the Earth (2005); Today (2024); Tommy's Honour (2016); Try Not to Smile or Laugh (2015); Tutankhamun (2016); Two Twisted (2006); Under the Mountain (2009); United Passions (2014); Untamed (2025); Until the End of the World (1991); Variety Studio (2016); Verity Lambert: Drama Queen (2008); Victory (1996); Voice Activated (2022); Voyage of the Nautilus (2001); Weekend Breakfast (2025); Weekend Sunrise (2017); Why Anzac with Sam Neill (2015); Wimbledon (2004); Wogan (1985); Working with a Master: John Carpenter (2006); WTF with Marc Maron (2021); Xfinity: Jurassic Park... Works (2026); Yes (2004); Young Ramsay (1980).

Born on this day – Jay Dratler:

Jay Dratler

Writer

September 14, 1910 – September 25, 1968

Books:

Doctor Paradise (1957); Dream of a Woman (1958); Ducks in Thunder (1940); Goya. A portrait of the artist as a man (1936); Manhattan Side Street (1936); The Judas Kiss (1955); The Pitfall (1947); Without Mercy (1957); Zeppelin, the story of lighter-than-air craft (1937).

Plays:

A Grape for Seeing (1965); The Women of Troy (1966).

Movies and television:

Alcoa Theatre (1959); Breaking Point (1963–1964); Burke's Law (1964); Call Northside 777 (1948); Confessions of Boston Blackie (1941); Dancing in the Dark (1949); Fly-By-Night (1942); Get Hep to Love (1942); Girls Under 21 (1940); Higher and Higher (1943); I Aim at the Stars (1960); Impact (1949); It Comes Up Love (1943); It's in the Bag! (1945); La Conga Nights (1940); Laura (1944); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Meet Boston Blackie (1941); Naked City (1961); Perry Mason (1959); Pitfall (1948); Robert Montgomery Presents (1950); Studio 57 (1958); That Wonderful Urge (1948); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1957); The Addams Family (1964); The Dark Corner (1946); The Desperate Hours (1955); The Fabulous Oliver Chantry (1953); The Las Vegas Story (1952); The New Addams Family (1998); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Thin Man (1958); The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942); We're Not Married! (1952); Where Did You Get That Girl? (1941).

Born on this day – Isiah Whitlock Jr.:

Isiah Whitlock Jr.

Actor

Writer

September 13, 1954 – December 30, 2025

Credits:

1408 (2007); 23 Blast (2014); 25th Hour (2002); A Christmas Carol (1981); A Fish in the Bathtub (1998); A Nick in Time (2007); All in with Chris Hayes (2025); All Square (2018); Apple & Onion (2020–2021); As the World Turns (1992); Atlanta (2016–2022); Beautiful Ohio (2006); BlacKkKlansman (2018); BoJack Horseman (2018); Bought & Sold (2003); Brooklyn's Finest (2009); Cadillac Records (2008); Cagney & Lacey (1987); Cars 3 (2017); Cars 3: Legendary (2017); Cedar Rapids (2011); Chaos (2011); Chappelle's Show (2003–2006); Charity Case (2016); CHIPS (2017); Chi-Raq (2015); Choke (2008); Cocaine Bear (2023); Constance Cooks (2026); Corporate Animals (2019); Da 5 Bloods (2020); Detachment (2011); Driving Fish (2002); Duane Hopwood (2005); Dunkin' Donuts: Oven-Toasted (2007); Ed (2001); Eddie (1996); Elementary (2017); Enchanted (2007); Europa Report (2013); Everyone Says I Love You (1996); FBI (2019); Film Festival Radio / Podcast Series (2022); GoodFellas (1990); Gotham (2015); Grand Theft Auto V (2013); Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990); Gun Hill Road (2011); Harlem Aria (1999); History of Swear Words (2021); Home (2013); Honey Trap (2005); Hoppers (2026); Human Giant (2008); I Care a Lot (2020); I Hate Valentine's Day (2009); Jay & Pluto (2016); Jerome's Bouquet (2013); Jump Tomorrow (2001); Kettle of Fish (2006); Kevin Can Wait (2017); Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2012); Law & Order (1995–2004); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2000–2015); Liberty! The American Revolution (1997); Lightyear (2022); Limitless (2015); Live from Detroit: The Jeff Dwoskin Show (2021); Lost Holiday (2019); Louie (2012); Lucas Bros Moving Co (2014); Lucifer (2016); Lucky 7 (2013–2014); Lying and Stealing (2019); Madam Secretary (2018); Made in Hollywood (2020); Madigan Men (2000); Main Street (2010); Meet the Browns (2010); New Amsterdam (2008); New York Undercover (1996); Newlyweeds (2013); Not Fade Away (2012); NYPD Blue (2002); Ocean (1989); Onion SportsDome (2011); Person to Person (2017); Pete's Dragon (2016); Pieces of April (2003); Queen (1993); Red Dead Redemption II (2018); Red Hook Summer (2012); Rubicon (2010); Run with the Hunted (2019); Say Goodnight Kevin (2018); Seneca (2019); She Hate Me (2004); She's Gotta Have It (2017); Showtime: YouTube Channel (2021); Slavery and the Making of America (2005); Sloan Hearts Neckface (2020); Smash (2012); Son of Zorn (2017); Speed Grieving (2009); Spike Lee: American Cinematheque Tribute (2021); Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods: Casting and Crafting a Timely Epic (2021); Stealing Martin Lane (2005); Survivor's Remorse (2017); Thanks for Sharing (2012); The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014); The Blacklist (2014); The Body is Water (2026); The Carmichael Show (2015); The Divide (2014); The Good Cop (2018); The Good Wife (2011); The Jury (2004); The Kings of Napa (2022); The Lost Husband (2020); The Man in My House (2007); The Mist (2017); The Old Man & the Gun (2018); The Oscars (2026); The Residence (2025); The Spanish Prisoner (1997); The Things We Know (2008); The Unusuals (2009); The Whitlock Academy (2015–2016); The Wire (2002–2008); The Wire Odyssey (2007); Thin Ice (2017); Third Watch (1999); Triggered (2022); Twelve (2010); Under New Management (2009); Veep (2013–2015); Why Stop Now? (2012); Woke (2022); Wonderland (2000); WW 3 (2001); Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas (2018); Your Honor (2020–2023).

Born on this day – Giovanni Pastrone:

Giovanni Pastrone

Director

Writer

September 13, 1883 – June 27, 1959

Credits:

Agnese Visconti (1910); Al cinematografo guardate... e non toccata (1912); An Enemy of the Dust (1910); Cabiria (1914); Foolshead's Last Roguery (1911); Giordono Bruno (1908); Hedda Gabler (1920); Henry the Third (1909); Il fuoco (la favilla - la vampa - la cenere) (1916); Julius Caesar (1909); La glu (1908); La guerra ed il sogno di Momi (1917); La luz, tríptico de la vida moderna (1917); La moglie di Claudio (1918); L'oeil, le pinceau et le cinématographe : naissance d'un art (2021); Maciste atleta (1918); Marvelous Maciste (1915); Outwitting the Hun (1918); Più forte che Sherlock Holmes (1913); Povere bimbe (1923); Primavera di lacrime (1911); Rigoletto (1909); The Fall of Troy (1911); The Palace of Flames (1912); The Warrior (1916); Tigre reale (1916).

Born on this day – Daniel Defoe:

Daniel Defoe

Writer

September 13, 1660 – April 24, 1731

Books:

A General History of the Pyrates (1724); A Journal of the Plague Year (1722); A Tour Thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain (1761); Classic Sea Stories (1994); Colonel Jack (1722); Great Ghost Stories (1984); Great Short Stories of the World (1986); Moll Flanders (1722); Phantastic Book of Ghost Stories (2002); Robinson Crusoe (1719); Roxana (1724); Serious Reflections of Robinson Crusoe (1720); Tales by Moonlight II (1989); Tales of Piracy, Crime and Ghosts (1945); The 14th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1978); The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction (1952); The Evil Image (1983); The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1719); The Freak Show (1970); The Great Book of Thrillers (1935); The King of Pirates (1719); The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories (1990); The Mystery Book (1934); The Shipwreck Collection (2019); Thrillers (1994).

Movies and television:

As Aventuras de Robinson Crusoé (1978); BBC Play of the Month (1974); Crusoe (1988 / 2008–2009); Dobrodruzství Robinsona Crusoe, námorníka z Yorku (1982); Festival of Family Classics (1973); Ficciones (1972); Game of Thrones Winter is Coming: Lu bin xùn piaoliú jì (2020); Have You Got Any Castles? (1938); His Man Friday (2009); Les Aventures de Robinson Crusoé (1922); L'Île mystérieuse de l'Oncle Ernest (2000); Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966); Man Friday (1975); Mickey's Man Friday (1935); Miss Robin Crusoe (1953); Moll Flanders (1975); Moll Flanders (1996); Parlez-moi de Vous (2016); Peabody's Improbable History (1960); Play for Today (1972); Ramón de Rubinat (2025); Relatos Clásicos de Misterio y Terror (2021–2022); Robinson Crusoe (1902 / 1913 / 1916 / 1917 / 1927 / 1954 / 1970 / 1972 / 1973 / 1974 / 1997 / 2003); Robinson Crusoe Jr (1976); Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964); Robinson Crusoe on Sin Island (2005); Robinson Crusoe: The Great Blitzkrieg (2008); Robinson et compagnie (1991); Robinson y Viernes en la isla encantada (1973); Rovinsonas Krousos (2004); Sex in Sweden (1977); Shoestring Theatre (1960); Softly from Paris (1991); The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1922 / 1964); The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965); The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996); The Periwig-Maker (1999); The Shipwrecked Man (1909); The Sunday Programme (2003); The Wild Life (2016); The Year of the Plague (1979).

Born on this day – Lynn Sukenick:

Lynn Sukenick

Writer

September 11, 1937 – March 14, 1995

Books:

Danger wall may fall: short stories (1997); Feeling and Reason in Doris Lessings's Fiction (1973); Houdini (1973); Houdini Houdini (1982); On Women and Fiction: The Authority of experience (1988);Problems & Characteristics (1975); The Hue Everyone Living Knows: Poems (1993); Water astonishing: poems (1974).

Born on this day – Alan Bergman:

Marilyn Bergman (left), Alan Bergman (right).

Alan Bergman

Composer

Writer

September 11, 1925 – July 17, 2025

Songs:

Champion the Wonder Horse; Glad You're Here with Me Tonight; I Knew I Loved You; Nice 'n' Easy; Sleep Warm; Soldiers in the Rain; Someone In the Dark; The Playground; The Way We Were; The Windmills of Your Mind; Yellow Bird; You Don't Bring Me Flowers.

Movies and television:

1999 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (1999); 40 Carats (1973); 99 and 44/100% Dead! (1974); A Change of Seasons (1980); A Man Called Gannon (1968); A Sesame Street Christmas Carol (2006); A Star Is Born (1976); Adam the First (2024); AFI Life Achievement Award (2001); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004); Alice (1976–1985); American Idol (2003–2006); American Masters (2000–2007); Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013); And Justice for All (1979); Any Wednesday (1966); As Time Goes By (1992); At First Sight (1999); Atop the Fourth Wall (2009–2013); Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002); Author! Author! (1982); Back Roads (1981); Barbra Streisand: Places That Belong to You (1991); Barbra: The Concert (1994); Best Friends (1982); Big (1988); Body Electric (2002–2004); Bogus (1996); Bolero (1981); Boston Pops in Hollywood (1976); Boys on the Side (1995); Bracken's World (1969–1970); Breakfast on Pluto (2005); Breezy (1973); Brooklyn Bridge (1991–1993); Chappelle's Show (2004); Cheers (1993); Christmas in Vienna (2000); Co-ed Fever (1979); Comic Relief Does Fame Academy (2003); Confetti (2006); Connie and Carla (2004); De Mike Burstyn show (1980); Deadpool 2 (2018); Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers (1973); Doctors' Wives (1971); Dolly (1977); Doris Day Today (1975); Drake: Nice for What (2018); Druckfrisch (2007); Due South (1999); Dynasty (1984); Elmo's World: Happy Holidays! (2002); Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story (1993); Everyday (1979); Everyday I Love You (2015); Fame (1980); Family Guy (2007–2010); Family Ties (1988); Far Out (2015); Fitzwilly (1967); Focus (2015); Folie passagère (2016); For the Boys (1991); Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing (1968); Frank Sinatra. Die Stimme Amerikas (2015); Frank Sinatra: The Man and His Music (1981); Freedom (2024); From Noon Till Three (1976); Funny Face (1971); Gaily, Gaily (1969); Gala Opening of the American Ballet Theater (1984); George and Rosemary (1987); Gilda Live (1980); Girls Brother (1984); Glee (2010); GLOW (2017); Goedenavond, dames en heren (2015); Golden Anniversary (1995); Good kid, m.A.A.d city (2014); Good Times (1974–2024); Grand (1990); Great Performances (1987–2014); Grey's Anatomy (2013); Happy Birthday, Bob! (1983); Happy Tears (2009); Harlow (1965); Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976); Hawkeye (2021); Hollow Image (1979); Hour Magazine (1980); I ara què, Xènia? (1993); Ich bin Vicky Leandros (1970); Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony (2012); If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast (2017); Il était une fois Michel Legrand (2024); I'm Alan Partridge (2002); In Living Color (1994); In My Life (2009); In My Life... Zsa Zsa Live (date?); In the Heat of the Night (1967); In the Heat of the Night / TV series (1988–1995); Inday Garutay (1976); It's a Living (1986); It's Your Bet (1972); Je crois que je l'aime (2007); John and Mary (1969); Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009); Joop (1969); Killing Them Softly (2012); La boîte à secrets (2020); La fête de la chanson française (2010–2021); La nuit des Césars (1976); La ronda (1991); La soledad era esto (2002); Lani Hall: Never Say Never Again (1983); Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2010); Late Show with David Letterman (2011); Le Mans (1971); Lea Salonga Live (2003); Life with Linkletter (1970); Little America (2020); Loose Cannons (2010); Love Hurts (1990); Love Lasts Three Years (2011); Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra (1973); Major League (1989); María Teresa (1972); Married... with Children (1991); Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love (2013); Maude (1972–1978); Max Rose (2013); Melrose Place (1993); Melvin and Howard (1980); Memòries de la tele (2010); Michel Legrand and Friends (2010); Micki + Maude (1984); Mike & Mike (2016); Molly and Lawless John (1972); Monsanto Night Presents Dionne Warwicke (1975); Monsanto Night Presents Michel Legrand (1972); Mork & Mindy (1980); Morning Joe (2023); Move (1970); My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (2010); Myra Breckinridge (1970); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1993–1997); Nancy LaMott: I'll Be Here with You (2008); Neda Malunaviciute ir Povilas Jaraminas: What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life (2020); Neil Diamond: Greatest Hits Live (1988); Neil Diamond: Hot August Night/NYC (2009); Neil Diamond: I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight (1977); Never Say Never Again (1983); Never Say Never Again: Royal Film Premiere (1983); Next Friday (2000); Nice Jazz Festival (2020); Nine Perfect Strangers (2021); Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016); Numéro un (1976–1978); Ode to Billy Joe (1976); One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard - September 26, 2009 (2010); One True Love (2008); One Voice (1986); Only Murders in the Building (2022); P.O.P. (1984); Paris When It Sizzles (1964); Pee-wee's Playhouse (1990); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1960–1966); Pete 'n' Tillie (1972); Pieces of Dreams (1970); Playboy After Dark (1970); Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (1975); Queendom Live (2024); Red Oaks (2016); Regine: R2K (1999); Retrats (2016); Rhoda (1976); Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West (1991); Roller Revolution (1980); Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg (2022); Sabrina (1995); Same Time, Next Year (1978); Samedi est à vous (1976); Sammy and Company (1976); Sanctuary (1961); Saturday Night Live (1987–2018); Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman (1998); Savvatogennimenes (2004); Scandal (2015); School of Rock (2003); Seinfeld (1995); Severance (2025); Sex and the City (1999); Sharp Objects (2018); Shirley Valentine (1989); Shy People (1987); Sjans (1992); Sometimes a Great Notion / aka Never Give a Inch (1971); SongSessions with David Pomeranz (2022); Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024); Sotsugyô (2002); Soundtrack of Our Lives: A Celebration for the Film & TV Music Community (2020); Springfield's Most Wanted (1995); Star Search (2003); Starting Over (1979); Stiletto (1969); Stolen Hours (1963); Stop the World: I Want to Get Off (1966); Stranger Things (2017); Streisand: Live in Concert (2009); Strictly Come Dancing (2016); Summer of '42 (1971); Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973); Swans Crossing (1992); Switch (1991); Sybil (1976); 't Schaep met de 5 pooten (2006); Tavis Smiley (2012–2017); Télé dimanche (1970); Tevin Campbell: One Song (1992); The 2012 Annual Actors Fund Gala Awards (2012); The 33rd Annual Tony Awards (1979); The 41st Annual Academy Awards (1969); The 42nd Annual Academy Awards (1970); The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971); The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The 46th Annual Academy Awards (1974); The 49th Annual Academy Awards (1977); The 51st Annual Academy Awards (1979); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (1981); The 55th Annual Academy Awards (1983); The 55th Annual Grammy Awards (2013); The 56th Annual Academy Awards (1984); The 62nd Annual Academy Awards (1990); The 68th Annual Academy Awards (1996); The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000); The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002); The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1963); The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1955); The African Elephant (1971); The Arthur Haynes Show (1962); The Avengers (1963); The Benny Hill Show (1975); The Bold and the Beautiful (1992); The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (1976); The Clash (2018); The Danny Thomas Show (1962); The Dean Martin Show (1970); The Diahann Carroll Special (1971); The Dick Emery Hour (1980); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1962); The Dirk Diggler Story (1988); The Earth Day Special (1990); The Ed Sullivan Show (1969); The Ernie Sigley Show (1974–1975); The Facts of Life (1983); The Fanatics (1997); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1992); The Gentlemen (2024); The Gigolos (2006); The Gingerbread Girl (1993); The Graham Kennedy Show (1973); The Grand Tour (2016); The Great Outdoors (2007); The Happy Ending (1969); The Hollywood Palace (1967–1969); The Informant! (2009); The In-Laws (2003); The January Man (1989); The Jo Stafford Show (1961); The Johnny Cash Show (1969); The Lawrence Welk Show (1970); The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972); The List of My Desires (2014); The Looney Tunes Show (2011); The Lorenzo and Henrietta Music Show (1976); The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart (1970); The Man Who Loved Women (1983); The Marriage-Go-Round (1961); The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2019); The Merv Griffin Show (1971–1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1978); The Morecambe & Wise Show (1970–1973); The Muppet Show (1977); The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991); The Nancy Walker Show (1976); The Nanny (1994–1999); The Night of Submission (1976); The One and Only (1978); The Oscars (2013); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993); The Powers That Be (1992–1993); The Pretty One (2013); The Prince of Tides (1991); The Promise (1979); The Promise (2007); The Right Approach (1961); The Russia House (1990); The Sandy Duncan Show (1972); The Sapphires (2012); The Score (2003); The Simpsons (2002–2022); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1976–1977); The Steve Allen Show (1969); The Swimming Pool (1969); The Thomas Crown Affair (1968 / 1999); The Tick (2001); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2016–2018); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1976); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2011–2013); The Trip to Spain (2017); The Two Ronnies (1972–1984); The Way We Were (1973); The Way We Were: Looking Back (1999); The Wonder Years (1989); The X Factor Philippines (2012); Thicke of the Night (1983); Thilia Thalia (2000); This Is Your Life (2003); Tijd voor MAX (2021); Today (1980); Tom at the Farm (2013); Tony Bennett at the Talk of the Town (1972); Tootsie (1982); Top of the Pops (1978); Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon (2008); Twister (1996); Ugly Betty (2007); Vinyl (2016); Waiting to Exhale (1995); Washington Square (1997); Welcome Home (1989); What If... (2012); What's Up Doc? (1994); Who's Doing the Dishes? (2016); Wurlitzer (1985); Wuthering Heights (1970); Yentl (1983); Yes, Giorgio (1982); Yesteryear (2020); Your Song (2007).