Born on this day – John Blakemore:

John Blakemore

Photographer

Writer

Teacher

July 15, 1936 – January 14, 2025

Credits:

Books:

Ayrton Senna Official Photobook; Bob Bondurant on Competition Driving; Bob Bondurant on High Performance Driving; FREEZING SPEED Techniques of Grand Prix Photography; Inscape; John Blakemore; John Blakemore: Photographs 1955-2010; John Blakemores Black & White Photography Workshop; Lean Six Sigma Service Management; Quality Habits of Best Business Practice (Competitive Edge Management Series); Solid State Physics; Spirit of Place: Photographs in Wales, 1971-78; Technology for Business: Application of the Advances in Industry 4.0 to Small to Medium Sized Enterprises.

Born on this day – Tom Troupe:

Tom Troupe

Actor

Writer

July 15, 1928 – July 20, 2025

Credits:

Amen (1988); Archie Bunker's Place (1983); Baby Talk (1992); Barbary Coast (1975); Ben Casey (1962–1964); Bert D'Angelo / Superstar (1976); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Break a Hip (2015–2018); Cagney & Lacey (1985); Cannon (1973); Caravaggio and My Mother the Pope (2017); Cassie & Co. (1982); Che! (1969); Cheers (1987); CHiPs (1979); Combat! (1963); Dan August (1971); Dr. Kildare (1961); ER (1998); Frasier (1995); Griff (1973); Harrigan and Son (1961); Highway to Heaven (1989); Iron Horse (1966); Ironside (1974); Judd for the Defense (1967); Kelly's Heroes (1970); Knots Landing (1991); Lawman (1960); Lock Up (1960); Lucas Tanner (1974); Making It (1971); Mannix (1969); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1974–1975); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976); McMillan & Wife (1972–1973); Mission: Impossible (1967); Murder, She Wrote (1990); My Own Private Idaho (1991); Night Gallery / Segment: Clean Kills and Other Trophies (1971); Off the Minnesota Strip (1980); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971–1974); Peyton Place (1965); Planet of the Apes (1974); Private Screenings (2014); PSI Factor (1980); Quincy, M.E. (1980); Rawhide (1960); Sofi (1968); Star Trek (1967); Studio One (1955); Summer School (1987); The Alpha Caper (1973); The Big Fisherman (1959); The Devil's Brigade (1968); The F.B.I. (1972); The Fugitive (1964); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1957); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965); The Merv Griffin Show (1973); The Nina Foch Course for Filmmakers and Actors (2010); The Rookies (1972); The Runaways (1978); The Smith Family (1972); The Streets of San Francisco (1973–1975); The Thirteenth Day: The Story of Esther (1979); The Wide World of Mystery (1974); The Wild Wild West (1968); The Young Rebels (1970); This Is the Life (1970–1976); Time Out (2019); Voyagers! (1983); What I Did Last Summer / Segment: Christmas in June (2012); Who's the Boss? (1990–1991).

Born on this day – Michael Verhoeven:

Michael Verhoeven

Director

Actor

Writer

July 13, 1938 – April 22, 2024

Credits:

100 Pro (2001); 1982: Gutenbach (1978); 70 Jahre Berlinale (2020); Admiral Bobby (1955); Alpha Forum (2005–2013); Am Südhang (1980); Bambi 1970 (1971); Bayerischer Filmpreis 1995 (1996); Bayerischer Filmpreis 2016 (2017); Beckmann (2005); Bier und Spiele (1977); Bloch (2008–2013); Blühende Träume (1959); Body and Brain (2013); Bonbons (1971); Brasilianische Protokolle 2 (1992); Coiffeur (1973); Dalli Dalli (1986); Das Haus in Montevideo (1963); Das Mädchen und die Stadt oder: Wie es wirklich war (1990); Das Männerquartett (1978); Das tor zum glück (1984); Der Bettenstudent oder Was mach' ich mit den Mädchen? (1970); Der Geisterzug (1963); Der Kommissar (1970–1971); Der Liebesdienst (1963); Der Mann im Manne (1959); Der Panamaskandal (1967); Der Pauker (1958); Der Vietnamkrieg und die Deutschen (2013); Die Abendschau (2015); Die fünfte Kolonne (1965); Die Herausforderung (1975); Die Herren von der Presse (1965); Die Johannes B. Kerner Show (2006); Die kleine Schwester - Die weiße Rose: Ein Vermächtnis (2002); Die Mutprobe (1982); Die schnelle Gerdi (1989–2004); Die Spider Murphy Gang (1983); Die Ursache (1980); Die Verhoevens (2003); Ein Buch mit Kapiteln (1962); Ein Student ging vorbei (1960); Ein unheimlich starker Abgang (1973); Enthüllung einer Ehe (2000); Flitterabend (1992); Flying Classroom (1954); Freundinnen (1979); Gefundenes Fressen (1977); Gegen die Regel (1987); Glückskind (2014); Gundas Vater (1987); Haie und kleine Fische (1957); Heut' abend (1982); Hinter der Leinwand (1970); History (2013–2021); Hitlers nützliche Idole (2007); Ich kann nicht länger schweigen (1962); Ignaz Semmelweis - Arzt der Frauen (1989); Im Reich der Filme (2020); Jack und Jenny (1963); Judge and Juvenile (1960); Killing Cars (1986); Krempoli - Ein Platz für wilde Kinder (1975); Lausbubengeschichten (1964); Let's Go! (2014); Leute heute (2021); Liebe Melanie (1983); Lilli Lottofee (1992); Ludwig auf Freiersfüßen (1969); Marianne of My Youth (1955); Menschen bei Maischberger (2005); Menschliches Versagen (2008); Mit 17 weint man nicht (1960); MitGift (1976); My Mother's Courage (1995); Nachtcafé (2007); Nachtstudio (2009); NDR Talk Show (2018); Neues aus der Welt des Films (1971); O.K. (1970); Onkel Filser - Allerneueste Lausbubengeschichten (1966); Paarungen (1967); Penelope oder Die Lorbeermaske (1958); Picco (2010); René Deltgen - Der sanfte Rebell (2004); Rob Houwer und Michael Verhoeven sprechen über o.k. (2021); Schlaraffenland (1990); So angelt man keinen Mann (1959); Sonntagskinder (1980); Stinkwut (1986); Tatort (1972–2005); The 41st Annual Academy Awards (1969); The Legend of Mrs. Goldman and the Almighty God (1996); The Nasty Girl (1990); The Second Execution of Romell Broom (2012); The Unknown Soldier (2006); The White Rose (1982); Tische (1969); Trace of the Bears (2010); Treffpunkt Airport (1968); ...und noch frech dazu! (1960); Under Suspicion (2002); Unsere Besten (2006); Up the Establishment! (1969); Verführungen (1979); Von Sex bis Simmel (2005); Wachet und singet (1964); Was Ihr wollt (1968); Welcome to Germany (2016); Wenn beide schuldig werden (1962); Wer im Glashaus liebt... (1971); West.art am Sonntag (2006); Zimmer mit Frühstück (2000).

Born on this day – Linda Arvidson:

Linda Arvidson

Actress

Writer

July 12, 1884 – July 26, 1949

Credits:

A Baby's Shoe (1909); A Blot on the 'Scutcheon (1912); A Calamitous Elopement (1908); A Child's Stratagem (1910); A Christmas Spirit (1912); A Close Call (1912); A Convict's Sacrifice (1909); A Corner in Wheat (1909); A Drunkard's Reformation (1909); A Fair Rebel (1914); A Fool's Revenge (1909); A Lucky Toothache (1910); A Midnight Cupid (1910); A Mother's Spirit (1913); A Rural Elopement (1909); A Salutary Lesson (1910); A Smoked Husband (1908); A Woman's Way (1908); A Wreath in Time (1909); After Many Years (1908); An Awful Moment (1908); At the Altar (1909); At the Crossroads of Life (1908); Balked at the Altar (1908); Betrayed by a Handprint (1908); Beverly of Graustark (1914); Catalogue of Ships (2008); Charity (1916); Classmates (1908); Comata, the Sioux (1909); Compression (2023); Concealing a Burglar (1908); Confidence (1909); Edgar Allan Poe (1909); Enoch Arden: Part I (1911); Enoch Arden: Part II (1911); Everyman (1913); Fate's Turning (1911); Father Gets in the Game (1908); Fisher Folks (1911); Flicker Flashbacks No. 7, Series 5 (1948); For a Wife's Honor (1908); Gold Is Not All (1910); Heart Beats of Long Ago (1911); Her First Biscuits (1909); His Daughter (1911); His Trust (1911); His Trust Fulfilled (1911); His Ward's Love (1909); His Wife's Mother (1909); How She Triumphed (1911); I Did It (1909); In a Hempen Bag (1909); In Life's Cycle (1910); In Old Kentucky (1909); In the Days of '49 (1911); Ingomar, the Barbarian (1908); Jones and His New Neighbors (1909); Jones and the Lady Book Agent (1909); King of the Cannibal Islands (1908); Leather Stocking (1909); Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (1909); Love Finds a Way (1909); Lucky Jim (1909); Mission Bells (1913); Mixed Signals (1913); Mr. Gay and Mrs. (1907); Mr. Jones Has a Card Party (1909); Mrs. Jones Entertains (1909); One Touch of Nature (1909); Out of the Darkness (1913); Pippa Passes; or, the Song of Conscience (1909); Pranks (1909); Proposta in quattro parti (1985); Resurrection (1909); The Adventures of Dollie (1908); The Bandit's Waterloo (1908); The Broken Doll (1910); The Call to Arms (1910); The Cardinal's Conspiracy (1909); The Children's Friend (1909); The Cloister's Touch (1910); The Clubman and the Tramp (1908); The Converts (1910); The Cord of Life (1909); The Cricket on the Hearth (1909); The Criminal Hypnotist (1909); The Curtain Pole (1909); The Dancing Girl of Butte (1910); The Day After (1909); The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period (1909); The Deception (1909); The Drive for a Life (1909); The Duke's Plan (1910); The Eavesdropper (1909); The Englishman and the Girl (1910); The Face at the Window (1910); The Faded Lilies (1909); The Fascinating Mrs. Francis (1909); The Fatal Hour (1908); The Feud and the Turkey (1908); The French Duel (1909); The Gambler of the West (1915); The Gold Seekers (1910); The Golden Louis (1909); The Greaser's Gauntlet (1908); The Heart of an Outlaw (1909); The Helping Hand (1908); The Hessian Renegades (1909); The Honor of His Family (1910); The Indian (1916); The Jilt (1909); The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals (1909); The King's Messenger (1908); The Last Deal (1910); The Last Drop of Water (1911); The Lure of the Gown (1909); The Man and the Woman (1908); The Medicine Bottle (1909); The Mills of the Gods (1909); The Miser's Heart (1911); The Peachbasket Hat (1909); The Pirate's Gold (1908); The Planter's Wife (1908); The Politician's Love Story (1909); The Princess in the Vase (1908); The Red Man and the Child (1908); The Reg Girl (1908); he Restoration (1909); The Rocky Road (1910); The Roue's Heart (1909); The Sacrifice (1909); The Salvation Army Lass (1909); The Scarlet Letter (1913); The Sealed Room (1909); The Song of the Shirt (1908); The Stage Rustler (1908); The Stampede (1916); The Stolen Jewels (1908); The Taming of the Shrew (1908); The Test of Friendship (1908); The Thread of Destiny (1910); The Two Brothers (1910); The Two Paths (1911); The Unchanging Sea (1910); The Usurer (1910); The Vaquero's Vow (1908); The Voice of the Violin (1909); The War of Wealth (1914); The Way of the World (1910); The Welcome Burglar (1909); The Wife (1914); The Winning Coat (1909); The Woman from Mellon's (1910); Those Awful Hats (1909); Those Boys! (1909); Thou Shalt Not (1910); Through the Breakers (1909); Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good (1909); To Save Her Soul (1909); Tragic Love (1909); Twin Brothers (1909); Wanted, a Child (1909); When Knighthood Was in Flower (1908); When Knights Were Bold (1908); When Love Grows Up (1913); Where the Breakers Roar (1908); White Roses (1910).

Born on this day – Jane Gardam:

Jane Gardam

Writer

July 11, 1928 – April 28, 2025

Credits:

Books:

A Few Fair Days (1971); A Long Way from Verona (1971); Animal Stories (1995); Bilgewater (1976); Black Faces, White Faces (1975); Black Woolly Pony (1993); Bridget and William (1981); Crusoe's Daughter (1985); Facing the Music (2013); Faith Fox (1996); God on the Rocks (1978); Going into a Dark House (1994); Horse (1982); Kit (1983); Kit / Kit in Boots (1988); Kit in Boots (1986); Last Friends (2013); Life (2013); Magical Stories (1995); Missing the Midnight (1997); Old Filth (2004); Reader, I Married Him (2016); Showing the Flag (1989); Stories for Five-Year-Olds (1995); Stories for Six-Year-Olds (1995); Stories of Jane Gardam (2014); Supernatural Stories (1995); Swan (1987); The Armless Maiden (1995); The Ecco Book of Christmas Stories (2005); The Flight of the Maidens (2000); The Green Man (1998); The Hollow Land (1981); The Kit Stories (1998); The Man in the Wooden Hat (2009); The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1996); The Pangs Of Love (2012); The Pangs of Love and Other Stories (1983); The People on Privilege Hill (2007); The Pineapple Bay Hotel (1976); The Queen of the Tambourine (1991); The Sidmouth Letters (1980); The Stories (2012); The Summer After the Funeral (1973); Through the Doll's House Door (1987); Trio (1993); Tufty Bear (1996).

Movies and television:

BBC2 Playhouse (1982); Bookmark (1987); God on the Rocks (1990); Jackanory (1985); Read All About It (1979); Tales of the Unexpected (1983); The Book Show (2007).

Born on this day – Kelley Mack:

Kelley Mack

Actress

Producer

Writer

July 10, 1992 – August 2, 2025

Credits:

9-1-1 (2019); A Knock at the Door (2016); Annie & Peter (2018); Broadcast Signal Intrusion (2021); Chicago Med (2022); Coventry (2018); Delicate Arch (2024); Eclipse (2025); EverReady (2016); Exposure (2017); Grayson: Earth One (2015); Long Distance Trip (2018); Lulu (2021); Maximum Ride (2016); Monday Morning Critic Podcast (2019); Mr. Manhattan (2024); My Own Silence (2024); Nasty Habits (2017); Not Your Average Joe (2016); Positive (2015); Profile (2018); Safe and Sound (2015); Schooled (2020); Shot in the Dark (2021); Simón (2018); Slices of Life VR (2017); Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018); Stage 5 (2017); Star Wars Speed Dating: Behind the Scenes (2013); The AM Archives (2019); The College Tapes (2020); The Elephant Garden (2008); The Kingdom (2014); The Lost (2016); The Perfect One (2016); The Treehouse (2012); The Ultimate Gift (2006); The Walking Dead (2018–2019); Universal (2025); Unscrewed (2016); Unusual Suspects (2015); Vincent (2019); Violet (2019); Wheels on the Bus (2016).

Born on this day – Barbara Gips:

Barbara Gips

Writer

Actress

July 10, 1936 – October 16, 2025

Credits:

Writer of the poster tagline for Alien (1979): “In space no one can hear you scream.”

Movies:

Chloe and Keith's Wedding (2009); Loveless in Los Angeles (2007).

Born on this day – Nathalie Baye:

Nathalie Baye

Actress

Writer

July 6, 1948 – April 17, 2026

Credits:

+ de cinéma (2001); 100 films par 100 personnalités (1998); 20 heures le journal (1999–2016); 20h30 le dimanche (2020); 50 Minutes Inside (2016); 6 à la maison (2020); 7 sur 7 (1995); A French Gigolo (2008); À la folie, pas du tout (1986); À vos amours (1992); A Week's Vacation (1980); Absolument fabuleux (2001); Acteur (2007); Alibi.com (2016); Alibi.com 2 (2023); An Affair of Love (1999); And the Band Played On (1993); Antenne 2 Midi (1981); Au théâtre ce soir (1970); Bacri, comme un air de famille (2022); Bains de minuit (1988); Bande-annonce de 'Sauve qui peut (la vie); ' (1980); Bastard Brood (1996); Beau geste (2024); Beau-père (1981); Beautiful Lies (2010); Beethoven's Nephew (1985); Bertrand Blier, l'iconoclaste impénitent (2022); Beware of My Love (1998); Bon vent Claude Goretta (2011); Bouillon de culture (1992); C à vous (2013–2022); Ça ira mieux demain (2000); Call My Agent! (2015–2020); Cannes Film Festival (1996); Carnets de médecins (1977); Catch Me If You Can (2002); 'Catch Me If You Can': The Casting of the Film (2003); Ce soir (ou jamais!);  (2008); C'est la vie (1990); Champs-Elysées (1982–1990); Chez F.O.G. (2008); Ciel mon mardi! (1990); Ciné regards (1981); Cinéma 16 (1975); Cinema 3 (2016); Cinéma cinémas (1985–1991); Cinémas (2010); Club Première (2023); Comme au cinéma (1999–2005); Compression (2016–2026); Conversations avec... (2021); Criminal: France (2019); Day for Night (1973); Day for Night: A Conversation with Jaqueline Bisset (2003); De película (1988); Detective (1985); Días de cine (2011–2018); Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022); Dream On (1992); Embarquement immédiat (1986); Empreintes (2007); En aparté (2023); En toute innocence (1988); Engagements of the Heart (1987); Épreuves d'artistes (2004); Esprits libres (2008); Étoiles et toiles (1983–1985); Every Man for Himself (1980); Extérieur jour (2007–2008); Face (2009); Fan des années 80 (2012); Faustine and the Beautiful Summer (1972); Feelings (2003); Festival de Cine de San Sebastián (2006); Fill 'er Up with Super (1976); Food of Love (1997); Formule 1 (1982); France Boutique (2003); François Truffaut, le scénario de ma vie (2024); François Truffaut, une autobiographie (2004); François Truffaut: Portraits volés (1993); François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death (1996); François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - The Wild Child (1996); Gala de l'union (2014); Gioco al massacro (1989); Godard Cinema (2022); Godard par Godard (2023); God's Offices (2008); Graffiti 60 (2006); Haute couture (2021); HBO First Look (2002); Hitler in Hollywood (2010); Honeymoon (1985); I Married a Shadow (1983); Il était une fois... Champs-Elysées (2022); Irrésistiblement... Sylvie (1998); It's Only the End of the World (2016); Jacques Dutronc: L'ère de rien (2003); Jacques Villeret, drôlement tragique (2026); Janela Indiscreta (2013); Je vais craquer!!! (1980); Jeudi cinéma (1981); Johnny métro blues (1985); Joyeux anniversaire Monsieur Trenet (1995); La balance (1982); La boîte à questions (2010–2021); La Californie (2006); La case de l'oncle Doc (2003); La collection - Écrire pour... 5 fois Nathalie Baye (2011); La communion solennelle (1977); La fine équipe (2022); La fleur du mal - Making of (2003); La machine (1994); La mandrágora (2005); La marche du siècle (1995); La mère (1995); La nuit des César (1981–2021); La provinciale (1980); La semaine du cinéma (2002); La traversée du miroir (2009); La voix (1992); L'âge d'or de la pub (2023); Laurence Anyways (2012); L'aventure Spielberg (2003); Le cercle de minuit (1993–1995); Le cinéma de Jean-Pierre Léaud (2024); Le cinéma français est en voyage d'affaires (2009); Le divan (1988); Le divan de Marc-Olivier Fogiel (2018); Le grand 8 (2015); Le grand échiquier (1982); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2005–2017); Le grand restaurant (2010); Le journal de 20 heures (1998–2016); Le journal du cinéma (2000–2017); Le journal du Festival (2016); Le pinceau à lèvres (1990); Le prix à payer (2007); Le soir où j'ai reçu le César (2021); Le voyage de noces (1976); L'enfant des Lumières (2002); Les cinq dernières minutes (1977); Les contes sauvages (1991); Les enfants de la télé (2007–2020); Les Enfoirés (1986); Les Enfoirés (1986–1996); Les Feux de la rampe (2003); Les nouveaux rendez-vous (1980–1981); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1978–1980); Les restos du Coeur, 40 ans de solidarité en France (2024); Les visiteurs du jour (1982); L'hebdo cinéma (2007–2009); L'inconnu (1973); L'invité (2016–2024); L'invité du jeudi (1981); L'ombre rouge (1981); Lou! Journal infime (2014); Lui (2021); L'un reste, l'autre part (2005); Lundi en histoires (2014–2016); L'une chante, l'autre aussi (2009); Madame Sourdis (1979); Mado (1976); Mardi cinéma (1982–1987); Marie Octobre (2008); Matin Bonheur (1988–1996); Médée (2017); Mensonge (1993); Mes stars et moi (2008); Michou d'Auber (2007); Moka (2016); Mon premier amour (1978); Mon zénith à moi (1990); Monsieur Papa (1977); Mother Valley (2023); My Best Part (2020); My Son (2006); Nicole Garcia, actrice-cinéaste (2023); Nox (2018); Nulle part ailleurs (1998–1999); Nulle part ailleurs cinéma (2001); On a tout essayé (2007); On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde (2005); n n'est pas couché (2007–2018); ORTF, ils ont inventé la télévision (2020); Our History (1984); Paparazzi (1998); Pardonnez-moi (2010–2017); Passage des arts (2020); Passe-passe (2008); Passez donc me voir (1980–1981); Porte-bonheur (1984); Préjudice (2015); Quelques remarques sur la réalisation et la production du film 'Sauve qui peut (la vie); ' (1979); Quotidien (2021); Rembob'Ina (2023–2024); Rencontres de cinéma (2016–2017); Rive droite, rive gauche (1984); Sacré farceur (1978); Sacrée soirée (1990); San Sebastián 2006: Crónica de Carlos Boyero (2006); Short Memory (1979); SK1 (2014); Small World (2010); Soirée pyjama (2019); Sous le soleil de Pialat (2021); Spécial cinéma (1980–1983); Spin (2012); Studio Gabriel (1996); Tchi tcha (2017); Téléthon (1991); Tell No One (2006); The 2006 European Film Awards (2006); The Ant Bully (2006); The Assistant (2015); The Flower of Evil (2003); The Green Room (1978); The Guardians (2017); The Last Woman (1976); The Man Inside (1990); The Man Who Loved Women (1977); The Mouth Agape (1974); Thé ou café (2003); The Return of Martin Guerre (1982); The Slap (1974); The Timekeeper (1992); The Young Lieutenant (2005); Thomas (2018); To Matthieu (2000); Together Is Too Much (2010); Tony Frank devant l'objectif (2013); Tous au Festival (2018); Tout le monde en parle (2005); Toute une vie dans un dimanche (1982); Transit (1982); Two People (1973); Un jour dans la vie du cinéma français (2002); Un jour, la fête (1975); Un jour, un destin (2014); Un siècle d'écrivains (2000); Un week-end sur deux (1990); Une étrange affaire (1981); Une vie à t'attendre (2004); Union libre (1999); Venus Beauty Institute (1999); Vivement dimanche (2000–2004); Vivement dimanche prochain (2003–2021); Wrestling Queens (2013); Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible (2016).

Born on this day – Kate Coscarelli:

Kate Coscarelli

Writer

Actress

Producer

July 6, 1927 – August 25, 1999

Credits:

Books:

Dublu Testament (1995); Fame & Fortune (1984); Heir Apparent (1993); Leading Lady (1991); Living Color (1987); Perfect Order (1985); Phantasm (2002); Pretty Women (1989).

Movies and television:

Jim, the World's Greatest (1975); Kenny & Company (1976); Phantasm (1979); Phantasmagoria (2005).

Born on this day – Guy Endore:

Guy Endore

Writer

July 4, 1901 – February 12, 1970

Credits:

Books:

A Century of Horror (1971); A Decade of Fantasy and Science Fiction (1960); Babouk (1934); Casanova (2001); Human Machines (1977); Methinks the Lady… / aka Nightmare (1945); Satan's Saint (1965); Synanon (1968); Tales of Terror (1967); The Man from Limbo (1930); The Sleepy Lagoon Mystery (1944); The Werewolf of Paris (1934); We, Robots (2020); Zoo 2000 (1973).

Movies and television:

Ben Casey (1964); Captain Sindbad (1963); Carefree (1938); Cineficción Radio (2024); El hombre que amé (1947); Fear No Evil (1969); He Ran All the Way (1951); Johnny Allegro (1949); Ladies in Distress (1938); Lady from Louisiana (1941); Mad Love (1935); Mark of the Vampire (1935); Rumba (1935); Shining Victory (1941); Song of Russia (1944); Story of G.I. Joe (1945); The Curse of the Werewolf (1961); The Devil-Doll (1936); The League of Frightened Men (1937); The Raven (1935); The Vicious Circle (1948); Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951); Whirlpool (1950).

Born on this day – Charlotte Bingham:

Charlotte Bingham

Writer

June 29, 1942 – November 16, 2025

Credits:

Books:

A Dip Before Breakfast (2012); A Summer Collection (2007); At Home (1986); Belgravia (1983); By Invitation (1993); Change of Heart (1994); Coronet Among the Grass (1972); Coronet Among the Weeds (1963); Country Life (1985); Country Wedding (1999); Daughters of Eden (2004); Days of Wine and Roses (2015); Debutantes (1995); Distant Music (2002); Friday's Girl (2004); Goodnight Sweetheart (2007); Grand Affair (1997); In Distant Fields (2006); In Sunshine or in Shadow (1991); Love At Home (2012); Love By Invitation Only (2012); Love in Belgravia (2012); Love in Country Life (2012); Love Song (1998); Lucinda (1966); Meadows Green (2014); MI5 and Me: A Coronet Among the Spooks (2018); Mums on the Run (2010); Nanny (1993); No, Honestly (1974); Out of the Blue (2006); Spies and Stars: MI5, Showbusiness and Me (2019); Stardust (1992); Summertime (2001); The Blue Note (1999); The Business (1989); The Business Part One (2012); The Business Part Two (2012); The Chestnut Tree (2002); The Daisy Club (2009); The Enchanted (2008); The House of Flowers (2004); The Kissing Garden (1999); The Land of Summer (2008); The Light on the Swan (2014); The Love Knot (2000); The Magic Hour (2005); The Moon at Midnight (2003); The Nightingale Sings (1996); The Season (2001); The White Marriage (2007); The Wind Off the Sea (2003); To Hear a Nightingale (1988); Upstairs Downstairs: Rose's Story (1972); Victoria (1972); Victoria and Company (1974); Yes, Honestly (1977).

Movies and television:

A Fine Romance (1989); Away from It All (1973); BBC Play of the Month / Three Piece Suite (1977); Boy Meets Girl (1967–1969); Call My Bluff (1966–1969); Dee Time (1968); Did You See..? (1984); Father Matthew's Daughter (1987); Forever Green (1989–1992); Juke Box Jury (1967); Love with a Perfect Stranger (1986); Love's Rivals (1999); Magic Moments (1989); Maid in Britain (2010); Nanny (1981–1983); No, Honestly (1974–1975); Not a Word (1970); Oh Madeline (1983–1984); One Pair of Eyes (1968); Pig in the Middle (1980–1983); Play for Today (1973); Riders (1993); Robin's Nest (1978); Take Three Girls (1969–1971); Take Three Women (1982); The One Show (2018); The Story of Upstairs Downstairs (2005); The Unforgettable Gordon Jackson (2012); The World's Greatest Spy Movies (2016); Thomas and Sarah (1979); Three Comedies of Marriage (1975); Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1972); Yes, Honestly (1976–1977).

Born on this day – Selwyn Raab:

Selwyn Raab

Writer

Producer

June 28, 1934 – March 4, 2025

Credits:

Books:

Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires (2005); Justice in the Back Room (1967); Mob Lawyer (with Frank Ragano) (1994).

Movies and television:

American Godfathers: The Five Families (2024); American Justice (1995); Biography (1997–2001); Celebrity Page (2018); Five Families (2025); Flipped: A Mobster Tells All (2010); JFK: The Final Evidence (2023); Kojak (1973–1978); Kojak: Ariana (1989); Kojak: Fatal Flaw (1989); Kojak: Flowers for Matty (1990); Kojak: It's Always Something (1990); Kojak: None So Blind (1990); Kojak: The Belarus File (1985); Kojak: The Price of Justice (1987); Mafia Killers with Colin McLaren (2018); Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012–2017); Mobsters (2007–2012); The Godfather and the Mob (2006); The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973); The Real Sopranos (2006); The Real Story of... (2016); The Shocking Truth (2018); Very Scary People (2022).

Born on this day – Pearl S. Buck:

Pearl S. Buck

Writer

June 26, 1892 – March 6, 1973

Credits:

Awarded the 1932 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature for her 1931 novel The Good Earth.

Books:

A Bridge for Passing (1963); A House Divided (1935); A Pearl Buck Reader (1985); All Under Heaven (1973); American Argument (1950); American Unity and Asia (1972); Bright Procession (1952); China as I See it (1971); China Sky (1956); Chinese Story Teller (1971); Christmas Day in the Morning (1955); Christmas Ghost (1960); Come, My Beloved (1953); Command the Morning (1959); Death in the Castle (1966); Dragon Seed (1942); East and West (1975); East Wind: West Wind (1930); Fairy Tales of the Orient (1965); Far and Near (1973); Fighting Angel (1937); For Spacious Skies (1966); Fourteen Stories (1961); Goddess Abides (1972); God's Men (1951); Great Tales of Mystery and Suspense (1981); Hidden Flower (1952); Home for Christmas (2014); Imperial Woman (1956); Johnny Jack and His Beginnings (1955); Joy of Children (1974); Kinfolk (1950); Letter from Peking (1957); Man Who Changed China (1963); Mandala (1971); Matthew, Mark, Luke and John (1967); My Several Worlds (1954); Of Men and Women (1941); One Bright Day (1952); Other Gods (1940); Pavilion of Women (1946); Pearl Buck's America (1971); Pearl S. Buck's Book of Christmas (1986); Pearl S. Buck's Oriental Cookbook (1972); Peony (1948); Portrait of a Marriage (1941); Secrets of the Heart (1976); Sons (1932); Story Bible: Old Testament (1971); Story Bible: The New Testament (1972); Tell the People (1959); The Angry Wife (1947); The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense (1982); The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century (2000); The Big Wave (1938); The Bondmaid (1949); The Child Who Never Grew (1950); The Chinese Novel (1939); The Christmas Mouse (1958); The Devil Never Sleeps (1962); The Eternal Wonder (2013); The Exile (1936); The First Wife (1933); The Good Deed (1969); The Good Earth (1931); The Kennedy Women (1970); The Living Reed (1963); The Long Love (1944); The Lovers (1977); The Mother (1934); The New Year (1968); The Patriot (1939); The People of Japan (1968); The Promise (1943); The Rainbow (1974); The Three Daughters of Madame Liang (1969); The Townsman (1944); The Townspeople (1945); The Woman Who Was Changed (1979); This Proud Heart (1938); Time is Noon (1967); To My Daughters, With Love (1967); Today and Forever (1941); Voices in the House (1944); What America Means to Me (1973); With a Delicate Air (1962).

Movies and television:

Betty Hughes and Friends (1970); China Sky (1945); China: Roots of Madness (1967); Da di (1954); Die große Woge (1958); Dragon Seed (1944); Guide (1965); Gypsy (1965–1966); Matinee Theatre (1956); McLean and Company (1970–1971); Omnibus / Segment: My Several Worlds (1954); Pavilion of Women (2001); Person to Person (1956); Robert Montgomery Presents (1957); Satan Never Sleeps (1962); The Advocates (1969–1984); The Alcoa Hour (1956); The Big Wave (1961); The David Frost Show (1971); The Gift (1977); The Good Earth (1937); The Guide (1965); The Merv Griffin Show (1966); The Mike Douglas Show (1966–1969); The Mike Wallace Interview (1958); The Tex and Jinx Show (1957); The Twentieth Century (1959); Today (1970–1971).

Born on this day – Tod Robbins:

Tod Robbins

Writer

June 25, 1888 – May 10, 1949

Credits:

Books:

Close Their Eyes Tenderly (1949); Creeps (1932); Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1991); Freaks and Fantasies (2007); Hallowe'en Hauntings: Stories About the Most Ghostly Night of the Year (1984); In the Shadow (1929); Nightmares (1933); Red of Surley (1919); Shivers (1933); Shudders (1932); Silent, White and Beautiful and Other Stories (1920); The Best American Noir of the Century (2010); The Freak Show: Tales of Fantasy and Horror (1970); The Ghouls (1971); The Master of Murder (1933); The Original Sin (unpublished); The People of the Pit (2010); The Scales of Justice and Other Poems (1915); The Spirit of the Town (1912); The Unholy Three / aka The Three Freaks (1917 / 1935); Thrills (1935); To Hell and Home Again (unpublished); Who Wants a Green Bottle? and Other Uneasy Tales (1926).

Movies and television:

Cineficción Radio (2019–2021); Freaks (1932); Hoop Dreams (1994); Scary Stories Around the Fire (2023); Screen Two (1986); The Branded Man (1928); The Museum of Wonders (2010); The Unholy Three (1925 / 1930).

Born on this day – Ambrose Bierce:

Ambrose Bierce

Writer

Satirist

Civil War veteran

June 24, 1842 – circa. 1914

Exact date of death unknown

Credits:

Written work:

A Cynic Looks at Life (1927); A Deoderizer of Dead Dogs (1998); A Horseman in the Sky (1889); A Horseman in the Sky (1983); A Horseman in the Sky: A Watcher by the Dead: The Man and the Snake (1920); A Letter and a Likeness (1930?); A Much Misunderstood Man: Selected Letters of Ambrose Bierce (2003); A Psychological Shipwreck (1879); A Sole Survivor: Bits of Autobiography (1998); A Son of the Gods and A Horseman in the Sky (1907); A Tough Tussle (1888); A Vision of Doom: Poems by Ambrose Bierce (1980); Ambrose Bierce: “My Dear Rearden”: a Letter (1997); Ambrose Bierce: Masters of the Weird Tale (2013); Ambrose Bierce: The Devil’s Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs (2011); Ambrose Bierce’s Civil War (1956); An Inhabitant of Carcosa (1886); An Invocation (1928); An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1890); An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Other Stories (1926); An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Other Stories (1995); An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Selected Works (1991); An Unfinished Race (1888); Battle Sketches (1930); Battlefields and Ghosts (1931); Beyond the Wall (1907); Black Beetles in Amber (1892); Can Such Things Be? (1893); Civil War Stories (1994); Cobwebs from an Empty Skull (1874); Collected Essays and Journalism: Volume 1: 1867–1869 (2022); Collected Essays and Journalism: Volume 10: 1878–1880 (2023); Collected Essays and Journalism: Volume 11: 1881 (2023); Collected Essays and Journalism: Volume 12: 1882 (2023); Collected Essays and Journalism: Volume 13: 1883 (2023); Collected Essays and Journalism: Volume 14: 1833–1884 (2023); Collected Essays and Journalism: Volume 15: 1884–1885 (2023); Collected Essays and Journalism: Volume 16: 1885 (2023); Collected Essays and Journalism: Volume 17: 1886 (2023); Collected Essays and Journalism: Volume 2: 1869–1870 (2022); Collected Essays and Journalism: Volume 3: 1870–1871 (2022); Collected Essays and Journalism: Volume 4: 1871–1872 (2022); Collected Essays and Journalism: Volume 5: 1872–1873 (2022); Collected Essays and Journalism: Volume 6: 1873–1874 (2023); Collected Essays and Journalism: Volume 7: 1874–1875 (2023); Collected Essays and Journalism: Volume 8: 1875–1876 (2023); Collected Essays and Journalism: Volume 9: 1877–1878 (2023); Containing Four Ambrose Bierce Letters (1921); Extraordinary Opinions on Commonplace Subjects (1927); Fantastic Debunking Fables (1926); Fantastic Fables (1899); For the Ahkoond (1980); Ghost and Horror Stories (1964); How Blind Is He (1896); Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War: Bits of Autobiography (1927); John Bartine’s Watch (1893); Killed at Resaca (1887); Map of the Black Hills Region, Showing the Gold Mining District and the Seat of the Indian War (1877); Moxon’s Master (1899); My Dear Mac: Three Letters (2006); My Favorite Murder (1916); My Favorite Murder and Other Stories (1927); Nuggets and Dust Panned Out in California (1873); One of the Missing (1888); One of the Missing: Tales of the War Between the States (1991); One of Twins (1888); One Summer Night; Phantoms of a Blood-Stained Period: The Complete Civil War Writings of Ambrose Bierce (2002); Poems of Ambrose Bierce (1995); Selections from Prattle (1936); Shadows of Blue and Gray: The Civil War Writings of Ambrose Bierce (2002); Shapes of Clay (1903); Skepticism and Dissent: Selected Journalism from 1898 to 1901 (1980); Tales of Ghouls and Ghosts (1927); Tales of Haunted Houses (1927); Tales of Soldiers and Civilians / aka In the Midst of Life (1891); Ten Tales (1925); The Ambrose Bierce Satanic Reader (1968); The Boarded Window (1891); The Collected Fables of Ambrose Bierce (2000); The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce / Volume I: Ashes of the Beacon / Volume II: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians / Volume III: Can Such Things Be? / Volume IV: Shapes of Clay / Volume V: Black Beetles in Amber / Volume VI: The Monk and the Hangman’s Daughter; Fantastic Fables / Volume VII: The Devil’s Dictionary / Volume VIII: Negligible Tales; On with the Dance; Epigrams / Volume IX: Tangential Views / Volume X: The Opinionator / Volume XI: Antepenultimata / Volume XII: In Motley (1909–1912); The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce (1946); The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce (1970); The Cynic’s Word Book (1906); The Damned Thing (1893); The Dance of Death (1877); The Death of Halpin Frayser (1891); The Devil’s Advocate: An Ambrose Bierce Reader (1987); The Eyes of the Panther (1897); The Fall of the Republic and Other Political Satires (2000); The Fiend’s Delight (1873); The Horseman in the Sky and Other Stories (1926); The Letters of Ambrose Bierce (1922); The Lion and the Lamb (1939); The Man and the Snake (1890); The Middle Toe of the Right Foot (1890); The Monk and the Hangman’s Daughter (1892); The Moonlit Road (1907); The Moonlit Road and Other Ghost and Horror Stories (1998); The Realm of the Unreal (1890); The Sardonic Humor of Ambrose Bierce (1963); The Secret of Macarger’s Gulch (1891); The Shadow on the Dial and Other Essays (1909); The Short Fiction of Ambrose Bierce: A Comprehensive Edition (3 vols.);  (2006); The Spook House (1889); The Stories and Fables of Ambrose Bierce (1977); Twenty-one Letters of Ambrose Bierce (1922); Write It Right (1909).

Movies and television:

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959); Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories (2006); Ambrose Bierce’s a Watcher by the Dead (2014); America’s 60 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries and Crimes (2010); Amerikai anzix (1975); An Arrest (1997); An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (2005); Ancient Aliens (2011–2015); Au coeur de la vie (1963); Babybird: Unloveable (2010); Bagoly-folyó (2006); Boarded Window (1971 / 2024); Camera Three (1959); Chickamauga (1962); Cineficción Radio / Stories: Haïta the Shepherd; The Damned Thing; An Inhabitant of Carcosa (2020–2024); Cuvar mrtvaca (1978); Danger (1951–1955); Dead Meat Podcast / Stories: A Tough Tussle; An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge; The Boarded Window (2020); Droga w swietle ksiezyca (1973); El pozu (2004); 11 O’Clock: a Sense of Imminent Calamity (2023); Ficciones (1972–1974); Forgotten Sci-Fi (2020); Halucinacije (1975); Huile de chien (2005); Hundeöl (1988); La corsa (2002); L’armoire (1969); Lexicon (2023); L’oiseau moqueur (1962); Masters of Horror (2006); Middle Toe of the Right Foot (2011); Most (2024); My Name Is Boffer Bings (2012); New Chilling Tales: The Anthology (2019); Nightmare Classics (1989); O Monge e a Filha do Carrasco (1996); Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1961); One of the Missing (1969 / 1979); Owl Creek Bridge (2007); Owl Street (2014); Parker Adderson, Philosopher (1974 / 2016); Pedro (2009); Prokletinja (1975); Racconti neri / Stories: An Arrest; One of the Missing (2006); Relatos Clásicos de Misterio y Terror (2022); Scary Stories Around the Fire (2022–2024); The Bridge (1929); The Damned Thing (2014 / 2021); The Damned Thing is of Such a Color! (2020); The Eyes of the Panther (2007 / 2019); The Fantasmagori (2017); The Fear (2001); The Inconsolable Widow (2007); The Kiss: A Tale of Two Lovers (1977); The Life and Various Deaths of Ambrose Bierce (2016); The Man and the Snake (1972); The Moonlit Road (2008); The Return (1973); The Short Story (1979); The Twilight Zone (1964); The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas (2009); The UnXplained (2021); The Watcher by the Dead (2021); Vampirismus / Stories: The Moonlit Road; A Watcher by the Dead (1980–1981); Whispers of Carcosa (date?); Your Favorite Story (1953–1954).

Born on this day – Erik Barnouw:

Erik Barnouw

Writer

Historian

Producer

June 23, 1908 – July 19, 2001

Credits:

Books:

A Tower in Babel: A History of Broadcasting in the United States To 1933 (1966); Documentary: A History of the Non-Fiction Film (1993); Indian Film (1962 / 1980); International Encyclopedia of Communications (1989); Media Lost and Found (2001); Media Marathon (1996); The Golden Web: A History of Broadcasting in the United States 1933–1953 (1968); The Image Empire: A History of Broadcasting in the United States from 1953 (1970); The Magician and the Cinema (1981); The Sponsor: Notes on a Modern Potentate (1978 / 2005); Tube of Plenty: The Evolution of American Television (1976 / 1992).

Television:

American Experience (1997); Betty Hughes and Friends (1972); Camps of Death / Segment: Hiroshima Nagasaki August, 1945 (1983); Columbia University Seminar (1952–1953); Corwin (1996); Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991); Hiroshima Nagasaki August, 1945 (1946); Horizons (1951–1955); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954–1960); Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992); Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998); Television in America: An Autobiography (2002); The Great Depression (1998).

Born on this day – Graham Greene:

Graham Greene

Actor

Writer

Producer

June 22, 1952 – September 1, 2025

Credits:

1883 (2022); 2004 Gemini Awards (2004); 500 Nations (1995); 9B (1988); A Beachcombers Christmas (2004); A Dark Foe (2020); A Life Connected (2025); A Lobster Tale (2006); A Thief of Time (2003); Adderly (1986); Afterwards (2025); All Hat (2007); Amend: The Fight for America (2021); American Gods (2021); Antlers (2021); As You Like It (2019); Astronaut (2019); Atlantic Rim (2013); Bad Money (1999); Behind the Scenes: Die Hard - With a Vengeance (1995); Bei Shao lin (1976); Being Erica (2010–2011); Benefit of the Doubt (1993); Beyond the Barbed Wire (1998); Big Spender (2003); Big Wolf on Campus (2000); Blue Ridge (2020); Bones of Crows: The Series (2023); Bonnie (2022); Brave (2025); Breakfast with Scot (2007); Buffalo Dreams (2005); Camilla (1994); Canada: A People's History (2000–2001); Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future (1987); Casino Jack (2010); Caution: May Contain Nuts (2012); CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival (2005); Celebrating Greatness: Canada's Walk of Fame Special (2021); Christmas in the Clouds (2001); Chroma (2017); Circle of Life (2015); Clearcut (1991); Cooperstown (1993); Corner Gas: The Movie (2014); Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family (2000–2001); Coyote Waits (2003); Dances with Wolves (1990); Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic (2003); Dead Innocent (1997); Dead Man's Gun (1997); Declaration of Independence (2003); Defiance (2013–2015); Defining Moments (2021); Desire (2000); Die Hard 3: Bruce Willis Interview (1995); Die Hard 3: Villains with a Vengeance (1995); Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995); Dream Makers (2006); Dreamcatcher Bios (2018); Duct Tape Forever (2002); Earth and the American Dream (1992); Echo (2023–2024); Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science (1997–2001); Family Tree (2013); First Nation Blue (1996); First Wave (1999); Freedom: A History of US (2003); From Above (2013); Goliath (2019); Great Drives (1996); Grey Owl (1999); Gunless (2010); Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995); HBO First Look (1995); Heart of the Sun (1998); Heritage Minutes (1995); Huck and the King of Hearts (1994); Ice Fall (2025); In the Echo (2002); Independence Day 2001 (2001); Into the West (2005); Jake and the Kid (1995); Javelins of Light (2025); Just Buried (2007); King Ivory (2024); L.A. Law (1991); Laws of Man (2024); Liberty Street (1995); Lily's Sacred Journey (2025); Living in Your Car (2010); Loch Ness Monster of Seattle (2022); LOL: Last One Laughing Canada (2022); Lonesome Dove: The Series (1994); Longmire (2014–2017); Lost and Delirious (2001); Luna: Spirit of the Whale (2007); Magic Hour: Lost in the Barrens (1990); Maïna (2013); Man on the Train (2011); Marvel Studios: Assembled (2024); Maverick (1994); Medicine River (1993); Misery Harbour (1999); Mister Sterling (2003); Molly's Game (2017); Mosaic of Diversity: Olympic National Park (2004); Mount Royal (1988); Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe (2023); Murder Sees the Light (1986); Murder, She Wrote (1992–1994); National Memorial Day Concert (2018–2020); No Reservation Required. The Life and Times of Graham Greene (2025); North (1994); North of 60 (1993); Northbound (2025); Northern Exposure (1992–1993); Numb3rs (2005); Out of the Darkness (2016); Paige Darcy: Reluctant Detective (2025); Phil the Alien (2004); Poltergeist: The Legacy (1997); Powwow Highway (1989); Project Blue Book (2019); Protectors of the Land (2025); PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1998); Punch & Judy (2002); Rain Without Thunder (1992); Read All About It! (1981); Red Dead Redemption II (2018); Reel Injun (2009); Reservation Dogs (2023); Revolution (1985); Riverdale (2018); Rocket Science (2002–2003); Royal Canadian Air Farce (1994–2001); Rugged Gold (1994); Running Brave (1983); Running Mates (2011); Sabotage (1996); Safe Harbor (1999); Savage Land (1994); Science Highway (2001); Seattle's Loch Ness: The Lake Washington Sea Monster (2012); Seeds (2024); Shadow Lake (1999); Shadow Wolves (2019); Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (2003); Shattered Image (1998); Shooting Gunless (2010); Skins (2002); Skinwalkers: The Navajo Mysteries (2002); Slings and Arrows (2005); Snow Dogs (2002); Song of Hiawatha (1997); Spirit Bay (1984–1987); Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story (2005); Spirit Rider (1993); Squealer (2023); Standing on Sacred Ground: Fire and Ice / Islands of Sanctuary / Pilgrims and Tourists / Profit and Loss (2013); Stranger in Town (1998); Street Legal (1987); Sweet Summer Pow Wow (2025); Tajný agent (1974); Tales of an Urban Indian (2009); Tar (2020); Te Ata (2016); Terminal City (1998); The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (1991); The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon (1994–1997); The Being Frank Show (2010–2012); The Bird Men (2013); The Birds Who Fear Death (2024); The Broken Chain (1993); The Campbells (1986–1988); The Collector (2005); The Detour (2018); The Education of Little Tree (1997); The Frog Who Can't Ribbit (2023); The Great Detective (1979); The Great Salish Heist (2024); The Green Mile (1999); The Herd (1998); The Highest Step in the World (2002); The Hired Heart (1997); The Home Show (1992); The Last of His Tribe (1992); The Last of Us (2023); The Legend of Secret Pass (2010); The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' (1990); The Making of 'Die Hard 3' (1995); The New Beachcombers (2002); The Outer Limits (1996); The Pathfinder (1996); The Performance (2023); The Protector (2025); The Proteus Chronicles (1998); The Red Green Show (1994–2006); The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together (2008); The Shack (2017); The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012); The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009); The War That Made America (2006); The Way West (1995); The Weekend Fix (2020); The Wild Girl (2010); The Wild West (1993); The Wolf and the Lion (2021); This Hour Has 22 Minutes (2020); This Is Wonderland (2006); Through Black Spruce (2018); Thunderheart (1992); Touched (1999); Trail of Vengeance (2025); Transamerica (2005); Trial by Fire (2000); Tulsa King (2024); Turok: Son of Stone (2008); Two Minutes to Midnight (2025); Unnatural (2015); V for Vengeance (2022); Valley of the Sun (2011); Walking the Mile (2000); Walking the Mile (Director's Cut) (2014); We Are Boats (2018); When I Find the Ocean (2006); When I Find the Ocean: Behind the Scenes (2008); Where the Spirit Lives (1989); Willatuk: The Legend of Seattle's Sea Serpent (2010); Wind River (2017); Winter's Tale (2014); Wolf Lake (2001–2002); World of Discovery (1993); Wounded (1997).

Born on this day – Françoise Sagan:

Françoise Sagan

Writer

Actress

Director

June 21, 1935 – September 24, 2004

Credits:

Books:

A Certain Smile (1956); A Few Hours of Sunlight (1971); A Fleeting Sorrow (1995); A Reluctant Hero (1987); Aimez-vous Brahms (1957); Bonjour Tristesse (1954); Bonjour Tristesse / Certain Smile (1958); Chateau en Suede (1963); Chien Couchant (1986); Dear Sarah Bernhardt (1988); Engagements of the Heart (1987); Evasion (1993); Heart-keeper (1968); Incidental Music (1983); La Chamade (1966); Le Chien Couchant (1985); Lost Profile (1974); Night Bird (1980); Painting in Blood (1988); Reponses (1974); Salad Days (1984); Scars on the Soul (1974); Silken Eyes (1977); Still Storm (1984); Sunlight on Cold Water (1971); The Eiffel Tower (1989); The Gigolo (2018); The Leash (1991); The Painted Lady (1983); The Unmade Bed (1978); The Wonderful Clouds (1960); Those Without Shadows (1957); With Fondest Regards (1985).

Movies and television:

30 millions d'amis (1979–1987); A Certain Smile (1958); A Few Hours of Sunlight (1971); À la folie, pas du tout (1987); A Night at the Opera (2020); À vos amours (1992); Apostrophes (1976–1987); Aux arts et cætera (2023); Bains de minuit (1988); Bluebeard (1963); Boîte aux lettres (1984–1987); Bonheur, impair et passe (1977); Bonjour Sagan (2022); Bonjour Tristesse (1958 / 2024); Bonjour tristesse (1965 / 1995); Bouillon de culture (1993–1998); Campus, le magazine de l'écrit (2002); Castle in Sweden (2008); C'est à lire (1987); Chassé-croisé (1982); Château en Suède (1964); Cherchez l'idole (1964); Chroniques de France / Segment: Françoise Sagan (1969); Ciné regards (1981); Cinéma (1968); Cinq colonnes à la une (1959–1960); Clive James' Postcard from... (1989); Das ohnmächtige Pferd (1975); De soleil et d'azur (1966); Desproges est vivant (1998); Dim Dam Dom (1965–1969); Effraction (1986); Ein Schloß in Schweden (1967); Emmenez-moi au théâtre (1985); Encore un hiver (1979); Engagements of the Heart (1987); Ex Libris (1989–1996); Fan des années 70 (2011); Goodbye Again (1961); Grand Amphi (1971); Grande Teatro Tupi (1958–1960); Heartbeat (1968); Het gekroonde paard (1976); In einem Monat, in einem Jahr (1969); Jaaroverzicht (1962); Jetset in den Sixties - Das süße Leben der Schönen und Reichen (2010); Johnny Hallyday: Quelques cris (Live) (2000); Juliette Gréco, l'insoumise (2012); La femme fardée (1990); La nuit des Molières (1987); La robe mauve de Valentine (1969); Le bal du comte d'Orgel (1970); Le cercle de minuit (1994–1996); Le cheval évanoui (1976); Le coup du sort (1997); Le deuxième couteau (1985); Le Musée imaginaire (1972); Le petit rapporteur (1975); Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 (1977); Lectures pour tous (1959–1968); Les Absents ont toujours tort (1991); Les Borgia ou le sang doré (1977); Les Chutes de Saint-Marcellin (Carnet Filmé: 31 juillet 2004 - 25 août 2005) (2005); Les faux-fuyants (2000); Les femmes aussi (1965); Les fougères bleues (1977); Les guerres de Coco Chanel (2019); Les Nuits de France Culture (2016–2020); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1977); Les vendredis d'Apostrophes (2015); L'excès contraire (1988); L'homme en question (1976); L'invité du dimanche (1970); L'invité du jeudi (1978); Love Play (1961); Machinations (1995); Musicolor (1969); Nous nous sommes tant aimés (2010); Nulle part ailleurs (1995–1996); Nulle part ailleurs. 1ère partie (1998); Nutty, Naughty Chateau (1963); ORTF, ils ont inventé la télévision (2020); Ouvrez les guillemets (1974); Permission de minuit (1987); Portrait souvenir (1960–1964); Pour le plaisir (1967); Qu'avez vous fait de vos vingt ans? (1990); Rembob'Ina (2019–2023); Renaud: Les mots (2016); Teledrama (1956); Testament of Orpheus (1960); The Seven Lively Arts (1957); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963); Top à... (1972); Trente-Six Chandelles (1958); Un jour, un destin (2013); Un orage immobile (1995); Un siècle d'écrivains (1996); Vadim Mister Cool (2016); Vivement dimanche (2007).

Born on this day – William Humphrey:

William Humphrey

Writer

June 18, 1924 – August 20, 1997

Credits:

Books:

A Time and a Place (1968); Ah, Wilderness! The Frontier in American Literature (1977); Farther Off from Heaven (1977); Home from the Hill (1958); Hostages to Fortune (1984); My Moby Dick (1978); No Resting Place (1989); Open Season: Sporting Adventures (1986); Proud Flesh (1973); September Song (1992); The Last Husband and Other Stories (1953); The Ordways (1965); The Spawning Run (1970); William Humphrey (1992); William Humphrey: Destroyer of Myths (1998).

Movie:

Home from the Hill (1960).

Born on this day – Verónica Echegui:

Verónica Echegui

Actress

Director

Writer

June 16, 1983 – August 24, 2025

Credits:

&Me (2013); 23 premios Goya (2009); 26 Premios Forqué (2021); 3 Caminos (2021); 36 premios Goya (2022); 50 años de (2009); 51 premis Sant Jordi de cinematografia (2007); 6 Points About Emma (2011); 8 citas (2008); Actrices (2011); Alguna pregunta més? (2012–2021); Apaches (2017); Àrtic (2016); Atención obras (2016–2024); Bigas x Bigas (2016); Book of Love (2022); Buenafuente (2008); Bunny and the Bull (2009); Cartelera (2008); Casting: El camino del éxito (2007); Ceremonia de inauguración - 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (2008); Cerrojos (2004); Cine de barrio (2023); Cinema 3 (2008–2016); Cites (2024); Ciudad de sombras (2025); Continuarà... (2006–2012); Corazón, corazón (2007); Cuéntame cómo pasó (2014); De par en par (2008); Días de cine (2009–2024); Divendres (2012–2016); El álbum blanco (2005); El club (2006–2007); El hormiguero (2013–2021); El intermedio (2006); El menor de los males (2007); El patio de mi cárcel (2008); Els matins a TV3 (2012); Estepas (2022); Èxit (2008); Family United (2013); Fortitude (2015–2017); Gente (2012); Gente hablando (2018); Half of Oscar (2010); Intimacy (2022); IV Premis Gaudí de l'Acadèmia del Cinema Català (2012); Jo què sé! (2011); Justicia artificial (2024); Kamikaze (2014); Katmandú, un espejo en el cielo (2011); Kiki, Love to Love (2016); La casa de mi padre (2008); La gran familia española: Los procesos (2014); La mandrágora (2005); La mandrágora (2007); La reunión (2017); La tarda (2008); La via làctia (2008); La visita (2017); Le Prochain (2018); Let Yourself Go (2017); Línea 57 (2006); Loops! (2008); Los Felices veinte (2022); Los Goya 26 edición (2012); Los Goya 28 edición (2014); Los pacientes del doctor García (2023); Lost & Found (2022); Love You to Death (2025); Mi vida (2019); Miradas 2 (2005–2012); Mist & the Maiden (2017); More the Merrier (2021); My Heart Goes Boom! (2020); No culpes al karma de lo que te pasa por gilipollas (2016); No disparen al pianista (2008); Noche Hache (2006–2007); Paco y Veva (2004); Paquita Salas (2018 / 2019); Pasapalabra (2013–2021); Penélope, camino a los Oscar (2007); Premios Feroz (2021); Premios Goya 30 edición (2016); Premios Goya 35 edición (2021); Requirements to Be a Normal Person (2015); Resumen - 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (2008); Sala 33 (2012); Sexo en el plató (2007); Silenci? (2007); Sobradamente directores (2012); Stories Not to Be Told / Segment: París (2022); Tell in Eve's Comet (2020); Tetequiquiero (2010); The Cold Light of Day (2012); The Hunter's Prayer (2017); The Offering (2020); Three Days of Christmas (2019); Tocar el cielo (2007); Tócate (2018); Tótem Loba (2020); Trust (2018); Un difunto, seis mujeres y un taller (2007); Una nueva vida (2003); Unici (2015); Unknown Origins (2020); V premis Barcelona de cinema (2006); Verbo (2011); Versión española (2014–2020); Vert (date?); What Is Love (2019); XIII Premis Gaudí (2021); XVIII Premio Cinematográfico José María Forqué (2013); XXI Premios Anuales de la Academia (2007); Yo no soy esa (2024); Yo soy la Juani (2006); You're Killing Me Susana (2016).