Born on this day – Jessie Jones:

Jessie Jones

Actress

Writer

August 21, 1950 – March 20, 2026

Credits:

Books / plays:

A Doublewide, Texas Christmas (2018); Always a Bridesmaid (2013); Buddy Bro Bubba Dude: Men in Twisted Shorts (2022); Christmas Belles (2007); Dearly Beloved (2005); Dearly Departed: A Comedy (1992); Deliver Us from Mama! (2020); Doublewide, Texas (2016); Farce of Habit (2017); Farce of Nature (2014); Funny Little Thing Called Love (2014); Honey Sugar Lady Doll: Women in Bodacious Shorts (2022); Honky Tonk Hissy Fit (2021); Last Round-up of the Guacamole Queens (2015); Lickety Split: Women and Men in Outrageous Shorts (2022); Mama Won't Fly (2012); Rex's Exes (2012); Sitting Ducks (2025); Southern Hospitality (2008); The Dixie Swim Club (2008); The Hallelujah Girls (2010); The Red Velvet Cake War (2010); The Savannah Sipping Society (2016); The Second-To-Last Chance Ladies League (2025); The Sweet Delilah Swim Club (2020); The Wild Women of Winedale (2019); 'Til Beth Do Us Part: (a Marital Confection) (2010).

Movies and television:

Backfield in Motion (1991); Border Line (1999); Caroline in the City (1996); Caught in the Act (1993); Cold Case (2005); Designing Women (1990); Ed and His Dead Mother (1993); Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (1989); For Their Own Good (1993); For Your Love (2002); Fudge (1995); Grace Under Fire (1995); Hooperman (1989); Judging Amy (2004); Jury Duty: The Comedy (1990); Kingdom Come (2001); Melrose Place (1997); Murphy Brown (1990); My Brother's Keeper (1995); Newhart (1989); Night Court (1990); Perfect Strangers (1990); Switch (1991); Teacher's Pet (2001–2002); The Crew (1995); The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993); Unhappily Ever After (1997); Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase (1990); Weird Science (1996); Who's the Boss? (1991); Wife, Mother, Murderer (1991); You're the One (1998).

Born on this day – Carrie Anne Fleming:

Carrie Anne Fleming

Actress

Writer

Director

August 16, 1974 – February 26, 2026

Credits:

14 Hours (2005); Alice (2009); Along Came a Nanny (2014); Bloodsuckers (2005); Continuum (2013); Crossroads: A Story of Forgiveness (2007); Earthlickers (2014); Edison (2005); Get Carter (2000); Godiva's (2005); Good Luck Chuck (2007); Happy Gilmore (1996); Hard Ride to Hell (2010); Heart of Clay (2017); In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007); Into the Unseen (2025); iZombie (2015–2019); Knights of Bloodsteel (2009); Like Sunday, Like Rain (2014); Mad Santa (2019); Mad Santa and the Queen of the Zombies (2019); Married Life (2007); Masters of Horror (2005); Moment of Truth: Into the Arms of Danger (1997); Motive (2015); One Hot Summer Night (1998); Package Deal (2013); Pasadena (2002); Rememory (2017); Secret Agent Man (2000); Smallville (2006); Stargate SG-1 (2002); Supergirl (2018); Supernatural (2006–2011); That Burning Feeling (2013); The 4400 (2004–2007); The Chris Isaak Show (2004); The Christmas Consultant (2012); The Dead Zone (2003); The L Word (2005–2007); The Sentinel (1996); The Swishy-Washy (1999); The Tooth Fairy (2006); The Trip (2025); The Unauthorized Full House Story (2015); Tricks (1997); UnREAL (2018); Urban Rush (2003); Viper (1994).

Born on this day – René Goscinny:

René Goscinny

Writer

Cartoonist

Editor

Producer

Actor

August 14, 1926 – November 5, 1977

Credits:

Books:

A Carrot for Iznogoud (1979); A Cure for the Daltons (2010); Absolutely Asterix (1998); Adventures of Nicholas and the Gang (1963); Apache Canyon (2009); Asterix - Idol of the Gauls (1990); Asterix and Caesar's Gift (1976); Asterix and Cleopatra (1963); Asterix and Obelix All At Sea (1996); Asterix and Obelix's Birthday (2009); Asterix and Son (1983); Asterix and the Actress (2001); Asterix and the Banquet (1963); Asterix and the Big Fight (1964); Asterix and the Black Gold (1984); Asterix and the Cauldron (1968); Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield (1967); Asterix and the Class Act (2003); Asterix And The Falling Sky (2005); Asterix and the Golden Sickle (1960); Asterix and the Goths (1961); Asterix and the Great Crossing (1976); Asterix and the Great Divide (1981); Asterix and the Laurel Wreath (1973); Asterix and the Magic Carpet (1988); Asterix and the Normans (1966); Asterix and the Roman Agent (1970); Asterix and the Secret Weapon (1991); Asterix and the Soothsayer (1973); Asterix and the Vikings (2006); Asterix At the Olympic Games (1968); Asterix Conquers America (1995); Asterix For Ever! (1996); Asterix in Belgium (1980); Asterix in Britain (1965); Asterix in Corsica (1973); Asterix in Spain (1975); Asterix in Switzerland (1970); Asterix Omnibus 1 (2007); Asterix Omnibus 10 (2008); Asterix Omnibus 11 (2007); Asterix Omnibus 2 (2008); Asterix Omnibus 7 (2013); Asterix the Adventurer (1993); Asterix the Brave (1987); Asterix The Gaul (1959); Asterix the Gladiator (1962); Asterix The Legionary (1967); Asterix the Warrior (1994); Asterix to the Rescue (1986); Asterix Trilogy 2 (2008); Asterix Versus Caesar (1986); Barbed Wire On the Prairie (2007); Billy the Kid (2006); Calamity Jane (2007); Dalton City (2006); Emperor Smith (2010); Fantastic Asterix (1992); Ghost Town (2006); How Obelix Fell Into the Magic Potion (1989); In the Shadow of the Derricks (2007); Iznogoud (with Tabary); Iznogoud and the Day of Misrule (2009); Iznogoud and the Magic Carpet (2010); Iznogoud and the Magic Computer (2009); Iznogoud On Holiday! (1977); Iznogoud Rockets to Stardom (1980); Iznogoud, the Infamous (1977); Jesse James (2006); Lucky Luke (Cinebook Ltd); Lucky Luke Versus Joss Jamon (2011); Ma Dalton (2007); Nicholas and the Gang (1963); Nicholas and the Gang Again (1978); Nicholas On Holiday / aka Nicholas On Vacation (1961); Obelix and Co. (1977); On the Daltons' Trail (2009); Operation Britain (1987); Operation Getafix (1992); The 20th Cavalry (2010); The Amazing Asterix Omnibus (1993); The Black Hills (2009); The Bounty Hunter (2010); The Bumper Asterix Omnibus (1989); The Cave of the Beast (1978); The Chef (1978); The Chronicles of Little Nicholas (1959); The Crocodiles (1978); The Dalton Cousins (2011); The Dalton's Escape (2013); The Daltons in the Blizzard (2009); The Dashing White Cowboy (2008); The Escort (2009); The Ghostly Legionaries (1978); The Giant Asterix Omnibus (1988); The Grand Duke (2011); The Great Asterix Omnibus Containing Six Adventures (1970); The Isle of Pleasure (1978); The Javelin (1978); The Judge (2010); The Judo Match (1978); The Mansions of the Gods (1973); The Meeting of the Chieftains (1989); The Oklahoma Land Rush (2009); The Place That Sends You Mad (1978); The Race (1978); The Rivals of Painful Gulch (2008); The Roman Conspiracy (1991); The Singing Wire (2012); The Stagecoach (2010); The Tenderfoot (2008); The Twelve Tasks of Asterix - The Book of the Film (1981); The Wagon Train (2008); The Wicked Wiles of Iznogoud (2008); Tortillas for the Daltons (2008); Western Circus (2008).

Movies and television:

30 millions d'amis (1977); A l'air d'Astérix (1991–1992); Achille Talon: 1ère partie (1975); Achille Talon: 2ème partie (1975); Arte Journal (2022); Astérix & Obélix (1995); Asterix & Obelix XXL (2003); Asterix & Obelix XXL 2 (2018); Asterix & Obelix XXL 2: Mission: Las Vegum (2006); Asterix & Obelix XXL: Romastered (2020); Asterix & Obelix XXL3: The Crystal Menhir (2019); Asterix & Obelix XXXL: The Ram from Hibernia (2022); Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002); Asterix & Obelix: Slap Them All! (2021); Asterix & Obelix: Slap Them All! 2 (2023); Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight (2025); Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom (2023); Asterix (1983 / 1992); Asterix and Cleopatra (1968); Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar (1999); Astérix and Obélix: God Save Britannia (2012); Asterix and Obelix: Mansion of the Gods (2014); Asterix and the Big Fight (1989); Astérix and the Great Rescue (1994); Asterix and the Search for Dogmatix (1999); Asterix and the Vikings (2006); Asterix at the Olympic Games (2008); Asterix in America (1994); Asterix in Britain (1986); Astérix Maxi-Delirium (2001); Asterix the Gaul (1967); Asterix Versus Caesar (1985); Astérix: Caesar's Challenge (1995); Asterix: The Gallic War (2000); Asterix: The Kingdom of Nubia (2026); Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion (2018); Atini Seven Kovboy: Red Kit Daltonlara Karsi (1974); Aujourd'hui à Paris (1972); Beau geste (2023); Bienvenue (1967–1978); Bienvenue chez Guy Béart (1966–1978); Bons baisers d'Astérix (1974); Captain Jokes Parrot's Adventures (2013); Coup de jeune (1993); Daisy Town (1971); De soleil et d'azur (1973); Deux Romains en Gaule (1967); En avant Astérix (1990); Entrez sans frapper (1972); Funny Show Presents (2015); Gala de l'union (1973); Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure (2007); Grand Amphi (1971); Grand écran (1965); Invitation au voyage (2020); Iznogoud (1995 / 1997); Iznogoud- Caliph Instead of the Caliph (2005); Judge Roy Bean (1971); L'animation, cet autre cinéma (2021); L'Arroseur arrosé (1966); L'avenir du future (1977); Le Petit Nicolas (1964 / 2009); Le Petit Nicolas: tous en vacances! (2022); Le Sel de la semaine (1969); Le tracassin ou Les plaisirs de la ville (1961); Le viager (1972); Leo & Tony's Parody Center Show (2011–2012); Les Chroniques du Mea (2017–2019); Les nouvelles aventures de Lucky Luke (2003); Les Nuits de France Culture (2017); L'histoire du Petit Nicolas (2006); L'invité du dimanche (1968–1969); Little Nicholas - Happy as Can Be (2022); Little Nicholas (2009); Little Nicholas' Treasure (2021); Lucky Luke (1984–1992 / 1996 / 2009 / 2026); Lucky Luke: Ballad of the Daltons (1978); Lucky Luke: End of Legend - The Official Game (2025); Lucky Luke: End of Legend (2022); Lucky Luke: On the Dalton's Trail (1998); Lucky Luke: Shoot & Hit (2014); Lucky Luke: The Daltons on the Run (1983); Lucky Luke: The Video Game (1996); Lucky Luke: Wanted (2001); Lucky Luke: Western Fever (2001); -M- Ils sont fous ces humains! feat. Bigflo & Oli (B.O. Astérix et Obélix L'Empire du Milieu) (2023); Micros et caméras (1967); Minichronique (1976–1978); Motion Comics Trilogy: Spin-off (2025); Nicholas on Holiday (2014); NOTA BENE x Idéfix et les Irréductibles (2021); Obelix (1983); On en parle (1969); Personnages de la vie (1975); Rantanplan (2006); Red Kit (1970); Rembob'Ina (2020–2022); René Goscinny, notre oncle d'Armorique (2017); René Goscinny: Profession humoriste (1998); Samedi et compagnie (1968); Samedi soir (1971–1973); Tac au tac (1975); That's Life!! Kilorenzos $mith in Talks... (2015); The Daltons (2010); The Down-in-the-Hole Gang (1974); The Return of Lucky Luck (2015); The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976); Tintin and the Blue Oranges (1964); Tous les enfants du monde (1964); Troldspejlet (1992); Uderzo, les ingrédients de la potion magique (2020); Valérian, histoire d'une création (2017); Vive le cinéma! (1972); Vivement dimanche (2008–2012); Wunderland (1983); Zervakis & Opdenhövel. Live. (2023).

Born on this day – Kazuko Yoshiyuki:

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Actress

Writer

August 9, 1935 – September 2, 2025

Credits:

20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008); 29 sai no kurisumasu (1994); A Killer Without a Grave (1961); A Sparkle of Life (2013); Aguri (1997); Aitsu to watashi (1961); Akechi tantei jimusho: Edogawa Rampo zenshû (1972); Amagi Pass (1983); Another Face (2012); Another Face: Keiji Sômuka Ohtomo Tetsu 2 (2013); Aoi hitomi no seiraifu (1984–1985); Arashi o tsukkiru jetto-ki (1961); Asuka e, soshite mada minu ko e (1982); Ato 3-Kai, Kimi Ni Aeru (2020); Aya ni itoshiki (1956); Baby, Baby, Baby! (2009); Betwitched in Tokyo (2004); Bewitched in Tokyo SP (2004); Bokura no jidai (2007–2011); Boryokudan sai buso (1971); Butler Saionji's Great Reasoning (2019); Buttsuke homban (1958); Chase That Man (1972); Chimata no hanashi (2016); Chizuko's Younger Sister (1991); Christmas Eve (1990); Crossroads (2011); Cyborg She (2008); Dai Nippon suri shûdan (1969); Dai-nana kankai hoko: Osaki Midori o sagashite (1998); Dareka no hana (2021); Departures (2008); Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura (2017); Diamonds in the Sand (2024); Dollhouse (2004); Dôsôkai (1993); Double Bed (1983); Ed McBain: Satsui (2005); Edogawa Rampo no bijo (1987); Eien no 1/2 (1987); Eigo ni yowai otoko: Higashi wa higashi, nishi wa nishi (1962); Empire of Passion (1978); Eröffnung der X. Internationalen Filmfestspiele (1960); Et Alors (2003); Fukigen na kajitsu (1997); Futabasô no Yûjin (2016); Fuzoroi no ringotachi (1983–1997); Gendai ninkyô kyôdai-bun (1970); Gochisôsan (2013–2014); Going Home (2004); Going My Home (2012); Gold Woman (2016); Golden Partners (1979); Good Bye, My Secret Friend (2009); Gun Demon Without Form (1964); Hama no asahi no usotsukidomo to (2021); Harunareya (2017); Himeyuri no Tô (1995); Hold Me and Kiss Me (1992); Hoshi no hitomi o motsu otoko (1962); House of Sleeping Beauties (1995); Inujini sesi mono (1986); Isho: Shiroi shôjo (1975); It's a Beautiful Life: Irodori (2012); Judai no okami (1960); Jû-kai no mosukîto (1983); Juvenile Wife (1980); Kamataki (2005); Kamisamaga kureta akanbô (1979); Kantoku · Banzai! (2007); Kaseifu wa mita! 13 (1994); Kataoka Tsurutarô no Kindaichi Kôsuke shirîzu: Honjin satsujin-jiken (1992); Kaze to kumo to niji to (1976); Kiddonappu burûsu (1982); Kidô sôsahan (1961); Kids (1985); Kikujiro (1999); Kikujirô to saki (2007); Kinkyû supesharu: Seikimatsu! Chôjô genshô o mita!! (1991); Kiri ni kieta hito (1963); Kitsui yatsura (1989); Kôhîya no hitobito (2014); Kohorogi-jô (2007); Kokoro no sanmyaku (1966); Kono mune ippai no ai wo (2005); Kono wakasa aru kagiri (1961); Korekara; Umibe no tabibitotachi (1993); Kunitori monogatari (1973); Kura no naka (1981); Kuroi kaikyô (1964); Kyôshû (1988); Kyôto gensô: Bibarudi 'Shiki' (1985); Kyûpora no aru machi (1962); Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974); Leave It to the Nurses (2002); Leonie (2010); Lily Festival (2001); Looking for Anne (2009); Machi ni kikyû ga agaru toki (1961); Maiko haaaan!!! (2007); Maiko no jôkyô (1961); Makeup (1987); Making of 'Himawari to koinu no nanokakan' (2013); Mandaraya no Ryôta (1986); Matenrô no otoko (1960); Matsumoto Seichô no Aoi byôten (1983); Matsumoto Seichô no Atsui kûki - Kaseifu wa mita! Fûfu no himitsu 'Kogeta' (1983); Matsumoto Seichô no Ekiro (1982); Meitantei Hokenshitsu no Obasan (1997); Metro ni notte (2006); Mitsuyaku: Gaimushô kimitsu rôei jiken (1978); Momi no ki wa nokotta (1970); Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B (1980–2002); My Second Brother (1959); Nagareita shichinin (1997); Nani mo kamo kurutte ya garu (1962); Natsumi's Firefly (2016); Nemure Mitsu (1976); Nijiko no bouken (1980–1981); Nippon yôkaiden – Satori (1973); Nurse in Black (2015); Nurse no oshigoto (2014); O-higara mo yoku, go-shusho sama (1996); Omoide shashin (2021); Oracion (1988); Oriume (2002); Oyaji ga kureta himitsu - shimoarai 5 kyôdai no kikyô (2012); Paji (2013); Ponyo (2008); Premonition (2004); Pretend Authority (1966); Red Soul (1980); Saga no gabai-baachan (2006); Saigo no jigazô (1977); Sawako no asa (2014); Season of Affairs (1959); Seigi no mikata (2008); Sennenbi (2004); Seven Days of Himawari and Her Puppies (2012); Seven Duels (2007); Shea hausu (2011); Shichinin no chôsensha (1961); Shichinin no Keiji (1963–1978); Shijuukunichi no reshipi (2011); Shin yukiguni (2001); Shinigami kun (2014); Shinju yoi goshin (1984); Shônin no isu (1965); Shutsugeki (1964); Sniffer the Investigation Officer (2016–2018); Sosuke Loses His Lover (1992); Star Man: kono hoshi no koi (2013); Stewardess monogatari (1983); Sui chû hana (1979); Sushi kuinê 3: Nigire!! Tôkyô natsu no aji (1996); Sushiya no Ken chan (1971); Tabiji (1967); Taboo (1999); Taian ni butsumetsu (1998); Talented Woman (1959); Tantei Kamizu Kyôsuke no satsujin suiri 3: Mateki ni mi se rare ta onna (1985); Tetsuko no heya (2013–2019); The 37th Annual Japan Academy Awards (2014); The Days of No Return (1978); The End of the World (1994); The Ending Planner (2012); The Forest of Wool and Steel (2018); The Ice Wall (2006); The Jungle Block (1960); The Landlady (2019); The Little House (2014); The Love and Death of Kaoru Mitarai (2014); The Sleeping Beast Within (1960); The Song of Love (1965); The Street of Desire (1984); The Voice of Hope (2009); The Woman of S.R.I. (2017); The Young Rebels (1980); This Is the Truth (1959–1961); Time Never Stops (2014); Tô-chan no pô ga kikoeru (1971); Tokai yûkyôden (1964); Tokkyu Tanaka 3 Go (2007); Tokyo Family (2013); Tomoko: Mottomo kiken'na on'na (2000); Tooi sekkin (1975); Toripuru sôsasen (1973); Translucent Tree (2004); Tsumaranai Jutakuchi no Subete no ie (2022); Tsuribaka nisshi 15: Hama-chan ni asu wa nai!? (2004); Twenty-Four Eyes (2013); Umi suzume (2016); Unified Shadows II (1975); Valley of Dreams (2011); VS Arashi (2013); Wakai senpû (1962); Warera no jidai (1959); Wasted Land (2009); We Are Youth (1974); What a Wonderful Family (2017); What a Wonderful Family! (2016); What a Wonderful Family! 3: My Wife, My Life (2018); When Marnie Was There (2014); Wool 100% (2006); Yanusu no kagami (1985–1986); Yorû gaku zuretâ (1978); Yubi (1982); Yûkan kurabu (2007); Yukiko (1955); Yukinojô henge (1970); Yuriko, Dasvidaniya (2011); Zassô no yô na inochi (1960); Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970).

Born on this day – Jove Jansson:

Jove Jansson

Writer

Illustrator

Painter

August 9, 1914 – June 27, 2001

Credits:

Books:

A Winter Book (2006); Art in Nature (2012); Comet in Moominland (1946); Dangerous Journey (1978); Fair Play (2007); Finn Family Moomintroll (1950); Letters from Tove (2019); Little My's Book of Thoughts (2011); Momminmamma's Book of Thoughts (2010); Moomin and Snufkin (1993); Moomin and the Birthday Button (2010); Moomin and the Comet (2013); Moomin and the Golden Tail (2014); Moomin and the Little Dragon (1993); Moomin and the Little Ghost (2013); Moomin and the Magic Hat (1993); Moomin and the Moonlight Adventure (2011); Moomin and the New Friend (2012); Moomin and the Sea (2013); Moomin and the Winter Snow (2011); Moomin Builds a House (2013); Moomin Falls in Love (2013); Moomin on the Riviera (2014); Moominland Midwinter (1958); Moominpappa at Sea (1966); Moominpappa's Book of Thoughts (2011); Moominpappa's Memoirs / aka The Exploits of Moominpappa (1952); Moomin's Brilliantly Busy Colouring Book (2010); Moomins Cookbook (2010); Moomin's Desert Island (2014); Moomin's Invisible Friend (1993); Moomin's Lift-the-flap Hide and Seek (2010); Moomin's Little Book of Colours (2011); Moomin's Little Book of Numbers (2010); Moomin's Little Book of Opposites (2011); Moomin's Little Book of Words (2010); Moomin's Most Magical Pop-Up Book (2011); Moomin's Secret Surprise Sticker Book (2011); Moomin's Splendid Summer Sticker Book (2010); Moomin's Winter Follies (2012); Moominsummer Madness (1954); Moomintrolls and Friends (1996); Moomintroll's Book of Thoughts (2010); Moominvalley for the Curious Explorer (2014); Moominvalley in November (1970); Moominvalley Turns Jungle (2012); Sculptor's Daughter (1969); Sniff's Book of Thoughts (2011); Snufkin's Book of Thoughts (2010); Spellbound (2007); Sun City (1976); Tales from Moominvalley (1963); The Big Book of Modern Fantasy (2020); The Book About Moomin, Mymble and Little My (1996); The Coal Man (1998); The Fillyjonk Who Believed in Disasters (1990); The Listener (2014); The Moomins and the Great Flood (1945); The Summer Book (1975); The True Deceiver (2009); The Woman Who Borrowed Memories (2014); Travelling Light (2010); Who Will Comfort Toffle? (1969).

Movie:

Tove (2020).

Born on this day – Loni Anderson:

Loni Anderson

Actress

Writer

August 5, 1945 – August 3, 2025

Credits:

Book:

My Life in High Heels (1995).

Movies and television:

2018: In Memoriam (2018); 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain (1998); 3rd Degree! (1989); A Letter to Three Wives (1985); A Night at the Roxbury (1998); A Party for Richard Pryor (1991); Access Hollywood (2023 / 2025); AFI Life Achievement Award (1982–2000); All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989); All-Star Family Feud Special (1979); All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds (1981); All-Star Party for Carol Burnett (1982); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); All-Star Party for Lucille Ball (1984); Amazing Stories (1985); American Masters (2012); Animated All Stars Television Specials Collection (1988); Annul Victory (2009); B.L. Stryker (1990); Baby Daddy (2016); Back to the Grind (2007); Barnaby Jones (1976); Biography (1996); Blondie & Dagwood (1987); Blondie & Dagwood: Second Wedding Workout (1989); Blown Away (1988); Bob Hope's 1990 Christmas Show from Bermuda (1990); Bob Hope's All-Star Comedy Birthday Party at the Air Force Academy: A USO Salute (1980); Bob Hope's All-Star Comedy Look at the Fall Season: It's Still Free and Worth It! (1981); Bob Hope's All-Star Look at TV's Prime Time Wars (1980); Bob Hope's Bag Full of Christmas Memories (1993); Bob Hope's Birthday Memories (1994); Bob Hope's Spring Fling (1981); Bob Hope's Unrehearsed Antics of the Stars (1984); Bob Hope's Wicky-Wacky Special in Waikiki (1984); Burke's Law (1995); Candid Camera's 35th Birthday (1983); Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (2012); CBS at 75 (2003); Celebrity Page (2019–2020); Circus of the Stars #4 (1979); Circus of the Stars and Sideshow (1992); Classic TV Theme: Nurses / 3 versions - Full Stereo (2021); Clueless (1998); Coins in the Fountain (1990); Connie Francis: A Legend in Concert (1989); Country Gold (1982); Deadly Family Secrets (1995); Dinah! (1979); Dom DeLuise and Friends (1986); Doris Day's Best Friends (1985); Duck Dodgers (2005); E! True Hollywood Story (2000 / 2002); Easy Street (1986–1987); Empty Nest (1993); Entertainment Tonight (1986–2025); Fantasy Island (1980); Fast Track (1998); Forever Doris (2021); Forever Plaid (2008); Gambler V: Playing for Keeps (1994); GMA3 (2025); Good Day Live (2003); Good Morning America (2025); Harry O (1975); Headliners & Legends (2000); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood Museum Squares (2021); Hollywood Salutes Easter Seals (1998); Hollywood Squares (2003); Hour Magazine (1984–1987); I Am Burt Reynolds (2020); I Love the '70s (2003); I Love the '70s: Volume 2 (2006); Inside Edition (2014–2025); Intimate Portrait (1999–2001); Johnny Carson's 18th Anniversary Special (1980); Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (2006); Ladies of the '80s: A Divas Christmas (2023); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1995–1996); Lifestyle Magazine (2019); Live with Kelly and Mark (1990); Love You More (2017); Magic with the Stars (1982); Magico David (1992); Match Game PM (1978–1979); Meet the Biz (2021); Melrose Place (1996); Merry Christmas from the Grand Ole Opry (1979); Movie Stars (1999); Munchie (1992); My Mother's Secret Life (1984); My Sister Is So Gay (2016–2020); New and Improved Kids (1990); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Nurses (1993–1994); Partners in Crime (1984); Phyllis (1975); Police Story (1976); Police Woman (1975); Red Carpet Report (2013); S.W.A.T. (1975); Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1997); Siegfried and Roy (1980); Sizzle (1981); So Notorious (2006); SoapTalk (2006); Sorry, Wrong Number (1989); Stranded (1986); Stroker Ace (1983); Studio 10 (2017); The 10th Annual American Cinema Awards (1994); The 11th American Cinema Awards (1996); The 14th Annual Friars Club of California Salute to Burt Reynolds (1993); The 17th Annual Nosotros Golden Eagle Awards (1987); The 17th Annual People's Choice Awards (1991); The 1988 Annual Women in Film Awards (1988); The 1994 Annual Diversity Awards (1994); The 31st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (1996); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1981); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1981); The 3rd Annual TV Land Awards (2005); The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991); The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992); The 5th Annual People's Choice Awards (1979); The 5th Annual Sterling Awards (1991); The 8th Annual American Cinema Awards (1991); The 8th Annual American Comedy Awards (1994); The 8th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards (2006); The 8th Annual Golden Boot Awards (1990); The Alan Hamel Show (1979–1980); The Annual Friars Club Tribute Present a Salute to Liza Minnelli (1987); The Annual National Convention of Christians and Jews (1991); The Big Show (1980); The Bob Braun Show (1982); The Bob Hope Christmas Show and All-Star Comedy Special (1980); The Bob Hope Christmas Special (1981); The Bob Newhart Show (1977); The Carson Podcast (2020); The Daily Show (1998); The Doctors (2014); The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003); The Fantastic Funnies (1980); The History of Comedy (2018); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1978–1979); The Incredible Hulk (1978); The Invisible Man (1975); The Jayne Mansfield Story (1980); The Lonely Guy (1984); The Love Boat (1977–1980); The Love Boat: Happily Ever After (2022); The Magic of David Copperfield II (1979); The Magnificent Magical Magnet of Santa Mesa (1977); The McLean Stevenson Show (1976); The Merriest of the Merry: Bob Hope's Christmas Show, A Bagful of Comedy (1982); The Mike Douglas Show (1979); The Mullets (2003–2004); The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979); The New Hollywood Squares (1986–1989); The New WKRP in Cincinnati (1991–1992); The Price She Paid (1992); The Real Match Game Story: Behind the Blanks (2006); The Sharon Osbourne Show (2003); The Steve Allen Comedy Hour (1980); The Talk (2018); The Toni Tennille Show (1980); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1979–1992); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno / Segment: Cop 'n Kitty (2010); Three on a Date (1978); Three Sisters (2001); Three's Company (1978); Today (1986); Too Good to Be True (1988); Too Opinionated (2021); TV Land's Top Ten (2005–2006); Unscripted (2011); Unsung Hollywood (2016); V.I.P. (1999); Valerie (2019); Vibe (1998); Vicki! (1993); Vigilante Force (1976); Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2021); What About Me? I'm Only 3! (1992); Whatever Happened To? (2007); Whisper Kill (1988); White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd (1991); Win, Lose or Draw (1987–1989); Without Warning (1994); WKRP in Cincinnati (1978–1982); Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (1982); Women of the House (1995).

Born on this day – Marie Belloc Lowndes:

Marie Belloc Lowndes

Writer

August 5, 1868 – November 14, 1947

Credits:

Books:

A Passing World (1948); And Call It Accident (1936); Another Man's Wife (1934); Before the Storm (1941); Bread of Deceit / aka Afterwards (1925); Cressida: No Mystery (1928); Diaries and Letters, 1911-47 (1971); Duchess Laura: Certain days of her life / aka The Duchess Intervenes (1929); Duchess Laura: Further Days of Her Life (1933); Edmond and Jules De Goncourt (1925); Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction (1938); From Out the Vasty Deep (1920); Good Old Anna (1915); H.R.H., the Prince of Wales (1898); His Most Gracious Majesty, King Edward VII (1901); I, Too, Have Lived in Arcadia (1941); Jenny Newstead (1932); Letty Lynton / aka Dishonoured Lady (1931); Lizzie Borden (1939); Love and Hatred (1917); Love is a Flame (1932); Love's Revenge (1909); Mary Pechell (1912); Motive / aka Why it Happened (1938); Novels of Mystery (1933); One of Those Ways (1929); Out of the War? / aka The Gentleman Anonymous (1918); Reckless Angel (1939); Some Men and Women (1925); Studies in Love and Terror (1913); Studies in Wives (1910); The Art of Photography (1897); The Black Cap (1927); The Chianti Flask (1925); The Chink in the Armour / aka The House of Peril (1912); The Christine Diamond (1940); The Empress Eugenie (1938); The End of Her Honeymoon (1913); The Ghost Book (1926); The Heart of Penelope (1904); The Injured Lover / aka The Second Key (1936); The Key (1930); The Labours of Hercules (1943); The Lodger (1913); The Lonely House (1920); The Marriage Broker / aka Fortune of Bridget Malone (1937); The Merry Wives of Westminster (1946); The Net Is Cast (1933); The Penguin Book of Classic Fantasy by Women (1977); The Philosophy of the Marquise (1899); The Price of Admiralty (1915); The Pulse of Life (1909); The Reason Why (1932); The Red Cross Barge (1916); The Story of Ivy (1927); The Terriford Mystery (1924); The Uttermost Farthing (1908); The young Hilaire Belloc (1956); Thou Shalt Not Kill (1927); Told in Gallant Deeds (1917); Vanderlyn's Adventure / aka The House by the Sea (1932); What of the Night? (1943); What Really Happened (1926); What Timmy did (1921); When No Man Pursueth (1910); Where Love and Friendship Dwelt (1943); Who Rides On a Tiger (1935); Why Be Lonely? (1931); Why They Married (1923); With All John's Love (1930).

Movies and television:

Armchair Mystery Theatre (1965); Der Mieter (1967); Ivy (1947); Letty Lynton (1932); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Man in the Attic (1953); Shameful Behavior? (1926); Studio One (1953); Suspense (1952); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The House of Peril (1922); The Lodger (1944 / 2009); The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927); The Phantom Fiend (1932).

Born on this day – Guy de Maupassant:

Guy de Maupassant

Writer

August 5, 1850 – July 6, 1893

Credits:

Books:

100 Creepy Little Creature Stories (1994); 100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment (1998); 101 Mystery Stories (1986); 21 Great Stories (1969); 40 Short Stories (2004); 65 Great Tales Of Horror (1981); A Bottomless Grave (2001); A Century of Horror (1971); A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales (2004); A Day in the Country (1990); A Family (1914); A Life (1883); A Little Night Reading (1974); A Parisian Affair (2004); A Second Century of Creepy Stories (1930); A Widow (date?); A Woman's Life (1883); Alien Hearts (1889); Among the Headstones (2021); And the Darkness Falls (1946); Angels of Darkness (1995); Bel-Ami (1885); Beyond the Curtain of Dark (1966); Blood and Roses (1995); Boule de Suif (1880); Boule de Suif / Mademoiselle Fifi (1996); Chamber of Horrors (1984); Classic Horror Stories (2024); Classic Tales of Horror (1976); Countess Satan and Other Tales (2004); Death Walks Tonight (1996); Demons of the Night (1973); Devilish Doings (1985); European Tales of Terror (1969); Everyman's Book of Classic Horror Stories (1965); Famous Modern Ghost Stories (1921); Fantastic Tales (1993); Fifty Great Short Stories (1952); Further Selection of the Chroniques of Guy De Maupassant (2003); Ghost Stories (1988); Ghostly by Gaslight (1971); Great Ghost Stories (1984); Great Short Stories of the World (1986); Guy de Maupassant's Selected Works (2016); H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural (2010); H. P. Lovecraft's Favourite Horror Stories, Volume 2 (2025); H.P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror (1993); Headstones (2022); Horror Stories (1988); Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century (1981); Love Stories (1997); Madame Hermet (1910); Mademoiselle Fifi (2004); Mademoiselle Fifi and Others (2002); Mademoiselle Perle and Other Stories (2020); Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural (1985); Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown (1992); Men at War (1942); Miss Harriet (1951); Monsieur Parent (1911); Moon Stricken (2017); Moonlight (2023); Necklace / Pearls (2008); News from the Moon (2007); Normandy Stories (1995); Original Maupassant Short Stories (2004); Pierre et Jean (1888); Points of View (1966); Quintet (1956); Realms of Darkness (1985); Rose (1884); Selected Short Stories (1970); Selected Short Stories from the 19th Century (2000); Selected Stories (2021); Selected Writings (2002); Short Stories of the Tragedy and Comedy of Life (2000); Simon's Papa (1879); Sixty-Five Great Tales of the Supernatural (1979); Some Things Strange and Sinister (1973); Stories Strange and Sinister (1965); Strong as Death (1889); Tales of Supernatural Terror (1972); Tales to Freeze the Blood (2006); Terror! (1966); The 13th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1980); The 19th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1983); The 5th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1970); The Artist (1903); The Best Horror and Supernatural of the 19th Century (1983); The Best Short Stories (1997); The Best Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant (1986); The Big Book of Victorian Mysteries (2021); The Book of Fantasy (1988); The Cocotte (1971); The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant (1955); The Complete Works (1917); The Dark Side (2007); The Dark Side of Guy de Maupassant (1947); The Devil (1992); The Devil's Children (1974); The Diary of a Madman (1976); The Edge of the Chair (1968); The Father (date?); The Hand (1992); The Horla (1911); The Hounds of Hell (1974); The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries (1936); The Mountain Inn (1957); The Mystery Book (1934); The Necklace (1884); The Necklace and Other Short Stories (1992); The Necklace and Other Stories (2015); The Necklace and Other Tales (2003); The Odalisque Of Senichou (1903); The Odd Number (1922); The Old Maid and Other Stories (2006); The Penguin Book of French Short Stories 1 (2022); The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories (1984); The Penguin Book of Horror Stories (1984); The Puffin Book of Horror Stories (1994); The Sophisticated Cat (1992); The String (1993); The Vampire Archives (2009); The Viaticum and Other Stories (2006); The Window (1917); The Wolf (1889); The Works (1903); Thrillers (1994); Toine (1885); Two Friends (1883); Une Vie, A Piece of String and Other Stories (2003); Useless Beauty (1890); Vampires, Wine and Roses (1997); Victorian Nightmares (1977); Victorian Tales of Terror (1974); Werewolf! (1979); Where Nightmares Are (1966); Who Knows? (1890); Wolf's Complete Book of Terror (1979); Yvette (1893); Zombies (2012); Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! (2011).

Movies and television:

52 (2013); A Coward (1909); A Day in the Country (1946); A Flirtatious Woman (1955); A Woman Without Love (1952); A Woman's Life (2016); Aconteceu no Bosque (1963); Act of Separation (1970); Albert Herring (1963 / 1978 / 1985 / 2009 / 2015 / 2021 / 2024); Alien Hearts (2025); Alienation (2017); Alta comedia (1971); Alte Möbel (1958); Alucinada Pelo Desejo (1979); Amélie Léfèvre (1965); Angel and Sinner (1945); Armchair Theatre (1957); At the Eleventh Hour (1912); Baap Beti (1954); Bara en danserska (1926); Bastina (1969); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1954); Becicka (1971); Bedtime Stories: Tales of Love and Hate (2024); Begierde (1951); Bel ami (1919 / 1939 / 1947 / 1955 / 1968 / 1971 / 1976 / 1979 / 1983 / 2005 / 2012); Bel-Ami Der Frauenheld von Paris (1955); Berthe (1976); Binarius (1991); Black Sabbath (1963); Boccaccio '70 (1962); Boston Blackie (1952); Boule de suif (1934 / 1964 / 2012); Ce cochon de Morin (1924 / 1932); Chafalonías (1960); Chez Maupassant (2007–2011); Cineficción Radio (2019–2024); Collections privées (1979); Condecorado (2006); Conrad Nagel Theater (1955); Das Fäßchen (1963); Das standhafte Fräulein (1959); Dedicstvo (1982); Dedictví slecny Innocencie (2003); Den underbara lögnen (1955); Der kleine Soldat (1971); Der Morin - Das Schwein (1963); Destník (1967); Deux amis (1946); Diabel (1988 / 2005); Diário de um Território Ocupado (1993); Diary of a Madman (1963); Die Brüder (1958); Die Erbschaft (1972 / 1981); Die gute Partie (1963); Die Heiratsannonce (1985); Die Kommode (1969); Die Nichten der Frau Oberst (1968); Die Nichten der Frau Oberst. 2. Teil - Mein Bett ist meine Burg (1969); Die Reisegesellschaft (1968); Dnes vecer hrám ja (1994–1995); Doch isterzannoy Pol'shi (1915); Dve z Paríze (1988); Ein Pariser Abenteuer (1982); El Horla (1969); El jardín de Venus (1983); El quinto jinete (1975); El vestido de novia (1959); El vicio y la virtud (1975); El vividor (1977); Estudio 1 (1972); Father (2018); Found on a Drowned Man (2024); Games of Desire (1991); Ganz in Familie (1987); General Electric Theater (1961); Gente onesta (1912); Golden Braid (1990); Gömböc (1961); Grande Teatro Tupi (1963); Guy De Maupassant's The Signal (2018); Hantises (1997); Have Gun - Will Travel (1959); He (1932); HE! (1988); Her Hour of Triumph (1912); His Great Duty (1910); Histoire d'une fille de ferme (1973); Histoire vraie (1973); Hodiny od Fourniera (1995); Hora once (1970–1971); Hotel du Commerce (1963); Hôtel du commerce (1969); I nostri mariti (1966); Idilio (1977); Idylle (1983); Il falso bugiardo (2008); In the Spring (1971); Indiscretion (2024); Inner Sanctum (1954); Invitation au voyage (2020); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1970); ITV Television Playhouse (1961); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1957); Katha Sagar (1986); Kimberly (1999); Kisobran, osveta i uzica (1962); La chevelure (1961); La Chevelure (2018); La criada de la granja (1953); La fuga (1944); La lune trouble (1995); La main (1920 / 1997); La maison Tellier (1981 / 2008); La Morte (2002); La mujer de a seis litros (1967); La mujer del puerto (1949); La Noche (2022); La Parure (2019); La soirée (1963); La terreur des dames (1956); La veuve Saverini (2020); L'ami Maupassant (1986); L'armoire (1979); Las grandes novelas (1971); Las sepulcrales (1970); L'auberge (1922); Le Horla (1993 / 2009 / 2010 / 2023); Le jour de noces (1977); Le père (1964); Le père Amable (1975); Le petit fût (1961); Le Plaisir (1952); Le port (1974); Les dimanches d'un bourgeois de Paris (2015); Les tombales (2002); Letter of a Madman (2012); L'expiation (1918); L'héritage (1965); Lilli Palmer Theatre (1955); Limbo: A Small Measure of Peace (2016); L'ordonnance (1921); Los especiales de Doria (1998); Los exclusivos del Nueve (1982); L'uomo che piaceva alle donne - Bel Ami (2001); Madame and Her Niece (1969); Madame Baptiste (1974); Madame Husson und ihr Tugendjüngling (1987); Mademoiselle Fifi (1944 / 1986); Mademoiselle Fifi ou Histoire de rire (1990); Malyutka Elli (1918); Marie B (2022); Martí, pare i fill (1985); Masculine Feminine (1966); Masterworks of Terror (1960); Matinee Theatre (1956); Maupassant (1963); Maupassant, portraits brisés (2021); Milácek (1972 / 2002); Mont-Oriol (1958 / 1980); Morning Vigil (2025); Mouche (1968); Musotte (1920); Na vodi (2018); Nadmerné malickosti: Cas grundlí (2004); Naiskohtaloita (1947); Nostra madre (1983); Novela (1963); Ojos cerrados (2018); Omnibus (1953); On sort ce soir (1982); One Life (1958); Onna no isshô (1928 / 1953 / 1967); Opfer der Liebe (1923); Oslava (1974); Oyuki the Virgin (1935); Palabras cruzadas (1975); Pastoral (2000); Pedakam/The Box (2000); Pegawai tinggi (1954); Père inconnu (2000); Pere Milon (1909); Perhe-elämää (1963); Perintö (1978); Persiki i perchiki. Kurtuaznye istorii (2003); Peter and John (2015); Petr a Jan (1987); Pierre & Jeanne (2021 / 1924 / 1943 / 1973 / 2004); Podivuhodný vecer se slecnami (1988); Pomsta (1971); Première neige (1976); Prípad paní Luneauové (1967); Prodej (1967); Prostredky lásky (1968); Proud Iza (2008); Racconti neri (2006); Räkna de lyckliga stunderna blott (1944); Rasvapallo (1962); Relatos Clásicos de Misterio y Terror (2022); Romanze in Moll (1943); Rosalie (1966); Ruanskaya deva po prozvishchu Pyshka (1989); Scary Stories Around the Fire (2022); Secrets of a French Maid (1980); Sesham (2023); Sljukine price (1978); Softly from Paris (1986–1990); Stimulantia (1967); Suspense (1960); Svi brane gospodjicu Mireille (1959); Sweet Games of Last Summer (1970); Ta de yi sheng (1958); Television Theater (1957–2000); The Beginning Was Sin (1954); The Bird of Prey (1918); The Chain (1996); The Devil (2005); The Diamond Necklace (1921); The Edge (1998); The Errol Flynn Theatre (1956); The Flower and the Violence (1962); The Flower Girl (1951); The Hand (2024); The Horla (1966); The Idyll (2016); The Inheritance (1964); The Inn (2012); The Journey (1959); The Knife Thrower (1951); The Letter (2014); The Necklace (1909 / 1957 / 1981); The Orderly (1933); The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947); The Prize (1950); The Secrets of Love: Three Rakish Tales (1986); The Son's Return (1909); The Spice of Wickedness (1983); The Unforeseen (1959); The White Orchid (1951); The Woman Disputed (1928); The Woman of the Port (1934); The World Our Stage (1958); Three Ripening Cherries (1979); Toine (1980); Treize contes de Maupassant (1963–1964); Trois femmes (1952); Trois mots en passant (2015); TV de Vanguarda (1954); U srcu moje plavuse (1984); Uit de wereld van Guy de Maupassant (1976–1978); Umorismo in nero (1965); Un après midi au parc (1998); Un commerce tranquille (1964); Une vie (2005 / 2024); Violent Blood Bath (1974); Volver (1992); Was it a Dream? (2020); Woman of the Port (1991); Yeojaui ilsaeng (1968); Yichuan zhenzhu (1926); Your Favorite Story (1953–1954); Your Show Time (1949); Ystävykset (1969); Yvetta (1967 / 1917 / 1928 / 1938 / 1971); Zbabelec (1990).

Born on this day – Moya Brennan:

Moya Brennan

Singer

Writer

Harpist

Philanthropist

August 4, 1952 – April 13, 2026

Credits:

Books:

A Woman's Voice (1991); Ireland: Landscapes of God's Peace (2000); The Other Side of the Rainbow: The Autobiography of the Voice of Clannad (2001).

Albums:

Affinity (2013); An Irish Christmas (2005); Canvas (2017); Clannad (1973); Clannad 2 (1974); Clannad in Concert (1979); Clannad: Live in Concert (2005); Crann Úll (1980); Heart Strings (2008); Hidden Heart (2005); Legend (1984); Macalla (1985); Máire (1992); Misty Eyed Adventures (1994); My Match Is a Makin' (2010); New Irish Hymns (2001); Nollaig Gaelach (2023); Perfect Time (1998); Signature (2006); The Angel and the Soldier Boy (1989); The Best of Clannad: In a Lifetime (2003); Timeless (2019); Two Horizons (2003); Voices and Harps (2010); Voices and Harps (IV) (2024); Whisper to the Wild Water (1999); Worship Together: In Christ Alone (2001).

Movies and television:

Band of Brothers (2001); Baywatch (1994); BingoLotto (2003); Blood on the Land: The Making of a King (2004); Chicane Feat. Máire Brennan: Saltwater (1999); Circle of Friends (1995); Clannad & Paul Young: Both Sides Now (1991); Clannad Feat. Bono: In a Lifetime (1985); Clannad Feat. Bruce Hornsby: Something to Believe In (1987); Clannad Feat. Denise Chaila: In A Lifetime (2021); Clannad Feat. Duke Special: Brave Enough (2014); Clannad Live at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin (2012); Clannad: Buachaill Ón Éirne (1985); Clannad: Closer to Your Heart (1985); Clannad: Hourglass (1989); Clannad: In Fortune's Hand (1990); Clannad: Mystery Game (1993); Clannad: Robin (The Hooded Man) (1984); Clannad: Seanchas (1996); Clannad: The Hunter (1989); Clannad: Theme from Harry's Game (1982); Clannad: Who Knows (Where the Time Goes) (2020); Fishing the Sloe-Black River (1996); How Ireland Rocked the '70s (2021); If I Should Fall from Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story (2001); Ireland: am (2005); Kelly (2000–2004); King Arthur (2004); Millennium Chorus: The Greatest Story Ever Sung (2000); Moya (2020); Moya Brennan: Children of War (2019); Moya Brennan: The Music of What happens (2010); Moya Brennan: Voices & Harps Tour (2016); MTV 90s - Top 50 90s Collabs! (2024); Music of Ireland: Welcome Home (2010); Music of Ireland: Welcome to America (2010); Now Here (2010); Popular (2000); Prisoner Zero (2016); Robin of Sherwood (1984–1986); Roger Shah feat. Moya Brennan: Morning Star - Orchestral Version (2011); Roger Shah feat. Moya Brennan: Morning Star (2011); Samantha Brown's Places to Love (2018); Saturday Night with Miriam (2008); Smashing Hits! The 80s Pop Map of Britain & Ireland (2018); Sol (2020); Songs of Praise (2004–2006); The Angel and the Soldier Boy (1989); The Heaven and Earth Show (2006); The Last of the Mohicans (1992); The Late Late Show (2003); The Podge and Rodge Show (2008); The Project (2024); To End All Wars (2001); Top of the Pops (1982–1999); Warriors of Virtue (1997); Windmill Lane (2020).

Born on this day – D.L. Coburn:

D.L. Coburn

Writer

August 4, 1938 – December 3, 2025

Credits:

Play:

The Gin Game (1977).

Movies and television:

Gin Game (2022); Gin Romme (1983); Kaarten op tafel (1982); The 32nd Annual Tony Awards (1978); The Gin Game (1981 / 2003); To theatro tis Defteras (1992).

Born on this day – Vali Myers:

Vali Myers

Artist

Writer

Dancer

Actress

Director

August 2, 1930 – February 12, 2003

Credits:

Books:

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

Movies and television:

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

Born on this day – M.R. James:

M.R. James

Writer

Medievalist scholar

August 1, 1862 – June 12, 1936

Credits:

Books:

100 Creepy Little Creature Stories (1994); 100 Fiendish Little Frightmares (1990); 65 Great Spine Chillers (1982); A Century of Children's Ghost Stories (1996); A Century of Ghost Stories (1936); A Century of Horror (1971); A Distant Cry (2002); A Little Night Reading (1974); A Neighbour's Landmark (1924); A Pleasing Terror (2001); A School Story (1911); A Second Century of Creepy Stories (1930); A Thin Ghost and Others (1919); A View from a Hill (1925); A Vignette (1936); A Warning to the Curious (1925); Abbeys (1925); After Dark in the Playing Fields (1931); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957); An Episode of Cathedral History (1919); An Evening's Entertainment (1925); Best Black Magic Stories (1960); Best Horror Stories (1957); Best Horror Stories 2 (1965); Between the Tracks (2017); Beyond Midnight (1976); Black Water (1983); Blood Thirst (1997); Casting the Runes (1987); Chamber of Horrors (1984); Christopher Lee's Archives of Evil (1977); Christopher Lee's New Chamber of Horrors (1974); Classic Ghost Stories II (1990); Classic Horror Stories (2024); Classic Tales of Horror (1976); Classic Vampire Tales Volume One (2010); Classics of the Supernatural (1998); Collected Ghost Stories (2018); Complete Ghost Stories (2017); Count Magnus (1904); Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories (2005); Curious Warnings (2012); Dancing with the Dark (1997); Dark Company (1984); December Tales (2021); Dracula's Brood (1987); Dracula's Guest (2010); Dying of Fright (1976); Everyman's Book of Classic Horror Stories (1965); Evil Roots (2019); Fear (1975); Fear and Trembling (1946); Flotsam Fantasique (2013); Gaslight Tales of Terror (1976); Ghost Stories (1988 / 2018 / 2019); Ghost Stories: Stephen Fry's Definitive Collection (2023); Ghostly (2015); Ghosts (2018); Ghosts for Christmas (1988); Ghosts from the Library (2022); Ghosts of Christmas Past (2017); Ghosts That Haunt You (1980); Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary (1904); Great Ghost Stories (1918); H.P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror (1993); Handle with Care (1985); Hanging By a Thread (1970); Hauntings (1968); Haunts (2011); Holy Ghosts (2023); In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe (2015); Lost Hearts (1895); Martin's Close (1911); Medley Macabre (1966); Mind at Bay (1969); Mind in Chains (1970); Minor Hauntings (2021); More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1911); Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance (1911); My Favorite Fantasy Story (1994); My Favorite Horror Story (2000); Number 13 (1904); Nursery Crimes (1993); Phantastic Book of Ghost Stories (2002); Quiver of Horror (1965); Realms of Darkness (1985); Sinister And Supernatural Stories (1978); Sixty-Five Great Tales of the Supernatural (1979); Sleep No More (1964); Small Shadows Creep (1963); Sorceress in Stained Glass (1971); Specter! (1982); Spine Chillers (1961); Spirits of the Season (2018); Summoned from the Tomb (1973); Supernatural Horror Short Stories (2017); Supernatural Stories (1995); Tales from the Dead of Night (2013); Tales of the Dark 2 (1977); Tales of the Dark 3 (1988); Tales of the Supernatural (1962); Tales to Freeze the Blood (2006); The 16th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1980); The 4th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1967); The 7th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1972); The Best Ghost Stories of M R James (1944); The Book of Ghost Stories (1983); The Century's Best Horror Fiction Volume One (2004); The Collected Ghost Stories of M R James (1931); The Colour of Evil (1987); The Cthulhu Cycle (1996); The Damnations (2024); The Dark Descent (1997); The Dead of Winter (2023); The Diary of Mr Poynter (1919); The Edge of Never (1973); The Evil Image (1983); The Five Jars (1922); The Fourth Armada Ghost Book (1972); The Ghost Stories (1973); The Ghost Stories of M. R. James (2018); The Ghost's Companion (1975); The Giant Book of Classic Ghost Stories (1997); The Haunted Dolls' House (1925); The Haunted Library (2016); The Haunted Looking Glass (1959); The Horror Hall of Fame (1987); The House of the Nightmare (1967); The Malice of Inanimate Objects (1933); The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 21 (2010); The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror (2021); The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories (1990); The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (2000); The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries (1936); The Mammoth Book of Vampires (1992); The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories (1995); The Mammoth Book of Zombies (1993); The Mezzotint (1904); The Midnight People (1968); The Mystery Book (1934); The Nightmare Reader Volume 2 (1973); The Oxford Book of English Short Stories (1998); The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1996); The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories (1984); The Penguin Book of Horror Stories (1984); The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories (1987); The Penguin Complete Ghost Stories of M R James (1931); The Residence at Whitminster (1919); The Rivals of Dracula (1977); The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral (1910); The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance (1913); The Third Armada Ghost Book (1970); The Thrill of Horror (1975); The Tractate Middoth (1911); The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1904); The Treasury of the Fantastic (2000); The Vampire Archives (2009); The Weird (2011); The Zinzolin Book of Occult Fiction (2022); There was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard (1931); Thirteen Ghost Stories (1935); Thirteen Uncanny Tales (1970); Thrillers (1994); Twisted Yuletide (2025); Two Doctors (1919); Victorian Ghost Stories (1991); Wailing Well (1928); Weird Woods (2020); When Churchyards Yawn (1982); Wizards and Warlocks (1961); Young Ghosts (1985); Zombies! (2013).

Movies and television:

A Ghost Story for Christmas (1971–1975 / 2005–2022); Camera Three (1959); Christmas Tales (1990); Cineficción Radio (2019); Classic Ghost Stories (1986); Count Magnus (2015); Doctors (2014); Ghost Stories for Christmas (2000); Great Ghost Tales (1961); Hello Humans (2022); ITV Playhouse (1979); Lights Out (1951); Lost Hearts (2007 / 2012); M R James: Ghost Stories for Christmas (2022); Mr. Humphreys and His Inheritance (1976); Mystery and Imagination (1966–1968); Night of the Demon / aka Curse of the Demon (1957); Octoberpod AM (2024); Omnibus (1968); Play Me a Note (2015); Post Tenebras Lux (2017); Rats by M.R. James (2011); Scary Stories Around the Fire (2025); Shadows at the Door (2019–2020); Spine Chillers (1980); Tales of Ghosts and Demons (2023); The Church (1989); The Conception of Terror (2019); The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance (2016); Vampirismus (1980); Wailing Well (2019); Whistle and I'll Come to You! (1957).

Born on this day – John Masius:

John Masius

Writer

Producer

July 30, 1950 – September 13, 2025

Credits:

Back from the Dead: Resurrecting 'Dead Like Me' (2009); Biography (2010); Bittersweet Love (1976); Brooklyn Bridge (1991–1992); Chestnut Hill (2001); Dead Like Me (2003–2004); Dead Like Me: Life After Death (2009); Dolphin Cove (1989); Ferris Bueller (1990–1991); Hawthorne (2009–2011); L.A. Law (1992–1993); Las Vegas Lady (1975); Nick & Hillary (1988–1989); Providence (1999–2002); St. Elsewhere (1982–1988); The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards (1984); The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986); The Single Guy (1995–1997); The Visitor (1997–1998); The White Shadow (1979–1981); Touched by an Angel (1994–2003); Tracks (1976).

Born on this day – Anne Ridler:

Anne Ridler

Writer

July 30, 1912 – October 15, 2001

Recommended reading:

Anne Ridler: Collected Poems

By Anne Ridler.

Published by Carcanet Press Ltd.

Published 1994.

ISBN-10: 1857541162

ISBN-13: 978-1857541168

Description:

Anne Ridler's first book, Poems, was published in 1939. Her poetry developed in the light and shadow of the poets of the day - MacNeice and Auden, but also Durrell and Watkins. As important is a deep affinity with the secular and devotional writers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Ambitious for her poems, she was never ambitious for reputation. Like that of her friend E.J. Scovell, her work has not received proper recognition until now.

She has published ten collections of poems, original and translated opera libretti, including Monteverdi's Orfeo. She is the author of verse plays which have been performed in Oxford and London. This collection contains all that she wishes to preserve from her volumes of lyric poetry, together with the choruses from the play, The Trial of Thomas Cranmer, and a masque for music by Elizabeth Maconchy, The Jesse Tree.

Born on this day – Milton Holmes:

Milton Holmes

Writer

Actor

Producer

July 30, 1907 – September 19, 1987

Credits:

A Matter of WHO (1961); A Ship Comes In (1928); Boots Malone (1952); Grand Hotel (1932); Johnny O'Clock (1947); Mr. Lucky (1943); Mr. Lucky (1959–1960); Mr. Soft Touch (1949); Salty O'Rourke (1945); The Barber's Daughter (1929); The Constabule (1929); The Godless Girl (1928); The Luckiest Girl in the World (1936); The Lunkhead (1929); The Naked Earth (1958); The Spy (1931); The Wreck of the Hesperus (1927).

Born on this day – Terence Stamp:

Terence Stamp

Actor

Writer

Director

July 22, 1938 – August 17, 2025

Credits:

Books:

Coming Attractions (1988); Double Feature (1989); Rare Stamps: Reflections on Living, Breathing, and Acting (2012); Stamp Album (1987); The Night (1993); The Ocean Fell into the Drop: A Memoir (2017); The Stamp Collection Cookbook (1997); The Wheat and Dairy Free Cookbook (2002).

Movies & television:

1966: A Nation Remembers (2016); 20 to 1 (2006); 7.30 (2024); A Look Behind My Boss's Daughter (2004); A Season in Hell (1971); ABC News Breakfast (2025); Alien Nation (1988); All the World's a Stage (1984); American Masters (1986); Beltenebros (1991); Between a Frock & a Hard Place (2015); Big Eyes (2014); Billy Budd (1962); Bitter Harvest (2017); Black-Out (1977); Bliss (1997); Blue (1968); Bowfinger (1999); Bright Eyes: At the Bottom of Everything (2005); Bullshit Hour with Jon Seymour/This Podcast Is Lamb Chops (2023); Charlie Rose (2013); Chessgame (1983); Cinema 3 (1985); Cold War Killers (1986); Comme au cinéma (1999); Crooked House (2017); Crow (2016); D'Astrain No Cinema: Burning Questions (2019); De película (1988); Dead Fish (2005); Días de cine (1992 / 2025); Discovering Film (2015); Donahue (1994); Elektra (2005); Fade In (1973); Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up (2002); Far from the Madding Crowd (1967); Fellini: I'm a Born Liar (2002); Film '04 (2004); Film Night (1971); Film Önü / Arkasi (2019); Flowers and Weeds (2008); Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence (2017); Full Frontal (2002); Gala de l'union (1971); Genuine Risk (1990); Get Smart (2008); Good Day L.A. (2013); Good Morning America (2025); Greenwich Village (1972); Halo 3 (2007); Halo: The Master Chief Collection (2014); HBO First Look (2004–2008); HBO Magazine (1982); His Dark Materials (2003 / 2020); History of Football: The Beautiful Game (2002); Hollywood U.K. British Cinema in the Sixties (1993); Hot Buttered Movie Special: Elektra (2005); Hu-Man (1975); Inside the Twin Towers (2006); Jazz Britannia (2005); Kiss the Sky (1998); Kneel Before Zod (2010); Ladies Please! (1995); Lambert & Stamp (2014); Last Night in Soho (2021); Last Night in Soho: Deleted Scenes (2022); Le club (1995); Legal Eagles (1986); Les Chroniques du Mea (2023); Licanthropus, il figlio della notte (1979); Link (1986); Lionpower from MGM (1967); Live Earth (2007); Location: Far from the Madding Crowd (1967); London: The Modern Babylon (2012); Love Walked In (1997); Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend (2001); Max on Set: Wanted (2008); Meetings with Remarkable Men (1979); Mindbender (1996); Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016); Modesty Blaise (1966); Morte in Vaticano (1982); Movie Night Extravaganza (2024); Movie Talk (2013); Murder Mystery (2019); My Boss's Daughter (2003); My Boss's Daughter: Outtakes (2004); My Wife Is an Actress (2001); Mystery on Monster Island (1981); Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics (2013); New Release (1965); Norman Wisdom: His Story (2010); Nureyev Unzipped (1998); Oliver Harper's Retrospectives and Reviews (2022); On the Pool Patio with Ilya Salkind (2011); Once in A Lifetime... (1988); One Square Mile: London (2012); Paris dernière (1996); Parkinson One to One (1988); Poor Cow (1967); RealTVFilms (2008); Red Planet (2000); Red Planet: Deleted Scenes (2000); Release (1969); Relentless: The Making of 'Elektra' (2005); Revelation (2001); Scene by Scene (1998); Schau mir in die Augen, Kleiner (2007); Separate Lies (2005); September Dawn (2007); Sir Michael Caine - Vom Arbeiterkind zum Hollywoodstar (2023); Six Sides of Katharine Hepburn (2018); Smallville (2003–2011); Song for Marion: Deleted Scenes / Interviews / Out Takes (2013); Spirits of the Dead / Segment: Toby Dammit (1968); Spy-Catcher (1960); Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999); Static Shock (2003); Stranger in the House (1990); Striptease (1977); Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024); Superman (1978); Superman II (1980); Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006); Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' (2001); Tellement Gay! Homosexualité et pop culture (2015); Teorema (1968); Term of Trial (1962); Terror Nullius (2018); The 15th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2000); The 17th Annual Satellite Awards (2012); The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1995); The Adjustment Bureau (2011); The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994); The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert: The Bus from Blooperville (2005); The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert: Tidbits from the Set (2005); The Alamut Ambush (1986); The Art of the Steal (2013); The Birth of a Queen: Directing a Drag Classic - The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (2005); The Bloody Chamber (1983); The Collector (1965); The Company of Wolves (1984); The Deadly Recruits (1986); The Divine Nymph (1975); The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006); The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered (2025); The Getaway: Black Monday (2004); The Haunted Mansion (2003); The Hit (1984); The Hour (2013); The Hunger (1997–1998); The Impresarios (1967); The Kiss (2003); The Krays: The Prison Years (2016); The Limey (1999); The Magic Behind the Cape (2001); The Making of Halo 3 (2007); The Making of Oblivion (2006); The Making of 'Superman II' (1982); The Making of Superman: The Movie (1980); The Making of 'The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion' (2006); The Making of Wanted: The Game (2008); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1968); The Mind of Mr. Soames (1970); The Mythology of Superman (2006); The Project (2024–2025); The Real McCoy (1993); The Sicilian (1987); The Story of... Only Fools and Horses.... (2017); The Thief of Baghdad (1978); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1994); These Foolish Things (2006); This Is Your Life (1994); This Morning (2013); Three Lions (2002); Tiré à part (1996); Toby Dammit (1968); Today (2025); Together? (1979); Tonite Let's All Make Love in London (1967); Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie (2010); Unfinished Song (2012); Up Close with Carrie Keagan (2008); V Graham Norton (2002); Valkyrie (2008); Viking Destiny (2018); Vilde, the Wild One (1986); Wall Street (1987); Wanted (2008); Wanted: Weapons of Fate (2009); Wogan (1987); Yes Man (2008); You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman (2006); Young Guns (1988); Zoom su Fellini (1983).

Born on this day – Hart Crane:

Hart Crane

Writer

July 21, 1899 – April 27, 1932

Credits:

Books:

Complete poems (1984); Complete Poems and Selected Letters and Prose of Hart Crane (1966); Hart Crane and Yvor Winters (1978); Hart Crane and Yvor Winters: Their Literary Correspondence (1978); Hart Crane to Charles Harris (1978); Hart Crane: Complete Poems and Selected Letters (2006); Last letters of Hart Crane (1934); Letters of Hart Crane and His Family (1974); O My Land, My Friends: The Selected Letters of Hart Crane (1997); Robber Rocks: Letters and Memories of Hart Crane, 1923–1932 (1968); The Bridge (1930); The Collected Poems of Hart Crane (date?); The Complete Poems of Hart Crane (1986); The Letters of Hart Crane, 1916–1932 (1952); The poet's vocation: selections from letters of Hölderlin, Rimbaud, & Hart Crane (1967); Twenty-one letters from Hart Crane to George Bryan (1968); Two letters: Hart Crane (1934); White Buildings (1926).

Documentary:

In Search of Hart Crane (1966).

Born on this day – Dan McGrath:

Dan McGrath

Writer

Producer

July 20, 1964 – November 14, 2025

Credits:

Anna and the King (1999); Bedrooms and Hallways (1998); Comic-Con '08 Live (2008); Gravity Falls (2012); King of the Hill (2003–2010); Mission Hill (1999); Mission Hill (1999–2002); Muppets Tonight (1996); Muscle (1995); Sammy (2000–2001); Saturday Night Live (1991–1992); Saturday Night Live: All the Best for Mother's Day (1992); The PJs (2001); The Simpsons (1992–1998).