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Friday, February 6, 2026

Born on this day – Renée French:


Renée French


Actress

Production manager

February 6, 1966 – May 19, 2020

Credits:

Coffee and Cigarettes (2003); Nowhere Fast (1995); Malcolm X (1992); Fishing with John (1991).

Born on this day – Gayle Hunnicutt:


Gayle Hunnicutt


Actress

February 6, 1943 – August 31, 2023


Credits:

CI5: The New Professionals (1998); Tales from the Crypt (1989); Screen Two (1985); Dallas (1989–1991); Hard to Be a God (1989); The Saint: The Brazilian Connection (1989); Silence Like Glass (1989); Turnaround (1987); Strong Medicine (1986); Dream West (1986); Lime Street (1985); Dream Lover (1986); Target (1985); A Woman of Substance (1984); Let's Parlez Franglais (1984); The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984); The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984); Two by Forsyth (1984); Savage in the Orient (1983); Tales of the Unexpected (1983); Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983); Fantasy Island (1983); The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983); Taxi (1983); Matt Houston (1982); Lady Killers (1980); The Million Dollar Face (1981); Flashpoint Africa (1980); The Love Boat (1980); Fantômas (1980); A Man Called Intrepid (1980); The Martian Chronicles (1980); A Man Called Intrepid (1979); Return of the Saint (1978); The Saint and the Brave Goose (1979); Dylan (1978); Once in Paris... (1978); BBC Play of the Month (1965); The Sell-Out (1976); Strange Shadows in an Empty Room (1976); 2nd House (1975); Switch (1975); The Man Without a Face (1975); The Spiral Staircase (1975); Shadowman (1974); Affairs of the Heart (1974); Fall of Eagles (1974); Thriller (1973); Voices (1973); The Legend of Hell House (1973); Scorpio (1973); Away from It All (1973); The Golden Bowl (1972); Running Scared (1972); The Love Machine (1971); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969); Love, American Style (section entitles Love and the Logical Explanation) (1971); Freelance (1970); Fragment of Fear (1970); Marlowe (1969); Eye of the Cat (1969); The Smugglers (1968); P.J. (1967); Get Smart (1965); Love on a Rooftop (1966); Hey, Landlord (1966); The Beverly Hillbillies (1962); The Wild Angels (1966); Mister Roberts (episode entitled Unwelcome Aboard) (1966).

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Born on this day – Collin Wilcox Paxton:


Collin Wilcox Paxton


Actress

February 4, 1935 – October 14, 2009

Credits:

A Touch of Fate (2003); Papa's Angels (2000); Carriers (1998); American Gothic (1998); Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997); The Crying Child (1996); Twisted Desire (1996); The Journey of August King (1995); Christy (1994–1995); Fluke (1995); Death in Small Doses (1995); Christy (1994); The Portrait (1993); Wildflower (1991); Foxfire (1987); Marie (1985); Under This Sky (1979); A Rainy Day (1979); Jaws 2 (1978); Little House on the Prairie (1977); September 30, 1955 (1977); Hunter (1977); Quincy M.E. (1977); Bert D'Angelo / Superstar (1976); Movin' On (1976); Medical Story (1975); The Lives of Jenny Dolan (1975); The Family Holvak (1975); The Manhunter (1975); Columbo (1974); A Cry in the Wilderness (1974); Cannon (1972–1974); The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974); The Man Who Could Talk to Kids (1973); The Streets of San Francisco (1973); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1973); Gunsmoke (1972); Circle of Fear (1972); The Waltons (1972); Banyon (1972); Ironside (1972); Longstreet (1972); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1971); Medical Center (1971); Jump (1971); The Immortal (1970); The Baby Maker (1970); The Revolutionary (1970); Catch-22 (1970); The Sound of Anger (1968); Death Valley Days (1968); The Name of the Game Is Kill! (1968); Judd for the Defense (1968); Virginian (1967); The Felony Squad (1967); The Road West (1967); The F.B.I. (1966–1967); The Fugitive (1965–1966); Run for Your Life (1966); The Long, Hot Summer (1966); The Defenders (1962–1965); The Doctors and the Nurses (1965); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964–1965); Ben Casey (1964); The Twilight Zone (1964); The Great Adventure (1964); Route 66 (1964); The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963); Temple Houston (1963); Dr. Kildare (1962–1963); To Kill a Mockingbird (1962); The Eleventh Hour (1962); The Untouchables (1962); Great Ghost Tales (1961); Play of the Week (1960); Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (1960); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959); Brenner (1959); The DuPont Show of the Month (1958); Kraft Theatre (1957); Twice Upon a Time (1953).

Born on this day – Betty Friedan:


Betty Friedan


Writer

Actress

February 4, 1921 – February 4, 2006

Credits:

Books:

Beyond Gender (1997); It Changed My Life: Writings on the Women's Movement (1976); Life So Far (2000); The Feminine Mystique (1963); The Fountain of Age (1993); The Second Stage (1981).

Movies and television:

A Century of Women (1994); American Experience (2014); Beatles '64 (2024); Before Stonewall (1984); Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); Camera Three (1968); Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed (2004); Debunked (2022); Donahue (1972); Ex Libris (1990); Femme d'aujourd'hui (1965–1982); Firing Line (1971); Five Day Bicycle Race (2011); Gloria: In Her Own Words (2011); Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (2000); Headliners & Legends (1998); History 101 (2020); Independent Lens (2005); Intimate Portrait (1999); Makers: Women Who Make America (2013); Passion & Power: The Technology of Orgasm (2007); Quelques féministes américaines (1977); Superpowered: The DC Story (2023); Take Thirty (1984); The David Frost Show (1971); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Eighties (2016); The First Measured Century (2000); The Irv Kupcinet Show (1971); The Last Party (1993); The Many Lives of Martha Stewart (2024); The Merv Griffin Show (1963); The Mike Douglas Show (1965–1976); The Seventies (2015); The Sixties (2014); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963); Think Tank with Ben Wattenberg (1996); Tiny Shoulders, Rethinking Barbie (2018); Town Bloody Hall (1979); Women's Day: The Making of a Bill (1998); Year of the Woman (1973).

Born on this day – Ida Lupino:


Ida Lupino


Actress

Singer

Director

Writer

Producer

February 4, 1918 – August 3, 1995

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1959); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960–1961); Alias Smith and Jones (1972); Anything Goes (1936); Artist and Models (1937); Barnaby Jones (1974); Batman (1968); Beware, My Lovely (1952); Bewitched (1965); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Bonanza (1959); Bracken's World (1970); Breaking Point (1963); Burke's Law (1963–1964); Charlie's Angels (1977); Climax! (1956); Columbo (1972–1974); Come On, Marines! (1934); Daniel Boone (1967); Dante (1960); Deadhead Miles (1972); Death Valley Days (1960); Deep Valley (1947); Devotion (1946); Dr. Kildare (1964); Dundee and the Culhane (1967); Ellery Queen (1975); Escape Me Never (1947); Family Affair (1969–1970); Female Artillery (1973); Fight for Your Lady (1937); Forever and a Day (1943); Four Star Playhouse (1953–1956); General Electric Theater (1960–1962); Gilligan's Island (1964–1966); Hard, Fast and Beautiful! (1951); Have Gun - Will Travel (1959–1961); Her First Affaire (1932); High Finance (1933); High Sierra (1940); Hollywood Canteen (1944); Honey West (1965); Hong Kong (1960); Hotel de Paree (1959–1960); I Lived with You (1933); I Love a Mystery (1973); In Our Time (1944); Insight (1971); It Takes a Thief (1968); Jennifer (1953); Judd for the Defense (1968); Junior Bonner (1972); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963–1964); Ladies in Retirement (1941); Let's Get Married (1937); Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942); Lust for Gold (1949); Lux Playhouse (1959); Medical Center (1972); Mod Squad (1969); Money for Speed (1933); Moontide (1942); Mr. Adams and Eve (1957–1958); Mr. Novak (1963–1965); My Boys Are Good Boys (1979); Nanny and the Professor (1971); Never Fear (1950); Not Wanted (1949); On Dangerous Ground (1951); On the Loose (1951); One Rainy Afternoon (1936); Out of the Fog (1941); Outrage (1950); Paris in Spring (1935); Peter Ibbetson (1935); Pillow to Post (1945); Police Woman (1975); Prince of Arcadia (1933); Private Hell 36 (1954); Ready for Love (1934); Road House (1948); Sam Benedict (1962–1963); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Sea Devils (1937); Search for Beauty (1934); Smart Girl (1935); Strange Intruder (1956); Switch (1975); Tate (1960); Teenage Idol (1958); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943); The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939); The Big Knife (1955); The Bigamist (1953); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1973); The Devil's Rain (1975); The Donna Reed Show (1959); The Food of the Gods (1976); The Ford Television Theatre (1954); The Fugitive (1963–1964); The Gay Desperado (1936); The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968); The Ghost Camera (1933); The Green Peacock (1958); The Hard Way (1943); The Hitch-Hiker (1953); The Investigators (1961); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1956); The Lady and the Mob (1939); The Letters (1973); The Light That Failed (1939); The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939); The Love Race (1931); The Man I Love (1946); The Manhunter (1974); The Name of the Game (1969); The Outcasts (1969); The Rifleman (1961); The Rogues (1964–1965); The Sea Wolf (1941); The Strangers in 7A (1972); The Streets of San Francisco (1974); The Trouble with Angels (1966); The Twilight Zone (1959–1964); The Untouchables (1962–1963); The Virginian (1963–1965); The Wild Wild West (1966); They Drive by Night (1940); Thriller (1961–1962); Virginian (1966); While the City Sleeps (1956); Woman in Hiding (1950); Women in Chains (1972); Women's Prison (1955); Yours for the Asking (1936); Zane Grey Theatre (1956).

Born on this day – Gwili Andre:


Gwili Andre


Actress

Model

February 4, 1907 – February 5, 1959

Credits:

A Woman's Face (1941); Meet the Boy Friend (1937); No Other Woman (1933); Roar of the Dragon (1932); Secrets of the French Police (1932); The Falcon's Brother (1942); The Girl Said No (1937).

Born on this day – Else Heller:


Else Heller


Actress

February 4, 1884 – February 12, 1951

Credits:

Asphalt (1929); Bookkeeper Kremke (1930); Cyankali (1930); Der Märtyrer seines Herzens (1918); Der Müller und sein Kind (1911); Die letzte Kompagnie (1930); Fräulein Else (1929); Kaiser Josef II. (1912); Liebe (1927); Man schenkt sich Rosen, wenn man verliebt ist (1930); Tropennächte (1931); Westfront 1918 (1930).

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Born on this day – Trisha Noble:


Trisha Noble


Singer

Actress

February 3, 1944 – January 23, 2021

Credits:

Albums:

Hits and Rarities – The Story of Patsy Ann Noble (1997); Il Est Là Le Garçon (1964); Just for You (1962).

Songs:

A Good Looking Boy; Accidents Will Happen; Better Late Than Never; City Of Night; Crack in the Door; Don't You Ever Change Your Mind; Good Looking Boy; Green Eyed People; He Tells Me With His Eyes; He Who Rides A Tiger; Heartbreak Avenue; Hey Look Me Over; I Did Nothing Wrong; I Love You So Much It Hurts; I Was Only Foolin' Myself; If You Wanna Be More Than Friends; I'll Be Thinking Of You; It Might As Well Be Spring; It's Better to Cry Today; Johnny One Note; Like I'm In Love; Live For Life; Mama; Misty; Once In A Lifetime; Private Property; Put On A Happy Face; Sour Grapes; The New Israeli Patchka; Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye; Tied Up With Mary; When You Find Your True Love.

Movies and television:

A Dream Singing (1964); All Saints (2000–2004); Arnie (1972); Bandstand (1961–1967); Baretta (1975); BBC Show of the Week (1968); Benny Hill: The Lost Years - Bennies from Heaven (2000); Big Night Out (1963–1964); Blackpool Night Out (1964); Blonde (2001); Body Business (1986); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979 / 1980); Callan (1970); Carry on Camping (1969); Carry on Laughing (1981); Casablanca (1983); Club Night (1964); Columbo (1975); Comedy Bandbox (1964–1965); Crowther's Back in Town (1970); ..Deadline.. (1982); Discs-a-gogo (1963–1964); Eischied (1979); Executive Suite (1976–1977); Fantasy Island (1978); Five O'Clock Club (1965–1966); Flamingo Road (1981); Fraud Squad (1970); Funny Girl Happened to Me on the Way to the Piano (1966); Hart to Hart (1982); Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 (1999); How the West Was Won (1978); Husbands, Wives & Lovers (1978); I'm a Fan (1972); International Cabaret (1968); Iolanthe (1968); James at 16 (1978); Juke Box Jury (1966); Love Is a Woman (1966); Matt Helm (1975); Matt Houston (1983); McMillan & Wife (1971); Mickey Dunne (1967); Mrs. Columbo (1979); My First Toy Company (2007); Ni figue ni raisin (1965); Night Gallery / Segment: House - With Ghost (1971); Oh Madeline (1983); One of Our Own (1975); Out of the Unknown (1969); Pops and Lenny (1963); Ready, Steady, Go! (1963); Reels Within Reels (1964); Revue '61 (1961–1962); Secret Agent (1966); Sing and Swing (1963); Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002); Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones: Deleted Scenes (2002); Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005); Stone (1980); Strike Force (1981–1982); T.J. Hooker (1983); Testimony of Two Men (1977); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1963–1966); The Andy Stewart Show (1964); The Arthur Haynes Show (1963); The Benny Hill Show (1966 / 1970); The Blackpool Show (1967); The Bob Crane Show (1975); The Charlie Drake Show (1967); The Courage and the Passion (1978); The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1972); The Dave King Show (1969); The Dick Emery Show (1966–1968); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1964); The Engelbert Humperdinck Show (1970); The Golden Rock (1960); The Liberace Show (1969); The Love Boat (1981); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1976); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Nixon Line (1967); The Private Eyes (1980); The Rhinemann Exchange (1977); The Rockford Files (1979); The South Bank Show (1996); The Wednesday Play (1966); The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979); Tommy Cooper (1970); Two of a Kind (1964); Up Pompeii! (1970); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1963); Water Rats (2000); We Have Ways of Making You Laugh (1968); What's a Carry On? (1998); Who-Dun-It (1969); Willow B: Women in Prison (1980); With Andy (1965); Z Cars (1969).

Monday, February 2, 2026

Born on this day – Farrah Fawcett:


Farrah Fawcett


Actress

February 2, 1947 – June 25, 2009

Credits:

1997 VH1 Fashion Awards (1997); A Wing & a Prayer: Farrah's Fight for Life (2008); ABC 25th Anniversary (1978); ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2003); Access Hollywood (2005); All-Star Party for Aaron Spelling (1998); All-Star Party for James Stewart (1978); All-Star Party for Lucille Ball (1984); Ally McBeal (1999); An Almost Perfect Affair (1979); Apple's Way (1974); Baby (2000); Battle of the Network Stars (1976); Between Two Women (1986); Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes (1977); Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes 2 (1977); Charlie's Angels (1976–1980); Charlie's Angels: TV Tales (2002); Chasing Farrah (2005); Children of the Dust (1995); Clive James' Postcard from... (1990); Comedy Central Roasts (2006); Criminal Behavior (1992); Dalva (1996); Days of Our Lives (1970); Donahue (1978); Donny and Marie (1976); Dr. T & the Women (2000); Dubonnet: Aperitif Wine Commercial (1972); E! True Hollywood Story (1999–2001); Entertainment Tonight (2006–2008); Entertainment Tonight Presents: Charlie's Angels – Uncovered (1999); Extremities (1986); Farrah's Story (2009); Good Morning America (1979–1989); Good Sports (1991); Harry O (1975–1976); Hollywood Wives: The New Generation (2003); Hour Magazine (1980); Howard Stern (1997); I Dream of Jeannie (1969); Inside O.U.T. (1971); Intimate Portrait (2004); It's Your Bet (1971); James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983); Jewel (2001); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2004–2005); Johnny Bravo (1997); Just a Little Inconvenience (1977); Killer Fish (1979); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994–1997); Late Show with David Letterman (1997–2005); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1978); Live with Kelly and Mark (2005); Logan's Run (1976); Love Is a Funny Thing (1969); Man of the House (1995); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1974); Margaret Bourke-White (1989); Mayberry R.F.D. (1969); McCloud (1974); Murder in Texas (1981); Murder on Flight 502 (1975); Myra Breckinridge (1970); Nancy (1970); Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story (1986); Nightlife (1986); Of Men and Women / The Interview (1973); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971); Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me (1997); Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me (1997); Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (1987); S.W.A.T. (1975); SAG Foundation Conversations (1979); Saturn 3 (1980); See You in the Morning (1989); Silk Hope (1999); Small Sacrifices (1989); So Notorious (2006); Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978); Spin City (2001); Steel (1979); Sunburn (1979); The 17th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1975); The 29th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1977); The 2nd Annual TV Land Awards (2004); The 34th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1977); The 35th Annual Genii Awards (1990); The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1985); The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1977); The 44th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1987); The 46th Annual Tony Awards (1992); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2006); The 61st Annual Academy Awards (1989); The Apostle (1997); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989–1991); The Barbara Walters Summer Special (1980–1995); The Boodle (1969); The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (1977); The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (1998); The Burning Bed (1984); The Cannonball Run (1981); The Captain and Tennille (1976); The Charles Grodin Show (1995); The Cookout (2004); The Dating Game (1969); The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003); The Fall Guy (1981); The Feminist and the Fuzz (1971); The Flunky (2000); The Flying Nun (1969–1970); The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped (1974); The Girl with Something Extra (1973); The Great American Beauty Contest (1973); The Guardian (2002–2003); The Journey of 'the Apostle' (1998); The Larry Sanders Show (1995); The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999); The Lovemaster (1997); The Making of 'Dr. T and the Women' (2001); The Merv Griffin Show (1976–1978); The More You Know (1989); The Norseman (1978); The Partridge Family (1970); The Red-Light Sting (1984); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997–2000); The Six Million Dollar Man (1974–1976); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1977); The Substitute Wife (1994); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1974–1992); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1994–2005); ; The Vienna Opera Ball (aka Wiener Opernball) (2001); The World Sports Awards (2001); The Young Rebels (1970); Three's a Crowd (1969); Time & Again (2000); Today (1980–1984); Top Ten (2001); Tribute to a TV Legend: Aaron Spelling (2006).

Born on this day – Jackie Burroughs:


Jackie Burroughs

Actress

February 2, 1939 – September 22, 2010

Born on this day – Dorian Gray:


Dorian Gray


Actress

February 2, 1928 – February 16, 2011

Credits:

The criminals of the metropolis (1967); Thrilling (1965); Motel Adventure (1963); Commando (1962); Peccati d'estate (1962); Finden sie, daß Constanze sich richtig verhält? (1962); The Attendants (1961); Destination Fury (1961); ... And Suddenly It's Murder! (1960); The tank of 8 September (1960); Colossus and the Amazon Queen (1960); Love and Larceny (1960); The Surprises of Love (1959); Short loves in Palma di Majorca (1959); Winter Holidays (1959); Love on the Riviera (1958); Wives dangerous (1958); Sunday is always Sunday (1958); The Scream (1957); Nights of Cabiria (1957); Totò, Peppino and the Outlaws (1956); Guaglione (1956); Totò, Peppino and the... Malafemmina (1956); Toto Double or Nothing (1956); They like me (1955); Poppy (1952); The Queen of Sheba (1952); Revenge... Sarda (1952); My Heart Sings (1951); Appointment for Murder (1951); The Magician by Strength (1951); Gosh to taxes!! (1951).

Born on this day – Bonita Granville:


Bonita Granville


Actress

Producer

Director

February 2, 1923 – October 11, 1988

Credits:

AFI Life Achievement Award (1987–1988); Ah Wilderness! (1935); Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944); Angels of Mercy (1940); Angels Wash Their Faces (1939); Anne of Green Gables (1934); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1951); Beauty for Sale (1933); Behind the Attraction (2021); Biography (1995); Breakdowns of 1938 (1938); Breakfast in Hollywood (1946); Broadway Television Theatre (1953); Call It a Day (1937); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1952); Cavalcade (1933); Chevron Theatre (1952); Climax! (1955–1956); Cradle Song (1933); Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson (1955); Dateline: Disneyland (1955); Down in San Diego (1941); Escape (1940); Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956); Flight of the Cougar (1967); Forty Little Mothers (1940); Gallant Sons (1940); Gruen Guild Theater (1951–1952); Guilty of Treason (1950); H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941); Hard to Get (1938); Hitler's Children (1943); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Talent Scouts (1966); Hollywood's Children (1982); It's Love I'm After (1937); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1957); Land of Liberty (1939); Lassie (1959–1973); Lassie: A Christmas Tail (1963); Lassie: Peace is Our Profession (2006); Lassie: The Adventures of Neeka (1968); Lassie: Well of Love (1970); Lassie's Great Adventure (1963); Little Women (1933); Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946); Lux Video Theatre (1951–1957); Maid of Salem (1937); Matinee Theatre (1956); Merrily We Live (1938); My Bill (1938); Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939); Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939); Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter (1939); Nancy Drew: Detective (1938); Now, Voyager (1942); One Rogue Reporter (2014); Picture People Vol. 2 No. 6: Hollywood War Efforts (1942); Playhouse 90 (1959); Quality Street (1937); Schlitz Playhouse (1955); Science Fiction Theatre (1957); Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 12 (1939); Screen Snapshots: Jimmy McHugh's Song Party (1951); Senorita from the West (1945); Seven Miles from Alcatraz (1942); Silver Dollar (1932); Soaring Stars (1942); Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (1951); Song of the Open Road (1944); Song of the Saddle (1936); Strike It Rich (1948); Studio One (1958); Suspense (1946); Syncopation (1942); Target (1958); The Beautiful Cheat (1945); The Beloved Brat (1938); The Best of the Post (1961); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater (1955); The Ford Television Theatre (1953); The Garden of Allah (1936); The Glass Key (1942); The Guilty (1947); The Ken Murray Show (1950); The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981); The Life of Vergie Winters (1934); The Lone Ranger (1956); The Magic of Lassie (1978); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Mike Douglas Show (1970–1979); The Mortal Storm (1940); The People vs. Dr. Kildare (1941); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Plough and the Stars (1936); The Schaefer Century Theatre (1952); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1964); The Truth About Murder (1946); The Unexpected (1952); The Wild Man of Borneo (1941); These Three (1936); Third Finger, Left Hand (1940); This Is the Life (1956); This Is Your Life (1953); Those Were the Days! (1940); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1974); Westward Passage (1932); White Banners (1938); Youth Runs Wild (1944).

Sunday, February 1, 2026

Born on this day – Nancy Gates:


Nancy Gates


Actress

February 1, 1926 – March 24, 2019

Credits:

Mod Squad (1969); Bonanza (1966); Burke's Law (1965); The Loner (1965); Rawhide (1965); Perry Mason (1957–1965); Kentucky Jones (1965); The Virginian (1964); Wagon Train (1958–1964); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962–1963); Gunsmoke (1962); Bus Stop (1961); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); The Detectives (1961); Zane Grey Theatre (1961); Hong Kong (1961); The Best of the Post (1961); Wichita Town (1960); Laramie (1960); Comanche Station (1960); Hawaiian Eye (1960); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); The Lineup (1959); Men Into Space (1959); Bronco (1959); Lock Up (1959); Riverboat (1959); The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959); The Third Man (1959); The Millionaire (1955–1959); Maverick (1958–1959); 77 Sunset Strip (1959); Some Came Running (1958); Trackdown (1958); The Loretta Young Show (1957–1958); The Rawhide Trail (1958); Kraft Theatre (1958); The Adventures of McGraw (1957); Lux Video Theatre (1953–1957); The Brass Legend (1956); Death of a Scoundrel (1956); The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956); Schlitz Playhouse (1954–1956); Magnificent Roughnecks (1956); The Red Skelton Hour (1956); Wetbacks (1956); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1956); World Without End (1956); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955–1956); The Star and the Story (1955–1956); Adventures of the Falcon (1954–1956); The Bottom of the Bottle (1956); The Adventures of Ellery Queen (1952–1955); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); General Electric Theater (1954–1955); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); No Man's Woman (1955); Science Fiction Theatre (1955); Top of the World (1955); Treasury Men in Action (1955); The Whistler (1954–1955); Studio 57 (1954–1955); Soldiers of Fortune (1955); Stranger on Horseback (1955); The Man Behind the Badge (1955); TV Reader's Digest (1955); Masterson of Kansas (1954); Suddenly (1954); Your Play Time (1954); The Lone Wolf (1954); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1954); Hell's Half Acre (1954); Your Favorite Story (1954); Four Star Playhouse (1953); Torch Song (1953); Target Hong Kong (1953); The Member of the Wedding (1952); The Atomic City (1952); At Sword's Point (1952); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); Roll, Thunder, Roll! (1949); Check Your Guns (1948); Cheyenne Takes Over (1947); The Spanish Main (1945); Nevada (1944); The Master Race (1944); Bride by Mistake (1944); A Night of Adventure (1944); Family Feud (1943); Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943); This Land Is Mine (1943); The Great Gildersleeve (1942); The Magnificent Ambersons (1942); The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942).

Born on this day – Andrea King:


Andrea King


Actress

Writer

February 1, 1919 – April 22, 2003

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1960–1963); Arrest and Trial (1963); Band of Angels (1957); Biography (1996–1998); Blackenstein (1973); Bourbon Street Beat (1959); Buccaneer's Girl (1950); Chevron Theatre (1952–1953); Cheyenne (1955 / 1956); City Detective (1954); Crossroads (1956); Crusader (1956); Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969); Dante (1960); Darby's Rangers (1958); Days of Our Lives (1974–1977); Dial 1119 (1950); Dragnet 1967 (1967–1969); Family Affair (1967); Fireside Theatre (1952–1954); Four Star Playhouse (1952); G.E. True (1963); General Electric Theater (1960); God Is My Co-Pilot (1945); Gruen Guild Theater (1952); Gumby Adventures (1988); Hawaiian Eye (1960–1962); Hollywood Canteen (1944); Hotel Berlin (1945); House of the Black Death (1971); I Was a Shoplifter (1950); Inevitable Grace (1994); It Happened in Springfield (1945); Johnny Midnight (1960); Lock Up (1960); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Mark of the Renegade (1951); Matinee Theatre (1956); Maverick (1959); Medical Center (1975); Mike Hammer (1958–1959); Monty and the Movies (2025); Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948); Mr. Skeffington (1944); Murder, She Wrote (1990); My Wild Irish Rose (1947); Navy Nurse (1945); Outlaw Queen (1957); Perry Mason (1959–1963); Prescription: Murder (1968); Proudly We Serve (1944); Red Planet Mars (1952); Ride the Pink Horse (1947); Roughly Speaking (1945); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Shadow of a Woman (1946); Shotgun Slade (1961); Silent Fear (1956); Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood (1988); Song of Surrender (1949); Southside 1-1000 (1950); State Trooper (1958–1959); Strange Stories (1956); Stump the Stars (1950); Surfside 6 (1962); The Alaskans (1959); The Beast with Five Fingers (1946); The Color of Evening (1990); The Donna Reed Show (1960); The Lemon Drop Kid (1951); The Linguini Incident (1991); The Man I Love (1946); The New Perry Mason (1973); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Ramparts We Watch (1940); The Tom Ewell Show (1960); The Very Thought of You (1944); The World in His Arms (1952); Tightrope (1959); Valentine's Day (1965); Your Play Time (1953).

Born on this day – Helen Chandler:


Helen Chandler


Actress

February 1, 1906 – April 30, 1965

Credits:

Mr. Boggs Steps Out (1938); It's a Bet (1935); Radio Parade of 1935 (1934); Unfinished Symphony (1934); Midnight Alibi (1934); Long Lost Father (1934); The Worst Woman in Paris? (1933); Goodbye Again (1933); Dance Hall Hostess (1933); Alimony Madness (1933); Christopher Strong (1933); Behind Jury Doors (1932); Vanity Street (1932); A House Divided (1931); Fanny Foley Herself (1931); The Last Flight (1931); Salvation Nell (1931); Daybreak (1931); Dracula (1931); Mother's Cry (1930); Outward Bound (1930); Rough Romance (1930); The Sky Hawk (1929); Salute (1929); Mother's Boy (1929); The Joy Girl (1927); The Music Master (1927).

Saturday, January 31, 2026

Born on this day – Jessica Walter:


Jessica Walter

Actress

January 31, 1941 – March 24, 2021

Born on this day – Suzanne Pleshette:


Suzanne Pleshette


Actress

January 31, 1937 – January 19, 2008

Credits:

Will & Grace (2002–2004); 8 Simple Rules (2003); Good Morning, Miami (2002–2003); Spirited Away (2001); The Lion King: Simba's Mighty Adventure (2000); The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998); Trigun (1998); The Single Guy (1996–1997); The Boys Are Back (1994–1995); Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder (1993); Battling for Baby (1992); Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean (1990); Newhart (1990); Nightingales (1989); Alone in the Neon Jungle (1988); A Stranger Waits (1987); Bridges to Cross (1986); Kojak: The Belarus File (1985); For Love or Money (1984); One Cooks, the Other Doesn't (1983); Dixie: Changing Habits (1983); Fantasies (1982); Help Wanted: Male (1982); The Star Maker (1981); Arch of Triumph (1980); Oh, God! Book II (1980); If Things Were Different (1980); Flesh & Blood (1979); Hot Stuff (1979); Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid (1978); The Bob Newhart Show (1972–1978); The Shaggy D.A. (1976); Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours (1976); Law and Order (1976); The Legend of Valentino (1975); Bonanza (1972); Ironside (1971); Medical Center (1971); Columbo (1971); In Broad Daylight (1971); Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971); River of Gold (1971); The Name of the Game (1969–1971); The F.B.I. (1966–1970); The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1970); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1970); Gunsmoke (1970); Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came (1970); Love, American Style (1970); Hunters Are for Killing (1970); Along Came a Spider (1970); Target: Harry (1969); If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969); It Takes a Thief (1968); The Invaders (1967–1968); The Power (1968); Blackbeard's Ghost (1968); Flesh and Blood (1968); Cimarron Strip (1967); The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967); Wings of Fire (1967); Run for Your Life (1967); Mister Buddwing (1966); Nevada Smith (1966); The Ugly Dachshund (1966); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963–1966); The Fugitive (1964–1965); A Rage to Live (1965); The Wild Wild West (1965); Youngblood Hawke (1964); Fate Is the Hunter (1964); A Distant Trumpet (1964); Dr. Kildare (1961–1964); Channing (1963); Wagon Train (1963); Wall of Noise (1963); The Birds (1963); 40 Pounds of Trouble (1962); Alcoa Premiere (1962); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); Rome Adventure (1962); Ben Casey (1962); Target: The Corruptors! (1962); Route 66 (1960–1961); General Electric Theater (1958–1961); The Tab Hunter Show (1961); Hong Kong (1961); The Islanders (1960); Naked City (1960); Riverboat (1960); Play of the Week (1960); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960); Summer of Decision (1959); Adventures in Paradise (1959); Sunday Showcase (1959); Black Saddle (1959); One Step Beyond (1959); Playhouse 90 (1959); The Third Man (1959); Have Gun - Will Travel (1959); Omnibus (1959); The Geisha Boy (1958); Matinee Theatre (1958); Decoy (1958); Harbourmaster (1957).

Born on this day – Jean Simmons:


Jean Simmons

Actress

Singer

January 31, 1929 – January 22, 2010

Born on this day – Marie Sabouret:


Marie Sabouret


Actress

January 31, 1924 – July 23, 1960

Credits:

Les femmes savantes (1959); Would-Be Gentleman (1958); The Mask of the Gorilla (1958); Trois jours à vivre (1957); Dany Robin in Frou-Frou (1955); Rififi (1955); La bella Otero (1954); Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954); The Three Musketeers (1953); Mina de Vanghel (1953); Violetas imperiales (1952).

Born on this day – Tallulah Bankhead:


Tallulah Bankhead


Actress

January 31, 1902 – December 12, 1968

Credits:

A Royal Scandal (1945); A Streetcar Named Desire (1956); Antony and Cleopatra (1937); Batman (1967); Clash by Night (1942); Dark Victory (1934); Dear Charles (1955); Devil and the Deep (1932); Die! Die! My Darling! (1965); Eugenia (1957); Everyday (1921–1922); Faithless (1932); Foolish Notion (1945); Footloose (1920); Forsaking All Others (1933); General Electric Theater (1957); Her Cardboard Lover (1929); His House in Order (1928); Kraft Theatre (1954–1962); Lifeboat (1944); Main Street to Broadway (1953); Make Me a Star (1932); Midgie Purvis (1961); My Sin (1931); Nice People (1921); Private Lives (1949); Rain (1935); Reflected Glory (1937); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Something Gay (1935); Stage Door Canteen (1943); Tarnished Lady (1931); The Boy Who Owned a Melephant (1959); The Cheat (1931); The Circle (1938); The Daydreamer (1966); The Eagle Has Two Heads (1947); The Exciters (1922); The Little Foxes (1940); The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957); The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore (1964); The Red Skelton Hour (1965); The Skin of Our Teeth (1942–1943); The Squab Farm (1918); The Trap (1919); Thirty a Week (1918); Thunder Below (1932); When Men Betray (1918); Who Loved Him Best? (aka His Inspiration) (1918).