Born on this day – Jill Jacobson:

Jill Jacobson

Actress

Writer

Producer

May 21, 1954 – December 8, 2024

Credits:

Actors Entertainment (2011); After the Storm (2001); An Uncommon Love (1983); Arli$$ (1999); Baby Sister (1983); Bad Georgia Road (1977); Best Performance (2018); Boredom (2015); Breaking the Silence (1992); Bulba (1981); Castle (2014); Cats Dancing on Jupiter (2011); Crazy Like a Fox (1986); Days of Our Lives (1995); Etheria (2020); Excess Flesh (2015); Falcon Crest (1985–1987); Fixed (2005); Forbidden Love (1982); Freddy's Nightmares (1990); Front of the Class (2008); Ghost Whisperer (2006); Harper Valley P.T.A. (1981); Hotel Vernonia (2013); House of Usher (2008); Hung (2011); I Gave at the Office (1984); Instinct to Kill (2001); Last Look (2014); Leo and Loree (1980); Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders (1989); Merrily (2025); Mic Whore (2014); Murphy Brown (1994); My Sister Sam (1988); Newhart (1989–1990); Not Just Another Affair (1982); Nurse Sherri (1977); Nurses Confessions (2017); Obsessive Love (1984); Party Down (2010); Pecoima Can Wait (2014); Perfect Victims (1988); Policewoman Centerfold (1983); Quantum Leap (1989); Reality Queen! (2020); Restless Souls (1998); Sad Girl: Chlorine (2019); Sideliners (2006); Sledge Hammer! (1988); Splash (1984); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1996); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989); Strong Medicine (2001); The 16th Annual Satellite Awards (2011); The Back-up Bride (2011); The Circle (2005); The Circle (2005); The Devlin Connection (1982); The Fix (2019); The Jigsaw Murders (1989); The New Gidget (1986–1987); The Perfect Marriage (2012); The Stone Boy (2015); Uncle Buck (1990); Up Yours (1979); Visage (2017); War of the Worlds (1989); Watch Out for Slick (2010); Welcome Home (2010); Who's the Boss? (1990); You Me & Her (2014).

Born on this day – Alice Drummond:

Alice Drummond

Actress

May 21, 1928 – November 30, 2016

Credits:

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994); Advice from a Caterpillar (1999); After.Life (2009); American Playhouse (1980); Animal Behavior (1989); Another World (1979); Awakenings (1990); Boston Legal (2005); Chronic Town (2008); Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters (2019); Commandments (1997); Dark Shadows (1967); Daybreak (1993); Doubt (2008); Earthly Possessions (1999); Ed (2002); Eyewitness (1981); Frannie's Turn (1992); Friends (1994); Funny Farm (1988); Furry Vengeance (2010); Ghostbusters (1984); Grace Under Fire (1994); Great Performances (1977–1984); Hide in Plain Sight (1980); House of D (2004); I.Q. (1994); I'll Take You There (1999); In & Out (1997); Jeffrey (1995); Joe Gould's Secret (2000); Just in Time (1996); Just the Ticket (1998); Kate & Allie (1988); King of the Gypsies (1978); Law & Order (1994); Lenny (1990–1991); Love, Sidney (1981); Man on a Swing (1974); Mitch Albom's for One More Day (2007); Money for Nothing (1993); Money, Power, Murder. (1989); Motherhood (2009); N.Y.P.D. (1968); NET Playhouse (1970); New York News (1995); New York Television Theatre (1970); Night Court (1984–1987); Nikki and Alexander (1989); Nobody's Fool (1994); Office Killer (1997); One Life to Live (1979–1980); Open House (2011); Park Place (1981); Particular Men (1972); Pieces of April (2003); Ray Parker Jr.: Ghostbusters / Music Video (1984); Running on Empty (1988); Ryan's Hope (1978); Sanctuary of Fear (1979); Spin City (2000); Synecdoche, New York (2008); Tales from the Darkside: The Movie / Cat From Hell (1990); The 24th Annual Tony Awards (1970); The American Parade (1975); The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982); The Best of Families (1977); The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1989); The Dog Lover (1962); The Equalizer (1986); The Honeymooners (2005); The House on Carroll Street (1988); The Jury (2004); The Love Letter (1999); The Rising Place (2001); The Suicide Club (1987); Thieves (1977); 'Til There Was You (1997); To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995); Trinity (1998); Video Games Awesome! (2014); Walking and Talking (1996); Where the Heart Is (1973); Where's Poppa? (1970).

Born on this day – Jeanne Bates:

Jeanne Bates

Actress

May 21, 1918 – November 28, 2007

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1960); ABC Afterschool Specials (1979); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); Bachelor Father (1959–1961); Back from the Dead (1957); Barnaby Jones (1974–1978); Ben Casey (1961–1966); Benson (1979); Big Town (1955–1956); Blood Arrow (1958); Bonanza (1959); Bourbon Street Beat (1959); Buckskin (1958); Cannon (1972); Charlie's Angels (1976); Checkmate (1961); Chevron Theatre (1953); Cimarron City (1959); Compression (2024–2025); Dallas (1981); Dan August (1970); Dangerous Assignment (1952); Days of Our Lives (1966–1975); Death of a Salesman (1951); Death Valley Days (1959–1961); Die Hard 2 (1990); Dr. Christian (1957); Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal (1957); Dream Lover (1994); Eraserhead (1977); Family Affair (1970); Family Theatre (1953); From the Dead of Night (1989); Gang Busters (1952); General Electric Theater (1955–1959); General Hospital (1983); Getting Married (1978); Grand Canyon (1991); Great Directors (2009); Griff (1973); Guns Don't Argue (1957); Gunsmoke (1955); Gus (1976); Hard Time on Planet Earth (1989); Have Gun - Will Travel (1959); Hawaii Five-O (1968); Hey, Rookie (1944); Hi, Grandma! (1958); I Led 3 Lives (1955–1956); It's Murder (1944); Joyful Hour (1960); Judd for the Defense (1969); Kodiak (1974); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1950); Laramie (1960); Lassie (1958); Lock Up (1960–1961); Lucas Tanner (1974); M Squad (1958–1959); Mackenzie's Raiders (1959); Man with a Camera (1960); Mannix (1968–1974); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1970–1972); Mayberry R.F.D. (1969–1970); Medic (1956); Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2005); Mod Squad (1971–1972); Mom (1990); Mulholland Drive (1999 / 2001); My Friend Flicka (1956); My Three Sons (1971); Needles and Pins (1973); One Night Stand (1991); One Step Beyond (1959–1960); Outlaws (1960); Paula (1952); Perry Mason (1958); Peter Gunn (1959); Poco... Little Dog Lost (1977); Public Enemy #2 (1991); Quincy, M.E. (1979); Racket Squad (1952); Rawhide (1959–1960); Rescue 8 (1958); Riverboat (1959); Room 222 (1971–1972); Sabaka (1954); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Sergeant Mike (1944); Shadows in the Night (1944); She's a Soldier Too (1944); Shotgun Slade (1961); Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (1990); Sister, Sister (1996); Sky King (1959); Stars Over Hollywood (1951); State Trooper (1957–1958); Studio 57 (1955); Sundown Valley (1944); Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came (1970); Suspicion (1958); Switch (1976); Tales of Wells Fargo (1958–1959); Tension at Table Rock (1956); That '70s Show (2002); The Adventures of McGraw (1957); The Black Parachute (1944); The Chance of a Lifetime (1943); The Chisholms (1980); The Commish (1991); The Court of Last Resort (1957); The Donna Reed Show (1960); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Halls of Ivy (1954); The Jack Benny Program (1957); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1960); The Lineup (1958); The Living Christ Series (1951); The Lone Ranger (1956); The Magical World of Disney (1977); The Mask of Diijon (1946); The Millionaire (1955); The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1957); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Oval Portrait (1997); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1955); The Phantom (1943); The Racket Man (1944); The Range Rider (1953); The Restless Gun (1957–1959); The Return of the Vampire (1943); The Rockford Files (1975); The Rookies (1972); The Schaefer Century Theatre (1952); The Sheriff of Cochise (1957); The Slowest Gun in the West (1960); The Smith Family (1971); The Soul of a Monster (1944); The Stranger (1973); The Strangler (1964); The Streets of San Francisco (1972); The Twilight Zone (1961); The Unexpected (1952); The Young and the Restless (1973); The Young Lawyers (1970); There's Something About a Soldier (1943); This Is the Life (1970); Three's Company (1979); Tonight and Every Night (1945); Topper Returns (1973); Touch and Go (1986); Trooper Hook (1957); Trouble in-Laws (1951); Two Faces West (1961); Vice Raid (1959); Wagon Train (1958–1962); What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (1978); Whirlybirds (1957–1959); Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue (1991); Wings (1996); Wonder Woman (1978); Zane Grey Theatre (1960).

Born on this day – Cathleen Cordell:

Cathleen Cordell

Actress

May 21, 1915 – August 19, 1997

Credits:

5 Weeks in a Balloon (1977); Adam-12 (1970); Airport (1970); Alcoa Premiere (1961); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950); Bachelor Father (1961); Banyon (1971); Barnaby Jones (1974); Batman (1967); Black Beauty (1978); Blind Ambition (1979); Cannon (1973); Dark Mirror (1984); Dragnet 1967 (1967–1969); Family Affair (1966–1967); Gaslight (1940); Glynis (1963); Great Catherine (1948); Grindl (1963); Hey! Hey! U.S.A! (1938); Hong Kong (1960); I Dream of Jeannie (1967); Ironside (1968); Kraft Theatre (1947); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949); M*A*S*H (1970); Major Barbara (1941); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1972); Mission: Impossible (1972); My Favorite Martian (1964); My Three Sons (1969); Night Gallery / The Housekeeper (1970–1972); Oliver Twist (1974); Perry Mason (1964–1966); Pleasure Palace (1980); Producers' Showcase (1956); QB VII (1974); Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (1977); Route 66 (1962); Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–1983); Stage 13 (1950); Star! (1968); Studio One (1949); Tammy (1966); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1972); The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1960); The Dick Cavett Show (1972); The Edge of Night (1957–1958); The F.B.I. (1971); The Facts of Life (1985); The Gong Show Movie (1980); The Jackie Gleason Show (1957); The Letter (1982); The Most Deadly Game (1970); The Puppy's Further Adventures (1982); The Return of the Living Dead (1985); The Smith Family (1972); The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964); This Is the Life (1969); Trapper John, M.D. (1983); Vacation Playhouse (1965); Villa for Sale (1938); Wagon Train (1963); Who Killed Cock Robin? (1938).

Born on this day – Lola Lane:

Lola Lane

Actress

May 21, 1906 – June 22, 1981

Credits:

Alias Mary Dow (1935); Buckskin Frontier (1943); Burn ‘Em Up Barnes (1934); Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004); Convicted Woman (1940); Daughters Courageous (1939); Deadline at Dawn (1946); Death from a Distance (1935); Ex-Bad Boy (1931); Four Daughters (1938); Four Mothers (1941); Four Wives (1939); Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 (1929); Gangs of Chicago (1940); Girls of the Road (1940); Good News (1930); Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 (1942); Hell Bound (1931); His Night Out (1935); Hollywood Hotel (1937); Identity Unknown (1945); In Paris, A.W.O.L. (1936); Let’s Go Places (1930); Lost Canyon (1942); Marked Woman (1937); Mr. Chump (1938); Murder on a Honeymoon (1935); Mystery Ship (1941); Panama (1938); Port of Lost Dreams (1934); Public Stenographer (1934); Speakeasy (1929); Steppin’ in Society (1945); The Big Fight (1930); The Costello Case (1930); The Girl from Havana (1929); The Sheik Steps Out (1937); The Voice of Hollywood No. 5 (1930); The Voice of Hollywood No. 7 (Second Series) (1931); The Woman Condemned (1934); The Woman Who Dared (1933); They Made Me a Killer (1946); Ticket to a Crime (1934); When Were You Born? (1938); Why Girls Leave Home (1945); Zanzibar (1940).

Born on this day – Virginia Vale:

Virginia Vale

Actress

May 20, 1920 – September 14, 2006

Credits:

Crime, Inc. (1945); Range Rhythm (1942); Cactus Capers (1942); Broadway Big Shot (1942); Keep Shooting (1942); Blonde Comet (1941); California or Bust (1941); The Gay Falcon (1941); Unexpected Uncle (1941); The Musical Bandit (1941); A Panic in the Parlor (1941); South of Panama (1941); Robbers of the Range (1941); Red Skins and Red Heads (1941); Repent at Leisure (1941); Prairie Spooners (1941); The Fired Man (1941); Triple Justice (1940); Stage to Chino (1940); Millionaires in Prison (1940); Corralling a Schoolmarm (1940); Prairie Law (1940); You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940); Bullet Code (1940); Legion of the Lawless (1940); The Marshal of Mesa City (1939); Three Sons (1939); Unmarried (1939); Persons in Hiding (1939); Ambush (1939); Disbarred (1939); King of Alcatraz (1938); Cocoanut Grove (1938); Her Jungle Love (1938); The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938); The Buccaneer (1938); True Confession (1937); Night Club Scandal (1937).

Born on this day – Estelle Taylor:

Estelle Taylor

Actress

May 20, 1894 – April 15, 1958

Credits:

A Broadway Saint (1919); A California Romance (1922); A Fool There Was (1922); Bachelor Mother (1939); Bavu (1923); Blind Wives (1920); Call Her Savage (1932); Cimarron (1931); Desire (1923); Don Juan (1926); Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924); Editor's Roundtable (1949–1952); Footfalls (1921); Forgive and Forget (1923); Forgotten Commandments (1932); Frisco Kid (1935); Hollywood (1923); Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933); Honor Bound (1928); Kings of the Ring (1999); Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing (2000); Lady Raffles (1928); Liliom (1930); Manhattan Madness (1925); Mary of the Movies (1923); Monte Cristo (1922); New York (1927); Only a Shop Girl (1922); Passion's Pathway (1924); Phantom Justice (1924); Playthings of Desire (1924); Pusher-in-the-Face (1929); Rhythm Roundup (1937); Screen Snapshots (1926); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 12 (1939); Show People (1928); Some of the Greatest (1955); Street Scene (1931); Street Scene (1931); The Adventurer (1920); The Alaskan (1924); The Golden Shower (1919); The Lights of New York (1922); The Revenge of Tarzan (1920); The Singapore Mutiny (1928); The Southerner (1945); The Ten Commandments (1923); The Tower of Jewels (1919); The Unholy Garden (1931); The Voice of Hollywood No. 13 (1930); The Western Limited (1932); The Whip Woman (1928); Thorns and Orange Blossoms (1922); Tiger Love (1924); Twinkle Twinkle (1925); Wandering Footsteps (1925); Where East Is East (1929); While New York Sleeps (1920).

Born on this day – Dora Doll:

Dora Doll

Actress

May 19, 1922 – November 15, 2015

Credits:

125 rue Montmartre (1959); A Funny Boss (1964); A Man Walks in the City (1950); Has Strong Commitment (2002–2005); Act of Love (1953) Adorable Demons (1957); Ah What a team! (1957); Thus Ends the Night (1949); Allô police (1967–1969); Angel of Death (1985); Angels and Wolves (1988); Antoine et Julie (1981); Any Number Can Win (1963); Archimedes, the Tramp (1959); Au bon beurre (1981); Beyond The Screen (1967); Ave Maria (1984); Bastille (1984); Heartbeat (1940); Bed for Two (1950); Bernard Quesnay (1979); Black and White in Color (1976); Bloody Murder (1974); Boomerang (1976); Cabaret du soir (1958); Catherine & Co. (1975); Catherine, il suffit d'un amour (1986); This World Is Wonderful (1981); It's Even Better in the Afternoon (1986); He Was a Gentleman (1957); Champagne aus dem Knobelbecher (1975); Heir Finder (2001); Cloud Waltzing (1987); Cocagne (1961); Commander X (1964); Compression (2023); Love at First Sight (1992); In Life Everything Is Arranged (1952); Daughters of Destiny (1954); From the head to the feet (2002); Dehors c'est nulle part (1978); Two Happy Fools (1976); Devil and the Angel (1946); Dictionary of Sex (1964); Funny Stories (1995); Of the Lead in the Head (1973); Édith Piaf: A Brief Encounter (1993); Ein Fall für Männdli (1975); El señor president (1983); Elena and Her Men (1956); In large push-ups (1974); In Your Soul and Conscience (1957); Enigma at the Folies-Bergère (1959); Entente cordiale (1939); Spy and Shut Up (1988); And tomorrow, Paula? (2002); Femmes Fatales (1976); Ferbac (1992); Fernand Cowboy (1956); Foreign Intrigue (1952); Four Flights to Love (1939) François Villon - Poetul vagabond (1987); French Cancan (1955); Gaston Phoebus (1978); Girl on the Third Floor (1955); Godefinger or Some cats don't like the soft (1975); Grandison (1979); Gros dégueulasse (1986); Gueule d'ange (1955); Gueule d'arnaque (1989); Hell (1994); Hellé (1972); Hey Good Looking! (2006); Hortense Schneider (1964); Hotel Baltimore (1976); Hôtel du Nord (1938); Hothead (1979); Human Cargo (1954); He was a musician (1978–1979); Imogene (1991); Incorrigible (1975); Inspector Sergil (1947); Jacques Martin behind your applause (2022); Jacquou the croquant (2007); Jealousy (2001); Jeanne (1952); Jenny Lamour (1947); Julia (1977); Julie Lescaut (1995); Julien Fontanes, magistrate (1983); The salt box (1960); The Mouse Cage (1954); The Key to the Fields (1998); The Countess of Charny (1989); La derelitta / Cinema 16 (1977–1989); The Italian's Wife (1998); The Ivory Woman (1984); The Lost Girl (1954); La liberté en croupe (1970); The House Under the Sea (1947); The animal share (2007); The Passenger (1949); The Passante (1951); La ramandeuse (1981); La reina del Tabarín (1960); The rose red (1951); The Steppe (1982); Over there... My Country (2000); The Agency (1989); Love descend from the sky (1957); Le baladin du monde occidental (1971); The Good Number (1962); Le Chambon (1994); Le chapeau du p'tit Jésus (2006); The Castle (1984); The Château des Oliviers (1993); The Chevalier de Pardaillan (1988); The knight Tempest (1967); Le colonel est de la revue (1957); The Bravag (1955); The last episode of Dallas (2006); The Last Quarter of an Hour (1962); The diamond Salisbury (1985); The donation made to Catchaires (2003); The Savoyard Boy (1967); The Gyrfalcon (1987); Le grand Batre (1997); Tom Thumb (1980); The Gambler (1962); The Wedding Day (1977); The Doctor in Spite of Himself (1964); The Mythomaniac (1981); The payS Blue (1977); Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 (1979–1983); The smartest is there let it take (1973); The Bridge of Sighs (1985); The Refuge (1996–1999); The Red Curtain (1960); The Secret of the Andrenes (1982); The Sorcerer of the Sky (1949); The triple win (1989–1992); The Journey to Paimpol (1985); L'éclaire (1979); The other side Paradise (1953); Leon's Husband (1993); The 2 Crocodiles (1987); The Swedish Matches (1996); The Tramps vs. Dracula (1980); The desert chestnut trees (2010); The Last Five Minutes (1959–1982); The Burning Hearts (1992); The Columns of the Sky (1985); The Uprooted (1972); The mixed waters (1969); The Stuffed (1969); The investigations of Commissioner Maigret (1972–1989); The Daughters of the Regiment (1978); The Sisters (1960); Les givrés (1979); Rose's Men (1978); The Idiots (1987); Days of the Moon (1991) The binoculars (1972); The Keufs (1987); The Monday Optimists (1962); Red summer (2002); The Strange Castle of Doctor Lerne, 1983; The story of Saturday (1996–1997); The Handyman (1988); The Man of the Night (1983); The Inspector Leclerc Investigates (1962); The Sunday Guest (1969); Madam... Are you free? (1971); Mademoiselle Ardel (1990); Mademoiselle Strip-tease (1957); Maigret and La Grande Perch (1991); Main Street (1956); Maniac Killer (1987); Manon (1949); Marianne, a Star for Napoleon (1983); Marie Pervenche (1990); Have you seen me? (1988); Clandestine Maternity (1953); Night Doctors (1981); Most Promising Actor female (2000); Mélissol (1999); Hostage Contempt (1992); Midi-Première (1981); Miss Pigalle (1958); My Friend the Traitor (1988); Monsieur Scrupule gangster (1953); Morasseix!! (1993); Moulin Rouge (1940); Music Hall (1986); Musicolor (1969); Nana (1955); Napoleon (1955); Night in December (1939); We Didn't Love Her Enough (1981); Obsession (1954); On déménage le colonel (1955); Once More (1988); Parade in 7 nights (1941); Pardon My French (1951); Paris Vice Squad (1951) No love without love! (1993); No Caviar for Aunt Olga (1965); No grisbi for Ricardo (1957); No Pity for the Cellars (1955); No mice in business (1955); Peppermint Soda (1977); Midnight Leave (1987); Poésie del amor (2006); First Criminal Brigade (Interpol File M.A.T. 444) (1961); Princess Alexandra (1992); Puzzle for Demons (1976); When Jean became Renoir (2017); What a Sacred Evening (1957); Research in the interest of families (1977); Reflections of Cannes (1956); Sabbath (1989); Sapho (1997); Savage Triangle (1951); Secret File 1413 (1961); Suspicions (1956); One-Night Show (1969); That Night in Varennes (1982); The Curtain Rises (1938) The Heart of a Nation (1943); The Little Rebels (1955) The Maiden (1955) The Marked Woman (1992); The School Teacher (1994); The Tide of Life (1998); The Young Lions (1958) Tides of Passion (1956); Don't Touch the Grisbi (1954); Thirty-six Candles (1956–1957); A Shock Curé (1974); One Equals Three (1964); A Frenchman named Gabin (2017); A Woman with a Heart Too Small (1972); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1956); Violette (1978); Car 7, seat 15 (1958); Your Devoted Blake (1954); Witness in the City (1959); Women in Cellblock 9 (1978); You Are So Beautiful (2005); Zerschossene Träume (1976).

Born on this day – Renée Ascherson:

Renée Ascherson

Actress

May 19, 1915 – October 30, 2014

Credits:

A Man Called Intrepid (1980); Armchair Thriller (1978); At Home (1960); Away from It All (1973); Bookmark (1993); Brighton Belles (1994); Caesar and Cleopatra (1945); Chain (1990); Clayhanger (1976); Country Matters (1973); Crown Court (1984); Disraeli: Portrait of a Romantic (1978); Edwin (1984); Flesh and Blood (1980); Goodbye Darling (1981); Grey Owl (1999); Happy and Glorious (1952); Harnessing Peacocks (1993); Henry V (1944); ITV Play of the Week (1960–1962); ITV Television Playhouse (1960–1961); Johnny in the Clouds (1945); Jubilee (1977); Kate (1971); Larry and Vivien: The Oliviers in Love (2001); Life After Life (1990); Lilli Palmer Theatre (1955); Love and Marriage (1984); Love Story (1963); Lovejoy (1993); Malta Story (1953); Maniacs on Wheels (1949); Midsomer Murders (1997); Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem (2022); Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (1985); Miss Nightingale (1974); Performance (1995); Pool of London (1951); Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966); Rheingold Theatre (1953–1956); Romance on the Orient Express (1985); School for Unclaimed Girls (1969); Screen One (1992); Sir Norbert Smith, a Life (1989); Smiling at Grief (1939); Somerset Maugham Hour (1961); Strange Report (1969); Tenko (1981); Tenko: An Introduction (1981); The British Greats (1980); The Cure for Love (1949); The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1962); The Magic Box (1951); The Others (2001); The Pursuers (1961); The Red Dress / Segment: Red Dress' story (1954); The Rivals (1948); The Small Back Room (1949); The Way Ahead (1944); Theater of Blood (1973); Thirty Minute Theatre (1963 / 1966); Time for Murder (1985); Time Is My Enemy (1954); Tom's Midnight Garden (1989); Turner Classic Movies Remembers 2014 (2014); Two's Company (1979); Victorian Scandals (1976).

Born on this day – Diane McBain:

Diane McBain

Actress

May 18, 1941 – December 21, 2022

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1959–1963); A Distant Trumpet (1964); Airwolf (1984); Arrest and Trial (1964); Barbary Coast (1975); Batman (1966–1967); Besotted (2001); Black Gold (1962); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Burke's Law (1964–1965); Cab to Canada (1998); Charlie's Angels (1979–1981); Claudelle Inglish (1961); Crazy Like a Fox (1985); Dallas (1978); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Days of Our Lives (1982–1984); Donner Pass: The Road to Survival (1978); Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1998); Eight Is Enough (1981); Five the Hard Way (1969); General Hospital (1988); Hawaii Five-O (1980); Hawaiian Eye (1962–1963); Here's Hollywood (1962); Huyendo del halcón (1973); I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew (1969); Ice Palace (1960); Invisible Mom II (1999); Jake and the Fatman (1990); Knight Rider (1985); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Land of the Giants (1970); Lawman (1960); Legend of the Wild (1981); Love, American Style / Love and the Roommate (1969); Mannix (1970); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1976); Mary, Mary (1963); Maryjane (1968); Matt Houston (1983); Maverick (1959); Mod Squad (1971); Once Upon a Starry Night (1978); Parrish (1961); Police Story (1974); Puppet Master 5 (1994); Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996); Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood (1978–2014); Spinout (1966); Strong Medicine (2001); Stu's Show (2014); Sugarfoot (1960); Surfside 6 (1960–1962); The 18th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1961); The 20th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1963); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The Alaskans (1960); The Bob Hope Show (1959–1965); The Bob Hope Vietnam Christmas Show (1966); The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000); The Caretakers (1963); The Christmas Path (1998); The Cross-Wits (1976); The Deathhead Virgin (1974); The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part II: 1962-1969 (2002); The Delta Factor (1970); The Karate Killers (1967); The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1978); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965–1967); The Mini-Skirt Mob (1968); The Red Fury (1984); The Streets of Beverly Hills (1992); The Unbeatable Bruce Lee (2001); The Wide World of Mystery (1974); The Wild Season (1971); The Wild Wild West (1965–1967); The Young and the Restless (1999); Thunder Alley (1967); To Rome with Love (1970); Vacation Playhouse (1965); Valentine's Day (1964); Wendy and Me (1964); Wicked, Wicked (1973); You Don't Say (1965).

Born on this day – Elizabeth Rogers:

Elizabeth Rogers

Actress

May 18, 1934 – November 6, 2004

Credits:

A Sensitive, Passionate Man (1977); Adventures of the Queen (1975); An Officer and a Gentleman (1982); Bewitched (1971); Bittersweet Love (1976); Bonanza (1965–1967); Dr. Kildare (1965); Dragnet 1966 (1969); Dragnet 1967 (1968); Falcon Crest (1984); Flood (1976); Goldie and the Boxer (1979); Grand Theft Auto (1977); Gunsmoke (1966); Hanging by a Thread (1979); Lacy and the Mississippi Queen (1978); Land of the Giants (1969); Little House on the Prairie (1981); Mannix (1969); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1970); Medical Center (1970); Outrage! (1986); Slattery’s People (1965); Something Evil (1972); Star Trek (1967–1969); The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1980); The Poseidon Adventure (1972); The Swarm (1978); The Time Tunnel (1966); The Towering Inferno (1974); The Van (1977); The Waltons (1975); The Yellow Rose (1984).

Born on this day – Priscilla Pointer:

Priscilla Pointer

Actress

May 18, 1924 – April 28, 2025

Credits:

A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story (1989); A Killing Affair (1977); A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987); A Show of Force (1990); ABC Afterschool Specials (1978); Acting 'Carrie' (2001); Adam-12 (1973); Alone (1997); Amazing Stories (1985–1987); Barnaby Jones (1974–1977); Bert D'Angelo/Superstar (1976); Blue Velvet (1986); Blue Velvet Lost Footage (2014); C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud (1989); Call to Glory (1984–1985); Camera Three (1973); Cannon (1975); Carrie (1976); Carried Away (1996); Cinema mil (2005); City of Angels (1976); Cold Case (2006); Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur (1976); Dallas (1981–1983); Death Takes a Holiday (1971); Disturbed (1990); Doc (1976); Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977); ER (1994); Family (1977–1979); From Here to Eternity (1980); From the Hip (1987); Generation (1985); Good-bye Cruel World (1982); Harry O (1976); Hemingway (1988); Honeysuckle Rose (1980); Inferno (1999); Intimate Portrait (1999); Judging Amy (2001); Judgment Day (1981); Kate McShane (1975); Knots Landing (1980); Kojak (1975); L.A. Law (1986–1988); Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977); Lou Grant (1981); Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night (1977); Matt Lincoln (1970); McCloud (1971); McCoy (1975); Micki + Maude (1984); Mommie Dearest (1981); Mrs. Columbo (1979); My Life and Times (1991); Mysterious Two (1982); N.Y.P.D. (1969); Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010); Newhart (1987); Nickelodeon (1976); Phyllis (1976); Picket Fences (1995); Police Woman (1976); Quincy, M.E. (1978–1983); Rags to Riches (1987); Rumpelstiltskin (1987); Runaway Father (1991); School's Out: Self-taught Artists (2002); Sons and Daughters (1974); St. Elsewhere (1984); Still Frame (1988); Stone (1979); Sweet Nothing in My Ear (2008); The 3,000 Mile Chase (1977); The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire (1981); The A-Team (1983); The Competition (1980); The Failing of Raymond (1971); The Falcon and the Snowman (1985); The Flash (1990–1991); The Gift of Life (1982); The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (1976); The High Chaparral (1970); The Keegans (1976); The Name of the Game (1970); The New Adventures of China Smith (1954); The New Mike Hammer (1984); The Onion Field (1979); The Painted Desert (1993); The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999); The Rockford Files (1974); Too Close for Comfort (1984); Touched by an Angel (1996); Traveler's Rest (1993); Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics / Segment: The Theatre (1994); Twilight Zone: The Movie / Segment: Kick the Can (1983); Unbecoming Age (1992); Union Station (2007); What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (1977); Where the Heart Is (1973).

Born on this day – Joy Barlow:

Joy Barlow

Actress

May 18, 1923 – May 2, 1995

Credits:

Just Across the Street (1952); Look for the Silver Lining (1949); The Decision of Christopher Blake (1948); Two Guys from Texas (1948); Blackmail (1947); The Trespasser (1947); The Big Sleep (1946); Cinderella Jones (1946); Don't Fence Me In (1945); George White's Scandals (1945); Where Do We Go from Here? (1945); The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945); Earl Carroll Vanities (1945); To Have and Have Not (1944); Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (1944); Destination Tokyo (1943); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943); Call of the Canyon (1942); Louisiana Purchase (1941).

Born on this day – Mary Charleson:

Mary Charleson

Actress

May 18, 1890 – December 3, 1961

Credits:

A Bit of Blue Ribbon (1913); A Corner in Crooks (1913); A Matter of Matrimony (1913); A Sentimental Burglar (1914); After the Honeymoon (1913); Bedelia Becomes a Lady (1913); Bill Wilson's Gal (1912); Burning the Candle (1917); Cutting Down Expenses (1915); Doctor Smith's Baby (1914); Etta of the Footlights (1914); Fate and Three (1913); Four Days (1913); Her Great Scoop (1914); His Lordship Billy Smoke (1913); His Robe of Honor (1918); His Weakness Conquered (1913); Human Stuff (1920); Humdrum Brown (1918); In Love's Own Way (1915); Iron and Steel (1914); Love the Clairvoyant (1914); Matrimonial Manoeuvres (1913); Mr. Barnes of New York (1914); Natoosa (1912); No Other Way (1915); Northern Hearts (1912); Out of the Shadows (1912); Passers By (1916); Polly of the Pots and Pans (1915); Satan's Private Door (1917); Sealed Lips (1915); Silent Trails (1914); The Acid Test (1914); The Actor (1913); The Ancient Bow (1912); The Call of Motherhood (1915); The Country That God Forgot (1916); The Courage of the Commonplace (1913); The Crisis (1916); The Deceivers (1913); The Education of Aunt Georgiana (1913); The Girl Who Waited (1912); The Golden Pathway (1913); The Hat (1912); The Heart of a Heathen (1913); The Honeymooners (1914); The Intruder (1913); The Little Shoes (1917); The Long Lane's Turning (1919); The Mystery of the Silver Skull (1913); The Prince Chap (1916); The Reckoning (1912); The Road o' Strife (1915); The Road to Yesterday; or, Memories of Patio Days (1912); The Saint's Adventure (1917); The Sale of a Heart (1913); The Sea Maiden (1913); The Silent Accuser (1915); The Smoke from Lone Bill's Cabin (1913); The Spell (1913); The Spirit of the Range (1912); The Strange Story of Sylvia Gray (1914); The Transition (1913); The Troubled Trail (1912); The Truant Soul (1916); The Two Brothers (1913); The Warmakers (1913); The Whispered Word (1913); The Winning Hand (1913); The Woman in Black (1914); The Wrong Pair (1913); Think Mothers (1915); Timid May (1912); Tony and Marie (1915); Una of the Sierras (1912); Upstairs and Down (1919); What Happened to Jones (1915); When California Was Young (1912); When Men Love (1912); When the Desert Was Kind (1913); When Youth Is Ambitious (1915); With Hoops of Steel (1918); Without Hope (1914).

Born on this day – Renate Krößner:

Renate Krößner

Actress

May 17, 1945 – May 25, 2020

Born on this day – Ruth Landers:

Ruth Landers

Producer

Actress

Writer

May 17, 1938 – April 18, 2024

Credits:

California Casanova (1991); Circus Camp (2006); Club Fed (1990); Deadly Closure (2010); Deadly Twins (1985); Doing Dallas (2000); Ghost Writer (1989); Linnea Quigley's Horror Workout (1990); Na sowas! (1983); RTL Boulevard (2011); The Damon Charles Total Rehydration System (1991); The Huggabug Club (1995–1997).

Born on this day – Alice Backes:

Alice Backes

Actress

May 17, 1923 – March 15, 2007

Credits:

14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2008); 87th Precinct (1962); Adam-12 (1973–1974); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959); Amanda's (1983); Bachelor Father (1957–1958); Baretta (1976); Barnaby Jones (1980); Barney (1965); Barney Miller (1981); Ben Casey (1961); Bewitched (1964–1966); Blondie (1968–1969); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964–1965); Breaking Point (1964); Bringing Up Buddy (1961); Burke's Law (1965); Cassie & Co. (1982); Columbo (1974); Columbo: A Trace of Murder (1997); Date with the Angels (1957); Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal (1957); Dr. Kildare (1961); Dragnet (1952); Dragnet 1967 (1969); Fear on Trial (1975); Gable and Lombard (1976); Gang Busters (1952); General Electric Theater (1959–1962); Going My Way (1963); Goodyear Theatre (1960); Gunsmoke (1959–1966); Half a House (1975); Hazel (1961–1966); Hennesey (1960); Here's Lucy (1968–1973); I Want to Live! (1958); Ichabod and Me (1962); Ironside (1974); It Started with a Kiss (1959); It Was a Very Good Year (1971); James at 16 (1977); Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid (1978); Knight Rider (1984); Kolchak: Crackle of Death / Segment: Firefall (1974); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974); Lancer (1970); Law of the Plainsman (1959); Leave It to Beaver (1959–1962); Lux Playhouse (1958–1959); M Squad (1958); Mannix (1973); Maude (1974); Mayberry R.F.D. (1970–1971); Medic (1955); Mr. & Mrs. North (1954); Mr. Belvedere (1988); My Favorite Martian (1964); Outlaws (1962); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1973); Project U.F.O. (1978); Riverboat (1960); Room 222 (1972); Schlitz Playhouse (1959); Snowball Express (1972); Startime (1959–1960); Studio 57 (1958); Switch (1978); That Touch of Mink (1962); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1957); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963–1965); The Andy Griffith Show (1963); The Ann Sothern Show (1959); The Best Place to Be (1979); The Big Valley (1968); The Cat from Outer Space (1978); The Danny Kaye Special (1961); The Detectives (1960–1962); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Donna Reed Show (1959–1966); The Doris Day Show (1969); The Farmer's Daughter (1966); The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1969); The Glory Guys (1965); The Greatest American Hero (1983); The Jack Benny Program (1962–1963); The Magical World of Disney (1962 / 1982); The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988); The Man from Independence (1974); The Munsters (1965); The Outsider (1969); The Real McCoys (1957); The Rifleman (1960); The Rogues (1965); The Third Day (1965); The Tom Ewell Show (1961); The Twonky (1953); The Virginian (1962); This Is the Life (1984); Thriller (1960); Turnabout (1979); Up in Central Park (1948); Wagon Train (1963–1965); Welcome Back, Kotter (1977); Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis? (1977); Winner Take All (1975); Women in Chains (1972); You Bet Your Life (1951).

Born on this day – Marie Déa:

Marie Déa

Actress

May 17, 1912 – March 1, 1992

Born on this day – Ruth Donnelly:

Ruth Donnelly

Actress

May 17, 1896 – November 17, 1982

Credits:

13 Hours by Air (1936); A Lawless Street (1955); A Slight Case of Murder (1938); Alibi Ike (1935); Annabel Takes a Tour (1938); Army Girl (1938); Autumn Leaves (1956); Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel (1936); Blessed Event (1932); Breakdowns of 1944 (1945); Bureau of Missing Persons (1933); Busby Berkeley (1974); Cain and Mabel (1936); Cavalcade of America (1957); Cinderella Jones (1946); Convention City (1933); Cross My Heart (1946); Crossroads (1956); Down to the Sea in Ships (1949); East Side/West Side (1963); Employees' Entrance (1933); Ever in My Heart (1933); Fatal Lady (1936); Female (1933); Fighting Father Dunne (1948); Footlight Parade (1933); Goodbye Again (1933); Hands Across the Table (1935); Happiness Ahead (1934); Hard to Handle (1933); Harris Against the World (1964); Havana Widows (1933); Heat Lightning (1934); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Housewife (1934); How I Play Golf by Bobby Jones, No. 2: 'Chip Shots' (1931); How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points (1933); I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951); In All Things Moderation (1914); In Old Sacramento (1946); Jewel Robbery (1932); Johnny Doughboy (1942); Just Around the Corner (1933); Ladies They Talk About (1933); Lilly Turner (1933); Little Miss Broadway (1947); Make Me a Star (1932); Mandalay (1934); Maybe It's Love (1935); Mayor of the Town (1954); Meet the Girls (1938); Meet the Missus (1940); Merry Wives of Reno (1934); Millie's Daughter (1947); Model Wife (1941); More Than a Secretary (1936); Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); My Little Chickadee (1940); Personal Maid's Secret (1935); Personal Secretary (1938); Petticoat Politics (1941); Pillow to Post (1945); Portia on Trial (1937); Private Detective 62 (1933); Red Salute (1935); Rise and Shine (1941); Roaring Timber (1937); Romance in the Rain (1934); Rubber Heels (1927); Sailors on Leave (1941); Saved by a Song (1916); Scatterbrain (1940); Sing Sinner Sing (1933); Sleepy Lagoon (1943); Song and Dance Man (1936); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943); The Affairs of Annabel (1938); The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939); The Bells of St. Mary's (1945); The Doctors and the Nurses (1965); The Fabulous Texan (1947); The Family Next Door (1939); The Gay Vagabond (1941); The Ghost Goes Wild (1947); The Imogene Coca Show (1954–1955); The Imogene Coca Show (1955); The Lady of the Island (1914); The Man Who Lost, But Won (1914); The Rainbow Trail (1932); The Round Up (1941); The Secret of Convict Lake (1951); The Skull (1914); The Snake Pit (1948); The Spider (1931); The Spoilers (1955); The Tenth Commandment (1914); The Way to the Gold (1957); The White Cockatoo (1935); The Wild Blue Yonder (1951); This Is the Army (1943); 'Tis Spring (1933); Transatlantic (1931); Traveling Saleslady (1935); Vacation Daze (1935); When the Heart Calls (1914); Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950); Wicked (1931); Wonder Bar (1934); You Belong to Me (1941).

Born on this day – Solveig Dommartin:

Solveig Dommartin

Actress

Writer

Director

May 16, 1961 – January 11, 2007

Credits:

Ciné star (1987); Cinéma cinémas / segment: Lettre de la Sierra Morena (1983); Commandant Nerval (1996); Eiffel Tower Trilogy: Height, Weight & Gravity (1997); Faraway, So Close! (1993); I Can't Sleep (1994); It Would Only Take a Bridge (1998); Je t'ai dans la peau (1990); Navarro (1995); No Fear, No Die (1990); Spécial cinéma (1987); The Prisoner of St. Petersburg (1989); Tokyo-Ga (1985); Until the End of the World (1991); Wings of Desire (1987).