Born on this day – Whitney Houston:

Whitney Houston

Singer

Actress

Producer

Philanthropist

August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012

Credits:

Albums:

I Look to You (2009); I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990); Just Whitney (2002); My Love Is Your Love (1998); One Wish: The Holiday Album (2003); The Bodyguard (1992); The Preacher's Wife (1996); Whitney (1987); Whitney Houston (1985).

Movies, television and music video:

100 Greatest Artists of All Time (2010); 100 Greatest Dance Songs of Rock & Roll (2000); 100 Greatest Songs of the '80s (2006); 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll (1999); 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment (2003); 106 & Park (2000); 13 Going on 30 (2004); 14th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (2000); 1986 MTV Video Music Awards (1986); 1986: The Year in Rock (1986); 1987 MTV Video Music Awards (1987); 1987 Power Hits: New Year's Eve Countdown (1987); 1991 Billboard Music Awards (1991); 1992 Essence Awards (1992); 1993 MTV Movie Awards (1993); 1995 MTV Video Music Awards (1995); 1995 VH1 Honors (1995); 1996 MTV Movie Awards (1996); 1998 MTV Video Music Awards (1998); 1999 MTV Movie Awards (1999); 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2013); 1st Annual BET Awards (2001); 20 to 1 (2006–2010); 20/20 (2012–2022); 2000 MTV Video Music Awards (2000); 2004 Women's World Awards (2004); 2009 American Music Awards (2009); 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup (2015); 20th Annual Trumpet Awards (2012); 20th NAACP Image Awards (1988); 21st NAACP Image Awards (1989); 25 Strong: The BET Silver Anniversary Special (2005); 26th NAACP Image Awards (1994); 27th NAACP Image Awards (1996); 2nd Annual BET Awards (2001 / 2002); 30 Favoriten (2019–2023); 7th Annual American Cinema Awards (1990); 9 Days That Rocked the 90s (1999); A Century of Black Cinema (2003); A Football Life (2018); A New Princess (2001); A Year in Music (2019–2022); ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999); ABC News Nightline (2012); Access Hollywood (2017–2022); Æ har rett (2016); All Access: Whitney Houston (1999); Almost Famous III (2010); Always Whitney Houston (2012); American Bandstand's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2002); American Idol (2021); American Masters (1988); America's Morning Headquarters (2022); AMV Hell 3: The Motion Picture (2005); An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. (1986); Aquile (1990); Aretha Franklin & Whitney Houston: It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be (1989); Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration (2000); As the World Turns (1984); Aspekte (2023); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2014–2020); Bad 25 (2012); Bailando por un sueño (2007); Banda sonora (2012); Be Water / 30 for 30 (2015); Beat Shazam (2017–2018); Before They Were Famous (1999); Behind the Music (2000); Being Bobby Brown (2005); Berlin, Berlin (2002); BET's Top 25 Countdown (2006); Big Break (1990); Biography (1998–2007); Black in the 80s (2005); Black Pop: Celebrating the Power of Black Culture (2023); Bobby & Whitney (2021); Bobby Brown & Whitney Houston: Something in Common (1993); Bobby Brown: Feelin' Inside (1997); Boston Public (2003); Brisant (2023); Brit Awards 1987 (1987); Brit Awards 1999 (1999); Britain's Got More Talent (2016–2019); Britain's Got Talent (2012–2018); Car Share (2015); CBS Mornings (2014 / 2023); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2019–2023); Celebrate the Dream: 50 Years of Ebony Magazine (1996); Celebrity Big Brother (2014); Celebrity Page (2017–2021); Champs-Elysées (1986–1988); Chansons! (2021); Chelsea Lately (2014); Cinderella (1997); Cinema 3 (2012); Cissy Houston: Sweet Inspiration (1988); Classic Whitney (1997); Claws (2017); Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives (2017); CMT Greatest Moments: Dolly Parton (2006); CMT Insider (2012); CMT: 40 Greatest Love Songs (2011); CMT: The Greatest - 40 Days That Shaped Country Music (2006); CMT: What's Your 20? 20 Greatest Women, 20 Years (2011); Coca-Cola Pop Music Backstage Pass to Summer (1991); Commitment to Life (2023); Coronation Street (2016–2023); Daddy's Little Girls (2007); Dancing on Ice (2010); Dancing with the Stars (2005–2023); Daria (1997–2002); Dark Side of the 2000s (2023); Dateline NBC (1994–2019); Dato' Siti Nurhaliza & Whitney Houston: Memories (2016); Deep Impact (1998); Denzel Washington: An American Model (2022); Der Mond scheint auch für Untermieter (1995); Des O'Connor Tonight (1990–1992); Di na natuto (Sorry na, puede ba?) (1993); Die Hausmeisterin (1989); Die Pepe Lienhard Sextett-Story (2021); Die Westfalenhalle - Arena der Sensationen (2023); Dino Dana (2017); Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over (2021); Dish Nation (2020); Divas des 90s: Whitney, Mariah & Céline (2019); Dolly Parton Tour TV (2011); Dolly Parton: Here I Am (2019); Dolly Parton: Here She Comes Again! (2019); Dolly Parton: Platinum Blonde (2003); Dolly Parton: Queen of Country (2015); Dolly Parton: She Ain't No Dumb Blonde (1997); Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty (2003); Drag Race Thailand (2018); Drama Queens (2024); DTV Valentine (1986); E! News Special: Whitney Houston: Last Days of a Legend (2012); E:60 (2022); EastEnders (2013); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1985–1987); Ein unvergeßliches Wochenende (1995); Elämää itsemurhan jälkeen (1999); Els dies clau (2015); Entertainment Tonight (1985–2024); Entertainment Tonight Canada (2018 / 2023); Essence Awards (1998); Essence Awards / 10th Anniversary Essence Awards (1997); Eureka (2011); Evelyn Hamann's Geschichten aus dem Leben (1993–1995); Everybody Loves Raymond (2001); Everything Wrong with... (2017); Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin (2006); Explosiv - Das Magazin (2006); Extra (2008 / 2022); Fan des années 80 (2010); Farmer Wants A Wife (2023); Frank - Der Weddingplaner (2007); Freedom Uncut (2022); Freedomfest: Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday Celebratation (1988); Fresh Off the Boat (2015); George Michael Freedom: The Director's Cut (2018); George Michael: Freedom (2017); Gimme a Break! (1984); Glee (2012); Golic and Wingo (2017–2018); Good Morning America (1990–1995); Good Morning Britain (2017–2019); Good Morning! with Will Rogers, Jr. (1985); Gospel (2024); Gregory Porter's Popular Voices (2017); Hall of Fame (2012); Happy Endings (2011); Have You Heard from Johannesburg: Free at Last (2010); HBO Boxing (2008); Hillbilly Elegy (2020); Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast (1998–2002); Hitsville: The Making of Motown (2019); Hittimittari (1986–1987); Hollywood Insider (2020); Hollywood Rock 1994 (1994); Humanda ka... Ikaw ang susunod (1987); I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston (2023); I Love the '80s (2002); Idol - Jakten på en superstjerne (2004); Idol (2002); Idol winner 2005 (2005); Idols (2008); If the Shoe Fits (2018); Informe semanal (1988); Inside Edition (2010–2015); Inside Out (2011); It's Black Entertainment (2002); Ja Rule Feat. Ashanti, Vita & Charli Baltimore: Down 4 U (2002); Jamie Foxx: I Might Need Security (2002); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1999); Journeys in Black (2002); Justin Time (2018); Känguru (1985); Kashif: Are You the Woman (1985); Kevyn Aucoin: Beauty & the Beast in Me (2017); King Dream Chorus & Holiday Crew: King Holiday (1986); King of the Hill (2007); Koptashow (2019); Kygo & Whitney Houston: Higher Love (2019); La Grande Darka! (2019); Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop (2023); Larry King Live (2010); Late Night with David Letterman (1985); Late Show with David Letterman (1998); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2009 / 2012); Les 40 ans de la 2 (2004); Les enfants de la télé (2017–2020); Liberty Weekend (1986); Lip Sync Battle (2016); Lip Sync Battle Philippines (2016); Listening to Kenny G (2021); Live from Studio Five (2009–2010); Los más (2013); Lou Rawls Parade of Stars (1988); Love, Simon (2018); Luther Vandross: Dance with My Father (2003); Luther: Never Too Much (2024); Macy's 21st Annual Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular (1997); Making the Five Heartbeats (2018); Making the Video (1999); Melrose Place (1993); Memories of 'the Bodyguard' (2005); Mike & Mike (2015); Milli Vanilli (2023); Miss Austria 2009 (2009); Moonshine (2023); Morning Express with Robin Meade (2022); Move (2016); MTV 00s - The 40 Greatest Collabs of the 00s! (2025); MTV 00s - The 40 Greatest Collabs! (2022); MTV 00s - The 40 Greatest Love Songs! (2022); MTV 00s - Top 40 Anthems of Y2K! (2024); MTV 00s - Top 40 Epic Love Songs! (2022); MTV 00s - Top 40 Most Memorable Duets! (2023); MTV 00s - Top 40 Perfect Pop Duets! (2023); MTV 00s - We Love the 00s Girls! (2023); MTV 00s: Non-Stop Nostalgia (2021–2023); MTV 80s - 1986 Wrapped! (2023); MTV 80s - 1987 Wrapped! (2023); MTV 80s - 1988 Wrapped! (2023); MTV 80s - 80s Legends Super Party! (2024); MTV 80s - Black Music History: 1980-1989 (2024); MTV 80s - Christmas Wrapped! (2024); MTV 80s - Feels Like I'm in Love! 50 Uplifting 80s Hits! (2024); MTV 80s - Greatest Ever UK No.1s of the 80s! (2024); MTV 80s - Happy New Year from MTV 80s! (2023); MTV 80s - I Want My MTV 80s Wonder Women! (2022); MTV 80s - In Love with Soul & R&B! (2024); MTV 80s - It Must Be Love! 50 Feelgood Love Songs! (2025); MTV 80s - It's an 80s New Year's Party! (2023); MTV 80s - Let's Dance! Top 50 Vids with 80s Moves! (2024); MTV 80s - Let's Get Physical! 50 80s Work Out Hits! (2025); MTV 80s - Let's Hear It for the Girls! (2023); MTV 80s - Let's Party! 80s Dance Anthems! (2024); MTV 80s - Madonna x MJ x Whitney x Prince: US Legends! (2024); MTV 80s - Monster Classics Party! (2024); MTV 80s - MTV's 80s Party Zone! (2024); MTV 80s - Pump Up the 80s Xmas Party! (2024); MTV 80s - Ride on Time! 80s Dance Party! (2025); MTV 80s - Sinitta's 80s School Disco! (2024); MTV 80s - The 100 Biggest Choruses of the 1980s! (2024); MTV 80s - The Best 80s Party Ever! (2025); MTV 80s - The Greatest Love Songs of All! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 100 1984-1989 Video Music Awards' Hall of Fame! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 100 80s Love Songs! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 100 Best 80s Debut Hits! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 100 Classics That Made MTV! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 100 Feel Good Hits! What A Feeling! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 100 Greatest Voices of the 80s! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 100 Hits of 80s Wonder Women! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 100 Iconic Music Videos That Made MTV! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 100 Longest UK Chart-Toppers of the 80s! (2025); MTV 80s - Top 100 Made in the 80s! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 100 Pop Party Classics! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 100 Songs That Defined Your Decade! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 100 US Number 1s of the 80s! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 50 1983 Vs 1987! (2022); MTV 80s - Top 50 1984 Vs 1988! (2022); MTV 80s - Top 50 40 Years Young in 2025! (2025); MTV 80s - Top 50 80s Girls Just Wanna Have Fun! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 50 80s R&B Hits! (2022); MTV 80s - Top 50 Best 80s Debuts! (2020); MTV 80s - Top 50 Dance Floor Hits of the 80! What A Feeling! (2023); MTV 80s - Top 50 Divas of the 80s! (2023); MTV 80s - Top 50 Essential Albums of the 80s! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 50 Girls in Love Tell It to My Heart! (2023); MTV 80s - Top 50 Global No. 1s of the 80s! (2021); MTV 80s - Top 50 Grammy Winners of the 80s! (2025); MTV 80s - Top 50 Greatest 80s Hits at Xmas! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 50 Greatest Love of All! (2023); MTV 80s - Top 50 Greatest Voices of the 80s! (2020); MTV 80s - Top 50 Heartwarming Hits! (2025); MTV 80s - Top 50 Hits of 1986! (2022); MTV 80s - Top 50 Hits of 1988! (2022); MTV 80s - Top 50 Iconic Videos That Made MTV! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 50 Karaoke Classics! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 50 Made in the 80s! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 50 Modern Girls of the 80s! (2022); MTV 80s - Top 50 Never Gonna Give Up 80s Pop Hits! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 50 Pop Firecrackers of the 80s! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 50 Pop Party Classics! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 50 Should've Been 80s UK Number 1s! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 50 Super-Smooth R&B Hits! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 50 the Power of 80s Love! (2023); MTV 80s - Top 50 the Sun Always Shines on MTV! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 50 UK Most Streamed Songs of the 80s! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 50 US Number 1s of the 80s! (2024); MTV 80s - Top 50 VMA's Hall of 80s Fame! (2022); MTV 80s - Top 50 We're the Kids in America! (2025); MTV 80s - Top 50 Wonder Women of the 80s! (2024); MTV 80s - Top the 50 Biggest Choruses of the 1980s! (2024); MTV 80s - Totally 80s! (2023–2024); MTV 80s - We Love '80s Pop! (2024); MTV 90s - 1992 Wrapped! (2023); MTV 90s - 90s Superwomen! (2024); MTV 90s - Happy New Year from MTV 90s! (2023 / 2024); MTV 90s - MTV 90s @ the Movies! (2024); MTV 90s - Saturday Night Party! (2022); MTV 90s - Top 30 90s Duets! (2023); MTV 90s - Top 40 at the Movies! (2021); MTV 90s - Top 50 @ the Movies! (2022); MTV 90s - Top 50 1990-1994: Back 2 the Hits! (2021); MTV 90s - Top 50 90s Collabs! (2024); MTV 90s - Top 50 90s Girls on the Dancefloor! (2024); MTV 90s - Top 50 90s Power Ballads! (2023); MTV 90s - Top 50 90s Rock: Girls Vs Boys! (2022); MTV 90s - Top 50 90s Worldwide No. 1s! (2021); MTV 90s - Top 50 All for Love! (2023); MTV 90s - Top 50 Biggest Albums of the 90s! (2021); MTV 90s - Top 50 Biggest Voices of the 90s! (2021); MTV 90s - Top 50 Champion 90s Girls X Girl Groups! (2024); MTV 90s - Top 50 Endless Love Hits! (2024); MTV 90s - Top 50 Girl-Power Hits! (2022); MTV 90s - Top 50 Girls Who Ruled the 90s! (2023); MTV 90s - Top 50 Heartbreak Hits of the 90s! (2021); MTV 90s - Top 50 Hits of 1990! (2022); MTV 90s - Top 50 Hits of 1991! (2022); MTV 90s - Top 50 Hits of 1999! (2022); MTV 90s - Top 50 Hits RnB Stars! (2023); MTV 90s - Top 50 Hot 90s Hits from the Girls! (2024); MTV 90s - Top 50 It's the 90s and I'm Feeling Good! (2022); MTV 90s - Top 50 Legends That Made the 90s! (2023); MTV 90s - Top 50 Sing It Back 90s Karaoke Classics! (2021); MTV 90s - Top 50 Sing-A-Long Hits! (2023); MTV 90s - Top 50 the Power of 90s Love! (2023); MTV 90s - Top 50 the Story of the 90s in 50 Videos! (2022); MTV 90s - Top 50 Ultimate Female Artists of the 90s! (2022); MTV 90s - Top 50 Unstoppable 90s Wonder Women! (2022); MTV Europe Music Awards 2002 Barcelona (2002); MTV Europe Music Awards 99 (1999); MTV Rockumentary (1993); MTV20: Everybody Talk About Pop Music! (2001); Muhammad Ali's 50th Birthday Celebration (1992); Mundo VIP (1998); Música sí (2000); Musicland (1984–1986); My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding (2011); My Little Pony: Pony Life (2020); My Mad Fat Diary (2013); My Own Private Oshawa (2002); NBA Superstars (1990); New Year's Rockin' Eve Presents the 30 Greatest Women in Music (2013); Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards '94 (1994); Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards '95 (1995); No me la puc treure del cap (2010); Non mais t'as vu ce que t'écoutes (2018); Nora's Hair Salon (2004); Nostalgia Critic (2008–2010); Not Going Out (2014); Number One Video Hits (1986); O Ses Türkiye (2011); Official! Biggest Hits of the 90s (2015); Oi treis Harites (1991); One Hit Wonderland (2013); One Moment in Time: The Life of Whitney Houston (2012); One Voice (1986); Oprah: Where Are They Now? (2014); P.I.T. (1985); Paper Girls (2022); Paul O'Grady's Hollywood (2017); PedrosGames (2017); Pentatonix Feat. Whitney Houston: Do You Hear What I Hear? (2019); Perfect (1985); Pero esto qué es (1990); Peter Andre's 90 Party Hits of the 90s (2014); PopSjop T.V. (1984–1986); Popular (2001); Popular Voices at the BBC (2017); Pose (2018–2021); Power (2017); Power Vision - Pop Galerie (1996); Primetime (2002); Primetime Special Edition: Whitney Houston (2002); Prom Pact (2023); Queen Stars (2022); R&B Divas of All Time (2013); Rajoul Mohim Jedan (1996); Record for Love (2016); Red Table Talk (2021); Remembering Whitney: The Oprah Interview (2012); Richard G. Hatcher: Civil Rights Activist, Lawyer & Politician (2017); Rockopop (1990); Rudi Backstage (2021); RuPaul's Drag Race (2009–2022); RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2018–2022); Sacrée soirée (1988–1990); Safety (2020); Sally Jessy Raphael (1994); Sam Smith: Dreams Come True (2015); Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration (1990); Sanders Shorts (2015); Saturday Night Live (1986–2012); Saturday Night Live Christmas Special (2002); Scandalous: The True Story of the National Enquirer (2019); Schlag den Raab (2006–2015); Scratch the Surface (1997); See It Loud: The History of Black Television (2023); Seize the Day (2009); Sen kväll med Luuk (1999); Shine (2017); Shit: Big Brother (1996); Show Me a Hero (2015); Show van de maand (1985); Silver Spoons (1985); Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet to Come (1990); Sing 2 (2021); Single All the Way (2021); SingStar Pop (2007); Sister, Sister (1997); Smash Hits Poll Winners Party 1993 (1993); SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas (2009); So You Think You Can Dance (2009–2013); So You Wanna Be a Popstar (2007); SOKO München (1996); Soldati - 365 all'alba (1987); Song by Song (2013); Songs of Survival at the BBC (2024); Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music (2005); Soul Power! (2013); Soul Train (1985); Soul Train's 25th Anniversary (1995); SoundMojo (2022); Sounds of the 80s (2016); Sounds of the Eighties (1996); Sparkle (2012); Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019); Spise med Price (2016); Sports Illustrated's 20th Century Sports Awards (1999); Sternstunden (2016); Stop the Madness (1986); Strictly Come Dancing (2014); Strong Girl Bong-soon (2017); Succession (2018); Super Bowl XXV (1991); Superstar (2021); Superstar Duets (2016); Superstars and Their Moms (1987); TCM Remembers 2012 / Music Video (2012); Teddy Pendergrass & Whitney Houston: Hold Me (1984); Telethon (1988); Téléthon (1993); Television's Greatest Performances I (1995); Television's Greatest Performances II (1995); Tellement Gay! Homosexualité et pop culture (2015); Tennis: Eastbourne (2016); That's What Friends Are for: Arista's 15th Anniversary Concert (1990); The 10th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (1996); The 12th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (1998); The 13th Annual American Black Achievement Awards (1992); The 13th Annual American Music Awards (1986); The 1993 Billboard Music Awards (1993); The 1993 World Music Awards (1993); The 1998 Billboard Music Awards (1998); The 1998 Soul Train Christmas Starfest (1998); The 19th Annual American Music Awards (1992); The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards (1993); The 1st Annual Soul Train Music Awards (1987); The 2012 Billboard Music Awards (2012); The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2012); The 2020 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Virtual Red Carpet Live (2020); The 21st Annual American Music Awards (1994); The 25 Songs of Christmas (2017); The 28th Annual American Music Awards (1987-2001); The 28th Annual Grammy Awards (1986); The 29th Annual Grammy Awards (1987); The 30th Annual Grammy Awards (1988); The 31st Annual Grammy Awards (1989); The 33rd Annual Grammy Awards (1991); The 36th Annual Grammy Awards (1994); The 38th Annual Grammy Awards (1996); The 38th Annual Grammy Awards Red Carpet (1996); The 39th Annual Grammy Awards (1997); The 3rd Annual Black Gold Awards (1986); The 3rd Annual Soul Train Music Awards (1989); The 40th Anniversary American Music Awards (2012); The 41st Annual Grammy Awards (1999); The 42nd Annual Grammy Awards (2000); The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1998); The 51st Annual Grammy Awards (2009); The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards (2012); The 66th Annual Academy Awards (1994); The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999); The '80s: The Decade That Made Us (2013); The 84th Annual Academy Awards (2012); The 8th Annual American Cinema Awards (1991); The 8th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (1994); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989–1991); The Beat with Ari Melber (2023); The Best of the Doves Marathon (2007); The Best of the World Music Awards (2010); The BET Honors (2009 / 2010); The Big Interview with Dan Rather (2016–2021); The Bodyguard (1992); The BRITs at 40 (2020); The Cake General (2018); The Cheetah Girls (2003 / 2004); The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006); The Clash (2021); The Curse of Von Dutch: A Brand to Die For (2021); The Eighties (2016); The Funny Cartoons Show (2022); The Goldbergs' Excellent Adventure (2016–2019); The Good Wife (2015); The Great Christmas Movies (1998); The Greatest (1999–2010); The Greatest American Hero (1986); The Greatest Love of All: Whitney Houston (2012); The History of Rock 'n' Roll (1995); The Hour (2012); The Insider (2015); The Jetroom (2006); The Magic of David Copperfield XIII: Mystery on the Orient Express (1991); The Magic of David Copperfield XVI: Unexplained Forces (1995); The Masked Singer (2022); The Masked Singer New Zealand (2021); The Merv Griffin Show (1983–1985); The Most Shocking Celebrity Moments of 2004 (2005); The National Lottery (1997); The Nelson Mandela Birthday Concert (1988); The Official Top 50 Best-Selling Singles of the 90s and 00s (2015); The Oprah Winfrey Show (1998–2009); The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2012); The Photograph (2020); The Preacher's Wife (1996); The Prince of Egypt (1998); The Princess Diaries (2001); The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004); The Project (2023–2024); The Project (2024); The Real Friends of WeHo (2023); The Reichen Show (2006); The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2020 Inductions (2020); The Ronn Lucas Show (1991); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996–2000); The Roxy (1987); The Sara Cox Show (2019); The Simple Truth: A Concert for Kurdish Refugees (1991); The Simpsons (1998–2017); The Songwriter's Hall of Fame 20th Anniversary... The Magic of Music (1989); The Story of the Songs (2020); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1985–1992); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1999); The Top Ten Revealed (2020–2021); The Tyra Banks Show (2006); The Voice Generations (2023); The Word (1990–1992); The World's Greatest Movie Songs: Top 50 (2014); The Wright Stuff (2012); The X Factor UK (2004–2015); This Is Pop (2021); This Is the End (2013); This Is Us (2022); This Morning (1988-2009); TLC Forever (2023); Today (1985–2011); Todd's Pop Song Reviews (2015); Tonight Live with Steve Vizard (1991); Tony Bennett Live by Request: An All-Star Tribute (1998); Too Many Tabs - der Podcast (2024); Top of the Pops (1985–2000); Top of the Pops 2 (2003); Top Ten (1999–2000); Tu cara me suena - Argentina (2013–2015); Turn It Up: Ascending to a higher level (2022); Two and a Half Men (2011); Twoja twarz brzmi znajomo (2017); Ultra Sound (1999); United States of Love (2016); Unsung Presents: Best in Black (2023); VH1 100 Greatest Songs of Rock n Roll (1999); VH1 Divas Duets (2003); VH1 Divas Las Vegas (2002); VH1 Divas Live 2 (1999); VH1 News Presents Whitney Houston's Greatest Moments (2012); VH1 News Special: Whitney Houston - Death of a Diva (2012); VH-1 to One (1990); VH1 to One: Whitney Houston (1990); Vh1 Top 80 Video of the 80's (2001); Vh1 Video Timeline (1999); Viaje al centro de la tele (2020); Video Killed the Radio Star (2012); Video on Trial (2006); Video Soul (1991); Videotech (1999); Viki ja Köpi Show (2023); Vincent and Doug: The Movie (1999); Vivement dimanche (2006); Waiting to Exhale (1995); Warau keikan (2009); Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (1998); We Will Always Love You: A Grammy Salute to Whitney Houston (2012); Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston (1991); Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008); Wetten, dass..? (1999–2010); What's Up Doc? (1993–1994); When You Believe: Music from 'the Prince of Egypt' (1998); Whitney (2018); Whitney at the BBC (2021); Whitney Houston - The Concert for a New South Africa (Durban) (2024); Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All (2021); Whitney Houston & CeCe Winans: Count on Me (1996); Whitney Houston & Clean Bandit: How Will I Know (2021); Whitney Houston & Enrique Iglesias: Could I Have This Kiss Forever (2000); Whitney Houston & George Michael: If I Told You That (2000); Whitney Houston & Her Family: Voices of Love (2012); Whitney Houston & Jordin Sparks: Celebrate (2012); Whitney Houston & Mariah Carey: When You Believe (1998); Whitney Houston & Mariah Carey: When You Believe (Alternate Version) (1998); Whitney Houston Feat. Faith Evans & Kelly Price: Heartbreak Hotel (1999); Whitney Houston Legend (2013); Whitney Houston: All at Once, Version 1 (1985); Whitney Houston: All at Once, Version 2 (1985); Whitney Houston: All the Man That I Need (1991); Whitney Houston: As I Am (2021); Whitney Houston: Born to Sing (2023); Whitney Houston: Classic Whitney (1997); Whitney Houston: Close Up (2018); Whitney Houston: Didn't We Almost Have It All (1987); Whitney Houston: Exhale (Shoop Shoop) (1995); Whitney Houston: Fine (2000); Whitney Houston: Greatest Love of All (1986); Whitney Houston: How Will I Know (1985); Whitney Houston: I Believe in You and Me (1996); Whitney Houston: I Belong to You (1991); Whitney Houston: I Have Nothing (1993); Whitney Houston: I Learned from the Best (1999); Whitney Houston: I Look to You (2009); Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (1987); Whitney Houston: I Will Always Love You (1992); Whitney Houston: I'm Every Woman (1993); Whitney Houston: I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990); Whitney Houston: It's Not Right But It's Okay (1999); Whitney Houston: Live in Concert (1991); Whitney Houston: Love to Infinity (2002); Whitney Houston: Love Will Save the Day (1988); Whitney Houston: Million Dollar Bill (2009); Whitney Houston: Miracle (1991); Whitney Houston: My Love Is Your Love (1999); Whitney Houston: My Name Is Not Susan (1991); Whitney Houston: One Moment in Time (1988); Whitney Houston: One of Those Days (2002); Whitney Houston: Queen of the Night (1994); Whitney Houston: Run to You (1993); Whitney Houston: Saving All My Love for You (1985); Whitney Houston: So Emotional (1987); Whitney Houston: Step by Step (1997); Whitney Houston: The Concert for a New South Africa (1994); Whitney Houston: The Greatest Hits (2000); Whitney Houston: The Greatest Love of All - A Tribute (2012); Whitney Houston: The Star-Spangled Banner (1991); Whitney Houston: The True Story (2002); Whitney Houston: The Woman Behind the Voice (2016); Whitney Houston: This is My Life (1992); Whitney Houston: Try It on My Own (2003); Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You (2013); Whitney Houston: Whatchulookinat (2002); Whitney Houston: Where Do Broken Hearts Go (1988); Whitney Houston: Why Does It Hurt So Bad (1996); Whitney Houston: You Give Good Love (1985); Whitney T.V. (2000); Whitney, a Look Back (2022); Whitney: Can I Be Me (2017); Whitney's Addictions: Death of a Diva (2012); Wired (1988); Wogan (1985–1988); Women in Rock (1986); World Music Awards 2004 (2004); World News Tonight (2012); Wrecked (2018); X Factor (2009); You're Watching Video Music Box (2021); Zärtliche Chaoten II (1988); Zwei Männer am Herd (1999).

Born on this day – Danielle Gaubert:

Danielle Gaubert

Actress

August 9, 1943 – November 4, 1987

Born on this day – Michèle Girardon:

Michèle Girardon

Actress

Writer

August 9, 1938 – March 25, 1975

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 – Dorothy Jordan:

Dorothy Jordan

Actress

August 9, 1906 – December 7, 1988

Born on this day – Florelle:

Florelle

Opera singer

Soprano

Actress

August 9, 1898 – September 28, 1974

Credits:

Lovers and thieves (1935); Atout coeur (1931); Around a Investigation (1931); Blood in the Head (1956); Clodoche / Tramp (1938); Die Herrin von Atlantis (1932); El amor solfeando (1930); Faubourg Montmartre (1931); Earn Your Life (1931); Gervaise (1956); Gigolette (1937); Gonzague (1923); In theaters tonight (1972); Jim Bougne, boxer (born 1923) The lady from Maxim's / The lady at Maxim's (1933); The Last Night (1933); The woman nue / The naked woman (1932); The kids (1935); The marvellous The Wonderful Day (1932); La nuit est à elles, Paris 1919-1939 / The Night Is Them, Paris 1919-1939 (2018); The Affair of the Rue de Lourcine (1923); L'amour chante (1930); Atlantis (1932); The Other (1930); The son The improvised son (1932); The big bluff (1933) The Joker (1930); The Malay Dagger (1931); Les anges noirs / Black Angels (1937); Les caves du Majestic / The Majestic cellars (1945); The Two Ducks / The Two Ducks (1934) The gods have fun (1935) The Les Misérables (1934); Les surprises du sleeping / The surprises of sleeping (1933); Liliom (1934); The Eye of the Storm (1992); My My aunt from Honfleur (1931); Marriage with responsibility Limited Liability Marriage (1933); Mimosa Bar (1933); My heart incognito (1931); Mr, Mrs. and Bibi (1932); Nights of Venice (1931); Oasis (1955); Passionately / Passionately (1932); Sidonie Panache (1934); Sixth floor / Sixième étage (1940); The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936); The Crime on the Coast (1913); The Mask of Horror (1912); The Mistress of Atlantis (1932); The Threepenny Opera (1931) Trois femmes / Three women (1952); Tumultes / Tumult (1932); Un meurtre a été commis / A murder was committed (1938); A Wedding Night (1935); Vacances (1931).

Born on this day – Alice Fleming:

Alice Fleming

Actress

August 9, 1882 – December 6, 1952

Credits:

A Medal for Benny (1945); California Gold Rush (1946); Cheyenne Wildcat (1944); Colorado Pioneers (1945); Conquest of Cheyenne (1946); Dick Tracy (1937 / 1990); Fired Wife (1943); Great Stagecoach Robbery (1945); Headin' for God's Country (1943); Her Primitive Man (1944); His Greatest Sacrifice (1921); In Society (1944); It's a Pleasure (1945); Keep 'Em Slugging (1943); Lone Texas Ranger (1945); Marshal of Laredo (1945); Marshal of Reno (1944); Moonlight in Vermont (1943); Mystery Broadcast (1943); Overland Mail Robbery (1943); Phantom Lady (1944); Phantom of the Plains (1945); Playmates (1941); Queen of Burlesque (1946); Reckless Age (1944); Saratoga Trunk (1945); Sheriff of Las Vegas (1944); Sheriff of Redwood Valley (1946); Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943); Silas Marner (1922); Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947); State Fair (1945); Storm Over Lisbon (1944); Sun Valley Cyclone (1946); Sunday Dinner for a Soldier (1944); The Affairs of Susan (1945); The Beloved Cheater (1919); The Conquest of Canaan (1921); The Dark Corner (1946); The Dark Horse (1946); The Mantrap (1943); The San Antonio Kid (1944); Three Is a Family (1944); Tucson Raiders (1944); Vigilantes of Dodge City (1944); Wagon Wheels Westward (1945); Who Done It? (1942); Women Men Love (1921); Youth for the Kingdom (1945).

Born on this day – Mary Foy:

Mary Foy

Actress

August 9, 1872 – June 18, 1956

Credits:

A Fall to Arms (1930); A House Divided (1931); A Man from Wyoming (1930); A Perfect Gentleman (1928); A Solax Celebration (1912); A Tale of Two Cities (1935); Algie, the Miner (1912); Ankles Preferred (1927); Ann Vickers (1933); Before Midnight (1933); Behind Office Doors (1931); Beyond the Rocks (1922); Blockade (1938); City Park (1934); Common Clay (1930); Dangerous Money (1924); Dumbbells in Ermine (1930); Embarrassing Moments (1930); Falling Leaves (1912); Front Page Woman (1935); Fury (1936); Ginger (1935); Her Indiscretion (1927); Hubby Does the Washing (1912); I Stole a Million (1939); Icebound (1924); I'll Love You Always (1935); In the Year 2000 (1912); Irish Luck (1925); It's the Cats (1934); It's the Old Army Game (1926); Ladies in Love (1930); Ladies of the Big House (1931); Let Us Live (1939); Life of an Actress (1927); Little Big Shot (1935); Love in Bloom (1935); Love Is Dangerous (1933); Mad Hour (1928); Maisie (1939); Midnight Phantom (1935); Mind Your Business (1930); Naughty Marietta (1935); No Ransom (1934); Once to Every Woman (1934); One Hour to Live (1939); Pack Up Your Troubles (1939); Pepper (1936); Polly of the Movies (1927); Reform Girl (1933); Sally in Our Alley (1916); Scandal Sheet (1931); Scarlet Youth (1928); School for Girls (1934); Second Fiddle (1923); Slaves of Beauty (1927); Slightly Married (1932); Stardust (1921); Strange People (1933); Such Men Are Dangerous (1930); The Broad Road (1923); The Cradle Buster (1922); The Divine Lady (1928); The Equine Spy (1912); The Ghost in the Garret (1921); The Godless Girl (1928); The Great American Pie Company (1935); The Headless Horseman (1922); The Hoosier Schoolmaster (1924); The House of Mystery (1934); The Lariat Kid (1929); The Lucky Devil (1925); The Manicure Girl (1925); The Pinch Hitter (1925); The Studio Murder Mystery (1929); The Terrible People (1928); The Vice Squad (1931); The White Rose (1923); The Widow from Chicago (1930); The Wooing of Alice (1912); Thou Shalt Not Steal (1917); Thunder Trail (1937); Transient Lady (1935); Two Heads on a Pillow (1934); Unrelated Relations (1936); What a Time (1931); White Lies (1934); Zenobia (1939).

Born on this day – Eve Miller:

Eve Miller

Actress

August 8, 1923 – August 17, 1973

Credits:

Annie Oakley (1955–1956); April in Paris (1952); Arctic Fury (1951); Artists and Models (1955); Beyond the Forest (1949); Broadway Jungle (1955); Buckaroo from Powder River (1947); City Detective (1955); Code 3 (1957); Coronado 9 (1961); Crossroads (1955–1957); Diamond Horseshoe (1945); Fireside Theatre (1950–1953); Four Star Playhouse (1955); Frontier Doctor (1959); I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947); Inner Sanctum (1948); Kansas Pacific (1953); Lassie (1957); Mayor of the Town (1954); Mr. & Mrs. North (1954); Mr. Adams and Eve (1957); Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950); Navy Log (1957); Never Fear (1950); Perry Mason (1958); Pier 23 (1951); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957); Schlitz Playhouse (1956); She's Working Her Way Through College (1952); Telephone Time (1956); The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956); The Big Bluff (1955); The Big Trees (1952); The Cases of Eddie Drake (1952); The Desperate Women (1954); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1954); The Lineup (1954–1959); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1955); The Range Rider (1951); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Story of Will Rogers (1952); The Vicious Years (1950); The Whistler (1955); The Winning Team (1952); There's No Business Like Show Business (1954); This My Son (1954); Trackdown (1957); Wire Service (1956); Your Show Time (1949); Zane Grey Theatre (1957).

Born on this day – Sylvia Sidney:

Sylvia Sidney

Actress

August 8, 1910 – July 1, 1999

Credits:

A Small Killing (1981); A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley (2013); Accent on Youth (1935); AFI Life Achievement Award (1978); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); American Masters (1989–2001); American Playhouse (1982–1990); An American Tragedy (1931); An Early Frost (1985); Beetlejuice (1988); Behind the High Wall (1956); Behold My Wife! (1934); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Biography (2002); Blood on the Sun (1945); Breakdowns of 1941 (1941); Broadway Nights (1927); Broadway Television Theatre (1952–1953); California Fever (1979); Cameo Theatre (1952); Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988); Celebrity Playhouse (1955–1956); City Streets (1931); Climax! (1955–1957); Confessions of a Co-Ed (1931); Damien: Omen II (1978); Dead End (1937); Dear John (1988); Death at Love House (1976); Diagnosis Murder (1993); Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate (1971); Domestic Life (1984); Eight Is Enough (1977); Equal Justice (1990); F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980); Fantasy Island (1998–1999); Finnegan Begin Again (1985); Five Minutes from the Station (1930); Fury (1936); General Electric Theater (1960); Girl Talk (1965–1967); God Told Me To (1976); Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984); Going Hollywood: The War Years (1988); Good Dame (1934); Gypsy (1965–1967); Hammett (1982); Having It All (1982); Here's Hollywood (1960); Home (1956); I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977); Jennie Gerhardt (1933); Joseph Schildkraut Presents (1953); Kaz (1978); Kraft Theatre (1957); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1954); Ladies of the Big House (1931); Les Miserables (1952); Love from a Stranger (1947); Lux Video Theatre (1952); Madame Butterfly (1932); Magnum, P.I. (1983); Make Me a Star (1932); Mars Attacks! (1996); Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935); Matinee Theatre (1957); Merrily We Go to Hell (1932); Morningstar/Eveningstar (1986); Moving Image Salutes Sidney Lumet (1985); Mr. Ace (1946); My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); My Three Sons (1969); Naked City (1961); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Night of 100 Stars III (1990); ...One Third of a Nation... (1939); Order of Death (1983); Pals (1987); Pick-up (1933); Playhouse 90 (1957–1958); Playwrights '56 (1955); Ponds Theater (1953–1955); Raid on Entebbe (1976); Route 66 (1961–1964); Ryan's Four (1983); Ryan's Hope (1975–1976); Sabotage (1936); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner (1949); Screen Snapshots: The Skolsky Party (1946); Siege (1978); Snowbeast (1977); Star Stage (1955); Starsky and Hutch (1976); Street Scene (1931); Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973); Supertrain (1979); Tales of Tomorrow (1952); Talking Pictures (1988); That's Life (1979); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955); The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986); The 43rd Annual Golden Globe Awards 1986 (1986); The 46th Annual Academy Awards (1974); The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1999); The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000); The Annual Waldorf Gala Salute to Myrna Loy (1985); The Bob Braun Show (1973); The Brass Ring (1983); The Defenders (1962); The Doctors (1963); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Equalizer (1989); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1955); The Gossip Columnist (1980); The House That Shadows Built (1931); The Joan Rivers Show (1969); The Kate Smith Evening Hour (1951); The Lee Phillip Show (1971); The Love Boat (1981); The Man in the Family (1991); The Mike Douglas Show (1965–1970); The Miracle Man (1932); The Polly Bergen Show (1957); The Searching Wind (1946); The Secret Night Caller (1975); The Shadow Box (1980); The Sorrows of Satan (1926); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960); The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936); The Wagons Roll at Night (1941); The Witching of Ben Wagner (1987); Thirty Day Princess (1934); Thirtysomething (1989); Thru Different Eyes (1929); Tom Cottle: Up Close (1982); Trapper John, M.D. (1984); Used People (1992); Violent Saturday (1955); Westside Medical (1977); Whiz Kids (1984); Winner Take All (1975); WKRP in Cincinnati (1978); You and Me (1938); You Only Live Once (1937).

Born on this day – Caroline Cellier:

Caroline Cellier

Actress

August 7, 1945 – December 15, 2020

Credits:

At madness, not at all (1987); A Pain in the Ass (1973) At the theatre tonight (1966–1967); Beyond the Screen (1967); Cadet Rousselle (1973); Some short stories (1980); It's even better in the afternoon (1986–1987); Champs-Elysées (1984–1988); Charlie Goofy (1987); Ciné star (1987); Cop au vin (1985); Danger Passion (1986); Minor Misdemeanour (1994); Desproges is alive (1998); Didier (1997); Dim Dam Dom (1969); Ghosts in Legacy (1990); Farinelli (1994); Nobody's Women (1984); Fragile(s) (2007); Grand Guignol (1987); Gym tonic (1984); Histoires insolites (1974); Men, Women, a User's Guide (1996); Jean-Philippe (2006); Happy Birthday Monsieur Trenet (1995); Julie de Carneilhan (1990); The Question Box (2010); La contre-allée (1991); The derelitta / Cinema 16 (1980); The Trojan War Will Not Take Place (1967); The The Trojan War Will Not Take Place / Take Me to the Theatre (1984); The moral of the story (1966); The Death of a Champion (1972); The Night of the 7 d'Or (1987); The night of the Césars (1977–1985); The Client's Head (1965); La vie de château (1984); The landing (1981); The Fainting Horse (1976); Le ciel de lit (1974); The great journal of Canal+ (2004); The Great Restaurant (2011); The 8 p.m. news (1992); The Flight of Icarus (1980); The Zebra (1992); The Sweetest Confessions (1971); The files of Jérôme Randax (1966); Les enfants de la télé (2019); The Enfoirés (1997); Blue ferns (1977); The Big Children (1998); The Heroics (1981); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1977); The Saturday Story (1997); Life Love Death (1969) The Sunday Guest (1969); The Eye Behind the Scenes (1988); Manon: The Three-Sided Mirror (1966); Cinema Tuesday (1987); Marriage (1974); Marie Curie - A Certain Young Girl (1965); Michel Sardou: Hello! (1997); A Thousand Billion Dollars (1982); Molière pour rire et pour pleurer (1973); Molinaro, a Free Spirit (2006); Musicolor (1969); Nino Castelnuovo, the bellboy Hôtel du Palais (2006); Light and Shadow (2003); Petit Con (1984); Pleasure (And Its Little Inconveniences) (1998); Poiret est à vous (1975); Poker (1987); Film Encounters (2010); Romulus the Great (1971); Rouletabille (1966); Sacrée soirée (1987–1991); Courteline Evening / Segment: The Fear of Blows (1974); Surprise Party (1983); The Pupil (1996); The Taming of the Shrew (1964); Thelma, Louise and Chantal (2010); This Man Must Die (1969) Transit (2004); A Dangerous Game (2005); A Cell for Two (2006); One woman, one day... (1977); A Girl in the Mountain (1964); Panic (1987); Vivement dimanche (1999–2010); Year of the Jellyfish (1984).

Born on this day – Andrée Clément:

Andrée Clément

Actress

August 7, 1918 – May 31, 1954

Credits:

Angels of Sin (1943); Bethsabée (1947); Coïncidences (1947); Daughters of Destiny / Segment: Jeanne (1954); Devil's Daughter (1946); God Needs Men (1950); Jeanne (1952); Just a Big Simple Girl (1948); La vierge du Rhin (1953); Macadam (1946); Pastoral Symphony (1946); Premier de cordée (1944); Premier prix du conservatoire (1943); Suivez cet homme (1953); The Thirst of Men (1950).

Born on this day – Kay Williams:

Kay Williams

Actress

August 7, 1916 – May 25, 1983

Credits:

A Guy Named Joe (1943); American Masters (2004); Arch of Triumph (1948); Biography (2003); Du Barry Was a Lady (1943); Fascination: An Unauthorized Tribute to Marilyn Monroe (2011); Gable: The King Remembered (1975); Girl Crazy (1943); Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944); Meet the People (1944); No Minor Vices (1948); Nostradamus IV (1944); Rationing (1944); Swing Fever (1943); The Actress (1953); The Other Love (1947); Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944); This Man's Navy (1945); Two Girls and a Sailor (1944); Whistling in Brooklyn (1943); Ziegfeld Follies (1945).

Born on this day – June Travis:

June Travis

Actress

August 7, 1914 – April 14, 2008

Credits:

Bengal Tiger (1936); Bright Lights (1935); Broadway Gondolier (1935); Broadway Hostess (1935); Ceiling Zero (1936); Circus Girl (1937); Don't Bet on Blondes (1935); Dr. Socrates (1935); Earthworm Tractors (1936); Exiled to Shanghai (1937); Federal Man-Hunt (1938); Go Chase Yourself (1938); Jailbreak (1936); Join the Marines (1937); Little Orphan Annie (1938); Love Is on the Air (1937); Men in Exile (1937); Monster a Go-Go (1965); Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938); Over the Goal (1937); Over the Wall (1938); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 7 (1937); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 8 (1937); Shipmates Forever (1935); Stranded (1935); The Big Game (1936); The Case of the Black Cat (1936); The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935); The ComicWeb: Old Time Radio Programs (2020); The Gladiator (1938); The Kid Comes Back (1937); The Marines Are Here (1938); The Night Hawk (1938); The Star (1952); Times Square Playboy (1936).

Born on this day – Ann Harding:

Ann Harding

Actress

August 7, 1902 – September 1, 1981

Credits:

A Night of Terror (1937); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1963); Ben Casey (1965); Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935); Burke's Law (1963); Cavalcade of America (1957); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Christmas Eve (1947); Climax! (1955–1957); Complicated Women (2003); Compression (2024); Condemned! (1929); Crossroads (1955); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); Devotion (1931); Double Harness (1933); Dr. Kildare (1964); East Lynne (1931); Enchanted April (1935); Eyes in the Night (1942); Front Row Center (1956); Gallant Lady (1933); General Electric Summer Originals (1956); General Electric Theater (1955–1956); Her Private Affair (1929); Holiday (1930); Hollywood Opening Night (1952); It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947); I've Lived Before (1956); Janie (1944); Janie Gets Married (1946); Kraft Theatre (1957); Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn (2016); Lux Video Theatre (1954–1955); Matinee Theatre (1955–1958); Nine Girls (1944); Our American Heritage (1960); Paris Bound (1929); Personalities (1942); Peter Ibbetson (1935); Play of the Week (1960–1961); Playwrights '56 (1956); Prestige (1931); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1952); Schlitz Playhouse (1953–1954); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 1 (1936); Stage 7 (1955); Strange Intruder (1956); Studio 57 (1955); Sunday Showcase (1960); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955–1957); The Animal Kingdom (1932); The Art Director (1949); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); The Conquerors (1932); The Defenders (1963); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Flame Within (1935); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1955); The Fountain (1934); The Girl of the Golden West (1930); The Hollywood Gad-About (1934); The Hollywood Movie Parade (1934); The Lady Consents (1936); The Life of Vergie Winters (1934); The Magnificent Yankee (1950); The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956); The North Star (1943); The Right to Romance (1933); The Unknown Man (1951); The Voice of Hollywood No. 12 (1930); The Witness Chair (1936); Those Endearing Young Charms (1945); TV Club (1950); Two Weeks with Love (1950); Westinghouse Presents: Come Again to Carthage (1961); Westward Passage (1932); When Ladies Meet (1933); Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007).

Born on this day – Irene Purcell:

Irene Purcell

Actress

August 7, 1896 – July 9, 1972

Credits:

Bachelor's Affairs (1932); Just a Gigolo (1931); Just One Word (1929); Le plombier amoureux (1932); The Crooked Circle (1932); The Man in Possession (1931); The Passionate Plumber (1932); Westward Passage (1932).

Born on this day – Billie Burke:

Billie Burke

Actress

August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970

Credits:

Radio:

Biography in Sound (1955–1956); Doubting Thomas (1935); Duffy's Tavern (1944); Family Theater (1948–1952); Good News of 1939 (1938); Mail Call (1944); Show Stoppers (1946); Stagestruck (1954); The Bill Stern Colgate Sports Newsreel (1949); The Billie Burke Show (1943–1946); The Charlie McCarthy Show (1944–1947); The Danny Kaye Show (1946); The Eddie Cantor Pabst Blue Ribbon Show (1948); The Gulf Screen Guild Theater (1939); The Martin and Lewis Show (1949); The Pepsodent Show (1941); The Rudy Vallee Hour (1939); The Rudy Vallee Sealtest Show (1940–1941); The Rudy Vallee Show (1945); The Sealtest Village Store (1944); The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air (1932); This Is Show Business – CBS-TV (1949); Tribute to Ethel Barrymore (1945); WOR 25th Anniversary (1947); Your Movietown Radio Theatre (1948).

Stage:

Annie Dear (1924); A Marriage of Convenience (1918); Caesar's Wife (1919); Family Affairs (1929); Jerry (1914); Love Watches (1908); Mrs. Dot (1910); Mrs. January and Mr. X (1944); My Wife (1907); Rose Briar (1922); Suzanne (1910); The Amazons (1913); The Happy Husband (1928); The Intimate Strangers (1921); The Land of Promise (1913); The Marquise (1927); The Philosopher in the Apple Orchard (1911); The Rescuing Angel (1917); The Runaway (1911); The Truth Game (1930); This Rock (1943); Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 – 1934; Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 – 1936; Ziegfeld Follies of 1943 – 1943.

Movies and television:

77 Sunset Strip (1960); A Feather in Her Hat (1935); ABC News Breakfast (2024); After Office Hours (1935); All Star Revue (1951); And Baby Makes Three (1949); And One Was Beautiful (1940); Arms and the Girl (1917); At Home with Billie Burke (1951–1952); Away Goes Prudence (1920); A Bill of Divorcement (1932); Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz (2005); Becky Sharp (1935); Billie Gets Her Man (1948); Biograph Beauty Postcard (1905); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte (2020); Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976); Breakfast in Hollywood (1946); Bridal Suite (1939); Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned (2014); Broadway: The American Musical (2004); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2020); Christopher Strong (1933); Columbia Laff Hour (1956); Craig's Wife (1936); Delta Kappa Alpha Silver Anniversary Banquet (1963); Dinner at Eight (1933); Doc Corkle (1952); Doubting Thomas (1935); Dulcy (1940); Eternally Yours (1939); Everybody Sing (1938); Eve's Daughter (1918); Father of the Bride (1950); Father's Little Dividend (1951); Finishing School (1934); Footlights Theater (1952); Ford Star Jubilee (1956); Forsaking All Others (1934); Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943); Girl Trouble (1942); Gloria's Romance (1916); Glorifying the American Girl (1929); Good Gracious, Annabelle (1919); Hal Roach: Hollywood's King of Laughter (1994); Hi Diddle Diddle (1943); Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972); Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1969); Hullabaloo (1940); In Pursuit of Polly (1918); Inside Edition Weekend (2022); Irene (1940); I've Got a Secret (1954); Let's Get a Divorce (1918); Lights Out (1950); Matinee Theatre (1956); Merrily We Live (1938); My American Wife (1936); Navy Blue and Gold (1937); One Night in Lisbon (1941); Only Yesterday (1933); Our Mutual Girl, No. 4 (1914); Parnell (1937); Peggy (1916); Pepe (1960); Piccadilly Jim (1936); Picture People No. 2: Hollywood Sports (1941); Playhouse 90 (1957–1958); Remember? (1939); Sadie Love (1919); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 20 (1930); Sergeant Rutledge (1960); She Couldn't Take It (1935); Sid & Judy (2019); Silly Billy (1948); Small Town Girl (1953); Society Doctor (1935); So's Your Uncle (1943); Splendor (1935); Swing Out, Sister (1945); That's Entertainment! III (1994); The Bachelor's Daughters (1946); The Barkleys of Broadway (1949); The Best of Broadway (1955); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); The Boy from Indiana (1950); The Bride Wore Red (1937); The Captain Is a Lady (1940); The Cheaters (1945); The Dark Side of the Rainbow (2000); The Ed Wynn Show (1950); The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater (1955); The Education of Elizabeth (1921); The Frisky Mrs. Johnson (1920); The Ghost Comes Home (1940); The Golden Twenties (1950); The House That Shadows Built (1931); The Land of Promise (1917); The Laurel and Hardy Show (1986); The Make-Believe Wife (1918); The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941); The Milton Berle Show (1949); The Misleading Widow (1919); The Mysterious Miss Terry (1917); The Name's the Same (1954); The Project (2024); The Red Rowe Show (1960); The Wild Man of Borneo (1941); The Wizard of Oz (1939); The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (1990); The Young in Heart (1938); The Young Philadelphians (1959); These Amazing Shadows (2011); They All Kissed the Bride (1942); This Is Your Life (1952–1957); This Our Life (1942); Three Husbands (1950); To Oz! The Making of a Classic (2009); Today Tonight (2009); Topper (1937); Topper Returns (1941); Topper Takes a Trip (1938); TV Club (1951); Unit Tapes (2020); Vito (2011); Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular (1988); Wanted: A Husband (1919); We Haven't Really Met Properly...: Billie Burke as Glinda, Good Witch of the North (2005); We're Rich Again (1934); What's Cookin' (1942); Where Sinners Meet (1934); You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith (1943); Zenobia (1939); Ziegfeld on Film (2004).

Born on this day – Barbara Bates:

Barbara Bates

Actress

Singer

August 6, 1925 – March 18, 1969

Credits:

A Scandal in Paris (1946); Adventures of Don Juan (1948); All About Eve (1950); All Ashore (1953); Always Together (1947); Apache Territory (1958); April Showers (1948); Becoming Marilyn (2022); Belles on Their Toes (1952); Camera Angles (1948); Cheaper by the Dozen (1950); Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Present Their Television Party for Muscular Dystrophy (1953); I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951); It's a Great Life (1954–1955); Johnny Belinda (1948); June Bride (1948); Lady on a Train (1945); Let's Make It Legal (1951); Men in Her Diary (1945); Night in Paradise (1946); One Last Fling (1949); Quicksand (1950); Rhapsody (1954); Romance on the High Seas (1948); Salome, Where She Danced (1945); Studio 57 (1955); The Caddy (1953); The Crimson Canary (1945); The Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Double (1982); The Fabulous Joe (1947); The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival (1947); The House Across the Street (1949); The Inspector General (1949); The Millionaire (1955); The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Saint (1962); The Secret of Convict Lake (1951); This Love of Ours (1945); Town on Trial (1957); Triple Deception (1956); Your Play Time (1954).