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Monday, December 16, 2024

Born on this day – Max Linder:

Max Linder

Actor

Director

Writer

Producer

Comedian

December 16, 1883 – November 1, 1925

Credits:

A Bashful Young Man (1908); A Case of Lumbago (1909); A Conquest (1909); A Country Lad (1908); A Cure for Timidity (1910); A Drama in Seville (1907); A Farm House Romance (1912); A Glorious Start (1907); A Hooligan Idea (1907); A Jockey for Love (1913); A Prince of Worth (1910); A Ringer for Max (1915); A Romantic Girl (1910); A Set of Teeth (1909); A Waterplane Elopement (1912); Ah! Quel malheur d'avoir un gendre (1907); All for a Necklace (1907); Amateur Acrobat (1908); Amoureux de la femme à barbe (1909); Amoureux de la teinturière (1912); An Escape of Gas (1912); Artful Husband (1907); At the Music Hall (1907); Attempted Suicide (1906); Be My Wife (1921); Before and After (1909); Beginning of the Serpentine Dance (1908); Busy Fiance (1908); C'est Papa qui a pris la Purge (1907); Chaussure trop étroite (1907); Chevalier Barkas (1925); Contagious Nervous Twitching (1908); Cuisinier par amour (1914); Dick est un chien savant (1914); Doings of a Maniac (1907); En compagnie de Max Linder (1963); Entente cordiale (1912); First Night Out (1905); For the Children (1916); From Jealousy to Madness (1907); Hairdresser of Love (1915); Harlequin's Story (1907); Help! (1924); His First Cigar (1908); How Max Went Around the World (1910); Hunchback Brings Luck (1908); In a Difficult Position (1908); Je voudrais un enfant (1910); Joined Lips (1907); Julot va dans le monde (1906); King of the Circus (1924); La bonne à tout faire (1911); La maîtresse de piano (1910); La malle au marriage (1912); La médaille de sauvetage (1913); La rivalité de Max (1913); La ruse de Max (1913); La vengeance du domestique (1912); Lady Doctor's Husband (1907); Lady-Killer Foiled (1908); L'amour mouillé (1911); L'âne jaloux (1912); Le baromètre de la fidélité (1915); Le Bridge au plafond (1909); Le cauchemar de Max (1910); Le chapeau-claque (1909); Le chasseur de chez Maxim's (1927); Le duel de Max (1913); Le mal de mer (1912); Le pendu (1914); Le rendez-vous (1913); Le roman de Max (1912); Les contrebandiers (1906); Les débuts d'un yachtman (1913); Les effets des pilules de Max (1910); Les escarpins de Max (1914); Les escarpins de Max (1914); Les exploits du jeune Tartarin (1910); Love and Cheese (1910); Love Unconquerable (1912); Lover's Ill Luck (1907); Love's Surprises (1915); Madame a ses vapeurs (1907); Mariage au puzzle (1910); Mariage force (1914); Max a peur de l'eau (1912); Max and His Dog (1912); Max and His Mother-in-Law (1911); Max and the Lady Doctor (1914); Max and the Purse (1917); Max and the Statue (1912); Max as a Chiropodist (1914); Max asthmatique (1914); Max au couvent (1914); Max bandit par amour (1912); Max célibataire (1912); Max cocher de fiacre (1912); Max collectioneur de chaussures (1914); Max Comes Across (1917); Max Comes Home (1910); Max dans les airs (1916); Max devrait porter des bretelles (1917); Max Embarrassed (1910); Max émule de Tartarin (1912); Max est charitable (1913); Max et Clancy tombent d'accord (1910); Max et la belle négresse (1910); Max et la Main-qui-étreint (1916); Max et le bâton de rouge (1914); Max et le commissaire (1914); Max et le mari jaloux (1912); Max et les crêpes (1913); Max et ses trois mariages (1910); Max Fears the Dogs (1912); Max Fights a Duel (1911); Max Foils the Police (1910); Max Gets the Reward (1912); Max Goes Ski-ing (1910); Max Has the Boxing Fever (1910); Max Has to Change (1910); Max Hits the High Spots (1914); Max hypnotisé (1910); Max illusionniste (1914); Max in a Dilemma (1910); Max in a Taxi (1917); Max in a Wardrobe (1912); Max in the Alps (1910); Max Is Absent Minded (1910); Max Is Convalescent (1911); Max Is Forced to Work (1911); Max Is Stood Up (1910); Max Joins the Giants (1912); Max joue le drame (1914); Max Juggles for Love (1912); Max Leads Them a Novel Chase (1909); Max Learns to Skate (1907); Max Linder Does All the Sports (1913); Max maître d'hôtel (1914); Max Makes a Touch (1910); Max Makes Music (1910); Max médécin malgré lui (1917); Max n'aime pas les chats (1913); Max on the Briny (1915); Max Plays Detective (1916); Max Sets the Fashion (1912); Max Sets the Style (1914); Max Soldat de 2Me Classe (1914); Max Speaks English (1914); Max Takes a Bath (1910); Max Takes a Picture (1913); Max Takes Tonics (1911); Max toréador (1913); Max virtuose (1913); Max Wants a Divorce (1917); Max, professeur de tango (1914); Max, the Heartbreaker (1917); Max, the Lady Killer (1913); Max, the Magician (1912); Max's Divorce Case (1911); Max's Feet Are Pinched (1910); Max's First Job (1910); Max's Hat (1913); Max's Tragedy (1911); Max's Vacation (1914); Miss Moneybags Wishes to Wed (1909); Mon chien rapporte (1910); Music Teacher (1908); My Watch Is Slow (1908); N'embrassez pas votre bonne (1914); Noisy Neighbors (1908); Nourrice par nécessité (1907); Oh! Les femmes (1912); On a Racket (1909); One Can't Believe One's Eyes (1910); One Exciting Night (1912); One on Max (1909); Over the 'Phone (1912); Par habitude (1911); Par habitude (1923); Peintre par amour (1912); Perseverance Rewarded (1910); Phial of Poison (1907); Premier rendez-vous (1910); Private Atkins Minds a Baby (1907); Prospective Heirs (1908); Que peut-il avoir? (1912); Retour inattendu (1908); Romeo Turns Bandit (1909); Sam's Artistic Beard (1909); Sandwich Woman (1908); See the Picture! (1909); Seven Years Bad Luck (1921); Sganarelle (1907); Shame on Max (1910); Soldat par amour (1910); Soldier's Antics (1908); Surprise Package (1908); The Cupboard (1907); The Dog and the Pipe (1908); The Fake Doctor (1908); The Hanging Lamp (1908); The Little Cafe (1919); The Little Vixen (1909); The Love Letter (1913); The Paris Students (1906); The Second of August (1914); The Servant Hypnotist (1907); The Servant's Good Joke (1909); The Surprises of a Flirtation (1909); The Three Must-Get-Theres (1922); The Troublesome Flea (1906); Tormented by His Mother-in-Law (1908); Travels of a Flea (1908); Troubles of a Grass Widower (1908); Troubles of a Grasswidower (1912); Two Great Griefs (1908); Un cross-country original (1910); Un idiot qui se croit Max Linder (1914); Un mari peu vienard (1908); Un mariage imprévu (1913); Un pari original (1912); Une bonne pour monsieur, un domestique pour madame (1910); Une campagne électorale (1909); Une mariée qui se fait attendre (1911); Une poursuite mouvementée (1909); Une représentation au cinéma (1910); Une ruse de Mari (1910); Unforeseen Meeting (1905); Unwilling Chiropodist (1908); Voisin... voisine (1911); Voyage de noces en Espagne (1912); Who Killed Max? (1910); Who Will Win My Heart (1909); Willyboy Gets His (1909).

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Born on this day – Teri Garr:

Teri Garr

Actress

Dancer

Comedian

December 11, 1944 – October 29, 2024

Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 1983.

Teri Garr in Star Trek (1968)

Richard Dreyfuss (left) and Teri Garr (right) in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Gene Wilder (left) and Teri Garr (right) in Young Frankenstein (1974)

Credits:

Book:

Speedbumps: Flooring it Through Hollywood (2005).

Movies and television:
1988 MTV Video Music Awards (1988); 50 Years of Funny Females (1995); A Better Man: The Making of Tootsie (2008); A Colder Kind of Death (2001); A Comic's Climb at the USCAF (2005); A Festival at Ford's (1991); A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder (1990); A Simple Wish (1997); A Swingin' Affair (1963); A Taste of Jupiter (2005); Adventures in Wonderland (1993); AFI Life Achievement Award (1986–2013); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (2000); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends (1999); After Hours (1985); Aliens for Breakfast (1995); Aloha, Scooby-Doo! (2005); American Cinema (1995); An American Saturday Night (1991); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Ask Rita (2003); Banyon (1972); Barnaby Jones (1974); Barney's First Adventures (1998); Batman (1966); Batman Beyond (1999–2000); Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000); Batman Beyond: The Movie (1999); Biography (1998–2002); Bitte umblättern (1984); Black Dahlia / Video Game (1998); Casper Meets Wendy (1998); Celebrity First Loves (1995); Changes (1969); Changing Habits (1997); Cher (1975); Chicken Soup for the Soul (1999–2000); Cinemax Comedy Experiment (1985 / 1988); Clambake (1967); Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977); Crumbs (2006); David Letterman's 2nd Annual Holiday Film Festival (1986); Deja View (1986); Deliver Them from Evil: The Taking of Alta View (1992); Des O'Connor Tonight (1992); Dick (1999); Do It Debbie's Way (1983); Doctor Franken (1980); Double Jeopardy (1996); Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (1999); Dr. Kildare (1965); Dream On (1992); Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1994); Dumb and Dumber (1994); E! True Hollywood Story (2003); Elvis Forever (2002); Entertainment Tonight (2007); ER (1999); Expired (2007); Faerie Tale Theatre (1982 / 1985); Felicity (2001); Firstborn (1984); For Pete's Sake! (1966); Frasier (1995); Fresno (1986); Friday Night (1992); Friends (1997–1998); Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert (1993); Full Moon in Blue Water (1988); Fun in Acapulco (1963); Futures (1991); Gene Wilder: Loved, Remembered (2017); Ghost World (2001); God Out the Window (2007); Good & Evil (1991); Good Advice (1994); Great Drives (1996); Greetings from Tucson (2003); GSN Live (2009); Half a Dozen Babies (1999); Head (1968); Hey, Hey We're the Monkees (1997); Hollywood Squares (2001–2002); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Homage to Steve (1984); Honky Tonk Freeway (1981); Hour Magazine (1984–1986); How to Marry a Billionaire (2011); Hunter (1977); Imagine (2018); Inside the Coppola Personality (1981); Insight (1966); Intimate Portrait (2000); Intimate Strangers (1986); It Takes a Thief (1969); I've Got a Secret (2000); Jackie Gleason: The Great One (1988); Java Junkie (1979); Jeopardy! (1993–1998); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2006); John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965); Kabluey (2007); Kill the Man (1999); King of the Hill (2000); Kissin' Cousins (1964); La tele de tu vida (2007); Larry King Live (2005); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1995–1996); Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1993); Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2008); Laugh? I Thought I'd Die! (1999); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2005); Law and Order (1976); Legends (2008); Let It Ride (1989); Life with Bonnie (2003); Life Without Dick (2002); Lifetime Presents: Disney's American Teachers Awards (2001); Love, Gilda (2018); M*A*S*H (1973 / 1978); Mad TV (2002); Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio (1987); Mary & Tim (1997); Maryjane (1968); Maude (1975); Mayberry R.F.D. (1968); McCloud (1970–1975); Memories Then and Now (1988); Men Behaving Badly (1996); Michael (1996); Miracles (1986); Mom and Dad Save the World (1992); Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (1990); Movin' with Nancy (1967); Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979); Mr. Mom (1983); Mr. Novak (1964); Murder Live! (1997); Murphy Brown (1993); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); NightScream (1997); Oh, God! (1977); Once Upon a Brothers Grimm (1977); Once Upon a Brothers Grimm / Segment: The Frog Prince (1977); One from the Heart (1981); One on One with John Tesh (1991); Out Cold (1989); Pack of Lies (1987); Pajama Party (1964); Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim (1987); Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers (1974); Perfect Alibi (1995); Prime Suspect (1982); Radio City Music Hall: The Story Behind the Showplace (1999); Ray Parker Jr.: Ghostbusters (1984); Ready to Wear (1994); Red Line 7000 (1965); Remembering Gene Wilder (2023); Rendez-Vous Video Magazine / Segment: Coppola (1981); Role Model: Gene Wilder (2008); Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary (1977); Room 222 (1969); Roustabout (1964); Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1997); Safeguard: Beige Deodorant and Antibacterial Soap Commercial (1972); Saturday Night Live (1979 / 1985); Save the Rabbits (1994); Screen Goddesses (2006); Searching for Debra Winger (2002); Sesame Street (1987); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); Shindig! (1964–1965); Shining Time Station: One of the Family (1995); Shivaree (1965); Short Time (1990); Showbiz Today (1992); Sin City Spectacular (1998–1999); Spielberg (2017); Star Trek (1968); Steve Martin: A Comic Life (1999); Stranger in the Family (1991); Strong Medicine (2001); Studio 10 (2017); Summertree (1971); Tales from the Crypt (1991); Teri Garr in Flapjack Floozie (1988); That Girl (1967–1968); The 13th Annual CableACE Awards (1992); The 15th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2000); The 41st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1984); The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1993); The 51st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1994); The 55th Annual Academy Awards (1983); The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986); The 6th Annual Independent Spirit Awards (1991); The 7th Annual American Comedy Awards (1993); The Absent-Minded Waiter (1977); The Alan Hamel Show (1978); The Andy Griffith Show (1968); The Arsenio Hall Show (1991); The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic (1991); The Best TV Shows That Never Were (2004); The Black Stallion (1979); The Black Stallion Returns (1983); The Bob Newhart Show (1973–1974); The Bonnie Hunt Show (2008); The Booth / Segment: Death at Dinner (1985); The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour (1973); The Carson Podcast (2018); The Celebrity Guide to Entertaining (1993); The Conversation (1974); The Cool Ones (1967); The Definite Maybe (1997); The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part II: 1962-1969 (2002); The Dennis Miller Show (1992); The Downer Channel (2001); The Dream Studio (2004); The Escape Artist (1982); The Factor (2014); The Full Wax (1992); The General Motors Playwrights Theater (1993); The Girl with Something Extra (1973–1974); The Greatest Show You Never Saw (1996); The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk (1967); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1975); The Ken Berry 'Wow' Show (1972); The Larry Sanders Show (1993); The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross (1987); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005); The Legend of Prince Valiant (1993); The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (1977 / 2001); The Martin Short Show (2000); The Merv Griffin Show (1975–1984); The Mike Douglas Show (1978); The Moonshine War (1970); The Mothers-In-Law (1969); The Movie Awards (1991); The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1973); The New Show (1984); The Odd Couple (1974); The Player (1992); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996); The Sky Is Falling (1999); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1971–1977); The Sonny Comedy Revue (1974); The Sting II (1983); The T.A.M.I. Show (1964); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1975–1992); The Tony Danza Show (2006); The View (2005); The Weird Al Show (1997); The Winter of Our Discontent (1983); This Is the Life (1970); This Means War (2012); To Catch a King (1984); Today (1982); Tootsie (1982); Trailers from Hell (2007); Trying Times (1987); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Ultimate Trek: Star Trek's Greatest Moments (1999); Unaccompanied Minors (2006); Viva Las Vegas (1964); Waiting for the Light (1990); Weakest Link (2001); What a Way to Go! (1964); What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2003); Where the Action Is (1965); Where's the Bus? (1966); Witches' Brew (1980); Wogan (1987); Women of the House (1995); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); Young Frankenstein (1974); Young Frankenstein: It's Alive! Creating a Monster Classic (2008); Your Total Health (2006).

Sunday, December 1, 2024

Born on this day – Richard Pryor:

Richard Pryor

Actor

Comedian

December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005

Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in August 1986.

Friday, November 22, 2024

Born on this day – Rodney Dangerfield:

Rodney Dangerfield

Actor

Comedian

Writer

Producer

November 22, 1921 – October 5, 2004

Thursday, November 21, 2024

Born on this day – Harold Ramis:

Harold Ramis

Actor

Comedian

Director

Writer

November 21, 1944 – February 24, 2014

Thursday, November 14, 2024

Born on this day – McLean Stevenson:

McLean Stevenson

Actor

Comedian

November 14, 1927 – February 15, 1996

Saturday, November 9, 2024

Born on this day – Mabel Normand:

Mabel Normand

Actress

Writer

Director

Producer

Comedian

November 9, 1893 – February 23, 1930

Born on this day – Marie Dressler:

Marie Dressler

Actress

Comedian

Writer

Director

Producer

November 9, 1868 – July 28, 1934

Credits:

Christopher Bean (1933); Dinner at Eight (1933); Tugboat Annie (1933); Prosperity (1932); Emma (1932); The Christmas Party (1931); Politics (1931); Reducing (1931); Min and Bill (1930); Let Us Be Gay (1930); Caught Short (1930); One Romantic Night (1930); The Girl Said No (1930); Anna Christie (1930); Chasing Rainbows (1930); The Vagabond Lover (1929); Dangerous Females (1929); The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929); The Divine Lady (1928); Bringing Up Father (1928); The Patsy (1928); Breakfast at Sunrise (1927); The Joy Girl (1927); The Callahans and the Murphys (1927); The Red Cross Nurse (1918); The Agonies of Agnes (1918); The Scrub Lady (1917); Fired (1917); Tillie Wakes Up (1917); Tillie's Tomato Surprise (1915); Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914).

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Born on this day – Mike Nichols:

Mike Nichols

Director

Producer

Actor

Comedian

November 6, 1931 – November 19, 2014

Sunday, November 3, 2024

Born on this day – Ford Sterling:

Ford Sterling

Actor

Comedian

November 3, 1883 – October 13, 1939

Thursday, October 31, 2024

Born on this day – John Candy:

John Candy

Actor

Comedian

October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Born on this day – Ed Lauter:

Ed Lauter

Actor

Comedian

October 30, 1938 – October 16, 2013

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Born on this day – Fanny Brice:

Fanny Brice

Actress

Comedian

Singer

October 29, 1891 – May 29, 1951

Credits:

The Popsicle Parade of Stars (1950); Ziegfeld Follies (1945); Hollywood Goes to Town (1938); Everybody Sing (1938); The Great Ziegfeld (1936); Crime Without Passion (1934); The Man from Blankley's (1930); Be Yourself! (1930); Night Club (1929); My Man (1928).