Born on this day – Matthew Perry:

Matthew Perry

Actor

Comedian

Producer

Writer

August 19, 1969 – October 28, 2023

Born on this day – Gene Roddenberry:

Gene Roddenberry

Writer

Producer

Creator of Star Trek

August 19, 1921 – October 24, 1991

Born on this day – Malcolm-Jamal Warner:

Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Actor

Writer

Producer

Musician

August 18, 1970 – July 20, 2025

Credits:

Book:

Theo and Me: Growing up Okay (1988).

Movies and television:

14th Annual Inner City Destiny Awards (2006); 15 Minutes (2001); 18th Annual Trumpet Awards (2010); 19th Annual NAACP Image Awards (1987); 1st Annual Black Music Honors (2016); 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards (2011); 2011 Soul Train Awards (2011); 2015 Soul Train Awards (2015); 20th NAACP Image Awards (1988); 25th NAACP Image Awards (1993); 32nd NAACP Image Awards (2001); 3rd Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards (1997); 48 Hours 'til Monday (2015); 6th Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards (2000); 9-1-1 (2024); A Different World (1988–1989); A Fare to Remember (1999); ABC Afterschool Specials (1986–1994); Access Daily (2015–2017); Accused (2023); Adventures from the Book of Virtues (1997); After Hours (1990); Alert: Missing Persons Unit (2025); All That (1995–2005); All That 10th Anniversary Reunion Special (2005); American Crime Story (2016); American Horror Story (2014–2015); An Evening at the Improv (1990); Andy Williams and the NBC Kids Search for Santa (1985); Apollo Theatre Hall of Fame (1994); As Written (2012); Bad Music Video Theatre (2021); Battle of the Network Stars XIX (1988); Be Inspired: The Life of Heavy D (2012); BET Awards 2011 (2011); Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake (1991); Biography (2001); Body Language (1985); Call to Glory (1984); Carol & The End of the World (2023); CBS Cares (2004); CBS Schoolbreak Special (1994); CBS Storybreak (1984); Celebrity Poker Showdown (2005); Chadtronic (2018); Child Stars: Then and Now (2003); Children's Miracle Network Telethon (1990); Community (2011–2012); Contradictions of the Heart (2009); DCE presents Black Music Month (2022); Def Comedy Jam (1992); Def Poetry (2002); Detroiters (2017); Dexter (2006); Directors on Directing 2: The Story of the Storytellers (2008); Disneyland's Summer Vacation Party (1986); Drop Zone (1994); E! True Hollywood Story (2001); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1986–1992); Ennis' Gift (2000); Entertainment Tonight (1986–2025); Essence Ninth Annual Black Women in Hollywood (2016); Extra (2015); Fame (1983); Fast Copy (1985); Find Your Future Reality (2018); Five Star: (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons (1994); Fool's Gold (2008); For Our Children: The Concert (1993); Found Footage Festival Volume 6: Live in Chicago (2012); Friends in Therapy (2013); Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (2017–2018); GMA3: What You Need to Know (2018); Grown-ish (2024); Gylne tider (2010); Gylne Tider: Let It Be (2010); Happy Hour (1999); Hard: Life of a Bondservant (2012); Hawthorne (2009); Here and Now (1992–2024); Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay (2022); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood Squares (1998–1999); Home Alone: A Kid's Guide to Playing It Safe When on Your Own (1990); House of Lies (2016); I Was a Network Star (2006); Inside Look: The People v. O.J. Simpson - American Crime Story (2016); Inside TV Land (2002); Invisible Blackness with Adrian Younge (2021); It's Hot in Here: UPN Fall Preview (1996); Jemele Hill Is Unbothered (2023); Jeremiah (2002–2004); John & Leeza from Hollywood (1993); Kenan & Kel (1996); Key and Peele (2013–2014); Kidds for Kids in Africa: Love's Gonna Find A Way (1985); King of the Underground (2011); Kwamé: The Man We All Know and Love (1989); La tele de tu vida (2007); Larry King Now (2017); Last Call with Carson Daly (2016); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1995); Later with Bob Costas (1988); Legend of the Candy Cane (2001); Lethal Weapon (2017); Life After (2010); Listen Up (2004–2005); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989–2023); Lyric Cafe (2002–2003); Lyric Cafe (2008); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1985); Major Crimes (2013–2016); Making History in Hollywood (2021); Malcolm & Eddie (1996–2000); Matlock (1987); Matt Houston (1982); Megachurch Murder (2015); Men of Alaye: The Hottest Black Men in America (1998); Mentoring Kings (2018); Moloney (1997); Mother's Day (1989); Motown Returns to the Apollo (1985); MTV EMA Belfast 2011 (2011); Muted (2014); My Nappy Roots: A Journey Through Black Hair-itage (2010); NBA All-Star Stay in School Jam (1992); NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration (1986); NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002); New Edition: N.E. Heart Break (1989); Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2000 (2000); Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards '95 (1995); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Nightlife (1986); Not (Blank) Enough (2021); Not All Hood (NAH) (2024–2025); Olive Forever (2018); One on One with John Tesh (1992); One on One with Magic Johnson (1994); One to Grow On (1983–1989); Pioneers of Television (2014); Puppy Dog Pals (2020); Rachael Ray (2016–2018); Reed Between the Lines (2011–2015); Reflections: A Story of Redemption (2004); Restaurant (1998); Retrosexual: The 80's (2004); Saturday Morning Videos (1990–1992); Saturday Night Live (1986); Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman (1998); Second City This Week (2012); Sesame Street (1985–1988); Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration / Segment: Monster in the Mirror (1993); Sesame Street: Monster in the Mirror (1991); Sherri (2009–2025); Shot (2017); Show Off! How to Be Cool at Parties (1986); Showtime at the Apollo (1988–1991); Sliders (1999); Sneaky Pete (2017–2019); Sons of Anarchy (2014); Sons of Anarchy: Season 7 - Guests of Anarchy (2015); Sound, Verses, Fury (2007); Special Agent Oso (2010); Static Shock (2002); Stevie Wonder with Friends: Celebrating a Message of Peace (2013); Stripperella (2004); Suits (2016–2017); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1985–1988); Tavis Smiley (2005); Teen Vid I (1991); Ten Days in the Valley (2017); The 11th Annual People's Choice Awards (1985); The 12th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (1998); The 14th Annual American Black Achievement Awards (1993); The 1999 Source Hip-Hop Music Awards (1999); The 31st Annual People's Choice Awards (2005); The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1985); The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986); The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1985); The 5th Annual American Comedy Awards (1991); The 5th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards (1990); The '80s: The Decade That Made Us (2013); The 8th Annual Black Achievement Awards (1987); The 9th Annual TV Land Awards (2011); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989–2014); The Boris & Nicole Show (2015); The Chicken Squad (2021); The Cleaner (2008); The Cosby Outtakes Show (1990); The Cosby Show (1984–1992); The Cosby Show: 25th Anniversary Special (2009); The Cosby Show: A Look Back (2002); The Drop (2004); The Earth Day Special (1990); The Father Clements Story (1987); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1992); The Greatest (2005); The Insider (2016); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2013); The Irrational (2023); The Last Laugh: Memories of the Cosby Show (1992); The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (2004); The List (2007); The Magic School Bus (1994–1997); The Meredith Vieira Show (2016); The Michael J. Fox Show (2014); The Mo'Nique Show (2010); The NBC All Star Hour (1985); The New Hollywood Squares (1987); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2008); The Real (2016); The Real Malcolm X (1992); The Real Story of Itsy Bitsy Spider (1991); The Resident (2018–2023); The Resident Rulebreakers (2020); The Teen Files (1999); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1988); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992); The Tuskegee Airmen (1995); The View (2005–2015); The Wendy Williams Show (2009–2018); The Wonder Years (2023); The Word (1994); There's Hope (2007); This Old Man (1990); Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS, and You (1992); Today (1985–2024); Touched by an Angel (1995); Tour of Duty (1989); True Blue (2010); TV Guide: 40th Anniversary Special (1993); TV Guide's 50 Best Shows of All Time: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (2002); TV Land's Top Ten (2005); TV's All-Time Funniest: A Paley Center for Media Special (2008); Tyson (1995); Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story (2010); Verses & Flow (2014); VH-1 Where Are They Now? (2000); Walt Disney World Celebrity Circus (1987); Wannabe (2016); White Famous (2017); Whodini: Funky Beat (1986); Word Warriors III (2016); You Can't Hear Me (2017); Your Favorite Commercials (1994).

Born on this day – Maria Rohm:

Maria Rohm

Actress

Producer

August 13, 1945 – June 18, 2018

Born on this day – Sam Taylor:

Sam Taylor

Director

Writer

Producer

August 13, 1895 – March 6, 1958

Credits:

A Lunch Room Legacy (1916); A Pair of Sexes (1921); A Sailor-Made Man (1921); Ambassador Bill (1931); Among Those Present (1921); Coquette (1929); Counting Out the Count (1916); Devil's Lottery (1932); Dr. Jack (1922); Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930); Exit Smiling (1926); For Heaven's Sake (1926); Funny Side of Life (1963); Girl Shy (1924); Grandma's Boy (1922); Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection: Mini Biographies (2005); Her Great Invention (1916); Hot Water (1924); Human Collateral (1920); I Do (1921); In Honor's Web (1919); Juggling Justice (1916); Kiki (1931); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949); Lady of the Pavements (1929); Married Bachelor (1941); My Best Girl (1927); Never Weaken (1921); Nothing But Trouble (1944); Now or Never (1921); Out All Night (1933); Over the Garden Wall (1919); Princess Jones (1921); Safety Last! (1923); Setting the Fashion (1916); Skyline (1931); Tempest (1928); The Artful Dodger (1916); The Cat's-Paw (1934); The Freshman (1925); The Gamblers (1919); The Gray Towers Mystery (1919); The Midnight Bride (1920); The Mohican's Daughter (1922); The Quack Quakers (1916); The Taming of the Shrew (1929); The Woman Disputed (1928); The Wrecked Station (1917); Vagabond Lady (1935); Why Worry? (1923).

Born on this day – Ralph Nelson:

Ralph Nelson

Director

Producer

Writer

Actor

August 12, 1916 – December 21, 1987

Born on this day – Cecil B. DeMille:

Cecil B. DeMille

Director

Producer

Actor

August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959

Credits:

A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics (2009); A Romance of the Redwoods (1917); A Trip to Paramountown (1922); Adam's Rib (1923); After Five (1915); Air Force: The Radio Play (1943); All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (2011); All-Time Movie Greats (1988); America in Color (2018); American Experience (1996); American Masters (1993); An Informal Conversation with Billy Wilder (2018); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life (1996); Betty to the Rescue (1917); Biography (2005); Braveheart (1925); Brewster's Millions (1914); Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975); California's Golden Beginning (1948); Carmen (1915); Castles for Two (1917); Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (2004); Central Casting (2000); Changing Husbands (1924); Charlton Heston, la démesure d'un géant (2023); Chicago (1927); Chimmie Fadden (1915); Chimmie Fadden Out West (1915); Cinépanorama (1957); Cleopatra (1934); Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer (2009); Compression (2023); Don't Change Your Husband (1919); Dynamite (1929); Estrellados (1930); Eve's Leaves (1926); Extraordinary Women (2011); Fascination: An Unauthorized Tribute to Marilyn Monroe (2011); Feet of Clay (1924); Fighting Love (1927); Fool's Paradise (1921); For Better, for Worse (1919); Forbidden Film: The Production Code Era (2009); Forbidden Fruit (1921); Forfaiture (1937); Four Frightened People (1934); Free and Easy (1930); Gladiateur, glaive et fantasmes (2018); Glamour Boy (1941); Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984); Her Man o' War (1926); History Brought to Life (1950); Hold 'Em Yale (1928); Hollywood (1923 / 1980); Hollywood Extra Girl (1935); Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); Hooray for Hollywood (1982); Jens Mansson in America (1947); Joan the Woman (1916); John Ford: The Man Who Invented America (2019); Kindling (1915); KTLA Premiere (1947); Land of Liberty (1939); Les années Hollywood de François Chalais (2019); Les mille et une vies de Yul Brynner (2020); Let 'Er Go Gallegher (1927); Life in Hollywood No. 1 (1927); Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927); Lord Chumley (1914); Lost and Won (1917); Madam Satan (1930); Made for Love (1926); Male and Female (1919); Manslaughter (1922); Maria Rosa (1916); Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies (2008); Nan of Music Mountain (1917); Nihon eiga no hyaku nen / Century of Cinema (1995); North West Mounted Police (1940); Old Wives for New (1918); Reap the Wild Wind (1942); Red Dice (1926); Rose of the Rancho (1914); Samson and Delilah (1949); Saturday Night (1922); Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 6 (1931); Screen Snapshots Series 22, No 10 (1942); Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 1: 25th Anniversary (1945); Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 1-F (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 1 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 19 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 23 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 7 (1923); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Night Life (1952); Screen Snapshots: The Great Director (1951); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); Showbiz Ballyhoo (1982); Silence (1926); Social Security in Action (1958–1968); Something to Think About (1920); Son of Paleface (1952); Spécial cinéma (1982); Star Spangled Rhythm (1942); Sunset Boulevard (1950); Surf and Sail (1929); Tal der Träumer (2004); Temptation (1915); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The Affairs of Anatol (1921); The Angel of Broadway (1927); The Arab (1915); The Best of Hollywood (1998); The Best of Hollywood (2017); The Bible According to Hollywood (1994); The Buccaneer (1938 / 1958); The Buster Keaton Story (1957); The Call of the North (1914); The Captive (1915); The Casting Couch (1995); The Cheat (1915); The Circus Man (1914); The ComicWeb: Old Time Radio Programs (2020); The Coming of Amos (1925); The Cruise of the Jasper B (1926); The Crusades (1935); The DeMille Dynasty (1998); The Devil-Stone (1917); The Dream Girl (1916); The Dressmaker from Paris (1925); The Ed Sullivan Show (1957); The Fallbrook Story (1952); The Fighting Eagle (1927); The Ghost Breaker (1914); The Girl of the Golden West (1915); The Godless Girl (1928); The Golden Bed (1925); The Golden Chance (1915); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); The Heart of Nora Flynn (1916); The Heart of Show Business (1957); The Hollywood You Never See (1934); The Ken Murray Show (1952); The King of Kings (1927); The Little American (1917); The Lonely Gunfighter: The Legacy of Cheyenne (2006); The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille (2016); The Love Mask (1916); The Man from Home (1914); The Man on the Box (1914); The Master Mind (1914); The Movies March On (1939); The Night Club (1925); The Only Son (1914); The Plainsman (1936); The Road to Yesterday (1925); The Secret Game (1917); The Secret Sin (1915); The Sign of the Cross (1932); The Squaw Man (1914 / 1918 / 1931); The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944); The Ten Commandments (1923 / 1956); The Ten Commandments: Making Miracles (2011); The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1916); The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022); The Unafraid (1915); The Virginian (1914); The Volga Boatman (1926); The War of the Worlds (1953); The Warrens of Virginia (1915); The Wedding Song (1925); The Whispering Chorus (1918); The Wild Goose Chase (1915); The Woman God Forgot (1917); The Yankee Clipper (1927); This Day and Age (1933); This Is Your Life (1957); Three Faces East (1926); Till I Come Back to You (1918); Triumph (1924); Unconquered (1947); Union Pacific (1939); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1973); Vanity (1927); Variety Girl (1947); Walking Back (1928); Walt Disney Academy Awards: 26th Annual, 1954 / The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); We Can't Have Everything (1918); What's His Name (1914); What's My Line? (1952); When Worlds Collide (1951); Whispering Smith (1926); White Gold (1927); Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007); Why Change Your Wife? (1920); Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood (2000); Young Romance (1915).

Born on this day – Hobart Bosworth:

Hobart Bosworth

Actor

Director

Writer

Producer

August 11, 1867 – December 30, 1943

Credits:

A Child of the Wilderness (1912); A Counterfeit Santa Claus (1911); A Cowboy Damon and Pythias (1912); A Crucial Test (1912); A Cup of Cold Water (1911); A Frontier Girl's Courage (1911); A Little Brother of the Rich (1915); A Man of Peace (1928); A Messenger to Kearney (1912); A Modern Rip (1911); A Mormon Maid (1917); A Night Out (1912); A Painter's Idyl (1911); A Plain Girl's Love (1913); A Reconstructed Rebel (1912); A Sacrifice to Civilization (1911); A Tale of the Sea (1910); A Thousand to One (1920); A Tour of the Thomas Ince Studio (1920); A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios (1920); A Wise Old Elephant (1913); A Woman of Affairs (1928); Abraham Lincoln (1930); Across the Plains (1910); After the Storm (1928); Alas! Poor Yorick! (1913); Altar of the Aztecs (1913); An Englishman's Honor (1911); An Indian Vestal (1911); An Odyssey of the North (1914); Annapolis (1928); Annie Laurie (1927); Arthur Preston Hankins (1912); As a Father Spareth His Son (1913); As Told by Princess Bess (1912); Atala (1912); Baby Peggy, the Elephant in the Room (2012); Behind the Door (1919); Below the Surface (1920); Betrayed (1917); Betty in Search of a Thrill (1915); Blackbeard (1911); Blind Hearts (1921); Boots and Saddles (1909); Bread (1924); Briton and Boer (1909); Buck Richards' Bride (1913); Buckshot John (1915); Bullet Scars (1942); Bullets for O'Hara (1941); Bunkie (1912); Burning Daylight (1914); Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Alaska (1914); Burning Daylight: The Adventures of 'Burning Daylight' in Civilization (1914); Business Is Business (1915); Captain January (1924); Carnival Boat (1932); Chickie (1925); Coals of Fire (1911); Colorado (1915); Damon and Pythias (1908); Darkfeather's Strategy (1912); Davy Crockett (1910); Dirigible (1931); Disillusioned (1912); Doctor Neighbor (1916); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1908); Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930); Escape from Crime (1942); Eternal Love (1929); Evangeline (1911); Fanny Foley Herself (1931); Fate Fashions a Letter (1913); Fatherhood (1915); Fighting Bob (1909); Freckles (1917 / 1928); General Crack (1929); General Spanky (1936); George Warrington's Escape (1911); Getting Atmosphere (1912); Greater Wealth (1913); Hangman's House (1928); Harbor Island (1912); He Fell in Love with His Wife (1916); Hearts of Oak (1924); Hello, 'Frisco (1924); Help Wanted (1915); Her Guardian (1913); His Own Law (1920); Hollywood Extra Girl (1935); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); Hurricane (1929); I Was Framed (1942); If I Marry Again (1925); In God We Trust (1913); In Old California When the Gringos Came (1911); In the Badlands (1909); In the Days of Gold (1911); In the Days of Witchcraft (1913); In the Frozen North (1910); In the Great Northwest (1910); In the Midst of the Jungle (1913); In the Palace of the King (1923); In the Shadow of the Pines (1911); In the Sultan's Power (1909); In the Tents of the Asra (1912); It Happened in the West (1911); Joan the Woman (1916); John Barleycorn (1914); John Colter's Escape (1912); John Oakhurst, Gambler (1911); Just Imagine (1930); Justinian and Theodora (1910); King of the Mountain (1929); King of the Sierras (1938); Lady for a Day (1933); Land Sharks vs. Sea Dogs (1912); Law of the Tropics (1941); Little Church Around the Corner (1923); Little Injin (1911); Little Sunset (1915); Lost and Won (1911); Mammy (1930); Man Alone (1923); Martin Eden (1914); McKee Rankin's '49' (1911); Merely a Millionaire (1912); Million Dollar Legs (1932); Miss Aubry's Love Affair (1912); Monte Cristo (1912); Music in the Air (1934); My Best Girl (1927); My Son (1925); Name the Man! (1924); Nan of the Woods (1913); Nearly a Lady (1915); Nellie the Beautiful Cloak Model (1924); No Greater Love (1932); Oliver Twist (1916); On Thanksgiving Day (1908); On the Border (1909); On the Little Big Horn or Custer's Last Stand (1909); One Foot in Heaven (1941); One of Nature's Noblemen (1911); Peck's Bad Boy / Together We Live (1935); Personality Parade (1938); Pierre of the North (1913); Pine Ridge Feud (1909); Portia on Trial (1937); Pretty Mrs. Smith (1915); Range Pals (1911); Rip Van Winkle (1908); Rivals (1912); Rollin' Plains (1938); Rupert of Hentzau (1923); Saved from the Snow (1911); Screen Snapshots Series 21, No. 2 (1941); Screen Snapshots Series 22, No 10 (1942); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 2 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 7 (1923); Seeds of Silver (1913); Shipmates (1931); Show of Shows (1929); Sin Town (1942); Sit Tight (1931); Songs of Truce (1913); Souls for Sale (1923); Spangles (1926); Stability vs. Nobility (1911); Steamboat Round the Bend (1935); Steel Preferred (1925); Sundown (1924); Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931); Tainted Money (1915); Tenderfoot Bob's Regeneration (1912); The Artist and the Brute (1913); The Awakening (1912); The Barge Man of Old Holland (1910); The Beachcomber (1915); The Beaded Buckskin Bag (1913); The Big Parade (1925); The Blood Ship (1927); The Bootlegger (1911); The Border Legion (1918); The Brute Master (1920); The Buccaneers (1911); The Caprices of Kitty (1915); The Chechako (1914); The Chief's Daughter (1911); The Chinese Parrot (1927); The Christian Martyrs (1909); The Code of Honor (1911); The Common Enemy (1910); The Common Law (1923); The Convert of San Clemente (1911); The Count of Monte Cristo (1908); The Country Mouse (1914); The County Fair (1932); The Courtship of Miles Standish (1910); The Crusades (1935); The Cup of Life (1921); The Danites (1912); The Dark Hour (1936); The Devil's Holiday (1930); The Devil-Stone (1917); The End of the Romance (1912); The Eternal Three (1923); The Eye of Conscience (1911); The Far Cry (1926); The Fisherboy's Faith (1912); The Foolish Matrons (1921); The Gay Sisters (1942); The Girl and the Judge (1913); The Girl of the Lighthouse (1912); The Girl of the Mountains (1912); The Golden Strain (1925); The Half-Way Girl (1925); The Hand of Fate (1912); The Haven of Refuge (1911); The Hobo (1912); The Inner Shrine (1917); The Iron Hand (1916); The Junior Officer (1912); The Keeper of the Bees (1935); The Knight Errant (1911); The Last of the Mohicans (1932); The Legend of the Lost Arrow (1912); The Leopard Queen (1909); The Little American (1917); The Little Circus Rider (1911); The Long Trail (1910); The Love of an Island Maid (1912); The Love of Penelope (1913); The Maid at the Helm (1911); The Man Higher Up (1929); The Man Life Passed By (1923); The Mate of the Alden Bessie (1912); The Miracle Man (1932); The Nervous Wreck (1926); The New Faith (1911); The Novice (1911); The Office Wife (1930); The Other Fellow (1912); The Padre (1911); The Phantom Express (1932); The Pirate's Daughter (1912); The Polo Substitute (1912); The Price He Paid (1912); The Professor's Wooing (1912); The Profligate (1911); The Pursuit of the Phantom (1914); The Rancher's Failing (1913); The Right Name, But the Wrong Man (1911); The Roman (1910); The Sanitarium (1910); The Sawdust Paradise (1928); The Scarlet Sin (1915); The Schoolmaster of Mariposa (1910); The Sea Lion (1921); The Sea Wolf (1913); The Secret of Treasure Island (1938); The Sergeant (1910); The Sheriff (1910); The Sheriff of Tuolomne (1911); The Shrinking Rawhide (1912); The Silent Watcher (1924); The Smart Set (1928); The Spirit of '76 (1908); The Spy (1911); The Stampede (1909); The Strangers' Banquet (1922); The Substitute Model (1912); The Target (1916); The Tenderfoot (1909); The Test (1912); The Third Alarm (1930); The Totem Mark (1911); The Trade Gun Bullet (1912); The Traitor (1914); The Unseen Defense (1913); The Valley of the Moon (1914); The Vintage of Fate (1912); The Vision Beautiful (1912); The Voyager: A Tale of Old Canada (1911); The Way of the World (1916); The White Medicine Man (1911); The White Scar (1915); The Woman God Forgot (1917); The Woman on the Jury (1924); The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910); The Yaqui (1916); The Young Mrs. Eames (1913); Thelma (1911); They Died with Their Boots On (1941); This Modern Age (1931); Three Hours (1927); Through the Dark (1924); 'Twas Ever Thus (1915); Two Men of Sandy Bar (1916); Unconquered (1917); Unto Us a Child Is Born (1911); Up San Juan Hill (1909); Vanity Fair (1923); What Money Can't Buy (1917); When Edith Played Judge and Jury (1912); White Hands (1922); Whom the Gods Destroy (1934); Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942); Wildcat Trooper (1936); Willie (1910); Winds of Chance (1925); Wolves of the Sea (1936); Yankee Doodle Dixie (1913); Zander the Great (1925).

Born on this day – Joseph Cates:

Joseph Cates

Director

Producer

Writer

August 10, 1924 – October 10, 1998

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 – Robert Aldrich:

Robert Aldrich

Director

Producer

Writer

August 9, 1918 – December 5, 1983

Born on this day – Andy Warhol:

Andy Warhol

Artist

Director

Producer

August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987

Born on this day – David Steven Cohen:

David Steven Cohen

Writer

Producer

August 5, 1958 – March 17, 2025

Credits:

A Cool Like That Christmas (1993); ALF (1989); ALF Tales (1988); Arthur (2009–2015); Balto (1995); Cartoon Cartoon Fridays (2000–2001); Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004); Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999–2002); Fast Times (1986); George Burns Comedy Week (1985); Homeroom (1989); Kenny the Shark / Segment: Goodbye Ol' Chum (2004); Kirk (1995–1996); Little People (2016–2018); Living Single (1993–1995); Mr. President (1987); Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1991–1993); Pee-wee's Playhouse (1990); Peg+Cat (2014–2015); Phil of the Future (2006); Space Racers (2014–2017); Space Racers (2014–2017); Strangers with Candy (1999); The Ellen Burstyn Show (1986–1987); The Wickedest Witch (1989); The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss (1996–1997); Tiny Toon Adventures / Segment: Working Pig (1990); Treasure Trekkers (2019); Viva Piñata (2006–2007); Weird Science (1994).

Born on this day – Bob Clark:

Bob Clark

Director

Writer

Producer

Actor

August 5, 1939 – April 4, 2007

Born on this day – Elliot Silverstein:

Elliot Silverstein

Director

Writer

Producer

Actor

August 3, 1927 – November 24, 2023

Credits:

50 Years of Action! (1986); A Man Called Horse (1970); Alcoa Theatre (1959–1960); Arrest and Trial (1964); Assignment: Underwater (1960); Belle Sommers (1962); Betrayed by Innocence (1986); Biography (1996–2004); Black Saddle (1960); Breaking Point (1963–1964); Cain's Hundred (1962); Cat Ballou (1965); Channing (1963–1964); Checkmate (1961); Dr. Kildare (1961–1963); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); Fight for Life (1987); Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005); Flashfire (1994); Goodyear Theatre (1959); Have Gun - Will Travel (1961); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963–1964); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1956–1957); L'ouest, le vrai (2019); Naked City (1961–1962); Night of Courage (1987); Nightmare Honeymoon (1974); Omnibus (1955–1956); Picket Fences (1993); Rich Men, Single Women (1990); Route 66 (1960–1961); Suspicion (1958); Tales from the Crypt (1991–1994); Talk to Taka (2000); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); The Car (1977); The Defenders (1962–1964); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The Doctors and the Nurses (1962–1964); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Firm (1983); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1959); The Happening (1967); The Legend of 'Cat Ballou' (2000); The Twilight Zone (1961–1964); The Westerner (1960).

Born on this day – Frank De Felitta:

Frank De Felitta

Author

Director

Producer

Pilot

August 3, 1921 – March 29, 2016

Credits:

Books:

A Swift Death To Critics (2000); Audrey Rose (1975); For Love of Audrey Rose (1982); Funeral March / aka Funeral March of the Marionettes (1990); Golgotha Falls (1984); Oktoberfest (1973); Sea Trial (1980); The Entity (1978).

Movies and television:

Adventure (1954); Anzio (1968); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1951–1954); Assignment: Underwater (1960–1961); Audrey Rose (1977); Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story (2012); Bubba Didn't Do It!: 30 Years of Dark Night of the Scarecrow (2011); Cafe Society (1995); California's Most Haunted (2003); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1953–1954); Danger (1954–1955); Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981); Dark Night of the Scarecrow 2 (2022); Dateline NBC / Segment: Finding Booker's Place (2012); Doberman Patrol (1973); El retorno de Ana Rosa (1982); Hollywood Ghost Stories (1986); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Killer in the Mirror (1986); Le Lab Secret (2016); Matinee Theatre (1957); Medallion Theatre (1953); Rich and Famous (1981); Scissors (1991); Sightings: Ghosts (1992); Suspense (1954); Tales of Tomorrow (1952–1953); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Entity (1982); The Mike Douglas Show (1976); The Penthouse (1989); The Plymouth Playhouse (1953); The Savage Is Loose (1974); The Stately Ghosts of England (1965); The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan (1979); Two Family House (2000); Windows (1955); Witchcraft (1961); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1953); Z.P.G. (1972).