Monday, December 18, 2023

Born on this day – Gunnel Lindblom:


Gunnel Lindblom

Actress

Director

December 18, 1931 – January 24, 2021

Born on this day – Lynn Bari:


Lynn Bari

Actress

December 18, 1919 – November 20, 1989

Credits:

The Young Runaways (1968); The F.B.I. (1965); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); Perry Mason (1957); Death Valley Days (1952); Ripcord (1961); Lorrie Richards in Trauma (1962); Ben Casey (1961); Everglades! (1961); The New Breed (1961); Checkmate (1960); Michael Shayne (1960); The Aquanauts (1960); Law of the Plainsman (1959); Overland Trail (1960); Bronco (1958); The Magical World of Disney (1954); Matinee Theatre (1955); The Red Skelton Hour (1951); Damn Citizen (1958); The Women of Pitcairn Island (1956); Lux Video Theatre (1950); Studio 57 (1954); Climax! (1954); Serenade (1956); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); Science Fiction Theatre (1955); City Detective (1953); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953); Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955); Viceroy Star Theatre (1954); Francis Joins the WACS (1954); Chevron Theatre (1952); The Ford Television Theatre (1952); Boss Lady (1952); The Schaefer Century Theatre (1952); Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952); I Dream of Jeanie (1952); Sunny Side of the Street (1951); On the Loose (1951); Alice in Wonderland (1951); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950); I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951); The Bigelow Theatre (1950); Mr. Music (1950); Detective's Wife (1950); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1948); The Kid from Cleveland (1949); The Amazing Mr. X (1948); The Man from Texas (1948); Nocturne (1946); Margie (1946); Home, Sweet Homicide (1946); White Tie and Tails (1946); Shock (1946); Captain Eddie (1945); Sweet and Low-Down (1944); Tampico (1944); The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944); Hello Frisco, Hello (1943); China Girl (1942); Orchestra Wives (1942); The Magnificent Dope (1942); The Falcon Takes Over (1942); Secret Agent of Japan (1942); The Night Before the Divorce (1942); The Perfect Snob (1941); Moon Over Her Shoulder (1941); We Go Fast (1941); Sun Valley Serenade (1941); Blood and Sand (1941); Sis Hopkins (1941); Sleepers West (1941); Charter Pilot (1940); Kit Carson (1940); Pier 13 (1940); Earthbound (1940); Lillian Russell (1940); Free, Blonde and 21 (1940); City of Chance (1940); City in Darkness (1939); Pack Up Your Troubles (1939); Hollywood Cavalcade (1939); Hotel for Women (1939); News Is Made at Night (1939); Chasing Danger (1939); The Return of the Cisco Kid (1939); Pardon Our Nerve (1939); Sharpshooters (1938); Meet the Girls (1938); I'll Give a Million (1938); Always Goodbye (1938); Speed to Burn (1938); Josette (1938); Battle of Broadway (1938); Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938); Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938); Walking Down Broadway (1938); The Baroness and the Butler (1938); City Girl (1938); Love and Hisses (1937); 45 Fathers (1937); Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937); Lancer Spy (1937); Life Begins in College (1937); Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937); You Can't Have Everything (1937); The Lady Escapes (1937); Wake Up and Live (1937); She Had to Eat (1937); Wee Willie Winkie (1937); Sing and Be Happy (1937); This Is My Affair (1937); Café Metropole (1937); Fair Warning (1937); Love Is News (1937); Time Out for Romance (1937); On the Avenue (1937); Woman-Wise (1937); Crack-Up (1936); Under Your Spell (1936); Pigskin Parade (1936); 15 Maiden Lane (1936); Ladies in Love (1936); Star for a Night (1936); Sing, Baby, Sing (1936); Girls' Dormitory (1936); 36 Hours to Kill (1936); Poor Little Rich Girl (1936); Private Number (1936); Gentle Julia (1936); The Great Ziegfeld (1936); Everybody's Old Man (1936); Song and Dance Man (1936); It Had to Happen (1936); My Marriage (1936); King of Burlesque (1936); Professional Soldier (1935); Show Them No Mercy! (1935); Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935); The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1935); Thanks a Million (1935); Music Is Magic (1935); Metropolitan (1935); Way Down East (1935); Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935); Two Sinners (1935); Ladies Love Danger (1935); The Gay Deception (1935); Redheads on Parade (1935); Orchids to You (1935); Welcome Home (1935); Every Night at Eight (1935); Dante's Inferno (1935); Curly Top (1935); The Daring Young Man (1935); Doubting Thomas (1935); Spring Tonic (1935); $10 Raise (1935); George White's 1935 Scandals (1935); The Great Hotel Murder (1935); Under Pressure (1935); Charlie Chan in Paris (1935); Music in the Air (1934); 365 Nights in Hollywood (1934); Handy Andy (1934); Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934); Stand Up and Cheer! (1934); Bottoms Up (1934); Coming Out Party (1934); David Harum (1934); Caravan (1934); Search for Beauty (1934); I Am Suzanne! (1933); Dancing Lady (1933); Meet the Baron (1933); Old King Cole (1933).

Born on this day – Betty Grable:


Betty Grable

Actress

Model

Dancer

Singer

December 18, 1916 – July 2, 1973

Born on this day – Julius Dassin:


Julius Dassin

Director

Producer

Writer

Actor

December 18, 1911 – March 31, 2008

Born on this day – John Reese:


John Reese

Writer

December 18, 1910 – August 15, 1981

Credits:

Signal Guns at Sunup (1950); The High Passes (1954); Rich Man's Range (1966.); Sunblind Range (1968); Sure Shot Shapiro (1968); Singalee (1969); Horses, Honor, and Women (1970); Sierra Showdown (1971); Jesus on Horseback: The Mooney County Saga (1971), originally published as a trilogy: Angel Range, The Blowholers (aka Lonesome Cowboy), The Land Baron, from (1973–1975); Big Hitch (1972); Springfield .45-70, (1972); The Wild One (1972); Blacksnake Man (1976); A Sheriff for All the People (1976); Omar, Fats, and Trixie (1976); Halter-Broke (1977); Rich Man's Range (1978); Legacy of a Land Hog (1979); Maximum Range (1981); Sheehan's Mill (1943); Rainmaker (1949); Big Mutt (1952); The Shouting Duke (1952); Three Wild Ones (1963); Dinky (1964); The Looters (1968); Pity Us All (1969).

Born on this day – George Stevens:


George Stevens

Director

Producer

Writer

Cinematographer

December 18, 1904 – March 8, 1975


Credits:

The Spirit of Liberation (2017); D-Day: The Color Footage (1999); George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin (1994); D-Day to Berlin: Newsnight Special (1985); The Only Game in Town (1970); The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965); The Diary of Anne Frank (1959); Giant (1956); Shane (1953); Something to Live For (1952); A Place in the Sun (1951); I Remember Mama (1948); On Our Merry Way (1948); George Stevens' World War II Footage (1946); The Nazi Plan (1945); Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps (1945); That Justice Be Done (1945); The More the Merrier (1943); The Talk of the Town (1942); Woman of the Year (1942); Penny Serenade (1941); Vigil in the Night (1940); Gunga Din (1939); Vivacious Lady (1938); A Damsel in Distress (1937); Quality Street (1937); Swing Time (1936); Annie Oakley (1935); Alice Adams (1935); The Nitwits (1935); Laddie (1935); Kentucky Kernels (1934); Ocean Swells (1934); Bachelor Bait (1934); Hollywood Party (1934); Cracked Shots (1934); Rough Necking (1934); Strictly Fresh Yeggs (1934); The Undie-World (1934); Bridal Bail (1934); A Divorce Courtship (1933); Grin and Bear It (1933); Walking Back Home (1933); What Fur (1933); Flirting in the Park (1933); Quiet Please! (1933); Room Mates (1933); The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble (1933); Should Crooners Marry (1933); Rock-a-Bye Cowboy (1933); Family Troubles (1933); Boys Will Be Boys (1932); The Finishing Touch (1932); The All-American (1932); Who, Me? (1932); The Kick-Off! (1931); Mama Loves Papa (1931); Call a Cop! (1931); Air-Tight (1931); High Gear (1931); Blood and Thunder (1931); The Panic Is On (1931); Let's Do Things (1931); Spuk um Mitternacht (1931); Glückliche Kindheit (1931); Pêle-Mêle (1930); Bigger and Better (1930); Noche de duendes (1930); The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930); Radiomanía (1930); Tiembla y Titubea (1930); Below Zero (1930); La vida nocturna (1930); The Big Kick (1930); Brats (1930); Blotto (1930); The Fighting Parson (1930); The Real McCoy (1930); The Head Guy (1930); Ladrones (1930); Night Owls (1930); Angora Love (1929); Skirt Shy (1929); The Hoose-Gow (1929); Bacon Grabbers (1929); Shy Boy (1929); They Go Boom! (1929); Crazy Feet (1929); Snappy Sneezer (1929); Dad's Day (1929); Men O'War (1929); Leaping Love (1929); Madame Q (1929); Double Whoopee (1929); Hurdy Gurdy (1929); Unaccustomed As We Are (1929); Big Business (1929); That's My Wife (1929); Wrong Again (1929); Liberty (1929); We Faw Down (1928); Feed 'em and Weep (1928); Two Tars (1928); All Parts (1928); Do Gentlemen Snore? (1928); Early to Bed (1928); Should Married Men Go Home? (1928); Should Women Drive? (1928); Their Purple Moment (1928); Tell It to the Judge (1928); Blow by Blow (1928); Came the Dawn (1928); The Finishing Touch (1928); Dumb Daddies (1928); Leave 'em Laughing (1928); Should Tall Men Marry? (1928); Pass the Gravy (1928); The Battle of the Century (1927); Putting Pants on Philip (1927); Love 'em and Feed 'em (1927); Hats Off (1927); The Girl from Gay Paree (1927); Sugar Daddies (1927); Lightning (1927); No Man's Law (1927); The Second 100 Years (1927); The Honorable Mr. Buggs (1927); Slipping Wives (1927); The Valley of Hell (1927); The Desert's Toll (1926); The Devil Horse (1926); No Man's Law (1925); Black Cyclone (1925); Looking for Sally (1925); The White Sheep (1924); The Battling Orioles (1924); Roughest Africa (1923); Ladies Last (1930).

Born on this day – Mary Nolan:


Mary Nolan

Actress

Singer

Dancer

December 18, 1902 – October 31, 1948