Born on this day – Freddie Francis:

Freddie Francis

Cinematographer

Director

December 22, 1917 – March 17, 2007

Born on this day – Barbara Billingsley:

Barbara Billingsley

Actress

December 22, 1915 – October 16, 2010

Born on this day – Doris Miles Disney:

Doris Miles Disney

Writer

December 22, 1907 – March 9, 1976

Credits:

A Compound for Death (1943); Murder on a Tangent (1945); Appointment at Nine (1947); Fire at Will (1950); The Last Straw (aka Driven to Kill) (1954); Dark Road (aka Dead Stop) (1946); Family Skeleton (1949); Straw Man (1951); Trick or Treat (aka The Halloween Murder) (1955); Method in Madness (aka Quiet Violence) (1957); Did She Fall or Was She Pushed? (1959); Find the Woman (1962); The Chandler Policy (1971); Unappointed Rounds (1956); Black Mail (1958); Mrs Meeker's Money (1961); Shadow of a Man (1940); Who Rides a Tiger? (aka Sow the Wind) (1946); Enduring Old Charms (aka Death for My Beloved) (1947); Testimony by Silence (1948); That Which Is Crooked (1948); Count the Ways (1949); Look Back on Murder (1951); Heavy, Heavy Hangs (1952); Do unto Others (1953); Prescription: Murder (1953); Room for Murder (1955); My Neighbor's Wife (1957); No Next of Kin (1959); Dark Lady (aka Sinister Lady (1961); Should Auld Acquaintance (1962); Here Lies... (1963); The Hospitality of the House (aka Unsuspected Evil (1964); The Departure of Mr. Gaudette (aka Fateful Departure) (1965); At Some Forgotten Door (1966); The Magic Grandfather (aka Mask of Evil (1966); Night of Clear Choice (aka Flame of Evil (1967); Money for the Taking (1968); Voice from the Grave (1968); Two Little Children and How They Grew (1969); Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate (aka Death by Computer) (1970); Fatal Choice (1970); Three's a Crowd (1972); The Day Miss Bessie Lewis Disappeared (1972); Only Couples Need Apply (1973); Don't Go into the Woods Today (1974); Cry for Help (1975); Winifred (1976); Muppets Most Wanted (2014); The Last Straw / The Pale Door / The Dead Don't Speak (1955).

Born on this day – Fred M. Wilcox:

Fred M. Wilcox

Director

December 22, 1907 – September 23, 1964

Photographed with Pal (as Lassie), on the set of Lassie Come Home (1943).

Born on this day – Lil Green:

Lil Green

Blues singer

Songwriter

December 22, 1901 – April 14, 1954

Lawrence Clark Powell, on books:

Books are islands in the ocean of time.

They are also oases in the deserts of time.

- Lawrence Clark Powell.

On this day in movie history - Angel–a (2005):

Angel-A,

directed and written by Luc Besson,

was released in France on December 21, 2005.
Music by Anja Garbarek.

Cast:
Jamel Debbouze, Rie Rasmussen, Gilbert Melki, Serge Riaboukine, Akim Chir, Eric Balliet, Loïc Pora, Venus Boone, Jérôme Guesdon, Michel Bellot, Michel Chesneau, Olivier Claverie, Solange Milhaud, Laurent Jumeaucourt, Franck-Olivier Bonnet, Akim Colour, Tonio Descanvelle, Grigori Manoukov, Alain Zef, Jean-Marc Montalto, Jil Milan, Todd Thaler, Gael Triam.