Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Born on this day – Carol Lynley:


Carol Lynley

Actress

February 13, 1942 – September 3, 2019

Born on this day – George Segal:


George Segal

Actor

Comedian

Musician

February 13, 1934 – March 23, 2021

Born on this day – Oliver Reed:


Oliver Reed

Actor

February 13, 1938 – May 2, 1999

Born on this day – Susan Oliver:


Susan Oliver

Actress

Director

Aviator

February 13, 1932 – May 10, 1990

Born on this day – Barbara Shelley:


Barbara Shelley

Actress

February 13, 1932 – January 3, 2021

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1965–1966); A Cuckoo in the Nest (1970); A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (2010); A Story of David: The Hunted (1960); Bachelor Father (1971); Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness (2012); Ballata tragica (1955); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1958–1959); Bergerac (1983); Blake's 7 (1981); Blankety Blank (1989); Blood of the Vampire (1958); Bobbikins (1959); British Film Forever (2007); By the Sword Divided (1983); Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion (1957); Cat Girl (1957); Champion House (1967); Charlesworth (1959); Counterstrike (1969); Crown Court (1972–1981); Danger Man (1960); Deadly Record (1959); Death Trap (1962); Destinazione Piovarolo (1955); Detective (1964); Dixon of Dock Green (1974); Doctor Who (1984); Dracula: Prince of Darkness - Behind the Scenes Footage (1997); Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966); EastEnders (1988); Fanex Files: Hammer Films (2008); Festival (1967); Ghost Squad (1962); Ghost Stories: The Curious Tales of the Making of Ghost Story (2009); Ghost Story (1974); Greasepaint and Gore, Part 2: The Hammer Monsters of Roy Ashton (2004); Hadleigh (1973); Hazel (1963–1965); I quattro del getto tonante (1955); In the Shadow of Shelley (2020); Interpol Calling (1960); Intrigue (1966); ITV Play of the Week (1957–1967); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1972); ITV Television Playhouse (1958–1959); Jackanory Playhouse (1983); John Halifax, Gentleman (1974); Juke Box Jury (1960–1965); Justice (1974); Lacrime di sposa (1955); Luna nova (1955); Maigret (1988); Man in a Suitcase (1967); Man in Hiding (1953); Man in the Dark (1964); Mogul (1968–1971); More Than a Messiah (1992); Motivo in maschera (1955); Mr. Rose (1968); Murder at Site 3 (1959); Nero's Mistress (1956); No Hiding Place (1960–1964); Oil Strike North (1975); Operation Razzle-Dazzle (1966); Paul Temple (1969); People Like Us (1978); Postman's Knock (1962); Preview Tonight (1966); Pride and Prejudice (1980); Prince Regent (1979); Quatermass and the Pit (1967); Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966); Rendezvous (1960); Route 66 (1963); Rupert of Hentzau (1964); Solo for Canary (1958); Stranglehold (1963); Suprema confessione (1956); Suspense (1962); Tall Stories: The Making of Rasputin the Mad Monk (2012); The Avengers (1961–1967); The Borgias (1981); The Camp on Blood Island (1958); The Comedy of Errors (1978); The District Nurse (1984); The Donna Reed Show (1966); The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1962); The End of the Line (1957); The Farmer's Daughter (1965); The Gorgon (1964); The Hanged Man (1975); The Human Jungle (1964); The Invisible Man (1959); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1963); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1960–1962); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965); The New Phil Silvers Show (1963); The Revenue Men (1967); The Saint (1962); The Secret of Blood Island (1965); The Shadow of the Cat (1961); The Solitary Child (1958); The Spy Killer (1969); The Third Man (1962–1963); The Three Musketeers (1956); The Two Ronnies (1980); The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1965–1966); Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge (1956); Tycoon (1978); Uncle Silas (1989); Vendetta (1967); Village of the Damned (1960); White Hunter (1957–1959); Z Cars (1973); Frankenpimp's Revenge: The Romeo and Juliet Massacre (2020).

Born on this day – Georges Simenon:


Georges Simenon

Writer

February 13, 1903 – 4 September 4, 1989

Credits:

Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett / Pietr the Latvian (1931); Maigret Meets a Milord / The Carter of 'La Providence' (1931); The Death of Monsieur Gallet / The Late Monsieur Gallet / Maigret Stonewalled (1931); The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien / The Crime of Inspector Maigret / Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets (1931); A Battle of Nerves / A Man's Head / Maigret Bides His Time / The Patience of Maigret / Maigret's Patience (1931); The Yellow Dog / Maigret and the Concarneau Murders (1931); Maigret at the Crossroads / The Night at the Crossroads (1931); Maigret in Holland / A Crime in Holland (1931); The Sailors' Rendezvous / Maigret Answers a Plea / The Grand Banks Café (1931); The Dancer at the Gai-Moulin / Maigret At the Gai-Moulin (1931); Maigret and the Tavern by the Seine / The Two-Penny Bar (1931); The Shadow Puppet / Maigret Mystified (1932); Maigret Goes Home / The Saint-Fiacre Affair / Maigret on Home Ground / Maigret and the Countess (1932); Maigret and the Flemish Shop / The Flemish House (1932); Maigret and the Death of a Harbor-Master / Misty Harbour / Maigret and Monsieur Labbe (1932); The Madman of Bergerac (1932); Liberty Bar / Maigret on the Riviera (1932); Lock No. 1 / The Lock at Charenton (1933); Maigret / Maigret Returns (1934); The Cellars of the Majestic / Maigret and the Hotel Majestic (1942); The Judge's House / Maigret in Exile (1942); Maigret and the Spinster / Cécile is Dead (1942); Maigret and the Fortuneteller / To Any Lengths / Signed, Picpus (1944); Félicie / Maigret and the Toy Village (1944); Inspector Cadaver / Maigret's Rival (1944); Maigret Gets Angry / Maigret in Retirement (1947); Maigret in New York / Maigret in New York's Underworld (1947); Maigret's Holiday / A Summer Holiday / No Vacation for Maigret (1948); Maigret's Dead Man / Maigret's Special Murder (1948); Maigret's First Case (1949); My Friend Maigret / The Methods of Maigret (1949); Maigret at the Coroner's / Maigret and the Coroner (1949); Maigret and the Old Lady (1950); Madame Maigret's Own Case / The Friend of Madame Maigret / Madame Maigret's Friend (1950); Maigret's Memoirs (1951); Maigret in Montmartre / Maigret and the Strangled Stripper / Maigret at Picratt's (1951); Maigret Takes a Room / Maigret Rents a Room (1951); Maigret and the Burglar's Wife / Maigret and the Tall Woman (1951); Maigret and the Gangsters / Inspector Maigret and the Killers / Maigret, Lognon and the Gangsters (1952); Maigret's Revolver (1952); Maigret and the Man on the Bench / Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard (1953); Maigret Afraid / Maigret Is Afraid (1953); Maigret's Mistake (1953); Maigret Goes to School (1954); Maigret and the Calame Report / Maigret and the Minister (1954); Maigret and the Dead Girl / Maigret and the Young Girl (1954); Maigret and the Headless Corpse (1955); Maigret Sets a Trap (1955); Maigret's Failure (1956); Maigret Enjoys Himself / Maigret's Little Joke / None of Maigret's Business (1957); Maigret Travels / Maigret and the Millionaires (1958); Maigret Has Scruples / Maigret's Doubts (1958); Maigret and the Reluctant Witnesses (1959); Maigret's Secret / Maigret Has Doubts (1959); Maigret in Court (1960); Maigret and the Old People / Maigret in Society (1960); Maigret and the Idle Burglar / Maigret and the Lazy Burglar (1961); Maigret and the Black Sheep / Maigret and the Good People of Montparnasse (1962); Maigret and the Saturday Caller (1962); Maigret and the Tramp / Maigret and the Dosser / Maigret and the Bum (1963); Maigret's Fury / Maigret Loses His Temper / Maigret's Anger (1963); Maigret and the Ghost / Maigret and the Apparition (1964); Maigret on the Defensive / Maigret Holds His Own / Maigret Defends Himself (1964); Maigret and the Nahour Case (1966); Maigret and the Pickpocket / Maigret's Pickpocket (1967); Maigret in Vichy / Maigret Takes the Waters (1968); Maigret Hesitates (1968); Maigret's Boyhood Friend / Maigret's Childhood Friend (1968); Maigret and the Killer (1969); Maigret and the Wine Merchant (1970); Maigret and the Madwoman / Maigret's Madwoman (1970); Maigret and the Loner (1971); Maigret and the Informer / Maigret and the Flea (1972); Maigret and Monsieur Charles (1973); Maigret's Pipe: Seventeen Stories (1945); Maigret's Christmas (1976); The Girl with a Squint (1931); The Engagement (1933); Tropic Moon (1933); The Window Over the Way (1933); The Lodger (1934); The Long Exile (1935); Donadieu's Will (1936); The Man Who Watched Trains Go By (1938); Girl In Waiting (1938); Three Crimes (1938); The Strangers in the House (1940); The Widow (1942); The Truth About Bebe Donge (1942); Across the Street (1942); The Suspect (1944); Monsieur Monde Vanishes (1945); Three Bedrooms in Manhattan (1946); Act of Passion (1946); The Mahé Circle (1946); Death of a Nobody (1947); Pedigree (1948); The Snow Was Dirty (1948); Magnet of Doom (1948); The Bottom Of The Bottle (1949); Four Days in a Lifetime (1949); The Pitards (1949); Strange Inheritance (1950); The Heart of a Man (1950); A New Lease On Life (1951); The Burgomaster of Furnes (1952); Escape in Vain (1952); Havoc by Accident (1952); On the danger line (1952); Belle (1952); In Two Latitudes (1952); The Trial of Bebe Donge (1952); Dirty Snow (1953); Red Lights (1953); The Iron Staircase (1953); The Watchmaker of Everton (1954); The Clockmaker (1954); Big Bob (1954); The Accomplices (1955); The Rules of the Game (1955); The Burial of Monsieur Bouvet (1955); The Fugitive (1955); A Sense of Guilt (1955); The Little Man From Archangel (1956); The Stowaway (1957); Sunday (1958); The President (1958); The Son (1958); The Widower (1959); The Grandmother (1959); The Negro (1959); Young Cardinaud (1959); The Blue Room (1960); Betty (1960); Justice (1960); The Family Lie (1960); The Train (1961); Striptease (1961); Poisoned Relations (1961); The hatter's ghosts (1961); The Door (1962); The House on Quai Notre Dame (1962); The Others (1962); The Bells of Bicetre (1963); The Magician (1963); Inquest on Bouvet (1963); The Man With the Little Dog (1964); The Venice Train (1965); The Survivors (1965); Venice Train (1965); Black Rain (1965); Ticket of Leave (1965); The Cat (1966); The Old Man Dies (1966); Old Man Dies (1966); The Mouse (1966); Fate of the Malous (1966); The Little Saint (1967); The Brothers Rico (1967); The Reckoning (1967); The neighbours (1968); The Prison (1968); The Premier (1968); The confessional (1968); The Patient (1968); The Witnesses (1968); Uncle Charles Has Locked Himself in (1969); Uncle Charles (1969); November (1970); The Rich Man (1970); Enigmas (1970); The Glass Cage (1971); The Innocents (1972); The Disappearance Of Odile (1972); Magician (1974); The Girl in His Past (1976); The Nightclub (1977); The White Horse Inn (1979); The Little Doctor (1981); The Outlaw (1987); The Murderer (2013); The Hand (2016); Simenon's Paris (1970); When I Was Old (1971); Letter to My Mother (1976); Intimate Memoirs: Including Marie-Jo's Book (1981); Writers At Work: The Paris Review Interviews (1957); Nine Detective Stories (1964); City Sleuths and Tough Guys (1989); Murder Intercontinental (1996); The Oxford Book of Detective Stories (2000); Murder On The Railways (2003); The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction (2004).

Mason Cooley, on reading:


Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.

- Mason Cooley.