Born on this day – Maya Angelou:

Maya Angelou

Writer

April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014

Credits:

Including titles with Steven Spielberg, Langston Hughes and Mary Ellen Mark:

Angelina of Italy (2004); Izak of Lapland (2004); Mikale of Hawaii (2004); Renee Marie of France (2004); Cedric of Jamaica (2005); Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie (1971); Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well (1975); And Still I Rise (1978); Now Sheba Sings the Song (1987); I Shall Not Be Moved (1990); On the Pulse of Morning (1993); Soul Looks Back in Wonder (1993); The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou (1994); The Complete Collected Poems (1994); Maya Angelou: Poems (1994); Phenomenal Woman (1995); A Brave and Startling Truth (1995); Black Pearls (1998); Van Gogh's Ear (2005); Amazing Peace (2005); Celebrations (2006); Poetry for Young People (2007); Love's Exquisite Freedom (2011); Mrs. Flowers (1986); Life Doesn't Frighten Me (1993); My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me (1994); Kofi and His Magic (1996); I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969); Gather Together in My Name (1974); Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas (1976); The Heart of a Woman (1981); All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986); A Song Flung Up to Heaven (2002); Mom & Me & Mom (2013); Shaker, Why Don't You Sing? (1983); Letter to My Daughter (1987); Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now (1993); Even the Stars Look Lonesome (1996); The Voyage of the Amistad (1997); Making Magic in the World (1998); Amistad (1998); Mary Ellen Mark (1999); Graduation (2000); Hallelujah! The Welcome Table (2004); Mother (2006); Great Food, All Day Long (2010); His Day Is Done (2014); Rainbow in the Cloud (2014); Understanding Aspergers (2014); Strategies of Abundance (2014); The Weary Blues (1926); The Dream Keeper and Other Poems (1932); The Ways of White Folks (1934); Selected Poems (1959); Ask Your Mama (1961); Poems from Black Africa (1963); The Panther and the Lash (1967); Soul Looks Back in Wonder (1993); The Poems 1921-1940 (2001); The Poems: 1941-1950 (2001); The Poems: 1951-1967 (2001); Let America Be America Again (2004); Poetry for Young People (2006); Jim Crow's Last Stand (2007); The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes (2022); Fine Clothes to the Jew: Poems of Black America in the 1920s (2023); An Earth Song (2023); I Am the Darker Brother (1968); Growing Up in the South (1991); Quartet Of Stories (1993); Writing Women's Lives (1994); The Little Big Book of California (2005); 40 Model Essays (2005); Becoming Myself: Reflections on Growing Up Female (2006); What I Know Now: Letters to My Younger Self (2006); Made With Love: The Meals On Wheels Family Cookbook (2012); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018); Coming of Age in a Hardscrabble World (2019).

Born on this day – Peter Vaughan:

Peter Vaughan

Actor

April 4, 1923 – December 6, 2016

Credits:

11 Harrowhouse (1974); A Book with Chapters in It (1961); A Chance of Thunder (1961); A Man Without Friends (1972); A Twist of Sand (1968); A Warning to the Curious (1972); Adam Adamant Lives! (1966); Against the Crowd (1975); Albatross (2011); Alfred the Great (1969); An Ideal Husband (1999); Arena (1993); Armchair Mystery Theatre (1964); Armchair Theatre (1956–1967); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1957); BBC2 Playhouse (1981); Beauty (2004); Big Brother (1970); Biggles (1960); Birds of a Feather (1994); Black and Blue (1973); Boon (1991); Boyd Q.C. (1958–1960); Brazil (1985); Britain's Best Sitcom (2004); C.A.T.S. Eyes (1985); Canone Inverso (2000); Care (2006); Casualty (2003); Chancer (1990–1991); Chillers (1990); Christmas at the Riviera (2007); Circle of Deceit (1993); Citizen Smith (1977–1979); Codename: Kyril (1988); Coming Out of the Ice (1982); Coronation Street (1966); Countdown to War (1989); Crane (1964); Crown Court (1979); Dandelion Dead (1994); Deadline Midnight (1960–1961); Death at a Funeral (2007); Die! Die! My Darling! (1965); Dimensions of Fear (1963); Dixon of Dock Green (1965–1966); Doc Martin (2011); Doing Time (1979); Espionage (1964); Face (1997); Fall of Eagles (1974); Fatal Journey (1954); Fatherland (1994); First Night (1963–1964); Forbidden (1984); Fox (1980); Fox Mystery Theater (1984); Full House (1973); Game of Thrones (2011–2015); Game of Thrones: Inside the Night's Watch (2011); Game, Set, and Match (1988); Great Expectations (1967); Hammerhead (1968); Hancock (1963); Harry's Kingdom (1987); Härte 10 (1974–1975); Haunted (1967); Haunted Honeymoon (1986); Heart of Darkness (1993); Heartbeat (2002–2005); Hildegard of Bingen (1994); Holby Blue (2008); Horatio Hornblower: The Wrong War (1999); Horizon (1972); Hotel Splendide (2000); I Thank a Fool (1962); In Deep (2002); Inside Story (1960); International Detective (1960); Interpol Calling (1959); Intimate Reflections (1975); Is Anybody There? (2008); ITV Play of the Week (1959–1966); ITV Playhouse (1978); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1971); ITV Television Playhouse (1959–1961); Jamaica Inn (1983); Kate Bush: Experiment IV (1986); King of the Wind (1990); Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2001); Knight Errant Limited (1960); Knock on Any Door (1965); Lark Rise to Candleford (2008); Late Night Theatre (1972); Les Misérables (1998); Life and Death of Penelope (1976); Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher (2003); Longitude (2000); Lorna Doone (2000); Lovejoy (1992); Madigan (1973); Make Mine Mink (1960); Malachi's Cove (1973); Malice Aforethought (2005); Man from Interpol (1960); Man in a Suitcase (1967); Margery and Gladys (2003); Mary Britten, M.D. (1958); Massacre in Rome (1973); Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House (1985); Maupassant (1963); Mobile (2007); Monte Carlo (1986); Mountains of the Moon (1990); Murder Most Horrid (1994); My Partner the Ghost (1969); Nightingales (1993); No Exit (1972); No Hiding Place (1960–1962); Oliver Twist (1962); Oliver's Travels (1995); Omnibus (1968); Our Friends in the North (1996); Our Geoff (1987); Our Man at St. Mark's (1966); Our Mutual Friend (1998); Philby, Burgess and Maclean (1977); Play for Today (1984); Played Upon a Stage (1959); Porridge (1975–1977); Porridge: Inside Out (2014); Potts and the Phantom Piper (1957); Premiere (1978); Prisoner of Honor (1991); Probation Officer (1959); Public Eye (1966); Quick Before They Catch Us (1966); Rab C. Nesbitt (1994); Richard the Lionheart (1962); Ronnie Barker: A BAFTA Tribute (2004); Rotten to the Core (1965); Sapphire (1959); Saturday Playhouse (1959); Savage Messiah (1972); Screen Two (1987); Season's Greetings (1986); Second Sight: Hide and Seek (2000); Shelley (1981); Silk (2011); Sins (1986); Smokescreen (1964); Somerset Maugham Hour (1960); Spice Island, Farewell! (1976); Stage by Stage (1954); Still Life (1963); Strange Report (1969); Straw Dogs (1971); Sudden Terror (1970); Sweet Medicine (2003); Symptoms (1974); Tales from Soho (1956); Taste of Excitement (1969); The 10th Kingdom (2000); The 39 Steps (1959); The Adventurer (1973); The Adventures of Ben Gunn (1958); The Antiques Rogue Show (2009); The Avengers (1968); The BBC Television Shakespeare (1979); The Blockhouse (1973); The Bofors Gun (1968); The Bourne Identity (1988); The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991); The Cheaters (1962); The Choir (1995); The Court Martial of Major Keller (1961); The Crucible (1981); The Crucible (1996); The Danedyke Mystery (1979); The Devil's Agent (1962); The Doombolt Chase (1978); The Expert (1968); The First Freedom (1967); The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981); The Gold Robbers (1969); The Good Son (1998); The Informer (1966); The Jury (2002); The Legend of 1900 (1998); The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004); The MacKintosh Man (1973); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963); The Magical World of Disney (1963); The Man Outside (1967); The Moonstone (1996); The Morecambe & Wise Show (1980); The Mother (2003); The Naked Runner (1967); The Pallisers (1974); The Persuaders! (1971); The Pied Piper (1972); The Protectors (1973); The Punch and Judy Man (1963); The Queen of Sheba's Pearls (2004); The Razor's Edge (1984); The Remains of the Day (1993); The Respectful Prostitute (1963); The Return (1973); The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971); The Saint (1964); The Secret Agent (1996); The Snowdropper (1975); The Squirrels (1975); The Sweeney (1975); The Thing About Vince (2000); The Victors (1963); The Wednesday Play (1968–1970); Theatre 625 (1967); Theatre Night (1988); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1973); This Way for Murder (1967); Three Live Wires (1961); Thriller (1973); Thursday the 12th (2003); Time Bandits (1981); Top Secret (1961); Treasure Island (1968); Two Living, One Dead (1961); Valentino (1977); Village of the Damned (1960); War and Remembrance (1988); When We Are Married (1987); Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981); Zodiac (1974); Zulu Dawn (1979).

Born on this day – Dorothy Hart:

Dorothy Hart

Actress

April 4, 1922 – July 11, 2004

Credits:

Armstrong Circle Theatre (1953); Broadway Television Theatre (1953); Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949); Danger (1953); Down to Earth (1947); Four Star Playhouse (1954); Goodyear Playhouse (1954); Gunfighters (1947); I Spy (1955); Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951); I've Got a Secret (1953); Kraft Theatre (1954); Larceny (1948); Loan Shark (1952); Man Against Crime (1953); Medallion Theatre (1953); Modern Romances (1955); Omnibus (1955); Outside the Wall (1950); Raton Pass (1951); Robert Montgomery Presents (1953); Stump the Stars (1954–1963); Suspense (1953); Take a Guess (1953); Take One False Step (1949); Tarzan's Savage Fury (1952); The Chevy Showroom Starring Andy Williams (1958); The Countess of Monte Cristo (1948); The Exile (1947); The Hunter (1954); The Mask (1954); The Naked City (1948); The Story of Molly X (1949); Undertow (1949).

Born on this day – Dorothy Ford:

Dorothy Ford

Actress

April 4, 1922 – October 15, 2010

Credits:

Room for One More (1962); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1957–1962); Pagan Island (1961); The Rough Riders (1959); Gun Brothers (1956); Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956); Pardners (1956); Indestructible Man (1956); The Seven Year Itch (1955); My Little Margie (1955); The High and the Mighty (1954); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1952–1954); Space Patrol (1954); A Perilous Journey (1953); The Abbott and Costello Show (1953); Limelight (1952); Feudin' Fools (1952); Jack and the Beanstalk (1952); Life with Buster Keaton (1951); Flame of Araby (1951); Let's Go Navy! (1951); The Buster Keaton Show (1951); Wedding Yells (1951); Dick Tracy (1950); Key to the City (1950); Sands of Iwo Jima (1949); One Sunday Afternoon (1948); 3 Godfathers (1948); On Our Merry Way (1948); Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946); Lover Come Back (1946); Nob Hill (1945); Ten Cents a Dance (1945); Thrill of a Romance (1945); The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945); Here Come the Co-eds (1945); The Thin Man Goes Home (1944); Bathing Beauty (1944); Meet the People (1944); Two Girls and a Sailor (1944); Broadway Rhythm (1944); Lady in the Dark (1944); Thousands Cheer (1943).

Born on this day – Muddy Waters:

Muddy Waters

Blues singer

Musician

April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983

Born on this day – Carmel Myers:

Carmel Myers

Actress

April 4, 1899 – November 9, 1980

Credits:

Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1980); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); Chico and the Man (1975); The Wide World of Mystery (1975); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1974–1975); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); Studio One (1953); The Carmel Myers Show (1951–1952); Penthouse Party (1951); Danger (1950); Whistle Stop (1946); George White's Scandals (1945); The Conspirators (1944); Pretty Dolly (1942); Lady for a Night (1942); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); The Countess of Monte Cristo (1934); No Living Witness (1932); Nice Women (1931); Chinatown After Dark (1931); The Mad Genius (1931); Pleasure (1931); Svengali (1931); The Lion and the Lamb (1931); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 20 (1930); The Voice of Hollywood No. 14 (1930); A Lady Surrenders (1930); The Stronger Sex (1930); The Ship from Shanghai (1930); Show of Shows (1929); Broadway Scandals (1929); He Did His Best (1929); The Careless Age (1929); Careers (1929); The Ghost Talks (1929); The Red Sword (1929); The Bath Between (1928); Dream of Love (1928); Four Walls (1928); Prowlers of the Sea (1928); A Certain Young Man (1928); Sorrell and Son (1927); Sumuru (1927); The Understanding Heart (1927); The Demi-Bride (1927); Camille (1926); Tell It to the Marines (1926); The Gay Deceiver (1926); The Devil's Circus (1926); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); 1925 Studio Tour (1925); Garragan (1924); Babbitt (1924); Broadway After Dark (1924); Beau Brummel (1924); Poisoned Paradise (1924); Reno (1923); The Love Pirate (1923); The Dancer of the Nile (1923); Slave of Desire (1923); Mary of the Movies (1923); The Little Girl Next Door (1923); Goodbye Girls (1923); The Famous Mrs. Fair (1923); The Last Hour (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 3 (1922); The Love Gambler (1922); The Danger Point (1922); A Daughter of the Law (1921); Breaking Through (1921); The Kiss (1921); Cheated Love (1921); The Dangerous Moment (1921); The Mad Marriage (1921); Beautifully Trimmed (1920); The Gilded Dream (1920); In Folly's Trail (1920); The Little White Savage (1919); Who Will Marry Me? (1919); All Night (1918); A Society Sensation (1918); The Dream Lady (1918); The City of Tears (1918); A Broadway Scandal (1918); The Marriage Lie (1918); The Wine Girl (1918); The Girl in the Dark (1918); The Wife He Bought (1918); My Unmarried Wife (1918); The Lash of Power (1917); Sirens of the Sea (1917); The Haunted Pajamas (1917); Might and the Man (1917); A Daughter of the Poor (1917); A Love Sublime (1917); Stage Struck (1917); The Bad Boy (1917); The Matrimaniac (1916); Intolerance (1916); Ignatz's Icy Injury (1916); The Jailbird's Last Flight (1916); Tough Luck on a Rough Sea (1916); Georgia Pearce (1915).

Stephen King, on writing:

When you sit down to write, write.

Don't do anything else except go to the bathroom,

and only do that if it absolutely cannot be put off.

- Stephen King.