Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Born on this day – Danielle Darrieux:


Danielle Darrieux

Actress

Singer

Dancer

May 1, 1917 – October 17, 2017

Born on this day – Glenn Ford:


Glenn Ford

Actor

May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006

Born on this day – Maurice Noble:


Maurice Noble

Cartoonist

Animator

Director

May 1, 1911 – May 18, 2001

Born on this day – Leila Hyams:


Leila Hyams

Actress

Vaudevillian

May 1, 1905 – December 4, 1977

Credits:

$1000 a Minute (1935); A Girl in Every Port (1928); Affairs of a Gentleman (1934); Alias Jimmy Valentine (1928); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2009); Dancing Mothers (1926); First Aid (1943); Freaks (1932); Gentleman's Fate (1931); Honor Bound (1928); Horse Play (1933); Hurricane (1929); Island of Lost Souls (1932); Land of the Silver Fox (1928); Masquerade (1929); May I Come In (1930); Men Call It Love (1931); New Adventures of Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1931); No Ransom (1934); One-Round Hogan (1927); People Will Talk (1935); Red-Headed Woman (1932); Ruggles of Red Gap (1935); Sandra (1924); Saturday's Millions (1933); Schlitzie: One of Us; Sing Sinner Sing (1933); Spite Marriage (1929); Stepping Out (1931); Summer Bachelors (1926); Surrender (1931); Sweethearts and Wives (1930); The Big Broadcast (1932); The Big House (1930); The Bishop Murder Case (1929); The Branded Sombrero (1928); The Brute (1927); The Bush Leaguer (1927); The Christmas Party (1931); The Constant Woman (1933); The Crimson City (1928); The Far Call (1929); The Flirting Widow (1930); The Girl Said No (1930); The Idle Rich (1929); The Kick-Off (1926); The Phantom of Paris (1931); The Poor Rich (1934); The Sins of the Children (1930); The Thirteenth Chair (1929); The Wizard (1927); Tod Browning's 'Freaks': The Sideshow Cinema (2004); Way for a Sailor (1930); Way Out West (1930); White Pants Willie (1927); Wonder of Women (1929); Yellow Dust (1936).

Mabel Seeley, on writing:


The only time I'm pleased with myself is when I'm exhausted and shaking from having written too much.

– Mabel Seeley.

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

On this day in music history - Signature – Solo, by Fiona Joy Hawkins (2015):

The album Signature – Solo,
by Fiona Joy Hawkins,
was released on April 30, 2015.

Born on this day – Jill Clayburgh:


Jill Clayburgh

Actress

April 30, 1944 – November 5, 2010

Credits:

17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2011); ABC Wednesday Night Starter Kit (2008); Ally McBeal (1999–2001); An Unmarried Woman (1978); Beyond the Ocean (1990); Biography (1996 / 1999); Bridesmaids (2011); CBS Daytime 90 (1973); Crowned and Dangerous (1997); Dai nostri inviati: La Rai racconta la Mostra del cinema 1968-1979 (2011); De Palma (2015); De pelĂ­cula (1987); Dirty Sexy Money (2007–2009); Dolce cinema (1984); Eligible Dentist (1993); Everything's Relative (1999); Falling (2001); Fear Stalk (1989); Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland (1993); First Monday in October (1981); Fools Rush In (1997); For the Love of Nancy (1994); Frasier (1998); Gable and Lombard (1976); Going All the Way (1997); Going Places (1973); Good Morning America (1979–1993); Griffin and Phoenix (1976); Hanna K. (1983); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders (1994); Hustling (1975); I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982); In Our Hands (1983); It's My Turn (1980); Jane Fonda in Five Acts (2018); Later with Bob Costas (1989); Law & Order (1998); Le grand pardon II (1992); Leap of Faith (2002); Lincoln (1992); Love & Other Drugs (2010); Luna (1979); Madonna in The Eighties (2016); Maude (1974); Medical Center (1974); Miles to Go... (1986); My Little Assassin (1999); N.Y.P.D. (1968); Naked in New York (1993); Never Again (2001); Nip/Tuck (2004); Portnoy's Complaint (1972); Pretty Hattie's Baby (1991); Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story (1991); Rich in Love (1992); Running with Scissors (2006); Saturday Night Live (1976–1978); Search for Tomorrow (1969–1970); Semi-Tough (1977); Sex: The Revolution (2008); Shock-a-bye, Baby (1973); Shy People (1987); Silver Streak (1976); Sins of the Mind (1997); Sois belle et tais-toi! (1981); Starting Over (1979); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 51st Annual Academy Awards (1979); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2011); The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993); The 65th Annual Tony Awards (2011); The 83rd Annual Academy Awards (2011); The Art of Crime (1975); The Best of Chevy Chase (1987); The Choice (1969); The Face on the Milk Carton (1995); The Mike Douglas Show (1977); The Movies (2019); The Only Living Boy in New York (2000); The Only Thrill (1997); The Practice (2004); The Rockford Files (1974); The Snoop Sisters (1972); The Telephone Book (1971); The Terminal Man (1974); The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1991); The Wedding Party (1969); The Wonderful World of Disney (2003); Theater Talk (2010); Today (1979); Trial: The Price of Passion (1992); Trinity (1998–1999); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Unspeakable Acts (1990); Untitled Eric Gilliland Project (2002); When Innocence Is Lost (1997); Where Are the Children? (1985); Whispers in the Dark (1992); Who Gets the Friends? (1988); Working in the Theatre (1976).