Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Born on this day – Jane Bryan:


Jane Bryan

Actress

Philanthropist

Arts patron

June 11, 1918 – April 8, 2009

Born on this day – Carmine Coppola:


Carmine Coppola

Composer

Flautist

Pianist

Songwriter

June 11, 1910 – April 26, 1991

Born on this day – Jules Sylvain:


Jules Sylvain

Composer

Screenwriter

Musician

June 11, 1900 – October 29, 1968

Born on this day – Virginia Brissac:


Virginia Brissac

Actress

June 11, 1883 – July 26, 1979

Credits:

The Disaster Artist (2017); These Amazing Shadows (2011); The Lone Wolf (1954–1955); Rebel Without a Cause (1955); Studio 57 (1955); Mayor of the Town (1954); Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson (1953–1954); About Mrs. Leslie (1954); I Love Lucy (1954); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1954); Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954); Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954); Executive Suite (1954); Dragnet (1953); Chevron Theatre (1953); Your Favorite Story (1953); All I Desire (1953); Bandits of Corsica (1953); Meet Me at the Fair (1953); Fair Wind to Java (1953); Woman of the North Country (1952); Bugles in the Afternoon (1952); Racket Squad (1952); Flame of Araby (1951); Two of a Kind (1951); Stars Over Hollywood (1951); Three Guys Named Mike (1951); Operation Pacific (1951); Harriet Craig (1950); Edge of Doom (1950); Cheaper by the Dozen (1950); No Man of Her Own (1950); Tension (1949); The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949); Mother Is a Freshman (1949); The Last Bandit (1949); An Act of Murder (1948); The Snake Pit (1948); The Untamed Breed (1948); Old Los Angeles (1948); The Mating of Millie (1948); Summer Holiday (1948); Three Daring Daughters (1948); Captain from Castile (1947); Secret Beyond the Door... (1947); Monsieur Verdoux (1947); Pursued (1947); Sister Kenny (1946); The Mysterious Mr. Valentine (1946); The Mysterious Mr. M (1946); Hot Cargo (1946); Renegades (1946); The Daltons Ride Again (1945); Why Girls Leave Home (1945); The Dolly Sisters (1945); That Night with You (1945); State Fair (1945); Bewitched (1945); Captain Eddie (1945); That's the Spirit (1945); Thrill of a Romance (1945); Three's a Crowd (1945); The Scarlet Clue (1945); G.I. Honeymoon (1945); A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945); Night Club Girl (1945); Together Again (1944); Faces in the Fog (1944); Bowery to Broadway (1944); Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944); Sing, Neighbor, Sing (1944); Song of the Open Road (1944); This Is the Life (1944); Phantom Lady (1944); Moonlight in Vermont (1943); The Crime Doctor's Strangest Case (1943); My Kingdom for a Cook (1943); The Iron Major (1943); Someone to Remember (1943); The Hard Way (1943); Shadow of a Doubt (1943); Mug Town (1942); Star Spangled Rhythm (1942); Lucky Jordan (1942); The Mummy's Tomb (1942); Get Hep to Love (1942); The Big Shot (1942); Tough As They Come (1942); Take a Letter, Darling (1942); Lady Gangster (1942); Remember the Day (1941); They Died with Their Boots On (1941); Appointment for Love (1941); One Foot in Heaven (1941); Unfinished Business (1941); The Little Foxes (1941); Dressed to Kill (1941); Bad Men of Missouri (1941); The Nurse's Secret (1941); Washington Melodrama (1941); The Great Lie (1941); Chad Hanna (1940); Lady with Red Hair (1940); Always a Bride (1940); Strike Up the Band (1940); Hired Wife (1940); All This, and Heaven Too (1940); Wagons Westward (1940); Cinderella's Feller (1940); The Ghost Breakers (1940); Alias the Deacon (1940); If I Had My Way (1940); It's a Date (1940); Little Orvie (1940); The House Across the Bay (1940); Black Friday (1940); Little Old New York (1940); Remember the Night (1939); The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939); A Child Is Born (1939); Destry Rides Again (1939); First Love (1939); Parents on Trial (1939); Think First (1939); Stop, Look and Love (1939); I Stole a Million (1939); The Forgotten Woman (1939); Invitation to Happiness (1939); Young Mr. Lincoln (1939); They Shall Have Music (1939); Dark Victory (1939); Woman Doctor (1939); Wings of the Navy (1939); Jesse James (1939); Up the River (1938); Secrets of a Nurse (1938); Young Dr. Kildare (1938); Gateway (1938); The Magician's Daughter (1938); Delinquent Parents (1938); The Bad Man of Brimstone (1937); The Man in the Barn (1937); The Adventurous Blonde (1937); Idol of the Crowds (1937); Give Till It Hurts (1937); Artist and Models (1937); White Bondage (1937); Mountain Justice (1937); Stolen Holiday (1937); Love Letters of a Star (1936); Down the Stretch (1936); The Texas Rangers (1936); The Song of a Nation (1936); The Big Noise (1936); We Went to College (1936); Counterfeit (1936); Murder by an Aristocrat (1936); Three Godfathers (1936); Two Against the World (1936); Honeymoon Limited (1935); Hawaiian Love (1913); The Shark God (1913).

Born on this day – Richard Strauss:


Richard Strauss

Composer

June 11, 1864 – September 8, 1949

Roald Dahl, on books:


So please, oh please, we beg, we pray,
go throw your TV set away,
and in its place you can install,
a lovely bookcase on the wall.

- Roald Dahl.