Monday, August 5, 2024

Born on this day – Ja'net DuBois:


Ja'net DuBois

Actress

Singer

August 5, 1932 – February 17, 2020

Credits:

1999 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (1999); 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2021); 29th Annual Trumpet awards (2020); 51st NAACP Image Awards (2020); A Different World (1991); A Journal for Jordan (2021); A Man Called Adam (1966); A Piece of the Action (1977); All Star Secrets (1979); As Told by Ginger (2000–2004); Basic Instinct (1992); Best Friends for Life (1998); BET Comedy Awards (2004); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1992); Boomtown (2003); Caribe (1975); Celebrity Bowling (1976); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1976); Chappelle's Show (2004); Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003); Chelsea Lately (2012); Clueless (1999); Cold Case (2007); Crazy Like a Fox (1985); Crossing Jordan (2006); Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970); Dinah! (1975); Doctor Doctor (1990); Don't Look Back (1996); Dream On (1991); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); ER (1995); Everybody Hates Chris (2005); Everybody Loves Raymond (2000); Extra (2015); Five on the Black Hand Side (1973); G.I. Joe: Renegades (2011); Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006); Good Evening, Captain (1981); Good Times (1974–1979); Hammer, Slammer, & Slade (1990); Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1994); Hanging Up (2000); Hard Time (1998); Hard Time: Hostage Hotel (1999); Harlan & Merleen (1993); Heart Condition (1990); Hellinger's Law (1981); Home Improvement (1991–1995); Houston Knights (1988); I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988); J.T. (1969); Janet Jackson: Control / Music Video (1986); Kids Like These (1987); Kojak (1974); Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2011); Laugh!s (1990); Little Man (2006); Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' (2019); Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' (2019); Lottery Ticket (2010); Love of Life (1970-1972); Lovecraft Country (2020); Magic Island (1995); Married... with Children (1993); Martin (1995); Melody Trice Special Events (2019); Moesha (1997); Morning Joe (2023); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1994 / 2017); Random! Cartoons (2007); Roots: The Next Generations (1979); Sammy and Company (1975); Sanford and Son (1972); Saturday Night Live (1982); Scrubs (2002); Senseless (1998); Shaft (1973); Shark Tale (2004); She's Got a Plan (2016); Sister, Sister (1994); Sophie & the Moonhanger (1996); Spencer (1984); Steve Harvey (2016); Stranded (1986); Nearly Departed (1989); New Attitude (1990); Next Friday (2000); Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016); One on One (2003); Other Women's Children (1993); Penny Ante: The Motion Picture (1990); The Masked Singer (2022); The Office (2010); The Original Kings of Comedy (2000); The Oscars (2021); The PJs (1999–2001); The Resolution of Mossie Wax (1973); The Simpsons (2004–2020); The Sophisticated Gents (1981); The Steve Harvey Show (2000); The Tom Swift and Linda Craig Mystery Hour (1983); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2018); TCM Remembers 2020 (2020); The 2001 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2001); The 4th Annual TV Land Awards (2006); The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2020); The Ben Stiller Show (1995); Who's the Man? (1993).The Big Easy (1982); The Blue Knight (1973); The Cookout (2004); The Facts of Life (1981); The Golden Palace (1992–1993); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1977–1978); The Jeffersons (1975–1985); The King of Queens (2005); The Love Boat (1980); The Masked Singer (2022); The Office (2010); The Original Kings of Comedy (2000); The Oscars (2021); The PJs (1999–2001); The Resolution of Mossie Wax (1973); The Simpsons (2004–2020); The Sophisticated Gents (1981); The Steve Harvey Show (2000); The Tom Swift and Linda Craig Mystery Hour (1983); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2018); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2011); The Wayans Bros. (1996–1997); The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008); tick, tick... BOOM! (2021); Touched by an Angel (1997); Tropic Thunder (2008); True Colors (1991); TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2003); TV Land Confidential (2007); TV's Illest Minority Moments Presented by Ego Trip (2004); Waterproof (2000).

Born on this day – Joan Weldon:


Joan Weldon

Actress

Singer

August 5, 1930 – February 11, 2021

Born on this day – Damita Jo DeBlanc:


Damita Jo DeBlanc

Actress

Comedian

Singer

August 5, 1930 – December 25, 1998

Credits:

Albums:

Damita Jo at the Diplomat (1962); Damita Jo Sings (1965); Go Go with Damita Jo (1965); If You Go Away (1967); I'll Save the Last Dance for You (1961); Midnight Session (1966); Miss Damita Jo (1968); Sing a Country Song (1962); The Big Fifteen (1961); This Is Damita Jo (1965); This One's for Me (1963).

Movies and television:

ABC's Nightlife (1965); Allen Ludden's Gallery (1969); Bandstand (1963); Calypso Heat Wave (1957); Damita Jo - The Lady is a Tramp / DVD (2009); Dom kallar oss raggare (2021); Fanfare (1965); George Jessel's Here Come the Stars (1968); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1962); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Ed Sullivan Show (1962); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The Lively Ones (1962); The Lloyd Thaxton Show (1965); The Merv Griffin Show (1968); The Mike Douglas Show (1963–1977); The Peter Martin Show (1968); The Rosey Grier Show (1969); The Scoey Mitchlll Show (1972); The Steve Allen Show (1968); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963); You Asked for It (1951).

Born on this day – Dina Sassoli:


Dina Sassoli

Actress

August 5, 1920 – March 24, 2008

Credits:

A brilliant farce will follow... (1973); Alessandro, you are great! (1940); An enemy of the people (1973); Ash Wednesday (1973); Canto, ma sottovoce... / I Sing, But Softly… (1946); Capitan Tempesta (1942); Closed Circuit (1978); Colpi di timone (1942); Condannata senza colpa / Condemned without guilt (1953); Due lettere anonime (1945); Follie del secolo / Follies of the century (1939); Fratello ladro / Brother Thief (1972); Hedda Gabler (1980); History (1986); I figli non si vendono / Children are not sold (1952); I vecchi e i giovani / The old and the young (1978–1979); Il commissario De Vincenzi / Commissioner De Vincenzi (1974); Il leone di Damasco (1942); Kean (1940); Kean: Genius or Scoundrel (1957); La famiglia Benvenuti / The Benvenuti family (1970); La mascotte dei diavoli blu / The Blue Devils Mascot (1947); La morte civile (1942); La prigioniera di Amalfi / The prisoner of Amalfi (1954); L'Agnese va a morire / Agnes goes to die (1976); Le père Lebonnard (1939); L'envers du paradis (1953); Les Misérables (1964); Life of Donizetti (1947); Lost Happiness (1946); Loves of Don Juan (1942); L'ultima sentenza / The latest sentence (1951); Melissa / Lemon balm (1966); Misery and Nobility / Poverty and nobility (1940); Nessuno torna indietro (1945); Nucleo centrale investigativo / Central Investigative Unit (1974); Oggetti smarriti / Lost and found (1980); Perdizione (1942); Pian delle stelle (1946); Position Wanted (1951); Rosina Fumo viene in città... per farsi il corredo / Rosina Fumo comes to town... to make the trousseau (1972); Scaramouche (1965); Signorinella / Young lady (1949); Sorelle Materassi (1972); Swallows in Flight (1949); The enchanted rock (1949); The Mill on the Po (1949); The Murri case (1982); The Rat (1968); The Spirit and the Flesh (1941); Tormento di anime / Torment of souls (1953); Umanità (1946); Un giorno nella vita (1946); Valentine (1983); Voltati Eugenio (1980).

Born on this day – John Huston:


John Huston

Actor

Director

Writer

Artist

August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987

Born on this day – Valentine Tessier:


Valentine Tessier

Actress

August 5, 1892 – August 11, 1981

Born on this day – Conrad Aiken:


Conrad Aiken

Writer

August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973

Credits:

Books:

A Heart for the Gods of Mexico (1939); A Reviewer's ABC (1958); American Fantastic Tales (2009); Among the Lost People (1934); Black Water 2 (1990); Blue Voyage (1927); Bring! Bring! (1935); Cats and Bats and Things with Wings / poems (1965); Charnel Rose, Senlin / poems (1982); Collected Criticism (1968); Collected Poems / poems (1953); Collected Short Stories of Conrad Aiken (1982); Costumes by Eros (1928); Earth Triumphant / poems (1914); Gehenna (1930); Great Circle (1933); Jig of Forslin (1916); John Deth, A Metaphysical Legend / poems (1930); King Coffin (1935); Mind at Bay (1969); Morning Song of Lord Zero / poems (1963); Perchance to Dream (1973); Preludes (1966); Reading I've Liked (1946); Scepticisms (1919); Selected Poems / poems (1930); Silent Snow, Secret Snow (1934); Skylight One / poems (1949); Spectral Realms No. 15 (2021); The Clerk's Journal / poems (1971); The Collected Novels of Conrad Aiken (1964); The Collected Stories of Conrad Aiken (1960); The Conversation (1940); The Masque of the Red Death (1964); The Selected Letters of Conrad Aiken (1978); The Short Stories of Conrad Aiken (1960); Thee (1967); Tom, Sue and the Clock (1966); Ushant (1952); Vampires, Wine and Roses (1997); White Fire (1991); Who's Zoo (1977).

Movies and television:

Great Ghost Tales (1961); ITV Play of the Week (1959); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1951); Mr. Arcularis (1967); Night Gallery / Segment: Silent Snow, Secret Snow (1971); Shoestring Theatre (1962); Silent Snow, Secret Snow (1964); Startime (1960); Studio One (1953–1956).