Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Born on this day – Frank Finlay:


Frank Finlay

Actor

August 6, 1926 – January 30, 2016

Born on this day – Barbara Bates:


Barbara Bates

Actress

Singer

August 6, 1925 – March 18, 1969

Credits:

A Scandal in Paris (1946); Adventures of Don Juan (1948); All About Eve (1950); All Ashore (1953); Always Together (1947); Apache Territory (1958); April Showers (1948); Becoming Marilyn (2022); Belles on Their Toes (1952); Camera Angles (1948); Cheaper by the Dozen (1950); Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Present Their Television Party for Muscular Dystrophy (1953); I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951); It's a Great Life (1954–1955); Johnny Belinda (1948); June Bride (1948); Lady on a Train (1945); Let's Make It Legal (1951); Men in Her Diary (1945); Night in Paradise (1946); One Last Fling (1949); Quicksand (1950); Rhapsody (1954); Romance on the High Seas (1948); Salome, Where She Danced (1945); Studio 57 (1955); The Caddy (1953); The Crimson Canary (1945); The Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Double (1982); The Fabulous Joe (1947); The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival (1947); The House Across the Street (1949); The Inspector General (1949); The Millionaire (1955); The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Saint (1962); The Secret of Convict Lake (1951); This Love of Ours (1945); Town on Trial (1957); Triple Deception (1956); Your Play Time (1954).

Born on this day – Marisa Merlini:


Marisa Merlini

Actress

August 6, 1923 – July 27, 2008

Born on this day – Ella Raines:


Ella Raines

Actress

August 6, 1920 – May 30, 1988

Credits:

A Dangerous Profession (1949); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); Brute Force (1947); Corvette K-225 (1943); Cry 'Havoc' (1943); Enter Arsene Lupin (1944); Fighting Coast Guard (1951); Hail the Conquering Hero (1944); Here's Lucy: On Location (2009); Impact (1949); Janet Dean, Registered Nurse (1954–1955); Lights Out (1950); Matt Houston (1984); Phantom Lady (1944); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950); Rheingold Theatre (1956); Ride the Man Down (1952); Robert Montgomery Presents (1950); Singing Guns (1950); Stump the Stars (1950); Tall in the Saddle (1944); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The Christophers (1955); The Ed Wynn Show (1950); The Ken Murray Show (1951); The Laraine Day Show (1951); The Man in the Road (1956); The Runaround (1946); The Second Face (1950); The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947); The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945); The Suspect (1944); The Walking Hills (1949); The Web (1947); Time Out of Mind (1947); White Tie and Tails (1946); Wonderful Town, U.S.A. (1951); Your Show of Shows (1952).

Born on this day – Jacqueline Laurent:


Jacqueline Laurent

Actress

August 6, 1918 – December 18, 2009

Credits:

Addio, amore! (1943); Dawn Over France (1935); Judge Hardy's Children (1938); L'abito nero da sposa (1945); Le coup de grâce (1965); Le Jour Se Leve (1939); Le vie del peccato (1946); Les deux timides (1943); L'homme qui joue avec le feu (1942); Sarati, le terrible (1937); Un chapeau de paille d'Italie (1941); Un Français nommé Gabin (2017).

Born on this day – Robert Mitchum:


Robert Mitchum

Actor

August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997

Born on this day – Willie Lee Brown:


Willie Lee Brown


Blues singer

Guitarist

August 6, 1900 – December 30, 1952