Born on this day – Margot Moser:

Margot Moser

Actress

August 15, 1930 – September 25, 2022

Credits:

Cinderella (1957); Kraft Theatre (1951); Leonard Soloway's Broadway (2019); Producers' Showcase (1956); The Bell Telephone Hour (1963); The Doctors (1963); The Mike Douglas Show (1965); There Goes the Bride (1980); To Tell the Truth (1961–1962).

Born on this day – Nicolas Roeg:

Nicolas Roeg

Director

Cinematographer

August 15, 1928 – November 23, 2018

Born on this day – Georgann Johnson:

Georgann Johnson

Actress

August 15, 1926 – June 4, 2018

Born on this day – Rose Marie:

Rose Marie

Actress

Singer

Comedian

August 15, 1923 – December 28, 2017

Born on this day – Signe Hasso:

Signe Hasso

Actress

Writer

Composer, August 15, 1915 – June 7, 2002

Born on this day – Katharine Brush:

Katharine Brush

Writer

August 15, 1902 – June 10, 1952

Credits:

Written work:

Don't Ever Leave Me (1935); Free Woman (1936); Glitter (1926); Little Sins (1927); Mannequin / aka Marry For Money (1937); Night Club (1929); Other Women (1933); Out of My Mind (1943); Red-Headed Woman (1931); The Boy from Maine (1942); This Is on Me (1940); This Man and This Woman (1944); When She Was Bad (1948); You Go Your Way (1941); Young Man of Manhattan (1930).

Movies and television:

Actor's Studio (1948); Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941); General Electric Theater (1959); Honeymoon in Bali (1939); Lady of Secrets (1936); Listen, Darling (1938); Mannequin (1937); Red-Headed Woman (1932); Starlight Theatre (1950); The Drop Kick (1927); Young Man of Manhattan (1930).

Born on this day – Edna Ferber:

Edna Ferber

Writer

August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968

Credits:

Books:

$1,200 A Year: A Comedy In Three Acts (1920); 30 Eternal Masterpieces of Humorous Stories (2019); A Kind of Magic (2013); A Peculiar Treasure: Autobiography (1939); American Beauty (1931); Buttered Side Down: Short Stories (1912); Cheerful, by Request (1913); Cimarron (1929); Come and Get It (1934); Dawn O'Hara: The Girl Who Laughed (1911); Emma McChesney and Co. (1915); Fanny Herself (1917); Ferber: Edna Ferber and Her Circle (1978); Giant (1952); Gigolo (1922); Great Son (1944); Half Portions (2010); Ice Palace (1958); Mother Knows Best (1927); One Basket (1947); Personality Plus (1914); Roast Beef Medium (1911); Saratoga Trunk (1941); Show Boat (1926); So Big (1924); Stage Door (1926); The Dancing Girls (2021); The Girls (1921); The Homely Heroine (2017); The Land Is Bright: A Play (2019); The Woman Who Tried to Be Good and Other Stories (1913); They Brought Their Women: A Book Of Short Stories (1933).

Movies, radio and television:

American Masters (1987); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1951–1958); Cimarron (1931); Cimarron (1960); Classified (1925); Come and Get It (1936); Dinner at Eight (1933); Dinner at Eight (1989); Front Row Center (1955); A Gay Old Dog (1919); Giant (1956); Gigolo (1926); Glamour (1934); Great Performances (1989); Hard to Get (1929); Ice Palace (1960); Kern: Show Boat (2015); Kraft Theatre (1948); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1948); Mother Knows Best (1928); No Place to Go (1939); No Woman Knows (1921); Our Mrs. McChesney (1918); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1951); Radio Play Revival (2024); Saratoga Trunk (1945); Show Boat (1929); Show Boat (1936); Show Boat (1951); So Big (1924); So Big (1953); So Big! (1932); Stage Door (1937); Stage Door (1939); Stage Door (1948); Starlight Theatre (1950); The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Documentaries (2008); The Best of Broadway (1954–1955); The Expert (1932); The Ford Theatre Hour (1950); The Home Girl (1928); The Royal Family (1977); The Royal Family of Broadway (1930); The Royal Family of Broadway (1939); The Stage Door (1950); Theatre Royal / The Royal Family (1952); Welcome Home (1925).