Born on this day – Annie Girardot:

Annie Girardot

Actress

October 25, 1931 – February 28, 2011

Born on this day – Jeanne Cooper:

Jeanne Cooper

Actress

October 25, 1928 – May 8, 2013

Credits:

13 West Street (1962); 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2014); 5 Steps to Danger (1956); 5th Annual Soap Opera Awards (1989); 77 Sunset Strip (1958–1964); 78th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2009); 87th Precinct (1961); A Closer Look (1991); A Man Called Shenandoah (1965); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Ben Casey (1961–1966); Beyond Suspicion (1993); Black Zoo (1963); Bonanza (1962–1963); Bracken's World (1969–1970); Branded (1965); Bronco (1959–1960); Calling Homicide (1956); Cannon (1971); Carpool Guy (2005); Celebrity Page (2021); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Channing (1963); Chevron Theatre (1953); Cheyenne (1957–1962); Cimarron Strip (1968); Code 3 (1957); Crook & Chase (1996); Crossroads (1956); Crusader (1956); Daniel Boone (1966–1967); Dead Air (2009); Death Valley Days (1954–1969); Diagnosis Murder (1995); Doc Elliot (1974); Donna on Demand (2009); Dr. Christian (1956); Dr. Kildare (1964); Emergency! (1975); Front Row Center (1956); Frozen Assets (1992); General Electric Theater (1959); Gentle Ben 2: Black Gold (2003); Guiding Light (2009); Gunsmoke (1963); Have Gun - Will Travel (1962); Hawaii Five-O (1971); Hawaiian Eye (1962–1963); Hawkins (1973); Highway Patrol (1956); HLN News Now (2013); Hour Magazine (1984); House of Women (1962); I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956); Insight (1970–1977); Ironside (1968–1973); It's Your Bet (1971); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1958); Jefferson Drum (1958); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1986); John & Leeza from Hollywood (1993); Kansas City Bomber (1972); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974); L.A. Law (1986–1990); Lancer (1968); Laredo (1967); Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960); Lethal Justice (1991); Longstreet (1972); M Squad (1958–1960); Mannix (1972); Marie (2012–2013); Matinee Theatre (1955–1958); Maverick (1957–1961); McCloud (1975); Men at Law (1971); Mike Hammer (1958); Mosby's Marauders (1967); Mr. Novak (1963); Nanny and the Professor (1971); One on One with John Tesh (1991); Over-Exposed (1956); Perry Mason (1958–1966); Playhouse 90 (1956); Plunder Road (1957); Rawhide (1961–1963); Red Nightmare (1962); Rock All Night (1957); Run, Joe, Run (1974); Schlitz Playhouse (1959); Screaming Mimi (1958); Shadows of Tombstone (1953); Shotgun Slade (1960); SoapTalk (2003–2006); State Trooper (1957–1959); Stoney Burke (1963); Sugarfoot (1960); Surfside 6 (1962); Sweet Hostage (1975); Tales of the Vikings (1959); Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1959); The 16th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1989); The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards (1993); The 26th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1999); The 27th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2000); The 31st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2004); The 32nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2005); The 34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2007); The 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2008); The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1987); The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards (2013); The 8th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards (1992); The Adventures of Kit Carson (1953); The Alaskans (1959); The All-American Boy (1973); The Big Valley (1965–1966); The Bold and the Beautiful (2005); The Boston Strangler (1968); The Chuck Woolery Show (1991); The Dakotas (1962–1963); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Ford Television Theatre (1956); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1958); The George Sanders Mystery Theater (1957); The Geraldo Rivera Show (1989–1996); The Glory Guys (1965); The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition (2020); The Houston Story (1956); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2009); The Intruder (1962); The Lineup (1958); The Loner (1965); The Magical World of Disney (1967–1968); The Man Behind the Badge (1955); The Man from Blackhawk (1960); The Man from the Alamo (1953); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965); The Marsha Warfield Show (1990); The Mike Douglas Show (1980); The Millionaire (1957); The Monroes (1966); The Naked Street (1955); The Nanny (1997); The New Breed (1961); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2011); The Outsider (1968); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Redhead from Wyoming (1953); The San Pedro Bums (1977); The Sheriff of Cochise (1957); The Silent Force (1970); The Tall Man (1961); The Tomorrow Man (2002); The Twilight Zone (1959); The Untouchables (1962–1963); The Virginia Graham Show (1971); The Virginian (1964); The Web (1957); The Young and the Restless (1974–2023); There Was a Crooked Man... (1970); Thriller (1960); Tony Rome (1967); Touched by an Angel (1997); Unwed Mother (1958); Vicki! (1993); Wagon Train (1961–1964); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1959); Your Favorite Story (1954); Zane Grey Theatre (1958).

Born on this day – Polly Ann Young:

Polly Ann Young

Actress

October 25, 1908 – January 21, 1997

Credits:

Invisible Ghost (1941); Road Show (1941); The Last Alarm (1940); Turnabout (1940); Murder on the Yukon (1940); Port of Hate (1939); Wolf Call (1939); The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939); Mystery Plane (1939); I Cover Chinatown (1936); The Border Patrolman (1936); Hitch Hike to Heaven (1936); His Fighting Blood (1935); Thunder in the Night (1935); Happiness C.O.D. (1935); The Crimson Trail (1935); Sons of Steel (1934); The White Parade (1934); Elinor Norton (1934); The Man from Utah (1934); Stolen Sweets (1934);Disorderly Conduct (1932); Lady with a Past (1932); The Circus Show-Up (1932); Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932); The One Way Trail (1931); This Modern Age (1931); Up for Murder (1931); Going Wild (1930); Love in the Rough (1930); Road to Paradise (1930); Our Blushing Brides (1930); Children of Pleasure (1930); They Learned About Women (1930); Rich People (1929); Tanned Legs (1929); The Bellamy Trial (1929); The Masks of the Devil (1928); The Sheik (1921); Sirens of the Sea (1917).

Born on this day – Gloria Foy:

Gloria Foy

Actress

Dancer

Singer

Vaudevillian

October 25, 1901 –February 27, 1977

Movie credit:

Dancing Lady (1933).

Born on this day – Georges Bizet:

Georges Bizet

Composer

October 25, 1838 – June 3, 1875

Born on this day – Johann Strauss:

Johann Strauss

Composer

October 25, 1825 – June 3, 1899

Recommended reading - The Racket (1928):

The Racket

By Bartlett Cormack.

A play in three acts.
ASIN: B0BPM49P6T
Published by Samuel French.
Published 1928.

Adapted to film in 1928 and 1951.

The play The Racket is also available in the following anthology:

Strictly Dishonorable and Other Lost American Plays

Edited by Richard Nelson.

Paperback.
Published 1993.
Published by Theatre Communications Group.
ISBN 13: 9780930452551
ISBN 10: 0930452550
ASIN: 0930452550

Contents: Strictly Dishonorable by Preston Sturges; The Racket by Bartlett Cormack; The Ghost of Yankee Doodle by Sidney Howard and A Slight Case of Murder by Howard Lindsay and Damon Runyon.