Sunday, December 15, 2024

Born on this day – Barbara Valentin:


Barbara Valentin

Actress

December 15, 1940 – February 22, 2002

Born on this day – Yvonne Monlaur:


Yvonne Monlaur

Actress

December 15, 1939 – April 18, 2017

Born on this day – Edna O'Brien:


Edna O'Brien


Writer

December 15, 1930 – July 27, 2024

Credits:

Books:

A Christmas Treat (1982); A Fanatic Heart (1984); A Pagan Place (1970); A Scandalous Woman (1972); An Edna O'Brien Reader (1994); August Is a Wicked Month (1965); Byron In Love (2009); Casualties of Peace (1966); Collector's Choice (1978); Country Girl (2012); Down by the River (1996); Far from the Land (1989); Girl (2019); Girls in Their Married Bliss (1963); Haunted (2010); House of Splendid Isolation (1994); In the Forest (2002); Irish Revel (1998); James and Nora (1981); James Joyce (1999); Johnny I Hardly Knew You / aka I Hardly Knew You (1977); Joyce's Women (2022); Lantern Slides (1990); Mother Ireland (1976); Mrs. Reinhardt (1996); Mrs. Reinhardt and Other Stories / aka A Rose in the Heart (1978); Night (1972); On the Bone (1989); Paradise (2019); Poolside (2007); Returning (1982); Saints and Sinners (2011); Shovel Kings (2009); Some Irish Loving (1979); Tales for the Telling (1986); The Country Girls (1960); The Dazzle (1981); The High Road (1988); The Light of Evening (2006); The Little Red Chairs (2015); The Lonely Girl (1962); The Love Object (1968); The Love Object: A Story (2020); The Rescue (1983); Time and Tide (1992); Triptych (2005); Triptych and Iphigenia (2005); Vanishing Ireland (1990); Virginia (1985); Wild Decembers (1999); Zee and Co. (1971).

Movies and television:

28' (2013); À mi-mots (2003); Aquarius (1972–1976); Armchair Theatre (1965); BBC2 Playhouse (1981); Festival (1965); Girl with Green Eyes (1964); Half Hour Story (1967–1968); Harty (1986); Hemingway (2021); Hyggekrogen (1969); Imagine (2014–2019); In Bed with Ulysses (2012); ITV Television Playhouse (1963); James Joyce: A Shout in the Street (2017); Kulturplatz (2020); Les Carnets de route de François Busnel (2014); Love / Segment: Julia (1982); Love Story (1964–1965); Omnibus (2002); Pebble Mill at One (1982); Personal Choice (1970); Question Time (1979 / 2019); Read All About It (1974–1976); Review (1970); Sie hätten im Sommer kommen sollen (1972); Sunday AM (2012); That's All Right (1989); The Book Show (2009–2013); The Country Girls (1983); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1967); The Hard Way (1980); The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1986); The Russell Harty Show (1981); The South Bank Show (1978); Then and Now (1973); Three Into Two Won't Go (1969); Thursday Play Date (1975); Time Lost and Time Remembered (1966); Titel, Thesen, Temperamente (2020); Tonite Let's All Make Love in London / Segment: Dollygirls (1967); When I Get to Heaven (1988); Wild Decembers (2009); Wogan (1985–1990); X, Y & Zee (1972).

Born on this day – Jeff Chandler:


Jeff Chandler


Actor

Producer

Singer

December 15, 1918 – June 17, 1961

Credits:

Merrill's Marauders (1962); Return to Peyton Place (1961); A Story of David: The Hunted (1960); The Plunderers (1960); The Jayhawkers! (1959); Ten Seconds to Hell (1959); Thunder in the Sun (1959); A Stranger in My Arms (1959); Raw Wind in Eden (1958); The Lady Takes a Flyer (1958); Man in the Shadow (1957); Jeanne Eagels (1957); The Tattered Dress (1957); Drango (1957); Pillars of the Sky (1956); Away All Boats (1956); The Toy Tiger (1956); The Spoilers (1955); The Nat 'King' Cole Musical Story (1955); Female on the Beach (1955); Foxfire (1955); Sign of the Pagan (1954); Yankee Pasha (1954); Taza, Son of Cochise (1954); War Arrow (1953); East of Sumatra (1953); The Great Sioux Uprising (1953); Girls in the Night (1953); Because of You (1952); Yankee Buccaneer (1952); Son of Ali Baba (1952); Red Ball Express (1952); The Battle at Apache Pass (1952); Meet Danny Wilson (1952); Flame of Araby (1951); Iron Man (1951); Smuggler's Island (1951); Double Crossbones (1951); Bird of Paradise (1951); Two Flags West (1950); The Desert Hawk (1950); Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950); Broken Arrow (1950); Deported (1950); Abandoned (1949); Sword in the Desert (1949); Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949); Roses Are Red (1947); The Invisible Wall (1947); Johnny O'Clock (1947); Thrill of a Romance (1945).

Born on this day – Gordon Douglas:


Gordon Douglas

Director

Actor

Writer

December 15, 1907 – September 29, 1993

Born on this day – Joseph “Joe” MacDonald:


Joseph “Joe” MacDonald


Cinematographer

Actor

December 15, 1906 – May 26, 1968

Credits:

40 Pounds of Trouble (1962); 6-18-67 (1967); A Guide for the Married Man (1967); A Hatful of Rain (1957); Adorable (1933); All Men Are Enemies (1934); Alvarez Kelly (1966); Arizona (1940); As Young as You Feel (1951); Behind Green Lights (1946); Bigger Than Life (1956); Blindfold (1966); Broken Lance (1954); Call Northside 777 (1948); Captain Eddie (1945); Charlie Chan in Rio (1941); Dante's Inferno (1935); Down to the Sea in Ships (1949); Five Fingers (1959–1960); Flight from Ashiya (1964); Fourteen Hours (1951); Hat Check Girl (1932); Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939); Hell and High Water (1954); Hilda Crane (1956); House of Bamboo (1955); How to Marry a Millionaire (1953); In the Meantime, Darling (1944); Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964); It Happens Every Spring (1949); Kings of the Sun (1963); Little Tokyo, U.S.A. (1942); Mackenna's Gold (1969); Mirage (1965); Moss Rose (1947); My Darling Clementine (1946); Niagara (1953); O. Henry's Full House (1952); On the Threshold of Space (1956); Panic in the Streets (1950); Pepe (1960); Pickup on South Street (1953); Pinky (1949); Professional Soldier (1935); Quiet Please: Murder (1942); Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1932); Rio Conchos (1964); Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944); Romance of the Rio Grande (1940); Rosa de Francia (1935); Sailor's Luck (1933); Second Hand Wife (1933); She Was a Lady (1934); Shock (1946); Sob Sister (1931); Stella (1950); Sunday Dinner for a Soldier (1944); Taras Bulba (1962); Te quiero con locura (1935); Teenage Rebel (1956); Ten North Frederick (1958); That Other Woman (1942); The Big Noise (1944); The Big Stampede (1932); The Carpetbaggers (1964); The Dark Corner (1946); The Devil's in Love (1933); The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958); The Gallant Hours (1960); The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961); The List of Adrian Messenger (1963); The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942); The New Venezuela (1954); The Postman Didn't Ring (1942); The Racers (1955); The Reward (1965); The Sand Pebbles (1966); The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952); The Street with No Name (1948); The True Story of Jesse James (1957); The View from Pompey's Head (1955); The Young Lions (1958); Thin Ice (1937); Titanic (1953); Too Busy to Work (1932); Viva Zapata! (1952); Walk on the Wild Side (1962); Warlock (1959); Western Union (1941); What Price Glory (1952); Where Love Has Gone (1964); White Witch Doctor (1953); Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957); Wintertime (1943); Woman's World (1954); Yellow Sky (1948); You're in the Navy Now (1951).

Born on this day – Gail Bonney:


Gail Bonney


Actress

December 15, 1901 – December 7, 1984

Credits:

Delta House (1979); Project U.F.O. (1978); The Six Million Dollar Man (1977); Quincy M.E. (1977); Kingston: Confidential (1976); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969–1976); Death Scream (1975); Lincoln (1975); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1975); Lucas Tanner (1974); Planet of the Apes (1974); Barnaby Jones (1974); Herbie Rides Again (1974); Doc Elliot (1974); Emergency! (1973); My Darling Daughters' Anniversary (1973); Gunsmoke (1962–1973); he Devil's Daughter (1973); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1972–1973); Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972); Night Gallery (1971); The Smith Family (1971); The Late Liz (1971); Ironside (1967–1971); The Young Lawyers (1971); The Bold Ones: The Senator (1970); That Girl (1970); Pieces of Dreams (1970); R.P.M. (1970); The Name of the Game (1968–1970); My Three Sons (1965–1970); Blondie (1969); The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969); Mannix (1968); Something for a Lonely Man (1968); Mod Squad (1968); Here's Lucy (1968); Rosemary's Baby (1968); It Takes a Thief (1968); The Virginian (1964–1968); I Spy (1968); Dragnet 1967 (1967–1968); The Beverly Hillbillies (1967); The Big Valley (1967); Star Trek (1967); Tammy and the Millionaire (1967); The Road West (1966); Petticoat Junction (1965–1966); Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966);  Fine Madness (1966); Run for Your Life (1966); My Brother the Angel (1965); Convoy (1965); Green Acres (1965); Tammy (1965); Cat Ballou (1965); The Addams Family (1965); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965); The Lucy Show (1965); Wagon Train (1959–1965); Burke's Law (1964); Bonanza (1960–1964); The Jack Benny Program (1957–1964); Arrest and Trial (1963); Mary, Mary (1963); Glynis (1963); Going My Way (1963); The Dakotas (1963); Days of Wine and Roses (1962); Ben Casey (1962); Gypsy (1962); Tales of Wells Fargo (1958–1962); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959–1962); General Electric Theater (1956–1962); Rome Adventure (1962); Lawman (1961–1962); Rawhide (1962); Checkmate (1962); Maverick (1960–1961); 87th Precinct (1961); Leave It to Beaver (1961); The Untouchables (1961); Pete and Gladys (1961); Whispering Smith (1961); Angel (1961); Hawaiian Eye (1961); Bronco (1961); Lock Up (1961); Dante (1960); Bachelor Father (1960); Markham (1959–1960); Tate (1960); Inherit the Wind (1960); Bells Are Ringing (1960); Perry Mason (1957–1960); One Step Beyond (1960); Johnny Midnight (1960); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959–1960); Death Valley Days (1954–1960); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960); Laramie (1960); Riverboat (1959); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); M Squad (1959); The Deputy (1959); The Tingler (1959); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1959); The Perfect Furlough (1958); Home Before Dark (1958); Bell Book and Candle (1958); The Last Hurrah (1958); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958); 77 Sunset Strip (1958); Flying Saucer Daffy (1958); Too Much, Too Soon (1958); Highway Patrol (1958); The Restless Gun (1958); Sky King (1958); Going Steady (1958); The World Was His Jury (1958); The Female Animal (1958); Studio 57 (1957); Pal Joey (1957); The Mickey Mouse Club (1957); The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm (1957); The Careless Years (1957); The Loretta Young Show (1953–1957); Lux Video Theatre (1957); Dragnet (1957); Crime of Passion (1956); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955); The Opposite Sex (1956); Written on the Wind (1956); The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956); Bigger Than Life (1956); Red Sundown (1956); December Bride (1955–1956); The Killer Is Loose (1956); The People's Choice (1956); Come Next Spring (1956); Climax! (1955); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1953–1955); The Millionaire (1955); Our Miss Brooks (1955); Not as a Stranger (1955); Ain't Misbehavin' (1955); The Mickey Rooney Show (1955); The Glass Slipper (1955); It's a Great Life (1955); I Led 3 Lives (1954); Space Patrol (1954); Deep in My Heart (1954); The Donald O'Connor Show (1954); Magnificent Obsession (1954); The Red Skelton Hour (1954); Tooting Tooters (1954); Dream Wife (1953); So You Want a Television Set (1953); It Happens Every Thursday (1953); The Ford Television Theatre (1953); The Lady Wants Mink (1953); The Blue Gardenia (1953); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Biff Baker, U.S.A. (1953); The Cisco Kid (1953); The Member of the Wedding (1952); Million Dollar Mermaid (1952); Because of You (1952); Bonzo Goes to College (1952); Assignment: Paris (1952); Carrie (1952); Gobs and Gals (1952); My Son John (1952); Singin' in the Rain (1952); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1952); The Sniper (1952); Flesh and Fury (1952); Love Is Better Than Ever (1952); I Love Lucy (1952); Boston Blackie (1951); Death of a Salesman (1951); Here Comes the Groom (1951); Orangey in Rhubarb (1951); People Will Talk (1951); The Stu Erwin Show (1951); The Company She Keeps (1951); The Killer That Stalked New York (1950); Sunset in the West (1950); The Fuller Brush Girl (1950); 11 Ocean Drive (1950); Love That Brute (1950); Caged (1950); A Woman of Distinction (1950); The Secret Fury (1950); Whirlpool (1950); Side Street (1949); Beyond the Forest (1949); Prison Warden (1949); Alias the Champ (1949); The Reckless Moment (1949); The Doctor and the Girl (1949); Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff (1949); The Red Menace (1949); The Fountainhead (1949); Baltimore (1949); One Sunday Afternoon (1948); Slippy McGee (1948).