Born on this day – Mary Ann Mobley:

Mary Ann Mobley

Actress

February 17, 1937 – December 9, 2014

Credits:

33rd Miss America Pageant / Miss America 1959 (1959); 70th Annual Miss America Pageant (1990); ABC's Nightlife (1965); AFI Life Achievement Award (1973); All Star Secrets (1979); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); American Experience (2002); Bandit: Bandit Bandit (1994); Be Our Guest (1960); Beat the Clock (1979); Body Language (1984–1985); Born Free (1974); Break the Bank (1976); Burke's Law (1963–1965); Card Sharks (1980); Circus of the Stars #2 (1977); Circus of the Stars #3 (1979); Circus of the Stars #4 (1979); Circus of the Stars (1977); Crook & Chase (1996); Cupcake Wars (2012); Custer (1967); Dance Fever (1980); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Dead Like Me (2003); Designing Women (1990); Diff'rent Strokes (1980–1986); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); E! True Hollywood Story (1998); Falcon Crest (1988); Family Feud / All-Star Family Feud Special (1983); Fantasy Island (1978–1984); Flying High (1979); For Singles Only (1968); General Hospital (1963); Get the Message (1964); Get Yourself a College Girl (1964); Girl Happy (1965); God Bless Mr. Ferguson (1971); Gypsy (1966–1967); Hardball (1994); Harum Scarum (1965); He Said, She Said (1970); Hearts Afire (1992); Homes of Miss America (2001); Hotel (1984); Hour Magazine (1980–1988); Intimate Portrait (1999); Iron Horse (1967); Ironside (1969); Istanbul Express (1968); It Takes Two (1970); It's Howdy Doody Time (1987); It's Your Bet (1970–1972); Joanne Carson's VIPs (1972); Life with Linkletter (1970); Lifestyle Magazine (2008); Lou Rawls Parade of Stars (1988); Love, American Style / Love and the Seven-Year Wait / Love and the Man Next Door / Love and the Young Unmarrieds (1969–1973); March of Dimes Telethon (1985); Match Game (1973–1977); Match Game PM (1975–1980); Matt Houston (1983); Miss America Pageant (1958); Miss America: Beyond the Crown (1994); Mission: Impossible (1966); Mississippi Rising (2005); My Brother the Angel (1966); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967); Perry Mason (1964–1966); Police Story (1974); Run for Your Life (1965–1966); Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1999); Search (1972); Showoffs (1975); Stars Over Mississippi (1999); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1984–1988); Super Password (1986); Take a Good Look (1959); Tattletales (1974–1977); Tattletales (1982); That Regis Philbin Show (1965); The 37th Annual Thalians Ball (1992); The Big Event (1978); The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part II: 1962-1969 (2002); The Fantastic Journey (1977); The Girl on the Late, Late Show (1974); The Hollywood Deb Stars of 1965 (1965); The Home Show (1988–1994); The Joey Bishop Show (1969); The King's Pirate (1967); The Kraft Music Hall (1971); The Lie (1973); The Love Boat (1978–1985); The Magical World of Disney (1969–1980); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Mike Douglas Show (1963–1979); The Milton Berle Show (1966); The New Hollywood Squares (1987–1989); The New Perry Mason (1973); The Partridge Family (1973); The Pat Boone Show (1967); The Sixth Sense (1972); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1958); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1971); The Virginia Graham Show (1971); The Virginian (1967); Three on a Couch (1966); To Rome with Love (1970); To Tell the Truth (1990); Valentine's Day (1965); Vega$ (1980); Wedding Day (1981); Whew! (1979–1980); You Don't Say (1965–1968); Young Dillinger (1965).

Born on this day – Barry Humphries:

Barry Humphries

Comedian

Actor

Writer

Satirist

February 17, 1934 – April 22, 2023

Born on this day – Alan Bates:

Alan Bates

Actor

February 17, 1934 – December 27, 2003

Born on this day – Ruth Rendell:

Ruth Rendell

Writer

February 17, 1930 – May 2, 2015

Credits:

Books:

13 Steps Down (2004); A Dark-Adapted Eye (1986); A Demon in My View (1976); A Fatal Inversion (1987); A Guilty Thing Surprised (1970); A Judgement in Stone (1977); A Sight for Sore Eyes (1998); A Sleeping Life (1978); A Spot of Folly (2017); Adam and Eve and Pinch Me (2001); An Unkindness of Ravens (1985); Archie and Archie (2013); Asta's Book / Anna's Book (1993); BBC Radio Drama Collection (2019); Birthday Present (2008); Blood Lines (1995); Collected Short Stories (1989); Collected Stories Vol 1 (2006); Dark Corners (2015); Death Notes / Put On By Cunning (1981); End in Tears (2005); From Doon With Death (1964); Gallowglass (1990); Ginger and the Kingsmarkham (1992); Going Wrong (1990); Grasshopper (2000); Harm Done (1999); Heartstones (1987); In the Time of His Prosperity (1995); King Solomon's Carpet (1991); Kissing the Gunner's Daughter (1992); Live Flesh (1986); Long Live The Queen (1991); Make Death Love Me (1979); Master of the Moor (1982); Means of Evil (1979); Minotaur (2005); Murder Being Once Done (1972); No Man's Nightingale (2013); No More Dying Then (1971); No Night Is Too Long (1994); Not in the Flesh (2007); One Across, Two Down (1971); Piranha to Scurfy (2000); Portobello (2008); Road Rage (1997); Ruth Rendell: Short Stories (2006); Ruth Rendell's Suffolk (1992); Shake Hands Forever (1975); Simisola (1994); Sins of the Fathers / A New Lease of Death (1967); Some Lie and Some Die (1973); Speaker of Mandarin (1983); Talking to Strange Men (1987); The Babes in the Wood (2002); The Best Man to Die (1969); The Blood Doctor (2002); The Bridesmaid (1989); The Brimstone Wedding (1995); The Child's Child (2012); The Chimney Sweeper's Boy (1998); The Convolvulus Clock (1985); The Copper Peacock and Other Stories (1991); The Crocodile Bird (1993); The Face of Trespass (1974); The Fallen Curtain (1976); The Fever Tree (1982); The Girl Next Door (2014); The House of Stairs (1988); The Keys to the Street (1996); The Killing Doll (1984); The Lake of Darkness (1980); The Monster in the Box (2009); The New Girlfriend (1985); The Reason Why (1995); The Rottweiler (2003); The Saint Zita Society (2012); The Secret House Of Death (1968); The Thief (2005); The Tree of Hands (1984); The Vault (2011); The Veiled One (1988); The Water's Lovely (2006); Thornapple (1998); Tigerlily's Orchids (2010); To Fear a Painted Devil (1965); Vanity Dies Hard (1966); Wolf to the Slaughter (1967).

Movies and television:

13 Steps Down (2012); A Dark Adapted Eye (1994); A Demon in My View (1991); A Fatal Inversion (1992); A Judgment in Stone (1986); A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghost of M.R. James (1995); A Sight for Sore Eyes (2003); Alias Betty (2001); Bestseller (2002); Bookmark (1986); Bouillon de culture (2000); Cover to Cover (1987); Daphne Du Maurier - A Loving Spirit (1997); Das Literaturmagazin (1990); Diary of the Dead (1976); Drama Trails (2008); Faulks on Fiction (2011); Forty Years at the I.C.A. (1987); George Baker: Wexford and Me (2008); Imagine (2012); Innocent Victim (1989); La Cérémonie (1995); Late Review (2011); Le masque (1989); Live Flesh (1997); Loopy (2004); M.R. James: The Corner of the Retina (2004); Mystery!: Gallowglass (1993); No Night Is Too Long (2002); Out on Four (1989); Permis de penser (2006); Profiling (2008); Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000); Screen Two (1988); Sleuths, Sorcerers & Spies: Andrew Marr's Paperback Heroes (2016); Tales of the Unexpected (1981–1985); The Bridesmaid (2004); The Culture Show (2011); The Face of Trespass (1988); The New Girlfriend (2014); The South Bank Show (2004); The Write Stuff (1989); This Is Your Life (1995); This Morning (2008); Valentin Valentin (2014); Whodunnit? (1982); Without Walls (1992).

Born on this day – Ron Goodwin:

Ron Goodwin

Composer

February 17, 1925 – January 8, 2003

Born on this day – Hal Holbrook:

Hal Holbrook

Actor

Director

Writer

February 17, 1925 – January 23, 2021

Born on this day – Andre Alice Norton:

Andre Alice Norton

Writer

February 17, 1912 – March 17, 2005

Credits:

A Cat of Artistic Sensibilities (2021); A Cat of Cozy Situations (2020); A Cat of Disdainful Looks (2020); A Cat of Fantastic Whims (2021); A Cat of Feral Instincts (2021); A Cat of Heroic Heart (2020); A Cat of Perfect Taste (2020); A Cat of Space and Time (2020); A Cat of Strange Lands (2020); A Constellation of Cats (2001); A Crown Disowned (2002); A Mind for Trade (1998); A Taste of Magic (2006); All Cats Are Gray (1953); All Hallows' Eve (1992); Andre Norton: Fables and Futures (1989); Android at Arms (1971); Anthology of Sci-Fi V1 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V10 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V11 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V12 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V13 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V15 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V17 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V18 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V19 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V2 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V20 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V22 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V24 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V3 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V4 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V5 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V5, the Pulp Writers - Alan E. Nourse (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V6 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V7 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V8 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V9 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi, the Pulp Writers V1 (2013); At Swords' Point (1954); Atlantis Endgame (2002); Barbarians (1986); Barbarians 2 (1988); Beast Master's Ark (2002); Beast Master's Circus (2004); Beast Master's Quest (2006); Bertie & May (1971); Black Trillium (1990); Blood Trillium (1992); Breed to Come (1972); Brother to Shadows (1993); Caroline (1982); Catfantastic (1989); Catfantastic (1989); Catfantastic II (1991); Catfantastic II (1991); Catfantastic III (1994); Catfantastic III (1994); Catfantastic IV (1996); Catfantastic IV (1996); Catfantastic V (1999); Catfantastic V (1999); Catseye (1961); Ciara's Song (1998); Dare to Go A-Hunting (1989); Dark Companion (2004); Dark Piper (1968); Darkness and Dawn (2003); DAW 30th Anniversary Fantasy (2002); DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction and Fantasy Anthologies (2002); Daybreak 2250 A.D. (1969); Derelict for Trade (1997); Dragon Blade (2005); Dragon Mage (2009); Dragon Mage (2009); Dragon Magic (1967); Dragon Magic (1967); Dread Companion (1970); Echoes in Time (1999); Elvenblood (1995); Elvenborn (2002); Empire of the Eagle (1994); Exiles of the Stars (1971); Eye Of The Monster (1962); Eye Of The Monster (1962); Favorite Science Fiction Stories, Volume 2 (2010); Firehand (1994); Flight in Yiktor (1986); Flight of Vengeance (1992); Follow the Drum (1942); Forerunner (1971); Forerunner Foray (1973); Four from the Witch World (1989); Four from the Witch World (1989); Friends of the Horseclans (1987); Fur Magic (1968); Fur Magic (1968); Galactic Derelict (1959); Garan the Eternal (1972); Gates to Tomorrow: An Introduction to Science Fiction (1973); Golden Trillium (1993); Grand Masters' Choice (1989); Gryphon in Glory (1981); Gryphon's Eyrie (1984); Here Abide Monsters (1973); Heroic Fantasy (1979); High Sorcery (1970); Horn Crown (1981); House of Shadows (1984); Huon of the Horn (1951); Ice Crown (1970); Imperial Lady (1989); Iron Butterflies (1980); Iron Cage (1974); Judgment on Janus (1963); Key Out of Time (1963); Knave Of Dreams (1975); Knight or Knave (2001); Lady of the Trillium (1995); Lavender-Green Magic (1974); Lavender-Green Magic (1974); Leopard In Exile (2001); Lord of Thunder (1962); Lore of the Witch World (1980); Lore of the Witch World (1980); Magic In Ithkar 2 (1985); Magic In Ithkar 2 (1985); Magic in Ithkar 3 (1986); Magic in Ithkar 3 (1986); Magic in Ithkar 4 (1987); Magic in Ithkar 4 (1987); Magic in Ithkar I (1985); Magic in Ithkar I (1985); Mark of the Cat & Year of the Rat (2002); Masks of the Outcasts (2004); Masters of Fantasy (2004); Merlin's Mirror (1975); Mirror of Destiny (1995); Moon Called (1982); Moon Mirror (1988); Moon of Three Rings (1966); More Fantastic Stories (2009); Murders for Sale (2012); Night of Masks (1964); No Night Without Stars (1975); Octagon Magic (1967); Octagon Magic (1967); On Wings of Magic (1993); Operation Time Search (1967); Ordeal In Otherwhere (1964); Outside (1974); Perilous Dreams (1976); Plague Ship (1956); Postmarked the Stars (1969); Quag Keep (1978); Quest Crosstime (1965); Ralestone Luck (1938); Rebel Spurs (1962); Red Hart Magic (1976); Red Hart Magic (1976); Redline the Stars (1993); Renaissance Faire (2005); Return to Quag Keep (2006); Ride Proud, Rebel! (1961); Ride the Green Dragon (1985); Rogue Reynard (1947); Sargasso of Space (1955); Scarface (1948); Scent of Magic (1998); Sea Siege (1957); Secret of the Lost Race (1959); Serpent's tooth (1987); Seven Spells to Sunday (1979); Shadow Hawk (1960); Silver May Tarnish (2005); Sky Trillium (1996); Sneeze On Sunday (1992); Snow Shadow (1979); Songsmith (1992); Sorceress of the Witch World (1968); Space Service (1953); Spell of the Witch World (1972); Stand and Deliver (1984); Stand to Horse (1968); Star Born (1957); Star Gate (1958); Star Guard (1955); Star Hunter (1961); Star Ka'at (1976); Star Ka'at (1976); Star Ka'at World (1976); Star Ka'at World (1976); Star Ka'ats and the Plant People (1979); Star Ka'ats and the Plant People (1979); Star Ka'ats and the Winged Warriors (1976); Star Ka'ats and the Winged Warriors (1976); Star Man's Son (1951); Star Rangers / The Last Planet (1953); Star Soldiers (2002); Steel Magic (1965); Steel Magic (1965); Storm Over Warlock (1960); Storms of Victory (1991); Sword in Sheath (1949); Tales from High Hallack, Volume 1 (2013); Tales from High Hallack, Volume 2 (2014); Tales from High Hallack, Volume 3 (2014); Tales of the Witch World 1 (1987); Tales of the Witch World 1 (1987); Tales of the Witch World 2 (1988); Tales of the Witch World 2 (1988); Tales of the Witch World 3 (1990); Tales of the Witch World 3 (1990); Ten Mile Treasure (1981); The Beast Master (1959); The Book of Andre Norton (1974); The Crossroads Of Time (1956); The Crystal Gryphon (1972); The Day of the Ness (1975); The Defiant Agents (1962); The Duke's Ballad (2005); The Elvenbane (1991); The Gate of the Cat (1987); The Hands of Lyr (1994); The Jargoon Pard (1974); The Jekyll Legacy (1990); The Key of the Keplian (1995); The Knight of the Red Beard (2008); The Magestone (1996); The Magic of Christmas (1992); The Monster's Legacy (1996); The Opal-Eyed Fan (1977); The Pendragon Chronicles: Heroic Fantasy from the Time of King Arthur (1989); The People Of The Crater (1947); The Prince Commands (1934); The Scribbling Women: Women Writers of the Victorian Era (2021); The Second Venture (1985); The Shadow of Albion (1999); The Sioux Spaceman (1960); The Sioux Spaceman (1960); The Solar Queen (2003); The Stars Are Ours! (1954); The Sword is Drawn (1944); The Time Traders (1958); The Warding of Witch World (1997); The White Jade Fox (1975); The Year of the Cat: A Cat of a Different Color (2020); The X Factor (1965); The Zero Stone (1968); Three Against the Witch World (1965); Three Hands for Scorpio (2005); Tiger Burning Bright (1995); To the King a Daughter (2000); Trey of Swords (1977); Uncharted Stars (1969); Velvet Shadows (1977); Victory on Janus (1966); Voodoo Planet (1959); Voorloper (1980); Voorloper (1980); Ware Hawk (1983); Warlock of the Witch World (1967); Web of the Witch World (1964); Web of the Witch World (1964); Werehunter (1999); Were-Wrath (1984); Wheel of Stars (1983); Wind in the Stone (1999); Witch World (1963); Witches: Wicked, Wild & Wonderful (2012); Wizards' Worlds (1989); Wolfshead (1977); Women of Futures Past (2016); Wraiths of Time (1976); Yankee privateer (1955); Year of the Unicorn (1965); Yurth Burden (1978); Zarsthor's Bane (1978).