Monday, April 14, 2025

On this day in television history - Turner Classic Movies (TCM) (1994):


Turner Classic Movies (TCM)

founded by Ted Turner,
debuted in the United States on April 14, 1994.

The first movie screened on TCM was Gone with the Wind (1939).

Born on this day – Lynda Obst:


Lynda Obst


Producer

Writer

April 14, 1950 – October 22, 2024

Credits:

Books:

Dirty Dreams: A Novel (1990); Hello, He Lied (1996); Sleepless in Hollywood: Tales from the New Abnormal in the Movie Business (2013); The Sixties (1978).

Movies and television:

A Single Man (2009); Abandon (2002); Above Suspicion (2019); Adventures in Babysitting (1987 / 1989); Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008); Bad Girls (1994); Charlie Rose (1996); Contact (1997); Et la femme créa Hollywood (2016); Everything Is Copy (2015); Finding the 'Wonder Woman' Within (2017); Flashdance (1983); From Weepies to Chick Flicks (2010); Good Girls Revolt (2015–2016); GPS Fareed Zakaria (2018); Heartbreak Hotel (1988); Helix (2014–2015); Helix: Fabricating the Plague (2014); Hello, He Lied & Other Truths from the Hollywood Trenches (2002); Hope Floats (1998); Hot in Cleveland (2010–2015); How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003); I Love Your Work (2003); Inside 'Interstellar' (2015); Interstellar (2014); Naked Hollywood (1991); One Fine Day (1996); Pie in the Sky (1995); Red Carpet Report (2019); Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women (2014); Releasing the 'Flashdance' Phenomenon (2007); Sleepless in Seattle (1993); Someone Like You (2001); The 40th Annual Women in Film Crystal and Lucy Awards (2016); The '60s (1999); The Cycle (2013); The Fisher King (1991); The History of 'Flashdance' (2007); The Hot Zone (2019–2021); The Independents (2014); The Invention of Lying (2009); The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (2015–2024); The Making of 'the Siege' (2000); The Media Show (1988); The Siege (1998); The Soul Man (2012–2014); This Is My Life (1992); Very Scary People (2020).

Born on this day – Betty Anne Rees:


Betty Anne Rees


Actress

April 14, 1943 – June 3, 2024

Credits:

Adam-12 (1970); Banning (1967); Barnaby Jones (1976–1977); Bearcats! (1971); Deathmaster (1972); Lou Grant (1977); Mannix (1971); Medical Center (1970); Mod Squad (1971); Movin' On (1974); My Three Sons (1971–1972); Police Story (1977); Police Woman (1974); S.W.A.T. (1975); Shane (1966); Sugar Hill (1974); The Cool Ones (1967); The F.B.I. (1970–1973); The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (1974); The Incredible Hulk (1978); The Magician (1974); The Photographer (1974); The Smith Family (1972); The Streets of San Francisco (1973–1977); The Unholy Rollers (1972); This Is the Life (1977); To Rome with Love (1971).

Born on this day – Arlene Martel:


Arlene Martel


Actress

April 14, 1936 – August 12, 2014
Credits:

Adventures of Nick Carter (1972); Angels from Hell (1968); Banacek (1973); Battlestar Galactica (1978); Behind Closed Doors (1958); Ben Casey (1961); Berrenger's (1985); Bewitched (1971); Breaking Point (1963–1964); Brothers & Sisters (2010); Bunny Yeager's Nude Camera (1963); Bus Stop (1962); Cain's Hundred (1962); Chatterbox! (1977); Cheyenne (1962); Columbo (1972–1974); Conspiracy of Terror (1975); Death Valley Days (1960); Dracula's Dog (1977); Eleanor, First Lady of the World (1982); FedCon XX: The SciFi Experience (2011); General Electric Theater (1960); Gunslinger (1961); Gunsmoke (1975); Have Gun - Will Travel (1961); Here Come the Brides (1970); Historias para no dormir (1966); Hogan's Heroes (1965–1970); Hong Kong (1961); I Dream of Jeannie (1965); Indict and Convict (1974); Intimate Diary of Artists' Models (1963); Iron Horse (1966); It Takes a Thief (1969); Knots Landing (1983); Man from Atlantis (1977); Mannix (1970–1973); Matter of Family (2012); McCloud (1971–1972); Mission: Impossible (1970); My Favorite Martian (1965); Nudes on Tiger Reef (1964); Nudes, Nudists, and Nudism Vol. 4 / Segment: Nudes on Tiger Reef (2000); Perry Mason (1962–1966); Petrocelli (1974); Playhouse 90 (1960); Profiles in Courage (1965); Richie Brockelman, Private Eye (1978); Route 66 (1960–1961); Star Trek (1967); Star Trek: Of Gods and Men (2007); Target: The Corruptors (1961); The Beat That Her Heart Skipped (2013); The Day the Loving Stopped (1981); The Delphi Bureau (1973); The Detectives (1960–1961); The Doris Day Show (1972); The Extra Mile (2013); The Final Day (2000); The Flying Nun (1968); The Fugitive (1966); The Glass Cage (1964); The James Dean Story (1957); The Law and Mr. Jones (1962); The Love Boat (1981); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964); The Monkees (1966–1968); The New Breed (1962); The Outer Limits (1964); The Rebel (1960); The Restless Gun (1958); The Rockford Files (1977); The Rookies (1974); The Six Million Dollar Man (1974); The Twilight Zone (1959–1961); The Untouchables (1960–1961); The Wild Wild West (1967); The Young and the Restless (1973); This Man Dawson (1960); Unity (2015); What Do Women Want (1996); William Shatner's Get a Life! (2012).

Born on this day – Bradford Dillman:


Bradford Dillman

Actor

Writer

April 14, 1930 – January 16, 2018

Born on this day – Gloria Jean:


Gloria Jean

Actress

Singer

April 14, 1926 – August 31, 2018

Born on this day – Rod Steiger:


Rod Steiger


Actor

April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002

Credits:

Poolhall Junkies (2002); The Hollywood Sign (2001); A Month of Sundays (2001); Lightmaker (2001); The Flying Dutchman (2001); The Last Producer (2000); End of Days (1999); The Hurricane (1999); Body and Soul (1999); Crazy in Alabama (1999); Cypress Edge (1999); Chicken Soup for the Soul (1999–2000); Hotel Alexandria (1999); Animated Epics: Moby Dick (1999); Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season (1999); The Snatching of Bookie Bob (1998); Legacy (1998); The Simpsons (1998); Modern Vampires (1998); Animals with the Tollkeeper (1998); The Kid (1997); Incognito (1997); Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997); Mars Attacks! (1996); Shiloh (1996); Little Surprises (1996); EZ Streets (1996); Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys (1996); Carpool (1996); Dalva (1996); The Real Thing (1996); The Commish (1996); Out There (1995); Columbo (1995); In Pursuit of Honor (1995); Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story (1995); OP Center (1995); Seven Sundays (1994); The Specialist (1994); The Critic (1994); The Last Tattoo (1994); The Neighbor (1993); Tales of the City (1993); Due vite, un destino (1993); Kölcsönkapott idö (1993); Lincoln (1992); Sinatra (1992); The Player (1992); In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas (1991); Guilty as Charged (1991); The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991); Men of Respect (1990); Tennessee Waltz (1989); That Summer of White Roses (1989); Passion and Paradise (1989); The January Man (1989); Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge (1988); Catch the Heat (1987); American Gothic (1987); The Kindred (1987); Sword of Gideon (1986); Hollywood Wives (1985); The Glory Boys (1984); The Naked Face (1984); Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole (1983); The Magic Mountain (1982); The Chosen (1981); The Lion of the Desert (1980); Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1980); The Lucky Star (1980); Klondike Fever (1979); Wolf Lake (1979); The Amityville Horror (1979); Breakthrough (1979); Love and Bullets (1979); Portrait of a Hitman (1979); F.I.S.T. (1978); Jesus of Nazareth (1977); W.C. Fields and Me (1976); Hennessy (1975); Dirty Hands (1975); The Last 4 Days (1974); Lucky Luciano (1973); The Heroes (1973); Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973); Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971); Duck, You Sucker! (1971); Waterloo (1970); Three Into Two Won't Go (1969); The Illustrated Man (1969); The Sergeant (1968); No Way to Treat a Lady (1968); The Girl and the General (1967); In the Heat of the Night (1967); BBC Play of the Month (1966); Doctor Zhivago (1965); The Loved One (1965); A Man Named John (1965); Time of Indifference (1964); The Pawnbroker (1964); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); The Movie Maker (1964); Hands Over the City (1963); Route 66 (1962); Ben Casey (1962); The Longest Day (1962); Convicts 4 (1962); 13 West Street (1962); Wagon Train (1961); The World in My Pocket (1961); The Mark (1961); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963); BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960); Seven Thieves (1960); General Electric Theater (1960); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1959); The Ed Sullivan Show (1959); Al Capone (1959); Schlitz Playhouse (1957–1958); Playhouse 90 (1958); Cry Terror! (1958); Suspicion (1958); The Unholy Wife (1957); Across the Bridge (1957); Run of the Arrow (1957); Back from Eternity (1956); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); The Harder They Fall (1956); Jubal (1956); The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955); Oklahoma! (1955); The Big Knife (1955); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1951–1955); Producers' Showcase (1955); Kraft Theatre (1952–1954); On the Waterfront (1954); Justice (1954); You Are There (1954); The Philip Morris Playhouse (1954); Goodyear Playhouse (1952–1953); Medallion Theatre (1953); Suspense (1952–1953); Danger (1950–1953); The Gulf Playhouse (1953); Tales of Tomorrow (1952–1953); The Clock (1951); Out There (1951); Lux Video Theatre (1951); Teresa (1951); Actor's Studio (1950); Watchmen (2019); Aesop's Fables (1995); Oklahoma! (1955); Real James Dean (2006); Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004); 9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2003); Biography (1994–2002); Dinner for Five (2002); Contender: Mastering the Method (2001); Besuch bei Rod Steiger (2001); Bravo Profiles (2001); Muhammad Ali: Through the Eyes of the World (2001); The Directors (1997–2001); The Heaven and Earth Show (2001); Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone (2001); Starstruck (2000); Private Screenings (2000); Scene by Scene (2000); Omnibus (2000); End of Days: The Beginning (2000); The Unforgettable Diana Dors (2000); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); Journey Into Amazonia (1999); The Martin Short Show (1999); Hollywood Squares (1999); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends (1999); HARDtalk (1999); Linehan (1999); Kingdom of Shadows (1998); NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II (1998); Politically Incorrect (1998); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); Close-Up (1997); Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1997); 54th Golden Globe Awards (1997); The First Annual Golden Satellite Awards (1997); The Charles Grodin Show (1996); James Dean and Me (1995); 'Doctor Zhivago': The Making of a Russian Epic (1995); James Dean: A Portrait (1995); The 7th Annual Britannia Awards (1995); Humphrey Bogart: Behind the Legend (1994); The Celebrity Guide to Entertaining (1993); The American Gangster (1992); AFI Life Achievement Award (1974–1992); Earth and the American Dream (1992); From Hollywood to Hanoi (1992); The Oprah Winfrey Show (1992); The 9th Annual American Cinema Awards (1992); Street Scenes: New York on Film (1992); One on One with John Tesh (1992); Reflections on the Silver Screen (1992); Aspel & Company (1990); MTV Movie Special: Licence to Kill (1989); This Is Your Life (1972–1989); The Exiles (1989); Moving Image Salutes Sidney Poitier (1989); Sunday, Sunday (1984–1989); Good Morning America (1977–1989); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); Hello Actors Studio (1988); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1988); Change of Heart (1987); Our World (1986); The 12th Annual People's Choice Awards (1986); The London Standard Film Awards (1986); Wogan (1986); Television (1985); Harty (1984); Thicke of the Night (1983); James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983); Tom Cottle: Up Close (1982); I Love Liberty (1982); 39th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1982); The Making of Lion of the Desert (1981); 100 Tage auf dem 'Zauberberg' - Bericht über die Verfilmung des Romans von Thomas Mann (1981); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1981); The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1981); The Merv Griffin Show (1967–1981); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The Stars Salute America's Greatest Movies (1977); ABC's Wide World of Sports (1977); The Mike Douglas Show (1969–1977); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1966–1976); Dinah! (1976); The 2nd Annual People's Choice Awards (1976); Film '74 (1974); The Moviemakers (1973); The David Frost Show (1970–1971); Jerry Visits (1971); Parkinson (1971); Cinema (1970); The Year of the Communes (1970); Frost on Sunday (1970); The Dick Cavett Show (1970); Tattooed Steiger (1969); Telescope (1969); Hemingway's Spain: A Love Affair (1968); How It Is (1968); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 25th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1968); Today (1957–1968); Stars for Israel (1967); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); Late Show London (1966); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1965); The 16th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1964); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); Here's Hollywood (1961); The 17th Golden Globe Awards (1960); Monitor (1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1955–1959); This Week (1957); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Film Fanfare (1956); The 27th Annual Academy Awards (1955).