Born on this day – Anne Shirley:

Anne Shirley

Actress

April 17, 1918 – July 4, 1993

Credits:

4 Devils (1928); A Man to Remember (1938); A Night at the Biltmore Bowl (1935); Alice's Egg Plant (1925); All That Money Can Buy (1941); Anne of Green Gables (1934); Anne of Windy Poplars (1940); Bachelor Bait (1934); Bombardier (1943); Boy Slaves (1939); Career (1939); Chasing Yesterday (1935); Chatterbox (1936); City Girl (1930); Condemned Women (1938); Emma (1932); Finishing School (1934); Four Jacks and a Jill (1942); Girls' School (1938); Government Girl (1943); Gun Smoke (1931); Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (1941); Hello Napoleon (1931); His Wooden Wedding (1925); Howdy Mate (1931); Lady Bodyguard (1943); Law of the Underworld (1938); Liliom (1930); Make Way for a Lady (1936); Man from Frisco (1944); Meet the Missus (1937); M'Liss (1936); Moonshine Valley (1922); Mother Carey's Chickens (1938); Mother Knows Best (1928); Murder, My Sweet (1944); Music in Manhattan (1944); Night Life (1927); Picture People No. 1: Stars in Defense (1941); Rasputin and the Empress (1932); Rich Man's Folly (1931); Riders of the Purple Sage (1925); Saturday's Children (1940); School for Girls (1934); Sins of the Fathers (1928); So and Sew (1936); So Big! (1932); Sorority House (1939); Steamboat Round the Bend (1935); Stella Dallas (1937); The Callahans and the Murphys (1927); The Fast Set (1924); The Hidden Woman (1922); The History Chicks (2018); The Key (1934); The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933); The Man Who Fights Alone (1924); The Mayor of 44th Street (1942); The Powers Girl (1943); The Purchase Price (1932); The Rich Pup (1924); The Rustle of Silk (1923); The Spanish Dancer (1923); The World Is Ours (1938); This Side of Heaven (1934); Three on a Match (1932); Too Many Wives (1937); Unexpected Uncle (1941); Vigil in the Night (1940); West Point Widow (1941); Young America (1932).

Born on this day – Vivian Reed:

Vivian Reed

Actress

April 17, 1894 – July 19, 1989

Credits:

La belle vie (1985); Vivacious Lady (1938); Student Tour (1934); It's a Bear (1919); The Guilty Man (1918); The Bull's Eye (1917); Trials and Tribulations (1917); The Friendship of Beaupere (1917); The Lad and the Lion (1917); Little Lost Sister (1917); Lost and Found (1917); The Princess of Patches (1917); In the House of the Chief (1916); The Old Man Who Tried to Grow Young (1916); The Conflict (1916); The Return (1916); The Test of Chivalry (1916); The Hard Way (1916); The Temptation of Adam (1916); At Piney Ridge (1916); The Devil, the Servant and the Man (1916); A Social Deception (1916); The Dragnet (1916); Tom Martin: A Man (1916); Selig-Tribune, No. 93 (1916); The Sacred Tiger of Agra (1915); The Print of the Nails (1915); The Lost Messenger (1915); The Sculptor's Model (1915); The Eternal Feminine (1915); The Man with the Iron Heart (1915); The Scarlet Lady (1915); The Isle of Content (1915); Motherhood (1915); The Onion Patch (1915); The Journey's End (1915); Tiger Bait (1915); Ingratitude of Liz Taylor (1915); Perils of the Jungle (1915); The Heart of Maryland (1915); The Last Egyptian (1914); His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (1914); The Magic Cloak of Oz (1914); The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914).

Recommended reading - My Kind of Game, by Marvin Albert (1962):

My Kind of Game

By Marvin Albert.

Published by Fawcett.

First published 1962.

Mass Market Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0449133885

ISBN-13: 978-0449133880

Description:

WANTED – Anyone with information about Louis Kovac may find it worth-while to get in touch with Anthony Rome at the Seaview Motel. Kovac met with an accident. His assignment will be completed by Rome.

The ad was Rome’s last hope, a stab-in-the-dark that someone might spill who had it in for Lou Kovac, and why.

Rome didn’t expect an immediate answer. He wasn’t ready to get it in his motel room, in person, from a beautiful girl, pointing a very loaded .32.

A new, trigger-sharp case in the fast, bullet-scarred career of detective Anthony Rome.

My Kind of Game.

J.K. Rowling, on writing:

Writing for me is a kind of compulsion,

so I don't think anyone could have made me do it,

or prevented me from doing it.

- J.K. Rowling.

On this day in music history - Songs from a Secret Garden, by Secret Garden (2016):

Songs from a Secret Garden

Album by Secret Garden,

released April 16, 2016.

Track list:

Nocturne; Pastorale; Song From A Secret Garden; Sigma; Papillon; Serenade To Spring; Atlantia; Heartstrings; Adagio; The Rap; Chaconne; Cantoluna; Ode To Simplicity.

Born on this day – Dusty Springfield:

Dusty Springfield

Singer

April 16, 1939 – March 2, 1999

Credits:

Albums:

A Brand New Me (1970); A Girl Called Dusty (1964); A Very Fine Love (1995); Cameo (1973); Dusty in Memphis (1969); Dusty... Definitely (1968); Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty (1965); Faithful (2015); It Begins Again (1978); Living Without Your Love (1979); Ooooooweeee!!! (1965); Reputation (1990); See All Her Faces (1972); Where Am I Going? (1967); White Heat (1982).

Movies, television and video:

1 a Minute (2010); 20 to 1 (2006); 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996); 4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet (1968); 45 Years (2015); 9-1-1 (2019); A Bucket o' French & Saunders (2007); A Home at the End of the World (2004); A Time for Loving (1972); A Touch of the Norman Vaughans (1964); A Walk on the Moon (1999); A Whole Scene Going (1966); Aikuiset (2019); Alex Strangelove (2018); All You Need Is Love (1977); Ambulance (2017); American Bandstand (1964–1965); American Horror Story (2012); Angels (1976); Anne Murray: The Sounds of London (1985); Another Evening with Burt Bacharach (1970); Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018); Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023); Arena (1989); Aspel & Company (1989); Baby It's You (1983); Bad Hair Days (2001); BAFTA British Academy Awards (1989); Bandstand (1967); BBC Show of the Week (1968); Beatrix, Oranje onder Vuur (2012); Billy Cotton Band Show (1965–1968); Birds of a Feather (1989); Blackpool Night Out (1964); Blue Murder (2004); Breakfast on Pluto (2005); Brian Pern: A Tribute (2017); Buster (1988); Call the Midwife (2012); Casino (1990); Casino Royale (1967); Castle Rock (2018); Catch Me If You Can (2002); Caught (2018); CBS This Morning (1989); Cilla (1969); Cilla's Celebration (1993); Clive Anderson Talks Back (1995); Colorspace Vol. 4 (2014); Coronation Street (1991–2016); Corvette Summer (1978); Cracker (1995); Crazyhead (2016); Crossing Jordan (2002); Daisy Jones & The Six (2023); Dancing on Ice (2010); Dancing with the Stars (2006); Daria (1998); Day of the Flowers (2012); De Mike Burstyn show (1981); Deadly Advice (1994); Dean Martin Presents: The Bobby Darin Amusement Co. (1972); Decidedly Dusty (1969); Dee Time (1967–1968); Definitely Dusty (1999); Della (1969); Der Lehrer (2018); Des O'Connor Tonight (1996); Dinah! (1975); Doctor Who (2008–2011); Doddy's Music Box (1967); Druckfrisch (2007); Duet Impossible (2006); Dusty (1966–1967); Dusty Springfield & Daryl Hall: Wherever Would I Be? (1995); Dusty Springfield (1969); Dusty Springfield in Dusty Springfield: Live at the BBC (2007); Dusty Springfield in Dusty Springfield: Live at the Royal Albert Hall (1979); Dusty Springfield in Dusty Springfield: Reflections (2003); Dusty Springfield: Arrested by You (1990); Dusty Springfield: I Want to Stay Here (1990); Dusty Springfield: In Private (1989); Dusty Springfield: Nothing Has Been Proved (1989); Dusty Springfield: Reputation (1990); Dusty Springfield: Roll Away (1995); EastEnders (1994–2022); Ed Sullivan's Rock 'N' Roll Classics (1999); Elvis: The Rebirth of the King (2017); Europarty (1968); Falling Water (2016); Family Ties (2000); Fanny and Elvis (1999); Fat City (1972); Festival di Sanremo (1965); First Timers (2018); Five O'Clock Club (1966); Flitterabend (1995); For me – formidable (1969); Frank-Étienne Towards Grace (2012); French and Saunders (1996); Frequency (2000); From the Beatles to Oasis: Forty Years of Granada Pop (1996); Frost on Saturday (1969); Frost on Sunday (1968); Funny Woman (2023); Getting It Right (1989); Girls and Boys: Sex and British Pop (2005); Godzilla (2014); Good Morning Britain (2017); Good Omens (2023); Gossip (2000); Great Performances (1996); Guten Abend, Nachbarn (1972); Guth (2013); Hall Pass (2011); Heartbreaker (2010); Here Come the Girls (1963); Hippodrome (1966); How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008); Hullabaloo (1965); Imagine Me & You (2005); In the Cut (2003); Independent Lens (2005); Infamous (2006); Informer (2018); InRealLife (2013); Inspector Lewis (2007); Interview (2003); It Must Be Dusty (1968); It's All Over Town (1964); It's Lulu (1970–1971); It's Lulu, Not to Mention Dudley Moore (1972); Joop (1969); JT LeRoy (2018); Juke Box Jury (1963–1979); Just Dusty (2009); Just for Fun (1963); Känd från TV (2001); Karaoke Revolution (2009); Kiss Me Goodbye (1982); Kraft Music Hall Presents: The Des O'Connor Show (1970); La parenthèse enchantée (2000); Ladybirds (1965); Las Vegas (2006); Last Night in Soho (2021); Last Tango in Halifax (2013); Later... With Jools Holland (1995–1996); Life on Mars (2007); Little America (2020); Live from Her Majesty's (1985); Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998); Lorraine (2017); Los simuladores (2002); Love & Mercy (2014); Love & Money (1981); Love Songs at the BBC (2011); Luke Cage (2016); Luther (2011); Mad Cows (1999); Mad Men (2012); Mafia III (2016); Make Your Own Kind of Music! (1971); Malcolm in the Middle (2006); Masters of Sex (2015); Medium (2005); Merz gegen Merz (2020); Misfits (2013); Miss Match (2003); Mom and Dad (2017); Motown Master: Lamont Dozier at the BBC (2023); Movie Music Mania (2005); Mr. Robot (2016); Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries (2021); MTV 80s - 1989 Wrapped! (2023); MTV 80s - Top 50 Hits of 1987! (2022); Music My Way (1973); Music Scene (1969); My Music: 60s & 70s Slow Songs (2015); My Music: '60s Girl Grooves (2013); My Music: Burt Bacharach's Best (2013); My Music: Rock Rewind '67-'69 (2017); My Music: The British Beat (2007); New British Canon (2019–2024); New Musical Express Poll Winners' Concert (1966); New Tricks (2006); Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008); Nigella: At My Table (2017); Nine Perfect Strangers (2021); No Escape (1994); Norbit (2007); Not Only... But Also (1966); Once More with Felix (1969); One Hit Wonderland (2014); Only Fools and Horses (1991); Open House (1964); Operation: Entertainment (1968–1969); Overspel (2015); Pam & Tommy (2022); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); Pebble Mill at One (1995); Peninta-peninta (2007); Pet Shop Boys: A Life in Pop (2006); Pet Shop Boys: Montage - The Nightlife Tour (2001); Pet Shop Boys: Pop Art - The Videos (2003); Pet Shop Boys: Videography (1991); Pet Shop Boys: What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1987); Peter Sarstedt (1969); Pop Go the Sixties! (1969); Popular Voices at the BBC (2017); Priest (1994); Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act (2006); Pulp Fiction (1994); Queens of British Pop (2009); Rain (2001); Ram-Jam (1966); Ray Donovan (2017); Ready Steady Go, Volume 1 (1983); Ready, Steady, Go! (1963–1966); Richard Carpenter & Dusty Springfield: Something in Your Eyes (1987); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (1999); Rod McKuen (1971); Romance & Cigarettes (2005); Rory O'Shea Was Here (2004); RuPaul's Drag Race UK (2021); S.P.U.N.G (2002); Sacrée soirée (1990); Samantha Who? (2007); Saturday Night at the Mill (1979); Saturday Night Out (1985); Saturday Stars (1968); Scandal (1989); Schlag auf Schlager (1970); School for Seduction (2004); Second City Firsts (1974); Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2008); Set It Up (2018); Sex Education (2020); Sha Na Na (1979); ShakespeaRe-Told (2005); Shirley (1979); Shivaree (1965–1966); Shopgirl (2005); Showbusiness (1988); Showtime (1968); Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015); ... Sings James Bond (2012); Sings Bacharach and David! (2012); SingStar Rocks! (2006); Sleepers (1996); Snap (2023); SOKO München (2002); Soul Power! (2013); Stand Up and Cheer (1972); Star Stories (2006); Stars and Garters (1965); Strange Planet (1999); Swan Song (2021); Sydney Tonight (1969); Tarbuck at the Prince of Wales (1966); Teachers (2002); Ted Lasso (2020); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1963–1966); The 15th Annual Grammy Awards (1973); The Andy Williams Show (1969–1970); The Associate (1996); The Babysitter (2017); The Bacharach Sound (1965); The Benny Hill Show (1961); The Best of Music Flashback Television Shows: Featuring Music Scene and Hullabaloo (2001); The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (1992); The Big Time (1980); The Blackpool Show (1967); The Boat That Rocked (2009); The Bobby Darin Show (1973); The Brave One (2007); The Britannia Music Awards 1988 (1988); The British Invasion (2010); The Bromley Boys (2018); The Brontes at the BBC (2016); The Corrupt Ones (1967); The Crowded Room (2023); The Dame Edna Experience (1989); The Dating Game (1968); The Deuce (2019); The Dick Cavett Show (1970); The Don Lane Show (1981); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1964–1966); The Ed Sullivan Show (1964); The Engelbert Humperdinck Show (1970); The Gigolos (2006); The Graham Stark Show (1964); The Grand Tour (2016); The Hollywood Palace (1969–1970); The Hunt (2020); The Jim Nabors Show (1978); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969); The Johnny Cash Show (1970); The Jonathan Winters Show (1968); The Ken Dodd Show (1966); The Kenny Everett Video Show (1980); The Last Days of the Board (1999); The Liberace Show (1969); The London Palladium Show (1967–1968); The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1966); The Mancini Generation (1972); The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine (1971); The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009); The Merv Griffin Show (1968–1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1966–1979); The Morecambe & Wise Show (1970); The Office (2008); The Parent Trap (1998); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Pop Spot (1965); The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009); The Red Skelton Hour (1967); The Rock 'n' Roll Years (1986); The Rolf Harris Show (1968–1971); The Roxy (1987); The Royal Variety Performance 1965 (1965); The Sara Cox Show (2019); The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping (1973); The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973); The Springfields (1961); The Stunt Man (1980); The Sweet Ride (1968); The Toni Tennille Show (1980); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1972–1973); The Very Thought of You (1998); The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters (1972); The Wedding Tackle (2000); The Young Generation (1970); They Sold a Million (1973); This Is Tom Jones (1969–1970); Til Death Do Us Part (2017); Time for Blackburn (1968); Timeshift (2012–2016); Tin Men (1987); Toast (2010); Tom Jones and Such Special Friends (1971); Tom Jones Now! (1983); Tom Jones! (1966); Top Beat (1964); Top of the Pops (1966–1989); Top of the Pops: The Story of 1978 (2013); Two Weeks Notice (2002); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1965); Vinyl (2016); Viva Blackpool (2006); Waking the Dead (2009); What's Love Got to Do with It (1993); When Motown Came to Britain (2023); Where the Action Is (1965); While You Were Sleeping (1995); Will & Grace (2004); Wogan (1985); Wonderland (1999); Wünsch dir was (1969); ZDF-Fernsehgarten (1990).

Born on this day – Edie Adams:

Edie Adams

Actress

Comedian

Singer

April 16, 1927 – October 15, 2008

Credits:

15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2009); 4th Annual Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy (1954); 3 Things Must Die! (2021); A Cry for Love (1980); A Lovely Night: The Making of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Television Classic (2005); A Man Called Sloane (1979); ABC's Nightlife (1965); ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration (1978); Adventures Beyond Belief (1988); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); American Cowboy (1960); American Masters (2000); Appointment with Adventure (1955); Art Carney Special (1959); As the World Turns (1982); Best Classic Commercials - The Golden Era of Advertising (2018); Biography (1998–2001); Bosom Buddies (1980); Boxoffice (1982); Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003); Call Me Bwana (1963); CBS Children's Mystery Theatre (1981); Celebrity Bowling (1976); Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy (1953); Chance of a Lifetime (1953); Cinderella (1957); Cinerama Adventure (2002); Club Oasis (1958); Coke Time (1953); Cop on the Beat (1975); Danny Thomas Special: 40th Anniversary of the Coconut Grove (1964); Danny Thomas Special: The Wonderful World of Burlesque (1965); Designing Women (1990); Dr. Yesterday's Old Time News (1981); Dreams with Sharp Teeth (2008); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2000); Ernie in Kovacsland (1951); Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984); Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius (1982); Evil Roy Slade (1972); Fantasy Island (1981); Fast Friends (1979); General Electric Theater (1958); Good Morning! with Will Rogers, Jr. (1955); Great Performances (2004); Harry O (1976); Here's Edie (1962–1964); Here's Edie: The Edie Adams Television Collection (2013); Here's Hollywood (1961–1962); Hollywood and the Stars (1963); Hungarian Emergency Relief Organization Christmas Day Special (1956); Inside 'The Apartment' (2008); It Takes Two (1969); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1989–1990); I've Got a Secret (1956–1966); Jack Paar Tonite (1973); Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1989); Joe Forrester (1975); Juke Box Jury (1962); KHJ's 4th Annual Academy Awards Special (1969); Kids Incorporated (1992); Kovacs on Music (1959); Kovacs on the Corner (1952); Kovacs Unlimited (1952–1954); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1960 / 1961); Late Night with David Letterman (1982); Le Disco! (1978); Love with the Proper Stranger (1963); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Hotel Caper (1971); Lover Come Back (1961); Made in Paris (1966); Make Me an Offer (1980); McMillan & Wife (1972); Miss Television U.S.A. Contest (1950); Mrs. Columbo (1979); Murder, She Wrote (1985); NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II (1998); Omnibus (1961); Over Easy (1979); Password (1961–1971); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1957–1960); Playboy After Dark (1970); Police Woman (1978); Portrait of an Escort (1980); Producers' Showcase (1955); Racquet (1979); Rosetti and Ryan (1977); Shooting Stars (1983); Showdown at Ulcer Gulch (1956); Sid Caesar - Edie Adams Together (1963); Snap Judgment (1967); Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991); Stand Up and Cheer (1971); Superdome (1978); Suspense (1954); Suspicion (1958); Take a Good Look (1959–1961); Talent Scouts (1963); Tales of the City (1993); Tarzana (1978); TCM Remembers 2008 (2008); Telescope (1963); Television's Greatest Commercials (1982); The 11th Annual Tony Awards (1957); The 14th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1962); The 20th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1963); The 25th Annual Tony Awards (1971); The 30th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1956); The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards (2009); The Apartment (1960); The Arthur Murray Party (1953–1959); The Bell Telephone Hour (1959); The Best Man (1964); The Bing Crosby Show (1962); The Blue Knight (1976); The Bob Hope Show (1963–1971); The Carol Burnett Show (1968–1969); The Chevy Show (1960); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955); The Danny Kaye Show (1966); The David Frost Show (1970); The Dean Martin Show (1967); The Desilu Story (2003); The Dick Cavett Show (1968); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1957–1959); The Don Adams Special: Hooray for Hollywood (1970); The Don Knotts Show (1971); The DuPont Show of the Week (1961); The Ed Sullivan Show (1956–1958); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); The Ernie Kovacs Show (1952–1956); The Frank Sinatra Show (1958); The Garry Moore Show (1958); The George Gobel Show (1957); The Gisele MacKenzie Show (1958); The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood (1980); The Hollywood Palace (1965–1969); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1969–1972); The Hollywood Squares (Primetime/Nighttime) (1968); The Honey Pot (1967); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (1999); The Jack Paar Program (1965); The Jack Paar Show (1953–1956); The Jackie Gleason Show (1969); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The John Gary Show (1968); The Jonathan Winters Show (1956); The Kraft Music Hall (1968–1970); The Linkletter Show (1967); The Love Boat (1978); The Lucy Show (1968); The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1960); The Match Game (1969); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1976); The Mike Douglas Show (1963–1977); The NBC Comedy Hour (1956); The New Steve Allen Show (1961); The Oscar (1966); The Pat Boone Show (1966); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Practice (1976); The Price Is Right (1964); The Red Skelton Hour (1959–1967); The Rosey Grier Show (1970); The Royal Variety Performance 1962 (1962); The Seekers (1979); The Spiral Staircase (1961); The Stork Club (1955); The Tonight Show (1955 / 1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959–1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1972); The Vic Damone Show (1957); The Walter Winchell Show (1956); Theatre '62 (1961); Three to Get Ready (1950–1952); Trapper John, M.D. (1985); Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963); Up in Smoke (1978); Vega$ (1981); Versatile Varieties (1949–1950); What's My Line? (1956–1964); Your Choice for the Film Awards (1969).