Born on this day – Rachel Caine:

Rachel Caine

Writer

April 27, 1962 – November 1, 2020

Credits:

Books:

Ash and Quill (2017); Bite Club (2011); Bitter Blood (2012); Bitter Falls (2020); Black Dawn (2012); Bridge of Shadows (1998); Cape Storm (2009); Carniepunk (2013); Carpe Corpus (2009); Chicks Kick Butt (2011); Chill Factor (2005); Copper Moon (1997); Daylighters (2013); Dead Air: The Complete Season 1 (2018); Dead Girl's Dance (2007); Devil's Bargain (2005); Devil's Due (2006); Exile, Texas (2003); Fade Out (2009); Fall of Night (2013); Feast of Fools (2008); Firestorm (2006); Gale Force (2008); Ghost Town (2010); Glass Houses (2006); Glass Houses / Dead Girls' Dance / Midnight Alley (2010); Heartbreak Bay (2021); Heat Stroke (2004); Honor Among Thieves (2018); Honor Bound (2019); Honor Lost (2020); Ill Wind (2003); Ink and Bone (2015); Killman Creek (2017); Kiss of Death (2010); Kolchak: The Night Stalker / The Night Stalker Casebook (2006); Last Breath (2011); Line Of Sight (2007); Lord of Misrule (2008); Marion, Missing (2016); Midnight Alley (2007); Midnight Bites (2016); Morganville Vampires Series 1 and 2 (2017); Paper and Fire (2016); Prince of Shadows (2014); Shiny (2011); Smoke and Iron (2018); Stargate SG-1: Sacrifice Moon (2004); Stargate SG-1: Stepping Through the Stargate (2004); Stillhouse Lake (2017); Sword and Pen (2019); Terminated (2013); The Cold Girl (2014); The Morganville Vampires (2009); The Morganville Vampires Collection (2013); The Morganville Vampires, Volume 3 (2011); The Morganville Vampires, Volume 4 (2011); The Morganville Vampires: Collection 1-8 (2010); The Morganville Vampires: Volume 2 (2010); Thin Air (2007); Total Eclipse (2010); Trapper Road (2022); Two Weeks Notice (2012); Unbroken (2012); Undone (2009); Unknown (2010); Unseen (2011); Windfall (2005); Wolfhunter River (2019); Working Stiff (2011).

Television and radio:

Dead Air (2021); Morganville: The Series (2014); Rêves et Cris (2012).

Born on this day – Doug Sheehan:

Doug Sheehan

Actor

April 27, 1949 – June 29, 2024

Credits:

10 (1979); A Mom for Christmas (1990); Alice (1983); Battle of the Network Stars XVI (1984); Battle of the Network Stars XVII (1984); Charlie's Angels (1978); Cheers (1983); Clueless (1997–1999); Columbo (1993); Cops n Roberts (1995); Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501 (1990); Day by Day (1988–1989); Day by Day (1988–1989); Dear John (1980); Diagnosis Murder (2000); Dynasty (1982); Family Feud (1982); General Hospital (1979–1982); Heavens to Betsy (1995); In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders (1988); Just Men! (1983); Kaz (1979); Knots Landing (1983–1988); Knots Landing Reunion: Together Again (2005); MacGyver (1990); Passions (2002); Promised Land (1997); Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1999–2003); Stranger in My Bed (1987); Style & Substance (1998); That Was Then (2002); The $10,000 Pyramid (1983); The $25,000 Pyramid (1983); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989); The Knots Landing Block Party (1993); The Magical World of Disney (1990); The Merv Griffin Show (1980–1985); The Regis Philbin Show (1982); What I Like About You (2003).

Born on this day – August Wilson:

August Wilson

Writer

April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005

Credits:

Written work:

Black Bart and the Sacred Hills; Fences; Fullerton Street; Gem of the Ocean; How I Learned What I Learned; Jitney!; Joe Turner's Come and Gone; King Hedley II; Ma Rainey's Black Bottom; Placebo; Profiles in Science: One Man and One Woman / William Harvey; Radio Golf; Recycle; Seven Guitars; The Coldest Day of the Year; The Ground on Which I Stand; The Homecoming; The Janitor; The Piano Lesson; Two Trains Running.

Movies, video and television:

60 Minutes / Viola / August Wilson (2002–2021); American Masters (2015); Charlie Rose (1998); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1990); Fences (2012); Fences (2016); Literary Visions (1992); Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020); On Broadway (2019); PBS NewsHour (2020–2024); The 41st Annual Tony Awards (1987); The 43rd Annual Tony Awards (1989); The 55th Annual Tony Awards (2001); The Naked Proof (2003); The Piano Lesson (1995); Working in the Theatre (1987–2001).

Born on this day – Judy Carne:

Judy Carne

Actress

April 27, 1939 – September 3, 2015

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1964–1966); 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2016); 7 Nights to Remember (1966); A Pair of Briefs (1962); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); All the Right Noises (1970); Beyond Vaudeville (1990); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Blankety Blank (1980); Bloopermania (1987); Bonanza (1963); Cade's County (1972); Danger Man (1961); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Dead Men Tell No Tales (1971); Dr. Kildare (1964); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999); Entertainment Tonight (2015–2018); Everybody's Talking (1967); Fair Exchange (1962–1963); Funny Farm (1974); Funny You Should Ask (1968); Get Christie Love! (1975); Gidget (1965); Give Us a Clue (1979); Gunsmoke (1966); Gypsy (1966); Hollywood's Talking (1973); Hour Magazine (1983); I Dream of Jeannie (1966–1969); Ironside (1974); Jack Hylton's Monday Show (1958); Juke Box Jury (1959–1960); Letters to Laugh-in (1969); Love on a Rooftop (1966–1967); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Last Joke; Love and the Advice Column; Love and the Single Sister (1969–1973); Match Game (1973); NBC Children's Theatre (1971); On Stage – London (1957); On the Brighter Side (1961); On the Line (1982); Only with Married Men (1974); Out of Order (1981); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967–1968); Pebble Mill at One (1978); Police Woman (1976); QB VII (1974); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967–1971); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in: 25th Anniversary Reunion (1993); Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In: A Valentine's Day Special (1994); Run for Your Life (1968); Sandler and Young's Kraft Music Hall (1969–1970); Saturday Night at the Mill (1980); Storybook Squares (1969); Stu's Show (2023); The $10,000 Pyramid (1973); The 100 Greatest TV Quotes & Catchphrases (2006); The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards (2015); The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1974); The Americanization of Emily (1964); The Andy Williams Show (1970–1971); The Baileys of Balboa (1964–1965); The Basil Brush Show (1980); The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (2022); The Big Valley (1967); The Bob Braun Show (1977); The Cheaters (1962); The Cross-Wits (1976–1977); The David Frost Show (1969–1972); The Dick Cavett Show (1970); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1969); The Ed Sullivan Show (1969–1971); The Farmer's Daughter (1965); The Geraldo Rivera Show (1990); The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969); The Hollywood Palace (1969); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1966–1971); The Howard Stern Show (1990); The Jerry Lewis Show (1968); The Joey Bishop Show (1968–1969); The John Gary Show (1969); The Kraft Music Hall (1969); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965–1967); The Match Game (1968); The Merv Griffin Show (1969–1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1967–1970); The Patty Duke Show (1966); The Rag Trade (1961); The Sixties (2014); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1968); The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (1970); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1969–1972); The Woody Woodbury Show (1967–1968); This Is Tom Jones (1969); This Is Your Life (1970); Thriller (1973); TV's 50 Funniest Catch Phrases (2009); U.S. Open Sores (1989); What About Me (1993); Who's Moody? (1960); Win with the Stars (1968–1969); You Don't Say (1968); Zero One (1962).

Born on this day – Anouk Aimée:

Anouk Aimée

Actress

Credits:

1999 Madeleine (1999); 81/2 (1963); 93 Faubourg Saint-Honoré (2003); A Leap in the Dark (1980); A Man and a Woman (1966); A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (1986); À vos amours (1993); Adrienne Mesurat (1953); Agnes Varda: From Here to There (2011); Alfonso Sánchez (1980); Let's Go to the Cinema (1976); Arrivederci e Grazie (1988); Beyond the Screen (1966); Aznavour by Charles (2019); Barbey on Diabolical (2008); Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990); Big Is Beautiful (2012); Billy Baxter Presents Diary of the Cannes Film Festival with Rex Reed (1980); Bouillon de culture (1991–1993); C à vous (2019); Cannes Film Festival (1980–1987); The One I Love (2009); It's Even Better in the Afternoon (1986); Charlie Rose (2012); Ciné regards / Segment: The film of the week (1981); Cinema star (1987); Cinema (1966–1967); Cinema mil (2005); Cinemas (2010); Cinépanorama (1959–1960); Claude Lelouch, on s'aimera (2007); Compression (2024); Contraband Spain (1955); De película (1987); Déjà dimanche (1995); Two of the Wave (2010); From One Film to Another (2011); Footprints (2012); Everybody Wants to Kill Me (1957); Ex Libris (1989); Federico Fellini - Mit den Augen der Anderen (2003); Fellini dice... (2006); Fellini of the Spirits (2020); Festival in Cannes (2001); Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012); Freedom2speak v2.0 (2004); Gilles Jacob: Citizen Cannes (2010); Globos de Ouro 1998 (1999); Golden Salamander (1950); Happily Ever After (2004); Happy New Year (1973); Head Against the Wall (1959); Heart of the Festival (2002); Men, women, how to use it (1996); Horisont (1963); Offside (1961); Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant: Confidences of Three Unforgettable Actors (2022); Hotel Harabati (2006); Hustle (1975); Ich suche dich (1956); Once upon a time... (2009); Il morbidone (1965); Il successo (1963); Il terrorista (1963); Jean-Louis Trintignant - Mysterious and Elusive (2022); Justine (1969); L.A. Without a Map (1998); La Dolce Vita (1960); The Flower of Life (1947), La fuga (1965); The house under The Sea (1947), The Night of the Caesars (1982–2002); The Night of the Molières (1993–1999); The Crossing of the Looking Glass (2009); La vie de château (1984); Love cursed by Leisenbohg (1991); The Concerned Researcher (2014); The Grand Chessboard (1986); The Big Show (2016); The 8 p.m. news (2014); The novel of the Saturday (1980); Legends of World Cinema (2004); The Crimes of Love / Segment 2: The Crimson Curtain (1953); Limelight (2002); Groundhogs (1993); Bad Encounters (1955); Les nouveaux rendez-vous (1981); The Nuits de France Culture (2024); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1980); The weekly Cinema (2006); L'île bleue (2001); L'imprevisto (1961); The Guest of FR3 (1978); Liolà (1964); Live for Life (1967); Lo scandalo (1966); Lola (1961); Love Letters (2008); Lovers of Paris (1957); L'ultima sequenza (2003); Marcello, una Vita Dolce (2006); Cinema Tuesday (2018); Model Shop (1969); My last dream will be for you (1989); My First Love (1978); Montparnasse 19 (1958); Smithereens Cannes (2021); Napoleon (2002); Nina (1956); Noche de tormenta (1955) Noi Che abbiamo fatto la dolce vita (2009), Nowhere Else (2000); Of Flesh and Blood (1963); We Tried Everything (2006); One Hundred and One Nights (1995); One Night... a Train (1968); ORTF, They Invented Television (2020); Paris Connections (2010); Personal and confidential (2007); Piazza Navona (1988); Portrait (1979); Quai Notre-Dame (1961); What makes David run? (1982); Ready to Wear (1994); RCannes Eflets (1958–196)6); Release (1967); Rheingold Theatre (1953); Rich, beautiful, etc. (1998); Rupture(s) (1993); Sacrée soirée (1993); Screen Two (1993); Seasons of Our Love (1966); Second Chance (1976); Simenon and the Cinema Affair (2020); Sodom and Gomorrah (1962); Solomon (1997); Stranger Than Fiction (2006); Stresemann (1957); Studio Gabriel (1995); Stupefying! (2019); Success Is the Best Revenge (1984); Tell Me Yes... (1995); The 2011 European Film Awards (2011); The 24th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1967); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The Appointment (1969); The Best Years of a Life (2019); The Birch-Tree Meadow (2003); The Chasers (1959); The Crimson Curtain (1952) The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird (1952); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute To Federico Fellini (1985); The General of the Dead Army (1983); Italian Tea Traveler (1987); The Joker (1960) The Journey (1959) The Last Judgment (1961); The Lovers of Verona (1949); The Paris Express (1952); The Respectful Prostitute (1963); The Shortest Day (1963); The World of Jacques Demy (1995); There Were Days... and Moons (1990); To Each His Own Cinema / Segment: Cinéma de Boulevard (2007); Turning to Live (2016); All the Suns (2011); All Le Monde en parle (2002–2006); Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981); Turning Table (1988); A Dream Barely Begins (1984); One for All (1999); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1976); V.O.S.: Lo que NO te cuentan (2021); Victory, or the Women's Pain (2000); Visioni senza tempo - Anna Napoli e il montaggio Cinematografico (2022); Viva la vie (1984); Vivement Dimanche (2000–2019); What War May Bring (2010); White Voices (1964); Zoom su Fellini (1983).

Born on this day – Jack Klugman:

Jack Klugman

Actor

April 27, 1922 – December 24, 2012

Credits:

12 Angry Men (1957); 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2013); 3rd Annual TV Guide Awards (2001); 65th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (1996); 70th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2001); A Couple of Dons (1973); Act One (1963); Actor's Studio (1950); AFI Life Achievement Award (1978–1988); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957); American Masters (1995); America's Top Sleuths (2006); Appointment with Adventure (1955); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1955–1956); Around the World in 80 Days (1989); Arrest and Trial (1963); Banyon (1972); Ben Casey (1962–1965); Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men' (2008); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Big Town (1955); Billie Jean King: Portrait of a Pioneer (2006); Biography (1997–2004); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964–1966); Bob Hope: The First 90 Years (1993); Brother's Keeper (1999); Cain's Hundred (1962); Camera Obscura (2010); Camera Three (1966); Cathode Fuck (1986); Celanese Theatre (1952); Celebrity Bowling (1974); Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes (1977); Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes 2 (1977); Challenge of the Tiger (1980); Circus of the Stars #2 (1977); Climax! (1955); Colonel Humphrey Flack (1953); Command Performance: The Stars Salute the President (1981); Cosmopolitan Theatre (1951); Crime Syndicate (1951); Crossing Jordan (2002); Cry Terror! (1958); Days of Wine and Roses (1962); Dear God (1996); Diagnosis Murder (1997–1999); Die Harald Schmidt Show (1996); Dinah! (1975–1978); Dinah's Place (1973); Dominic's Dream (1974); Don Rickles: Buy This Tape You Hockey Puck (1975); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998); Energy Crisis (1974); Entertainment Tonight (2010 / 2016); Fame Is the Name of the Game (1966); Famous Lives (1983); Flip (1973); Folio (1959); Follow the Sun (1961); Garrison's Gorillas (1967); General Electric Theater (1958); Goodbye, Columbus (1969); Goodyear Playhouse (1955–1956); Great Circus Spectaculars: Circus of the Lions (1976); Great Performances (1987); Great Performances / Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021); Grubstake (1952); Gunsmoke (1958); Hail, Mafia (1965); Harris Against the World (1964–1965); He Said, She Said (1970); Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (1982); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood Squares (2001–2003); I Could Go on Singing (1963); In the Cutz (2006); Inner Sanctum (1954); Insight (1964–1979); Intimate Portrait (2003); It's Your Bet (1970–1973); Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine (1963); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1973–1985); Joe Louis: For All Time (1984); Justice (1954–1956); Kiss Me, Kate (1958); Kraft Mystery Theater (1961–1963); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964–1965); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1953–1958); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954–1956); Larry King in Larry King Live (2001–2005); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2005); Living in TV Land (2004); Look Up and Live (1963); Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003); Love, American Style / Love and the Cheaters / Love and the Big Game (1971–1972); Lucy Moves to NBC (1980); Lucy Moves to NBC: A Remembrance (2012); Magic with the Stars (1982); Mama Mae: The Life and Music of Mae Boren Axton (2015); Man of the Century (1999); Marty (1955); Match Game (1973–1978); Match Game PM (1978–1981); More TV's Censored Bloopers (1981); Naked City (1959–1963); NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration (1986); NBC Family Christmas (1981); NFL Players Association Awards Dinner (1973); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Not for Publication (1952); One of My Wives Is Missing (1976); Parade of Stars (1983); Parallel Lives (1994); Password (1971–1975); Password Plus (1979); Paul Williams: Still Alive (2011); Playhouse 90 (1957–1959); Poor Devil (1973); Presidio Med (2002–2003); Producers' Showcase (1955); Quest (1962–1963); Quincy M.E. (1976–1983); Rocky King, Detective (1952–1954); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1972); Salute! (1983); Sammy and Company (1975); Scene Smoking: Cigarettes, Cinema & the Myth of Cool (2001); Shining Time Station: Second Chances (1995); Short Short Dramas (1953); Special for Women: The Cold Woman (1960); Starlight Theatre (1950); Straightaway (1961); Strictly Courtroom (2008); Studio One (1955–1958); Studio One Documentary (2002); Sunday Showcase (1960); Suspense (1950); Suspicion (1957–1958); Target: The Corruptors (1961–1962); TCM Guest Programmer (2007); Telethon (1985); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); The $10,000 Pyramid (1973–1977); The $25,000 Pyramid (1976–1977); The 100 Greatest TV Quotes & Catchphrases (2006); The 11th Annual American Comedy Awards (1997); The 13th Annual People's Choice Awards (1987); The 23rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1971); The 29th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1977); The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978); The 31st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1974); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 35th Annual Tony Awards (1981); The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1977); The 48th Annual Tony Awards (1994); The 5th Annual National WAIF Humanitarian Awards (1989); The 62nd Annual Tony Awards (2008); The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards (2013); The 67th Annual Tony Awards (2013); The 6th Annual TV Land Awards (2008); The Alcoa Hour (1957); The All Star Spangled Mission (1973); The Annual Friars Club Tribute Present a Salute to Liza Minnelli (1987); The Big Story (1953); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1970); The Carol Burnett Show (1972–1976); The David Frost Show (1971); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Frank Sinatra (1978); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jack Klugman (1978); The Dean Martin Show (1973–1974); The Defenders (1961–1964); The Detective (1968); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Don Rickles Show - Mr. Warmth (1975); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1966); The F.B.I. (1965–1970); The Florence Henderson Show (2008–2009); The Fugitive (1963–1965); The Great Adventure (1964); The Greatest Gift (1954–1955); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1971–1977); The Hollywood Squares (Syndication) (1976); The Insider (2009); The Investigator (1958); The Jon Stewart Show (1994); The Love Boat (1985); The Magic of David Copperfield III: Levitating Ferrari (1980); The Man Behind the Badge (1953); The Merv Griffin Show (1971–1982); The Mike Douglas Show (1970–1980); The Million Dollar Incident (1961); The Name of the Game (1969–1970); The New Breed (1962); The Odd Couple (1970–1975); The Odd Couple Out-Takes (2005); The Odd Couple: Together Again (1993); The Oscars (2013); The Outer Limits (2000); The Red Skelton Hour (1955); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997); The Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of Beverly Hills (1989); The Shape of Things (1973); The Split (1968); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1964–1986); The Tony Danza Show (2005); The Twilight of the Golds (1996); The Twilight Zone (1960–1963); The Underground Man (1974); The Untouchables (1961–1963); The Very Very Best of the 70s (2019); The Vin Scully Show (1973); The Virginian (1964); The Walter Winchell File (1959); The Web (1953); The Wonderful World of Aggravation (1972); The Yellow Canary (1963); The Young Turks (2005); Then Came Bronson (1969); Third Watch (2000); This Is Your Life (1957 / 1984); Time Table (1956); Too Much TV (2016); Treasury Men in Action (1955); Two-Minute Warning (1976); US Against the World (1977); Watching the Dead (2009); Weekend Express (2022); When Do We Eat? (2005); Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow! (1971); Whodunnit? (1979); You Again? (1986–1987); Your New Day (1980); Your Total Health (2005).

Born on this day – Thomas H. Johnson:

Thomas H. Johnson

Writer

Teacher

Editor

April 27, 1902 – January 3, 1985

Credits:

Emily Dickinson: An Interpretative Biography (1955); Literary History of the United States (1948); The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (1960); The Oxford Companion to American History (1966).