Born on this day – Elizabeth Rogers:

Elizabeth Rogers

Actress

May 18, 1934 – November 6, 2004

Credits:

A Sensitive, Passionate Man (1977); Adventures of the Queen (1975); An Officer and a Gentleman (1982); Bewitched (1971); Bittersweet Love (1976); Bonanza (1965–1967); Dr. Kildare (1965); Dragnet 1966 (1969); Dragnet 1967 (1968); Falcon Crest (1984); Flood (1976); Goldie and the Boxer (1979); Grand Theft Auto (1977); Gunsmoke (1966); Hanging by a Thread (1979); Lacy and the Mississippi Queen (1978); Land of the Giants (1969); Little House on the Prairie (1981); Mannix (1969); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1970); Medical Center (1970); Outrage! (1986); Slattery’s People (1965); Something Evil (1972); Star Trek (1967–1969); The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1980); The Poseidon Adventure (1972); The Swarm (1978); The Time Tunnel (1966); The Towering Inferno (1974); The Van (1977); The Waltons (1975); The Yellow Rose (1984).

Born on this day – Priscilla Pointer:

Priscilla Pointer

Actress

May 18, 1924 – April 28, 2025

Credits:

A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story (1989); A Killing Affair (1977); A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987); A Show of Force (1990); ABC Afterschool Specials (1978); Acting 'Carrie' (2001); Adam-12 (1973); Alone (1997); Amazing Stories (1985–1987); Barnaby Jones (1974–1977); Bert D'Angelo/Superstar (1976); Blue Velvet (1986); Blue Velvet Lost Footage (2014); C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud (1989); Call to Glory (1984–1985); Camera Three (1973); Cannon (1975); Carrie (1976); Carried Away (1996); Cinema mil (2005); City of Angels (1976); Cold Case (2006); Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur (1976); Dallas (1981–1983); Death Takes a Holiday (1971); Disturbed (1990); Doc (1976); Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977); ER (1994); Family (1977–1979); From Here to Eternity (1980); From the Hip (1987); Generation (1985); Good-bye Cruel World (1982); Harry O (1976); Hemingway (1988); Honeysuckle Rose (1980); Inferno (1999); Intimate Portrait (1999); Judging Amy (2001); Judgment Day (1981); Kate McShane (1975); Knots Landing (1980); Kojak (1975); L.A. Law (1986–1988); Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977); Lou Grant (1981); Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night (1977); Matt Lincoln (1970); McCloud (1971); McCoy (1975); Micki + Maude (1984); Mommie Dearest (1981); Mrs. Columbo (1979); My Life and Times (1991); Mysterious Two (1982); N.Y.P.D. (1969); Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010); Newhart (1987); Nickelodeon (1976); Phyllis (1976); Picket Fences (1995); Police Woman (1976); Quincy, M.E. (1978–1983); Rags to Riches (1987); Rumpelstiltskin (1987); Runaway Father (1991); School's Out: Self-taught Artists (2002); Sons and Daughters (1974); St. Elsewhere (1984); Still Frame (1988); Stone (1979); Sweet Nothing in My Ear (2008); The 3,000 Mile Chase (1977); The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire (1981); The A-Team (1983); The Competition (1980); The Failing of Raymond (1971); The Falcon and the Snowman (1985); The Flash (1990–1991); The Gift of Life (1982); The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (1976); The High Chaparral (1970); The Keegans (1976); The Name of the Game (1970); The New Adventures of China Smith (1954); The New Mike Hammer (1984); The Onion Field (1979); The Painted Desert (1993); The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999); The Rockford Files (1974); Too Close for Comfort (1984); Touched by an Angel (1996); Traveler's Rest (1993); Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics / Segment: The Theatre (1994); Twilight Zone: The Movie / Segment: Kick the Can (1983); Unbecoming Age (1992); Union Station (2007); What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (1977); Where the Heart Is (1973).

Born on this day – Joy Barlow:

Joy Barlow

Actress

May 18, 1923 – May 2, 1995

Credits:

Just Across the Street (1952); Look for the Silver Lining (1949); The Decision of Christopher Blake (1948); Two Guys from Texas (1948); Blackmail (1947); The Trespasser (1947); The Big Sleep (1946); Cinderella Jones (1946); Don't Fence Me In (1945); George White's Scandals (1945); Where Do We Go from Here? (1945); The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945); Earl Carroll Vanities (1945); To Have and Have Not (1944); Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (1944); Destination Tokyo (1943); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943); Call of the Canyon (1942); Louisiana Purchase (1941).

Born on this day – Richard Brooks:

Richard Brooks

Director

Writer

Producer

May 18, 1912 – March 11, 1992

Born on this day – Phoebe Atwood Taylor:

Phoebe Atwood Taylor

Writer

May 18, 1909 – January 9, 1976

Credits:

Banbury Bog (1938); Beginning with a Bash (1937); Cold Steal (1939); Dead Ernest (1944); Death Lights a Candle (1932); Deathblow Hill (1935); Diplomatic Corpse (1951); Figure Away (1937); File for Record (1943); Going, Going, Gone (1943); Murder and Mystery in Boston (1987); Murder At the New York World's Fair (1938); Octagon House (1937); Out of Order (1936); Proof of the Pudding (1945); Punch with Care (1946); Sandbar Sinister (1934); Spring Harrowing (1939); The Annulet of Gilt (1938); The Cape Cod Mystery (1931); The Criminal C. O. D (1940); The Crimson Patch (1936); The Cut Direct (1938); The Deadly Sunshade (1940); The Hollow Chest (1941); The Iron Clew / aka The Iron Hand (1947); The Left Leg (1940); The Mystery of the Cape Cod Players (1933); The Mystery of the Cape Cod Tavern (1934); The Perennial Boarder (1941); The Six Iron Spiders (1942); The Tinkling Symbol (1935).

Born on this day – Meredith Willson:

Meredith Willson

Flutist

Composer

Conductor

Musical arranger

Bandleader

Writer

May 18, 1902 – June 15, 1984

Born on this day – Frank Capra:

Frank Capra

Director

Producer

Writer

May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991