Friday, July 11, 2025

On this day in music history - Space Oddity, by David Bowie (1969):

The song Space Oddity,
by David Bowie,
was released on July 11, 1969.

Born on this day – Pamela Gidley:


Pamela Gidley


Actress

Director

Writer

July 11, 1965 – April 16, 2018

Credits:

Aberration (1997); Angel Street (1992 / 1993); Bad Love (1992); Blue Bayou (1990); Bombshell (1997); Cake Boy (2005); Celebrity Page (2018); Cherry 2000 (1987); Crime Story (1987); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2002); Disturbed (1990); Dudes (1987); Freefall (1994); Glory Days (1988); Goodbye, Casanova (2000); Highway to Hell (1991); I Just Forgot (2004); Kiss & Tell (1997); Landspeed (2002); Liar's Poker (1999); Liebestraum (1991); Luster (2002); MacGyver (1986); Mafia! (1998); Man Made (1998); Moving Through Time: Fire Walk with Me Memories (2014); Paper Hearts (1993); Permanent Record (1988); Puzzled (2001); S.F.W. (1994); Scratch the Surface (1997); Skin (2003–2005); Strange Luck (1995–1996); The Blue Iguana (1988); The Closer (2006); The Crew (1994); The Last of the Finest (1990); The Little Death (1996); The Little Vampire (2000); The Maze (1997); The Pretender (1997–2000); The Treat (1998); Thrashin' (1986); Tour of Duty (1987–1988); True Blue (2001); Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992); Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014).

Born on this day – David Graham:


David Graham


Actor

July 11, 1925 – September 20, 2024

Credits:

5 News Tonight (2019); 50 Greatest Kids Shows (2013); A World of Comedy (1965); About Religion (1961); Ace of Wands (1972); Adventure Weekly (1969); All About 'Thunderbirds' (2008); Apple Mac: 1984 / TV commercial (1983); Armchair Theatre (1957–1961); Armchair Thriller (1980); Assignment (1993); Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar (1999); Back in Ten (2008); BBC News at Ten O'Clock (2024); BBC Play of the Month (1966); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1959); Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom (2009–2012); Boyd Q.C. (1959); Breakout (1959); Callan (1974); Casualty (2002); Century 21 Tech Talk (2019); Comedy CafĂ© (1999); Compact (1962); Coronation Street (1971); Crane (1963–1964); Creation of the Daleks (2006); Crossroads to Crime (1960); Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966); Deadline Midnight (1961); Dial 999 (1959); Doctor Who (1963–1979); Doctor Who: Daleks - The Early Years (1992); Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures (2015–2017); Doctors (2003); Dominion Tank Police (1988–1989); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1956); Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965); Drawn in Supermarionation (2009); Filmed in Supermarionation (2014); Fireball XL5 (1962–1963); Four Feather Falls (1960); Freelance (1970); Full Boost Vertical: The Supercar Story (2004); Future Memories: Making 'The Dalek Invasion of Earth' (2003); Gerry Anderson in Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted (2022); Good Morning Britain (2019); H.M. Tennent Globe Theatre (1956); Half Hour Story (1967–1968); Harpers West One (1961); Holly (1972); Horizon (2005); Hotel! (2001); Howards' Way (1986); I Love Christmas (2001); International Detective (1960); Invaders from the Deep (1981); ITV Play of the Week (1957–1964); ITV Playhouse (1968); ITV Television Playhouse (1957–1959); Ivanhoe (1997); Jamie (1971); Jango (1961); Justice (1972–1973); K.I.L. 1 (1962); King David (1985); Late Night Horror (1968); Leon the Pig Farmer (1992); London's Burning (1993); Mission to the Unknown (2010); Moomin (1990–1991); Moonstrike (1963); Mr. Rose (1967–1968); Mr. Thompson's Carnation (2001); Mr. Thunderbird: The Gerry Anderson Story (2000); Murder Bag (1958); My Friend Peppa Pig (2021); Nebula-75 (2021); Newsnight (2013); No Hiding Place (1962); O.S.S. (1957); Out of the Unknown (1967); Owen, M.D. (1972); Peppa Pig (2004–2022); Peppa Pig: Flying a Kite and Other Stories (2012); Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience (2017); Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots (2015); Peppa Pig: World Adventures (2023); Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley (2009); Play for Today (1982); Point Counter Point (1968); Pointless Celebrities (2020); Portrait of Peter Perowne (1952); Presented in Supercolorisation (2022); Private Investigator (1958–1959); Quick Before They Catch Us (1966); Reggie & Thunderbirds: No Strings Attached (2015); Riviera Police (1965); Sara and Hoppity (1962); SBS World News (2024); Screen One (1989); Screenplay (1990); Secret Agent (1965); Shadow of the Noose (1989); Silicon Cowboys (2016); So Haunt Me (1992–1994); Softly Softly: Task Force (1971); Space Precinct (1995); Special Branch (1970); St. Ives (1967); Stand by for Action (2007); Stingray (1964–1965); Stingray: The Reunion Party (2008); Stowaways on the Ark (1988); Strike: The Birth of Solidarity (1981); Sunday's Child (1959); Supercar (1961–1962); Supergirl (1984); Suspense (1963); Talking Daleks (2003); Target (1958); Tenebrae (1982); The Avengers (1963); The Bill (1995); The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X (2019); The Culture Show (2013); The Daleks in Colour (2023); The Des O'Connor Show (1966); The End (2009); The Fixer (2008); The Four Just Men (1959); The Gerry Anderson Podcast (2018); The Golem of Princelet Street (1992); The Incredible Voyage of Stingray (1980); The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (1964); The Inside Man (1969); The Liars (1966); The Madhouse on Castle Street / BBC Sunday-Night Play (1962–1963); The Man in Room 17 (1965); The One Show (2014–2015); The Organization (1972); The Paradise Makers (1967); The Pleasure Girls (1965); The Protectors (1964); The Regiment (1973); The Saint (1964); The Secret Service (1969); The Sentimental Agent (1963); The Story of 'Doctor Who' (2003); The Ties That Bind Us (2008); The Tomorrow People (1978); The Villains (1964–1965); The Vise (1959); Theatre Night (1987); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1969); This Is Supermarionation (2014); Thunderbird 6 (1968); Thunderbirds (1965–2015); Thunderbirds Are GO (1966); Thunderbirds Are Go (2015–2020); Thunderbirds Unseen (2024); Till Death Us Do Part (1967); Timeslip (1970–1971); Toca Life Stories (2020–2023); Top Ten (2001); Trouble with Eve (1960); Walter and Connie Reporting (1966); Weird Science (2007); What's Up Doc? (1993); When the Boat Comes In (1976–1981); Who's Round (2018); Wildflowers (1999); Wogan (1986); World in Action (1984); Yes, Madam! (1985); Zero One (1962).

Born on this day – Yul Brynner:


Yul Brynner

Actor

Singer

Director

July 11, 1920 – October 10, 1985

Born on this day – Sally Blane:


Sally Blane


Actress

July 11, 1910 – August 27, 1997

Credits:

A Bullet for Joey (1955); A Dangerous Affair (1931); A Trip Through the Paramount Studio (1927); Adventures of the Falcon (1954); Advice to the Forlorn (1933); Against the Law (1934); All for a Lady (1930); Angel's Holiday (1937); Annabelle's Affairs (1931); Arabian Knights (1931); Around the Bases (1927); Biography (1998); Boys Will Be Boys (1932); Casey at the Bat (1927); Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939); City Limits (1934); City Park (1934); Code 3 (1957); Crashing Through Danger (1936); Crime on the Hill (1933); Cross Country Run (1929); Cross-Examination (1932); Crossroads (1955); Dead Man's Curve (1928); Disorderly Conduct (1932); Escapade (1932); Eyes of the Underworld (1929); Fashion News (1930); Fighting Mad (1939); Flashing Oars (1927); Fools for Luck (1928); Forbidden Company (1932); Framed! (1931); Good Sport (1931); Gregory Porter's Popular Voices (2017); Half a Sinner (1934); Half Marriage (1929); Hammer and Tongs (1930); Hello, Everybody! (1933); Her Summer Hero (1928); Heritage of the Desert (1932); Hollywood and the Stars (1963–1964); Hollywood My Home Town (1965); Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); Horseman of the Plains (1928); I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932); Kane Meets Abel (1931); Kid Roberts (1930); King Cowboy (1928); La fuga (1944); Little Accident (1930); Mayfair Girl (1933); Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars (1941); Night of Terror (1933); No More Women (1934); Numbered Woman (1938); Once a Sinner (1931); One Mile from Heaven (1937); Outlawed (1929); Probation (1932); Rolled Stockings (1927); Running Hollywood (1932); Schlitz Playhouse (1956); Shanghaied Love (1931); She Had to Choose (1934); Shootin' Irons (1927); Show of Shows (1929); Sirens of the Sea (1917); Star Stage (1955); Stolen Sweets (1934); Sunday Night at the Trocadero (1937); Tanned Legs (1929); Ten Cents a Dance (1931); The Champion (1931); The Cinder Path (1927); The Circus Show-Up (1932); The Comeback (1930); The Great Hospital Mystery (1937); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1955); The Knockout (1930); The Lady Killer (1931); The Last Lap (1926); The Law of the Sea (1931); The Leather Pushers (1930); The Local Bad Man (1932); The Loretta Young Show (1954–1960); The Mardi Gras (1930); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Phantom Express (1932); The Pride of the Legion (1932); The Reckoning (1932); The Relay (1927); The Secret Hour (1928); The Sheik (1921); The Silver Streak (1934); The Spirit of Notre Dame (1931); The Star Witness (1931); The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939); The Vagabond Lover (1929); The Vanishing Pioneer (1928); The Very Idea (1929); The Voice of Hollywood No. 6 (1930); This Is the Life (1935); Trick for Trick (1933); Way Down South (1939); Who, Me? (1932); Wife Savers (1928); Wild Horse Mesa (1932); Wolves of the City (1929); Women Men Marry (1931); X Marks the Spot (1931).

Born on this day – Irene Hervey:


Irene Hervey


Actress

July 11, 1909 – December 20, 1998

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1962); A Cry in the Night (1956); A Thrill for Thelma (1935); Absolute Quiet (1936); Alibi Racket (1935); Along Came Love (1936); Attention Suckers (1934); Bombay Clipper (1941); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Buried Loot (1935); Burke's Law (1964); Cactus Flower (1969); Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935); Charlie's Angels (1978); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); Chicago Deadline (1949); Circus Boy (1957); Climax! (1955–1957); Crash Landing (1958); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); Delta House (1979); Destination Unknown (1942); Destry Rides Again (1939); Dr. Kildare (1962); East Side of Heaven (1939); Family Affair (1968–1970); Fireside Theatre (1954–1955); Follow the Sun (1962); Frisco Lil (1942); Gang Busters (1942); Going Steady (1958); Goliath Awaits (1981); Halfway to Shanghai (1942); Hard Rock Harrigan (1935); Hawaiian Eye (1961–1963); Here's Hollywood (1962); He's My Guy (1943); His Night Out (1935); Hollywood Hobbies (1939); Hollywood Party (1934); Honey West (1965–1966); Honeymoon Limited (1935); Ironside (1968); Keeping Fit (1942); Let's Try Again (1934); Love on a Rooftop (1967); Lux Video Theatre (1953–1956); Manhandled (1949); Markham (1960); Matinee Theatre (1955–1958); Mickey (1948); Missing Evidence (1939); Mod Squad (1968); Monsanto Night Presents Jack Jones (1974); Most Wanted (1976); Motive for Revenge (1935); Mr. Dynamite (1941); Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948); My Three Sons (1969–1972); Night Monster (1942); O'Conner's Ocean (1960); Panic! (1957); Perry Mason (1958–1963); Peter Gunn (1961); Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935); Play Misty for Me (1971); Playhouse 90 (1959); Public Defender (1955); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1959); Roberta (1969); San Francisco Docks (1940); Say It in French (1938); Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 2 (1937); Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 5 (1938); Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 9 (1939); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1961); Sneak Preview (1956); Soaring Stars (1942); Society Smugglers (1939); Stage 7 (1955); Straightaway (1962); Studio 57 (1955); Studio One (1958); Surfside 6 (1961); Taking Care of Baby (1934); Target: The Corruptors (1962); Teenage Rebel (1956); The Ann Sothern Show (1959); The Baileys of Balboa (1964); The Boys from Syracuse (1940); The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1960); The Charles Farrell Show (1956); The Count of Monte Cristo (1934); The Crooked Road (1940); The Donna Reed Show (1959); The Dude Ranger (1934); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1961); The Ed Wynn Show (1950); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1955–1958); The Girl Said No (1937); The Gulf Playhouse (1952); The Hollywood Movie Parade (1934); The House of Fear (1939); The Lady Fights Back (1937); The League of Frightened Men (1937); The Lone Wolf (1955); The Lucky Stiff (1949); The Merv Griffin Show (1972); The Millionaire (1956); The Milton Berle Show (1949); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1955); The Smith Family (1972); The Stranger's Return (1933); The Twilight Zone (1964); The Winning Ticket (1935); The Women in His Life (1933); The Young Marrieds (1964–1965); 3 Cheers for the Irish (1940); Three Godfathers (1936); Three on a Honeymoon (1934); Thriller (1960); Turn Back the Clock (1933); Unseen Enemy (1942); White Lies (1934); Wide Country (1962); Woman in Distress (1937); Your Play Time (1954).

Born on this day – Evi Maltagliati:


Evi Maltagliati

Actress

July 11, 1908 – April 27, 1986