Friday, August 1, 2025

Born on this day – Betty A. Bridges:


Betty A. Bridges


Actress

Director

August 1, 1941 – August 27, 2024

Credits:

2 Broke Girls (2011); 240-Robert (1979); 7th Heaven (2001); A Day in the Life of Mia (1997); A Devil Disguised (1997); A Night at the Roxbury (1998); Ally McBeal (1997–2001); Archie Bunker's Place (1980); Backstairs at the White House (1979); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1996); Big Ball'n (2007); Black Ball (2003); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1980); Building Bridges (2000); Charlie's Angels (1976); CHiPs (1980); Cold Case (2003); Condominium (1980); Crisis Counselor (1982); Dallas (1987); Days of Our Lives (1986); Diff'rent Strokes (1979–1982); Dogcatchers (2013); E! True Hollywood Story (1998); ER (1999); Family (1978); Flamingo Road (1981–1982); Foster Babies (2007); Frankie D (2007); Good Times (1975); Hill Street Blues (1984); Jack & Jill (1999); Logan's Run (1977); Lou Grant (1982); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976); Moonlight (2007); NYPD Blue (1998–2004); Our House (1986); Out All Night (1993); Paper Dolls (1984); Payne (1999); Police Story: The Freeway Killings (1987); Police Woman (1974); Quincy, M.E. (1979); Rooster (1982); Sanford (1981); Scrubs (2010); Secret Witness (1988); Sister, Sister (1996); Snoops (1999); Take Two (1987); The Bad News Bears (1980); The Colony (1995); The Concrete Jungle (1982); The District (2001); The Hustle (2008); The Judge (1987); The Nine (2007); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2010); The Paper Chase (1983); The Practice (2001); The Young Landlords (1983); Totally Tracked Down (2010); True.Health: Body, Mind, Spirit (2015); TV 101 (1988–1989); TV Guide's Truth Behind the Sitcom Scandals 2 (2000); What's Happening!! (1977–1979); Wonder Woman (1978).

Born on this day – Co Hoedeman:


Co Hoedeman


Animator

Cinematographer

Director

Writer

August 1, 1940 – May 26, 2025


Credits:

Awarded the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, for The Sand Castle / Le Château de sable (1977), at the 50th Academy Awards (1978).

Movies and television:

55 chaussettes (2011); Bästa knattefilmerna 6 / Segment: Ludovic och dockan, Ludovic och krokodilen (2005); Canada Vignettes: Dancing Dolls (1980); Charles and François (1987); Co Hoedeman, Animator (1980); Continental Drift (1968); Coucou l'ourson! (2000); Dehors novembre (2005); DNA (1969); Eaude (2004); In the Animator's Eye: A Conjurer's Tales - Co Hoedeman (1996); Juke-Bar (1990); La boîte (1989); Le beau plaisir (1968); Le jardin d'Écos (1997); Le théâtre de Marianne (2004); Legends and Life of the Inuit (1978); L'homme et le géant (1975); L'ours renifleur (1992); Ludovic (2009); Ludovic II: un crocodile dans mon jardin (2001); Ludovic: Magic in the Air (2002); Ludovic: The Snow Gift (2002); Ludovic: Visiting Grandpa (2001); Lumaaq: An Eskimo Legend (1977); Making Movie History: Co Hoedeman (2013); Mascarade (1984); Matrioska (1970); Monsieur Pointu (1976); Oddball (1969); Running Time (1974); Sabina (1991); Tchou-tchou (1972); The Blue Marble (2014); The Cardinal (2016); The Mountain Head (2002); The Owl and the Lemming: An Eskimo Legend (1971); The Owl and the Raven: An Eskimo Legend (1973); The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend (1974); The Rogers' Cable (1998); The Sand Castle (1977); The Treasure of the Grotoceans (1980); Une histoire comme une autre (1981); Vacas d'Avanca (1998); Walter's Internal Battle (2022); Winter Days (2003).

Born on this day – Dom DeLuise:


Dom DeLuise

Actor

Comedian

August 1, 1933 – May 4, 2009

Born on this day – Pat Heywood:


Pat Heywood


Actress

August 1, 1931 – June 26, 2024

Credits:

10 Rillington Place (1971); 2nd House (1975); All the Way Up (1970); Another Bouquet (1977); Arcadia (1990); Armchair Theatre (1972–1973); Arms and the Man (1983); Battle of Britain (1969); BBC Sunday-Night Play (1961); BBC2 Play of the Week (1978); BBC2 Playhouse (1980); Between the Wars (1973); Centre Play (1975); Christabel (1988); Cottage to Let (1977); Couples (1976); Crown Court (1973–1978); December Flower (1984); Every Breath You Take (1988); First and Last (1989); Function Room (1985); Getting It Right (1989); Girly (1970); Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969); Hammer House of Horror (1980); Hazell (1978); I Thought You'd Gone (1984); Inspector Morse (1991); ITV Playhouse (1970–1980); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1971–1973); Lucky Feller (1976); Marks / Objects of Affection (1982); Orson Welles Great Mysteries (1973); Play for Today (1984); Public Eye (1972); Romeo and Juliet (1968); Root Into Europe (1992); Screen Two (1987); Seeing and Believing (1964); Six Days of Justice (1972); Sporting Scenes (1973); Staircase (1969); Storia di una capinera (1993); Summer Season (1985); The Best Things in Life (1969); The Castiglioni Brothers (1958); The Children of the New Forest (1964); The Collection (1976); The Foundation (1977); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963); The Main Chance (1970); The Nelson Affair (1973); The Problem of Mary Winshaw (1962); The Secret Garden (1987); The Teen-Age Lovers of Verona / Romeo & Juliet (1968); The Train Now Standing (1972); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1972); Too Much Monkey Business (1974); Village Hall (1974); Weekend Playhouse (1984); Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972); Wish You Were Here (1987); Within These Walls (1975); Wuthering Heights (1978); Young Toscanini (1988); Young Winston (1972).

Born on this day – Jerome Moross:


Jerome Moross

Composer

August 1, 1913 – July 25, 1983

Born on this day – Erle C. Kenton:


Erle C. Kenton

Director

August 1, 1896 – January 28, 1980

Born on this day – Madlaine Traverse:


Madlaine Traverse


Actress

August 1, 1875 – January 7, 1964

Credits:

Fruits of Desire (1916); Gambling in Souls (1919); Leah Kleschna (1913); Lost Money (1919); Rose of the West (1919); Sins of Ambition (1917); Snares of Paris (1919); The Caillaux Case (1918); The Closing Net (1915); The Danger Zone (1918); The Hell Ship (1920); The Iron Heart (1920); The Love That Dares (1919); The Other Woman (1913); The Penalty (1920); The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917); The Shielding Shadow (1916); The Spirit of Good (1920); The Splendid Sin (1919); The Tattlers (1920); Three Weeks (1914); What Would You Do? (1920); When Fate Decides (1919).