Born on this day – Marisa Merlini:

Marisa Merlini

Actress

August 6, 1923 – July 27, 2008

Born on this day – Ella Raines:

Ella Raines

Actress

August 6, 1920 – May 30, 1988

Credits:

A Dangerous Profession (1949); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); Brute Force (1947); Corvette K-225 (1943); Cry 'Havoc' (1943); Enter Arsene Lupin (1944); Fighting Coast Guard (1951); Hail the Conquering Hero (1944); Here's Lucy: On Location (2009); Impact (1949); Janet Dean, Registered Nurse (1954–1955); Lights Out (1950); Matt Houston (1984); Phantom Lady (1944); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950); Rheingold Theatre (1956); Ride the Man Down (1952); Robert Montgomery Presents (1950); Singing Guns (1950); Stump the Stars (1950); Tall in the Saddle (1944); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The Christophers (1955); The Ed Wynn Show (1950); The Ken Murray Show (1951); The Laraine Day Show (1951); The Man in the Road (1956); The Runaround (1946); The Second Face (1950); The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947); The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945); The Suspect (1944); The Walking Hills (1949); The Web (1947); Time Out of Mind (1947); White Tie and Tails (1946); Wonderful Town, U.S.A. (1951); Your Show of Shows (1952).

Born on this day – Jacqueline Laurent:

Jacqueline Laurent

Actress

August 6, 1918 – December 18, 2009

Credits:

Addio, amore! (1943); Dawn Over France (1935); Judge Hardy's Children (1938); The abito Nero da Sposa (1945); The Coup de Grace, 1965; The Day Rises (1939); Life del peccato (1946); The Two Timid (1943); The Man Who Plays with Fire (1942); Sarati, the Terrible (1937); A Straw Hat from Italy (1941); A Frenchman named Gabin (2017).

Born on this day – Robert Mitchum:

Robert Mitchum

Actor

August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997

Born on this day – Willie Lee Brown:

Willie Lee Brown

Blues singer

Guitarist

August 6, 1900 – December 30, 1952

Credits:

Albums:

Tell Me Why Love Don't Last / EP (2015); Two Men on Fire - The Blues Brothers of the Delta (2025); Voice Throwin' Blues (2022).

Songs:

Cadillac Boogie; Camp Hollers; Cut It Out; Do It Like That; East St. Louis Blues; Fever; Fo' Clock Blues; Four O'clock Flower Blues; Future Blues; Going to Fishing; Gonna Make It On Back; Gonna Make on Back; Government Fleet Blues; Korea Blues; Levee Camp Blues; Love That Stranger; M & O Blues; M and o Blues; Make Me a Pallet on the Floor; Mississippi Blues; Ragged and Dirty; Sleep; So Gorgeous; Take My Love; Talk To Me, Talk To Me; Tell Me Why Love Don't Last Always; Together; Together Intrumental; Walkin' Blues; Walking Blues.

Movie:

Crossroads (1986).

Born on this day – Lillian Albertson:

Lillian Albertson

Actress

Theatrical producer

August 6, 1881 – August 24, 1962

Credits:

AFI Life Achievement Award (1980); Fireside Theatre (1951–1953); Racket Squad (1952–1953); Storm Warning (1950); Summer Theatre (1953); The Blue Veil (1951); The Cisco Kid (1953–1955); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); The Ten Commandments (1956); Your Favorite Story (1953–1954).

Born on this day – Alfred Tennyson:

Alfred Tennyson

Writer

August 6, 1809 – October 6, 1892

Credits:

Poems:

A Farewell; Ask Me No More; Break, Break, Break; Charge of the Light Brigade; Circumstance; Cradle Song; Crossing the Bar; Early Spring; England and America in 1782; Far-far-away (For Music); Flower in the Crannied Wall; From The Palace of Art; In Memoriam, VII; Lady Clare; Of Old Sat Freedom; Ring Out, Wild Bells; Strong Son of God, Immortal Love; Sweet and Low; Tears, Idle Tears; The Blackbird; The Brook; The City Child; The Death of the Old Year; The Deserted House; The Dying Swan; The Eagle; The Flower; The Kraken; The Lady of Shalott; The May Queen; The Mermaid; The Oak; The Owl; The Poet's Song; The Sea-Fairies; The Shell; The Splendor Falls; The Tears Of Heaven; The Throstle; Will.

Movies and television:

A Day That Is Dead (1913); A Dream of Fair Women (1920); After Many Years (1908); Balaclava (1928); Becket (1923); Break, Break, Break (1914 / 2019); Catalogue of Ships (2008); De glada åren (1946); Dora (1909 / 1910 / 1912 / 1915); Enoch Arden (1914 / 1915); Enoch Arden: Part I (1911); Enoch Arden: Part II (1911); Facing the Music (1933); Gunsmoke (1960); Holding Back the Years (2018); Jack Buchanan with the Glee Quartet (1930); Lady Clare (1912); Lady Godiva (1911 / 1921); Last of the Summer Wine (1988); Lauzon Lauzone (2001); Leolo (1992); Les maris, les femmes, les amants (1989); Maud (1911); Montenegrins: The Mighty Race of the Mountaineers, Says Lord Tennyson (2013); My Favorite Wife (1940); Naked Hearts (1916); Project Green Gables (2016); Sweet and Low (1914); The Arthur Haynes Show (1962); The Brook (1917); The Charge of the Light Brigade (1914 / 1936); The Gardener's Daughter (1913 / 1914); The Golden Supper (1910); The Lady Clare (1919); The Lady of Shalott (1912 / 1915); The May Queen (1914); The Morecambe & Wise Show (1972); The Stefan University (2019); The Vanishing Hand (1928); Tolvslaget på Skansen (1977); V. Alexander Stefan in V. Alexander Stefan: My Passion (2018); Vanity Fair (2004); Your Favorite Story (1954).