Isaac
Hayes
Singer
Actor
Writer
Composer
August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Born on this day – Edward Paskey:
Edward Paskey
Actor
August 20, 1939 – August 17, 2021
Credits:
Ben
Casey (1965); Bring Back... Star Trek (2009); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1966); How
William Shatner Changed the World (2005); Mission: Impossible (1966); Star Trek
(1966–1968); Star Trek Phase II (2004); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1996); The
Dick Van Dyke Show (1966); To Be Takei (2014).
Born on this day – Stelvio “Viostel” Cipriani:
Stelvio “Viostel” Cipriani
Composer
Conductor
Pianist
August 20,
1937 – October 1, 2018
Born on this day – Carla Fracci:
Carla Fracci
Ballet dancer
Actress
Ballet director
August 20, 1936
– May 27, 2021
Born on this day – Jacqueline Susann:
Jacqueline Susann
Writer
Actress
August 20, 1918 – September 21,
1974
Credits:
Books:
Dolores
(1976); Every Night, Josephine! (1963); Jacqueline Susann Omnibus: The Love
Machine, Once Is Not Enough (2004); Once Is Not Enough (1973); The Love Machine
(1969); Valley of the Dolls (1966); Yargo (1979).
Movies and
television:
AFI Life
Achievement Award (1974); All About Faces (1971); Annie, the Women in the Life
of a Man (1970); Backstory (2001); Betty Hughes and Friends (1969); Bilder aus
Kalifornien (1969); Biography (2000); Comedy Tonight (1970); Danger (1954); Della
(1969); E! True Hollywood Story (1998); Girl Talk (1966–1967); Guess My Sign (1968);
Gypsy (1966–1967); Intimate Portrait (1999); It's Your Bet (1969–1970); Jacqueline
Susann and the Valley of the Dolls (1968); Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the
Dolls (1981); Life and Times (2000); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and
the Hidden Meaning (1973); Mannix (1971); Once Is Not Enough (1975); Open Door (1951);
Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967); Personality (1969); Rowan & Martin's
Laugh-In (1969–1971); Shopper's Corner (1951); Studio One (1953); Suspense (1953);
Tempo (1969); The Barbara McNair Show (1969); The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show
(1992); The Bob Hope Show (1971); The David Frost Show (1969); The Dennis
Wholey Show (1969); The Divine Ms. Susann (2006); The Ed Sullivan Show (1966 / 1969);
The Game Game (1970); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1969–1973); The Joan
Rivers Show (1969); The Joey Bishop Show (1969); The John Gary Show (1967); The
Love Machine (1971); The Match Game (1966); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1974); The
Mike Douglas Show (1966–1974); The Morey Amsterdam Show (1949–1950); The Real
Tom Kennedy Show (1970); The Singing Filipina (1971); The Steve Allen Show (1969);
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1969–1973); The Virginia Graham Show
(1971); This Is Show Business (1952 / 1954 / 1956); Tomorrow Coast to Coast
(1977); Valley of the Dolls (1967); Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere
Voyage (1967); What's My Line? (1967); Your Surprise Store (1952).
Born on this day – William Lindsay Gresham:
William Lindsay Gresham
Writer
August 20, 1909 – September 14,
1962
Credits:
Books:
Grindshow:
The Selected Writings of William Lindsay Gresham (2013); Houdini: The Man Who
Walked Through Walls (1959); Limbo Tower (1949); Monster Midway: An Uninhibited
Look at the Glittering World of the Carny (1954); Nightmare Alley (1946); The
Book of Strength: Body Building the Safe, Correct Way (1961).
Movies and
television:
Checkmate
(1961); Nightmare Alley (1947 / 2021).
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