On this day in television history - Fallen Angels (1993):

Fallen Angels

Season 1. Episode 3.
Episode entitled: The Quiet Room.
Released August 29, 1993.
Directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Written by Howard A. Rodman.
Created by William Horberg.
Based on the short story by Frank E. Smith/Jonathan Craig.
Theme music by Peter Bernstein.

Cast:

Joe Mantegna, Bonnie Bedelia, Vinessa Shaw, Patrick Breen, J.E. Freeman, Peter Gallagher, Wayne Grace, Kathy Kinney, Genia Michaela, Hank Stone, Norman Large, Lynette Walden.

On this day in movie history - Beware, My Lovely (1952):

Beware, My Lovely

directed by Harry Horner,

written by Mel Dinelli,

based on the play The Man by Mel Dinelli,

was released in the United States on August 29, 1952.
Music by Leith Stevens.

Cast:

Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Taylor Holmes, Barbara Whiting, James Willmas, O. Z. Whitehead.

Born on this day – Émilie Dequenne:

Émilie Dequenne

Actress

August 29, 1981 – March 16, 2025

Credits:

Stage:

Lysistrata (2003); Miss Julie (2006); Mon Tibet (2010).

Movies and television:

13 heures le journal (2006); 20h10 pétantes (2006); 49o Festival Thessalonikis - 19 kinimatografistes (2009); A New Life (2018); A Song of Innocence (2005); An Irrepressible Woman (2019); An Ordinary Man (2019–2020); Année Zéro (2023); Astrid et Raphaëlle (2021); Avant qu'il ne soit trop tard (2005); Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001); By Accident (2015); C à vous (2014–2024); Cannes Film Festival (1999–2024); Charlotte Corday (2008); Claude Berri, le dernier nabab (2003); Close (2022); Comme au cinéma (2001); Comment ça va bien! (2015); Confidences (2007); Defendant (2016); Dies irae (2004); Divin enfant (2014); Double foyer (2023); Écoute le temps (2006); Fort Boyard (2009); Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross (2006); Il était une fois... (2015); Illegal Love (2011); Infrarouge (2015); Inside (2018–2019); J'ai oublié de te dire (2009); Jean Moulin (2002); Jour de fête (2007); La fille d'Albino Rodrigue (2023); La meute (2010); La nuit des Césars (2000–2015); La vie d'artiste (2007); L'Américain (2004); L'autre émoi (2006); Le goût du noir (2001); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2017); Le grand Meaulnes (2006); Le pacte des loups - Les coulisses du tournage (2001); Le pacte des loups - Les entrailles de la bête (2002); L'école de la vie (2021); Les enfants de la télé (2001); Les états-Unis d'Albert (2005); Les LGBTphobies ordinaires sont partout. Combattons-les. Respectons-nous (2022); L'invité (2017–2022); Mariées mais pas trop (2003); Marinette (2023); Miroir, mon beau miroir (2008); Möbius (2013); Mum Is Wrong (2016); My Mum, Cancer and Me (2018); Mystery at the Moulin Rouge (2011); Nulle part ailleurs cinéma (2001); Nulle part ailleurs. 1ère partie (2000); Obsessions (2009); On a tout essayé (2006); On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde (2001); On n'est pas couché (2017); Oui, mais... (2001); Our Children (2012); Paltrocast with Darren Paltrowitz (2020); Pas son genre (2014); Rencontres de cinéma (2010–2014); Résignation (2023); Retro Therapy (2024); Rien dans les poches (2008); Rosetta (1999); Secrets d'histoire (2008); See You Up There (2017); Souviens-toi (2015); Stella (2019); Survive (2024); The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004); The Brigade (2017); The Consolation (2017); The Crossing (2012); The Girl on the Train (2009); The Light (2004); The Missing (2014); The Restless (2021); The Things We Say, the Things We Do (2020); This is Our Land (2017); TKT (2024); To Each His Own Cinema / Segment: Dans l'obscurité (2007); Tout le monde en parle (2001); Une femme de ménage (2002); Vivement dimanche (2001–2006); Well Done! (2023).

Born on this day – William Friedkin:

William Friedkin

Director

Producer

Writer

August 29, 1935 – August 7, 2023

Credits:

Book:

The Friedkin Connection: A Memoir (2014).

Movies and television:

12 Angry Men (1997); 40 x 15 (2008); A Decade Under the Influence (2003); A Fuller Life / Segment: My Ballsy Yarns (2013); A Little Solitaire (2004); A Missed Connection (2018); ABC World News Tonight with David Muir (2023); Acid Head: The Buzzard Nuts County Slaughter (2011); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (2003); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes: America's Greatest Quips, Comebacks and Catchphrases (2005); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition (2007); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001); Aida (2015); Algren (2014); Algren (revised) (2021); American Federale (2013); American Masters (1998); Anatomy of a Chase (2009); Arbitrage (2012); Barbra Streisand: Somewhere (1985); Behind the Rules of Engagement (2000); Blue Chips (1994); Bravo Profiles (2000); Bret Easton Ellis Podcast (2022); Bug (2006); C.A.T. Squad (1986); C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf (1988); Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic (2012); Cinéma par Albert Dupontel (2017); Comme au cinéma (2000); Counterfeit World: Making 'to Live and Die in L.A.' (2003); Cruising (1980); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2007–2009); Deal of the Century (1983); Ditched (2021); Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck (2013); Durch die Nacht mit... (2010); Exorcising Cruising (2007); Face Time (2002–2003); Fantasy Film Festival (2014); Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock (2009); Fear and Love: The Story of the Exorcist (2024); Fear in the Dark (1991); Fellini of the Spirits (2020); Filming 'the Hunted' (2003); Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate (2004); Frankenheimer in Focus (2009); Friedkin and Grosso Remember: The French Connection (2009); Friedkin Uncut (2018); Godard Made in USA (2010); Godfather World (2008); Good Day L.A. (2013); Good Morning America (2023); Good Times (1967); Great Bolshy Yarblockos! Making 'A Clockwork Orange' (2007); Greatest Ever Scary Movies (2006–2007); Hardcore Nitzsche: Jack Nitzsche on Film (2017); Henri Langlois vu par... (2014); Histoires de cinéma (2010); Hollywood Halloween (1997); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hollywood's Best Film Directors (2009); Howard Hawks: American Artist (1997); I Am Alfred Hitchcock (2021); In the Grip of Evil (1997); In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy (2008); Intimate Portrait (2001); Jade (1995); Jay Sebring.... Cutting to the Truth (2020); JoBlo Horror Originals (2020); Johnny Hallyday: Ce que je sais (1998); Just the Facts (2004); Killer Joe (2011); Laura Branigan: Self Control (1984); Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on the Exorcist (2019); M (1931) / Fritz Lang Interviewed by William Friedkin (1975); M3/H301 (2020); Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014); Making the Boys (2011); Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'the French Connection' (2001); Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of (2012); Miller's Tale (2011); Minty Comedic Arts (2019); Na plovárne (2014); Narc: Shooting Up (2003); Narc: The Friedkin Connection (2003); North by Northwest: One for the Ages (2009); Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014); Nouvelle vague vue d'ailleurs (2009); On Tour (2010); Oscars, Actors and The Exorcist (1974); Paper Moon (1973); Pinter's Party as Told by William Friedkin (2017); Post Mortem with Mick Garris (2011); Precinct Hollywood (2005); Pro Football: Mayhem on a Sunday Afternoon (1965); Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of the Master (2008); Pursuing 'the Hunted' (2003); Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album (1986); Raising Hell: Filming the Exorcist (2010); Rampage (1987); Rebel Highway (1994); Reputations (1999); Richard Fleischer, Storyteller: William Friedkin on 'Violent Saturday' (2013); Rules of Engagement (2000); Scene of the Crime (2009); Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy (2005); Shadows of Suspense (2006); Shock Docs (2020); Sonny and Cher Make a Movie (2018); Sorcerer (1977); Split Screen Personality: William Friedkin on Richard Fleischer's 'The Boston Strangler' (2013); Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (2007); Stanley Kubrick in Focus (2012); Tales from the Crypt (1992); Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot (2013); Tatort Oper - Wie Filmemacher Oper machen (2007); Tavis Smiley (2013); TCM Guest Programmer (2014); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); The 100 Greatest Films (2001); The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (2003); The 202 Xtra (2019); The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972); The 48th Annual Academy Awards (1976); The 49th Annual Academy Awards (1977); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); The Angry Video Game Nerd (2023); The Big Picture (2018); The Birthday Party (1968); The Bold Men (1965); The Boys in the Band (1970); The Brink's Job (1978); The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023); The Chili Con Carne Club (1993); The Cleansing Hour (2016); The Culture Show (2012); The Cutting Edge (2003); The David Frost Show (1972); The Day of the Living Dead (2014); The Devil and Father Amorth (2017); The Directors (1997–2008); The Essentials (2017); The Exorcist (1973); The Exorcist Confidential (2020); The Exorcist Locations: Georgetown Then and Now (2010); The Exorcist: Audio Commentary by Director William Friedkin (1998); The Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen - Audio Commentary by Director William Friedkin (2000); The Fear of God: 25 Years of 'The Exorcist' (1998); The French Connection (1971); The Guardian (1990); The History of Cruising (2007); The Horror Hall of Fame (1990); The Hour (2011); The Hunted (2003); The Irv Kupcinet Show (1980); The Lost Print (2022); The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2013); The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo (2007); The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't (2008); The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style (2009); The Merv Griffin Show (1974); The Movies That Made Me (2019–2023); The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968); The Painter's Voice (2007); The People vs. Paul Crump (1962); The Pickle Brothers (1967); The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' (2000); The Revenant Kinder Surprise / Egg Cetera (2015); The Secrets of Dick Smith (1991); The Shining (1980) / The Visions of Stanley Kubrick (2007); The Simpsons (2017); The Sound of Hitchcock (2008); The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011); The Thin Blue Line (1966); The Twilight Zone / Segment: Nightcrawlers, written by Philip DeGuere, based on the short story by Robert R. McCammon. Season 1. Episode 4. Episode originally aired: October 18, 1985; The Uttmost (1998); The World Over Live (2015); This Is Your Life (2002); To Live and Die in L.A. (1985); Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman (2009); View from the Overlook: Crafting 'the Shining' (2007); Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 (2007); Wang Chung: To Live and Die in L.A. (1985); Welcome to the Basement (2016); Without Limits (1998); WTF with Marc Maron (2016).

Born on this day – Mary Ellen Kay:

Mary Ellen Kay

Actress

August 29, 1929 – 2017

Credits:

A Public Affair (1962); A Woman of Distinction (1950); Annie Oakley (1956); Between Midnight and Dawn (1950); Border Saddlemates (1952); Buffalo Gun (1961); Cavalcade of America (1953); Circus Boy (1956); City Detective (1953); Colorado Sundown (1952); Desert of Lost Men (1951); Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956); Father Knows Best (1956); Fort Dodge Stampede (1951); Francis in the Haunted House (1956); Girls' School (1950); Government Agents vs Phantom Legion (1951); I Love Lucy (1957); I Married Joan (1953); I'm the Law (1953); Lux Video Theatre (1954); Medic (1955); Mr. & Mrs. North (1954); Private Secretary (1954); Public Defender (1954); Racket Squad (1952); Rodeo King and the Senorita (1951); Runaway Daughters (1956); Satins and Spurs (1954); Schlitz Playhouse (1953–1956); Silver City Bonanza (1951); Steve Donovan, Western Marshal (1955); Streets of Ghost Town (1950); Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1954); The Count of Monte Cristo (1956); The Files of Jeffrey Jones (1952); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1956); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1954–1957); The Gray Ghost (1958); The Joe Palooka Story (1954); The Last Musketeer (1952); The Life of Riley (1954); The Lone Ranger (1956–1957); The Long Wait (1954); The Red Skelton Hour (1953); The Roy Rogers Show (1953); The Ten Commandments (1956); The Well (1951); This Is the Life (1955–1966); Thunder in God's Country (1951); Thunder Pass (1954); Vice Squad (1953); Vigilante Terror (1953); Voodoo Woman (1957); Warner Brothers Presents (1956); Wells Fargo Gunmaster (1951); Your Favorite Story (1953); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1952); Yukon Vengeance (1954).

Born on this day – Susan Shaw:

Susan Shaw

Actress

August 29, 1929 – November 27, 1978

Credits:

A Killer Walks (1952); All Aboard (1959); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1951); Blonde Blackmailer (1955); Carry on Nurse (1959); Chain of Events (1958); Count Your Blessings (1953); Davy (1957); Dulcimer Street (1948); Fire Maidens of Outer Space (1956); Five Angles on Murder (1950); Here Come the Huggetts (1948); Holiday Camp (1947); It Always Rains on Sunday (1947); It's Not Cricket (1949); ITV Television Playhouse (1958); Jassy (1947); London Town (1946); Marry Me (1949); My Brother's Keeper (1948); No Hiding Place (1962); One Man's Family (1950–1951); Pool of London (1951); Quartet / Segment: The Kite (1948); Richard the Lionheart (1962); Small Town Story (1953); Stock Car (1955); Stranglehold (1963); Suspense (1960); The Big Day (1960); The Diplomatic Corpse (1958); The Good Die Young (1954); The Huggetts Abroad (1949); The Intruder (1953); The Long Rope (1953); The Switch (1963); The Upturned Glass (1947); Time Is My Enemy (1954); To the Public Danger (1948); Train of Events / Segment: The Engine Driver (1949); Vote for Huggett (1949); Walking on Air (1946); Wall of Death (1951); Waterfront Women (1950); Wide Boy (1952).

Born on this day – Thomas N. Scortia:

Thomas N. Scortia

Writer

August 29, 1926 – April 29, 1986