Saturday, September 20, 2025

Born on this day – Anne Meara Stiller:


Anne Meara Stiller

Actress

Comedian

September 20, 1929 – May 23, 2015

Born on this day – Paul Wendkos:


Paul Wendkos


Director

September 20, 1925 – November 12, 2009

Credits:

A Cry for Love (1980); A Death of Innocence (1971); A Little Game (1971); A Man Called Shenandoah (1965); A Match Made in Heaven (1997); A Tattered Web (1971); A Wing and a Prayer (1998); A Woman Called Moses (1978); Act of Violence (1979); Alcoa Theatre (1958–1960); Angel Baby (1961); Archer (1975); Attack on the Iron Coast (1968); Battle of the Coral Sea (1959); Because They're Young (1960); Behind Closed Doors (1958); Ben Casey (1963–1964); Betrayal (1978); Biography (2004); Bitter Heritage (1958); Blind Faith (1990); Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife (1987); Bloodlines: Murder in the Family (1993); Boone (1983); Breaking Point (1963–1964); Burke's Law (1965); Cannon for Cordoba (1970); Celebrity (1984); Cocaine: One Man's Seduction (1983); Cross Fire (1989); Death Among Friends (1975); Different (1999); Dr. Kildare (1962–1964); Face of a Fugitive (1959); Farrell for the People (1982); Fear No Evil (1969); Five Fingers (1959); Footsteps (1972); From the Dead of Night (1989); Gidget (1959); Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961); Gidget Goes to Rome (1963); Golden Gate (1981); Good Against Evil (1977); Good Cops, Bad Cops (1990); Guilty Until Proven Innocent (1991); Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969); Hagen (1980); Harold Robbins' 79 Park Avenue (1977); Harold Robbins' 79 Park Avenue (1977); Harry O (1974); Haunts of the Very Rich (1972); Hawaii Five-O (1968); Hawkins (1973–1974); Hell Boats (1970); Honey West (1965); Honor Thy Father (1973); I Spy (1965–1966); Intimate Agony (1983); Johnny Tiger (1966); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963); Law of the Plainsman (1960); Medical Story (1975); Message from Nam (1993); Mr. Novak (1964–1965); Naked City (1960–1961); Nobody Lives Forever (1998); Picking Up the Pieces (1985); Playhouse 90 (1957–1958); Police Story (1973); Premiere (1968); Rage of Angels: The Story Continues (1986); Right to Die (1987); Route 66 (1961); Saints and Sinners (1962–1963); Scorned and Swindled (1984); Secrets (1977); Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies (1987); Six Against the Rock (1987); Special Delivery (1976); Stalk the Wild Child (1976); Tarawa Beachhead (1958); Terror on the Beach (1973); The Awakening of Candra (1983); The Bad Seed (1985); The Big Valley (1965); The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970); The Burglar (1957); The Case Against Brooklyn (1958); The Chase (1991); The Death of Richie (1977); The Delphi Bureau (1972); The Detectives (1960–1962); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Eleventh Hour (1962); The Execution (1985); The F.B.I. (1966); The Family Rico (1972); The Five of Me (1981); The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988); The Greatest Show on Earth (1963); The Invaders (1967–1968); The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975); The Mephisto Waltz (1971); The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd (1980); The Ordeal of Patty Hearst (1979); The Rifleman (1961–1962); The Strangers in 7A (1972); The Survivors (1969); The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story (1988); The Underground Man (1974); The Untouchables (1961–1963); The Wild Wild West (1965); The Woman I Love (1972); Tightrope (1960); Travis Logan, D.A. (1971); Trial: The Price of Passion (1992); Two Faces West (1960); White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd (1991).

Born on this day – Virginia Belmont:


Virginia Belmont


Actress

September 20, 1921 – May 6, 2014

Credits:

A-Hunting They Did Go (1948); Bellezze in moto-scooter (1952); Betrayal from the East (1945); Black Arrow (1944); Conrad Nagel Theater (1955); Courtin' Trouble (1948); Crabbin' in the Cabin (1948); Cuore di spia (1953); Dangers of the Canadian Mounted (1948); Dead Woman's Kiss (1949); Ding Dong Williams (1946); George White's Scandals (1945); Girl Rush (1944); Having Wonderful Crime (1945); Ho pianto per te! (1954); Hopalong Cassidy (1952); I misteri di Venezia (1951); I peggiori anni della nostra vita (1949); Il grande addio (1954); Il tiranno del Garda (1957); Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad (1948); Johnny Angel (1945); Licenza premio (1951); Nessuno ha tradito (1952); Nevada (1944); Oklahoma Blues (1948); Overland Trails (1948); Pan-Americana (1945); Prairie Express (1947); R.C.M.P. and the Treasure of Genghis Khan (1966); Silent Conflict (1948); Sing Your Way Home (1945); Sweet Genevieve (1947); Taxi di notte (1950); The Enchanted Cottage (1945); The Falcon in Hollywood (1944); The Kid from Brooklyn (1946); The Pirates of Capri (1949); The Rangers Ride (1948); Vivere a sbafo (1950); What a Blonde (1945).

Born on this day – Ken Hechler:


Ken Hechler


Writer

Politician

September 20, 1914 – December 10, 2016

Credits:

Books:

The Enemy Side of the Hill (1949); Endless Space Frontier (1982); Working With Truman (1982); Holding the line the 51st Engineer Combat Battalion and the Battle of the Bulge (1988); River-Horse (1991); Hero of the Rhine (2004); Super Marine! (2007); The Bridge at Remagen: The Amazing Story of March 7, 1945 (1957).

Movies and television:

60 Minutes / Segment: King Coal (2000); All the Presidents' Movies: The Movie (2009); Frontline (2019); Independent Lens (2003); The Bridge at Remagen (1969); War Stories with Oliver North (2007).

Born on this day – Anna Karen:


Anna Karen


Actress

September 20, 1914 – July 1, 2009

Credits:

Gunsmoke (1966); Hands of Mystery (1951); Hazel (1964); Holiday for Lovers (1959); Iron Horse (1967); Jefferson Drum (1958); Lights Out (1950–1951); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1972–1975); My True Story (1950); Nash Airflyte Theatre (1951); One Step Beyond (1960); Peyton Place (1965–1966); Project U.F.O. (1978); Rocky King, Detective (1951); Shadow of the Cloak (1952); Star Trek / episode entitled: All Our Yesterdays, originally aired March 14 (1969); Steve Randall (1952); The City of Gods (1968); The Doctor (1953); The Farmer's Daughter (1963); The Price of Fear (1956); The Rebel (1961); The Ski Bum (1971); The Wrong Man (1956); Wagon Train (1962).

Born on this day – Frank De Vol:


Frank De Vol

Composer

Actor

September 20, 1911 – October 27, 1999

Born on this day – Monette Dinay:


Monette Dinay

Actress

September 20, 1906 – November 19, 1986