Saturday, November 29, 2025

Born on this day – Madeleine L'Engle:


Madeleine L'Engle


Writer

November 29, 1918 – September 6, 2007

Credits:

Books:

101st Miracle: Early Short Stories (1999); A Circle of Quiet (1971); A Cry Like a Bell (1987); A Full House (2000); A House Like a Lotus (1984); A Live Coal in the Sea (1962); A Prayerbook for Spiritual Friends: Partners in Prayer (1999); A Ring of Endless Light (1980); A Severed Wasp (1982); A Stone for a Pillow: Journeys with Jacob (1986); A Swiftly Tilting Planet (1978); A Wind in the Door (1973); A Winter's Love (1957); A Wrinkle in Time (1962 / 2012); An Acceptable Time (1989); And Both Were Young (1949); And It Was Good: Reflections on Beginnings (1983); Anytime Prayers (1994); Bright Evening Star: Mystery of the Incarnation (1997); Camilla Dickinson / Camilla (1951); Certain Women (1992); Dance in the Desert (1969); Dragons in the Waters (1976); Everyday Prayers (1974); Following the Call: Living the Sermon on the Mount Together (2021); Friends for the Journey (1997); From This Day Forward (1989); Glimpses of Grace: Daily Thoughts and Reflections (1996); Home for Christmas: Stories for Young and Old (2002); Ilsa (1946); Intergalactic P.S. 3 (2018); Ladder of Angels (1979); Lines Scribbled on an Envelope and Other Poems (1969); Madeleine L'Engle Herself: Reflections on a Writing Life (2001); Many Waters (1986); Meet the Austins (1960); Miracle on 10th Street and Other Christmas Writings (1998); Moses, Prince of Egypt (1999); Mothers & Daughters (1997); Mothers and Sons (2000); My Own Small Place: Developing the Writing Life (1999); Penguins and Golden Calves: Icons and Idols in Antarctica and Other Spiritual Places (1996); Prayers for Sunday (1974); Prelude (1968); Second Sight (1999); Sold into Egypt: Joseph's Journey into Human Being (1989); The Anti-Muffins (1981); The Arm of the Starfish (1965); The Fact of the Matter (2020); The Glorious Impossible (1990); The Irrational Season (1976); The Journey with Jonah (1967); The Joys of Love (2008); The Love Letters (1966); The Moment of Tenderness (2020); The Moon by Night (1963); The Ordering of Love: The New and Collected Poems of Madeleine L'Engle (2005); The Other Dog (2001); The Other Side of the Sun (1971); The Rock That is Higher: Story as Truth (1993); The Small Rain (1945); The Sphinx at Dawn: Two Stories (1989); The Summer of the Great-Grandmother (1974); The Twenty-Four Days Before Christmas (1964); The Unicorn Treasury: Stories, Poems, and Unicorn Lore (1988); The Wand in the Word (2006); The Weather of the Heart (1978); The Young Unicorns (1968); Trailing Clouds of Glory: Spiritual Values in Children's Literature (1985); Troubling a Star (1994); Two Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage (1988); Walking on Water: Personal Reflections (1980); Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas (2001); Way More than Luck (2015); WinterSong (1996); Writing Women's Lives (1994).

Movies and television:

A Ring of Endless Light (2002); A Wrinkle in Time (2003 / 2018); Camilla Dickinson (2012); Madeleine L'Engle: Star Gazer (1990).

Born on this day – Fran Ryan:


Fran Ryan

Actress

November 29, 1916 – January 15, 2000

Born on this day – Mildred Harris:


Mildred Harris

Actress

November 29, 1901 – July 20, 1944

Born on this day – Genevieve Tobin:


Genevieve Tobin


Actress

November 29, 1899 – July 31, 1995

Credits:

A Lady Surrenders (1930); Breakdowns of 1936 (1936); Broadway Hostess (1935); By Your Leave (1934); Dark Hazard (1934); Dramatic School (1938); Easy to Love (1934); Free Love (1930); Golden Harvest (1933); Goodbye Again (1933); Here's to Romance (1935); Hollywood Speaks (1932); I Loved a Woman (1933); Infernal Machine (1933); Kiss and Make-Up (1934); No Mother to Guide Her (1923); No Time for Comedy (1940); One Hour with You (1932); Our Neighbors - The Carters (1939); Perfect Understanding (1933); Pleasure Cruise (1933); Queen of Crime (1938); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 7 (1937); Screen Snapshots, Series 14, No. 1 (1934); Seed (1931); Snowed Under (1936); Success at Any Price (1934); The 9th Guest (1934); The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935); The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932); The Country Cousin (1919); The Duke Comes Back (1937); The Gay Diplomat (1931); The Goose and the Gander (1935); The Great Gambini (1937); The Man in the Mirror (1936); The Petrified Forest (1936); The Woman in Red (1935); The Wrecker (1933); Uncertain Lady (1934); Uncle Tom's Cabin (1910); Up for Murder (1931); Victory Plays (1932); Yes, My Darling Daughter (1939); Zaza (1938).

Born on this day – C. S. Lewis:


C. S. Lewis


Writer

November 29, 1898 – November 22, 1963

Credits:

Books:

Out of the Silent Planet (1938); Perelandra (1944); That Hideous Strength / The Tortured Planet (1945); The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (1950); Prince Caspian (1951); The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952); The Silver Chair (1953); The Horse and His Boy (1954); The Magician's Nephew (1955); The Last Battle (1956); A Book of Narnians (1950); Lucy Steps Through the Wardrobe (1997); Edmund and the White Witch (1997); Aslan (1998); Aslan's Triumph (1998); Uncle Andrew's Troubles (1998); The Wood Between the Worlds (1999); The Pilgrim's Regress (1933); The Screwtape Letters (1942); The Great Divorce (1945); Till We Have Faces (1956); Screwtape Proposes A Toast (1965); Boxen (1985); The Problem of Pain (1940); Case for Christianity (1942); Mere Christianity (1943); The Abolition of Man (1943); Miracles (1947); Surprised by Joy (1955); Reflections on the Psalms (1958); The Four Loves (1960); A Grief Observed (1961); Christian Reflections (1967); The Joyful Christian (1977); Of This and Other Worlds (1982); The Business of Heaven (1984); From Narnia To Space Odyssey (written with Arthur C. Clarke) (2003); The Weight of Glory (2016); How to Be a Christian (2018); On Writing (2022); Spirits in Bondage (1919); Poems (1964); Narrative Poems (1969); The Chronicles of Narnia Box Set (1956); The Chronicles of Narnia Collector's Edition (2014); George MacDonald (1946); The Late Great Future (1976); Over the Rainbow (1983); The Unicorn Treasury: Stories, Poems, and Unicorn Lore (1988); Horse & Pony Stories (1992); Spellbound (1995); We Remember C. S. Lewis: Essays & Memoirs (2001); Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas (2001); Mere Christians (2009); Called to Community (2016); Following the Call: Living the Sermon on the Mount Together (2021); Finding the Kingdom: Discover a Faith that is Costly, Rich, Alive & True (2023).

Movies and television:

A Grief Observed (2013); Hidden Pages (1959); Jackanory (1967–1968); Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989); Story Box (1963); Television Theater (2022); The Andrew Klavan Show (2017); The Blockbuster Buster (2016); The Chronicles of Narnia the Silver Chair Fan Audio Drama (2023); The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008); The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005); The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010); The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (1979 / 1988 / 1990); The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1967); The Most Reluctant Convert (2021); The Problem of Pain (2015); The Screwtape Letters (2014); To Love at All (2018); Wandering Attention (2017).

Born on this day – Lucille Hegamin:



Lucille Hegamin


Blues singer

November 29, 1894 – March 1, 1970

Credits:

Songs:

Ain't Givin' Nothin' Away Blues; Alabamy Bound; Arkansas Blues; Bleeding Hearted Blues; Dina; Everybody's Blues; Hard Hearted Hannah; Has Anybody Seen My Corine; He May Be Your Man; High Brown Blues; I Like You Because You Have Such Loving Ways; I Wonder Where My Brown Skin Daddy's Gone; I'll Be Good But I'll Be Lonesome; Jazz Me Blues; Land of Cotton Blues; Mamma Whip! Mamma Spank!; Mamma's the Boss; Mississippi Blues; Poor Papa; Shake Your Cans; St. Louis Blues; State Street Blues; Sweet Papa Joe; Syncopatin' Mama; Two Time Dan; Wabash Blues; Wanna Go South Again Blues; You May Be Fast; You May Be Fast "But" Mamma's Gonna Slow You Down; You'll Want My Love; Your Man - My Man.

Albums:

A Basket Of Blues (1962); Bluesville Vol. 3 (2014); In a Jazz Style (2015); Lucille Hegamin Vol. 1 (1920-1922) (2005); Lucille Hegamin Vol. 2 (1922-1923) (2005); Lucille Hegamin Vol. 3 (1923-1932) (2005); Lucille Hegamin Vol. 4 (1920-1926) (2005); Songs We Taught Your Mother (1962).

Born on this day – Roland Totheroh:


Roland Totheroh


Cinematographer

November 29, 1890 – June 18, 1967

Credits:

A Burlesque on Carmen (1915); A Day's Pleasure (1919); A Dog's Life (1918); A Night in the Show (1915); A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923); Behind the Screen (1916); Charlie Chaplin Carnival (1938); City Lights (1931); Easy Street (1917); Limelight (1952); Modern Times (1936); Monsieur Verdoux (1947); Mystères d'archives (2015); One A.M. (1916); Pay Day (1922); Shoulder Arms (1918); Song of My Heart (1948); Special Collector's Edition (2012); Sunnyside (1919); The Adventurer (1917); The Bachelor's Burglar (1915); The Bond (1918); The Chaplin Cavalcade (1941); The Charlie Chaplin Festival (1941); The Circus (1928); The Count (1916); The Cure (1917); The Dance at Eagle Pass (1913); The Fireman (1916); The Floorwalker (1916); The Gold Rush (1925); The Great Dictator (1940); The Idle Class (1921); The Immigrant (1917); The Kid (1921); The Making of Broncho Billy (1913); The Pawnshop (1916); The Pilgrim (1923); The Professor (1919); The Ranchman's Anniversary (1912); The Rink (1916); The Tomboy on Bar Z (1912); The Vagabond (1916); Un jour, une histoire (2014); Unknown Chaplin (1983); Voice of Land (2021); When Love and Honor Called (1915); Work (1915).