Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Born on this day – Mavis Villiers:


Mavis Villiers


Actress

December 10, 1909 – February 23, 1976

Credits:

A Lady's Morals (1930); A Touch of Larceny (1960); Anne of Green Gables (1952); Armchair Theatre (1969); Baxter! (1973); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1951–1956); Boyd Q.C. (1963); Cheer the Brave (1951); Corridor of Mirrors (1948); Dixon of Dock Green (1957); Double Alibi (1937); Drama 61-67 (1961); Educated Evans (1957); Family Affairs (1949); First Night (1964); Frankie and Johnny (1950 / 1953); From a Bird's Eye View (1970–1971); Front Page Story (1965); Gasbags (1941); Harry's Girls (1963); Hi, Gang! (1941); I Believe in You (1952); I Was a Male War Bride (1949); Interpol Calling (1960); It's a Square World (1961); It's Never Too Late to Mend (1937); ITV Play of the Week (1957–1960); Jezebel ex UK (1963); Journey Together (1945); Kate (1971); King of the Castle (1936); Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921); Mad Men of Europe (1940); Meet the Wife (1964); Mogul (1968); Mousey (1974); No Sex Please - We're British (1973); North of 6 7/8 (1926); Old Age Handicap (1926); Once in a Lifetime (1937 / 1938); Philadelphia, Here I Come! (1974); Plays of Today (1969); Pool of London (1951); Promise Her Anything (1966); Rheingold Theatre (1954); Sailors Don't Care (1940); Saloon Bar (1940); Silk, Satin, Cotton, Rags (1952); South American George (1941); Straight on Till Morning (1972); Suddenly, Last Summer (1959); Taxi! (1963); Tess of the Storm Country (1922); The Adventures of Annabel (1956); The Bell Family (1951); The Boys (1962); The Bum's Rush (1927); The Dancing Bear (1954); The Four Just Men (1960); The Godless Girl (1928); The Haunting (1963); The Human Jungle (1963); The Inch Man (1952); The Mouse That Roared (1959); The Nursemaid Who Disappeared (1939); The Passing Show (1951); The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961); The Saint (1965); The Vise (1958); The Wednesday Play (1969); Theatre 625 (1966); Time Is My Enemy (1954); Too Many Detectives (1952); Two for a Pair (1951); Victim (1961); Walter and Connie Reporting (1965–1966); Went the Day Well? (1942); You Can't Do Without Love (1944); Zero One (1963).

Born on this day – Una Merkel:


Una Merkel

Actress

December 10, 1903 – January 2, 1986

Born on this day – Vivienne Osborne:


Vivienne Osborne


Actress

December 10, 1896 – June 10, 1961

Credits:

Theater:

The Whirlwind (December 23, 1919 – February 1920); The Bonehead (April 12, 1920 – May 1920); The Silver Fox (September 5, 1921 – December 1921); The Love Child (November 14, 1922 – April 1923); Scaramouche (October 24, 1923 – December 1923); New Toys (February 18, 1924 – March 1924); The Blue Bandanna (June 23, 1924 - July 1924); Houses of Sand (February 17, 1925 – March 1925); Aloma of the South Seas (April 20, 1925 – June 1925); The Harem (June 1925)Fog (February 7, 1927 – May 1927); One Glorious Hour (April 14, 1927 – May 1927); The Three Musketeers (March 13, 1928 – December 15, 1928); Week-End (October 22, 1929 – October 1929); The Royal Virgin (March 17, 1930 – March 1930); As Good as New (November 3, 1930 – December 1930); Order Please (October 9, 1934 – October 1934).

Movies and television:

Cameron of the Royal Mounted (1921); Captain Caution (1940); Champagne Waltz (1937); Dragonwyck (1946); Follow Your Heart (1936); Husband’s Holiday (1931); I Accuse My Parents (1944); In Walked Mary (1920); Let’s Sing Again (1936); Life Begins (1932); Love’s Flame (1920); Luxury Liner (1933); Masquerade (1931); Men Are Such Fools (1932); Mother Eternal (1921); Night Club (1929); No More Ladies (1935); Over the Hill to the Poorhouse (1920); Primrose Path (1940); Sailor Be Good (1933); She Asked for It (1937); Sinner Take All (1936); So You Won’t Talk (1940); Supernatural (1933); The Beloved Bachelor (1931); The Crime Nobody Saw (1937); The Dark Horse (1932); The Devil’s in Love (1933); The Famous Ferguson Case (1932); The Good Provider (1922); The Nightingale (1930); The Phantom Broadcast (1933); The Restless Sex (1920); The Right Way (1921); Tomorrow at Seven (1933); Two Kinds of Women (1932); Two Seconds (1932); Week-End Marriage (1932); Wives Never Know (1936).

Born on this day – Louis Natheaux:


Louis Natheaux

Actor

December 10, 1894 – August 23, 1942

Born on this day – Nelly Sachs:


Nelly Sachs


Writer

December 10, 1891 – May 12, 1970

Credits:

Awarded the 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Written work:

And No One Knows Where to Go (1957); Collected Poems I 1944–1949 (2007); Contemporary German Poetry (1964); Eclipse of Stars (1949); Eli (1950); Flight and Metamorphosis (1959 / 2022); Glowing Enigmas (2013); In the Houses of Death (1947); Journey into the Dustless Realm: The Poetry of Nelly Sachs 1 (1961); Legends and Tales (1921); Letters of Nelly Sachs (1984); O the Chimneys: Selected Poems, Including the Verse Play, Eli (1967); Paul Celan, Nelly Sachs: Correspondence (1995); Search for the Living: The Poetry of Nelly Sachs 2 (1971); Signs in the Sand (1962); The Seeker and Other Poems (1970).

Movies and television:

Den magiska dansaren (1981); Deutsche Nobelpreisträger für Literatur (1981); Eli (1970); Ont i själen (1981).

Born on this day – Rhea Mitchell:


Rhea Mitchell


Actress

Writer

December 10, 1890 – September 16, 1957


Credits:

The Member of the Wedding (1952); My Man and I (1952); Washington Story (1952); It's a Big Country: An American Anthology (1951); The Unknown Man (1951); Bannerline (1951); Texas Carnival (1951); Grounds for Marriage (1951); Dial 1119 (1950); The Skipper Surprised His Wife (1950); The Next Voice You Hear... (1950); Please Believe Me (1950); Annie Get Your Gun (1950); Stars in My Crown (1950); In the Good Old Summertime (1949); State of the Union (1948); B.F.'s Daughter (1948); The Bride Goes Wild (1948); High Wall (1947); Green Dolphin Street (1947); The Unfinished Dance (1947); The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947); The Mighty McGurk (1947); The Hoodlum Saint (1946); The Hidden Eye (1945); Mrs. Parkington (1944); Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944); The Cross of Lorraine (1943); Harrigan's Kid (1943); I Take This Woman (1940); The Ship That Died (1938); Mysterious Crossing (1936); 15 Maiden Lane (1936); The Texas Rangers (1936); San Francisco (1936); Song and Dance Man (1936); One Hour Late (1934); Behold My Wife! (1934); Whom the Gods Destroy (1934); The Big Bluff (1933); Danger Patrol (1928); The Home Trail (1927); The Dude Desperado (1927); Modern Youth (1926); The Other Kind of Love (1924); The Greatest Menace (1923); The Innocent Cheat (1921); A Ridin' Romeo (1921); Good Women (1921); The Scoffer (1920); The Devil's Claim (1920); The Hawk's Trail (1919); The Sleeping Lion (1919); The Money Corral (1919); Unexpected Places (1918); The Goat (1918); Boston Blackie's Little Pal (1918); Ghost of the Rancho (1918); The Lion of the Hills (1918); Social Ambition (1918); Honor's Cross (1918); The Blindness of Divorce (1918); Whither Thou Goest (1917); The Gilded Youth (1917); Sequel to the Diamond from the Sky (1916); Philip Holden - Waster (1916); The Sable Blessing (1916); The Man from Manhattan (1916); The Blindness (1916); The Overcoat (1916); Overalls (1916); The Three Musketeers (1916); Don Quixote (1915); The Beckoning Flame (1915); The Brink (1915); The Phantom Extra (1915); Tools of Providence (1915); The Operator at Big Sandy (1915); The Kite (1915); The Diamond from the Sky (1915); The Valley of Hate (1915); On the Night Stage (1915); Molly of the Mountains (1915); The Fakir (1915); The Devil (1915); Mr. 'Silent' Haskins (1915); The Scourge of the Desert (1915); In the Sage Brush Country (1914); A Game of Life (1914); The Master of the House (1914); The Game Keeper's Daughter (1914); A Tragedy of the North Woods (1914); The Cruise of the Molly Ann (1914); The Old Love's Best (1914); The Long Feud (1914); The Feud at Beaver Creek (1914); In the Southern Hills (1914); Tennessee (1914); The Fires of Ambition (1914); Shorty Escapes Marriage (1914); Wolves of the Underworld (1914); A Barrier Royal (1914); Twixt Love and Fire (1914); A New England Idyl (1914); An Indian's Honor (1913); An Indian's Gratitude (1913); A Frontier Wife (1913); His Squaw (1912); The Colonel's Ward (1912); The Hidden Trail (1912).

Born on this day – Edward A. Kull:


Edward A. Kull


Cinematographer

Director

Writer

Actor

December 10, 1885 – December 22, 1946

Credits:

Arctic Fury (1951); A Boy, a Girl and a Dog (1946); The Wife of Monte Cristo (1946); Marked for Murder (1945); The Whispering Skull (1944); Harmony Trail (1944); Brand of the Devil (1944); Sonora Stagecoach (1944); The Pinto Bandit (1944); Outlaw Trail (1944); Guns of the Law (1944); Arizona Whirlwind (1944); Death Valley Rangers (1943); Bullets and Saddles (1943); Black Market Rustlers (1943); Cowboy Commandos (1943); Rodeo Rhythm (1942); Gun Cargo (1949); Riders from Nowhere (1940); Wild Horse Range (1940); The Kid from Santa Fe (1940); Land of the Six Guns (1940); Pinto Canyon (1940); Covered Wagon Trails (1940); Wild Horse Valley (1940); The Cheyenne Kid (1940); Pioneer Days (1940); El Diablo Rides (1939); The Pal from Texas (1939); Port of Hate (1939); Riders of the Sage (1939); Fangs of the Wild (1939); Law of the Wolf (1939); Mesquite Buckaroo (1939); Smoky Trails (1939); Feud of the Range (1939); Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1938); Three Wise Monks (1936); Tundra (1936); The Drag-Net (1936); Man's Best Friend (1935); The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935); The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935); When Lightning Strikes (1934); Young Eagles (1934); Ferocious Pal (1934); Marriage on Approval (1933); Carnival Lady (1933); War of the Range (1933); Deadwood Pass (1933); Kiss of Araby (1933); High Gear (1933); When a Man Rides Alone (1933); The Penal Code (1932); Bachelor Mother (1932); The Savage Girl (1932); The Gambling Sex (1932); The Forty-Niners (1932); The Fighting Gentleman (1932); Out of Singapore (1932); The Scarlet Brand (1932); The Man from New Mexico (1932); Tangled Fortunes (1932); Murder at Dawn (1932); Mark of the Spur (1932); 45 Calibre Echo (1932); Human Targets (1932); Quick Trigger Lee (1931); Cyclone Kid (1931); Lariats and Six-Shooters (1931); Headin' for Trouble (1931); The Mystery Trooper (1931); King of the Wild (1931); .45 Calibre War (1929); Yellow Contraband (1928); The Black Ace (1928); Manhattan Knights (1928); Making the Varsity (1928); The Bronc Stomper (1928); The Apache Raider (1928); The Boss of Rustler's Roost (1928); The Devil's Twin (1927); Border Blackbirds (1927); The Wolves of the Waterfront (1923); The Yellow Handkerchief (1923); Dangerous Waters (1923); The Siege of the Lancashire Queen (1922); Barriers of Folly (1922); The Law of the Sea (1922); Pirates of the Deep (1922) ;The Channel Raiders (1922); White and Yellow (1922); Bulldog Courage (1922); The Open Wire (1922); With Stanley in Africa (1922); The Night Attack (1922); The Heart of Arizona (1921); Busy Day at the Selig General Office (1911); A Battle of Wits (1921); Dream Girl (1921); A Woman's Wit (1921); Fair Fighting (1921); The Call of Duty (1921); Beauty and the Bandit (1921); The Honor of the Mounted (1921); Fur Raiders (1921); The Fight Within (1921); Roaring Waters (1921); The Man Trackers (1921); Terror Trail (1921); The Shadow of Suspicion (1921); The Girl in the Saddle (1921); The Heart of Arizona (1921); The Diamond Queen (1921); Kaintuck's Ward (1920); Blind Chance (1920); The Vanishing Dagger (1920); The Counterfeit Trail (1919); The Pointing Finger (1919); Dynamite (1919); The Face in the Watch (1919); At the Point of a Gun (1919); The Best Bad Man (1919); The Fighting Sheriff (1919); The Sundown Trail (1919); The Sleeping Lion (1919); The Fire Flingers (1919); Creaking Stairs (1919); The Lure of Luxury (1918); Midnight Madness (1918); $5,000 Reward (1918); The Lonely Woman (1918); Who Killed Walton? (1918); Hungry Eyes (1918); The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin (1918); The Desire of the Moth (1917); The Charmer (1917); The Lair of the Wolf (1917); The Little Orphan (1917); A Jewel in Pawn (1917); Polly Redhead (1917); Her Soul's Inspiration (1917); The Mainspring (1916); The Measure of a Man (1916); The Social Buccaneer (1916); The Whirlpool of Destiny (1916).