Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Born on this day – Janet Carroll:


Janet Carroll


Actress

December 24, 1940 – May 22, 2012

Credits:

20 to 1 (2007); 21 Jump Street (1988); 227 (1987); 3rd Rock from the Sun (1999); 7th Heaven (1999); A Year in the Life (1987); Alice (1985); All You Need (2001); Ally McBeal (2002); Astronomy (1988); Betrayed: A Story of Three Women (1995); Beverly Hills Buntz (1988); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1999); Beyond the Quest (2007); Bluffing It (1987); Bonnie (1995–1996); Born to Be Wild (1995); Boy Meets World (1994); Brothers & Sisters (2006); Buck James (1987); Cagney & Lacey (1985); Changing Hearts (2002); Chicago Story (1981); Christmas Spirit (2011); Coach (1996); College Debts (2015); Confession (2005); Crosser (2016); Cupid (1998); Daughters of Privilege (1991); Dead Last (2001); Designing Women (1987); Destiny Turns on the Radio (1995); Double Dare (1985); E/R (1984); Empty Nest (1990); Enough (2002); Entertainment Tonight (1989); Family Business (1989); Forces of Nature (1999); Frank Leaves for the Orient (1999); Getting Physical (1984); Glory Days (1990); Hill Street Blues (1983–1986); Hot Pursuit (1985); I Gave at the Office (1984); Jake and the Fatman (1989); Judging Amy (2003); Knight Rider (1983); L.A. Law (1988); Laugh Busters (1984); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2010); Life Goes On (1990); Living in Captivity (1998); Living 'til the End (2005); Maggie (1998); Mancuso, FBI (1990); Married... with Children (1994–1997); Mary (1986); Matlock (1995); Melrose Place (1993–1997); Memories of Me (1988); Murphy Brown (1990–1996); Norm (1999); One Special Victory (1991); Pacific Blue (1996); Pacific Station (1991); Pasadena (2002); Quantum Leap (1989); Reasonable Doubts (1992); Risky Business (1983); Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story (1986); Scrubs (2006); Secret Admirer (1985); Sharing Richard (1988); Silver Spoons (1987); Six Degrees (2007); Spencer (1984–1985); Still Standing (2002–2004); Talent for the Game (1991); Techno Babble: A Cautionary Tale (2013); The Art of War III: Retribution (2009); The Boys (1988–1989); The Bronx Zoo (1987–1988); The Closer (1998); The Clown Project (2008); The Devlin Connection (1982); The Famous Teddy Z (1990); The Golden Girls (1987); The Hat Squad (1992–1993); The Jeff Foxworthy Show (1997); The Killing Time (1987); The Marriage Undone (2002); The Mommies (1994); The Omega Code (1999); The Platinum Triangle (1990); The Right of the People (1986); The Substitute Waiter (2004); The Twilight Zone / Segment: Cold Reading (1986); This Is the Life (1982); This Joint Is Jumpin' (1997); Time of Your Life (1999); Timemaster (1995); Touched by an Angel (1996); Ugly Naked People (1999); (Untitled) (2009); What Happens Next (2011); When He's Not a Stranger (1989); You Again? (1986).

Born on this day – Sharon Farrell:


Sharon Farrell


Actress

Dancer

December 24, 1940 – May 15, 2023

Credits:

Broken at Love (2013–2014); JAG (1999); Last Chance Love (1997); The Young and the Restless (1991–1997); Timeless Obsession (1996); White Cargo (1996); Yakuza Connection (1995); Beyond Desire (1995); A Gift from Heaven (1994); Arcade (1993); Sworn to Vengeance (1993); Matlock (1992); Lonely Hearts (1991); Freddy's Nightmares (1989); One Man Force (1989); Can't Buy Me Love (1987); Rituals (1984-1985); Night of the Comet (1984); Lone Wolf McQuade (1983); Small & Frye (1983); T.J. Hooker (1983); Sweet Sixteen (1983); Born to Be Sold (1981); Separate Ways (1981); Rage! (1980); Out of the Blue (1980); Hawaii Five-O (1977–1980); The Stunt Man (1980); Mrs. Columbo (1979); The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (1979); The Fifth Floor (1978); The Magical World of Disney (1978); Confessions of the D.A. Man (1978); Man from Atlantis (1978); Switch (1977); Gibbsville (1976); Police Woman (1974–1976); Doc (1976); Bronk (1975); The Premonition (1975); McCloud (1975); Police Story (1973–1975); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1975); Harry O (1975); The Six Million Dollar Man (1974); The Wide World of Mystery (1973–1974); Petrocelli (1974); Police Surgeon (1974); The Underground Man (1974); It's Alive (1974); Insight (1968–1974); This Is the Life (1974); Chase (1974); The F.B.I. (1974); Love, American Style (1974); The New Perry Mason (1973); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1972); Banyon (1972); The Eyes of Charles Sand (1972); The D.A. (1971); The Love Machine (1971); The Name of the Game (1969–1971); Men at Law (1970); Medical Center (1970); Quarantined (1970); The Reivers (1969); Marlowe (1969); Premiere (1968); A Lovely Way to Die (1968); The Wild Wild West (1968); The Virginian (1967); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1967); Iron Horse (1967); Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966); Run for Your Life (1965); The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1966); Dr. Kildare (1964–1965); My Three Sons (1965); I Dream of Jeannie (1965); Rawhide (1965); Ben Casey (1963–1965); The Spy with My Face (1965); The Fugitive (1965); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964–1965); The Beverly Hillbillies (1965); Burke's Law (1964); Gunsmoke (1963–1964); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); The Movie Maker (1964); Wagon Train (1962–1964); Arrest and Trial (1964); The Lieutenant (1963); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963); Death Valley Days (1953); My Favorite Martian (1963); Saints and Sinners (1962–1963); Empire (1963); 40 Pounds of Trouble (1962); Alfred Hitchcock in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1962); Naked City (1961); Kiss Her Goodbye (1959).

Born on this day – Julian Barry:


Julian Barry


Writer

December 24, 1930 – July 25, 2023

Credits:

A Marriage: Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz (1991); Eyes of Laura Mars (1978); Goodyear Playhouse (1955); Lenny (1974); Me Myself and I (1992); Mission: Impossible (1966); Pablo (2012); Rhinoceros (1974); Spuiten en slikken (2005); Suspense (1954); The River (1984); The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1965).

Born on this day – Mary Higgins Clark:


Mary Higgins Clark


Writer

December 24, 1927 – January 31, 2020

Credits:

A Cry in the Night (1982); A Stranger is Watching (1977); All Around the Town (1992); All By Myself, Alone (2017); All Dressed in White (2015); All Through the Night (1998); As Time Goes By (2016); Aspire to the Heavens / Mount Vernon Love Story (1968); Bad Behavior (1995); Before I Say Good-Bye (2000); Burned (2005); By Hook or By Crook and 27 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year (2010); Caribbean Blues (1988); Caribbean Blues (1988); Cursed (2009); Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (2013); Daddy's Little Girl (2001); Dashing Through the Snow (2008); Death on the Cape and Other Stories (1989); Death Wears a Beauty Mask and Other Stories (2015); Deck the Halls (2000); Deck the Halls (2000); Decked (1991); Double Vision (1988); Every Breath You Take (2017); Fleeced (2001); Ghost Ship (2007); Gypped / Scammed (2012); He Sees You When You're Sleeping (2001); Hitched (2006); I Heard That Song Before (2007); Iced (1994); I'll Be Seeing You (1993); I'll Walk Alone (2011); Inherit the Dead (2013); I've Got My Eyes on You (2018); I've Got You Under My Skin (2014); Jinxed (2002); Just Take My Heart (2009); Justice in Manhattan (1995); Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry (2019); Kitchen Privileges (2002); Laced (2007); Let Me Call You Sweetheart (1995); Loves Music, Loves to Dance (1991); Malice Domestic 1 (1992); Malice Domestic 14 (2019); Malice Domestic 2 (1993); Manhattan Mayhem (2015); Master's Choice: Mystery Stories by Today's Top Writers and the Masters Who Inspired Them (2000); Mobbed (2011); Moonlight Becomes You (1996); More Malice Domestic (1997); Murder For Love (1996); Murder in Manhattan (1988); Murder on the Aisle (1987); Murder on the Run (1998); My Gal Sunday (1996); Nighttime is My Time (2004); No Place Like Home (2005); On a Raven's Wing (2009); On the Street Where You Live (2001); Piece of My Heart (2020); Popped (2003); Pretend You Don't See Her (1995); Remember Me (1994); Santa Cruise (2006); Silent Night (1995); Sisters in Crime 2 (1990); Snagged (1993); Stillwatch (1984); The Anastasia Syndrome (1989); The Best American Mystery Stories 1998 (1998); The Body in the Closet and Plumbing for Willy (1998); The Christmas Thief (2004); The Christmas Thief (2004); The Cinderella Murder (2014); The Cradle Will Fall (1980); The Crown Crime Companion (1995); The Lost Years (2012); The Lottery Winner (1994); The Magical Christmas Horse (2011); The Melody Lingers On (2015); The Night Awakens (1998); The Plot Thickens (1997); The Second Time Around (2003); The Shadow of Your Smile (2010); The Sleeping Beauty Killer (2016); The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1996 (1995); Twanged (1997); Two Little Girls in Blue (2006); Weep No More, My Lady (1987); We'll Meet Again (1999); Where Are the Children Now? (2023); Where are the Children? (1975); Where Are You Now? (2008); While My Pretty One Sleeps (1989); Women of Mystery (1992); Wrecked (2010); You Belong To Me (1999); You Don't Own Me (2018); Zapped (2008).

Movies and television:

A Crime of Passion (2003); A Cry in the Night (1992); A Stranger Is Watching (1982); All Around the Town (2002); Books Equal Gifts Commercial (2008); Bouillon de culture (1999); C à vous (2011); Café Picouly (2011); Campus, le magazine de l'écrit (2003); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2017); Ce Que Vivent les Roses (2018); Collection Mary Higgins Clark, la reine du suspense (2014); Crier Today (2000–2001); Deck the Halls (2011); Deux Petites Filles en Bleu (2014); Double Vision (1992); En aparté (2003); Encore with John Palmer (2006–2010); Ex Libris (1989–1995); Haven't We Met Before (2002); Imus in the Morning (2014); La Clinique du Docteur H (2015); Le cercle de minuit (1994); Le divan (1992); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2006); Les Années Perdues (2015); Let Me Call You Sweetheart (1997); L'invité (2006); Loves Music, Loves to Dance (2001); Lucky Day (2002); Moonlight Becomes You (1998); My Gal Sunday (2014); NOS Uit het Leven (2020); Nulle part ailleurs (1995); On a tout essayé (2003); On the Money (2005); Où Es-Tu Maintenant? (2014); Party Planner with David Tutera (2005); Pretend You Don't See Her (2002); Remember Me (1995); Rien ne vaut la douceur du foyer (2018); Souviens-toi (2015); Stillwatch (1987); Terror Stalks the Class Reunion (1992); The Cradle Will Fall (1983); The Joan Rivers Show (1991); The Last Horsemen of New York (2018); The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet (2007); The Mystery Cruise (2013); Thé ou café (2008); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997); The Scent of Fear (1960); The View (2004); The Write Stuff (1988); Today (2010–2017); Toi Que J'Aimais Tant (2014); Tout le monde en parle (2003); Weep No More, My Lady (1992); Where Are the Children? (1985); While My Pretty One Sleeps (1997); You Belong to Me (2002).

Born on this day – Renée Michaelis:


Renée Michaelis


Actress

December 24, 1926 – April 7, 2022

Credits:

Asphalt (1951); Das Ei (1959); Der Untermieter (1964–1967); Donaug'schichten (1966); Familie Leitner (1960–1965); Gehört sich das? (1960); Herzliches Beileid (1970); Schäm' dich, Brigitte! (1952).

Born on this day – Thelma Pelish:


Thelma Pelish


Actress

December 24, 1926 – March 6, 1983

Credits:

Alias Big Cherry (1975); Arnie (1971); Call Her Mom (1972); Can I Do It 'Till I Need Glasses? (1977); Candid Camera (1961); Car 54, Where Are You? (1962); Dirty Sally (1974); Every Which Way But Loose (1978); Flicks / Segment: Philip Alien (1983); Flush (1982); Gleason: He's the Greatest (1988); Herowork (1977); If You Don't Stop It... You'll Go Blind!!! (1975); Jigsaw John (1976); Legends (2007); Love, American Style / Segments Love and the Awkward Age; Love and the First Kiss (1972–1973); Man Against Crime (1954); Naked City (1959); Quincy, M.E. (1981); Racquet (1979); Robert Montgomery Presents (1953); Search (1972); Shaft (1974); Skateboard (1978); The Incredible Hulk (1981); The Jackie Gleason Show (1953); The Odd Couple (1971); The Pajama Game (1957); The Robert Q. Lewis Show (1954); The Silent Scream (1979); True Story (1960); Valley of the Dolls (1967); White House Madness (1975); You Light Up My Life (1977).

Born on this day – Ava Gardner:


Ava Gardner

Actress

December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990