Born on this day – Bobby "Blue" Bland:

Bobby “Blue” Bland

Blues singer

Songwriter

January 27, 1930 – June 23, 2013

Credits:

Albums:

After All (1986); Ain't Nothing You Can Do (1964); Andy Russell Romance, Vol. 1 (2008); Blues at Midnight (2003); Blues Masters: The Greatest (2005); Blues You Can Use (1987); Bobby Bland and B. B. King Together Again...Live (1976); Call on Me (2001); Call On Me / That's The Way Love Is (1963); Come Fly With Me (1978); Double Trouble (1995); Dreamer (1974); Farther Up The Road (2008); Further On Up the Road (2011); Get On Down With Bobby Bland (1975); Gold Masters: Bobby Bland, Vol. 2 (2014); Here We Go Again (1990); Here's the Man! (1962); His California Album (1973); Hold It Right There (2023); Hold Me Tenderly (Hall of Fame) (2014); It's My Life, Baby: The Singles - As & Bs, 1951-1960 (2012); Last Night (2008); Lil' Boy Blue (2013); "Live" On Beale Street (1998); Little Boy Blue (2014); Loan A Helping Hand (2015); Long Beach 1983 (1994); Members Only (1985); Memphis Monday Morning (1998); Midnight Run (1989); Portrait of the Blues (1991); R&b Originals (2012); Really The Blues (2017); Reflections in Blue (1977); Rhythm and Blues Originals, Volume 3 (2021); Sad Street (1995); Sometime Tomorrow (2015); Spotlighting the Man (1969); Sunday Morning Love in Concert (2021); The 3d Blues Boys (2013); The Classic Years, Vol. 2 (2021); The One and Only, Vol. 1 (2008); Together for the First Time... Live (1974); Touch of the Blues (1967); Turn on Your Love Light (2017); Two Steps from the Blues - 50 Classic Blues Tracks (2012); Two Steps from the Blues (Blues People - Original Album & Singles - 1951-1962) (2015); Years of Tears (1993); You Got Me (Where You Want Me) (2015); You or None (2021).

Movies and television:

11.22.63 (2016); A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988); American Masters (2015); American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story (2017); Austin City Limits (1999); B.B. King: The Life of Riley (2012); Beforeigners (2019); Big George Foreman (2023); Black Lightning (2018); Blues Story (2003); Brown Sugar (2002); Detroit (2017); Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead (2015); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1988); Eileen (2023); Eyes of Laura Mars (1978); Fighting (2009); Fresh Meat (2011); Giri/Haji (2019); Girls (2016); Godfather of Harlem (2021); In Concert (1973); Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown (2014); Mystery Train (1989); Nobody's Fool (2018); Ocean's Twelve (2004); Pink Lightning (1991); Remember the Titans (2000); Rolling Vengeance (1987); Sex Education (2019); Shaft (2019); Skeppsholmen (2003); Soul Train (1973); Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023); Take Me to the River (2014); The 2003 Essence Music Festival (2003); The 56th Annual Grammy Awards (2014); The Butcher (2013); The Fugitive (1993); The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017); The Lincoln Lawyer (2011); The Lloyd Thaxton Show (1965); The Midnight Special (1974); The Simpsons (2021); To Sleep with Anger (1990); True Detective (2015); Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. (2018); Unsung (2016); Upbeat (1965); Vinyl (2016); You (2021).

Born on this day – Dolores Moran:

Dolores Moran

Actress

January 27, 1926 – February 5, 1982

Credits:

Silver Lode (1954); Mr. & Mrs. North (1953–1954); Count the Hours! (1953); My Hero (1952); Dangerous Assignment (1952); Johnny One-Eye (1950); Movietown USA (1950); Christmas Eve (1947); The Man I Love (1946); Without Reservations (1946); Mr. Noisy (1946); Too Young to Know (1945); The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945); Hollywood Canteen (1944); To Have and Have Not (1944); The Last Ride (1944); Old Acquaintance (1943); Three Cheers for the Girls (1943); The Hard Way (1943); Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942); Winning Your Wings (1942); The Ghost Breakers (1940).

Born on this day – Ingrid Thulin:

Ingrid Thulin

Actress

Director

Writer

January 27, 1926 – January 7, 2004

Credits:

The House of Smiles (1991); Cuore di mamma (1988); Orn (1987); Control (1987); Il Corsaro (1985); After the Rehearsal (1984); Brusten himmel (1982); It Rained All Night the Day I Left (1980); One and One (1978); The Cassandra Crossing (1976); L'Agnese va a morire (1976); Madam Kitty (1976); La cage (1975); Monismanien 1995 (1975); Moses the Lawgiver (1974); E cominciò il viaggio nella vertigine (1974); A Handful of Love (1974); Puccini (1973); La sainte famille (1973); Cries & Whispers (1972); Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971); N.P. (1971); The Damned (1969); The Rite (1969); Adelaide (1968); Badarna (1968); Un diablo bajo la almohada (1968); Hour of the Wolf (1968); O.K. Yevtushenko (1967); Domani non siamo più qui (1967); Night Games (1966); The War Is Over (1966); Hängivelse (1965); Return from the Ashes (1965); Games of Desire (1964); Sextet (1963); Espionage (1963); The Silence (1963); Ett drömspel (1963); Winter Light (1963); Agostino (1962); The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962); Theatre '62 (1961); Syskon (1961); Domaren (1960); Vår ofödde son (1959); Älska (1959); The Magician (1958); Brink of Life (1958); Wild Strawberries (1957); Det händer i natt (1957); Pettersson i Annorlunda (1956); Foreign Intrigue (1956); Hoppsan! (1955); Danssalongen (1955); Foreign Intrigue (1954–1955); Två sköna juveler (1954); I rök och dans (1954); Göingehövdingen (1953); En skärgårdsnatt (1953); Kalle Karlsson från Jularbo (1952); Möte med livet (1952); Leva på 'Hoppet' (1951); När kärleken kom till byn (1950); Hasse Ekman in Hjärter knekt (1950); Kärleken segrar (1949); Son of the Sea (1949); Känn dej som Hemma (1948); Jørund Smed (1948).

Born on this day – Donna Reed:

Donna Reed

Actress

January 27, 1921 – January 14, 1986

Credits:

Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1990); Dallas (1984–1985); The Love Boat (1984); Deadly Lessons (1983); The Best Place to Be (1979); The Donna Reed Show (1958–1966); Pepe (1960); The Whole Truth (1958); Suspicion (1957); General Electric Theater (1957); Beyond Mombasa (1956); Backlash (1956); Ransom! (1956); The Benny Goodman Story (1956); Tales of Hans Anderson (1955); The Far Horizons (1955); The Ford Television Theatre (1954); The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954); They Rode West (1954); Three Hours to Kill (1954); The Big Moment (1954); Gun Fury (1953); The Caddy (1953); From Here to Eternity (1953); Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953); Trouble Along the Way (1953); Hangman's Knot (1952); Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (1952); Scandal Sheet (1952); Saturday's Hero (1951); Chicago Deadline (1949); Beyond Glory (1948); Green Dolphin Street (1947); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); Faithful in My Fashion (1946); They Were Expendable (1945); The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945); Gentle Annie (1944); See Here, Private Hargrove (1944); Sucker Bait (1943); Thousands Cheer (1943); The Man from Down Under (1943); Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943); The Human Comedy (1943); Personalities (1942); Eyes in the Night (1942); Apache Trail (1942); Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942); Mokey (1942); The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942); The Bugle Sounds (1942); Babes on Broadway (1941); Shadow of the Thin Man (1941); The Getaway (1941).

Born on this day – Suzanne Ridgeway:

Suzanne Ridgeway

Actress

January 27, 1918 – May 6, 1996

Credits:

3 Ring Circus (1954); 5 Fingers (1952); A Bullet for Joey (1955); A Date with Judy (1948); A Merry Mix-up (1957); A Missed Fortune (1952); A Night in Casablanca (1946); A Night of Adventure (1944); A Star Is Shorn (1939); A Woman's Secret (1949); Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952); Adventures of Don Juan (1948); Alias Boston Blackie (1942); All About Eve (1950); An Annapolis Story (1955); Anne of the Indies (1951); April in Paris (1952); Arabian Nights (1942); Arch of Triumph (1948); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Assignment: Paris (1952); Back Street (1941); Barbary Pirate (1949); Bengazi (1955); Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956); Big Jim McLain (1952); Black Angel (1946); Blues Busters (1950); Border River (1954); Born to Be Bad (1950); Bowery Buckaroos (1947); Brigadoon (1954); Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940); Brooklyn Orchid (1942); Calamity Jane (1953); California Passage (1950); Captain Pirate (1952); Casbah (1948); Cattle Town (1952); Chained for Life (1952); Citizen Kane (1941); City Beneath the Sea (1953); City of Shadows (1955); Climax! (1954); Club Havana (1945); College Swing (1938); Come on Seven (1956); Counter-Espionage (1942); Cow Town (1950); Cowboy (1958); Cowboy and the Prizefighter (1949); Criss Cross (1949); Cruisin' Down the River (1953); Dangerous Assignment (1952); Dangerous to Know (1938); Death Valley Days (1952); Destination Murder (1950); Double Crossbones (1951); Down Argentine Way (1940); Down Dakota Way (1949); Duchess of Idaho (1950); Duel on the Mississippi (1955); East of Sumatra (1953); El Dorado (1945); Even as IOU (1942); F.B.I. Girl (1951); First Aid (1943); Flying with Music (1942); Force of Arms (1951); Fort Osage (1952); Fort Ti (1953); Fourteen Hours (1951); Foxfire (1955); From Hell It Came (1957); Fun on a Weekend (1947); Gaucho Serenade (1940); Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953); Gilda (1946); Girl Rush (1944); Girls in Chains (1943); Golden Girl (1951); Gone with the Wind (1939); Gunsmoke (1956); H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941); Heaven Only Knows (1947); Her Kind of Man (1946); Here Come the Marines (1952); Hey Moe, Hey Dad! (2015); Hired Wife (1940); Hit the Ice (1943); Hold 'Em Navy (1937); Hold That Kiss (1938); Hollywood or Bust (1956); Homecoming (1948); Hoodlum Empire (1952); Hot News (1953); Hot Stuff (1956); Hurricane Island (1951); I Was an American Spy (1951); I, the Jury (1953); I'll See You in My Dreams (1951); Illegal (1955); Incident (1948); It's a Date (1940); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); It's Always Fair Weather (1955); Jinx Money (1948); Johnny One-Eye (1950); Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949); Jungle Goddess (1948); Khyber Patrol (1954); Lady from Louisiana (1941); Latin Lovers (1953); Lili (1953); Loose Loot (1953); Lost City of the Jungle (1946); Love Is Better Than Ever (1952); Lovely to Look At (1952); Love's A-Poppin' (1953); Lucky Losers (1950); Lullaby of Broadway (1951); Lust for Gold (1949); Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1952); Malaya (1949); Mary Ryan, Detective (1949); Mesa of Lost Women (1953); Mexican Hayride (1948); Mighty Joe Young (1949); Millionaire Playboy (1940); Money from Home (1953); Monsieur Verdoux (1947); Montana (1950); Morocco (1949); Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938); Mr. Dynamite (1941); Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939); Mummy's Dummies (1948); My Blue Heaven (1950); My Dream Is Yours (1949); My Favorite Spy (1951); My Foolish Heart (1949); My Friend Irma Goes West (1950); My Son, the Hero (1943); Mystery Street (1950); Nancy Goes to Rio (1950); Night Song (1947); No Holds Barred (1952); No Questions Asked (1951); Not as a Stranger (1955); O.S.S. (1946); On Moonlight Bay (1951); On Our Merry Way (1948); On the Riviera (1951); One Too Many (1950); Out Where the Stars Begin (1938); Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951); Panama Hattie (1942); Passport to Danger (1954–1955); Perry Mason (1957); Please Believe Me (1950); Possessed (1947); Prince of Players (1955); Public Defender (1954); Quicksand (1950); Raiders of the Desert (1941); Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953); Raintree County (1957); Red, Hot and Blue (1949); Ride, Vaquero! (1953); Right Cross (1950); Road to Morocco (1942); Romance in the Dark (1938); Rumpus in the Harem (1956); Ruthless (1948); Saddle Legion (1951); Sailor Beware (1952); Scared Stiff (1953); Sea of Lost Ships (1953); Second Fiddle (1939); September Affair (1950); Serenade (1956); Serpent of the Nile (1953); Show Boat (1951); Sincerely Yours (1955); Sing, You Sinners (1938); Siren of Bagdad (1953); Slightly French (1949); Smart Woman (1948); Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947); Smooth as Silk (1946); So You Want to Learn to Dance (1953); So You Want to Wear the Pants (1952); Something for the Birds (1952); Sorrowful Jones (1949); South Sea Sinner (1950); Strange Lady in Town (1955); Stranger on the Third Floor (1940); Strangers on a Train (1951); Suddenly It's Spring (1947); Sunny Side of the Street (1951); Suspicion (1957); Take the High Ground! (1953); Tales of Manhattan (1942); Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949); Tell It to the Judge (1949); Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957); Tennessee's Partner (1955); Tension at Table Rock (1956); That Midnight Kiss (1949); That Night in Rio (1941); That Way with Women (1947); That's Right - You're Wrong (1939); The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1956); The Beast with Five Fingers (1946); The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949); The Best Years of Our Lives (1946); The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938); The Big Punch (1948); The Big Sky (1952); The Big Sleep (1946); The Big Street (1942); The Big Tip Off (1955); The Broken Star (1956); The Buccaneer (1938); The Conspirators (1944); The Desperado (1954); The Devil and Miss Jones (1941); The Fighting Chance (1955); The Fleet's In (1942); The Girl from Jones Beach (1949); The Golden Eye (1948); The Golden Hawk (1952); The Great Gambini (1937); The House Across the Street (1949); The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939); The Jazz Singer (1952); The Kansas Terrors (1939); The Kissing Bandit (1948); The Lady Eve (1941); The Lady Is Willing (1942); The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956); The Lone Wolf (1954); The Long Night (1947); The Luck of the Irish (1948); The Magic Carpet (1951); The Man Behind the Gun (1953); The Man I Love (1946); The Man with the Golden Arm (1955); The Merry Widow (1952); The Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941); The Pace That Thrills (1952); The Parson of Panamint (1941); The Purple Gang (1959); The Red Skelton Hour (1952); The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947); The She-Creature (1956); The Steel Lady (1953); The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944); The Story of Seabiscuit (1949); The Story of Three Loves / Mademoiselle (1953); The Thrill of Brazil (1946); The Tijuana Story (1957); The Toast of New Orleans (1950); The Walls of Jericho (1948); The West Point Story (1950); The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942); They Won't Believe Me (1947); Thief of Damascus (1952); Three Daring Daughters (1948); Three Little Words (1950); Three Sailors and a Girl (1953); Thrill of a Lifetime (1937); Timber Queen (1944); Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die (1942); Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951); Tonight We Sing (1953); Top Gun (1955); Tricky Dicks (1953); Two Girls on Broadway (1940); Undercurrent (1946); Unfaithfully Yours (1948); Up in Daisy's Penthouse (1953); Uranium Boom (1956); Valentino (1951); Walk a Crooked Mile (1948); Wife Wanted (1946); Wintertime (1943); Women's Prison (1955); You Were Never Lovelier (1942); Young Buffalo Bill (1940); Yukon Gold (1952).

Born on this day – Dorothy Scarborough:

Dorothy Scarborough

Writer

January 27, 1878 – November 7, 1935

Credits:

Written work:

Biographical Essay on the Handbook of Texas / Online Foreword to The Wind, written by Sylvia Ann Grider (1979); Can't Get a Redbird (1929); From a Southern Porch (1919); Fugitive Verses (1912); Humorous Ghost Stories (1921); Impatient Griselda (1927); In the Land of Cotton (1923); On the Trail of Negro Folk-songs (1925); Selected Short Stories of Today (1935); Song Catcher in Southern Mountains; American Folk Songs of British Ancestry (printed posthumously in 1937); Stretch-Berry Smile (1932); The Story of Cotton (1933); The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction (1917); The Unfair Sex (printed in serialized form from 1925–1926); The Wind (1925).

Movie and television:

The Wind (1928); The 100 (2014).

Born on this day – Lewis Carroll:

Lewis Carroll

Writer

January 27, 1832 – January 14, 1898

Credits:

30 Eternal Masterpieces of Humorous Stories (2019); A Tangled Tale (1885); Alice in Wonderland (1862); Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (1871); Alice through the Looking Glass (1871); Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865); Alice's Adventures Under Ground (1865); Alicia (1871); Bruno's Revenge (1867); Euclid and His Modern Rivals (1969); For the Train: Five Poems and a Tale (1932); Jabberwocky (1872); Jabberwocky and Other Poems (2012); Lewis Carroll's Diaries Volume 1 (1993); Lewis Carroll's Diaries Volume 2 (1994); Lewis Carroll's Diaries Volume 3 (1995); Lewis Carroll's Diaries Volume 4 (1997); Novelty And Romancement (1925); One White Rabbit (2017); Over the Rainbow (1983); Phantasmagoria and Other Poems (1869); Red Sky (2014); Sylvie And Bruno (1889); Sylvie and Bruno Concluded (1893); The Classic Fantasy Collection (2019); The Crocodile (1988); The Hunting of the Snark (1876); The Mad Gardener's Song (1967); The Nursery (1889); The Pig-Tale (1893); The Rectory Umbrella And Mischmasch (1932); The Walrus and the Carpenter (1872); The Wasp In A Wig (1877); Three Sunsets and Other Poems (1899); Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There (1871).