Thursday, January 29, 2026

Born on this day – Diane Delano:


Diane Delano


Actress

January 29, 1957 – December 13, 2024

Credits:

100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd (1999–2000); 100 Things to Do Before High School (2014–2016); 2 Broke Girls (2015); 3rd Rock from the Sun (1999); A Mighty Wind (2003); A Painted House (2003); Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1995–1997); According to Jim (2008); Acting Sheriff (1991); Addams Family Reunion (1998); AJ and the Queen (2020); American Dad! (2007–2008); American Dragon: Jake Long (2005); Anderson's Cross (2010); Bakersfield P.D. (1993); Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2009); Ben 10: Alien Force (2008); Ben 10: Omniverse (2013–2014); Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (2011); Choose Connor (2007); Coach (1994); Cold Case (2007); Cop Rock (1990); Cow and Chicken (1998); Crafty (2010); Days of Our Lives (1994–2009); Dead Rising 3 (2013); Death to the Supermodels (2005); Desperate Housewives (2006); DeVanity (2012); Dharma & Greg (1999); Don't Get Off the Bus (2016); Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989); ER (1997–2002); Everwood (2006); Falcon Crest (1989); Final Heist (2024); Fred: The Show (2012); From the Mouths of Babes (2014); Fumbling Thru the Pieces (2011–2013); General Hospital (2016); Good Girls (2019); Good Luck Charlie (2010); Goode Behavior (1997); Growing Pains (1988); Heart Like a Wheel (1983); Hearts Afire (1993); Highway 395 (2000); Hunter (1988); Infinity Train (2020); Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003); Joan of Arcadia (2004); Jury Duty: The Comedy (1990); Just the Ten of Us (1989); K.C. Undercover (2015–2018); L.A. Law (1987); Lego DC Super-Villains (2018); Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (2022); Major Dad (1989); Married... with Children (1992); Matlock (1989); Me Time (2022); Meego (1997); Midnight Clear (2006); Mike & Molly (2013); Miracle Mile (1988); Misery Loves Company (1995); Mission Odyssey (2002–2003); Mom (2016); Monk (2005); NCIS (2007); New Looney Tunes (2017); Niko and the Sword of Light (2018); Northern Exposure (1991–1995); Northern Exposure (1995); One on One (2002); One on One with Jasper Cole (2019); Out of These Rooms (2002); Paradise: A Town of Sinners and Saints (2024); PEN15 (2019); Perfect Strangers (1989); Pig Sty (1995); Platypus Man (1995); Popular (1999–2001); Pretty the Series (2014–2015); Providence (2000); Quantum Leap (1991); Rachel Gunn, R.N. (1992); Rage 2 (2019); Ratboy (1986); Rattled (1996); Relish (2019); Renegade (1996); Road to Dreamland (2024); Robbery Homicide Division (2002); Rocket Power (2000); Rugrats (1997–2002); Saturday Mash-Up (2022); Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1999); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1987); Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo (2009); Shake It Up (2013); Silk Hope (1999); Six Feet Under (2004); Sleepwalkers (1992); St. Elsewhere (1983); St. Sass (2002); Stark: Mirror Image (1986); Step by Step (1994–1996); Superman: The Animated Series (1998–2000); Surf School (2006); Teen Titans (2006); The Angry Beavers (2001); The Bridge (2013); The Brothers Garcia (2002); The Division (2002); The Eddie Files (1998); The Ellen Show (2001); The Ladykillers (2004); The Michael Richards Show (2000); The Middle (2012); The New Addams Family (1998); The River Wild (1994); The Single Guy (1997); The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1999); The Theory of the Leisure Class (2001); The Thin Pink Line (1998); The Upshaws (2021–2022); The War at Home (2007); The Wicker Man (2006); The Zeta Project (2002); Thirtysomething (1989); 'Til Death (2008); Two and a Half Men (2006); Unhappily Ever After (1995); We Bare Bears (2016); Who's the Boss? (1990); Wild Card (1992); Wizards of Waverly Place (2011); Young Justice (2012–2019); Zoey 101 (2005–2006).

Born on this day – Elio Petri:


Elio Petri


Director

Writer

January 29, 1929 – November 10, 1982

Credits:

A Husband for Anna (1953); A Quiet Place in the Country (1968); Angels of Darkness (1954); Cannes Film Festival (1970); Ciné regards (1978); Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli (1970); Giorni d’amore (1954); Good News (1979); High Infidelity (1964); His Days Are Numbered (1962); I sette contadini (1958); Il carro armato dell’8 settembre (1960); Il maestro di Vigevano (1963); Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970); La Garçonnière (1960); Le mani sporche (1978); Le notti dei Teddy Boys (1959); L’impiegato (1960); L’Italia con Togliatti (1964); Men and Wolves (1957); Nasce un campione (1953); Nudi per vivere (1963); Pierrot the Fool (1965); Property Is No Longer a Theft (1973); Quando tramonta il sole (1956); Rome 11:00 (1952); The 10th Victim (1965); The Assassin (1961); The Hunchback of Rome (1960); The Monsters (1963); The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971); The Year Long Road (1958); Todo modo (1976); Tre ipotesi sulla morte di Giuseppe Pinelli (1970); Un ettaro di cielo (1958); Vento del Sud (1960); Vlak bez voznog reda (1959); We Still Kill the Old Way (1967).

Born on this day – Dorothy Malone:


Dorothy Malone


Actress

January 29, 1924 – January 19, 2018

Credits:

Basic Instinct (1992); Rest in Pieces (1987); Peyton Place: The Next Generation (1985); He's Not Your Son (1984); Matt Houston (1982); Off Your Rocker (1982); The Being (1981); Condominium (1980); The Littlest Hobo (1980); The Day Time Ended (1979); Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1979); Winter Kills (1979); Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979); Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold (1978); Vega$ (1978); Flying High (1978); High Hopes (1978); The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1978); Golden Rendezvous (1977); Murder in Peyton Place (1977); The November Plan (1977); Little Ladies of the Night (1977); The Streets of San Francisco (1976); Police Woman (1976); Rich Man, Poor Man (1976); City of Angels (1976); Ellery Queen (1976); Abduction (1975); The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1975); Ironside (1973); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1972); The Pigeon (1969); Carnal Circuit (1969); Peyton Place (1964–1968); Insight (1966); Fate Is the Hunter (1964); Arrest and Trial (1964); The Greatest Show on Earth (1964); Beach Party (1963); The Untouchables (1962); General Electric Theater (1955–1962); Dr. Kildare (1962); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961); Death Valley Days (1961); Checkmate (1961); The Last Sunset (1961); Route 66 (1961); The Last Voyage (1960); Goodyear Theatre (1960); Alcoa Theatre (1960); Warlock (1959); Cimarron City (1958); Too Much, Too Soon (1958); The Tarnished Angels (1957); Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957); Quantez (1957); Man of a Thousand Faces (1957); Written on the Wind (1956); Tension at Table Rock (1956); Pillars of the Sky (1956); The Loretta Young Show (1956); Appointment with Adventure (1956); At Gunpoint (1955); The Christophers (1955); Artists and Models (1955); Sincerely Yours (1955); Tall Man Riding (1955); Five Guns West (1955); Fireside Theatre (1954–1955); Battle Cry (1955); Young at Heart (1954); The Fast and the Furious (1954); Private Hell 36 (1954); Security Risk (1954); Pushover (1954); The Lone Gun (1954); Four Star Playhouse (1953–1954); Loophole (1954); Omnibus / The Horn Blows at Midnight (1953); Jack Slade (1953); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Doctor (1953); Law and Order (1953); Scared Stiff (1953); Torpedo Alley (1952); Kraft Theatre (1951); The Bushwhackers (1951); Saddle Legion (1951); Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950); The Killer That Stalked New York (1950); Convicted (1950); The Nevadan (1950); Colorado Territory (1949); South of St. Louis (1949); Flaxy Martin (1949); One Sunday Afternoon (1948); Two Guys from Texas (1948); To the Victor (1948); The Big Sleep (1946); Night and Day (1946); Janie Gets Married (1946); Frontier Days (1945); Too Young to Know (1945); Hollywood Canteen (1944); One Mysterious Night (1944); Youth Runs Wild (1944); Step Lively (1944); Show Business (1944); Seven Days Ashore (1944); Higher and Higher (1943); The Falcon and the Co-eds (1943); Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943).

Born on this day – Paddy Chayefsky:


Paddy Chayefsky


Writer

January 29, 1923 – August 1, 1981


Credits:

Novel:

Altered States (1978).

Movies and television:

A Double Life (1947); A nagy üzlet (1974); Altered States (1980); As Young as You Feel (1951); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Danger (1952); Das große Projekt (1956 / 1971); Der zehnte Mann (1968); Die Mutter (1978); Ein Zug nach Manhattan (1981); Fame (1980); Faye (2024); Film '72 (1972); Gideon (1966 / 1971); Goodyear Playhouse (1952–1955); Gran Teatro (1964); Grande Teatro Tupi (1959); History Rediscovered: The True Glory (2012); Hollywood Insider (2021); Il grosso affare (1971); Iso keikka (1966); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949–1954); La madre (1971); Manhunt (1952); Marty (1955 / 1965); Mati (1958); Matka (1982); Middle of the Night (1959); Mitten in der Nacht (1971); Monitor (1959); Network (1976); O Grande Negócio (1973); Oscar's Greatest Moments (1992); Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words (2025); Paint Your Wagon (1969); Performance (1994); Plunder (1966); Release (1968); Star 80 (1983); Teatterituokio (1969); Teledrama (1957); The 1st TV Academy Hall of Fame (1984); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1957); The 28th Annual Academy Awards (1956); The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972); The 49th Annual Academy Awards (1977); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The Americanization of Emily (1964); The Bachelor Party (1957); The Catered Affair (1956); The David Susskind Show (1974); The Ed Sullivan Show (1969); The Goddess (1958); The Gulf Playhouse (1953); The Hospital (1971); The Merv Griffin Show (1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1969); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1972); The True Glory (1945); The Way We Were (1973); TV de Vanguarda (1956); Veliki poduhvat (1960); Welcome to the Basement (2012–2016); Your Place or Mine? (1976).

Born on this day – John Forsythe:


John Forsythe

Actor

Producer

Narrator

Drama teacher

Philanthropist

January 29, 1918 – April 1, 2010

Born on this day – Victor Mature:


Victor Mature

Actor

January 29, 1913 – August 4, 1999

Born on this day – Archie Mayo:


Archie Mayo


Director

Writer

Actor

January 29, 1891 – December 4, 1968


Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, and Archie Mayo on the set of It's Love I'm After (1937).

Credits:

The Beast of Budapest (1958); Angel on My Shoulder (1946); A Night in Casablanca (1946); Sweet and Low-Down (1944); Crash Dive (1943); Orchestra Wives (1942); Moontide (1942); Confirm or Deny (1941); Charley's Aunt (1941); The Great American Broadcast (1941); Four Sons (1940); The House Across the Bay (1940); They Shall Have Music (1939); Youth Takes a Fling (1938); The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938); It's Love I'm After (1937); Call It a Day (1937); Black Legion (1937); Give Me Your Heart (1936); I Married a Doctor (1936); The Petrified Forest (1936); The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935); Go Into Your Dance (1935); Bordertown (1935); Desirable (1934); The Man with Two Faces (1934); Gambling Lady (1934); Convention City (1933); Ever in My Heart (1933); The Mayor of Hell (1933); The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933); Night After Night (1932); Two Against the World (1932); Street of Women (1932); The Expert (1932); Under Eighteen (1931); Bought! (1931); Svengali (1931); Illicit (1931); The Doorway to Hell (1930); Oh, Sailor Behave! (1930); Courage (1930); Vengeance (1930); Wide Open (1930); The Sacred Flame (1929); The Sap (1929); Is Everybody Happy? (1929); Sonny Boy (1929); My Man (1928); On Trial (1928); State Street Sadie (1928); Retribution (1928); The Movie Man (1928); The Crimson City (1928); Beware of Married Men (1927); The College Widow (1927); Slightly Used (1927); Dearie (1927); Quarantined Rivals (1927); Johnny Get Your Hair Cut (1927); Unknown Treasures (1926); Christine of the Big Tops (1926); Money Talks (1926); Weak, But Willing (1926); Off His Beat (1925); Oh, Bridget! (1925); Tender Feet (1925); Why Hesitate? (1925); A Rarin' Romeo (1925); Good Spirits (1925); Reno or Bust (1924); High Gear (1924); Short Change (1924); Tootsie Wootsie (1924); Dandy Lions (1924); Spring Fever (1923); A Man of Position (1923); Round Figures (1923); High Kickers (1923); Speed Bugs (1923); Don't Get Fresh (1923); The Imperfect Lover (1923); All Over Twist (1923); F.O.B. (1923); No Luck (1923); The Educator (1922); The Speeder (1922); Poor Boy (1922); Rolling Stones (1922); The Vagrant (1921); Robinson Crusoe Ltd. (1921); It's Your Move (1921); Beaches and Peaches (1918); The Kid Snatchers (1917); Double Dukes (1917); A Nurse of an Aching Heart (1917); A Limburger Cyclone (1917).