Born on this day – Jonathan Demme:

Jonathan Demme

Director

Producer

Writer

Actor

February 22, 1944 – April 26, 2017

Credits:

2000 MTV Video Music Awards (2000); A Gifted Man (2011–2012); A Master Builder (2013); Adaptation (2002); Alive from Off Center (1984); American Playhouse (1982); Amos & Andrew (1993); Angels Hard as They Come (1971); Another Telepathic Thing (2015); Arena (1977); Artists United Against Apartheid: Sun City (1985); Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2003); Beloved (1998); Black Mama White Mama (1973); Bouki nan paradi (2001); Bruce Springsteen: American Skin (41 Shots);  - Live in New York City (2001); Bruce Springsteen: If I Should Fall Behind (2000); Bruce Springsteen: Murder Incorporated (1995); Bruce Springsteen: Streets of Philadelphia (1994); Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000 / videos: Streets of Philadelphia, Murder Incorporated, If I Should Fall Behind (2001); Caged Heat (1974); Citizens Band (1977); Columbo (1978); Courage and Pain (1996); Cousin Bobby (1992); Crazy Mama (1975); Crude Independence (2009); Deep Time (2015); Devil in a Blue Dress (1995); Enlightened (2011); Enzo Avitabile Music Life (2012); Everett Ruess Wilderness Song (2013); Fighting Mad (1976); Fly Me (1973); Gimme the Loot (2012); H.E.A.L.: Heal Yourself (1991); Haiti Dreams of Democracy (1988); Household Saints (1993); I'm Carolyn Parker (2011); Into the Night (1985); Into the Rope (1996); Jimmy Carter Man from Plains (2007); Joe Lamont: Secrets You Keep (1985); Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids (2016); Kenny Chesney: Unstaged (2012); Last Disintegrated School (2019); Last Embrace (1979); Line of Sight (2014); Mandela (1996); Married to the Mob (1988); Melvin and Howard (1980); Miami Blues (1990); Naughty Wives (1973); Neil Young Journeys (2011); Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006); Neil Young: Trunk Show (2009); New Order: The Perfect Kiss (1985); Now That's What I Call Music 6 (1985); One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room (1994); Oz (2000); P.O.V. (2012); Philadelphia (1993); Protection Not Protest: The People of Standing Rock (2016); Queenae Taylor Mulvihill in Maangamizi: The Ancient One (2001); Rachel Getting Married (2008); Rachel Getting Married: Deleted Scenes (2009); Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter / In The Still Of The Night (1990); Ricki and the Flash (2015); Right to Return: New Home Movies from the Lower 9th Ward (2007); Rio Tigre (1972); Seven Seconds (2018); Shadrach (1998); Shots Fired (2017); SNL: Saturday Night Live (1980–1986); SNL: Saturday Night Live / Gidgette Goes to Hell (1980); Something Wild (1986); Song One (2014); Stop Making Sense (1984); Storefront Hitchcock (1998); SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground / Subway Car from Hell (1997); Survival Guide (1985); Suzanne Vega: Solitude Standing (1987); Swimming to Cambodia (1987); Swing Shift (1984); Talking Heads: Once in a Lifetime (Live);  (1984); Talking Heads: Slippery People (Live) (1984); Tavis Smiley Reports / Been In The Storm Too Long (2010); That Thing You Do! (1996); The Agronomist (2003); The Center (2015); The Complex Sessions (1994); The Hot Box (1972); The Incredible Melting Man (1977); The Killing (2013–2014); The Manchurian Candidate (2004); The New Yorker Presents / What's Motivating Hayes (2015); The Opportunists (1999); The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986); The Power of Rock (2017); The Pretenders: Greatest Hits / video: I Got You Babe (2000); The Silence of the Lambs (1991); The Truth About Charlie (2002); The Uttmost (1998); Tom Tom Club: Genius of Love – Live (1984); Trying Times (1987); UB40 and Chrissie Hynde: I Got You Babe (1985); What's Motivating Hayes (2015); Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules (1991).

Born on this day – Harvey S. Laidman:

Harvey S. Laidman

Director

February 22, 1942 – January 3, 2025

Credits:

7th Heaven (1996–2004); ABC Weekend Specials (1978–1982); Airport (1970); Airwolf (1984–1985); Bums in Love (2011); California Fever (1979); Chicago Story (1981 / 1982); CHiPs (1979); Eight Is Enough (1977–1978); Eischied (1979); Falcon Crest (1982–1983); Family (1977); Flatbush (1979); For Love and Honor (1983); Game (2011); Hawaii Five-O (1977); Hernandez (1973); Hunter (1977); Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973); Jack & Me (2017); JAG (2002); Jake and the Fatman (1987–1988); Kaz (1978–1979); Kingston: Confidential (1977); Knight Rider (1983–1986); Knots Landing (1981–1982); Kojak (1978); Lou Grant (1978–1981); Magnum, P.I. (1983–1986); Matlock (1988–1994); Meathook (2025); Mortal Kombat: Conquest (1999); Most Wanted (1977); Night Shift (2011); Police Headquarters (1974); Quantum Leap (1993); Quincy, M.E. (1979); Red Sky at Morning (1971); Rescue 77 (1999); Safe Harbor (1999); Savannah (1997); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1985–1987); Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1982); Shoot Out (1971); Showdown (1973); Silk Stalkings (1994–1995); Slaughterhouse-Five (1972); Sometimes a Great Notion / aka Never Give a Inch (1971); Steel Cowboy (1978); Street Hawk (1985); Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982–1983); That Certain Summer (1972); The Blue Knight (1976); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1972–1973); The Boy Who Loved Trolls (1984); The Dukes of Hazzard (1983–1984); The Fitzpatricks (1977); The Incredible Hulk (1978); The Lazarus Syndrome (1979); The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1981); The Paper Chase (1978); The Runaways (1975); The Six Million Dollar Man (1973); The Waltons (1973–1981); This Is the Life (1976); Today's F.B.I. (1981–1982); Tucker's Witch (1983); Walking Tall (1981); Wildside (1985).

Born on this day – Elizabeth MacRae:

Elizabeth MacRae

Actress

February 22, 1936 – May 27, 2024

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1962); Another World (1964–1999); Barnaby Jones (1976); Bonanza (1968); Burke's Law (1964); CMT: The Greatest - 20 Greatest Country Comedy Shows (2006); Days of Our Lives (1976–1977); Death Valley Days (1963); Dr. Kildare (1962); Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! (1989); Everything's Ducky (1961); For Love or Money (1963); General Hospital (1963); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1966–1969); Guiding Light (1984); Gunsmoke (1962–1965); Harrigan and Son (1961); Hawaiian Eye (1962); I Dream of Jeannie (1965); Judd for the Defense (1969); Kojak (1975); Love in a Goldfish Bowl (1961); Mannix (1972); Maverick (1961); Naked City (1960); Petrocelli (1975); Rawhide (1964); Rendezvous (1959); Rhoda (1977); Route 66 (1960–1964); Sam Benedict (1963); Search for Tomorrow (1985); Stoney Burke (1963); Surfside 6 (1961–1962); The Andy Griffith Show (1967); The Asphalt Jungle (1961); The Conversation (1974); The Fugitive (1964); The House of the Dead (1978); The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964); The Mike Douglas Show (1968); The Untouchables (1962); The Verdict Is Yours (1958); The Virginian (1965); The Wild Westerners (1962); Wild Is My Love (1963).

Born on this day – John Mills:

John Mills

Actor

Producer

Director

February 22, 1908 – April 23, 2005

Credits:

Lights2 (2005); Bright Young Things (2003); The Gentleman Thief (2001); Great Performances (1998); Bean (1997); Hamlet (1996); Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets (1995); Martin Chuzzlewit (1994); The English Programme (1994); Deadly Advice (1994); Harnessing Peacocks (1993); The Big Freeze (1993); Frankenstein (1992); Perfect Scoundrels (1992); Night of the Fox (1990); Ending Up (1989); A Tale of Two Cities (1989); Around the World in 80 Days (1989); The Lady and the Highwayman (1988); Spit MacPhee (1988); Who's That Girl (1987); Hold the Dream (1987); When the Wind Blows (1986); Hotel (1986); Edge of the Wind (1985); Murder with Mirrors (1985); A Woman of Substance (1985); Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death (1984); Sahara (1983); Gandhi (1982); Young at Heart (1980–1982); The Adventures of Little Lord Fauntleroy (1982); Tales of the Unexpected (1980–1982); Quatermass (aka The Quatermass Conclusion) (1979); Zulu Dawn (1979); The Love Boat (1979); The Thirty Nine Steps (1978); Dr. Strange (1978); The Big Sleep (1978); Des Teufels Advokat (1977); A Dirty Knight's Work (1976); The 'Human' Factor (1975); The Zoo Gang (1974); Oklahoma Crude (1973); Lady Caroline Lamb (1972); Young Winston (1972); Dulcima (1971); Nanny and the Professor (1971); Ryan's Daughter (1970); Adam's Woman (1970); Oh! What a Lovely War (1969); Run Wild, Run Free (1969); Emma Hamilton (1968); A Black Veil for Lisa (1968); Dundee and the Culhane (1967); Chuka (1967); Africa: Texas Style (1967); The Family Way (1966); The Wrong Box (1966); Gypsy Girl (1966); King Rat (1965); Operation Crossbow (1965); The Truth About Spring (1965); The Chalk Garden (1964); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962–1964); Tiara Tahiti (1962); The Valiant (1962); Flame in the Streets (1961); The Parent Trap (1961); The Singer Not the Song (1961); Swiss Family Robinson (1960); Tunes of Glory (1960); Season of Passion (1959); Tiger Bay (1959); Hell, Heaven or Hoboken (1958); Ice Cold in Alex (1958); Dunkirk (1958); The Circle (1957); Town on Trial (1957); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Producers' Showcase (1956); War and Peace (1956); It's Great to Be Young! (1956); The Baby and the Battleship (1956); Escapade (1955); Above Us the Waves (1955); The End of the Affair (1955); The Colditz Story (1955); Hobson's Choice (1954); The Long Memory (1953); The Gentle Gunman (1952); Mr. Denning Drives North (1951); Operation Disaster (1950); The Rocking Horse Winner (1949); The History of Mr. Polly (1949); Scott of the Antarctic (1948); The October Man (1947); So Well Remembered (1947); Great Expectations (1946); Johnny in the Clouds (1945); Waterloo Road (1945); Information Please (1944); Victory Wedding (1944); This Happy Breed (1944); The Sky's the Limit (1943); We Dive at Dawn (1943); The Young Mr. Pitt (1942); In Which We Serve (1942); The Big Blockade (1942); Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942); Bombsight Stolen (1941); Old Bill and Son (1941); All Hands (1940); Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939); The Green Cockatoo (1937); You're in the Army Now (1937); Nine Days a Queen (1936); The First Offence (1936); Charing Cross Road (1936); Car of Dreams (1935); Born for Glory (1935); The Doctor's Secret (1934); Blind Justice (1934); The Lash (1934); Those Were the Days (1934); The River Wolves (1934); A Political Party (1934); Britannia of Billingsgate (1933); The Ghost Camera (1933); Midshipmaid Gob (1932).

Born on this day – Luis Buñuel:

Luis Buñuel

Writer

Director

Actor

Producer

February 22, 1900 – July 29, 1983

Credits:

A Woman Without Love (1952); An Andalusian Dog (1929); Arena (1983); Belle de Jour (1967); Carmen (1926); Centinela, alerta! (1937); Daughter of Deceit (1951); Death in the Garden (1956); Diary of a Chambermaid (1964); Don Quintín el amargao (1935); Dry martini (2008); El (1953); En este pueblo no hay ladrones (1965); España 1936 (1937); Fever Mounts at El Pao (1959); Gran Casino (1947); Igra o pamcenju i umiranju (1984); Illusion Travels by Streetcar (1954); Johnny Got His Gun (1971); La chute d'un corps (1973); La hija de Juan Simón (1935); La novia de medianoche (1997); Las Hurdes (1933); Le moine (1972); Llanto por un bandido (1964); Mauprat (1926); Mexican Bus Ride (1952); Nazarin (1959); Quién me quiere a mí? (1936); Robinson Crusoe (1954); Si usted no puede, yo sí (1951); Simon of the Desert (1965); Susana (1951); That Obscure Object of Desire (1977); The Brute (1953); The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955); The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972); The Exterminating Angel (1962); The Fall of the House of Usher (1928); The Golden Age (1930); The Great Madcap (1949); The History of the Vatican (1940); The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2017); The Milky Way (1969); The Phantom of Liberty (1974); The Proud and the Beautiful (1953); The River and Death (1954); The Young and the Damned (1950); The Young One (1960); This is Called Dawn (1956); Tristana (1970); Una historia decente (1971); Viridiana (1961); Wuthering Heights (1954).

Born on this day – Beatriz Michelena:

Beatriz Michelena

Actress

Writer

Producer

February 22, 1890 – October 10, 1942

Credits:

A Phyllis of the Sierras (1915); Golden Gate Weekly, No. 55 (1913); Heart of Juanita (1919); Just Squaw (1919); Mignon (1915); Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1914); Salomy Jane (1914); Salvation Nell (1915); The Flame of Hellgate (1920); The Lily of Poverty Flat (1915); The Price Woman Pays (1919); The Rose of the Misty Pool (1915); The Unwritten Law (1916); The Woman Who Dared (1916).

Born on this day – Gertrude Simmons Bonnin:

Gertrude Simmons Bonnin

aka Zitkala-Ša

Writer

Librettist

Musician: violin & flute

Teacher

Editor

Translator

Native American activist

February 22, 1876 – January 26, 1938

Credits:

American Indian Stories (1921); Oklahoma's Poor Rich Indians (1923);

Old Indian Legends (1901); The Sun Dance Opera (1913).