Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Born on this day – Douglas Trumbull:


Douglas Trumbull


Director

Writer

Inventor

Special effects supervisor

April 8, 1942 – February 7, 2022


Credits:

10th Annual Visual Effects Society Awards (2012); 2001 and Beyond (2001); 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968); 2001: FX and Early Conceptual Artwork (2007); 2001: The Making of a Myth (2001); 2001: The Science of Futures Past (2012); Ain't It Cool with Harry Knowles (2012); Back to the Future... The Ride (1991); Big Ball (1983); Blade Runner (1982); Blade Runner: Convention Reel (1982); Brainstorm (1983); Candy (1968); Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future (2018); Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977); Cyberspace (1996); Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007); Douglas Trumbull - Lighting the Starship Enterprise (2016); Douglas Trumbull: Then and Now (2002); Exploring 'the Tree of Life' (2011); Fantasy Film Festival (1979); Golden Eyes (2011); Gravity: Looking to the Stars - The Evolution of Space Films (2015); Greatest Sci-Fi Movies (2015); HypaSpace (2008); In Search of the Obelisk (1993); Inglorious Treksperts (2019); James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction (2018); Kubrick's Universe: The Stanley Kubrick Podcast (2021); Leonardo's Dream (1989); Les ateliers du rêve: les grands studios de cinéma dans le monde (1985); Let's Go (1985); Lights, Camera, Action!: A Century of the Cinema (1996); Making Close Encounters (1990); Miradas 2 (2008); Movies and Stuff (2015); Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020); New Magic (1983); Night of Dreams (1978); On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000); Phenomenon Blade Runner (2021); Secret Access: UFOs on the Record (2011); Silent Running (1972); 'Silent Running': By Director Douglas Trumbull (2002); Since '45 - In the Extraordinary House of History (2017); Since '45 (1979); Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers Centennial Gala (2016); Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey (2022); Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (2007); Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001); Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979); Starlost (1973); The 16th Annual Satellite Awards (2011); The Andromeda Strain (1971); The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film (2001); The Gate to the Mind's Eye (1993); The Gate to the Mind's Eye (1994); The History of the SF Film (1982); The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (2001); The Making of 'Silent Running' (1974); The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (2018); The Real History of Science Fiction (2014); The Reality Trip (1997); The Starlost (1973); The Starlost (1973–1974); The Starlost: Deception (1980); The Tree of Life (2011); Theater of Time (1993); To Dream of Roses (1990); To the Moon and Beyond (1964); Tour of the Universe (1985); Trumbull Land (2018); Valkokangas (1984); Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 (2007).

Born on this day – Lory Patrick:


Lory Patrick


Actress

April 8, 1938 – January 26, 2026

Credits:

Alcoa Premiere (1962); Bonanza (1967); Death Valley Days (1964); Dr. Kildare (1965); General Electric Theater (1962); Gunfight at Black Horse Canyon (1961); How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967); It's a Man's World (1963); Laramie (1963); Praise the Lord (2000–2006); St. John in Exile (1986); Surf Party (1964); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961–1962); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1962); The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1961); The Loretta Young Show (1961); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1963); This Is the Life (1967); Wagon Train (1962–1963); Wide Country (1962).

Born on this day – Eric Porter:


Eric Porter

Actor

April 8, 1928 – May 15, 1995

Born on this day – María Félix:


María Félix

Actress

Singer

April 8, 1914 – April 8, 2002

Born on this day – Marion Mack:


Marion Mack

Actress

Writer

April 8, 1902 – May 1, 1989

Born on this day – Carmen Boni:


Carmen Boni


Actress

April 8, 1901 – November 19, 1963

Credits:

Man to Men (1948); The Count of Monte Cristo (1943); Cleo, robes et manteaux (1935); The old one rogue (1934); Ne sois pas jalouse (1932); La femme en homme (1932); The shore Dei bruti (1931); The Devil's Holiday (1931); The Call of the Heart (1930); Katharina Knie (1929); The Grace (1929); Quartier Latin (1929); Der Adjutant des Zaren (1929); The Art of Love (1928); The Jolly Peasant (1928); Liebeskarneval (1928); Scampolo (1928); The Story of a Little Parisian (1928); Die Gefangene von Shanghai (1927); Gehetzte Frauen (1927); Ihr letztes Liebesabenteuer (1927); Venus im Frack (1927); Goodbye youth! (1927); The Last Lord (1926); The mouth closed (1925); The Extinguished Hearth (1925); The Prey (1924); The beautiful wife (1924); The Ransom (1924); The Little Unknown (1923); La dama de Chez Maxim's (1923); Passione di Popolo (1921); My Uncle Barbassous (1921); The Prey (1921); But it is not Una cosa seria (1921); Barbarossa's scimitar (1921); Street Girl (1920); The Caucasus Flower (1920); Ave Maria (1920); Miss Dorothy (1920); The Pecorella (1920); Ave Maria, gratia plena! (1919).

Born on this day – Grace Cunard:


Grace Cunard

Actress

Writer

Director

April 8, 1893 – January 19, 1967