Born on this day – Laurent Cantet:

Laurent Cantet

Writer

Director

Cinematographer

April 11, 1961 – April 25, 2024

Credits:

+ of cinema (2001); 120 BPM (2017); 2000 as seen by... An international collection (1998); 7 Days in Havana / Segment: La Fuente (2011); Arthur Rambo (2021); At the Movies (2008); C Tonight (2022); Tonight (or never!) (2008); Ceremonia of clausura - 57º San Sebastián International Film Festival (2009); Ceremonia de inauguración - 57º San Sebastián International Film Festival (2009); This night (1993); Charlotte Rampling, Cinema as an Essential (2022); Cinema 3 (2009–2015); Short Circuit (2001); Días de cine (2009–2024); Enzo (2025); Filmmelier Drops (2018); Filmoteca: Temas de Ciné (2013); Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang (2012); Frankie (2019); Heading South (2005); Human Resources (1999); Games de plage (1995); Merry Christmas (1994); Katie Chats (2014); The gentle drift of a child of Petit-Goâve (2009); The Night of the 7 d'Or (2000); The Night of the Caesars (2001–2009); French cinema is on a business trip (2009); The Amazing Doc (2021); The bloodthirsty (1997); The Extended (1987); Memories of French Cinema, Libération à nos jours (2006); Pierrot le Fou / Cannes Film Festival (2008); Quan Arribin els Marcians (2018); Daily (2022); Return to Ithaca (2014); The 2008 European Film Awards (2008); The 2009 Independent Spirit Awards (2009); The Class (2008); The Workshop (2017); Time Out (2001); Tous à la manif (1994); Vigils of arms (1994); Vertical Living Made Easy (2008).

Born on this day – Nicholas Ball:

Nicholas Ball

Actor

Producer

April 11, 1946 – June 4, 2024

Credits:

A New Breed of Criminal (2023); A.D. (1985); Acapulco H.E.A.T. (1993); Alas Smith & Jones (1984); BBC Play of the Month (1976); Bergerac (1983–1988); Boon (1989); Cannon Fodder: The Making of Lifeforce (2013); Car Cruzin’ (2005); Casino (1989); Casualty (2007–2011); Championship (2002); Christmas Under Fire (2002); Claudia (1985); Cluedo (1990); Cold Feet (2000); Colin’s Sandwich (1990); Comic Roots (1983); Confession (1970); Coronation Street (1970); Couples (1976); Crossroads (1964–1988); Croupier (1998); Crown Court (1976); Dead Man Running (2009); Doctors (2020); Doom Room (2013); Double the Fist (2008); EastEnders (2007–2009); El C.I.D. (1991); Enchantress (2011); Fifteen (2012); Fifteen (2012); Footballers Wive$: Overtime (2005–2006); Footballers’ Wives (2006); From a Bird’s Eye View (1970); Hammer House of Horror / Episode: The House That Bled to Death (1980); Harbour Lights (1999); Hazell (1978–1979); Heartbeat (1997–2007); Hellboy (2004); Holby City (2015–2017); Hustle (2005); Insiders (1997); ITV Playhouse (1969); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1972); Jamie (1971); Jonathan Creek (1999); Life for Christine (1980); Lifeforce (1985); Mr. Rose (1968); Muse (2019); Mutant Chronicles (2008); Nelly’s Version (1983); New Tricks (2005); No One Likes Us, We Don’t Care (1990); Out of Depth (2000); Overlord (1975); Pentagram (2019); Perfect Gift (1994); Peter (2011); Pie in the Sky (1996); Play for Today (1976–1981); Red Dwarf (1991); Respect (1996); Rogue Male (1976); Rosamunde Pilcher (2011); Running Out of Luck (1985); Silk Stalkings (1994); Sisterhood (2008); Softly Softly: Task Force (1975); South of Sunset (1993); Spooky (1983); Star Games (1979); Surgery (2015); Tales of the Unexpected (1988); Tarzán (1994); The Bill (1996); The Black Tulip (1970); The Commander: Blackdog (2005); The Commander: Virus (2005); The Coral Island (2000); The Courtroom (2004); The Crezz (1976); The Elusive Pimpernel (1969); The Famous Five (1997); The Gold Robbers (1969); The Governor (1995); The Gunpowder Plot (1968); The Haunting of Pendle Hill (2022); The Kingdom by the Sea (2024); The Krays: Dead Man Walking (2018); The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (1997); The Manor (1999); The Pyramid Game (1981); The Stranglers - On Stage, on Screen (2012); The Young Ones (1982); Thief Takers (1997); Top Dog (2002); Trafficking (2023); Urban Gothic (2000); Video Stars (1983); Whatever Became Of Richard Blaine? (2019); Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978); Windmills of the Gods (1988); Wogan (1985); Z Cars (1968).

Born on this day – Damien Thomas:

Damien Thomas

Actor

April 11, 1942 – April 18, 2025

Credits:

100 Years of Horror (1996); 1990 (1977); À l'abordage - L'aventure de pirates (2009); A.D. (1985); Beau Geste (1982); Best of British (1987); Blake's 7 (1981); Capture Anthologies: The Dimensions of Self / Segment: The Un-Gone (2011); Crisis (2003); Dempsey and Makepeace (1986); Dignity (2014); Doctors (2013); Finding Saint Francis (2015); Gone Are the Days of Summer (2013); Grave Tales (2011); Hammer Glamour (2013); Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972); House of Cards (1990); ITV Playhouse (1969); Jane Eyre (1983); Jason King (1972); Journey Into Darkness / Segment: The New People (1968); Journey to the Unknown (1968); Julius Caesar (1970); Kill List (2011); Madigan (1973); Never Let Me Go (2010); Night School (2014); Night School Fracture: The Letter (2013); Noble House (1988); Performance (1991); Pirates (1986); Poirot (1996); Rides (1993); Secret Army (1977); Sense & Sensibility (2008); Shalom Kabul (2013 / 2016); Shogun (1980); Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977); Softly Softly: Task Force (1976); Special Branch (1969–1974); Specials (1991); Spyder's Web (1972); Tempo (1966); Tenko (1984); Tenko Reunion (1985); The 4 Musketeers (2005); The Adventures of Don Quick (1970); The Ascension Agency (2009); The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978); The Brittas Empire (1992); The Expert (1976); The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil (2012); The Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes Podcast (2022); The King (2016); The Limehouse Golem (2016); The Long Firm (2004); The Making of an Epic: Mohammad Messenger of God (1976); The Meeting (2013); The Message (1976); The Professionals (1978); The Protectors (1973); The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1988); The Talisman (1980–1981); The Un-Gone (2007); The Upper Hand (1991); The World of Hammer (1994); This Is Your Life (1985); Thundercloud (1979); Tiffany Jones (1973); Twins of Evil (1971); Utopia (2014); Van der Valk (1972); W.E. (2011); Warship (1977); Whatever After (2021); Widows (1985); Wilde Alliance (1978); Wish Me Luck (1990); Zorro (1991).

Born on this day – Jack Betts:

Jack Betts

Actor

April 11, 1929 – June 19, 2025

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1964); 8MM (1999); A.A.A. Masseuse, Good-Looking, Offers Her Services (1972); About Last Night (2014); Adios Compañeros (1971); Alien Avengers II (1997); All My Children (1983); Another World (1982–1983); Batman & Robin (1997); Batman Forever (1995); Being Michael Madsen (2007); Bonanza (1962); Breaking Point (1963); Burke's Law (1964); Bye Bye Monkey (1978); Checkmate (1961–1962); Cinema Confidential (2018); Coffin Full of Dollars (1971); Cold Case (2005); Corte marziale (1973); Critical Mass (2001); Cut (2000); Dead Men Don't Die (1990); Deadly Games (1996); Django and Sartana Are Coming... It's the End (1970); Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (1960); Down with Your Hands... You Scum! (1971); D-Railed (2018); Everybody Loves Raymond (1999); Falcon Crest (1984); Falling Down (1993); Frasier (1997); Friends (2001); Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert (1993); Garlic & Gunpowder (2017); General Hospital (1963); Generations (1989); Gods and Monsters (1998); Good Trouble (2019); Guiding Light (1987); Gunsmoke (1964); Halleluja for Django (1967); He Was Called the Holy Ghost (1971); I Am Stamos (2004); In the Heat of the Night (1991); Inginocchiati straniero... I cadaveri non fanno ombra! (1970); Intimate Portrait (2002); It Takes a Thief (1969); It's a Wonderful Death (2008); JOB's Daughter (2016); Just My Imagination (1992); Kojak (1977); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1960); Lamp Unto My Feet (1954); Life After (2018); Loving (1990); Mad TV (1995); Magic Funhouse! (2017); Mardi Gras: Spring Break (2011); Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair (1993); Mike Hammer, Private Eye (1997); Mockingbird Don't Sing (2001); Monk (2009); My Name Is Earl (2006); Office Space (1999); One Damned Day at Dawn... Django Meets Sartana! (1970); One Life to Live (1979–1985); One Plus One (1961); Orphans in the Storm (2016); Perry Mason (1961–1966); Power 98 (1996); Power Rangers Lost Galaxy (1999); Recovery Road (2016); Remington Steele (1984); Requiem Per Un Genre (2025); Rum Runners (1971); Running Mates (2000); Search for Tomorrow (1986); Seinfeld (1995); Silver Skies (2016); Sinatra (1992); Sisters (1993); Southern Man (1998); Spider-Man (2002); Sugar Colt (1966); Texas (1981); The Assassination of Trotsky (1972); The Big Fall (1997); The Bloody Brood (1959); The Chair (1988); The Commission (2003); The Desert Rose (2007); The Detectives (1961); The District (2002); The Doctors (1978); The DuPont Show of the Month (1960); The Edge of Night (1978); The F.B.I. (1965–1967); The Man Who Never Was (1966); The Mentalist (2009); The Next Best Thing (2000); The Red Maple Leaf (2016); The Scottish Tale (1998); The Secret of Joy (2015); The Unit (2009); The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale (1999); The Young and the Restless (2002); The Young Marrieds (1965); This Is the Life (1966); To Dust Return (2015); Tribute to Valorie Massalas (2019); True Rights (2000); Vendetta: No Conscience, No Mercy (2004); White Trash (1992); Zoey 101 (2007).

Born on this day – David Murdock:

David Murdock

Plant-based diet advocate

Philanthropist

April 11, 1923 – June 9, 2025

Credits:

Book:

The Dole Nutrition Handbook

What to Eat and How to Live for a Longer, Healthier Life

By Dole Nutrition Institute & Andrew Conrad PhD.

Published by Rodale Books.

Published 2010.

ISBN-10: 1605292958

ISBN-13: 9781605292953

Description:

The Dole Nutrition Handbook comprises the best handpicked information from the Dole Nutrition Institute, the research and education organization founded by David H. Murdock, Chairman of Dole Food Company.

This book will teach you:

Everything you need to know about the vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals that support optimum health.

Top superfoods with the highest nutrient density and off-the-charts antioxidant power.

The Dole Diet: a complete two-week meal plan that curbs cravings with total nutrition through filling fruit and vegetables.

Dietary and lifestyle tips for your heart, brain, skin, bones, joints and more. Total body health – from head to toe.

Born on this day – Marlen Haushofer:

Marlen Haushofer

Writer

April 11, 1920 – March 21, 1970

Credits:

Books:

Die Mansarde / The Loft (1969); Die Tapetentür / The Jib Door (1957); Die Wand / The Wall (1963); Eine Handvoll Leben / A Handful of Life (1955); Himmel, der nirgendwo endet / Nowhere Ending Sky (1966); Schreckliche Treue / Terrible Faithfulness (1968); Wir töten Stella / We Murder Stella (1958).

Movies and television:

Killing Stella (2017); The Wall (2012).

Born on this day – Shirley Grey:

Shirley Grey

Actress

April 11, 1902 – August 12, 1981

Credits:

City for Conquest (1940); Phantom Ship (1935); The Public Menace (1935); The Girl Who Came Back (1935); The People's Enemy (1935); Circumstantial Evidence (1935); Public Opinion (1935); Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934); Wednesday's Child (1934); Girl in Danger (1934); Beyond the Law (1934); His Greatest Gamble (1934); The Defense Rests (1934); Green Eyes (1934); One Is Guilty (1934); The Crime of Helen Stanley (1934); Sisters Under the Skin (1934); I Like It That Way (1934); Bombay Mail (1934); Twin Husbands (1933); Murder on the Campus (1933); Hold the Press (1933); Too Much Harmony (1933); Don't Bet on Love (1933); The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933); The Girl in 419 (1933); Terror Aboard (1933); The Little Giant (1933); Out All Night (1933); Private Jones (1933); From Hell to Heaven (1933); Treason (1933); Uptown New York (1932); Virtue (1932); Drifting Souls (1932); Cornered (1932); Back Street (1932); The Hurricane Express (1932); Get That Girl (1932); The Riding Tornado (1932); Texas Cyclone (1932); Air Eagles (1931); One Man Law (1931); Secret Service (1931); The Public Defender (1931); The Golf Specialist (1930); Who's Got the Body? (1930); Hot Bridge (1930).