Sunday, May 10, 2026

Born on this day – Judith Jamison:


Judith Jamison


Actress

Dancer

Choreographer

May 10, 1943 – November 9, 2024

Credits:

Book:

Dancing Spirit (1993).

Choreography:

Among Us / Private Spaces: Public Places (2009); Divining (1984); Double Exposure (2000); Echo: Far From Home (1998); Forgotten Time (1989); Here...Now (2001); Hymn / a tribute to Alvin Ailey (1993); Love Stories (2004); Reminiscin' (2005); Rift (1991); Riverside (1995); Sweet Release (1996).

Movies and television:

1999 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (1999); A Tribute to Alvin Ailey (1990); Ailey (2021); Alvin Ailey: Memories and Visions (1974); American Masters (2022); An Evening with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (1986); Batouk (1967); Beyond the Steps: Alvin Ailey American Dance (2006); Black Girls Rock! (2018); Bold & Untold by Makers (2018); Carmen and Geoffrey (2005); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1991); Great Performances (2006); Jack Mitchell: My Life Is Black and White (2006); Legends Ball (2006); Limón: A Life Beyond Words (2001); Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band (2015); Mr. Soul! (2018); Never Stand Still (2012); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Numéro un (1975); Roadtrip Nation (2011); Sophisticated Ladies (1982); Tamron Hall (2022); Tavis Smiley (2009); The 24th Annual Grammy Awards (1982); The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (2012); The 35th Annual Tony Awards (1981); The Articulate Hour (2023); The BET Honors (2009); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1999 / 2000); The Mo'Nique Show (2010); Today (2003); Weekend Today (2015).

Born on this day – Barbara Taylor Bradford:


Barbara Taylor Bradford


Writer

May 10, 1933 – November 24, 2024

Credits:

Books:

A Man of Honor (2021); A Secret Affair (1996); A Sudden Change of Heart (1998); A Woman of Substance (1979); Act of Will (1986); Angel (1993); Being Elizabeth (2008); Breaking the Rules (2009); Cavendon Hall (2014); Damaged (2018); Dangerous to Know (1995); Decor Idea Casual (1984); Easy Steps To Successful Decorating (1971); Emma's Secret (2003); Everything to Gain (1994); Fashions That Please Him (1970); Heirs of Ravenscar (2007); Her Own Rules (1996); Hidden (2013); Hold the Dream (1985); How to Solve Your Decorating Problems (1976); In the Lion’s Den (2019); Just Rewards (2005); Letter from a Stranger (2011); Living Romantically Every Day (2001); Love in Another Town (1995); Luxury Designs for Apartment Living (1981); Making Space Grow (1979); Master of His Fate (2018); Playing The Game (2010); Power of a Woman (1997); Remember (1991); Secrets from the Past (2012); Secrets of Cavendon (2017); The Cavendon Luck (2016); The Cavendon Women (2015); The Ravenscar Dynasty (2006); The Triumph of Katie Byrne (2001); The Women in His Life (1990); The Wonder of It All (2023); Three Weeks in Paris (2002); To Be the Best (1988); Treacherous (2014); Unexpected Blessings (2005); Voice of the Heart (1983); Where You Belong (2000); Who Are You? (2016).

Movies and television:

A Secret Affair (1999); A Woman of Substance (1985); Act of Will (1989); Bookmark (2013); Breakfast (2006); Breakfast with Frost (2003); Countdown (1988–1999); Everything to Gain (1996); Good Morning America (1994); Good Morning Britain (2017–2019); HARDtalk (2009); Her Own Rules (1998); Hold the Dream (1987); Hour Magazine (1983); Intimate Portrait (1999); Loose Women (2008–2015); Lorraine (2018); Love in Another Town (1997); Moving Image Salutes Goldie Hawn (1997); Moving Image Salutes Steven Spielberg (1994); One on One with John Tesh (1992); Reader, I Married Him (2006); Remember (1993); Richard & Judy (2003); Secrets from the Workhouse (2013); The Bob Braun Show (1984); The Book Show (2007); The Chuck Woolery Show (1991); The One Show (2011); The Sharon Osbourne Show (2006); The Storyteller (1999); This Is Your Life (1990–2002); To Be the Best (1991); Voice of the Heart (1989); Wogan (1986–1990).

Born on this day – Chuck Roberson:


Chuck Roberson


Actor

Stuntman

May 10, 1919 – June 8, 1988

Credits:

100 Rifles (1969); 100 Years of John Wayne (2007); 4 for Texas (1963); 7 Men from Now (1956); 7 Women (1965); 99 and 44/100% Dead! (1974); A Man Called Horse (1970); Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952); Across the Wide Missouri (1951); Advance to the Rear (1964); Albuquerque (1948); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Angel and the Badman (1947); Angel on the Amazon (1948); Atom Man vs. Superman (1950); Badmen of Tombstone (1949); Bandit Queen (1950); Bat Masterson (1960); Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970); Big Jake (1971); Black Spurs (1965); Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952); Blindfold (1966); Blue Thunder (1983); Bonanza (1966); Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory (1952); Cactus Caravan (1950); Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973); Calamity Jane (1953); Calendar Girl (1947); California Firebrand (1948); Cape Fear (1962); Cat Ballou (1965); Cattle Drive (1951); Cattle Town (1952); Cheyenne Autumn (1964); Chisum (1970); Cimarron City (1958–1959); Cinéma cinémas (1982); City of Bad Men (1953); Cow Country (1953); Cow Town (1950); Cowboy G-Men (1952); Custer (1967); Dakota Incident (1956); Daniel Boone (1964–1967); Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider (1966); Dante (1961); Death Valley Days (1957–1960); Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975); Donovan's Reef (1963); Down Laredo Way (1953); El Dorado (1966); FM (1978); Fort Dodge Stampede (1951); Fort Massacre (1958); Fort Vengeance (1953); Forty Guns (1957); Frontier Outpost (1950); Fugitive at Large (1939); Fury at Furnace Creek (1948); General Electric Theater (1957); Gun Belt (1953); Gun Town (1946); Gunsmoke (1959–1964); Hannah Lee: An American Primitive (1953); Hard Contract (1969); Hatari! (1962); Haunted Trails (1949); Have Gun - Will Travel (1960–1961); Hell Canyon Outlaws (1957); Hellfighters (1968); Hellfire (1949); Hi-Jacked (1950); Hills of Oklahoma (1950); Homicide for Three (1948); Hondo (1953); How the West Was Won (1962); I Shot Jesse James (1949); Indian Uprising (1952); Jesse James Rides Again (1947); John Wayne: Behind the Scenes (2007); John Wayne's 'the Alamo' (1992); Jubilee Trail (1954); Kentucky Rifle (1955); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955); Lancer (1968); Laramie (1959–1963); Laredo (1966); Last of the Wild Horses (1948); Law of the Golden West (1949); Lawless Breed (1946); Lawman (1959); Lightning Guns (1950); Lone Star (1952); Lost in Space (1966); Mail Order Bride (1964); Man of the West (1958); McLintock! (1963); McQ (1974); Men of the Timberland (1941); Merrill's Marauders (1962); Miracle Mile (1988); Mod Squad (1969); Mr. Terrific (1967); Nevada Smith (1966); Night Passage (1957); Oh! Susanna (1951); Once Upon a Texas Train (1988); Outcast of Black Mesa (1950); Panic! (1957); Plainsman and the Lady (1946); Pork Chop Hill (1959); Quincy M.E. (1977); Raiders of Ghost City (1944); Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953); Rawhide (1959); Red River (1948); Red Sundown (1956); Rescue 8 (1958); Ridin' the Outlaw Trail (1951); Rio Bravo (1959); Rio Conchos (1964); Rio Grande (1950); Rio Lobo (1970); Rooster Cogburn (1975); Roughshod (1949); Run of the Arrow (1957); Sergeant Rutledge (1960); Shenandoah (1965); Shock Corridor (1963); Shoot Out (1971); Sign of the Pagan (1954); Silver Lode (1954); Smoky (1966); Song of Scheherazade (1947); Spartacus (1960); Stagecoach West (1961); Stampede (1949); Stoney Burke (1962); Tales of Wells Fargo (1962); Taras Bulba (1962); Ten Wanted Men (1955); The 61st Annual Academy Awards (1989); The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967); The Adventures of Kit Carson (1952); The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1955); The Alamo (1960); The Arizona Ranger (1948); The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958); The Baron of Arizona (1950); The Battle at Apache Pass (1952); The Big Country (1958); The Big Valley (1967); The Blazing Forest (1952); The Capture (1950); The Comancheros (1961); The Conqueror (1956); The Cowboys (1972); The Detectives (1961); The Eagle and the Hawk (1950); The Far Country (1954); The Fighting Kentuckian (1949); The Flame (1947); The Forest Ranger (1956); The Gal Who Took the West (1949); The Gallant Legion (1948); The Gene Autry Show (1950); The Great Locomotive Chase (1956); The Green Berets (1968); The Hawaiians (1970); The Hired Gun (1957); The James Brothers of Missouri (1949); The Kid from Texas (1950); The King and Four Queens (1956); The Last Command (1955); The Last Outpost (1951); The Last Sunset (1961); The Lone Gun (1954); The Lone Ranger (1949); The Lucy Show (1962–1966); The Lusty Men (1952); The Magical World of Disney (1958–1961); The Man from Laramie (1955); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); The Misfits (1961); The Moonlighter (1953); The Naked Spur (1953); The Naughty Nineties (1945); The Outcast (1954); The Outer Limits (1964); The Plainsman (1966); The Prodigal (1955); The Rawhide Years (1956); The Rounders (1965); The Roy Rogers Show (1952–1953); The Scalphunters (1968); The Scarlet Horseman (1946); The Searchers (1956); The Second Greatest Sex (1955); The Shootist (1976); The Sons of Katie Elder (1965); The Spoilers (1955); The Stone Killer (1973); The Tall Men (1955); The Three Musketeers (1948); The Train Robbers (1973); The Undefeated (1969); The Virginian (1965); The War Lord (1965); The War Wagon (1967); The Wings of Eagles (1957); The Wonderful Country (1959); Thunder Over Arizona (1956); Timberjack (1955); Trail of the Rustlers (1950); Tripoli (1950); Two Rode Together (1961); Wagon Train (1958–1960); Wake of the Red Witch (1948); Way of a Gaucho (1952); Welcome to Hard Times (1967); Western Renegades (1949); Wide Country (1962); Wide Wide World (1958); Wildcatters (1959); Winchester '73 (1950); Wyoming (1947); Yancy Derringer (1959); Zane Grey Theatre (1959); Zorro (1959).

Born on this day – Maryesther Denver:


Maryesther Denver


Actress

May 10, 1918 – June 3, 1980

Credits:

Alice Through the Looking Glass (1966); Ben Casey (1964); Bewitched (1971); Born to Be Loved (1959); Columbo (1974); Diamond Jim: Skulduggery in Samantha (1965); Frasier, the Sensuous Lion (1973); Nightmare (1974); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1965); Project X (1968); Star Trek (1967); Strange Homecoming (1974); The Danny Thomas Hour (1967); The Fortune Cookie (1966); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Interns (1962); The New Interns (1964); The Wild Wild West (1968); Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963); Wicked, Wicked (1973).

Born on this day – Charles McGraw:


Charles McGraw

Actor

May 10, 1914 – July 29, 1980

Born on this day – Ted Bogan:


Ted Bogan


Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

May 10, 1909 – January 29, 1990

Credits:

Albums:

Louie Bluie (1978); Martin, Bogan, and Armstrong (1974); That Old Gang of Mine (1978).

Documentary:

Louie Bluie (1985).

Born on this day – Clarence Brown:


Clarence Brown

Director

Actor

May 10, 1890 – August 17, 1987