Thursday, May 14, 2026

Born on this day – Prentis Hancock:


Prentis Hancock


Actor

May 14, 1942 – May 30, 2025

Credits:

A Darker Side (2007); Alien Attack (1976); Armchair Thriller (1978–1980); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2017); Bergerac (1989); Bernice Summerfield (2011); Bodyguards (1997); Bulman (1985); Chocky's Challenge (1986); Chocky's Children (1985); CI5: The New Professionals (1999); Colditz (1973); Danger UXB (1979); Danger: Marmalade at Work (1984); Defense of the Realm (1985); Destination Moonbase-Alpha (1978); Dixon of Dock Green (1971); Doctor Who (1970–1978); Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks (Special Edition) (2019); Down to Earth: Filming Spearhead from Space (2011); Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1969); Finney (1994); Forget Me Not (1976); Fox (1980); Friend or Foe (1982); God's Frontiersmen (1989); Hitler's S.S.: Portrait in Evil (1985); ITV Playhouse (1969); Jekyll and Hyde (1990); Journey Through the Black Sun (1982); Kappatoo (1990); Kim (1984); Life and Death of Penelope (1976); Lime Street (1985); Minder (1980 / 1983); Mr. Palfrey of Westminster (1984); Next Time (2015); Outlander (2014); Paul Temple (1969–1971); Planetary Performance: Acting in Doctor Who (2007); Play for Today (1980); Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983); Return of the Saint (1979); Rogue's Rock (1976); Screenplay (1980); Secret Army (1979); Six Days of Justice (1972); Softly Softly: Task Force (1971); Space: 1999 (1975–1976); Spy Trap (1972–1973); Staying Alive (1996); Survivors (1977); Terror Nation: Terry Nation and Doctor Who (2007); The Bill (1989); The Chief (1995); The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years, Behind the Scenes Vol 2 (2022); The Famous Five (1978); The Fear (1988); The Fenn Street Gang (1972); The Frighteners (1972); The Gerry Anderson Podcast (2024); The House on the Hill (1981); The Last of the Mohicans (1971); The Monster Club / Segment: Humgoo Story (1981); The New Avengers (1976); The Professionals (1982); The Protectors (1973); The Ribos File (2007); The Saint and the Brave Goose (1979); The Shadow of the Tower (1972); The Silver Sword (1971); The Thirty Nine Steps (1978); The View from Daniel Pike (1971); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1971); This Is Your Life (1974); Warship (1977); When Eight Bells Toll (1971); Who's Round (2015); Z Cars (1971).

Born on this day – Peggy Moffitt:


Peggy Moffitt


Actress

Model

May 14, 1940 – August 10, 2024

Credits:

Alcoa Theatre (1960); Art Be Damned! (2024); Basic Black (1967); Batman (1967); Battle Flame (1959); Blow-Up (1966); Girls Town (1959); Goodyear Theatre (1960); Jazz Seen: The Life and Times of William Claxton (2001); Making the Boys (2011); Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956); Opus (1967); Pretty Pretty Peggy Moffitt (2012); Senior Prom (1958); Smog (1962); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Birds and the Bees (1956); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1968); The Young Captives (1959); Up Periscope (1959); Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (1966); You're Never Too Young (1955).

Born on this day – Pamela Lincoln:


Pamela Lincoln


Actress

May 14, 1937 – November 21, 2019

Credits:

A World Apart (1971); Anatomy of a Psycho (1961); Biography (1997); Bronco (1958); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007); Father Knows Best (1959); First Ladies Diaries: Martha Washington (1975); Have Gun - Will Travel (1959); I Survived 'The Tingler' (2018); Love of Life (1951–1980); One Life to Live (1983–1984); One Step Beyond (1959); Scream for Your Lives! William Castle and 'the Tingler' (1999); Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007); Tattletales (1976); The Doctors (1977–1979); The Home Team (1960); The Man from Blackhawk (1960); The Tingler (1959); Tootsie (1982); Zane Grey Theatre (1959).

Born on this day – Franca Bettoia:


Franca Bettoia


Actress

May 14, 1936 – September 13, 2024

Credits:

Alfonso Samson producer by chance (2014); Attack of the Normans (1962); Ride Selvaggia (1960); Day by Day, Desperately (1961); Desert Warrior (1957); Don't Touch the White Woman! (1974); Duel of Champions (1961); El asalto al castillo de la Moncloa (1978); The Whistle to the Nose (1967); Colossal - the magnificent Macists (1977); La main chaude (1960); La pisana (1960); The foundling of Pompeii (1958); Le dialogue des Carmélites (1960); The Nights of the Teddy Boys (1959); Man of Straw (1958); Sandokan to the Rescue (1964); Sandokan vs. Sarawak leopard (1964); Tant d'amour perdu (1958); Shaved Heads (1993); The Dam on the Yellow River (1960); The Last Man on Earth (1964); The Lion of St. Mark (1963); The Man with a Cigar in His Mouth (1997); Ultimatum alla vita (1962); A stage all'opera (1955); Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968).

Born on this day – Kay Elliot:


Kay Elliot


Actress

Producer

May 14, 1929 – December 3, 1982

Credits:

Be A Famous Figure (1956); Bewitched (1969–1970); Death Valley Days (1969); Eight Is Enough (1978); Gas Pump Girls (1979); General Hospital (1980); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1967); Here's Lucy (1968); New Figures of 1957 (1956); New York Close-Up (1951–1952); Plaza Suite (1971); Star Trek / episode entitled: I, Mudd, originally aired November 3 (1967); The Magical World of Disney (1980); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Red Skelton Hour (1968–1969); The Severed Arm (1973); Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968).

Born on this day – Loleh Bellon:


Loleh Bellon


Actress

Writer

Narrator

May 14, 1925 – May 22, 1999

Credits:

At The Assault on the Sky (1966); As Senhoras das Quintas Feiras (1988) In the cinema this evening (1974); Wanted (1989); Golden Helmet (1952); Chili-Impressions (1978); Compression (2016); Crime and Punishment (1955); Enigmas of History (1957); Eugene Sue (1974); Gaslight (1959); Gustave Moreau (1961); I must kill Monsieur Rumann (1966); Italics (1973); The Countess of Tende (1964); The factory of the King (1965); The Trojan War Will Not Take Place (1984); The Night of the Molières (1988); The Wound and the Knife, Charles Baudelaire (1967); La vie de château (1985); L'art et les hommes (1959–1963); The Bel Age (1960); The Prints and Drawings Department (1955); The Guardian (1946); The Jet of Water (1973); The game of love and death (1961); The Barton Mystery (1949); The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1949); The point of the day (1949); The Prize (1975); Tea Under the Cypresses (1971); The court of The Impossible (1970); Remoteness (1988); Remoteness (2009); The wings of The Dove (1981); Les beaux quartiers (1983); The Last Five Minutes (1959); Children of Disorder (1989); The Hot Hours of Montparnasse (1963); The new adventures of Vidocq (1971); Les Nuits de France Culture (2023); Midi-Première (1978–1979); My Old Lady (2014); Nevermore, Forever (1976); Paris Saint-Lazare (1982); Philippe (1958); Presence of the Past (1966); Ninety-Three (1962); Romulus The Great (1971); Siegfried (1963); Skipper Next to God (1951); Somewhere Someone (1972); A Morning Like Any Other (1956); A Question of Insurance (1960); Une seconde d'éternité (1977); Variations (1967).

Born on this day – Maria Michi:


Maria Michi


Actress

May 14, 1921 – April 7, 1980

Credits:

Appuntamento a Piazza di Spagna (1947); Brothers Blue (1973); Dedicato a un medico (1974); Down the Ancient Stairs (1975); Fatalità (1947); I problemi di Don Isidro (1978); Irene, Irene (1975); L'altra (1947); Last Tango in Paris (1972); Le ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis (1973); Legge di guerra (1961); Madam Kitty (1976); Mont-Dragon (1970); Paisan (1946); Redneck (1973); Rome, Open City (1945); Shamed (1947); The Breach (1970); The Charterhouse of Parma (1948); The Lady of Monza (1969); What Have You Done to Solange? (1972).