Born on this day – Priscilla Pointer:

Priscilla Pointer

Actress

May 18, 1924 – April 28, 2025

Credits:

A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story (1989); A Killing Affair (1977); A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987); A Show of Force (1990); ABC Afterschool Specials (1978); Acting 'Carrie' (2001); Adam-12 (1973); Alone (1997); Amazing Stories (1985–1987); Barnaby Jones (1974–1977); Bert D'Angelo/Superstar (1976); Blue Velvet (1986); Blue Velvet Lost Footage (2014); C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud (1989); Call to Glory (1984–1985); Camera Three (1973); Cannon (1975); Carrie (1976); Carried Away (1996); Cinema mil (2005); City of Angels (1976); Cold Case (2006); Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur (1976); Dallas (1981–1983); Death Takes a Holiday (1971); Disturbed (1990); Doc (1976); Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977); ER (1994); Family (1977–1979); From Here to Eternity (1980); From the Hip (1987); Generation (1985); Good-bye Cruel World (1982); Harry O (1976); Hemingway (1988); Honeysuckle Rose (1980); Inferno (1999); Intimate Portrait (1999); Judging Amy (2001); Judgment Day (1981); Kate McShane (1975); Knots Landing (1980); Kojak (1975); L.A. Law (1986–1988); Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977); Lou Grant (1981); Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night (1977); Matt Lincoln (1970); McCloud (1971); McCoy (1975); Micki + Maude (1984); Mommie Dearest (1981); Mrs. Columbo (1979); My Life and Times (1991); Mysterious Two (1982); N.Y.P.D. (1969); Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010); Newhart (1987); Nickelodeon (1976); Phyllis (1976); Picket Fences (1995); Police Woman (1976); Quincy, M.E. (1978–1983); Rags to Riches (1987); Rumpelstiltskin (1987); Runaway Father (1991); School's Out: Self-taught Artists (2002); Sons and Daughters (1974); St. Elsewhere (1984); Still Frame (1988); Stone (1979); Sweet Nothing in My Ear (2008); The 3,000 Mile Chase (1977); The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire (1981); The A-Team (1983); The Competition (1980); The Failing of Raymond (1971); The Falcon and the Snowman (1985); The Flash (1990–1991); The Gift of Life (1982); The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (1976); The High Chaparral (1970); The Keegans (1976); The Name of the Game (1970); The New Adventures of China Smith (1954); The New Mike Hammer (1984); The Onion Field (1979); The Painted Desert (1993); The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999); The Rockford Files (1974); Too Close for Comfort (1984); Touched by an Angel (1996); Traveler's Rest (1993); Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics / Segment: The Theatre (1994); Twilight Zone: The Movie / Segment: Kick the Can (1983); Unbecoming Age (1992); Union Station (2007); What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (1977); Where the Heart Is (1973).

Born on this day – Joy Barlow:

Joy Barlow

Actress

May 18, 1923 – May 2, 1995

Credits:

Just Across the Street (1952); Look for the Silver Lining (1949); The Decision of Christopher Blake (1948); Two Guys from Texas (1948); Blackmail (1947); The Trespasser (1947); The Big Sleep (1946); Cinderella Jones (1946); Don't Fence Me In (1945); George White's Scandals (1945); Where Do We Go from Here? (1945); The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945); Earl Carroll Vanities (1945); To Have and Have Not (1944); Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (1944); Destination Tokyo (1943); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943); Call of the Canyon (1942); Louisiana Purchase (1941).

Born on this day – Richard Brooks:

Richard Brooks

Director

Writer

Producer

May 18, 1912 – March 11, 1992

Born on this day – Phoebe Atwood Taylor:

Phoebe Atwood Taylor

Writer

May 18, 1909 – January 9, 1976

Credits:

Banbury Bog (1938); Beginning with a Bash (1937); Cold Steal (1939); Dead Ernest (1944); Death Lights a Candle (1932); Deathblow Hill (1935); Diplomatic Corpse (1951); Figure Away (1937); File for Record (1943); Going, Going, Gone (1943); Murder and Mystery in Boston (1987); Murder At the New York World's Fair (1938); Octagon House (1937); Out of Order (1936); Proof of the Pudding (1945); Punch with Care (1946); Sandbar Sinister (1934); Spring Harrowing (1939); The Annulet of Gilt (1938); The Cape Cod Mystery (1931); The Criminal C. O. D (1940); The Crimson Patch (1936); The Cut Direct (1938); The Deadly Sunshade (1940); The Hollow Chest (1941); The Iron Clew / aka The Iron Hand (1947); The Left Leg (1940); The Mystery of the Cape Cod Players (1933); The Mystery of the Cape Cod Tavern (1934); The Perennial Boarder (1941); The Six Iron Spiders (1942); The Tinkling Symbol (1935).

Born on this day – Meredith Willson:

Meredith Willson

Flutist

Composer

Conductor

Musical arranger

Bandleader

Writer

May 18, 1902 – June 15, 1984

Credits:

Books:

And There I Stood with My Piccolo (1948); But He Doesn’t Know the Territory (1959); Eggs I Have Laid (1955).

Movies and television:

7th Heaven (2003); 9-1-1 (2018); A Christmas Story (1983); A Shoe Addict's Christmas (2018); A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011); Action (1999); All Quiet on the Western Front (1930); All Star Revue (1952–1953); Ally McBeal (1997–2000); Alvin and the Chipmunks: A Chipmunk Christmas (1981); AM HQ Weekend (2025); Arthur Godfrey Time (1958); Bandstand (1963); Bara du & jag (1994); BBC Proms (2012); Behind the Candelabra (2013); Being Erica (2010); Bernie (2011); Best of the Worst (2018); Bordertown (1989); Boston Legal (2005); Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2016); Broadway on Broadway (2000); Bust Down (2022); Call the Midwife (2013); Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey: On Broadway (1969); Cavalcade of Books (1948–1974); Celtic Woman: Home for Christmas - Live from Dublin (2012); Christmas Carole (2022); Christmas Connection (2017); Christmas Evil (1980); Christmas Tree Lane (2020); Cinematic Excrement (2012); Conan (2011); Coup de Chance (2023); Czar of Broadway (1930); Dark Skies (1996); Day by Day (1988); De Mike Burstyn show (1980); Dear Santa (2024); Disneyland '59 (1959); Dollywood: A Memory Worth Repeating (1996); Doom Patrol (2022); Duplex (2003); Emily's First 100 Days of School (2006); Fame (1983); Family Guy (2006); First Man (2018); Flikken Maastricht (2010); Four Christmases (2008); Game Show Moments Gone Bananas (2005); George Jessel Show (1959); Girls on Top (1985); Godmothered (2020); Great Performances (2001–2014); Happy-Go-Lucky (1936); He Doesn't Know the Territory (2018); Here's Hollywood (1961); Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (1993); Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992); I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978); IT: Welcome to Derry (2025); I've Got a Secret (1958–1963); I've Got a Secret (1963); Kirstie's Crafty Christmas (2013); Kirstie's Handmade Britain (2011); Kirstie's Handmade Christmas (2018); Krampus (2015); Last Ounce of Courage (2012); Laverne & Shirley (1981); Leipzig Homicide (2023); Lipstick on Your Collar (1993); M*A*S*H (1978); Make the Connection (1955); Merry & Bright (2019); Michael Bublé: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (2021); Michael Buble's Christmas in the City (2021); Miracle on 34th Street (1994); Monsanto Presents Mancini (1971); Moonlighting (1986); Mr. Belvedere (1986–1988); Mr. Miracle (2014); MsMojo (2021); Murphy Brown (1998); My Gift: Piolo Pascual First Time in Concert (2004); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1991–2022); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Noelle (2019); Nurses (1993); Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1991); Peacock Alley (1930); Perry Como's Christmas in Paris (1982); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1959–1960); Play Dirty (2025); Radio City Christmas Spectacular (2007); Radio Days (1987); Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997); Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show (2009); Sex and the City 2 (2010); Shotgun Red's Christmas Surprise (1986); Sister Swap: Christmas in the City (2021); Strictly Come Dancing (2012–2016); Sunday Showcase (1959); Ted Lasso (2021); The 25th Annual Tony Awards (1971); The 2nd Annual Grammy Awards (1959); The 41st Annual Tony Awards (1987); The 54th Annual Tony Awards (2000); The 68th Annual Tony Awards (2014); The American President (1995); The Andy Williams Show (1966); The Beatles Anthology (1995–1996); The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit (1964); The Bell Telephone Hour (1960); The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (1977); The Carol Burnett Show (1967); The Cavalier (1928); The Christmas Club (2019); The Danny Kaye Show (1965); The Dean Martin Show (1966); The Dick Clark Show (1959); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1961); The Ed Sullivan Show (1960–1964); The Ezio Pinza Show (1952); The Facts of Life (1986); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1993); The Garry Moore Show (1951 / 1959); The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World (1971); The Great Dictator (1940); The Kelly Clarkson Show (2020); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2011); The King of Kings (1927); The Last Man on Earth (2018); The Lawrence Welk Show (1967–1982); The Little Foxes (1941); The Lost Zeppelin (1929); The Lux Show (1957); The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017–2019); The Meredith Willson Show (1949); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996); The Morecambe & Wise Show (1970); The Muppet Show (1979); The Muppets. (2015); The Music Man (1962 / 2003); The Music Never Stopped (2011); The Name's the Same (1952–1953); The Other Sister (1999); The Perry Como Christmas Show (1974); The Polar Express (2004); The Project (2023); The Simpsons (2010–2014); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1958–1961); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963 / 1981); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2010–2011); The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964); The Wedding Singer (1998); The West Wing (2001); The Wrong Mans (2014); This Is Your Life (1971); Till There Was You (1991 / 2003); Tinsel Town (2025); Ultraman: Rising (2024); Undersea Kingdom (1936); Veronica Mars (2006); Warehouse 13 (2010); Weekend Recharge (2025); WGN Morning News (2019); Whose Line Is It Anyway? (2004); Will & Grace (1999); You Bet Your Life (1956).

Born on this day – Frank Capra:

Frank Capra

Director

Producer

Writer

May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991

Born on this day – Mary Charleson:

Mary Charleson

Actress

May 18, 1890 – December 3, 1961

Credits:

A Bit of Blue Ribbon (1913); A Corner in Crooks (1913); A Matter of Matrimony (1913); A Sentimental Burglar (1914); After the Honeymoon (1913); Bedelia Becomes a Lady (1913); Bill Wilson's Gal (1912); Burning the Candle (1917); Cutting Down Expenses (1915); Doctor Smith's Baby (1914); Etta of the Footlights (1914); Fate and Three (1913); Four Days (1913); Her Great Scoop (1914); His Lordship Billy Smoke (1913); His Robe of Honor (1918); His Weakness Conquered (1913); Human Stuff (1920); Humdrum Brown (1918); In Love's Own Way (1915); Iron and Steel (1914); Love the Clairvoyant (1914); Matrimonial Manoeuvres (1913); Mr. Barnes of New York (1914); Natoosa (1912); No Other Way (1915); Northern Hearts (1912); Out of the Shadows (1912); Passers By (1916); Polly of the Pots and Pans (1915); Satan's Private Door (1917); Sealed Lips (1915); Silent Trails (1914); The Acid Test (1914); The Actor (1913); The Ancient Bow (1912); The Call of Motherhood (1915); The Country That God Forgot (1916); The Courage of the Commonplace (1913); The Crisis (1916); The Deceivers (1913); The Education of Aunt Georgiana (1913); The Girl Who Waited (1912); The Golden Pathway (1913); The Hat (1912); The Heart of a Heathen (1913); The Honeymooners (1914); The Intruder (1913); The Little Shoes (1917); The Long Lane's Turning (1919); The Mystery of the Silver Skull (1913); The Prince Chap (1916); The Reckoning (1912); The Road o' Strife (1915); The Road to Yesterday; or, Memories of Patio Days (1912); The Saint's Adventure (1917); The Sale of a Heart (1913); The Sea Maiden (1913); The Silent Accuser (1915); The Smoke from Lone Bill's Cabin (1913); The Spell (1913); The Spirit of the Range (1912); The Strange Story of Sylvia Gray (1914); The Transition (1913); The Troubled Trail (1912); The Truant Soul (1916); The Two Brothers (1913); The Warmakers (1913); The Whispered Word (1913); The Winning Hand (1913); The Woman in Black (1914); The Wrong Pair (1913); Think Mothers (1915); Timid May (1912); Tony and Marie (1915); Una of the Sierras (1912); Upstairs and Down (1919); What Happened to Jones (1915); When California Was Young (1912); When Men Love (1912); When the Desert Was Kind (1913); When Youth Is Ambitious (1915); With Hoops of Steel (1918); Without Hope (1914).