Monday, June 8, 2026

Born on this day – Kate Wilhelm:


Kate Wilhelm


Writer

June 8, 1928 – March 8, 2018

Credits:

Books:

A Flush of Shadows (1995); A Sense of Shadow (1981); A Wrongful Death (2007); Abyss (1973); All For One (2012); Alpha 5 (1974); And the Angels Sing (1992); Andover and the Android (1966); Angels! (1995); Asimov's Science Fiction, November 1994 (1994); Best New Horror 4 (1993); Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Sixth Annual Collection (1977); Better Than One (1980); By Stone By Blade By Fire (2012); Cambio Bay (1990); Children of the Wind (1989); City of Cain (1974); Clarion SF (1977); Clear and Convincing Proof (2003); Cold Case (2008); Crazy Time (1988); Death of an Artist (2012); Death Qualified (1991); Defense for the Devil (1999); Desperate Measures (2001); Fantasy & Science Fiction, July / August 2012 (2012); Fault Lines (1977); Fear is a Cold Black (2010); Forever Yours, Anna (1987); Heaven is High (2011); Huysman's Pets (1985); I Know What You’re Thinking (1994); In Between (2014); Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, October 1986 (1986); Isaac Asimov's Aliens & Outworlders (1983); Juniper Time (1979); Justice for Some (1993); Kate Wilhelm in Orbit, Volume One (2015); Kate Wilhelm in Orbit, Volume Two (2015); Let the Fire Fall (1969); Listen, Listen (1981); Malice Prepense / For the Defense (1996); Margaret and I (1971); Mirror, Mirror (2017); Moongate (2000); More Bitter Than Death (1963); Music Makers (2012); Naming the Flowers (1992); Nebula Awards 9 (1974); No Defense (2000); Oh, Susannah! (1982); Omni Visions Two (1994); Orbit 11 (1972); Orbit 12 (1973); Orbit 3 (1967); Orbit 6 (1970); Seven Kinds of Death (1992); Sister Angel (2012); Skeletons (2002); Sleight of Hand (2006); Smart House (1989); Somerset Dreams and Other Fictions (1978); Storyteller (2005); Sweet, Sweet Poison (1990); Terry's Universe: Science fiction's finest writers join in honoring the memory of Terry Carr (1987); The Best Defense (1994); The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology (1999); The Bird Cage (2012); The Clewiston Test (1976); The Clone (1965); The Dark Door (1988); The Deepest Water (2000); The Downstairs Room (1970); The Fullness of Time (2012); The Giant Book of Terror (1994); The Girl Who Fell Into the Sky (1986); The Good Children (1998); The Gorgon Field (1986); The Hamlet Trap (1987); The Hills Are Dancing (1986); The House Share (2022); The Infinity Box (1975); The Killer Thing / The Killing Thing (1967); The Mile-Long Spaceship (1963); The Nevermore Affair (1966); The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1 (1988); The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook Three (1990); The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook Two (1989); The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women (1995); The Price of Silence (2005); The Secret History of Science Fiction (2009); The Seventh Omni Book of Science Fiction (1989); The Unbidden Truth (2004); The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010); The Winter Beach (1981); Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader (1973); Torch Song (2012); Welcome, Chaos (1983); Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (1975); Whisper Her Name (2012); With Thimbles, With Forks, and Hope (2012); Yesterday's Tomorrows (2015).

Movies and television:

The Lookalike (1990); Out of the Unknown (1965).

Born on this day – Jerry Stiller:


Jerry Stiller

Actor

Writer

Comedian

June 8, 1927 – May 11, 2020

Born on this day – Peggy Maley:


Peggy Maley

Actress

June 8, 1923 – October 1, 2007

Born on this day – Sheila Ryan:


Sheila Ryan

Actress

June 8, 1921 – November 4, 1975

Born on this day – Alexis Smith:


Alexis Smith


Actress

Singer

June 8, 1921 – June 9, 1993

Credits:

A Death in California (1985); A Life in Words and Music (2007); ABC Late Night (1974); Adventures in Paradise (1959); Affectionately Yours (1941); Alice in Movieland (1940); Always Together (1947); American Masters (1990 / 2008); Any Number Can Play (1949); Beau James (1957); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); Blow-Ups of 1946 (1947); Broadway Plays Washington on Kennedy Center Tonight (1982); Busby Berkeley (1974); Camera Angles (1948); Casey's Shadow (1978); Cave of Outlaws (1951); Cheers (1990); Conflict (1945); Dallas (1984–1990); Dive Bomber (1941); Dive Bomber: Keep 'Em in the Air (2005); Dress Gray (1986); Flight from Destiny (1941); Gentleman Jim (1942); Great Performances (1985); Gypsy (1965); Here Comes Happiness (1941); Here Comes the Groom (1951); Hollywood Canteen (1944); Hothouse (1988); Hour Magazine (1980); Inéditos (1991); Intriga de otros mundos (1974); Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom (1992); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1959); Lady with Red Hair (1940); Let's Sing a Song from the Movies (1948); Lola (1990); Lux Video Theatre (1956–1957); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1971); Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Holiday Affair (1988); Michael Shayne (1960); Montana (1950); Night and Day (1946); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Nightside (1973); Of Human Bondage (1946); Okay for Sound (1946); Once Is Not Enough (1975); One Last Fling (1949); One More Tomorrow (1946); Over Easy (1980); Passage from Hong Kong (1941); Person to Person (1960); Rhapsody in Blue (1945); Robert Montgomery Presents (1956); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1972); Salute to Sir Lew - The Master Showman (1975); San Antonio (1945); Schlitz Playhouse (1958); She Couldn't Say No (1940); Singapore Woman (1941); So You Want to Be in Pictures (1947); Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949); South of St. Louis (1949); Split Second (1953); Stage 7 (1955); Stallion Road (1947); Steel Against the Sky (1941); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); The 26th Annual Tony Awards (1972); The 27th Annual Tony Awards (1973); The 29th Annual Tony Awards (1975); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The 33rd Annual Tony Awards (1979); The 5th Annual American Cinema Awards (1988); The 66th Annual Academy Awards (1994); The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944); The Age of Innocence (1993); The Annual National Sports Awards (1974); The Bob Hope Special (1972); The Constant Nymph (1943); The David Frost Show (1971); The Decision of Christopher Blake (1948); The Defenders (1965); The Dick Cavett Show (1971–1972); The Doughgirls (1944); The Eternal Sea (1955); The Governor & J.J. (1969–1970); The Great Mr. Nobody (1941); The Holywood Reporter Salutes Radie Harris (1985); The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1956); The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976); The Lives of Benjamin Franklin (1974); The Love Boat (1982–1985); The Making of 'Casey's Shadow' (1978); The Merv Griffin Show (1972–1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1969–1975); The Price Is Right (1964); The Republic Pictures Story (1991); The Sleeping Tiger (1954); The Smiling Ghost (1941); The Special 88th Birthday Celebration to George Murphy (1990); The Star and the Story (1955); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1957); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1971–1973); The Trout (1982); The Turning Point (1952); The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947); The Woman in White (1948); The Young Philadelphians (1959); This Happy Feeling (1958); This Is Your Life (1972); Three Sons o' Guns (1941); To Tell the Truth (1964–1965); Today (1978); Tough Guys (1986); Undercover Girl (1950); Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond (1990); Warner Bros. Celebration of Tradition, June 2, 1990 (1990); Whiplash (1948); Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (1982); Wyoming Mail (1950); Your Choice for the Film Awards (1976).

Born on this day – Luigi Comencini:


Luigi Comencini


Director

June 8, 1916 – April 6, 2007

Credits:

3 notti d'amore (1964); A Boy from Calabria (1987); A cavallo della tigre (1961); A fondo (1981); Antenne 2 Midi (1979); Bambini in città (1946); Basta che non si sappia in giro!.. (1976); Bebo's Girl (1964); Behind Closed Shutters (1951); Bread, Love and Dreams (1953); Buon Natale... Buon anno (1989); Cercasi Gesù (1982); Ciné Passion (1983); Ciné regards (1978–1981); Cuore (1984); Daniele Cortis (1947); Delitto d'amore (1974); Dieci registi italiani, dieci racconti italiani (1982); Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli (1970); Étoiles et toiles (1983); Everybody Go Home! (1960); Four Ways Out (1951); Frisky (1954); Futura (2021); Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence (1969); Gina Lollobrigida Forever (2016); Guaglio (1948); Heidi (1952); History (1986); I bambini e noi (1970); Il commissario (1962); Il compagno Don Camillo (1965); Il museo dei sogni (1950); Italian Secret Service (1968); La bella di Roma (1955); La Bohème (1988); La bugiarda (1965); La finestra sul Luna Park (1957); La mia signora (1964); La novelletta (1937); La primadonna (1943); La tratta delle bianche (1952); La valigia dei sogni (1953); L'amore in Italia (1978); Le sorprese dell'amore (1959); Les ateliers du rêve: les grands studios de cinéma dans le monde (1985); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1978–1979); L'imperatore di Capri (1949); L'invité de FR3 (1979); L'ospedale del delitto (1950); Marcellino (1991); Mariti in città (1957); Misunderstood (1966); Mogli pericolose (1958); Pour le cinéma (1974–1975); Sacrée soirée (1989); Senza malizia (2021); Signore e signori, buonanotte (1976); Soir 3 (1979); Spécial cinéma (1980); Strange Occasion (1976); The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972); The Cat (1977); The Dolls (1965); The French as Seen by... (1988); The Mill on the Po (1949); The Scopone Game (1972); The Sign of Venus (1955); The Sunday Woman (1975); Till Marriage Do Us Part (1974); Traffic Jam (1979); Traffic Jam (1979); Und das am Montagmorgen (1959); Unknown Woman (1969); Voltati Eugenio (1980).

Born on this day – John W. Campbell:


John W. Campbell


Writer

June 8, 1910 – July 11, 1971

Credits:

Books:

A New Dawn (2003); Analog (1961); Analog 1 (1963); Analog 6 (1966); Astoundimg Science Fiction Vol. 10 No. 1 (1954); Cloak of Aesir (1952); Cosmic Kill / Beyond the End of Space (2014); From Unknown Worlds (1938); Frozen Hell (2019); Invaders from the Infinite (1961); Islands of Space (1957); Moon is Hell / Green World (2012); The Best of John W Campbell (1973); The Black Star Passes (1953); The Elder Gods (1951); The Essential Surrealism (2002); The Incredible Planet (1949); The John W. Campbell Letters With Isaac Asimov and A.E. Van Vogt (1989); The Mightiest Machine (1935); The Moon Is Hell (1951); The Space Beyond (1976); The Ultimate Weapon (1936); Who Goes There? (1938).

Movies, video and television:

Cineficción Radio (2020); Prophets of Science Fiction (2012); Special Collector's Edition (2012); Tales of Tomorrow (1952); The Thing (1982 / 2002 / 2011); The Thing from Another World (1951).