Born on this day – Barbara Gips:

Barbara Gips

Writer

Actress

July 10, 1936 – October 16, 2025

Credits:

Writer of the poster tagline for Alien (1979): “In space no one can hear you scream.”

Movies:

Chloe and Keith's Wedding (2009); Loveless in Los Angeles (2007).

Born on this day – Alice Munro:

Alice Munro

Writer

July 10, 1931 – May 13, 2024

Credits:

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013.

Books:

40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology (2000); A Wilderness Station (2015); Among Sisters: Short Stories by Women Writers (1989); Away from Her (2007); Carried Away (2006); Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules (2005); Dance of the Happy Shades (1968); Dear Life (2012); Dreams And Nightmares: At Bay Press Fiction Annual (2016); Every Father's Daughter (2015); Family Furnishings (2014); Fathers: A Literary Anthology (2011); Finding the Words (2011); First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994); Friend of My Youth (1990); From Ink Lake (1990); Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage (2001); Identity And Self Respect (1952); Julieta (2016); Lives of Girls and Women (1971); Lying Under the Apple Tree (2014); My Best Stories (2009); New Selected Stories (2011); No Love Lost (2003); Open Secrets (1994); PEN America Issue 4: Fact/Fiction (2002); Points of View (1956); Queenie (1999); Runaway (2004); Selected Shorts (1993); Selected Stories (1996); Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You (1974); Stories for Christmas and the Festive Season (2022); Stories to Get You Through the Night (2010); That Glimpse of Truth (2014); The Beggar Maid (1977); The Best American Mystery Stories 2009 (2009); The Best American Short Stories 1991 (1991); The Best American Short Stories 2001 (2001); The Best American Short Stories 2012 (2012); The Best American Short Stories of the Century (2000); The Eloquent Short Story: An Anthology of Narrative Styles (2004); The Faber Book of Contemporary Canadian Short Stories (1990); The Literary Traveller (1994); The Love of a Good Woman (1998); The Minerva Book of Short Stories 3 (1991); The Moons of Jupiter (1983); The O. Henry Prize Stories 2013 (2013); The Office (2015); The Progress of Love (1985); The Scotiabank Giller Prize 15 Years: An Anthology of Prize-Winning Canadian Fiction (2008); The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction (1999); Too Much Happiness (2009); View From Castle Rock (2006); Vintage Munro (2004); Who Do You Think You Are? (1977); Woman: An Anthology (2014); Women and Fiction (1975); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018).

Movies and television:

Away from Her (2006); Baptizing (1975); Boys and Girls (1983); Canaan (2008); Connection (1986); Cover to Cover (1987); Edge of Madness (2002); Hateship Loveship (2013); Juliet (2019); Julieta (2016); Lives of Girls & Women (1996); Nobelstudion (2013); The Newcomers (1977); The Ottawa Valley (1974); The Play's the Thing (1974); To See Ourselves (1971–1973); Turning Pages: The Life and Literature of Margaret Atwood (2007).

Born on this day – William Smithers:

William Smithers

Actor

July 10, 1927 – May 26, 2026

Credits:

Armstrong Circle Theatre (1955–1961); Attack (1956); Barnaby Jones (1975–1979); Cade's County (1972); Call to Danger (1968 / 1973); Cannon (1974); Combat! (1965); Dallas (1981–1989); Dallas Reunion: Return to Southfork (2004); Danger (1954); Deathsport (1978); Doctors' Private Lives (1979); Eagle in a Cage (1965); Espionage (1964); Executive Suite (1976–1977); General Electric Theater (1955–1956); Goodyear Television Playhouse (1952); Guiding Light (1952); Hamlet (1953); Harbourmaster (1958); Hawaii Five-O (1970); Hawkins (1973); Hunter (1990); Ironside (1969–1970); It Takes a Thief (1968); Jericho (1966); Judd for the Defense (1967); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1954); Lucan (1978); Mannix (1968); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1970); Mission: Impossible (1966–1968); Mister Peepers (1953); Most Wanted (1977); Omnibus (1957); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1973); Papillon (1973); Peyton Place (1965–1966); Premiere (1968); Quincy, M.E. (1979–1982); Robert Montgomery Presents (1954); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1984); Scorpio (1973); Shane (1966); Sledge Hammer! (1987); Star Trek (1968); Studio One (1955–1957); Suspense (1952–1953); Tarzan (1967); The Amazing Spider-Man (1978); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969); The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970); The Defenders (1965); The F.B.I. (1967–1969); The Felony Squad (1966); The Invaders (1967–1968); The Investigator (1958); The Manhunter (1974); The Mod Squad (1968–1970); The Monk (1969); The Name of the Game (1970); The Neon Ceiling (1971); The Parisienne and the Prudes (1964); The Reporter (1964); The Return of Frank Cannon (1980); The Road West (1966); The Rookies (1974); The Seven Lively Arts (1957); The Shadow (1954); The Six Million Dollar Man (1974); The Streets of San Francisco (1975); The Witness (1960–1961); Trouble Man (1972); True Story (1959); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1966); Walker, Texas Ranger (1994); Where the Ladies Go (1980); Young Dr. Malone (1958–1963).

Born on this day – Enzo Barboni:

Enzo Barboni

Director

Cinematographer

Writer

July 10, 1922 – March 23, 2002

Born on this day – Jeff Donnell:

Jeff Donnell

Actress

July 10, 1921 – April 11, 1988

Born on this day – Joan Marsh:

Joan Marsh

Actress

July 10, 1914 – August 10, 2000

Credits:

A Little Princess (1917); A Tailor Made Man (1931); All Quiet on the Western Front (1930); Anna Karenina (1935); Are You Listening? (1932); Bachelor's Affairs (1932); Blame It on Love (1940); Brilliant Marriage (1936); Captain Kidd, Jr. (1919); Champagne for Breakfast (1935); Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937); Daddy-Long-Legs (1919); Dance, Fools, Dance (1931); Dancing Feet (1936); Daring Daughters (1933); Fast and Loose (1939); Follow the Leader (1944); Framed! (1931); Hammer and Tongs (1930); Hearts Aflame (1915); High Gear (1933); Hot Water (1937); How Could You, Jean? (1918); I Used to Be in Pictures (2000); Idiot's Delight (1939); Inspiration (1931); It's Great to Be Alive (1933); Keep 'Em Slugging (1943); Kid Roberts (1930); King of Jazz (1930); Life Begins in College (1937); Little Accident (1930); Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921); Maker of Men (1931); Many Happy Returns (1934); Meet the Wife (1931); Mr. Muggs Steps Out (1943); One Hundred Percent American (1918); Police Bullets (1942); Politics (1931); Pollyanna (1920); Rainbow Over Broadway (1933); Road to Zanzibar (1941); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots, Series 14, No. 1 (1934); Secret Service in Darkest Africa (1943); Shipmates (1931); Speed Demon (1932); Suds (1920); That's Entertainment! (1974); That's My Boy (1932); The Baron's African War (1966); The Bond (1918); The Knockout (1930); The Lady Killer (1931); The Lady Objects (1938); The Mad Maid of the Forest (1915); The Man in the Trunk (1942); The Man Who Dared (1933); The Mardi Gras (1930); The Wet Parade (1932); Thou Art the Man (1920); Three Cornered Moon (1933); Three Girls Lost (1931); Uncle Jake (1933); We're Rich Again (1934); What Becomes of the Children? (1936); Women's Weapons (1918); Young Mrs. Winthrop (1920); You're Telling Me! (1934).

Born on this day – Lili Damita:

Lili Damita

Actress

Singer

July 10, 1904 – March 21, 1994

Credits:

A Dream Comes True (1935); Breakdowns of 1942 (1942); Brewster's Millions (1935); Cab No. 13 (1926); Corsica (1923); Das Spielzeug von Paris (1925); Die berühmte Frau (1927); Die große Abenteuerin (1928); Fighting Caravans (1931); For Auld Lang Syne (1938); Forbidden Love (1927); Friends and Lovers (1931); Frisco Kid (1935); Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (2000); Goldie Gets Along (1933); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Guests at San Simeon (Hearst Castle) (1931); I 10 del Texas (1961); Jungle Drums (1929); La belle au bois dormant (1922); La Fille sauvage (1922); La voyante (1924); Le père célibataire (1931); Le prince charmant (1925); L'empereur des pauvres (1922); L'escadrille de la chance (1938); Maman Pierre (1922); Man spielt nicht mit der Liebe (1926); On a volé un homme (1934); One Hour with You (1932); Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935); Quand on est belle (1932); Scandal in Paris (1928); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 1 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 3 (1936); Secrets of a Soul (1926); Soyons gais (1930); Starlit Days at the Lido (1935); Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn (2007); That's Entertainment! (1974); The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005); The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929); The Cock-Eyed World (1929); The Devil on Horseback (1936); The Golden Butterfly (1926); The Match King (1932); The Rescue (1929); The Woman Between (1931); This Is the Night (1932); Une femme dans la nuit (1924).