Born on this day – Barbara Bates:

Barbara Bates

Actress

Singer

August 6, 1925 – March 18, 1969

Credits:

A Scandal in Paris (1946); Adventures of Don Juan (1948); All About Eve (1950); All Ashore (1953); Always Together (1947); Apache Territory (1958); April Showers (1948); Becoming Marilyn (2022); Belles on Their Toes (1952); Camera Angles (1948); Cheaper by the Dozen (1950); Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Present Their Television Party for Muscular Dystrophy (1953); I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951); It's a Great Life (1954–1955); Johnny Belinda (1948); June Bride (1948); Lady on a Train (1945); Let's Make It Legal (1951); Men in Her Diary (1945); Night in Paradise (1946); One Last Fling (1949); Quicksand (1950); Rhapsody (1954); Romance on the High Seas (1948); Salome, Where She Danced (1945); Studio 57 (1955); The Caddy (1953); The Crimson Canary (1945); The Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Double (1982); The Fabulous Joe (1947); The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival (1947); The House Across the Street (1949); The Inspector General (1949); The Millionaire (1955); The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Saint (1962); The Secret of Convict Lake (1951); This Love of Ours (1945); Town on Trial (1957); Triple Deception (1956); Your Play Time (1954).

Born on this day – Ella Jenkins:

Ella Jenkins

Singer

Writer

Composer

August 6, 1924 – November 9, 2024

Credits:

Albums:

A Life of Song (2011); A Long Time (1970 / 1992 / 2024); Adventures in Rhythm (1959 / 1989 / 1992); African-American Folk Rhythms (1960 / 1998); And One And Two & Other Songs for Pre-School and Primary Children (1971 / 1990); Call-and-Response Rhythmic Group Singing (1957 / 1990); Camp Songs with Ella Jenkins and Friends (2017); cELLAbration: A Tribute to Ella Jenkins (2004); Come Dance by the Ocean (1991); Counting Games & Rhythms for the Little Ones (1969 / 1990); Early Early Childhood Songs (1982 / 1996); Ella Jenkins and A Union of Friends Pulling Together (1999); For the Family (1991); Get Moving with Ella Jenkins (2012); Growing Up With Ella Jenkins (1976 / 1990); Holiday Times (1996); Hopping Around from Place to Place Vol. 1 (1983 / 1999 / 2015); Hopping Around from Place to Place Vol. 2 (1983 / 2000 / 2015); I Know the Colors of the Rainbow (1981); Jambo and Other Call and Response Songs and Chants (1974 / 1996); Little Johnny Brown with Ella Jenkins and Girls and Boys from "Uptown" (Chicago) (1972 / 1990); Live at the Smithsonian (1991); Looking Back and Looking Forward (1981); More Multicultural Children's Songs (2014); Multicultural Children's Songs (1995); My Street Begins at My House (1971 / 1989); Nursery Rhymes: Rhyming & Remembering for Young Children & for Older Girls & Boys with Special Language Needs (1974 / 1990); 123s and ABCs (2014); Play Your Instruments & Make a Pretty Sound (1968 / 1994); Rhythm & Game Songs for Little Ones (1964 / 1991); Rhythms of Childhood (1970 / 1989); Seasons for Singing (1970 / 1990); Sharing Cultures With Ella Jenkins (2003); Songs and Rhythms From Near and Far (1964 / 1997); Songs Children Love To Sing (1996); Songs, Rhythms And Chants for the Dance (1977 / 1982 / 2000); This is Rhythm (1961 / 1994); This-A-Way That-A-Way (1973 / 1989 / 1992); This-a-Way-That-a-Way (1961 / 1989); Travellin' with Ella Jenkins: – A Bilingual Journey (1979 / 1989); We Are America's Children (1976); You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song (1966 / 1989).

Movies and television:

Barney & Friends (1993); Cellabration Live! a Tribute to Ella Jenkins (2007); Fargo (2020); Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom (2022); Kidding (2018); Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1974–1992); Roadtrip Nation (2012); Sunday Today with Willie Geist (2024).

Born on this day – Marisa Merlini:

Marisa Merlini

Actress

August 6, 1923 – July 27, 2008

Born on this day – Ella Raines:

Ella Raines

Actress

August 6, 1920 – May 30, 1988

Credits:

A Dangerous Profession (1949); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); Brute Force (1947); Corvette K-225 (1943); Cry 'Havoc' (1943); Enter Arsene Lupin (1944); Fighting Coast Guard (1951); Hail the Conquering Hero (1944); Here's Lucy: On Location (2009); Impact (1949); Janet Dean, Registered Nurse (1954–1955); Lights Out (1950); Matt Houston (1984); Phantom Lady (1944); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950); Rheingold Theatre (1956); Ride the Man Down (1952); Robert Montgomery Presents (1950); Singing Guns (1950); Stump the Stars (1950); Tall in the Saddle (1944); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The Christophers (1955); The Ed Wynn Show (1950); The Ken Murray Show (1951); The Laraine Day Show (1951); The Man in the Road (1956); The Runaround (1946); The Second Face (1950); The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947); The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945); The Suspect (1944); The Walking Hills (1949); The Web (1947); Time Out of Mind (1947); White Tie and Tails (1946); Wonderful Town, U.S.A. (1951); Your Show of Shows (1952).

Born on this day – Jacqueline Laurent:

Jacqueline Laurent

Actress

August 6, 1918 – December 18, 2009

Credits:

Addio, amore! (1943); Dawn Over France (1935); Judge Hardy's Children (1938); The abito Nero da Sposa (1945); The Coup de Grace, 1965; The Day Rises (1939); Life del peccato (1946); The Two Timid (1943); The Man Who Plays with Fire (1942); Sarati, the Terrible (1937); A Straw Hat from Italy (1941); A Frenchman named Gabin (2017).

Born on this day – Robert Mitchum:

Robert Mitchum

Actor

Writer

Producer

August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997

Credits:

100 Years of the Hollywood Western (1994); 28' (2021); 5 Card Stud (1968); A Bigger Splash (2015); A Coffee in Berlin (2012); A Family for Joe (1990); A Killer in the Family (1983); A Movable Feast (1970); A Movable Scene (1970); A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011); A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (2009); ABC Stage 67 (1966); Aerial Gunner (1943); AFI Life Achievement Award (1973–1984); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001); African Skies (1992–1994); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); America on the Rocks (1973); American Grindhouse (2010); Àngel Casas Show (1988); Angel Face (1952); Anzio (1968); Apropos Film (1985); Asteroid City (2023); Backfire! (1995); Bandido! (1956); Bar 20 (1943); Becoming Mike Nichols (2016); Berkeley in the Sixties (1990); Betty Hughes and Friends (1970); Beyond the Last Frontier (1943); Biography (1995–2002); Blood on the Moon (1948); Border Patrol (1943); Bored to Death (2011); Breakfast with Hunter (2003); Breakthrough (1979); British Academy Awards (1991); Broken Noses (1987); Brotherhood of the Rose (1989); Callow's Laughton (1987); Cámara negra. Teatro Victoria Eugenia (2007); Cape Fear (1962 / 1991); Catalogue of Ships (2008); Charles Laughton Directs 'the Night of the Hunter' (2002); Chop Suey (2001); Cinema (1972); Cinema 3 (1988); Cinéma cinémas (1982–1990); Cinema mil (2005); Cinépanorama (1957); Climax! (1956); Colpo di scena (2014); Colt Comrades (1943); Compression (2023); Corvette K-225 (1943); Crossfire (1947); Cry 'Havoc' (1943); De l'autre côté du lit (2008); De película (1988–1989); Dead Man (1995); Dean's Place (1975); Desire Me (1947); Doughboys in Ireland (1943); Dynamite Chicken (1971); El Dorado (1966); Entertainment Tonight (1995); Escarnio (2004); Evocator (2009); False Colors (1943); Farewell, My Lovely (1975); Festival de Cine de San Sebastián (2005); Film '87 (1987); Film Fanfare (1956); Film Night (1969–1970); Film Profile (1955); Fire Down Below (1957); Follow the Band (1943); Foreign Intrigue (1956); Gilmore Girls (2004); Girl Rush (1944); Going Home (1971); Good Morning America (1985); Gran premio internazionale della TV (1991); Grass (1999); 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders (1943); Haunted Hotels of Hollywood (2018); Heart of the Festival (2002); Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957); Here's Hollywood (1961); His Kind of Woman (1951); Holiday Affair (1949); Hollywood Exclusive (1954); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hollywood Rebellen (2013); Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987); Hollywood's Make-Up Magic (1942); Home from the Hill (1960); Hometown Legend (2002); Hoppy Serves a Writ (1943); Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies (2000); Howard Hughes: The Inside Story (1983); Inèdits (2022); Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1989); James Dean: Race with Destiny (1997); James Stewart, Robert Mitchum: The Two Faces of America (2017); Jane Russell - Der Star aus dem Heu (2006); Jayne Mansfield: La tragédie d'une blonde (2013); Jett (2019); Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1995); John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988); Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1944); La classe américaine (1993); Late Night with David Letterman (1985); Le journal de 20 heures (1989–1991); Leather Burners (1943); L'énigme Charlotte Rampling (2023); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1978); Les sept péchés capitaux (1992); Macao (1952); Man with the Gun (1955); Maria's Lovers (1984); Marilyn (1963); Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986); Matilda (1978); McLean and Company (1970); Midnight Ride (1990); Midway (1976); Minesweeper (1943); Mister Moses (1965); Mitchum in Marlowe Country (1978); Moving Pictures (1995); Mr. North (1988); Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944); My Forbidden Past (1951); My Music: When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (2010); Nevada (1944); Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast (2018); Nightkill (1980); North & South: Book 1, North & South (1985); Not as a Stranger (1955); Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997); On Location with 'The Sundowners' (1960); One Minute to Zero (1952); One Shoe Makes It Murder (1982); Out of the Past (1947); Pancho Villa: Myth or Man? (1968); Panorama (2020); Parkinson (1972); Pebble Mill at One (1986); Personnel et confidentiel (2007); Présumé dangereux (1990); Private Screenings (1996); Promises to Keep (1985); Pulp Cinema (2001); Pursued (1947); Rachel and the Stranger (1948); Rampage (1963); Reflections on the Silver Screen (1991); Rembob'Ina (2024); Remembering Marilyn (1988); Reunion at Fairborough (1985); Richard Petty: The Legend (1992); Riders of the Deadline (1943); Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop (1988); River of No Return (1954); Robert Mitchum, le mauvais garçon d'Hollywood (2018); Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star (1991); Ryan's Daughter (1970); Saturday Night Live (1987); Screen Snapshots, Series 27, No. 8: Hollywood Honors Hersholt (1948); Screen Snapshots, Series 30, No. 3: Hollywood Goes to Bat (1950); Scrooged (1988); Second Chance (1953); Secret Ceremony (1968); Severance (2025); She Couldn't Say No (1953); Showbiz Goes to War (1982); Squzz Corn N' Ole Scratch (2012); Stage Show (1955); Story of G.I. Joe (1945); Strictly Courtroom (2008); Supernatural (2015); Talking Pictures (2014); TCM Remembers 2025 (2025); That Championship Season (1982); The 10th Annual American Cinema Awards (1994); The 11th Annual People's Choice Awards (1985); The 13th Annual People's Choice Awards (1987); The 15th Annual People's Choice Awards (1989); The 18th Rudolph Valentino Awards (1990); The 2nd Annual People's Choice Awards (1976); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The 33rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1976); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The 46th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1989); The 49th Golden Globe Awards (1992); The 4th Annual American Cinema Awards (1987); The 55th Annual Academy Awards (1983); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The 8th Annual People's Choice Awards (1982); The 9th Annual People's Choice Awards (1983); The Agency (1980); The Ambassador (1984); The Amsterdam Kill (1977); The Angry Hills (1959); The Annual Waldorf Gala Salute to Myrna Loy (1985); The Big Picture (1967); The Big Sleep (1978); The Big Steal (1949); The Boys (2022); The Celebrity Game (1965); The Century: America's Time (1999); The Confession (2018); The Côte d'Azur: Love, Luxury, Passion (2021); The Dancing Masters (1943); The David Frost Show (1970); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Discovery of Marilyn Monroe (1991); The Ed Sullivan Show (1954–1963); The Enemy Below (1957); The Equalizer (1987); The Eyes of War (1989); The Factor (2012); The First 40 Years (1980); The Frank Sinatra Show (1958); The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973); The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969); The Grass Is Greener (1960); The Hearst and Davies Affair (1985); The Human Comedy (1943); The Hunters (1958); The Jim Stafford Show (1975); The Jimmy Durante Show (1956); The King of Queens (2005); The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961); The Last Tycoon (1976); The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (1965); The Linkletter Show (1967); The List of Adrian Messenger (1963); The Locket (1946); The Lone Star Trail (1943); The Longest Day (1962); The Lusty Men (1952); The Making of 'Midway' (2001); The Marshal (1995); The Marty Stuart Show (2013); The Merv Griffin Show (1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1970–1976); The Night Fighters (1960); The Night of the Hunter (1955); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Players (2012); The Racket (1951); The Red Pony (1949); The South Bank Show (1988); The Sundowners (1960); The Sunset Boys (1995); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965–1988); The Way West (1967); The Wild West (1979); The Winds of War (1983); The Winston Affair (1964); The Wonderful Country (1959); The Wrath of God (1972); The Yakuza (1974); Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944); This Is Your Life (1994); Thompson's Last Run (1986); Thunder Road (1958); Till the End of Time (1946); To the People of the United States (1943); Tombstone (1993); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1981); Track of the Cat (1954); Tribute to Trevor Howard (1986); TV's Funniest Game Show Moments (1984); Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997); Two for the Seesaw (1962); Undercurrent (1946); Villa Rides (1968); Waiting for the Wind (1991); War and Remembrance (1988–1989); War and Remembrance: A Living History (1988); WatchMojo (2018); West of the Pecos (1945); We've Never Been Licked (1943); What a Way to Go! (1964); What's My Line? (1957–1965); When Strangers Marry (1944); Where Danger Lives (1950); White as Snow (2010); White Witch Doctor (1953); Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995); William Holden: The Golden Boy (1989); Woman of Desire (1994); Young Billy Young (1969).

Born on this day – Willie Lee Brown:

Willie Lee Brown

Blues singer

Guitarist

August 6, 1900 – December 30, 1952

Credits:

Albums:

Tell Me Why Love Don't Last / EP (2015); Two Men on Fire - The Blues Brothers of the Delta (2025); Voice Throwin' Blues (2022).

Songs:

Cadillac Boogie; Camp Hollers; Cut It Out; Do It Like That; East St. Louis Blues; Fever; Fo' Clock Blues; Four O'clock Flower Blues; Future Blues; Going to Fishing; Gonna Make It On Back; Gonna Make on Back; Government Fleet Blues; Korea Blues; Levee Camp Blues; Love That Stranger; M & O Blues; M and o Blues; Make Me a Pallet on the Floor; Mississippi Blues; Ragged and Dirty; Sleep; So Gorgeous; Take My Love; Talk To Me, Talk To Me; Tell Me Why Love Don't Last Always; Together; Together Intrumental; Walkin' Blues; Walking Blues.

Movie:

Crossroads (1986).