Born on this day – Anne Whitfield:

Anne Whitfield

Actress

August 27, 1938 – February 15, 2024

Credits:

Cookie's Fortune (1999); The Last Innocent Man (1987); Quarterback Princess (1983); The Prodigal (1983); Emergency! (1972–1975); The Specialists (1975); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974); Adam-12 (1968–1973); The Six Million Dollar Man (1973); Pete 'n' Tillie (1972); Ironside (1968–1972); The D.A. (1971); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1970); Tick, Tick, Tick (1970); The Magical World of Disney (1954); Secrets of the Pirates' Inn (1969); This Is the Life (1968); Dragnet 1967 (1968); The Outsider (1968); Gunsmoke (1960–1966); Perry Mason (1964–1966); Days of Our Lives (1965–1966); That Girl (1966); 12 O'Clock High (1965); Wendy and Me (1965); The New Interns (1964); The New Phil Silvers Show (1964); The Dakotas (1963); 77 Sunset Strip (1958); Should I Marry Outside My Faith? (1962); Laramie (1962); Hawaiian Eye (1961–1962); The Untouchables (1962); 87th Precinct (1961); Ben Casey (1961); Cheyenne (1956–1961); Rawhide (1961); General Electric Theater (1961); Peter Gunn (1961); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); Manhunt (1960); One Step Beyond (1960); Tate (1960); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959); Bonanza (1959); Men of Annapolis (1957–1958); Senior Prom (1958); The Donna Reed Show (1958); The Thin Man (1958); Juvenile Jungle (1958); Father Knows Best (1957); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Johnny Carson Show (1955); Front Row Center (1955); Baby Boogie (1955); One Man's Family (1955); Cavalcade of America (1955); White Christmas (1954); The Hollywood Matador (1954); I Married Joan (1953); Peter Pan (1953); Hollywood Opening Night (1952); The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952); Racket Squad (1951); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); The Gunfighter (1950).

Born on this day – Janet MacLachlan:

Janet MacLachlan

Actress

August 27, 1933 – October 11, 2010

Credits:

17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2011); A Family for Joe (1990); A Private Affair (2000); ABC Weekend Specials (1981); Alias (2002); All in the Family (1979); Amen (1988–1990); American Playhouse (1983); Archie Bunker's Place (1980); Baby Girl Scott (1987); Baretta (1976); Barney Miller (1976); Beauty and the Beast (1988); Big Shots (1987); Black Listed (2003); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Cagney & Lacey (1982–1987); CBS Playhouse (1969); Change of Mind (1969); Circle of Fear (1972); Covenant (1995); Criminal Passion (1994); Cutter (1972); Daktari (1967); Dark Victory (1976); Darker Than Amber (1970); Days of Our Lives (1998–1999); Ellery Queen (1976); ER (1995); Family Law (2000–2001); Fantasy Island (1983); Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1990); Film Making Techniques: Acting (1973); For Keeps? (1988); Free Spirit (1989); Friends (1979); Gabriel's Fire (1990); Generations (1990); Good Times (1978); Griff (1974); Halls of Anger (1970); Heart and Souls (1993); Hill Street Blues (1984); Home Improvement (1995); I Spy (1967); In the Heat of the Night (1994); Insight (1968–1976); Ironside (1969); It's Your Bet (1973); Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls (1981); Killer Instinct (1988); Knots Landing (1989); L.A. Law (1986); Longstreet (1971); Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style (1976); Love Story (1973); Love Thy Neighbor (1973); Maurie (1973); Medical Center (1974); Midnight Caller (1990); Mod Squad (1969); Moonlighting (1988); Most Wanted (1977); Murder One (1996–1997); Murder, She Wrote (1985–1994); Murphy Brown (1989); Murphy's Law (1986); My Friend Tony (1969); My Last Love (1999); NYPD Blue (1995); Our House (1987); Pinocchio's Revenge (1996); Police Story (1974); Punky Brewster (1985); Quincy, M.E. (1983); Rafferty (1977); Reasonable Doubts (1992); Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1978); Run for Your Life (1966); Runaway Father (1991); S.W.A.T. (1975); Santa Barbara (1985); She's in the Army Now (1981); Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (1992); Sound of Sunshine - Sound of Rain (1983); Sounder (1972); Star Trek (1967); The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2011); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); The Big Squeeze (1996); The Blue Knight (1975); The Boy Who Could Fly (1986); The Dick Cavett Show (1972); The F.B.I. (1966–1968); The Fugitive (1966); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Golden Girls (1987); The Interns (1971); The Invaders (1968); The Kid from Nowhere (1982); The Man (1972); The Manhunter (1975); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1972); The Movie Game (1970); The Name of the Game (1969–1970); The Other Victim (1981); The Rockford Files (1975); The Six Million Dollar Man (1975); The Sophisticated Gents (1981); The Streets of San Francisco (1974); The Thirteenth Floor (1999); The Tuskegee Airmen (1995); There Goes My Baby (1994); Thursday's Child (1983); Tick, Tick, Tick (1970); Tightrope (1984); Toughlove (1985); Tracks of Glory (1992); Trapper John, M.D. (1985); Trouble Comes to Town (1973); Uptight (1968); What's Happening!! (1976); Who's the Boss? (1987); Wild Jack (1989); Winners (1978); Wonder Woman (1977).

Born on this day – Marilyn Lovell:

Marilyn Lovell

Actress

August 27, 1931 – April 13, 2012

Credits:

Ghosts of Mississippi (1996); The Return of Count Yorga (1971); The Outsider (1969); Captain Nice (1967); The Farmer's Daughter (1965); The Munsters (1964); The Nut House!! (1964); Naked City (1962–1963); Route 66 (1963); Tightrope (1959); Stanley (1956).

Born on this day – Ira Levin:

Ira Levin

Writer

August 27, 1929 – November 12, 2007

Credits:

Books:

Rosemary's Baby (1967); Son of Rosemary (1997); A Kiss Before Dying (1953); This Perfect Day (1970); The Stepford Wives (1972); The Boys from Brazil (1976); Sliver (1991); Interlock (1956); No Time For Sergeants (1956); Critic's Choice (1962); Dr. Cook's Garden (1968); Veronica's Room (1974); Deathtrap (1978); Break a Leg (1981); Cantorial (1990).

Movies and television:

A Kiss Before Dying (1956 / 1991 / 2024); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958); Apartment 7A (2024); Ashen Lit Box Set (2018); Barbra: The Concert (1994); Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965); Critic's Choice (1963); Cybill (1995); Deathtrap (1982); Dr. Cook's Garden (1971); Footsteps (2003); General Electric Theater (1961); Great Performances (2001); Guiding Light (1982); In Melbourne Tonight (1969); It's a Living (1988); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954–1955); La semilla del diablo (2020); Lights Out (1951); Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby (1976); Martinez, Margaritas and Murder! (2024); Matinee Theatre (1956); Midnight Caller (1990); No Time for Sergeants (1958–1965); Revenge of the Stepford Wives (1980); Rosemary's Baby (1968 / 2005 / 2014 / 2017); Saturday Night Live (1993); Sliver (1993 / 2014); Sliver: Alternate Ending (1993); Sliver: Alternate Opening (1993); Son of Rosemary: The Sequel to Rosemary's Baby (2014); The 32nd Annual Tony Awards (1978); The Boys from Brazil (1978 / 2014); The Caves of Steel / Story Parade (1964); The Clock (1950); The Dick Cavett Show (1980); The Graham Kennedy Show (1972); The Stepford Children (1987); The Stepford Wives (1975 / 2004 / 2024); Tu das nicht, Angelika (1965); Women of the House (1995); Working in the Theatre (1982).

Born on this day – Susan Willis:

Susan Willis

Actress

August 27, 1925 – May 14, 2009

Born on this day – George Montgomery:

George Montgomery

Actor

Painter

Director

Producer

Writer

Sculptor

Furniture craftsman

Stuntman

August 27, 1916 – December 12, 2000

Credits:

90 Minutes Live (1978); A Sporting Oasis (1952); About Faces (1960); Accent on Love (1941); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Anthony Perkins, l'homme derrière (2020); Army Girl (1938); Badman's Country (1958); Battle of Rogue River (1954); Battle of the Bulge (1965); Belle Starr's Daughter (1948); Billy the Kid Returns (1938); Black Patch (1957); Bomb at 10:10 (1967); Bomber's Moon (1943); Bonanza (1966); Cadet Girl (1941); Canyon River (1956); Celebrity Bowling (1971–1972); Charter Pilot (1940); Children's Island (1985); China Girl (1942); Cimarron City (1958–1959); Come on, Rangers! (1938); Compression (2015); Coney Island (1943); Cripple Creek (1952); Dakota Lil (1950); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Davy Crockett, Indian Scout (1950); Dick Tracy (1937); Dinah! (1977); Django the Honorable Killer (1965); Fort Ti (1953); Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974); Frontier Pony Express (1939); General Electric Theater (1955–1957); Gold Mine in the Sky (1938); Guerillas in Pink Lace (1964); Gun Belt (1953); Gun Duel in Durango (1957); Hallucination Generation (1966); Hawaiian Eye (1963); Hawk of the Wilderness (1938); Hell of Borneo (1964); Here's Hollywood (1961–1962); Hi-Yo Silver (1940); Hostile Guns (1967); House Party (1953); Huk! (1956); I Spy (1966); I Was a Convict (1939); Images of Indians: How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native American (2003); In Old Caliente (1939); In Old Monterey (1939); Indian Uprising (1952); Jack McCall, Desperado (1953); Jamboree (1954); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1956); Jennie (1940); King of the Wild Stallions (1959); Last of the Badmen (1957); Last of the Duanes (1941); Lulu Belle (1948); Man from God's Country (1958); Man of Conquest (1939); Masquerade Party (1955); Masterson of Kansas (1954); NET Playhouse (1972); New Frontier (1939); Orchestra Wives (1942); Outlaws of Sonora (1938); Pals of the Saddle (1938); Password (1962); Pawnee (1957); Person to Person (1955); Place the Face (1954); Ransom (1988); Ride the Tiger (1970); Riders of the Purple Sage (1941); Robbers' Roost (1955); Rough Riders' Round-up (1939); Roxie Hart (1942); S.O.S. Tidal Wave (1939); Saga of Death Valley (1939); Samar (1962); Santa Fe Stampede (1938); Satan's Harvest (1970); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Screen Snapshots, Series 23, No. 1: Hollywood in Uniform (1943); Screen Snapshots, Series 23, No. 10 (1944); Screen Snapshots, Series 27, No. 1: Hollywood Cowboys (1947); Screen Snapshots, Series 32, No. 10: Out West in Hollywood (1953); Screen Snapshots, Series 33, No. 1: Hollywood Stunt Men (1953); Screen Snapshots, Series 33, No. 5: Memories in Uniform (1954); Screen Snapshots, Series 35, No. 6: Hollywood Small Fry (1956); Screen Snapshots, Series 37, No. 2: Salute to Hollywood (1958); Seminole Uprising (1955); Shine on Harvest Moon (1938); SOS Coast Guard (1942); South of the Border (1939); Southward Ho! (1939); Springtime in the Rockies (1937); Stage 7 (1955); Star Dust (1940); Strangers at Sunrise (1969); Street of Sinners (1957); Studio One (1955); Take It or Leave It (1944); Take Two (1963); Talent Scouts (1963); Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942); The 10th Annual Golden Boot Awards (1992); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The 32nd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1958); The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (2001); The All New Truth or Consequences (1961); The Arizona Kid (1939); The Arthur Murray Party (1957–1958); The Bob Braun Show (1973); The Bob Cummings Show (1959); The Brasher Doubloon (1947); The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939); The Cowboy and the Blonde (1941); The Daredevil (1973); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1957–1961); The Ford Television Theatre (1957); The Girl from Manhattan (1948); The Gisele MacKenzie Show (1958); The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890 (1991); The Hollywood Deb Stars of 1965 (1965); The Iroquois Trail (1950); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The Juke Box Jury (1958–1959); The Life of Riley (1958); The Lone Gun (1954); The Lone Ranger (1938); The Mike Douglas Show (1963–1973); The Milton Berle Show (1950); The Mysterious Miss X (1939); The Name's the Same (1955); The Night Riders (1939); The Odd Couple (1974); The Old Barn Dance (1938); The Pathfinder (1952); The Proud and Damned (1972); The Purple Vigilantes (1938); The Singing Vagabond (1935); The Six Million Dollar Man (1974); The Steel Claw (1961); The Steve Allen Show (1957–1958); The Sword of Monte Cristo (1951); The Texas Rangers (1951); The Tonight Show (1962); The Toughest Gun in Tombstone (1958); This Is Your Life (1953); Three Little Girls in Blue (1946); Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure (1944); Under Western Stars (1938); Wagon Train (1958); Wall Street Cowboy (1939); Warkill (1968); Watusi (1959); What's My Line? (1959); What's My Line? At 25 (1975); When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion (1979); Wild Wind (1985); Wyoming Outlaw (1939); Young People (1940).

Born on this day – Joyzelle Joyner:

Joyzelle Joyner

Actress

Dancer

August 27, 1905 – November 30, 1980

Credits:

A Festival of Bagdad (1929); Beneath the Law (1929); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); Blondes by Proxy (1932); Close Harmony (1929); Dance Madness (1926); Dante's Inferno (1935); Girl Without a Room (1933); Glorious Vamps (1930); Go Into Your Dance (1935); I Believed in You (1934); Just Imagine (1930); Lotus Lady (1930); Moran of the Marines (1928); Old Loves and New (1926); One Hysterical Night (1929); Out of the Past (1927); Prince of Diamonds (1930); Resurrection (1927); Search for Beauty (1934); Shadows of the Night (1928); Sombras habaneras (1930); Song of the Caballero (1930); Souvenirs (1928); The Beloved Rogue (1927); The Black Watch (1929); The Devil Dancer (1927); The House of Mystery (1934); The Night Court (1927); The Sea Beast (1926); The Shady Lady (1928); The Sign of the Cross (1932); The Song of Spain (1929); The Sultan's Jester (1930); The Taxi Dancer (1927); The Vanishing Frontier (1932); Turn Back the Hours (1928); Whistlin' Dan (1932); Wild People (1933).