Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Born on this day – Sylvia Miles:


Sylvia Miles

Actress

September 9, 1924 – June 12, 2019

Born on this day – Jane Greer:


Jane Greer

Actress

September 9, 1924 – August 24, 2001

Born on this day – Cliff Robertson:


Cliff Robertson


Actor

September 9, 1923 – September 10, 2011

Credits:

1968: A Crack in Time (1978); 633 Squadron (1964); 39th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1982); 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2012); 13th Child (2002); A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1974); ABC Stage 67 (1967); ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration (1978); Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Alcoa Theatre (1959); All in a Night's Work (1961); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1951–1955); As the Sea Rages (1959); Assignment Berlin (1998); Autumn Leaves (1956); Batman (1966–1968); Battle of the Coral Sea (1959); Ben Casey (1962); Biography (1995); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964–1967); Bracken's World (1969); Brainstorm (1983); Breaking Point (1964); Bus Stop (1962); Campbell Playhouse (1952); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Charly (1968); Class (1983); Corvette K-225 (1943); Dazzle (1995); Dead Reckoning (1990); Dominique (1979); Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story (1986); Escape from L.A. (1996); Faith Is a Nine-Letter Word (1952); Falcon Crest (1983–1984); Falcon Down (2001); Family Tree (1999); Film '77 (1977); Film Night (1972); Ford: The Man and the Machine (1987); Fraternity Row (1977); General Electric Theater (1961); Gidget (1959); Golden Showcase (1962); Hallmark Hall of Fame (1952); J W Coop (1971); Kraft Mystery Theatre (1957); Kraft Mystery Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1951); Kraft Mystery Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1956–1961); Lincoln (1992); Lincoln: Trial by Fire (1974); Love Has Many Faces (1965); Lux Video Theatre (1950); Mach 2 (2000); Malone (1987); Man on a Swing (1974); Masquerade (1965); Midway (1976); Modern Romances (1954); My Father's House (1975); My Six Loves (1963); Obsession (1976); Out of Season (1975); Outlaws (1960–1962); Overboard (1978); Picnic (1955); Playhouse 90 (1958–1960); PT 109 (1963); Race (1998); Renaissance Man (1994); Return to Earth (1976); Riding the Bullet (2004); Riverboat (1960); Robert Montgomery Presents (1952–1954); Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers (1953–1954); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968–1969); Shaker Run (1985); Shoot (1976); Short Short Dramas (1952); Spider-Man (2002); Spider-Man 2 (2004); Spider-Man 3 (2007); Star 80 (1983); Sunday in New York (1963); Suspense (1964); TCM Remembers (2011); Ten Thousand Words (1952); The American Revolution (1994); The Best Man (1964); The Big Show (1961); The Devil's Brigade (1968); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Girl Most Likely (1957); The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972); The Greatest Show on Earth (1963); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1967); The Honey Pot (1967); The Interns (1962); The Key to Rebecca (1985); The Little Prince (1979); The Lyon's Den (2003); The Man Without a Country (1973); The Naked and the Dead (1958); The Outer Limits (1963 / 1999); The Pilot (1980); The Sunset Boys (1995); The Sunshine Patriot (1968); The Twilight Zone (1961–1962); The Untouchables (1959); The Yanks Are Coming (1974); Three Days of the Condor (1975); Too Late the Hero (1970); Two of a Kind (1982); Underworld U.S.A. (1961); Up from the Beach (1965); Wagon Train (1958); Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); We've Never Been Licked (1943); Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (1991); Wind (1992).

Born on this day – Marguerite Snow:


Marguerite Snow


Actress

September 9, 1889 – February 17, 1958

Credits:

A Corner in Cotton (1916); A Dog of Flanders (1914); A Doll's House (1911); A Militant Suffragette (1912); A Niagara Honeymoon (1912); A Romance of the U.S.N. (1912); A Six Cylinder Elopement (1912); A Woman's Loyalty (1914); Back to Nature (1911); Baseball and Bloomers (1911); Brains vs. Brawn (1912); Broadway Jones (1917); But the Greatest of These Is Charity (1912); Carmen (1913); Chalk Marks (1924); Count Ivan and the Waitress (1911); Cross Your Heart (1912); Cupid the Conqueror (1911); Daughter of Kings (1915); Dora Thorne (1912); Dottie's New Doll (1912); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912); East Lynne (1912); Felix O'Day (1920); Flying to Fortune (1912); For Her Boy's Sake (1913); For Sale -- A Life (1912); From Wash to Washington (1914); Get Rich Quick (1911); Good Morning, Judge (1913); Her Darkest Hour (1912); Her Fireman (1913); Her Great Triumph (1916); Her Neighbor (1913); His Guardian Auto (1915); His Heroine (1913); His Younger Brother (1911); In a Garden (1912); In His Brother's Place (1919); In the Chorus (1911); Into the Desert (1912); Jess (1912); Jilted (1912); Joseph in the Land of Egypt (1914); Kit Carson Over the Great Divide (1925); Lavender and Old Lace (1921); Letters of a Lifetime (1912); Little Old New York (1911); Lorna Doone (1911); Love's Miracle (1912); Lucile (1912); Mission of the War Chest (1918); Motoring (1911); My Baby's Voice (1912); Napoleon's Luck Stone (1913); Notorious Gallagher; or, His Great Triumph (1916); Nursie and the Knight (1912); Pa's Medicine (1912); Peggy's Invitation (1913); Put Yourself in His Place (1912); Rejuvenation (1912); Rosemary (1915); Rouge and Riches (1920); Savages of the Sea (1925); She (1911); Tannhäuser (1913); The Angel in the Mask (1915); The Buddhist Priestess (1911); The Caged Bird (1913); The Dancer (1914); The Dog in the Baggage Car (1913); The Dove in the Eagle's Nest (1913); The Eagle's Eye (1918); The Faded Flower (1916); The First Law (1918); The Five Rose Sisters (1911); The Forest Rose (1912); The Girl Detective's Ruse (1913); The Girl of the Cabaret (1913); The Girl of the Grove (1912); The Great Shadow (1920); The Half Million Bribe (1916); The Head of the Ribbon Counter (1913); The Heart of the Princess Marsari (1915); The Honeymooners (1911); The Hunting of the Hawk (1917); The Idol of the Hour (1913); The Lady from the Sea (1911); The Little Girl Next Door (1912); The Marble Heart (1913); The Marble Heart (1916); The Marriage Trap (1918); The Million Dollar Mystery (1914); The Missing Heir (1911); The Moth (1911); The Old Curiosity Shop (1911); The Other Half (1912); The Patriot and the Spy (1915); The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1911); The Pillars of Society (1911); The Railroad Builder (1911); The Repeater (1912); The Ring of a Spanish Grandee (1912); The Romance of Lonely Island (1911); The Saleslady (1912); The Second in Command (1915); The Silent Voice (1915); The Slave Mart (1917); The Stepmother (1911); The Tempter and Dan Cupid (1911); The Tiniest of Stars (1913); The Tomboy (1911); The Top of New York (1913); The Upstart (1916); The Veiled Woman (1922); The Warning (1912); The Woman in Room 13 (1920); The Woman in White (1912); The Woman Who Did Not Care (1913); Their Best Friend (1914); Their Burglar (1911); Under Two Flags (1912); Undine (1912); When Dreams Come True (1913); When Ghost Meets Ghost (1913); When the Studio Burned (1913); While Baby Slept (1913); Whom God Hath Joined (1912); Young Lochinvar (1911); Zudora (1914).

Born on this day – Mary Hunter Austin:


Mary Hunter Austin


Writer

September 9, 1868 – August 13, 1934

Credits:

California, Land of the Sun (1914); Earth Horizon: An Autobiography (1932); Earth Horizon: An Autobiography (1934); Everyman's Genius (1925); Fire (1912); Isidro (1905); Lost Borders (1909); One Smoke Stories (1934); Out-land (1910); Starry Adventure (1931); Taos Pueblo (1930); The American Rhythm: Studies and Re-expressions of American Songs (1923); The Arrow Maker (1911); The Flock (1906); The Ford (1917); The Land of Little Rain (1903); The Man Jesus (1925); The Man Who Didn't Believe in Christmas (1916); Woman of Genius (1912).

It's always that time in our home:


It's book o'clock somewhere.

Recommended reading - The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction (2004):


The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction

By Deane Mansfield-Kelley and Lois A. Marchino.

Paperback.
Published by Pearson.
Published in 2004.

ISBN 13: 9780321195012
ISBN 10: 0321195019

Description:

A detective fiction anthology filled with award winning short stories, information on the authors who wrote them, discussion about the history and evolution of the genre, and important literary criticism.