Born on this day – Jessye Norman:

Jessye Norman

Opera singer

Recitalist

September 15, 1945 – September 30, 2019

Credits:

Albums:

Alceste (1982); Amazing Grace (1990); Bartok: Bluebeard's Castle (1998); Bluebeard's Castle (Hungarian State Orchestra feat. conductor: Adam Fischer) (1988); Brahms Edition: Lieder (1996); Brahms: Lieder (1983); Brettl-Lieder (1993); Chausson: Poème de l'amour et de la mer; Chanson perpétuelle; Mélodies – Apex (1990); Das Festkonzert zur Weihnachtszeit: Ein großer Abend aus Notre-Dame (1992); Dido and Aeneas (English Chamber Orchestra feat. conductor: Raymond Leppard) (1986); Die Walküre (Erich Leinsdorf, The London Symphony Orchestra feat. Nilsson, Vickers & London) (1999); I Was Born In Love With You - Music By Michel Legrand (2000); I Was Born in Love With You: Jessye Norman Sings Michel Legrand (2000); In the Spirit (1996); Jessye Norman - Roots: My Life, My Song (2009); Jessye Norman Live (1988); La Belle Hélène (1985); Les Contes d´Hoffmann - Jacques Offenbach (1994); Lieder (1980); Lieder (soprano: Jessye Norman, piano: Daniel Barenboim) (1983); Lohengrin (1987); Lucky To Be Me (1992); Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde (1982); Mahler: Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn & Rückert-Lieder / Schubert: Lieder (1972); Mahler: Symphony No. 6; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (1970); Purcell: Dido & Aeneas; Ode for St. Cecilia's Day (1962); Recitals: An Evening with Jessye Norman (2009); Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs; 6 Orchestral Songs (2008); Roméo et Juliette (1998); Sacred Songs (1981); Salzburg Recital (1991); Schubert: Lieder (1985); Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben; Liederkreis, Op.39 (1976); Sinfonía n° 9 (1989); Spirituals (1979); Spirituals in Concert (1991); Symphony No. 3 (1982); The Compact Opera Collection: Carmen (1989); The Essential Jessye Norman (2004); The Unreleased Masters (2023); Vier Letzte Lieder / 6 Orchesterlieder (1982); Wagner: Die Walkure (2011); Wagner: Lohengrin (1963); Wagner: Scenes from Tristan und Isolde, Tannhäuser, Der fliegende Holländer & Götterdämmerung (1988); Wagner: Wesendonk Lieder; Tristan & Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod (1976); Weber: Euryanthe (1976); With a Song in My Heart (1984).

Songs:

Adams: The Holy City / Sacred Songs (1981); Amazing Grace / Sacred Songs (1981); Amen / Christmastide (2009); Barcarolle / Les Contes d´Hoffmann - Jacques Offenbach (1994); Beim Schlafengehen / Vier Letzte Lieder / 6 Orchesterlieder (1982); Cavalleria rusticana: "Oh! Il Signore vi manda" / Cavalleria Rusticana (1991); Chanson triste / Les Chemins de l'amour (1977); Erlkönig / Lieder (1985); Erlkönig, D.328 / Schubert: Lieder (1985); Es gibt ein Reich / Ariadne Auf Naxos (1988); Frühling / Vier Letzte Lieder / 6 Orchesterlieder (1982); Gounod: Repentir / Sacred Songs (1981); Greensleeves / Sacred Songs (1981); He's Got The Whole World In His Hands / Spirituals in Concert (Kathleen Battle Edition, Vol. 10) / Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Act III, Scene VI. No. 20 Recitativo "E Susanna non vien!" / No. 20 Aria "Dove sono i bei momenti" / The Jessye Norman Collection (1990); Je te veux / Les Chemins de l'amour (1977); Les chemins de l'amour / Les Triomphes de Jessye Norman (1987); Les chemins de l'amour, FP 106 / Les Chemins de l'amour (1977); Lord, How Come Me Here / Spirituals in Concert (1991); Panis Angelicus / Sacred Songs (1981); R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder, TrV 296 - 3. Beim Schlafengehen / R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder / Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder (1994); R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder, TrV 296 - 4. Im Abendrot / Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs; 6 Orchestral Songs (2008); The Holy City / Sacred Songs (1981); There is a balm in Gilead / Spirituals (1979); There's a Man Going Round / Spirituals (1979); Thy hand, Belinda ... When I am Laid in Earth / Dido and Aeneas (1986); Tristan and Isolde, WWV 90, Act III: Isoldes Liebestod, Mild und Leise wie er lächelt / Árias Clásicas: Soprano (2017); Tristan und Isolde, Act III: Liebestod. "Mild und leise wie er lächelt" / Wagner: Scenes from Tristan und Isolde, Tannhäuser, Der fliegende Holländer & Götterdämmerung (1988); Tristan und Isolde: Isoldes Liebestod / Tannhäuser / Siegfried Idyll / Tristan und Isolde (1988); Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91 – Träume / R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder / Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder (1994); Yon: Gesù Bambino / Sacred Songs (1981); Zueignung / Vier Letzte Lieder / 6 Orchesterlieder (1982).

Movies and television:

28th Annual Trumpet Awards (2020); 51st NAACP Image Awards (2020); 60 Minutes / Segment: Jessye (1991); Absolute Wilson (2006); Aquarius (1972); Artemisia (1997); Beckmann (2009); Bill Moyers: Amazing Grace (1990); Boulevard Bio (1993); C à vous (2015); Carnegie Hall: The Grand Reopening (1987); Champs-Elysées (1987); Charlie Rose (2000–2001); Choke (2008); Christmas Glory from New York (2001); CNBC Meets (2015); Die Walküre (1990); Dimanche Martin (1985); Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988); Ebony (1984); Formule 1 (1982); Freedomfest: Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday Celebratation (1988); Grâce à la musique (1979 / 1982); Great Performances (1993 / 2000–2023); Great Performances at the Met (1996–2022); Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (2000); Hep Taxi ! (2017); Im Herzen des Lichts - Die Nacht der Primadonnen (2002); Imagine (2015); In Depth (2020); Jackie Kennedy: Fighting for Civil Rights (2018); Jessye Norman at Notre Dame (1991); Jessye Norman Recital (1986); Jessye Norman Sings Carmen (1989); Jessye Norman Sings for the Healing of Aids (1995 / 1997); Jessye Norman's Christmas Symphony (1987); Karajan in Salzburg (1988); Karsh Is History (2009); Katie (2014); Late Show with David Letterman (1994–2014); Le grand échiquier (1974–1984); Les enfants de la guerre (1996); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1992); Margie Gillis: Wild Hearts in Strange Times (1996); Marian Anderson (1991); Musiques au Coeur (1987 / 1991); Nobel Peace Prize Concert (2002); Omnibus (1986–1989); Ozawa (1985); Proms Extra (2014); Rembob'Ina (2024); Restless City (2011); Romeo (1990); Slow Horses (2022); Sternstunden der Musik (2021); Sunday Today with Willie Geist (2019); Symphony for the Spire (1992); Tavis Smiley (2011); Tchaikovsky: 150th Birthday Gala from Leningrad (1990); The 2nd Annual Black Achievement Awards (1984); The 39th Annual Grammy Awards (1997); The Banshees of Inisherin (2022); The French Revolution (1989); The Hours (2002); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1997); The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2017); The Metropolitan Opera: Centennial Gala (1983); The People's Passion (1999); The South Bank Show (1979); The Trip to Greece (2020); The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs (2015); To Life! America Celebrates Israel's 50th (1998); Vangelis and the Journey to Ithaka (2013); Vangelis: Mythodea - Music for the NASA Mission, 2001 Mars Odyssey (2001); Verdi: Requiem (2009); Vivement dimanche prochain (2015); Weekend in Wallop (1984); Wetten, dass..? (2006); Wild at Heart (1990); Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel (2009); Wogan (1985).

Born on this day – Michael Preece:

Michael Preece

Director

Script supervisor

Producer

Actor

September 15, 1936 – February 27, 2025

Credits:

7th Heaven (2004–2007); A Man Called Sloane (1979); Ace Crawford... Private Eye (1983); American Frontiers: Anthony Mann at Universal (2019); B.J. and the Bear (1980–1981); Barnaby Jones (1978–1980); Baywatch (1995); Beretta's Island (1993); Berrenger's (1985); Boone (1983–1984); Breakheart Pass (1975); Dallas (1981–1991); Dallas: War of the Ewings (1998); Dog and Cat (1977); Doing Dallas (2000); Falcon Crest (1981–1989); Fantasy Island (1980); Flamingo Road (1981–1982); Forces of Nature: Anthony Mann at Universal (2025); Freebie and the Bean (1980–1981); Great Day (1983); Gunsmoke (1967); How the West Was Won (1962); Hunter (1984–1990); I Spy (1965–1968); Jake and the Fatman (1987); Knots Landing (1986–1988); Lady Ice (1973); Logan's Run (1977); Logan's War: Bound by Honor (1998); MacGyver (1989–1991); Mannix (1968); Men in War (1957); Mitchell (1975); Most Wanted (1977); Renegade (1993); Riptide (1986); Sara (1976); Shadows Over Sulphur Falls (2025); Shirley (1980); Skullduggery (1970); Sons of Thunder (1999); Stingray (1986); T.J. Hooker (1982–1983); The Bionic Woman (1977); The City (1977); The Collector (2012); The Diary of a High School Bride (1959); The Don Is Dead (1973); The Getaway (1972); The Gun and the Pulpit (1974); The Hawaiians (1970); The Incredible Hulk (1982); The Lazarus Man (1996); The New Mike Hammer (1984); The Paper Chase (1973); The Paradise Connection (1979); The President's Man (2000); The Prize Fighter (1979); The Runaways (1978–1979); The Sand Runner (2025); The Streets of San Francisco (1975–1977); The Young Riders (1991–1992); Thunder in Paradise (1994); Trapper John, M.D. (1981); Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion (1994); Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001); Waterfront (1954–1956); When the Whistle Blows (1980); Wolf (1989).

Born on this day – Jackie Cooper:

Jackie Cooper

Actor

Director

September 15, 1922 – May 3, 2011

Born on this day – John Conte:

John Conte

Actor

September 15, 1915 – September 4, 2006

Born on this day – Joseph Pevney:

Joseph Pevney

Director

September 15, 1911 – May 18, 2008

Born on this day – Penny Singleton:

Penny Singleton

Actress

Labor leader

September 15, 1908 – November 12, 2003

Credits:

10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2004); A Show Business Salute to Milton Berle (1973); A Yabba-Dabba-Doo Celebration!: 50 Years of Hanna-Barbera (1989); After the Thin Man (1936); Belle of the Night (1930); Beware of Blondie (1950); Blondie (1938); Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939); Blondie for Victory (1942); Blondie Goes Latin (1941); Blondie Goes to College (1942); Blondie Has Servant Trouble (1940); Blondie Hits the Jackpot (1949); Blondie in Society (1941); Blondie in the Dough (1947); Blondie Knows Best (1946); Blondie Meets the Boss (1939); Blondie on a Budget (1940); Blondie Plays Cupid (1940); Blondie Takes a Vacation (1939); Blondie's Anniversary (1947); Blondie's Big Deal (1949); Blondie's Big Moment (1947); Blondie's Blessed Event (1942); Blondie's Hero (1950); Blondie's Holiday (1947); Blondie's Lucky Day (1946); Blondie's Reward (1948); Blondie's Secret (1948); Boy Meets Girl (1938); Breakdowns of 1938 (1938); Campus Cinderella (1938); Daws Butler: Voice Magician (1987); Death Valley Days (1963); Footlight Glamour (1943); Garden of the Moon (1938); Go West, Young Lady (1941); Good News (1930); Hard to Get (1938); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Howd' Ya Like That? (1934); It's a Great Life (1943); It's Showtime (1976); Jetsons: The Movie (1990); Leave It to Blondie (1945); Life with Blondie (1945); Love in the Rough (1930); Mansfield 66/67 (2017); Men Are Such Fools (1938); Mr. Chump (1938); Murder, She Wrote (1986); Outside of Paradise (1938); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950); Racket Busters (1938); Rockin' with Judy Jetson (1988); Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 (1939); Sea Racketeers (1937); Secrets of an Actress (1938); Show-Business at War (1943); Swing Your Lady (1938); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The 5th Annual American Cinema Awards (1988); The Best Man (1964); The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera (1990); The Jetsons (1962–1987); The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones (1987); The Ken Murray Show (1950); The Mad Miss Manton (1938); The Twilight Zone (1964); This Is Your Life (1953–1960); Vogues of 1938 (1937); Young Widow (1946).

Born on this day – Fay Wray:

Fay Wray

Actress

September 15, 1907 – August 8, 2004

Credits:

11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2005); 77 Sunset Strip (1960); 50,000,000 Joe Franklin Fans Can't Be Wrong (1997); A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (2010); A Lover's Oath (1925); A One Man Game (1927); A Trip Through the Paramount Studio (1927); Adam Had Four Sons (1941); AFI Life Achievement Award (1982); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958–1959); Alias Bulldog Drummond (1935); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); Ann Carver's Profession (1933); Bat Wings (2014); Behind the Make-Up (1930); Below the Sea (1933); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); Best of British (1987); Biography (2002); Black Moon (1934); Black Planet (2024); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003); Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975); Captain Thunder (1930); Cavalcade of America (1953); Century of Cinema (1995); Chasing the Chaser (1925); Cheating Cheaters (1934); Chimp Crazy (2024); Cinema mil (2005); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2009–2014); Come Out of the Pantry (1935); Compression (2023–2025); Crime of Passion (1956); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); De película (1989); Dirigible (1931); Doctor X (1932); Don Key (Son of Burro) (1926); Don't Shoot (1926); Dragstrip Riot (1958); Entertainment Tonight (2008); Film Geek (2023); Four Square Steve (1926); Frank Capra's American Dream (1997); General Electric Theater (1957–1961); German Grusel - Die Edgar Wallace-Serie (2011); Gideon's Trumpet (1980); Halloween Monster Bash (1991); Hawaiian Eye (1960); Hell on Frisco Bay (1955); Hollywood Blue (1970); Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 (1934); Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. B-8 (1934); Hollywood Stuntmakers (1999); Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987); Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1969); House Party (1953); I Am Not Your Negro (2016); Il était une fois... (2010); I'm King Kong!: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper (2005); Inside Human Zoos (2018); Inside the Marx Brothers (2003); Isn't Life Terrible? (1925); It Happened in Hollywood (1937); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955–1957); Just a Good Guy (1924); King Kong (1933 / 2005); King Kong, le coeur des ténèbres (2025); King Kong: Audio Commentary (2005); Kinkón (1971); Kraft Mystery Theatre (1958); La parada (1989); Lazy Lightning (1926); Le documentaire culturel (2024); Loco Luck (1927); Love Is a Vampire (2020); Madame Sans Jane (1925); Madame Spy (1934); Master of Men (1933); Matinee Theatre (1957); Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars (1941); Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play (1941); Méliès 88 (1988); Melody for Three (1941); Mills of the Gods (1934); Moonlight and Noses (1925); Murder by Death (1976); Murder in Greenwich Village (1937); Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933); Navy Secrets (1939); No Father to Guide Him (1925); Not a Ladies' Man (1942); Not Exactly Gentlemen (1931); Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997); Once to Every Woman (1934); One Sunday Afternoon (1933); One Wild Time (1926); Paramount on Parade (1930); Perry Mason (1958–1965); Picture People Vol. 2 No. 13: Hollywood on the Hudson (1942); Playhouse 90 (1959); Pointed Heels (1929); Projections of America (2014); Queen Bee (1955); Return to Jurassic Park: Making Prehistory (2011); Rifftrax: The Most Dangerous Game (2020); RKO Production 601: The Making of 'Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World' (2005); Roaming Lady (1936); Rock, Pretty Baby (1956); Saturday Nightmares: The Ultimate Horror Expo of All Time! (2010); Schlitz Playhouse (1958); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Screen Snapshots, Series 14, No. 3 (1934); Screen Snapshots, Series 19, No. 4 (1940); Screen Snapshots, Series 20, No. 7 (1941); Shanghai Madness (1933); Sharon Stone - Una mujer de 100 caras (1998); Small Town Girl (1953); Smashing the Spy Ring (1938); SP FX: Special Effects - The Empire Strikes Back (1980); Speed Bugs (1923); Spurs and Saddles (1927); Stowaway (1932); Street of Sin (1928); Studio 57 (1955–1956); Summer Love (1958); Sure-Mike! (1925); Sweet Daddy (1924); Tammy and the Bachelor (1957); TCM Remembers 2004 (2004); Telephone Time (1957); The 13th Annual Women in Film Crystal Awards (1989); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The 49th Annual Writers Guild Awards (1997); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005); The Affairs of Cellini (1934); The Big Brain (1933); The Border Legion (1930); The Bowery (1933); The Clairvoyant (1935); The Coast Patrol (1925); The Cobweb (1955); The Conquering Horde (1931); The Countess of Monte Cristo (1934); The David Niven Show (1959); The Eleventh Hour (1964); The Finger Points (1931); The First Kiss (1928); The Four Feathers (1929); The Honeymoon (1929); The Horror Show (1979); The Islanders (1960); The Jury's Secret (1938); The Lawyer's Secret (1931); The Legion of the Condemned (1928); The Lost Spider Pit Sequence (2005); The Man in the Saddle (1926); The Most Dangerous Game (1932); The Most Dangerous Game in Color (1932); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Pride of the Family (1953–1954); The Real McCoys (1961); The Richest Girl in the World (1934); The Saddle Tramp (1926); The Sea God (1930); The Show Cowpuncher (1926); The Sinister Cinema Story (2025); The Stolen Jools (1931); The Texan (1930); The Unholy Garden (1931); The Vampire Bat (1933); The Wedding March (1928); The Wild Horse Stampede (1926); The Woman I Stole (1933); The Year of Living Locked Up (2020); These Amazing Shadows (2011); They Met in a Taxi (1936); This Is the Life (1944); This Is Your Life (1953); Thunderbolt (1929); Thundering Landlords (1925); Treasure of the Golden Condor (1953); Unfriendly Enemies (1925); Universal Horror (1998); Viva Villa! (1934); Wagon Train (1962); WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1926 (1926); What Price Goofy? (1925); When Knights Were Bold (1936); Where Are They Now? (1980); White Lies (1934); Wildcat Bus (1940); Wogan (1990); Woman in the Dark (1934); World in White (1957); Your Own Back Yard (1925).