Born on this day – Micheline Bourday:

Micheline Bourday

Actress

October 6, 1921 – November 26, 1988

Credits:

Aéroport (1983); American Dreamer (1984); Cinéma 16 (1977); Croque la vie (1981); Dis bonjour à la dame!.. (1977); Jean-Christophe (1978); La 7ème cible (1984); L'affaire Caillaux (1985); Le pays bleu (1977); Les cinq dernières minutes (1967); Les coqs de minuit (1973); Les jeunes filles (1978); Les parents ne sont pas simples cette année (1984); Mes meilleurs copains (1989); My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days (1989); On peut le dire sans se fâcher (1978); Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954); The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials (1979); The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes (1982); The Man Without a Face (1975); The Miser (1980); The Party (1980); Tranches de vie (1985); Un petit paradis (1981); Violette (1978).

Born on this day – Jacqueline Pagnol:

Jacqueline Pagnol

Actress

October 6, 1920 – August 22, 2016

Credits:

Adhémar ou le jouet de la fatalité (1951); Adieu Léonard (1943); Carnaval (1953); C'est encore mieux l'après-midi (1987); Champs-Elysées (1987); Étoiles au soleil (1953); Jean de Florette (1986); La belle meunière (1948); La maison des sept jeunes filles (1942); La nuit des César (1981); La terreur des dames (1956); Le grand échiquier (1981); Les ailes blanches (1943); Les Nuits de France Culture (2021); Les sentiers Marcel Pagnol. Les chemins d'une vie (2005); Les trésors de Marcel Pagnol (2019); Manon of the Spring (1952); Naïs (1945); Night Shift (1944); Pagnol et compagnie (2005); Reflets de Cannes (1955); The Prize (1950); Topaze (1951); Vedettes en liberté (1949).

Born on this day – Carole Lombard:

Carole Lombard

Actress

October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942

Credits:

A Perfect Crime (1921); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); Big News (1929); Bolero (1934); Brief Moment (1933); Dick Turpin (1925); Don't Get Jealous (1929); Durand of the Bad Lands (1925); Fast and Loose (1930); Fools for Scandal (1938); From Hell to Heaven (1933); Gold and the Girl (1925); Gold Digger of Weepah (1927); Gold Heels (1924); Hands Across the Table (1935); Hearts and Spurs (1925); High Voltage (1929); His Unlucky Night (1928); Hubby's Weekend Trip (1928); I Take This Woman (1931); In Name Only (1939); It Pays to Advertise (1931); Ladies' Man (1931); Lady by Choice (1934); Love Before Breakfast (1936); Made for Each Other (1939); Man of the World (1931); Marriage in Transit (1925); Matchmaking Mamma (1929); Me, Gangster (1928); Motorboat Mamas (1928); Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941); My Best Girl (1927); My Man Godfrey (1936); Ned McCobb's Daughter (1928); No Man of Her Own (1932); No More Orchids (1932); No One Man (1932); Nothing Sacred (1937); Now and Forever (1934); Power (1928); Pretty Ladies (1925); Rumba (1935); Run, Girl, Run (1928); Safety in Numbers (1930); Show Folks (1928); Sinners in the Sun (1932); Smith's Army Life (1928); Smith's Pony (1927); Smith's Restaurant (1928); Supernatural (1933); Swing High, Swing Low (1937); The Arizona Kid (1930); The Beach Club (1928); The Best Man (1928); The Bicycle Flirt (1928); The Campus Carmen (1928); The Campus Vamp (1928); The Divine Sinner (1928); The Eagle and the Hawk (1933); The Gay Bride (1934); The Girl from Everywhere (1927); The Girl from Nowhere (1928); The Johnstown Flood (1926); The Plastic Age (1925); The Princess Comes Across (1936); The Racketeer (1929); The Road to Glory (1926); The Swim Princess (1928); They Knew What They Wanted (1940); To Be or Not to Be (1942); True Confession (1937); Twentieth Century (1934); Up Pops the Devil (1931); Vigil in the Night (1940); Virtue (1932); We're Not Dressing (1934); White Woman (1933).

Born on this day – Janet Gaynor:

Janet Gaynor

Actress

October 6, 1906 – September 14, 1984

Credits:

20th Century Fox Promotional Film (1936); 4 Devils (1928); 45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926); 7th Heaven (1927); A Century of Cinema (1994); A Punch in the Nose (1926); A Star Is Born (1937); A.M. Chicago (1975–1982); Adorable (1933); All Wet (1924); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); Bernardine (1957); Biography (1995–2001); Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975); Carolina (1934); Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940); Century of Cinema (1995); Change of Heart (1934); Christina (1929); Compression (2023); Cupid's Rustler (1924); Daddy Long Legs (1931); Dangerous Innocence (1925); Delicious (1931); Don't Shoot (1926); Fade Away Foster (1926); Flaming Flappers (1925); Foreigner: I Don't Want to Live Without You (1988); Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974); General Electric Theater (1959); Good Morning America (1980); Happy Days (1929); Hedda Hopper's Hollywood (1960); High Society Blues (1930); Hollywood (1980); Hollywood and the Stars (1963); Hollywood My Home Town (1965); Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1969); Hooray for Hollywood (1982); La ciudad de carton (1934); Ladies in Love (1936); Land of Liberty (1939); Lazy Lightning (1926); Lucky Star (1929); Martin of the Mounted (1926); Medallion Theatre (1953); Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars (1941); Merely Mary Ann (1931); Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990); Murnau's 4 Devils: Traces of a Lost Film (2003); Oh! What a Nurse! (1926); One More Spring (1935); Over Easy (1981); Paddy the Next Best Thing (1933); Pep of the Lazy J (1926); Person to Person (1954); Ridin' for Love (1926); Screen Goddesses (2005); Screen Snapshots, Series 17, No. 1 (1937); Screen Snapshots, Series 23, No. 9 (1944); Servants' Entrance (1934); Skinner's Dress Suit (1926); Small Town Girl (1936); State Fair (1933); Street Angel (1928); Sunny Side Up (1929); Sunrise (1927); Tess of the Storm Country (1932); The 1st Annual Academy Awards (1929); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The 29th Annual Academy Awards (1957); The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The Beautiful Cheat (1926); The Best of Hollywood (2017); The Blue Eagle (1926); The Burning Trail (1925); The Crook Buster (1925); The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935); The Fire Barrier (1926); The First Year (1932); The Four of Us (1961); The Galloping Cowboy (1926); The Gunless Bad Man (1926); The Haunted Honeymoon (1925); The Hollywood Fashion Machine (1999); The Horse Trader (1927); The Irv Kupcinet Show (1981); The Johnstown Flood (1926); The Love Boat (1981); The Man in the Saddle (1926); The Man Who Came Back (1931); The Midnight Kiss (1926); The Plastic Age (1925); The Return of Peter Grimm (1926); The Shamrock Handicap (1926); The Stolen Ranch (1926); The Teaser (1925); The Young in Heart (1938); This Is Your Life (1972); Three Loves Has Nancy (1938); Today (1976); Twenty Years of Academy Awards (1948); Two Girls Wanted (1927); WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1926 (1926); With Love and Hisses (1927); Young Ideas (1924).

Born on this day – Mitchell Leisen:

Mitchell Leisen

Director

Art director

Costume designer

October 6, 1898 – October 28, 1972

Credits:

Spree (1967); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966–1967); Adventures in Paradise (1961–1962); Follow the Sun (1961); Wagon Train (1961); Open Windows (1960); General Electric Theater (1955–1960); Thriller (1960); Markham (1960); The Twilight Zone (1959–1960); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958); The Girl Most Likely (1957); Bedevilled (1955); Tonight We Sing (1953); Young Man with Ideas (1952); Darling, How Could You! (1951); The Mating Season (1951); No Man of Her Own (1950); Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1949); Song of Surrender (1949); Bride of Vengeance (1949); Dream Girl (1948); Golden Earrings (1947); Suddenly It's Spring (1947); To Each His Own (1946); Masquerade in Mexico (1945); Kitty (1945); Practically Yours (1944); Frenchman's Creek (1944); Lady in the Dark (1944); No Time for Love (1943); Take a Letter, Darling (1942); The Lady Is Willing (1942); Hold Back the Dawn (1941); I Wanted Wings (1941); Arise, My Love (1940); Remember the Night (1939); Midnight (1939); Artist and Models (1937); The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938); Easy Living (1937); Swing High, Swing Low (1937); The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936); 13 Hours by Air (1936); Hands Across the Table (1935); Four Hours to Kill! (1935); Behold My Wife! (1934); Murder at the Vanities (1934); Death Takes a Holiday (1934); Bolero (1934); Cradle Song (1933); The Eagle and the Hawk (1933).

Born on this day – Benjamin Stoloff:

Benjamin Stoloff

Director

Producer

Production Manager

October 6, 1895 – September 8, 1960

Credits:

Home Run Derby (1960); Footlight Varieties (1951); It's a Joke, Son! (1947); Johnny Comes Flying Home (1946); Take It or Leave It (1944); Bermuda Mystery (1944); The Mysterious Doctor (1943); The Hidden Hand (1942); Secret Enemies (1942); Three Sons o' Guns (1941); The Great Mr. Nobody (1941); The Marines Fly High (1940); The Lady and the Mob (1939); The Affairs of Annabel (1938); Radio City Revels (1938); Fight for Your Lady (1937); Super-Sleuth (1937); Sea Devils (1937); Don't Turn 'em Loose (1936); Two in the Dark (1936); To Beat the Band (1935); Swellhead (1935); Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934); Palooka (1934); Night of Terror (1933); Obey the Law (1933); The Devil Is Driving (1932); The Night Mayor (1932); By Whose Hand? (1932); Destry Rides Again (1932); Just Pals (1932); Perfect Control (1932); Slide, Babe, Slide (1932); Goldie (1931); Not Exactly Gentlemen (1931); Soup to Nuts (1930); Rough Romance (1930); New Movietone Follies of 1930 (1930); The Girl from Havana (1929); Happy Days (1929); Protection (1929); Speakeasy (1929); Mind Your Business (1928); The Bath Between (1928); Plastered in Paris (1928); Horseman of the Plains (1928); Silver Valley (1927); The Gay Retreat (1927); The Circus Ace (1927); The Canyon of Light (1926); It's a Pipe (1926); A1 Society (1926); Matrimony Blues (1926); The Mad Racer (1926); Pawnshop Politics (1926); The Fighting Tailor (1926); East Side, West Side (1925); The Heart Breaker (1925); Love and Lions (1925); Sweet Marie (1925); On the Go (1925); A High Jinx (1925); Papa's Darling (1925); Say It with Flour (1925); Help Yourself! (1925); The House of Flickers (1925); Lion Love (1925); Grief in Bagdad (1925); Roaring Lions at Home (1924); Stolen Sweeties (1924); In-Bad the Sailor (1924); Stretching the Truth (1924); When Wise Ducks Meet (1924); On the Job (1924); Be Yourself (1924); Highly Recommended (1924); Slow and Sure (1923); Full Speed Ahead (1923); Play Ball with Babe Ruth (1920).

Jean Craighead George, on books:

Be you writer or reader, it is very pleasant to run away in a book.

- Jean Craighead George.