Born on this day – Jacqueline Gauthier:

Jacqueline Gauthier

Actress

October 7, 1918 – September 18, 1982

Credits:

À la découverte des Français (1958); À vos ordres, Madame (1942); Au boulot Galarneau (1982); Au théâtre ce soir (1966); Ce n'est pas moi (1941); Coq en pâte (1951); Discorama (1960); Elle et moi (1952); Entrez sans frapper (1972); Étoiles au soleil (1953); Ève et le serpent (1949); Feu la mère de madame (1979); Feu Nicolas (1943); Frédérica (1942); Grand Amphi (1971); Her First Affair (1941); Huit hommes dans un château (1942); Ils ont vingt ans (1950); Interdit au public (1949); La femme fatale (1946); La femme que j'ai le plus aimée (1942); La fortune des Rougon (1980); La logeuse (1974); La plus belle fille du monde (1951); La terreur des dames (1956); L'assassin n'est pas coupable (1946); Le bel indifférent (1975); Le chandelier (1959); Le clochard milliardaire (1951); Le journal tombe à cinq heures (1942); Le mari, la femme et la mort (1958); Le mort ne reçoit plus (1944); Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 (1978); L'Effet Glapion (1975); Les as (1977); Les gaietés de la correctionnelle (1981); Les maris de Léontine (1947); L'extravagante Théodora (1950); Louise (1939); Loves of Casanova (1947); Midi-Première (1981); Moi Et L'autre (1969); Mon bébé (1956); On purge bébé (1979); Petite histoire du Père Noël (1959); Remarie-moi (1980); Scénario (1978); Sérénade aux nuages (1946); Shop Girls of Paris (1943); Signé illisible (1942); Tombé du ciel (1946); Une nuit à Tabarin (1947); Vacances payées (1938).

Born on this day – June Allyson:

June Allyson

Actress

Dancer

Singer

October 7, 1917 – July 8, 2006

Credits:

A Girl, Three Guys, and a Gun (2000); A Stranger in My Arms (1959); Airwolf (1986); All Girl Revue (1940); Battle Circus (1953); Best Foot Forward (1943); Blackout (1978); Burke's Law (1995); Crazy Like a Fox (1986); Curse of the Black Widow (1977); Dates and Nuts (1937); Dime a Dance (1937); Executive Suite (1954); Girl Crazy (1943); Good News (1947); Hart to Hart (1984); Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945); High Barbaree (1947); House Calls (1980); Interlude (1957); Letters from Three Lovers (1973); Little Women (1949); Meet the People (1944); Misfits of Science (1985); Murder, She Wrote (1984); Music for Millions (1944); My Man Godfrey (1957); Pixilated (1937); Pros and Cons (1991); Remains to Be Seen (1953); Right Cross (1950); Rollin' in Rhythm (1939); See the Man Run (1971); Simon & Simon (1982); Sing for Sweetie (1938); Strategic Air Command (1955); Swing for Sale (1937); Switch (1977); The Bride Goes Wild (1948); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Girl in White (1952); The Glenn Miller Story (1954); The Incredible Hulk (1979); The Kid with the Broken Halo (1982); The Knight Is Young (1938); The Love Boat (1978–1983); The McConnell Story (1955); The Name of the Game (1968); The Opposite Sex (1956); The Prisoner of Swing (1938); The Reformer and the Redhead (1950); The Sailor Takes a Wife (1945); The Secret Heart (1946); The Shrike (1955); The Sixth Sense (1972); The Stratton Story (1949); The Three Musketeers (1948); These Old Broads (2001); They Only Kill Their Masters (1972); Thousands Cheer (1943); Three on a Date (1978); Till the Clouds Roll By (1946); Tom, Dick and Harry (1948–1949); Too Young to Kiss (1951); Two Girls and a Sailor (1944); Two Sisters from Boston (1946); Ups and Downs (1937); Vega$ (1978); Wilfrid's Special Christmas (1989); Woman's World (1954); Words and Music (1948); You Can't Run Away from It (1956); Zane Grey Theatre (1960).

Born on this day – Mila Parély:

Mila Parély

Actress

October 7, 1917 – January 14, 2012

Credits:

À la Belle frégate (1943); Angels of Sin (1943); Baby (1933); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1954); Beauty and the Beast (1946); Cap au large (1942); Cartouche (1934); Circonstances atténuantes (1939); Cocteau Marais - Un couple mythique (2013); Comédie d'été (1989); Compression (2023–2025); Dernier refuge (1947); Destins (1946); Donogoo (1936); Dreams of Love (1947); Elles étaient douze femmes (1940); Étoile sans lumière (1946); Jeux de femmes (1946); La grande dune (1990); La petite sauvage (1936); La rue sans joie (1938); L'amour qu'il faut aux femmes (1934); Le camion blanc (1943); Le cavalier noir (1945); Le dernier refuge (1940); Le lit à colonnes (1942); Le monsieur de 5 heures (1938); Le père Serge (1945); Le Plaisir (1952); Les jumeaux de Brighton (1936); Les pattes de mouche (1936); Les Roquevillard (1943); Let's Go Up the Champs-Élysées (1938); Liliom (1934); Mission à Tanger (1949); Monsieur des Lourdines (1943); Mr. Flow (1936); My Last Mistress (1943); On a trouvé une femme nue (1934); Pasha's Wives (1939); Quand Jean devint Renoir (2017); Rasputin (1938); Sailor of Fortune (1958); Snowbound (1948); The Lost People (1949); The Phantom Wagon (1939); The Rules of the Game (1939); The Shanghai Drama (1938); The Vise (1954); They Met on Skis (1939); Three Stops to Murder (1953); Tornavara (1943); Two Women (1940); Une java (1939); Valse royale (1936); Véronique (1950).

Born on this day – Ralph Rainger:

Ralph Rainger

Composer

October 7, 1901 – October 23, 1942

Born on this day – Del Lord:

Del Lord

Director

October 7, 1894 – March 23, 1970

Credits:

3 Dumb Clucks (1937); A Blonde's Revenge (1926); A Ducking They Did Go (1939); A Gem of a Jam (1943); A Maid Made Mad (1943); A Pinch in Time (1948); A Plumbing We Will Go (1940); A Sea Dog's Tale (1926); A Star Is Shorn (1939); A Study in Socks (1942); A Taxi Scandal (1928); All the World's a Stooge (1941); All Work and No Pay (1942); All-American Blondes (1939); An Ache in Every Stake (1941); Ay Tank Ay Go (1936); Barnum Was Right (1929); Black Oxfords (1924); Blazes (1922); Blonde from Brooklyn (1945); Blondes and Blunders (1940); Boobs in the Night (1943); Boobs in the Woods (1940); Booby Dupes (1945); Bring 'Em Back a Wife (1933); Bull and Sand (1924); Bury the Hatchet (1937); Busy Buddies (1944); Butter Fingers (1925); Cactus Makes Perfect (1942); Calling All Curtains (1937); Carry Harry (1942); Casey Jones, Jr. (1923); Cash and Carry (1937); Caught in a Taxi (1929); Caught in the Act (1936); Circus Today (1926); Cold Chills (1923); Cold Turkey (1933 / 1940); Community Sing: Series 3, No. 10 (1939); Community Sing: Series 4, No. 5 (1939); Cured in the Excitement (1927); Dance Hall Marge (1931); Dancing Daddies (1932); Dizzy Detectives (1943); Dizzy Doctors (1937); Down to the Sea in Shoes (1923); Dream House (1932); Ducky Dear (1933); Dutiful But Dumb (1941); Even as IOU (1942); False Alarms (1936); Fireman, Save My Choo Choo (1940); Free Rent (1936); From Bad to Worse (1937); From Rags to Britches (1925); Gents of Leisure (1931); Giddap! (1925); Gobs of Trouble (1935); Gold Nuggets (1934); Goofs and Saddles (1937); Gracie at the Bat (1937); Groom and Bored (1942); Gum Shoes (1935); Half Shot at Sunrise (1941); Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb (1938); Her Blighted Love (1918); Hide and Seek, Detectives (1918); Higher Than a Kite (1943); His Bridal Fright (1940); His Bridal Fright (1940); His Fiery Beat (1921); His Wedding Scare (1943); Hit the Hay (1945); Hoboken to Hollywood (1926); Hoi Polloi (1935); Home on the Rage (1938); Honeymoon Bridge (1935); Host to a Ghost (1941); Hot Spot (1932); House Party (1954); How High Is Up? (1940); Hubby's Quiet Little Game (1926); I Love a Bandleader (1945); Ice Cold Cocos (1926); Idle Roomers (1944); In Fast Company (1946); It Always Happens (1935); It's Great to Be Young (1946); Jimmy's New Yacht (1932); Jump, Chump, Jump (1938); Just Speeding (1936); Kansas City Kitty (1944); Kick Out (1923); Let's Go Steady (1945); Lizzies of the Field (1924); Lost at the Front (1927); Lovable Trouble (1941); Lovable Trouble (1941); Love at First Fright (1941); Love's Last Laugh (1926); Making the Rounds (1934); Man Bites Lovebug (1937); Man-Made Island (1939); Many Sappy Returns (1938); Masked Mamas (1926); Matri-Phony (1942); Meet the Champ (1933); Meet the Senator (1932); Midnight Blunders (1936); Monkey Business in Africa (1931); Mopey Dope (1944); Movie Maniacs (1936); Mr. Clyde Goes to Broadway (1940); Nervous Shakedown (1947); News Hounds (1934); No Census, No Feeling (1940); Not Guilty Enough (1938); Now It Can Be Sold (1939); Oh, My Nerves (1935); Oil's Well (1934); Old Sawbones (1935); One Awful Night (1933); One Cylinder Love (1923); One Shivery Night (1950); One Spooky Night (1955); Pals and Petticoats (1920); Paradise for Buster (1952); Pardon My Scotch (1935); Pest from the West (1939); Phony Cronies (1942); Phony Express (1943); Pie a la Maid (1938); Pop Goes the Easel (1935); Quiz Reel: Junior I.Q. Parade (1941); Rattling Romeo (1939); Ready, Willing But Unable (1941); Rough, Tough and Ready (1945); Sailors Beware! (1933); Sappy Birthday (1942); Scarem Much (1924); Share the Wealth (1936); She's a Sweetheart (1944); Shivering Sherlocks (1948); Should Husbands Marry? (1947); Should Sleepwalkers Marry? (1927); Singin' in the Corn (1946); Skinners in Silk (1925); Skinny the Moocher (1939); Sky King (1958); Slide, Speedy, Slide (1931); Sneezing Beezers (1925); So You Won't Squawk? (1941); Some More of Samoa (1941); South of the Boudoir (1940); Speed in the Gay Nineties (1932); Spook Louder (1943); Stop! Look! and Laugh! (1960); Strange Innertube (1932); Super Wolf (1949); Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies (1925); Sweet Spirits of Nighter (1941); Tall, Dark and Gruesome (1948); Taxi Barons (1933); Taxi Beauties (1928); Taxi Dolls (1929); Taxi for Two (1928); Taxi Spooks (1929); Taxi Troubles (1931); Teacher's Pest (1939); Ten Dollars or Ten Days (1924); Termites of 1938 (1938); The 13th Alarm (1931); The Albany Branch (1931); The All-American Kickback (1931); The Awful Goof (1939); The Barnstormers (1922); The Big Squirt (1937); The Blitz Kiss (1941); The Candid Camera (1932); The Cannon Ball Express (1924); The Cannonball (1931); The Chump Takes a Bump (1939); The Dare-Devil (1923); The Divorce Dodger (1926); The Doctor's Wife (1930); The Ed Wynn Show (1950); The Flirty Sleepwalker (1932); The Grand Hooter (1937); The Great Pie Mystery (1931); The Half-Back of Notre Dame (1924); The Heckler (1940); The Iron Nag (1925); The Janitors (1921); The Kink of the Campus (1941); The Lion's Whiskers (1925); The Loud Mouth (1932); The Mind Needer (1938); The New Dealers (1934); The Old Bugler (1934); The Peppery Salt (1936); The Ring and the Belle (1941); The Road to Hollywood (1947); The Rummy (1933); The Salesman (1930); The Sap Takes a Wrap (1939); The Sitter Downers (1937); The Soul of a Heel (1938); The Spot on the Rug (1932); The Steeplechaser (1922); The Three Stooges Follies (1974); The Three Stooges Volume 1 (1953); The Watchman Takes a Wife (1941); The World Flier (1931); They Stooge to Conga (1943); This Is Your Life (1954); Three Little Beers (1935); Three Little Sew and Sews (1939); Three Little Twirps (1943); Three Pests in a Mess (1945); Thundering Taxis (1933); Time Out for Trouble (1938); Too Many Husbands (1931); Topsy and Eva (1927); Trapped by a Blonde (1949); Trapped by Television (1936); Trimmed in Gold (1926); Uncivil Warriors (1935); Unrelated Relations (1936); Up and Down (1934); Wall Street Blues (1924); Wandering Willies (1926); Water Wagons (1925); We Want Our Mummy (1939); Wee Wee Monsieur (1938); What Price Taxi (1932); What Price Vengeance (1937); Whispering Whiskers (1926); Whoops, I'm an Indian! (1936); Wreckety Wrecks (1933); Yes, We Have No Bonanza (1939); You're Next! (1940); Yukon Jake (1924).

Born on this day – Robert Z. Leonard:

Robert Z. Leonard

Director

Actor

Producer

Writer

October 7, 1889 – August 27, 1968

Credits:

Kelly and Me (1956); Beautiful But Dangerous (1955); The King's Thief (1955); Her Twelve Men (1954); The Great Diamond Robbery (1954); The Clown (1953); Everything I Have Is Yours (1952); Too Young to Kiss (1951); Grounds for Marriage (1951); Duchess of Idaho (1950); Nancy Goes to Rio (1950); In the Good Old Summertime (1949); The Bribe (1949); B.F.'s Daughter (1948); Cynthia (1947); The Secret Heart (1946); Week-End at the Waldorf (1945); Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944); The Man from Down Under (1943); Stand by for Action (1942); We Were Dancing (1942); When Ladies Meet (1941); Ziegfeld Girl (1941); Third Finger, Left Hand (1940); Pride and Prejudice (1940); New Moon (1940); Broadway Serenade (1939); Sweethearts (1938); The Girl of the Golden West (1938); The Firefly (1937); Maytime (1937); Piccadilly Jim (1936); Small Town Girl (1936); The Great Ziegfeld (1936); A Tale of Two Cities (1935); Escapade (1935); Naughty Marietta (1935); After Office Hours (1935); Outcast Lady (1934); Dancing Lady (1933); When Ladies Meet (1933); Peg o' My Heart (1933); The Son-Daughter (1932); Strange Interlude (1932); Lovers Courageous (1932); Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931); Five and Ten (1931); It's a Wise Child (1931); The Bachelor Father (1931); Let Us Be Gay (1930); In Gay Madrid (1930); The Divorcee (1930); Marianne (1929); The Five O'Clock Girl (1928); A Lady of Chance (1928); The Cardboard Lover (1928); Baby Mine (1928); Tea for Three (1927); Adam and Evil (1927); The Demi-Bride (1927); A Little Journey (1927); The Waning Sex (1926); Mademoiselle Modiste (1926); Dance Madness (1926); Bright Lights (1925); Time, the Comedian (1925); Cheaper to Marry (1925); Love's Wilderness (1924); Circe the Enchantress (1924); Mademoiselle Midnight (1924); Fashion Row (1923); The French Doll (1923); Jazzmania (1923); Broadway Rose (1922); Fascination (1922); Peacock Alley (1922); Heedless Moths (1921); The Gilded Lily (1921); The Restless Sex (1920); April Folly (1920); Stronger Than Death (1920); The Miracle of Love (1919); The Way of a Woman (1919); Big Little Person (1919); What Am I Bid? (1919); The Delicious Little Devil (1919); The Scarlet Shadow (1919); Danger, Go Slow (1918); Modern Love (1918); Her Body in Bond (1918); The Bride's Awakening (1918); Face Value (1917); Princess Virtue (1917); The Punishment (1917); At First Sight (1917); The Primrose Ring (1917); The Forest Nymph (1917); A Mormon Maid (1917); Please Be My Wife (1917); Racing Death (1917); The Human Flame (1917); On Record (1917); The Sin Unatoned (1917); Robinson Crusoe (1917); Life's Pendulum (1917); The Diamond Thieves (1917); The Eagle's Wings (1916); The Plow Girl (1916); The Evidence (1916); The Unfinished Case (1916); Little Eve Edgarton (1916); The Love Girl (1916); The Silent Man of Timber Gulch (1916); The Woman Who Followed Me (1916); The Crippled Hand (1916); The Winning of Miss Construe (1916); Yust from Sweden (1916); Secret Love (1916); The Silent Member (1916); The Boob's Victory (1916); Christmas Memories (1915); Idols of Clay (1915); Judge Not; or the Woman of Mona Diggings (1915); Both Sides of Life (1915); The Little Blonde in Black (1915); Heritage (1915); Betty's Dream Hero (1915); A Boob's Romance (1915); The Silent Command (1915); Shattered Memories (1915); Mavis of the Glen (1915); The Master Key (1914); The Boob's Legacy (1914); The Mistress of Deadwood Basin (1914); The Boob's Nemesis (1914); For the Secret Service (1914); The Bowl of Roses (1914); When Fate Disposes (1914); The House Discordant (1914); The Sherlock Boob (1914); A Law Unto Himself (1914); Swede Larson (1914); Shadowed Lives (1914); A Boob There Was (1914); A Man, a Girl and Another Man (1914); Mountain Law (1914); A Boob Incognito (1914); The Ruby Circle (1914); In the Eye of the Law (1914); The Senator's Bill (1914); For the Family Honor (1914); The Boob's Honeymoon (1914); A Race with Death (1914); The Fourth Proposal (1914); From Father to Son (1914); The Mud Bath Elopement (1914); Michael Arnold and Doctor Lynn (1914); The Diamond Makers (1913); Sally Scraggs: Housemaid (1913); When the Prince Arrived (1913); A Woman's Folly (1913).

Louisa May Alcott, on books and reading:

I shall keep my book on the table here,

and read a little every morning as soon as I wake,

for I know it will do me good,

and help me through the day.

– Louisa May Alcott.