Born on this day – Nicki Aycox:

Nicki Aycox

Actress

Musician

May 26, 1975 – November 16, 2022

Credits:

3rd Rock from the Sun (1997); Ally McBeal (1999); Animals (2009); Beyond the Blackboard (2011); BlackBoxTV (2012); Boy Meets World (1997); Christina (2010); Cold Case (2004–2010); Crime + Punishment in Suburbia (2000); Criminal Minds (2006); Cruel Justice (1999); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2001); CSI: Miami (2008); Dark Angel (2001); Dark Blue (2009–2010); Dead Birds (2004); Dead on Campus (2014); Defying Gravity (1997); Double Tap (1997); Ed (2002–2004); Family Law (2002); Howard Stern (2003); Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003); John from Cincinnati (2007); Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead (2008); L.A. Heat (1997); Las Vegas (2004); Law & Order (2008); LAX (2004–2005); Lifted (2010); Lights, Camera, Creeper: Making 'Jeepers Creepers 2' (2003); Longmire (2013); Making 'Dead Birds' (2005); Mercenary (2008); Momentum (2003); Opposite Sex (2000); Over There (2005); Perfect Stranger (2007); Profile for Murder (2013); Providence (1999); Rave Macbeth (2001); She Gets What She Wants (2002); Showboat & Boonie (2005); Significant Others (1998); Supernatural (2006–2008); Supernatural Fandom (2016); The Dogwalker (1999); The Employer (2013); The Girl on the Train (2014); The Glades (2013); The Twilight Zone (2002); The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008); The X-Files (1999); Ticking Clock (2011); Tom Cool (2009); USA High (1997); Weird Science (1996).

Born on this day – Robyn Bernard:

Robyn Bernard

Actress

Musician

Singer

Pianist

May 26, 1959 – March 12, 2024

Credits:

Betty Blue (1986); Diva (1981); General Hospital (1984–1990); Hour Magazine (1986); Kings for a Day (1997); Maigret (1992); Roselyne and the Lions (1989); Simon & Simon (1983); The Facts of Life (1984); The New Hollywood Squares (1987); Tour of Duty (1988); Voices from the High School (2002); Whiz Kids (1983); Win, Lose or Draw (1988).

Born on this day – Michel Ciment:

Michel Ciment

Writer

May 26, 1938 – November 13, 2023

Credits:

Books:

Boorman: A Visionary in its time (1985); Film World / anthology of interviews (2009); Fritz Lang: Murder and the Law (2003); Kazan by Kazan (1973); Kubrick: The Definitive Edition (2001); Crime on Screen: A History of America (1992); The Rosi Dossier (1976); The Book of Losey (1979); Passport to Hollywood: interviews with Wilder, Huston, Mankiewicz, Polanski, Forman & Wenders (1992); Little Cinematic Planet (2003); Stanley Kubrick (1980); Theo Angelopoulos (1989).

Movies and television:

At contre-temps (2009); À voix nue: major interviews of yesterday and today (2011); Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living (2003); About the Salesman (2018); Alan Corneau, from Black to Blue (2006); All About Mankiewicz (1983); Allemaal film (2007); Apostrophes (1985); Bouillon de culture (1993); Café Picouly (2011); Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010); Tonight (or never!); (2007); Ciné regards (1978–1981); Movie lovers of Our Time (2012); Crítico (2008); In the Ears of Alain Resnais (2020); Right of reply: the spirit of contradiction (1982); Elia Kazan as An Outsider (1982); Artists' Proofs (2004); Exposed (1983); Filmmakers Talking: The Making of 'The Boys' (2003); Francesco Rosi: Chronicle of an Advertised Film (1986); Big Screen (1974); Il cineasta e il labirinto (2004); Il cinema ritrovato: istruzioni per l'uso (2004); Once upon a time... (2011 / 2021); I love you... moi non plus: Artistes et critiques (2004); Jerry Schatzberg, landscape portrait (2022); Jo the Magnificent (2005); King Social Briars / The Media Show (1988); Kubrick by Kubrick (2020); The Spielberg Adventure (2003); The Midnight Circle (1994–1997); The Ghost of Henri Langlois (2004); The Mask and the Feather (1976); The Nights of France Culture (2017–2023); The Guest of FR3 (1981); Lumière and Company (1995); Macadam Popcorn (2017); Metropolis (1996); Michel Ciment, sharing cinema (2010); Our Italians, from Magnani to Muti (2022); O Homem that Matou John Wayne (2015); Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema (2007); Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder (1980); Positif, a review (2003); Seduced and Abandoned (2013); Exit 2017 (2017); Special Cinema (1987); Stanley and Us (1999); Stanleyandus (2022); Success Is the Best Revenge (1984); Trace of the Bears (2010); One American named Kazan (2018); Von (2008); Yasujiro Ozu and the Taste of Sake (1978).

Born on this day – Pilar Del Rey:

Pilar Del Rey

Actress

May 26, 1929 – February 23, 2025

Credits:

26 Men (1959); A Lady Without Passport (1950); Anatomy of a Seduction (1979); And Now Miguel (1966); Baby Sister (1983); Barnaby Jones (1980); Black Horse Canyon (1954); Border River (1954); Checkmate (1961); Daniel Boone (1968); Dragnet 1967 (1968–1969); Family Affair (1969); Fireside Theatre (1951–1955); Flight to Tangier (1953); Fun and Games (1980); Giant (1956); Hart to Hart (1984); Have Gun - Will Travel (1959); Hopalong Cassidy (1953); How the West Was Won (1979); Illegal Entry (1949); Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949); Jubilee Trail (1954); Mannix (1975); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1973–1975); Mark of the Renegade (1951); Masquerade (1984); Midnight Madness (1980); My Three Sons (1969); Police Story (1974); Schlitz Playhouse (1954–1956); Sea Hunt (1961); Shotgun Slade (1961); Simon & Simon (1983); Sombrero (1953); Stewardess School (1986); Stories of the Century (1955); The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951–1953); The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1961); The Files of Jeffrey Jones (1952); The Flame Barrier (1958); The Forbidden Dance (1990); The High Chaparral (1970); The Kid from Texas (1950); The Miracle (1959); The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952); The Naked Jungle (1954); The Name of the Game (1969); The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1980); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Sea Chase (1955); The Siege at Red River (1954); The Smith Family (1971); The Wild Wild West (1969); To Rome with Love (1970); Travis McGee (1983); Tropic Zone (1953); Zandy's Bride (1974).

Born on this day – John Dall:

John Dall

Actor

May 26, 1920 – January 15, 1971

Credits:

American Cinema (1995); Another Part of the Forest (1948); Atlantis: The Lost Continent (1961); Broadway Television Theatre (1952–1953); Century of Cinema (1995); Compression (2023); Crawford Mystery Theatre (1951); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); General Electric Theater (1958); Great Performances (1987); Gun Crazy (1950); Hitchcock: Sin cortes (2021); La voleuse (1987); Lights Out (1951); My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); On Stage! (1949); Perry Mason (1962–1965); Rope (1948); Rope Unleashed (2001); Rope's End (2022); Schlitz Playhouse (1959); Something in the Wind (1947); Spartacus (1960); Studio One (1952); Suspense (1952–1954); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1949); The Clock (1951); The Corn Is Green (1945); The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950); The Rules of Film Noir (2009); The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997); The Web (1953).

Born on this day – Jill Dennett:

Jill Dennett

Actress

May 26, 1913 – March 14, 1969

Credits:

The Cowboy and the Blonde (1941); Street of Memories (1940); Manhattan Heartbeat (1940); Star Dust (1940); Broadway Serenade (1939); Dramatic School (1938); The Devil Is a Woman (1935); One More Spring (1935); The Merry Widow (1934); Treasure Island (1934); Straight Is the Way (1934); Shoot the Works (1934); Men in White (1934); Good Dame (1934); Wharf Angel (1934); Heat Lightning (1934); Radio Dough (1934); All of Me (1934); Sing Sinner Sing (1933); Picture Snatcher (1933); The Tenderfoot (1932); Two Seconds (1932); Union Depot (1932); How Comedies Are Born (1931); Bless the Ladies (1931); Under a Texas Moon (1930); Hotter Than Hot (1929).

Born on this day – Papa Charlie McCoy:

Papa Charlie McCoy

Blues musician

Songwriter

May 26, 1909 – July 26, 1950

Credits:

Music:

Always In Love With You; Blue Heaven Blues; Charlie McCoy – Complete Recorded Works (1928-1932); Glad Hand Blues; Ha-Ha Blues; Hidin’ On Me; I’ve Been Blue Ever Since You Went Away; It Ain’t No Good – Part I; It Ain’t No Good – Part II; It Is So Good – Part 1; It Is So Good – Part 2; It’s Hot Like That; Last Time Blues; Mississippi I’m Longing For You; Staggering Blues; Sunset Waltz; Sweet Alberta; That Lonesome Train Took My Baby Away; The Northern Starvers Are Returning Home; Times Ain’t What They Used To Be; Too Long; Vicksburg Stomp; You Gonna Need Me; Your Valves Need Grinding.