Saturday, October 11, 2025

Born on this day – Diane Gaidry:


Diane Gaidry


Actress

Producer

October 11, 1964 – January 30, 2019

Credits:

The Rainbow Bridge Motel (2018); Concerned Lady for America (2006); Loving Annabelle (2006); Transaction (2005); Need (2005); Medium (2005); Bittersweet (2004); The Act (2004); Birth of Industry (2004); Alone (2003); The Dogwalker (2002); America So Beautiful (2001); Egg (2001); The Shy and the Naked (1998); After Lunch (1998); Love Without Socks (1998); Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning (1995); Frankenstein: The College Years (1991); Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys (1990).

Born on this day – Charles Richard Shyer:


Charles Richard Shyer


Director

Writer

Producer

October 11, 1941 – December 27, 2024

Credits:

Alfie (2004); Baby Boom (1987–1989); Barefoot in the Park (1970); Best. Christmas. Ever! (2023); Biography (1999); Cops (1973);  E! True Hollywood Story (2005Entertainment Tonight (2022); Father of the Bride (1991); Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) (2020); Father of the Bride Part II (1995); Film '04 (2004); Getting Together (1971–1972);  Goin' South (1978); Happy Days (1976); HBO First Look (2001); Hey, Landlord (1967); Him and Us (2006); Home Again (2017); House Calls (1978); How Divine! (2014); I Love Trouble (1994); Ieri oggi domani (2011); In Creative Company (2022); Indie Film Hustle Show (2015); Irreconcilable Differences (1984); Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986); Lady Luck (1973); Let's Switch! (1975); Once Upon a Crime... (1992); Private Benjamin (1980); Private Benjamin / TV Series (1981); Protocol (1984); Search It Up with Sienna (2024); Smokey and the Bandit (1977); The Affair of the Necklace (2001); The Affair of the Necklace: Designing Affair (2002); The Bellinis (date?); The Media Show (1988); The Mothers-In-Law (1967–1968); The Multi-Hyphenate (2009); The Noel Diary (2022); The Noel Diary (2022); The Odd Couple (1970–1975); The Parent Trap (1998); The Parent Trap Reunion! (2020); The Partridge Family (1971); Woven (2016).

Born on this day – Gloria Milland:


Gloria Milland

Actress

October 11, 1940 – August 27, 1989

Born on this day – Ron Leibman:


Ron Leibman

Actor

October 11, 1937 – December 6, 2019

Born on this day – Duccio Tessari:


Duccio Tessari

Director

Writer

Actor

October 11, 1926 – September 6, 1994

Born on this day – Elmore Leonard:


Elmore Leonard


Writer

October 11, 1925 – August 20, 2013

Credits:

Books:

The Big Bounce (1969); Unknown Man #89 (1977); Swag (aka Ryan's Rules) (1976); Stick (1982); Get Shorty (1990); Be Cool (1999); Pronto (1993); Riding the Rap (1995); Fire in the Hole (2001); Raylan (2011); Raylan Goes to Detroit (2018); Out Of Sight (1996); Road Dogs (2009); The Hot Kid (2005); Up in Honey's Room (2007); Comfort to the Enemy and Other Carl Webster Stories (2009); The Switch (1978); Rum Punch (1992); Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup #1 (1998); Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup #2 (1998); Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup #3 (1998); The Bounty Hunters (1953); The Law at Randado (1954); Escape from Five Shadows (1956); Last Stand at Saber River (1959); Hombre (1961); The Moonshine War (1969); Valdez Is Coming (1970); Forty Lashes Less One (1972); 52 Pick Up (1974); Mr Majestyk (1974); The Hunted (1977); Gunsights (1979); Gold Coast (1980); City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit (1980); Split Images (1981); Cat Chaser (1982); LaBrava (1983); Glitz (1985); Bandits (1987); Touch (1987); Freaky Deaky (1988); Killshot (1989); Maximum Bob (1991); Cuba Libre (1998); Pagan Babies (2000); Tishomingo Blues (2002); Mr. Paradise (2004); A Coyote's in the House (2004); Djibouti (2010); The Trespassers (2013); Confession (2013); Three-Ten to Yuma and Other Stories (1953); The Tonto Woman and Other Western Stories (1975); Dutch Treat (1985); When the Women Come Out to Dance (2001); The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard (2004); The Complete Western Stories (2004); Moment of Vengeance and Other Stories (2006); Blood Money and Other Stories (2006); Trail of the Apache and Other Stories (2007); Charlie Martz and Other Stories (2015); Notebooks (1990); Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing (2006); New Orleans Stories (1992); Chicago Stories (1993); Southwest Stories (1993); Florida Stories (1993); Lust: Lascivious Love Stories and Passionate Poems (1994); Alaska Stories (1995); Texas Stories (1995); San Francisco Thrillers (1995); Cape Cod Stories (2002); Florida Stories (1993); New Trails: Twenty-Three Original Stories (1994); Murder For Love (1996); Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories (1996); Naked Came the Manatee (1997); Western Movies (1997); The Best American Mystery Stories 1997 (1997); Murder On The Railways (2003); The Best American Mystery Stories 2003 (2003); Mysterious Writers: The Many Facets of Mystery Writing (2010); Books to Die For (2012); Long Night (2014); The Best American Mystery Stories 2016 (2016); Miami Noir (2020).

Movies and television:

3:10 to Yuma (1957 / 2007); 52 Pick-Up (1986); A Conversation with Elmore Leonard (2007); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (2003); American Cinema (1995); Arena (1991); Be Cool (2005); Border Shootout (1990); Byline Showtime (1988); Cat Chaser (1989); Charlie Rose (1995–2000); Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen (2013); Desperado (1987); Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge (1988); Desperado: Badlands Justice (1989); Desperado: The Outlaw Wars (1989); Días de cine (2013); Elmore Leonard - But Don't Try to Write (2021); Elmore Leonard: A Detroit Classic (2010); Freaky Deaky (2012); Get Shorty (1995); Get Shorty / TV Series (2017–2019); Get Shorty: Look at Me (2005); Get Shorty: Wiseguys and Dolls (2005); Glitz (1988); Gold Coast (1997); High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane (1980); Hombre (1967); Jackie Brown (1997); Jackie Brown: How It Went Down (2002); Joe Kidd (1972); Justified (2010–2015); Justified: City Primeval (2023); Justified: Sneak Peek (2013); Karen Sisco (2003–2004); Killshot (2008); Last Stand at Saber River (1997); Les Carnets de route de François Busnel (2012); Life of Crime (2013); Maximum Bob (1998); Michigan & Trumbull (1999); Mr. Majestyk (1974); Out of Sight (1998); Pronto (1997); Schlitz Playhouse (1956); Sparks (2009); Split Images (1992); Squzz Corn N' Ole Scratch (2012); Stick (1985); The 2007 Academy Award Nominated Short Films: Live Action (2008); The Ambassador (1984); The Arrangement (2013); The Big Bounce (1969 / 2004); The Daily Show (2002); The Media Show (1988–1989); The Moonshine War (1970); The Oscars (2014); The Return of Desperado (1988); The Rosary Murders (1987); The Tall T (1957); The Tonto Woman (2008); Touch (1997); Valdez Is Coming (1971).

Born on this day – Nancy Guild:


Nancy Guild

Actress

October 11, 1925 – August 16, 1999