Monday, October 13, 2025

Born on this day – Melinda Dillon:


Melinda Dillon


Actress

October 13, 1939 – January 9, 2023

Credits:

A Christmas Story (1983); A Christmas Story: Audio Commentary (2003); A Painted House (2003); Absence of Malice (1981); Adam & Steve (2005); Bonanza (1969); Bound for Glory (1976); Captain America (1990); Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977); Confessions: Two Faces of Evil (1994); Cowboy Up (2001); Debating Robert Lee (2004); Dinah! (1978); East Side / West Side (1964); Enigma (1977); Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (1996); F.I.S.T. (1978); Fallen Angel (1981); Freeman (1976); Harry and the Hendersons (1987); Heartland (2007); Hellinger's Law (1981); How to Make an American Quilt (1995); Insight (1981); Judging Amy (2001); Judgment Day: The John List Story (1993); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2005); Magnolia (1999); Marriage Is Alive and Well (1980); Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge (1995); Nightbreaker (1989); Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers (1974); Picket Fences (1996); Reign Over Me (2007); Right of Way (1983); Sara (1976); Science Fiction Film Awards (1978); Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012); Shattered Innocence (1988); Shattered Spirits (1986); Sioux City (1994); Slap Shot (1977); Songwriter (1984); Space (1985); Spielberg (2017); Spontaneous Combustion (1989); State of Emergency (1994); Staying Together (1989); Storefront Lawyers (1970); Story Theatre (1971); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); That Moment: Magnolia Diary (2000); The 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2023); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The 54th Annual Academy Awards (1982); The April Fools (1969); The Client (1995); The Critical List (1978); The Cry of Jazz (1959); The Defenders (1963); The Effects of Magic (1998); The History of Christmas (1997); The Jeffersons (1975); The Juggler of Notre Dame (1982); The Lyon's Den (2003); The Making of 'Absence of Malice' (1982); The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (1977 / 2001); The Mike Douglas Show (1977); The Mississippi (1983); The Prince of Tides (1991); The Real Story (2012); The Shadow Box (1980); The Twilight Zone (1985); TMZ on TV (2014); To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995); Tracey Takes On... (1997); Transplant (1979); Un hombre solo (1969).

Born on this day – Judi Meredith:


Judi Meredith


Actress

October 13, 1936 – April 30, 2014

Credits:

87th Precinct (1961); A Letter to Nancy (1965); American in Paris (1964); Ben Casey (1966); Blondie (1957); Bonanza (1962); Cimarron City (1959); Code 3 (1957); Conflict (1957); Dark Intruder (1965); Death Valley Days (1967); Dracula in the Movies (1992); Emergency! (1973); General Electric Theater (1959); Gunsmoke (1962); Have Gun - Will Travel (1961); Hawaii Five-O (1971); Here's Hollywood (1960); Hotel de Paree (1959); Ironside (1969); Jack the Giant Killer (1962); Laramie (1960); M Squad (1958); Mannix (1967); Money, Women and Guns (1958); Panic! (1957); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1966); Queen of Blood (1966); Rawhide (1965); Riverboat (1960); Sam Benedict (1962); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958); Something Big (1971); Studio One (1958); Summer Love (1958); Tales of Wells Fargo (1959); Telephone Time (1957); The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1960); The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1958); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1955); The George Burns Show (1958); The Investigators (1961); The Millionaire (1958); The New Breed (1962); The Night Walker (1964); The Raiders (1963); The Restless Gun (1958); The Roaring 20's (1961); The Tall Man (1961); The Virginian (1966); Toma (1973); Vacation Playhouse (1964); Wagon Train (1959); Wild Heritage (1958); Yancy Derringer (1959).

Born on this day – Paquita Rico:


Paquita Rico


Actress

Singer

October 13, 1929 – July 9, 2017

Credits:

50 años de (2010); Ay Lola, Lolita, Lola (1995); Bla, bla, bla (1981); Brindis a Manolete (1948); Canciones de nuestra vida (1975); Cantares (1978); Cine de barrio (1995); Corazón de... (2006); Curra Veleta (1956); Dónde vas, Alfonso XII (1959); Dos novias para un torero (1956); El balcón de la Luna (1962); El Cid cabreador (1983); El duende de Jerez (1954); El taxi de los conflictos (1969); España insólita (1965); Especial Nochevieja 1978 (1978); Esta noche con... (1969); Esta noche... fiesta (1976); Esto es espectáculo (1995); Estudio 1 (1968); Estudio abierto (1983); Evocación (1983); Fiestas de San Cayateno de Madrid en 1998 (1998); Flash 02 (1967); Gala Corazones de Oro (2001); Gran homenaje a la canción Española (1996); Gran Parada (1964); Historia de una noche (1962); Hormigas blancas (2020); Hostal Royal Manzanares (1997); I premios Goya (1987); II Premios Goya (1988); III Premios Goya (1989); IV premios Goya (1990); La alegre caravana (1953); La clave (1984); La moza de cántaro (1954); La noche del cine español (1985); La tierra de las 1000 músicas (2005); La tirana (1958); La virgen gitana (1951); La viudita naviera (1962); Le tardone (1964); Les lavandières du Portugal (1957); Lo scapolo (1955); Los espectáculos (1978); Los mitos (1979); Love in Jamaica (1957); Luna de sangre (1952); Malvaloca (1954); Manos a la obra (1998); María Morena (1952); Memorias del cine español (1978); Noche de fiesta (1999); Noche del sábado (1967); Noches de gala (1994); Olé torero (1949); Plácido y la copla (2008); Prisionera del pasado (1954); Querida Concha (1993); Querida Lola (2005); Queridos cómicos (1992); Rumbo (1950); S.O.S., abuelita (1959); Sábado 64 (1965); Señoras y señores (1974); Suspiros de Triana (1955); Tal cual (1988); Telemaratón 1998 (1998); Tertulia con... (1981); The Savage Guns (1961); Tiempo al tiempo (2001); Un dia és un dia (1990); Una historia real (2004); Ventolera (1962); Viva / muera Don Juan Tenorio (1977); Viva lo imposible (1958); XV premios Goya (2001); Y, sin embargo, te quiero (1983).

Born on this day – Yves Montand:


Yves Montand

Actor

Singer

October 13, 1921 – November 9, 1991

Born on this day – Laraine Day:


Laraine Day


Actress

October 13, 1920 – November 10, 2007

Credits:

A Yank on the Burma Road (1942); Airwolf (1985); American Masters (2004); And One Was Beautiful (1940); Arizona Legion (1939); Border G-Man (1938); Bride by Mistake (1944); Burke's Law (1963); Calling Dr. Kildare (1939); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Checkmate (1961); Climax! (1957); Daydreaming with Laraine (1951); Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940); Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1940); Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940); Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941); Fantasy Island (1978); Fingers at the Window (1942); Follow the Sun (1962); Foreign Correspondent (1940); General Electric Theater (1953); Hollywood Summer Theatre (1956); Hotel (1985); I Take This Woman (1940); Journey for Margaret (1942); Kathleen (1941); Keep Your Powder Dry (1945); Lou Grant (1979); Lux Video Theatre (1951); Medical Center (1973); Mister Gardenia Jones (1942); Moment of Fear (1960); Mr. Lucky (1943); Murder on Flight 502 (1975); Murder, She Wrote (1986); My Dear Secretary (1948); My Son, My Son! (1940); Nash Airflyte Theatre (1951); Painted Desert (1938); Personal History: Foreign Hitchcock (2004); Playhouse 90 (1956); Pursuit (1958); Rendezvous (1958); Scandal Street (1938); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); Sergeant Madden (1939); Stella Dallas (1937); Strange Stories (1960); Swiss Family Robinson (1958); Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939); The 3rd Voice (1960); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Bad Man (1941); The F.B.I. (1969); The Ford Television Theatre (1952); The High and the Mighty (1954); The Locket (1946); The Loretta Young Show (1955); The Love Boat (1978); The Name of the Game (1968); The New Breed (1962); The People vs. Dr. Kildare (1941); The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939); The Sixth Sense (1972); The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1957); The Toy Tiger (1956); The Trial of Mary Dugan (1941); The Woman on Pier 13 (1949); The World: Color It Happy (1967); Think First (1939); Those Endearing Young Charms (1945); Three for Jamie Dawn (1956); Tycoon (1947); Unholy Partners (1941); Wagon Train (1963); Will Banner (1965); Willys Theatre Presenting Ben Hecht's Tales of the City (1953); Without Honor (1949).

Born on this day – Jack MacGowran:


Jack MacGowran

Actor

October 13, 1918 – January 30, 1973

Born on this day – Cornel Wilde:


Cornel Wilde

Actor

Director

October 13, 1912 – October 16, 1989