Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Born on this day – Loretta Swit:


Loretta Swit


Actress

Writer

November 4, 1937 – May 30, 2025

Credits:

Books:

A Needlepoint Scrapbook (1986); SwitHeart: The Watercolour Artistry & Animal Activism of Loretta Swit (2017).

Movies and television:

14 Going on 30 (1988); 23rd Annual Genesis Awards (2009); 39th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1982); 88th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade (1977); A Christmas Calendar (1987); A Killer Among Friends (1992); A Matter of Principal (1990); ABC Afterschool Specials (1989); All-Star Party for Carol Burnett (1982); Animals Are the Funniest People (1983); Aspel & Company (1987); Batman: The Animated Series (1992); Battle of the Network Reality Stars (2005); Battle of the Network Stars (1976); Battle of the Network Stars II (1977); Battle of the Network Stars III (1977); Beach Movie (1998); Beer (1985); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Biography (1997–2003); Blankety Blanks (1975); Bob Hope's America: Red, White and Beautiful (1992); Bob Hope's Bag Full of Christmas Memories (1993); Bob Hope's Unrehearsed Antics of the Stars (1984); Bonanza (1972); Burke's Law (1995); Cade's County (1971); Cagney & Lacey (1981); CBS All American Thanksgiving Day Parade (1980); CBS at 75 (2003); Celebrity Bowling (1975); Celebrity Page (2017); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1974–1976); Circus of the Stars #4 (1979); Comic Relief 2006 (2006); Daytime Conversations (2019); Deadhead Miles (1972); Diagnosis Murder (1998); Dinah! (1974–1976); Dolly (1988); Don Adams' Screen Test (1975); Donny and Marie (1976–1978); Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story (1986); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999–2000); Endangered Rangers (2020); Entertainment Tonight / Segment: M*A*S*H (1983–2009); Fame, Fortune and Romance (1986); Fireball Forward (1972); First Affair (1983); Forest Warrior (1996); Freebie and the Bean (1974); Friendships, Secrets and Lies (1979); Games Mother Never Taught You (1982); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2019); Good Heavens (1976); Gunsmoke (1970); Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987); Hawaii Five-O (1969–1972); Hell Hath No Fury (1991); History of the Sitcom (2021); History vs. Hollywood (2001); Hollywood Bloopers Uncensored (1990); Hollywood Museum Squares (2021); Hollywood Squares (1999–2004); Home & Family (2017–2019); Intimate Portrait (1999); Ironside (1973); It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman! (1975); It's Your Bet (1973); I've Got a Secret (1976); Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years (1985); La imagen de tu vida (2006); Liar's Club (1976–1977); Live from Detroit: The Jeff Dwoskin Show (2022); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Locksmith / Love and the Pick-Up Fantasy (1972–1973); M*A*S*H (1972–1983); 'M*A*S*H': 30th Anniversary Reunion (2002); M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television (2024); M*A*S*H: TV Tales (2002); Making 'M*A*S*H' (1981); Mannix (1970); Match Game (1973–1979); Match Game PM (1977–1979); Memories of M*A*S*H (1991); Miracle at Moreaux (1985); Mirror, Mirror (1979); Mission: Impossible (1970); Muppet Video: Rock Music with the Muppets (1985); Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story (1985); Murder, She Wrote (1994); Never the Same: The Prisoner-of-War Experience (2013); Nightlife (1986); Of Muppets and Men: The Making of 'The Muppet Show' (1981); On the Edge of Extinction: Panthers and Cheetahs (1987); One on One with John Tesh (1992); Password (1973–1974); Password Plus (1979–1980); Paul Williams: Still Alive (2011); Perry Como's Bahamas Holiday (1980); Petrocelli (1974); Play the Flute (2019); Policewomen (1974); Pyramid (2004); Race with the Devil (1975); Red Carpet Report (2016); Rickles (1975); S.O.B. (1981); Safe House (1989); Sam (1985); Sam Cade (1972); Second Chances (2025); Shirts/Skins (1973); Shoot for the Stars (1977); So Graham Norton (2001); Stand Up and Be Counted (1972); Supertrain (1979); Texaco Star Theater: Opening Night (1982); That's Entertainment! / The Lion Roars Again (1975); The $10,000 Pyramid (1973–1979); The $25,000 Pyramid (1974–1978); The 100 Most Memorable TV Moments (2004); The 100 Most Unexpected TV Moments (2005); The 10th Annual National CableACE Awards (1989); The 10th Annual People's Choice Awards (1984); The 11th Annual Canadian Comedy Awards (2010); The 14th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1973); The 21st Annual Genesis Awards (2007); The 29th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1987); The 2nd Annual American Comedy Awards (1988); The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978); The 31st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1974); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 32nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1980); The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1981); The 34th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1982); The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1983); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1985); The 4th Annual TV Land Awards (2006); The 6th Annual Genesis Awards (1992); The 6th People's Choice Awards (1980); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The 7th Annual TV Land Awards (2009); The '80s: Top Ten (2022); The 8th Annual People's Choice Awards (1982); The 9th Annual People's Choice Awards (1983); The Benny Show (2023); The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1983); The Big Battalions (1992); The Big Show (1980); The Bob Hope Christmas Show and All-Star Comedy Special (1980); The Bobby Vinton Show (1975); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1971); The British Comedy Awards 2001 (2001); The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour (1973); The Captain and Tennille (1976–1977); The Carney Awards: Their Journey to the Red Carpet (2025); The Don Rickles Show - Mr. Warmth (1975); The Execution (1985); The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition (2021); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1972–1979); The Hollywood Squares (Syndication) (1972–1979); The Hostage Heart (1977); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2004); The Jim Masters Show (2022); The Jim Stafford Show (1975); The Kid from Nowhere (1982); The Larry Solway Show (1976); The Last Day (1975); The Love Boat (1977–1984); The Love Tapes (1979); The Mac Davis Show (1974–1975); The Merv Griffin Show (1972–1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1973–1979); The Monte Carlo Show (1981); The Muppet Show (1980); The Mysterious Black-Footed Ferret (1986); The Real M*A*S*H (2010); The Real Trivial Pursuit (1985); The Sonny Comedy Revue (1974); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1973–1978); Thirteenth Annual Capital District Cerebral Palsy Telethon (1973); Time to Care (1986); Tony Orlando and Dawn (1974–1975); TV Guide's Truth Behind the Sitcom Scandals 3 (2000); TV Land Presents Blast from the Past (2001); TV Tales (2002); Valentine (1979); Wedden, dat..? (1986); Whoops Apocalypse (1987); Win, Lose or Draw (1987); Wogan (1985); Working in the Theatre (1986); You Don't Say (1975); Young Dr. Kildare (1972); Your Choice for the Film Awards (1984).

Born on this day – Kate Reid:


Kate Reid

Actress

November 4, 1930 – March 27, 1993

Born on this day – Doris Roberts:


Doris Roberts

Actress

November 4, 1925 – April 17, 2016

Born on this day – Henry Langrehr:


Henry Langrehr


World War II Veteran

Writer

November 4, 1924 – April 23, 2025

Book:


Whatever It Took
An American Paratrooper's Extraordinary Memoir of Escape, Survival, and Heroism in the Last Days of World War II

by Henry Langrehr & Jim DeFelice.

Published by William Morrow.
Illustrated edition.
Published 2020.
Hardcover.
ISBN-10: 0063027429
ISBN-13: 978-0063027428

Description:

"Extraordinary. ... Reveal[s] [Langrehr] as a person of great courage and strength who did whatever it took to survive." – Quad-City Times.

“Simply fascinating...reads with all the emotional impact of a finely crafted novel...an extraordinary and impressively presented military biography.” – Midwest Book Review.

Published to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, an unforgettable never-before-told first-person account of World War II: the true story of an American paratrooper who survived D-Day, was captured and imprisoned in a Nazi work camp, and made a daring escape to freedom.

Now at 95, one of the few living members of the Greatest Generation shares his experiences at last in one of the most remarkable World War II stories ever told. As the Allied Invasion of Normandy launched in the pre-dawn hours of June 6, 1944, Henry Langrehr, an American paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne, was among the thousands of Allies who parachuted into occupied France. Surviving heavy anti-aircraft fire, he crashed through the glass roof of a greenhouse in Sainte-Mère-Église. While many of the soldiers in his unit died, Henry and other surviving troops valiantly battled enemy tanks to a standstill. Then, on June 29th, Henry was captured by the Nazis. The next phase of his incredible journey was beginning.

Kept for a week in the outer ring of a death camp, Henry witnessed the Nazis’ unspeakable brutality – the so-called Final Solution, with people marched to their deaths, their bodies discarded like cords of wood. Transported to a work camp, he endured horrors of his own when he was forced to live in unbelievable squalor and labor in a coal mine with other POWs. Knowing they would be worked to death, he and a friend made a desperate escape. When a German soldier cornered them in a barn, the friend was fatally shot; Henry struggled with the soldier, killing him and taking his gun. Perilously traveling westward toward Allied controlled land on foot, Henry faced the great ethical and moral dilemmas of war firsthand, needing to do whatever it took to survive. Finally, after two weeks behind enemy lines, he found an American unit and was rescued.

Awaiting him at home was Arlene, who, like millions of other American women, went to work in factories and offices to build the armaments Henry and the Allies needed for victory. Whatever It Took is her story, too, bringing to life the hopes and fears of those on the homefront awaiting their loved ones to return.

A tale of heroism, hope, and survival featuring 30 photographs, Whatever It Took is a timely reminder of the human cost of freedom and a tribute to unbreakable human courage and spirit in the darkest of times.

Born on this day – Martin Balsam:


Martin Balsam

Actor

November 4, 1919 – February 13, 1996

Born on this day – Virginia Field:


Virginia Field

Actress

November 4, 1917 – January 2, 1992

Born on this day – Stanley Cortez:


Stanley Cortez

Cinematographer

November 4, 1908 – December 23, 1997