Sunday, December 7, 2025

Born on this day – Eli Wallach:


Eli Wallach

Actor

December 7, 1915 – June 24, 2014

Born on this day – Arch Oboler:


Arch Oboler


Writer

Producer

Director

December 7, 1909 – March 19, 1987

Credits:

Retro Static Radio (2023); Twelve Chimes It's Midnight Podcast (2018); Christmas Eve (1986); Domo Arigato (1990); Lights Out (1972); The Bubble (1966); One Plus One (1961); The Bell Telephone Hour (1960); Play of the Week (1959); Hi, Grandma! (1958); Eye on New York (1956); The Twonky (1953); Bwana Devil (1952); Chevron Theatre (1952); Lights Out (1951); Five (1951); Fireside Theatre (1950); Oboler Comedy Theatre (1949); On Our Merry Way (1948); Christmas Eve (1947); The Arnelo Affair (1947); Bewitched (1945); Strange Holiday (1945); Gangway for Tomorrow (1943); Rise and Shine (1941); Escape (1940).

Born on this day – Claire Rommer:


Claire Rommer

Actress

December 7, 1904 – August 19, 1996

Born on this day – Marcella Albani:


Marcella Albani

Actress

Writer

December 7, 1899 – May 11, 1959

Born on this day – Fay Bainter:


Fay Bainter


Actress

December 7, 1893 – April 16, 1968


Credits:

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Dr. Kildare (1963); The Donna Reed Show (1962); The Children's Hour (1961); Thriller (1960); Adventures in Paradise (1960); Studio One (1953–1957); Matinee Theatre (1956); Kraft Theatre (1956); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1953–1955); Robert Montgomery Presents (1952–1955); Lux Video Theatre (1950–1955); The Elgin Hour (1954); Goodyear Playhouse (1954); The Web (1954); The Ford Television Theatre (1954); The Story of Ruth (1954); The President's Lady (1953); Eye Witness (1953); Suspense (1953); Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1953); Close to My Heart (1951); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1951); Danger (1950); The Ford Theatre Hour (1948–1949); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1949); June Bride (1948); Give My Regards to Broadway (1948); The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947); Deep Valley (1947); The Virginian (1946); The Kid from Brooklyn (1946); State Fair (1945); Three Is a Family (1944); Dark Waters (1944); The Heavenly Body (1944); Cry 'Havoc' (1943); Salute to the Marines (1943); Presenting Lily Mars (1943); The Human Comedy (1943); Journey for Margaret (1942); Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942); The War Against Mrs. Hadley (1942); Mister Gardenia Jones (1942); Woman of the Year (1942); Babes on Broadway (1941); Maryland (1940); A Bill of Divorcement (1940); Our Town (1940); Young Tom Edison (1940); Our Neighbors - The Carters (1939); Daughters Courageous (1939); The Lady and the Mob (1939); Yes, My Darling Daughter (1939); The Shining Hour (1938); The Arkansas Traveler (1938); Mother Carey's Chickens (1938); Jezebel (1938); White Banners (1938); Make Way for Tomorrow (1937); The Soldier and the Lady (1937); Quality Street (1937); This Side of Heaven (1934).

Born on this day – Willa Cather:


Willa Cather


Writer

December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947

Credits:

Books:

40 Short Stories (2004); A Lost Lady (1923); Alexander's Bridge (1912); American Fantastic Tales (2009); April Twilights / poems (1903); Bodies of the Dead (1995); Child's Ploy (1984); Death Comes for the Archbishop (1927); Great American Ghost Stories (2008); Great Short Stories of the World (1986); Life (2013); Love Duet (2013); Lucy Gayheart (1935); Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown (1992); Medusa's Daughters (2020); My Antonia (1918); My Mortal Enemy (1926); Not Under Forty (1936); O Pioneers! (1913); On Writing (1949); One of Ours (1922); Prose and Poetry of the American West (1991); Sapphira and the Slave Girl (1940); Shadows on the Rock (1931); She Won the West (1985); The Autobiography of S.S. McClure (1914); The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century (2000); The Best American Short Stories of the Century (2008); The Big Book of Classic Fantasy (2019); The Burglar's Christmas (1896); The Dover Anthology of Classic Christmas Stories (2023); The Old Beauty and Others (1948); The Oxford Book of American Short Stories (1992); The Professor's House (1925); The Screaming Skull (1995); The Serpent's Tongue (1997); The Song of the Lark (1915); The Troll Garden (1905); Uncle Valentine and Other Stories (1973); Willa Cather's Collected Short Fiction, 1892-1912 (1970); Women and Fiction (1975); Women Who Wrote (2020); Youth and the Bright Medusa (1920).

Movies and television:

A Lost Lady (1924 / 1934); American Masters (2005); American Playhouse (1991); Into the Morning: Willa Cather's America (1975); Jack-a-boy (1980); My Antonia (1995); Nanette: An Aside (1977); O Pioneers! (1992); Paul's Case (1980); Selected Shorts / Segment: The Burglar's Christmas (2024); Spring Awakening (1994); The Song of the Lark (1997 / 2001); Willa Cather's the Bookkeeper (2014).

Born on this day – Clementine Plessner:


Clementine Plessner


Actress

Singer

December 7, 1855 – February 27, 1943

Credits:

Bar el Manach (1920); Bara en danserska (1926); Bigamie (1922); Das Geheimnis der vier Tage (1921); Das Hexenlied (1919); Das Medaillon der Lady Sington (1920); Das Recht zu leben (1927); Das Tagebuch einer Verlorenen (1918); Das weisse Paradies (1929); Der Bankkrach unter den Linden (1926); Der Fleck auf der Ehr' (1930); Der Glücksschmid (1919); Der hauptmann von Köpenick (1926); Der krasse Fuchs (1926); Der Monte Christo von Prag (1929); Der Schatten der Gaby Leed (1921); Der Todesreigen (1922); Der verliebte Blasekopp (1932); Der Weg, der zur Verdammnis führt, 1.Teil - Das Schicksal der Aenne Wolter (1918); Der Weg, der zur Verdammnis führt, 2.Teil - Hyänen der Lust (1919); Der Wilddieb (1930); Die Benefiz-Vorstellung der vier Teufel (1920); Die eiserne Braut (1925); Die entfesselte Menschheit (1920); Die Frau mit den zehn Masken, 2. Begebenheit - Der Schatten des Gehenkten (1922); Die graue Macht (1923); Die schwarze Paula (1922); Die Stimme des Herzens (1924); Die Tragödie der Entehrten (1924); Die Tragödie eines Großen (1920); Die verschwundene Frau (1929); Die weiße Sonate (1928); Die Zirkusprinzessin (1925); Different from the Others (1919); Eine weisse unter Kannibalen (1921); Eleven Who Were Loyal (1926); Fräulein Josette - Meine Frau (1926); Giovannis Rache (1917); Gobseck (1924); Großstadtmädels, 2. Teil - Erlebnisse aus Berlin (1921); Hallig Hooge (1923); Henriette Jacoby (1918); Hingabe (1929); Im Zeichen der Schuld (1918); Jettchen Gebert's Story (1918); Journey into the Night (1921); Kaiserjäger (1928); Kaliber fünf Komma zwei (1920); Klatsch (1921); Kord Kamphues, der Richter von Coesfeld (1919); Lady Hamilton (1921); Lo, die Kokette (1920); Lucrezia Borgia (1922); Mädchen, die man nicht heiratet (1923); Manolescus Memoiren (1920); Nocturno der Liebe (1919); O alte Burschenherrlichkeit (1925); Povara (1928); Ratten der Großstadt. 1. Die geheimnisvolle Nacht (1921); Seelenverkäufer (1919); Sklaven der Liebe (1924); Spitzenhöschen und Schusterpech (1928); Steuerlos (1924); Störtebeker (1919); Stürmisch die Nacht (1931); Superfluous People (1926); Taras Bulba (1924); The Story of Dida Ibsen (1918); Theodor Körner (1932); Vagabund (1930); Wie bleibe ich jung und schön – Ehegeheimnisse (1926); Zwei Kinder (1924).