Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Born on this day – Claude Borelli:


Claude Borelli


Actress

January 14, 1934 – November 15, 1960

Credits:

The Gangsters (1957); Gestatten, mein Name ist Cox (1955); Le fil à la patte (1954); The Scheming Women (1954); This Man Is Dangerous (1953); When You Read This Letter (1953); La plus belle fille du monde (1951); Orpheus (1950); L'école des resquilleurs (1934); Jeanne (1934); L'éternelle chanson (1932).

Born on this day – Frank Aletter:


Frank Aletter


Actor

January 14, 1926 – May 13, 2009

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1965–1966); 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2010); 1st & Ten (1988); A Tiger Walks (1964); ABC Weekend Specials (1981); Adam-12 (1974); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Alice (1983); All in the Family (1978); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1955–1962); Automan (1984); Banyon (1972); Ben Casey (1963–1966); Blansky's Beauties (1977); Bringing Up Buddy (1960–1961); Cannon (1971–1976); Capitol (1982–1987); CHiPs (1982); Columbo (1978); Dallas (1986); Danger Island (1968–1969); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); David Cassidy - Man Undercover (1978); Detective in the House (1985); Dr. Kildare (1963); Emergency! (1972–1978); Falcon Crest (1986); Fantasy Island (1978–1979); Farewell to the Planet of the Apes (1980); Funny Face (1971); General Electric Theater (1961); General Hospital (1991); Grindl (1964); Hawkins Falls: A Television Novel (1950–1955); Hazel (1963); He Said, She Said (1970); Hello, Larry (1979); Holmes and Yoyo (1976); Hotel (1985); Hunter (1976); Insight (1971–1975); Ironside (1969–1973); It's About Time (1966–1967); Jigsaw (1973); Justice (1955); Karen (1975); Kojak (1975); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1975); Kraft Theatre (1956); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1959); Lassie (1972); Lassie: Peace is Our Profession (2006); Lou Grant (1981); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Naked Stranger (1971); Love, Sidney (1983); M*A*S*H (1973); Mannix (1967–1975); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1973–1975); Matlock (1987); Maude (1972); Medical Center (1971); Mister Roberts (1955); Mod Squad (1970); Murder, She Wrote (1985); My Favorite Martian (1963); My World and Welcome to It (1970); Nancy (1970); Nanny and the Professor (1971); Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972); Omnibus (1958); Operation Petticoat (1978); Perry Mason (1963–1964); Petrocelli (1976); Petticoat Junction (1966–1969); Planet of the Apes (1974); Police Woman (1975–1978); Private School (1983); Project U.F.O. (1978); Quincy, M.E. (1978–1982); Rich Man, Poor Man (1976); Run, Cougar, Run (1972); S.W.A.T. (1975); Sierra (1974); Simon & Simon (1984); Studio One (1955); Switch (1976–1977); T.J. Hooker (1986); Target: The Corruptors (1962); The Alcoa Hour (1956); The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (1968–1970); The Best of Hollywood (1999–2018); The Big Brain (1963); The Bionic Woman (1978); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1972); The Cara Williams Show (1964–1965); The Don Rickles Show (1972); The Doris Day Show (1969); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The F.B.I. (1968–1972); The Facts of Life (1983); The Fall Guy (1982–1985); The Fugitive (1965); The Gertrude Berg Show (1962); The Golden Girls (1985); The Great Adventure (1964); The Invisible Man (1975); The Law and Harry McGraw (1987); The Lazarus Man (1996); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962); The Love Boat (1979); The Lucy Show (1962); The Magical World of Disney (1966–1975); The Name of the Game (1970); The New Adam-12 (1991); The New Temperatures Rising Show (1972); The Quest (1976); The Six Million Dollar Man (1975); The Star Maker (1981); The Twilight Zone (1963); This Is the Life (1978); Three's a Crowd (1985); Three's Company (1981 / 1982); Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970); Vacation Playhouse (1963–1967); Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter (1986); What's Happening!! (1977); Wide Country (1963); You Again? (1987); You Are There (1953–1955).

Born on this day – Carole Cook:


Carole Cook


Actress

January 14, 1924 – January 11, 2023

Credits:

101 Even Bigger Celebrity Oops (2005); 42nd Street (1986); A Family for Joe (1990); A Very Sordid Wedding (2017); American Gigolo (1980); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2020); Baretta (1975); Break a Hip (2015–2018); Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021); Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003); Bronk (1976); Cagney & Lacey (1986–1988); Capitol (1982–1987); Carly's Web (1987); CBS Children's Mystery Theatre (1982); Charlie's Angels (1976–1977); Chico and the Man (1975–1976); Daniel Boone (1966); Danny Thomas' the Wonderful World of Burlesque: Second Edition (1965); Darkroom (1981); Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers (1969); Dynasty (1986–1987); E! 101 Most Awesome Moments in Entertainment (2004); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2000); E! True Hollywood Story (2001); Earl Hamner Storyteller (2015); Ellery Queen (1976); Emergency! (1976); Fast Money (1996); Gloria Vane (1993); Grandview, U.S.A. (1984); Greenwich Village: A World Apart (2015); Grey's Anatomy (2006); Griff (1973); Hart to Hart (1982); Here's Harry: Remembering Gale Gordon (2011); Here's Lucy (1968–1974); Home on the Range (2004); In the Glitter Palace (1977); Jack Benny's Birthday Special (1969); Jon Finch: The Ultimate Impresario (2011); Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On (2019); Kentucky Jones (1964); Knight Rider (1982); Kojak (1977); Lady Luck (1973); Laverne & Shirley (1982); Let's Talk to Carole (2010); Lost & Found (1999); Lucille Ball: We Love Lucy (2020); Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie (1993); Lucy Meets the Burtons: A Comedic Gem (2010); Magnum, P.I. (1986); Major Crimes (2014); Make Me an Offer (1980); Maude (1974); McMillan & Wife (1972–1974); Murder, She Wrote (1985–1988); My World and Welcome to It (1969); Now We're Cookin' (1983); Palm Springs Weekend (1963); Password (1965); Private Screenings (2014); Quincy, M.E. (1983); Rendezvous Hotel (1979); Rhyme and Reason (1976); Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (2023); Sarge (1971); Something So Right (1982); Starsky and Hutch (1977); Still Waiting in the Wings (2018); Strike Force (1982); Strip Mall (2000); Summer Lovers (1982); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); That Girl (1969); The A-Team (1986); The Bob Newhart Show (1961); The Desilu Story (2003); The Gauntlet (1977); The Hollywood Palace (1964); The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The Love Boat (1983); The Lucy Show (1963–1968); The Making of 'Summer Lovers' (1982); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1963); The Merv Griffin Show (1972–1975); The New Phil Silvers Show (1964); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); This Is the Life (1976); Trapper John, M.D. (1982); U.S. Marshal (1960); Vacation Playhouse (1966); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959).

Born on this day – Joe Seneca:


Joe Seneca


Actor

Singer

Songwriter

Composer

January 14, 1919 – August 15, 1996

Credits:

Songs:

Break It To Me Gently; Forty Days and Forty Nights; It's Gonna Work Out Fine; Overnight Success; Quitte-moi doucement; Rick-a-Chick; Talk to Me, Talk to Me.

Movies and television:

19th Annual NAACP Image Awards (1987); 227 (1988); A Gathering of Old Men (1987); A Man Called Hawk (1989); A Time to Kill (1996); Amazing Stories (1986); American Playhouse (1984); Big Shots (1987); Birdland (1994); Channel Zero (2018); China Beach (1990); Christy (1995); Crossroads (1986); Dog Day Afternoon (1975); Dolly (1988); Doogie Howser, M.D. (1990); Ein Aufstand alter Männer (1987); Entertainment Tonight (1986); Friday the 13th: The Series (1988); Heart of the Garden (1985); In the Heat of the Night (1989); It's Cool to Care (1988); Juice Newton: Break It to Me Gently (1982); Kramer vs. Kramer (1979); Law & Order (1993); Lucy and Desi (2022); Making a Mark (2005); Malcolm X (1992); Matlock (1989); Mississippi Masala (1991); Mo' Better Blues (1990); Moments Without Proper Names (1987); Mr. President (1987); NBC Special Treat (1979); Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story (1986); School Daze (1988); SeaQuest 2032 (1995); Silverado (1985); Spenser: For Hire (1985); Star Search (2003); Sweet Justice (1995); Tarzan in Manhattan (1989); Terrible Joe Moran (1984); The American Parade (1976); The Blob (1988); The Cosby Show (1987); The Death of Dick Long (2019); The Edge of Night (1982); The Equalizer (1989); The Evil That Men Do (1984); The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979); The Gentleman Bandit (1981); The Golden Girls (1987); The House of Dies Drear (1984); The Longest Memory (1997); The Saint of Fort Washington (1993); The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974); The Tenth Month (1979); The Verdict (1982); The Vernon Johns Story (1994); Throb (1987); Trees Lounge (1996); Wilma (1977).

Born on this day – Bebe Daniels:


Bebe Daniels


Actress

Singer

Dancer

Writer

Producer

January 14, 1901 – March 16, 1971

Credits:

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008); The Adventures of Timothy Telescope (1956); The Lyons Abroad (1955); Life with the Lyons (1955–1960); Family Affair (1954); The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival (1947); The Fabulous Joe (1947); Hi Gang! (1941); The Return of Carol Deane (1938); Treachery on the High Seas (1936); Music Is Magic (1935); Registered Nurse (1934); A Southern Maid (1934); The Song You Gave Me (1934); Hollywood on Parade No. B-7 (1934); Counsellor at Law (1933); Cocktail Hour (1933); 42nd Street (1933); Silver Dollar (1932); Honor of the Family (1931); The Maltese Falcon (1931); My Past (1931); The Stolen Jools (1931); Reaching for the Moon (1930); Lawful Larceny (1930); Dixiana (1930); Alias French Gertie (1930); Love Comes Along (1930); Rio Rita (1929); What a Night! (1928); Take Me Home (1928); Hot News (1928); The Fifty-Fifty Girl (1928); Feel My Pulse (1928); Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927); She's a Sheik (1927); Swim Girl, Swim (1927); Señorita (1927); A Kiss in a Taxi (1927); Stranded in Paris (1926); The Campus Flirt (1926); Volcano (1926); The Palm Beach Girl (1926); Miss Brewster's Millions (1926); The Splendid Crime (1925); Lovers in Quarantine (1925); Wild, Wild Susan (1925); The Manicure Girl (1925); The Crowded Hour (1925); Miss Bluebeard (1925); Argentine Love (1924); Dangerous Money (1924); Sinners in Heaven (1924); Monsieur Beaucaire (1924); Unguarded Women (1924); Daring Youth (1924); The Heritage of the Desert (1924); His Children's Children (1923); Hollywood (1923); The Exciters (1923); The Glimpses of the Moon (1923); The World's Applause (1923); Singed Wings (1922); Pink Gods (1922); Nice People (1922); North of the Rio Grande (1922); A Game Chicken (1922); Nancy from Nowhere (1922); The Speed Girl (1921); One Wild Week (1921); The Affairs of Anatol (1921); The March Hare (1921); Two Weeks with Pay (1921); Ducks and Drakes (1921); She Couldn't Help It (1920); Oh, Lady, Lady (1920); The Fourteenth Man (1920); You Never Can Tell (1920); Sick Abed (1920); The Dancin' Fool (1920); Why Change Your Wife? (1920); Everywoman (1919); Captain Kidd's Kids (1919); Male and Female (1919); Bumping Into Broadway (1919); His Only Father (1919); Luke's Movie Muddle (1916–1919); Count the Votes (1919); Soft Money (1919); He Leads, Others Follow (1919); The Rajah (1919); Be My Wife (1919); Don't Shove (1919); Heap Big Chief (1919); A Jazzed Honeymoon (1919); At the Old Stage Door (1919); Just Neighbors (1919); Billy Blazes, Esq. (1919); Off the Trolley (1919); Swat the Crook (1919); Pistols for Breakfast (1919); Back to the Woods (1919); The Marathon (1919); Before Breakfast (1919); Si, Senor (1919); Ring Up the Curtain (1919); Young Mr. Jazz (1919); Crack Your Heels (1919); Just Dropped In (1919); A Sammy in Siberia (1919); Next Aisle Over (1919); The Dutiful Dub (1919); Look Out Below (1919); I'm on My Way (1919); On the Fire (1919); Going! Going! Gone! (1919); Ask Father (1919); Love's Young Scream (1919); Wanted - $5,000 (1919); She Loves Me Not (1918); Take a Chance (1918); Nothing But Trouble (1918); Swing Your Partners (1918); Bees in His Bonnet (1918); Two Scrambled (1918); Bride and Gloom (1918); That's Him (1918); Kicking the Germ Out of Germany (1918); An Ozark Romance (1918); Are Crooks Dishonest? (1918); Somewhere in Turkey (1918); Sic 'Em, Towser (1918); The City Slicker (1918); Fireman Save My Child (1918); Two-Gun Gussie (1918); The Non-Stop Kid (1918); Kicked Out (1918); Hey There (1918); It's a Wild Life (1918); Pipe the Whiskers (1918); Follow the Crowd (1918); On the Jump (1918); Let's Go (1918); Here Come the Girls (1918); Look Pleasant, Please (1918); A Gasoline Wedding (1918); Beat It (1918); Hit Him Again (1918); Hello Teacher (1918); The Lamb (1918); The Tip (1918); Lonesome Luke's Lovely Rifle (1917); The Big Idea (1917); Step Lively (1917); Bashful (1917); Move On (1917); We Never Sleep (1917); Clubs Are Trump (1917); The Flirt (1917); Love, Laughs and Lather (1917); Rainbow Island (1917); From Laramie to London (1917); Bliss (1917); Birds of a Feather (1917); By the Sad Sea Waves (1917); Pinched (1917); Lonesome Luke Loses Patients (1917); Over the Fence (1917); Lonesome Luke's Wild Women (1917); Lonesome Luke, Mechanic (1917); Lonesome Luke, Messenger (1917); Stop! Luke! Listen! (1917); Lonesome Luke, Plumber (1917); Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon (1917); Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley (1917); Lonesome Luke's Lively Life (1917); Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire (1917); Lonesome Luke, Lawyer (1917); Luke's Trolley Troubles (1917); Drama's Dreadful Deal (1917); Luke's Busy Day (1917); Luke's Lost Liberty (1917); Luke's Shattered Sleep (1916); Luke Locates the Loot (1916); Luke's Fireworks Fizzle (1916); Luke, Rank Impersonator (1916); Luke's Newsie Knockout (1916); Luke, Patient Provider (1916); Luke, the Gladiator (1916); Luke's Preparedness Preparations (1916); Luke, the Chauffeur (1916); Luke and the Bang-Tails (1916); Luke's Speedy Club Life (1916); Luke and the Mermaids (1916); Luke Joins the Navy (1916); Luke Does the Midway (1916); Luke's Lost Lamb (1916); Luke, Crystal Gazer (1916); Luke Rides Roughshod (1916); Luke's Washful Waiting (1916); Luke's Society Mixup (1916); Luke's Fatal Flivver (1916); Luke Laughs Last (1916); Luke's Late Lunchers (1916); Luke and the Bomb Throwers (1916); Them Was the Happy Days! (1916); Luke's Double (1916); Lonesome Luke, Circus King (1916); Luke Pipes the Pippins (1916); Luke and the Rural Roughnecks (1916); Luke Foils the Villain (1916); Luke, the Candy Cut-Up (1916); Lonesome Luke Lolls in Luxury (1916); Luke Lugs Luggage (1916); Lonesome Luke Leans to the Literary (1916); Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster (1915); Peculiar Patients' Pranks (1915); Ruses, Rhymes and Roughnecks (1915); A Foozle at the Tee Party (1915); Ragtime Snap Shots (1915); Great While It Lasted (1915); Tinkering with Trouble (1915); Bughouse Bellhops (1915); Giving Them Fits (1915); Fresh from the Farm (1915); Anne of the Golden Heart (1914); The Savage (1913); A Counterfeit Santa Claus (1911); Justinian and Theodora (1910); The Common Enemy (1910); The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910); The Courtship of Miles Standish (1910).

Recommended reading: The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (1975):


The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

Published 1975.
VINTAGE BOOKS EDITION.
ISBN: 0394716787

Description:

One of the most original American writers, Edgar Allan Poe shaped the development of both the detective story and the science-fiction story. Some of his poems — "The Raven," "The Bells," "Annabel Lee" — remain among the most popular in American literature.

Poe's tales of the macabre still thrill readers of all ages. Here are familiar favorites like "The Purloined Letter," "The Fall of the House of Usher," and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," together with less-known masterpieces like "The Imp of the Perverse," "The Narrative of A. Gordon Pym," and "Ligeia," which is now recognized as one of the first science-fiction stories, a total of seventy-three tales in all, plus fifty-three poems and a generous sampling of Poe's essays, criticism and journalistic writings.

Hunter S. Thompson, on writing:


No music + bad TV = Bad mood & no pages.

- Hunter S. Thompson.