Saturday, January 17, 2026

Born on this day – Randy Boone:


Randy Boone


Actor

Singer

January 17, 1942 – August 28, 2025

Credits:

Songs:

Heart, Let's Go Out Tonight; It's So Hard To Tell Mama Goodbye; Just Waitin'; Lover Let Go; Ramblin' Rose; Tennessee Stud; The Five-Fifteen.

Movies and television:

Backtrack! (1969); Bonanza (1966); Cimarron Strip (1967–1968); Combat! (1966); Country Boy (1966); Dr. Minx (1975); Emergency! (1973); Gunsmoke (1975); Gypsy (1966); Hee Haw (1980); Highway to Heaven (1985); Hondo (1967); Hondo and the Apaches (1967); It's a Man's World (1962–1963); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974); Kung Fu (1975); Lassie (1973); Savages (1974); Terminal Island (1973); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Audition (2021); The Fugitive (1964); The Hanged Man (1964); The Nashville Sound (1972); The Quest (1976); The Twilight Zone (1963); The Virginian (1964–1966); The Wild Pair (1987); Wagon Train (1963); What's This Song? (1965); Where the Action Is (1966).

Born on this day – George Folsey Jr:


George Folsey Jr.


Assistant director

Editor

Producer

Cinematographer

January 17, 1939 – December 29, 2024

Credits:

Amazon Women on the Moon (1987); An American Werewolf in London (1981); Ants! (1977); B.B. King: Into the Night (1985); Basic (2003); Basic Ingredients: A Writer's Perspective (2003); Basic: A Director's Design (2003); Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London' (2009); Black Caesar (1973); Bone (1972); Bucktown (1975); Bulletproof (1996); Cabin Fever (2002); Cellmates (2011); Chain of Command (2015); Character Building: The Many Faces of Rick Baker (2007); Cheaper by the Dozen (2003); Clarity (2015); Club Dread (2004); Clue (1985); Coming to America (1988); Dead Within (2014); Death Link (2021); Despair (2010); Dirty Work (1998); Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen (2004); Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970); Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (1996); Exploring the Unknown (1977); Face of the Enemy (1989); Fargo (2003); Fit for Akeem: The Costumes of 'Coming to America' (2007); Freedom Road (1979); Freeloaders (2012); Glass Houses (1972); Goosed (1999); Greedy (1994); Grumpier Old Men (1995); Hammer (1972); Here's Peggy Fleming (1968); Hole in the Paper Sky (2008); Hostel (2005); Hostel Dissected (2006); Hostel: Part II (2007); Hostel: Part III (2011); Hot Tub Time Machine (2010); Igor (2008); Insider Trading: The Making of 'Trading Places' (2007); Into the Night (1985); J.D.'s Revenge (1976); Just Swipe (2021); Latchkey's Lament (2007); Let's Go to Church (2004); Love and Mary (2007); My Sister (2014); National Lampoon's Animal House (1978); Norman... Is That You? (1976); One World (2016); Pledge This! (2006); Portrait of a Hitman (1979); Prince-ipal Photography: The Coming Together of America (2007); Reboot Camp (2020); Schlock (1973); Sex Drive (2008); Shaft (1973–1974); Son of Man (2011); Sourdough (1981); Spies Like Us (1985); Summer Rain (2024); Super Troopers (2001); Thanksgiving (2007); The Blues Brothers (1980); The Chicken Chronicles (1977); The Gray Man (2007); The Great Santini (1979); The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977); The Killing Floor (2017); The Kings of Brooklyn (2004); The Making of 'Thriller' (1983); The Monkees (1967); The Movies That Made Us (2021); The Pink Panther (2006); The Rainbow Tribe (2008); The Right Hook (2000); The Ringer (2005); The Stories Behind the Making of 'the Blues Brothers' (1998); The Thing Called Love (1993); The Wicked Within (2015); The Yearbook: An 'Animal House' Reunion (1998); Three Amigos! (1986); Thriller (1983); Tracks (1976); Trader Horn (1973); Trading Places (1983); Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983); Unaccompanied Minors (2006); Wendy Liebman: Taller on TV (2011); Wolf Mountain (2022).

Born on this day – James Earl Jones:


James Earl Jones


Actor

January 17, 1931 – September 9, 2024

Credits:

15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2009); 1985 Stuntman Awards (1985); 1996 Essence Awards (1996); 1st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1995); 20 to 1 (2006–2010); 21st NAACP Image Awards (1989); 2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1996); 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996); 5 Second Movies (2008); 11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried (1988); A Century of Black Cinema (2003); A Family Thing (1996); A Hard Road to Glory (1986); A Mime's Life (2009); A Piece of the Action (1977); A Pirate Ship Sails Again! The Making of Swashbuckler (1976); A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979); A World Alive (1990); ABC Afterschool Specials (1982); ABC News Breakfast (2024); ABC Weekend Specials (1993); According to Jim (2004); According to Jim / Season 3 According to Jim (2011); AFI Life Achievement Award (1992–2006); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies (2006); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies (1998); Africa: The Serengeti (1994); Afro Promo (1997); Agent X (2015); Ali Rap (2006); Ali's 65 (2007); All the Presidents' Movies: The Movie (2009); Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986); Allen Boesak: Choosing for Justice (1984); Alone (1997); America at the Movies (1976); American Legends (2001); American Masters (2000–2019); American Playhouse (1993); American Playwrights Theater: The One-Acts / Episode entitled: 27 Wagons Full of Cotton (1989); America's All-Time Favorite Movies (1988); An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road (2012); An American Moment (1997–1999); An American Reunion: The People's Inaugural Celebration (1993); An Evening at the Improv (1990); Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street' (1998); Animated StoryBook: The Lion King (1994); Antietam: A Documentary Drama (2000); Arnold Schwarzenegger: Made in Britain (2003); As the World Turns (1956–2010); Athens 2004: Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (2004); Baggage Claim (2024); Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' (1994); Bearden Plays Bearden (2012); Beauty and the Beast (1981); Behind Closed Doors (2019); Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October' (2003); Best of the Best (1989); Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and Dr. Strangelove (2004); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Black Indians: An American Story (2001); Black Is King (2020); Black Omnibus (1973); Black Pop: Celebrating the Power of Black Culture (2023); Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement (1978); Blackfish (2013); Bloodtide (1982); Breakfast (2011); Brilliant But Cancelled (2002); Broadway: The Next Generation (2024); Business World News (2003); Butterfly in the Sky (2022); By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' (2005); By Dawn's Early Light (1990); Camera Three (1964 / 1966); Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997); Casting Calls (2003); CBS Library (1981); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2020); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley / Segment: Eric McCormack (2012); CBS Schoolbreak Special (1987); Celebrity Page (2019 / 2021); Celebrity Recordathon (1996); Channing (1964); Charlie Rose in Charlie Rose (1995–2011); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2010); Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable (1995); Circus of the Stars #2 (1977); City Limits (1984); Claudine (1974); Clean Slate (1994); Clear and Present Danger (1994); Clear and Present Danger: Behind the Danger (2002); Click (2006); Columbus: Encounter, Discovery and Beyond (1992); Comic Relief: Baseball Relief '93 (1993); Coming 2 America (2021); Coming to America (1988); Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (1999); Conan the Barbarian (1982); Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' (2000); Conan: From the Vault (2011); Conan: The Rise of a Fantasy Legend (2005); Confessions: Two Faces of Evil (1994); Convicts (1991); Corwin (1996); Countdown to Freedom: 10 Days That Changed South Africa (1994); Crossing Over: How Roots Captivated an Entire Nation (2007); Cry, the Beloved Country (1995); Dangerous: The Short Films (1993); Dark Side of the '90s (2022); Darth Vader Crashes Academy's Governors Awards (2011); David Copperfield: 15 Years of Magic (1994); Deadly Hero (1975); Death Battle (2010–2015); Deep Fat Fried (2018); Democracy Now! (2024); Diamonds on the Silver Screen (1992); Dinah! (1976); Dr. Kildare (1966); Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964); Dreamfield (1998); Dreamrider (1993); E! Behind the Scenes (1994); Earth (2007); East Side/West Side (1963); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1987–1990); Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy (2004); End of the Road (1970); Ennis' Gift (2000); Entertainment Tonight (1991); Entertainment Tonight (2019–2024); ESPN Outside the Lines Primetime (1994); Everwood (2003–2004); Excessive Force (1993); Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977); Extra (2003 / 2016); Faerie Tale Theatre (1986); Fantasia 2000 / Segment: Carnival of the Animals (1999); Field of Dreams (1989); 'Field of Dreams': A Scrapbook (1998); Field of Dreams: Passing Along the Pastime (2004); Film Night (1971); Finder's Fee (2001); Frasier (1997); Freddie as F.R.O.7. (1992); Fredericksburg (2002); Freedom to Speak (1983); Gabriel's Fire (1990–1991); Gang Related (1997); Gardens of Stone (1987); Garfield and Friends (1992); Getaway (2005); Gimme Shelter (2013); Giving Voice (2020); God's Trombones: A Trilogy of African-American Poems / Segment: The Creation (1981); Golden Globe Awards (1992); Good Luck (1996); Good Morning America (1976–1978); Grand Central (1983); Great Lakes, Bitter Legacy (1991); Great Performances (1971–2014); Grim Prairie Tales (1990); Guiding Light (1952–2009); Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980); Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995); Happy Endings / Segment: Big Joe and Kansas (1975); HARDtalk (2011); Heat Wave (1990); Highway to Heaven (1987); Hitler's Forgotten Victims (1997); Hollywood Health Report (2016); Hollywood Insider (2021–2022); Hollywood's Greatest Villains (2005); Homicide: Life on the Street (1997); House (2009); How Shakespeare Changed My Life (2016); Howard Stern (1996); I Am Your Father (2015); In Search of Liberty Bell 7 (1999); Information Democracy (1993); Inside TV Land (2002); Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' (2000); Ivory Hunters (1990); Jack and the Beanstalk (2009); Jackanory Playhouse (1976); James Earl Jones Reads the Bible: King James Version (2003); Jefferson in Paris (1995); Jesus of Nazareth (1977); Joe Papp in Five Acts (2012); Judge Dredd (1995); King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1969); Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix (2017); Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix (2014); Kingdom Hearts II (2005); Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ (2007); L.A. Law (1988–1989); La Premiere (2009); Lamp Unto My Feet (1962); Last Flight Out (1990); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1995); Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2010); Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2003); Law & Order (1993); Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (2006); Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (2007); Liberal Hivemind (2022); Lincoln (1992); Live with Kelly and Mark (1990); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1994); Lone Star Kid (1986); Long Ago and Far Away (1989–1990); Look Up and Live (1963); Looking for Richard (1996); Malcolm X (1972); Matewan (1987); Mathnet (1987–1991); Me and Mom (1985); Merlin (1998); Milius (2013); Minty Comedic Arts (2020); Monitor (1962); Monopoly Star Wars (1997); Moses (1986); MsMojo (2021–2023); Muhammad Ali: The Greatest (2016); Muhammad Ali: Through the Eyes of the World (2001); Muhammad Ali's 50th Birthday Celebration (1992); Muse of Fire (2013); My Little Girl (1986); N.Y.P.D. (1969); Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994); National Memorial Day Concert (1993); NBC Children's Theatre (1971); NET Playhouse (1968); New Day (2018); New York City... Come Visit the World (1998); Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards '94 (1994); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Nine Dog Christmas (2002); No Fighting in the War Room or Dr. Strangelove and the Nuclear Threat (2004); North Pole Promise (2013); Nostalgia Critic (2015); Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022); On the Q.T. (2001); One on One with John Tesh (1991); Our Friend, Martin (1999); Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson (2007); Outcry L.A. (1993); Paris (1979–1980); Patriot Games (1992); Patriot Games: Up Close (2002); Paul Robeson (1979); People: A Musical Celebration (1995); Percy & Thunder (1993); Picket Fences (1994); Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987); Primary Colors (1998); Pros and Cons (1991–1992); Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey (2010); Quentin Tarantino's Star Wars (2002); Rachael Ray (2016); Reading Rainbow (1983); Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996); Recess (1998); Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street (2001); Reflections on the Silver Screen (1991); Robots (2005); Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016); Roots: The Next Generations (1979); Santa and Pete (1999); Saturday Night with Connie Chung (1989); Scary Movie 4 (2006); Scorchers (1991); Searching for Orson (2006); Sesame Street (1969–2004); Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories / Segment: Millions of Cats (1992); Signs and Wonders (1995); Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998); Sneakers (1992); Sommersby (1993); Soul Man (1986); Soul! (1970); Special Collector's Edition (2014); Sports on the Silver Screen (1997); Square One Television (1987–1992); Stage 2 (1964); Stanley Kubrick's Pursuit of Perfection: Joe Dunton and Kelvin Pike (2021); Star Tours: The Adventures Continue (2011); Star Wars (1983); Star Wars Audio Comics: YouTube Channel (2019); Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005); Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977); Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019); Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980); Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983); Star Wars: Rebels (2014–2016); Star Wars: Rebels (2018); Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery (1997); Stargate SG-1 (1997); Storyline Online (2009); Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter (2011); Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021); Summer's End (1999); Summershow (1980); Super Bowl XXVII Halftime Show (1993); Survival (1981); Swashbuckler (1976); Tarzan (1967–1968); Teach 109 (1989); Terrorgram (1990); That Fellow in the Coat (2008); The 12th Annual CableACE Awards (1991); The 1st Annual Black Achievement Awards (1978); The 23rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1997); The 23rd Annual Tony Awards (1969); The 27th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2000); The 2nd Annual Black Achievement Awards (1979); The 34th Annual Tony Awards (1980); The 36th Annual Tony Awards (1982); The 38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (2015); The 41st Annual Tony Awards (1987); The 42nd Annual Academy Awards (1970); The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1990); The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971); The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991); The 43rd Annual Tony Awards (1989); The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992); The 44th Annual Tony Awards (1990); The 47th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1990 (1990); The 47th Annual Tony Awards (1993); The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1991 (1991); The 50th Annual Tony Awards (1996); The 52nd Annual Tony Awards (1998); The 59th Annual Tony Awards (2005); The 60th Annual Tony Awards (2006); The 65th Annual Tony Awards (2011); The 66th Annual Tony Awards (2012); The 70th Annual Tony Awards (2016); The 71st Annual Tony Awards (2017); The 78th Annual Drama League Awards (2012); The 84th Annual Academy Awards (2012); The Ambulance (1990); The American Parade (1975); The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014); The Annihilation of Fish (1999); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989–1994); The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove (2000); The Atlanta Child Murders (1985); The Benchwarmers (2006); The Big Bang Theory (2014); The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976); The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal (2022); The Bushido Blade (1981); The Cay (1974); The CBS Evening News (2022); The Chuck Woolery Show (1991); The Clinton 12 (2006); The Comedians (1967); The Comedians in Africa (1967); The Comments Section with Brett Cooper (2022); The Creation (1981); The David Frost Show (1970); The Defenders (1962–1964); The Dennis Miller Show (1992); The Dick Cavett Show (1972 / 1995); The Directors (2001 / 2018); The Ed Sullivan Show (1969); The Feast of All Saints (2001); The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995); The Five (2024); The Flight of Dragons (1982); The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story (1980); The Great White Hope (1970); The Great Year (2004); The Greatest (1977); The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible (1985); The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened (1977); The Howard Stern Radio Show (1999); The Hunt for Red October (1990); The Hunting of the Snark (1989); The JFK Conspiracy (1992); The Joan Rivers Show (1969); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2002); The Larry Elder Podcast (2021); The Larry Solway Show (1976); The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2009); The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar (2015); The Lion King (1994 / 2019); The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998); The Lion King Read-Along (2011); The Lion King: A Musical Journey with Elton John (1994); The Lion King: Simba's Mighty Adventure (2000); The Loving Story (2011); The Magic 7 (1996); The Magic of David Copperfield XIV: Flying - Live the Dream (1992); The Making of 'Jurassic Park' (1995); The Making of 'Star Wars' (1977); The Making of the Lion King (1994); The Man (1972); The Me Nobody Knows (1980); The Merv Griffin Show (1968–1974); The Meteor Man (1993); The Mike Douglas Show (1969–1979); The Movies That Made Us (2021); The One Show (2009); The Pandora Directive (1996); The Papp Project (2001); The Perfect Pitch (2002); The Reading Room (2005); The River Niger (1976); The Sandlot (1993); The Sandlot 2 (2005); The Second Civil War (1997); The Second Coming (1992); The Secret World of Spying (1992); The Simpsons (1990–1998); The Simpsons: Access All Areas (2010); The Space - Theatre of Survival (2019); The Spirit Hunters (1994); The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978); The States (2007); The Story Behind the Story (2002); The Story of the Faithful Wookiee (1978); The System: Coming to America (1988); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1968–1991); The Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy (2006); The UFO Incident (1975); The Vegas Strip War (1984); The Vernon Johns Story (1994); The View (2009–2010); The Washington Monument: It Stands for All (2000); The Wendy Williams Show (2011); The Whoopi Goldberg Show (1993); Them That Work (2019); There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues (1981); This Week (2010); Three Fugitives (1989); Timepiece (1996); Tina Turner: One Last Time Live in Concert (2000); Today (1989–2014); Today Tonight (2007); Touched by an Angel (1997); Troldspejlet (1994); True Identity (1991); Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994); Twister: A Musical Catastrophe (2000); Two and a Half Men (2008); Two by Dove / Great Performances: Dance in America (1980); Ultimate Super Heroes, Vixens & Villains (2005); Under a Killing Moon (1994); Under One Roof (1995); Undercover Angel (1999); Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004); Vegetable Soup (1975–1978); Visitors from the Unknown (1991); Voices in America (2015–2016); Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009); Warning Shot (2018); Water (1995); Weekend Express (2022); Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008); What If?: Martin Luther King (1997); What the Deaf Man Heard (1997); What's My Line? (1968); When It Was a Game (1991); Who Lives, Who Dies (1988); Who's in Rabbit's House? (1995); Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (1984); Will & Grace (2003); Words from a Bear (2019); Working in the Theatre (2012); World of Discovery (1993).

Born on this day – Colette Ripert:


Colette Ripert

Actress

January 17, 1930 – May 20, 1930

Born on this day – Eartha Kitt:


Eartha Kitt


Singer

Actress

Writer

January 17, 1927 – December 25, 2008

Credits:

Books:

Alone with Me: A New Autobiography (1976); Confessions of a sex kitten (1989); Eartha Kitt: Femme Fatale: Graphic Novel Edition (2021); Folk Tales of the Tribes of Africa (1970); Rejuvenate! (It’s Never Too Late) (2001); Thursday’s Child (1956).

Albums:

Back in Business (1994); Bad But Beautiful (1962); Canta en Castellano (1965); Down to Eartha (1955); I Love Men (1984); I’m Still Here (1989); Love for Sale (1965); RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt (1953); Revisited (1960); Sentimental Eartha (1970); St. Louis Blues (1958); That Bad Eartha (1954); That Bad Eartha (1956); The Fabulous Eartha (1959); The Romantic Eartha (1962); Thinking Jazz (1991); Thursday’s Child (1957).

Movies and television:

13 heures le journal (2008); 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2009); 27th NAACP Image Awards (1996); 48 Hours (2000); 60 Minutes / Segment: Eartha Kitt (1989); 74th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2005); A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting (2020); A Castle in Italy (2013); A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks (2021); A Magic School Bus Halloween (1995); A Man of No Importance (1994); A Night on the Town (1983); A Tribute to Terry Thomas (1990); ABC's Nightlife (1965); Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016); After Dark (1989); Ageless Heroes (1998); Alan Melville Takes You from A-Z (1957); Alien Presence (2009); All About People (1967); All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story (1982); All Star Revue (1953); Always at The Carlyle (2018); American Dad! (2007); American Experience (2005); American Masters (2005–2006); An Evening with Eartha Kitt (2009); And Then Came Love (2007); Anna Lucasta (1958); Anything But Love (2002); Ã…ret var... (2010); Ã…tersken (1979); Atop the Fourth Wall (2009); Balko (1999); Bananas (1984); Bandstand (1963); Batman (1967–1968); Batmania from Comics to Screen (1989); BBC Show of the Week (1967); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1956); Behind the Director's Son's Cut (2007); Bei Bio (1984); Ben Casey (1965); Beppes 60-tal (1980); Beware the Groove: The Making of A Cult Classic (2023); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); Biography (1998–2004); Black Doves (2024); Blackpool Night Out (1965); Blockbuster (2022); Boomerang (1992); Breakfast (2008); Britain's Favourite Christmas Songs (2011); Broadway Beat (2009); Brown Sugar (1986); Burke's Law (1965); Butterflies in Heat (1986); Cadence 3 (1983); Call the Midwife (2020); Cannonball (2017); Carmen and Geoffrey (2005); Casbah (1948); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2005); C'est encore mieux l'après-midi (1986); Champs-Elysées (1986); Charlie Rose (2000); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2010); Cocoricocoboy (1984); Da Lintsi -koodi (2007); Dancing with the Stars (2005); DC Villains - Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale (2021); Della (1969); Der grosse Preis (1984); Desperately Seeking Roger (1991); Dragonard (1988); Drei Männer spinnen (1962); Driving Miss Daisy (1989); Droit de réponse: l'esprit de contradiction (1983); Eartha Kitt - Live at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival (2008); Eartha Kitt - The Most Exciting Woman (1971); Eartha Kitt & Bronski Beat: Cha Cha Heels (1988); Eartha Kitt Sings (1970); Eartha Kitt: I Don't Care (1986); Eartha Kitt: I Love Men (1984); Eartha Kitt: Primitive Man (1989); Eartha Kitt: Santa Baby (2020); Eartha Kitt: This Is My Life (1986); Eartha Kitt: Where Is My Man (1983); EastEnders (2008); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1987); Elf (2003); Emily in Paris (2020); Entertainment Tonight (2022); Entre amigos (1986); Erik the Viking (1989); Ernest Scared Stupid (1991); Estradilla: Huips! (2004); Estudio 1 (2001); Everyday (1979); Expats (2024); Fame, Fortune and Romance (1986); Fatal Instinct (1993); Faust (1995); Femme d'aujourd'hui (1965–1982); Festival di Sanremo (1968); Film Fanfare (1956); First Ladies (2020); Forty Minutes (1990); Friday After Next (2002); Friday Foster (1975); FRO Thizzle Reviews (2022); Frost on Sunday (1968–1970); Gavin & Stacey (2008); Get Off My Back (1965); Give Us a Clue (1988); Glamour... (1970); Glasgow: Big Night Out (2014); Good Morning America (1977); Good Morning! with Will Rogers, Jr. (1954); Gypsy (1965–1968); Half of a Yellow Sun (2013); Hamlet (2000); Hänt i veckan (1962); Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (2000); Här är ditt liv (1985); Harriet the Spy (1996); Here's Hollywood (1962); Heroes of Comedy (1995); High energy: Le disco survolté des années 80 (2019); Hilda Hurricane (1998); Holes (2003); Hollywood Squares (2003); I Am Divine (2013); I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story (2023); I Heart You Pare (2011); I Know a Woman Like That (2009); I Saw the Light (2015); I Spy (1965); I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998); Ill Gotten Gains (1997); Infrarouge (2019); Inside TV Land (2002); International Cabaret (1968); It's Black Entertainment (2002); Jack's Place (1993); James Dean and Me (1995); Jay-Z: 4:44 (2017); Jazz Divas Gold (2013); Jeopardy! (1996); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1978–1993); Jesse Ventura Shocks the World (2024); Joanne Carson's VIPs (1972); Jools Holland's Happening (1991); Juke Box Jury (1962–1965); Kaskad (1962); Kedi (2016); Kom Kitt i karret - eller: Hvordan man ta'r bad i roser uden at stikke sig (1965); Kronk's New Groove (2005); La nuit des Césars (1983); Ladybirds (1984); Larry King Live (2005); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993); Later... With Jools Holland (2008); Laurel Canyon (2002); Lauren Hutton and... (1996); Le Week-End (2013); Let My People Go! (2011); Letters to Laugh-in (1969); Lie to Me (2009); Lieutenant Schuster's Wife (1972); Life with Linkletter (1970); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989); Living Doll (1990); Living Single (1995); Loose Women (2007); Master of Dragonard Hill (1987); Matrix (1993); Maury (1992–1993); Mein Bruder, der Vampir (2001); Miami Vice (1985); Mike & Maty (1995); Misfits (2010); Miss Match (2003); Missing Links (1964); Mission: Impossible (1967); Mixed Nuts (1994); Molly's Game (2017); MTV 80s - Andrew Ridgeley Presents 50 Christmas Classics! (2024); MTV 80s - Jason Donovan's Especially for Christmas: Top 50! (2024); Mulheres de Abril (2014); Münchner Bilderbogen (1970); Music Now (1972); Musikladen (1973); My Life as a Teenage Robot (2002–2006); My Life as a Teenage Robot: Escape from Cluster Prime (2005); My Name Is Earl (2005); Na sowas! (1987); Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark (2014); NDR Talk Show (1984); New Faces (1954); New York Undercover (1995); Nicholas Brothers Family Home Movies (1940); Noël joyeux (2023); Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life (1965); Oh My Word (1966); Omnibus / Segment: Eartha Kitt (1956); Omnibus / Segment: Salome (1955); On Broadway Tonight (1964); On Stage (1964); Over Easy (1977–1978); Oz (2001); P.D.Q. (1967); P.O.V. (1989); P2 (2007); Parigi è sempre Parigi (1951); Parkinson (1973 / 1978); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); Pentathlon (1986); Person to Person (1954); Philbin's People (1969); Play of the Week (1961); Playhouse 90 (1958); Police Woman (1978); Pose (2018); Preaching to the Choir (2005); Pretty Dudes (2017); Psych (2008); Qué noche la de aquel año (1987); Qwerty (2009); Reading Rainbow (1993); ReMastered: Tricky Dick and the Man in Black (2018); Rites of Winter (1996); Romeo und Julia '70 (1969); Royal Variety Performance 1987 (1987); RuPaul's Christmas Ball (1993); Russell Harty Plus (1972); Saint of Devil's Island (1961); Sally Jessy Raphael (1990); Santa, Baby! (2001); Schaufenster Deutschland (1965); Scott Joplin: King of Ragtime Composers (1977); See It Loud: The History of Black Television (2023); Showtime at the Apollo (1992); Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart (2017); Single Parents (2019); Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998); SMILF (2019); So You Think You Can Dance (2011); Social Security in Action (1965); Something Special (1967); Something's Gotta Give (2003); Sonny Liston: The Mysterious Life and Death of a Champion (1995); Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1994); Speaking Freely (2001); St. Louis Blues (1958); Stars on Sunday (1970–1975); Steely Dan: AJA (1977); Strike It Rich (1953); Stump the Stars (1963–1964); Sunday Story (1962); Suzie Gold (2004); TCM Remembers 2009 (2009); Ted Lasso (2021); Telescope (1963); Tempo (1969); That Regis Philbin Show (1964–1965); That Summer (2017); The 14th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1962); The 2nd Annual Black Achievement Awards (1979); The 2nd Annual TV Land Awards (2004); The 32nd Annual Tony Awards (1978); The 33rd Annual Grammy Awards (1991); The 54th Annual Tony Awards (2000); The Apollo (2019); The Arthur Murray Party (1957); The Barbara McNair Show (1970); The Ben Hecht Show (1959); The Big Breakfast (1995); The Big Record (1958); The Bob Braun Show (1976); The Borrowers (2011); The Celebrity Game (1964–1965); The Charles Grodin Show (1996); The Chastity Belt (1972); The Chris Rock Show (1997); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1954); The Craig Caddell Show (2021); The David Frost Show (1969–1971); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Dick Cavett Show (1969 / 1978); The Eartha Kitt Show (1965); The Eartha Kitt Show: Australia (1962); The Ed Sullivan Show (1952–1963); The Emperor's Got Game (2001); The Emperor's New Groove (2000); The Emperor's New Groove: Behind the Voices (2001); The Emperor's New Groove: Groove Center (2001); The Emperor's New School (2006–2008); The Famous Jett Jackson (1999); The Feast of All Saints (2001); The Footage Detectives (2024); The Frollo Show (2012–2018); The Game Game (1969); The Garden Party (1988); The Geraldo Rivera Show (1990); The Golden Shot (1971); The Good Old Days (1972–1976); The Greatest (1999); The Hippodrome Show (1989); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1966–1968); The Juke Box Jury (1959); The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (1998); The Larry Solway Show (1977); The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross (1987); The Late Show (1988); The Les Crane Show (1965); The Madhouse on Castle Street / BBC Sunday-Night Play (1962); The Magic School Bus (1995); The Main Attraction (1983); The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' (2002); The Many Faces of Catwoman (2005); The Mark of the Hawk (1957); The Marsha Warfield Show (1990); The Merv Griffin Show (1965–1978); The Mike Douglas Show (1964–1979); The Mike Wallace Interview (1960); The Nanny (1996); The Nat King Cole Show (1957); The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers (1962); The O.C. (2003); The Object Is (1964); The Originals (2015); The Other Americans (1969); The Pat Boone Show (1966); The Paul Daniels Magic Show (1989); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Pink Chiquitas (1986); The Protectors (1973); The Proteus Chronicles (1998); The Real Las Vegas (1996); The Red Buttons Show (1953); The Rolf Harris Show (1974); The Roseanne Show (1999); The Rosey Grier Show (1970); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997–2000); The Royal Variety Performance 1962 (1962); The RuPaul Show (1997–1998); The Russell Harty Show (1983); The Serpent Warriors (1987); The Simpsons (2010); The Sopranos (2001); The Steve Allen Show (1968); The Sunday Spectacular: Show Biz from Vaudeville to Video (1955); The Sweatbox (2002); The Synanon Fix (2024); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1978); The Truth About Love (2005); The Tube (1984); The Umbrella Academy (2024); The Unforgettable Nat 'King' Cole (1988); The Voice of Firestone (1958); The Wedding Party (1997); The Whoopi Goldberg Show (1993); The Wild Thornberrys (1998); The Wolf of Wall Street (2013); The Young Generation (1970); Thicke of the Night (1984); To Kill a Cop (1978); To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995); Today (1972); Tom Cottle: Up Close (1982); Tomorrow's World (1989); Tráiler para amantes de lo prohibido (1985); TV's Funniest Music Moments (2008); Uncle Tom's Cabin (1965); Unsung Hollywood (2016); Unzipped (1995); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1957–1965); Vergißmeinnicht (1970); VH-1 Where Are They Now? (1999); Victor Borges Tivoli 150 Ã¥r (1993); Viva Cabaret (1994); Viva Variety (1997); Watchmen (2019); Welcome to New York (2000); Wetten, dass..? (1989); What's My Line? (1954–1961); What's That Noise (1989); Wie die Karnickel (2002); Wogan (1986–1989); Wonder Pets! (2009); WWF Club (1980–1990); X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014); You Are There (1953); Your Show of Shows (1953).

Born on this day – Michèle Philippe:


Michèle Philippe


Actress

January 17, 1926 – September 23, 1972


Credits:

Hot Hours (1959); Man and Child (1956); Paris, Palace Hotel (1956); The swords in the secret service (1956); French Cancan (1955); The Babes Make the Law (1955); The clandestine women (1954); Marriage Episodes (1954); His Father's Portrait (1953); The 400 club blows (1953); A Night in Megève (1953); Beautiful Mentality (1953); The Dream of Zorro (1952); Don Juan's Night of Love (1952) Each in turn (1951); The needle red (1951); Blonde Head (1950); The Naked Woman (1949); Wearing her heart on her sleeve (1948); The Firemen's Ball (1948); The Tragic Dolmen (1948); Crossroads of the crime (1948); The Thief Is Well (1948); Through the Window (1948); The great Maguet (1947); Thirty and Forty (1946); Hoboes in Paradise (1946) Julia (1945); The Black Rider (1945).

Born on this day – Betty White:


Betty White


Actress

Comedian

Animal welfare advocate

January 17, 1922 – December 31, 2021

Credits:

Forky Asks a Question (2019); Trouble (2019); Toy Story 4 (2019); Fireside Chat with Esther (2015–2018); Young & Hungry (2017); Bones (2015–2017); Crowded (2016); SpongeBob SquarePants (2016); Hot in Cleveland (2010–2015); The Soul Man (2014); WWE Raw (2014); Pound Puppies (2010–2013); Mickey Mouse (2013); Save Me (2013); Betty White's Off Their Rockers (2012–2017); Marie (2012); The Client List (2012); The Lorax (2012); Betty White: I'm Still Hot (2011); The Lost Valentine (2011); Prep & Landing Stocking Stuffer: Operation: Secret Santa (2010); Community (2010); You Again (2010); Glenn Martin DDS (2009–2010); The Middle (2010); Part Two: The Warm Mission (2009); The Bold and the Beautiful (2006–2009); 30 Rock (2009); The Proposal (2009); Love N' Dancing (2009); My Name Is Earl (2009); Boston Legal (2005–2008); Ponyo (2008); Ugly Betty (2007); Sea Tales (2007); Higglytown Heroes (2004–2007); The Simpsons (2000–2007); Family Guy (2006); Joey (2005); Complete Savages (2004–2005); The Third Wish (2005); Annie's Point (2005); Father of the Pride (2004); Malcolm in the Middle (2004); My Wife and Kids (2004); Everwood (2003–2004); The Practice (2004); Stealing Christmas (2003); I'm with Her (2003); Gary the Rat (2003); The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (2003); Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt (2003); Bringing Down the House (2003); That '70s Show (2002–2003); King of the Hill (1999–2002); Providence (2002); Yes, Dear (2002); Teacher's Pet (2002); The Ellen Show (2001); The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie (2001); The Retrievers (2001); Ladies Man (1999–2001); The Wild Thornberrys (2000); Tom Sawyer (2000); Whispers: An Elephant's Tale (2000); Ally McBeal (1999); The Story of Us (1999); Lake Placid (1999); Hercules (1999); L.A. Doctors (1998); Noddy: Anything Can Happen at Christmas (1998); The Lionhearts (1998); Holy Man (1998); Dennis the Menace Strikes Again! (1998); Hard Rain (1998); The Story of Santa Claus (1996); Suddenly Susan (1996); A Weekend in the Country (1996); The John Larroquette Show (1996); Maybe This Time (1995–1996); The Naked Truth (1995); Diagnosis Murder (1994); Bob (1993); The Golden Palace (1992–1993); The Golden Girls (1985–1992); Empty Nest (1989–1992); Chance of a Lifetime (1991); Nurses (1991); Carol & Company (1990); The Earth Day Special (1990); One to Grow On (1989); Days of Our Lives (1988); Santa Barbara (1988); Matlock (1987); D.C. Follies (1987); Alf Loves a Mystery (1987); Mama's Family (1983–1986); Who's the Boss? (1985); The Love Boat (1980–1985); St. Elsewhere (1985); Hotel (1984); Fame (1983); Madame's Place (1982); Eunice (1982); Love, Sidney (1982); Best of the West (1981); Stephanie (1981); The Gossip Columnist (1980); Before and After (1979); The Best Place to Be (1979); Snavely (1978); With This Ring (1978); The Betty White Show (1977–1978); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1973–1977); Ellery Queen (1975); Lucas Tanner (1975); The Odd Couple (1972); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1972); Vanished (1971); The Pet Set (1971); Petticoat Junction (1969); That's Life (1968); Another World (1964); Kraft Theatre (1962); Advise & Consent (1962); Date with the Angels (1957–1958); The Millionaire (1956); Life with Elizabeth (1953–1955); Hollywood on Television (1949); Time to Kill (1945).