Sunday, May 3, 2026

Born on this day – Caitlin Clarke:


Caitlin Clarke


Actress

Teacher

May 3, 1952 – September 9, 2004

Credits:

Movies and television:

A Cure for Serpents (1997); Blown Away (1994); CBS Summer Playhouse (1987); Cost of Living (1997); Crocodile Dundee (1986); Dellaventura (1998); Dragonslayer (1981); Gabriel's Fire (1991); Joe the King (1999); Kiss and Tell (1996); Law & Order (1997–2000); Love, Lies and Murder (1991); Matlock (1990); Mayflower Madam (1987); Moonlighting (1987); Never Again (2001); New York Undercover (1995); Northern Exposure (1991); Nurse (1982); Once a Hero (1987); Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989); Sex and the City (2000); The Big Picture (1989); The Cosby Mysteries (1994); The Equalizer (1986); The Kid Brother (1987); The Stepford Husbands (1996).

On stage:

Aristocrats (2002); Arms and the Man (1985); As You Like It (1984); Bal (1980); Griller (1999); Indiscretions (1997); Mrs. Warren's Profession (1996); No End of Blame (1981); Not Quite Jerusalem (1984); Othello (1979); Our Country's Good (1989); Plenty (1981); Quartermaine's Terms (1984); Strange Interlude (1985); Summer (1983); Summer Vacation Madness (1982); Tales from the Vienna Woods (1978); Teaneck Tanzi: The Venus Flytrap (1983); The Gigli Concert (2002); The Glass Menagerie (1997); The Marriage of Figaro (1985); The Queen And The Rebels (1991); The Winter's Tale (1979); Thin Ice (1984); Three Birds Alighting On A Field (1994); Titanic: A New Musical (1998); Total Eclipse (1984); Unexpected Tenderness (1994); Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (2000).

Born on this day – Robert Osborne:


Robert Osborne


Film historian

Television presenter

Writer

Actor

May 3, 1932 – March 6, 2017

Credits:

Host at Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and The Movie Channel.

Columnist for The Hollywood Reporter.

Books:

50 Golden Years of Oscar (1978); 60 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards (1988); 65 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards (1994); 70 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards (1999); 75 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards (2003); 80 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards (2008); 85 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards (2013); Academy Awards Illustrated (1965); Academy Awards Oscar Annual (1971–1976); Best Actor Oscar Winners Since 1927 (1977); Best Actress Oscar Winners (1977); Best Picture Oscar Winners Since 1927 (1977); Hollywood Legends: The Life and Films of Humphrey Bogart and Greta Garbo (1967); In the Picture: Production Stills from the TCM Archives (2004); Leading Couples: The Most Unforgettable Screen Romances of the Studio Era, by Frank Miller / Foreword by Robert Osborne (2008); Leading Ladies: The 50 Most Unforgettable Actresses of the Studio Era, Turner Classic Movies / Foreword by Robert Osborne (2006); Leading Men: The 50 Most Unforgettable Actors of the Studio Era, by Turner Classic Movies / Foreword by Robert Osborne (2006); Picture Show: Classic Movie Posters from the TCM Archives, by Dianna Edwards / Foreword by Robert Osborne (2003); The Essentials: 52 Must-See Movies and Why They Matter, by Jeremy Arnold / Foreword by Robert Osborne (2016); Under the Rainbow: An Intimate Memoir of Judy Garland, Rock Hudson and My Life in Old Hollywood, by John Carlyle / Foreword by Robert Osborne (2006).

Movies and television:

100th Anniversary of Bray Studios (2014); 20/20 (2016); A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not' (2003); A New Dimension in Noir: Filming Inferno in (2017); A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics (2009); A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (2009); AFI Life Achievement Award (1977); Alan Arkin: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (2015); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); American Masters (2000); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Auguste Lumière and Louis Lumière in History of World Cinema: Part I (2021); Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Humphrey Bogart (1997); Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Judy Garland (1996); Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Lana Turner (1996); Before Breakfast (2010); Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock (2004); Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men' (2008); Biography (2001–2002); Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017); Boulevard! A Hollywood Story (2021); Call the Usual Suspects: The Craft of the Character Actor (2006); Captain Blood: A Swashbuckler Is Born (2005); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2016); Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer (2009); Commitment to Life (2023); Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen (2013); Credit Where Credit Is Due (2006); Curtains for Roy Earle: The Story of 'High Sierra' (2003); Dateline NBC (2004); Death Valley Days (1954); Dial M for Murder / 3D: A Brief History (2004); Dial M for Murder / Hitchcock and Dial M (2004); Dinah! (1978); Discovering Treasure: The Story of the Treasure of the Sierra Madre (2003); Dive Bomber: Keep 'Em in the Air (2005); Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night' (2003); Dodge City: Go West, Errol Flynn (2005); Double Indemnity: Introduction by Robert Osborne (2006); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2001); E! True Hollywood Story (2001); Eva Marie Saint: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (2014); Forever Endeavor (2022); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2014); Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'the Wrong Man' (2004); Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (2005); Hitchcock and 'Stage Fright' (2004); Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at 'I Confess' (2004); Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage' (2003); Hollywood Greats (1999); Hollywood Helps the Cause (2006); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's (2009); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's (2009); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History (2008); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008); Hollywood Wives (1985); How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967); I Love Lucy Costume & Makeup Tests (2014); Inside the Academy Awards (1995); Inside 'The Apartment' (2008); Jeopardy! (2019); Kim Novak: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (2013); La fabuleuse histoire des studios hollywoodiens: MGM (2014); La fabuleuse histoire des studios hollywoodiens: Warner Bros (2014); Let Freedom Sing! The Story of 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' (2003); Let It Begin! A Filmmaker's Journey (2010); London After Midnight (2002); Luise Rainer: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (2011); Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her (1994); Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon (2007); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Mr. Hitchcock Meets the Smiths (2004); My Music: Movie Songs (2007); On Your Marx, Get Set, Go! (2004); One Step Beyond (1959); Passion, Prejudice and South Pacific: Creating an American Masterpiece (2009); Personal History: Foreign Hitchcock (2004); Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (2012); Private Screenings (1996–2014); Private Screenings (2019); Psycho (1960); Remarks on Marx (2004); Robert Osborne with Lana Turner Today (1982); Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute (2015); SAG Foundation Conversations (2009); Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor (2018); Sergeant York: Of God and Country (2006); Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996); Spartacus (1960); Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (2006); Strangers on a Train: A Hitchcock Classic (2004); Summer Under the Stars (2003); Tab Hunter Confidential (2015); Tale as Old as Time: The Making of 'Beauty and the Beast' (2002); Tarzan: Silver Screen King of the Jungle (2004); TCM Guest Programmer (2005–2016); TCM Remembers 2017 (2017); TCM Spotlight: Pre-Code Classics (2014); TCM: Twenty Classic Moments (2014); The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards (2017); The Beverly Hillbillies (1962); The Boys (2009); The Californians (1958); The Desilu Story (2003); The Essentials (2006–2012); The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017); The Great Movie Ride (1989); The Hollywood Bowl: Music Under the Stars (2003); The Lady from Shanghai: Introduction by Robert Osborne (2014); The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1959); The Man with Bogart's Face (1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1979); The Morning Program (1987); The Osborne Column (1984); The Oscars (2018); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Projected Image: The Jewish Experience on Film (2014); The Sea Hawk: Flynn in Action (2005); 'They Died with Their Boots On': To Hell or Glory (2005); Thicke of the Night (1984); Twenty Plus Two (1961); Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015); Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' (2003); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); Whirlybirds (1959).

Born on this day – Jeanne Bal:


Jeanne Bal


Actress

May 3, 1928 – April 30, 1996

Credits:

Adventures of the Sea Hawk (1958); Appointment with Adventure (1955); Bachelor Father (1961); Birth of a Timeless Legacy (2004); Bonanza (1963); Checkmate (1961); Company of Killers (1970); Diagnosis: Unknown (1960); For the Love of Spock (2016); Hey, Landlord (1966); I Spy (1968); Insight (1969); Karen (1964); Love and Marriage (1959–1960); Matt Lincoln (1970); McHale's Navy (1965); Mr. Novak (1963–1964); Perry Mason (1961–1965); Riverboat (1961); Route 66 (1961); Sci Fi Visionaries (2004); Shotgun Slade (1961); Sid Caesar Invites You (1958); Star Trek (1966); Tales of Wells Fargo (1962); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Fugitive (1964); The Loretta Young Show (1953–1961); The Sid Caesar Show (1958); Thriller (1961); Wagon Train (1963).

Born on this day – Jane Morgan:


Jane Morgan


Actress

Singer

May 3, 1924 – August 4, 2025

Credits:

Albums:

A Jane Morgan Happening (1968); All the Way (1958); An American Songbird In Paris 9 (2007); At the Cocoanut Grove (2013); Broadway in Stereo (1959); Essential Masters (2013); Fascination - The Ultimate Collection (2009); Fascination (1957); Fresh Flavor (1966); Give My Regards To Broadway (2012); Great Songs from the Great Shows of the Century - Vol.1 (2019); Great Songs from the Great Shows of the Century - Vol.2 (2019); Great Songs From the Great Shows of the Century (1959); Her Golden Years (2020); In Gold (2016); In My Style (1965); In Nashville (1970); In Spain (2001); Jane Morgan (2001); Jane Morgan at The Cocoanut Grove (2006); Jane Morgan at the Cocoanut Grove (Live) (2014); Jane Morgan in Gold Today's Hits... Tomorrow's Golden Favorites (1966); Jane Morgan Serenades "The Victors" (1963); Jane Morgan Sings the Great Golden Hits (1961); Jane Morgan Time (1959); Jane Morgan: The Day the Rains Came (2017); Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1967); Live from Cocoanut Grove (2012); Love Is Like Champagne (2023); Love Makes the World Go Round (1961); Mutual Admiration Society (2008); Sings Popular Favourites (2009); Sings Showstoppers (2008); Smile (2006); Something Old, Something New, Somehing Borrowed, Something Blue (2001); Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue (1958); The American Girl from Paris (1956); The Ballads of Lady Jane (1960); The Ballads of Lady Jane / The Second Time Around (2011); The Big Hits from Broadway (1961); The Day the Rains Came (1958); The Last Time I Saw Paris (1964); The Myth of Jane Morgan (1947); The Second Time Around (1961); Traces of Love (1969); Vintage Gold (2014); What Now My Love (2006); What Now My Love? / Jane Morgan at the Cocoanut Grove (2013).

Songs:

A Girl Named Johnny Cash; A Lover's Concerto; A Wonderful Guy; Adios; Adios You Belong To My Heart Magic Is The Moonlight; All the Way; An Affair to Remember; April In Portugal; Baseball, Baseball; Catch a Falling Star; Fascination; Forever My Love; From the First Hello to the Last Goodbye; If Only I Could Live My Life Again; I'll Be Seeing You; I'm New at the Game; It's Been A Long, Long Time; It's Today; Kiss Away; Love Is Like Champagne; Love Me True; Melodie D'Amour; My Favourite Things; My Foolish Heart; Side by Side; The Day the Rains Came; The Second Time Around; Till; Two Different Worlds; Was It Day, Was It Night?; We Need A Little Christmas; You Belong to My Heart.

Movies and television:

A Love Story (2005); American Bandstand (1957); Call the Midwife (2013); Cavalcade of Stars (1952); Club 60 (1957); Coliseum (1967); Dee Time (1967); Diner (1982); Extra (2015); Fallout (2024); Girl Talk (1966); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hippodrome (1966); International Cabaret (1967); It Takes a Thief (1970); Juke Box Jury (1964); Malamondo (1964); Nancy Drew (2007); Ocean's Thirteen (2007); Ocean's Twelve (2004); On Parade (1964); Operation: Entertainment (1969); Password (1966); Penthouse Party (1951); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1958–1962); Person to Person (1953); Peter Gunn (1961); Petit jour, grande nuit (1947); Songbook Sessions: Jane Morgan (2021); Star of the Family (1951); Startime (1960); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); The 39th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1965); The Bell Telephone Hour (1965–1966); The Big Record (1957–1958); The Blue Angel (1954); The Bob Newhart Show (1961); The Chevy Showroom Starring Andy Williams (1959); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951–1954); The David Frost Show (1969); The Dean Martin Show (1966–1968); The Dick Clark Show (1959); The Ed Sullivan Show (1950–1970); The Faye Emerson Show (1951); The Frankie Howerd Show (1953); The Garry Moore Show (1959); The George Jessel Show (1953); The Hollywood Palace (1964–1968); The Howard Miller Show (1957); The Jack Benny Program (1961); The Jackie Gleason Show (1957–1969); The Jimmy Dean Show (1963–1965); The Joey Bishop Show (1969); The Johnny Cash Show (1971); The Jonathan Winters Show (1956); The Kraft Music Hall (1969); The Laraine Day Show (1951); The Merv Griffin Show (1967–1970); The Mike Douglas Show (1962–1970); The Next Karate Kid (1994); The Patti Page Oldsmobile Show (1959); The Red Skelton Hour (1967); The Timex Show (1959); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1970); The Val Doonican Show (1967); Three Cheers (1953); Timex All-Star Jazz Show (1958); Val Parnell's Spectacular (1959–1960); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1959–1964); What's My Line? (1968).

Born on this day – Lamar Boren:


Lamar Boren

Cinematographer

Writer

May 3, 1917 – January 15, 1986

Born on this day – Norman Corwin:


Norman Corwin

Writer

Producer

Director

Professor

May 3, 1910 – October 18, 2011

Born on this day – Mary Astor:


Mary Astor


Actress

May 3, 1906 – September 25, 1987

Credits:

A Kiss Before Dying (1956); A Stranger in My Arms (1959); A Successful Calamity (1932); A Trip Through the Paramount Studio (1927); Across the Pacific (1942); Act of Violence (1948); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958–1959); All But Forgotten (1978); American Cinema (1995); And So They Were Married (1936); Any Number Can Play (1949); Backstory (2001); Beau Brummel (1924); Behind Office Doors (1931); Ben Casey (1963); Blonde Fever (1944); Breakdowns of 1941 (1941); Brigham Young (1940); Brother of the Bear (1921); Buick-Electra Playhouse (1960); Bullets or Ballots (1921); Burke's Law (1963); Cass Timberlane (1947); Catalogue of Ships (2008); Checkmate (1962); Claudia and David (1946); Climax! (1955–1957); Convention City (1933); Cynthia (1947); Danger (1954); Desert Fury (1947); Dinky (1935); Dodsworth (1936); Don Juan (1926); Don Q Son of Zorro (1925); Dr. Kildare (1962–1963); Dressed to Kill (1928); Dry Martini (1928); Easy to Love (1934); Enticement (1925); Fiesta (1947); Forever After (1926); Front Row Center (1955); Frontier Justice (1959); General Electric Theater (1959); Heart to Heart (1928); High Steppers (1926); Holiday (1930); Hollywood (1923); Hollywood (1980); Hollywood and the Stars (1963); Hollywood My Home Town (1965); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); Hollywood: The Golden Years (1961); Home Stories (1990); Hope (1922); Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964); I Am a Thief (1934); In the Good Old Summertime Intro (2004); Inez from Hollywood (1924); James Dean's Lost Slideshow (2013); Jennie Gerhardt (1933); John Smith (1922); Justice (1955); Kraft Theatre (1951–1954); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1954); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1955–1960); Ladies Love Brutes (1930); Lady from Nowhere (1936); Listen, Darling (1938); Little Women (1949); Lux Video Theatre (1956–1957); Man of Iron (1935); Matinee Theatre (1956); Meet Me in St. Louis (1944); Meet the Stars #3: Variety Reel #1 (1941); Men of Chance (1931); Midnight (1939); My Lady o' the Pines (1921); New Year's Eve (1929); Nihon eiga no hyaku nen / Century of Cinema (1995); No Place to Go (1927); No Time to Marry (1938); Northern Exposure (1994); Oh, Doctor! (1925); Okay for Sound (1946); Other Men's Women (1930); Page Miss Glory (1935); Paradise for Three (1938); Person to Person (1960); Playhouse 90 (1957–1960); Playing with Souls (1925); Playwrights '56 (1956); Ponds Theater (1955); Producers' Showcase (1955); Puritan Passions (1923); Rawhide (1961); Red Dust (1932); Red Hot Tires (1935); Return of the Terror (1934); Return to Peyton Place (1961); Robert Montgomery Presents (1956); Romance of the Underworld (1928); Rose of the Golden West (1927); Sailors' Wives (1928); Scarlet Saint (1925); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Memories (1951); Second Fiddle (1923); Sentimental Tommy (1921); Show of Shows (1929); Smart Woman (1931); Some of the Greatest (1955); Star Stage (1956); Stay Tuned (1992); Straight from the Heart (1935); Studio 57 (1956); Studio One (1954–1958); Success (1923); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The Angelus (1922); The Beggar Maid (1921); The Best of Broadway (1954); The Bright Shawl (1923); The Case of the Howling Dog (1934); The Confession (2018); The Defenders (1963); The Devil's Hairpin (1957); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Ed Sullivan Show (1956); The Elgin Hour (1955); The Fighting American (1924); The Fighting Coward (1924); The Great Lie (1941); The Hollywood Gad-About (1934); The Hurricane (1937); The Kennel Murder Case (1933); The Lash (1930); The Little Giant (1933); The Lost Squadron (1932); The Maltese Falcon (1941); The Man Who Played God (1922); The Man with Two Faces (1934); The Marriage Maker (1923); The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1935); The Pace That Thrills (1925); The Palm Beach Story (1942); The Philadelphia Story (1959); The Power and the Prize (1956); The Price of a Party (1924); The Prisoner of Zenda (1937); The Rapids (1922); The Rough Riders (1927); The Royal Bed (1931); The Rules of Film Noir (2009); The Runaway Bride (1930); The Sea Tiger (1927); The Sin Ship (1931); The Sunset Derby (1927); The Twentieth Century (1959); The Wise Guy (1926); The Woman from Hell (1929); The World Changes (1933); The Young Painter (1922); There's Always a Woman (1938); This Happy Feeling (1958); Those We Love (1932); Thousands Cheer (1943); Thriller (1960); 3-Ring Marriage (1928); To the Ladies (1923); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1974); Trapped by Television (1936); Turnabout (1940); Two Arabian Knights (1927); U.S. Marshal (1958–1960); Unguarded Women (1924); Upperworld (1934); WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1926 (1926); White Shoulders (1931); Wings of the Border (1921); Woman Against Woman (1938); Woman-Proof (1923); Yesterday and Today (1953); Young Ideas (1943); Youngblood Hawke (1964); Zane Grey Theatre (1957).