Born on this day – Pilar Del Rey:

Pilar Del Rey

Actress

May 26, 1929 – February 23, 2025

Credits:

26 Men (1959); A Lady Without Passport (1950); Anatomy of a Seduction (1979); And Now Miguel (1966); Baby Sister (1983); Barnaby Jones (1980); Black Horse Canyon (1954); Border River (1954); Checkmate (1961); Daniel Boone (1968); Dragnet 1967 (1968–1969); Family Affair (1969); Fireside Theatre (1951–1955); Flight to Tangier (1953); Fun and Games (1980); Giant (1956); Hart to Hart (1984); Have Gun - Will Travel (1959); Hopalong Cassidy (1953); How the West Was Won (1979); Illegal Entry (1949); Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949); Jubilee Trail (1954); Mannix (1975); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1973–1975); Mark of the Renegade (1951); Masquerade (1984); Midnight Madness (1980); My Three Sons (1969); Police Story (1974); Schlitz Playhouse (1954–1956); Sea Hunt (1961); Shotgun Slade (1961); Simon & Simon (1983); Sombrero (1953); Stewardess School (1986); Stories of the Century (1955); The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951–1953); The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1961); The Files of Jeffrey Jones (1952); The Flame Barrier (1958); The Forbidden Dance (1990); The High Chaparral (1970); The Kid from Texas (1950); The Miracle (1959); The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952); The Naked Jungle (1954); The Name of the Game (1969); The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1980); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Sea Chase (1955); The Siege at Red River (1954); The Smith Family (1971); The Wild Wild West (1969); To Rome with Love (1970); Travis McGee (1983); Tropic Zone (1953); Zandy's Bride (1974).

Born on this day – John Dall:

John Dall

Actor

May 26, 1920 – January 15, 1971

Credits:

American Cinema (1995); Another Part of the Forest (1948); Atlantis: The Lost Continent (1961); Broadway Television Theatre (1952–1953); Century of Cinema (1995); Compression (2023); Crawford Mystery Theatre (1951); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); General Electric Theater (1958); Great Performances (1987); Gun Crazy (1950); Hitchcock: Sin cortes (2021); La voleuse (1987); Lights Out (1951); My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); On Stage! (1949); Perry Mason (1962–1965); Rope (1948); Rope Unleashed (2001); Rope's End (2022); Schlitz Playhouse (1959); Something in the Wind (1947); Spartacus (1960); Studio One (1952); Suspense (1952–1954); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1949); The Clock (1951); The Corn Is Green (1945); The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950); The Rules of Film Noir (2009); The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997); The Web (1953).

Born on this day – Jill Dennett:

Jill Dennett

Actress

May 26, 1913 – March 14, 1969

Credits:

The Cowboy and the Blonde (1941); Street of Memories (1940); Manhattan Heartbeat (1940); Star Dust (1940); Broadway Serenade (1939); Dramatic School (1938); The Devil Is a Woman (1935); One More Spring (1935); The Merry Widow (1934); Treasure Island (1934); Straight Is the Way (1934); Shoot the Works (1934); Men in White (1934); Good Dame (1934); Wharf Angel (1934); Heat Lightning (1934); Radio Dough (1934); All of Me (1934); Sing Sinner Sing (1933); Picture Snatcher (1933); The Tenderfoot (1932); Two Seconds (1932); Union Depot (1932); How Comedies Are Born (1931); Bless the Ladies (1931); Under a Texas Moon (1930); Hotter Than Hot (1929).

Born on this day – Papa Charlie McCoy:

Papa Charlie McCoy

Blues musician

Songwriter

May 26, 1909 – July 26, 1950

Credits:

Music:

Always In Love With You; Blue Heaven Blues; Charlie McCoy – Complete Recorded Works (1928-1932); Glad Hand Blues; Ha-Ha Blues; Hidin’ On Me; I’ve Been Blue Ever Since You Went Away; It Ain’t No Good – Part I; It Ain’t No Good – Part II; It Is So Good – Part 1; It Is So Good – Part 2; It’s Hot Like That; Last Time Blues; Mississippi I’m Longing For You; Staggering Blues; Sunset Waltz; Sweet Alberta; That Lonesome Train Took My Baby Away; The Northern Starvers Are Returning Home; Times Ain’t What They Used To Be; Too Long; Vicksburg Stomp; You Gonna Need Me; Your Valves Need Grinding.

Born on this day – John Wayne:

John Wayne

Actor

May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979

Credits:

The Shootist (1976); Rooster Cogburn (1975); Brannigan (1975); Maude (1972); McQ (1974); Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968–1973); The Train Robbers (1973); Cancel My Reservation (1972); The Cowboys (1972); Big Jake (1971); Rio Lobo (1970); Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970); Chisum (1970); The Undefeated (1969); True Grit (1969); Hellfighters (1968); The Green Berets (1968); The War Wagon (1967); The Beverly Hillbillies (1962); El Dorado (1966); The Lucy Show (1966); Cast a Giant Shadow (1966); The Sons of Katie Elder (1965); In Harm's Way (1965); The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965); Circus World (1964); McLintock! (1963); Donovan's Reef (1963); How the West Was Won (1962); Alcoa Premiere (1961); The Longest Day (1962); Hatari! (1962); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); The Comancheros (1961); Wagon Train (1957); The Jack Benny Program (1950); North to Alaska (1960); The Alamo (1960); The Horse Soldiers (1959); Rio Bravo (1959); The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958); I Married a Woman (1958); Legend of the Lost (1957); Jet Pilot (1957); The Wings of Eagles (1957); The Searchers (1956); The Conqueror (1956); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); I Love Lucy (1955); Blood Alley (1955); Casablanca (1955); Gunsmoke (1955); The Sea Chase (1955); The High and the Mighty (1954); Hondo (1953); Island in the Sky (1953); Trouble Along the Way (1953); Big Jim McLain (1952); The Quiet Man (1952); Flying Leathernecks (1951); Operation Pacific (1951); Rio Grande (1950); Sands of Iwo Jima (1949); The Fighting Kentuckian (1949); She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949); Wake of the Red Witch (1948); 3 Godfathers (1948); Red River (1948); Fort Apache (1948); Tycoon (1947); Angel and the Badman (1947); Without Reservations (1946); They Were Expendable (1945); Dakota (1945); Back to Bataan (1945); Flame of Barbary Coast (1945); Tall in the Saddle (1944); The Fighting Seabees (1944); In Old Oklahoma (1943); A Lady Takes a Chance (1943); Reunion in France (1942); Pittsburgh (1942); Flying Tigers (1942); In Old California (1942); The Spoilers (1942); Reap the Wild Wind (1942); Lady for a Night (1942); The Shepherd of the Hills (1941); Lady from Louisiana (1941); A Man Betrayed (1941); Seven Sinners (1940); The Long Voyage Home (1940); Three Faces West (1940); Dark Command (1940); Allegheny Uprising (1939); New Frontier (1939); Wyoming Outlaw (1939); Three Texas Steers (1939); The Night Riders (1939); Stagecoach (1939); Red River Range (1938); Santa Fe Stampede (1938); Overland Stage Raiders (1938); Pals of the Saddle (1938); Born to the West (1937); Adventure's End (1937); Idol of the Crowds (1937); I Cover the War! (1937); California Straight Ahead! (1937); Conflict (1936); The Sea Spoilers (1936); Winds of the Wasteland (1936); The Lonely Trail (1936); King of the Pecos (1936); The Lawless Nineties (1936); The Oregon Trail (1936); Lawless Range (1935); The New Frontier (1935); Westward Ho (1935); Paradise Canyon (1935); The Dawn Rider (1935); The Desert Trail (1935); Rainbow Valley (1935); Texas Terror (1935); 'Neath the Arizona Skies (1934); The Lawless Frontier (1934); The Trail Beyond (1934); The Star Packer (1934); Randy Rides Alone (1934); The Man from Utah (1934); Blue Steel (1934); West of the Divide (1934); The Lucky Texan (1934); Sagebrush Trail (1933); College Coach (1933); Riders of Destiny (1933); The Man from Monterey (1933); Baby Face (1933); His Private Secretary (1933); The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933); Somewhere in Sonora (1933); Central Airport (1933); The Three Musketeers (1933); The Telegraph Trail (1933); Haunted Gold (1932); That's My Boy (1932); The Big Stampede (1932); Ride Him, Cowboy (1932); The Hurricane Express (1932); Lady and Gent (1932); Two-Fisted Law (1932); Texas Cyclone (1932); The Shadow of the Eagle (1932); Running Hollywood (1932); The Voice of Hollywood No. 13 (1932); Maker of Men (1931); The Deceiver (1931); The Range Feud (1931); Arizona (1931); Three Girls Lost (1931); Girls Demand Excitement (1931); The Big Trail (1930); Cheer Up and Smile (1930); Rough Romance (1930); Born Reckless (1930); Men Without Women (1930); The Forward Pass (1929); Salute (1929); Words and Music (1929); The Black Watch (1929); Speakeasy (1929); Noah's Ark (1928); Hangman's House (1928); A Home-Made Man (1928); Four Sons (1928); Seeing Stars (1927); The Drop Kick (1927); Mother Machree (1927); Annie Laurie (1927); The Draw-Back (1927); The Great K & A Train Robbery (1926); Bardelys the Magnificent (1926); Brown of Harvard (1926).

Born on this day – Lesley Selander:

Lesley Selander

Director

May 26, 1900 – December 5, 1979

Born on this day – Dorothea Lange:

Dorothea Lange

Photographer

May 26, 1895 – October 11, 1965

Credits:

Books:

A Sky; An American Exodus: A Record of Human Erosion; Aperture Masters of Photography Series; Dorothea Lange Looks at the American Country Woman: A Photographic Essay; Dorothea Lange. Ediz. Inglese; Dorothea Lange: 500 FSA Photographs; Dorothea Lange: Life Through the Camera; Dorothea Lange: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum; Dorothea Lange: The Heart and Mind of a Photographer; Dorothea Lange's Ireland; Impounded: Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese American Internment; Photographing the Second Gold Rush: Dorothea Lange and the East Bay at War, 1941-1945; Photographs of a Lifetime; Photographs of Dorothea Lange; The Making of a Documentary Photographer; The Thunderbird Remembered: Maynard Dixon, the Man and the Artist; To a Cabin.

Television:

American Masters (2014); Dust to Eat (2021); Fearful Symmetry (1998); Maynard Dixon: Art and Spirit (2007).