Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Born on this day – Brenda Marshall:


Brenda Marshall


Actress

September 29, 1915 – July 30, 1992

Credits:

Background to Danger (1943); Blackwell's Island (1939); Breakdowns of 1941 (1941); Breakdowns of 1944 (1945); Captains of the Clouds (1942); East of the River (1940); Espionage Agent (1939); Footsteps in the Dark (1941); Highway West (1941); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); I Love Lucy (1955); Money and the Woman (1940); Paris After Dark (1943); Screen Snapshots, Series 26, No. 9: Famous Hollywood Mothers (1947); Singapore Woman (1941); South of Suez (1940); Strange Impersonation (1946); The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955); The Constant Nymph (1943); The Iroquois Trail (1950); The Lady Eve (1941); The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940); The Sea Hawk (1940); The Sea Hawk: Flynn in Action (2005); The Smiling Ghost (1941); Whispering Smith (1948); Wings Up (1943); You Can't Escape Forever (1942).

Born on this day – Stanley Kramer:


Stanley Kramer


Director

Producer

September 29, 1913 – February 19, 2001

Credits:

Bless the Beasts & Children (1971); Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967 / 1975); Inherit the Wind (1960); It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963); Judgment at Nuremberg (1961); Judgment: The Court Martial of Lieutenant William Calley (1975); Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya - General Yamashita (1974); Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (1974); Not as a Stranger (1955); Oklahoma Crude (1973); On the Beach (1959); R.P.M. (1970); Ship of Fools (1965); The Defiant Ones (1958); The Domino Principle / aka The Domino Killings (1977); The Pride and the Passion (1957); The Runner Stumbles (1979); The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969).

Born on this day – Trevor Howard:


Trevor Howard


Actor

September 29, 1913 – January 7, 1988

Credits:

11 Harrowhouse (1974); A Doll's House (1973); A Matter of Innocence (1967); Aces High (1976); Alle origini della mafia (1976); ...And the Band Played On (1980); Arch of Triumph (1980); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Babel Yemen (1977); Battle of Britain (1969); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1954–1956); Bikini Baby (1951); Brief Encounter (1945); Catch Me a Spy (1971); Cause for Concern (1974); Christmas Eve (1986); Conduct Unbecoming (1975); Craze (1974); Dust (1985); Eagle in a Cage (1965); Eliza Fraser (1976); Father Goose (1964); Flashpoint Africa (1980); Foreign Body (1986); Frontline (1984); Gandhi (1982); George Washington (1984); Glory at Sea (1952); God Rot Tunbridge Wells! (1985); Golden Salamander (1950); Green for Danger (1946); Hand in Glove (1987); Hedda Gabler (1962); Hennessy (1975); Hurricane (1979); I Became a Criminal (1947); I See a Dark Stranger (1946); Inside the Third Reich (1982); Invincible Mr. Disraeli (1963); ITV Play of the Week (1958); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1973); Johnny in the Clouds (1945); Kidnapped (1971); Light Years Away (1981); London Affair (1970); Lovers' Net (1955); Ludwig (1973); Magdalene (1988); Mary, Queen of Scots (1971); Meteor (1979); Moment of Danger (1960); Morituri (1965); Mutiny on the Bounty (1962); No Country for Old Men (1981); Odette (1950); Operation Crossbow (1965); Outcast of the Islands (1951); Persecution (1974); Peter the Great (1986); Pickup Alley (1957); Playhouse 90 (1960); Pope Joan (1972); Producers' Showcase (1954); Run for the Sun (1956); Ryan's Daughter (1970); Scorpion Tales (1978); Screen Two (1986); Shaka Zulu (1986); Shillingbury Tales (1980); Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1980); Slavers (1977); So Well Remembered (1947); Sons and Lovers (1960); Staying On (1980); Stevie (1978); Stowaway Girl (1957); Studio One (1956); Superman (1978); Sword of the Valiant (1984); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976); The Bengal Lancers! (1984); The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968); The Clouded Yellow (1950); The Cockleshell Heroes (1955); The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975); The Dawning (1988); The Deadly Game (1982); The Heart of the Matter (1953); The Key (1958); The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977); The Lion (1962); The Liquidator (1965); The Long Duel (1967); The Love Boat (1984); The Missionary (1982); The Night of the Askari (1976); The Night Visitor (1971); The Offence (1973); The Passionate Friends (1949); The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966); The Roots of Heaven (1958); The Sea Wolves (1980); The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight (1979); The Stranger's Hand (1954); The Third Man (1949); The Unholy (1988); The Way Ahead (1944); The Winston Affair (1964); The World Our Stage (1958); Time for Murder (1985); Triple Cross (1966); Von Ryan's Express (1965); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); White Mischief (1987); Who? (1974); Windwalker (1980).

Born on this day – Michelangelo Antonioni:


Michelangelo Antonioni


Director

September 29, 1912 – July 30, 2007

Credits:

12 Directors for 12 Cities (1989); Beyond the Clouds (1995); Blow-Up (1966); Chung Kuo: China (1972); Eros (2004); Gianna Nannini: Fotoromanza (1984); Identification of a Woman (1982); Il Grido (1957); Kumbha Mela (1989); La Notte (1961); L'Avventura (1960); Le amiche (1955); L'Eclisse (1962); Lies of Love (1949); Love in the City (1953); Michelangelo Eye to Eye (2004); N.U. (1948); Noto, mandorli, Vulcano, Stromboli, carnevale (1992); People of the Po Valley (1947); Red Desert (1964); Return to Lisca Bianca Island (1983); Roma-Montevideo (1948); Seven Reeds, One Suit (1948); Sicilia (1997); Sign of the Gladiator (1959); Story of a Love Affair (1950); Superstitions (1948); The Flower and the Violence (1962); The Funicular of Mount Faloria (1950); The Lady Without Camelias (1953); The Mystery of Oberwald (1980); The Passenger (1975); The Three Faces (1965); The Vanquished (1953); The Villa of Monsters (1950); Zabriskie Point (1970).

Born on this day – Virginia Bruce:


Virginia Bruce


Actress

Singer

September 29, 1910 – February 24, 1982

Credits:

A Dream Comes True (1935); Action in Arabia (1944); Adventure in Washington (1941); AFI Life Achievement Award (1980); Arsène Lupin Returns (1938); Behind the Movie Lens (1938); Between Two Women (1937); Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue (1938); Blue Skies (1929); Born to Dance (1936); Born to Sing (1942); Brazil (1944); Butch Minds the Baby (1942); Careful, Soft Shoulders (1942); Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940); Complicated Women (2003); Dangerous Corner (1934); Downstairs (1932); Escapade (1935); Fashions in Love (1929); Flight Angels (1940); Follow Thru (1930); Fugitives (1929); General Electric Theater (1953); Great Performances (1987–2003); Hard to Get (1929); Hell Divers (1931); Here Comes the Band (1935); Hired Wife (1940); Hollywood Goes to Town (1938); Hollywood Hobbies (1939); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); Illusion (1929); Istanbul (1952); Jane Eyre (1934); Kongo (1932); Land of Liberty (1939); Let 'em Have It (1935); Let Freedom Ring (1939); Let's Go Native (1930); Lilies of the Field (1929); Love, Honor and Goodbye (1945); Lux Video Theatre (1953–1956); Madame Wang's (1981); Matinee Theatre (1956); Metropolitan (1935); Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948); Only the Brave (1930); Paramount on Parade (1930); Pardon My Sarong (1942); Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935); Pointed Heels (1929); Raffles (1930); Safety in Numbers (1930); Science Fiction Theatre (1955); Screen Snapshots, Series 16, No. 1 (1936); Screen Snapshots, Series 18, No. 9 (1939); Shadow of Doubt (1935); Sky Bride (1932); Slightly Scarlet (1930); Society Doctor (1935); Society Lawyer (1939); State Department: File 649 (1949); Strangers When We Meet (1960); Stronger Than Desire (1939); Studio 57 (1956); That's Entertainment! (1974); The Bad Man of Brimstone (1937); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); The First Hundred Years (1937); The Ford Television Theatre (1952–1957); The Garden Murder Case (1936); The Great Ziegfeld (1936); The Invisible Woman (1940 / 1966); The Loretta Young Show (1955); The Love Parade (1929); The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940); The Mighty Barnum (1934); The Miracle Man (1932); The Murder Man (1935); The River of Romance (1929); The Silver Theatre (1950); The Social Lion (1930); There Goes My Heart (1938); There's That Woman Again (1938); Times Square Lady (1935); Two Grooms for a Bride (1955); Undercurrent (1956); When Love Is Young (1937); Whoopee! (1930); Why Bring That Up? (1929); Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937); Winner Take All (1932); Woman Against Woman (1938); Woman Trap (1929); Women of Glamour (1937); Yellow Jack (1938); Young Eagles (1930); Ziegfeld Girl Intro (2004).

Born on this day – Greer Garson:


Greer Garson


Actress

Singer

September 29, 1904 – April 6, 1996

Credits:

Radio:

Brief Encounter (1946); Mrs. Parkington (1946); My Favorite Wife (1945); The African Queen (1952); The Philadelphia Story (1942); Twas the Night Before Christmas (1953).

Movies and television:

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009); 24th Annual Academy Awards (1952); 60 Minutes Of (2023); A Gift of Music (1981); A Report from Miss Greer Garson (1944); A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954); A Star Is Born: Special Features (2010); Adventure (1945); AFI Life Achievement Award (1976–1980); American Masters (1986); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); At This Very Moment (1962); Blossoms in the Dust (1941); Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976); Bogart: The Untold Story (1997); Captain Brassbound's Conversion (1960); Crown Matrimonial (1974); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jimmy Stewart (1978); Desire Me (1947); Entertaining the Troops (1988); Extraordinary Women (2011); Father Knows Best (1957); From the Ends of the Earth (1939); General Electric Theater (1956–1960); Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939); Her Twelve Men (1954); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Hist-o-Rama (1961); Hollywood Talent Scouts (1966); Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940); Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963); Hour Magazine (1986); How He Lied to Her Husband (1937); Inasmuch... (1934); Inside the Marx Brothers (2003); Invincible Mr. Disraeli (1963); James Stewart, Robert Mitchum: The Two Faces of America (2017); Julia Misbehaves (1948); Julius Caesar (1953); Little Women (1978); Madame Curie (1943); Meet the Stars #3: Variety Reel #1 (1941); Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare! (1967); Mrs. Miniver (1942); Mrs. Parkington (1944); My Father Gave Me America (1973); Pepe (1960); Perry Como's Christmas in New Mexico (1979); Personalities (1942); Pride and Prejudice (1940); Pride and Prejudice Revisited (2005); Producers' Showcase (1955); Random Harvest (1942); Remember? (1939); Rockette: A Holiday Tribute to Radio City Music Hall (1978); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968–1970); Scandal at Scourie (1953); Screen Actors (1950); Showbiz Goes to War (1982); Some of the Best (1949); Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949); Sophia Loren (2019); Star Stage (1955); Strange Lady in Town (1955); Sunrise at Campobello (1960); Talking Pictures (1988); Telephone Time (1957); That Forsyte Woman (1949); That's Entertainment! (1974); That's Entertainment! III (1994); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The 12th Annual Tony Awards (1958); The 18th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1961); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The 34th Annual Academy Awards (1962); The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The 69th Annual Academy Awards (1997); The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005); The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (2008); The Art Linkletter Show (1968); The Big Party (1959); The Bob Hope Show (1956); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Ed Sullivan Show (1953); The Happiest Millionaire (1967); The Heart of Variety (1969); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1968); The Law and the Lady (1951); The Linkletter Show (1967–1968); The Little Drummer Boy (1968); The Little Drummer Boy Book II (1976); The Little Foxes (1956); The Love Boat (1982); The Merv Griffin Show (1963–1971); The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1951); The Mike Douglas Show (1980); The Miniver Story (1950); The Miracle of Sound (1940); The Red Skelton Hour (1964–1966); The School for Scandal (1937); The Singing Nun (1966); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1957); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1956); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1972); The Valley of Decision (1945); The Virginian (1970); The Youngest Profession (1943); Theatre Parade (1937); This Is Your Life (1960); This Proud Land (1966); Twenty Years After (1944); Victory in the Pacific (1995); What's My Line? (1953–1958); When Ladies Meet (1941).

Born on this day – George Marion McClellan:


George Marion McClellan


Writer

September 29, 1860 – May 17, 1934

Credits:

Poems:

A Butterfly In Church; A January Dandelion; A September Night; Dogwood Blossoms; The Feet Of Judas; The Hills Of Sewanee.

Books:

Old Greenbottom Inn and Other Stories (1906); Poems and Storiettes (1895); Songs of a Southerner / aka Poems (1896); The Path of Dreams (1916).

Recommended reading:


Poems by George Marion McClellan

By George Marion McClellan
Published by Legare Street Press.
Published 2022.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 1016029799
ISBN-13: 978-1016029797
Poetry anthology.