Annie Dillard, on reading:

Why are we reading, if not in hope of beauty laid bare, life heightened and its deepest mystery probed?

Can the writer isolate and vivify all in experience that most deeply engages our intellects and our hearts?

Can the writer renew our hope for literary forms?

Why are we reading if not in hope that the writer will magnify and dramatize our days,

will illuminate and inspire us with wisdom, courage, and the possibility of meaningfulness,

and will press upon our minds the deepest mysteries,

so that we may feel again their majesty and power?

– from The Writing Life, by Annie Dillard.

Recommended reading - Speedbumps: Flooring it Through Hollywood, by Teri Garr, with Henriette Mantel (2005)

Speedbumps: Flooring it Through Hollywood

by Teri Garr, with Henriette Mantel.
 
Published 2005.
Published by Hudson Street Press.
Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 1594630070
ISBN-13: 978-1594630071
 
Description:
 

In her laugh-out-loud funny and inspiring autobiography, Teri Garr, one of Hollywood’s best-loved comediennes, muses about movies, men, motherhood, and MS.

 

From the directors she’s worked with and admired to the men she’s loved; from sipping cokes with Elvis Presley on Good Friday to hangin’ with the Beatles; from her secrets to succeeding in Hollywood without losing her sanity, to dealing with the fear, anxiety, and denial of being plagues by mysterious physical problems that eluded diagnosis for over twenty years – the insights in Speedbumps, while always couched in Garr’s trademark humor, are honest, heartfelt, and often profound.

 

Since she was eight years old, little Terry Ann Garr was a natural performer, staging elaborate productions for the neighborhood in her family’s garage, captivating her teachers, and easing the tensions between her alcoholic, gambling vaudevillian father and her hard-working Rockette mother with her natural charm and wit. By the age of thirteen – two years after her father’s premature death catalyzed her to “get serious” about becoming a dancer – she was touring with a San Franscisco ballet company; at seventeen, she was swiveling her hips alongside Elvis and Ann-Margret in Viva Las Vegas.

 

By the time she was thirty, Teri had become known as one of Hollywood's best-loved comic actresses, starring in such classic films as Young Frankenstein; Oh, God!; Close Encounters of the Third Kind; and Mr. Mom; and receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance alongside Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie.

 

In October 2002, Teri announced on national television that she had multiple sclerosis, making headlines across the country. Since then, she has become a leading advocate in raising awareness for MS and the latest treatments for the disease, traveling around the United States speaking to corporations, physicians, and patients about her experience.

 

Now, in a book that is at once Hollywood hilarious and personally moving, Teri writes about her life – speedbumps and all – with the same characteristic wit and warmth that have won the hearts of fans and Hollywood for more than three decades.

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NEVER GIVE UP!

Born on this day – Ethel Borden:

Ethel Borden

Writer

Actress

December 11, 1897 – July 4, 1953

Credits:

They Wanted to Marry (1937); I Live My Life (1935); After Office Hours (1935).

Born on this day – Sally Eilers:

Sally Eilers

Actress

December 11, 1908 – January 5, 1978

Credits:

Stage to Tucson (1950); Coroner Creek (1948); Strange Illusion (1945); A Wave, a WAC and a Marine (1944); First Aid (1943); I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island (1941); Full Confession (1939); They Made Her a Spy (1939); Tarnished Angel (1938); Nurse from Brooklyn (1938); Condemned Women (1938); Everybody's Doing It (1938); Lady Behave! (1937); Danger Patrol (1937); We Have Our Moments (1937); Talk of the Devil (1936); Without Orders (1936); Florida Special (1936); Don't Get Personal (1936); Strike Me Pink (1936); Remember Last Night? (1935); Pursuit (1935); Alias Mary Dow (1935); Carnival (1935); I Spy (1934); She Made Her Bed (1934); Three on a Honeymoon (1934); Walls of Gold (1933); Hold Me Tight (1933); Made on Broadway (1933); Central Airport (1933); Sailor's Luck (1933); State Fair (1933); Second Hand Wife (1933); Hat Check Girl (1932); Disorderly Conduct (1932); Dance Team (1932); Over the Hill (1931); Bad Girl (1931); A Holy Terror (1931); The Black Camel (1931); Quick Millions (1931); Clearing the Range (1931); Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931); Reducing (1931); Doughboys (1930); Let Us Be Gay (1930); Trigger Tricks (1930); Roaring Ranch (1930); She Couldn't Say No (1930); Show of Shows (1929); The Long, Long Trail (1929); Sailor's Holiday (1929); Broadway Babies (1929); Matchmaking Mamma (1929); Trial Marriage (1929); Weary River (1929); The Campus Vamp (1928); Dry Martini (1928); The Campus Carmen (1928); The Good-Bye Kiss (1928); Fazil (1928); Broadway Daddies (1928); The Crowd (1928); Sunrise (1927); Slightly Used (1927); Paid to Love (1927); The Cradle Snatchers (1927); The Red Mill (1927).

Born on this day – Val Guest:

Val Guest

Director

Writer

December 11, 1911 – May 10, 2006

Born on this day – Gisèle Préville:

Gisèle Préville

Actress

December 11, 1918 – November 26, 2006

Born on this day – Marie Windsor:

Marie Windsor

Actress

December 11, 1919 – December 10, 2000

Credits:

100 Years of John Wayne (2007); 77 Sunset Strip (1960); Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955); Adam-12 (1971–1973); Alias Mike Hercules (1956); Alias Smith and Jones (1972); All-American Co-Ed (1941); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); American Cinema (1995); Barnaby Jones (1973); Bat Masterson (1958); Batman (1966); Bedtime Story (1964); Bonanza (1965); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Bracken's World (1969–1970); Branded (1965); Bronco (1961); Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973); Call Out the Marines (1942); Cat-Women of the Moon (1953); Chamber of Horrors (1966); Charlie's Angels (1978–1979); Chatterbox (1943); Cheyenne (1957); Cinderella Swings It (1943); City Detective (1954); City That Never Sleeps (1953); Climax! (1956); Commando Squad (1987); Compression (2023); Critic's Choice (1963); Dakota Lil (1950); Day of the Badman (1958); Destry (1964); Double Deal (1950); Erskine Johnson's Hollywood Reel (1949–1952); Eyes in the Night (1942); Fantasy Island (1979); Flying with Music (1942); Follow the Leader (1944); Force of Evil (1948); Four Jacks and a Jill (1942); Freaky Friday (1976); Frenchie (1950); General Electric Summer Originals (1956); General Hospital (1963); George Washington Slept Here (1942); Grand Jury (1960); Gunsmoke (1971); Gypsy (1967); Hawaii Five-O (1971); Hawaiian Eye (1961–1962); Hearts of the West (1975); Hec Ramsey (1972); Hellfire (1949); Hell's Half Acre (1954); Here's Hollywood (1961); Horrible Horror (1986); Hurricane Island (1951); I Love My Husband, But! (1946); I Love My Wife But! (1947); Inca Gold (1943); Inside Beverly Hills (1956); Insight (1960); Island Women (1958); It's a Great Life (1954); J.O.E. and the Colonel (1985); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1957); Japanese War Bride (1952); Joan of Paris (1942); Key Witness (1959); Lassie (1960); Lawman (1962); Let's Face It (1943); Little Big Horn (1951); Living in a Big Way (1947); Lou Grant (1979–1980); Lovely But Deadly (1981); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Mail Order Bride (1964); Manhunter (1974); Mannix (1968–1974); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1976); Markham (1959); Matinee Theatre (1958); Maverick (1957–1962); MGM Parade (1956); Murder, She Wrote (1987–1991); New Comedy Showcase (1960); No Man's Woman (1955); On an Island with You (1948); One More Train to Rob (1971); Outlaw Women (1952); Outpost in Morocco (1949); Parachute Nurse (1942); Paradise Alley (1962); Perry Mason (1958–1964); Pilot #5 (1943); Playmates (1941); Police Story (1974); Project U.F.O. (1978); Public Defender (1954); Pursuit (1959); Rawhide (1959–1964); Reagan (2011); Salem's Lot (1979); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1984); Scared Stiff (1971); Schlitz Playhouse (1959); cience Fiction Theatre (1955); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); Shotgun Slade (1959); Simon & Simon (1983–1987); Smart Alecks (1942); So This Is Love (1953); Song of the Thin Man (1947); Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001); Star's Table (1986); Stories of the Century (1954); Stranded (1976); Strange Stories (1956); Stump the Stars (1954); Summer Playhouse (1964); Supercarrier (1988); Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971); Swamp Women (1956); Tales from the Darkside (1986); Tales of Wells Fargo (1959); Target (1958); The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (2001); The Adventures of McGraw (1957); The Alaskans (1959); The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949); The Best of the Post (1961); The Big Street (1942); The Bounty Hunter (1954); The Californians (1957); The Charles Farrell Show (1956); The Day Mars Invaded Earth (1962); The Deputy (1959); The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater (1955); The Eddie Cantor Story (1953); The F.B.I. (1968); The Fighting Kentuckian (1949); The Ford Television Theatre (1954–1957); The Girl in Black Stockings (1957); The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969); The Hucksters (1947); The Incredible Hulk (1980); The Iron Major (1943); The Jungle (1952); The Killing (1956); The Lady or the Tiger? (1942); The Legend of Jesse James (1965); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1961); The Lineup (1959); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962); The Magical World of Disney (1982); The Manhunter (1974); The Narrow Margin (1952); The New Adam-12 (1990); The Outfit (1973); The Outsider (1968); The Parson and the Outlaw (1957); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Perfect Woman (1981); The Pirate (1948); The Rebel (1960); The Red Rowe Show (1960); The Red Skelton Hour (1956–1962); The Republic Pictures Story (1991); The Rogues (1964); The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947); The Showdown (1950); The Silver Star (1955); The Sniper (1952); The Story of Mankind (1957); The Tall Texan (1953); The Three Musketeers (1948); The Unexpected (1952); The Unfinished Dance (1947); The Unholy Wife (1957); The Whistler (1954); Three Hearts for Julia (1943); Trouble Along the Way (1953); Two Dollar Bettor (1951); Two-Gun Lady (1955); Unexpected Uncle (1941); Waterfront (1954); Weekend for Three (1941); Whispering Smith (1961); Wild Women (1970); Yancy Derringer (1958).

Born on this day – Maila Nurmi:

Maila Nurmi

Actress

Writer

December 11, 1922 – January 10, 2008

Portrayed the character Vampira

Born on this day – Toni Vaz:

Toni Vaz

Actress

Stuntwoman

December 11, 1922 – October 4, 2024

Credits:

Founder of the NAACP Image Awards.

Movies and television:

Anna Lucasta (1958); Lady Sings the Blues (1972); Mission: Impossible (1971); Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959); The Singing Nun (1966); The Towering Inferno (1974).

 

Born on this day – Betsy Blair:

Betsy Blair

Actress

December 11, 1923 – March 13, 2009

Born on this day – Chus Lampreave:

Chus Lampreave

Actress

December 11, 1930 – April 4, 2016

Born on this day – Jean-Louis Trintignant:

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Actor

December 11, 1930 – June 17, 2022

Born on this day – Nancy Holloway:

 

Nancy Holloway

Singer

Actress

December 11, 1932 – August 28, 2019

Born on this day – Jim Harrison:

Jim Harrison

Writer

December 11, 1937 – March 26, 2016

Credits:

A Good Day to Die (1973); A Really Big Lunch (2017); After Ikkyu and Other Poems (1996); Braided Creek (2003); Brown Dog (2013); Conversations with Jim Harrison (2002); Dalva (1988); Darkness Sticks to Everything: Collected and New Poems (2013); Dead Man's Float (2015); Farmer (1976); Great Leader (2011); In Search of Small Gods (2009); Jim Harrison: Collected Ghazals (2020); Jim Harrison: The Essential Poems (2019); Julip (1994); Just Before Dark (1993); Legends of the Fall (1979); Letters to Yesenin (1973); Locations (1968); New Poems from the Third Coast: Contemporary Michigan Poetry (2000); Off to the Side (2002); Outlyer and Ghazals (1971); Plain Song (1965); Returning to Earth (2007); Saving Daylight (2006); Selected & New Poems, 1961-1981 (1982); Songs of Unreason (2011); Sundog (1984); The Ancient Minstrel (2016); The Beast God Forgot to Invent (2000); The Big Seven (2015); The Boy Who Ran to the Woods (2000); The English Major (2008); The Etiquette of Freedom (2010); The Farmer's Daughter (2009); The Raw and the Cooked (2001); The River Swimmer (2013); The Road Home (1998); The Search for the Genuine: Nonfiction, 1970-2015 (2022); The Shape of the Journey (1998); The Summer He Didn't Die (2005); The Theory and Practice of Rivers and New Poems (1990); The Woman Lit by Fireflies (1990); True North (2004); Warlock (1982); Wild Stories (2002); Wolf (1971).

Movies and television:

A Day Like Any Other (1987); All That Is Sacred (2023); Amérique, notre histoire (2006); Café Picouly (2010); Carried Away (1996); Cold Feet (1989); Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen (2013); Dalva (1996); Droit d'auteurs (2000); Jim Harrison entre chien et loup (1993); La grande librairie (2009–2015); Le cercle de minuit (1993–1995); Légendes d'automne (2018); Legends of the Fall (1994); Nulle part ailleurs (2000); Revenge (1990); Seule la terre est éternelle (2019); The Practice of the Wild (2010); Vol de nuit (2003); Wolf (1994).

Born on this day – Teri Garr:

Teri Garr

Actress

Dancer

Comedian

December 11, 1944 – October 29, 2024

Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 1983.

 

Teri Garr in Star Trek (1968)
 

Richard Dreyfuss (left) and Teri Garr (right) in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
 

Gene Wilder (left) and Teri Garr (right) in Young Frankenstein (1974)
 

Credits:
 
Book:
 
Speedbumps: Flooring it Through Hollywood (2005).
 
Movies and television:
 

1988 MTV Video Music Awards (1988); 50 Years of Funny Females (1995); A Better Man: The Making of Tootsie (2008); A Colder Kind of Death (2001); A Comic's Climb at the USCAF (2005); A Festival at Ford's (1991); A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder (1990); A Simple Wish (1997); A Swingin' Affair (1963); A Taste of Jupiter (2005); Adventures in Wonderland (1993); AFI Life Achievement Award (1986–2013); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (2000); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends (1999); After Hours (1985); Aliens for Breakfast (1995); Aloha, Scooby-Doo! (2005); American Cinema (1995); An American Saturday Night (1991); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Ask Rita (2003); Banyon (1972); Barnaby Jones (1974); Barney's First Adventures (1998); Batman (1966); Batman Beyond (1999–2000); Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000); Batman Beyond: The Movie (1999); Biography (1998–2002); Bitte umblättern (1984); Black Dahlia / Video Game (1998); Casper Meets Wendy (1998); Celebrity First Loves (1995); Changes (1969); Changing Habits (1997); Cher (1975); Chicken Soup for the Soul (1999–2000); Cinemax Comedy Experiment (1985 / 1988); Clambake (1967); Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977); Crumbs (2006); David Letterman's 2nd Annual Holiday Film Festival (1986); Deja View (1986); Deliver Them from Evil: The Taking of Alta View (1992); Des O'Connor Tonight (1992); Dick (1999); Do It Debbie's Way (1983); Doctor Franken (1980); Double Jeopardy (1996); Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (1999); Dr. Kildare (1965); Dream On (1992); Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1994); Dumb and Dumber (1994); E! True Hollywood Story (2003); Elvis Forever (2002); Entertainment Tonight (2007); ER (1999); Expired (2007); Faerie Tale Theatre (1982 / 1985); Felicity (2001); Firstborn (1984); For Pete's Sake! (1966); Frasier (1995); Fresno (1986); Friday Night (1992); Friends (1997–1998); Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert (1993); Full Moon in Blue Water (1988); Fun in Acapulco (1963); Futures (1991); Gene Wilder: Loved, Remembered (2017); Ghost World (2001); God Out the Window (2007); Good & Evil (1991); Good Advice (1994); Great Drives (1996); Greetings from Tucson (2003); GSN Live (2009); Half a Dozen Babies (1999); Head (1968); Hey, Hey We're the Monkees (1997); Hollywood Squares (2001–2002); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Homage to Steve (1984); Honky Tonk Freeway (1981); Hour Magazine (1984–1986); How to Marry a Billionaire (2011); Hunter (1977); Imagine (2018); Inside the Coppola Personality (1981); Insight (1966); Intimate Portrait (2000); Intimate Strangers (1986); It Takes a Thief (1969); I've Got a Secret (2000); Jackie Gleason: The Great One (1988); Java Junkie (1979); Jeopardy! (1993–1998); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2006); John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965); Kabluey (2007); Kill the Man (1999); King of the Hill (2000); Kissin' Cousins (1964); La tele de tu vida (2007); Larry King Live (2005); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1995–1996); Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1993); Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2008); Laugh? I Thought I'd Die! (1999); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2005); Law and Order (1976); Legends (2008); Let It Ride (1989); Life with Bonnie (2003); Life Without Dick (2002); Lifetime Presents: Disney's American Teachers Awards (2001); Love, Gilda (2018); M*A*S*H (1973 / 1978); Mad TV (2002); Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio (1987); Mary & Tim (1997); Maryjane (1968); Maude (1975); Mayberry R.F.D. (1968); McCloud (1970–1975); Memories Then and Now (1988); Men Behaving Badly (1996); Michael (1996); Miracles (1986); Mom and Dad Save the World (1992); Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (1990); Movin' with Nancy (1967); Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979); Mr. Mom (1983); Mr. Novak (1964); Murder Live! (1997); Murphy Brown (1993); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); NightScream (1997); Oh, God! (1977); Once Upon a Brothers Grimm (1977); Once Upon a Brothers Grimm / Segment: The Frog Prince (1977); One from the Heart (1981); One on One with John Tesh (1991); Out Cold (1989); Pack of Lies (1987); Pajama Party (1964); Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim (1987); Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers (1974); Perfect Alibi (1995); Prime Suspect (1982); Radio City Music Hall: The Story Behind the Showplace (1999); Ray Parker Jr.: Ghostbusters (1984); Ready to Wear (1994); Red Line 7000 (1965); Remembering Gene Wilder (2023); Rendez-Vous Video Magazine / Segment: Coppola (1981); Role Model: Gene Wilder (2008); Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary (1977); Room 222 (1969); Roustabout (1964); Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1997); Safeguard: Beige Deodorant and Antibacterial Soap Commercial (1972); Saturday Night Live (1979 / 1985); Save the Rabbits (1994); Screen Goddesses (2006); Searching for Debra Winger (2002); Sesame Street (1987); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); Shindig! (1964–1965); Shining Time Station: One of the Family (1995); Shivaree (1965); Short Time (1990); Showbiz Today (1992); Sin City Spectacular (1998–1999); Spielberg (2017); Star Trek (1968); Steve Martin: A Comic Life (1999); Stranger in the Family (1991); Strong Medicine (2001); Studio 10 (2017); Summertree (1971); Tales from the Crypt (1991); Teri Garr in Flapjack Floozie (1988); That Girl (1967–1968); The 13th Annual CableACE Awards (1992); The 15th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2000); The 41st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1984); The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1993); The 51st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1994); The 55th Annual Academy Awards (1983); The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986); The 6th Annual Independent Spirit Awards (1991); The 7th Annual American Comedy Awards (1993); The Absent-Minded Waiter (1977); The Alan Hamel Show (1978); The Andy Griffith Show (1968); The Arsenio Hall Show (1991); The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic (1991); The Best TV Shows That Never Were (2004); The Black Stallion (1979); The Black Stallion Returns (1983); The Bob Newhart Show (1973–1974); The Bonnie Hunt Show (2008); The Booth / Segment: Death at Dinner (1985); The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour (1973); The Carson Podcast (2018); The Celebrity Guide to Entertaining (1993); The Conversation (1974); The Cool Ones (1967); The Definite Maybe (1997); The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part II: 1962-1969 (2002); The Dennis Miller Show (1992); The Downer Channel (2001); The Dream Studio (2004); The Escape Artist (1982); The Factor (2014); The Full Wax (1992); The General Motors Playwrights Theater (1993); The Girl with Something Extra (1973–1974); The Greatest Show You Never Saw (1996); The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk (1967); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1975); The Ken Berry 'Wow' Show (1972); The Larry Sanders Show (1993); The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross (1987); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005); The Legend of Prince Valiant (1993); The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (1977 / 2001); The Martin Short Show (2000); The Merv Griffin Show (1975–1984); The Mike Douglas Show (1978); The Moonshine War (1970); The Mothers-In-Law (1969); The Movie Awards (1991); The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1973); The New Show (1984); The Odd Couple (1974); The Player (1992); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996); The Sky Is Falling (1999); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1971–1977); The Sonny Comedy Revue (1974); The Sting II (1983); The T.A.M.I. Show (1964); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1975–1992); The Tony Danza Show (2006); The View (2005); The Weird Al Show (1997); The Winter of Our Discontent (1983); This Is the Life (1970); This Means War (2012); To Catch a King (1984); Today (1982); Tootsie (1982); Trailers from Hell (2007); Trying Times (1987); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Ultimate Trek: Star Trek's Greatest Moments (1999); Unaccompanied Minors (2006); Viva Las Vegas (1964); Waiting for the Light (1990); Weakest Link (2001); What a Way to Go! (1964); What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2003); Where the Action Is (1965); Where's the Bus? (1966); Witches' Brew (1980); Wogan (1987); Women of the House (1995); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); Young Frankenstein (1974); Young Frankenstein: It's Alive! Creating a Monster Classic (2008); Your Total Health (2006).

On this day in movie history - Pittsburgh (1942)

Pittsburgh

directed by Lewis Seiler,

written by Kenneth Gamet, Tom Reed, John Twist, Robert Fellows and Winston Miller,

based on a story by George Owen and Tom Reed,

was released in the United States on December 11, 1942.

Music by Hans J. Salter and Frank Skinner.

Cast:

Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne, Frank Craven, Louise Allbritton, Shemp Howard, Thomas Gomez, Ludwig Stössel, Samuel S. Hinds, Paul Fix, William Haade, Charles Coleman, Nestor Paiva, John Alban, Charles Arnt, Lois Austin, Don Barclay, Robert Barron, Brandon Beach, Brooks Benedict, Edward Biby, Ted Billings, Wade Boteler, Chet Brandenburg, Tex Brodus, James Carlisle, Hobart Cavanaugh, Jack Chefe, James Conaty, Harry Cording, Victor Cox, Hal Craig, Oliver Cross, Grace Cunard, Sayre Dearing, Jack Deery, William Desmond, Helen Dickson, John Dilson, Jimmy Dime, Ed Emerson, Bess Flowers, Douglas Fowley, Joe Garcio, Jack Gardner, Jack Gargan, Kenneth Gibson, Gus Glassmire, George Golden, Dick Gordon, William Gould, Bobbie Hale, Eddie Hall, Chuck Hamilton, Sam Harris, Winifred Harris, Carol Henry, Edward Keane, Joe Kirk, Ethan Laidlaw, Nolan Leary, Kay Linaker, Frank Marlowe, Alphonse Martell, Johnny Marvin, Larry McGrath, Mira McKinney, Paul McVey, Robert Milasch, Irving Mitchell, Sandra Morgan, Frances Morris, Edmund Mortimer, Charles Morton, Broderick O'Farrell, Monty O'Grady, Bob Perry, Lorin Raker, Bob Reeves, Cyril Ring, Robert Robinson, William Ruhl, Virginia Sale, Paul Scott, Harry Seymour, John Sheehan, Charles Sherlock, Jack C. Smith, Tom Steele, Sammy Stein, Brick Sullivan, Charles Sullivan, Ben Taggart, Dale Van Sickel, Frankie Van, Ray Walker, Glen Walters, Anthony Warde, Phil Warren.

On this day in movie history - Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

Driving Miss Daisy

directed by Bruce Beresford,

written by Alfred Uhry,

based on the play by Alfred Uhry,

was released in the United States on December 11, 1989.

Music by Hans Zimmer.

Cast:

Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Patti LuPone, Esther Rolle, Joann Havrilla, William Hall Jr., Alvin M. Sugarman, Clarice F. Geigerman, Muriel Moore, Sylvia Kaler, Carolyn Gold, Crystal Fox, Bob Hannah, Ray McKinnon, Ashley Josey, Jack Rousso, Fred Faser, Indra A. Thomas, Trilby Beresford, Dean DuBois, Jay Freer, Jen Harper, Martin Luther King, D. Taylor Loeb.

On this day in music history - The album Ama, by Cecilia Chailly (2001)

Ama

by Cecilia Chailly

was released on December 11, 2001.

On this day in music history - The album Calm Within, by Laura Sullivan (2015)

 

Calm Within

by Laura Sullivan

was released on December 11, 2015