Born on this day – Ja'net DuBois:

 

Actress

Singer

August 5, 1932 – February 17, 2020

Credits:

1999 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (1999); 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2021); 29th Annual Trumpet awards (2020); 51st NAACP Image Awards (2020); A Different World (1991); A Journal for Jordan (2021); A Man Called Adam (1966); A Piece of the Action (1977); All Star Secrets (1979); As Told by Ginger (2000–2004); Basic Instinct (1992); Best Friends for Life (1998); BET Comedy Awards (2004); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1992); Boomtown (2003); Caribe (1975); Celebrity Bowling (1976); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1976); Chappelle's Show (2004); Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003); Chelsea Lately (2012); Clueless (1999); Cold Case (2007); Crazy Like a Fox (1985); Crossing Jordan (2006); Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970); Dinah! (1975); Doctor Doctor (1990); Don't Look Back (1996); Dream On (1991); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); ER (1995); Everybody Hates Chris (2005); Everybody Loves Raymond (2000); Extra (2015); Five on the Black Hand Side (1973); G.I. Joe: Renegades (2011); Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006); Good Evening, Captain (1981); Good Times (1974–1979); Hammer, Slammer, & Slade (1990); Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1994); Hanging Up (2000); Hard Time (1998); Hard Time: Hostage Hotel (1999); Harlan & Merleen (1993); Heart Condition (1990); Hellinger's Law (1981); Home Improvement (1991–1995); Houston Knights (1988); I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988); J.T. (1969); Janet Jackson: Control / Music Video (1986); Kids Like These (1987); Kojak (1974); Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2011); Laugh!s (1990); Little Man (2006); Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' (2019); Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' (2019); Lottery Ticket (2010); Love of Life (1970-1972); Lovecraft Country (2020); Magic Island (1995); Married... with Children (1993); Martin (1995); Melody Trice Special Events (2019); Moesha (1997); Morning Joe (2023); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1994 / 2017); Random! Cartoons (2007); Roots: The Next Generations (1979); Sammy and Company (1975); Sanford and Son (1972); Saturday Night Live (1982); Scrubs (2002); Senseless (1998); Shaft (1973); Shark Tale (2004); She's Got a Plan (2016); Sister, Sister (1994); Sophie & the Moonhanger (1996); Spencer (1984); Steve Harvey (2016); Stranded (1986); Nearly Departed (1989); New Attitude (1990); Next Friday (2000); Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016); One on One (2003); Other Women's Children (1993); Penny Ante: The Motion Picture (1990); The Masked Singer (2022); The Office (2010); The Original Kings of Comedy (2000); The Oscars (2021); The PJs (1999–2001); The Resolution of Mossie Wax (1973); The Simpsons (2004–2020); The Sophisticated Gents (1981); The Steve Harvey Show (2000); The Tom Swift and Linda Craig Mystery Hour (1983); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2018); TCM Remembers 2020 (2020); The 2001 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2001); The 4th Annual TV Land Awards (2006); The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2020); The Ben Stiller Show (1995); Who's the Man? (1993).The Big Easy (1982); The Blue Knight (1973); The Cookout (2004); The Facts of Life (1981); The Golden Palace (1992–1993); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1977–1978); The Jeffersons (1975–1985); The King of Queens (2005); The Love Boat (1980); The Masked Singer (2022); The Office (2010); The Original Kings of Comedy (2000); The Oscars (2021); The PJs (1999–2001); The Resolution of Mossie Wax (1973); The Simpsons (2004–2020); The Sophisticated Gents (1981); The Steve Harvey Show (2000); The Tom Swift and Linda Craig Mystery Hour (1983); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2018); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2011); The Wayans Bros. (1996–1997); The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008); tick, tick... BOOM! (2021); Touched by an Angel (1997); Tropic Thunder (2008); True Colors (1991); TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2003); TV Land Confidential (2007); TV's Illest Minority Moments Presented by Ego Trip (2004); Waterproof (2000).

On this day in movie history - Hellinger’s Law (1981)

Hellinger’s Law

directed by Leo Penn,

written by Lawrence Vail and Jack Laird,

based on a story by Lawrence Vail and Ted Leighton,

was released in the United States on March 10, 1981.

Music by John Cacavas.

Cast:

Telly Savalas, Morgan Stevens, Ja'net DuBois, Roy Poole, Rod Taylor, Melinda Dillon, James Sutorius, Tom McFadden, Lisa Blake Richards, Kyle Richards, Arlen Dean Snyder, Thom Christopher, M. Emmet Walsh, Robert Phalen, Jack Ramage, Patsy Rahn, Don Hanmer, Francis X. McCarthy, Cindy Fisher, Bill Cross, Randy Holland, Sean Penn.