Born on this day – Jean Stapleton:

Jean Stapleton

Actress

January 19, 1923 – May 31, 2013

Credits:

20/20 (1986); 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2014); 50 Years of Funny Females (1995); 50 Years of Television: A Celebration of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Golden Anniversary (1997); Acts of Love and Other Comedies (1973); Aesop's Fables (1995); AFI Life Achievement Award (1975); All in the Family (1971–1979); All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special (1991); All-Star Party for Carol Burnett (1982); American Playwrights Theater: The One-Acts (1990); AMV Hell 3: The Motion Picture (2005); Angel Dusted (1981); Archie Bunker's Place (1979); Aunt Mary (1979); A Matter of Sex (1984); Baby (2000); Bagdad Cafe (1990–1991); Beakman's World (1996); Bells Are Ringing (1960); Bells Are Ringing: Just in Time (2005); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Biography (2001); Camera Three (1954–1956); Captain Kangaroo (1981); Car 54, Where Are You? (1962); Caroline in the City (1995); CBS Galaxy (1977); CBS Mornings (1990); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2021); CBS: On the Air (1978); Chance of a Lifetime (1998); Cher (1975); Circus of the Stars (1977); Cold Turkey (1971); Colonel Humphrey Flack (1954); Damn Yankees (1958); Danger (1954); Dark Side of the '90s (2022); Dead Man's Folly (1986); Dennis the Menace (1962); Dinah and Her New Best Friends (1976); Dinah! (1974–1979); Donny & Marie (2000); Dr. Kildare (1961); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); Eleanor, First Lady of the World (1982); Entertainment Tonight (1983 / 2023); Everybody Loves Raymond (1996); Faerie Tale Theatre (1983–1985); Film Making Techniques: Acting (1973); Fire in the Dark (1991); Funny Ladies (1991); Funny Women of Television (1991); Ghost Mom (1993); Golden Globe Awards (1992); Good Evening, Captain (1981); Good Morning America (1977); Grace Under Fire (1994); Great Performances (1985); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hit Celebrity TV Commercials (2004); Hour Magazine (1987); Inside TV Land (2002); Intimate Portrait (2003); Isabel's Choice (1981); Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine (1962); Justice for All (1968); Klute (1971); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1953–1955); Lamp Unto My Feet (1955); Laugh? I Thought I'd Die! (1999); Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes (2001); Lily Dale (1996); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Michael (1996); Mike & Mike (2013); Morning Joe (2023); Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (1990); Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (1994); Muppet Video: Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff (1985); Murphy Brown (1996); My Three Sons (1964); Naked City (1961–1963); Nightlife (1986); Norman Lear: A Life on Television (2023); Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016); Omnibus / Segments: The Best Year in the History of the Whole World / A House of Cards / Three Sketches (1954–1956); Parade of Stars (1983); Pocahontas 2: Journey to a New World (1998); Pursuit of Happiness (2001); Robert Montgomery Presents (1952); Robert Shaw: Man of Many Voices (2016); Route 66 (1963); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1972); Sammy and Company (1975); Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017); Saturday Night Live (1976 / 2001); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1984); Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories / Segment: Elizabeth and Larry (1992); Something Wild (1961); Something's Afoot (1982); Special Collector's Edition (2013); Starlight Theatre (1951); Studio One (1954); Style & Substance (1998); Tail Gunner Joe (1977); TCM Remembers 2013 (2013); Television (1988); Tender Places (1987); The 1st Annual People's Choice Awards (1975); The 1st TV Academy Hall of Fame (1984); The 23rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1997); The 23rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1971); The 24th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1972); The 26th Annual Tony Awards (1972); The 29th Annual Tony Awards (1975); The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978); The 31st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1974); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 31st Annual Tony Awards (1977); The 32nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1975); The 33rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1976); The 34th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1982); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 48th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1996); The 48th Annual Tony Awards (1994); The 5th Annual People's Choice Awards (1979); The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards (2013); The 67th Annual Tony Awards (2013); The 7th Annual People's Choice Awards (1981); The Buddy System (1984); The Carol Burnett Show (1975); The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion (1993); The David Frost Show (1972); The Defenders (1962); The Dick Cavett Show (1972–1975); The Doctors and the Nurses (1962); The Electric Company (1972); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The General Motors Playwrights Theater (1993); The Great War: 1914-1918 (1996); The Habitation of Dragons (1992); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1972); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2000); The Jeffersons (1978); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1991 / 1982); The Last Laugh (2016); The Love Boat (1986); The Melba Moore-Clifton Davis Show (1972); The Merv Griffin Show (1971–1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1972–1979); The Muppet Show (1978); The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979); The Patty Duke Show (1965); The Ray Bradbury Theater (1992); The Robert Herridge Theater (1960); The Robert Q. Lewis Show (1956); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1998); The Seventies (2015); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1972–1973); The Stars Salute Israel at 30 (1978); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1973–1990); The Trial (1993); The Very Very Best of the 70s (2019); They Said It with Music: Yankee Doodle to Ragtime (1977); This Is My Father (1999); Those Were the Days (1998); Today (1979–1986); Touched by an Angel (2000); True Story (1960); Trying Times (1989); TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2003); TV Land Moguls (2009); TV Land's Top Ten (2006); TV on the Edge: Moments That Shaped Our Culture (2024); TV's 50 Funniest Catch Phrases (2009); Up the Down Staircase (1967); Votes for Women (1997); Waiting to Act (1985); Woman with a Past (1954); Working in the Theatre (1986); You Can't Take It with You (1979); Your Show (1954); You've Got Mail (1998).

On this day in movie history - Michael (1996)

 

Michael

directed by Nora Ephron,

written by Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron, Peter Dexter and Jim Quinlan,

based on a story by Jim Quinlan and Peter Dexter,

was released in the United States on December 25, 1996.

Music by Randy Newman.

Cast:

John Travolta, Andie MacDowell, William Hurt, Bob Hoskins, Robert Pastorelli, Jean Stapleton, Teri Garr, Wallace Langham, Joey Lauren Adams, Carla Gugino, Tom Hodges, Catherine Lloyd Burns, Richard Schiff, Calvin Trillin, Donald J. Lee Jr., JoAnn Fregalette Jansen, David Harrod, Jane Lanier, John Hussey, Margaret Travolta, David M. Bernstein, Betsy Sokolow Sherman, Tracey A. Doyle, Blue Deckert, Deborah Nunez, Dell Aldrich, Kay Colvin, James N. Harrell, Peyton E. Park, Dianne Dreyer, Tim Harrison, Daniel Mimura, Mark Nutter, Thomas F. Evans, Jimmy Borto, Stephen Bruton, Dominic Paolo Testa, Tom Woodruff Jr.

On this day in movie history - Cold Turkey (1971)

Cold Turkey

directed by Norman Lear,

written by Norman Lear and William Price Fox,

based on the novel I'm Giving Them Up for Good by Margaret and Neil Rau,

was released in the United States on February 19, 1971.

Music by Randy Newman.

Cast:

Dick Van Dyke, Bob Newhart, Pippa Scott, Tom Poston, Edward Everett Horton, Bob Elliott, Ray Goulding, Vincent Gardenia, Barnard Hughes, Graham Jarvis, Jean Stapleton, Barbara Cason, Judith Lowry, Sudie Bond, Helen Page Camp, Paul Benedict, Simon Scott, Raymond Kark, Peggy Rea, Woodrow Parfrey, George Mann, Charles Pinney, M. Emmet Walsh, Gloria LeRoy, Eric Boles, Jack Grimes, Walter Sande, Harvey Jason.