Born on this day – Valerie Perrine:

Valerie Perrine

Actress

September 3, 1943 – March 23, 2026

Credits:

47th Annual Academy Awards (1975); 54 (1998); A Place Called Truth (1998); An Accidental Studio (2019); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Apocrifi sul caso Crowley (1994); Apropos Film (1975); As the World Turns (1998–1999); Behind the Scenes with 'the Amateurs' (2008); Bob Fosse: It's Showtime! (2019); Boiling Point (1993); Bravo Profiles (2002); Bright Angel (1990); Brown's Requiem (1998); Burke's Law (1994); Can't Stop the Music (1980); CBS Summer Playhouse (1987); Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes 2 (1977); Circus of the Stars #2 (1977); Circus of the Stars #3 (1979); Circus of the Stars #5 (1980); Circus of the Stars (1977); Dinah! (1975–1977); Directing Eddie (2001); ER (1995); Faerie Tale Theatre (1985); Family Law (2001); Film '84 (1984); Filmkrönikan (1973); George Burns Half-Hour Comedy Hour (1985); Ghostwriter (1993); Girl in the Cadillac (1995); Grounded for Life (2002); Homicide: Life on the Street (1995); Hour Magazine (1981); It All Came True (1998); Just Shoot Me! (2001); La montagna dei diamanti (1991); Lady Luck (1973); Late Night with David Letterman (1983–1987); Lenny (1974); Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills (1986); Lights Out (2011); Love Story (1973); Magic Night (1980); Maid to Order (1987); Malibu (1983); Marian Rose White (1982); Mask of Murder (1988); Mr. Billion (1977); Mr. Saturday Night (2021); My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (1999); Nash Bridges (1996); Northern Exposure (1992); Omnibus (1980); Picture This (1999); Pour le cinéma (1975); Quattro storie di donne (1989); Redirecting Eddie (2008); Riflessi in un cielo scuro (1991); Sammy and Company (1975); Shame, Shame, Shame (1999); Silver Skies (2016); Slaughterhouse-Five (1972); Steambath (1973); Superman (1978); Superman II (1980); Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006); Sweet Bird of Youth (1989); Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' (2001); The 11th Annual LA Femme International Film Festival (2015); The 33rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1976); The 51st Annual Academy Awards (1979); The 58th Annual Photoplay Awards (1979); The 6th People's Choice Awards (1980); The 8th Annual People's Choice Awards (1982); The Agency (1980); The Amateurs (2005); The Beast (2001); The Border (1982); The Break (1995); The Californians (2005); The Cannonball Run (1981); The Couple Takes a Wife (1972); The Don Lane Show (1980); The Electric Horseman (1979); The End of the Bar (2002); The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017); The First Annual Rock Music Awards (1975); The Jim Nabors Show (1978); The John Davidson Show (1980); The Last American Hero (1973); The Magician of Lublin (1979); The Making of Slaughterhouse-Five (1972); The Making of Superman: The Movie (1980); The Merv Griffin Show (1980–1982); The Mike Douglas Show (1975–1980); The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979); The Practice (1997); The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me (1982); The Secrets of Lake Success (1993); The Toni Tennille Show (1980); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1972–1976); Third Watch (2005); Today (1978); Una casa a Roma (1989); Valerie (2019); Vicki! (1993); W.C. Fields and Me (1976); Walker, Texas Ranger (1998); War of the Stars (1987–1988); Water (1985); What Women Want (2000); When Your Lover Leaves (1983); Your Choice for the Film Awards (1977); Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women (1978).

On this day in movie history - W. C. Fields and Me (1976)

W. C. Fields and Me

directed by Arthur Hiller,

written by Bob Merrill,

based on the book by Carlotta Monti and Cy Rice,

was released in the United States on March 31, 1976.

Music by Henry Mancini.

Cast:

Rod Steiger, Valerie Perrine, John Marley, Jack Cassidy, Bernadette Peters, Dana Elcar, Paul Stewart, Billy Barty, Allan Arbus, Milt Kamen, Louis Zorich, Andrew Parks, Linda Purl, Selma Archerd, Paul Barselou, John Bleifer, Buff Brady, Donald Briggs, Mathilda Calnan, Frank De Vol, Eddie Firestone, Jacques Foti, John Furlong, Jack Griffin, Bob Harks, Crane Jackson, Jimmy Joyce, George Loros, Patch Mackenzie, Paul Mantee, Mary McLain, Victor Millan, Carlotta Monti, Judith Novgrod, Gerald Peters, Leoda Richards, Hank Rolike, Clay Tanner, Elizabeth Thompson, Kenneth Tobey, William Wintersole, Steffen Zacharias, Bill Zuckert.

On this day in movie history - The Border:

The Border

directed by Tony Richardson,

written by Deric Washburn, Walon Green and David Freeman,

was released in the United States on January 31, 1982.

Music by Ry Cooder.

Cast:

Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Valerie Perrine, Warren Oates, Elpidia Carrillo, Shannon Wilcox, Manuel Viescas, Jeff Morris, Mike Gomez, Dirk Blocker, Lonny Chapman, Stacey Pickren, Floyd Levine, James Jeter, Alan Fudge, William Russ, Gary Grubbs, Gary Sexton, Campbell De Silva, Bill McLaughlin, David Beecroft, Esther Sylvey, Luis Mejía, Roberto Rivera, Jay Thurman, Craig Terry, Juan Ramírez, Adalberto Cortez, Concepción Palmeres, Juan Salas, Norma Mayo, Paula Ruiz,Carlos Bruno Villaneuva, Ronne Drummond, Richard Watts, Bernice E. Shamaley, Kenna Espersen, Glenda Meadows, Joe Zizik, Maria Delgado, Lupe Ontiveros, Francisco Farias, Edmundo Alonzo, Alan Gibbs, Don Charles, Beverly Overstreet.

On this day in movie history - The Electric Horseman (1979)

The Electric Horseman

directed by Sydney Pollack,

written by Paul Gaer and Robert Garland, 

based on a story by Shelly Burton,

was released in the United States on December 21, 1979.

Music by Dave Grusin.

Songs by Willie Nelson:

• My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys.
• Midnight Rider.
• Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys.
• So You Think You're a Cowboy.
• Hands on the Wheel.

Cast:

Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Valerie Perrine, Willie Nelson, John Saxon, Nicolas Coster, Allan Arbus, Wilford Brimley, Will Hare, Basil Hoffman, Timothy Scott, James Sikking, James Kline, Frank Speiser, Quinn K. Redeker, Lois Hamilton, Sarah Harris, Tasha Zemrus, James Novak, Debra L. Maxwell, Michele Heyeden, Robin Timm, Patricia Blair, Gary M. Fox, Richard Perlmutter, Carol Eileen Montgomery, Theresa Ann Dent, Perry Sheehan, Sarge Allen, Sylvie Strause, Richard Knoll, Angelo Giouzelis, Mark Jamison, Brendan Kelly, Sheila B. Wakely, X.V. Kelly, Gary Shermaine, Gary Liddiard, Jerry Kurland, J. Carlton Adair, Charles J. Monahan, George W. Etter, Raymond G. Maupin, Bob C. Barrett, Red McIlvaine, Frank Nicholas, Johnny Magnus, Vic Vallaro, Bob Bailey, Roger Lowe, Kim Kephart, E.P. King, Rita Picking, Bernie Pollack, Sydney Pollack, Tom Willett.

On this day in movie history - Brown’s Requiem (1998)

Brown’s Requiem

directed and written by Jason Freeland,

based on the novel by James Ellroy,

was released in the United Kingdom on November 12, 1998.

Music by Cynthia Millar.

Cast:

Michael Rooker, Big Daddy Wayne, Jack Wallace, Will Sasso, Selma Blair, Harold Gould, Brion James, Kevin Corrigan, Ron Barker, William Newman, David Labiosa, Al Rodrigo, Lisa Koch, Barry Newman, Lee Weaver, Kevin Jackson, Brad Dourif, Tobin Bell, Jack Conley, Rolando Molina, Danny Mora, Jennifer Coolidge, John Prosky, Valerie Perrine, Christopher Meloni, Alexx Thompson.

On this day in movie history - Lenny (1974)

Lenny

directed by Bob Fosse,

written by Julian Barry,

based on the play by Julian Barry,

was released in the United States on November 10, 1974.

Music by Ralph Burns.

Cast:

Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine, Jan Miner, Stanley Beck, Frankie Man, Rashel Novikoff, Gary Morton, Guy Rennie, Michele Yonge, Kathryn Witt, Monroe Myers, John DiSanti, Mickey Gatlin, Martin Begley, Mark Harris, Richard Friedman, Lee Sandman, Jack Nagle, Phil Philbin, Bruce McLaughlin, Ted Sorel, Clarence Thomas, Mike Murphy, Susan Malnik, George DeWitt, Judy LaScala, Don Newsome, Allison Goldstein, Winston Lee, Bridghid Glass, Joe Mencel, Richard O'Barry, Beth Challis, Robert Parsons, Cecil Seay, Bob Collins.