Monday, April 1, 2024
On this day in movie history - Impact (1949)
Born on this day – Debbie Reynolds:
Credits:
...and Debbie
Makes Six (1968); 24th Annual Academy Awards (1952); 54th Golden Globe Awards
(1997); 5th Annual Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy (1955); A Date with
Debbie (1960); A Private Little Party for a Few Chums (1957); A Star Is Born
World Premiere (1954); A Tribute to the Jukebox Award Winners (1980); A Visit
with Debbie Reynolds (1959); ABC Late Night (1974); AFI Life Achievement Award
(1981–1985); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition (2007);
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004);
Alice (1982); Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1981); All-Star Salute to
Mother's Day (1981); Aloha Paradise (1981); American Bandstand (1957); American
Masters (2002); Athena (1954); Atlantic City Holiday (1956); Barbara Mandrell
and the Mandrell Sisters (1981); Battling for Baby (1992); Behind the
Candelabra (2013); Behind the Microphone: Kiki's Delivery Service (2003);
Bert's Family Feud (2006); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); Bing!... A 50th
Anniversary Gala (1977); Biography (1995–2000); Bob Hope & Friends: Making
New Memories (1991); Bob Hope's Bicentennial Star Spangled Spectacular (1976);
Bob Hope's Cavalcade of Comedy (1979); Bob Hope's Happy Birthday Homecoming
(1985); Bracken's World (1969); Bravo Profiles (2003); Breakaway (1984);
Breakfast (2011); Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
(2016); Broadway Plays Washington on Kennedy Center Tonight (1982); Bundle of
Joy (1956); Busby Berkeley (1974); Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (2012); Carrie
Fisher: The Hollywood Family (1995); Carrie on Hollywood (1995); Challenge the
Wilderness (1951); Charlotte's Web (1973); Cinerama Adventure (2002); Circus of
the Stars #7 (1982); Committed (2012); Connie and Carla (2004); Conversations
from the Edge with Carrie Fisher (2003); Couples Do It Debbie's Way (1988);
Dateline: Disneyland (1955); De película (1987); Dean Martin Presents: The
Bobby Darin Amusement Co. (1972); Debbie Reynolds and the Sound of Children
(1969); Debbie Reynolds: 'Connie and Carla' (2004); Dinah! (1975–1979); Divorce
American Style (1967); Do It Debbie's Way (1983); Do It Debbie's Way (1983);
Donahue (1977); E! True Hollywood Story (1998); Entertainment Tonight
(2007–2014); Family Guy (2008); Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998); First
Monday (2002); Ford Star Jubilee (1955); Frank in the Fifties (2008);
Generation Gap (2002); George Jessel's Here Come the Stars (1969); Gift of
Love: The Daniel Huffman Story (1999); Give a Girl a Break (1953); Go!!!
(1967); Good Day New York (2002); Goodbye Charlie (1964); Great Performances
(1985); Great Performances / Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021);
Halloweentown (1998); Halloweentown High (2004); Halloweentown II: Kalabar's
Revenge (2001); Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987); Heaven & Earth
(1993); Hedda Hopper's Hollywood (1960); Here's Hollywood (1960–1962); Hit the
Deck (1955); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
(2009); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's (2009);
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the
Hollywood Musical (2008); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History -
The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009); Hollywood Singing and
Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009);
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of
the Musical (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History (2008);
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008); Hollywood Squares (1998–2001);
Hollywood Treasure (2011); Hotel (1986); Hour Magazine (1981–1987); How Sweet
It Is! (1968); How the West Was Won (1962); I Love Melvin (1953); In & Out
(1997); In the Cutz (2006); In the Picture (2012); Inside the Movie Kingdom –
1964 (1964); Intimate Portrait (1998); Intimate Portrait: Debbie Reynolds and
Carrie Fisher (2011); It Started with a Kiss (1959); I've Got a Secret (1955);
Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul (1993); Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul (2023);
Jack Paar Is Alive and Well (1987); Jennifer Slept Here (1983); Jerry Lewis MDA
Labor Day Telethon (1983–2004); June Bride (1948); Keepers of the Frame (1999);
Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil (2011); Kiki's Delivery Service (1989);
Kiki's Delivery Service: Creating 'Kiki's Delivery Service' (2010); Kiki's
Delivery Service: Flying with Kiki & Beyond (2010); Kiki's Delivery
Service: The Producer's Perspective: Collaborating with Miyazaki (2010); Kim
Possible (2003–2007); Larry King Live (2000–2005); Larry King TNT Extra 2
(1991); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1995); Late Night with David Letterman
(1987); Late Show with David Letterman (1997); Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace!
(1978); Legend to Legend Night: A Celebrity Cavalcade (1993); Life with
Linkletter (1970); Lifestyle Magazine (2011); Light of Olympia (2008); Light's
Diamond Jubilee (1954); Lights, Camera, Action!: A Century of the Cinema
(1996); Live with Kelly and Mark (1988–1989); Lolo's Cafe (2006); Loose Women
(2010); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1993); Madame's Place (1982); Magic
Moments: The Best of 50's Pop (2004); Making Behind the Candelabra Show (2013);
Mary, Mary (1963); Maury (1992–1996); Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956); MGM Parade
(1955); MGM: When the Lion Roars (1992); Modern Marvels (1994); Mother (1996);
Movie Memories with Debbie Reynolds (1991); Mr. Imperium (1951); Mr. Warmth:
The Don Rickles Project (2007); My Music: Movie Songs (2007); My Six Loves
(1963); One for the Money (2012); One on One with John Tesh (1992); Pat
Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour (1970); Pepe (1960); Perry Mason: The Case of the
Musical Murder (1989); Person to Person (1956); Private Screenings (2002);
Pryor Offenses (2004); Red Carpet Report (2016); Return to Halloweentown
(2006); Rip Rip Hooray! (2016); Roseanne (1997); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
(1969–1972); Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998); Rugrats
(2000–2003); Rugrats in Paris (2000); Rugrats: Acorn Nuts & Diapey Butts
(2000); RuPaul's Drag Race (2010); Sadie and Son (1987); Sally Jessy Raphael
(1994); Say One for Me (1959); Secret Talents of the Stars (2008); Showbiz
Today (1997); Singin' in the Rain (1952); Skirts Ahoy! (1952); Stadium of Fire:
25th Anniversary (2005); Stage for a Nation - A Tribute to the National Theater
in Washington D.C. (1987); Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II
(1991); Susan Slept Here (1954); Tab Hunter Confidential (2015); Take Thirty
(1984); Tammy and the Bachelor (1957); That's Entertainment III: Behind the
Screen (1994); That's Entertainment! (1974); That's Entertainment! / Just One
More Time (1974); That's Entertainment! III (1994); The 11th Annual American
Comedy Awards (1997); The 17th Golden Globe Awards (1960); The 21st Annual
Screen Actors Guild Awards (2015); The 27th Annual Tony Awards (1973); The 28th
Annual Academy Awards (1956); The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958); The 32th
Annual Thalians Ball (1987); The 33rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1976); The
33th Annual Thalians Ball (1988); The 34th Annual Academy Awards (1962); The
35th Annual Thalians Gala (1990); The 36th Annual Academy Awards (1964); The
37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980);
The 37th Annual Thalians Ball (1992); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966);
The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972); The 46th Annual Academy Awards (1974); The
50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986); The
5th Annual American Cinema Awards (1988); The 69th Annual Academy Awards
(1997); The 7D (2015); The ABC Comedy Hour (1972); The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
(1953); The Andy Williams Show (1962); The Andy Williams Show (1969); The
Barbara McNair Show (1971); The Berlin Blaze (1954); The Bob Hope Show
(1967–1974); The Bodyguard (1992); The Bonnie Hunt Show (2009); The Boys
(2009); The Brothers Warner (2007); The Carol Burnett Show (1970); The Catered
Affair (1956); The Christmas Wish (1998); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1954–1955);
The Daily Show (1996–1997); The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1950); The David
Frost Show (1971); The Dean Martin Show (1971); The Debbie Reynolds Show
(1969–1970); The Dick Cavett Show (1970–1971); The Dick Cavett Show (1995); The
Don Lane Show (1979–1982); The DuPont Show of the Week (1961); The Ed Sullivan
Show (1953–1966); The Eddie Fisher Show (1957–1958); The Ellen DeGeneres Show
(2004); The Gazebo (1959); The George Gobel Show (1954); The Glen Campbell
Goodtime Hour (1970–1971); The Golden Girls (1991); The Hollywood Deb Stars of
1965 (1965); The Hollywood Palace (1964–1965); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime)
(1970–1980); The Jill & Tony Curtis Story (2008); The Jim Nabors Hour
(1968); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969); The Kraft Music Hall (1969); The Last
Days of Cinerama (2012); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005–2013);
The Linkletter Show (1970); The Love Boat (1980–1983); The Making of 'Rugrats
in Paris' (2000); The Mating Game (1959); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1974);
The Mike Douglas Show (1970–1976); The Movie Game (1970); The New Battlestars
(1982–1983); The New Hollywood Squares (1986–1988); The Nudity Thing (1970);
The One Show (2010); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2011); The Osmond Family Show
(1979); The Pearl Bailey Show (1971); The Penguins of Madagascar (2010); The
Perry Como Sunshine Show (1974); The Pleasure of His Company (1961); The Rat
Race (1960); The Real Las Vegas (1996); The Reichen Show (2006); The Roseanne
Show (1998); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996–2002); The Second Time Around
(1961); The Singing Nun (1966); The Slippers (2016); The Sonny and Cher Comedy
Hour (1976–1977); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956–1959); The Story of a Dress
(1964); The Talk (2010); The Tender Trap (1955); The Tonight Show (1955); The
Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(1963–1989); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993–1997); The Unsinkable Molly
Brown (1964); The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters (1972–1973); These Amazing
Shadows (2011); These Old Broads (2001); This Happy Feeling (1958); This Is Tom
Jones (1970); This Is Your Life (1960–1961); This Is Your Life (1993–1995);
Three Little Words (1950); Tom Cottle: Up Close (1982); Tomorrow Coast to Coast
(1981); Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom (2012); Touched by an Angel (2001);
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales (2003); Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50
Years (1997); Two Weeks with Love (1950); Vicki Lawrence in Vicki! (1993);
Virtual Mom (2000); Wedding Bell Blues (1996); What a Glorious Feeling: The
Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' (2002); What About Linda? (1961); What's My
Line? (1954–1964); What's the Matter with Helen? (1971); What's Up Orange
County (2011–2018); Will & Grace (1999–2006); Win, Lose or Draw (1987);
Wings (1994); Wogan (1989); Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (1982); Your
Choice for the Film Awards (1982); Zack and Reba (1998).
Born on this day – Grace Lee Whitney:
Born on this day – Edgar Wallace:
Francine Prose, on writing and reading:
I learned to write by writing and, by example, by reading books.
– Francine Prose.