Born on this day – Charlotte Brontë:

 

Writer

April 21, 1816 – March 31, 1855

Credits:

Books:

Emma (1860); Great Short Stories by English and Irish Women (2007); Hungry for Blood – Ultimate Halloween Collection (2023); Jane Eyre (1847); Legends of Angria (1933); Mina Laury (1838); My Angria And The Angrians (1830); Selected Letters (2007); Shirley (1849); Shirley, Vol. 1 of 3: A Tale (2018); Shirley, Vol. 2 of 3: A Tale (2018); Stancliffe's Hotel (2003); Tales of Angria (1839); Tales of the Islanders (1830); The Anthology of Love and Romance (1994); The Complete Poems of Charlotte Bronte (1923); The Foundling (1830); The Green Dwarf (1830); The Professor (1857); The Secret & Lily Hart (1830); The Secret (2006); The Spell (1830); Villette (1853); Women Who Wrote (2020); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018).

Movies and television:

Acting for a Cause (2020); Ardiente secreto (1978); Die Waise (1919); Die Waise von Lowood (1926); El secreto (1963); Grande Teatro Tupi (1959); Guiding Light (1981); I Walked with a Zombie (1943); Jana Eyrová (1972); Jane Eyre (1910); Jane Eyre (1914); Jane Eyre (1915); Jane Eyre (1921); Jane Eyre (1934); Jane Eyre (1943); Jane Eyre (1946); Jane Eyre (1948); Jane Eyre (1955); Jane Eyre (1956); Jane Eyre (1957); Jane Eyre (1958); Jane Eyre (1961); Jane Eyre (1963); Jane Eyre (1968); Jane Eyre (1970); Jane Eyre (1973); Jane Eyre (1983); Jane Eyre (1996); Jane Eyre (1997); Jane Eyre (2006); Jane Eyre (2011); Kraft Theatre (1951); Le memorie di una istitutrice (1917); Matinee Theatre (1957); Mei gu (1956); Monodrama Theater (1953); National Theatre Live: Jane Eyre (2015); Novela (1965–1972); Recordarás mi nombre (1976); Sangdil (1952); Sargasso: A Caribbean Love Story (1991); Shirley (1922); Studio One (1949–1952); Teatre Lliure: Jane Eyre: una autobiografia (2020); The Autobiography of Jane Eyre (2013); The Castle of Thornfield (1915); The Mad Lady of Chester (1910); The Man I Love (1962); Theatre Parade (1937); TV de Vanguarda (1962); Villette (1957); Villette (1970); Wide Sargasso Sea (1993); Wide Sargasso Sea (2006); Woman and Wife (1918).

Hilma Wolitzer, on writing:

 

Writing fiction is a solitary occupation, but not really a lonely one.

The writer's head is mobbed with characters, images and language.
- Hilma Wolitzer.

On this day in music history - The album Dawn of a New Century, by Secret Garden (1999)

Dawn of a New Century

by Secret Garden

was released on April 20, 1999.

On this day in movie history - The Hole (2001)

The Hole

directed by Nick Hamm,

written by Ben Court and Caroline Ip,

based on the novel After the Hole by Guy Burt,

was released in the United Kingdom on April 20, 2001.

Music by Clint Mansell.

Cast:

Thora Birch, Desmond Harrington, Daniel Brocklebank, Laurence Fox, Keira Knightley, Embeth Davidtz, Steven Waddington, Emma Griffiths Malin, Jemma Powell, Gemma Craven, Anastasia Hille, Kelly Hunter, Maria Pastel, Celia Montague, Kevin Trainor, Lolita Chakrabarti, Claire Fox, Jennifer Hockman, Jack Tanner.

On this day in movie history - The Pawnbroker (1964 / 1965)

The Pawnbroker

directed by Sidney Lumet,

written by Morton S. Fine and David Friedkin,

based on the novel by Edward Lewis Wallant,

was released in the United States on April 20, 1965.

Music by Quincy Jones.

Cast:

Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brock Peters, Jaime Sánchez, Thelma Oliver, Eusebia Cosme, Marketa Kimbrell, Baruch Lumet, Juano Hernández, Linda Geiser, Nancy R. Pollock, Raymond St. Jacques, Charles Dierkop, John McCurry, Warren Finnerty, Jack Ader, Marianne Kanter, Ed Morehouse, Marc Alexander, Donny Burks, Robert Dahdah, Morgan Freeman, Hilda Haynes, E.M. Margolese, Donnie Melvin, Donnell O'Brien, Reni Santoni, Bill Steele.

On this day in movie history - Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

Kiss Me Deadly

directed by Robert Aldrich,

written by A. I. Bezzerides and Robert Aldrich,

based on the novel by Mickey Spillane,

was released in the United States on April 20, 1955.

Music by Frank De Vol.

Cast:

Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Juano Hernandez, Wesley Addy, Marian Carr, Marjorie Bennett, Mort Marshall, Fortunio Bonanova, Strother Martin, Mady Comfort, James McCallion, Robert Cornthwaite, Silvio Minciotti, Nick Dennis, Ben Morris, Jack Elam, Paul Richards, Jesslyn Fax, James Seay, Percy Helton, Leigh Snowden, Jack Lambert, Jerry Zinneman, Maxine Cooper, Cloris Leachman, Gaby Rodgers, Kitty White, Sam Balter, Joe Hernandez, Eddie Beal, Leonard Bremen, Yvonne Doughty, John George, Charles Lane, Art Loggins, Mara McAfee, Leonard Mudie, Bing Russell, Robert Sherman, Max Wagner, Trude Wyler.

Born on this day – Ryan O’Neal:

Actor

Producer

April 20, 1941 – December 8, 2023

Credits:

Bones (2006–2017); Knight of Cups (2015); Slumber Party Slaughter (2012); 90210 (2010); Waste Land (2007); Desperate Housewives (2005); Miss Match (2003); Malibu's Most Wanted (2003); People I Know (2002); Epoch (2001); Bull (2000–2001); The List (2000); Gentleman B. (2000); Coming Soon (1999); Zero Effect (1998); An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997); Hacks (1997); Faithful (1996); The Larry Sanders Show (1995); Man of the House (1995); The Man Upstairs (1992); 1775 (1992); Good Sports (1991); Small Sacrifices (1989); Chances Are (1989); Sam Found Out: A Triple Play (1988); Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987); Fever Pitch (1985); Irreconcilable Differences (1984); Partners (1982); So Fine (1981); Green Ice (1981); Obsession (1981); The Main Event (1979); Oliver's Story (1978); The Driver (1978); A Bridge Too Far (1977); Nickelodeon (1976); Barry Lyndon (1975); Paper Moon (1973); The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973); What's Up, Doc? (1972); Wild Rovers (1971); Love Hate Love (1971); Love Story (1970); The Games (1970); Under the Yum Yum Tree (1969); The Big Bounce (1969); Peyton Place (1964–1969); European Eye (1968); Wagon Train (1964); Perry Mason (1964); The Virginian (1963); Empire (1962–1963); My Three Sons (1962); Leave It to Beaver (1961); Westinghouse Playhouse (1961); Two Faces West (1961); Laramie (1961); Bachelor Father (1961); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1961); General Electric Theater (1960); The Untouchables (1960); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1960).