Born on this day – Lola Albright:

 

Lola Albright

Actress

Singer

July 20, 1924 – March 23, 2017

Credits:

A Cold Wind in August (1961); ABC's Nightlife (1965); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Adventures of the Falcon (1954); Airwolf (1984); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1962); All Star Revue (1951–1952); Arctic Flight (1952); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1951); Beauty on Parade (1950); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966–1967); Bodyhold (1949); Bonanza (1965–1967); Branded (1965–1966); Burke's Law (1963–1965); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Champion (1949); Cimarron Strip (1967); Code 3 (1957); Columbo (1976); Delta County, U.S.A. (1977); Dr. Kildare (1964); Duffy's Tavern (1954); Easter Parade (1948); Filmmaking on the Riviera (1964); Fireside Theatre (1954); Four Star Playhouse (1956); General Electric Theater (1961); Gunsmoke (1955); Here's Hollywood (1961); He's a Cockeyed Wonder (1950); How I Spent My Summer Vacation (1967); I'll Bet (1965); Images of Indians: How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native American (2003); It's a Great Life (1955); Joy House (1964); Julia Misbehaves (1948); Kid Galahad (1962); King of Diamonds (1961); Kojak (1973); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1961); Laredo (1966); Lord Love a Duck (1966); Lux Video Theatre (1951); McMillan & Wife (1976); Medical Center (1972–1974); Michael Shayne (1960); Mr. Broadway (1964); My Three Sons (1962); Off to See the Wizard (1968); Oregon Passage (1957); Panic! (1958); Pawnee (1957); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1962); Peter Gunn (1958–1961); Peyton Place (1965–1966); Police Story (1975); Pour le plaisir (1965); Quincy, M.E. (1983); Racket Squad (1953); Rawhide (1964–1965); Ready and Willing (1967); René Clément, témoin et poète (2013); Saints and Sinners (1962); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Cowboy Stars (1955); Seven Guns to Mesa (1958); Sierra Passage (1950); Starsky and Hutch (1976); Stump the Stars (1950); Svengoolie (2014); Switch (1978); Tales of Tomorrow (1952); Target (1958); TCM Remembers 2017 (2017); Terraces (1977); The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1973); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1964); The Beverly Hillbillies (1963); The Bob Cummings Show (1955–1957); The Celebrity Game (1965); The Detectives (1961); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1964); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The George Gobel Show (1960); The Girl from Jones Beach (1949); The Good Humor Man (1950); The Helicopter Spies (1968); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime);  (1967); The Impossible Years (1968); The Incredible Hulk (1981); The Ken Murray Show (1951–1952); The Killer That Stalked New York (1950); The Linkletter Show (1958); The Magnificent Matador (1955); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Mighty O (1962); The Mike Douglas Show (1965–1978); The Money Jungle (1967); The Monolith Monsters (1957); The Nurse Killer (1975); The People's Choice (1956); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Pirate (1948); The Red Skelton Hour (1956–1957); The Silver Whip (1953); The Soundman (1950); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1959); The Tender Trap (1955); The Thin Man (1958); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965); The U.S. Royal Showcase (1952); The Unfinished Dance (1947); The Way West (1967); This Is Your Life (1971); Treasure of Ruby Hills (1955); Tulsa (1949); Valentine's Day (1965); Wagon Train (1964); What's This Song? (1965); When You're Smiling (1950); Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968); Whirlybirds (1957); Will Banner (1965); You Don't Say (1965–1967).

Born on this day – Cormac McCarthy:

 

Cormac McCarthy

Writer

July 20, 1933 – June 13, 2023

Credits:

Books:

All the Pretty Horses (1992); Blood Meridian (1985); Child of God (1973); Cities of the Plain (1998); No Country for Old Men (2005); Outer Dark (1968); Stella Maris (2022); Suttree (1979); The Counselor (2013); The Crossing (1994); The Gardener's Son (1996); The Orchard Keeper (1965); The Passenger (2022); The Road (2006); The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation (2024); The Stonemason (1994); The Sunset Limited (2006); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018).

Movies and television:

All the Pretty Horses (2000); Child of God (2013); Cormac McCarthy's Veer (2022); Hollywood Insider (2021); Looking for Cormac (1995); Los 10 magníficos (2008); No Country for Old Men (2007); Outer Dark (2009); Red West (2023); Sunday Today with Willie Geist (2023); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); The Counselor (2013); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2007); The Road (2009); The Sunset Limited (2011); The Tommy Tiernan Show (2023); The Unbelievers (2013); Truth of the Situation: Making 'the Counselor' (2014); Visions (1977).

Born on this day – Natalie Wood:

Natalie Wood

Actress

July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment (2003); 1968: The Year That Changed America (2018); 20/20 (2021); 48 Hours (2011–2018); 50 y más (2005); A Cry in the Night (1956); A Gift of Music (1981); A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011); A Year in Music (2022); ABC Late Night (1974); AFI Life Achievement Award (1973–1981); All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960); merican Grindhouse (2010); American Masters (2005–2012); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2016); Banda sonora (2012); Barbra: The Concert (1994); Behind the Scenes with Blake Edwards' 'The Great Race' (1965); Bij van Duin op de achterbank (2024); Biography (2000–2003); Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969); Bob Hope at 100 (2003); Bombers B-52 (1957); Brainstorm (1983); Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2016); Camera Three (1956); Cash McCall (1960); Celebrity Page (2018–2019); Celebrity: Dominick Dunne (2008); Century of Cinema (1995); Chevron Theatre (1952); Chicken Every Sunday (1949); Christmas from Hollywood (2003); Cinema (1974); Compression (2024); Conflict (1957); Dear Brat (1951); Delta Kappa Alpha Silver Anniversary Banquet (1963); Die Geschichte des erotischen Films (2004); Dieter & Andreas (1989); Dinah! (1975–1979); Donahue (1976); Downhill Racer (1969); Driftwood (1947); Elvis: Summer of '56 (2011); Extra (2016); Father Was a Fullback (1949); Film '79 (1979); Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012); Four Star Playhouse (1955); Friars Club Tribute to Gene Kelly (1976); From Here to Eternity (1979); General Electric Theater (1954–1955); Get High on Yourself (1981); Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood (2009); Go West, Young Man! (2003); Good Morning America (1978–1980); Gypsy (1962); Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988); Happy Land (1943); Hart to Hart (1979); Heavy Petting (1989); Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (1991); History (2015); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Couples (2001); Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Hollywood Remembers (2000); Hollywood, No Sex Please! (2018); Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963); Hollywood's Children (1982); Howard (2018); I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1974); Images of Indians: How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native American (2003); Inside Daisy Clover (1965); Inside Edition (2017–2021); James Dean Remembered (1974); James Dean: Forever Young (2005); James Dean: The First American Teenager (1975); Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (2017); John Ford et Monument Valley (2013); Just for You (1952); Kings Go Forth (1958); Kings Row (1955–1956); Kraft Theatre (1951); Lauren Bacall, ombre et lumière (2017); Legends of World Cinema (2004); Look Magazine Gala Party (1979); Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003); Love with the Proper Stranger (1963); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Marjorie Morningstar (1958); Max Liebman Spectaculars (1955); Mayor of the Town (1954); Meteor (1979); Miracle on 34th Street (1947); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); MsMojo (2023); Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982); Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020); Never a Dull Moment (1950); No Sad Songs for Me (1950); Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997); One Desire (1955); Our Very Own (1950); Our World (1987); Paul Newman, l'intranquille (2023); Peeper (1975); Penelope (1966); Penelope's Fashion Show (1966); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1956); Peter Ustinov and Natalie Wood at the Hermitage (1980); Philbin's People (1969); Private Screenings (2006); Public Defender (1954); Rebel Without a Cause (1955); Rediscovering a Rebel (1996); Reflets de Cannes (1962); Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021); Robert Redford: The Golden Look (2019); Rock Hudson (1990); San Sebastián 2005: Crónica de Carlos Boyero (2005); Saturday Night at the Mill (1980); Screen Snapshots 1856: The Mocambo Party (1957); Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948); Sex and the Single Girl (1964); Special Collector's Edition (2013); Splendor in the Grass (1961); Stars of the Silver Screen (2014); Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans (2015); Studio 57 (1954–1957); Studio One (1955); Switch (1975–1978); Tab Hunter Confidential (2015); Tales of Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice by Paul Mazursky (2003); TCM Remembers 2015 (2015); Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television (1975); The 19th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1962); The 1st Annual People's Choice Awards (1975); The 23rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1966); The 24th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1967); The 28th Annual Academy Awards (1956); The 29th Annual Academy Awards (1957); The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The 34th Annual Academy Awards (1962); The 34th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1977); The 36th Annual Academy Awards (1964); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1981); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 41st Annual Academy Awards (1969); The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The 51st Annual Academy Awards (1979); The 6th People's Choice Awards (1980); The 7th Annual People's Choice Awards (1981); The Affair (1973); The American Movie Awards (1980); The American West of John Ford (1971); The Andrew Klavan Show (2018); The Andy Warhol Diaries (2022); The Blue Veil (1951); The Bob Hope Show (1957–1959); The Bride Wore Boots (1946); The Burning Hills (1956); The Candidate (1972); The Collection / Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1976); The Cracker Factory (1979); The David Frost Show (1969); The Dead Wives Club (2019); The Dick Cavett Show (1969); The Dick Cavett Show (1971–1972); The Dr. Oz Show (2019–2021); The Ed Sullivan Show (1956 / 1966); The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017); The Final Day (2000); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); The Frank Sinatra Show (1958); The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947); The Girl He Left Behind (1956); The Great Race (1965); The Green Promise (1949); The Hollywood Deb Stars of 1965 (1965); The Jack Benny Program (1960); The Jackpot (1950); The James Dean Story (1957); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956); The Last Married Couple in America (1980); The Last Movie Stars (2022); The Linkletter Show (1956); The Making of 'My Fair Lady' (1995); The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980); The Merv Griffin Show (1969–1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1976–1980); The Moon Is Down (1943); The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004); The Old Place (2000); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Pride of the Family (1953–1954); The Reluctant Redeemer (1954); The Republic Pictures Story (1991); The Rose Bowl Story (1952); The Schaefer Century Theatre (1952); The Searchers (1956); The Silver Chalice (1954); The Star (1952); The Theater of Tomorrow (1963); The Third Annual 'on Cinema' Oscar Special (2015); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1992); This Is Joan Collins (2022); This Is Your Life (1971); This Property Is Condemned (1966); Today (1975); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1980); Tomorrow Is Forever (1946); Trumbull Land (2018); Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1973); Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (1998); Warner Brothers Presents (1956); Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood (2015); WatchMojo (2018); West Side Story - Bernsteins Broadway-Hit (2018); West Side Story (1961); What's My Line? (1966); What's My Line? At 25 (1975); When the Applause Died / Death in Hollywood (1990); Willie & Phil (1980); Women He's Undressed (2015); Zeit.geschichte (2020).

Born on this day – Diana Rigg:

Diana Rigg

Actress

July 20, 1938 – September 10, 2020

Born on this day – Carolyne Barry:

 

Carolyne Barry

Actress

Writer

Teacher

Director

Dancer

Dance instructor

July 20, 1943 – June 16, 2015

Credits:
 
Book:
 
HIT THE GROUND RUNNING: The First Years of Your Acting Career (2009).
 
Movies, television and stage:
 

An Intimate Look with Michelle Tomlinson (2014); Blue Code (2013); Dark August (1976); Dynasty (1987); Here Come the Brides (1968–1970); Hey, Landlord (1967); Hotel (1986); Hysterical Blindness (1995); Ironside (1971); J.J. Starbuck (1987); Julia (1970); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the V.I.P. Restaurant (1970); Mr. Novak (1965); Out of Sight (1966); Santa Barbara (1987); Shindig! (1964–1965); Small & Frye (1983); Stand Up and Be Counted (1972); Star Trek (1967); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988); The Bob Newhart Show (1978); The F.B.I. (1971); The Lloyd Thaxton Show (1965); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Paper Chase (1983); The Patty Duke Show (1965); The Second Hundred Years (1967).

On this day in movie history - Midnight Run (1988)

Midnight Run

directed by Martin Brest,

written by George Gallo,

was released in the United States on July 20, 1988.

Music by Danny Elfman.

“There’s a couple of nice-lookin’ people here. Better class of people. Your people. Probably all embezzlers, too.”

– Robert De Niro, as Jack Walsh.

Cast:

Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Dennis Farina, Joe Pantoliano, Richard Foronjy, Robert Miranda, Jack Kehoe, Wendy Phillips, Danielle DuClos, Philip Baker Hall, Tom McCleister, Fran Brill.

On this day in movie history - Sunshine (2007)

Sunshine

directed by Danny Boyle,

written by Alex Garland,

was released in the United States on July 20, 2007.

Music by John Murphy and Underworld.

Cast:

Cliff Curtis, Chipo Chung, Cillian Murphy, Michelle Yeoh, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rose Byrne, Benedict Wong, Chris Evans, Troy Garity, Mark Strong, Paloma Baeza, Archie Macdonald, Sylvie Macdonald, Kevin Hudson.