Born on this day – Irene Purcell:

 

Irene Purcell

Actress

August 7, 1896 – July 9, 1972

Credits:

Bachelor's Affairs (1932); Just a Gigolo (1931); Just One Word (1929); Le plombier amoureux (1932); The Crooked Circle (1932); The Man in Possession (1931); The Passionate Plumber (1932); Westward Passage (1932).

Born on this day – Ann Harding:

Ann Harding

Actress

August 7, 1902 – September 1, 1981

Credits:

A Night of Terror (1937); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1963); Ben Casey (1965); Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935); Burke's Law (1963); Cavalcade of America (1957); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Christmas Eve (1947); Climax! (1955–1957); Complicated Women (2003); Compression (2024); Condemned! (1929); Crossroads (1955); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); Devotion (1931); Double Harness (1933); Dr. Kildare (1964); East Lynne (1931); Enchanted April (1935); Eyes in the Night (1942); Front Row Center (1956); Gallant Lady (1933); General Electric Summer Originals (1956); General Electric Theater (1955–1956); Her Private Affair (1929); Holiday (1930); Hollywood Opening Night (1952); It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947); I've Lived Before (1956); Janie (1944); Janie Gets Married (1946); Kraft Theatre (1957); Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn (2016); Lux Video Theatre (1954–1955); Matinee Theatre (1955–1958); Nine Girls (1944); Our American Heritage (1960); Paris Bound (1929); Personalities (1942); Peter Ibbetson (1935); Play of the Week (1960–1961); Playwrights '56 (1956); Prestige (1931); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1952); Schlitz Playhouse (1953–1954); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 1 (1936); Stage 7 (1955); Strange Intruder (1956); Studio 57 (1955); Sunday Showcase (1960); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955–1957); The Animal Kingdom (1932); The Art Director (1949); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); The Conquerors (1932); The Defenders (1963); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Flame Within (1935); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1955); The Fountain (1934); The Girl of the Golden West (1930); The Hollywood Gad-About (1934); The Hollywood Movie Parade (1934); The Lady Consents (1936); The Life of Vergie Winters (1934); The Magnificent Yankee (1950); The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956); The North Star (1943); The Right to Romance (1933); The Unknown Man (1951); The Voice of Hollywood No. 12 (1930); The Witness Chair (1936); Those Endearing Young Charms (1945); TV Club (1950); Two Weeks with Love (1950); Westinghouse Presents: Come Again to Carthage (1961); Westward Passage (1932); When Ladies Meet (1933); Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007).

Born on this day – June Travis:

June Travis

Actress

August 7, 1914 – April 14, 2008

Credits:

Bengal Tiger (1936); Bright Lights (1935); Broadway Gondolier (1935); Broadway Hostess (1935); Ceiling Zero (1936); Circus Girl (1937); Don't Bet on Blondes (1935); Dr. Socrates (1935); Earthworm Tractors (1936); Exiled to Shanghai (1937); Federal Man-Hunt (1938); Go Chase Yourself (1938); Jailbreak (1936); Join the Marines (1937); Little Orphan Annie (1938); Love Is on the Air (1937); Men in Exile (1937); Monster a Go-Go (1965); Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938); Over the Goal (1937); Over the Wall (1938); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 7 (1937); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 8 (1937); Shipmates Forever (1935); Stranded (1935); The Big Game (1936); The Case of the Black Cat (1936); The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935); The ComicWeb: Old Time Radio Programs (2020); The Gladiator (1938); The Kid Comes Back (1937); The Marines Are Here (1938); The Night Hawk (1938); The Star (1952); Times Square Playboy (1936).

Born on this day – Kay Williams:

 

Kay Williams

Actress

August 7, 1916 – May 25, 1983

Credits:

A Guy Named Joe (1943); American Masters (2004); Arch of Triumph (1948); Biography (2003); Du Barry Was a Lady (1943); Fascination: An Unauthorized Tribute to Marilyn Monroe (2011); Gable: The King Remembered (1975); Girl Crazy (1943); Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944); Meet the People (1944); No Minor Vices (1948); Nostradamus IV (1944); Rationing (1944); Swing Fever (1943); The Actress (1953); The Other Love (1947); Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944); This Man's Navy (1945); Two Girls and a Sailor (1944); Whistling in Brooklyn (1943); Ziegfeld Follies (1945).

Born on this day – Andrée Clément:

Andrée Clément

Actress

August 7, 1918 – May 31, 1954

Credits:

Angels of Sin (1943); Bethsabée (1947); Coïncidences (1947); Daughters of Destiny / Segment: Jeanne (1954); Devil's Daughter (1946); God Needs Men (1950); Jeanne (1952); Just a Big Simple Girl (1948); La vierge du Rhin (1953); Macadam (1946); Pastoral Symphony (1946); Premier de cordée (1944); Premier prix du conservatoire (1943); Suivez cet homme (1953); The Thirst of Men (1950).

Born on this day – Betsy Byars:

 

Betsy Byars

Writer

August 7, 1928 – February 26, 2020

Credits:
 
Books:
 

A Blossom Promise (1987); After the Goat Man (1980); Ant (2001); Ant Plays Bear (1997); Beans On the Roof (1988); Bingo Brown and the Language of Love (1989); Bingo Brown, Gypsy Lover (1991); Bingo Brown's Guide to Romance (1969); Boo's Dinosaur (2006); Boo's Surprise (2009); Cat Diaries (2010); Coast to Coast (1992); Cracker Jackson (1985); Dead Letter (1996); Death's Door (1997); Disappearing Acts (1998); Dog Diaries (2007); Go and Hush the Baby (1982); Good-bye, Chicken Little (1979); Hooray for the Golly Sisters! (1990); Keeper of the Doves (2002); King of Murder (2006); Little Horse (2002); Little Horse On His Own (2004); McMummy (1993); Me Tarzan (2000); Midnight Fox (1970); My Brother Ant (1996); My Dog, My Hero (2000); Perfect, the Pig (1970); Rama the Gypsy (1966); Rama the Gypsy Cat (1976); Tarot Says Beware (1995); The 18th Emergency (1975); The Animal, the Vegetable, And John D Jones (1982); The Black Tower (2006); The Blossoms and the Green Phantom (1987); The Blossoms Meet The Vulture Lady (1986); The Burning Questions of Bingo Brown (1988); The Cartoonist (1984); The Computer Nut (1984); The Cybil War (1981); The Dancing Camel (1965); The Dark Stairs (1994); The Glory Girl (1983); The Golly Sisters Go West (1985); The Golly Sisters Ride Again (1994); The House of Wings (1972); The Joy Boys (1996); The Lace Snail (1975); The Moon and I (1991); The Night Swimmers (1980); The Not-Just-Anybody Family (1986); The Pinballs (1977); The Seven Treasure Hunts (1991); The SOS File (2004); The Summer of the Swans (1972); The T.V. Kid (1974); The Winged Colt of Casa Mia (1973); The Two-Thousand-Pound Gold Fish (1982); Tornado (1996); Trouble River (1969); Wanted. . . Mud Blossom (1991).

 

Movies and television:

ABC Afterschool Specials (1974–1982); ABC Weekend Specials (1977); Jackanory (1975–1984); Middle English (1983).

Born on this day – Caroline Cellier:

 

Caroline Cellier

Actress

August 7, 1945 – December 15, 2020

Credits:

À la folie, pas du tout (1987); A Pain in the Ass (1973); Au théâtre ce soir (1966–1967); Au-delà de l'écran (1967); Cadet Rousselle (1973); Certaines nouvelles (1980); C'est encore mieux l'après-midi (1986–1987); Champs-Elysées (1984–1988); Charlie Dingo (1987); Ciné star (1987); Cop Au Vin (1985); Danger Passion (1986); Délit mineur (1994); Desproges est vivant (1998); Didier (1997); Dim Dam Dom (1969); Fantômes en héritage (1990); Farinelli (1994); Femmes de personne (1984); Fragile(s) (2007); Grand Guignol (1987); Gym tonic (1984); Histoires insolites (1974); Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi (1996); Jean-Philippe (2006); Joyeux anniversaire Monsieur Trenet (1995); Julie de Carneilhan (1990); La boîte à questions (2010); La contre-allée (1991); La derelitta / Cinéma 16 (1980); La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu (1967); La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu / Emmenez-moi au théâtre (1984); La morale de l'histoire (1966); La mort d'un champion (1972); La nuit des 7 d'or (1987); La nuit des Césars (1977–1985); La tête du client (1965); La vie de château (1984); L'atterrissage (1981); Le cheval évanoui (1976); Le ciel de lit (1974); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2004); Le grand restaurant (2011); Le journal de 20 heures (1992); Le vol d'Icare (1980); Le zèbre (1992); Les aveux les plus doux (1971); Les dossiers de Jérôme Randax (1966); Les enfants de la télé (2019); Les Enfoirés (1997); Les fougères bleues (1977); Les grands enfants (1998); Les héroïques (1981); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1977); L'histoire du samedi (1997); Life Love Death (1969); L'invité du dimanche (1969); L'oeil en coulisses (1988); Manon: Le miroir à trois faces (1966); Mardi cinema (1987); Mariage (1974); Marie Curie - Une certaine jeune fille (1965); Michel Sardou: Salut! (1997); Mille milliards de dollars (1982); Molière pour rire et pour pleurer (1973); Molinaro, un esprit libre (2006); Musicolor (1969); Nino Castelnuovo, le groom de l'Hôtel du Palais (2006); Ombre et lumière (2003); Petit Con (1984); Pleasure (And Its Little Inconveniences) (1998); Poiret est à vous (1975); Poker (1987); Rencontres de cinéma (2010); Romulus le grand (1971); Rouletabille (1966); Sacrée soirée (1987–1991); Soirée Courteline / Segment: La Peur des coups (1974); Surprise Party (1983); The Pupil (1996); The Taming of the Shrew (1964); Thelma, Louise et Chantal (2010); This Man Must Die (1969); Transit (2004); Un jeu dangereux (2005); Une cellule pour deux (2006); Une femme, un jour... (1977); Une fille dans la montagne (1964); Vent de panique (1987); Vivement dimanche (1999–2010); Year of the Jellyfish (1984).