Born on this day – Maureen O'Hara:

Maureen O'Hara

Actress

Singer

August 17, 1920 – October 24, 2015

Born on this day – Evan S. Connell:

 

Evan S. Connell

Writer

August 17, 1924 – January 10, 2013

Credits:

Books:

A Long Desire (1979); American Short Story Masterpieces (1987); At the Crossroads (1965); Deus Lo Volt! (2000); Double Honeymoon (1976); El Dorado and Other Pursuits (2002); Francisco Goya: A Life (2003); Lost in Uttar Pradesh (2008); Mr. Bridge (1969); Mrs. Bridge (1959); Notes from a Bottle Found on the Beach at Carmel (1962); Object Lessons: The Paris Review Presents the Art of the Short Story (2012); Points for a Compass Rose (1973); Son of the Morning Star (1984); St. Augustine's Pigeon (1980); The Alchymist's Journal (1991); The Anatomy Lesson and Other Stories (1957); The Aztec Treasure House (2001); The Best American Short Stories 1957 (1957); The Collected Stories (1995); The Connoisseur (1974); The Diary of a Rapist (1966); The Patriot (1958); The White Lantern (1980).

Movies and television:

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990); Son of the Morning Star (1991).

Born on this day – Jean Poiret:

 

Jean Poiret

Actor

Director

Writer

August 17, 1926 – March 14, 1992

Born on this day – Ted Hughes:

Ted Hughes

Writer

August 17, 1930 – October 28, 1998

Credits:
 
Books:
 

A March Calf (2019); A Ted Hughes Bestiary (2014); All Around the Year (1979); Animal Poems (1967); By Heart (2012); Cave Birds (1978); Crow (1970); Emily Dickinson (2011); Euripides' Alcestis (2011); Ffangs the Vampire Bat and the Kiss of Truth (1986); Gaudete (1977); How the Whale Became (1963); Letters of Ted Hughes (2010); Lupercal (1960); Meet My Folks (1973); Moon-Whales (1976); Moortown (1979); My Brother Bert (2009); Nessie the Mannerless Monster (1964); New and Selected Poems (2010); Remains of Elmet (2011); River (1983); Season Songs (2019); Selected Poems (1962); T. S. Eliot: A Tribute (1987); Tales of the Early World (1988); The Coming of the Kings (1970); The Dreamfighter (1995); The Earth Owl and Other Moon People (1963); The Hawk in the Rain (1957); The Iron Man aka The Iron Giant (1968); The Iron Wolf (2019); The Iron Woman (1993); The Love Pet (1985); The Thought Fox (2019); The Tiger's Bones (1974); Timmy the Tug (2009); What is the Truth? (1984); Wodwo (1967); Wolfwatching (1989).

 

Movies and television:
 

Beauty and the Beast (1982); Biography (2004); Crow (2014); Jackanory (1972–1995); Jackanory Playhouse (1972); MultiVersus (2024); Seven Crows a Secret (1994); Sylvia Plath: Inside the Bell Jar (2018); Ted Hughes: Stronger Than Death (2015); The Colossus (2010); The English Programme (1986–1998); The Iron Giant (1999); The Rain Horse (2008); The South Bank Show (1979–1981).

Born on this day – Luther Allison:

 

Luther Allison

Blues singer

Songwriter

Guitarist

August 17, 1939 – August 12, 1997

Credits:

Albums:

Bad News Is Coming (1972); Blue Streak (1995); Hand Me Down My Moonshine (1994); Here I Come (1985); I Owe It All To You (2024); Learn From The Past (2022); Let's Have A Natural Ball (1985); Let's Try It Again (1992); Life Is a Bitch (1984); Live '89: Let's Try It Again (2006); Live At Montreux 1986 (2006); Live in Chicago (1999); Live in Montreux 1976-1994 (2006); Live in Paris (1979); Love Me Mama (1969); Love Me Papa (1977); Luther Allison Live in Paris 1979 (2005); Luther's Blues (1974); Montreux 1976 (Live) (2017); More From Berlin (1990); My Time Ain't Long (2023); Night Life (1976); Pay It Forward (2002); Power Wire Blues (1979); Reckless (1997); Rich Man (1995); Serious (1987); Songs From The Road (2009); Soul Fixin' Man (1994); South Side Safari (1979); Standing at the Crossroad (1977); Sweet Home Chicago (2006); The Alligator Records Years (2013); The Motown Years 1972-1976 (1996); Time (1989); Underground (2007); When The Sun Goes Down (2024); Where Have You Been? Live In Montreux 1976-1994 (1996).

Movies and television:

Chorus (1978–1980); Cooley High (1975); Die Harald Schmidt Show (1996); Karussell (1985–1987); Lieder & Leute (1982); Little Fires Everywhere (2020); Lord Thing (1970); Mad Money (2008); Magnum P.I. (2020); Musical express (1979); Nobody (2021); Taratata (1997); The Big Easy (1997); The Breed (2006); The Good Life (2014).

Born on this day – Anthony Valentine:

Anthony Valentine

Actor

August 17, 1939 – December 2, 2015

Credits:

A for Andromeda (1961); Adolf Eichmann - Begegnungen mit einem Mörder / documentary (2002); Adventure in the Hopfields (1954); After the War (1989); Age of Treason (1993); Aggie (1957); Airline (1982); Aladdin (1951); Alien Attack (1976); American Cuisine (1998); An Age of Kings (1960); Armchair Cinema (1975); Armchair Theatre (1966); Asian Connection: Midnight Orchid (1995); BBC Play of the Month (1982–1983); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1958); Bergerac (1983); Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School (1955–1957); Biography (1995); Body & Soul (1993); Boon (1989); Born for Trouble (1955); Budgie (1971); Butterflies & Diamonds (2015); Call My Bluff (1974–1981); Callan (1967–1972); Captain Brassbound's Conversion (1953); Casualty (2009); Chuggington (2008–2010); Chuggington: Badge Quest (2011); Codename (1970); Colditz (1974); Coronation Street (2009–2010); Coronation Street at Christmas (2019); Covington Cross (1992); Dark Arts: Inside 'To the Devil a Daughter' (2018); Department S (1969); Diana: A Tribute to the People's Princess (1998); Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1969); Emergency-Ward 10 (1967); Emil and the Detectives (1952); Escape to Athena (1979); Escape to Athena: Cast and Crew Interviews (1978); A Father's Revenge (1988);Fun at St Fanny's (1955); Hammer House of Horror (1980); Hannay (1989); Heartbeat (2006); Inside the Tower (2015); Intrigue (1966); It's About Time (1979); ITV Play of the Week (1958); Jefferson in Paris (1995); Johnnie's Night Out (1954); Judge John Deed (2002); Justice (1971–1974); Killer Contract (1984); Lime Street (1985); Love Story (1966); Lovejoy (1986–1991); Masada (1981); Mencius Was a Bad Boy (1951); Minder (1979–1983); Monkey Business (1993); Moon and Son (1992); Murder Is Easy (1982); My Uncle Rollo (1954); New Tricks (2005); Night of One Hundred Stars (1980); No Way Back (1949); Noel's Telly Years (1997); Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial (2006); Pathfinders (1972); Performance (1970); Poirot (2006); Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks (2015); Pulaski: The TV Detective (1987); Put Out More Flags (1970); Raffles (1975); Raffles (1975–1977); Rex Milligan (1956); Rheingold Theatre (1953); Riders (1993); Riviera Police (1965); Robin Hood (1984–1985); Saturday Playhouse (1961); Scobie in September (1969); Softly Softly (1969); Space: 1999 (1975); Spy Trap (1973); Stars on Sunday (1974); Stay Lucky (1991); Stranger in the House (1953); Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring (1961); Sunset Song (1971); Take Three Girls (1969); Tales of the Unexpected (1980–1982); The Attorney-General (1961); The Avengers (1967–1968); The Bill (1998); The Brain Machine (1955); The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991); The Children of the New Forest (1955); The Commander: Abduction (2008); The Commander: Blackdog (2005); The Commander: Blacklight (2006); The Commander: Virus (2005); The Cornet Player (1959); The Damned (1962); The Dancing Years (1976); The Detectives (1994–1997); The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (1988); The Donati Conspiracy (1973); The Expert (1969); The Fear (1988); The Fifth Corner (1992); The Flesh and the Fiends (1960); The Girl on the Pier (1953); The House of Angelo (1997); The House of Eliott (1991); The Knock (1994–1996); The Last Detective (2007); The Last Man Out (1962); The Madhouse on Castle Street / BBC Sunday-Night Play (1961); The Monster Club / Segment: Vampire Story (1981); The Plague Dogs (1982); The Scarf (1959); The Secret Way (1954); The True Mistery of the Passion (1960); The Way to Dusty Death (1995); The Wharf Road Mob (1957); The World About Us (1980–1982); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1967); This Is Your Life (1978–1995); This Man Craig (1967); Thriller (1975); To the Devil a Daughter (1976); To the Devil... The Death of Hammer (2002); Tower of Evil (1972); Two Men Went to War (2002); Van der Valk (1992); Vice Versa (1953); Waking the Dead (2001); West 11 (1963); When TV Goes to War (2011); Whodunnit? (1974); Z Cars (1972).

On this day in movie history - Lady on a Train (1945)

Lady on a Train

directed by Charles David,

written by Edmund Beloin and Robert O’Brien,

based on a story by Leslie Charteris,

was released in the United States on August 17, 1945.

Music by Miklós Rózsa.

Cast:

Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, David Bruce, George Coulouris, Allen Jenkins, Dan Duryea, Edward Everett Horton, Jacqueline deWit, Patricia Morison, Elizabeth Patterson, Maria Palmer, Samuel S. Hinds, William Frawley, Thurston Hall, Kathleen O’Malley, Lash LaRue.