Born on this day – Émilie Dequenne:

 

Émilie Dequenne

Actress

August 29, 1981 – March 16, 2025

Credits:

Stage:

Lysistrata (2003); Miss Julie (2006); Mon Tibet (2010).

Movies and television:

13 heures le journal (2006); 20h10 pétantes (2006); 49o Festival Thessalonikis - 19 kinimatografistes (2009); A New Life (2018); A Song of Innocence (2005); An Irrepressible Woman (2019); An Ordinary Man (2019–2020); Année Zéro (2023); Astrid et Raphaëlle (2021); Avant qu'il ne soit trop tard (2005); Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001); By Accident (2015); C à vous (2014–2024); Cannes Film Festival (1999–2024); Charlotte Corday (2008); Claude Berri, le dernier nabab (2003); Close (2022); Comme au cinéma (2001); Comment ça va bien! (2015); Confidences (2007); Defendant (2016); Dies irae (2004); Divin enfant (2014); Double foyer (2023); Écoute le temps (2006); Fort Boyard (2009); Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross (2006); Il était une fois... (2015); Illegal Love (2011); Infrarouge (2015); Inside (2018–2019); J'ai oublié de te dire (2009); Jean Moulin (2002); Jour de fête (2007); La fille d'Albino Rodrigue (2023); La meute (2010); La nuit des Césars (2000–2015); La vie d'artiste (2007); L'Américain (2004); L'autre émoi (2006); Le goût du noir (2001); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2017); Le grand Meaulnes (2006); Le pacte des loups - Les coulisses du tournage (2001); Le pacte des loups - Les entrailles de la bête (2002); L'école de la vie (2021); Les enfants de la télé (2001); Les états-Unis d'Albert (2005); Les LGBTphobies ordinaires sont partout. Combattons-les. Respectons-nous (2022); L'invité (2017–2022); Mariées mais pas trop (2003); Marinette (2023); Miroir, mon beau miroir (2008); Möbius (2013); Mum Is Wrong (2016); My Mum, Cancer and Me (2018); Mystery at the Moulin Rouge (2011); Nulle part ailleurs cinéma (2001); Nulle part ailleurs. 1ère partie (2000); Obsessions (2009); On a tout essayé (2006); On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde (2001); On n'est pas couché (2017); Oui, mais... (2001); Our Children (2012); Paltrocast with Darren Paltrowitz (2020); Pas son genre (2014); Rencontres de cinéma (2010–2014); Résignation (2023); Retro Therapy (2024); Rien dans les poches (2008); Rosetta (1999); Secrets d'histoire (2008); See You Up There (2017); Souviens-toi (2015); Stella (2019); Survive (2024); The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004); The Brigade (2017); The Consolation (2017); The Crossing (2012); The Girl on the Train (2009); The Light (2004); The Missing (2014); The Restless (2021); The Things We Say, the Things We Do (2020); This is Our Land (2017); TKT (2024); To Each His Own Cinema / Segment: Dans l'obscurité (2007); Tout le monde en parle (2001); Une femme de ménage (2002); Vivement dimanche (2001–2006); Well Done! (2023).

On this day in movie history - Beware, My Lovely (1952)

Beware, My Lovely

directed by Harry Horner,

written by Mel Dinelli, and based on the play The Man by Mel Dinelli,

was released in the United States on August 29, 1952.

Music by Leith Stevens.

Cast:
Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Taylor Holmes, Barbara Whiting, James Willmas, O. Z. Whitehead.

On this day in movie history - Frida (2002)

 

Frida

directed by Julie Taymor,

written by Clancy Sigal, Diane Lake, Gregory Nava and Anna Thomas,

based on the book Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera,

was released at the Venice Film Festival in Italy on August 29, 2002.

Music by Elliot Goldenthal.

Cast:

Salma Hayek, Mía Maestro, Amelia Zapata, Alejandro Usigli, Diego Luna, Alfred Molina, Lucia Bravo, Valeria Golino, Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Loló Navarro, Roger Rees, Fermín Martínez, Roberto Medina, Ashley Judd, Antonio Banderas, Lila Downs, Martha Claudia Moreno, Maria Ines Pintado, Aida López, Ivana Sejenovich, Diego Espinosa, Ehécatl Chávez, Elliot Goldenthal, Edward Norton, Saffron Burrows, Didi Conn, Julian Sedgwick, William Raymond, Jorge Guerrero, Mary Luz Palacio, Geoffrey Rush, Margarita Sanz, Omar Chagall, Anthony Alvarez, Enoc Leaño, Karine Plantadit, Chavela Vargas, Jorge Zepeda, Benjamín Benítez, Thomas Ebert, Claudia Frías, Felipe Fulop, Joey Mazzarino, Andrés Montiel, Mauricio Osorio, Jorge Valdés García, Eszter Zakariás, Antonio Zavala Kugler.

On this day in movie history - Lawless (2012)

Lawless

directed by John Hillcoat,

written by Nick Cave, 

based on the novel The Wettest County in the World by Matt Bondurant,

was released in the United States on August 29, 2012.

Music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

Cast:

Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Jason Clarke, Guy Pearce, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska, Dane DeHaan, Chris McGarry, Tim Tolin, Gary Oldman, Lew Temple, Marcus Hester, Bill Camp, Alex Van, Noah Taylor, Mark Ashworth, Tom Proctor, Bruce McKinnon, Eric Mendenhall, Toni Byrd, Robert T. Smith, Jake Nash, William J. Harrison, Joyce Baxter, Jeff Braun, Malinda Baker, Tom Turbiville, Chad Randall, Terry Keasler, Duncan Nicholson, Ron Clinton Smith, Anna House, Ricky Muse, Peter Krulewitch, Chance Bartels, Darryl Booker, Charles Casey, Samantha Gillies Cox, Hannah Defler, Randall Franks, David Fritsch, Ronnie Kantorik, Larry Mainland, Wilson Moore, Joel Rogers, J.T. Seidler, Steve Warren, Jacqueline Marie Zwick.

On this day in television history - Fallen Angels (1993)

Fallen Angels

Season 1. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: The Quiet Room.

Released August 29, 1993.

Directed by Steven Soderbergh.

Written by Howard A. Rodman.

Created by William Horberg.

Based on the short story by Frank E. Smith/Jonathan Craig.

Theme music by Peter Bernstein.

Cast:

Joe Mantegna, Bonnie Bedelia, Vinessa Shaw, Patrick Breen, J.E. Freeman, Peter Gallagher, Wayne Grace, Kathy Kinney, Genia Michaela, Hank Stone, Norman Large, Lynette Walden.

On this day in movie history - Ad Astra (2019)

 

Ad Astra

directed by James Gray,

written by James Gray and Ethan Gross,

was released at the Venice Film Festival in Italy on August 29, 2019.

Music by Max Richter.

Cast:

Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland, Kimberly Elise, Loren Dean, Donnie Keshawarz, Sean Blakemore, Bobby Nish, LisaGay Hamilton, John Finn, John Ortiz, Freda Foh Shen, Kayla Adams, Ravi Kapoor, Liv Tyler, Elisa Perry, Daniel Sauli, Kimmy Shields, Kunal Dudheker, Greg Bryk, Alyson Reed, Sasha Compère, Justin Dray, Alex Luna, Natasha Lyonne, Zoro Saro Manuel Daghlian, Jacob Sandler, Elizabeth Willaman, Matthew Morley Daniel, Bayardo De Murguia, Lawrence Dex, Lori Dorfman, Vivian Fleming-Alvarez, Eliza Gerontakis, Luis Richard Gomez, Eleanor Goodall, Georgia James Gray, Danny Hamouie, Bayani Ison, Lea Jones, Matthew Jones, Donna Lee, Sheila M. Lockhart, Mallory Low, Kento Matsunami, Anne McDaniels, Noelle Messier, Jen Morillo, Jean-Pierre Mouzon, Melvin Payne Jr., Eloy Perez, Rochelle Rose, Valeri Ross, Brynn Route, Lisa Shows, Amanda Tudesco, Nicholas Walker, Robert J. Yowell.

On this day in television history - Justified: City Primeval (2023)

Justified: City Primeval
Season 1. Episode 8.

Episode entitled: The Question.

Released August 29, 2023.

Directed by Michael Dinner.

Written by Dave Andron, Michael Dinner, Cole Quirk.

Based on City Primeval and Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Mark Isham.
 
Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Adelaide Clemens, Marin Ireland, Victor Williams, Norbert Leo Butz, Boyd Holbrook, Walton Goggins, Natalie Zea, Terry Kinney, Luis Guzmán, Ahna O’Reilly, Matt Craven, Dominic Fumusa, Yosef Kasnetzkov, David Koechner, Alexander Pobutsky, Vivian Olyphant, Audrey Francis, F. David Roth, Scott Anderson, CJ Cobb, Brenna DiStasio, Nick Druzbanski, John Grant Phillips, Callie Johnson, Eddie Martinez, Emma Kathryn Onderko, Bri Ranae Short, Jevon White, Shawn Dando, Russ Panzarella, Brent Whitlock.