Born on this day – Lawrence Clark Powell:

Lawrence Clark Powell

Writer

Librarian

Bibliographer

September 3, 1906 – March 14, 2001

Credits:

Books:

A Passion for Books (1958); A Southwestern Century; Books in My Baggage (1960); California Classics: The Creative Literature of the Golden State (1971); Eucalyptus Fair (1992); Fortune & Friendship: An Autobiography (1968); Heart of the Southwest; Islands of Books; Land of Fiction; Life Goes On: Twenty More Years of Fortune and Friendship (1986); Philosopher Pickett; Photographs of the Southwest (1976) (with Ansel Adams); Robinson Jeffers, the Man and His Work; Southwestern Book Trails (1982); The Alchemy of Books (1954); The Blue Train (1977); The Little Package (1964); The Malibu (with W.W. Robinson); The Manuscripts of D.H. Lawrence; The River Between (1979); Winter Crossing 1952 - Travel Notes from a Bygone era (1986).

Born on this day – Kitty Carlisle:

Kitty Carlisle

Actress

Opera singer

September 3, 1910 – April 17, 2007

Credits:
 
Advocate for the Arts.
 
Chair of the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) (1976 to 1996).
 
Stage:
 

Anniversary Waltz (1954); Champagne, Sec (1933); Design for Living (1943); Die Fledermaus (1967); French Without Tears (1936); Larceny with Music (1943); Night of January 16th (1938); On Your Toes (1983); The Man Who Came to Dinner (1949); The Merry Widow (1943); The Rape of Lucretia (1948); There's Always Juliet (1944); Three Waltzes (1937); Walk With Music (1940); White Horse Inn (1936); Wit & Wisdom (2003); You Never Know (1975).

 

Songs:
 

Alone; Down Your Tea; Finale Of Act I; Finale: I Love You So - Girls Girls, Girls; Finaletto Part 1; Finaletto-Part 2-Nordraak's Farewell And Reprise Of Three Loves; French Military Marching Song; French Military Song; Hill Of Dreams; Hymn Of Betrothal And Finale Act 1; I Love You So - The Merry Widow Waltz; I'll Get By; I'll Remember April; In Marsovia; Jalousie; Lovely to Look At; March Of The Trollgers; Midsummer's Eve; Now; Prelude And Legend; Romance; Smoke Gets in Your Eyes; Straight from the Shoulder; Sweet Dreams Sweetheart & Finale; The Desert Song: One Alone; The Sabre Song; The Touch of Your Hand; These Foolish Things; Three Loves; Vilia.

 

Movies and television:
 

13 Stars for Channel 13 (1966); 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2008); A Night at the Opera (1935); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (2000); All Star Musical Revue (1945); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); American Masters (1987–1990); Beyond Vaudeville (1993); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); Biography (2000); Broadway Legends (2002); Broadway: The American Musical (2004); Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003); Call My Bluff (1965); Catch Me If You Can (2002); Cavalcade of Stars (1949); CBS Mornings (1988); Complicated Women (2003); Danny Kaye: Nobody's Fool (1994); Don Ameche's Musical Playhouse (1951); Game Show Moments Gone Bananas (2005); Get the Message (1964); Great Performances (1981–1998); Great Performances / Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021); Greta Garbo: A Lone Star (2001); Here Is My Heart (1934); Hollywood Canteen (1944); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008); I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story (2014); Inside the Marx Brothers (2003); Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood (2005); I've Got a Secret (1952–1966); Kojak: Flowers for Matty (1990); Larceny with Music (1943); Leave It to the Girls (1949); Lerner and Loewe: Broadway's Last Romantics (1988); Max Liebman Spectaculars (1956); McLean and Company (1971); Miss America Pageant (1958); Missing Links (1963–1964); Moving Image Salutes Elia Kazan (1987); Moving Image Salutes Sidney Lumet (1985); Moving Image Salutes Steven Spielberg (1994); Murder at the Vanities (1934); Nash Airflyte Theatre (1951); Nick & Hillary (1988); Night of 100 Stars III (1990); NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II (1998); Password (1961–1965); Person to Person (1959); Play Your Hunch (1963); Probe and Night Beat (1956); Quick as a Flash (1953–1954); Radio Days (1987); Remarks on Marx (2004); Remembering Bing (1989); Sally Jessy Raphael (1989); She Loves Me Not (1934); Ship's Reporter (1950); Showtime, U.S.A. (1951); Six Degrees of Separation (1993); Special Collector's Edition (2012); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The 39th Annual Tony Awards (1985); The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008); The 9th Annual American Cinema Awards (1992); The Bob Braun Show (1980); The Ed Sullivan Show (1959); The Eyes Have It (1950–1951); The Faye Emerson Show (1950); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Billy Wilder (1982); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Claudette Colbert (1984); The Film Society of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Gregory Peck (1992); The Howard Stern Show (1991); The Jim Backus Show (1960); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998 / 1980); The Kennedys: The Curse of Power (2000); The Man Who Came to Dinner (2000); The Match Game (1963–1964); The Merv Griffin Show (1965–1969); The Mike Douglas Show (1966–1971); The Morning Exchange (1988); The Movie Masters (1989–1990); The Powder & the Glory (2007); The South Bank Show (1978); The Steve Allen Show (1951); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959); Theater Talk (2007); This Is Show Business (1951–1954); To Tell the Truth (1957–2000); TV's Funniest Game Show Moments (1984); We, the People (1948); What's Going on? (1954); What's My Line? (1963–1966); Who Said That? (1948–1955); Who's There? (1952).

Born on this day – Lisette Lanvin:

Lisette Lanvin

Actress

September 3, 1913 – July 27, 2004

Born on this day – Alan Ladd:

Alan Ladd

Actor

Producer

September 3, 1913 – January 29, 1964

Born on this day – Helen Wagner:

 

Helen Wagner

Actress

September 3, 1918 – May 1, 2010

Credits:

50 Years of Soaps: An All-Star Celebration (1994); A Closer Look (1991); As the World Turns (1956–2010); As the World Turns (2010); Donahue (1985); Guiding Light (1952–1953); Hallmark Hall of Fame (1952); Inner Sanctum (1954); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1951–1954); Lamp Unto My Feet (1951); Mister Peepers (1953); SoapTalk (2006); Starlight Theatre (1951); The 31st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2004); The 33rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2006); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2004); The Kate Smith Hour (1954); The Web (1950–1951); The World of Mr. Sweeney (1954–1955); Valiant Lady (1953–1957).

Born on this day – Ruth Orkin:

Ruth Orkin

Photographer

Writer

Director

September 3, 1921 – January 16, 1985

Credits:

Books: 

A Photo Journal (1981); A World Through My Window (1978); More Pictures from My Window (1983); Outside-Morris Engel Ruth Orkin, From Street Photography to Filmmaking (2014); Ruth Orkin (2023); Ruth Orkin: A Photo Spirit (2021); Ruth Orkin: Above and Beyond (1999); Ruth Orkin: American Girl in Italy The Making of a Classic (2005); Ruth Orkin: Bike Trip (2023); Ruth Orkin: ICP Exhibition (1995); Ruth Orkin: Photo Posch (2023); Ruth Orkin: Women (2023).

Movies and television:

Little Fugitive (1953 / 2006); Lovers and Lollipops (1956); Lunch Money (2010); Morris Engel Home Movies (2021); Morris Engel: The Independent (2008); Ruth Orkin: Frames of Life (1996); Something's Gotta Give (2003); The Dog Lover (1962).

Born on this day – Anne Jackson:

 

Anne Jackson

Actress

September 3, 1925 – April 12, 2016