Monday, March 2, 2026

Born on this day – Marjorie Weaver:

Marjorie Weaver


Actress

March 2, 1913 – October 1, 1994

Credits:
Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956); Boston Blackie (1952); We're Not Married! (1952); Big Town (1952); Hollywood Victory Caravan (1945); Fashion Model (1945); Leave It to Blondie (1945); Shadow of Suspicion (1944); Pardon My Rhythm (1944); The Great Alaskan Mystery (1944); You Can't Ration Love (1944); Let's Face It (1943); Just Off Broadway (1942); The Mad Martindales (1942); The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942); Man at Large (1941); For Beauty's Sake (1941); Murder Among Friends (1941); Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940); Murder Over New York (1940); Maryland (1940); Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940); Shooting High (1940); The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939); The Honeymoon's Over (1939); Chicken Wagon Family (1939); Young Mr. Lincoln (1939); Hold That Co-ed (1938); I'll Give a Million (1938); Three Blind Mice (1938); Kentucky Moonshine (1938); Sally, Irene and Mary (1938); Second Honeymoon (1937); Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937); Life Begins in College (1937); Danger - Love at Work (1937); Hot Water (1937); The Californian (1937); Big Business (1937); This Is My Affair (1937); Melody for Two (1937); On the Avenue (1937); Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936); Polo Joe (1936); Here Comes Carter (1936); China Clipper (1936).

Born on this day – David Goodis:


David Goodis


Writer

March 2, 1917 – January 7, 1967

Credits:
Retreat from Oblivion (1939); Dark Passage (1946); Behold This Woman (1947); Nightfall / Missing Believed Murdered / The Dark Chase / Convicted (1947); Of Missing Persons (1950); Cassidy's Girl (1951); Of Tender Sin (1952); Street of the Lost (1952); The Burglar (1953); The Moon in the Gutter (1953); Black Friday (1954); The Blonde on the Street Corner (1954); Street of No Return (1954); The Wounded and the Slain (1955); Down There / Shoot the Piano Player (1956); Fire in the Flesh (1957); Night Squad (1961); Somebody's Done For (1967); Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories (1996).

Born on this day – Jennifer Jones:


Jennifer Jones


Actress

March 2, 1919 – December 17, 2009

Credits:
The Towering Inferno (1974); Angel, Angel, Down We Go (1969); The Idol (1966); Tender Is the Night (1962); A Farewell to Arms (1957); The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957); The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956); Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955); Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955); Beat the Devil (1953); Terminal Station (1953); Ruby Gentry (1952); Carrie (1952); Gone to Earth (1950); Madame Bovary (1949); We Were Strangers (1949); Portrait of Jennie (1948); Duel in the Sun (1946); Cluny Brown (1946); Love Letters (1945); The Fighting Generation (1944); Since You Went Away (1944); The Song of Bernadette (1943); Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939); The Streets of New York (1939); New Frontier (1939).

Born on this day – Katharine Whitehorn:

 


Katharine Whitehorn


Writer

Radio presenter

March 2, 1928 – January 8, 2021

Credits:
Cooking in a Bedsitter (aka Kitchen in the Corner: A Complete Guide to Bedsitter Cookery) (1961); Observations (1970); Only on Sundays (1966); Roundabout (1962); Selective Memory by Katharine Whitehorn (2007); Sunday Best (1976); View from a Column (1981).

Born on this day – Richard Compton:


Richard Compton


Writer

Director

Producer

March 2, 1938 – August 11, 2007

Credits:
Angels Die Hard (1970); Assault in Paradise (1977); Babylon 5 (1993–1994); Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier (1989); Bury Me an Angel (1971); Call to Glory (1984); CBS Summer Playhouse (1987); Charmed (1998–1999); Deadman's Curve (1978); Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge (1988); Diagnosis Murder (1994); Diamond Stud (1970); Dr. Sex (1964); Get Christie Love! (1974); Get Real (1999–2000); Hardcastle and McCormick (1983); Hawkeye (1994); Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1998); Hill Street Blues (1984); Home for the Holidays (2005); Home Improvement (1996); Hotel (1985); House of Zodiac (1969); Houston Knights (1987); JAG (2002–2005); Kay O'Brien (1986); Kojak: Fatal Flaw (1989); Kojak: It's Always Something (1990); L.A. Law (1990–1992); Like Mother Like Daughter (1969); M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994); MacGruder and Loud (1985); Macon County Line (1974); Macon County Line: 25 Years Down the Road (2000); Miami Vice (1987–1989); Otherworld (1985); Over My Dead Body (1990); Peacemakers (2003); Pensacola: Wings of Gold (1997); Players (1998); Pointman (1995); Profiler (1999–2000); Ravagers (1979); Return to Macon County (1975); Run, Angel, Run! (1969); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1984); Sliders (1996–1999); Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (1998); Star Trek (1967–1968); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987); Street Hawk (1985); Super Force (1990–1991); T.J. Hooker (1985); The Burning Zone (1996–1997); The California Kid (1974); The Commish (1995); The District (2000); The Division (2001); The Equalizer (1985–1988); The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago (1969); The Felony Squad (1967); The Fugitive (2000); The Gun Runner (1969); The Keys (1992); The Lone Gunmen (2001); The Sentinel (1998); The X-Files (2000–2001); The Young Riders (1991); Under Cover (1991); Welcome Home Soldier Boys (1971); Wild Times (1980).

Born on this day – George Armitage:

 

George Armitage


Director

Writer

Producer

March 2, 1942 – February 15, 2025

Credits:
Caged Heat (1974); Carrott Butts (196?); Coming Together (1970); Darktown Strutters (1975); Fighting Mad (1976); Gas-s-s-s / Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. (1970); Grosse Pointe Blank (1997); Hit Man (1972); Hot Rod (1979); Joy Division (2010); Miami Blues (1990); Monty Nash (1971); Mutiny! (2021); Night Call Nurses (1972); Peyton Place (1967); Pochantonas Revenge (1975); Private Duty Nurses (1971); Tantruma (1975); The Big Bounce (2004); The Burning Bride (2025); The Last of the Finest (1990); The Late Shift (1996); Trophy (197?); Vigilante Force (1976); Von Richthofen and Brown (1971).

Born on this day – Ángel Salazar:

 

Ángel Salazar


Actor

Writer

Director

Comedian

March 2, 1956 – August 11, 2024

Credits:
A Felon in New York (2017); A Stranger Is Watching (1982); Anarchy Radio (2024); Ante' (2012); Big Pun: I'm Not a Player (1997); Boulevard Nights (1979); Carlito's Way (1993); Comedian (2002); Counterpunch (2013); Crumble (2010); Da Pinche Code (2012); Duke of New York in New Ghost City (2021); Engaging (2009); For NYC (2020); Good Dads (2014); Harlem Blues (2003); Heart of the City (1986); Hollywood Entertainment News TV Show (2023); Hot to Trot (1988); In Living Color (1991); Japanese Borscht (2019); Jersey Mafia Chronicles (2017); Jim and James Morning Podcast (2021); Laugh Killer Laugh (2015); Made in Brooklyn (2007); Maniac Cop 2 (1990); Mob Tales with Nick Christophers (2022); Night Rapper (2021); On Our Own (2020–2021); Punchline (1988); Rose Woes and Joe's (2005); SacTown Underground (2017); Saved by the Pole (2012); Scarface (1983); Scarface: The World Is Yours (2006); Screen Machines (2014); Seven Diamonds (2013); Showtime at the Apollo (1992); Sylvester (1985); Take It Back (2016); Tatalia (2017); Terror in the Aisles (1984); The Black Caesar (2022); The Familia: The Rise of Don Pedro (2014); The Gilbert Diaries: The Movie (2023); The Last Gamble (2011); The Latin Legends of Comedy (2006); The New $treetz Seriez (2020); The Scarface Phenomenon (2011); The Streetz (2017); The Streetz 2 (2020); The Wild Life (1984); Trust Me (2009); Vamp Bikers Dos (2015); Vamp Bikers Tres (2016); Vote for Me (2003); Vote for Me! (2002); Walk Proud (1979); Where the Buffalo Roam (1980).