Born on this day – Cyd Charisse:

Cyd Charisse

Actress

Dancer

March 8, 1922 - June 17, 2008

Credits:

Empire State Building Murders (2008); Frasier (1995); Burke's Law (1995); Swimsuit (1989); Crazy Like a Fox (1986); Murder, She Wrote (1985); Glitter (1984); Sentimental Journey (1984); The Fall Guy (1984); Fantasy Island (1978–1983); Portrait of an Escort (1980); The Love Boat (1979); Hawaii Five-O (1978); Warlords of the Deep (1978); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); Medical Center (1975); Fol-de-Rol (1972); Maroc 7 (1967); The Silencers (1966); Assassination in Rome (1965); Something's Got to Give (1962); Two Weeks in Another Town (1962); Checkmate (1961); Five Golden Hours (1961); Black Tights (1960); Party Girl (1958); Twilight for the Gods (1958); Silk Stockings (1957); Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956); It's Always Fair Weather (1955); Deep in My Heart (1954); Brigadoon (1954); Easy to Love (1953); The Band Wagon (1953); Sombrero (1953); Singin' in the Rain (1952); The Wild North (1952); The Mark of the Renegade (1951); ast Side, West Side (1949); Tension (1949); Words and Music (1948); The Kissing Bandit (1948); On an Island with You (1948); The Unfinished Dance (1947); Fiesta (1947); Till the Clouds Roll By / Roberta (1946); Three Wise Fools (1946); The Harvey Girls (1946); Ziegfeld Follies (1945); This Love of Mine (1944); In Our Time (1944); Thousands Cheer (1943); Something to Shout About (1943); This Love of Mine (1942); The Gay Parisian (1941); Escort Girl (1941).

Born on this day – Lore Segal:

Lore Segal

Writer

Translator

Teacher

Actress

March 8, 1928 – October 7, 2024

Credits:

Books:

All the Way Home (1973); An Absence of Cousins (2024); Half the Kingdom (2013); Her First American (1985); Ladies' Lunch (2023); Lucinella (1976); More Mole Stories and Little Gopher, Too (2005); Morris the Artist (2003); Mrs. Lovewright & Purrless Her Cat (1993); Other People's Houses (1973); Shakespeare's Kitchen (2007); Tell Me a Mitzi (1977); Tell Me a Trudy (1977); The Best American Short Stories 1990 (1990); The Book Of Adam To Moses (1987); The Journal I Never Kept (2019); The Story of King Saul and King David (1991); The Story of Old Mrs. Brubeck (1981); Why Mole Shouted and Other Stories (2004).

Movies and television:

Crossing Delancey (1988); Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000); My Knees Were Jumping: Remembering the Kindertransports (1996); Vielleicht habe ich Glück gehabt / Maybe I was lucky (2003).

Born on this day – Gerard Kennedy:

Gerard Kennedy

Actor

March 8, 1932 – April 21, 2025

Credits:

1915 (1982); A Country Practice (1984–1990); A Shifting Dreaming (1982); Acropolis Now (1991); Against the Wind (1978); All Saints (2004); And Where Lies the Justice? (1984); Ashes to Ashes (1966); Australian Playhouse (1966); BeastMaster (2002); Bellamy (1981); Bellbird (1977); Bligh (1992); Blood Crime (2002); Blue Heelers (1994–2001); Bluey (1977); Body Melt (1993); Body Melt: Behind the Scenes (1993); Body Melt: Stills Gallery (2006); Boys from the Bush (1992); Breaking News (1994); Carson's Law (1983); Case for the Defence (1978); Cash and Company (1975); Celebrity Squares (1975); City Homicide (2010); Col'n Carpenter (1990); Conspiracy 365 (2012); Cop Shop (1979–1983); Crisis (1963); Division 4 (1969–1975); Dramatically Black (2005); Ebbtide (1994); Eliza Fraser (1976); Emma: Queen of the South Seas (1988); Fat Tony & Co (2014); Fatty Finn (1980); Five Mile Creek (1984); Flight Into Hell (1987); Fox Studios Australia: The Grand Opening (1999); Garbo (1992); Glitch (2015); Golden Pennies (1985); Great Expectations: The Untold Story (1987); Hobby Farm (2009); Homicide (1966); Human Lie Detector (2006); Hunter (1967–1969); King's Men (1976); Life Forms (1994); Locusts and Wild Honey (1980); Lucky Miles (2007); Mama's Gone A-Hunting (1977); Mission: Impossible (1988–1990); Neighbours (2002); Newsfront (1978); On Location with 'The Irishman' (2006); Panic Station (1982); Pizza (2001); Plain Jane (1966); Plains Empty (2005); Police Crop: The Winchester Conspiracy (1990); Power Without Glory (1976); Prisoner (1985); Puzzle (1978); Raw Deal (1977); Running from the Guns (1987); Rush (1974); Sammy Awards 1979 (1979); Schnipples (2013); Scooter: Secret Agent (2005); Skyways (1979–1980); Special Squad (1984); Stingers (2002); Stock Squad (1985); Studio 86 (1986); Tandarra (1976); Ted Hamilton's Musical World (1974); The 11th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1969); The 13th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1971); The 14th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1972); The 15th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1973); The Best of Aussie Cop Shows (2002); The Brush-Off (2004); The Coral Island (1983); The Flying Doctors (1986–1990); The Footy Show / Segment: Bullet & Gunn (2005); The Graham Kennedy Show (1972); The Inner Sanctuary (1996); The Irishman (1978); The Last of the Knucklemen (1979); The Last of the Knucklemen: Interviews (2004) (2004); The Last Outlaw (1980); The Lighthorsemen (1987); The Lost World (2000); The Making of 'Lucky Miles' (2007); The Mango Tree (1977); The Saddle Club (2001–2008); The Sullivans (1980); The Trial of Ned Kelly (1977); Thunderstone (1999); Underbelly (2008); Wolf Creek 2 (2013).

Born on this day – Matthew Lewis:

Matthew Lewis

Photographer

Photojournalist

March 8, 1930 – October 2, 2024

Credits:
Awarded Pulitzer Prize for work with The Washington Post in 1975.
 

Born on this day – Clint Kimbrough:

Clint Kimbrough

Actor

Director

March 8, 1933 – April 9, 1996

Robert De Niro (left), Clint Kimbrough (right), in Bloody Mama (1970).

Credits:

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959); Art Carney Special (1959); Bloody Mama (1970); Crazy Mama (1975); General Electric Theater (1959); Hot Spell (1958); Iron Horse (1967); Kraft Theatre (1957); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1959–1961); Look Up and Live (1958); Magic Carpet (1972); Night Call Nurses (1972); One Love - Conflicting Faiths (1959); R.C.M.P. (1960); Studio One (1957); The Arrangement (1969); The Boston Strangler (1968); The Danny Thomas Hour (1967); The Last Movie (1971); The Trials of O'Brien (1965); The Young Nurses (1973); Von Richthofen and Brown (1971).

Born on this day – Drew Struzan:

Drew Struzan

Movie poster & music album artist / illustrator

Actor

Producer

March 8, 1947 – October 13, 2025

Credits:

Books:

A Bloody Business; Drew Struzan: Oeuvre; Movie Poster Art; Movie Posters of Drew Struzan; The Art of Drew Struzan.

Movies and television:

3rd Shift: Michael's Lament (2009); A Gift from Heaven (1994); A Piece of the Action (1977); A Small Town in Texas (1976); Abominable (2006); Adventures in Babysitting (1987); After School (1988); Aladdin (1992); Alice Cooper: Welcome to My Nightmare (1975); All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989); All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996); All Night Long (1981); All's Fair (1989); An American Tail (1986); Anastasia (1997); Angels in the Outfield (1994); Animal Crackers (2017); Arabian Nights (2000); Back to the Future (1985); Back to the Future Part II (1989); Back to the Future Part III (1990); Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around the World (2015); *batteries not included (1987); Better Off Dead (1985); Big Trouble in Little China (1986); Blade Runner (1982); Blood Makes Noise (2005); Borderline (1980); Born in East L.A. (1987); Buddy Buddy (1981); Cabo Blanco (1980); California Suite (1978); Cannonball Run II (1984); Car Wash (1976); CBS News Roundup (2013); Champions (1984); Coming to America (1988); Cross Creek (1983); Cutthroat Island (1995); D.C. Cab (1983); Dark Horizon (2009); Dreamscape (1984); Drew Struzan Congratulatory Video (2020); Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of an Artist (2008); Drew: The Man Behind the Poster (2013); DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990); E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982); Empire of the Ants (1977); Escape to Witch Mountain (1975); Fake-Out (1982); Fame (1980); Filmbuff (2019); First Blood (1982); Floyd Norman: An Animated Life (2016); Futureworld (1976); Happy Hour (1986); Hard to Be Me (2010); Harlem Nights (1989); Harry and the Hendersons (1987); Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976); Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002); Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001); Heat and Dust (1983); Hellboy (2004); Hercules (1983); High-Ballin' (1978); Hocus Pocus (1993); Hook (1991); Hope Springs Eternal: A Look Back at 'the Shawshank Redemption' (2004); Hot Pursuit (1987); I, the Jury (1982); Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb (2003); Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine (1999); Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008); Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989); Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984); Jake Speed (1986); Johnny Dangerously (1984); Kill Squad (1981); Killer Force / aka The Diamond Mercenaries (1976); Labou (2008); Ladyhawke (1985); Looking Back at the Future (2006); Love and Art: A Conversation with Drew Struzan (2019); Mallrats (1995); March or Die (1977); Mars Attacks! (1996); Masters of the Universe (1987); Matilda (1978); Meatballs III: Summer Job (1986); Miracles and Mystery: Creating 'the Green Mile' (2006); Mob City (2013); Moon Over Parador (1988); Mother Lode (1982); Muppet Treasure Island (1996); Nadine (1987); Newsies (1992); Oh Heavenly Dog (1980); Pan's Labyrinth (2006); Planet of the Apes (2001); Police Academy (1984); Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985); Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986); Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987); Pop culture adventure (2010); Popstar Private Eye (2007); Promoting Dystopia: Rendering the Poster Art (2007); Prop Culture (2020); Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981); Raiding the Lost Ark: A Filmumentary (2012); Raise the Titanic (1980); Return to Macon County (1975); Return to Oz (1985); Risky Business (1983); Robin and Marian (1976); Sahara (1983); Second Thoughts (1983); Sextette (1977); Shipwrecked (1990); Shirley Valentine (1989); Simon Says (2006); Ski School (1991); Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002); Squirm (1976); Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999); Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002); Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005); Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977); Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980); Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983); Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015); Stay Tuned (1992); Stroker Ace (1983); Sunset (1988); Super Capers: The Origins of Ed and the Missing Bullion (2008); Taking Care of Business (1990); Tales from the Future (2010); Tales of Halloween (2015); Tales of Halloween / Segment: Bad Seed (2015); Tentacles (1977); The Bear (1984); The Black Bird (1975); The Cannonball Run (1981); The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (2002); The Dark Crystal (1982); The Evictors (1979); The Ewok Adventure (1984); The Experts (1989); The Flintstones (1994); The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000); The Florence Henderson Show (2009); The Food of the Gods (1976); The Fox and the Hound (1981); The Frisco Kid (1979); The Goonies (1985); The Great Muppet Caper (1981); The Green Mile (1999); The Incubus (1981); The Land Before Time (1988); The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977); The Legend of Wolf Lodge (1987); The Lonely Guy (1984); The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997); The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters (1994); The Mask (1994); The Mist (2007); The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992); The Muppet Movie (1979); The Name of the Rose (1986); The Norseman (1978); The Outing (1987); The Pirates of Penzance (1983); The Plague Dogs (1982); The Secret of NIMH (1982); The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976); The Shawshank Redemption (1994); The Sting II (1983); The Thing (1982); This Is the End (2013); Three O'Clock High (1987); Thunder and Lightning (1977); Tilt (1979); To Be or Not to Be (1983); Torrente 3: El protector (2005); Tron (1982); Under Fire (1983); Unfaithfully Yours (1984); War of the Worlds (2005); Weekend Warriors (1986); We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993); When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' (2008); White Nights (1985); Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978).

Born on this day – Cass Warner:

 

Cass Warner

Director

Producer

Writer

March 8, 1948 – March 14, 2024

Credits:

23rd Annual Los Angeles Music Awards (2013); American Masters (2008); Answering the Call: Ground Zero's Volunteers (2005); Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (1998); HOPPER: In His Own Words (2012); Mystic Nights and Pirate Fights (1998); Switch (1977); The Brothers Warner (2007); The Dini Petty Show (1989); The Joan Rivers Show (1993).