Anne McCaffrey, on writing:

That's what writing is all about, after all, making others see what you have put down on the page and believing that it does, or could, exist and you want to go there.

_{- Anne McCaffrey}

Born on this day – Mississippi John Hurt:

Mississippi John Hurt

Blues singer

Guitarist

March 8, 1893 – November 2, 1966

Born on this day – Louise Beavers:

Louise Beavers

Actress

March 8, 1902 – October 26, 1962

Credits:

The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1961); The Facts of Life (1960); All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960); The Magical World of Disney (1959–1960); Bourbon Street Beat (1959); Frontier Doctor (1959); The Goddess (1958); Tammy and the Bachelor (1957); Playhouse 90 (1957); Teenage Rebel (1956); You Can't Run Away from It (1956); Good-bye, My Lady (1956); Star Stage (1956); General Electric Theater (1955); The Danny Thomas Show (1953–1954); Stories of the Century (1954); Never Wave at a WAC (1953); Beulah (1952); I Dream of Jeanie (1952); Colorado Sundown (1952); Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951); The Amos 'n Andy Show (1951); My Blue Heaven (1950); The Jackie Robinson Story (1950); Girls' School (1950); Tell It to the Judge (1949); For the Love of Mary (1948); Good Sam (1948); A Southern Yankee (1948); Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948); Banjo (1947); Lover Come Back (1946); Young Widow (1946); Delightfully Dangerous (1945); Barbary Coast Gent (1944); Dixie Jamboree (1944); South of Dixie (1944); Follow the Boys (1944); There's Something About a Soldier (1943); Jack London (1943); Top Man (1943); All by Myself (1943); Du Barry Was a Lady (1943); Good Morning, Judge (1943); Tennessee Johnson (1942); Seven Sweethearts (1942); The Big Street (1942); Holiday Inn (1942); Reap the Wild Wind (1942); Young America (1942); The Vanishing Virginian (1942); Shadow of the Thin Man (1941); Belle Starr (1941); Kisses for Breakfast (1941); Sign of the Wolf (1941); Virginia (1941); I Want a Divorce (1940); No Time for Comedy (1940); Primrose Path (1940); Women Without Names (1940); Parole Fixer (1940); Reform School (1939); The Lady's from Kentucky (1939); Made for Each Other (1939); Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus (1938); The Headleys at Home (1938); Brother Rat (1938); Life Goes On (1938); Scandal Street (1938); The Last Gangster (1937); Love in a Bungalow (1937); Wings Over Honolulu (1937); Make Way for Tomorrow (1937); Rainbow on the River (1936); General Spanky (1936); Wives Never Know (1936); Bullets or Ballots (1936); Annapolis Farewell (1935); Million Dollar Baby (1934); West of the Pecos (1934); Imitation of Life (1934); I Give My Love (1934); Dr. Monica (1934); Beggar's Holiday (1934); The Merry Frinks (1934); Cheaters (1934); Merry Wives of Reno (1934); I Believed in You (1934); Glamour (1934); Registered Nurse (1934); Strictly Fresh Yeggs (1934); The Woman Condemned (1934); A Modern Hero (1934); Gambling Lady (1934); I've Got Your Number (1934); Bedside (1934); Palooka (1934); Grin and Bear It (1933); Jimmy and Sally (1933); In the Money (1933); Only Yesterday (1933); Bombshell (1933); Notorious But Nice (1933); A Shriek in the Night (1933); Her Bodyguard (1933); Midnight Mary (1933); Hold Your Man (1933); What Price Innocence? (1933); The Story of Temple Drake (1933); The Big Cage (1933); Central Airport (1933); Pick-up (1933); The Phantom Broadcast (1933); Girl Missing (1933); 42nd Street (1933); Hunting Trouble (1933); Her Splendid Folly (1933); She Done Him Wrong (1933); Too Busy to Work (1932); Hesitating Love (1932); Wild Girl (1932); Hell's Highway (1932); Divorce in the Family (1932); Doctor X (1932); Unashamed (1932); What Price Hollywood? (1932); The Dark Horse (1932); Street of Women (1932); The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932); Night World (1932); Young America (1932); You're Telling Me (1932); It's Tough to Be Famous (1932); The Expert (1932); The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932); Ladies of the Big House (1931); Good Sport (1931); Girls About Town (1931); Reckless Living (1931); Sundown Trail (1931); Annabelle's Affairs (1931); Party Husband (1931); 6 Cylinder Love (1931); Don't Bet on Women (1931); Millie (1931); Paid (1930); Knights Before Christmas (1930); Bright Lights (1930); Outside the Law (1930); Manslaughter (1930); Our Blushing Brides (1930); Recaptured Love (1930); Back Pay (1930); Safety in Numbers (1930); True to the Navy (1930); Honey (1930); She Couldn't Say No (1930); Wide Open (1930); Second Choice (1930); Nix on Dames (1929); Wall Street (1929); Barnum Was Right (1929); Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929); Thunderbolt (1929); Glad Rag Doll (1929); Coquette (1929); Seeing the World (1927); Oriental Hugs (1928); Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927).

Born on this day – Maxine Jennings:

 
Maxine Jennings

Actress

March 8, 1909 – January 11, 1991

Credits:

Hawaii Five-O (1968); My Three Sons (1964); G.I. War Brides (1946); Mr. Wong, Detective (1938); The Dummy Owner (1938); Breakfast for Two (1937); The Big Shot (1937); On Again-Off Again (1937); There Goes My Girl (1937); Wrong Romance (1937); You Can't Buy Luck (1937); The Woman I Love (1937); Sea Devils (1937); We're on the Jury (1937); They Wanted to Marry (1937); Criminal Lawyer (1937); Dog Blight (1936); Make Way for a Lady (1936); Don't Turn 'em Loose (1936); Walking on Air (1936); Mary of Scotland (1936); Bunker Bean (1936); The Last Outlaw (1936); Fight is Right (1936); The Witness Chair (1936); Murder on a Bridle Path (1936); The Farmer in the Dell (1936); Love on a Bet (1936); Follow the Fleet (1936); Radio Barred (1936); Muss 'em Up (1936); Chatterbox (1936); I Dream Too Much (1935); Counselitis (1935); Another Face (1935); Old Man Rhythm (1935); A Night at the Biltmore Bowl (1935); Roberta (1935); Maybe It's Love (1935); Honeymooniacs (1929); The Godless Girl (1928).

Born on this day – Claire Trevor:

Claire Trevor

Actress

March 8, 1910 – April 8, 2000

Credits:

Breaking Home Ties (1987); Murder, She Wrote (1987); The Love Boat (1983); Kiss Me Goodbye (1982); The Cape Town Affair (1967); How to Murder Your Wife (1965); The Stripper (1963); Dr. Kildare (1962); Two Weeks in Another Town (1962); The Investigators (1961); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956–1961); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1960); The Untouchables (1959); Wagon Train (1959); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); Marjorie Morningstar (1958); Playhouse 90 (1957); The Mountain (1956); Producers' Showcase (1956); Schlitz Playhouse (1956); Climax! (1956); Lucy Gallant (1955); Lux Video Theatre (1954–1955); Man Without a Star (1955); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1954); The High and the Mighty (1954); General Electric Theater (1954); The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953); Stop, You're Killing Me (1952); My Man and I (1952); Hoodlum Empire (1952); Best of the Badmen (1951); Hard, Fast and Beautiful! (1951); Borderline (1950); The Lucky Stiff (1949); The Babe Ruth Story (1948); Key Largo (1948); The Velvet Touch (1948); Raw Deal (1948); Born to Kill (1947); The Bachelor's Daughters (1946); Crack-Up (1946); Johnny Angel (1945); Murder, My Sweet (1944); The Woman of the Town (1943); Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943); The Desperadoes (1943); Street of Chance (1942); Crossroads (1942); The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942); Texas (1941); Honky Tonk (1941); Dark Command (1940); Allegheny Uprising (1939); I Stole a Million (1939); Stagecoach (1939); Five of a Kind (1938); Valley of the Giants (1938); The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938); Walking Down Broadway (1938); Big Town Girl (1937); Second Honeymoon (1937); Dead End (1937); One Mile from Heaven (1937); King of Gamblers (1937); Time Out for Romance (1937); Career Woman (1936); 15 Maiden Lane (1936); Star for a Night (1936); To Mary - with Love (1936); Human Cargo (1936); Song and Dance Man (1936); My Marriage (1936); Navy Wife (1935); Dante's Inferno (1935); Spring Tonic (1935); Black Sheep (1935); Elinor Norton (1934); Baby, Take a Bow (1934); Wild Gold (1934); Hold That Girl (1934); Jimmy and Sally (1933); The Mad Game (1933); The Last Trail (1933); Life in the Raw (1933); The Imperfect Lover (1932); The Meal Ticket (1931); Good Times (1931).

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).