Born on this day – Claire Windsor:

Claire Windsor

Actress

April 14, 1892 – October 24, 1972

Credits:

1925 Studio Tour (1925); A Little Journey (1927); A Son of the Sahara (1924); Barefoot Boy (1938); Blondes by Choice (1927); Born Rich (1924); Broken Chains (1922); Brothers Under the Skin (1922); Captain Lash (1929); Cross Streets (1934); Dance Madness (1926); Delta Kappa Alpha Silver Anniversary Banquet (1963); Domestic Meddlers (1928); Dr. Jim (1921); Eyes of Youth (1919); Fashion Madness (1928); Fashion News (1930); Fools First (1922); For Sale (1924); Foreign Devils (1927); Grand Larceny (1922); Hollywood on Parade No. A-5 (1932); In the Heart of a Fool (1920); Invitation Playhouse: Mind Over Murder (1952); Just a Woman (1925); Kiss of Araby (1933); Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927); Little Church Around the Corner (1923); Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars (1941); Midstream (1929); Money Talks (1926); Nameless Men (1928); Nellie the Beautiful Cloak Model (1924); One Clear Call (1922); Rich Men's Wives (1922); Rupert of Hentzau (1923); Satan and the Woman (1928); Screen Snapshots No. 2 (1925); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 13 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 17 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 23 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 5 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 4 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 6, No. 16 (1926); Self Defense (1932); Show People (1928); Sister to Judas (1932); Souls for Sables (1925); Souls for Sale (1923); The Acquittal (1923); The Blot (1921); The Bugle Call (1927); The Claw (1927); The Constant Woman (1933); The Denial (1925); The Dixie Handicap (1924); The Eternal Three (1923); The Frontiersman (1927); The Grain of Dust (1928); The Lady Who Lied (1925); The Luck of the Irish (1920); The Opening Night (1927); The Pest (1919); The Raiders (1921); The Strangers' Banquet (1922); The WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1922 (1922); The White Desert (1925); Tin Hats (1926); To Please One Woman (1920); Too Wise Wives (1921); Topper (1937); What Do Men Want? (1921); What's Worth While? (1921).

Born on this day – Horace McCoy:

 

Horace McCoy

Writer

April 14, 1897 – December 15, 1955

Credits:

Appointment in Berlin (1943); Bad for Each Other (1953); Bronco Buster (1952); Dangerous Crossroads (1933); Dangerous Mission (1954); Dangerous to Know (1938); Daughters of Destiny (1954); El Alaméin (1953); Fatal Lady (1936); Flight for Freedom (1943); Fury of the Jungle (1933); Gentleman Jim (1942); Her Resale Value (1933); Hold the Press (1933); Hunted Men (1938); Island of Lost Men (1939); King Kong (1933); King of the Newsboys (1938); Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950); Maverick (1957); Montana Belle (1952); Parole Fixer (1940); Parole! (1936); Persons in Hiding (1939); Postal Inspector (1936); Prison Farm (1938); Queen of the Mob (1940); Rage at Dawn (1955); Soldiers of the Storm (1933); Speed Wings (1934); Television Spy (1939); Texas (1941); Texas Lady (1955); Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940); The Fabulous Texan (1947); The Fireball (1950); The Hollywood Handicap (1932); The Lusty Men (1952); The Road to Denver (1955); The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936); The Turning Point (1952); The World in His Arms (1952); There's Something About a Soldier (1943); They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969); TV de Vanguarda (1953); Un linceul n'a pas de poches (1974); Undercover Doctor (1939); Valley of the Sun (1942); Western Union (1941); Wild Geese Calling (1941); Women Without Names (1940).

Born on this day – Valerie Hobson:

 

Valerie Hobson

Actress

April 14, 1917 – November 13, 1998

Credits:

Atlantic Ferry (1941); August Weekend (1936); Badger's Green (1934); Blackout (1940); Blanche Fury (1948); Bride of Frankenstein (1935); Cabaret (1937); Chinatown Squad (1935); Continental Express (1939); Edge of Divorce (1953); Evening News British Film Awards (1978); Eyes of Fate (1933); Film Profile (1961); For Love of You (1933); Great Expectations (1934); Great Expectations (1946); Henry IV (1938); His Lordship (1932); Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949); Knave of Hearts (1954); Life Returns (1934); Murder Will Out (1952); Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935); No Escape (1936); Oh, What a Night (1935); Pasquinade (1937); Q Planes (1939); Rendezvous at Midnight (1935); Round the Film Studios (1937); Round the Film Studios (1937); Shadows of the Underworld (1939); Strange Wives (1934); Tele-Ho! (1937); The Adventures of Tartu (1943); The Drum (1938); The Great Impersonation (1935); The Hideout (1948); The Interrupted Journey (1949); The Man of Destiny (1950); The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934); The Passionate Sentry (1952); The Path of Glory (1934); The Promoter (1952); The Rocking Horse Winner (1949); The Spy in White (1936); The Years Between (1946); This Man Is News (1938); Tonight at 8:30 / Ways and Means (1952); Train of Events / The Composer (1949); Tugboat Princess (1936); Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1934); U-Boat 29 (1939); Unpublished Story (1942); Werewolf of London (1935); When Thief Meets Thief (1937).

Born on this day – Dolores Muñoz Ledo:

Dolores Muñoz Ledo

Voice actress

April 14, 1918 – February 13, 2026

Credits:

Anita Louise in Marie Antoinette (1938); Bea Arthur in The Golden Girls (1989–1992); Chip in Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers; Donna Reed in They Were Expendable (1945); Sorceress in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.

Born on this day – Philip Stone:

Philip Stone

Actor

April 14, 1924 – June 15, 2003

Credits:

50/50 (critique) (2020); A Certain Justice (1998); A Chance of Thunder (1961); A Clockwork Orange (1971); A Touch of Frost (1997); An Age of Kings (1960); Ann Veronica (1964); Armchair Theatre (1961–1963); Badger's Bend (1963); Barlow at Large (1975); Barry Lyndon (1975); BBC Play of the Month (1965–1978); BBC Sunday-Night Play (1963); Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball' (1995); Bergerac (1983); Black and Blue (1973); Blackmail (1965); Brat Farrar (1986); Budgie (1972); Carry on Loving (1970); Centre Play (1975); Champion House (1967); Chancer (1991); Charters & Caldicott (1985); Churchill's People (1975); City '68 (1968); Compact (1962); Coronation Street (1961–1965); Court of Mystery (1961); Crane (1965); Crown Court (1984); Dalziel and Pascoe (1997); Dead Entry (1987); Doomwatch: Winter Angel (1999); Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1965); Emergency-Ward 10 (1962); Father Brown (1974); Fiddlers Three (1991); Flash Gordon (1980); Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994); Fragment of Fear (1970); Fraud Squad (1969); Great Performances (1987); Green Ice (1981); Harem (1986); Heartbeat (1994); Here I Stand... (1977); Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973); Home to Roost (1987); In Sickness and in Health (1990); Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984); It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1976); ITV Playhouse (1977); ITV Television Playhouse (1961); Jacks and Knaves (1961); Jason King (1971); Jenny's War (1985); John Browne's Body (1969); Justice (1971–1973); Lace (1984); Lace II (1985); Life at the Top (1965); Love Story (1963–1972); Madness (1991); Maigret (1962); Man at the Top (1972); Martin Luther, Heretic (1983); Maupassant (1963); Moses (1995–1996); Mr Don & Mr George (1993); Nearest and Dearest (1972); Never Mention Murder (1965); No Hiding Place (1964); O Lucky Man! (1973); Our Geoff (1987); Parkin's Patch (1970); Philby, Burgess and Maclean (1977); Pope John Paul II (1984); Quest for Love (1971); Room 237 (2012); Room at the Bottom (1988); Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1994); S.O.S. Titanic (1979); Shadowlands (1985); Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location (2024); Softly Softly (1969); Spearhead (1981); Stanley and Us (1999); Stanleyandus (2022); Star Maidens (1976); Story Parade (1965); Suspense (1963); Target (1977); The Avengers (1961); The Baby of Mâcon (1993); The Big Pull (1962); The Brief (1984); The Cost of Loving (1977); The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1964); The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (1964); The Last of the Baskets (1971); The Lord of the Rings (1978); The Man Who Had Power Over Women (1970); The Medusa Touch (1978); The Misfit (1970); The Old Crowd (1979); The Old Pull 'n Push (1960); The Organization (1972); The Phantom of the Opera (1983); The Pump (1980); The Rat Catchers (1966–1967); The Saint (1963); The Shining (1980); The Villains (1964); The Worker (1970); Theatre 625 (1964); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1967); Thriller (1975); Thunderball (1965); Thursday Play Date (1979); To Encourage the Others (1972); Top Secret (1962); Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969); Unearthly Stranger (1963); View from the Overlook: Crafting 'the Shining' (2007); Voyage of the Damned (1976); WatchMojo (2019–2025); We, the Accused (1980); What a Carry On (1984); Where Eagles Dare (1968); Who-Dun-It (1969); Wilde Alliance (1978); Yes Minister (1984); Your World (1962); Z Cars (1962–1963).

Born on this day – Rod Steiger:

 

Rod Steiger

Actor

April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002

Credits:

Poolhall Junkies (2002); The Hollywood Sign (2001); A Month of Sundays (2001); Lightmaker (2001); The Flying Dutchman (2001); The Last Producer (2000); End of Days (1999); The Hurricane (1999); Body and Soul (1999); Crazy in Alabama (1999); Cypress Edge (1999); Chicken Soup for the Soul (1999–2000); Hotel Alexandria (1999); Animated Epics: Moby Dick (1999); Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season (1999); The Snatching of Bookie Bob (1998); Legacy (1998); The Simpsons (1998); Modern Vampires (1998); Animals with the Tollkeeper (1998); The Kid (1997); Incognito (1997); Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997); Mars Attacks! (1996); Shiloh (1996); Little Surprises (1996); EZ Streets (1996); Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys (1996); Carpool (1996); Dalva (1996); The Real Thing (1996); The Commish (1996); Out There (1995); Columbo (1995); In Pursuit of Honor (1995); Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story (1995); OP Center (1995); Seven Sundays (1994); The Specialist (1994); The Critic (1994); The Last Tattoo (1994); The Neighbor (1993); Tales of the City (1993); Due vite, un destino (1993); Kölcsönkapott idö (1993); Lincoln (1992); Sinatra (1992); The Player (1992); In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas (1991); Guilty as Charged (1991); The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991); Men of Respect (1990); Tennessee Waltz (1989); That Summer of White Roses (1989); Passion and Paradise (1989); The January Man (1989); Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge (1988); Catch the Heat (1987); American Gothic (1987); The Kindred (1987); Sword of Gideon (1986); Hollywood Wives (1985); The Glory Boys (1984); The Naked Face (1984); Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole (1983); The Magic Mountain (1982); The Chosen (1981); The Lion of the Desert (1980); Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1980); The Lucky Star (1980); Klondike Fever (1979); Wolf Lake (1979); The Amityville Horror (1979); Breakthrough (1979); Love and Bullets (1979); Portrait of a Hitman (1979); F.I.S.T. (1978); Jesus of Nazareth (1977); W.C. Fields and Me (1976); Hennessy (1975); Dirty Hands (1975); The Last 4 Days (1974); Lucky Luciano (1973); The Heroes (1973); Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973); Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971); Duck, You Sucker! (1971); Waterloo (1970); Three Into Two Won't Go (1969); The Illustrated Man (1969); The Sergeant (1968); No Way to Treat a Lady (1968); The Girl and the General (1967); In the Heat of the Night (1967); BBC Play of the Month (1966); Doctor Zhivago (1965); The Loved One (1965); A Man Named John (1965); Time of Indifference (1964); The Pawnbroker (1964); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); The Movie Maker (1964); Hands Over the City (1963); Route 66 (1962); Ben Casey (1962); The Longest Day (1962); Convicts 4 (1962); 13 West Street (1962); Wagon Train (1961); The World in My Pocket (1961); The Mark (1961); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963); BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960); Seven Thieves (1960); General Electric Theater (1960); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1959); The Ed Sullivan Show (1959); Al Capone (1959); Schlitz Playhouse (1957–1958); Playhouse 90 (1958); Cry Terror! (1958); Suspicion (1958); The Unholy Wife (1957); Across the Bridge (1957); Run of the Arrow (1957); Back from Eternity (1956); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); The Harder They Fall (1956); Jubal (1956); The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955); Oklahoma! (1955); The Big Knife (1955); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1951–1955); Producers' Showcase (1955); Kraft Theatre (1952–1954); On the Waterfront (1954); Justice (1954); You Are There (1954); The Philip Morris Playhouse (1954); Goodyear Playhouse (1952–1953); Medallion Theatre (1953); Suspense (1952–1953); Danger (1950–1953); The Gulf Playhouse (1953); Tales of Tomorrow (1952–1953); The Clock (1951); Out There (1951); Lux Video Theatre (1951); Teresa (1951); Actor's Studio (1950); Watchmen (2019); Aesop's Fables (1995); Oklahoma! (1955); Real James Dean (2006); Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004); 9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2003); Biography (1994–2002); Dinner for Five (2002); Contender: Mastering the Method (2001); Besuch bei Rod Steiger (2001); Bravo Profiles (2001); Muhammad Ali: Through the Eyes of the World (2001); The Directors (1997–2001); The Heaven and Earth Show (2001); Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone (2001); Starstruck (2000); Private Screenings (2000); Scene by Scene (2000); Omnibus (2000); End of Days: The Beginning (2000); The Unforgettable Diana Dors (2000); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); Journey Into Amazonia (1999); The Martin Short Show (1999); Hollywood Squares (1999); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends (1999); HARDtalk (1999); Linehan (1999); Kingdom of Shadows (1998); NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II (1998); Politically Incorrect (1998); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); Close-Up (1997); Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1997); 54th Golden Globe Awards (1997); The First Annual Golden Satellite Awards (1997); The Charles Grodin Show (1996); James Dean and Me (1995); 'Doctor Zhivago': The Making of a Russian Epic (1995); James Dean: A Portrait (1995); The 7th Annual Britannia Awards (1995); Humphrey Bogart: Behind the Legend (1994); The Celebrity Guide to Entertaining (1993); The American Gangster (1992); AFI Life Achievement Award (1974–1992); Earth and the American Dream (1992); From Hollywood to Hanoi (1992); The Oprah Winfrey Show (1992); The 9th Annual American Cinema Awards (1992); Street Scenes: New York on Film (1992); One on One with John Tesh (1992); Reflections on the Silver Screen (1992); Aspel & Company (1990); MTV Movie Special: Licence to Kill (1989); This Is Your Life (1972–1989); The Exiles (1989); Moving Image Salutes Sidney Poitier (1989); Sunday, Sunday (1984–1989); Good Morning America (1977–1989); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); Hello Actors Studio (1988); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1988); Change of Heart (1987); Our World (1986); The 12th Annual People's Choice Awards (1986); The London Standard Film Awards (1986); Wogan (1986); Television (1985); Harty (1984); Thicke of the Night (1983); James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983); Tom Cottle: Up Close (1982); I Love Liberty (1982); 39th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1982); The Making of Lion of the Desert (1981); 100 Tage auf dem 'Zauberberg' - Bericht über die Verfilmung des Romans von Thomas Mann (1981); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1981); The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1981); The Merv Griffin Show (1967–1981); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The Stars Salute America's Greatest Movies (1977); ABC's Wide World of Sports (1977); The Mike Douglas Show (1969–1977); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1966–1976); Dinah! (1976); The 2nd Annual People's Choice Awards (1976); Film '74 (1974); The Moviemakers (1973); The David Frost Show (1970–1971); Jerry Visits (1971); Parkinson (1971); Cinema (1970); The Year of the Communes (1970); Frost on Sunday (1970); The Dick Cavett Show (1970); Tattooed Steiger (1969); Telescope (1969); Hemingway's Spain: A Love Affair (1968); How It Is (1968); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 25th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1968); Today (1957–1968); Stars for Israel (1967); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); Late Show London (1966); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1965); The 16th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1964); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); Here's Hollywood (1961); The 17th Golden Globe Awards (1960); Monitor (1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1955–1959); This Week (1957); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Film Fanfare (1956); The 27th Annual Academy Awards (1955).

Born on this day – Gloria Jean:

Gloria Jean

Actress

Singer

April 14, 1926 – August 31, 2018