Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Born on this day – Carl Laemmle Jr.:


Carl Laemmle Jr.


Writer

Producer

April 28, 1908 – September 24, 1979
Credits:
A Fighting Finish (1927); A House Divided (1931); A Lady Surrenders (1930); Affairs of a Gentleman (1934); Afraid to Talk (1932); Air Mail (1932); All Quiet on the Western Front (1930); Around the Bases (1927); Back Street (1932); Bad Sister (1931); Barnum Was Right (1929); Beloved (1934); Benson at Calford (1926); Bombay Mail (1934); Breaking Records (1927); Bride of Frankenstein (1935); Broadway (1929); Burning Words (1923); By Candlelight (1933); Calford in the Movies (1928); Calford on Horseback (1928); Calford vs. Redskins (1928); Carl Laemmle (2019); College Love (1929); Counsellor at Law (1933); Crimson Colors (1927); Cross Country Cruise (1934); Cross Country Run (1929); Dear Old Calford (1928); Destination Unknown (1933); Destry Rides Again (1932); Don't Bet on Love (1933); Dracula (1931); Drácula (1931); East Is West (1930); East of Borneo (1931); Embarrassing Moments (1934); Farewell (1929); Fast Companions (1932); Fighting for Victory (1928); Fighting Spirit (1927); Fighting to Win (1926); Flaming Guns (1932); Flashing Oars (1927); Flying High (1929); Frankenstein (1931); Free Love (1930); Gift of Gab (1934); Great Expectations (1934); Half a Sinner (1934); Heaven on Earth (1931); Hell's Heroes (1929); Her First Mate (1933); Hidden Gold (1932); Hollywood Snapshots #11 (1929); Homicide Squad (1931); Horse Play (1933); I'll Tell the World (1934); Imitation of Life (1934); Kicking Through (1928); King for a Night (1933); King of Jazz (1930); King of the Campus (1929); La voluntad del muerto (1930); Ladies Must Love (1933); Lasca of the Rio Grande (1931); Laughter in Hell (1933); Law and Order (1932); Let's Be Ritzy (1934); Little Accident (1930); Little Man, What Now? (1934); Lonesome (1928); Love Birds (1934); Lucky Dog (1933); Madame Spy (1934); Making Good (1926); Many a Slip (1931); Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932); My Pal, the King (1932); Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935); Nagana (1933); Night Life of the Gods (1935); Night World (1932); Okay America! (1932); On the Sidelines (1929); Once in a Lifetime (1932); One Hysterical Night (1929); One More River (1934); Only Yesterday (1933); Oriente es Occidente (1930); Out All Night (1933); Outside the Law (1930); Paddling Co-Eds (1928); Private Jones (1933); Racing Youth (1932); Radio Patrol (1932); Remember Last Night? (1935); Resurrection (1931); Running Wild (1927); S.O.S. Iceberg (1933); Samson at Calford (1927); Saturday's Millions (1933); Scandal for Sale (1932); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 11 (1930); Secret of the Blue Room (1933); Seed (1931); Shanghai Lady (1929); Show Boat (1929); Sliding Home (1928); Smilin' Guns (1929); Speeding Youth (1929); Splashing Through (1927); Steady Company (1932); Strictly Dishonorable (1931); Terror Trail (1933); The Big Cage (1933); The Black Cat (1934); The Bookworm Hero (1928); The Boudoir Diplomat (1930); The Cat Creeps (1930); The Charlatan (1929); The Cinder Path (1927); The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932); The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble (1933); The Cohens and the Kellys in Africa (1930); The Collegians (1926); The Crosby Case (1934); The Dazzling Co-Eds (1927); The Doomed Battalion (1932); The Dude Desperado (1927); The Fire Fighters (1927); The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster (2002); The Good Fairy (1935); The Impatient Maiden (1932); The Invisible Man (1933); The Iron Man (1931); The Irresistible Lover (1927); The Junior Year (1928); The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933); The Last Lap (1926); The Last Performance (1929); The Last Warning (1928); The Love Captive (1934); The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934); The Mummy (1932); The Night Ride (1930); The Old Dark House (1932); The Poor Rich (1934); The Rambling Ranger (1927); The Relay (1927); The Rider of Death Valley (1932); The Rivals (1929); The Rustler's Roundup (1933); The Spirit of Notre Dame (1931); The Storm (1930); The Texas Bad Man (1932); The Thrill Chaser (1923); The Unexpected Father (1932); The Varsity Drag (1929); The Winning Five (1927); The Winning Goal (1928); The Winning Point (1929); The Winning Punch (1927); There's Always Tomorrow (1934); Tom Brown of Culver (1932); Transient Lady (1935); Trimmed in Scarlet (1923); Uncertain Lady (1934); Up for Murder (1931); Virtuous Husband (1931); Waterloo Bridge (1931); We Americans (1928); What Men Want (1930).

Born on this day – Patricia Knight:

 

Patricia Knight


Actress

April 28, 1915 – October 26, 2004

Credits:
The Lone Wolf (1955); The Magic Face (1951); The Second Face (1950); Shockproof (1949); Roses Are Red (1947); The Fabulous Texan (1947).

Born on this day – Adele Mara:


Adele Mara


Actress

Singer

Dancer

April 28, 1923 – May 7, 2010

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1959–1960); A Guy Could Change (1946); A Rookie's Cookie (1943); Adventures of the Falcon (1954–1955); Alias Boston Blackie (1942); Angel in Exile (1948); Atlantic City (1944); Bachelor Father (1961); Back from Eternity (1956); Back from the Front / I Can Hardly Wait (1943); Bat Masterson (1958); Bells of Rosarita (1945); Big Town (1955); Blackmail (1947); Blondie Goes to College (1942); Bringing Up Buddy (1961); California Passage (1950); Call of the South Seas (1944); Campus Honeymoon (1948); Casey Jones (1957); Cheyenne (1955–1958); Conflict (1957); Cool Million (1972); Count the Hours! (1953); Crime Doctor (1943); Curse of the Faceless Man (1958); Dante (1961); Earl Carroll Vanities (1945); Exposed (1947); Faces in the Fog (1944); Farmer for a Day (1943); Flame of Barbary Coast (1945); Girls of the Big House (1945); Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943); Grissly's Millions (1945); His Girl's Worst Friend (1943); Honolulu Lu (1941); I, Jane Doe (1948); I've Always Loved You (1946); Kiss and Wake Up (1942); Laramie (1960); Lock Up (1961); Lucky Legs (1942); Markham (1959–1960); Maverick (1958–1960); Navy Blues (1941); Nevada (1948); Night Train to Memphis (1946); Passkey to Danger (1946); Redhead from Manhattan (1943); Reveille with Beverly (1943); Riders of the Northwest Mounted (1943); Robin Hood of Texas (1947); Rock Island Trail (1950); San Fernando Valley (1944); Sands of Iwo Jima (1949); Shut My Big Mouth (1942); Socks Appeal (1943); Soldiers of Fortune (1955); Song of Mexico (1945); Stagecoach West (1961); Studio 57 (1955); Tales of Wells Fargo (1959); The Adventures of McGraw (1957); The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1956); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962); The Avengers (1950); The Big Circus (1959); The Black Whip (1956); The Catman of Paris (1946); The Fighting Seabees (1944); The Gallant Legion (1948); The Great Glover (1942); The Inner Circle (1946); The Invisible Informer (1946); The Last Crooked Mile (1946); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1958–1961); The Lone Wolf (1954); The Magical World of Disney (1957); The Magnificent Rogue (1946); The Main Street Kid (1947); The Millionaire (1956); The Red Skelton Hour (1961); The Republic Pictures Story (1991); The Sea Hornet (1951); The Tall Man (1962); The Tiger Woman (1945); The Trespasser (1947); The Vampire's Ghost (1945); Thoroughbreds (1944); Thriller (1961); Traffic in Crime (1946); Twilight on the Rio Grande (1947); Twilight on the Rio Grande (1947); Vengeance of the West (1942); Wake of the Red Witch (1948); Web of Danger (1947); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); Wheels (1978); You Were Never Lovelier (1942).

Born on this day – Harper Lee:

 

Harper Lee


Writer

April 28, 1926 – February 19, 2016

Credits:

Books:

To Kill a Mockingbird (1960); Go Set a Watchman (2015); The Harper Lee Collection (2015); To Kill a Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel, by Harper Lee and Fred Fordham (2018).

Awards:

The Pulitzer Prize in 1961 for To Kill a Mockingbird.

The Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007 for her contribution to literature.

Movies, video, television and stage:

Cedar Cove (2015); Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders (2017); Hollywood Insider (2022); I riassuntini (2018); Inside Edition (2015); Mockingbird (2023); PBS NewsHour (2016); The Capote Tapes (2019); The Merv Griffin Show (1963); To Kill a Mockingbird (1962); To Kill a Mockingbird (2014); To Kill a Mockingbird (2018 stage play, starring Jeff Daniels).

Born on this day – Charlene Holt:



Charlene Holt


Actress

April 28, 1928 – April 5, 1996

Credits:

Arrest and Trial (1964); Barnaby Jones (1974); Burke's Law (1963–1964); CHiPs (1980); Days of Wine and Roses (1962); El Dorado (1966); Gypsy (1967); Hawaiian Eye (1962); Hey Moe, Hey Dad! (2015); Honey West (1965); Hour of the Gun (1967); If a Man Answers (1962); Island of Love (1963); It Takes a Thief (1968); Man's Favorite Sport? (1964); Melvin and Howard (1980); Perry Mason (1965); Police Story (1975); Red Line 7000 (1965); Saints and Sinners (1962); Target: The Corruptors (1962); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Hero (1966); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963); Wonder Woman (1974); Zig Zag (1970).

Born on this day – Carolyn Jones:



Carolyn Jones


Actress

April 28, 1930 – August 3, 1983


Born on this day – Lois Duncan:



Lois Duncan


Writer

April 28, 1934 – June 15, 2016

Credits: 

Books:

A Gift of Magic (1960); A Promise for Joyce (1959); Daughters of Eve (1979); Debutante Hill (1958); Don't Look Behind You (1989); Down a Dark Hall (1974); From Spring to Spring (1982); Gallows Hill (1997); Game of Danger (1962); Hotel for Dogs (1971); I Know What You Did Last Summer (1973); I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998); Killing Mr. Griffin (1978); Locked in Time (1985); Love Song for Joyce (1958); Movie for Dogs (2010); News For Dogs (2009); Night Terrors (1996); On the Edge (1997); Peggy (1970); Point of Violence (1966); Ransom / aka Five Were Missing (1966); Season of the Two - Heart (1964); Seasons of the Heart (2007); Songs From Dreamland (1989); Stranger with My Face (1981); Summer of Fear (1976); Terrible Tales of the Happy Days School (1983); The Middle Sister (1962); The Third Eye / aka The Eyes of Karen Connors (1984); The Twisted Window (1987); They Never Came Home (1969); When the Bough Breaks (1973); Written In The Stars (2014).

Movies and television:

A Home for Everyone: The Making of 'Hotel for Dogs' (2009); Don't Look Behind You (1999); Down a Dark Hall (2018); Held for Ransom (2000); Hotel for Dogs (2009); I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997 / 2021 / 2021); I Know What You Did Last Summer: Alternate Ending (2022); I Know What You Did Last Summer: Deleted Scenes (2022); I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998); I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006); I've Been Waiting for You (1998); Killing Mr. Griffin (1997); Sightings (1992); Stranger with My Face (2009); Summer of Fear (1978); The Bikini Open 8 (1992); The Generation Why Podcast (2014); Unsolved Mysteries (1992).