Thursday, April 30, 2026

Born on this day – Cloris Leachman:


Cloris Leachman


Actress

Comedienne

April 30, 1926 – January 27, 2021

Credits:

11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2005); 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2007); 2002 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2002); 2006 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2006); 2009 Game Show Awards (2009); 2011 MTV Video Music Awards (2011); 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2021); 50 Years of Funny Females (1995); 77 Sunset Strip (1961–1963); A Brand New Life (1973); A Girl Named Sooner (1975); A Little Piece of Heaven (1991); A Man Called Shenandoah (1965); A Troll in Central Park (1994); A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story (2016); ABC Afterschool Specials (1973); ABC Late Night (1976); Access Hollywood (2017); Actor's Studio (1948–1949); Adam-12 (1968); Adult World (2013); Adventure Time (2012); Adventure Time (2016); Advice to the Lovelorn (1981); AFI Life Achievement Award (2004–2016); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Alex & Emma (2003); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962); America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music (1976); American Cowslip (2009); American Gods (2017–2019); American Masters (2013); American Playhouse (1985); Annabelle's Wish (1997); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1951); Autopsy: The Last Hours Of... (2020); Baby, Baby, Baby (2015); Backstairs at the White House (1979); Bad Santa (2003); Beach Girls (2005); Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996); Beerfest (2006); Behind Closed Doors (2020); Being and Nothingness (2019); Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023); Betty White: First Lady of Television (2018); Betty White's 2nd Annual 90th Birthday (2013); Between Love and Honor (1995); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Big Town (1951); Biography (1995–2005); Blind Alleys (1985); Blue Mountain State (2010); Bob's Burgers (2016); Brando (2007); Bravo Profiles (2001); Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969); Buzz (2005); Cain's Hundred (1961); Carnegie Hall (1947); Castle in the Sky (1986); Castle in the Sky: Character Sketches (2010); Castle in the Sky: Creating 'Castle in the Sky' (2010); Castle in the Sky: The World of Laputa (2010); CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell (2021); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2015); Celebrity Wife Swap (2015); Champ Kind vs. Dorothy Mantooth (2014); Charley and the Angel (1973); Charlie Wild, Private Detective (1950–1952); Checkmate (1960); Chelsea Lately (2010); Cher (1975); Cities for People (1975); Clarence (2016); Climax! (1955–1958); Comedy Central Roasts (2008); Crazy Love (2003); Crazy Mama (1975); Creative Galaxy (2014–2016); Crime Club (1973); Crook & Chase (1996); Cubed (2010); Daisy Miller (1974); Dancing with the Stars (2008–2009); Danger (1951–1953); Deadly Intentions (1985); Death Scream (1975); Death Sentence (1974); Diagnosis Murder (2001); Dillinger (1973); Dinah! (1975–1977); Dixie: Changing Habits (1983); Donald Duck's 50th Birthday (1984); Double, Double Toil and Trouble (1993); Dr. Kildare (1965); Dying Room Only (1973); Eight Characters in Search of a Sitcom (2003); Elena of Avalor (2018–2020); Entertainment Tonight (2008–2021); Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984); Ernie, Madge and Artie (1974); Expecting Mary (2010); Fade to Black (1993); Fame, Fortune and Romance (1986); Family Dinner (2009); Family Guy (2005); Ferris Bueller (1990); Fine Things (1990); Food, Wine & Friends (1979–1980); Foodfight! (2012); Foolin' Around (1980); Franklin & Bash (2014); Frontier Circus (1961); Frontier Justice (1959); Gambit (2012); Gen¹³ (1998); Gene Wilder: Loved, Remembered (2017); General Electric Theater (1955–1962); Gilbert (2017); Girl Meets World (2014–2015); Going My Way (1962); Going to the Chapel (1988); Good Morning America (1975 / 2021); Great Performances / Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021); Gunsmoke (1956–1961); Hallmark Hall of Fame (1952); Hanging Up (2000); Hansel and Gretel (1987); Happy Ending (2013); Happy Family (2003); Happy Mother's Day, Love George (1973); Haunts of the Very Rich (1972); Hawaii Five-0 (2015); Hawaiian Eye (1961); Hawthorne (2009); HBO First Look (2004); Hellbent for Heaven (2002); Herbie Goes Bananas (1980); Here's Hollywood (1962); High Anxiety (1977); High Holiday (2021); History of the Sitcom (2021); History of the World: Part I (1981); Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense (2009); Hitchhike! (1974); Hold It Please (1949); Hollywood Squares (2002); Hot in Cleveland (2013); Hour Magazine (1981–1986); I Can Only Imagine (2018); In Broad Daylight (1991); In the Cutz (2006); Inglourious Basterds (2009); Intimate Portrait (2003); Ironside (1969); Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? (2016); It Happened One Christmas (1977); It's Who You Know (2018); James Dean: Forever Young (2005); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2008); Joan of Arcadia (2004); Johnny Staccato (1960); Judd for the Defense (1968); Jump, Darling (2020); Justice League Action (2017–2018); Justice League Action Shorts (2017); Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (2010); Katie (2013); Kirstie (2013); Kiss Me Deadly (1955); Kraft Mystery Theater (1962); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949–1954); Ladies of the Corridor (1975); Lake Placid 2 (2007); Lancer (1969); Laramie (1962); Larry King Live (1990–1993); Lassie (1957–1958); Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2018); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993); Lez Bomb (2018); Listen to Me Marlon (2015); Live with Kelly and Mark (1990–2011); London Garcia Entertainment Show (2013); Long Journey Back (1978); Love & Money (2000); Love Hurts (1990); Love Is Never Silent (1985); Love Takes Wing (2009); Lovers and Other Strangers (1970); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Mad About You (2019); Making a Scene (2010); Making American Cowslip (2010); Malcolm in the Middle (2001–2006); Manna from Heaven (2002); Mannix (1968); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1970); Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration (2015); Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show (1991); Matinee Theatre (1956); Maury (1996–1997); Maybe This Time (1995); Mel and His Movies (2012); Men at Law (1971); Miracle Child (1993); Miss All-American Beauty (1982); Miss America: Beyond the Crown (1994); Monty Hall's Variety Hour (1976); Mr. Novak (1965); Mrs. Harris (2005); Mrs. R's Daughter (1979); Music of the Heart (1999); My Boyfriend's Back (1993); My Little Pony: The Movie (1986); My Strange Uncle (1981); Nash Airflyte Theatre (1950); NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (2021); NBC Presents (1949); Never Too Late (1996); New York, I Love You / Joshua Marston (2008); NFL Players Association Awards Dinner (1973); Night Gallery / You Can't Get Help Like That Anymore (1972); Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West (1995); Norm (2000); Not to Forget (2021); Now and Then (1995); Obsession: Letters to David Lynch (2011); Of Thee I Sing (1972); On Marlon Brando: George Englund & Cloris Leachman (2017); One on One with John Tesh (1991); One Step Beyond (1959); Our House (1987); Outlaws (1960); Password (1972); Perfectly Frank (1982); Perry Mason (1966); Pete 'n' Tillie (1974); Phineas and Ferb (2009–2014); Phyllis (1975–1977); Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas (1991); Pioneers of Television (2011–2019); Piper's Picks TV (2020); Ponds Theater (1953–1954); Ponyo (2008); Prancer (1989); Premio Donostia a Meryl Streep (2008); Promised Land (1996–1997); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1951); Raising Hope (2010–2014); Rawhide (1960); Recalculating (2016); Retrosexual: The 80's (2004); Rhoda (1974); Role Model: Gene Wilder (2008); Rome Is Burning (2007–2008); Route 66 (1962); Royal Pains (2016); Run for Your Life (1967); RuPaul's Drag Race (2010); S.O.S. Titanic (1979); Saints and Sinners (1962); Scary Movie 4 (2006); Scavenger Hunt (1979); Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015); Screen Actors Guild 50th Anniversary Celebration (1984); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); Shadow Play (1986); She Turned the World on with Her Smile: The Making of 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' (2002); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1960); Silent Night, Lonely Night (1969); Sky High (2005); So B. It (2016); Someone I Touched (1975); Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (1951); Spanglish (2004); Sparky's Magic Piano (1987); Speechless (2008); Spies (1993); Star Stage (1955); Stoney Burke (1962); Studio One (1951); Studio One Documentary (2002); Suddenly Single (1971); Sunday Dinner (1991); Super Night at the Super Bowl (1976); Suspense (1951–1952); Tales of Tomorrow (1951); Target: The Corruptors (1962); TCM Guest Programmer (2009); TCM Remembers 2021 (2021); TCM: Twenty Classic Moments (2014); Teachers (2019); Telephone Time (1957); Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby? (1976); Texasville (1990); Thanks (1999); That Girl (1970); The $10,000 Pyramid (1973); The 16th Annual Satellite Awards (2011); The 26th Annual Genesis Awards (2012); The 26th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1974); The 27th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1975); The 28th Annual Tony Awards (1974); The 2nd Annual TV Land Awards (2004); The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978); The 30th Annual Tony Awards (1976); The 33rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1976); The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards (1984); The 3rd Annual Television Academy Hall of Fame Awards (1986); The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1985); The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1998); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2002); The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2006); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2021); The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003); The 9th Annual TV Land Awards (2011); The Acorn People (1981); The Amati Girls (2000); The Animal (2001); The Arsenio Hall Show (1990 / 2014); The Associates (1979); The Best of Hollywood (2017); The Beverly Hillbillies (1993); The Big Picture (2007); The Big Valley (1967); The Billy Rose Show (1950); The Bob & Ray Show (1951–1953); The Bobby Darin Show (1973); The Bonnie Hunt Show (2008–2009); The British Academy Awards (1979); The Bronx Bull (2016); The Californians (2005); The Chapman Report (1962); The Clock (1950); The Comedian (2016); The Croods (2013); The Croods: A New Age (2020); The David Frost Show (1972); The David Letterman Show (1980); The Defenders (1964); The Demon Murder Case (1983); The Dick Cavett Show (1972); The Doctors (2013); The Don Lane Show (1980); The Donna Reed Show (1961); The Ed Sullivan Show (1952); The Eleventh (2016); The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003); The Ellen Show (2001–2002); The Factor (2009–2014); The Facts of Life (1986–1988); The Facts of Life Down Under (1987); The Fields (2011); The Ford Theatre Hour (1948); The Frank Sinatra Show (1958); The Giant of Thunder Mountain (1990); The Gliksmans (2017); The Great Malones (2006); The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967); The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition (2020–2021); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1972); The Iron Giant (1999); The John Kerwin Show (2009); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956); The Last Picture Show (1971); The Last Picture Show: A Look Back (1999); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005–2010); The Little Troll Prince (1987); The Longest Yard (2005); The Lorenzo and Henrietta Music Show (1976); The Loretta Young Show (1960–1962); The Love Boat (1976–1985); The Love Boat (1985); The Magical World of Disney (1977); The Man in the Moon (1960); The Marsha Warfield Show (1990); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977); The Mask (1954); The Megan Mullally Show (2006); The Melba Moore-Clifton Davis Show (1972); The Merv Griffin Show (1972–1976); The Migrants (1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1973–1979); The Millers (2015); The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet (2009); The Mouse and His Child (1977); The Muppet Movie (1979); The Muppet Show (1978); The Name of the Game (1968); The Nanny (1994); The New Breed (1962); The New Original Wonder Woman (1975); The North Avenue Irregulars (1979); The Nutt House (1989); The Office (2009); The Oldest Living Graduate (1980); The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (2012); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2008); The Oscars (2021); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Paul Lynde Comedy Hour (1977); The People Next Door (1970); The Philip Morris Playhouse (1953); The Powers That Be (1992–1993); The Queen Latifah Show (2013); The Rack (1956); The Road West (1967); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996); The Simpsons (1991); The Sixth Sense (1972); The Smothers Brothers Show (1975); The Sonny Comedy Revue (1974); The Steagle (1971); The Talk (2011–2012); The Titanic Chronicles (1999); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1971–1989); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2004–2012); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno / Cop 'n Kitty (2010); The Trials of O'Brien (1965); The Twilight Zone (1961 / 2003); The Untouchables (1961–1962); The Very Very Best of the 70s (2019); The Virginian (1967–1969); The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (1985); The Way They Were (1981); The Web (1954); The Wedding Bells (2007); The Wedding Ringer (2015); The Wendy Williams Show (2009–2011); The Women (2008); The Year: 2021 (2021); This Is Happening (2015); This Is Your Life (1987); Thriller (1960); Thursday's Game (1974); To Tell the Truth (2017); Today (1975–2015); Today (2021); Top Gear USA (2012); Totally Tracked Down (2010); Touched by an Angel (1997–2003); Tournament of Roses Parade (2009); TV Guide Live at the Emmy Awards (2008); TV Land Confidential (2007); TV Land's Top Ten (2006); TV's All-Time Funniest: A Paley Center for Media Special (2008); TV's Greatest Sidekicks (2004); Twice in a Lifetime (2000); Two and a Half Men (2005); Unity (2015); Wagon Train (1962); Walk Like a Man (1987); Walter & Emily (1991–1992); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1960); Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2012); When We Last Spoke (2019); Willa (1979); Without a Kiss Goodbye (1993); WUSA (1970); Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera (1977); Yesterday (1981); You Again (2010); Young Dr. Kildare (1972); Young Frankenstein (1974); Young Frankenstein: Building the Perfect Beast (1999); Young Frankenstein: It's Alive! Creating a Monster Classic (2008); Zane Grey Theatre (1956).

Born on this day – Adriana Asti:


Adriana Asti


Actress

April 30, 1931 – July 31, 2025

Credits:
8½ (1963); A Brief Vacation (1973); A Simple Heart (1977); A Woman's Name (2018); Accattone (1961); Action (1980); Addavenì quel giorno e quella sera (1979); All'ultimo minuto (1973); Amarcord (1973); Amore e ginnastica (1973); Anche se volessi lavorare, che faccio? (1972); Antigone (1971); Arrangiatevi (1959); Avvocati (1998); Babau 70 (1976); Before the Revolution (1964); Bimba - È clonata una stella (2002); Black Journal (1977); Boccaccio '70 (1962); Buio in sala (1950); Caligula (1979); Caligula: The Ultimate Cut (2023); Caprice Italian Style / Segment: Che cosa sono le nuvole? (1968); Che cosa sono le nuvole? (1968); Che fuori tempo che fa (2018); Chi dice donna dice donna / Segment: La donna erotica (1976); Chimère (1989); Cinéastes de notre temps (1966); Città di notte (1957); Come un uragano (1971); Compression (2016–2023); Cronache del '22 / Segment: Giorno di paga (1961); D'amore si muore (1972); Dans un grand vent de fleurs (1996); Disorder (1962); Donna Fabia (2018); Down the Ancient Stairs (1975); Du côté de chez Fred (1989); Duet for Cannibals (1969); Favola (1996); Franco Zeffirelli conformista ribelle (2022); Girl with a Suitcase (1961); I Knew Her Well (1965); I Nicotera (1972); I sogni nel cassetto (1957); I visionari (1968); Il buma (2002); Il cuore e il mondo (1958); Il grande fuoco (1995); Il maestro di Vigevano (1963); Il petomane (1983); Il prete bello (1989); In Memory of a Gentleman Friend (2009); Istintobrass (2013); Journal d'une femme de chambre (2015); Karol - The Pope, the Man (2006); La bella di Lodi (1963); La Faille (1975); La famiglia Ricordi (1995); La fiera della vanità (1967); La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione (2025); La pluie des prunes (2007); La prova d'amore (1974); La schiava io ce l'ho e tu no (1973); Le cameriere (1959); Le cri de la soie (1996); Le dialogue des Carmélites (1960); Le invasioni barbariche (2005); Le notti peccaminose di Pietro l'Aretino (1972); Le ragazze di Milano (2007); Les allumettes suédoises (1996); Love Circle (1969); Ludwig (1973); L'ultimo Pulcinella (2008); Mafioso (1962); Man of the Year (1971); Mange ta soupe (1997); Maschio latino cercasi / Segment: Scambio made in Germany (1977); Mes parents chéris (2006); Nag la bombe (1999); Nipoti miei diletti (1974); Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide (2005); Paese di mare (1972); Pasolini (2014); Pasolini maestro corsaro (2015); Pier Paolo Pasolini. Il santo infame (2015); Primo applauso (1957); Qualcuno bussa alla porta (1970); Rocco and His Brothers (1960); Run, Psycho, Run (1968); Sabato sera dalle nove alle dieci (1973); Sanremo Music Festival (1977); Sexual Counselor (1974); Silver Spoon Set (1960); Stato interessante (1977); Susanna tutta panna (1957); Sweet Deceptions (1960); TCM Remembers 2025 (2025); The Best of Youth (2003); The Hours of Love (1963); The Inheritance (1976); The Lions Are Loose (1961); The Phantom of Liberty (1974); The Secret Diary of Amarcord (1974); The Sensual Man (1973); The Seventh Room (1995); The Sex Machine (1975); Tinto Brass: The Orgy of Power (2007); Tosca e altre due (2003); Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula (2005); Tutti innamorati (1959); Un amore targato Forlì (1976); Un ettaro di cielo (1958); Un tentativo sentimentale (1963); Una vita non violenta (1999); Unforgivable (2011); Vento del Sud (1960); Violent Summer (1959); Vita col padre (1956); Vor mir der Süden (2020); Who Killed Pasolini? (1995); Zorro (1975).

Born on this day – Burt Young:


Burt Young


Actor

Writer

Painter

April 30, 1940 – October 8, 2023

Credits:
The Final Code (2021); Tomorrow's Today (2021); Whack the Don (2021); Beckman (2020); Road to the Lemon Grove (2019); Bottom of the 9th (2019); Vault (2019); Epiphany (2019); The Brawler (2019); Tapestry (2019); The Amityville Murders (2018); Sarah Q (2018); The Selfish Ones (2018); Kevin Can Wait (2018); The Neighborhood (2017); King Rat (2017); Horace and Pete (2016); The Dicks (2016); Fall 4 You (2015); Irene & Marie (2015); Lostland (2015); The Elevator (2015); Tom in America (2014); Zarra's Law (2014); Rob the Mob (2014); Baciamo le mani: Palermo-New York 1958 (2013); Ci vediamo domani (2013); Abigail Harm (2012); The Shoemaker (2012); Win Win (2011); Hot Hot Heat: Goddess on the Prairie (2010); Kingshighway (2010); Medium Rare (2010); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2009); New York, I Love You (2008); Carnera: The Walking Mountain (2008); Hack! (2007); Go Go Tales (2007); Blue Lake Butcher (2007); Rocky Balboa (2006); Revoloution (2006); Nicky's Game (2005); Carlito's Way: Rise to Power (2005); Transamerica (2005); Downtown: A Street Tale (2004); Land of Plenty (2004); The Wager (2004); Shut Up and Kiss Me! (2004); I'm with Her (2004); The Handler (2003); Crooked Lines (2003); And She Was (2002); Alternate Realities (2002); Kiss the Bride (2002); The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002); Checkout (2002); Cugini (2001); Plan B (2001); The Sopranos (2001); The Boys of Sunset Ridge (2001); Never Look Back (2000); The Boys Behind the Desk (2000); The Day the Ponies Come Back (2000); Gioco di specchi (2000); Very Mean Men (2000); Table One (2000); L'uomo della fortuna (2000); Blue Moon (2000); The Wasteland (1999); Mickey Blue Eyes (1999); Loser Love (1999); The Florentine (1999); Thinking About Africa (1999); One Deadly Road (1998); Stone Cutter (1998); Cuori in campo (1998); Heaven Before I Die (1997); The Good Life (1997); Walker, Texas Ranger (1996–1997); Before Women Had Wings (1997); The Deli (1997); The Undertaker's Wedding (1997); She's So Lovely (1997); The Last Don (1997); Kicked in the Head (1997); Law & Order (1997); The Outer Limits (1997); Hit & Run (1997); Firehouse (1996); North Star (1996); Bless This House (1995); Undercover (1994); Vendetta II: The New Mafia (1993); Double Deception (1993); Berlin '39 (1993); Excessive Force (1993); Due vite, un destino (1993); Bad Girls (1992); Alibi perfetto (1992); Tales from the Crypt (1992); Americano rosso (1991); Vendetta: Secrets of a Mafia Bride (1990); Bright Angel (1990); Rocky V (1990); Diving In (1990); Backstreet Dreams (1990); Club Fed (1990); Betsy's Wedding (1990); Wait Until Spring, Bandini (1989); Going Overboard (1989); Beverly Hills Brats (1989); Blood Red (1989); Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989); Medium Rare (1987); Roomies (1987); Back to School (1986); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1986); Rocky IV (1985); The Equalizer (1985); A Summer to Remember (1985); Miami Vice (1984); The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984); Once Upon a Time in America (1984); Over the Brooklyn Bridge (1984); You and Me Kid (1983); Lookin' to Get Out (1982); Amityville II: The Possession (1982); Rocky III (1982); ...All the Marbles (1981); Blood Beach (1980); Murder Can Hurt You! (1980); Rocky II (1979); Uncle Joe Shannon (1978); Convoy (1978); The Choirboys (1977); Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977); Rocky (1976); The Rockford Files (1976); Baretta (1975–1976); Woman of the Year (1976); Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976); Serpico (1976); The Killer Elite (1975); Murph the Surf (1975); Hustling (1975); Little House on the Prairie (1974); The Gambler (1974); The Great Niagara (1974); Chinatown (1974); Cinderella Liberty (1973); M*A*S*H (1973); The Connection (1973); Across 110th Street (1972); The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971); Born to Win (1971); Carnival of Blood (1970); The Doctors (1969).

Born on this day – Jill Clayburgh:

 

Jill Clayburgh


Actress

April 30, 1944 – November 5, 2010

Credits:

17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2011); ABC Wednesday Night Starter Kit (2008); Ally McBeal (1999–2001); An Unmarried Woman (1978); Beyond the Ocean (1990); Biography (1996 / 1999); Bridesmaids (2011); CBS Daytime 90 (1973); Crowned and Dangerous (1997); Dai nostri inviati: La Rai racconta la Mostra del cinema 1968-1979 (2011); De Palma (2015); De película (1987); Dirty Sexy Money (2007–2009); Dolce cinema (1984); Eligible Dentist (1993); Everything's Relative (1999); Falling (2001); Fear Stalk (1989); Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland (1993); First Monday in October (1981); Fools Rush In (1997); For the Love of Nancy (1994); Frasier (1998); Gable and Lombard (1976); Going All the Way (1997); Going Places (1973); Good Morning America (1979–1993); Griffin and Phoenix (1976); Hanna K. (1983); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders (1994); Hustling (1975); I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982); In Our Hands (1983); It's My Turn (1980); Jane Fonda in Five Acts (2018); Later with Bob Costas (1989); Law & Order (1998); Le grand pardon II (1992); Leap of Faith (2002); Lincoln (1992); Love & Other Drugs (2010); Luna (1979); Madonna in The Eighties (2016); Maude (1974); Medical Center (1974); Miles to Go... (1986); My Little Assassin (1999); N.Y.P.D. (1968); Naked in New York (1993); Never Again (2001); Nip/Tuck (2004); Portnoy's Complaint (1972); Pretty Hattie's Baby (1991); Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story (1991); Rich in Love (1992); Running with Scissors (2006); Saturday Night Live (1976–1978); Search for Tomorrow (1969–1970); Semi-Tough (1977); Sex: The Revolution (2008); Shock-a-bye, Baby (1973); Shy People (1987); Silver Streak (1976); Sins of the Mind (1997); Sois belle et tais-toi! (1981); Starting Over (1979); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 51st Annual Academy Awards (1979); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2011); The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993); The 65th Annual Tony Awards (2011); The 83rd Annual Academy Awards (2011); The Art of Crime (1975); The Best of Chevy Chase (1987); The Choice (1969); The Face on the Milk Carton (1995); The Mike Douglas Show (1977); The Movies (2019); The Only Living Boy in New York (2000); The Only Thrill (1997); The Practice (2004); The Rockford Files (1974); The Snoop Sisters (1972); The Telephone Book (1971); The Terminal Man (1974); The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1991); The Wedding Party (1969); The Wonderful World of Disney (2003); Theater Talk (2010); Today (1979); Trial: The Price of Passion (1992); Trinity (1998–1999); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Unspeakable Acts (1990); Untitled Eric Gilliland Project (2002); When Innocence Is Lost (1997); Where Are the Children? (1985); Whispers in the Dark (1992); Who Gets the Friends? (1988); Working in the Theatre (1976).

On this day in the Star Trek universe - The Next Generation, Voyager, Enterprise:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988 & 1994)

Star Trek: Voyager (1997)

Star Trek: Enterprise (2003)

 

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 1. Episode 23.

Episode entitled: We’ll Always Have Paris.

Released April 30, 1988.

Directed by Robert Becker.

Written by Deborah Dean Davis, Hannah Louise Shearer, Tracy Tormé, Hans Beimler, Richard Manning.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Ron Jones.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Michelle Phillips, Rod Loomis, Isabel Lorca, Dan Kern, Jean-Paul Vignon, Kelly Ashmore, Lance Spellerberg, Majel Barrett, James G. Becker, Darrell Burris, Dexter Clay, Jeffrey Deacon, Susan Duchow, Nora Leonhardt, Tim McCormack, Lorine Mendell, Guy Vardaman.

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 7. Episode 22.

Episode entitled: Bloodlines.

Released April 30, 1994.

Directed by Les Landau.

Written by Nick/Nicholas Sagan, René Echevarria, Naren Shankar.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Ken Olandt, Lee Arenberg, Peter Marx/Slutsker, Amy Pietz, Michelan Sisti, Majel Barrett, Lena Banks, Joe Baumann, Shawn Belschner, Michael Braveheart, Cameron, Tracee Cocco, John Copage, Debbie David, Elliot Durant III, Holiday Freeman, Bill Hagy, Fumiko Hamada, Grace Harrell, Kerry Hoyt, Lorine Mendell, Christina Wegler Miles, Keith Rayve, Dee Giffin Scott, Sissy Sessions, Oliver Theess.

 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 3. Episode 23.

Episode entitled: Distant Origin.

Released April 30, 1997.

Directed by David Livingston.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Brannon Braga, Joe Menosky, Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by David Bell.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Henry Woronicz, Christopher Liam Moore, Marshall R. Teague, Concetta Tomei, Nina Minton, Majel Barrett, Steve Carnahan, Tracee Cocco, Damaris Cordelia, Tarik Ergin, Ken Gruz, Dennis Madalone, Louis Ortiz, John Alex Tampoya.

 

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 2. Episode 22.

Episode entitled: Cogenitor.

Released April 30, 2003.

Directed by LeVar Burton.

Written by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Andreas Katsulas, F.J. Rio, Becky Wahlstrom, Laura Interval, Larissa Laskin, Stacie Lynn Renna, Alexandrea Ortiz, Jef Ayres, Solomon Burke Jr., Mark Correy, Sylva Cox, Nikki Flux, Hilde Garcia, Glen Hambly, Scott Sterling Hill, Aldric A. Horton, Yoshi Jenkins, Roy Joaquin, John Jurgens, Aouri Makhlouf, Marnie Martin, Michael McAdam, Bobby Pappas. 

On this day in music history - Signature – Solo, by Fiona Joy Hawkins (2015)


Signature – Solo


by Fiona Joy Hawkins,

was released on April 30, 2015.

Track list:

Ceremony; Grace; Fair Not; Once Upon Impossible (Solo Piano); Calling Earth; Invisible Train; Signature; Once Upon Impossible (Duet); From the Mist; Little Star.

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Ursula K. Le Guin, on writing:

 

When people say, Did you always want to be a writer?
I have to say no! I always WAS a writer.
- Ursula K. Le Guin.