Born on this day – Leila Hyams:

 

Leila Hyams

Actress

Vaudevillian

May 1, 1905 – December 4, 1977

Credits:

$1000 a Minute (1935); A Girl in Every Port (1928); Affairs of a Gentleman (1934); Alias Jimmy Valentine (1928); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2009); Dancing Mothers (1926); First Aid (1943); Freaks (1932); Gentleman's Fate (1931); Honor Bound (1928); Horse Play (1933); Hurricane (1929); Island of Lost Souls (1932); Land of the Silver Fox (1928); Masquerade (1929); May I Come In (1930); Men Call It Love (1931); New Adventures of Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1931); No Ransom (1934); One-Round Hogan (1927); People Will Talk (1935); Red-Headed Woman (1932); Ruggles of Red Gap (1935); Sandra (1924); Saturday's Millions (1933); Schlitzie: One of Us; Sing Sinner Sing (1933); Spite Marriage (1929); Stepping Out (1931); Summer Bachelors (1926); Surrender (1931); Sweethearts and Wives (1930); The Big Broadcast (1932); The Big House (1930); The Bishop Murder Case (1929); The Branded Sombrero (1928); The Brute (1927); The Bush Leaguer (1927); The Christmas Party (1931); The Constant Woman (1933); The Crimson City (1928); The Far Call (1929); The Flirting Widow (1930); The Girl Said No (1930); The Idle Rich (1929); The Kick-Off (1926); The Phantom of Paris (1931); The Poor Rich (1934); The Sins of the Children (1930); The Thirteenth Chair (1929); The Wizard (1927); Tod Browning's 'Freaks': The Sideshow Cinema (2004); Way for a Sailor (1930); Way Out West (1930); White Pants Willie (1927); Wonder of Women (1929); Yellow Dust (1936).

Born on this day – Maurice Noble:

Maurice Noble

Cartoonist

Animator

Director

May 1, 1911 – May 18, 2001

Credits:

90 Day Wondering (1956); A Lecture on Camouflage (1944); A Scent of the Matterhorn (1961); A Sheep in the Deep (1962); About Time (1962); Advance and Be Mechanized (1967); Adventures of the Road-Runner (1962); Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story of Life (1965); Ali Baba Bunny (1957); Ant Pasted (1953); Apes of Wrath (1959); Bad Day at Cat Rock (1965); Bambi (1942); Baton Bunny (1959); Beep Prepared (1961); Behind the Tunes: Crash! Bang! Boom! - The Wild Sounds of Treg Brown (2004); Behind the Tunes: The Art of the Gag (2006); Behind the Tunes: The Charm of Stink - On the Scent of Pepe le Pew (2005); Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin (2005); Behind the Tunes: Twilight in Tunes - The Music of Raymond Scott (2006); Ben and Me (1953); Bewitched Bunny (1954); Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure (2007); Boyhood Daze (1957); Bugs Bunny in Space (1977); Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time (1999); Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982); Bugs Bunny's Cupid Capers (1979); Bugs Bunny's Holiday Diet (1979); Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special (1977); Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes (1991); Bugs Bunny's Silly Seals (1997); Bully for Bugs (1953); Cannery Rodent (1967); Carmelo (2000); Cartoon Alley (2005); Cat and Dupli-cat (1967); Cat Feud (1958); Catty-Cornered (1966); Chariots of Fur (1994); Chuck Amuck: The Movie (1991); Claws for Alarm (1954); Compressed Hare (1961); Cow and Chicken (1997); Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island (1983); Daffy Duck's Quackbusters / Segments: Claws for Alarm; Punch Trunk (1988); Daffy Duck's Quackbusters / Segments: Transylvania 6-5000; The Abominable Snow Rabbit (1988); Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special (1980); Dangerous When Wet (1953); Darkwing Duck (1991); Day of the Tentacle (1993); Deduce, You Say (1956); Dr. Seuss on the Loose (1973); Drafty, Isn't It? (1957); Duck Amuck (1953); Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century (1980); Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953); Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (1953); Duel Personality (1966); Dumbo (1941); Earthworm Jim (1995); Ed, Edd n Eddy (1999); Elmer Elephant (1936); Fantasia (1940); Father of the Bird (1997); Feline Frame-Up (1954); Ferdinand the Bull (1938); Filet Meow (1966); Forward March Hare (1953); Freeze Frame (1979); From A to Z-Z-Z-Z (1953); From Hare to Eternity (1997); Gas (1944); Gateways to the Mind (1958); Go Fly a Kit (1957); Gotham Girls (2000); Great Performances (2000); Guided Mouse-Ille (1967); Guided Muscle (1955); Happy Birthday, Bugs!: 50 Looney Years (1990); Hare-Breadth Hurry (1963); Hare-Less Wolf (1958); Haunted Mouse (1965); Hell-Bent for Election (1958); High Note (1960); Hip Hip-Hurry! (1958); Hopalong Casualty (1960); Horizons of Hope (1954); Horton Hears a Who! (1970); How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966); Hyde and Go Tweet (1960); I Was a Teenage Thumb (1963); I'm Just Wild About Jerry (1965); Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes (2003); Is There a Doctor in the Mouse? (1964); It's Everybody's Business (1954); It's Murder She Says... (1945); Jackie Chan Adventures (2000); Jackie Chan Adventures: Rely on Relics (2006); Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary (1966); Jerry-Go-Round (1966); Jumpin' Jupiter (1955); Jungle Boy (1996); Kiss Me Cat (1953); Lickety-Splat (1961); Lobo (2000); Lobo: Jukebox of Pain (2000); Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal (2007); Looney Tunes: Cartoon Conductor (2008); Looney Tunes: Duck Amuck (2007); Louvre Come Back to Me! (1962); Love Me, Love My Mouse (1966); Lumber Jack-Rabbit (1953); Mad as a Mars Hare (1963); Martian Through Georgia (1962); Marvin the Martian & K9: 50 Years on Earth (1998); Marvin the Martian: Space Tunes (1998); Merbabies (1938); Merrie Melodies: Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends (1990); Mother Pluto (1936); Much Ado About Mousing (1964); Much Ado About Nutting (1953); My Little Duckaroo (1954); Nelly's Folly (1961); No 73 (1986); No Barking (1954); Now Hear This (1962); Of Feline Bondage (1965); Off to See the Wizard (1967–1968); Oliver & Company (1988); Omnibus (2001); Operation Snafu (1945); O-Solar-Meow (1967); Pent-House Mouse (1963); Pink Panther: Pinkadelic Pursuit (2002); Pinocchio (1940); Plastic Man in 'Puddle Trouble' (2006); Pullet Surprise (1997); Punch Trunk (1953); Purr-Chance to Dream (1967); Puss 'N' Boats (1966); Rabbit of Seville (1950); Rabbit Seasoning (1952); Ready, Woolen and Able (1960); Ready.. Set.. Zoom! (1955); Rhapsody of Steel (1959); Roadrunner a Go-Go (1965); Robin Hood Daffy (1958); Rock 'n' Rodent (1967); Samurai Jack (2001); Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie (2001); Samurai Jack: The Shadow of Aku (2004); Scrambled Aches (1957); Sheep Ahoy (1954); Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937); Snowbody Loves Me (1964); Steal Wool (1957); Stop! Look! And Hasten! (1954); Stork Naked (1955); Surf-Bored Cat (1967); Teacher's Pet (2004); Teacher's Pet: Food Fight (2002); Teacher's Pet: Thrash Canned (2002); That's Warner Bros.! (1995); The Abominable Snow Rabbit (1961); The A-Tom-inable Snowman (1966); The A-Tom-inable Snowman (1966); The Bear That Wasn't (1967); The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off (1965); The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show (1986–1992); The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special (1980); The Bugs Bunny Show (1960–1971); The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour (1985–1986); The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show (1978–1985); The Bugs n' Daffy Show (1996–1999); The Cat Above and the Mouse Below (1964); The Cat in the Hat (1971); The Cats Bah (1954); The Cat's Me-Ouch (1965); The Count of Monte Cristo (1997); The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics (1965); The Dragon Slayer (1956); The Golden Touch (1935); The Good Egg (1945); The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (2003); The Iceman Ducketh (1964); The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964); The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame (1991); The Lorax (1972); The Magical World of Chuck Jones (1992); The Mask (1995); The Mouse from H.U.N.G.E.R. (1967); The Mouse on 57th Street (1961); The Phantom Tollbooth (1970); The Pink Panther (1969); The Plucky Duck Show (1992); The Powerpuff Girls (1998); The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002); The PowerPuff Girls: Relish Rampage (2002); The Pumpkin of Nyefar (2004); The Road Runner Show (1966–1973); The Tick (1994); The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse (1964); The Year of the Mouse (1965); This Is a Life? (1955); Three Little Bops (1957); Three Little Wolves (1936); Timber Wolf (2001); Tiny Toon Adventures / Segment: Duck Dodgers Jr. (1991); To Beep or Not to Beep (1963); To Hare Is Human (1956); To Itch His Own (1958); Tom and Jerry's Magical Misadventures (2013); Tom-ic Energy (1965); ToonHeads (1992–2003); Touché and Go (1957); Transylvania 6-5000 (1963); Tweety's High-Flying Adventure (2000); Two Scent's Worth (1955); Ugly Duckling (1939); War and Pieces (1964); Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection - Bugs Bunny's Wacky Adventures (1985); Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection - Daffy Duck: The Nuttiness Continues... (1985); Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection - Elmer Fudd's Comedy Capers (1985); Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection - Pepe Le Pew's Skunk Tales (1985); What's Opera, Doc? (1957); Who Scent You? (1960); Whoa, Be-Gone! (1958); Wild Over You (1953); Woolen Under Where (1963); Zip Zip Hooray! (1965); Zipping Along (1953); Zoom and Bored (1957); Zoom at the Top (1962).

Born on this day – Glenn Ford:

 

Glenn Ford

Actor

May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006

Born on this day – Danielle Darrieux:

Danielle Darrieux

Actress

Singer

Dancer

May 1, 1917 – October 17, 2017

Born on this day – Joseph Heller:

 

Joseph Heller

Writer

May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999

Credits:

Books:

Catch-22 (1961); Closing Time (1994); God Knows (1984); Good as Gold (1979); No Laughing Matter (1986); Now and Then (1998); Picture This (1988); Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man (2000); Something Happened (1974); The Best American Mystery Stories 2014 (2014).

Movies and television:

Bombardovanje Nju Hejvna (1973); Camera Three (1962); Casino Royale (1967); Catch Five: Joseph Heller and Rembrandt (1992); Catch-22 (1970); Catch-22 (1973); Catch-22 (2019); Charlie Rose (1994); Dirty Dingus Magee (1970); Good Morning America (1985); Hier is... Adriaan van Dis (1985); James Jones: Reveille to Taps (1985); Late Night with David Letterman (1986); McHale's Navy (1962); McLean and Company (1971); Pommitamme Pasilasta (1970); Sex and the Single Girl (1964); Something Happened; The Book Programme (1974–1980); The Merv Griffin Show (1968); The South Bank Show (1979–1984); Theatre of the Absurd: Luigi Pirandello, Six Characters in Search of an Author (1976); Today (1968–1974); Wogan (1986).

Born on this day – Ralph Senensky:

Ralph Senensky

Director

Production Manager

May 1, 1923 – November 1, 2025

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1965); A Dream for Christmas (1973); Arrest and Trial (1963–1964); Banyon (1972); Barnaby Jones (1973–1975); Big Bend Country (1981); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Breaking Point (1963–1964); Casablanca (1983); Casting By (2012); Channing (1963); Checkmate (1962); City of Angels (1976); Dan August (1971); Dan August: Murder, My Friend (1980); Dan August: Once Is Never Enough (1980); Death Cruise (1974); Dr. Kildare (1961–1965); Dynasty (1981); East Side / West Side (1963); Eight Is Enough (1977); Family (1977); Full Circle (1960–1961); Getting Together (1971); Harper Valley P.T.A. (1978); Hart to Hart (1979–1984); How the West Was Won (1979); I Spy (1968); Inglorious Treksperts (2020–2024); Insight (1969–1982); Ironside (1967–1968); James at 16 (1978); Jeremiah of Jacob's Neck (1976); Judd for the Defense (1967); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963–1965); Lou Grant (1980); Mannix (1968); Matt Lincoln (1970); Medical Story (1975); Mission: Impossible (1967); Naked City (1963); Nanny and the Professor (1970–1971); Night Gallery (1972); Paper Dolls (1984); Planet of the Apes (1974); Playhouse 90 (1958–1960); Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1984); Route 66 (1963); Search (1973); Slattery's People (1965); Star Trek (1967–1968); Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault (2016); The Big Valley (1966); The Blue Knight (1975); The Cliff (1970); The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969–1970); The Doctors and the Nurses (1963–1964); The F.B.I. (1966–1972); The Family Holvak (1975); The Family Kovack (1974); The Family Nobody Wanted (1975); The Fugitive (1964–1965); The High Chaparral (1967); The Interns (1970); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2011); The Long, Hot Summer (1965); The Name of the Game (1968); The New Adventures of Heidi (1978); The Paper Chase (1985–1986); The Partridge Family (1970–1971); The Right Regrets (2013); The Rookies (1972–1973); The Trek Files: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast (2021–2022); The Twilight Zone (1963); The Waltons (1973–1978); The Wild Wild West (1966); Then Came Bronson (1969); Three for the Road (1975); Trapper John, M.D. (1979); Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes (1980); Westside Medical (1977); Winesburg, Ohio (1973); Young Maverick (1980).

Born on this day – Cora Mae Bryant:

Cora Mae Bryant

Blues singer

Guitarist

May 1, 1926 – October 30, 2008

Credits:

Albums:

Born with the Blues (2001); Born in Newton County (2003).