Sarah Dessen, on writing:

 

I'm just writing what I know.
I've never been much of a reader of fantasy,
and I think you write what you, personally, enjoy reading.
- Sarah Dessen.

Born on this day – Charles Barton:

Charles Barton

Actor

Director

May 25, 1902 – December 5, 1981

Credits:

10,000 Kids and a Cop (1948); A Lady's Profession (1933); A Man's World (1942); Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948); Africa Screams (1949); And Sudden Death (1936); Avalanche (1928); Babies for Sale (1940); Beau Geste (1939); Beau Sabreur (1928); Beautiful But Broke (1944); Beggars of Life (1928); Behind Prison Gates (1939); Born to the West (1937); Broadside (1964–1965); Buck Privates Come Home (1947); Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff (1949); Camp Runamuck (1966); Car 99 (1935); Chinatown Nights (1929); Dance with Me, Henry (1956); Dangerous Paradise (1930); Dennis the Menace (1960–1963); Double Crossbones (1951); Family Affair (1967–1971); Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (1939); Five Little Peppers at Home (1940); Five Little Peppers in Trouble (1940); Forlorn River (1937); Free for All (1949); Grindl (1964); Harmon of Michigan (1941); Hazel (1965–1966); Hello, Annapolis (1942); Hello, Everybody! (1933); Hey, Rookie (1944); Honolulu Lu (1941); Horse Feathers (1932); Is Everybody Happy? (1943); Island of Doomed Men (1940); Jam Session (1944); June Moon (1931); Ladies of the Mob (1928); Lady and Gent (1932); Laugh Your Blues Away (1942); Let's Have Fun (1943); Louisiana Hayride (1944); Lucky Legs (1942); Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952); McHale's Navy (1964–1965); Medicine Man (1962); Meet the O'Briens (1954); Men in Her Diary (1945); Merrily We Go to Hell (1932); Mexican Hayride (1948); Monkey Business (1931); Murder with Pictures (1936); My Brother the Angel (1965); My Son Is Guilty (1939); Nevada (1935); Nobody's Children (1940); Oh, My Achin' Tooth! (1954); Out West with the Peppers (1940); Parachute Nurse (1942); Petticoat Junction (1965–1967); Reveille with Beverly (1943); Rocky Mountain Mystery (1935); Rose Bowl (1936); She Has What It Takes (1943); Shut My Big Mouth (1942); Sing for Your Supper (1941); Smooth as Silk (1946); Spellbound (1945); Studio 57 (1956); Sweetheart of the Fleet (1942); Swingin' Along (1961); The Amos 'n Andy Show (1951–1955); The Baileys of Balboa (1964–1965); The Beautiful Cheat (1945); The Big Boss (1941); The Comedy Spot (1960); The County Fair (1920); The Crime Nobody Saw (1937); The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1956–1958); The Great Gildersleeve (1955–1956); The Last Outpost (1935); The Legion of the Condemned (1928); The Magical World of Disney (1959–1964); The Man I Love (1929); The Milkman (1950); The Miracle Man (1932); The Munsters (1965); The New Adventures of Spin and Marty (1957); The Noose Hangs High (1948); The Patty Duke Show (1966); The Phantom Submarine (1940); The Ray Milland Show (1953–1954); The Real McCoys (1960–1961); The Richest Man in Town (1941); The Sea God (1930); The Shaggy Dog (1959); The Spirit of Stanford (1942); The Stu Erwin Show (1955); The Time of Their Lives (1946); The Trumpet Blows (1934); The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947); Thunder Trail (1937); Timothy's Quest (1936); To Rome with Love (1970); Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus (1960); Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! (1942); Two Latins from Manhattan (1941); Union Pacific (1939); Wagon Wheels (1934); Wagon Wheels (1953); What's Buzzin', Cousin? (1943); White Tie and Tails (1946); Wings (1927); Woman Trap (1929); Young Eagles (1930); Zorro (1958–1959); Zorro, the Avenger (1959).

Born on this day – Sally Phipps:

Sally Phipps

Actress

May 25, 1911 – March 17, 1978

Credits:

A Midsummer Night's Steam (1927); Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl (1926); Big Business (1926); Broncho Billy and the Baby (1915); Cupid and the Clock (1927); Detectives Wanted (1929); Gentlemen Prefer Scotch (1927); Girls (1927); High School Hero (1927); Hold Your Hat (1928); Joy Street (1929); Light Wines and Bearded Ladies (1926); Love Makes 'Em Wild (1927); Mum's the Word (1927); News Parade (1928); None But the Brave (1928); Sunrise (1927); The Cradle Snatchers (1927); The Kangaroo Detective (1927); The One Woman Idea (1929); The Outlaw's Awakening (1915); The Western Way (1915); Where Men Are Men (1931); Why Sailors Go Wrong (1928).

Born on this day – Jeanne Crain:

Jeanne Crain

Actress

May 25, 1925 – December 14, 2003

Credits:

10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2004); A Letter to Three Wives (1949); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); Apartment for Peggy (1948); Belles on Their Toes (1952); Biography (1995); Burke's Law (1964–1965); California Beauties Pose for Title of 1942 Camera Girl (1942); Celebrity Talent Scouts (1960); Centennial Summer (1946); Cheaper by the Dozen (1950); City of Bad Men (1953); Classified X (2007); Dangerous Crossing (1953); Dateline: Disneyland (1955); Duel in the Jungle (1954); Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974); General Electric Theater (1960–1962); Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955); Goodyear Theatre (1959); Guns of the Timberland (1960); His Model Wife (1962); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); Home in Indiana (1944); Hot Rods to Hell (1966); I'll Get By (1950); In the Meantime, Darling (1944); Insight (1963); Invasion 1700 (1962); It's Your Bet (1971); I've Got a Secret (1954–1959); Kolossal - i magnifici Macisti (1977); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1960–1962); Leave Her to Heaven (1945); Madison Avenue (1961); Man Without a Star (1955); Margie (1946); Meet Me in St. Louis (1959); Men Against Evil (1966); Monsters and Madonnas: The World of William Mortensen (1966); O. Henry's Full House / The Gift of the Magi (1952); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972); Password (1963); People Will Talk (1951); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1956); Pinky (1949); Playhouse 90 (1958); Pontius Pilate (1962); Queen of the Nile (1961); Riverboat (1959); Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies (1996); Schlitz Playhouse (1958); Skyjacked (1972); Stage Show (1955); Star Stage (1955); State Fair (1945); Stump the Stars (1963); Take Care of My Little Girl (1951); The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004); The All-Star Bond Rally (1945); The Bob Hope Show (1955); The Christophers (1963); The Comedy Spot (1962); The Danny Thomas Hour (1968); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Ed Sullivan Show (1955); The Fan (1949); The Fastest Gun Alive (1956); The Ford Television Theatre (1956); The Gang's All Here (1943); The Irv Kupcinet Show (1970); The Joker Is Wild (1957); The Merv Griffin Show (1971–1973); The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951); The Movie Game (1969); The Name of the Game (1968); The Night God Screamed (1971); The Object Is (1964); The Second Greatest Sex (1955); The Tattered Dress (1957); The Virginia Graham Show (1971); Twenty Plus Two (1961); Valentine's Day (1965); Vicki (1953); What's My Line? (1954–1959); Winged Victory (1944); Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (1982); You Bet Your Life (1957 / 1958); You Don't Say (1963–1967); You Were Meant for Me (1948).

Born on this day – Claude Pinoteau:

Claude Pinoteau

Director

Writer

May 25, 1925 – October 5, 2012

Credits:

100 films par 100 personnalités (1999); À l'ombre des grands chênes (Abel Gance) (2005); A Monkey in Winter (1962); Accessoires et aventures équestres: souvenirs de Claude Pinoteau (2010); Allons au cinéma (1976); Any Number Can Win (1963); Banana Peel (1963); Beau geste (2023); Belmondo, itinéraire... (2011); Belmondo: Il était une fois le beau monde (2011); Cache Cash (1994); Casse sur la côte (2013); Charles Péguy (1952); Ciné regards (1981); Ciné-cinécourts (1998); Claude Pinoteau, au service du cinéma (2021); Crésus (1960); Dialogue pour un portrait (1977); Empreintes (2012); Escape to Nowhere (1973); Greed in the Sun (1964); Guns for San Sebastian (1968); Henri Verneuil Profession conteur (2012); Histoire et romance, souvenirs de La Neige et le feu (2010); Impressions d'Orsay (1986); It Only Happens to Others (1971); Ivresse à Tigreville (2013); Kampen om tungtvannet (1948); La 7ème cible (1984); La Boum éternelle : Histoire d'un grand film sans prétention (2023); La fiancée des ténèbres (1945); La neige et le feu (1991); L'apprentissage de la mise en scène: souvenirs de Claude Pinoteau (2010); Le cinéma de Jean Giono (2004); Le grand échiquier (1983); Le grand escogriffe (1976); L'enfant seul (1968); Les enfants de la boum (2001); Les enfants terribles du Cinéma (2011); Les fêtes galantes (1965); Les habits du Dimanche (1985); Les nouveaux rendez-vous (1980); Les Nuits de France Culture (2023); Les palmes de M. Schutz (1997); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1979); L'Homme de Hong-Kong (2013); L'homme en colère (1979); Life Love Death (1969); Lino Ventura, la part intime (2018); Lino, il n'était que lui-même (2012); Lino: un portrait de Lino Ventura (1996); Lola Montès (1955); Love Is a Funny Thing (1969); Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes (2002); Midi Trente (1974); Miroir (1947); Money Money Money (1972); Okay (1983); Orpheus (1950); Panique (1946); Personnel et confidentiel (2007); Pour le cinéma (1974–1976); Premiers pas (2005); Sacrée soirée (1991–2008); Samedi soir (1973); Smic Smac Smoc (1971); Souvenirs des collines (2007); Testament of Orpheus (1960); The 25th Hour (1967); The Blue Bicycle (2000); The Crook (1970); The Day and the Hour (1963); The Party (1980); The Party 2 (1982); The Slap (1974); The Student (1988); Tout l'or du monde (1961); Un abbé nommé Pierre, une vie pour les autres (2005); Un jour, un destin (2011); Up to His Ears (1965); Ventura... dit Lino (1997); Vivement dimanche (2010); Weekend at Dunkirk (1964).

Born on this day – Robert Ludlum:

 

Robert Ludlum

Writer

May 25, 1927 – March 12, 2001

Born on this day – Ann Robinson:

Ann Robinson

Actress

Stunt horse rider

May 25, 1929 – September 26, 2025

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1963); A Life of Her Own (1950); A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954); Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); All About Eve (1950); Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Fantasy (1991); Attack of the B Movie Monsters (1985); Bachelor Father (1960); Bad for Each Other (1953); Ben Casey (1962); Biff Baker, U.S.A. (1953); Black Midnight (1949); Callaway Went Thataway (1951); Cheyenne (1955–1957); City Beneath the Sea (1953); Damn Citizen (1957); Dante (1961); Days of Our Lives (1978); Death Valley Days (1962); Dragnet (1954); Drive-in Movie Memories (2001); Frenchie (1950); Fury (1955–1956); Gilligan's Island (1966); Goodbye, My Fancy (1951); Goodyear Theatre (1960); Gun Brothers (1956); Gun Duel in Durango (1957); Hawaiian Eye (1961); Hollywood Beat (1993–2005); I Want You (1951); I Was a Shoplifter (1950); Imitation of Life (1959); It's a Great Life (1955); Johnny Midnight (1960); Julie (1956); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Manhunt (1960); Midnight Movie Massacre (1988); Mike Hammer (1959); My Lovely Monster (1991); Passport to Danger (1954); Perry Mason (1960); Peter Gunn (1961); Police Woman (1978); Racket Squad (1952–1953); Rawhide (1960); Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (1954); Schlitz Playhouse (1958); Sci-Fi Buzz (1995); Shotgun Slade (1960); Son of Ali Baba (1952); Stage 7 (1955); Steven Spielberg and the Original 'War of the Worlds' (2005); Studio 57 (1955); Sugarfoot (1961); Surfside 6 (1961); Tales of Frankenstein (2018); The Bob Cummings Show (1956); The Cimarron Kid (1952); The Cold Sun (1956); The Damned Don't Cry (1950); The Famous Monsters 1993 World Convention Souvenir Video (1993); The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (1986); The Ford Television Theatre (1954); The Glass Wall (1953); The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood Jr. (1995); The Horror Show (1979); The Last Doorway Show with Miss Misery (2011); The Last Page of Summer (2020); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1961); The Magnetic Moon (1956); The Man and the Challenge (1960); The Millionaire (1956); The Naked Monster (2005); The New Adam-12 (1990); The Roaring 20's (1962); The Robot of Regalio (1956); The Sky Is Falling: Making 'the War of the Worlds' (2005); The Story of Molly X (1949); The Texan (1960); The War of the Worlds (1953); The Web (1953); To the Galaxy and Beyond with Mark Hamill (1997); UFO Files (2005); War of the Worlds (2005); War of the Worlds / TV Series (1988–1989); Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (2005); Waterfront (1954).