Born on this day – Marion Leonard:

Marion Leonard

Actress

June 9, 1881 – January 9, 1956

Credits:

A Brass Button (1911); A Burglar's Mistake (1909); A Country Girl (1911); A Dispensation (1910); A Drunkard's Reformation (1909); A Fool's Revenge (1909); A Leaf in the Storm (1913); A Left Hook (1911); A New Trick (1909); A Rude Hostess (1909); A Rural Elopement (1909); A Sacrifice, and Then (1910); A Salutary Lesson (1910); A Sweet Revenge (1909); A Tale of Ebon Tints (1911); A Tender-Hearted Crook (1913); A Thorn in Vengeance (1912); A Trap for Santa Claus (1909); A Wreath in Time (1909); An Affair of Hearts (1910); An Awful Moment (1908); And a Little Child Shall Lead Them (1909); As in a Looking Glass (1913); As It Is in Life (1910); As the Master Orders (1911); Ashes of Hope (1912); At Sword's Points (1911); At the Altar (1909); At the Crossroads of Life / The Politician's Love Story (1909); Carmen (1913); Comata, the Sioux (1909); Ever the Accuser (1911); Father Gets in the Game (1908); Film Fun (1955); Flicker Flashbacks No. 5, Series 5 (1948); Fools of Fate (1909); For His Sake (1911); For Remembrance (1911); From the Valley of Shadows (1911); Gold Is Not All (1910); Her First Biscuits (1909); His Duty (1909); His Last Dollar (1910); His Lost Love (1909); In Flowers Paled (1911); In Honor Bound (1912); In Little Italy (1909); In Old California (1910); In Payment Full (1912); In the Tepee's Light (1911); In the Watches of the Night (1909 / 1913); In the Window Recess (1909); Leather Stocking (1909); Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (1909); Long Time No See (1954); Looking Backward (1912); Lost a Husband (1912); Love Among the Roses (1910); Love Finds a Way (1909); Lucky Jim (1909); Mother Love (1914); Moulders of Souls (1910); None Can Do More (1912); Nursing a Viper (1909); O'er Grim Fields Scarred (1911); On Kentucky Soil (1911); On the Reef (1910); One Touch of Nature (1909); Over Silent Paths (1910); Over the Shading Edge (1911); Pippa Passes; or, the Song of Conscience (1909); Pranks (1909); Resurrection (1909); Rose o' Salem Town (1910); So Runs the Way (1910); So Speaks the Heart (1912); Songs of Childhood Days (1912); Souls Courageous (1911); Stars: Their Courses Change (1912); Such Is the Kingdom (1911); Tangled Lines (1911); Tears o' Peggy (1912); The Armorer's Daughter (1910); The Awakening of Donna Isolla (1914); The Bandit's Waterloo (1908); The Brahma Diamond (1909); The Broken Locket (1909); The Call (1910); The Call to Arms (1910); The Children's Friend (1909); The Christmas Burglars (1908); The Cloister's Touch (1910); The Command from Galilee (1911); The Conflict (1911); The Conflict's End (1912); The Converts (1910); The Cord of Life (1909); The Criminal Hypnotist (1909); The Day After (1909); The Dead Secret (1913); The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period (1909); The Defender of the Name (1912); The Diamond Path (1912); The Dragon's Claw (1915); The Drift (1914); The Drive for a Life (1909); The Duke's Plan (1910); The Eavesdropper (1909); The End of the Circle (1912); The Eternal Conflict (1912); The Expiation (1909); The Faded Lilies (1909); The Fascinating Mrs. Francis (1909); The Fatal Hour (1908); The Feud and the Turkey (1908); The Ghost of a Bargain (1912); The Gibson Goddess (1909); The Girls and Daddy (1909); The Gold Seekers (1910); The Golden Louis (1909); The Gray of the Dawn (1910); The Greaser's Gauntlet (1908); The Harvest (1911); The Heart of an Outlaw (1909); The Helping Hand (1908); The Hessian Renegades (1909); The Hidden Bonds (1912); The Hindoo Dagger (1909); The Hour of Fate (1911); The Hour of Peril (1912); The Indian Runner's Romance (1909); The Jilt (1909); The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals (1909); The Journey's Ending (1913); The Last Laugh (1911); The Leader of the Band (1912); The Light on the Way (1912); The Light That Came (1909); The Light Unseen (1914); The Little Avenger (1911); The Lonely Villa (1909); The Lure of the Gown (1909); The Maniac Cook (1909); The Medicine Bottle (1909); The Mills of the Gods (1909); The Minute and the Maid (1911); The Miracle of Life (1926); The Mother Heart (1912); The Note in the Shoe (1909); The Oath and the Man (1910); The Peachbasket Hat (1909); The Price of Vanity (1911); The Refuge (1910); The Restoration (1909); The Rocky Road (1910); The Romany Rye (1914); The Rose of Yesteryear (1914); The Roue's Heart (1909); The Sacrifice (1909); The Salvation Army Lass (1909); The School Ma'am's Courage (1911); The Seal of Time (1912); The Sealed Room (1909); The Seed of the Fathers (1913); The Serpent's Eyes (1912); The Sorrows of the Unfaithful (1910); The Strength of the Weak (1912); The Tavern Keeper's Daughter (1908); The Test (1909); The Test of Friendship (1908); The Thin Dark Line (1910); The Two Brothers (1910); The Two Paths (1911); The Unending Love (1912); The Unknown Bride (1912); The Violin Maker of Cremona (1909); The Voice of the Millions (1912); The Voice of the Violin (1909); The Vow (1915); The Vows (1911); The Way of Man (1909); The Welcome Burglar (1909); The Winning Coat (1909); Those Little Flowers (1913); Those Who Live in Glass Houses (1913); Thou Shalt Not (1910); Through a Higher Power (1912); Through Flaming Gates (1912); Through Memory Blank (1912); Through the Breakers (1909); Through Twisting Lanes (1912); Thus Many Souls (1912); Till Death Do Us Part (1911); Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good (1909); Tragic Love (1909); Trying to Get Arrested (1909); Two Memories (1909); Under a Changing Sky (1910); Under Her Wing (1912); What Avails the Crown (1912); When Love Rules (1912); When Woman Wills (1910); Where Sea and Shore Doth Meet (1910); Where the Breakers Roar (1908); While Wedding Bells Ring Out (1912); With Her Card (1909).

Born on this day – Skip James:

Skip James

Blues singer

Guitarist

Pianist

Songwriter

June 9, 1902 – October 3, 1969

Credits:

Music:

Songs:

22-20 Blues; Be Ready When He Comes; Cherry Ball Blues; Cypress Grove Blues; Devil Got My Woman; Drunken Spree; Four O'Clock Blues; Hard Luck Child; Hard Time Killing Floor Blues; How Long 'Buck; If You Haven't Any Hay Get on Down the Road; Illinois Blues; I'm So Glad; Jesus Is a Mighty Good Leader; Little Cow and Calf Is Gonna Die Blues; Special Rider Blues; What Am I to Do; Yola My Blues Away.

Albums:
Blues from the Delta (1998); Cypress Grove Blues (2004); Devil Got My Woman (1968); Greatest of the Delta Blues Singers (1964); Hard Time (2003); Hard Time Killin' Floor (2005); Hard Time Killing Floor Blues (2003); Heroes of the Blues: The Very Best of Skip James (2003); I'm So Glad (1978); ive: Boston, 1964 & Philadelphia, 1966 (1994); She Lyin' (1964 / 1996); Skip's Guitar Blues (1999); Skip's Piano Blues, 1964 (1998); Studio Sessions: Rare and Unreleased, 1967 (2003); The Complete Bloomington, Indiana Concert, March 30, 1968 (1999); The Complete Early Recordings of Skip James – 1930 (1994); Today! (1966).

Movies and television:

Babo 73 (1968); Burlesque (2010); Dancing in the Street: A Rock and Roll History (1996); Devil Got My Woman: Blues at Newport 1966 (1996); Devil's Knot (2013); Die Föhnforscher (1985); Down from the Mountain (2000); Ghost World (2001); Great Performances (2005); Her (2013); James Sonny Ford James, Delta Artist (1969); Mad Dogs (2016); Morgan (2016); O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000); Omnibus (1968); Rage (2012); Reacher (2023); Rock Concert (1974); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 - Volume 3 (2004); The Blues (2003); The Soul of a Man (2003); Two Trains Runnin' (2016).
 

Born on this day – George Axelrod:

George Axelrod

Writer

Producer

Director

June 9, 1922 – June 21, 2003

Born on this day – Mona Freeman:

Mona Freeman

Actress

Painter

June 9, 1926 – May 23, 2014

Credits:

About Faces (1960); Angel Face (1952); Battle Cry (1955); Black Beauty (1946); Branded (1950 / 1966); Celebrity Playhouse (1955); Checkmate (1961); Chevron Theatre (1952); Climax! (1955–1958); Copper Canyon (1950); Copycat (1964); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); Danger Signal (1945); Darling, How Could You! (1951); Dear Brat (1951); Dear Ruth (1947); Dear Wife (1949); Double Indemnity (1944); Dragoon Wells Massacre (1957); Flesh and Fury (1952); Front Row Center (1956); Frontier Justice (1958); George Jessel Show (1959); Gypsy (1965); Here Come the Waves (1944); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hold Back the Night (1956); Huk! (1956); I Was a Shoplifter (1950); I'll Bet (1965); Isn't It Romantic (1948); Johnny Ringo (1960); Jumping Jacks (1952); Junior Miss (1945); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1960–1962); Lux Video Theatre (1955 / 1956); Matinee Theatre (1957); Maverick (1959–1960); Michael Shayne (1960); Mother Wore Tights (1947); National Velvet (1944); Our Hearts Were Growing Up (1946); Perry Mason (1962–1965); Place the Face (1955); Playhouse 90 (1956–1958); Pursuit (1958); Riverboat (1959); Roughly Speaking (1945); Schlitz Playhouse (1955–1957); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on a Sunday Afternoon (1952); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball (1952); Shadow of Fear (1955); Speaking of Animals in Going Hollywood (1949); Streets of Laredo (1949); Studio 57 (1956 / 1957); That Brennan Girl (1946); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); The All New Truth or Consequences (1961); The Chevy Mystery Show (1960); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater (1955); The Ford Television Theatre (1955–1956); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); The Heiress (1949); The Hollywood Collection: Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man (1999); The Juke Box Jury (1956); The Lady from Texas (1951); The Linkletter Show (1953); The Millionaire (1960); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Princess and the Pirate (1944); The Red Skelton Hour (1958–1959); The Road to Denver (1955); The Rosemary Clooney Show (1956); The Tall Man (1961); The Way Out (1955); The World Was His Jury (1958); Thriller (1960); Thunderbirds (1952); Till We Meet Again (1944); Together Again (1944); Variety Girl (1947); Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol (1972); Wagon Train (1958); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958–1959); You Don't Say (1963–1967); Zane Grey Theatre (1956).

Born on this day – Joe Santos:

 

Joe Santos

Actor

June 9, 1931 – March 18, 2016

Credits:

A Knife for the Ladies (1974); A Matter of Wife... and Death (1975); a.k.a. Pablo (1984); Adderly (1987); Art Deco Detective (1994); Bakersfield P.D. (1993); Baretta (1975); Barnaby Jones (1974); Beverly Hills Brats (1989); Beyond Suspicion (2000); Black Sheep Squadron (1978); Blade (1973); Blue Thunder (1983); Carol for Another Christmas (1964); Chronic (2015); Cover Up (1984); David Cassidy - Man Undercover (1978); Deadline: Madrid (1988); Deadly Desire (1991); Eischied (1979); Fear City (1984); Flesh and Lace (1965); Good Cops, Bad Cops (1990); Hammerlock (2000); Hardcastle and McCormick (1985–1986); Hill Street Blues (1984); Hunter (1984–1990); Jessie (1984); Joe Forrester (1976); Kung Fu (1975); Likely Stories, Vol. 2 (1983); Lou Grant (1977); MacGyver (1986–1987); Magnum, P.I. (1986–1988); Masquerade (1984); Match Game (1978–1979); Match Game / Hollywood Squares Hour (1984); Match Game PM (1979–1980); Me and Maxx (1980); Miami Vice (1988); Mindreaders (1979); Mo' Money (1992); Moonlighting Wives (1966); Murder, She Wrote (1987–1988); My Body Hungers (1967); Naked City (1963); Nightside (1973); NYPD Blue (1993); Police Story (1974–1978); Power (1980); Proximity (2001); Quantum Leap (1989); Remington Steele (1984); Revenge (1990); Room 222 (1972); Santa Barbara (1990); Shaft's Big Score! (1972); Shamus (1973); Sinatra (1992); Suburban Beat (1985); Superior Court (1986–1990); T.J. Hooker (1985); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The A-Team (1984); The Blue Knight (1973); The Detective (1968); The Don Is Dead (1973); The Education of Allison Tate (1986); The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973); The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971); The Girl on the Late, Late Show (1974); The Greatest American Hero (1983); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1980); The Hustler of Muscle Beach (1980); The Last Boy Scout (1991); The Man from Elysian Fields (2001); The Old Man and the Sea (1990); The Panic in Needle Park (1971); The Postman (1997); The Ratings Game (1984); The Right Way (1998); The Rockford Files (1974–1980); The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise (1995); The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play (1996); The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best (1996); The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A. (1994); The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads (1999); The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits... (1996); The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime (1996); The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda (1997); The Selling of Vince D'Angelo (1983); The Sopranos (2004); The Streets of San Francisco (1974); The Tiger Makes Out (1967); The Twilight Zone / Segment: The Library (1986); Toma (1973); Trapper John, M.D. (1982); Trial by Jury (1994); Warm Nights and Hot Pleasures (1964); Wendy Hooper, U.S. Army (1981); Zandy's Bride (1974).

Born on this day – Giles Havergal:

Giles Havergal

Director

Actor

Teacher

June 9, 1938 – August 23, 2025

Credits:

A Christmas Carol (1962); Albert Herring (2024); Blood and Glitter 70 Years of the Citizens Theatre (2015); Doctor Finlay (1996); Gossip (2000); MI-5 (2011); Midsomer Murders (2006); Monarch of the Glen (2005); Mrs. Warren's Profession (1991); Release (1969); Taggart (1993); The Madhouse on Castle Street / BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960); The Man Shakespeare (1964).

Born on this day – Michel Lang:

Michel Lang

Director

Writer

June 9, 1939 – April 24, 2014