Friday, June 12, 2026

Born on this day – Eva Pflug:


Eva Pflug


Actress

Voice actress

June 12, 1929 – August 5, 2008


Born on this day – Otto Schenk:


Otto Schenk


Actor

Director

June 12, 1930 – January 9, 2025


Born on this day – Nicole Berger:

 

Nicole Berger


Actress

June 12, 1934 – April 13, 1967


Born on this day – Sian Barbara Allen:

 

Sian Barbara Allen


Actress

Writer

July 12, 1946 – March 31, 2025

Credits:
Adam-12 (1975); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Baretta (1978); Billy Two Hats (1974); Bonanza (1972); Cagney & Lacey (1988); Captains and the Kings (1976); Columbo (1973); Darkroom (1981); Eric (1975); Falcon Crest (1984); Gunsmoke (1971); Hawaii Five-O (1977); Ironside (1972–1974); Kate McShane (1975); Kingston: Confidential (1977); Kojak (1974); L.A. Law (1990); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Happy Family (1973); Lucas Tanner (1974); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1971–1974); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972); Police Story (1976); Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973); Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976); Sword of Justice (1978); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1972); The F.B.I. (1972); The Family Rico (1972); The Incredible Hulk (1979); The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976); The Mike Douglas Show (1974); The Rockford Files (1974); The Scarecrow (1972); The Waltons (1973); W.E.B. (1978); You'll Like My Mother (1972).

Born on this day – Barry Michael Cooper:

 

Barry Michael Cooper


Producer

Writer

Director

June 12, 1958 – January 21, 2025

Credits:
Above the Rim (1994); American Gangster (2006–2008); Blood on the Wall$ (2005); Bloomberg Game Changers (2010); Classic Albums (2007); Grand Daddy I.U.: Something New (1990); Guilt... (2019); Inside the Label (2016); It's Good to Be... (2003); NBA 2K16 (2015); New Jack City (1991); Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation (2011); Private Times (1991); She's Gotta Have It (2017–2019); Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music (2005); Sugar Hill (1993); Tevin Campbell: For Your Love (1999).

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959)

M Squad
Season 2. Episode 37.

Episode entitled: Decoy in White.

Released June 12, 1959.

Directed by Sidney Lanfield.

Written by Robert Tallman.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:
Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Mike Road, Mike Mazurki, James Flavin, Judy Bamber, Maggie McCarter, Dorothea Lord.

On this day in movie history - Somewhere in the Night (1946)


Somewhere in the Night


directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz,

written by Howard Dimsdale, Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Lee Strasberg,

based on a story by Marvin Borowsky,

was released in the United States on June 12, 1946.

Music by David Buttolph.

Cast:
John Hodiak, Nancy Guild, Lloyd Nolan, Richard Conte, Josephine Hutchinson, Fritz Kortner, Margo Woode, Sheldon Leonard, Lou Nova.