Born on this day – Jean Stafford:

 

Jean Stafford

Writer

July 1, 1915 – March 26, 1979

Credits:

Books:

A Book of Stories; A Mother in History; Bad Characters; Boston Adventure; Children Are Bored on Sunday; Collected Stories; Elephi: The Cat with the High I.Q.; The Catherine Wheel; The Lion and the Carpenter and Other Tales from the Arabian Tales Retold; The Mountain Lion.

Movies and television:

Hollywood Opening Night (1952); Pardon Me for Living (1982).

Born on this day – Willie Dixon:

 

Willie Dixon

Blues singer

Musician

Songwriter

Arranger

Producer

July 1, 1915 – January 29, 1992

Born on this day – Olivia de Havilland:

 

Olivia de Havilland

Actress

July 1, 1916 – July 26, 2020

Born on this day – Florence Stanley:

 

Florence Stanley

Actress

July 1, 1924 – October 3, 2003

Born on this day – Sydney Pollack:

 

Sydney Pollack

Director

Producer

Actor

July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008

Born on this day – Jean Marsh:

 

Jean Marsh

Actress

Writer

July 1, 1934 – April 13, 2025

Credits:

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1989); A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1972); A Good Idea: Son! (1953); Act of Will (1989); Adam Adamant Lives! (1967); After Upstairs Downstairs (2002); An Adventure in Space and Time (2013); Anyone for Tennyson? The Master Poets Collection (1978); Art of the Garden (2004); Back to Back (1963); Backstage at Masterpiece Theatre (1991); Being a Girl (2013); Bejewelled (1991); Blackmail (1966); Brian Rix Presents ... (1969); Call Me Genius (1961); Call My Bluff (1967–1973); Camera Three (1976); Capital Lives (1994); Charlie Bubbles (1968); Circus of the Stars #7 (1982); Cleopatra (1963); Crooked House (2008); Danger Man (1961); Dangerfield (1997); Danny the Champion of the World (1989); Dark Places (1974); Department S (1969); Detective (1968); Diary of a Young Man (1964); Disco (1977); Doctor Who (1965–1989); Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty (2013); Doctor Who: Daleks - The Early Years (1992); Doctor Who: Target Novelisation Audiobooks (2010); Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles (2008–2012); Doctor Who: The Crusade (1999); Doctor Who: The Early Adventures (2014–2016); Doctor Who: The Five Companions (2011); Doctor Who: The Hartnell Years (1991); Doctor Who: The Light at the End (2013); Doctor Who: The Lost Stories (2010); Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures (2007); Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion (2014); Doctors (2003); Drama Trails (2008); Face of a Stranger (1964); Fatherland (1994); Five to Eleven (1990); Food, Wine & Friends (1979–1980); Frenzy (1972); From Kingdom to Queen (2008); Gideon C.I.D. (1965–1966); Girls! Girls! Girls! The 1960s (2009); Goliath Awaits (1981); Good Morning America (1978); Grantchester (2014); Happy Birthday BAFTA (2007); Hawaii Five-O (1978); Holby City (2002); Hour Magazine (1983); I Spy (1967); International Festival of Animation (1977); ITV 50 Greatest Shows (2005); ITV Play of the Week (1963–1964); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1970–1972); ITV Sunday Night Drama (1965); ITV Television Playhouse (1956); Jack-a-boy (1980); Jane Eyre (1970); John Mortimer: A Life in Words (2009); Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder (2005); Kavanagh QC (1999); La tele de tu vida (2007); Laughter from the Whitehall (1965); Maid in Britain (2010); Major League II (1994); Master of the Game (1984); Masterchef (1992–1993); Masterpiece Theatre: Fifteen Years (1986); Monarch (2000); Monarch Restoring a King (2014); Murder, She Wrote (1993); Must See TV (2005); Nine to Five (1982–1983); No Strings (1989); Omnibus (1958); Outlier (2014); Paul O'Grady's Working Britain (2013); Perspectives (2013); Play for Today (1971); Play of the Week / Segment: Caroline (1959); Return to Oz (1985); Royal Variety Performance 1984 (1984); Screen One (1992); See China and Die (1981); Sense & Sensibility (2008); Sensitive Skin (2007); Sesame Street (1989–1994); Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie (1988); Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! (1990); Storm Over Avallion (2008); Story Parade (1964); Tales from the Darkside (1985); The 14th Annual CableACE Awards (1993); The 17th Annual CableACE Awards (1995); The 33rd Annual Tony Awards (1979); The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (2007); The Alan Hamel Show (1976–1979); The All New Alexei Sayle Show (1994); The Befrienders (1972); The Best of Masterpiece Theatre (2007); The Book Programme (1975); The Changeling (1980); The Corsican Brothers (1985); The Dick Cavett Show (1974–1975); The Eagle Has Landed (1976); The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1964); The End of the Line? (2011); The Expert (1969); The Ghost Hunter (2000–2001); The Heavy (2009); The Horsemasters (1961); The House of Eliott (1991–1994); The Infinite Shoeblack (1952); The Informer (1966–1967); The Largest Theatre in the World (1962); The Largest Theatre in the World: Heart to Heart (1962); The Last Post (2011); The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947); The Limbo Line (1968); The Limping Man (1953); The Love Boat (1983); The Love Lottery (1954); The Magical World of Disney (1961); The Mayor of Casterbridge (2003); The Merv Griffin Show (1975); The Mike Douglas Show (1976–1977); The Moon and Sixpence (1959); The Object of Beauty (1991); The One Show (2010); The Pale Horse (1997); The Paul O'Grady Show (2005); The Persuaders! (1971); The Poetry Hall of Fame (1993); The Ring (1996); The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1973); The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961); The Root of All Evil? (1969); The Russell Harty Show (1975); The Saint (1964–1968); The Story of ITV: The People's Channel (2005); The Story of the Costume Drama (2008); The Story of Upstairs Downstairs (2005); The Third Man (1959); The Tomorrow People (1994); The Toni Tennille Show (1980); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1975–1982); The Twilight Zone (1959); The Unforgettable Gordon Jackson (2012); The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (1985); The Waltons (1977); The Wednesday Play (1968); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1968); This Is Your Life (1972–1986); To Tell the Truth (1980–1981); Top of the Year - The Variety Club Awards for 1974 - Welcome '75 (1974); Trapper John, M.D. (1981); UFO (1970); Unearthly Stranger (1963); Upstairs Downstairs (2010–2012); Upstairs Downstairs Remembered: 25th Anniversary (1996); Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975); Will Any Gentleman...? (1953); Willow (1988 / 2022); Wogan (1985–1987).

Born on this day – David Prowse:

David Prowse

Actor

Bodybuilder

July 1, 1935 – November 28, 2020