Born on this day – Betty Field:

Betty Field

Actress

February 8, 1916 – September 13, 1973

Credits:

7 Women (1965); Actors and Sin (1952); Ah, Wilderness! (1959); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960); Are Husbands Necessary? (1942); Ben Casey (1962); Betty Crocker Star Matinee (1952); Birdman of Alcatraz (1962); Blues in the Night (1941); Bus Stop (1956); BUtterfield 8 (1960); Calendar (1963); Celanese Theatre (1952); Climax! (1958); Coogan's Bluff (1968); Cosmopolitan Theatre (1951); Dr. Kildare (1962); Flesh and Fantasy (1943); General Electric Theater (1956); Going My Way (1963); Goodyear Playhouse (1953–1954); Hound-Dog Man (1959); How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968); Judd for the Defense (1968); Justice (1954); Kings Row (1942); Kraft Theatre (1957); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1954); Love Story (1954); Lux Video Theatre (1951–1955); Marilyn (1963); Masterpiece Playhouse (1950); Naked City (1961); Of Mice and Men (1939); Peyton Place (1957); Picnic (1955); Play of the Week (1960–1961); Producers' Showcase (1956); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950–1951); Robert Montgomery Presents (1952); Route 66 (1960–1962); Sam Benedict (1963); Seventeen (1940); Showtime, U.S.A. (1951); Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (1951); The 17th Annual Tony Awards (1963); The Alcoa Hour (1957); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Defenders (1964); The Doctors and the Nurses (1962); The Elgin Hour (1954); The Ford Television Theatre (1957); The Great Gatsby (1949); The Great Moment (1944); The Loretta Young Show (1956); The Motorola Television Hour (1954); The Outsider (1968); The Philip Morris Playhouse (1954); The Shepherd of the Hills (1941); The Southerner (1945); The Trials of O'Brien (1965); The Untouchables (1960); The Web (1952); Tomorrow, the World! (1944); Victory (1940); What a Life (1939).

Born on this day – Lana Turner:

Lana Turner

Actress

February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995

Born on this day – Audrey Meadows:

 

Audrey Meadows

Actress

February 8, 1922 – February 3, 1996

Born on this day – Jack Lemmon:

Jack Lemmon

Actor

February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001

Born on this day – Floyd Dixon:

 

Floyd Dixon

Blues singer

Pianist

February 8, 1929 – July 26, 2006

Credits:

Albums:

ABC Of The Blues Vol 9 (2010); After Blues (1985); Dark City Blues, Vol. 4 - Urban Grooves & Midnight Moods (2025); Doin' The Town (2008); Fine! Fine! Thing! (2005); Gloomy Baby (2008); Hey! Bartender - His Very Best, 1949-1959 (2016); High Notes of the Fifties (2020); His Complete Aladdin Recordings (1996); Marshall Texas Is My Home (1991); Mr. Magnificent (2024); Mr. Magnificent Hits again (1992); Piano Man Blues (2022); The Floyd Dixon Collection 1949-62 (2018); Time Brings About a Change... a Floyd Dixon Celebration (Live) (2006); Wake Up and Live! (1996).

Movies and television:

Animal House of Blues: 33.3 Special Edition (2018); Boundaries (2018); Mafia II (2010); Set It Off (1996); Stockholm Jazz & Blues Festival (1981); The Best of the Blues Brothers (1993); The Blues (2003); Things We Did Last Summer (1978); Time Brings About a Change... A Floyd Dixon Celebration (2013).

Born on this day – James Dean:

 

James Dean

Actor

February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955

Credits:

The Big Story (1953–1957); Giant (1956); Crossroads (1955); Rebel Without a Cause (1955); Schlitz Playhouse (1955); Lux Video Theatre (1952–1955); East of Eden (1955); Kraft Theatre (1955); General Electric Theater (1954); Danger (1953–1954); Kraft Theatre (1954); The Philco Television Playhouse (1954); Pepsi Commercial (1954); Robert Montgomery Presents (1953); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1953); Kraft Theatre (1952–1953); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1953); Omnibus (1953); Studio One (1952–1953); Tales of Tomorrow (1953); Treasury Men in Action (1953); Trouble Along the Way (1953); You Are There (1953); The Kate Smith Hour (1953); Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952); Hallmark Hall of Fame (1952); CBS Television Workshop (1952); Sailor Beware (1952); The Stu Erwin Show (1951); Fixed Bayonets! (1951); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); Family Theatre (1951).

Born on this day – Richard Romanus:

Richard Romanus

Actor

Writer

Producer

February 8, 1945 – December 23, 2023

With Harvey Keitel and Martin Scorsese, in Mean Streets (1973).

Credits:

The Young Black Stallion (2003); The Sopranos (1999–2002); Nailed (2001); Providence (2001); Carlo's Wake (1999); If You Believe (1999); Giving Up the Ghost (1998); Urban Relics (1998); NYPD Blue (1996); Diagnosis Murder (1996); Charlie Grace (1995); The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise (1995); Northern Exposure (1995); Chicago Hope (1994); Cops and Robbersons (1994); Johnny Bago (1993); Point of No Return (1993); Reasonable Doubts (1992); To Protect and Serve (1992); The Entertainers (1991); Jake and the Fatman (1991); Oscar (1991); Final Stage (1990); Hollywood Heartbreak (1990); Married to the Mob (1989); Mission: Impossible (1989); Midnight Caller (1989); The Couch Trip (1988); Cagney & Lacey (1983–1987); Ghost of a Chance (1987); The A-Team (1983–1986); MacGyver (1985–1986); Murphy's Law (1986); Hill Street Blues (1986); Shadow Chasers (1985); Stir Crazy (1985); Tales from the Darkside (1985); Fame (1985); Crackups (1984); Protocol (1984); Hunter (1984); Second Sight: A Love Story (1984); More Than Murder (1984); Hardcastle and McCormick (1983); Strangers Kiss (1983); Matt Houston (1982); Hey Good Lookin' (1982); Strike Force (1981–1982); Pandemonium (1982); Foul Play (1981); Fantasy Island (1981); Heavy Metal (1981); Hart to Hart (1980); Sitting Ducks (1980); Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (1980); Gold of the Amazon Women (1979); The Rockford Files (1978); Hawaii Five-O (1978); Outtakes (1977); Starsky and Hutch (1977); Night Drive (1977); Wizards (1977); Charlie's Angels (1977); Russian Roulette (1975); Kojak (1974); Rhoda (1974); The Dion Brothers (1974); Mean Streets (1973); Mod Squad (1970–1971); Night Chase (1970); Walk the Walk (1970); Mission: Impossible (1970); The Ghastly Ones (1968).