Sunday, February 22, 2026

Born on this day – Elizabeth MacRae:


Elizabeth MacRae


Actress

February 22, 1936 – May 27, 2024

Credits:
77 Sunset Strip (1962); Another World (1964–1999); Barnaby Jones (1976); Bonanza (1968); Burke's Law (1964); CMT: The Greatest - 20 Greatest Country Comedy Shows (2006); Days of Our Lives (1976–1977); Death Valley Days (1963); Dr. Kildare (1962); Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! (1989); Everything's Ducky (1961); For Love or Money (1963); General Hospital (1963); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1966–1969); Guiding Light (1984); Gunsmoke (1962–1965); Harrigan and Son (1961); Hawaiian Eye (1962); I Dream of Jeannie (1965); Judd for the Defense (1969); Kojak (1975); Love in a Goldfish Bowl (1961); Mannix (1972); Maverick (1961); Naked City (1960); Petrocelli (1975); Rawhide (1964); Rendezvous (1959); Rhoda (1977); Route 66 (1960–1964); Sam Benedict (1963); Search for Tomorrow (1985); Stoney Burke (1963); Surfside 6 (1961–1962); The Andy Griffith Show (1967); The Asphalt Jungle (1961); The Conversation (1974); The Fugitive (1964); The House of the Dead (1978); The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964); The Mike Douglas Show (1968); The Untouchables (1962); The Verdict Is Yours (1958); The Virginian (1965); The Wild Westerners (1962); Wild Is My Love (1963).

Born on this day – Harvey S. Laidman:


Harvey S. Laidman


Director

February 22, 1942 – January 3, 2025

Credits:
7th Heaven (1996–2004); ABC Weekend Specials (1978–1982); Airport (1970); Airwolf (1984–1985); Bums in Love (2011); California Fever (1979); Chicago Story (1981 / 1982); CHiPs (1979); Eight Is Enough (1977–1978); Eischied (1979); Falcon Crest (1982–1983); Family (1977); Flatbush (1979); For Love and Honor (1983); Game (2011); Hawaii Five-O (1977); Hernandez (1973); Hunter (1977); Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973); Jack & Me (2017); JAG (2002); Jake and the Fatman (1987–1988); Kaz (1978–1979); Kingston: Confidential (1977); Knight Rider (1983–1986); Knots Landing (1981–1982); Kojak (1978); Lou Grant (1978–1981); Magnum, P.I. (1983–1986); Matlock (1988–1994); Meathook (2025); Mortal Kombat: Conquest (1999); Most Wanted (1977); Night Shift (2011); Police Headquarters (1974); Quantum Leap (1993); Quincy, M.E. (1979); Red Sky at Morning (1971); Rescue 77 (1999); Safe Harbor (1999); Savannah (1997); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1985–1987); Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1982); Shoot Out (1971); Showdown (1973); Silk Stalkings (1994–1995); Slaughterhouse-Five (1972); Sometimes a Great Notion / aka Never Give a Inch (1971); Steel Cowboy (1978); Street Hawk (1985); Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982–1983); That Certain Summer (1972); The Blue Knight (1976); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1972–1973); The Boy Who Loved Trolls (1984); The Dukes of Hazzard (1983–1984); The Fitzpatricks (1977); The Incredible Hulk (1978); The Lazarus Syndrome (1979); The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1981); The Paper Chase (1978); The Runaways (1975); The Six Million Dollar Man (1973); The Waltons (1973–1981); This Is the Life (1976); Today's F.B.I. (1981–1982); Tucker's Witch (1983); Walking Tall (1981); Wildside (1985).

Born on this day – Jonathan Demme:


Jonathan Demme


Director

Producer

Writer

Actor

February 22, 1944 – April 26, 2017

Credits:
2000 MTV Video Music Awards (2000); A Gifted Man (2011–2012); A Master Builder (2013); Adaptation (2002); Alive from Off Center (1984); American Playhouse (1982); Amos & Andrew (1993); Angels Hard as They Come (1971); Another Telepathic Thing (2015); Arena (1977); Artists United Against Apartheid: Sun City (1985); Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2003); Beloved (1998); Black Mama White Mama (1973); Bouki nan paradi (2001); Bruce Springsteen: American Skin (41 Shots);  - Live in New York City (2001); Bruce Springsteen: If I Should Fall Behind (2000); Bruce Springsteen: Murder Incorporated (1995); Bruce Springsteen: Streets of Philadelphia (1994); Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000 / videos: Streets of Philadelphia, Murder Incorporated, If I Should Fall Behind (2001); Caged Heat (1974); Citizens Band (1977); Columbo (1978); Courage and Pain (1996); Cousin Bobby (1992); Crazy Mama (1975); Crude Independence (2009); Deep Time (2015); Devil in a Blue Dress (1995); Enlightened (2011); Enzo Avitabile Music Life (2012); Everett Ruess Wilderness Song (2013); Fighting Mad (1976); Fly Me (1973); Gimme the Loot (2012); H.E.A.L.: Heal Yourself (1991); Haiti Dreams of Democracy (1988); Household Saints (1993); I'm Carolyn Parker (2011); Into the Night (1985); Into the Rope (1996); Jimmy Carter Man from Plains (2007); Joe Lamont: Secrets You Keep (1985); Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids (2016); Kenny Chesney: Unstaged (2012); Last Disintegrated School (2019); Last Embrace (1979); Line of Sight (2014); Mandela (1996); Married to the Mob (1988); Melvin and Howard (1980); Miami Blues (1990); Naughty Wives (1973); Neil Young Journeys (2011); Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006); Neil Young: Trunk Show (2009); New Order: The Perfect Kiss (1985); Now That's What I Call Music 6 (1985); One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room (1994); Oz (2000); P.O.V. (2012); Philadelphia (1993); Protection Not Protest: The People of Standing Rock (2016); Queenae Taylor Mulvihill in Maangamizi: The Ancient One (2001); Rachel Getting Married (2008); Rachel Getting Married: Deleted Scenes (2009); Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter / In The Still Of The Night (1990); Ricki and the Flash (2015); Right to Return: New Home Movies from the Lower 9th Ward (2007); Rio Tigre (1972); Seven Seconds (2018); Shadrach (1998); Shots Fired (2017); SNL: Saturday Night Live (1980–1986); SNL: Saturday Night Live / Gidgette Goes to Hell (1980); Something Wild (1986); Song One (2014); Stop Making Sense (1984); Storefront Hitchcock (1998); SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground / Subway Car from Hell (1997); Survival Guide (1985); Suzanne Vega: Solitude Standing (1987); Swimming to Cambodia (1987); Swing Shift (1984); Talking Heads: Once in a Lifetime (Live);  (1984); Talking Heads: Slippery People (Live) (1984); Tavis Smiley Reports / Been In The Storm Too Long (2010); That Thing You Do! (1996); The Agronomist (2003); The Center (2015); The Complex Sessions (1994); The Hot Box (1972); The Incredible Melting Man (1977); The Killing (2013–2014); The Manchurian Candidate (2004); The New Yorker Presents / What's Motivating Hayes (2015); The Opportunists (1999); The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986); The Power of Rock (2017); The Pretenders: Greatest Hits / video: I Got You Babe (2000); The Silence of the Lambs (1991); The Truth About Charlie (2002); The Uttmost (1998); Tom Tom Club: Genius of Love – Live (1984); Trying Times (1987); UB40 and Chrissie Hynde: I Got You Babe (1985); What's Motivating Hayes (2015); Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules (1991).

Born on this day – Leslie Charleson:

 

Leslie Charleson


Actress

February 22, 1945 – January 12, 2025

Credits:
5th Annual Soap Opera Awards (1989); 88th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2019); A Flame in the Wind (1964–1966); A Lovely Way to Die (1968); Adam-12 (1972); Another April (1974); As the World Turns (1966); Barnaby Jones (1975); Bert D'Angelo/Superstar (1976); Black Sheep Squadron (1976); Cannon (1972–1975); Caribe (1975); CBS Daytime 90 (1973); Celebrity Page (2018); Cheering Section (1977); Dharma & Greg (2001); Diagnosis Murder (1997); Emergency! (1972); Emergency! (1978); Family Feud (1982–1984); Friends (2004); General Hospital (1977–2023); General Hospital: Night Shift (2008); Girl Talk (1968); Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1975); Happy Days (1975); Hour Magazine (1980–1986); How2 Make It in Film and Television (2004); Intimate Portrait (1998–2003); Ironside (1973); Kung Fu (1975); Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (1967–1973); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1993); Mannix (1970); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1972–1973); McMillan & Wife (1977); Medical Center (1972); Medical Story (1975); Most Wanted (1976); N.Y.P.D. (1967); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1972); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1973–1974); Port Charles (1997–2001); Revenge! (1971); Search (1972); SoapTalk (2005); Star's Table (1986); The 22nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1995); The Day of the Dolphin (1973); The F.B.I. (1973); The Joan Rivers Show (1993); The Merv Griffin Show (1986); The Return of the Muskrats (2005); The Rockford Files (1977); The Rookies (1972); The Streets of San Francisco (1974–1976); The Wide World of Mystery (1975); The Wild Wild West (1968); The Young on the Run (1989); Woman on the Ledge (1993).

Born on this day – John Ashton:


John Ashton


Actor

February 22, 1948 – September 26, 2024

Credits:
A Death in California (1985); All Happy Families (2023); American Christmas (2019); An Eye for an Eye (1973); Avalanche (1999); Back to Wonderful: A Conversation with Howard Deutch (2022); Barnaby Jones (1976); Beverly Hills Cop (1984); Beverly Hills Cop II (1987); Beverly Hills Cop II: The Phenomenon Continues (2002); Beverly Hills Cop: A Glimpse Into the Casting Process (2002); Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024); Beverly Hills Cop: The Phenomenon Begins (2002); Bill's Gun Shop (2001); Body & Soul (2002); Borderline (1980); Brats (2024); Breaking Away (1979–1981); Brookside (1987–1997); Brothers (1986); Capturing Authenticity: Casting 'Gone Baby Gone' (2008); Carter Country (1978); Cat Murkil and the Silks (1976); Code R (1977); Columbo (1974); Curly Sue (1991); Dallas (1978–1979); Death in Texas (2020); Dirty Work (1992); EastEnders (1995); Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981); Emergency! (1974); Fairly Legal (2011); Family (2003); Fantasy Island (1999); Fast Money (1996); For Which He Stands (1996); Glenn Frey: The Heat Is On (1984); Going to California (2001); Gone Baby Gone (2007); Hardball (1989–1990); Hardcastle and McCormick (1986); Hey Marvin!: An Interview with Actor John Ashton (2016); Hidden Assassin (1995); Honky Tonk Freeway (1981); Hot Bath an' a Stiff Drink 2 (2024); Hot Bath, Stiff Drink, an' a Close Shave (2024); I Know My First Name Is Steven (1989); I Want to Go Home (1989); In the Living Years (1994); Instinct (1999); JAG (1996 / 1998); Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part (2005); Judging Amy (2001); King Kong Lives (1986); King of the Hill (1998); Kojak (1974); Last Resort (1986); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2009); Lawman Without a Gun (1978); Little Big League (1994); Little Girls in Pretty Boxes (1997); Lonesome Soldier (2023); Love, Lies and Murder (1991); M*A*S*H (1977); Making a Deal with the Devil (2019); Meet the Cast of Some Kind of Wonderful (2006); Meet the Deedles (1998); Middle Men (2009); Midnight Run (1988); Minty Comedic Arts (2023); Money Hunt: The Mystery of the Missing Link (1984); My Father's House (1975); My Little Baby (2019); My Uncle Sidney (1998); Oh, God! (1977); Once Upon a River (2019); Phyllis (1976); Poddywood (2021–2022); Police Squad! (1982); Police Squad: Gag Reel (2006); Police Story (1976); Police Woman (1977); Reign of the Gargoyles (2007); Saturday's (1991); She's Having a Baby (1988); So Evil, My Sister (1974); Some Kind of Wonderful (1987); Starsky and Hutch (1977–1978); Sweet Deadly Dreams (2006); The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984); The A-Team (1985); The Daniel Baldwin Show (2023); The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1998); The Deliberate Stranger (1986); The Finder (2012); The Joke Thief (2018); The Last Big Save (2019); The Making of 'Beverly Hills Cop II' (1987); The Making of 'Midnight Run' (1987); The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful (2006); The Music of Beverly Hills Cop (2002); The Neighborhood (2017); The Rhinemann Exchange (1977); The Tommyknockers (1993); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2002); The Tracey Ullman Show (1990); The Twilight Zone / Segment: Chameleon (1985); The Wilds of Ten Thousand Islands (1978); Today (2024); Trapped in Paradise (1994); Uncle John (2015); Wonder Woman (1977).

Born on this day – Richard Greenberg:


Richard Greenberg


Writer

February 22, 1958 – July 2025
Credits:

A Naked Girl on the Appian Way; Bal Masque; Breakfast at Tiffany's; Eastern Standard; Everett Beekin; Hurrah at Last; Jenny Keeps Talking; Life Under Water; Neptune's Hips; Night And Her Stars; Our Mother's Brief Affair; Pal Joey; Take Me Out; The American Plan; The Assembled Parties; The Author's Voice & Imagining Brad; The Babylon Line; The Bloodletters; The Dance of Death; The Dazzle; The Extra Man; The House in Town; The Hunger Artist; The Injured Party; The Maderati; The Violet Hour; The Well-Appointed Room; Three Days of Rain; Vanishing Act.

Movies and Television:

American Playhouse (1989); Santa's Little Helper (1999); Sisters (1991–1993); Take Me Out (2005); The 57th Annual Tony Awards (2003); The Phony (2010); Theater Talk (2016); Time of Your Life (1999); Trying Times (1989); Working in the Theatre (2003).

On this day in movie history - After Office Hours (1935)

After Office Hours


directed by Robert Z. Leonard,

written by Herman J. Mankiewicz, Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Ethel B. Borden,

based on a story by Laurence Stallings and Dale Van Every,

was released in the United States on February 22, 1935.

Music by Edward Ward.


Cast:
Constance Bennett, Clark Gable, Stuart Erwin, Billie Burke, Harvey Stephens, Katharine Alexander, Hale Hamilton, Henry Travers, Henry Armetta, Charles Richman, Herbert Bunston, Margaret Dumont, William Demarest, Rita La Roy.