Born on this day – Winston Groom:

 

Winston Groom

Writer

March 23, 1943 – September 17, 2020

Credits:

1942 (2005); A Storm in Flanders (2002); Alabama Noir (2020); As Summer Dies (1980); Better Times Than These (1978); Conversations With the Enemy (1983); Don't Quit Your Day Job: Acclaimed Authors and the Day Jobs They Quit (2010); El Paso (2016); Forrest Gump (1986); Gone the Sun (1996); Gump & Co. (1995); Gumpisms (1994); Kearny's March (2011); Only (1984); Patriotic Fire (2006); Ronald Reagan Our 40th President (2012); Shiloh, 1862 (2012); Shrouds of Glory (1995); Stories from the Blue Moon Café (2002); Such a Pretty, Pretty Girl (1997); The Allies (2018); The Aviators (2013); The Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Cookbook (1994); The Crimson Tide (2000); The Generals (2015); The Patriots (2020); Vicksburg, 1863 (2009).

Born on this day – Penelope Milford:

Penelope Milford

Actress

March 23, 1948 – October 14, 2025

Credits:

Blood Link (1982); Cold Justice (1991); Coming Home (1978); Endless Love (1981); Heathers (1988); Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Part 2 (1996); Maidstone (1970); Man on a Swing (1974); Miss Missouri (1990); Night of the Lawyers (1997); Normal Life (1996); Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story (1982); Seizure: The Story of Kathy Morris (1980); Take This Job and Shove It (1981); The 51st Annual Academy Awards (1979); The Blue Knight (1976); The Burning Bed (1984); The Golden Seal (1983); The Hitchhiker (1985); The Last Word (1979); The Oldest Living Graduate (1980); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); Unauthorized Biography: Jane Fonda (1988); Valentino (1977).

On this day in movie history - Forbidden Planet (1956)

Forbidden Planet

directed by Fred M. Wilcox,

written by Cyril Hume,

based on a story by Irving Block and Allen Adler,

was released in the United States on March 23, 1956.

Inspired by The Tempest by William Shakespeare.

Narrated by Les Tremayne.

Music by Bebe Barron and Louis Barron.

Cast:

Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens, Jack Kelly, Richard Anderson, Earl Holliman, George D. Wallace, Robert Dix, Jimmy Thompson, James Drury, Harry Harvey Jr., Roger McGee, Peter Miller, Morgan Jones, Richard Grant, Robby the Robot, James Best, William Boyett, Frankie Darro, Marvin Miller, Les Tremayne.

On this day in movie history - 4:44 Last Day on Earth (2012)

4:44 Last Day on Earth

directed and written by Abel Ferrara,

was released in the United States on March 23, 2012.

Music by Francis Kuipers.

Cast:

Shanyn Leigh, Willem Dafoe, Tony Redman, Pat Kiernan, Francis Kuipers, Selena Mars, Justin Restivo, Bojana Vasik, Trung Nguyen, Triana Jackson, Dierdra McDowell, Natasha Lyonne, Anita Pallenberg, Paul Hipp, José Solano, Judith Salazar, Paz de la Huerta, Frank Aquilino, Maria Schirripa, Muriel Sprissler Dafoe, Nicholas Deceolia, The Dalai Lama, Al Gore, Anthony Perullo, Charlie Rose, Tyler Stone, Thomas Michael Sullivan, Nicola Tranquillino.

On this day in movie history - Unsane (2018)

Unsane

directed by Steven Soderbergh,

written by Jonathan Bernstein and James Greer,

was released in the United States on March 23, 2018.

Music by David Wilder Savage.

Cast:

Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Sarah Stiles, Marc Kudisch, Amy Irving, Colin Woodell, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Lynda Mauze, Zach Cherry, Polly McKie, Jay Pharoah, Raúl Castillo, Juno Temple, Mike Mihm, Robert Kelly, Natalie Gold, Sol Marina Crespo, Will Brill, Steven Maier, Matthew R. Staley, Matt Mancini, Emily Happe, Gibson Frazier, Erin Wilhelmi, Aimee Mullins, Joseph P. Reidy, Matt Damon, Erika Rolfsrud, Elizabeth Goodman, Roshanna Jenkins, Lance Coughlin, Kevin Dean O'Connor, Laura Rothschild, Arthur Shaffer, Ursula Triplett.