Thursday, May 28, 2026

Born on this day – Martha Vickers:

Martha Vickers


Actress

May 28, 1925 – November 2, 1971

Credits:
The Rebel (1960); The Jim Backus Show (1960); Four Fast Guns (1960); Perry Mason (1959); State Trooper (1958); Playhouse 90 (1957); The Burglar (1957); The Millionaire (1956); The Big Bluff (1955); Fireside Theatre (1955); The Whistler (1954–1955); The Indiscreet Mrs. Jarvis (1955); The Ford Television Theatre (1954); General Electric Theater (1953–1954); The Unexpected (1952); The Bogus Green (1951); Alimony (1949); Bad Boy (1949); Daughter of the West (1949); Ruthless (1948); Love and Learn (1947); That Way with Women (1947); So You Want to Be in Pictures (1947); The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946); The Man I Love (1946); The Big Sleep (1946); The Falcon in Mexico (1944); The Mummy's Ghost (1944); Marine Raiders (1944); This Is the Life (1944); Hi Ya, Sailor (1943); Top Man (1943); Captive Wild Woman (1943); Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943).

Born on this day – Shane Rimmer:



Shane Rimmer


Actor

Writer

May 28, 1929 – March 29, 2019


Born on this day – Sally Forrest:

 

Sally Forrest


Actress

May 28, 1928 – March 15, 2015


Born on this day – Gordon Willis:

 


Gordon Willis


Director

Cinematographer

May 28, 1931 – May 18, 2014


Born on this day – Zelda Rubinstein:


Zelda Rubinstein


Actress

Human Rights Activist

May 28, 1933 – January 27, 2010

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Born on this day – Sondra Locke:



Sondra Locke


Actress

Director

Writer

May 28, 1944 – November 3, 2018

Credits:

Book:

The Good, the Bad, and the Very Ugly: A Hollywood Journey (1997).

Music:

I Seek The Night / Don't Say You Don't Love Me No More (1978); Too Loose (1980).

Movies and television:

A Reflection of Fear (1972); Allen Ludden's Gallery (1969); All-Star Party for Clint Eastwood (1986); All-Star Party for Joan Collins (1987); Amazing Stories (1985); Any Which Way You Can (1980); Barnaby Jones (1975); Biography (2003); Bronco Billy (1980); Cannon (1973–1975); CBS This Morning (1990); Clapper Board (1980); Clean and Narrow (2000); Clint Eastwood, la dernière légende (2022); Clint Eastwood: Director (1982); Cover Me Babe (1970); Death Game (1977); Death in Small Doses (1995); Dinah! (1978); Eastwood in Action (1976); Entertainment Tonight (2018); Every Which Way But Loose (1978); Friendships, Secrets and Lies (1979); Gondola (1974); Good Morning America (1980); Hollywood Couples (2000); Impulse (1990); Joe Forrester (1976); Knock Knock (2015); Kung Fu (1974); Les grands reportages (2013); Les nouveaux rendez-vous (1980); Night Gallery / A Feast of Blood (1972); Planet of the Apes (1974); Ratboy (1986); Ray Meets Helen (2017); Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story (1982); Sudden Impact (1983); Tales of the Unexpected (1984); Tattletales (1975); TCM Remembers 2018 (2018); The 11th Annual People's Choice Awards (1985); The 41st Annual Academy Awards (1969); The 6th Annual American Cinema Awards (1989); The 7th Annual People's Choice Awards (1981); The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1973); The American Movie Awards (1980); The Bob Braun Show (1968); The F.B.I. (1972); The Gauntlet (1977); The Gauntlet: Behind the Scenes (1977); The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968); The Joan Rivers Show (1990); The Joey Bishop Show (1969); The Merv Griffin Show (1982); The Mike Douglas Show (1978); The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976); The Prophet's Game (2000); The Second Coming of Suzanne (1974); The Shadow of Chikara (1977); Tom Jones Now! (1984); Trading Favors (1997); Willard (1971).

On this day in movie history - Two Seconds (1932)


Two Seconds


directed by Mervyn LeRoy,

written by Harvey Thew,

based on the play by Elliott Lester,

was released in the United States on May 28, 1932.

Music by W. Franke Harling.

Cast:
Edward G. Robinson, Vivienne Osborne, Guy Kibbee, Preston Foster, J. Carrol Naish, Frederick Burton, Harry Beresford, Dorothea Wolbert, Berton Churchill, William Janney, Edward McWade, Gladys Lloyd, Lew Brice, James P. Burtis, Jill Dennett, Adrienne Dore, Charles E. Evans, Helena Phillips Evans, June Gittelson, Otto Hoffman, Fred Howard, John Kelly, Matt McHugh, Franklin Parker, Sam Rice, Larry Steers, Luana Walters, Allen Wood, Harry Woods.