Born on this day – Louis Alter:

 

Louis Alter

Composer

Pianist

Songwriter

June 18, 1902 – November 5, 1980

Born on this day – Jeanette MacDonald:

 

Jeanette MacDonald

Actress

Singer

June 18, 1903 – January 14, 1965

Born on this day – E. G. Marshall:

E. G. Marshall

Actor

June 18, 1914 – August 24, 1998

Born on this day – Richard Boone:

 

Richard Boone

Actor

June 18, 1917 – January 10, 1981

Born on this day – William Humphrey:

William Humphrey

Writer

June 18, 1924 – August 20, 1997

Credits:

Books:

A Time and a Place (1968); Ah, Wilderness! The Frontier in American Literature (1977); Farther Off from Heaven (1977); Home from the Hill (1958); Hostages to Fortune (1984); My Moby Dick (1978); No Resting Place (1989); Open Season: Sporting Adventures (1986); Proud Flesh (1973); September Song (1992); The Last Husband and Other Stories (1953); The Ordways (1965); The Spawning Run (1970); William Humphrey (1992); William Humphrey: Destroyer of Myths (1998).

Movie:

Home from the Hill (1960).

Born on this day – Eva Bartok:

Eva Bartok

Actress

June 18, 1927 – August 1, 1998

Born on this day – Elizabeth Franz:

Elizabeth Franz

Actress

June 18, 1941 – November 4, 2025

Credits:

A Fish in the Bathtub (1998); A Girl Thing (2001); ABC Afterschool Specials (1989–1995); Alone (2009); American Playhouse (1980–1989); An Unexpected Love (2003); Another World (1982–1983); As the World Turns (1956–2010); Christmas with the Kranks (2004); Cold Case (2003); Dear John (1989); Death of a Salesman (2000); Face of a Stranger (1991); Gilmore Girls (2001); Grey's Anatomy (2012); Homeland (2011); In Memoriam (2009); It's Nothing Personal (1993); Jacknife (1989); Judging Amy (2000–2001); Law & Order (2004); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2004); Loopy (2004); Monsters (1989); Roseanne (1990); Sabrina (1995); School Ties (1992); Shameful Secrets (1993); Sisters (1994–1995); Spenser: For Hire (1985); Story of a Bad Boy (1999); Take Me to the River (2015); The 37th Annual Tony Awards (1983); The 53rd Annual Tony Awards (1999); The 56th Annual Tony Awards (2002); The Equalizer (1987); The House of Mirth (1981); The Pallbearer (1996); The Reader (2005); The Secret of My Success (1987); The Substance of Fire (1996); Thinner (1996); Twisted (1996); Walking to the Waterline (1998); Working in the Theatre (1999–2008).