#BOTD 1879
Jane Darwell (born Patti Woodard): American actress of stage, film, and television. Darwell is perhaps best remembered for her poignant portrayal of Ma Joad in the The Grapes of Wrath (1940), for which she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

"The gates of hell are open night and day;
Smooth the descent, and easy is the way:
But to return, and view the cheerful skies,
In this the task and mighty labor lies."
– Virgil #botd

From the archives, @jackewilson.bsky.social talks to biographer Sarah Ruden.

#literature @yalepress.bsky.social

#BOTD 1872
Hannah Jones in Shoreditch, London. Professional singer and actress, trained at the Royal Academy of Music. Known for Downhill (1927), Blackmail (1929), Murder! (1930) and Rich and Strange (1931).

#BOTD 1831
Isabella Lucy Bishop: English explorer, writer, photographer and naturalist. Wrote A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, which vividly portrays her journey up Longs Peak and the 3,000-mile horseback trip she took across the Front Range.
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His books have sold more than 100 million copies, ranging from over fifty titles in the 87th Precinct series written under the name Ed McBain, to the novels written under his own name including The Blackboard Jungle.

Evan Hunter #botd

“The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, lies in its loyalty to each other...”

Mario Puzo #botd was determined to write something that would make him some money. The Godfather became one of the most widely read, post-war American novels.

Soy un fugitivo, Ellos no olvidarán, Madame Curie, Hampa dorada, El puente de Waterloo, Niebla en el pasado, Quo Vadis, La mala semilla, Mundos opuestos, Sed de escándalo, Senda prohibida…
Grandes películas de un director que reivindico:
#BOTD Mervyn LeRoy
Feliz día ❤️🎬

The #BirdOfTheDay themes are #JKLM and #grey
A mandarin duck paddling against the fast flowing water. A first for me.
#BOTD #bird #mandarin #duck #nature #photography #eastcoastkin ☘️

And #AllanRamsay, Scottish poet, was #BOTD 15 October 1686 in Leadhills, Lanark. Happy 340th birthday today to the poet!

Victoria Spivey #BOTD - "Murder in the First Degree" www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f0n... #Musicsky

Fela Kuti #BOTD and Afrika 70 - "Zombie" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj5x... #Musicsky

"Wat willen we? Willen we ons wreken, hem tot het uiterste vernederen? Of willen we onszelf een nieuw soort opwinding bezorgen om de sleur te doorbreken?"

TESSA DE LOO, #botd #15oktober #1946 #gefeliciteerd!

Uit: "De meisjes van de suikerwerkfabriek", 1983 […]

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Ina Claire wears a Coco Chanel design for The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932). #botd

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Happy birthday to 🇺🇸 singer/songwriter Barry McGuire, #BOTD in 1935... Barry earned US #OneHitWonder honors in 1965 when his P.F. Sloan-penned protest anthem “Eve Of Destruction” spent ten weeks on the US #Billboard #Top40, including one week at the #1 spot! #BarryMcGuire #OneHitWondered #MusicSky

#TDIM #OnThisDay #BOTD #Music 🎂
Happy birthday to Richard Carpenter who turns 80 today.

Carpenters - For All We Know
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