Happy Birthday GROUCHO MARX! 🎂 One of the quickest minds in show biz history, dazzled in films like DUCK SOUP & A NIGHT AT THE OPERA with The Marx Brothers. Known for his caustic humor and trademark mustache. A comedy master. "I must confess, I was born at a very early age." 🥸 #MovieSky

Happy Birthday Dame JULIE ANDREWS! 🎂 Beloved Academy Award winner for MARY POPPINS and captivated audiences in THE SOUND OF MUSIC, VICTOR/VICTORIA, and THE PRINCESS DIARIES, enchanting generations with her remarkable voice and presence on film and stage. #MovieSky

Happy Birthday to 6-time Oscar nominee DEBORAH KERR & iconic director MICHAEL POWELL! 🎂 Former lovers, they worked brilliantly together in 2 British classics THE LIFE AND TIMES OF COLONEL BLIMP & BLACK NARCISSUS. A fabulous collaboration. My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/9ZHaAuM_Uwk?... #MovieSky

Happy Birthday LIZABETH SCOTT! 🎂 Famed for her smoky voice & film noir allure. Starred as a captivating heroine & femme fatale in classics like DEAD RECKONING & TOO LATE FOR TEARS. Breakthrough film was THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS. My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/bpSORDuko1A?...

Happy Birthday GREER GARSON! 🎂 Personified the noble wife in American movies of the 1940’s. Seven Academy Award nominations, winning for a superb performance in MRS. MINIVER. My MRS. MINIVER #MovieReview youtu.be/l_1DCy4T-ms?... 💖 #MovieSky

Happy Birthday BRIGITTE BARDOT! 🎂 French actress, model, & animal activist, rose to worldwide fame with AND GOD CREATED WOMAN. Celebrated as a sex symbol & muse of the 50s Riviera & New Wave, she starred in LE MÉPRIS and VIVA MARIA! 🇫🇷 Viva Bardot! #MovieSky

Happy Birthday, Oscar winner, CLAUDE JARMAN Jr! 🎂 Remembered for his unforgettable performances in Clarence Brown’s THE YEARLING and INTRUDER IN THE DUST! 🎬

Happy Birthday EDMUND GWENN! 🎂 Oscar winner for playing Santa Claus in MIRACLE ON 34th STREET, he won my heart as a child in the sci-fi classic THEM! 🐜 Which I got to introduce at #TCM’s 20th anniversary w/ Robert Osborne. Lucky me! My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/PTeoID3NkyY?... #MovieSky

Happy Birthday GEORGE RAFT! 🎂 The coin-tossing gangster in SCARFACE (1932). A #FilmNoir "classy thug". Parodied his gangster reputation in Billy Wilder's comedy SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959). Catch him in Nunnally Johnson's BACK WIDOW (’54). My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/jqynwCl4Zg4?... 🎬 #MovieSky

Happy Birthday CHRISTOPHER REEVE! 🎂 Actor & director, soared to fame as my favorite SUPERMAN ('78). Excellent in films like SOMEWHERE IN TIME & THE REMAINS OF THE DAY. After a life-changing accident, became a passionate advocate for spinal cord research & disability rights. 🎬♥️ #MovieSky

Farewell, beautiful CLAUDIA CARDINALE 💔 Feisty Italian actress who appeared in some of the most celebrated European films of the 1960s and 1970s, including classics such as Fellini’s 81/2 & Visconti’s THE LEOPARD. #RIP #MovieSky

Happy Birthday PAUL MUNI! 🎂 Brilliant and meticulous, began in Yiddish theatre before commanding the screen in THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR, JUAREZ, & SCARFACE. He was renowned for his powerful character transformations and intense performances.

Happy Birthday GAIL RUSSELL! 🎂 Beautiful and sad-eyed, was a sensitive, talented actress known for THE UNINVITED, ANGEL AND THE BADMAN & more. Tormented by the pressures of Hollywood, her tragic life was marked by both acclaim and heartbreak. #MovieSky

Happy 91st Birthday to legendary beauty SOPHIA LOREN! 🎂 Italian actress, won the 1962 Oscar for Best Actress in TWO WOMEN. Celebrated for her stunning performances, she became an international star with films like MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE, A SPECIAL DAY, and ARABESQUE. 🥰

Happy Birthday talented DAVID McCALLUM! 🎂 Fame on TV’s THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. & NCIS. We talked about the making A NIGHT TO REMEMBER (‘56). His eyes lit up as he talked about what a thrill it was to be in the largest production of any British film at the time. So kind & interesting. #MovieSky

Happy Birthday GRETA GARBO! 🎂 Enigmatic star of Hollywood's golden age, in classics like ANNA CHRISTIE, GRAND HOTEL, & NINOTCHKA. A 19 year career & a lifetime of allure. Her blend of mystery & vulnerability is unforgettable in CAMILLE. My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/rU2uBVjkFLg?... #MovieSky

Happy Birthday Oscar nominee GRAYSON HALL! 🎂 Love her in THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA (‘64). As a child, I was transfixed watching her scream her way through episodes of DARK SHADOWS every weekday afternoon. An impressive Broadway career too. #MovieSky

Happy Birthday, Oscar winner ANNE BANCROFT! 🎂 Known for powerful roles in THE MIRACLE WORKER & THE GRADUATE, won two Tonys, a BAFTA, & an Academy Award. Celebrated for her depth and honesty, she captivated audiences in THE TURNING POINT, AGNES OF GOD, and TO BE OR NOT TO BE. #MovieSky

Happy Birthday LAUREN BACALL! 🎂 Star of the Hollywood Golden Age whose mystique lasted long after. Shot to fame in '44 w/ her first movie TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT w/ Humphrey Bogart. The first of more than 40 including my favorite DARK PASSAGE My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/7MgQKCzO7j4?... #MovieSky

Farewell radiant ROBERT REDFORD 💔 Oscar-winning director of ORDINARY PEOPLE, starred in classics like BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID, THE STING, and ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN. Founder of the Sundance Institute and Festival. Champion of the environment. #RIP #MovieSky

Happy Birthday JACKIE COOPER! 🎂 Oscar-nominated at age nine for SKIPPY and a star of the OUR GANG comedies & THE CHAMP, went on to a successful adult career as an Emmy-winning TV director & producer. Later generations know him as Perry White in the SUPERMAN films. 🎬 #MovieSky

Happy Birthday enchanting CLAUDETTE COLBERT! 🎂 Oscar winner. I love Mitchell Leisen’s MIDNIGHT with adorable Don Ameche, by Wilder & Brackett & a supporting cast that includes Mary Astor & a wily Rex O’Malley as the ideal Gay best friend. My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/2oCCFDlWvPE?... #MovieSky 🕛

Farewell to POLLY HOLLIDAY 💔 Beloved for her role as Flo on ALICE, where her quick wit & delivery made her unforgettable. A Golden Globe winner and Emmy nominee, she also excelled Regionally & on Broadway in ALL OVER TOWN, ARSENIC AND OLD LACE, CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, PICNIC &many more. #RIP

Happy Birthday 4x Oscar-winning Director ROBERT WISE! 🎂 Director of THE SOUND OF MUSIC & WEST SIDE STORY. Editor of CITIZEN KANE. Brought a realistic, documentary style to 🛸 THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951), drawing on his film noir background. My #MovieReview youtu.be/G4XkCekXJA4?... #Mars

Happy Birthday film noir femme fatale JANE GREER! 🎂 Personified the lovely and homicidal “girl next door” in Jacques Tourneur’s classic, OUT OF THE PAST (‘46), with Robert Mitchum. ♥️My #MovieReview youtu.be/alpDb32z6pA?... 🎬

Tonite at 8 EST on #TCM, James Whale's BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN. It stars Elsa Lanchester as Mary Shelly, Colin Clive as the scientist, Boris Karloff as the monster, & flamboyant Ernest Thesiger as Dr Pretorious. With comic relief from Una O’Connor. My #MovieReview youtu.be/pCZ_fPkr-rc?... #MovieSky 🎬

Happy Birthday JOHN RIDGELY! 🎂 Prolific Warner Bros. character actor of the 1930s & 40s, appeared in over 100 films including AIR FORCE (1943) and is especially remembered for his role as Eddie Mars in THE BIG SLEEP (1946) with Bogart & Bacall. My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/VBZBfIxqVMk?... #MovieSky

Happy Birthday movie mogul DARRYL F. ZANUCK! 🎂 Innovator w/ sound & CinemaScope, 3 Oscars. Gregory Peck heads his Oscar winning Best Picture GENTLEMEN’S AGREEMENT. Brilliantly written by Moss Hart - subtly acted, directed & still relevant My #MovieReview youtu.be/lxWYNsFYgUA?... #MovieSky

Happy Birthday Oscar nominee LEONARD FREY! 🎂 Though he was nominated for FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (‘71), he made LGBTQ film history as Harold in the film of Mart Crowley’s THE BOYS IN THE BAND (‘70). Brilliant & unforgettable. ❤️🌈⭐️ My #MovieReview youtu.be/q109y4WO8Bs?... #MovieSky

Happy Birthday to dazzling MITZI GAYNOR! 🎂 My full praise for her was left on the cutting room floor in this #MovieReview of SOUTH PACIFIC. She was always genuine, engaging & entertaining w/ a touch of razzle dazzle! She won the Emmy, Golden Globe & my heart 👉 youtu.be/1RjUgB39fmk?... #MovieSky

Happy Birthday quietly intense ALAN LADD! 🎂 Made 150+ movies in the 1940s-50s. THIS GUN FOR HIRE made him famous. Best known for SHANE, he presented a complex yet genuine portrayal of American heroism. My SHANE #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/zeUr1dOk568?... 🤠🌵🐴 #MovieSky

Farewell to GRAHAM GREENE 💔 Oscar-nominated First Nations actor. Unforgettable as Kicking Bird in DANCES WITH WOLVES & appeared in THUNDERHEART, MAVERICK, & THE GREEN MILE. Career spanned stage & screen from RESERVATION DOGS to THE LAST OF US. Earned Awards & Honors in Canada & Hollywood. #RIP

Happy Birthday LILY TOMLIN! 🎂 Emmy, Grammy, & Tony Award-winner brings laughter & wisdom to audiences with unforgettable roles in LAUGH-IN, 9 TO 5, THE SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE, & ALL OF ME. Thank you for so much laughter & wisdom. ⭐️🥰 #MovieSky

Happy Birthday RICHARD BASEHART! 🎂 Known for a rich voice & thoughtful roles, starred in THE HASTY HEART on Broadway & films like LA STRADA, HE WALKED BY NIGHT & TITANIC. Remembered as Ishmael, narrator & star of John Huston’s MOBY DICK 🐋 My #MovieReview youtu.be/owYMogtO7nQ?... #MovieSky

Tonight at 8 est on #TCM, celebrate love with the delightful romantic comedy MY FAVORITE WIFE! Starring iconic duo Cary Grant & Irene Dunne 💞 a hilarious and heartwarming journey filled with unexpected twists. Directed by Garson Kanin. My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/xb9m_myx624?... 🎬 #MovieSky

Happy Birthday RAYMOND MASSEY! 🎂 Brilliant & gaunt, Oscar nominated for ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS. Memorable in POSSESSED & THE FOUNTAINHEAD. Notable in REAP THE WILD WIND & ARSENIC & OLD LACE. Touching as James Dean's father in EAST OF EDEN. My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/wjrwEpLTx5Q?... #MovieSky

Happy Birthday FRED MACMURRAY! 🎂 Known for comedic brilliance in 30s-40s & beloved Disney leads. Led TV’s MY THREE SONS. With almost 80 films, he also played cads in acclaimed roles in THE CAINE MUTINY, THE APARTMENT & DOUBLE INDEMNITY. My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/bekvkNvGqWs?... 🎬 #MovieSky

Happy Birthday PRESTON STURGES! 🎂 Groundbreaking writer-director. With sharp wit & innovative storytelling, a major influence in 1940s Hollywood. Oscar for THE GREAT MCGINTY & created classics like THE LADY EVE 🃏 with Barbara Stanwyck. #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/QlpQYDArtSo?... #MovieSky

Happy Birthday Ingrid Bergman! 🎂 Luminous Golden Era star. Bogart said her soulful gaze in CASABLANCA made the public accept him as a romantic lead. See her brilliance in Hitchcock's SPELLBOUND. #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/CLjdji_bm1Q?... #MovieSky

Happy Birthday JUDITH GREENTREE. Irrepressible actress and teacher. Loved and adored and an inspiration to so many. Miss you Dame Judith! ❤️💖

Happy Birthday DONALD O’CONNOR! 🎂 A triple threat vaudevillian best known for “Make’ em Laugh” in SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN. 60+ movies including 6 FRANCIS THE TALKING MULE movies & Irving Berlin’s movie musical CALL ME MADAM w/ Ethel Merman. 🇺🇸 #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/1qYGC-C92iE?... 🎬 #MovieSky

NEW MOVIE REVIEW! ⚓ Gregory Peck takes on the legendary role of Captain Ahab in the 1956 #MobyDick 🐋 adaptation! Dive behind the scenes - wild filming stories, Ray Bradbury’s script, Orson Welles’ cameo, and why Peck called it his toughest role 👉 youtu.be/owYMogtO7nQ #TCMParty #MovieSky 🚢

Just because it’s JOAN CRAWFORD day on @TCM Here are a few that aren’t showing, which I always give a plug for various reasons: FLAMINGO ROAD, JOHNNY GUITAR, DAISY KENYON, REUNION IN FRANCE & THE SHINING HOUR ⭐ Viva Joan! My Crawford #MovieReview Playlist 👉 youtube.com/playlist?lis... #MovieSky

Ruth Hussey in THE PHILADELPHIA STORY is a standout supporting character, witty, relatable & scene-stealing as the lovesick photographer, earning the film’s best laughs & an Oscar nod. “Wouldn’t you know you’d have to be as rich as the Lords to live in a dump like this?” youtu.be/AyJWZumqOGY?...

Happy Birthday VAN JOHNSON! 🎂 MGM contract for 12 years & 50+ movies: dramas to musicals. Big break in A GUY NAMED JOE ('43) notable in THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO ('44). Lighter fair too like IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME 🌞 with Judy Garland. My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/jjvZSbfmP-Y?... #MovieSky

Farewell to JERRY ADLER 💔 From legendary Broadway stage manager & director on classics like MY FAIR LADY to acclaimed character actor in THE SOPRANOS, THE GOOD WIFE, & RESCUE ME, Jerry brought warmth, wit, & authenticity to every project. The best showbiz storyteller & a joy to work with and know.

Happy Birthday GENE KELLY! 🎂 Dancer, actor, & director, dazzled audiences in classics like SINGIN' IN THE RAIN🌂& SUMMER STOCK 👨‍🌾 Known for his athletic style & innovative choreography, he truly was "the stuff that dreams are made of." My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/g79MHy60UyA?... #MovieSky

Happy Birthday VERA MILES! 🎂 Favorite of directors John Ford & Alfred Hitchcock, who planned VERTIGO for her until pregnancy forced her to decline. At her bitchy best in Ross Hunter’s lavish remake of BACK STREET (62). My #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/LRPPvAWLyIA?... #MovieSky

Happy Birthday SHELLY WINTERS! 🎂 2x Oscar winner & 4x nominee. Created a type for herself, the loud, cloying, sometimes funny, usually annoying person, who you pitied & who often didn’t make it to the end of the picture. My A PLACE IN THE SUN #MovieReview 👉 youtu.be/pUFqZXL25PM?... #MovieSky ⭐

Farewell TERENCE STAMP. 💔 Years ago I saw him in the rain on Broadway, no umbrella, those piercing blue eyes. I offered mine—he was gracious, thanked me, and moved on, leaving me mesmerized by his presence and those unforgettable eyes.