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Remembering American actress, singer, and businesswoman Debbie Reynolds on her birthday (April 1, 1932 – December 28, 2016).

Happy birthday to American musician Herb Alpert, born March 31, 1935, a trumpeter who led Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass and co-founded A&M Records, with Jerry Moss.

Remembering Canadian film and television actor Lee Patterson on his birthday (March 31, 1929 – February 14, 2007), who, amongst many film and television roles, played Dave Thorne on Surfside 6 from 1960 to 1962.

Remembering American actor Nathaniel Taylor on his birthday (March 31, 1938 – February 27, 2019), who played Rollo Lawson on the sitcoms Sanford and Son, Grady, and Sanford. Taylor also appeared in the films Trouble Man, Willie Dynamite, and Passing Through.

Happy birthday to American comedian, actor, and professional poker player Gabe Kaplan, born March 31, 1945, who played teacher Gabe Kotter on the American sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter from 1975 to 1979.

Happy birthday to American actress and singer Shirley Jones, born March 31, 1934, who starred in many well known musical films including Oklahoma! (1955), Carousel (1956), and The Music Man (1962), and played Shirley Partridge on The Partridge Family (1970–1974).

Happy birthday to American actor Christopher Walken, born March 31, 1943, whose early credits include The Anderson Tapes (1971), Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976), Roseland (1977), Annie Hall (1977), and The Deer Hunter (1978).

Released March 31, 1939, The Hound of the Baskervilles is a Sherlock Holmes mystery film based on the 1902 novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Directed by Sidney Lanfield, it stars Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Richard Greene and Wendy Barrie.

Remembering American actor and singer Richard Chamberlain on his birthday (March 31, 1934 – March 29, 2025), whose credits include Dr. Kildare, Petulia, The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte-Cristo, The Last Wave, Shōgun, The Thorn Birds, and King Solomon's Mines.

Happy birthday to British actress Gabrielle Drake, born March 30, 1944, who played Lt. Gay Ellis on UFO and Jill on The Brothers, featured in films such as Crossplot, There's a Girl in My Soup, Commuter Husbands, and Au Pair Girls, and TV shows including Number 10 and Crossroads.

Remembering American artist and animator Marc Davis on his birthday (March 30, 1913 – January 12, 2000). He was one of Disney's Nine Old Men, the famed core animators of Disney animated films, and worked at Walt Disney Imagineering designing rides for Disney theme parks.

Remembering American game show host, television and radio personality, singer, and actor Peter Marshall on his birthday (March 30, 1926 – August 15, 2024), the original host of The Hollywood Squares from 1966 to 1981.

Remembering American character actor Herbert Anderson on his birthday (March 30, 1917 – June 11, 1994), well known amongst his hundreds of film and television roles as Henry Mitchell, the father Dennis, on the CBS sitcom Dennis the Menace from 1959 to 1963.

Batman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in the 27th issue of the comic book Detective Comics on March 30, 1939.

Remembering American singer, songwriter and actor Frankie Laine on his birthday (March 30, 1913 – February 6, 2007). He had many top charting hits, and sang well-known songs for Westerns, including 3:10 To Yuma, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Rawhide, and Blazing Saddles.

Happy birthday to American actor, director and voice artist John Astin, born March 30, 1930. Well known for his role as Gomez Addams on The Addams Family, his other credits include Riddler on Batman, Professor Wickwire on The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., and many movies.

Happy birthday to American actor, director and producer Warren Beatty, born March 30, 1937, whose early credits include Splendor in the Grass, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, All Fall Down, Bonnie and Clyde, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, The Parallax View, The Fortune, and Shampoo.

Remembering American vaudevillian, Broadway, film and television actress and singer Pearl Bailey on her birthday (March 29, 1918 – August 17, 1990).

Remembering Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer Astrud Gilberto on her birthday (March 29, 1940 – June 5, 2023), vocalist on the 1964 single version of "The Girl from Ipanema", which went on to sell over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc.

Remembering American recording artist Tammi Terrell on her birthday (April 29, 1945 – March 16, 1970), widely known as a star singer for Motown Records during the 1960s, notably for a series of duets with singer Marvin Gaye.