Born July 26

Father of Michael and Janet Jackson…

Named herself after her godmother Vivien Leigh…

Film actress also threw pies with the Three Stooges…

Gene Gutowski, who produced films of the director Roman Polanski during the 1960s and later teamed with Polanski to produce the Academy Award-winning Holocaust masterpiece, “The Pianist,” died May 10 …

Marjorie Lord, a stage and screen actress who starred opposite Danny Thomas on TV’s “Make Room for Daddy,” died Nov. 28 of natural causes at her home in Beverly Hills, …

The Berenstain Bears have captivated generations of children…

Gray’s silky tenor also was heard on other hits including “The In Crowd” in 1965.

Blake Edwards was known chiefly as a director of comedies. But he also produced some outstanding dramatic fare over the course of his career.

He was nominated for another Oscar in 1980 for his portrayal of Howard Hughes in “Melvin and Howard.”