Birthdays in Film & TV on August 17

1866 Julia Marlowe [Sarah Frances Frost], English-American Shakespearean actress, born in Cumberland, England (d. 1950)

Samuel Goldwyn (1882-1974)

Polish born Jewish-American film producer (The Best Years of Our Lives) and movie magnate, born in Warsaw, Poland

1888 Monty Wooley, American actor (Pied Piper, The Man Who Came to Dinner), born in NYC, New York (d. 1963)

Mae West (1893-1980)

American stage and screen actress, writer (She Done Him Wrong; I'm No Angel), and singer (Way Out West), born in Brooklyn, New York

1900 Quincy Howe, American newscaster (CBS Weekend News), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1901 Henri Tomasi, French classical and film music composer (Requiem for Peace; The Silence of the Sea), born of Marseille, France (d. 1971)
1918 Mort Marshall [Mortimer Haig Lichtenstein], American actor (Kiss Me Deadly, Dumplings), born in NYC, New York (d. 1979)

Maureen O'Hara (1920-2015)

Irish-American actress (Miracle on 34th Street; The Quiet Man; Only The Lonely), and singer, born in Ranelagh, County Dublin, Ireland

1926 Jean Poiret [Jean-Gustave Poiré], French actor, director, and screenwriter (La Cage Aux Folles), born in Paris, France (d. 1992)
1927 Robert Moore, American director and actor (Murder by Death, Marshall-Diana), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1984)
1928 Willem Duys, Dutch radio/TV host
1932 Jean-Jacques Sempé, French cartoonist (Le Petit Nicolas), born in Pessac, France (d. 2022) [1]
1933 Glenn Corbett [Glen Edwin Rothenburg], American actor (Route 66; Shenandoah; Chisum), born in El Monte, California (d. 1993)
1935 Oleg Tabakov, Soviet-Russian actor and artistic director (Moscow Art Theatre), born in Saratov, Russian SFSR (d. 2018)
1936 Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Native American musician and actor and activist, born on Lake Traverse Indian Reservation, South Dakota (d. 2007)
1939 Anthony Valentine, British actor (Colditz), born in Blackburn, Lancashire (d. 2015)
1943 Koos Postema, Dutch editor-in-chief (Vrije Volk) and TV host

Robert De Niro (79 years old)

1943 American actor (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull), born in NYC, New York

1948 Bo Rucker, American actor (Superman, Soup for One, Lock Up), born in Tampa, Florida
1951 Robert Joy, Canadian actor (Big Shots, CSI), born in Montreal, Quebec
1955 Kevin Welch, American country songwriter ("True Love Never Dies"), born in Long Beach, California
1956 Gail Berman, American film executive, born in Brooklyn, New York
1960 Bruce Penhall, American actor (Savage Beach), born in Balboa, California

Sean Penn (62 years old)

1960 American actor (Mystic River, Milk), born in Santa Monica, California

1962 Buddy Landel 'Nature Boy', American professional wrestler, born in Knoxville, Tennessee (d. 2015)
1963 Jon Gruden, American NFL coach (Super Bowl 2002, Tampa Bay Buccaneers; Oakland/LV Raiders) and broadcaster (ESPN MNF), born in Sandusky, Ohio
1963 S. Shankar, Indian film director (Gentleman, Indian, Jeans), born in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India
1968 Helen McCrory, English actress (The Queen, Peaky Blinders), born in London (d. 2021)
1969 Donnie Wahlberg, American pop singer (New Kids On The Block - "Hangin' Tough"), actor (Band of Brothers; Boomtown), and producer, born in Boston, Massachusetts
1969 Uhm Jung-hwa, South Korean K-pop singer (Rose of Betrayal; Festival), and actress, born in Jecheon-si, South Korea
1970 Rupert Degas, English actor and voice artist, born in London, England
1975 Giuliana DePandi, Italian-born American television personality
1977 Jake Patellis, American actor (Paul Bowman-Good Life), born in Santa Clarita, California
1978 Vibeke Stene, Norwegian goth-metal singer (Tristania), and actress, born in Sokndal, Norway
1979 Marcus Patric, British actor (Hollyoaks), born in Gosport, England
1980 Shannon Lucio, American actress, born in Denver, Colorado
1981 Kristin Holt, American television personality (American Idol), born in Plano, Texas
1982 Cheeleader Melissa [Melissa Anderson], American professional wrestler, born in Los Angeles, California
1982 Mark Salling, American actor and musician (Glee), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2018)
1985 Yū Aoi, Japanese actress (Hula Girls), born in Kasuga, Japan
1986 Bryton McClure, American actor (Richie-Family Matters), born in Lakewood, California
1988 Brady Corbet, American actor (24), born in Scottsdale, Arizona
1988 Erika Toda, Japanese actress (Ryūsei no Kizuna), born in Kobe, Japan
1990 Colin Bates, American-British actor, dancer, and singer (Billy Elliot - The Musical), born in Pasedena, California
1990 Rachel Hurd-Wood, British actress (Clique), born in London, England
1991 Austin Butler, American actor (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), born in Anaheim, California
1996 Ella Cruz, Filipina actress (Aryana), born in Angat, Philippines