Birthdays in Film & TV on January 12

Luise Rainer (1910-2014)

German-American actress and 1st actor to win multiple Academy Awards (The Great Ziegfeld 1936, The Good Earth 1937), born in Düsseldorf, Germany

1910 Patsy Kelly, American actress (Rosemary's Baby, North Ave Irregulars), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1981)
1916 House Peters Jr., American actor (King of the Rocket Man), born in New Rochelle, New York (d. 2008)
1925 Bill Burrud, American television host (Safari to Adventure, Animal World), born in Hollywood, California (d. 1990)
1925 Katherine "Scottie" MacGregor, American actress (Little House On The Prairie - "Harriet Oleson"), born in Glendale, California (d. 2018)
1928 Lew Gallo, American character actor and screenwriter (Get Smart; Gunsmoke; 12 O'Clock High), born in Mount Kisco, New York (d. 2000)
1928 Ruth Brown, American actress and singer sometimes known as the "Queen of R&B" ("So Long"; "Teardrops From My Eyes"), born in Portsmouth, Virginia (d. 2006)
1932 Des O'Connor, British television presenter, singer and comedian, born in Stepney, London (d. 2020)
1933 Michael Aspel, English television presenter, born in Battersea, London
1935 Ron Harper, American actor (Wendy & Me, Planet of the Apes), born in Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania
1937 Marie Dubois, French actress (Wise Guys, Jules & Jim), born in Paris, France (d. 2014)
1938 Lewis Fiander, Australian actor, born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2016)
1944 Carlos Villagrán, Mexican actor, born in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
1948 Anthony Andrews, English actor (Under the Volcano), born in London, England
1949 Wayne Wang, American film director (Chan is Missing; Slam Dance), born in Hong Kong
1951 Kirstie Alley, American Emmy Award-winning actress (Cheers - "Rebecca"; Look Who's Talking; Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan), born in Wichita, Kansas (d. 2022) [1]

Rush Limbaugh (1951-2021)

American conservative political talk radio personality, born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Howard Stern (69 years old)

1954 American radio personality & "Radio's Bad Boy" (WKRK, WYSP, WJFK), born in Queens, New York

1955 Rockne S. O'Bannon, American screenwriter, born in Los Angeles, California
1957 John Lasseter, American animation director (Pixar), born in Hollywood, California
1960 Oliver Platt, Canadian actor, born in Windsor, Canada
1963 François Girard, French Canadian film director and screenwriter, born in Saint-Félicien, Quebec
1965 Rob Zombie [Cummings], American musician & filmmaker, born in Haverhill, Massachusetts
1966 Olivier Martinez, French actor (The Horseman on the Roof), born in Paris, France
1967 Farrah Forke, American actress (Dweebs; Mr Rhodes; Disclosure; Heat), born in Corpus Christi, Texas
1967 Vendela Kirsebom, Norwegian-Swedish model (Sports Illustrated 1993), born in Stockholm, Sweden

Heather Mills (55 years old)

1968 English model, activist and writer (Out on a Limb), born in Aldershot, Hampshire

1968 Rachael Harris, American actress, born in Worthington, Ohio
1972 Jason Sklar, American twin comedian (Sklar Brothers), born in St. Louis, Missouri
1972 Randy Sklar, American twin comedian (Sklar Brothers), born in St. Louis, Missouri
1973 Greg Morton, American actor (Scarecrow & Mrs King), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1973 Prashant Bhargava, American filmmaker (Patang: The Kite), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2015)
1976 Miki Nakatani, Japanese actress and singer, born in Tokyo, Japan
1977 Piolo Pascual, Filipino actor, born in Manila, Philippines
1978 Kim Sa Rang, Korean actress, born in Daegu, South Korea
1985 Issa Rae, American actress, writer and producer (Insecure), born in Los Angeles, California
1985 Yohana Cobo, Spanish actress, born in Madrid, Spain
1987 Naya Rivera, American actress and singer (Glee; Step Up: High Water), born in Santa Clarita, California (d. 2020)
1987 Will Rothhaar, American actor, born in NYC, New York
1988 Andrew Lawrence, American actor (Brotherly Love, Recess), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1998 Nathan Gamble, American child actor, born in Tacoma, Washington