Birthdays in Film & TV on January 27

1720 Samuel Foote, British actor, dramatist and theatre manager (Mirror), born in Truro, Cornwall (d. 1777)
1858 Neel Doff, Dutch born Belgian writer (Days of Hunger and Distress)and artist's model, born in Buggenum, Netherlands (d. 1842)

Jerome Kern (1885-1945)

American Broadway and film composer (Showboat; Roberta), born in NYC, New York

1895 Harry Ruby [Harry Rubenstein], American composer and screenwriter, born in NYC, New York (d. 1974)
1901 Willy Fritsch, German actor (Spies, Women in the Moon), born in Katowice, Upper Silesia, Germany (d. 1973)
1905 Howard McNear, American actor (The Andy Griffith Show, Anatomy of a Murder, Irma La Douce), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1969)
1911 Benay Venuta [Benvenuta Rose Crooke], American actress, singer and dancer (Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Mister), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1995)
1918 (Lyle) "Skitch" Henderson, British-American pianist and orchestra leader (NBC Radio; NBC Television; New York Pops), born in Birmingham, England (d. 2005)
1919 David Seville [Ross Bagdasarian], American songwriter ("Come On A-My House"), singer (Alvin & The Chipmunks - "Witch Doctor"), and actor (Rear Window), born in Fresno, California (d. 1972)
1920 John Box, British film production designer and art director (d. 2005)
1921 Donna Reed, American actress (From Here to Eternity; It's a Wonderful Life; The Donna Reed Show), born in Denison, Iowa (d. 1986)
1924 Brian Rix [Lord Rix], British actor and activist (Mencap), born in Cottingham, Yorkshire (d. 2016)
1924 Sabu [Dastagir], Indian actor (The Thief of Bagdad, Elephant Boy, Drum), born in Mysore, British India (d. 1963)
1926 Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (Cries & Whispers, Damned), born in Sollefteå, Sweden (d. 2004)
1927 Doretta Morrow, American actress (Because You're Mine), born in NYC, New York (d. 1968)
1927 Michael Craig [Gregson], American actor (Escape 2000, Vault of Horror), born in Poona, British India
1927 Nancy Dickerson, pioneering American radio and TV journalist (NBC, CBS), born in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (d. 1997)
1931 John Hopkins, English TV, film and stage writer (Z-Cars), born in London (d. 1998)
1931 Rudi Maugeri, Canadian doo-wop vocalist (Crew Cuts - "Sh-Boom"), and broadcaster, born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2004)
1936 Troy Donahue, American actor (Surfside Six, Cockfighter, Hawaiian Eye), born in NYC, New York (d. 2001)
1940 James Cromwell, American actor (Babe, The Green Mile), born in Los Angeles, California
1942 John Witherspoon, American actor (Friday), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2019)
1948 Mikhail Baryshnikov, Russian-American ballet dancer,and choreographer (American Ballet Theater), and actor (The Turning Point; Sex In The City), born in Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union (now Latvia)
1949 Jaya Suprana [Phoa Kok Tjiang], Indonesian pianist, composer, conductor, writer, educator, and television presenter, born in Denpasar, Bali
1950 Derek Acorah, English spirit medium and TV personality (Most Haunted), born in Bootle, England
1951 Scott Lane, American actor (Gary-McKeever & the Colonel), born in NYC, New York
1955 Brian Engblom, Canadian NHL hockey player, 1975-87 (Montreal Canadiens, and 4 other teams), and TV broadcaster, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
1956 Mimi Rogers [Miriam Spickler], American actress (The Rapture; Paper Dolls; Weapons of Mass Distraction), and producer, born in Coral Gables, Florida
1957 Danny Aiello III, American film and television stunt performer, stunt coordinator, and actor, born in The Bronx, New York City (d. 2010)
1957 Frank Miller, American comicbook writer (Batman-The Dark Knight Returns)
1959 Patti Cohoon, actress (Molly-Here Come the Brides), born in Whittier, California
1961 Dina Bonnevie, Filipina actress (Beautiful Strangers; The Blood Sisters), born in 60) Quezon City, Philippines
1961 Karen Velez, American Playboy playmate (December, 1984; 1985 Playmate of the Year), born in Rockville Center, New York
1964 Bridget Fonda, American actress (Scandal, Single White Female), born in Los Angeles, California
1965 Alan Cumming, Scottish actor
1966 Tamlyn Tomita, Okinawa, actress (Karate Kid 2, Ming Li-Santa Barbara)
1967 Bobby Deol, Indian actor
1967 Byron Mann, Hong Kong actor
1967 Carrington Garland, actress (Kelly Capwell-Santa Barbara), born in Los Angeles, California
1969 Patton Oswalt, American comedian, actor (The King of Queens; The Goldbergs) and writer, born in Portsmouth, Virginia
1972 Guillermo, Mexican-born American TV personality
1973 Margot Bourgeois, Miss Universe-3rd place (Trinidad & Tobago, 1997)
1976 Clint Ford, American voice actor
1976 Ruby Lin, Taiwanese actress and singer