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Birthdays in Film & TV on March 19

  • 1872 Anna Held, Polish-born French actress and singer (A Parisian Model), born in Warsaw (d. 1918)
  • 1873 Arthur Hoyt, American actor and director (Gold Dust Gertie, Goldie Get Along), born in Georgetown, Colorado (d. 1953)
  • 1897 Betty Compson, American actress (Big City, Docks Of New York), born in Beaver, Utah (d. 1974)
  • 1906 Roy Roberts, American actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show), born in Tampa, Florida (d. 1975)
  • 1907 Kent Smith, American actor (Peyton Place, Invaders), born in NYC, New York (d. 1985)
  • 1909 Louis Hayward, British-American actor (Lone Wolf, Survivors), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1985)
  • 1914 Fred Clark, American actor (Burns & Allen, Auntie Mame, Hazard), born in Lincoln, California (d. 1968)
  • 1914 Patricia Morison, American actress (Peyton Place, Dressed to Kill, Kiss Me, Kate The King and I), born in NYC, New York
  • 1916 Eric Christmas, British actor (d. 2000)
  • 1920 Tige Andrews, American character actor (Mod Squad, The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2007)
  • 1921 Robert McFerrin, Sr., American operatic baritone (Metropolitan Opera, 1955-58; singing voice for Sidney Poitier in film "Porgy and Bess"), born in Marianna, Arkansas (d. 2006) [1]
  • 1921 Tommy Cooper, British comedian and magician (d. 1984)
  • 1924 Mary Wimbush, British actress (Oh! What a Lovely War, The Archers), born in Kenton, Middlesex, England (d. 2005)
  • 1928 Patrick McGoohan, American-born Irish actor, writer, and director (The Prisoner, Secret Agent/ Danger Man), born in Queens, New York (d. 2009)
  • 1930 Bill Henderson, American jazz singer ("Señor Blues"), and actor (Dreams - "Torpedo"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2016)
  • 1933 Renee Taylor [Wexler], American actress (Jack Paar Show; The Nanny - "Sylvia"), born in NYC, New York
  • 1935 Burt Metcalfe, Saskatchewan Canada, actor/dir (Father of the Bride)
  • 1935 Phyllis Newman, actress (Coming of Age, TW3), born in Jersey City, New Jersey
  • 1936 Ursula Andress, Swiss model, actress and sex symbol (Dr. No, Casino Royale, She, Sensuous Nurse), born in Ostermundigen, Switzerland
  • 1942 (Wilfred) "Wilf" Lunn, British inventor, TV personality (Vision On), and author, born in Rastrick, West Yorkshire, England
  • 1945 Lisa Nicole Baker, American Playboy playmate (Nov 1966, Playmate of the Year 1967), born in Detroit, Texas
  • 1945 Stefanos Kiriakidis, Greek actor
  • 1946 Bigas Luna, director/writer (Anguish)

Glenn CloseGlenn Close (75 years old)

1947 American actress (The Big Chill, Fatal Attraction), born in Greenwich, Connecticut

Glenn Close
  • 1949 Denny Albee, American actor (Dr Janssen-One Life to Live), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • 1952 Gerard Huerta, American graphic designer and album cover artist (CBS Records - AC/DC, Boston, Blue Oyster Cult, Rupert Holmes), born in Los Angeles, California

Harvey WeinsteinHarvey Weinstein (70 years old)

1952 American film producer (Miramax) and convicted sex offender whose actions helped spark the #MeToo movement, born in NYC, New York

Harvey Weinstein

Bruce WillisBruce Willis (67 years old)

1955 American actor (Moonlighting, Die Hard), born in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany

Bruce Willis
  • 1959 Anthony Marinelli, American session keyboardist and synthesizer player (Michael Jackson; Sigue Sigue Sputnik), film, television, and advertising composer, born in Burbank, California
  • 1959 Shelley Burch, actress (One Life to Live, Identity Crisis), born in Tucson, Arizona
  • 1962 Jim Korderas, American professional wrestling referee
  • 1964 Jake Weber, British actor
  • 1969 Connor Trinneer, American actor
  • 1969 Michael Bergin, model (Coca-Cola) and actor
  • 1971 Dalton James, American actor (My Father, The Hero; Beverly Hills 90201 - "Mark"), born in Sacramento, California
  • 1971 Nadja Auermann, German supermodel, born in Berlin, Germany
  • 1973 Simmone Jade Mackinnon, Australian actress
  • 1974 Vida Guerra, Cuban-American swimsuit model
  • 1975 Vivian Hsu, Taiwanese singer, actress and model
  • 1976 Rachel Blanchard, Canadian actress (Clueless -"Cher Horowitz"), born in Toronto, Ontario
  • 1977 Jorma Taccone, American writer and comedian
  • 1981 Kim Rae Won, South Korean actor and model
  • 1982 Matt Littler, British actor
  • 1983 Ana Rezende, Brazilian film director and musician (CSS)
  • 1983 Matt Sydal, American professional wrestler
  • 1984 Tanushree Dutta, Indian actress (Aashiq Banaya Aapne), born in Jamshedpur, India
  • 1993 Munro Chambers, Canadian actor
  • 1999 Tatum McCann, American actress


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