Birthdays in Film & TV on October 27

  • 1876 Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, Dutch actress (Un Soir Un Train), born in Pamekasan, Dutch Indies (d. 1976)
  • 1910 Fred de Cordova, American film and TV producer (Tonight Show), born in NYC, New York (d. 2001)
  • 1910 Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor (Star is Born, Mildred Pierce), born in Manitoba (d. 1963)
  • 1911 Leif Erickson, American actor (Invaders from Mars, On the Waterfront), born in Alameda, California (d. 1986)
  • 1915 Harry Saltzman, Canadian theater and film producer (Goldfinger), born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada (d. 1994)
  • 1916 Bob de Lange [Jacob Bernard de Lange], Dutch actor and director (Daniel), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1978)
  • 1918 Teresa Wright, American actress (Eleanor Gehrig-Pride of the Yankees), born in NYC, New York (d. 2005)
  • 1920 Nanette Fabray [Ruby Fabares], American actress and singer (Love Life, Caesar's Hour, One Day at a Time), born in San Diego, California
  • 1923 Ned Wertimer, American actor (The Jeffersons), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 2013)
  • 1924 Ruby Dee, American actress (A Raisin in the Sun, American Gangster), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2014)
  • 1924 Michel Galabru, French actor (Judge & the Assassin), born in Safi, Morocco (d. 2016)
  • 1925 Jane Connell, American actress (Jane-Stanley, Bridget-Dumpling), born in Oakland, California (d. 2013)
  • 1925 Mary Kay Stearns, American actress (Mary Kay & Johnny), born in Glendale, California
  • 1932 Jean-Pierre Cassel, actor (Trout), born in Paris, France
  • 1934 Giorgos Konstadinou, Greek actor and director, born in Athens, Greece
  • 1937 Lara Parker, American actress (Race with the Devil, Dark Shadows), born in Knoxville, Tennessee

Person of interestJohn Cleese

1939 John Cleese, English actor and comedian (Monty Python), born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset

Actor, Comedian John Cleese
Actor, Comedian
John Cleese
  • 1945 Carrie Snodgress, American actress (Diary of Mad Housewife), born in Barrington, Illinois (d. 2004)
  • 1945 John Kane, British actor and writer, born in Dundee, Angus, Scotland
  • 1946 Ivan Reitman, Slovak-Canadian director and producer (Private Parts, Ghostbusters, Dave), born in Komárno, Slovakia
  • 1950 Fran Lebowitz, American author and actress (Resident Alien), born in Morristown, New Jersey
  • 1951 Jayne Kennedy-Overton, actress (Penitentary), born in Washington, D.C.

Person of interestRoberto Benigni

1952 Roberto Benigni, Italian director and actor (Life Is Beautiful, The Tiger and the Snow), born in Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy

Actor Roberto Benigni
Actor
Roberto Benigni
  • 1953 Peter Firth, Bradford England, actor (Equus, Lifeforce, Tess), born in Bradford, England
  • 1953 Robert Picardo, actor (Frame Up, Gremlins 2), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1954 Jan Duursema, American comic book artist (Star Wars comics)
  • 1957 Jeff East, American actor (Huckleberry Finn, Superman), born in Kansas City, Missouri
  • 1963 Deborah Moore, actress (Danielle-Day of Our Lives), born in London, England
  • 1963 Marla Maples, American actress (Will Rogers Follies), ex-wife of Donald Trump, born in Dalton, Georgia
  • 1968 Kata Karkkainen, Finnish author and Playmate (Dec, 1988), born in Helsinki, Finland
  • 1973 Alison "Ali" Malyn Shumate, Union City Tenn, Miss America-Tenn (1996)
  • 1973 Monica Louwerens, Miss America (Miss-Top 10-1996), born in Greenville, Mississippi
  • 1975 Emily John Orton, Creswell Oregon, Miss America (Oregon-2nd-1996)
  • 1979 Melanie Vallejo, Australian TV actress
  • 1980 Cassia Riley, American model
  • 1981 Han Hye-jin, South Korean actress
  • 1982 Patrick Fugit, American actor
  • 1982 Takashi Tsukamoto, Japanese actor
  • 1984 Kelly Osbourne, English television personality

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