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Actors Born on April 14

  • 1889 James Stephenson, British actor (Letter, Espionage Agent, Nancy Drew), born in Selby, Yorkshire, England (d. 1941)
  • 1895 Mary Marquet, Russian actress (Matter of Resistance), born in St Petersburg, Russia (d. 1979)
  • 1897 Claire Windsor, American actress (The Blot), born in Cawker City, Kansas (d. 1972)
  • 1897 Olga Chekhova, Russian-German actress (Italian Strawhat, Cry of the Children), born in Aleksandropol, Erivan Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1980)
  • 1898 Lee Tracy, American actor (Dinner at Eight, Martin Kane Private Eye), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 1968)
  • 1900 Salvatore Baccaloni, Italian opera singer and actor (Merry Andrew; Rock-a-Bye Baby), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1969)

John Gielgud (1904-2000)

British stage and screen actor and director (Arthur, Hamlet, Ages of Man), born in London

  • 1907 Phyllis Konstam, British actress (Murder, Skin Game), born in London, England (d. 1976)
  • 1913 John Howard, American actor (The Philadelphia Story, My Three Sons), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1995)
  • 1917 Valerie Hobson, British actress (Great Expectations), born in Larne, County Antrim, Ireland (d. 1998)
  • 1918 Mary Healy, American actress (The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T, He Married his Wife), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2016)
  • 1922 Maria Luisa Bemberg, Argentine filmmaker, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1995)

Rod Steiger (1925-2002)

American actor (In the Heat of the Night; The Pawnbroker; The Illustrated Man), born in Westhampton, New York

  • 1926 Frank Daniel, Czech-American screenwriter, director and teacher, born in Kolín, Czechoslovakia (d. 1996)
  • 1926 Gloria Jean [Schoonover], American actress (Never Give a Sucker an Even Break), and singer, born in Buffalo, New York (d. 2018)
  • 1926 Liz Renay [Pearl Elizabeth Dobbins], American actress (Desperate Living), born in Chandler, Arizona (d. 2007)
  • 1927 Dany Robin, French actress (Follow the Boys, Topaz, Jupiter, Julietta), born in Clamart, France (d. 1995)
  • 1929 Gerry Anderson, English television producer (Thunderbirds; Space:1999), born in Bloomsbury, London (d. 2012)
  • 1930 Bradford Dillman, American actor (Compulsion, Piranha, Sudden Impact, Enforcer), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2018)
  • 1930 Jay Robinson, American actor (Born Again, Malibu Bikini Shop), born in New York City (d. 2013)
  • 1931 John Clarke, American actor (Days of Our Lives -"Mickey"), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 2019)
  • 1932 Bob Grant [Robert St Clair Grant], British actor, comedian and writer (on the Buses), born in Hammersmith, London (d. 2003)
  • 1935 Joan Darling (née Kugell), American actress (Owen Marshall Counselor at Law - "Frieda"), and dramatic arts teacher, born in Boston, Massachusetts
  • 1936 Kenneth Mars, American actor (The Producers; What's Up, Doc?; Malcolm in the Middle), born in Chicago Illinois (d. 2011)

Julie Christie (84 years old)

1940 British BAFTA and Academy Award-winning actress (Darling; Doctor Zhivago; Away From Her), born in Chukua, Assam, India

  • 1940 Patricia Bruder, American actress (As the World Turns. 1960-95 - "Ellen"), born in Brooklyn, New York
  • 1944 John Sergeant, British political journalist, radio and television broadcaster, born in Oxford, England
  • 1948 Berinthia "Berry" Berenson, American photographer, actress and model, born in New York City (d. 2001)
  • 1949 Chris Langham, English comedian and actor (The Thick of It; Not the Nine O'Clock News; Help), born in London
  • 1949 John Shea, American actor (Honeymoon, New Life, Lois & Clark), born in North Conway, New Hampshire
  • 1949 Sonja Kristina [Shaw], English songwriter and actress (Hair; Curved Air), born in Brentwood, England
  • 1950 Ansje Beentjes, Dutch actress (Blindgangers), born in Alkmaar, Netherlands
  • 1950 Randolph Powell, American actor (Dallas - "Alan"; Logan's Run), born in Iowa City, Iowa
  • 1953 Eric Tsang, Hong Kong actor, director and TV host (Super Trio series), born in Hong Kong
  • 1954 Shari Redstone, American media executive (ViacomCBS), born in Washington D.C.
  • 1955 Simone Griffeth, American actress (Death Race 2000, Amanda's), born in Savannah, Georgia
  • 1957 Lothaire Bluteau, Canadian actor (Jésus de Montréal), born in Montreal, Quebec
  • 1957 Richard Jeni, American comedian, born in Brooklyn, New York City (d. 2007)
  • 1958 John D'Aquino, American actor (seaQuest DSV), born in Brooklyn, New York
  • 1958 Mike Hulbert, American golfer, broadcaster (3 PGA Tour titles), born in Elmira, New York
  • 1958 Peter Capaldi, Scottish actor (12th Doctor in Doctor Who, The Thick of It), born in Glasgow, Scotland

Brad Garrett (64 years old)

1960 American actor and comedian (Everybody Loves Raymond), born in Los Angeles, California

  • 1960 Brian Forster, American child actor and fictional drummer (Partridge Family - "Chris" the second one), born in Los Angeles, California

Robert Carlyle (63 years old)

1961 British actor (Trainspotting, The Full Monty), born in Glasgow, Scotland

  • 1964 Gina McKee, English actress (Our Friends in the North), born in Peterlee, England
  • 1965 Tom Dey, American film director (Shanghai Noon), born in Hanover, New Hampshire
  • 1968 Anthony Michael Hall, American actor (SNL, Breakfast Club), born in Boston, Massachusetts
  • 1969 Emre Altuğ, Turkish pop singer and actor, born in Istanbul, Turkey
  • 1969 Vebjørn Selbekk, Norwegian journalist (Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy), born in Trondheim, Norway
  • 1970 Shizuka Kudō, Japanese pop singer (Onyanko Club; solo - "Dōkoku"), and actress, born in Hamura, Tokyo, Japan

Adrien Brody (51 years old)

1973 American actor (The Pianist, The Grand Budapest Hotel), born in New York City

  • 1975 Amy Dumas, American professional wrestler, born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  • 1975 Veronika Zemanová, Czech model, born in Ceske Budejovice, Czechia

Sarah Michelle Gellar (47 years old)

1977 American actress (Kendall-All My Children, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), born in New York City

  • 1978 Paul O'Brien, South African-Australian actor, born in South Africa
  • 1979 Rebecca DiPietro, American model, born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
  • 1980 Ben Wells, American actor, born in Springfield, Illinois
  • 1980 Claire Coffee, American actress (General Hospital; Grimm), born in San Francisco, California
  • 1986 Anne Watanabe, Japanese model, born in Tokyo, Japan
  • 1988 Chris Wood, American actor (Supergirl), born in Dublin, Ohio
  • 1993 Graham Phillips, American actor, born in Laguna Beach, California
  • 1993 Vivien Cardone, American actress, born in Port Jefferson, New York,
  • 1996 Abigail Breslin, American actress (Little Miss Sunshine), born in New York City