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Actors Born on April 9

  • 1891 John Gobau, Flemish actor (Electricity, Hostage Rights, The Cross-Patch), born in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium (d. 1958)
  • 1895 Michel Simon, Swiss actor (Panic, Plague, Two of Us), born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1975)

Paul Robeson (1898-1976)

American bass-baritone singer ("Old Man River"), actor and civil rights activist, born in Princeton, New Jersey

  • 1900 Allen Jenkins, American actor (Hey Jeannie, Top Cop, Girl Habit), born in Staten Island, New York (d. 1974)
  • 1901 Paul Willis, American actor (The Little Lumberjack, Little Kaintuck), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1960)
  • 1901 Sharon Lynn [D'Auvergne Sharon Lindsay], American silent and sound screen actress (Way Out West; The Big Broadcast), born in Weatherford, Texas (d. 1963)
  • 1903 Ward Bond, American actor (Wagon Train, It's a Wonderful Life), born in Benkelman, Nebraska (d. 1960)
  • 1904 Lyle Latell, American actor (Not of This Earth; Dick Tracy's Dilemma; Sky Dragon), born in Alma, Iowa (d. 1967)
  • 1906 Rafaela Aparicio [Rafaela Díaz Valiente], Spanish actress, born in Málaga, Spain (d. 1996)
  • 1909 Robert Helpmann, Australian actor, choreographer and dancer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Don Quixote), born in Mount Gambier, South Australia (d. 1986)
  • 1915 Albert Rémy, French actor (Grand Prix, The 400 Blows, The Train), born in Sèvres, Seine, France (d. 1967)
  • 1917 Brad Dexter [Boris Milanovich], American actor (Macao, The Magnificent Seven), born in Goldfield, Nevada (d. 2002)
  • 1920 William Raynor, American screenwriter (Gomer Pyle; Get Smart; McDuff, The Talking Dog; Dukes of Hazzard), born in Queens, New York (d. 1994)
  • 1921 Frankie Thomas, American actor and author (Tom Corbett Space Cadet), born in New York City (d. 2006)
  • 1923 Dann Cahn, American film editor (I Love Lucy, Beverly Hillbillies), born in Hollywood, California (d. 2012)
  • 1930 John Bartholomew Tucker, American TV host (Candid Camera, 1974-75; Treasure Island, 1967-68), and author, born in Pennsylvania (d. 2014)
  • 1932 Cheetah [Cheeta, Cheta, Chita], chimpanzee actor (1930s Tarzan franchise), is born (d. 2011)
  • 1932 Jim Fowler, American naturalist, zoologist and Emmy Award-winning TV presenter (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom), born in Albany, Georgia (d. 2019)
  • 1933 Gian Maria Volontè, Italian actor (Fistful of Dollars), born in Milan, Italy (d. 1994)

Jean-Paul Belmondo (1933-2021)

French actor (Breathless; Casino Royale; Magnifique), born in Paris, France

  • 1935 Avery Schreiber, American comedian (Burns and Schreiber), and character actor (My Mother the Car; Doritos commercials), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2002)
  • 1936 Jerzy Maksymiuk, Polish pianist, composer and conductor (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, 1983-93), born in Grodno, Poland
  • 1937 Marty Krofft, Canadian puppeteer and television producer - with his brother Sid (H.R. Pufnstuf; Land of the Lost; Sigmund and the Sea Monsters; Donny & Marie), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2023) [1]
  • 1937 Valerie Singleton, British broadcaster (Blue Peter), born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England
  • 1939 Michael Learned, American actress (Olivia in The Waltons, Nurse), born in Washington, D.C.
  • 1941 Chu Song-woong, South Korean stage actor, born in Goseong, South Gyeongsang, South Korea (d. 1985)
  • 1941 Hannah Gordon, British actress (Oh Alfie), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
  • 1942 (Andre) Brandon De Wilde, American stage and screen actor (The Member of the Wedding; Shane; Jamie; Hud), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1972)
  • 1948 Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress and politician, born in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
  • 1950 Nathan Cook, American actor (Milton-White Shadow, Billy-Hotel), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1988)
  • 1952 Tania Tsanaklidou, Greek artist pop singer ("Charlie Chaplin"), and staged and screen actress, born in Drama, Greece

Dennis Quaid (70 years old)

1954 American actor (Big Easy, Dreamscape, Right Stuff), born in Houston, Texas

  • 1963 Joe Scarborough, American television personality, born in Atlanta, Georgia
  • 1965 Jeff Zucker, American television executive (CEO of NBC Universal), born in Homestead, Florida
  • 1965 Mark Pellegrino, American actor (Lucifer-Supernatural), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1965 Paulina Porizkova, Czech-born Swedish American supermodel (Sports Illustrated), born in Prostejov, Czechoslovakia

Cynthia Nixon (58 years old)

1966 American actress (Sex and the City), born in New York City

  • 1970 Josh Todd [Gruber], American musician, singer (Buckcherry), and actor, born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1970 Mike Barz [Michael Barszcz], American meteorologist and TV anchor (WFOX-TV, WJAX-TV), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1971 Austin Peck, American actor (Austin Reed-Days of Our Lives), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
  • 1975 David Gordon Green, American filmmaker (George Washington), born in Little Rock, Arkansas
  • 1979 Keith Nobbs, American actor (Phone Booth), born in Chicago, Illinois
  • 1979 Keshia Knight Pulliam, American actress (The Cosby Show - "Rudy"; Tyler Perry's House of Payne - "Miranda"), born in Newark, New Jersey
  • 1982 Jay Baruchel, Canadian actor (Man Seeking Woman), born in Ottawa, Ontario
  • 1984 Linda Chung, Chinese-Canadian actress and singer, born in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada
  • 1985 Yamashita Tomohisa, Japanese singer and actor, born in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
  • 1986 Leighton Meester, American actress (Gossip Girl-Blair Waldorf), born in Fort Worth, Texas
  • 1987 Jesse McCartney, American actor and singer, born in Ardsley, New York

Kristen Stewart (34 years old)

1990 American actress (Bella Swan-The Twilight Saga), born in Los Angeles, California

Elle Fanning (26 years old)

1998 American actress (We Bought a Zoo), born in Conyers, Georgia