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Actors Born on August 21

  • 1879 Henry Ainley, English actor (As You Like It), born in Morley, West Yorkshire, England (d. 1945)
  • 1892 Charles Vanel, French actor and director (Wages of Fear), born in Rennes, France (d. 1989)
  • 1896 Blossom Rock [Edith Marie Blossom MacDonald], American actress (Grandmamma-Addams Family), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1978)
  • 1896 Roark Bradford, American writer and humorist (Ol' Man Adan an' His Chillun), born in Lauderdale County, Tennessee (d. 1943)
  • 1900 Eileen Percy, Irish silent film actress (Let's Go), born in Belfast, Ireland (d. 1973)
  • 1905 Friz Freleng, American animator for Warner Bros cartoons (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1995)
  • 1908 David Farrar, English actor (Beat Girl, I Accuse, Watusi), born in Forest Gate, London (d. 1995)
  • 1908 Tom Tully, American radio, stage, and screen actor (The Caine Mutiny; Shane), born in Durango, Colorado (d. 1982)
  • 1912 Bruce Trent [William Butters], British singer and actor (The Passing Show, Band Waggon), born in St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands (d. 1995)
  • 1913 Diana Churchill, English actress (Spider, Sally Bishop, Housemaster), born in Wembley, England (d. 1994)
  • 1913 Robert Gordon, American child actor (billed as "Bobby" - The Jazz Singer; Mountains of Manhattan), and director (The Joe Louis Story), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1990)
  • 1924 Jack Weston [Weinstein], American actor (Dirty Dancing, The Four Seasons, Rad), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1996)
  • 1925 Judy Grable [Nellya Baughman], American professional wrestler, born in Bremerton, Washington (d. 2008)
  • 1925 Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (The Naked Childhood), born in Cunlhat, Puy-de-Dôme, France (d. 2003)
  • 1930 Frank Perry, American film director (Diary of Mad Housewife, David & Lisa), born in New York City (d. 1995)
  • 1931 Nancy Hadley, American actress (Love That Jill, Joey Bishop Show), born in Los Angeles, California

Melvin Van Peebles (1932-2021)

American stage and screen actor, director (Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song; Sophisticated Gent), composer, and novelist, born in Chicago, Illinois

  • 1933 Barry Norman, British film critic (Film Greats), born in London (d. 2017)
  • 1939 Clarence Williams III, American actor (Mod Squad; 52 Pick Up; Purple Rain), born in New York City (d. 2021)
  • 1941 Howard Lew Lewis, English comedian and actor (Maid Marian and Her Merry Men and Brush Strokes), born in London (d. 2018)
  • 1943 Hugh Wilson, American screenwriter, film director The First Wives Club; Blast from the Past), and TV series creator (WKRP in Cincinnati; Frank's Place), born in Miami, Florida (d. 2018)
  • 1944 Peter Weir, Australian director/writer (Witness, Dead Poets Society), born in Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1945 Basil Poledouris, American film score composer (The Hunt For Red October), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2006)
  • 1945 Patty McCormack, American actress (Mama, Peck's Bad Girl, Ropers), born in Brooklyn, New York
  • 1949 Loretta Devine, American actress (Boston Public), born in Houston, Texas
  • 1951 Char Margolis, American psychic medium and Dutch TV star, born in Detroit, Michigan
  • 1951 Harry Smith, TV co-anchor (CBS Morning Show), born in Hammond, Indiana
  • 1952 Keith Hart, Canadian professional wrestler, born in Great Falls, Montana
  • 1953 Ivan Stang, American writer and filmmaker (Church of the SubGenius), born in Washington, D.C.

Kim Cattrall (67 years old)

1956 British Canadian actress (Mannequin, Sex and the City), born in Liverpool, England

  • 1958 Ralph Marrero, American actor (Dawn of the Dead; The Babe; Johnny Suede), born in New York City (d. 1991)

Stephen Hillenburg (1961-2018)

American animator and cartoonist (SpongeBob SquarePants), born in Lawton, Oklahoma

  • 1962 Jeff Stryker, American adult film actor, born in Carmi, Illinois
  • 1963 Melvin Douglas, American freestyle wrestler (World C'ship gold 90kg 1993, silver 82kg 1989, bronze 90kg 1994, 96), born in Topeka, Kansas
  • 1963 Richmond Arquette, American actor, born in New York City
  • 1964 Trinity Loren, American adult film actress and model, born in La Jolla, California (d. 1998)
  • 1965 Caryn Mower, American actress, stuntwoman and former professional wrestler, born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
  • 1967 Carrie-Anne Moss, Canadian actress (The Matrix Trilogy), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
  • 1967 Michael Bendetti, American actor (Officer Tony McCann-21 Jump Street), born in Long Beach, California
  • 1968 Barbara Ann Moore, American actress, Playboy playmate (Dec, 1992) and ballroom dancer, born in Spokane, Washington
  • 1969 Nathan Jones, Australian professional wrestler and actor, born in Gold Coast, Australia
  • 1975 Alicia Witt, American actress (Cybill, Fun), born in Worcester, Massachusetts
  • 1983 Brody Jenner, American actor, born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1983 Chantelle Houghton, British TV personality, born in Wickford, Essex, England
  • 1984 Eve Torres, American professional wrestler and actor (WWE), born in Boston, Massachusetts
  • 1984 Melissa Schuman, American actress (Love Don't Cost a Thing), born in San Clemente, California
  • 1985 Albrecht Schuch, German actor (All Quiet on the Western Front), born in Jena, East Germany
  • 1985 Laura Haddock, English actress (The Recruit), born in Hatfield, England
  • 1987 Kibum [Kim Ki-bum], South Korean actor (Rainbow Romance), and pop singer (Super Junior, 2003-06), born in Seoul, South Korea
  • 1988 Paris Bennett, American singer and finalist on American Idol (season 5), born in Rockford, Illinois
  • 1989 Hayden Panettiere, American actress (One Life to Live), born in Palisades, New York
  • 1990 Bo Burnham, American comedian, singer and filmmaker (All Eyes on Me), born in Hamilton, Massachusetts
  • 1991 Christian Navarro, American actor (13 Reasons Why), born in The Bronx, New York
  • 1992 Brad Kavanagh, British stage and screen actor (House of Anubis - "Fabian"), and singer-songwriter, born in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England
  • 1996 Jamia Simone Nash, American singer and actress, born in Virginia Beach, Virginia