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Actors Born on August 23

  • 1884 Will Cuppy, American humorist (The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody), born in Auburn, Indiana (d. 1949)
  • 1887 Jo Sternheim, Dutch actor and playwright (Fatherland), born in Amsterdam (d. 1956)
  • 1894 Gareth Hughes, Welsh actor (Midnight Girl), born in Dafen, Carmarthenshire, Wales (d. 1965)
  • 1905 (John) "Rags" Ragland, American burlesque comedian, and stage and screen character actor (Whistling In The Dark), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1946)

Gene Kelly (1912-1996)

American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and film director (An American in Paris; On The Town; Singin' in the Rain), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • 1922 Jean Darling, American child actress (Our Gang), born in Santa Monica, California (d. 2015)
  • 1922 Pierre Gauvreau, Canadian painter, television writer and producer, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2011)
  • 1923 Humphrey Fisher, TV producer, born in England (d. 1996)
  • 1924 Ephraim Kishon, Israeli author, dramatist, screenwriter, and Oscar-nominated film director, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2005)
  • 1927 Peter Wyngarde [Cyril Goldbert], British actor (Department S and Jason King), born in Marseille, France (d. 2018)
  • 1928 Marian Seldes, American actress (A Delicate Balance, Father's Day), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2014)

Vera Miles (94 years old)

1929 American actress (Psycho;The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance), born in Boise City, Oklahoma

  • 1930 Jack Bannister, English cricket commentator (BBC; Talksport radio) and bowler (Warwickshire 1,198 wickets), born in Wolverhampton, West Midlands (d. 2016)

Barbara Eden (92 years old)

1931 American actress (Dream of Jeannie), born in Tucson, Arizona

  • 1935 Roy Strong, English writer, art historian and director (Victoria & Albert Museum), born in Winchmore Hill, Middlesex, England
  • 1940 Richard Sanders, American actor (WKRP in Cincinnati - "Les Nessman"), born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
  • 1940 Tony Bill, American actor (What Really Happened to the Class of '65), born in San Diego, California
  • 1943 Bobby Diamond, American actor (Duncan Gillis-Dobie Gillis), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1944 Lena Tabori, Swedish actress model and daughter of Viveca Lindfors, born in Stockholm, Sweden
  • 1947 David Robb, British actor (I, Claudius), born in London
  • 1949 Christopher Blake, English actor (Alexa), born in Chingford, London
  • 1949 Katiana Balanika [Ekaterini Athaniti], Greek actress (On Air; Lysistrata) and singer, born in Greece
  • 1949 Rick Springfield [Springthorpe], Australian singer ("Speak to the Sky"; "Jessie's Girl") and actor (General Hospital, 1981-83 and 2004-08 - "Noah Drake"), born in Balmain, New South Wales
  • 1949 Shelley Long, American actress (Diane in Cheers, Money Pit), born in Fort Wayne, Indiana
  • 1951 Mark Hudson, American television personality (The Hudson Brothers), musician, songwriter, and record producer (Aerosmith; Hanson; Ringo Starr; Ozzy Osbourne), born in Portland, Oregon
  • 1954 Charles Busch, American actor, screenwriter, playwright and drag queen (The Tale of the Allergist's Wife), in Hartsdale, New York
  • 1956 Skipp Sudduth, American actor (Third Watch), born in Wareham, Massachusetts
  • 1960 Chris Potter, Canadian actor (Kung Fu: The Legend Continues), born in Toronto, Ontario
  • 1961 Alexandre Desplat, French film composer (The Grand Budapest Hotel), born in Paris, France
  • 1963 Park Chan-wook, South Korean filmmaker (Joint Security Area, Thirst), born in Seoul
  • 1964 Ray Ferraro, Canadian ice hockey center (Hartford Whalers, New York Islanders) and broadcaster (TSN Radio, TSN, NBCSN), born in Trail, British Columbia
  • 1965 Roger Avary, Canadian-American screenwriter, director, and producer (Pulp Fiction), born in Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada
  • 1970 Jay Mohr, American actor and comedian, born in Verona, New Jersey

River Phoenix (1970-1993)

American actor (Little Nikta, Stand By Me), born in Madras, Oregon

  • 1973 Malaika Arora Khan, Indian actress and model, born in Thane, India
  • 1974 Christian Beranek, American graphic novelist and actor, born in Council Bluffs, Iowa
  • 1974 Ray Park, Scottish actor (G.I. Joes movies; Slayer), born in Glasgow, United Kingdom
  • 1976 Scott Caan, American actor, born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1987 Nikki Gil, Filipina actress, host and singer, born in Manila, Philippines