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Actors Born on August 5

  • 1887 Reginald Owen, British actor (Mary Poppins, Sherlock Holmes), born in Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England (d. 1972)
  • 1888 Victor Francen, Belgian actor (J'Acusse, San Antonio), born in Tienen, Flanders, Belgium (d. 1977)
  • 1890 Erich Kleiber, Austrian-Argentine conductor (Teatro Colón, 1937-49; NBC Symphony, 1947-48), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1956)
  • 1891 Donald Kerr, American actor (Carnival Lady, Devil Bat), born in Eagle Grove, Iowa (d. 1977)
  • 1901 Claude Autant-Lara, French film director (Four Bags Full, Rouge et noir), born in Luzarches, Val-d'Oise, France (d. 2000)
  • 1906 John Huston, American director and writer (African Queen, Chinatown), born in Nevada, Missouri (d. 1987)
  • 1911 Robert Taylor, American actor (Waterloo Bridge, Quo Vadis, Death Valley Days), born in Filley, Nebraska (d. 1969)
  • 1914 Anita Colby, American model, author and actress (Mary of Scotland, Cover Girl, Pepsi Cola Playhouse), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1992)
  • 1914 David Brian, American actor (Accused of Murder, Dawn at Sorocco), born in New York City (d. 1993)
  • 1914 Parley Baer, American radio, film and television character actor (Gunsmoke; The Andy Griffith Show - "Mayor Stoner"), born in Salt Lake City Utah (d. 2002)
  • 1918 Tom Drake [Alfred Sinclair Alderdice], American actor (Meet Me In St. Louis; Warlock), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1982)
  • 1920 Selma Diamond, Canadian-American comedy writer (Your Show Of Shows), and actress (Night Court, 1984-85 - "Selma"), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1985)
  • 1924 Billie Hayes [Brosch], American stage, film, and television actress Li'l Abner - "Mammy Yokum"; Witchiepoo), born in town of DuQuoin, Illinois (d. 2021)
  • 1925 Cor Witschge, Dutch actor (Pipo the Clown), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1991)
  • 1930 Joan Weldon, American actress (So This is Love, Them), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2021)
  • 1935 John Saxon, American actor (Bees, Nightmare on Elm St, Electric Horseman), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2020)
  • 1935 Zakes Mokae, South African actor (Comedians), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 2009)
  • 1936 John Dancy, American newscaster (Prime Time Sunday), born in Jackson, Texas (d. 2021)
  • 1937 Alan Howard, English theater and film actor (Royal Shakespeare Company), born in London, England (d. 2015)
  • 1945 Ja'net Dubois, American actress (Good Times, Beverly Hill 90210), born in Brooklyn, New York
  • 1945 Jo Collins, American Playboy playmate (Dec, 1964, Playmate of the Year 1965), born in Lebanon, Oregon
  • 1945 Loni Anderson, American actress (WKRP in Cincinnati - "Jennifer"), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota
  • 1946 Erika Slezak, American actress (One Life to Live - "Viki"), born in Hollywood, California
  • 1950 Holly Palance, American actress (Thorn Birds, Ripley's Believe It), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1951 John Jarratt, Australian actor, director and producer (Picnic at Hanging Rock), born in Wollongong, Australia

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1956 American actress (The Brady Bunch- "Marcia"), born in Encino, California

  • 1961 [Julie] Tawny Kitaen, American actress (Bachelor Party; Whitesnake videos; Witchboard), born in San Diego, California (d. 2021)
  • 1963 James Wilder, American actor (Scorchers, Zombie High, Murder 1), born in Cleveland, Ohio
  • 1965 Mark Labbett, English TV personality ('The Beast' on The Chaser), born in Tiverton, England
  • 1965 Motoi Sakuraba, Japanese keyboardist, and progressive rock and video game music composer, born in Akita Prefecture, Japan
  • 1966 Jonathan Silverman, American actor (Brighton Beach Memoirs, Single Guy), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1968 Tokimitsu Ishizawa, Japanese professional wrestler
  • 1970 James Gunn, American filmmaker (Guardians of the Galaxy), born in St Louis, Missouri
  • 1972 Ikuto Hidaka, Japanese professional wrestler
  • 1974 Kajol Mukherjee, Indian actress (Fanaa, My Name Is Khan), born in Mumbai, Maharashtra
  • 1975 Antony Cotton, English actor (Coronation Street), born in Bury, England
  • 1975 Stéphanie Szostak, French-American Actress (Dinner for Schmucks; A Million Little Things), born in Paris, France
  • 1976 Kwon Sang-woo, South Korean actor (Stairway to Heaven), born in Daejeon, South Korea
  • 1980 Sophie Winkleman, English actress, born in London, England
  • 1981 Jesse Williams, American actor (Grey's Anatomy), director and activist, born in Chicago, Illinois
  • 1981 Kō Shibasaki, Japanese singer and actress (47 Ronin), born in Toshima, Japan
  • 1983 Kara Tointon, English actress (EastEnders), born in Basildon, England
  • 1987 Genelia D'Souza, Indian actress (Bommarillu), born in Bombay, India
  • 1987 Xenia Tchoumitcheva, Swiss model, born in Magnitogorsk, Russia
  • 1997 Olivia Holt, American actress (Cloak and Dagger) and singer, born in Germantown, Tennessee
  • 1997 Yungblud [Dominic Harrison], English singer-songwriter (Weird!) and actor, born in Doncaster, England
  • 2184 Christine Lauren Chapel, (Star Trek), born in Davenport Heights, Vermont
  • 2186 Kevin Thomas Riley, Tasvennir, Tarsus IV (Star Trek)