Film Tv Birthdays Date 1921 | History by KabAstro

Lana Turner (1921-1995)

Feb 8 American pin-up model and actress (Peyton Place; The Postman Always Rings Twice; Imitation of Life), born in Wallace, Idaho

Feb 14 Hugh Downs, American TV journalist (20/20, Concentration), born in Akron, Ohio (d. 2020)
Feb 14 Skeezix, of "Gasoline Alley" discovered on Wallets' doorstep (cartoon strip character featured in Chicago Tribune)

Vera-Ellen (1921-1981)

Feb 16 American actress and dancer (White Christmas; Big Leaguer; On the Town), born in Norwood, Ohio

Feb 22 Giulietta Masina, Italian actress (La Strada; Nights of Cabiria; The White Sheik) and wife of director Federico Fellini, born in San Giorgio di Piano, Italy (d. 1994)
Feb 24 Abe Vigoda, American actor (Barney Miller - "Fish"; The Godfather), born in New York City (d. 2016)
Feb 24 Douglass Watson, American actor (Satan Murders, Another World), born in Jackson, Georgia (d. 1989)
Feb 26 Betty Hutton [Elizabeth June Thornburg], American actress, dancer, singer and comedian (Greatest Show on Earth), born in Battle Creek, Michigan (d. 2007)
Feb 27 Michael Fox, American actor (Perry Mason, Quincy, Dallas, Bold & the Beautiful), born in Yonkers, New York (d. 1996)
Mar 1 Jack Clayton, English film director (The Great Gatsby), born in Brighton, England (d. 1995)
Mar 2 Norman T. Hatch, American oscar-winning marine cinematographer during WWII (With the Marines at Tarawa), born in Boston (d. 2017)
Mar 2 Robert Simpson, British classical composer, and broadcaster (BBC), born in Leamington, Warwickshire, England (d. 1997)
Mar 3 Diana Barrymore, American actress (Nightmare, Lady Courageous, Fired Wife), born in New York City (d. 1960)
Mar 4 Joan Greenwood, British actress and director (Kind Hearts and Coronets, Amorous Mr Prawn), born in London, England (d. 1987)
Mar 6 Ross Hunter, American film producer (Airport, Madame X, Pillow Talk), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1996) date of birth disputed)

Alan Hale Jr. (1921-1990)

Mar 8 American actor (Skipper-Gilligan's Island), born in Los Angeles, California

Mar 9 Carl Betz, American actor (The Donna Reed Show; Love of Life), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1978)
Mar 9 Dimitris Horn, Greek actor (A Girl in Black), born in Athens, Greece (d. 1998)
Mar 10 Cecil "Cec" Linder, Polish-Canadian actor (Goldfinger, Quatermass and the Pit), born in Galicia, Poland (d. 1992)
Mar 12 Gordon MacRae, American singer and actor (Oklahoma!; Carousel), born in East Orange, New Jersey (d. 1986)
Mar 15 Madelyn Pugh, American television writer (I Love Lucy), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 2011)
Mar 19 Robert McFerrin, Sr., American operatic baritone (Metropolitan Opera, 1955-58; singing voice for Sidney Poitier in film "Porgy and Bess"), born in Marianna, Arkansas (d. 2006) [1]
Mar 19 Tommy Cooper, British comedian and magician (d. 1984)
Mar 21 Logan Ramsey, American actor (Head, Joy Sticks, Say Yes), born in Long Beach, California (d. 2000)
Mar 22 Saturnino "Nino" Manfredi, Italian actor (Between Miracles), born in Castro dei Volsci, Italy (d. 2004)
Mar 25 Nancy Kelly, American child actress and model (The Bad Seed, Double Exposure, Jesse James), born in Lowell, Massachusetts (d. 1995)

Simone Signoret (1921-1985)

Mar 25 German-French BAFTA, Emmy, and Academy Award- winning actress (Room at Top; Diabolique), born in Wiesbaden, Germany

Mar 28 Dirk Bogarde [Derek van den Bogaerde] British writer and actor (Death in Venice, Servant), born in London, England (d. 1999)
Apr 1 Steve Race, British composer, jazz pianist and radio and television presenter (BBC's "My Music", 1967-94), born in Lincoln, England (d. 2009)
Apr 3 Robert Karvelas, American actor (Get Smart - "Larabee"), born in New York City (d. 1991)
Apr 5 Christopher Hewett, British actor (Mr. Belvedere; The Producers) and theater director, born in Worthing, Sussex, England (d. 2001)
Apr 9 Frankie Thomas, American actor and author (Tom Corbett Space Cadet), born in New York City (d. 2006)
Apr 10 Chuck Connors, American author, actor (The Rifleman, Branded, Cowboy in Africa), professional basketball and baseball player, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1992)

Peter Ustinov (1921-2004)

Apr 16 British actor, author, journalist, comedian and broadcaster (Death on the Nile; Logan's Run; Billy Budd), born in London, England

Apr 20 Janine Sutto, French Canadian actress and comedian (Guide de la petite vengeance), born in Paris, France (d. 2017)
Apr 21 Jack Fletcher, American actor (Calucci's Department, Once Upon a Mattress), born in Forest Hills, New York (d. 1990)
Apr 23 Janet Blair [Martha Janet Lafferty], American singer and actress (Leave it to the Girls, Smith Family), born in Altoona, Pennsylvania (d. 2007)
Apr 28 Rowland Evans, American news reporter (CNN-Evans & Novak), born in Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania (d. 2001)
Apr 29 Tommy Noonan, American actor, screenwriter and producer (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Promises Promises), born in Bellingham, Washington (d. 1968)
May 3 Joe Ames, American singer and actor (The Ames Brothers Show), born in Malden, Massachusetts (d. 2007)
May 4 Virginia "Patsy" Garrett, American singer (Fred Waring's Pleasure Time), and actress (Nanny & the Professor), born in Atlantic City, New Jersey (d. 2015)
May 6 Alan Dewitt, American actor (It's About Time), born in Canton, Ohio (d. 1976)
May 6 Elizabeth Sellars, Scottish actress ("Chalk Garden"; "A Voyage Round My Father"), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2019) [1]
May 7 Gale Robbins [Betty Gale Murphy], American singer and actress (Fuller Brush Girl; Mr Hex), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1980)
May 14 Arve Opsahl, Norwegian actor and stand-up comedian (Mot i brøstet, Olsen-banden), born in Oslo, Norway (d. 2007)
May 16 Harry Carey Jr, American actor (Back to the Future Part III, Gremlins), born in Saugus, California (d. 2012)
May 19 Daniel Gélin, French actor (Obsession, The Man Who Knew Too Much), born in Angers, Maine-et-Loire (d. 2002)
May 23 Humphrey Lyttelton, British jazz trumpeter and bandleader ("Bad Penny Blues"), and broadcaster (BBC2 - Best Of Jazz, 1967-2007; BBC4 - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, 1972-2008), born in Eton, Buckinghamshire (d. 2008)
May 23 James Blish [pseudonym William Atheling, Jr], American-British, sci-fi author (Hugo, Star Trek Reader), born in East Orange, New Jersey (d. 1975)
May 23 Loren Tindall, American actor (Meet Me on Broadway, Girl of Limberlost), born in Hastings, Oklahoma (d. 1973)
May 23 Montague Modlyn, English radio and TV broadcaster, born in London, England (d. 1994)
May 31 Alida Valli [Baroness Alida von Marckenstein-Frauenberg], Italian actress (The Paradine Case, The Third Man), born in Rome, Italy (d. 2006)
May 31 Howard Reig, American radio and television announcer, born in New York City (d. 2008)
Jun 1 Nelson Riddle, American Grammy Award-winning bandleader, conductor, and orchestrator for Capitol and Reprise Records (Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Dean Martin, Rosemary Clooney, Linda Ronstadt), born in Oradell, New Jersey (d. 1985)
Jun 2 Alexander Salkind, Polish-French film producer (Superman film franchise), born in Danzig (d. 1997)
Jun 8 Alexis Smith, Canadian actress and singer (The Age of Innocence; Follies), born in Penticton, British Columbia (d. 1993)
Jun 8 Sheila Ryan, American actress (Big Fix, Mule Train, Ringside, Caged Fury), born in Topeka, Kansas (d. 1975)
Jun 12 James Archibald Houston, Canadian author and filmmaker (Tikta'Liktak), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2005)
Jun 18 Wesley Lau, American actor (Lt Anderson-Perry Mason), born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin (d. 1984)
Jun 19 Louis Jourdan [Louis Robert Gendre], French actor (The Paradine Case, Count Dracula, Gigi, Octopussy), born in Marseille, France (d. 2015)
Jun 21 Jane Russell, American actress and leading sex symbol in 1940s-50s (The Outlaw), born in Bemidji, Minnesota (d. 2011)
Jun 21 Jean Kent [Joan Summerfield], British actress (Caravan, Bond Street), born in London, England (d. 2013)
Jun 21 Joan Tetzel, American actress (Hell Below Zero, Joy in the Morning), born in New York City (d. 1977)

Judy Holliday (1921-1965)

Jun 21 American comedienne and actress (Born Yesterday, Adam's Rib), born in New York City

Jun 22 Joseph Papp, American stage producer and director (Pirates of Penzance; A Chorus Line), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1991)
Jun 27 Muriel Pavlow, British actress (Murder, She Said, Reach for the Sky), born in Lewisham, London (d. 2019)
Jul 2 Maria Britneva, Russian actress (A Room with a View, Maurice), born in Petrograd, Russia (d. 1994)
Jul 3 Susan Peters [Suzanne Carnahan], American actress (Random Harvest, Young Ideas), born in Spokane, Washington (d. 1952)
Jul 10 Jean "Jeff" Donnell, American actress (Gidget Goes to Rome, Hoedown, 9 Girls), born in Windham, Maine (d. 1988)
Jul 11 Ilse Werner [Ilse Charlotte Still], Dutch-German actress (Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow), born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (d. 2005)
Jul 13 Ernest Gold [Goldner], Austrian-born American film composer (Exodus), born in Vienna (d. 1999)
Jul 13 Git Gay [Birgit Carp], Swedish revue director, actress and singer (Git Gay Show, Ge mig en lektion i kärlek), born in Karlshamn, Sweden (d. 2007)
Jul 17 Acquanetta [Mildred Davenport], American actress nicknamed "The Venezuelan Volcano" (Tarzan & Leopard Woman), born in Newberry, South Carolina (d. 2004)
Jul 17 František Zvarík, Slovakian stage actor (Slovak National Theatre), born in Vrútky, Slovakia (d. 2008)
Jul 23 Calvert DeForest, American comedian (Larry "Bud" Melman), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2007)
Jul 23 Heinz Bennent, German actor (Possession, The Serpent's Egg), born in Stolberg, Germany (d. 2011)
Jul 24 Billy Taylor, American jazz pianist (Birdland), orchestra leader (David Frost Show), and broadcaster (NPR), born in Greenville, North Carolina (d. 2010) [1]
Jul 26 Jean Shepherd, American writer and actor (A Christmas Story), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1999)
Jul 27 Émile Genest, French Canadian actor (The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Les Plouffe), born in Quebec City, Canada (d. 2003)
Jul 29 Richard Egan, American actor (Empire; Redigo; Pollyanna), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1987)
Jul 30 George Lampe, Dutch painter and director (Free Academy), born in Schiedam, Netherlands (d. 1982)
Aug 2 Alan Whicker, British journalist and TV broadcaster (Whicker's World), born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 2013)
Aug 3 Marilyn Maxwell, American actress and entertainer (Champion, The Lemon Drop Kid, East of Sumatra), born in Clarinda, Iowa (d. 1972)
Aug 8 Esther Williams, American swimmer and actress (Dangerous When Wet), born in Inglewood California (d. 2013)

Gene Roddenberry (1921-1991)

Aug 19 American creator of Star Trek, born in El Paso, Texas

Aug 25 Monty Hall, Canadian-American TV game show host (Let's Make a Deal), born in Winnipeg Canada (d. 2017)
Aug 26 David Begelman, American film producer who embezzled Columbia Pictures, born in New York City (d. 1995)
Aug 27 Leo Penn, American actor and film director, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts (d. 1998)
Aug 28 Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, academic and playwright (All About My Mother), born in Lima, Peru (d. 2007)
Aug 28 Johan "Joop" Doderer, Dutch actor (Swiebertje; My Fair Lady), born in Velsen, Netherlands (d. 2005)
Aug 28 Nancy Kulp, American actress (The Beverly Hillbillies, The Aristocats, Shane), born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (d. 1991)
Sep 3 Harry Landers [Sorokin], American actor (Star Trek, Ben Casey, Drive a Crooked Road), born in New York City (d. 2017)
Sep 5 Jack Valenti, American political advisor and film executive, born in Houston, Texas (d. 2007)
Sep 8 Harry Secombe, Welsh actor, comedian, singer and goon (The Goon Show; Oliver!), born in Swansea, Wales (d. 2001)
Sep 11 Edwin Richfield, British actor (Interpol Calling, The Avengers), born in London England (d. 1990)
Sep 12 Frank McGee, American news anchor (NBC Evening News), born in Monroe, Louisiana (d. 1974)
Sep 14 Hughes Rudd, American news anchor (CBS Morning News), born in Waco, Texas (d. 1992)
Sep 15 Norma MacMillan, Canadian voice actress (Casper the Ghost), born in Vancouver (d. 2001)
Sep 20 Melvin "Slappy" White, American comedian and actor, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1995)
Sep 24 Jim McKay, American sportscaster (ABC's Wide World of Sports; American Sportscasters Association HOF), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2008)
Sep 24 Leonard Salzedo, British orchestral, ballet, and film composer (The Witch Boy; Requiem Sine Voxibus, Hammer Films), born in London, England (d. 2000)
Sep 30 Deborah Kerr, American actress (The King & I, Night of Iguana), born in Helensburg Scotland (d. 2007)
Oct 1 James Whitmore, American actor (The Shawshank Redemption, Give 'em Hell Harry), born in White Plains, New York (d. 2009)
Oct 9 Michel Boisrond, French film director and screenwriter, born in Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais, France (d. 2002)
Oct 10 James Clavell, British-American novelist (Tai-Pan; Shogun; Noble House; King Rat), screenwriter (The Fly; The Great Escape), and film director (King Rat; To Sir, with Love), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1994)
Oct 13 Harper MacKay, American orchestra leader (NBC Follies), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1995)
Oct 13 Yves Montand [Ivo Livi], Italian-French actor and singer (Z, Napoleon, Grand Prix), born in Monsummano Terme, Italy (d. 1991)
Oct 16 Michael Conrad, American Emmy Award-winning actor (Hill Street Blues - "Sgt. Phil Esterhaus"), born in New York City (d. 1983)
Oct 17 Tom Poston, American actor (Newhart - "George Utley"; Mork & Mindy - "Franklin Bickley"; The Bob Newhart Show; The Steve Allen Show), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 2007)
Oct 19 George Nader, American actor (Robot Monster, Away All Boats), born in Pasadena, California (d. 2002)
Oct 21 Sir Malcolm Arnold, British trumpeter, and classical and film score composer (The Bridge On The River Kwai), born in Northampton, England (d. 2006)
Oct 29 Edward "Ed" Kemmer, American actor (Space Patrol, Lux Video Theatre), born in Reading, Pennsylvania (d. 2004)
Nov 2 Shepard Menken, American voice and character actor (The Wild Wild West), born in New York City (d. 1999)

Charles Bronson (1921-2003)

Nov 3 American actor (Magnificent Seven, Death Wish, The Dirty Dozen), born in Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania [1]

Nov 8 Gene Saks, American actor and director (One & Only, Prisoner of 2nd Ave), born in New York City (d. 2015)
Nov 9 Ivo Rudolph Jarosy, German-British film scholar and exhibitor, born in Berlin (d. 1996)
Nov 14 Brian Keith, American actor (Family Affair, Loneliest Runner, The Parent Trap), born in Bayonne, New Jersey (d. 1997)
Nov 19 (Emmanuel) "Emil" Braginsky, Soviet Russian screenwriter (The Irony of Fate), born in Moscow, USSR (d. 1998)
Nov 20 Daniel "Dan" Frazer, American actor (Kojak, Take the Money and Run), born in New York City (d. 2011)
Nov 20 Phyllis Thaxter, American actress (Nora, Fort Worth), born in Portland, Maine (d. 2012)
Nov 21 Vivian Blaine, American actress (Guys & Dolls, Skirts Ahoy), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1995)
Nov 22 Brian Cleeve, Irish broadcaster (d. 2003)

Rodney Dangerfield (1921-2004)

Nov 22 American comedian and actor (Caddyshack), born in Babylon, New York

Nov 23 Ferdinando "Fred" Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor, born in Turin, Italy (d. 1960)
Nov 29 Dagmar [Virginia Ruth Egnor], American actress, model, and television personality (Broadway's Open House), born in Yawkey, West Virginia (d. 2001)
Dec 1 Ralph Manza, American actor (Banacek, Mama Malone, Newhart), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2000)
Dec 4 (Edna Mae) "Deanna" Durbin, Canadian actress and vocalist (Every Sunday; Three Smart Girls; 100 Men & a Girl), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 2013)
Dec 5 Alvin "Alvy" Moore, American comic actor (Green Acres, Scream, Intruder), born in Vincennes, Indiana (d. 1997)
Dec 5 Peter Hansen, American actor (General Hospital, The War of the Roses), born in Oakland, California (d. 2017)
Dec 6 Piero Piccioni, Italian jazz pianist, lawyer, film score composer (Swept Away), and conductor, born in Turin, Piedmont, Italy (d. 2004)
Dec 8 Terence Morgan, British actor (Sir Francis Drake, Curse of the Mummy's Tomb), born in London, England (d. 2005)
Dec 11 Liz Smith [Betty Gleadle] British BAFTA Award-winning character actress (A Private Function; 2point4 Children -"Belle" and "Bette"), born in Crosby, Lincolnshire, England (d. 2016)
Dec 11 Maila Nurmi [Syrjäniemi], Finnish-American actress (The Vampira Show), born in Gloucester, Massachusetts or Petsamo, Finland (d. 2008)
Dec 20 George Roy Hill, American Academy Award-winning film director (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; The Sting; Slap Shot; A Little Romance; The World According to Garp), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 2002)
Dec 23 Gerald S O'Loughlin, American actor and director (Storefront Lawyer, Rookies, Wheels), born in New York City (d. 2015)