Actors Born in 1949

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• Jan 2 Christopher Durang, playwright/actor (Sister Mary), born in Montclair, New Jersey
• Jan 5 Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez, American operatic soprano, and actress (Diva), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2024) [1]
• Jan 7 Anne Schedeen, American actress, born in Portland, Oregon

• Jan 10 Teresa Graves, American actress (Laugh-in, Get Christie Love!), born in Houston, Texas
• Jan 12 Wayne Wang, American film director (Chan is Missing; Slam Dance), born in Hong Kong
• Jan 13 Brandon Tartikoff, American TV executive and president of NBC (1981-91), born in Freeport, New York (d. 1997)
• Jan 14 Christine Belford, American actress (Banacek, Empire, 90210), born in Amityville, New York
• Jan 14 Lawrence Kasdan, American screenwriter and director (Accidental Tourist), born in Miami, Florida
• Jan 14 Paul Chubb, Australian actor, born in Arncliffe, Australia (d. 2002)
• Jan 15 Panos Mihalopoulos, Greek actor, born in Kalamata, Greece
• Jan 16 Caroline Munro, British actress (Golden Voyage of Sinbad; Hammer Horror films), and singer ("Tar and Cement"; "Pump Me Up"), born in Windsor, England
• Jan 17 Andy Kaufman, American comedian and actor (Taxi - "Latka Gravas"), born in New York City (d. 1984)
• Jan 17 Billy T. James [William James Te Wehi Taitoko], New Zealand Maori comedian and singer (The Billy T. James Show), born in Cambridge, New Zealand (d. 1991)
• Jan 17 Debbie Watson, American actress (Karen, Tammy), born in La Mirada California,
• Jan 20 Martin von Haselberg, Argentine actor and performance artist, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Jan 26 David Strathairn, American actor (LA Confidential, The Bourne Ultimatum), born in San Francisco, California
• Jan 27 Jaya Suprana [Phoa Kok Tjiang], Indonesian pianist, composer, conductor, writer, educator, and television presenter, born in Denpasar, Bali
• Jan 31 Carol Hawkins, English actress (Dialing for Dingbats), born in Chipping Barnet, United Kingdom
• Feb 2 Brent Spiner, American actor (Data-Star Trek the Next Generation), born in Houston, Texas
• Feb 2 Sherry Mathis, American actress (Search for Tomorrow), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1994)
• Feb 4 Michael Beck, actor (Hans Helms-Holocaust), born in Memphis, Tennessee
• Feb 6 Mike Batt, British director, actor, composer, and former Deputy Chairman (British Phonographic Industry), born in Southampton, England
• Feb 8 Brooke Adams, American actress (Cynthia-OK Crackerby, Body Snatchers), born in New York City
• Feb 8 Julia Barr, American actress (Brooke-All My Children), born in Ft Wayne, Indiana
• Feb 9 Judith Light, American actress (Who's the Boss - "Angela"; One Life to Live), born in Trenton, New Jersey
• Feb 10 Harold Sylvester, American actor
• Feb 15 Jess Walton, Mich, actress (Jill Foster Abbott-Young & Restless)
• Feb 20 Ivana Trump (née Zelníčková), Czech-American model and ex-wife of Donald Trump (1st Wives Club), born in Gottwaldov, Moravia, Czechoslovak Republic (d. 2022)
• Feb 24 Manuel De Sica, Italian composer, chiefly of film scores, born in Rome (d. 2014)

• Mar 2 Gates McFadden, American actress (Beverly Crusher-Star Trek Next Generation), born in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
• Mar 12 Mary Alice Williams, American television news reporter and anchor (CNN; NBC; WNET; CBS; NJN), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Mar 12 Moctesuma Esparza, Mexican-American producer and filmmaker
• Mar 12 Sara Lane, American actress (Elizabeth Grainger-The Virginian), born in New York City
• Mar 15 John Duttine, English actor (The Day of the Triffids), born in Barnsley, England
• Mar 16 Erik Estrada, actor (CHiPs), born in New York City
• Mar 16 Victor Garber, actor (Days & Nights of Molly Dodd), born in Montreal, Quebec
• Mar 17 Patrick Duffy, American actor (Dallas - "Bobby Ewing"; Man from Atlantis), born in Townsend, Montana
• Mar 19 Denny Albee, American actor (Dr Janssen-One Life to Live), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Mar 22 Brian Hanrahan, British TV newsman (BBC), born in Middlesex, England (d. 2010)
• Mar 22 Fanny Ardant, French actress (The Woman Next Door), born in Saumur, France
• Mar 26 Patrick Süskind, German novelist and screenwriter ("Perfume: The Story of a Murderer"), born in Ambach, Bavaria, Germany
• Mar 26 Vicki Lawrence, American television actress (The Carol Burnett Show; Mama's Family), and singer ("The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia"), born in Inglewood, California
• Mar 30 (Richenda Antoinette) "Dana" Gillespie, British actress (Jesus Christ Superstar), and folk-pop-rock-blues singer-songwriter, born in Woking, Surrey, England
• Mar 30 Naomi Sims, American fashion model and businesswoman
• Mar 30 Sue Cook, British broadcaster (Crimewatch), born in Ruislip, England
• Apr 2 Pamela Reed, actress (Grand, Kindergarten Cop, Home Court), born in Tacoma, Washington
• Apr 3 Lyle Alzado, American NFL defensive linesman (LA Raiders) and actor (Oceans of Fire, Hangfire), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1992)
• Apr 5 John Berg, American actor (Star Trek: Nemesis), born in Wichita Falls, Texas (d. 2007)
• Apr 6 Jane Actman, American actress (Barbara-Paul Lynde Show), born in New York City
• Apr 8 Jim Lampley, American broadcaster (Monday Night Baseball), born in Hendersonville, North Carolina
• Apr 8 Tom Owen [Rowbotham], British actor (Last of the Summer Wine, 2000-10 - "Tom"), born in Marylebone, London, England (d. 2022)
• Apr 11 Bernd Eichinger, German film producer and director, born in Neuburg an der Donau, Germany (d. 2011)
• Apr 11 Carl Franklin, American actor (Devil in a Blue Dress), born in Richmond, California
• Apr 14 Chris Langham, English comedian and actor (The Thick of It; Not the Nine O'Clock News; Help), born in London
• Apr 14 John Shea, American actor (Honeymoon, New Life, Lois & Clark), born in North Conway, New Hampshire
• Apr 14 Sonja Kristina [Shaw], English songwriter and actress (Hair; Curved Air), born in Brentwood, England
• Apr 15 Craig Zadan, American film producer, born in Miami, Florida
• Apr 16 Melody Patterson, American actress (F Troop), born in Inglewood, California (d. 2015)

• Apr 20 Veronica Cartwright, English-American actress (Invasion of the Body Snatchers), born in Bristol, England
• Apr 21 Patti LuPone, American stage and screen Tony Award-winning actress and Grammy Award-winning singer (Evita; Life Goes On), born in Northport, Long Island, New York
• Apr 23 Blair Brown, American actress (Altered States, Molly Dodd), born in Washington, D.C.
• Apr 23 Joyce DeWitt, American actress (Janet Wood-Three's Company), born in Wheeling, West Virginia
• Apr 26 Jerry Blackwell, American professional wrestler, born in Stone Mountain, Georgia (d. 1995)
• Apr 27 Doug Sheehan, American actor (Knots Landing, 1983-87 - "Ben": General Hospital, 1979-82 - "Joe Kelly"), born in Santa Monica, California (d. 2024)
• Apr 27 Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Japanese professional wrestler (NJPW/PWF/UWF), born in Iwate, Japan
• Apr 28 Bruno Kirby, American actor (d. 2006)
• Apr 28 Paul Guilfoyle, American actor (CSI, Mrs. Doubtfire), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• Apr 29 Anita Dobson, British stage and screen actress (EastEnders, 1985-88 - "Angie Watts"), and singer ("Anyone Can Fall in Love"), born in Stepney, London, England
• May 1 Douglas Barr, American actor (Howie-Fall Guy), born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
• May 2 Alan Titchmarsh, English gardener and broadcaster (Gardener's World), born in Iilkley, England
• May 3 Ken Hom, Chinese-American chef, author and BBC TV presenter (OBE for "services to culinary arts" 2009), born in Tucson, Arizona
• May 4 Sybil Danning, Austrian-American actress (Chained Heat), born in Wels, Austria
• May 5 Anna Bergman, Swedish actress (Agent 69), born in Stockholm, Sweden
• May 7 Stuart Marshall, British film director (Desire), born in Manchester (d. 1993)
• May 13 Franklyn Ajaye, American comedian and actor (Car Wash, The Jazz Singer, Bridesmaids), born in Brooklyn, New York
• May 13 Zoe Wanamaker, American actress (Raggedy Rawney), born in New York City
• May 15 Eric Beekes, Dutch pop singer (Kater), and actor (Lily Was Here), born in Surabaya, Dutch East Indies (now Jawa Timur, Indonesia)
• May 24 Jim Broadbent, English actor (Iris), born in Lincoln, Lincolnshire

• May 26 Dayle Haddon, Canadian model and actress (North Dallas Forty; Bedroom Eyes), born in Montreal, Quebec
• May 26 Pam Grier, American actress (The Big Bird Cage; Jackie Brown; The L-Word), born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• May 26 Philip Michael Thomas, American actor (Miami Vice - "Tubbs"), born in Columbus, Ohio
• May 28 Sue Holderness, English actress (Marlene-Only Fools & Horses, Sandbaggers), born in London, England
• May 31 Steven Kampmann, American actor (Newhart, 1982-85 - "Kirk"), and screenwriter (WKRP in Cincinnati), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• May 31 Tom Berenger, American actor (Big Chill, Someone to Watch Over Me), born in Chicago, Illinois
• Jun 4 Gabriel Arcand, French Canadian actor (The Crime of Ovide Plouffe), born in Deschambault, Quebec, Canada
• Jun 6 Holly Near, American folk singer, actress, and activist, born in Ukiah, California
• Jun 8 Jeffrey Mylett, American actor and songwriter, born in North Canton, Ohio (d. 1986)
• Jun 9 Francis Monkman, British film composer, musician and songwriter (Curved Air; Sky), born in Hampstead, North London
• Jun 10 Kevin Corcoran, American actor (Swiss Family Robinson, Babes in Toyland), born in Santa Monica, California (d. 2015)
• Jun 14 Rochelle Firestone, American actress (Hellhole), born in Kansas City, Missouri
• Jun 15 Jim Varney, American actor (Ernest Goes to Jail; Hey Vern: The Beverly Hillbillies movie), born in Lexington, Kentucky (d. 2002)
• Jun 15 Simon Callow, English actor (Four Weddings and a Funeral; A Room With A View), born in London, England
• Jun 16 Kale Browne, American actor (Michael Hudson-Another World), born in San Rafael, California

• Jun 22 Lindsay Wagner, American actress (Bionic Woman, Paper Chase, Nighthawks), born in Los Angeles, California

• Jun 25 Brenda Sykes, American actress (Ozzie's Girls; Getting Straight), born in Shreveport, Louisiana
• Jun 25 Kene Holliday, American actor (Tyler-Matlock, Carter Country), born in New York City
• Jun 25 Phyllis George, American beauty queen (Miss America, 1971), sportscaster (CBS, 1974-85), and First Lady of Kentucky, 1979-83, born in Denton, Texas (d. 2020)
• Jul 2 Hanno Pöschl, Austrian actor ("Exit...But No Panic"; "Tales from the Vienna Woods"), born in Vienna, Austria
• Jul 3 Jan Smithers, American actress (WKRP in Cincinnati - "Bailey"), born in Hollywood, California
• Jul 3 Susan Penhaligon, British actress (Dracula, Nasty Habits), born in Manila, Philippines
• Jul 5 Marilyn Cole, English Playmate model (Jan, 1972, Playmate of the Year 1973), born in Portsmouth, England
• Jul 6 Shelley Hack, American actress (Tiffany Welles-Charlie's Angel), born in Greenwich, Connecticut

• Jul 8 Frank Delima, American comedian, born in Hawaii
• Jul 10 Mark Shera, American actor (SWAT; Barnaby Jones), born in Bayonne, New Jersey
• Jul 15 WiIlliam Faure, South African film producer (Shaka Zulu), born in South Africa (d. 1994)
• Jul 19 Ivar Kants, Australian actor (A Country Practice), born in Adelaide, Australia

• Jul 24 Michael Richards, American comedian (Fridays, Kramer-Seinfeld), born in Los Angeles, California
• Jul 27 Jeremy Thomas, British film producer and actor (Family Life), born in London
• Jul 28 Randall Wallace, American screenwriter and film producer (Braveheart), born in Jackson, Tennessee
• Jul 29 Leslie Easterbrook, American actress (The Devil's Rejects, Police Academy), born in Los Angeles, California
• Jul 29 Stephen Burleigh, American actor (Love & Betrayal, Afterburn), born in Wheeling, West Virginia
• Aug 1 Nigel Finch, English TV director and film-maker, born in Tenterden, Kent (d. 1995)
• Aug 2 Madeleine Smith, English actress (Vampire Lovers), born in Sussex, England
• Aug 6 Dino Bravo, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 1993)
• Aug 6 Joyce McKinney, American beauty queen (Miss Wyoming, 1972), born in Avery County, North Carolina
• Aug 8 Keith Carradine, San Mateo California, actor (Young Guns, Pretty Baby)
• Aug 11 Ian Charleson, Scottish actor (Gandhi, Chariots of Fire), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
• Aug 12 Mark Knopfler, British singer-songwriter, guitarist (Dire Straits - "Walk Of Life"; "Sultans Of Swing"; The Notting Hillbillies), and film score composer (Local Hero; Princess Bride), born in Glasgow, Scotland
• Aug 14 Bob Backlund, American pro wrestler (WWWF/WWF Heavyweight C'ship 1978-93, 1994; WWF Tag Team C'ship with Pedro Morales), born in Princeton, Minnesota
• Aug 15 Ann Ryerson, American actress (Pvt Carol Winter-Pvt Benjamin), born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
• Aug 16 Naseeruddin Shah, Indian actor (Zinda Bhaag, Masoom, Paar), born in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh
• Aug 20 Alan Hardwick, English TV presenter, born in Staveley, Derbyshire, England
• Aug 21 Loretta Devine, American actress (Boston Public), born in Houston, Texas
• Aug 23 Christopher Blake, English actor (Alexa), born in Chingford, London
• Aug 23 Katiana Balanika [Ekaterini Athaniti], Greek actress (On Air; Lysistrata) and singer, born in Greece
• Aug 23 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
• Aug 23 Shelley Long, American actress (Diane in Cheers, Money Pit), born in Fort Wayne, Indiana
• Aug 24 Joe Regalbuto, American actor (Knots Landing; Murphy Brown - "Frank"), born in Brooklyn, New York
• Aug 25 Fariborz Lachini, Iranian film score composer, born in Tehran, Iran
• Aug 25 John Savage, American actor (The Deer Hunter; Maria's Lovers: The Onion Fields), born in Old Bethpage, New York
• Aug 26 Virginia Vallejo, Colombian journalist, writer and TV presenter, born in Cartago, Colombia
• Aug 28 Charles Rocket, American actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live), born in Bangor, Maine (d. 2005)
• Aug 29 Stan Hansen, American pro wrestler, 1973-2001 (most successful gaijin in Japanese pro wrestling history), born in Knox City Texas
• Aug 30 Christopher Collins, American actor (True Identity), voice actor (Cobra Commander-G.I. Joe) and comedian, born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 1994)

• Sep 1 Garry Maddox, American MLB centerfielder, 1972-86 (San Francisco Giants; Philadelphia Phillies - 8X Gold Glove, World Series champ), broadcaster, entrepreneur, and Vietnam War veteran, born in Cincinnati, Ohio
• Sep 10 Bill O'Reilly, American TV host and commentator (The O'Reilly Factor), born in New York City
• Sep 10 Don Muraco, American professional wrestler (WWF), born in Sunset Beach, Hawaii
• Sep 10 Freddy Marks, English actor, singer and entertainer (Rod, Jane and Freddy), born in Smethwick, Worcestershire, England (d. 2021)
• Sep 16 Ed Begley Jr, American actor (Eating Raoul, St Elsewhere, Parenthood), born in Los Angeles, California
• Sep 16 Susan Ruttan, American actress (Roxanne Melman-LA Law), born in Oregon City, Oregon
• Sep 17 Road Runner, Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Chuck Jones (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in "Fast and Furry-ous"
• Sep 17 Wile E. Coyote, Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Chuck Jones (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in "Fast and Furry-ous"

• Sep 20 Anthony Denison, American actor (The Closer), born in New York
• Sep 23 Floella Benjamin, Trinidadian-British actress, presenter (Play School) and politician, born in Pointe-à-Pierre, Trinidad and Tobago
• Sep 25 Anson Williams, American actor (Potsie-Happy Days), born in Los Angeles, California
• Sep 25 Mimi Kennedy, American actress (Spencer, 3 girls 3, Under 1 Roof), born in Rochester, New York
• Sep 25 Pedro Almodovar, Spanish filmmaker (Women the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Matador), born in Calzada de Calatrava, Spain
• Sep 27 Robb Weller, American TV host (Entertainment Tonight, Home Show)
• Sep 29 Tony Hoty, American actor (Ransom, Paper), born in Cleveland, Ohio
• Oct 4 Armand Assante, American actor (Private Benjamin, Unfaithfully Yours), born in New York City
• Oct 7 Gabriel Yared, Lebanese-French Grammy and Academy Award-winning film score composer (Betty Blue; The English Patient; The Talented Mr. Ripley; Chocolat), born in Beirut, Lebanon

• Oct 10 Jessica Harper, American actress (Inserts, Stardust Memories), born in Chicago, Illinois
• Oct 13 Marisol Malaret, 1st Puerto Rican Miss Universe (1970), born in Utuado, Puerto Rico
• Oct 14 Katy Manning, English actress (Doctor Who-Jo Grant), born in Guildford, Surrey, England
• Oct 15 Tanya Roberts [Victoria Blum], American actress (Charlie's Angels, 1980-81; A View To A Kill; That 70's Show), born in New York City (d. 2021) [1]
• Oct 17 Bill Hudson, comedian (Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show), born in Portland, Oregon
• Oct 18 Ed Farmer, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1980; Chicago White Sox) and radio broadcaster (Chicago White Sox, 1991-2005), born in Evergreen Park, Illinois (d. 2020)
• Oct 25 Brian Kerwin, American actor (Chisholms; King Kong Lives; Lobo), born in Chicago, Illinois
• Oct 27 Robin Miller, American motorsports journalist (Indianapolis Star, Autoweek, Car and Driver, ESPN, Speed, NBCSN), born in Anderson, Indiana (d. 2021)

• Oct 29 Paul Orndorff, American pro wrestler (WWE Hall of Fame 2005; WCW World Tag Team C'ship [Paul Roma] 1995; "Mr Wonderful"), born in Winchester, Virginia (d. 2021)
• Nov 1 Jeannie Berlin, American actress (Heartbreak Kid, Portnoy's Complaint), born in Los Angeles, California
• Nov 3 Mike Evans, American actor (All In The Family & The Jeffersons - "Lionel"), born in Salisbury, North Carolina (d. 2006)
• Nov 4 Berlinda Tolbert, American actor (Jenny-The Jeffersons), born in Charlotte, North Carolina
• Nov 5 Armin Shimerman, American actor (Principal Snyder-Buffy the Vampire Slayer), born in Lakewood, New Jersey
• Nov 6 Brad Davis, American actor (Roots, Chiefs, Midnight Express), born in Tallahassee, Florida (d. 1991)
• Nov 6 Nigel Havers, English actor (Don't Wait Up), born in London, England
• Nov 7 (Susan) "Su" Pollard, British stage and screen actress (Hi-de-Hi!), and singer-songwriter ("Starting Together"), born in Nottingham, England
• Nov 10 Ann Reinking, American dancer and actress (All the Jazz; Micki & Maude), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2020) [1]
• Nov 12 Penelope Pussycat, Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Chuck Jones (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in "For Scent-imental Reasons"
• Nov 14 Phil Baron, American voice actor (Piglet), born in Cleveland, Ohio
• Nov 20 Ray Vitte, American actor (Doc, Cody-Quest), born in New York City
• Nov 21 Nickolas Grace, British stage and screen actor (Brideshead Revisited; Heat and Dust; Robin of Sherwood), born in West Kirby, Cheshire, England
• Nov 24 Shane Bourne, Australian comedian and actor
• Nov 26 Juanin Clay, American actress (The Legend of the Lone Ranger), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1995)
• Nov 28 Alexander Godunov, Russian-American ballet dancer (Bolshoi Ballet, 1971-79), and actor (Witness; Die Hard), born in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin, USSR (d. 1995)
• Nov 28 Paul Shaffer, Canadian keyboardist (SNL, 1975-80), orchestra leader (David Letterman, 1982-2015; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame), and songwriter ("It's Raining Men"), born in Thunder Bay, Ontario
• Nov 29 Garry Shandling, American comedian (It's Garry Shandling's Show, Larry Sanders Show), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2016)
• Nov 29 Jerry Lawler, American professional wrestler (WWE), born in Memphis, Tennessee
• Nov 29 Wayne Cowan [Dutch Mantel], American wrestler, born in South Carolina
• Nov 30 Billy Drago, American character actor, specializing in roles as a villain (Pale Rider; The Untouchables), born in Hugoton, Kansas (d. 2019)
• Nov 30 Margaret Whitton, American actress (Good & Evil; Major League), born in Meade, Maryland (d. 2016)
• Dec 2 Ron Raines, American actor (Alan Spaulding-Guiding Light), born in Texas City, Texas
• Dec 3 Heather Menzies-Urich, Canadian actress (The Sound of Music; Piranha), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2017)

• Dec 4 Pamela Stephenson, New Zealand-born Australian actress (Superman 3, Sat Night Live), born in Takapuna, Auckland
• Dec 5 Lewis Arlt, American actor (Littlest Victims, Ken-Another World), born in Kingston, New York
• Dec 5 Pamela Blair American stage actress, singer, and dancer (A Chorus Line), born in Bennington, Vermont (d. 2023)

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