Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift.

Actors Born on December 14

  • 1881 Katherine MacDonald, American actress and film producer (Stranger Than Fiction, The Infidel), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1956)
  • 1884 Jane Cowl, American actress and playwright (Smilin' Through), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1950)
  • 1898 Lillian Randolph, American radio and screen actress (The Great Gildersleeve; Amos 'n Andy; It's A Wonderful Life: Roots; The Onion Field), born in Knoxville, Tennessee (d. 1978)
  • 1902 Frances Bavier, American Emmy Award-winning stage and screen actress (The Andy Griffith Show & Mayberry, RFD - "Aunt Bee"), born in New York City (d. 1989)
  • 1906 Guy Middleton, British actor (Oh! What a Lovely War, Laughter in Paradise), born in Hove, East Sussex, England (d. 1973)
  • 1908 (Moritz) "Morey" Amsterdam, American comedian, cellist, and actor (The Dick Van Dyke Show - "Buddy"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1996)
  • 1908 Laurence Naismith, British actor (Diamonds Are Forever, Camelot, Persuaders), born in Thames Ditton, Surrey, England (d. 1992)
  • 1915 Clay Warnick, American choral director (Your Show Of Shows), born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 1995)
  • 1915 Daniel "Dan" Dailey, American dancer and actor (You're My Everything, Governor & J.J.), born in New York City (d. 1978)
  • 1917 Elyse Knox, American actress (Hit the Ice, Black Gold), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 2012)
  • 1918 James T. Aubrey, American television executive (President of the CBS television network 1959-65), born in LaSalle, Illinois (d. 1994)
  • 1919 Felix the Cat, anthropomorphic cartoon character created in the silent film era by Pat Sullivan and Otto Messmer
  • 1922 Don Hewitt, American CBS news executive producer (60 Minutes), born in New York City (d. 2009)
  • 1923 Irving "Sully" Boyar, American actor (Dog Day Afternoon, Car Wash), born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (d. 2001)
  • 1924 Raj Kapoor, Indian actor known as "the greatest showman of Hindi cinema" (Awaara, Boot Polish), born in Peshawar, British India (d. 1988)
  • 1932 George Furth, American actor and director (Tammy, Good Guys, Dumplings), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2008)
  • 1935 Barbara Leigh-Hunt, British actress (Search for the Nile), born in Bath, Somerset, England
  • 1935 Lee Remick, American actress (Days of Wine & Rose, Long Hot Summer), born in Quincy, Massachusetts (d. 1991)
  • 1935 Lewis Arquette, American actor (Horror Show, Book of Love), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2001)
  • 1938 Hal Williams, American actor (Pvt Benjamin, 227, Sanford & Son), born in Columbus, Ohio
  • 1938 Janette Scott, English actress (Day of the Triffids), born in Morecambe, Lancashire, England
  • 1939 Marilyn Cooper, American actress (Broadway Bound, Survivors), born in New York City
  • 1942 Rex Thompson, American actor (Young Bess, King & I, Her 12 Men), born in New York City
  • 1942 Zoe Laskari, Greek actress, born in Thessaloniki, Greece (d. 2017)
  • 1943 Britt Allcroft, British film and television producer and writer who created the children's TV series "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends", born in Worthing, West Sussex, England
  • 1946 Jane Birkin, British-French pop singer ("Je t'aime... moi non plus"), actress (Dust; Death On The Nile), and fashion icon, born in Marylebone, London, England (d. 2023)
  • 1946 Michael Ovitz, American entertainment executive (president of Walt Disney Company, 1995-97; co-founder of Creative Artists Agency, 1975-95), born in Chicago, Illinois

Patty Duke (1946-2016)

American Academy and Emmy awarding actress (The Miracle Worker; The Patty Duke Show), and mental health advocate, born in New York City [1]

  • 1948 Boudewijn Büch, Dutch writer and TV host, born in The Hague, Netherlands
  • 1948 Dee Wallace Stone [Deanna Bowers], American actress (Critters, 10, ET), born in Kansas City, Kanasas
  • 1950 Vicki Michelle, English actress (Virgin Witch, Allo Allo), born in Chigwell, England
  • 1952 Germain Houde, French Canadian actor, born in Petit-Saguenay, Quebec
  • 1952 John Lurie, American jazz saxophonist (Lounge Lizards), composer and actor (Down By Law; Stranger Than Paradise), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • 1953 Joe Toplyn, American comedic writer (Late Night with David Letterman), born in Boston, Massachusetts
  • 1953 Vijay Amritraj, Indian tennis player and actor (Octopussy), born in Chennai, India
  • 1954 Eva Mattes, Austrian-German actress (Celeste, Man Like Eva), born in Tegernsee, Germany
  • 1954 James Horan, American actor (General Hospital, Transformers Prime), born in Louisville, Kentucky
  • 1958 Steven Rock-Savage, American actor (Shadow Play), born in Melville, Louisiana
  • 1963 Cindy Gibb, American actress (Search for Tomorrow, Youngblood), born in Bennington, Vermont
  • 1966 Lucrecia Martel, Argentine film director (La Ciénaga), born in Salta, Argentina
  • 1968 Noelle Beck, American actress (Trisha-Loving, Fletch Lives), born in Baltimore, Maryland
  • 1970 Nadine Garner, Australian actress (The Still Point), born in Knoxfield, Victoria, Australia
  • 1970 Toby Anstis, British radio and TV presenter, born in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
  • 1971 Natascha McElhone, English actress (The Truman Show), born in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England
  • 1972 Eric Anderson, American musical theatre actor, born in Newport Beach, California
  • 1972 Miranda Hart [Miranda Hart Dyke], English comedian and actress (Miranda), born in London, England
  • 1973 Thuy Trang, Vietnamese-American actress (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), born in Saigon, Vietnam (d. 2001)
  • 1973 Tia Texada, American actress and singer, born in Louisiana
  • 1975 KaDee Strickland, American actress (Private Practice, The Grudge), born in Patterson, Georgia
  • 1979 Sophie Monk, Australian actress, singer, and model, born in London
  • 1981 Amber Chia, Malaysian model and actress, born in Teluk Intan, Perak, Malaysia
  • 1981 Johnny Jeter, American professional wrestler, born in San Diego, California
  • 1982 Anthony Way, English singer and actor, born in London
  • 1984 Jackson Rathbone, American actor (The Twilight Saga), born in Singapore
  • 1985 Nonami Takizawa, Japanese gravure idol and actress, born in Saitama prefecture, Japan
  • 1985 Ren Yagami, Japanese actor and singer, born in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Vanessa Hudgens (35 years old)

1988 American singer and actress (High School Musical, The Princess Switch), born in Salinas, California

  • 1996 Barbie Ferreira, American actress (Euphoria) and model, born in New York City