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Actors Born on December 4

  • 1861 Lillian Russell [Helen Leonard], American singer and actress (Great Mogul), born in Clinton, Iowa (d. 1922)
  • 1889 Isabel Randolph, American actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Our Miss Brooks), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1973)
  • 1899 Charlotte Wynters, American stage and screen actress, born in Wheeling, West Virginia (d. 1991)
  • 1909 Jimmy Jewel [James Jewel Marsh], British comedic actor (The Avengers, Thicker Than Water), born in Sheffield, England (d. 1995)
  • 1914 Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (Spy Who Loved Me), born in Paris, France (d. 1993)
  • 1915 Allan Jackson, American newscaster (Youth Takes a Stand), born in Hot Springs, Arkansas (d. 1976)
  • 1920 Michael Bates, English actor (Clockwork Orange, Patton), born in Jhansi, British India (d. 1978)
  • 1921 (Edna Mae) "Deanna" Durbin, Canadian actress and vocalist (Every Sunday; Three Smart Girls; 100 Men & a Girl), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 2013)
  • 1922 Gérard Philipe, French actor (Caligula, Devil in the Flesh), born in Cannes, France (d. 1959)
  • 1923 John Krish, British documentary filmmaker (Let My People Go), born in London (d. 2016)
  • 1925 Maurice Binder, American photographer and film title designer (James Bond Movies), born in New York City (d. 1991)
  • 1928 Dena Dietrich, American actress ("Mother Nature" in Chiffon margarine commercials), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2020)
  • 1930 Ronnie Corbett, British comedian (The Two Ronnies), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 2016)
  • 1933 Horst Buchholz, German actor (Magnificent 7; Raid on Entebbe), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2003)
  • 1933 James Cossins, English stage and screen character actor (The Anniversary; Fawlty Towers), born in Beckenham, England (d. 1997)
  • 1934 Victor French, American actor (Highway to Heaven), born in Santa Barbara, California (d. 1989)
  • 1934 Wink Martindale, American TV host (Tic-Tac-Dough, Can You Top This), born in Jackson, Tennessee
  • 1937 Donnelly Rhodes, Canadian actor (Da Vinci's Inquest, Danger Bay), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 2018)
  • 1937 Max Baer Jr, American actor (The Beverly Hillbillies - "Jethro Bodine"), born in Oakland, California
  • 1938 Liesbeth Struppert, Dutch actress (Miep Gies-Anne Frank), born in Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands (d. 1994)
  • 1941 Humberto Solás, Cuban film director and writer (Lucia), born in Havana, Cuba (d. 2008)
  • 1942 Gemma Jones, English actress (Bridget Jones's Diary), born in Marylebone, London

Jeff Bridges (74 years old)

1949 American actor (Stay Hungry, Against All Odds), born in Los Angeles, California

  • 1949 Pamela Stephenson, New Zealand-born Australian actress (Superman 3, Sat Night Live), born in Takapuna, Auckland
  • 1950 Jan Rietman, Dutch radio and TV host, born in Doetinchem, Netherlands
  • 1950 Karel van de Graaf, Dutch TV host, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • 1951 Patricia Wettig, American actress (Nancy Weston-30 Something), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
  • 1954 Tony Todd, American actor and producer (Platoon), born in Washington, D.C.
  • 1964 Chelsea Noble, American actress (Kate-Growing Pains), born in Cheektowaga, New York
  • 1964 Jonathan Goldstein, American actor (Drake & Josh), born in Manhattan, New York

Marisa Tomei (59 years old)

1964 American actress (My Cousin Vinny, In the Bedroom, The Wrestler), born in Brooklyn, New York

  • 1964 Scott Hastings, Scottish rugby union centre and broadcaster (65 caps; 2 caps British & Irish Lions; Watsonians RFC), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
  • 1965 Álex de la Iglesia, Spanish film director (As Luck Would Have It), born in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
  • 1965 Veronica Taylor [McInerney], American voice actress (Pokemon - Ash Ketchum), born in New York City
  • 1966 Fereydun "Fred" Armisen, American comedian (Saturday Night Live), actor, writer (Portlandia), and musician (8G Band), born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
  • 1970 Kevin Sussman, American actor (Ugly Betty, The Big Bang Theory), born in New York City
  • 1970 Sylvester Terkay, American pro wrestler (Ultimate Pro Wrestling's first Heavyweight Champion), born in Washington, Pennsylvania

Tyra Banks (50 years old)

1973 American supermodel and actress (Higher Learning; Fresh Prince of Bel Air), born in Inglewood, California

  • 1983 Jimmy Bartel, Australian Rules Football utility and broadcaster (Brownlow Medal 2007; Norm Smith Medal 2011 AFL Premiership 2007, 09, 11, Geelong FC), born in Geelong, Australia
  • 1984 Brooke Adams, American model and professional wrestler, born in St. Louis, Missouri
  • 1984 Lauren London, American actress (The Game), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1984 Lindsay Felton, American actress (Caitlin's Way), born in Seattle, Washington