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Actors Born on February 13

  • 1895 Fred Essler, Austrian actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1973)
  • 1908 Pauline Frederick, American journalist and correspondent (UN, NBC TV), born in Gallitzin, Pennsylvania (d. 1990)
  • 1911 Jean Muir, American actress (Fugitive in the Sky, The Aldrich Family) and the 1st performer to be blacklisted for being an alleged communist sympathizer, born in Suffern, New York (d. 1996)
  • 1912 Margaretta Scott, British actress (Crescendo, Where's Charley, Counterblast), born in Westminster, London (d. 2005)
  • 1915 Lyle Bettger, American actor (The Greatest Show on Earth, Lone Ranger), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2003)
  • 1916 James Griffith, American actor (Sheriff of Cochise), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1993)
  • 1916 John Reed, British comic actor and singer (Gilbert & Sullivan; D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 1951-79), born in Close House, Durham, England (d. 2010)
  • 1919 "Tennessee" Ernie Ford, American country music singer ("Sixteen Tons"), and actor, born in Bristol, Tennessee (d. 1991)
  • 1920 Eileen Farrell, American soprano (I Got A Right To Sing The Blues; Metropolitan Opera, 1960-66) and film voice (Interrupted Melody), born in Willimantic, Connecticut (d. 2002)
  • 1932 Susan Oliver [Charlotte Gercke], American stage and screen actress (Peyton Place - "Ann"; Star Trek - The Cage), television director, and airplane pilot, born in New York City (d. 1990)
  • 1933 Caroline Blakiston, English actress (Brass, Return of the Jedi), born in London, England
  • 1933 Kim Novak [Marilyn], American actress (Vertigo, Of Human Bondage), born in Chicago, Illinois
  • 1934 George Segal, American actor (Carbon Copy; Fun With Dick & Jane; Just Shoot Me!), and banjo player, born in Great Neck, New York (d. 2021)
  • 1938 Oliver Reed, English actor (Big Sleep), born in London (d. 1999)
  • 1941 Bo Svenson, Swedish actor (North Dallas 40, Walking Tall), born in Goteborg, Sweden
  • 1942 Carol Lynley, American actress (Night Stalker, Fantasy Island, Immortal), born in New York City
  • 1942 Peter Tork [Thorkelson], American musician and actor (The Monkees), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2019)

Jerry Springer (1944-2023)

German-American politician (Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1977), and television tabloid talk show host (Jerry Springer, 1991-2018), born in London, England

  • 1944 Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Indian actor, born in Wadakkancherry, India (d. 2006)
  • 1944 Stockard Channing, American actress (Grease, Big Bus, Without a Trace), born in New York City
  • 1945 Ken Sitzberger, American diver and broadcaster (Olympic gold 3m springboard 1964), born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (d. 1984)
  • 1946 Louis Kondos, Greek actor, born in Athens, Greece
  • 1947 Kevin Bloody Wilson [Dennis Bryant], Australian musical comedian, born in Sydney, Australia
  • 1950 Ewa Aulin, Swedish actress (Candy, Fiorina La Vacca), born in Stockholm, Sweden
  • 1951 David Naughton, American actor (My Sister Sam, Separate Vacations), born in Hartford, Connecticut
  • 1953 Sharon Wyatt, American actress (Tiffany-General Hospital), born in Lebanon, Tennessee
  • 1956 Richard Eden, Canadian actor (Brick-Santa Barbara, Solar Crisis, Robocop), born in Toronto, Ontario
  • 1958 Pernilla August, Swedish actress, born in Stockholm, Sweden
  • 1958 Tip Tipping, British actor and stuntman, born in England, United Kingdom (d. 1993)
  • 1960 Matt Salinger, American actor (Captain America, Deadly Deception), born in Windsor, Vermont
  • 1961 Henry Rollins [Garfield], American musician (Big Ugly Mouth; Talking From the Box), monologuist, and actor, born in Washington, D.C.
  • 1962 Hugh Dennis, English comedian and actor (Not Going out), born in Kettering, England
  • 1963 Roberta Vasquez, American actor and model (November, 1984), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1964 Mark Patton, US interior designer and actor (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Come back to the Five and Dime), born in Kansa City, Missouri
  • 1965 Stephen Manley, American actor (Donny-Married the 1st Year), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1966 Neal McDonough, American actor (Band of Brothers; Desperate Housewives; Suits), born in Dorchester, Massachusetts
  • 1966 Tally Chanel, Israeli actress (Warrior Queen), born in Tel Aviv, Israel

Kelly Hu (56 years old)

1968 American actress ("Sunset Beach"; "The Scorpion King"), model and beauty queen (Miss Teen USA 1985), born in Honolulu, Hawaii

  • 1969 Ahlam [Ahlah Ali Al Shamsi], Emirati, classical Arabic, Khaliji, and pop singer, and television personality (Arab Idol), born in Manama, Bahrain
  • 1978 Mini Andén, Swedish model and actress, born in Stockholm, Sweden
  • 1979 Mena Suvari, American actress, born in Newport, Rhode Island
  • 1985 Kwak Ji-min, South Korean actress, born in South Korea
  • 1989 Carly McKillip, Canadian actress, born in Vancouver, British Columbia

El Rubius (34 years old)

1990 Spanish YouTube star (6th most subscribed channel), born in Mijas, Spain

Sophia Lillis (22 years old)

2002 born in Brooklyn, New York