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Actors Born on July 15

  • 1864 Marie Tempest [Marie Susan Etherington], British actress known as the "queen of her profession" (Yellow Sands), born in London, England (d. 1942)
  • 1889 Marjorie Rambeau, American stage, silent and sound screen actress (Primrose Path; Torch Song), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1970)
  • 1893 Enid Bennett, Australian silent film actress (Skippy, Hairpins), born in York, Western Australia (d. 1969)
  • 1902 Raymond Hackett, American husband of Blanche Sweet and actor (Faithless Lover), born in New York City (d. 1958)
  • 1911 Robert H. Harris, American actor (Jake-The Goldbergs, Mirage), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1981)
  • 1913 Murvyn Vye [Marvin], American actor (Road to Bali, Bob Cummings Show), born in Quincy, Massachusetts (d. 1976)
  • 1914 Howard Vernon, Swiss actor (Love and Death, Delicatessen), born in Baden, Switzerland (d. 1996)
  • 1918 Aubrey Buxton, English TV executive (ITV, created "Survival"), born in Oxford, England (d. 2009)
  • 1925 Phil Carey, American actor (One Life to Live), born in Hackensack, New York (d. 2009)
  • 1925 [Donn Alan] DA Pennebaker, American documentary filmmaker (Don't Look Back), born in Evanston, Illinois (d. 2019)
  • 1927 Carmen Zapata, American actress (Hagen, Viva Valdez, Man & the City), born in New York City (d. 2014)
  • 1932 Nina Van Pallandt, Danish actress (American Gigolo), and singer (Nina and Frederik), born in Copenhagen Denmark
  • 1934 Risto Jarva, Finnish filmmaker (d. 1977)
  • 1935 Alex Karras, NFLer (Detroit Lions)/actor (George-Webster), born in Gary, Indiana (d. 2012)
  • 1935 Ken Kercheval, Wolcottville Ind, actor (Cliff Barnes-Dallas)
  • 1939 Mike Shannon, American baseball utility (World Series 1964, 67 St. Louis Cardinals) and broadcaster (St. Louis Cardinals radio 1972-2021), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2023)
  • 1939 Patrick Wayne, American actor (Rounder, Shirley, Beyond Atlantis), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1941 Geoffrey Burgon, British jazz trumpeter, and film, television and concert composer (City Adventures), born in Hampshire, England (d. 2010)
  • 1942 Mil Mascaras, Mexican professional wrestler in Lucha Libre tradition, born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico
  • 1944 Jan-Michael Vincent, American actor (Airwolf; Hooper; Buster & Billie; Tribes), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2019)

Linda Ronstadt (77 years old)

1946 American rock/country/pop/Latin/opera singer ("Different Drum"; "It's So Easy"; "What's New?") and actress (Pirates of Penzance), born in Tucson, Arizona

  • 1949 WiIlliam Faure, South African film producer (Shaka Zulu), born in South Africa (d. 1994)
  • 1951 Jesse Ventura [James Janos], American professional wrestler, actor and politician (Governor of Minnesota 1999-2003), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • 1952 Judy McGrath, American television executive
  • 1952 Terry O'Quinn, American actor (Lost), born in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
  • 1953 Franklyn Seales, West Indian-American stage and screen actor (The Onion Field; Silver Spoons - "Dexter"), born in Calliaqua, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (d. 1990)
  • 1959 Vincent Lindon, French actor (The measure of a Man), born in Paris, France

Kim Alexis (63 years old)

1960 American supermodel (Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover) and actress, born in Lockport, New York

  • 1960 Willie Aames, American actor (8 is Enough, Paradise, Zapped), born in Newport Beach, California

Forest Whitaker (62 years old)

1961 American actor and director ("The Last King of Scotland"; "Platoon"), born in Longview, Texas

  • 1961 Jean-Christophe Grangé, French writer and screenwriter
  • 1961 Lolita Davidovich, Canadian actress (Blaze, Jungle2Jungle), born in London, Ontario
  • 1963 Brigitte Nielsen, Danish-Italian actress (Red Sonja, Rocky IV), born in Eisinore Denmark
  • 1964 Leonard Stabb, American actor (One Life to Live, 1990; Guiding Light, 1993), born in Woodside, Illinois
  • 1964 Shari Headley, American actress (All My Children, Coming to America), born in Queens, New York
  • 1966 Irene Jacob, French-Swiss actress (Three Colours: Red, Othello), born in Suresnes, France
  • 1966 Kristoff St John, American actor (Adam-Generations, Young & Restless), born in New York City
  • 1967 Adam Savage, American film special effects designer and television personality (MythBusters0, born in New York City
  • 1968 Eddie Griffin, American comedian (Black Dynamite), born in Kansas City, Missouri
  • 1972 Beth Ostrosky Stern, American model and animal activist, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Scott Foley (51 years old)

1972 American actor (Scandal, Felicity), born in Kansas City, Kansas

  • 1973 Brian Austin Green, American actor (Beverly Hills 90210 - "David"), born in Van Nuys, California
  • 1974 Chris Taylor, Australian comedian, (The Chaser), born in Sydney, Australia
  • 1975 Kara Drew, American professional wrestler better known as Cherry

Diane Kruger (47 years old)

1976 German actress and fashion model (Inglorious Bastards), born in Algermissen, West Germany

  • 1977 Kitana Baker, American model (Miller Light Catfight commercial)
  • 1977 Lana Parrilla, American actress (Once Upon a Time), born in Brooklyn, New York
  • 1979 Laura Benanti, American musical theatre actress
  • 1980 Jasper Pääkkönen, Finnish actor and film producer
  • 1981 Taylor Kinney, American actor (Chicago Fire), born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
  • 1986 Yahya Abdul-Mateen, American actor (Watchmen), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 1989 Tristan Wilds, American actor (The Wire), born in Staten Island, New York
  • 1990 Olly Alexander [Oliver Thornton], British actor, singer-songwriter (Years & Years), and LGBT activist, born in Harrogate, England
  • 2008 Iain Armitage, American actor (Young Sheldon), born in Georgia