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Actors Born on March 11

  • 1873 David Horsley, English-born film executive (d. 1933)
  • 1884 Jan Lemaire, Dutch writer and actor (Village by the River, Beautiful Juliet), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1982)
  • 1887 Raoul Walsh, American film director (Thief of Baghdad, Battle Cry), (d. 1980)

Shemp Howard (1895-1955)

American actor and comedian (3 Stooges), born in Brooklyn, New York

  • 1898 Dorothy Gish, American film actress (Orphans of the Storm), born in Massillon, Ohio (d. 1968)
  • 1902 Josef Martin Bauer, German writer (including Nazi propaganda), radio dramatist, and novelist (As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me), born in Taufkirchen, Germany (d. 1970)
  • 1907 Jessie Matthews, British actress (Gangway, First a Girl), born in London, England (d. 1981)
  • 1911 Alan Gifford [John Lennox], American actor (Time Lock, 2001: A Space Odyssey), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1989)
  • 1911 Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, Scottish adventurer, soldier, writer and politician who was an inspiration for Ian Flemings James Bond, born in Cairo, Khedivate of Egypt, Ottoman Empire (d. 1996)
  • 1922 José Luis López Vázquez, Spanish actor, director and comedian (La Cabina, Travels With My Aunt), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 2009)

Vinnette Carroll (1922-2002)

American actress and 1st African-American woman to direct on Broadway (1972: Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope), born in New York City

  • 1923 Terence Alexander, English actor (Bergerac), born in London, England (d. 2009)
  • 1928 Albert Salmi, American stage and screen character actor (Caddyshack; The Brothers Karamazov; Bus Stop), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1990)
  • 1929 Timothy Carey, American actor (Paths of Glory, The Killing), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1994)

Rupert Murdoch (93 years old)

1931 Australian-born American media mogul (NY Post, News of the World, FOX-TV), born in Melbourne, Victoria

  • 1932 Valerie French, British actress (Jubal), born in London, England (d. 1990)
  • 1933 Sandra Milo [Salvatrice Greco], Italian actress (8½; Juliet of the Spirits), and television personality, born in Tunis, French Tunisia (d. 2024)
  • 1934 Sam Donaldson, ABC White House correspondent (Prime Time), born in El Paso, Texas
  • 1937 Carlos Larrañaga, Spanish actor
  • 1942 Charles Swan, American actor
  • 1942 Peter Eyre, actor (Hedda)
  • 1945 Tricia O'Neal, actress (Piranha Part II), born in Shreveport, Louisiana
  • 1946 Brigitte Fossey, French actress (Man Who Died Twice), born in Tourcoing France
  • 1948 Dominique Sanda [Varaigne], French actress (The Conformist, 1900, First Love), born in Paris, France
  • 1952 Susan Richardson, Coatesville Pa, actress (Susan-8 is Enough)
  • 1955 Catharina "Nina" Hagen, German punk rock singer, and actress (The Go-Blue Girl), born in East Berlin, East Germany
  • 1956 D. J. MacHale, American author and television writer
  • 1956 Rob Paulsen, American voice actor (Pinky and The Brain), born in Detroit, Michigan
  • 1958 Anissa Jones, American actress (d. 1976)
  • 1960 Christophe Gans, French film director
  • 1961 Elias Koteas, Canadian actor
  • 1961 Ken [Kenneth Sean Carson], American model & boyfriend of Barbie, born in El Segundo, California
  • 1962 Jeffrey Nordling, American actor
  • 1962 Peter Berg, American film actor, director and producer
  • 1963 Alexandra "Alex" Kingston, British actress (Doctor Who, ER, The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders), born in Epsom, Surrey, England
  • 1964 Emma Chambers, British actress (The Vicar of Dibley, Notting Hill), born in Doncaster, England (d. 2018)
  • 1964 Shane Richie, British actor (EastEnders, Flushed Away), born in Harlesden, London
  • 1965 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, British interior designer and television host (Changing Rooms), born in Kensington, London, England
  • 1965 Wallace Langham, American actor (The Larry Sanders Show; CSI), born in Fort Worth, Texas
  • 1967 John Barrowman, Scottish-American actor, singer, presenter and writer (Captain Jack Harkness-Doctor Who), born in Glasgow, Scotland

Terrence Howard (55 years old)

1969 American actor (Mr. Holland's Opus; Hustle & Flow; Empire), and singer-songwriter ("Shine Through It"; "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp"), born in Chicago, Illinois

  • 1971 Johnny Knoxville [Philip Clapp], American stunt performer and actor (Jackass franchise), born in Knoxville, Tennessee
  • 1971 Jonas Karlsson, Swedish actor (Riding in Darkness), born in Salem, Sweden
  • 1974 Jon Dalton, American television personality - the infamous "Jonny Fairplay" from the 7th and 16th season of Survivor
  • 1975 Eric the Actor, formerly known as Eric the Midget [Eric S. Lynch], American radio personality (The Howard Stern Show), born in Rodeo, California (d. 2014)
  • 1980 Mark Rober, American NASA engineer and YouTuber
  • 1981 David Anders, American actor
  • 1981 LeToya Luckett, American R&B and pop singer (Destiny's Child, 1997-2000 - "Bills, Bills, Bills"), and actress, born in Houston, Texas
  • 1982 Lindsey McKeon, American actress

Thora Birch (42 years old)

1982 American actress (American Beauty, Ghost World), born in Los Angeles, California

  • 1984 Anna Tsuchiya, Japanese model, pop-rock singer ("Rose"; "Kuroi Namida"), and actress (Kamikaze Girls), born in Shibuya, Japan
  • 1984 Marc-André Grondin, Canadian actor
  • 1989 Anton Yelchin, Russian-born American actor (Star Trek), born in Leningrad, Soviet Union (d. 2016)
  • 1991 Poonam Pandey, Indian actress, born in Kanpur, India

Jodie Comer (31 years old)

1993 English actress (Killing Eve), born in Liverpool, England