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Actors Born on March 12

  • 1880 House Peters, British silent film actor (This Is the Life, Kansas Territory), born in Bristol, England (d. 1967)
  • 1907 Arthur Hewlett, British actor (The Pied Piper), born in Southampton, England (d. 1997)
  • 1908 Max Wall [Lorimer], British music hall, screen, and stage comic and actor (Professor Wallofski), born in Stockwell, England (d. 1990)
  • 1910 Tony "Two-Ton" Galento, American heavyweight boxer and actor (On the Waterfront), born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 1979)
  • 1917 Googie Withers, English actress and dancer (The Lady Vanishes), born in Karachi, British India (d. 2011)
  • 1918 Frank Overton, American actor (Fail Safe; 12 O'Clock High (TV series, not film)), born in Babylon, New York (d. 1967)
  • 1921 Gordon MacRae, American singer and actor (Oklahoma!; Carousel), born in East Orange, New Jersey (d. 1986)
  • 1923 Helen Parrish, American actress (Hour Glass, Three Smart Girls Grow Up), born in Columbus, Georgia (d. 1959)
  • 1923 Mae Young, American professional wrestler and one of the pioneers in women's wrestling (National Wrestling Alliance, WWF), born in Sand Springs, Oklahoma (d. 2014)
  • 1925 Georges Delerue, French film composer (Sword of Gideon; A Little Romance), born in Roubaix, France (d. 1992)
  • 1926 Gudrun Ure, Scottish actress (Super Gran, Lady MacBeth, BBC Sorcerer), born in Campsie, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  • 1926 Hildy Parks, American stage and screen actress, and Emmy Award-winning producer and writer (Tony Award presentations), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2004)
  • 1930 Scoey Mitchell [Roscoe Mitchill], American TV writer, director, and actor (Barefoot in the Park; Rhoda), born in Newburgh, New York (d. 2022)
  • 1931 William "Billie" Thomas, American child actor (Our Gang - "Buckwheat"), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1980)
  • 1933 Barbara Feldon, American actress (Get Smart - "Agent 99"), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • 1935 Arnold Margolin, American television writer and producer (Love American Style), born in Illinois
  • 1936 Lloyd Dobbins, newscaster (NBC News Overnight), born in Newport News, Virginia
  • 1946 Frank Welker, American voice actor (Scooby-Doo - "Fred"; Curious George), born in Denver, Colorado

Liza Minnelli (78 years old)

1946 American Tony, Oscar, and Emmy Award-winning singer and actress (The Sterile Cuckoo; Cabaret), born in Hollywood, California

  • 1946 Peter Whalley, British television screenwriter (Coronation Street), and author, born in Colne, Lancashire, England (d. 2017)
  • 1947 Jill O'Hara, American Broadway actress (Promises! Promises!), born in Warren, Pennsylvania
  • 1949 Mary Alice Williams, American television news reporter and anchor (CNN; NBC; WNET; CBS; NJN), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • 1949 Moctesuma Esparza, Mexican-American producer and filmmaker
  • 1949 Sara Lane, American actress (Elizabeth Grainger-The Virginian), born in New York City
  • 1950 Jon Provost, actor (Timmy-Lassie)
  • 1950 Wheeler Winston Dixon, American filmmaker, critic and author
  • 1951 Caren Kaye, actress (My Tutor, Bambi-Blansky's Beauties), born in New York City
  • 1956 Lesley Manville, British stage and screen actress (Mum; Phantom Thread; The Crown; Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris), born in Brighton, England
  • 1957 Jerry Levine, American actor ("Born on the Fourth of July"), born in New Brunswick, New Jersey
  • 1960 Courtney B Vance, actor (Hamburger Hill), born in Detroit, Michigan
  • 1962 Titus Welliver, American actor (Deadwood - "Silas Adams"; Bosch), born in New Haven, Connecticut
  • 1963 Julia Campbell, Huntsville Ala, actress (Opportunity Knocks)
  • 1964 Tony Terry, American soul singer and actor (With You), born in Pinehurst, North Carolina
  • 1965 Fran Harris, American basketball guard (FIBA World C'ship gold 1986; Houston Comets, Utah Starzz) and broadcaster (ESPN), born in Dallas, Texas
  • 1965 Liza Umarova, Chechen singer and actress, born in Almaty, Kazakhstan
  • 1965 Steve Levy, American sports journalist (ESPN: Monday Night Football, NHL), born in New York, New York

Aaron Eckhart (56 years old)

1968 American actor (Thank You for Smoking), born in Cupertino, California

  • 1972 Hector Luis Bustamante, Colombian actor
  • 1972 James Maritato, American professional wrestler
  • 1976 Zhao Wei, Chinese actress
  • 1978 Casey Mears, American auto racer (NASCAR Cup Series 1 win, 51 Top 10s, 3 Poles) and broadcaster (NASCAR analyst Fox Sports 1), born in Bakersfield, California
  • 1978 Masuimi Max, American model, born in Little Rock, Arkansas
  • 1979 Nidia Guenard, American professional wrestler

Jaimie Alexander (40 years old)

1984 American actress (Blindspot), born in Greenville, South Carolina

  • 1991 Lauren Holt, American comedian (Saturday Night Live), born in Charlotte, North Carolina