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Actors Born on March 8

  • 1902 Louise Beavers, American actress (Beulah-Beulah), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1962)
  • 1907 Charles Boost, Dutch film critic, born in Breda, Netherlands (d. 1990)

Claire Trevor (1910-2000)

American actress (Marjorie Morningstar), born in New York City

  • 1915 Tapio Rautavaara, Finnish athlete, actor, and singer (Me tulemme taas, Rion yö), born in Pirkkala, Finland (d. 1979)
  • 1920 Eileen Herlie [Herlihy], Scottish-American actress (All My Children, The Angel with the Trumpet), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2008)
  • 1920 Eva Dahlbeck, Swedish actress (Brink of Life, Dreams, A Lesson in Love), born in Saltsjö-Duvnäs, Stockholms län, Sweden (d. 2008)

Alan Hale Jr. (1921-1990)

American actor (Skipper-Gilligan's Island), born in Los Angeles, California

  • 1922 Cyd Charisse [Tula Finklea], Amesrican dancer and actress (Singin' in the Rain), born in Amarillo, Texas (d. 2008)
  • 1922 Ralph Baer, German-American engineer, creator of the first video game console (Magnavox Odyssey Home Video Game System) (d. 2014) [1]
  • 1923 Ousmane Sembène, Senegalese author and director (Doctor Noir), born in Ziguinchor, Senegal (d. 2007)
  • 1924 Judy Johnson [Betty Bonney], American singer (Your Show of Shows; "How Little We Know"), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut [1]
  • 1924 Sean McClory, Irish actor (The Californians, My Chauffeur), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 2003)
  • 1925 Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor (Holy Innocents, Camorra), born in Aguilas Spain (d. 2001)
  • 1934 Ron Taylor, Australian cinematographer (Those Amazing Animals), born in Sydney, New South Wales (d. 2012)
  • 1936 Sue Ane Langdon, actress (Bachelor Father, Arnie), born in Paterson, New Jersey

Jim Bouton (1939-2019)

American baseball pitcher, 1962-70 and 1978 (New York Yankees and 3 other teams; All-Star, 1969), author ("Ball Four"), and broadcaster, born in Newark, New Jersey

  • 1940 Susan Clark, actress (Night Moves, Webster), born in Sarnia, Ontario
  • 1941 Andrei Mironov, Soviet actor (d. 1987)

Lynn Redgrave (1943-2010)

British-American actress (Gods and Monsters, Georgy Girl), born in London, England

  • 1945 Bruce Broughton, American Emmy Award-winning television and film score composer (Hawaii Five-0; Dallas), born in Los Angeles, California

Micky Dolenz (79 years old)

1945 American singer (The Monkees - "I'm A Believer"), and actor (Circus Boy), born in Los Angeles, California

  • 1948 Jethro [Geoffrey Rowe], British stand-up comedian (This Train Don't Stop Camborne Wednesdays), born in St Buryan, Cornwall, England (d. 2021)
  • 1953 Kathy Shower, American model and Playboy playmate (May 1985, Playmate of the Year 1986), born in Brookville, Ohio
  • 1954 Cheryl Baker, British rock vocalist (Bucks Fizz - "My Camera Never Lies"), and TV presenter, born in Bethnal Green, London, England
  • 1956 John Kapelos, Canadian actor
  • 1957 Cynthia Rothrock, actress (Lady Dragon, Honor & Glory), born in Wilmington, Delaware
  • 1959 Aidan Quinn, American actor (Desperately Seeking Susan, Elementary), born in Rockford, Illinois
  • 1959 Lester Holt, American journalist and news anchor (NBC Nightly News, 2015-present), born in Hamilton Air Force Base, California
  • 1961 Camryn Manheim, American actress (The Practice), born in Caldwell, New Jersey
  • 1969 Andrea Parker, actress (Miss Parker-The Pretender)
  • 1973 Boris Kodjoe, Austrian model
  • 1975 Fardeen Khan, Indian actor
  • 1976 Freddie Prinze Jr, actor (I Know What You Did Last Summer)

James Van Der Beek (47 years old)

1977 American actor (Dawson's Creek), born in Cheshire, Connecticut

  • 1978 Nick Zano, American actor
  • 1985 Ewa Sonnet, Polish model and pop singer, born in Rybnik, Poland
  • 1987 Milana Vayntrub, Jewish-American actress (Other Space, This Is Us), born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
  • 1987 Tobe Nwigwe, American singer, rapper ("I'm Dope"), and actor, born in Houston, Texas
  • 1989 Ming Xi, Chinese model, born in Shanghai, China
  • 1991 Devon Werkheiser, American actor
  • 1992 Charlie Ray, American actress
  • 1996 Lorna Fitzgerald, English actress
  • 1997 Ewan Mitchell, English actor known for "House of the Dragon", born in Derby, England