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Actors Born on May 15

  • 1891 Nipo T. Strongheart, Native American activist, lecturer and film consultant (Pony Soldier), born in Yakima, Washington (d. 1966)
  • 1895 Charles Lamont, American actor and director (Abbott & Costello films), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1993)
  • 1898 Arletty [Léonie Bathiat], French fashion model and actress (Hotel du Niord; Children of Paradise; The Longest Day), born in Courbevoie, France (d. 1992)
  • 1902 Anny Ondra, Czech actress (Blackmail, Manxman), born in Tarnów, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1987)
  • 1904 Clifton Fadiman, American editor, radio and TV host (Information, Please!; Quiz Kids), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1999)
  • 1905 Joseph Cotten, American actor (Citizen Kane, The Third Man, Airport 77, Hearse), born in Petersburg, Virginia (d. 1994)
  • 1909 James Mason, British actor (Lolita, North by Northwest, Bloodline, Boys From Brazil), born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire (d. 1984)
  • 1910 Constance Cummings, American-British Tony Award-winning stage (Wings; Long Day's Journey Into Night), and screen (Blithe Spirit; Glamour) actress, born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2005)
  • 1911 Leo Fuchs, Polish-born Jewish American actor (The Six Million Dollar Man, Avalon), born in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1994)
  • 1915 Bill Williams [Herman Wilhelm Katt], American actor (The Adventures of Kit Carson; Date With the Angels), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1992)
  • 1917 Hugh Falkus, English filmmaker an naturalist, born in Cheam, England (d. 1996)
  • 1918 Joseph Wiseman, Canadian actor (Dr No, Viva Zapata, Les Miserables), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2009)
  • 1923 Johnny Walker [Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi], Indian actor (Madhumati, Chachi 420), born in Indore, British India (d. 2003)
  • 1924 Ursula Thiess [Schmidt], German actress (Monsoon, Bengal Brigade, Americano), born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 2010)
  • 1929 David Healy, American-born actor (Supergirl, Doomsday Gun, Patton), born in New York City (d. 1995)
  • 1931 Ken Venturi, American golfer, broadcaster (US Open 1964), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2013)
  • 1936 Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italian-American Tony Award-winning stage singer and actress (Carnival), and film star (Cinderfella), born in Pesaro, Italy
  • 1937 (Trinidad) "Trini" Lopez, American singer and guitarist ("If I Had A Hammer"; "Lemon Tree"), and actor (The Dirty Dozen), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2020) [1]
  • 1938 Mireille Darc, French actress (Week End, Hurried Man), born in Toulon
  • 1940 Lainie Kazan [Levine], American stage and screen singer and actress (Lust in the Dust; Beaches: My Big Fat Greek Wedding), born in Brooklyn, New York
  • 1940 Paul Ryan Rudd, American stage and screen actor, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2010)
  • 1940 Roger Ailes, American TV executive and CEO of Fox News (1996-2016), born in Warren, Ohio (d. 2017)
  • 1943 Harve Brosten, American comedy writer (All In The Family, 1975-77), born in Chicago, Illinois
  • 1944 Gunilla Hutton, Goteborg Sweden, actress (Petticoat Junction)
  • 1949 Eric Beekes, Dutch pop singer (Kater), and actor (Lily Was Here), born in Surabaya, Dutch East Indies (now Jawa Timur, Indonesia)
  • 1950 Nicholas Hammond, American actor (The Amazing Spider-Man), born in Washington, D.C.
  • 1952 Chazz Palminteri, American actor (The Usual Suspects, Bronx Tale), born in The Bronx, New York
  • 1955 Lee Horsley, American actor (Nero Wolfe, Matt Houston), born in Muleshoe, Texas
  • 1957 Kevin Von Erich, American professional wrestler
  • 1958 Ron Simmons, American professional wrestler
  • 1960 Rhonda Burchmore, Australian stage actress and singer, born in Sydney, Australia
  • 1960 Rob Bowman, American film director
  • 1961 Katrin Cartlidge, British actress (d. 2002)
  • 1963 Grant Herslov, actor (Wayne-Spencer, Under One Roof), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1965 André Abujamra, Brazilian film score composer, singer, and guitarist, born in São Paulo, Brazil
  • 1965 Jeff Rochlin, American actor (Cutting Class, Splitz, Taps), born in Brooklyn, New York
  • 1967 Madhuri Dixit, Indian actress
  • 1968 Todd Porter, American actor (Whiz Kids - "Hamilton"), born in Montclair, New Jersey
  • 1970 Nicola Walker, English actress (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Last Tango in Halifax), born in London
  • 1972 David Charvet, actor (Melrose Place)
  • 1974 Ahmet Zappa, American musician, actor (2 Hip 4 TV), novelist, and filmmaker (The Odd Life Of Timothy Green), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1974 Russell Hornsby, American television and film actor (Grimm; Fences), born in Oakland, California
  • 1974 Shiney Ahuja, Indian actor
  • 1978 Caroline Dhavernas, Canadian actress (Niagra Motel; Mary Kills People), born in Montreal, Quebec

David Krumholtz (46 years old)

1978 American actor (Numb3rs; Harold and Kumar films), born in New York City

  • 1978 Krissy Taylor, American model, born in Miami, Florida (d. 1995)
  • 1980 Rocky Marquette, American actor
  • 1981 Jamie-Lynn Sigler, American actress
  • 1982 Alex Breckenridge, American actress
  • 1982 Jessica Sutta, American dancer, singer-songwriter, and actress (The Pussycat Dolls), born in Miami, Florida
  • 1982 Tatsuya Fujiwara, Japanese actor
  • 1987 Jennylyn Mercado, Filipina actress and singer, born in Parañaque, Philippines
  • 1988 Jessica Falkholt, Australian actress (Hope Morrison-Home and Away, born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2018)
  • 1990 Stella Maxwell, Irish-New Zealand model, born in Brussels, Belgium