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Actors Born on May 27

  • 1874 Dustin Farnum, American actor (Squaw Man, Virginian, The Flaming Frontier), born in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire (d. 1929)
  • 1879 Lucile Watson, Canadian actress (Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance), born in Québec, Canada (d. 1962)
  • 1890 Fritzi Brunette, American actress, born in Savannah, Georgia (d. 1943)
  • 1892 Sara Heyblom, Dutch actress (Pygmalion, Fietsen naar de Maan), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1990)
  • 1911 Vincent Price, American actor (House on Haunted Hill, Fly, Laura), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 1993)
  • 1915 Louise Annand-MacFarquhar, Lanarkshire, Scotland, painter and filmmaker (At the Museum), (d. 2012)
  • 1918 Kam Fong Chun, American actor (Hawaii Five-0, Magnum, P.I.), born in Kalihi, Territory of Hawaii (d. 2002)

Christopher Lee (1922-2015)

English actor (Dracula, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit), born in London

  • 1923 Sumner Redstone, American media mogul (ViacomCBS), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2020)
  • 1927 Bryan Cowgill, British broadcasting executive (BBC, 1963-77; Thames Television, 1977-85), born in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England (d. 2008)
  • 1927 Jan Blokker, Dutch journalist, editor (VPRO; de Volkskrant), novelist, and screenwriter, born in Admiralenbuurt, Netherlands (d. 2010)
  • 1934 Harlan Ellison, American sci-fi author and screenwriter (Star Trek -"The City on the Edge of Forever"), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2018)
  • 1935 Lee Meriwether, Miss America (Time Tunnel, Barnaby Jones), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1936 Louis Gossett Jr, American Emmy and Academy Award-winning stage and screen actor (Roots; An Officer and a Gentleman; Diggstown), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2024) [1]
  • 1937 Allan Carr, American producer and director (Grease, Happiest Millionaire), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1999)
  • 1940 Ed Van Impe, Canadian NHL hockey defenseman, 1966-77 (Stanley Cup, 1974, 1975 - Philadelphia Flyers, and 2 other teams), and broadcaster (Flyers), born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
  • 1941 Davina Phillips, actress
  • 1943 Bruce Weitz, American actor (Hill Street Blues - "Det. Mick Belker"; Death of a Centerfold), born in Norwalk, Connecticut
  • 1943 Cilla Black [Priscilla White], British pop singer ("Anyone Who Had a Heart"), and TV personality (Blind Date), born in Liverpool, England (d. 2015)
  • 1946 Lewis Collins, English actor, (d. 2013)
  • 1948 Anna E "Annelies" Balhan, Dutch revue-artist/actress (Sweet Chairty)
  • 1950 Dee Dee Bridgewater (née Garrett), American Grammy Award-winning jazz singer-songwriter, Tony Award-winning stage actress (The Wiz), and radio host (NPR's "JazzSet"), born in Memphis, Tennessee
  • 1955 Eric Bischoff, American professional wrestling promoter
  • 1955 Richard Schiff, American actor (The West Wing), born in Bethesda, Maryland
  • 1956 Lisa Niemi, actress (Dirty Dancing, Will Rodgers Follies), born in Houston, Texas
  • 1958 Linnea Quigley, Davenport Iowa, actress (Night of Demons, Virgin High)
  • 1961 Cathy Silvers, actress (Happy Days, Foley Square), born in New York City
  • 1961 Peri Gilpin, actor (Roz Doyle-Frasier), born in Waco, Texas
  • 1962 Mariangela D'Abbraccio, TV actress (Passioni), born in Naples, Italy
  • 1962 Meg Parsont, personality (David Letterman Show)
  • 1964 Adam Carolla, American comedian and television personality
  • 1965 Todd Bridges, actor (Diff'rent Strokes, Fish), born in San Francisco, California
  • 1969 Dondre Whitfield, American actor (All My Children), born in Brooklyn, New York

Joseph Fiennes (54 years old)

1970 English actor (Enemy at the Gates, Shakespeare in Love), born in Salisbury, Wiltshire

  • 1971 Monika Schnarre, American actress (Bold & Beautiful)
  • 1971 Paul Bettany, English actor (A Beautiful Mind), born in London
  • 1973 Jack McBrayer, American comedian and actor (Conan O'Brien; 30 Rock - "Kenneth"), born in Macon, Georgia
  • 1975 André 3000 [Benjamin], American rapper (Outkast), and actor, born in Atlanta, Georgia
  • 1975 Jamie Oliver, British chef and television personality, born in Claverling, England

Ben Feldman (44 years old)

1980 American actor (The Perfect Man, Superstore), born in Potomac, Maryland

  • 1981 Özgür Çevik, Turkish pop singer (Star Academy), and actor, born in Ankara, Turkey
  • 1999 Lily-Rose Depp, French-American actress (The Dancer) and model, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France