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Actors Born on May 3

  • 1889 Beulah Bondi, American actress (It's a Wonderful Life), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1981)
  • 1893 Hope Landin, American actress (I Remember Mama; Sugarfoot), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1973)
  • 1899 Aline MacMahon, American actress (Backdoor to Heaven), born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania (d. 1991)
  • 1901 Gino Cervi, Italian actor (Les Miserables, Naked Maja), born in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1974)
  • 1902 Jack La Rue, American actor and TV narrator (Lights Out, Mouthpiece, My Favorite Brunette), born in New York City (d. 1984)
  • 1902 Seton I. Miller, Hollywood screenwriter (Pete's Dragon, Istanbul), born in Chehalis, Washington (d. 1974)
  • 1902 Walter Slezak, Austrian-American stage and screen actor (Bedtime for Bonzo; Lifeboat; The Inspector General), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1983)

Bing Crosby (1903-1977)

American singer ("White Christmas", "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy") and actor ("Going My Way"), born in Tacoma, Washington

  • 1904 John Breeden, American actor (Salute, Madame Racketeer, Joy Street), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1977)

Mary Astor (1906-1987)

American Academy Award-winning actress (The Great Lie; Meet Me In St Louis; The Maltese Falcon), born in Quincy, Illinois

  • 1910 Norman Corwin, American screenwriter for radio drama, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2011)
  • 1915 Stu Hart, Canadian professional wrestler and trainer, born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada (d. 2003)
  • 1917 George Gaynes, Dutch-Finnish-American singer, stage and screen actor (Tootsie; Police Academy; General Hospital), born in Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire (d. 2016)
  • 1920 Nina Bara [Frances Bauer], Argentinian actress (Missile to the Moon, Space Patrol), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1990)
  • 1921 Joe Ames, American singer and actor (The Ames Brothers Show), born in Malden, Massachusetts (d. 2007)
  • 1924 Jane Morgan [Florence Currier], American singer ("The Day The Rains Came"; "Fascination"), stage and television actress, born in Newton, Massachusetts
  • 1924 Mary Carver [Carvellas], American actress (Simon & Simon; Star Trek: Enterprise), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2013)
  • 1928 Jeanne Bal, American actress (Pat-Love & Marriage, Star Trek- The Man Trap), born in Santa Monica, California (d. 1996)
  • 1932 Robert Osborne, American film historian and television host (Turner Classic Movies), born in Colfax, Washington (d. 2017)
  • 1933 Alex Cord [Alexander Viespi], American actor (Brotherhood; Fire; Street Asylum; Airwolf), born in New York City (d. 2021)
  • 1935 Ron Popeil, American inventor and TV personality who popularized the phrase "But wait, there's more!", born in New York City (d. 2021) [1]
  • 1942 Lynn Farleigh, English actress (Lovers of Their Time), born in Bristol, England
  • 1943 Gregory Bowen, Welsh big band jazz and session trumpet player (James Bond films), born in Llangennech, South Wales
  • 1946 Greg Gumbel, American sportscaster (CBS TV, WFAN), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 1948 Chris Mulkey, American actor (Cloverfield), born in Viroqua, Wisconsin
  • 1949 Ken Hom, Chinese-American chef, author and BBC TV presenter (OBE for "services to culinary arts" 2009), born in Tucson, Arizona
  • 1952 Caitlin Clarke, American actress (Dragonslayer), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2004)
  • 1954 Patti Boulaye [Komlosy] (née Ebigwei), Nigerian-British pop singer and stage and screen actress (Bisi, Daughter of the River), born in a taxi in Mid-Western Nigeria
  • 1954 Peter Duncan, British stage and screen actor, and television presenter (Blue Peter, 1980-86), born in Chelsea, London, England
  • 1958 Kevin Kilner, American actor (Earth:Final Conflict), born in Baltimore, Maryland
  • 1958 Sandi Toksvig, Danish-British comedian and radio presenter (The Great British Baking Show), born in Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 1959 Ben Elton, English actor and comedian (Blackadder Back & Forth, Friday Night Live), born in Fitzrovia, London
  • 1960 Amy Steel, American actress (April Fool's Day), born in Pennsylvania
  • 1963 Jamie Reeves, British coal miner, strongman and professional wrestler (1989 World's Strongest Man), born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
  • 1965 Nina Garcia, Colombian-American fashion expert and television personality (Project Runway), born in Barranquilla, Colombia
  • 1965 Rob Brydon, Welsh comedian and actor (Marion & Geoff), born in Baglan, Glamorgan, Wales
  • 1966 Firdous Bamji, Indian-American actor (The War Within), born in Bombay, India
  • 1966 Peter Abbay, American actor (Another World), born in Brooklyn, New York
  • 1968 Debora Caprioglio, Italian actress (Big Game Hunter), born in Mestre, Italy

Bobby Cannavale (54 years old)

1970 American stage and screen Emmy Award-winning actor (Will & Grace - "Vince"; Boardwalk Empire), born in Union, New Jersey

  • 1975 Christina Hendricks, American actress (Mad Men), born in Knoxville, Tennessee
  • 1975 Dulé Hill, American actor (The West Wing; Psych), and dancer, born in Orange, New Jersey
  • 1975 Eva Santolaria, Spanish actress (7 Vidas), born in Barcelona, Spain
  • 1979 Genevieve Nnaji, Nigerian actress and director (Lionheart), born in Mbaise, Imo State, Nigeria
  • 1979 Monsta Mack [Steven Carrasquillo], American professional wrestler, born in Brooklyn, New York
  • 1981 Farrah Franklin, American R&B singer (Destiny's Child, 1999-2000), and actress, born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1982 Danielle Deadwyler, American actress (Till), born in Atlanta, Georgia
  • 1982 Rebecca Hall, British stage and screen actress (Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Frost/Nixon; Christine), and filmmaker (Passing), born in London, England m.
  • 1984 Nam Sang-mi, South Korean actress and model, born in Yeongju, South Korea
  • 1985 Greg Raposo, American pop singer (Dream Street), rock singer-songwriter, and actor, born on Long Island, New York
  • 1986 Pom Klementiff, French actress (Oldboy; Marvel Universe films), born in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
  • 1986 Poppy Delevingne, British model and actress (Kingsman: The Golden Circle), born in London, England
  • 1990 Harvey Guillén, American actor (What We Do in the Shadows), born in Orange County, California
  • 1996 Noah Munck, American actor (iCarly; The Goldbergs), born in Mission Viejo, California
  • 2001 Rachel Zegler, American actress, singer and YouTuber (West Side Story), born in Hackensack, New Jersey