Author: jonathanhwinchell

Today Pat Priest is 85, and Jimmy Webb is 75. Today is also the birthday of Jennifer Lawrence, Ben Affleck, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Anthony Anderson, Debra Messing, Maxine Waters, Natasha Henstridge, Zeljko Ivanek, Barbara Bouchet, Tess Harper, Jim Dale, Joe Jonas, and the late Rose Marie, Ethel Barrymore, Wendy Hiller, Julia Child, Mike Connors, Nicolas Roeg, Napoleon Bonaparte, Janice Rule, Huntz Hall, Stieg Larsson, and Scott Kalvert. Will Rogers died 86 years ago in 1935 in a plane crash at age 55.

Today David Crosby is 80, and Antonio Fargas and Susan Saint James are 75. Today is also the birthday of Steve Martin, Halle Berry, Mila Kunis, Marcia Gay Harden, Wim Wenders, Lina Wertmüller, Magic Johnson, Emmanuelle Béart, James Buckley, Lamorne Morris, Tom DiCillo, Preston Lacy, Danielle Steel, and the late Andrea Leeds, Alice Ghostly, Liz Fraser, and Alma Reville. Bruno Kirby died fifteen years ago in 2006 at age 57. Fyvush Finkel died five years ago in 2016 at age 93.

Today Jeff Altman is 70, Dawnn Lewis is 60, and Moritz Bleibtreu is 50. Today is also the birthday of Sebastian Stan, John Slattery, Debi Mazar, Paul Greengrass, Danny Bonaduce, Kevin Tighe, Gretchen Corbett, Jane Carr, David Crane, Joshua Marston, Philippe Petit, Steve Higgins, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and the late Alfred Hitchcock, Bert Lahr, Neville Brand, Pat Harrington Jr., Sridevi, Regis Toomey, Tom Davis, Annie Oakley, and Fidel Castro. Joe E. Ross died 39 years ago in 1982 at age 68. Julia Child died seventeen years ago in 2004 at age 91.

Today Elizabeth Shepherd is 85, Dana Ivey is 80, Yvette Nicole Brown and Michael Ian Black are 50, and Lakeith Stanfield is 30. Today is also the birthday of Casey Affleck, George Hamilton, Bruce Greenwood, Cara Delevingne, Peter Krause, Isaach De Bankolé, Oliver Ford Davies, Ray Abruzzo, George Soros, and the late Cecil B. DeMille, John Cazale, William Goldman, Cantinflas, Samuel Fuller, Marjorie Reynolds, Jane Wyatt, Marion Lorne, John Derek, and Klara Hitler. Ian Fleming died 57 years ago in 1964 at age 56. Henry Fonda died 39 years ago in 1982 at age 77. Loretta Young died 21 years ago in 2000 at age 87. Merv Griffin died fourteen years ago in 2007 at age 82. Lauren Bacall died seven years ago in 2014 at age 89.

Today Arlene Dahl is 96, and David Brooks is 60. Today is also the birthday of Viola Davis, Chris Hemsworth, Hulk Hogan, Ian McDiarmid, Chris Messina, Anna Gunn, Merritt Wever, Sophie Okonedo, Embeth Davidtz, Will Friedle, Joe Rogan, Ashley Jensen, Adam LeFevre, Elya Baskin,  Steve Wozniak, Fernando Arrabal, Tomi Lahren, and the late Mike Douglas, who died on his birthday fifteen years ago in 2006 at age 81, Stuart Gordon, Anna Massey, Lloyd Nolan, Jean Parker, Ian Charleson, Stuart Rosenberg, and Jerry Falwell. Jackson Pollock died 65 years ago in 1956 at age 44. Anne Ramsey died 33 years ago in 1988 at age 59. Peter Cushing died 27 years ago in 1994 at age 81. Robin Williams died seven years ago in 2014 at age 63.

Today Marilyn Ghigliotti is 60, and Justin Theroux is 50. Today is also the birthday of Antonio Banderas, Rosanna Arquette, Leo Fitzpatrick, JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Diane Venora, Angie Harmon, Ryan Eggold, Murray Melvin, Don Swayze, Brenton Thwaites, Cate Shortland, Lucas Till, Rick Overton, Andrew Sullivan, Kylie Jenner, Mama June Shannon, and the late Norma Shearer, Jack Haley, Eddie Fisher, Rhonda Fleming, Jimmy Dean, Herbert Hoover, Lynn Cohen, Martha Hyer, Noah Beery Jr., Jeff Corey, Tom Laughlin, Hugh Herbert, Ken Annakin, and Walter Lang. Isaac Hayes died thirteen years ago in 2008 at age 65. Al Freeman Jr. died nine years ago in 2012 at age 81.

Today is the birthday of Sam Elliott, Melanie Griffith, Anna Kendrick, Eric Bana, Gillian Anderson, Audrey Tautou, Bill Skarsgård, David Steinberg, Thomas Lennon, Kevin McKidd, Burton Gilliam, Toni Servillo, Amanda Bearse, Kenya Barris, McG, Chris Cuomo, Hoda Kotb, and the late Whitney Houston, Robert Shaw, Robert Aldrich, P.L. Travers, Leo Genn, John Stephenson, Nat Pendleton, and Allen ‘Farina’ Hoskins. Sharon Tate died 52 years ago in 1969 at age 26. Jerry Garcia died 25 years ago in 1995 at age 53. Gregory Hines died eighteen years ago in 2003 at age 57. Matthew McGrory died sixteen years ago in 2005 at age 32. Bernie Mac died thirteen years ago in 2008 at age 50.

Today Martin Brest and Mamoru Oshii are 70, and The Edge (David Howell Evans) is 60. Today is also the birthday of Dustin Hoffman, Keith Carradine, Robin Quivers, Connie Stevens, Shawn Mendes, Don Most, Larry Wilcox, Peyton List, Lindsay Sloane, Nita Talbot, Jon Turteltaub, Lee Unkrich, Donald P. Bellisario, and the late Esther Williams and William Asher, who would be 100, Richard Anderson, Sylvia Sidney, Rory Calhoun, Dino De Laurentiis, Earl Cameron, Rosetta LeNoire, and Robert Siodmak. Richard Deacon died 37 years ago in 1984 at age 63. Louise Brooks died 36 years ago in 1985 at age 78. Alan Napier died 33 years ago in 1988 at age 85. Fay Wray died seventeen years ago in 2004 at age 96. Barbara Bel Geddes died sixteen years ago in 2005 at age 82. Patricia Neal died eleven years ago in 2010 at age 84. Karen Black died eight years ago in 2013 at age 74. Glen Campbell and Barbara Cook died four years ago in 2017. Campbell was 81. Cook was 89.

Today Maggie Wheeler is 60. Today is also the birthday of Charlize Theron, Michael Shannon, David Duchovny, Wayne Knight, Abbie Cornish, Tobin Bell, Garrison Keillor, Brit Marling, Caroline Aaron, Bruce Dickinson, Alexandre Aja, Harold Perrineau, David Rasche, John Glover, Eric Johnson, Anjanette Comer, Robert Mueller, and the late Carl ‘Alfalfa’ Switzer, Billie Burke, Nicholas Ray, Verna Bloom, Edward Hardwicke, Stan Freberg, James Randi, and Rick Genest. Oliver Hardy died 64 years ago in 1957 at age 65.

Today Peter Simonischek is 75, Catherine Hicks is 70, Merrin Dungey is 50, and Leslie Odom Jr. is 40. Today is also the birthday of M. Night Shyamalan, Vera Farmiga, Michelle Yeoh, Leland Orser, Michael Anderson Jr., Peter Bonerz, Inga Landgré, and the late Robert Mitchum, Lucille Ball, Andy Warhol, Frank Finlay, Charles Crichton, Paul Bartel, and Umberto Lenzi. Preston Sturges died 62 years ago in 1959 at age 60. Rick James died seventeen years ago in 2004 at age 56. John Hughes died twelve years ago in 2009 at age 59.