March 11th Birthdays
If you were born on March 11th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Rupert Murdoch (nee Keith Rupert Murdoch; ex of Jerry Hall)
Australian-American multi-media magnate (Harper Collins; News Corporation; News Corp; 21st Century Fox; The Wall Street Journal; News of the World; The Sun; The Times; Fox News CEO), born March 11, 1931. Father of Elisabeth Murdoch. (Rupert Murdoch 2011: David Shankbone)
Sam Donaldson (nee Samuel Andrew Donaldson Jr.)
American ABC television news reporter, host & anchor from 1967-2013 (World News Tonight; ABC Weekend News; ABC Sunday Evening News; Primetime Live; This Week; The Sam Donaldson Show – Live in America; Primary Issues), born March 11, 1934. (Sam Donaldson 1988 Photo: Alan Light)
Nancy Kovack (married Zubin Mehta)
American actress of movies (The Wild Westerners; Diary of a Madman; The Outlaws is Coming; The Great Sioux Massacre; The Silencers; Frankie and Johnny; Marooned) and television (Star Trek; Bewitched; Mannix; Burke’s Law), born March 11, 1935. (Nancy Kovack 1963 Diary of a Madman Trailer)
Bobby McFerrin (nee Robert Keith McFerrin Jr.)
American conductor, multiple Grammy Award-winning pop, folk, and jazz singer (Don’t Worry, Be Happy; Another Night in Tunisia; Round Midnight; What is This Thing Called Love; Thinkin About Your Body; Say Ladeo; Circlesong Six), born March 11, 1950. (Bobby McFerrin 2011 Photo: Steve Jurvetson)
Rob Paulsen (nee Robert Fredrick Paulsen III; brother of Craig Paulsen)
Prolific American voice-over & character of TV, video games, & movies (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Animaniacs; The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius; Histeria!; The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper; Biker Mice From Mars), born March 11, 1956. (Rob Paulsen 2007 Photo: John Mueller)
Elias Koteas (ex of Jennifer Rubin)
Canadian actor of TV (Alvin Olinsky on Chicago P.D., Chicago Med, & Chicago Fire; The Killing; Combat Hospital) and movies (Malarek; Shutter Island; The Killer Inside Me; The Thin Red Line; Crash; Desperate Hours; Some Kind of Wonderful), born March 11, 1961. (Elias Koteas 2010 Photo: jmm)
American actor of TV (Jake Manning on Once and Again; Desperate Housewives; 24; Nashville; Melrose Place; Big Little Lies; Providence; Dirt; Murder, She Wrote; Suits; Walker) and movies (D3: The Mighty Ducks; Ruby; Quiz Show; Holy Matrimony), born March 11, 1962. (Jeffrey Nordling 2016 Photo: Malakin)
Alex Kingston (nee Alexandra Elizabeth Kingston; ex of Ralph Fiennes)
English actress of TV (Elizabeth Corday on ER; Doctor Who; Hope Springs; Arrow; The Knock; Lost in Austen; Chasing Shadows; Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; Marchlands; Upstairs Downstairs) and film (Warrior Queen; Like Crazy), born March 11, 1963. (Alex Kingston 2016 Photo: Gage Skidmore)
American director, producer, screenwriter, & actor of TV (Dr. Billy Kronk on Chicago Hope; Wonderland) and movies (A Midnight Clear; Friday Night Lights; Battleship; Lone Survivor; Deepwater Horizon; Patriots Day; Fire in the Sky), born March 11, 1964. (Peter Berg 2012 Photo: Moses McKelvey / US Navy)
Scottish-American singer, host & actor of stage, TV (Malcolm Merlyn on Arrow; Captain Jack Harkness on Doctor Who & Torchwood; Desperate Housewives; How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?) and movies (Zero Dark Thirty), born March 11, 1967. (John Barrowman 2014 Photo: Eva Rinaldi)
American actor of TV (Lucious Lyon on Empire; Sparks; Law & Order: LA; Street Time) and movies (The Best Man; Spark; Hart’s War; Hustle & Flow; Iron Man; Winnie Mandela; Big Momma’s House; Angel Eyes; Love Chronicles), born March 11, 1969. (Terrence Howard 2011 Photo: Gordon Correll)
Sylvia Day (aka S.J. Day & Livia Dere)
Japanese-American author, best-selling romantic fiction novelist (Bared to You & Crossfire series; Carnal Thirst; A Passion for the Game; Afterburn / Aftershock; Bad Boys Ahoy!; Eve of Darkness; Pride and Pleasure; Spellbound; Butterfly in Frost), born March 11, 1973. (Sylvia Day 2015 Photo: Samaraday)
(Dorothy Gish 1925 Portrait: Charles Sheldon | Raoul Walsh 1924 Photo: Evans LA)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on March 11!
Remember These March 11th Famous Birthdays
George Kooymans
Dutch guitarist, songwriter, and singer solo, and with Golden Earring (Radar Love; Twilight Zone; Quiet Eyes; When the Lady Smiles; Quiet Eyes; Going to the Run; Lovin; and Hurtin’ The Devil Rides Again Tonight; When the Bullet Hits the Bone) (born Mar. 11, 1948 – died July 22, 2025; age 77). (George Kooymans 1974 Photo: Jim Summaria)
Raoul Walsh (nee Albert Edward Walsh; brother of George Walsh)
American screenwriter, director & actor of classic & silent movies (Gentleman Jim; High Sierra; The World in His Arms; The Roaring Twenties; The Strawberry Blonde; They Drive By Night; The Loves of Carmen; The Thief of Bagdad; The Big Trail; The Birth of a Nation; Me and My Gal; Objective: Burma) (born Mar. 11, 1887 – died Dec. 31, 1980; age 93). Ex of Miriam Cooper. (Raoul Walsh 1929)
Lawrence Welk
Grammy Award-winning American accordion player, “Champagne Music” bandleader (Calcutta; Oh Happy Day; The Moon is a Silver Dollar; Yellow Bird; Bubbles in the Wine; Adios, Au Revoir, Aufwiedersehn), and TV host (The Lawrence Welk Show) (born Mar. 11, 1903 – died May 17, 1992; age 89). Lawrence Welk died of bronchopneumonia. (The Lawrence Welk Show 1967)
Albert Salmi (ex of Peggy Ann Garner)
American character actor of TV (Pete Ritter on Petrocelli; Daniel Boone; Dallas; Knots Landing; Bonanza; Route 66; The Twilight Zone; Gunsmoke; The F.B.I.; Kung Fu; The Virginian) and movies (The Unforgiven; Wild River; The Outrage; Hour of the Gun; Hard to Hold) (born Mar. 11, 1928 – died Apr. 22, 1990; age 62). Albert Salmi died by suicide (gunshot). (Albert Salmi 1960 Bonanza)
Dorothy Gish (sister of Lillian Gish; ex of James Rennie)
American actress of stage, TV, and movies (Little Meena’s Romance; Betty of Greystone; Nell Gwynn; Hearts of the World; Peppy Polly; Orphans of the Storm; Our Hearts Were Young and Gay; Madame Pompadour; The Whistle at Eaton Falls; The Cardinal) (born Mar. 11, 1898 – died June 4, 1968; age 70). Dorothy Gish died of bronchial pneumonia. (Dorothy Gish 1946 Centennial Summer)
David Horsley (father of David Stanley Horsley)
English founder of Centaur Film Company (Mutt and Jeff comedies; 1st US independent motion picture production company), Nestor Film Company (1st Hollywood movie studio; merged w. Universal Film Manufacturing Co) & David Horsley Studios / Bostock Jungle Films Company (Jerry comedies) (born Mar. 11, 1873 – died Feb. 23, 1933; age 59) (David Horsley 1914)
Shemp Howard (nee Samuel Horwitz; brother of Curly & Moe Howard)
American comedian & actor (with the Three Stooges) of vaudeville, TV, & movies (Soup to Nuts; Hollywood Round-Up; In the Navy; Meet the Chump; Buck Privates; The Bank Dick; Too Many Blondes; Hold That Ghost; Private Buckaroo; Africa Screams) (born Mar. 11, 1895 – died Nov. 22, 1955; age 60). Shemp Howard died of a heart attack. (Shemp Howard 1947 Brideless Groom)
Ferdy Mayne (nee Ferdinand Philip Mayer-Horckel)
German-English MI5 informant; actor of stage, TV (The Saint), & movies (The Black Stallion Returns; The Echo Murders; The Deadly Game; The Paris Express; Gentlemen Marry Brunettes; The Bobo; Third Man on the Mountain) (born Mar. 11, 1916 – died Feb. 16, 1998; age 81). Father of Belinda Mayne. Ferdy Mayne died of Parkinson’s Disease. (Ferdy Mayne 1968 Gates to Paradise)
American actress of TV (The Islanders; The Millionaire; Leave It to Beaver; Cheyenne; Maverick; The Fugitive; Wagon Train; 77 Sunset Strip) and movies (The Young Philadelphians; King of the Wild Stallions; Torpedo Run; Courage of Black Beauty) (born Mar. 11, 1931 – died Nov. 12, 1991; age 60). Diane Brewster died of heart failure. (Diane Brewster 1958 Tombstone Territory)
Anissa Jones (nee Mary Anissa Jones)
American child actress of commercials, television (Ava Elizabeth “Buffy” Patterson-Davis on Family Affair; 19th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards presenter) and feature films (The Trouble With Girls) (born Mar. 11, 1958 – died Aug. 28, 1976; age 18). Anissa Jones died of an accidental overdose from a combination of drugs. (Anissa Jones 1970 Family Affair: CBS Television)
Hugo Award-winning English humorist, fantasy writer of short stories (The Salmon of Doubt), video games (Starship Titanic), screenplays, & novels (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency) (born Mar. 11, 1952 – died May 11, 2001; age 49). Douglas Adams had coronary artery disease and died of a heart attack. (Douglas Adams: Michael Hughes)
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