March 19th Birthdays
If you were born on March 19th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Renée Taylor (nee Renée Wexler; married Joseph Bologna)
American actress of TV (Sylvia Fine on The Nanny; Daddy Dearest, Dream On; How I Met Your Mother) and movies (The Producers; A New Leaf; Made for Each Other; Last of the Red Hot Lovers; The Detective; It Had to Be You; The Boynton Beach Club), born March 19, 1933. (Renée Taylor 1974 Photo: CBS)
Ursula Andress (ex of John Derek)
Swiss actress of TV (Falcon Crest) & movies (Dr. No; Fun in Acapulco; She; The Fifth Musketeer; Clash of the Titans; What’s New Pussycat; Nightmare in the Sun; The Blue Max; Casino Royale) born March 19, 1936. Ex-partner of Jean-Paul Belmondo, Harry Hamlin, others. (Ursula Andress 1963 4 For Texas Trailer)
Ruth Pointer (sister of Bonnie, Anita, and June Pointer)
American singer, oldest member of the Grammy Award-winning group The Pointer Sisters (I’m So Excited; Fire; He’s So Shy; Slow Hand; Neutron Dance; Automatic; Jump [For My Love]; Fairytale; Contact; Black & White; Streets of Gold; Yes We Can Can), born March 19, 1946. (Ruth Pointer 2006 Photo: Rick)
Glenn Close (nee Glenda Veronica Close)
Tony & Emmy Award-winning American actress of movies (Albert Nobbs; Jagged Edge; The Natural; Fatal Attraction; 101 Dalmations; The Stepford Wives; Father Figures; Paradise Road), stage, and TV (Patty Hewes on Damages; The Shield), born March 19, 1947. (Glenn Close 1992: Gorupdebesanez)
Bruce Willis (nee Walter Bruce Willis; ex of Demi Moore)
American actor of TV (Moonlighting; Friends; Touching Evil) and movies (Die Hard films; Pulp Fiction; The Sixth Sense; Unbreakable; Looper; The Fifth Element; Mercury Rising; Armageddon; The Jackal; Sin City; Blind Date; Striking Distance), born March 19, 1955. (Bruce Willis 1989 Photo: Alan Light)
American producer of short films, actor of TV (Hank Bennett on Passions; Mark Reese on Beverly Hills, 90210; Dylan Hawkins on Crossroads) and films (My Father the Hero; Thrill Kill; Beach House; Held Up; Encino Man; Are You a Serial Killer), born March 19, 1971. (Dalton James Painting: A. Hamilton)
(Betty Compson 1928: Russell Ball [colorized] | Wyatt Earp 1859-1860 [colorized])
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on March 19th!
Remember These March 19th Famous Birthdays
Burt Metcalfe (nee Burton Denis Metcalfe)
Canadian-American actor of movies (Lord Byron in Gidget; The Canadians) & television (Buckley Dunston on Father of the Bride; Lt. Col. Ed Chandler on 12 O’Clock High; Happy; Perry Mason), TV screenwriter, director, and producer (M*A*S*H, After MASH; Cutters) (born Mar. 19, 1935 – died July 27, 2022; age 87). Burt Metcalfe 1964 12 O’Clock High)
Patricia Morison (nee Eileen Patricia Augusta Fraser Morison)
American painter, mezzo-soprano singer, and actress of stage, TV (The Cases of Eddie Drake), and movies (Lady on a Train; Dressed to Kill; Persons in Hiding; The Prince of Thieves; Queen of the Amazons; One Night in Lisbon; Song of the Thin Man; The Return of Wildfire) (born Mar. 19, 1915 – died May 20, 2018; age 103). Daughter of Norman Rainey. (Patricia Morison 1946 Dressed to Kill)
Henry Morgentaler (nee Heniek Morgentaler)
Polish-Canadian family planning doctor, women’s reproductive health supporter, civil liberties and pro-choice advocate, abortion clinic founder, Humanist Association of Canada President, and WWII Dachau concentration camp survivor (born Mar. 19, 1923 – died May 29, 2013; age 90). Henry Morgentaler died of a heart attack. (Henry Morgentaler 2005 Photo: rabble.ca)
Roy Roberts (nee Roy Barnes Jones)
American actor of stage, TV (Gunsmoke; McHale’s Navy; The Lucy Show; The Beverly Hillbillies; Petticoat Junction; The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna; Bonanza; Bewitched; My Little Margie) and movies (He Walked by Night; Flaming Fury; Hotel; Sierra; The Enforcer) (born Mar. 19, 1906 – May 28, 1975; age 69). Roy Roberts died of a heart attack. (Roy Roberts 1963 Petticoat Junction)
Wyatt Earp
American gold miner, saloon owner, buffalo hunter, gambler, saloon owner, lawbreaker and lawman of the Old West, Dodge City Assistant Marshal, U.S. Marshal, & Tombstone / Pima County Deputy Sheriff (Gunfight at the O.K. Corral), (born Mar. 19, 1848 – died Jan. 13, 1929; age 80). Wyatt Earp died from a chronic urinary tract infection. (Wyatt Earp 1869 Photo)
Patrick McGoohan (father of Catherine McGoohan)
Irish-American actor of TV (Danger Man; Secret Agent; Rafferty; The Prisoner) & movies (The Three Lives of Thomasina; Dr. Syn; Alias the Scarecrow [Scarecrow of Romney Marsh]; Ice Station Zebra; Silver Streak; Escape From Alcatraz; Hell Drivers) (born Mar. 19, 1928 – Jan. 13, 2009; age 80). Patrick McGoohan died of unknown causes. (Patrick McGoohan 1962 All Night Long Trailer)
Irving Wallace
American short story writer for magazines, screenwriter, and novelist (The Prize; The Chapman Report; The Seven Minutes; The Fan Club; The Second Lady; The Plot; The Pigeon Project; The Almighty; The Miracle; The Seventh Secret; The Celestial Bed; The Golden Room) (born Mar. 19, 1916 – died June 29, 1990; age 74). Irving Wallace died of pancreatic cancer. (Irving Wallace 1970 Photo)
Louis Hayward (ex of Ida Lupino)
South African-British-American actor of TV (Det. Inspector John Bollinger on The Pursuers; Michael Lanyard on The Lone Wolf) & movies (The Man in the Iron Mask; The Son of Monte Cristo; My Son, My Son!; Midnight Intruder; Walk a Crooked Mile) (born Mar. 19, 1909 – died Feb. 21, 1985; age 75). WWII USMC veteran awarded the Bronze Star. (Louis Hayward 1946 The Strange Woman)
Pamela Britton (nee Armilda Jane Owen; daughter of Ethel Waite Owen)
American actress of TV (Mrs. Lorelei Brown on My Favorite Martian; Bondie Bumstead on Blondie) & movies (Key to the City; Anchors Aweigh; A Letter for Evie; Watch the Birdie; If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium; Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?) (born Mar. 19, 1923 – died June 17, 1974; age 51). Pamela Britton died of a brain tumor. (Pamela Britton 1950 D.O.A.)
Tige Andrews (nee Tiger Andrews)
American actor on TV (Captain Adam Greer on Mod Squad; Det. Lt. John Russo on The Detectives; The Phil Silvers Show; Gomer Pyle: USMC; CHiPs; Kojak) and in movies (Mister Roberts; In Enemy Country; The Last Tycoon; Imitation General) (born Mar. 19, 1920 – Jan. 27, 2007; age 86). Cause of death for Tige Andrews was cardiac arrest. (Tige Andrews 1976 Photo: ABC Television)
Fred Clark (nee Frederick Leonard Clark; ex of Benay Venuta)
American actor of TV (The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show; The Beverly Hillbillies) & movies (Visit to a Small Planet; Miracle in the Rain; Sunset Boulevard; The Solid Gold Cadillac; A Place in the Sun; How to Marry a Millionaire; Auntie Mame) (born March 19, 1914 – died Dec. 5, 1968; age 54). Fred Clark died of hepatitis. (Fred Clark 1960 Visit to a Small Planet)
Kent Smith (nee Frank Kent Smith; married Edith Atwater)
American actor of TV (Dr. Robert Morton on Peyton Place; The Invaders; The Philip Morris Playhouse; The F.B.I.; Wagon Train) & films (The Mugger; Cat People; Nora Prentiss; Party Girl; The Trouble With Angels; Lost Horizon; The Fountainhead; The Garden Murder Case) (born Mar. 19, 1907 – Apr. 23, 1985; age 78). Kent Smith died of heart failure. (Kent Smith 1967 Daniel Boone)
Michael M. Ryan (nee Michael McFoster Ryan)
American actor of stage, TV (John Randolph on Another World and Somerset; Ben Jerrod; The Edge of Night; Another Life), and movies (The Strangler; Hamlet; Satan’s Bed; Tootsie; Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins) (born Mar. 19, 1929 – died Mar. 1, 2017; age 87). Michael Ryan’s cause of death is unknown. (Michael M. Ryan 1965 Another World Photo: NBC TV)
Anna Held (nee Helene Anna Held; partner of Florenz Ziegfeld)
Polish-French comedienne, singer-dancer-actress of European & American vaudeville stages, Broadway (Ziegfeld Follies; A Parisian Model; Miss Innocence) & a silent film Madame la Presidente; famed for her hourglass figure & milk baths, WWI supporter of French troops (born Mar. 19, 1872 – died Aug. 12, 1918; age 46). (Anna Held: Aimee Dupont)
Scottish doctor, anti-slavery missionary & explorer of Central Africa – Botswana, Zambezi River, Ruvuma River – 1st European to discover Victoria Falls, Lake Nyasa, etc.; author (Missionary Travels); while stranded at Lake Tanganyika, he was rescued by Henry Morton Stanley (born Mar. 19, 1813 – died May 1, 1873; age 60). (David Livingstone: Frederick Havill)
Betty Compson (nee Eleanor Lucime Compson; ex of James Cruze)
American 1930s & silent film actress (Midnight Mystery; The Spoilers; She Got What She Wanted; The Barker; The Boudoir Diplomat; Virtuous Husband; The Silver Lining; Destination Unknown; Notorious But Nice; The Millionaire Kid; Circus Girl; Those Who Dance; The Case of Sergeant Grischa; Isle of Escape) (born Mar. 19, 1897 – died Apr. 18, 1974; age 77). (Betty Compson 1920)
Phyllis Newman (married Adolph Green)
Tony Award-winning American actress of stage, TV (Renee Buchanan on One Life to Live; Diagnosis: Unknown; Decoy; Coming of Age; Thirtysomething), and movies (Let’s Rock; To Find a Man; Bye Bye Braverman; It Had to Be You) (born Mar. 19, 1933 – died Sept. 15, 2019; 86). Phyllis Newman died of complications from a lung problem. (Phyllis Newman 1963 What’s My Line?)
Richie Ashburn (nee Donald Richard Ashburn; “Putt-Putt; “The Tilden Flash“)
American National Baseball Hall of Fame professional baseball player, MLB outfielder (Philadelphia Phillies; Chicago Cubs; New York Mets), 1948 NL stolen base leader, MLB all-star (1948, 1951, 1953, 1958, 1962), and MLB TV commentator (born Mar. 19, 1927 – died Sept. 9, 1997; age 70). Richie Ashburn died of a heart attack. (Richie Ashburn 1953 Photo: Bowman Gum)
Bill Henderson (nee William Randall Henderson)
American actor of TV (Harry O) and movies (Cornbread, Earl and Me; Trouble Man; Murphy’s Law; Inside Moves; Continental Divide; No Holds Barred; Get Crazy; Fear City; Fletch; Clue; City Slickers; Ghosts of Mississippi; Conspiracy Theory) (born Mar. 19, 1926 – died Apr. 3, 2016; age 90). Cause of death for Bill Henderson is unknown. (Bill Henderson 1975 Cornbread, Earl and Me)
Gail Kobe (nee Gabrielle Joyce Kobe)
American producer & actress of TV (Doris Schuster on Peyton Place; Bright Promise; Trackdown; Gunsmoke; The Twilight Zone; Rawhide: Perry Mason; Days of Our Lives; The Bold and the Beautiful; Guiding Light; Texas; The Edge of Night; Return to Peyton Place) (born Mar. 19, 1932 – died Aug. 1, 2013; age 81). Cause of death for Gail Kobe is unknown. (Gail Kobe 1970 Daniel Boone)
Philip Roth is 86 (nee Philip Milton Roth; ex of Claire Bloom)
American writer, 1997 Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist (American Pastoral; The Human Stain; Goodbye, Columbus; Portnoy’s Complaint; I Married a Communist; Exit Ghost; The Prague Orgy; The Ghost Writer; The Plot Against America) (born Mar. 19, 1933 – died May 22, 2018; age 85). Philip Roth died of congestive heart failure. (Philip Roth 1973 Photo: Nancy Crampton)
Nancy Malone (nee Ann Josefa Maloney)
Emmy-winning American producer, director, & actress of TV (Libby Kingston on Naked City; Robin Lang Bauer Bowden Fletcher on Guiding Light; Babby Dennis on The Brighter Day; The First Hundred Years; The Long, Hot Summer; Ironside; Dynasty; Hotel; Melrose Place) (born Mar. 19, 1935 – died May 8, 2014; age 79). (Nancy Malone 1971 Dan August)
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