March 3rd Birthdays
If you were born on March 3rd you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Mike Pender (nee Michael John Prendergast)
English singer, lead vocalist & founding member of the Searchers (Needles and Pins; Don’t Throw Your Love Away; When You Walk in the Room; Love Potion No. 9; Sugar and Spice; Blue Mondays; Red Ferrari), born March 3, 1941. (Mike Pender 1965 The Searchers Photo: Jac. de Nijs / Dutch National Archives)
George Miller (married Margaret Sixel; ex of Sandy Gore)
Academy Award-winning Australian producer, screenwriter, and director (Happy Feet; Lorenzo’s Oil; Mad Max; The Road Warrior; Babe: Pig in the City; Flirting; Dead Calm; The Witches of Eastwick; Bangkok Hilton; Vietnam; Bodyline), born March 3, 1945. (George Miller 2015 Photo: Georges Biard)
Grammy and Academy Award-winning American composer, singer & songwriter (Up Where We Belong; I’ve Had The Time of My Life; As Long As We’ve Got Each Other; First We Take Manhattan), born March 3, 1947. (Jennifer Warnes 2000s Photo: Norman Seeff Photos / JenniferWarnes.com)
Miranda Richardson
English actress of stage, TV (And Then There Were None) & movies (Sleepy Hollow; The Evening Star; Get Carter; Damage; Fatherland; Tom & Viv; Enchanted April; The Hours; The Crying Game; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), born March 3, 1958. (Miranda Richardson 2010 Photo: David Shankbone)
Mary Page Keller (married Thomas Ian Griffith)
American actress of TV (Laura Kelly on Duet & Open House; Maggie Campbell on Baby Talk & ABC TGIF; Sally Spencer Frame on Another World; Chasing Life; Ryan’s Hope; Camp Wilder; NYPD Blue; Pretty Little Liars) and movies (Beginners), born March 3, 1961. (Mary Page Keller c 1987 Duet Photo: Fox)
Herschel Walker
Retired American Olympic bobsledder, MMA expert, USFL pro football player & NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys; Minnesota Vikings; Philadelphia Eagles; New York Giants), 1982 Maxwell & Heisman Trophy winner, born March 3, 1962. (Herschel Walker 2004 Photo: USGov-Congress)
Jackie Joyner-Kersee (nee Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee)
American Olympic track and field athlete (1984 Los Angeles silver heptathlon; 1988 Seoul gold heptathlon & long jump; 1992 Barcelona gold heptathlon & bronze long jump; 1996 Atlanta bronze long jump), born March 3, 1962. (Jackie Joyner Kersee 2009 Photo: Chuck Kennedy / White House)
Laura Harring (ex of Count Carl-Eduard von Bismarck-Schonhausen)
Mexican-American Miss USA 1985, actress of TV (Carla Greco on General Hospital; Paula Stevens on Sunset Beach; The Shield; Gossip Girl; NCIS: Los Angeles; Chasing Life), and movies (Mulholland Drive; John Q; The Poet; The Punisher), born March 3, 1964. (Laura Harring 2008 Photo: George Biard)
Brian Leetch
Hockey Hall of Fame American NHL hockey defenseman (New York Rangers, Boston Bruins), 1989 Calder Trophy (NHL Rookie of the Year), 2-time Norris Trophy (1992 & 1997), and 1994 Conn Smythe Trophy winner, born March 3, 1968. (Brian Leetch 1997 Photo: Håkan Dahlström)
Julie Bowen (nee Julia Bowen Luetkemeyer)
American actress of TV (Claire Dunphy on Modern Family; Carol Vessey on Ed; Denise Bauer on Boston Legal; ER; Weeds; Lost; Tangled) and movies (Happy Gilmore; Knife Fight; Joe Somebody; Crazy on the Outside; An American Werewolf in Paris; Mixtape), born March 3, 1970. (Julie Bowen 2009 Photo: Rubenstein)
(Edmund Lowe 1933: Hurrell | Jean Harlow 1931: Earl Christy)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on March 3rd!
Remember These March 3rd Famous Birthdays
Christian Oliver (nee Christian Klepser)
German model, actor of video games (Call of Duty: WWII; Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond), TV (Brian Keller on Saved by the Bell: The New Class; Cobra 11; Hunters; Tribute; English Estate) and movies (The Baby-Sitters Club; Eat Your Heart Out; Rattlesnakes; The Good German; House of Good and Evil) (born Mar. 3, 1972 – died Jan. 4, 2024; age 51). (Christian Oliver 2008: David Shankbone)
Jean Harlow (nee Harlean Harlow Carpenter; “The Baby”; married Paul Bern)
American 1930s film actress (Hell’s Angels; The Public Enemy; Goldie; Platinum Blonde; Three Wise Girls; Red Dust; Hold Your Man; Dinner at Eight; Bombshell; Reckless; Suzy; Saratoga; Riff Raff; China Seas; Libeled Lady) (born Mar. 3, 1911 – died June 7, 1937; age 26). Ex of Harold Rosson; partner of William Powell. Jean Harlow died of kidney failure. (Jean Harlow 1931: Earl Christy)
James Doohan
Canadian actor of TV (Peyton Place; Scotty on Star Trek; Phil Mitchell on Space Command; Return to Peyton Place; Jason of Star Command; The Bold and the Beautiful) & movies (Star Trek: The Motion Picture & sequels; Loaded Weapon 1; Amore!; Jigsaw), Royal Canadian Artillery WWII veteran (born Mar. 3, 1920 – died July 20, 2005; age 85). (James Doohan 1960s Star Trek: NBC TV)
Barney Martin
American NYPD detective, character actor of stage, TV (Jack Terwilliger on The Tony Randall Show; Seinfeld; Daddy Dearest; Sydney; Life Goes On; Benson; Hill Street Blues; St. Elsewhere) & movies (The Producers; Charly; Arthur), & WWII USAF veteran (born Mar. 3, 1923 – died Mar. 21, 2005; age 82). Barney Martin died of lung cancer. (Barney Martin 1977: CBS TV)
Diana Barrymore (daughter of John Barrymore & Blanche Oelrichs)
American actress of stage & film (Between Us Girls; Nightmare; Eagle Squadron; Fired Wife; Frontier Badmen; Ladies Courageous) (born Mar. 3, 1921 – died Jan. 25, 1960; age 38). Niece of Ethel & Lionel Barrymore; step-daughter of Dolores Costello, step-sister of John Drew Barrymore. Married Robert Wilcox; ex of Bramwell Fletcher. (Diana Barrymore 1943 Lux Ad)
Adrian (nee Adrian Greenburg; aka Gilbert Adrian; married Janet Gaynor)
Tony-winning American costume designer (The Eagle; A Woman of Affairs; Grand Hotel; The Wizard of Oz; Romance; The Women; The Great Ziegfeld; Camille; Romeo and Juliet; The Last of Mrs. Cheyney; The Barretts of Wimpole Street; The Philadelphia Story; Humoresque; Rope; Lovely to Look At) (born Mar. 3, 1903 – died Sept. 13, 1959; age 56). (Adrian 1931: Photoplay)
Edmund Lowe (married Lilyan Tashman)
American film actor (East Lynne; What Price Glory?; Soul Mates; East of Suez; The White Flower; Peacock Alley; Dinner at Eight; In Old Arizona; The Painted Angel; Transatlantic; The Cisco Kid; Women of All Nations; Black Sheep; Seven Sinners; Transatlantic; Flying Cadets; The Spider) (born Mar. 3, 1890 – died Apr. 21, 1971; age 81). (Edmund Lowe 1932 Photo: Broadway & Hollywood)
Dolores Dorn (nee Dolores M. Heft; ex of Franchot Tone, Ben Piazza)
American actress of stage, TV, & movies (Phantom of the Rue Morgue; The Bounty Hunter; Uncle Vanya; Underworld U.S.A.; 13 West Street; The Candy Snatchers; Tell Me a Riddle; The Strawberry Blonde; The Princess and the Cabbie; Night Cries), acting teacher (American Film Institute; Lee Strasberg Institute) (born Mar. 3, 1934 – died Oct. 5, 2019; age 85). (Dolores Dorn 1954)
Harold J. Stone (nee Harold Jacob Hochstein)
American character actor of movies (The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre; Spartacus; These Thousand Hills) and TV (Grand Jury; Bridget Loves Bernie; The Untouchables; Gunsmoke; The Virginian; Barney Miller; Ironside; Hogan’s Heroes; The Rifleman; Charlie’s Angels; I Spy; Hec Ramsay; Medical Center) (born Mar. 3, 1913 – died Nov. 18, 2005; age 92). (Harold J. Stone 1966 Seaway)
Bobby Driscoll (nee Robert Cletus Driscoll)
Juvenile Academy Award-winning American actor American actor of TV & films (So Dear to My Heart; The Window; When I Grow Up; Song of the South; Treasure Island; Peter Pan; The Happy Time; So Goes My Love) (born Mar, 3, 1937 – died c. Mar. 30, 1968; age 31). Bobby Driscoll abused substances and died of heart failure caused by atherosclerosis. (Bobby Driscoll 1946)
Edna Best (ex of Herbert Marshall; mother of Sarah Marshall)
British actress of stage, TV, silent films, & classic movies (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir; Faithful Hearts; Swiss Family Robinson; A Dispatch From Reuters; The Key; The Man Who Knew Too Much; Intermezzo; The Late George Apley; Beyond the Cities; The Iron Curtain; South Riding; Prison Without Bars) (born Mar. 3, 1900 – died Sept. 18, 1974; age 74). (Edna Best 1931 Photo: Photoplay)
Cathy Downs (ex of Joe Kirkwood Jr.)
American actress of TV (The Joe Palooka Story; Bat Masterson; The Lone Ranger; Perry Mason) & films (My Darling Clementine; For You I Die; The Dark Corner; Kentucky Rifle; The Sundowners; Joe Palooka in Triple Cross; Massacre River; The Noose Hangs High) (born Mar. 3, 1924 – died Dec. 8, 1976; age 52). Cathy Downs died of cancer. (Cathy Downs 1958 Tombstone Territory)
Gia Scala (nee Josephine Grace Johanna Socglio; sister of Tina Scala)
British-American actress of TV and movies (Operation Delilah; Ride a Crooked Trail; The Garment Jungle; Don’t Go Near the Water; Tip on a Dead Jockey; The Triumph of Robin Hood; The Angry Hills; The Guns of Navarone) (born Mar. 3, 1934 – died 1972; age 48). Ex of Don Burnett. Gia Scala died of acute ethanol and barbiturate intoxication. (Gia Scala 1958 The Two-Headed Spy)
Juanita Hansen (nee Juanita Cecilia Hanson)
American actress of Oz Films (The Magic Cloak; The Patchwork Girl of Oz) & other silent movies (The Brass Bullet; The Phantom Foe; Broadway Love; Betty in Search of a Thrill; The Secret of the Submarine; Rough-Riding Romance; The Yellow Arm; The Poppy Girl’s Husband; The Rough Lover; The Risky Road) (born Mar. 3, 1895 – died Sept. 26, 1961; age 66). (Juanita Hansen 1920)
Alexander Graham Bell (nee Alexander Bell; son of Alexander Melville Bell)
Scottish-Canadian-American scientist, engineer, Bell Telephone Company founder & inventor of the 1st patented telephone & other inventions (audiometer; aerial vehicles, hydroairplanes, selenium cells; alternative fuels) Aerial Experiment Association co-founder (born Mar. 3, 1847 – died Aug. 2, 1922; age 75). (Alexander Graham Bell c. 1914-1919: Moffett Studio)
Jack Townley (nee J. Woodward Townley)
American silent film actor, director & screenwriter of TV (The Abbott and Costello Show) & movies (Should Husbands Work?; The Crooked Circle; Grandpa Goes to Town; The Last Outlaw; The Pittsburgh Kid; Cuban Fireball; The Fabulous Senorita; Havana Rose; My Pal Trigger; Rosie the Riveter; Guilty Parents) (born Mar. 3, 1897 – died Oct. 15, 1960; age 63) (Jack Townley 1930)
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