April 21st Birthdays
If you were born on April 21st you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Queen Elizabeth II is 96 (nee Elizabeth Alexandra Mary)
English head of the Commonwealth, Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, Britain’s longest-lived and reigning monarch, and the oldest living monarch in the world, born April 21, 1926. (Princess Elizabeth / Queen Elizabeth II 1947 Photo: SAR&H / Ian Pretorius collection)
Elaine May is 90 (nee Elaine Berlin)
American improv comedienne (Nichols and May), screenwriter & director (Heaven Can Wait; Primary Colors; The Birdcage; A New Leaf; Mikey and Nicky; The Heartbreak Kid), film actress (California Suite; In the Spirit; Enter Laughing), born April 21, 1932. (Elaine May 1959 Photo: The Morning Call)
Iggy Pop is 75 (nee James Newell Osterberg Jr.)
American punk rock singer solo (Real Wild Child / Wild One; Lust for Life; Candy; Bang Bang; Cry For Love; Cold Metal; The Passenger; Night Clubbing), with Rock & Roll Hall of Fame group The Stooges (I Wanna Be Your Dog), born April 21, 1947. (Iggy Pop 1982 Photo: Chrysalis / Animal Records)
American writer, columnist (The New York Times; Penthouse; The Guardian; Village Voice), novelist (Eve’s Tattoo), actress & performer of radio (The National Lampoon Radio Hour), movies & TV (Laurie Ann Karr on The Edge of Night; Saturday Night Live), born April 21, 1948. (Emily Prager 1966 Hawk)
Patti LuPone is 73
Tony & Grammy Award-winning American singer-actress of Broadway (Evita; Gypsy), TV (Libby Thatcher on Life Goes On; Oz; ), and movies (Driving Miss Daisy; Witness; State and Main; Fighting Back; Wise Guys), born April 21, 1949. (Patti LuPone 2010 Photo: Drama League from USA / Etro 053)
Tony Danza is 71 (nee Antonio Salvatore Iadanza)
American pro boxer, host & actor of stage, TV (Tony Micelli on Who’s the Boss?; Tony Banta on Taxi; Family Law; The Tony Danza Show; Baby Talk; Hudson Street; The Good Cop), & movies (Angels in the Outfield; She’s Out of Control; Crash), born April 21, 1951. (Tony Danza 1986 Who’s the Boss? ABC)
James Morrison is 68
American actor of TV (Space: Above and Beyond; 24; Hawthorne; Revenge; Those Who Kill; Blue; Private Practice; Freedom; Point Pleasant) & movies (Pray for Rain; Shadow of Doubt; Shadows of the Past; Catch Me if You Can), born April 21, 1954. (James Morrison 2014 Photo: the “IN” show)
Andie MacDowell is 64 (nee Rosalie Anderson MacDowell)
American fashion model (Vogue; L’Oreal; Yves Saint Laurent) and actress of movies (Groundhog Day; Four Weddings and a Funeral; Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes; Green Card; Michael) & TV (Cedar Cove; Maid; Wireless), born April 21, 1958. (Andie MacDowell 1998 Photo: Georges Biard)
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame British singer-songwriter for the Cure post-punk rock band (Lullaby; Fascination Street; Lovesong; Never Enough; High; Friday I’m in Love; A Letter to Elise; Wrong Number; Close to Me), born April 21, 1959. (Robert Smith 1985 Photo: Copyright 1985 by Nancy J Price, CC 3.0)
Ed Belfour is 57 (nee Edward John Belfour; “Eddie the Eagle“)
Hockey Hall of Fame Canadian NHL hockey goalie (Chicago Blackhawks; San Jose Sharks; Dallas Stars; Toronto Maple Leafs; Florida Panthers), 1991 Calder Memorial Trophy and Vezina Trophy (1991, 1993) winner, born April 21, 1965. (Ed Belfour 2008 Photo: Egon Eagle)
American comedian, host & actor of stage, TV (The Daily Show; Modern Family; Saturday Night Live; Rob Riggle’s Ski Master Academy; Fox NFL Sunday; NTSF:SD:SUV; Wilfred; Angie Tribeca; New Girl), and movies (Dumb and Dumber To; Night School), born April 21, 1970. (Rob Riggle 2008 Photo: Steve Terrell)
(Princess Elizabeth 1943: Yousuf Karsh | Anthony Quinn 1930s-1940)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on April 21st!
Remember These April 21st Famous Birthdays
Charles Grodin
American author, playwright, comedian, host & actor of movies (Heaven Can Wait; The Heartbreak Kid; The Woman in Red; Ishtar; Midnight Run; Beethoven movies; King Kong; Sunburn), and TV (The Young Marrieds; Louie; Madoff) (born Apr. 21, 1935 – died May 18, 2021; age 86). Charles Grodin died of bone marrow cancer. (Charles Grodin 2007 Photo: Terry Ballard)
Anthony Quinn (nee Antonio Rodolfo Oaxaca Quinn)
Oscar-winning Mexican-American actor (The Guns of Navarone; Zorba the Greek; Lawrence of Arabia; Viva Zapata!; Lust for Life; Blood and Sand; The Greek Tycoon; The World in His Arms; A Walk in the Clouds; The Ghost Breakers) (born Apr. 21, 1915 – died June 3, 2001; age 86). Anthony Quinn died of cancer, pneumonia and respiratory failure. (Anthony Quinn 1946 Photo: INS)
American actor of TV (Paul La Guardia on Cagney & Lacey; Lou Grant; McCloud; Steve Canyon; Whirlybirds; Ben Casey; Dragnet; My Three Sons; Bewitched; Cannon; Kojak; Charlie’s Angels; Ironside; Room 222; Hogan’s Heroes) and movies (Cry of Battle) (born Apr. 21, 1916 – died Oct. 2, 1985; age 69). Cause of death for Sidney Clute was cancer. (Sidney Clute 1970 Daniel Boone)
Christopher Dark (nee Alfred Francis DeLeo)
American character actor of TV (Broken Arrow; Code 3; The Silent Service; The Loretta Young Show; Rawhide; Bonanza) and movies (The Rabbit Trap; World Without End; Suddenly; The Steel Lady; Johnny Concho; The Halliday Brand; The Private Navy of Sgt. O’Farrell) (born Apr. 21, 1920 – died Oct. 10, 1971; age 51). Christopher Dark died of a heart attack. (Christopher Dark 1966 Bonanza)
Alistair MacLean (aka Ian Stuart)
Scottish adventure thriller novelist (The Guns of Navarone; Fear is the Key; Ice Station Zebra; Where Eagles Dare; When Eight Bells Toll; Puppet on a Chain; Force 10 From Navarone; Bear Island; Breakheart Pass; Seawitch; Golden Rendezvous) (born Apr. 21, 1922 – died Feb. 2, 1987; age 64). Alistair MacLean died of a stroke. (Alistair MacLean 1968 Photo: Fay Godwin)
Gladys Mitchell (aka Malcolm Torrie & Stephen Hockaby)
English detective fiction novelist & author of the Beatrice Bradley mystery series (Speedy Death; The Saltmarsh Murders; Brazen Tongue; Tom Brown’s Body; The Echoing Strangers; Dance to Your Daddy; The Greenstone Griffins; The Devil at Saxon Wall) (born Apr. 21, 1901 – died July 27, 1983; age 82). Cause of death for Gladys Mitchell is unknown. (Gladys Mitchell c 1969 Photo)
King Calder (nee Albert King Calder)
American actor of TV (Martin Kane; Suspense; Alfred Hitchcock Presents; Perry Mason; Lawman; The Virginian; The Twilight Zone; Death Valley Days; Rawhide; Bat Masterson; Zane Grey Theater; Tate; Johnny Ringo) and movies (Time Table; Three Came to Kill) (born Apr. 21, 1897 – died June 28, 1964; age 67). King Calder died of a heart attack. (King Calder 1958 Man With a Camera)
Tony Sarg (nee Anthony Frederick Sarg; “America’s Puppet Master“)
German-American puppeteer, silent film animator, cartoonist, designer of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade balloons, toys, & games, commercial artist (Waldorf Astoria Hotel mural), & illustrator (The Saturday Evening Post) (born Apr. 21, 1880 – died Mar. 7, 1942; age 61). Tony Sarg died from a ruptured appendix. (Tony Sarg 1932 Photo: The New Movie Magazine)
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