April 22nd Birthdays
If you were born on April 22nd you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Jack Nicholson (nee John Joseph Nicholson; ex of Sandra Knight)
Oscar-winning American actor (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest; As Good as It Gets; Easy Rider; Chinatown; The Shining; Batman; The Departed; A Few Good Men; Something’s Gotta Give; The Bucket List), born April 22, 1937. Ex-partner of Anjelica Huston, Lara Flynn Boyle. (Jack Nicholson 1960 The Wild Ride)
Janet Evanovich (nee Janet Schneider; pseudonym Steffie Hall)
American romance novelist (Hero at Large; Back to the Bedroom; Foul Play), author of the Stephanie Plum mystery series (One For the Money; Hard Eight; Sizzling Sixteen; Wicked Appetite; Metro Girl; Curious Minds; Plum Lucky; Game On), born April 22, 1943. (Janet Evanovich 2010 Photo: Tim Pierce)
John Waters (nee John Samuel Waters Jr.)
American filmmaker, director, screenwriter, character actor known for cult movies (Divine; Hairspray; Cry-Baby; Pecker; Cecil B. DeMented; Serial Mom; Pink Flamingos; Polyester) and TV (Love You to Death; Groundbreakers), born April 22, 1946. (John Waters 2007 Photo: John Waters_at_EIFF)
English-American rock guitarist, record producer, record-breaking Frampton Comes Alive! album creator, and singer-songwriter (Show Me the Way; Baby, I Love Your Way; I’m In You; I Can’t Stand It No More; Do You Feel Like We Do), born April 22, 1950. (Peter Frampton 1970s Photo: A&M Records)
Steve Bond (nee Shlomo Goldberg)
Israeli-American model (Playgirl), actor of TV (Jimmy Lee Holt on General Hospital; Mack Blake on Santa Barbara; Enchanted Christmas) & movies (Picasso Trigger; To Die For; Tarzan and the Jungle Boy; Massacre at Central High; Tryst), born April 22, 1953. (Steve Bond c. 1980s Painting: A. Hamilton)
Joseph Bottoms (brother of Timothy Bottoms, Sam Bottoms)
American actor of TV (The Net; Kirk Cranston on Santa Barbara; Cal Winters on Days of Our Lives; Street Legal; Holocaust) and movies (Surfacing; King of the Mountain; Cloud Dancer; The Dove; Crime and Passion; The Black Hole; Blind Date; Open House), born April 22, 1954. (Joseph Bottoms 1978 Photo)
Ken Olandt (nee Kenneth Andrew Olandt)
American producer & actor of TV (Det. Zachary Stone on Super Force; Riptide; Derek Stuart on The Young and the Restless; Supercarrier) & films (April Fool’s Day; Summer School; Leprechaun; Daybreak; Power Play; Dark Power; A Time to Revenge; Digital Man), born April 22, 1958. (Ken Olandt Painting: A. Hamilton)
Catherine Mary Stewart (nee Catherine Mary Nursall)
Canadian actress of TV (Kayla Brady on Days of Our Lives; Hearts Are Wild; Guiding Light) & movies (The Last Starfighter; Night of the Comet; Mischief; Weekend at Bernie’s; Samurai Cowboy; Nightflyers; The Psychic; Number One Fan), born April 22, 1959. (Buck Henry 1978 Photo: Alan Light)
Ryan Stiles
Canadian-American stand-up & improv comedian, actor, producer, & director of stage, TV (Whose Line Is It Anyway? The Drew Carey Show; Drew Carey’s Improv-A-Ganza; Two and a Half Men), and movies (Hot Shots! Part Deux), born April 22, 1959. (Judi Dench 2007 Photo: Caroline Bonarde Ucci)
Chris Makepeace (nee Christopher Makepeace)
Canadian producer, actor and host of TV (Going Great; Mazes and Monsters; The Terry Fox Story) & movies (Meatballs; My Bodyguard; The Falcon and the Snowman; Captive Hearts; Aloha Summer; The Last Chase; The Oasis), born April 22, 1964. (Chris Makepeace 1982 Going Great Photo: Nickelodeon)
Jeffrey Dean Morgan (married Hilarie Burton)
American actor of TV (Negan on The Walking Dead; Grey’s Anatomy; Supernatural; Magic City; The Good Wife; Extant; The Burning Zone) and movies (The Accidental Husband; P.S. I Love You; The Losers; Days of Wrath; Red Dawn), born April 22, 1966. (Jeffrey Dean Morgan 2009 Photo: Ian Smith)
Sheryl Lee
German-American actress of TV (Laura Palmer / Maddy Ferguson on Twin Peaks; Dirty Sexy Money; L.A. Doctors; One Tree Hill) and film (The Pink Chiquitas; Wild at Heart; Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me; Jersey Girl; Mother Night; Angel’s Dance), born April 22, 1967. (Sheryl Lee 1990 Photo: Alan Light)
Sherri Shepherd
American comedian, host & actress of TV (The View; Less Than Perfect; Suddenly Susan; The Jamie Foxx Show; Everybody Loves Raymond; Sherri; 30 Rock; How I Met Your Mother), and movies (Cellular; Beauty Shop, Precious), born April 22, 1967. (Sherri Shepherd 2013 Photo: Aaron J. Thornton / Essence)
American Olympic luger (2010), actor of TV (Daniel Meade on Ugly Betty; The L Word; Oliver O’Toole in Signed, Sealed, Delivered), & films (Cruel Intentions; The Crow: Salvation; Resident Evil; On the Borderline; The Journey of August King; Price Check), born April 22, 1971. (Eric Mabius 2007 Photo: Greg Hernandez)
German-Australian model, personality & actor of TV (Jasper ‘Jax’ Jacks on General Hospital since 1996; Thorne Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful; Dancing with the Stars; Hawaii Five-0; Titans; Paradise Beach) & films (Alex Cross), born April 22, 1971. (Ingo Rademacher Painting: A. Hamilton)
(Bettie Page 1950s: Pierre Tourigny | Glen Campbell 1969: CBS Television)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on April 22nd!
Remember These April 22nd Birthdays
Mark Damon (nee Alan Harris; married Margaret Markov)
American producer (Monster; Das Boot; The NeverEnding Story; The Choirboys; The Jungle Book; The Lost Boys; A Dog of Flanders; The Clan of the Cave Bear; Flight of the Navigator), actor of TV & movies (The Party Crashers; Life Begins at 17; House of Usher; Johnny Yuma; The Young Racers) (born Apr. 22, 1933 – died May 12, 2024; age 91). Ex of Barbara Frey. (Mark Damon 1961 Zorro)
American actor (True Grit), TV host (The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour), and Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter (Gentle on My Mind; Wichita Lineman; Galveston; Rhinestone Cowboy; Southern Nights; By The Time I Get To Phoenix) (born Apr. 22, 1936 – died Aug. 8, 2017; age 81). Glen Campbell died of Alzheimer’s Disease. (Glen Campbell 1967 Photo: Capitol Records)
Charlotte Rae (nee Charlotte Rae Lubotsky; ex of John Strauss)
American actress of Broadway (L’il Abner), TV (Edna Garrett on The Facts of Life; Diff’rent Strokes; Car 54, Where Are You?; Hot L Baltimore; The Rich Little Show; Sesame Street), movies (Hello Down There; The Hot Rock; Bananas) (born Apr. 22, 1926 – died Aug 5, 2018; age 92). Charlotte Rae had heart problems and cancer before she died. (Charlotte Rae 1988 Photo: Alan Light)
Estelle Harris (nee Estelle Nussbaum)
American comedienne, voice-over & character actress of commercials, TV shows (Estelle Costanza on Seinfeld; The Suite Life of Zack & Cody), and films (Movin’ In; Good Advice; Mrs. Potato Head in Toy Story movies; Promoted; CBGB; Playing Mona Lisa; This is My Life; Out to Sea; The Grand; Perfect Alibi) (born Apr. 22, 1928 – died Apr. 2, 2022; age 93). (Estelle Harris 2009: Asim Bharwani)
Eddie Albert (nee Edward Albert Heimberger; father of Edward Albert)
Blacklisted American actor of movies (Roman Holiday; A Dispatch From Reuters; The Longest Yard; Brother Rat; The Wagons Roll at Night; Miracle of the White Stallions) & TV (Oliver Wendell Douglas on Green Acres, Petticoat Junction & The Beverly Hillbillies; Switch) (born Apr. 22, 1906 – died May 26, 2005; age 99). Married Margo. (Eddie Albert 1955 I’ll Cry Tomorrow Trailer)
Bettie Page (“Queen of Pinups“; “Queen of Bondage“)
American 1950’s erotica / pin-up model (Playboy Miss January 1955), and bondage model whose trademark black bangs, stiletto heels, and seamed stockings became fashion statements; later a born-again Christian (born Apr. 22, 1923 – died Dec. 11, 2008; age 85). Bettie Page died of either a heart attack or pneumonia. (Bettie Page Photo: Pierre Tourigny)
J. Robert Oppenheimer (nee Julius Robert Oppenheimer)
American theoretical physicist, WWII Los Alamos Laboratory head (Manhattan Project; “father of the atomic bomb“) and the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, while lobbying for international nuclear power controls (born Apr. 22, 1904 – died Feb. 18, 1967; age 62). Robert Oppenheimer died of throat cancer. (Robert Oppenheimer 1946 Photo: Ed Westcott / U.S. Govt. DOE)
Belle Bennett (nee Ara Belle Bennett; married Fred Windemere)
American circus performer, actress of silent films (The Iron Mask; Stella Dallas; Flesh and Spirit; The Lonely Woman) & early sound movies (Recaptured Love; The Way of all Flesh; The Battle of The Sexes; The Fourth Commandment; Their Own Desire; Courage; Mother Machree; East Lynne) (born Apr. 22, 1891 – died Nov. 4, 1932; age 41). Belle Bennett died of cancer. (Belle Bennett 1926)
Aaron Spelling (ex of Carolyn Jones; father of Randy Spelling, Tori Spelling)
American screenwriter & Emmy Award-winning TV producer (The Mod Squad; The Rookies; Beverly Hills, 90210; The Love Boat; Charlie’s Angels; Dynasty; Sunset Beach; TJ Hooker; Hotel; Fantasy Island; Hart to Hart; Burke’s Law; Starsky and Hutch) (born Apr. 22, 1923 – died June 23, 2006; age 83). Aaron Spelling died of a stroke. (Aaron Spelling 1965 Photo: Trans World Airlines)
American WWII veteran, actor of stage, TV (Dick Tracy) and movies (Fighting Thoroughbreds; Dick Tracy; The Vigilante: Fighting Hero of the West; The Jungle Book; Dick Tracy Returns; Mickey the Kid; Thunder in the Pines; The Argyle Secrets; The Trigger Trio; Border Caballero) (born Apr. 22, 1909 – died Aug. 18, 1952; age 43). Ralph Byrd died of a heart attack. (Ralph Byrd 1937)
Henry Fielding (aka H. Scriblerus Secundus)
English lawyer, Chief Metropolitan Police Magistrate of London, Bow Street Runners co-founder, political writer, playwright (Tom Thumb; The Tragedy of Tragedies), & satirical novelist (Shamela; Joseph Andrews; The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling; The Life and Death of Jonathan Wild, the Great) (born Apr. 22, 1707 – died Oct. 8, 1754; age 47). Brother of Sarah Fielding, John Fielding.
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