April 22nd Birthdays
If you were born on April 22nd you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Mark Damon is 90 (nee Alan Harris; married Margaret Markov)
American producer (Monster; Das Boot; The NeverEnding Story; The Choirboys; The Lost Boys; A Dog of Flanders; The Clan of the Cave Bear), actor of TV & movies (The Party Crashers; Life Begins at 17; House of Usher; Johnny Yuma), born April 22, 1933. Ex of Barbara Frey. (Mark Damon 1961 Zorro)
Jack Nicholson is 86 (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 is 80 (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 is 77 (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)
Peter Frampton is 73
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 is 70 (nee Shlomo Goldberg)
Israeli-American former model (Playgirl), actor of TV (Jimmy Lee Holt on General Hospital; Mack Blake on Santa Barbara; Enchanted Christmas) & movies (Picasso Trigger; To Die For; Spacejacked; Tarzan and the Jungle Boy; Massacre at Central High; Tryst), show-jumping horse trainer and breeder, born April 22, 1953.
Joseph Bottoms is 69 (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 is 65 (nee Kenneth Andrew Olandt)
American businessman, producer & actor of TV (Det. Zachary Stone on Super Force; Riptide; Derek Stuart on The Young and the Restless; Supercarrier) and movies (April Fool’s Day; Summer School; Leprechaun; Daybreak; Power Play;Dark Power; Digital Man), born April 22, 1958.
Catherine Mary Stewart is 64 (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 is 64
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 is 59 (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 is 57 (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 is 56
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 is 56
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)
Ingo Rademacher is 52
German-Australian model, amateur athlete, 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) and movies (Alex Cross), born April 22, 1971.
(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
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)
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)
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)
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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