April 23rd Birthdays
If you were born on April 23rd you share a birthday with these famous people:
American actor of TV (Big Eddie; The Six Million Dollar Man; Murphy Brown; He-Man and the Masters of the Universe; That Girl; Passions; The F.B.I.; Hotel; The Doris Day Show; Hogan’s Heroes; Bonanza), and movies (Westworld; Win, Place or Steal), born April 23, 1930. (Alan Oppenheimer 2015 Photo: Gage Skidmore)
Lee Majors is 81 (nee Harvey Lee Yeary)
American actor of movies and TV (Steve Austin on The Six Million Dollar Man & The Bionic Woman; Heath Barkley on The Big Valley; Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law; Colt Seavers on The Fall Guy; Raven; The Virginian; Dallas; Raising Hope), born April 23, 1939. (Lee Majors 1969 The Ballad of Andy Crocker)
David Birney is 81
American actor of stage, TV (Bridget Loves Bernie; Serpico; St. Elsewhere; Glitter; Secrets; Love is a Many Splendored Thing; A World Apart; Hawaii Five-O; Seal Morning; Cannon), and movies (Caravan to Vaccares; Tomorrow’s a Killer), born April 23, 1939. (David Birney 1972 Photo: Bridget Loves Birney / Screen Gems)
Tony Esposito is 77 (nee Anthony James Esposito; “Tony O“)
Canadian-American NHL Hockey Hall of Fame retired goaltender (Chicago Black Hawks), 3-time Vezina Trophy (1970, 1972, 1974) & 1970 Calder Memorial Trophy winner, Pittsburgh Penguins GM, and senior born April 23, 1943. (Tony Esposito 1973 Photo: Chicago Black Hawks)
Blair Brown is 74 (nee Bonnie Blair Brown)
Tony Award-winning American actress of TV (Nina Sharp on Fringe; The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd; The Whiteoaks of Jalna; Orange is the New Black) & movies (Continental Divide; Space Cowboys; The Choirboys; Altered States), born April 23, 1946. (Blair Brown 1976 Captains and the Kings Photo: NBC)
Joyce DeWitt is 71
American host & actress of stage, TV (Janet Wood on Three’s Company & The Ropers; The Mike Douglas Show; Baretta; Hollywood Squares), movies (The Savant; Rock Story; Snapshot; The Great Fight; Failing Better Now; Call of the Wild), born April 23, 1949. (Joyce DeWitt 1977 Three’s Company Photo: ABC)
American actor of TV (Vegas; Chicago Fire) and movies (The House Next Door; Stealing Sinatra; My Own Private Idaho; Extremities; The Real Thing; Paper Bullets; A Stranger is Watching; Beverly Hills Cop; We’re No Angels; Sonic Impact), born April 23, 1953. (James Russo 2011 One Among Us Trailer / Judah Ray)
Michael Moore is 66
Academy Award-winning American social activist, author (Downsize This!; Dude, Where’s My Country?), movie screenwriter, actor, film producer and documentary filmmaker (Bowling for Columbine; Roger & Me; Fahrenheit 9/11; Sicko), and senior born April 23, 1954. (Michael Moore 2004 Photo: Prognosic)
Judy Davis is 65 (nee Judith Davis)
Emmy Award-winning Australian actress of TV (Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows; Hedda Hopper on Feud) & movies (A Passage to India; The Dressmaker; My Brilliant Career; Husbands and Wives; Absolute Power), born April 23, 1955. (Judy Davis 1983 The Merry Wives of Windsor Photo: PBS)
Valerie Bertinelli is 60
American actress & host of TV (Barbara Cooper on One Day at a Time; Melanie Moretti on Hot in Cleveland; Touched by an Angel; Cafe Americain; Sydney; Valerie’s Home Cooking; Kid’s Baking Championship), and Jenny Craig spokesperson, born April 23, 1960. (Valerie Bertinelli 1975 Photo: CBS)
George Lopez is 59
American stand-up comedian, producer, comedy screenwriter, host and actor of stage, TV (George Lopez; Lopez Tonight; Comedy Club; Hollywood Squares; Dancing With The Stars; Saint George; Lopez), and movies (Valentine’s Day), born April 23, 1961. (George Lopez 2010 Photo: Maria Gallegos / BAMC)
John Hannah is 58
Scottish actor of movies (Four Weddings and a Funeral; Sliding Doors; The Mummy; The Hurricane; The Intruder; I’m With Lucy) and TV (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.; Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency; Spartacus; Damages), born April 23, 1962. (John Hannah 2010 Photo: Gage Skidmore)
Melina Kanakaredes is 53 (aka Melina Eleni Kanakaredes Constantinides)
American actress of TV (Stella Bonasera on CSI: NY; Dr. Sydney Hansen on Providence; Guiding Light; New York News; NYPD Blue; Leaving L.A.; The Resident; Extant; The Practice; Notorious; Due South) and movies (Dangerous Beauty; Snitch), born April 23, 1967. (Melina Kanakaredes 2009 Photo: Praxinoa)
(Sunset Fishing Photo: Jonathan Zerger via Unsplash)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on April 23rd!
And remembering
Roy Orbison (“the Caruso of Rock“; “the Big O“)
Grammy Award-winning American Songwriters and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame singer solo (Crying; Oh, Pretty Woman; Only the Lonely [Know the Way I Feel]; Running Scared; Dream Baby {How Long Must I Dream]; In Dreams; You Got It (born Apr. 23, 1936 – died Dec. 6, 1988; age 52). Roy Orbison died of a heart attack. (Roy Orbison 1965 Photo: Jac. de Nijs / Dutch National Archives)
Sandra Dee (nee Alexandra Zuck)
American 1950s teen model and movie actress (Gidget; Tammy Tell Me True; Imitation of Life; A Summer Place; That Funny Feeling; Romanoff and Juliet; Come September; The Reluctant Debutante; The Restless Years; A Stranger in My Arms) (born Apr. 23, 1942 – died Feb. 20, 2005; age 62). Sandra Dee died of kidney disease complications. (Sandra Dee 1959 The Wild and the Innocent)
Shirley Temple (aka Shirley Temple Black)
Juvenile Academy Award-winning American movie actress (Little Miss Marker; Heidi; Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm; The Little Princess; The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer; Bright Eyes; The Little Colonel) and U.S. Ambassador (Ghana, Czechoslovakia) (born Apr. 23, 1928 – died Feb. 10, 2014; age 85). Shirley Temple died of COPD. (Shirley Temple Photo: Pixabay)
Ngaio Marsh (nee Edith Ngaio Marsh)
New Zealand actress, director and mystery novelist, author of the Roderick Alleyn mystery series (A Man Lay Dead, Vintage Murder; Overture to Death; Death and the Dancing Footman; Artists in Crime; Clutch of Constables) (born Apr. 23, 1895 – died Feb. 18, 1982; age 85). Cause of death for Ngai Marsh is unknown. (Ngaio Marsh 1940s Photo: Christchurch City Libraries)
Ray Peterson
American Rockabilly Hall of Fame singer (The Wonder of You; Tell Laura I Love Her; Corinna, Corinna; Missing You; I Could Have Loved You So Well; Goodnight My Love [Pleasant Dreams]) who overcame boyhood polio (born Apr. 23, 1939 – died Jan. 25, 2005; age 65). Ray Peterson died ofcancer. (Ray Peterson 1970 Photo: Universal Records / Billboard)
Jan Hooks
American comedienne and actress of TV (Saturday Night Live; Designing Women; 3rd Rock from the Sun; Not Necessarily the News; The Martin Short Show; Primetime Glick; 30 Rock) and movies (Wildcats; Batman Returns; Coneheads; Simon Birch) (born Apr. 23, 1957 – died Oct. 9, 2014; age 57). Jan Hooks died of throat cancer. (Jan Hooks 1988 Photo: Alan Light)
Hervé Villechaize
French artist, model, and actor of stage, TV (Tattoo on Fantasy Island) & movies (The Man With the Golden Gun; The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight; The One and Only; Airplane II: The Sequel; Two Moon Junction) (born Apr. 23, 1943 – died Sept. 4, 1993; age 50). Cause of death for Hervé Villechaize was a suicide shooting. (Hervé Villechaize 1977 Fantasy Island Photo: ABC TV)
Janet Blair (nee Martha Janet Lafferty)
American WWII pin-up model, big-band singer, actress of stage, TV (Betty Smith on The Smith Family; Burke’s Law; Marcus Welby, M.D.) and movies (My Sister Eileen; I Love Trouble; The Fuller Brush Man; Boys’ Night Out; The Black Arrow) (born Apr. 23, 1921 – died Feb. 19, 2007; age 85). Janet Blair died of pneumonia complications. (Janet Blair 1947 The Fabulous Dorseys)
Roy Halston (nee Roy Halston Frowick)
American fashion designer who designed Jacqueline Kennedy’s pillbox hat, the shirtdress, women’s wear & Ultrasuede suit, uniforms (Braniff Airways; 1976 U.S Olympic Team; Girl Scouts; New York Police Departments; Avis Rent-a-Car), menswear, perfume, luggage, lingerie, and bedding (born Apr. 23, 1932 – died Mar. 26, 1990; age 57). Roy Halston died of Kaposi’s sarcoma.
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