April 28th Birthdays

If you were born on April 28th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:

Ann-Margret (nee Ann-Margret Olsson; married Roger Smith)

Emmy Award-winning Swedish-American dancer, singer, and actress (Grumpy Old Men; Tommy; Viva Las Vegas; Bye Bye Birdie; Kitten with a Whip; The Swinger; State Fair; Stagecoach; The Train Robbers; Carnal Knowledge; The Pleasure Seekers), born April 28, 1941. (Ann-Margret 1966 Stagecoach)

Ginette Reno (nee Ginette Raynault)

Canadian author, actress of movies (Mambo Italiano) and television (Innocence; Million Dollar Babies), composer, Juno Award-winning French and English singer (Beautiful Second Hand Man), born April 28, 1946. (Ginette Reno 2013 Photo: Eliedion) 

Paul Guilfoyle

American actor of TV (Jim Brass on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; Secret Agent Man; The Good Fight; Colony) and movies (Company Man; Final Analysis, Air Force One, Cadillac Man, True Colors; Random Hearts; Primary Colors; L.A. Confidential), born April 28, 1949. (Paul Guilfoyle 2016 Photo: Greg2600)

Jay Leno (nee James Douglas Muir Leno)

American actor & voice actor (Cars; Ted 2), stand-up comedian, producer, TV host (The Tonight Show with Jay Leno; The Jay Leno Show; Jay Leno’s Garage), car enthusiast and collector (150+ cars & 110+ motorcycles), Popular Mechanics columnist, born April 28, 1950. (Jay Leno 1993 Photo: Alan Light) 

Mary McDonnell

American actress of stage, TV (President Laura Roslin on Battlestar Galactica; Sharon Raydor on Major Crimes & The Closer; High Society; As The World Turns; ER) and movies (Dances With Wolves; Grand Canyon; Sneakers; Independence Day), born April 28, 1952. (Mary McDonnell 2015 Photo: Gage Skidmore)

Nancy Lee Grahn

Daytime Emmy Award-winning American TV actress (Julia Wainwright Capwell on Santa Barbara; Alexis Davis on General Hospital & Port Charles; Beverly Wilkes on One Life to Live; Models Inc.; Murder One; Melrose Place; 7th Heaven) born April 28, 1956. (Nancy Lee Grahn 2010 Photo: Mingle MediaTV)

Ian Rankin (aka Jack Harvey)

Edgar Award-winning Scottish short story writer (Beggars Banquet) and crime fiction novelist, creator of Inspector Rebus & Malcolm Fox mysteries (Knots and Crosses; Black and Blue; Resurrection Men; Exit Music; Rather Be the Devil; Mortal Causes), born April 28, 1960. (Ian Rankin 2007 Photo: TimDuncan)

Barry Larkin

National Baseball Hall of Fame American MLB baseball player, Cincinnati Reds shortstop (1990 World Series champs, 12X MLB All-Star, 9X Silver Slugger, 3X Gold Glove, 1993 Roberto Clemente Award, 1995 NL MVP), & ESPN analyst, born April 28, 1964. (Barry Larkin 2017: Gage Skidmore)

John Daly (“Long John“)

American PGA professional golfer, winner of the 1991 PGA Championship and 1995 The Open Championship, 1991 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year, 2004 PGA Tour Comeback Player of the Year, and JD Designs golf course design company founder, born April 28, 1966. (John Daly 2007 Photo: Keith Allison)

Kari Wuhrer (aka Kari Salin)

American singer and actress of TV (Sliders; General Hospital; Class of ’96; Swamp Thing) & movies (Eight Legged Freaks; Boulevard; Sensation; Sex & The Other Man; Beyond Desire; Terminal Justice; Anaconda; Malevolent; The Crossing Guard), born April 28, 1967. (Kari Wuhrer 2014 Photo: Rob DiCaterino) 

Jorge Garcia

American actor of TV (Hugo “Hurley” Reyes on Lost; Jerry Ortega on Hawaii Five-0; Alcatraz) & films (Nobody Knows I’m Here; Sweetzer; The Healer; The Wedding Ringer; Happily Even After; All the World is Sleeping; The Good Humor Man; iSteve; Cooties), born April 28, 1973. (Jorge Garcia 2012: Gage Skidmore)

Penelope Cruz (nee Penélope Cruz Sánchez; married Javier Bardem)

Academy Award-winning Spanish actress of TV & movies (Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Blow; Vanilla Sky; Ferrari; Murder on the Orient Express; To Rome With Love; Nine; Captain Corelli’s Mandolin; Sahara; Gothika; Loving Pablo), born April 28, 1974. (Penelope Cruz 2011: Angela George)

(Bryant Washburn 1915 | Ann-Margret 1960s: Film Star Vintage)

Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on April 28th!

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Harper Lee (nee Nelle Harper Lee)

American novelist whose first book won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (To Kill a Mockingbird; Go Set a Watchman), childhood friend of Truman Capote (basis for Dill in To Kill a Mockingbird) (born Apr. 28, 1926 – died Feb. 19, 2016; age 89). Harper Lee had hearing and vision loss before her death. (Harper Lee 2007 Photo: Eric Draper / White House)  

Lionel Barrymore (nee Lionel Herbert Blythe; married Irene Fenwick)

American composer, director, Academy Award-winning actor of radio, stage, & movies (A Free Soul; It’s a Wonderful Life; Captains Courageous; Duel in the Sun; Key Largo; Test Pilot; Grand Hotel; Dr. Kildare films) (born Apr. 28, 1878 – died Nov. 15, 1954; age 76). Son of Maurice Barrymore & Georgiana Drew; brother of Ethel & John Barrymore. (Lionel Barrymore 1942: NBC)   

Ferrucio Lamborghini

Italian mechanic, pioneering manufacturer (Lamborghini Trattori – tractors, Lamborghini Automobili – cars, Lamborghini Calor – HVAC, Lambhorgini Oleodinamica – hydraulic valves) (born Apr. 28, 1916 – died Feb. 20, 1993; age 76). Ferrucio Lamborghini died after a heart attack. (Ferrucio Lamborghini Photo: Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. / Kys96811)

Adele Mara (nee Adelaida Delgado; married Roy Huggins)

American pin-up, actress of TV (Maverick; 77 Sunset Strip; Cheyenne; The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin) and movies (Sands of Iwo Jima; Wake of the Red Witch; Thoroughbreds; California Passage; The Inner Circle; Shut My Big Mouth; You Were Never Lovelier; Night Train to Memphis) (born Apr. 28, 1923 – died May 7, 2010; age 87).  (Adele Mara 1945 The Tiger Woman: Republic Pictures)

Marcia Strassman

American singer and actress of TV (M*A*S*H; Julie Kotter on Welcome Back, Kotter; Booker; Providence; Tremors; Good Time Harry; Noah Knows Best; Third Watch) and movies (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids; Another Stakeout; The Aviator) (born Apr. 28, 1948 – died Oct. 24, 2014; age 66). Marcia Strassman died of breast cancer. (Marcia Strassman 1975 Photo: ABC Television) 

Oskar Schindler

Austrian-Hungarian-German WWII Nazi spy, and businessman who bribed SS officials in order to save 1200+ Polish Jews from concentration camps (inspiration for Schindler’s List 1993 movie & Schindler’s Ark 1982 novel) (born Apr. 28, 1908 – died Oct. 9, 1974; age 66). Oskar Schindler’s cause of death is unknown. (Oskar Schindler 1947 Photo: Seetheholyland.net) 

Carolyn Jones (ex of Aaron Spelling, Herbert Greene)

American actress of TV (Morticia Addams on The Addams Family; Myrna Clegg on Capitol; Batman; Zane Grey Theater; Dragnet) and movies (Baby Face Nelson; King Creole; How The West Was Won; Sail a Crooked Ship; Career; House of Wax; A Ticklish Affair) (born Apr. 28, 1930 – died Aug. 3, 1983; age 53). Carolyn Jones died of colon cancer. (Carolyn Jones 1958: Modern Screen) 

Terry Pratchett (nee Terence David John Pratchett)

Best-selling English comedic fantasy novelist, creator of the Discworld series (The Colour of Magic; The Last Continent, The Fifth Elephant; Wintersmith), & youth fiction author (The Carpet People; Johnny and the Bomb; Dodger) (born Apr. 28, 1948 – died Mar. 12 2015; age 66). Terry Pratchett died of early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease. (Terry Pratchett 2012 Photo: © Luigi Novi)

Bruno Kirby (nee Bruno Giovanni Quidaciolu Jr.; son of Bruce Kirby)

American singer, comedian, and actor of TV (The Super; Room 222) and movies (City Slickers; Almost Summer; When Harry Met Sally; The Harrad Experiment; The Godfather: Part II; Where the Buffalo Roam; Borderline; Summer Heat; The Freshman) (born Apr. 28, 1949 – died Aug. 14, 2006; age 57). Bruno Kirby died of leukemia complications. (Bruno Kirby 1972 Photo: ABC TV)

Madge Sinclair (nee Madge Dorita Walters)

Jamaican-American actress of stage, TV (R.N. Ernestine Shoop on Trapper John, M.D.; Roots; Ohara; Queen; Gabriel’s Fire; Pros and Cons; Me and the Boys) and movies (Conrack; Cornbread, Earl and Me; Leadbelly; Coming to America) (born Apr. 28, 1938 – died Dec. 20, 1995; age 57). Madge Sinclair died of leukemia complications. (Madge Sinclair 1975 Cornbread, Earl and Me) 

Lois Duncan (nee Lois Duncan Steinmetz; aka Lois Kerry)

American poet, magazine article writer (Redbook; McCall’s; Reader’s Digest), children’s book writer (Hotel for Dogs) and young adult author (I Know What You Did Last Summer; Summer of Fear; Ransom; Killing Mr. Griffin; Down A Dark Hall; Locked In Time) (born Apr. 28, 1934 – died June 15, 2016; age 82). (Lois Duncan Steinmetz 1950 Photo: Joseph Steinmetz / Florida Memory)

Bryant Washburn (nee Franklin Bryant Washburn III)

American movie actor (Jazzland; Wet Paint; The Madman; The Prince of Graustark; Skinner’s Big Idea; The Gypsy Trail; Till I Come Back to You; Venus in the East; Too Much Johnson; Carson City Cyclone; Million Dollar Racket; Gambling With Souls; West of the Pecos; Captain Midnight) (born Apr. 28, 1889 – died Apr. 30, 1963; age 74). Married Virginia Vance. (Bryant Washburn 1915)

Miss Dupont (aka Pattie Heizer, Patty DuPont, Patricia Hannon)

American model & silent film actress (Foolish Wives; Hula; That Model From Paris; Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman; Good and Naughty; Mantrap; Defend Yourself; 3 Keys; One Night in Rome; So This is Marriage?) (born Apr. 28, 1898 – died Feb. 6, 1973; age 74). Aka Marguerite Armstrong. Married Sylvanus Stokes Jr. 1928 – 1949. Ex of Joseph P. Hannon. (Miss Dupont 1920s)

Sidney Toler (nee Hooper G. Toler Jr.; married Vera Tattersall Orkow)

American theatre producer, playwright & actor of stage and films (Charlie Chan at Treasure Island; Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise; Charlie Chan in Panama; Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum; Charlie Chan in Rio; Dead Men Tell; Murder Over New York; Charlie Chan in the Secret Service; A Night to Remember) (born Apr. 28, 1874 – died Feb. 12, 1947; age 72). (Sidney Toler 1930)

Robert Cornthwaite

American character actor of stage, TV, & movies (The Thing from Another World; The War of the Worlds; Ten Seconds to Hell; Hell on Devil’s Island; The Ghost and Mr. Chicken; Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?; Stranger on Horseback; Monkey Business; Futureworld); WWII veteran (born Apr. 28, 1917 – died July 20, 2006; age 89). (Robert Cornthwaite 1969 Daniel Boone)

Lee Falk (nee Leon Harrison Gross)

Will Eisner Hall of Fame American cartoonist (The Phantom; Mandrake the Magician), theater owner (Nassau, Bahamas; Massachusetts) stage producer, director, & playwright (Happy Dollar; Mandrake the Magician and the Enchantress); WWII Office of War Information veteran (born Apr. 28, 1911 – died Mar. 13, 1999; age 87). (Lee Falk c. 1940s-1960s: New World Encyclopedia)

Robert Anderson (ex of Teresa Wright)

American Theatre Hall of Fame theatre producer, playwright (Tea and Sympathy; I Never Sang for My Father; You Know I Can’t Hear You When the Water’s Running; Silent Night, Lonely Night; Double Solitaire), & screenwriter (The Nun’s Story; The Sand Pebbles; The Patricia Neal Story) (born Apr. 28, 1917 – died Feb. 9, 2009; age 91). (Robert Anderson Painting: A. Hamilton)

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