April 29th Birthdays
If you were born on April 29th you share a birthday with these famous people:
Willie Nelson is 87
American Country Music Hall of Fame singer-songwriter (Always on My Mind; On the Road Again; Blue Skies; My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys; All of Me; Whiskey River; Crazy), and actor (The Electric Horseman; Blonde Ambition) born April 29, 1933. (Willie Nelson 1974 Photo: Columbia Records / Darrin Roark)
Duane Allen is 77
American lead singer for southern gospel and Country Music Hall of Fame group The Oak Ridge Boys since 1966 (You’re The One; I’ll Be True to You; Elvira; Bobbie Sue; American Made; Sail Away; So Fine), born April 29, 1943. (Duane Allen 2013 Photo: Gage Skidmore)
Tommy James is 73 (nee Thomas Gregory Jackson)
American songwriter (Tighter, Tighter), singer solo (Three Times in Love; Draggin’ the Line), and with Tommy James and the Shondells (I Think We’re Alone Now; Mony Mony; Mirage; Crimson and Clover; Crystal Blue Persuasion; Hanky Panky), born April 29, 1947. (Tommy James 1978 Photo)
Nora Dunn is 68
American comedian, actress of stage, TV (Saturday Night Live; Sisters; The Nanny; Entourage; New Girl), and movies (Working Girl; I Love Trouble; Zoolander; Bruce Almighty; The Last Supper; Runaway Jury; Heartbreakers; Drop Dead Gorgeous; Laws of Attraction), born April 29, 1952.
Jerry Seinfeld is 66 (nee Jerome Allen Seinfeld)
Emmy Award-winning American author (Seinlanguage), comedian, writer, producer, & actor of TV (Seinfeld; The Marriage Ref; Curb Your Enthusiasm; Benson; The Larry Sanders Show), web (Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee), and movies (Bee Movie), born April 29, 1954. (Jerry Seinfeld 1997 Photo: Alan Light)
Kate Mulgrew is 65 (nee Katherine Kiernan Maria Mulgrew)
American actress of TV (Captain Kathryn Janeway on Star Trek: Voyager; Mary Ryan on Ryan’s Hope; Orange is the New Black; Mrs. Columbo) & movies (A Stranger is Watching; Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins; Throw Momma from the Train), born April 29, 1955. (Kate Mulgrew 2007 Photo: The Mighty)
Daniel Day-Lewis is 63
Multiple Academy Award-winning British-Irish actor (There Will Be Blood; My Left Foot; Lincoln; The Last of the Mohicans; In the Name of the Father; Phantom Thread; Gangs of New York; The Age of Innocence; The Crucible; The Bounty; Gandhi; Nine), born April 29, 1957. (Daniel Day-Lewis 2008 Photo: Siebbi)
Michelle Pfeiffer is 62
American actress of movies (One Fine Day; Into the Night; Up Close and Personal; Batman Returns; The Age of Innocence; Grease 2; Tequila Sunrise; Dangerous Liaisons; Love Field; The Russia House; Scarface; What Lies Beneath), born April 29, 1958. (Michelle Pfeiffer 2007 Photo: Jeremiah Christopher)
Eve Plumb is 62
American singer & actress of TV (Jan Brady on The Brady Bunch, The Brady Brides, & The Bradys; Fudge; June Landau on All My Children; The Path; The Big Valley; Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway) and movies (The Sisters Plotz), born April 29, 1958. (Eve Plumb 1973 The Brady Bunch Photo: ABC TV)
Vince Ventresca is 54 (nee Vincent Paul Gerard Ventresca)
American actor of TV (Darien Fawkes on The Invisible Man; Professor Jack Reed on Boston Common; Friends; Prey; Complete Savages; Dollhouse) and movies (Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion; Purgatory Flats; This Space Between Us), born April 29, 1966. (Vince Ventresca 2015 StakeOut: The Content Shak)
Curtis Joseph is 53 (nee Curtis Shayne Munro; “CuJo“)
Retired Canadian pro hockey player, NHL goaltender (St. Louis Blues; Toronto Maple Leafs; Edmonton Oilers; Detroit Red Wings; Phoenix Coyotes; Calgary Flames), NHL All-Star (1994, 1999, 2000), & 2002 Olympic hockey gold medalist, born April 29, 1967. (Curtis Joseph 2001 Photo: ScottSternberg)
Carnie Wilson is 52
American singer, founding member of WilsonPhillips (Hold On; Release Me; You’re in Love; Impulsive), actor & host of TV (The Talk; Carnie!; Outsider’s Inn; Carnie Wilson: Unstapled; Wilson Phillips: Still Holding On) and movies (Bridesmaids), born April 29, 1968. (Carnie Wilson 2014 Photo: Gage Skidmore)
American actor of TV (Dr. Cooper Freedman on Private Practice; Paul Kellerman on Prison Break; Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce; Scandal; Cupid; Turks; I Feel Bad; Imposters; Brooklyn Nine-Nine) and movies (Return to Zero), born April 29, 1969. (Paul Adelstein 2016 Screenshot: Valder Beebe Show)
American actress of stage, TV, and movies (Pulp Fiction; Kill Bill films; The Accidental Husband; Gattaca; Batman & Robin; Jennifer 8; The Avengers; Final Analysis; Prime; Robin Hood; Henry & June; Les Misérables; The Truth About Cats and Dogs), born April 29, 1970. (Uma Thurman 2017 Photo: Georges Biard)
American former men’s World #1 (1995, 1999) Tennis champ, winner of 8 Grand Slam Championships (1992 Wimbledon; 4x Australian Open – 1995, 2000, 2001, 2003; 1999 French Open; 1994 & 1999 US Open), and 1996 Olympic gold, born April 29, 1970. (Andre Agassi 1988 Photo: El Grafico)
(El Yaso Dam, Cajon del Maipo, Chile Photo: Raphael Nogueira via Unsplash)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on April 29th!
And remembering
American “yellow journalism” newspaper publisher, founder of Hearst Communications, politician (U.S. House of Representatives), & art collector (Hearst Castle) who inspired the film Citizen Kane (1941), (born Apr. 29, 1863 – died Aug. 14, 1951; age 88). William Randolph Hearst’s cause of death is unknown. (William Randolph Hearst 1904 Photo: B. M. Clinedinst)
Carl Gardner
American Rock & Roll Hall of Fame singer with The Robins (Smokey Joe’s Café) and The Coasters (Youngblood; Searchin’; Yakety Yak; Charlie Brown; Poison Ivy; Down in Mexico; Along Came Jones) (born Apr. 29, 1928 – died June 12, 2011; age 83). Carl Gardner had congestive heart failure and vascular dementia before he died. (Carl Gardner 1957 Photo: Topps Gum Cards ATCO Records)
Rod McKuen (nee Rodney Marvin McKuen)
American musician, Grammy Award-winning poet (Lonesome Cities; Listen to the Warm), translator of Jacques Brel’s songs, singer-songwriter (If You Go Away; Seasons in the Sun; Jean), and LGBT/Aids activist (born Apr. 29, 1933 – died Jan. 29, 2015; age 81). Rod McKuen died of respiratory arrest from pneumonia. (Rod McKuen 1970 Photo: Parkenings)
Tom Ewell (nee Samuel Yewell Tompkins)
American film producer and Tony Award-winning actor of stage, TV (Baretta; Best of the West; The Tom Ewell Show; Search for Tomorrow), and movies (Adam’s Rib; The Seven Year Itch; A Life of Her Own; The Girl Can’t Help It; Tender is the Night) (born Apr. 29, 1909 – died Sept. 12, 1994; age 85). Cause of death for Tom Ewell is unknown. (Tom Ewell 1958 Photo: Friedman-Abeles)
Richard Carlson
American actor of TV (I Led 3 Lives; Mackenzie’s Raiders) and movies (These Glamour Girls; No, No, Nanette; The Little Foxes; King Solomon’s Mines; It Came From Outer Space; The Affairs of Martha; The Ghost Breakers; Creature from the Black Lagoon) (born Apr. 29, 1912 – died Nov. 25, 1977; age 65). Richard Carlson died of a cerebral hemorrhage. (Richard Carlson 1950 Valentino)
Celeste Holm
Academy Award-winning American actress of TV (Hattie Greene on Promised Land; Honestly, Celeste!; Nancy; The Beat; Loving; As the World Turns; Falcon Crest), and movies (Gentleman’s Agreement; The Tender Trap; All About Eve; High Society; Bachelor Flat) (born Apr. 29, 1917 – died July 15, 2012; age 95). Celeste Holm died of a heart attack. (Celeste Holm 1947 Photo)
Duke Ellington (nee Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Grammy Award-winning American jazz pianist, composer (It Don’t Mean a Thing if It Ain’t Got That Swing; Mood Indigo), and bandleader (Cotton Club band), 1999 Pulitzer Prize for music (born Apr. 29, 1899 – died May 24, 1974; age 75). Duke Ellington died of pneumonia & lung cancer complications. (Duke Ellington 1943 Photo: William Morris Agency / Billboard)
Lane Smith (nee Walter Lane Smith III)
American actor of TV (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman; The Final Days; V; Kay O’Brien; Chiefs) and movies (Prison; The Mighty Ducks; Frances; Night Game; My Cousin Vinny; The Spy Within; Weeds; Red Dawn; Air America; Son in Law; The Scout; Blue Collar) (born Apr. 29, 1936 – died June 13, 2005; age 69). Lane Smith died of ALS. (Lane Smith 1980 On the Nickel Trailer)
Edith Evanson (nee Edith Carlson)
American actress of TV (Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre; Wagon Train; The Restless Gun; Alfred Hitchcock Presents) and movies (The Magnificent Yankee; Elephant Stampede; The Redhead and the Cowboy; The Damned Don’t Cry; Shane; The Silver Star) (born Apr. 29, 1896 – died Nov. 29, 1980; age 84). Edith Evanson died of heart failure. (Edith Evanson 1948 Rope Trailer)
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