April 9th Birthdays
If you were born on April 9th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Michael Learned is 83
Emmy Award-winning American actress of TV (Olivia Walton on The Waltons; Nurse; Living Dolls; Scrubs; General Hospital; The Young and the Restless; Gunsmoke) and movies (Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story; Power; After Life), born April 9, 1939. (Michael Learned 1980 A Christmas Without Snow)
Dennis Quaid is 68
American actor of movies (Breaking Away; The Big Easy; Suspect; D.O.A.; Great Balls of Fire!; Something to Talk About; The Parent Trap, Frequency; The Rookie; The Day After Tomorrow; The Alamo) & TV (Vegas; American Crime Story), born April 9, 1954. (Dennis Quaid 1991 Photo: PH2 Mark Cavanugh / US Navy)
Caryn Richman is 66 (nee Caryn L. Brandes)
American actress of TV (Elena Dekker on Texas; Francine “Gidget” Griffin on The New Gidget & Gidget’s Summer Reunion; Nora Brady on The Bradys; Hollywood Safari; The Adventures of Mr. Clown) and feature films (Surprising Merrily; Beyond the Gates), born April 9, 1956. (Caryn Richman 1983 Texas Photo)
Marc Jacobs is 59
American fashion company executive (Louis Vuitton; Perry Ellis), fashion designer (Marc Jacobs International Company; Marc by Marc Jacobs) and retail store founder (Marc by Marc Jacobs; Marc Jacobs Collection), born April 9, 1963. (Marc Jacobs 2008: Stephen Lovekin / Getty Images)
Mark Pellegrino is 57
American actor of TV (Supernatural; Lost; Dexter; The Closer; Quantico; The Returned) & movies (Blood and Concrete; Midnight Witness; Macon County Jail; A Murder of Crows; Word of Mouth; National Treasure; Mulholland Drive), born April 9, 1965. (Mark Pellegrino 2008 Photo: Greg Hernandez)
Paulina Porizkova is 57 (nee Pavlína Pořízková)
Czech-Swedish-American model (Sports Illustrated; Chanel; Estée Lauder; Revlon), actress & host of TV (America’s Next Top Model; As the World Turns; Nightcap) and movies (Her Alibi; Wedding Bell Blues; Arizona Dream), born April 9, 1965. (Paulina Porizkova 2014 Photo: David Sedlecký)
Cynthia Nixon is 56
Tony & Emmy Award-winning American actress of stage, TV (Miranda Hobbes on Sex and the City; Tanner ’88; The Big C; Hannibal) and movies (Baby’s Day Out; Sex and the City films; The Manhattan Project; Little Darlings; Baby’s Day Out), born April 9, 1966. (Cynthia Nixon 2009 Photo: David Shankbone)
Austin Peck is 51
American model (GQ; Esquire; Playgirl), actor of TV (Austin Reed on Days of Our Lives; Brad Snyder on As the World Turns; Rick Powers on One Life to Live; Tainted Dreams; Chicago Fire) and films (North of the City; Breaking Down; The Blue Tooth Virgin), born April 9, 1971. (Austin Peck 2010: Greg Hernandez)
(Alma Bennett 1927 | Carl Perkins 1956: Sun Records)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on April 9th!
Remember These April 9th Famous Birthdays
Jean-Paul Belmondo
French movie producer (Chocolat) and actor (Breathless; Is Paris Burning?; Casino Royale; One Hundred and One Nights; Stranger in the House; The Burglars; Les Misérables; That Man From Rio; Two Women; An Angel on Wheels; Cyrano de Bergerac; Hold-Up) (born Apr. 9, 1933 – died Sept. 6, 2021; age 88). (Jean-Paul Belmondo 1964 L’Homme de Rio Trailer)
Hugh Hefner (“Hef“)
American publisher & founder of Playboy, host & producer of TV series (Playboy’s Penthouse; Playboy After Dark), movies & documentaries (Mary Pickford: A Life on Film; A Whale for the Killing; Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl) (born Apr. 9, 1926 – died Sept. 27, 2017; age 91). Hugh Hefner had several illnesses when he died. (Hugh Hefner 1978 Photo: Alan Light)
Carl Perkins (“King of Rockabilly“)
American Grammy and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame singer-songwriter (Blue Suede Shoes; Your True Love; Boppin’ the Blues; Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby; Matchbox; Daddy Sang Bass; Honey Don’t; Go, Cat, Go; Dixie Fried; Pink Pedal Pushers) (born Apr. 9, 1932 – died Jan. 19, 1998; age 65). Carl Perkins died of throat cancer. (Carl Perkins c 1956 Photo: Sun Records)
American civil rights activist, College Football Hall of Fame player, singer (Ol’ Man River; Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man) and black-listed film actor (Show Boat; The Emperor Jones; Sanders of the River; Song of Freedom; Big Fella; King Solomon’s Mines; Dark Sands) (born Apr. 9, 1898 – died Jan. 23, 1976; age 77). Paul Robeson died of stroke complications. (Paul Robeson 1930s Photo)
Seve Ballesteros (nee Severiano Ballesteros Sota)
World Golf Hall of Fame Spanish golfer (The Open Championship 1979, 1984, & 1988; Masters Tournament 1980 & 1983), 1980s & 1990s European Ryder Cup team player, and 1988 World #1 men’s golfer (born Apr. 9, 1957 – died May 7, 2011; age 54). Seve Ballesteros was recovering from brain cancer when he died. (Seve Ballesteros 2012 Photo: Jonjamdar)
Avery Schreiber
American comedian & actor of stage, TV (My Mother the Car; The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour; Match Game; Chico and the Man; That Girl) and movies (The Last Remake of Beau Geste; Robin Hood: Men in Tights) (born Apr. 9, 1935 – died Jan. 7, 2002; age 66). Avery Schreiber died of a heart attack. (Avery Schreiber 1966 Perry Como’s Kraft Music Hall Photo: J. Walter Thompson)
Ward Bond (nee Wardell Edwin Bond)
American actor of TV (Maj. Seth Adams on Wagon Train) & films (Joan of Arc; Conflict; Wagon Master; Born to Be Wild; The Quiet Man; Hondo; Rio Bravo; It’s a Wonderful Life; Tobacco Road; My Darling Clementine; The Searchers; The Mortal Storm; The Maltese Falcon; The Grapes of Wrath) (born Apr. 9, 1903 – died Nov. 5, 1960; age 57). (Ward Bond 1954 Johnny Guitar)
Arthur Batanides
American actor of TV (Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers; Johnny Midnight; I Spy; Mission: Impossible; The Detectives; The Dick Van Dyke Show; Lou Grant; The Odd Couple; Happy Days; Riverboat; Rawhide; The Twilight Zone) and movies (Police Academy films) (born Apr. 9, 1923 – died Jan. 10, 2000; age 76). Arthur Batanides died of natural causes. (Arthur Batanides 1960 Bonanza)
Frank Fenton (nee Frank Fenton Moran)
American actor of stage, TV (Annie Oakley), and movies (Hold That Blonde!; Prairie Roundup; Rogue River; Rosie the Riveter;The Clay Pigeon; Destiny; The French Key; Isle of Forgotten Sins; A Scream in the Dark; Hazard; Buffalo Bill; Minesweeper) (born Apr. 9, 1906 – died July 24, 1957; age 51). Cause of death for Frank Fenton is unknown. (Frank Fenton 1949 The Lone Ranger)
Alma Bennett (nee Alma Long)
American actress of silent films (Man’s Size; Three Jumps Ahead; Lilies of the Field; The Cyclone Rider; The Light of Western Stars; Smiling Jim; The Thrill Hunter; The Face on the Bar-room Floor; A Fool and His Money; New Orleans; Compassion; Orchids and Ermine; The Head of the Family; Without Compromise) (born Apr. 9, 1904 – died Sept. 16, 1958; age 54). (Alma Bennett 1927)
Thomas Meighan (aka Tommy Meighan)
American stage actor, star of classic & silent films (Peck’s Bad Boy; The Argyle Case; Madison Square Garden; Skyline; The Racket; The Mating Call; M’Liss; The Canadian; Pied Piper Malone; Manslaughter; Male and Female; The Miracle Man; The Immigrant; The Trail of the Lonesome Pine; Tin Gods) (born Apr. 9, 1879 – died July 8, 1936; age 57). (Thomas Meighan 1921: Northland Studio)
Brandon deWilde (nee Andre Brandon deWilde)
American narrator & actor of Broadway stages, TV (Jamie), and movies (Shane; The Member of the Wedding; Blue Denim; Those Calloways; All Fall Down; In Harm’s Way; Good-bye, My Lady; The Missouri Traveler; Night Passage; The Devil’s Backbone; Hud) (born Apr. 9, 1942 – died July 6, 1972; age 30). Brandon deWilde died in a car accident. (Brandon deWilde 1961 Thriller)
Nathan Cook
American actor of TV (Billy Griffin on Hotel; Milton Reese on The White Shadow; Virgil Brooks on Hill Street Blues; The $10,000 Pyramid; The $25,000 Pyramid; The $100,000 Pyramid; Super Password; Match Game) and feature films (Abby; The Last Word) (born Apr. 9, 1950 – died June 11, 1988; age 38). Nathan Cook died of an allergic reaction to penicillin. (Nathan Cook 1981: CBS)
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