August 11th Birthdays
If you were born on August 11th, you share a birthday with these famous people:
Arlene Dahl is 95
American actress and host of television (The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse; One Life to Live; All My Children) and movies (My Wild Irish Rose; Scene of the Crime; Sangaree; Journey to the Center of the Earth; Bengal Rifles), born August 11, 1925. (Arlene Dahl 1958 Photo: Foldare, Greer and Associates)
Eric Carmen is 71
American musician (guitar, keyboard), and singer-songwriter solo (All By Myself; Hungry Eyes; Never Gonna Fall in Love Again; Make Me Lose Control; She Did It; Change of Heart), and with The Raspberries (Go All the Way; I Wanna Be With You) born August 11, 1949. (Eric Carmen 1975 Album Photo: Lawren)
Steve Wozniak is 70 (“Woz“)
National Inventors Hall of Fame American pioneering electronics engineer, programmer, and personal computer inventor (Apple I; 1st programmable universal remote control), and co-founder of Apple, born August 11, 1950. (Steve Wozniak 1983 Photo: Alan Light)
Hulk Hogan is 67 (nee Terry Gene Bollea)
American professional wrestler, 12-time World Heavyweight Champion (WWF / WWE / WCW), New World Order (nWo) villain, actor of video games, TV (Thunder in Paradise), and movies (Mr. Nanny), born August 11, 1953. (Hulk Hogan 2005 Photo: PO 1st Class Kristin Fitzsimmons / USN)
Joe Jackson is 66 (nee David Ian Jackson L.R.A.M.)
English classical music composer, new wave & jazz-pop musician, singer & songwriter (Is She Really Going Out with Him?; Steppin’ Out; Breaking Us in Two; It’s Different For Girls; I’m the Man; You Can’t Get What You Want), born August 11, 1954. (Joe Jackson 1982 Photo: David Gans)
Cynthia Dale is 60
Canadian artist, singer & actress of stage, TV (Olivia Novak on Street Legal; Triple Sensation; Baxter; The Campbells; Night Heat) and films (A Broken Life; My Bloody Valentine; Heavenly Bodies; The Boy in Blue; Moonstruck), born August 11, 1960. (Cynthia Dale Photo: CynthiaDale.com)
Viola Davis is 55
Tony, Emmy & Academy Award-winning American producer and actress of stage, TV (Annalise Keating on How to Get Away With Murder; Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) and movies (Fences; The Help; Prisoners; Solaris; Far From Heaven), born August 11, 1965. (Viola Davis 2010 Photo: Joella Marano SRR)
Embeth Davidtz is 55
American actress of TV (Californication; Mad Men; Ray Donovan) and movies (Junebug; Army of Darkness; The Gingerbread Man; Schindler’s List; Murder in the First; Bridget Jones’s Diary; Fallen; Fracture; The Amazing Spider-Man), born August 11, 1965. (Embeth Davidth 2017 Photo: GOT PAP)
(Cuba Resort Bridge at Sunset Photo: © 2020 Jack Reid Photography | JR Photos)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on August 11th!
And remembering
Alex Haley (nee Alexander Murray Palmer Haley)
American U.S. Coast Guard officer, editor (Reader’s Digest), interviewer & journalist (Playboy), biographer (The Autobiography of Malcolm X), and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist (Roots: The Saga of an American Family; Queen: The Story of an American Family) (born Aug. 11, 1921 – died July 17, 1992; age 89). Alex Haley died a heart attack. (Alex Haley 1974 Photo)
Norma Shearer (nee Edith Norma Shearer)
Academy Award-winning Canadian-American actress from 1925-1942 (The Divorcee; Their Own Desire; A Free Soul; The Barretts of Wimpole Street; Romeo and Juliet; Marie Antoinette; Strange Interlude; Escape; Private Lives; The Women) (born Aug. 11, 1902 – died Mar. 6, 1983; age 77). Norma Shearer died of bronchial pneumonia. (Norma Shearer 1942 We Were Dancing)
Lloyd Nolan
American actor of movies (One-Way Ticket; Michael Shayne: Private Detective; A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; The Green Grass of Wyoming; Peyton Place; Portrait in Black; Wells Fargo; Ice Station Zebra; The House on 92nd Street) and TV (Julia; Special Agent 7; Martin Kane) (born Aug. 11, 1902 – died Sept. 27, 1985; age 83). Lloyd Nolan died of lung cancer. (Lloyd Nolan 1960 Bonanza)
Mike Douglas (nee Michael Delaney Dowd Jr.)
American WWII US Navy veteran, entertainer, big band singer for Kay Kyser’s College of Musical Knowledge (The Old Lamplighter), performer, host & actor of TV (The Mike Douglas Show host 1961-1981) and movies (Gator; Birds of Prey) (born Aug. 11, 1920 – died Aug. 11, 2006; age 86). Cause of death for Mike Douglas is unknown. (Mike Douglas 1966 Photo: Ashley Famous Agency)
Pioneering American producer, writer, director, & actor of silent movies (Captain January; Vanity Fair; The Sea Wolf; The Smart Set; Rupert of Hentzau; The Count of Monte Cristo) and classic films (Wolves of the Sea; The Phantom Express; Law of the Tropics; Hurricane; This Modern Age; Dirigible) (born Aug. 11, 1867 – died Dec. 30, 1943; age 76). (Hobart Bosworth 1914 Photo: Witzel)
Enid Blyton (aka Mary Pollock)
English poet, author of 750+ children’s books, creator of the Famous Five and other series (Five on a Treasure Island; The Secret Seven; Hurrah for Little Noddy; The Ship of Adventure; Welcome, Mary Mouse) (born Aug. 11, 1897 – died Nov. 28, 1968; age 71). Enid Blyton had Alzheimer’s Disease before she died. (Photo: Blytonite at English Wikipedia)
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