August 18th Birthdays
If you were born on August 18th, you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Roman Polanski (nee Raymond Roman Thierry Liebline)
French filmmaker (The Pianist; Chinatown; Rosemary’s Baby; Tess; The Ghost Writer; Macbeth; Knife in the Water; The Ninth Gate; The Tenant; Carnage; Venus in Fur; An Officer and a Spy; Death and the Maiden; Frantic; Repulsion), born August 18, 1933. Married Sharon Tate. (Roman Polanski 1977: LAPD)
Robert Redford (nee Charles Robert Redford Jr.)
Oscar-winning American filmmaker & actor (Ordinary People; The Natural; The Electric Horseman; The Great Gatsby; All the President’s Men; Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; The Way We Were; The Sting; Barefoot in the Park; Quiz Show; Our Souls at Night; Truth), born August 18, 1936. (Robert Redford 1960 Tate)
Karen Jensen (married Michael Stroka; Brendon Boone)
American actress of TV (Rachel Holt on Bracken’s World; The Snoop Sisters; Emergency!; Mannix; Love, American Style; Happy Days; The Virginian; Run For Your Life) and movies (Out of Sight; The Salzburg Connection; The Ballad of Josie), born August 18, 1944. (Karen Jensen 1974 Movin’ On)
Elayne Boosler (ex-partner of Robin Williams, Andy Kaufman)
American stand-up comedian, comedy writer, singer, dancer, host & actress of stage, television (Party of One; Broadway Baby; Daytime Emmys; Writer’s Guild of America; Balderdash; The History of Comedy), and movies (Meatballs II), born August 18, 1952. (Elayne Boosler 2016 David Feldman)
Carole Bouquet (ex-partner of Gérard Depardieu)
French fashion model (Chanel), actress of television (Rosemary’s Baby) and movies (For Your Eyes Only; A Business Affair; Too Beautiful for You; Nemo; Bunker Palace Hôtel; Tango; Dead Tired; The Bridge; Summer Things), born August 18, 1957. (Carole Bouquet 2011 Photo: Georges Biard)
American comedian, writer, producer, character & voice over actor of stage, TV (Tommy Gavin on Rescue Me; Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll; Sirens; The Job; Animal Kingdom), and movies (Two if by Sea; Ice Age; Suicide Kings; The Thomas Crown Affair), born August 18, 1957. (Denis Leary 2015 Photo: Dominick D)
Madeleine Stowe (married Brian Benben)
American actress of movies (The Last of the Mohicans; Blink; The General’s Daughter; The Two Jakes; Bad Girls; Stakeout; Worth Winning; Unlawful Entry; We Were Soldiers) and TV (Victoria Grayson on Revenge), born August 18, 1958. (Madeleine Stowe 2014 Photo: Artists for Peace and Justice)
John Viscardi (married Fiona Hutchison)
American playwright, daytime television soap opera screenwriter (Guiding Light), producer & actor of stage, television (Father Tony Vallone on One Life to Live; Law & Order: Criminal Intent; For Life) and movies (508 Nelson), born August 18, 1961. (John Viscardi Painting: A. Hamilton)
Craig Bierko
American singer & actor of stage, TV (Chet Wilton on UnREAL; Boston Legal; Sydney) and movies (The Thirteenth Floor; I’m With Lucy; Cinderella Man; Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star; Scary Movie 4; The Long Kiss Goodnight), born August 18, 1964. (Craig Bierko 2015 Photo: Mad Prodigy Productions)
Christian Slater (son of Michael Hawkins & Mary Jo Slater)
American actor of TV (Mr. Robot) and movies (Broken Arrow; Hard Rain; True Romance; Untamed Heart; Soldiers of Fortune; Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves; Pump Up the Volume; Young Guns II; Heathers; The Name of the Rose; Bed of Roses), born August 18, 1969. (Christian Slater 2007 Photo: Scott Smith)
Ed Norton (nee Edward Harrison Norton; married Shauna Robertson)
American producer & actor of TV and movies (Fight Club; Primal Fear; The Score; Rounders; The Italian Job; American History X; Keeping the Faith; The Bourne Legacy; The People vs. Larry Flynt), born August 18, 1969. Ex partner of Salma Hayek, Courtney Love. (Edward Norton 2009: David Shankbone)
American film & TV producer, director, & actor (Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show; Malcolm & Eddie; Jeremiah; The Magic School Bus; Reed Between the Lines; Major Crimes; Suits; Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce; Sneaky Pete; Sons of Anarchy), born August 18, 1970. (Malcolm-Jamal Warner 2007: Sean Coon)
(Shelley Winters 1949| Robert Redford 1960 Tate [colorized])
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on August 18th!
Remember These August 18th Famous Birthdays
Martin Mull
American musical comedian, actor of television (Sabrina, the Teenage Witch; Barth Gimble on America 2-Night. Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, & Fernwood 2 Night; Roseanne; Hollywood Squares; Arrested Development) and movies (Mrs. Doubtfire; FM; Mr. Mom; Jingle All the Way) (born Aug. 18, 1943 – died June 27, 2024; age 80). (Martin Mull 1978 Photo: NBC)
Shelley Winters (nee Shirley Schrift)
Academy Award-winning American actress of TV (Roseanne) & movies (Winchester ’73; Frenchie; Executive Suite; The Night of the Hunter; The Diary of Ann Frank; Lolita; A Patch of Blue; Bloody Mama; The Poseidon Adventure; A Place in the Sun; The Great Gatsby) (born Aug. 18, 1920 – died Jan. 14, 2006; age 85). Ex of Vittorio Gassman, Anthony Franciosa. (Shelley Winters 1951)
Patrick Swayze (brother of Don Swayze; married Lisa Niemi)
American singer (She’s Like the Wind), dancer & actor of movies (Dirty Dancing; Ghost; Point Break; Road House; Father Hood; Youngblood; Grandview, U.S.A.; The Outsiders; Uncommon Valor) and TV (North and South; The Beast; The Renegades) (born Aug. 18, 1952 – died Dec. 31, 2009; age 57). Patrick Swayze died of pancreatic cancer. (Patrick Swayze 1989 Photo: Alan Light)
Vincent Bugliosi
American defense laywer, criminal prosecutor (Charles Manson), and Edgar Award-winning bestselling true-crime author (Helter Skelter; And the Sea Will Tell; Til Death Us Do Part; Outrage: The Five Reasons Why O.J. Simpson Got Away with Murder) (born Aug. 18, 1934 – died June 6, 2015; age 80). Vincent Bugliosi died of cancer. (Vincent Bugliosi 2009 Photo: Damon D’Amato)
Grant Williams (nee John Joseph Williams)
American actor of stage, TV (Greg McKenzie on Hawaiian Eye; Surfside 6; Perry Mason; Lux Video Theatre), and movies (The Incredible Shrinking Man; The Couch; PT 109; Susan Slade; 13 Fighting Men; Written on the Wind; Lone Texan; Red Sundown; Outside the Law), and Korean War veteran (born Aug. 18, 1931 – died July 25, 1985; age 53). (Grant Williams 1960 Bonanza)
American actress of TV (Bonanza; Death Valley Days; Gunsmoke; The Name of the Game; The Californians; Tales of Wells Fargo; ChiPs; Family Affair; The Cisco Kid; The Adventures of Kit Carson; Topper) and movies (Topaz; The First Deadly Sin) (born Aug. 18, 1933 – died Dec. 27, 2006; age 73). Cause of death for Anna Navarro is unknown. (Anna Navarro 1958 Tombstone Territory)
Alan Mowbray (nee Alfred Ernest Allen)
British actor of TV (Colonel Humphrey Flack) and films (The Phantom of 42nd Street; That Hamilton Woman; Topper; The Powers Girl; The Jackpot; Wagon Master; My Dear Secretary; Lured; Earl Carrol Vanities; Rose-Marie; Man About Town; The Mad Martindales) (born Aug. 18, 1896 – died Mar. 25, 1969; age 72). Alan Mowbray died of a heart attack. (Alan Mowbray 1935 Becky Sharp)
Andrea Leeds (nee Antoinette Lees)
American film actress (Earthbound; Swanee River; The Real Glory; They Shall Have Music; Youth Takes a Fling; Letter of Introduction; The Goldwyn Follies; Stage Door; It Could Happen to You; Come and Get it; Song of the Trail; Forgotten Faces; The Moon’s Our Home) (born Aug. 18, 1914 – died May 21, 1984; age 69). Andrea Leeds died of cancer. (Andrea Leeds 1938: Picture Play)
Emmy Award-winning American actress of TV (Peggy Fair on Mannix; Judge Heller on General Hospital; The Hollywood Squares; Play of the Week; The Doctors; Love, American Style), movies (Mankillers), model, and Miss Black New Jersey beauty contest winner (born Aug. 18, 1935 – died Dec. 2, 2000; age 65). Gail Fisher died of renal failure. (Gail Fisher 1975 Photo: CBS TV)
American explorer (Lewis and Clark Expedition / Corps of Discovery – the Louisiana Purchase etc.), soldier (Virginia militia – Whiskey Rebellion; U.S. Army Captain), Secretary to President Thomas Jefferson, Louisiana Territory Governor) (born Aug. 18, 1774 – died Oct. 11, 1809; age 35). Lewis died of gunshot wounds. (Meriwether Lewis c. 1807: Charles Willson Peale)
Roberto Clemente (nee Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker)
National Baseball Hall of Fame Puerto Rican baseball player, 15X MLB All Star right fielder (Pittsburgh Pirates – 1960 & 1971 World Series champions) for 18 years, 12X Gold Glove Awards (1961-1972), 1971 World Series MVP, NL 4X batting champion & 1966 MVP (born Aug. 18, 1934 – died Dec. 31, 1972; age 38). Father of Roberto Clemente Jr. (Roberto Clemente 1958: USMC)
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