August 26th Birthdays
If you were born on August 26th you share a birthday with these famous people:
Jane Merrow is 79 (nee Jane Meirowsky)
English actress of TV (Lorna Doone; Once An Eagle; The Six Million Dollar Man; Mannix; Love, American Style; Hadleigh; Mission: Impossible; The Saint; Cannon; Police Woman) and movies (The Lion in Winter; The Woman Who Wouldn’t Die), born August 26, 1941. (Jane Merrow 1973 The Horror at 37,000 Feet)
Valerie Simpson is 74
Songwriter’s Hall of Fame American singer with husband Nickolas, as Ashford & Simpson (Solid; I’ll Be There for You; Found a Cure; Ain’t No Mountain High Enough; Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing), born August 26, 1946. (Valerie Simpson 1982 Photo: Bobby Holland / Capitol Records)
Rick Hansen is 63 (nee Richard Marvin Hansen)
Canadian wheelchair athlete, 5-time Paralympic Games wheelchair racing medalist (1980 Arnhem & 1984 Stoke Mandeville), disability activist (Man in Motion World Tour; Rick Hansen Foundation spinal injury-related programs), born August 26, 1957. (Rick Hansen 2008 Photo: Raj Taneja)
Wanda De Jesus is 62
American actress of TV (Santana Andrade on Santa Barbara; Mariah; Gomez on Another World; CSI: Miami; Sons of Anarchy) and movies (Blood Work; RoboCop2; The Glass Shield; The Ministers; Downtown; The Insider; Ghosts of Mars), born August 26, 1958. (Wanda De Jesus 2013 Photo: Richard Sandoval)
American college football player, track and field athlete, world record-setting and gold medal-winning Olympic 110 m hurdles sprinter (1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics; 1988 Seoul Summer Olympic Games), born August 26, 1962. (Roger Kingdom 2019 Photo: Stephen V. Russell)
Emmy Award-winning American producer & actress of TV (Molly Flynn on Mike & Molly; Sookie St. James on Gilmore Girls; Samantha Who?) & films (The Heat; Bridesmaids; Tammy; Can You Ever Forgive Me?; The Happytime Murders), born August 26, 1970. (Melissa McCarthy 2018 Photo: Greg2600 CC BY-SA)
(Lion, Toronto Zoo Photo: Jack Reid | JR Photos)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on August 26th!
And remembering
Mother Teresa (nee Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu)
Albanian-Indian 1979 Nobel Peace Prize-winning Roman Catholic religious missionary and nun (aka Saint Teresa of Calcutta), founder of Missionaries of Charity for the poor, disabled, and homeless (orphanages, hospices, etc.) (born Aug. 26, 1910 – died Sept. 5, 1997; age 87). Mother Teresa had heart problems before she died. (Mother Teresa Photo: India7 Network)
Jim Davis (nee Marlin Davis; aka James Davis)
American actor of TV (Jock Ewing on Dallas; Wes Cameron on Rescue 8; Stories of the Century; The Cowboys; Death Valley Days; Daniel Boone) and movies (Hi-Jacked; The Badge of Marshal Brennan; Oh! Susanna; The Toughest Gun in Tombstone; Apache Warrior; Big Jake; Jubilee Trail) (born Aug. 26, 1909 – died Apr. 26, 1981; age 71). Jim Davis died of cancer. (Jim Davis 1971 The Trackers)
Michael Jeter
Tony and Emmy Award-winning American character actor of stage, TV (Herman Stiles on Evening Shade; Arnie Gallo on Another World; Hothouse), and movies (The Polar Express; The Money Pit; The Green Mile; Miller’s Crossing; Drop Zone) (born Aug. 26, 1952 – died Mar. 30, 2003; age 50). Michael Jeter died after an epileptic seizure. (Michael Jeter 1992 Photo: Alan Light)
American actress of stage, TV (Ellen Miller on Lassie; Daktari; Gunsmoke; Wagon Train; My Three Sons;The Danny Thomas Show; The Streets of San Francisco), and movies (This Man’s Navy; Flight Angels; Father is a Prince; Six-Gun Gold; The Showdown) (born Aug. 26, 1917 – died Aug. 28, 1983; age 66). Jan Clayton died of cancer. (Jan Clayton 1945 Carousel Photo: AP Photo)
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