August 30th Birthdays

If you were born on August 30th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:

Vic Seixas is 100 (nee Elias Victor Seixas Jr.)

International Tennis Hall of Fame American pro tennis player, from 1952-1956 winner of 15 Grand Slam championships, including Singles (1953 Wimbledon, 1954 US Open), Doubles (Australian, US & French Open) & Mixed Doubles, born August 30, 1923. (Vic Seixas 1954 Photo)

Ruth Westheimer is 95 (nee Karola Ruth Siegel; “Dr. Ruth“)

German-American psychologist, sex therapist & educator, TV & radio personality and host (Sexually Speaking / Dr. Ruth Show; Ask Dr. Ruth; Hollywood Squares; The All New Dr. Ruth Show; What’s Up, Dr. Ruth?) born August 30, 1928. (Dr. Ruth Westheimer 2008 Photo: David Shankbone)

Warren Buffett is 93 (son of Howard Buffett; “The Oracle“; “Sage of Omaha“)

American billionaire, investor, business owner & executive (Berkshire Hathaway CEO & Chairman), value investing advisor (annual reports, letters to shareholders, articles), and philanthropist (The Giving Pledge; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), born August 30, 1930. (Warren Buffet 2014)

Elizabeth Ashley is 84 (nee Elizabeth Ann Cole)

Tony-winning American actress of TV (Freida Evans on Evening Shade; Another World; All My Children) & films (Paperback Hero; The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday; The Carpetbaggers; Coma; Ship of Fools), born August 30, 1939. Ex of George Peppard, James Farentino. (Elizabeth Ashley 1972: Harry Langdon)

John McNally is 82

English guitarist & singer with Merseybeat group The Searchers (Sugar and Spice; Needles and Pins; Don’t Throw Your Love Away; Love Potion No. 9; What Have They Done to the Rain; Saturday Night Out; Sweets for My Sweet), born August 30, 1941. (John McNally 1965: Jac. de Nijs / Nationaal Archief)

Jean-Claude Killy is 80 (“Gilette“; “Toutoune“)

French alpine ski racer, 3-time 1968 Grenoble Olympic Games alpine gold medal skier (downhill, GS, slalom), and winner of 6 World Cups (1966 Portillo downhill, combined; 1968 Grenoble downhill, GS, slalom, combined), born August 30, 1943. (Jean-Claude Killy c. 1960s Photo: Efilguht)

Robert Crumb is 80 (aka R. Crumb; married Aline Kominsky)

Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame American artist, cartoonist (Keep on Truckin’), founding member of Zap Comix and Weirdo magazine, and creator of cartoon characters Fritz the Cat & Mr. Natural, born August 30, 1943. (Robert Crumb 2014 Photo: Niccolò Caranti) 

Timothy Bottoms is 72 (brother of Sam & Joseph Bottoms)

American producer and actor of television (Land of the Lost; That’s My Bush!; East of Eden) and movies (The Last Picture Show; The Paper Chase; The Other Side of the Mountain: Part II; Texasville; Call of the Wild; Paradise, Texas), born August 30, 1951. (Timothy Bottoms 1976 A Small Town in Texas Trailer)

Robert Parish is 70 (“The Chief“) 

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame American basketball player, 9X NBA All-Star center (Golden State Warriors; Boston Celtics – 3X NBA champions 1981, 1984, 1986; Charlotte Hornets; Chicago Bulls – 1997 NBA champions), born August 30, 1953. (Robert Parish c. 1975: Centenary College)

David Paymer is 69

American director and character actor of stage, TV (Cagney & Lacey; The Commish; The Good Wife), and movies (City Slickers films; Quiz Show; Mr. Saturday Night; Payback; The American President; Nixon), born August 30, 1954. (David Paymer 1978 Photo: Jos. Abeles Studio / Betty Lee Hunt Associates) 

Michael Chiklis is 60

Emmy Award-winning American producer and actor of TV (Tony Scali on The Commish; Vic Mackey on The Shield; Gotham; Vegas; No Ordinary Family; American Horror Story; Wiseguy; L.A. Law), and movies (Fantastic Four; Eagle Eye), born August 30, 1963. (Michael Chiklis 2010 Photo: Sue Lukenbaugh)

Cameron Diaz is 51 (married Benji Madden)

American movie actress (The Mask; There’s Something About Mary; Charlie’s Angels; The Holiday; Shrek; Bad Teacher; Vanilla Sky; In Her Shoes; What Happens in Vegas; My Sister’s Keeper; Sex Tape; Annie), born August 30, 1972. Sister-in-law of Joel Madden, Nicole Richie.(Cameron Diaz 2006: GabboT)

(Joan Blondell 1937: Marland Stone | Fred MacMurray 1937)

Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on August 30th!

Remember These August 30th Famous Birthdays

Peggy Lipton (nee Margaret Ann Lipton; ex of Quincy Jones)

American Ford teen model, singer (Stoney End; Let Me Pass By), and actress of TV (Julie Barnes on Mod Squad; Norma Jennings on Twin Peaks; Popular) & movies (Mosby’s Marauders; Blue; True Identity; Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me; When in Rome) (born Aug. 30, 1946 – died May 11, 2019; age 72). Mother of Rashida & Kidada Jones. (Peggy Lipton 1970: ABC)

Fred MacMurray (nee Frederick Martin MacMurray; married June Haver)

American singer-actor of radio, TV (My Three Sons) and movies (The Absent Minded Professor; The Shaggy Dog; Double Indemnity; Above Suspicion; Where Do We Go From Here?; The Apartment; True Confession; Alice Adams; 13 Hours By Air) (born Aug. 30, 1908 – died Nov. 5, 1991; age 83). Fred MacMurray died of pneumonia. (Fred MacMurray 1954 The Caine Mutiny Trailer) 

Bill Daily (nee William Edward Daily Jr.)

American comedian, actor of TV sitcoms (Major Roger Healey on I Dream of Jeannie; Howard Borden on The Bob Newhart Show; Starting From Scratch; Aloha Paradise; Alf; Caroline in the City; Small & Frye), movies (The Barefoot Executive) (born Aug. 30, 1927 – died Sept. 4, 2018; age 91). Cause of death for Bill Daily is unknown. (Bill Daily 1969 I Dream of Jeannie Photo: NBC TV)

John Phillips (“Papa John“; ex of Michelle Gilliam aka Michelle Phillips)

American musician, songwriter (San Francisco [Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair]), and lead singer of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame group The Mamas & the Papas (California Dreamin’; Monday, Monday; Dedicated to the One I Love; I Saw Her Again; Words of Love) (born Aug. 30, 1935 – died Mar. 18, 2001; age 65). Father of Chynna & Mackenzie Phillips. (John Phillips 1967 Photo: ABC TV)

Raymond Massey (brother of Vincent Massey; ex of Adrianne Allen)

Canadian-American actor of TV (Dr. Leonard Gillespie on Dr. Kildare; I Spy) and films (The Speckled Band; Fire Over England; The Prisoner of Zenda; Santa Fe Trail; God is My Co-Pilot; Arsenic and Old Lace; The Scarlet Pimpernel; East of Eden; The Hurricane; Abe Lincoln in Illinois; The Old Dark House) (born Aug. 30, 1896 – died July 29, 1983; age 86). (Raymond Massey 1952 Photo: NBC)

Kitty Wells (nee Ellen Muriel Deason; married Johnnie Wright)

Grammy Award-winning American Country Music Hall of Fame singer solo (It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels; Heartbreak U.S.A.; Making Believe) and with duet parter Red Foley (One by One; As Long as I Live) (born Aug. 30, 1919 – died July 16, 2012; age 92). Kitty Wells died of stroke complications. (Kitty Wells 1965 Photo: Fabry / Denny Moeller Talent)

Shirley Booth (nee Marjory Ford; ex of Ed Gardner)

Emmy, Tony and Academy Award-winning American actress of radio, stage, TV (Hazel Burke on Hazel; A Touch of Grace), & movies (Come Back, Little Sheba; About Mrs. Leslie; Main Street to Broadway; The Matchmaker; Hot Spell) (born Aug. 30, 1898 – died Oct. 16, 1992; age 94). Shirley Booth broke her hip the year before she died. (Shirley Booth 1958 The Matchmaker Trailer)

Ted Williams (nee Theodore Samuel Williams; “The Kid“)

Baseball Hall of Fame American Major League Baseball left fielder (Boston Red Sox 1939-1960, with time out for WWII and the Korean War), 19-time MLB All Star, 1946 & 1949 AL MVP, 6-time AL batting champ (born Aug. 30, 1918 – died July 5, 2002; age 83). Ted Williams died of cardiac arrest. (Ted Williams 1949 Photo: Florida Memory)

Joan Blondell (nee Rose Joan Bluestein; ex of Dick Powell, Mike Todd etc.)

American actress of stage, TV (Lottie Hatfield on Here Come the Brides; Banyon), and movies (Blonde Crazy; Topper Returns; Miss Pinkerton; Three on a Match; A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Grease; Opening Night; The Public Enemy) (born Aug. 30, 1906 – died Dec. 25, 1979; age 73). Sister of Gloria Blondell; sister-in-law of “Cubby” Broccoli. (Joan Blondell 1934 He Was Her Man)

Geoffrey Beene (nee Samuel Albert Bozeman, Jr.)

Coty Award-winning American fashion designer, founder of Geoffrey Beene Inc. fashion house (handbags, women’s wear, Grey Flannel men’s cologne) (born Aug. 30, 1927 – died Sept. 28, 2004; age 77). Geoffrey Beene had cancer and died of pneumonia. (Geoffrey Beene Photo: By permission of Timothy Greenfield-Sanders) |  https://www.instagram.com/tgs)

Tug McGraw (nee Frank Edwin McGraw Jr.; father of Tim McGraw)

American MLB professional baseball player, relief pitcher (New York Mets 1965-1974, 1969 World Series champions; Philadelphia Phillies 1975-1984, 1975 World Series champions), 1972 & 1975 All-Star who said “Ya Gotta Believe” (born Aug. 30, 1944 – died Jan. 5, 2004; age 59). Tug McGraw died of brain cancer. (Tug McGraw c 1975-1984 Photo: Philadelphia Phillies / MLB)

Mary Shelley (nee Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin)

English editor, playwright, short story writer (The Mortal Immortal), Gothic / sci-fi novelist (Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus; Matilda; The Last Man; Falkner) (born Aug. 30, 1797 – died Feb. 1, 1851; age 53). Daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft & William Godwin; half-sister of Clair Clairmont, Fanny Imlay; married Percy Bysshe Shelley. (Mary Shelley 1840: Richard Rothwell)

David Clarke (married Nora Dunfee)

American actor of TV (Tiso Novotny on Ryan’s Hope; The Waltons) & films (The Deadly Game; The Narrow Margin; The Long Night; The Set-Up; Illegal Entry; Red Canyon; Intruder in the Dust; The Blonde Bandit; Edge of the City; Too Late For Tears) (born Aug. 30, 1908 – died Apr. 18, 2004; age 95). David Clarke died of pneumonia. (David Clarke 1959 The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery)

Eduardo Ciannelli

Tony-winning Italian opera singer & actor of TV (Johnny Staccato; Dr. Kildare; The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) and films (Gunga Din; Strange Cargo; Winterset; Flight for Freedom; Kitty Foyle; Risky Business; Houseboat; Super-Sleuth; Reunion in Vienna; Marked Woman; Dr. Broadway; Foreign Correspondent) (born Aug. 30, 1888 – died Oct. 8, 1969; age 81). (Eduardo Ciannelli 1962 Thriller)

Audrey Ferris (nee Audrey Minerva Kellar)

American silent film actress (Beware of Bachelors; Rinty of the Desert; Powder My Back; Beware of Married Men; Ginsberg the Great; Woman’s Law), sound movies (Fancy Baggage; The Jazz Singer; That Rascal; Justice Takes a Holiday; Women They Talk About), and 1927 WAMPAS Baby Star (born Aug. 30, 1909 – died May 3, 1990; age 80). (Audrey Ferris 1928 Photo: Cine-Mundial)

Arthur Rankin Sr. (nee Arthur Gibbs; married Marian Mansfield)

American movie actor (The Sporting Lover; The Call of the Canyon; The Wolf of Wall Street; Runaway Girls; Code of the Air; Enchantment; Making the Varsity; Say it With Sables), related to Phyllis Rankin, Harry Davenport, Dorothy Davenport, Wallace Reid, Sidney Drew, and Lionel, Ethel, & John Barrymore (born Aug. 30, 1895 – died Mar. 23, 1947; age 53). (Arthur Rankin 1920)

Trilby Clark (nee Gwendolyn Gladys Blakley Clark)

Australian actress of stage and silent movies (The Prairie Pirate; The Passing of Mr. Quin; The Night Porter; Just Off Broadway; Silent Sanderson; Harmony Heaven; The Bad Lands; The Squeaker; In the First Degree; The Lover of Camille; The Seventh Bandit; The Compulsory Husband; The Devil’s Maze) (born Aug. 30, 1896 – died July 7, 1983; age 86). (Trilby Clark 1924: Melbourne Spurr)

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