December 12th Birthdays

If you were born on December 12th, you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:

Bob Pettit (nee Robert Lee Pettit Jr.)

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame retired American professional basketball player, NBA forward (Milwaukee Hawks), 1955 NBA Rookie of the Year, 1958 NBA Champion, NBA MVP (1956 & 1959), born December 12, 1932. (Robert Pettit 1962 Photo: The Sporting News Archives)

Connie Francis (nee Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero)

American pop singer (Who’s Sorry Now; Lipstick on Your Collar; Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool; Stupid Cupid; Mama) and movie actress (Where the Boys Are; Follow the Boys; When the Boys Meet the Girls; Looking For Love; Jamboree!), born December 12, 1937. (Connie Francis 1961 Photo: ABC Television) 

Dionne Warwick (nee Marie Dionne Warrick)

Grammy-winning American singer (I Say a Little Prayer; Walk on By; I’ll Never Fall in Love Again; Do You Know the Way to San Jose; Alfie; This Girl’s in Love With You, and TV host (Dionne and Friends; Solid Gold), born December 12, 1940. Cousin of Whitney Houston, Leontyne Price. (Dionne Warwick 1969: CBS TV)

Wings Hauser (nee Gerald Dwight Hauser; father of Cole Hauser)

American screenwriter, director, and actor of movies (Uncommon Valor; No Safe Haven; The Art of Dying; A Soldier’s Story) and TV (The Young and the Restless; The Last Precinct; Roseanne; Beverly Hills, 90210; Murder, She Wrote; China Beach), born December 12, 1947. (Wings Hauser 1966 12 O’Clock High)

Bill Nighy (nee William Francis Nighy; ex-partner of Diana Quick)

English actor of TV (The Men’s Room; Making News; Eye of the Storm) and films (Love Actually; Still Crazy; Pirates of the Caribbean movies; Total Recall; Shaun of the Dead; Blow Dry; Alive and Kicking; The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), born December 12, 1949. (Bill Nighy 2012 Photo: Jenn Deering Davis)

Darlene Carr (nee Darlene Farnon; aka Darleen Drake)

American singer & actress of TV (Cindy Smith on The Smith Family; The Streets of San Francisco; The F.B.I.; Marcus Welby, M.D.; Barnaby Jones; Simon & Simon) & movies (The Beguiled), born December 12, 1950. Sister of Charmian Carr; ex of Jameson Parker. (Darlene Carr 1973 The Horror at 37,000 Feet)

Billy Smith (nee William John Smith; “Battlin’ Billy’)

Hockey Hall of Fame Canadian pro hockey player, NHL goalie (New York Islanders – 1982 Vezina Trophy, 4 Stanley Cups; Los Angeles Kings), 1st NHL goalie to score a goal, & NHL goaltending coach (NY Islanders; Florida Panthers), born December 12, 1950. (Billy Smith 1976-1977: NY Islanders)

Cathy Rigby (nee Cathleen Roxanne Rigby)  

American retired artistic gymnast (1968 Mexico City Olympics), actress of TV, Broadway stages (Peter Pan), movies (McKenna Shoots for the Stars), commercial spokesperson, and TV sports commentator (ABC Sports) born December 12, 1952. (Cathy Rigby 1976 Photo: ABC)

Sarah Douglas

English actress of TV (Pamela Lynch on Falcon Crest; Thundercloud) and movies (Superman movies; Conan the Destroyer; Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time; The Art of Dying; Solarbabies; A Christmas Prince), born December 12, 1952. (Sarah Douglas 2009 Photo: Dacotah Renneau)

Ana Alicia (nee Ana Alicia Ortiz)

Retired Mexican-American actress of stage, TV (Melissa Agretti Cumson Gioberti on Falcon Crest; Alicia Nieves on Ryan’s Hope; The Sacketts; Renegade; Condominium) and movies (Halloween II; Romero), and Humane Society spokeswoman, born December 12, 1956. (Ana Alicia Photo: Chuck Bridgen)

Sheila E. (nee Sheila Cecelia Escovedo; “The Queen of Percussion“)

American percussionist & singer (The Glamorous Life; The Belle of St. Mark; Sister Fate; Hold Me; A Love Bizarre; Let’s Go Crazy; Erotic City; I Wish U Heaven), TV judge & performer (The Next Great American Band), born December 12, 1957. Ex-fiance of Prince, Carlos Santana. (Sheila E. 1985: MTV)

Sheree J. Wilson (nee Sheree Julienne Wilson)

American model, producer, screenwriter & actress of TV (April Stevens on Dallas; Alex Cahill on Walker, Texas Ranger & Sons of Thunder; Our Family Honor; Peace River) and movies (Fraternity Vacation; The Gundown;  A Country Christmas), born December 12, 1958. (Sheree J. Wilson 2008 Photo: Jdpaschal) 

Daniel O’Donnell (“Wee Daniel“)

Irish singer (I Just Want to Dance With You; You Raise Me Up; Secret Love), TV personality & host (The Daniel O’Donnell Show; Strictly Come Dancing), and 3-time Irish Entertainer of the Year (1989, 1992, 1996), born December 12, 1961. (Daniel O’Donnell 2010 Photo: Sr. Airman Benjamin Stratton / USAF)

Tracy Austin (aka Tracy Ann Austin Holt)

International Tennis Hall of Fame American tennis pro, 1980 World #1 ranked, 2-time Grand Slam winner (US Open 1979 – at age 16 the youngest winner, & 1981), and 1980 Wimbledon mixed doubles winner, born December 12, 1962. (Tracy Austin 1980 Photo: American Heart Association) 

Holly Gagnier (ex-fiance of Parker Stevenson, Alec Baldwin)

American actress of TV (Ivy Jannings on Days of Our Lives; Cassie Reynolds on One Life to Live; Pacific Blue; General Hospital; Chicken Girls), movies (The Last Hero; Girls Just Want to Have Fun; Rusty Tulloch; The Undertaker’s Wedding), born December 12, 1958. (Holly Gagnier c. 1980s-1990s Painting: A. Hamilton)

Mädchen Amick

American actress of TV (Alice Cooper on Riverdale; Shelly Johnson on Twin Peaks; Witches of East End; ER; Damages; Freddie; CSI: NY; Gilmore Girls; Dawson’s Creek; C.P.W.; Longmire) and films (Sleepwalkers; The Boyfriend School), born December 12, 1970. (Mädchen Amick 2019 Photo: Greg2600)

Jennifer Connelly (married Paul Bettany; ex-fiance of Billy Campbell)

Academy Award-winning American, actress of TV & films (A Beautiful Mind; The Rocketeer; Career Opportunities; Inventing the Abbotts; Dark City; He’s Just Not That Into You; Mulholland Falls; The Hot Spot; House of Sand and Fog), born December 12, 1970. (Jennifer Connelly 2010 Photo: Karon Liu)

Sophie Kinsella (nee Madeleine Sophie Townley)

English chick-lit / romantic comedy author & novelist (Confessions of a Shopaholic; The Undomestic Goddess; Twenties Girl; I’ve Got Your Number; My Not So Perfect Life; The Party Crasher; Sleeping Arrangements), born December 12, 1970. Aka Madeleine Wickham. (Sophie Kinsella 2009: Elena Torre) 

(Karen Morley 1932: Grant MacDonald | Frank Sinatra 1944)

Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on December 12th!

Remember These December 12th Famous Birthdays

Bob Barker (nee Robert William Barker)

Daytime Emmy-winning American animal rights activist, producer & host of radio (The Bob Barker Show) and TV (The Price is Right from 1972-2015; Match Game 73; The New Truth and Consequences; Miss Universe Pageant; Daytime Emmy Awards; CBS Tournament of Roses Parade; Tattletales) (born Dec. 12, 1923 – died Aug. 26, 2023; age 99). (Bob Barker 1958: NBC)

Frank Sinatra (nee Francis Albert Sinatra; father of Nancy Sinatra, Frank Jr.)

Grammy & Academy Award-winning American actor (From Here to Eternity; Guys and Dolls; Anchors Aweigh; Ocean’s 11; Pal Joey; 4 for Texas; High Society; The First Deadly Sin) & singer (My Way; Strangers in the Night; I’ll Never Smile Again; Young at Heart) (born Dec. 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998; age 82). Ex of Ava Gardner, Mia Farrow. (Frank Sinatra 1946 Till The Clouds Roll By)

Edward G. Robinson (nee Emanuel Goldenberg)

Romanian film actor (Key Largo; Double Indemnity; The Sea Wolf; Larceny, Inc.; Key Largo; My Geisha; The Cincinnati Kid; The Biggest Bundle of Them All; Little Caesar; A Dispatch From Reuters; The Stranger; The Red House; Tiger Shark; East is West; Barbary Coast; Five Star Final; Kid Galahad; The Little Giant; The Prize) (born Dec. 12, 1893 – Jan. 26, 1973; age 79). (Edward G. Robinson 1930s) 

Edvard Munch

Norwegian printmaker, artist in the naturalistic, impressionistic, & symbolist style, and painter (The Scream; The Frieze of Life; Madonna; Puberty; Death in the Sickroom; Village in Moonlight; The Dance of Life) (born Dec. 12, 1863 – died Jan. 23, 1944; age 80). Cause of death for Edvard Munch is unknown. (Edvard Munch c. 1889 Photo: National Library of Norway)

Karen Morley (nee Mildred Linton; ex of Charles Vidor, Lloyd Gough)

American film actress (High Stakes; Arsene Lupin; Scarface; Dinner at Eight; The Crime Doctor; $10 Raise; Outcast; Black Fury; Devil’s Squadron; Framed; Wednesday’s Child; Mata Hari; Are You Listening; Daybreak; Straight is the Way; The Cuban Love Song; Thunder in the Night; The Mask of Fu Manchu; Beloved Enemy) (born Dec. 12, 1909 – died Mar. 8, 2003; age 93). (Karen Morley 1931)

Buck Jones (nee Charles Frederick Gebhart; aka Charles Jones)

American actor of westerns, sound & silent films (West of the Law; Law of the Texan; White Eagle; Wagons Westward; Unmarried; California Frontier; Hollywood Round-Up; The Red Rider; The Rainbow Trail; The Lone Rider) (born Dec. 12, 1891 – died Nov. 30, 1942; age 50). Father-in-law of Noah Beery Jr. Buck Jones died in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire. (Buck Jones 1920)

Don C. Harvey

American actor of movies (The Fighting Stallion; For You I Die) & TV (Rawhide; Laramie; Dragnet; The Man Called X; The Lone Ranger; Death Valley Days; Annie Oakley; The Roy Rogers Show; Wagon Train; Maverick; Tales of Wells Fargo; The Gene Autry Show) (born Dec. 12, 1911 – died Apr. 23, 1963; age 51). Don C. Harvey died of a heart attack. (Don. C. Harvey 1960 Tombstone Territory)

Owen Moore (brother of Joe, Matt & Tom Moore; married Katherine Perry)

Irish-American actor of 1920s films (Side Street; Cinderella; Husbands for Rent; The Red Mill; Code of the West; Love is An Awful Thing; Piccadilly Jim; The Taxi Dancer) & 1930s movies (She Done Him Wrong; As You Desire Me; What a Widow!; Outside the Law; Hush Money; Extravagance; A Star is Born) (born Dec. 12, 1886 – died June 9, 1939; age 52). Ex of Mary Pickford. (Owen Moore 1918)

Gustave Flaubert (ex-partner of Louise Colet)

French Realist playwright, poet (The Temptation of Saint Anthony), letter writer, perfectionist style short story author (November; A Simple Heart; Herodias; The Legend of St. Julian the Hospitaller), and novelist (Madame Bovary; Salammbô; Sentimental Education; Le Candidat; Memoirs of a Madman) (born Dec. 12, 1831 – died May 8, 1880; age 58). (Gustave Flaubert c. 1860s)

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