December 14th Birthdays
If you were born on December 14th, you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Joyce Wilson is 75 (nee Joyce Vincent)
American singer with the Vincent Sisters, and Tony Orlando and Dawn (He Don’t Love You [Like I Love You]; Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree; Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose; Knock Three Times; Candida; Steppin’ Out), born December 14, 1946. (Joyce Vincent Wilson 1974: CBS TV)
Stan Smith is 75 (nee Stanley Roger Smith)
International Tennis Hall of Fame American singles and doubles tennis player (with Bob Lutz), 1972 World No. #1 ranked tennis player, & winner of 4 1970’s Grand Slams (Wimbledon, Australian & US Open), born December 14, 1946. (Stan Smith 2009 Photo: Robbie Mendelson)
Ruth Fuchs is 75 (nee Ruth Gamm)
Former East German track & field athlete who set 6 world records in the javelin, and was the 1972 Munich and 1976 Montreal Olympic Games women’s javelin gold medal winner, born December 14, 1946. (Dr. Ruth Fuchs 1990 Photo: Elke Schöps / Bundesarchiv)
American actress of movies & TV (Cannon; Dan August; The F.B.I.; Adam-12; Mod Squad; All in the Family; The Waltons; Mission: Impossible; Ironside; Hawaii Five-O; Starsky and Hutch; Barnaby Jones; The White Shadow; Lou Grant; Happy Days), born December 14, 1946. (Jenny Sullivan 1975 Movin’ On)
Dee Wallace is 73 (nee Deanna Bowers; aka Dee Wallace Stone)
American actress of TV (General Hospital; The New Lassie; Grandma on Just Add Magic; Sons & Daughters) and movies (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial; The Frighteners; Cujo; The Howling; 10; The Hills Have Eyes; Critters), born December 14, 1948. (Dee Wallace Stone 2008 Photo: TangibleDreams)
American actor of TV (Clay Alden on Loving; General Hospital; Guiding Light; Another World; All My Children; Zorro; Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), movies (The Black Rose; Club Wild Side), and video games (World of Warcraft), born December 14, 1954. (James Horan: Used by Permission, JamesHoran.com)
Cynthia Gibb is 58
American model & actress of TV (Holly Laird on Fame; Suzi on Search for Tomorrow; Amanda Bentley in Diagnosis Murder movies) and films (Youngblood; Accused at 17; Modern Girls; Malone; Short Circuit 2; Death Warrant; Salvador), born December 14, 1963. (Cynthia Gibb 1983 Fame)
Noelle Beck is 54
American actress of TV (Trisha Alden McKenzie on Loving 1985-1989; Lily Snyder on As the World Turns; Blue Bloods; C.P.W.; Tucker; Rescue Me; Cashmere Mafia; The Carrie Diaries) and movies (Fletch Lives; The Substitute; If I Didn’t Care; Frame of Mind), born December 14, 1967.
(South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. Arizona Photo: Christine Roy via Unsplash)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on December 14th!
Remember These December 14th Famous Birthdays
Patty Duke (nee Anna Marie Duke; aka Patty Duke Astin)
Emmy & Academy Award-winning American singer & actress of stage, TV (The Patty Duke Show; The Brighter Day; It Takes Two; Karen’s Song; Hail to the Chief), and movies (The Miracle Worker; Valley of the Dolls; Me, Natalie) (born Dec. 14, 1946 – died Mar. 29, 2016; age 69). Patty Duke died of sepsis from a ruptured intestine. (Patty Duke 1963 Photo: William Morris Agency)
Morey Amsterdam (nee Moritz Amsterdam)
American songwriter (Why Oh Why Did I Ever Leave Wyoming), comedy writer & actor of stage, radio, TV (The Dick Van Dyke Show; The Morey Amsterdam Show; The Hollywood Squares), and movies (Machine-Gun Kelly; Murder, Inc.) (born Dec. 14, 1908 – died Oct. 27, 1996; age 87). Morey Amsterdam died of a heart attack. (Morey Amsterdam 1964 Muscle Beach Party)
Frances Bavier
Emmy Award-winning American actress of TV (Aunt Bea on The Andy Griffith Show & Mayberry R.F.D.; Amy Morgan on It’s a Great Life; The Eve Arden Show) & films (The Lady Says No; Man in the Attic; Sally and Saint Anne; My Wife’s Best Friend; Horizon’s West; The Stooge; Bend of the River) (born Dec. 14, 1902 – died Dec. 6, 1989; age 86). (Frances Bavier 1964: Gabor Rona / CBS TV)
Lee Remick
American actress of TV (Mistral’s Daughter; Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill) & films (The Long, Hot Summer; The Omen; Sanctuary; Wild River; Anatomy of a Murder; These Thousand Hills; Baby The Rain Must Fall; Days of Wine and Roses; The Hallelujah Trail) (born Dec. 14, 1935 – died July 2 1991; age 55). Lee Remick died of liver and kidney cancer. (Lee Remick 1961 Sanctuary)
George Furth (nee George Schweinfurth)
American playwright (Twigs) & Tony Award-winning actor of stage, TV (Tammy, Broadside; The Dumplings; Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman; Batman) and movies (Shampoo; The New Interns; Blazing Saddles; Nobody’s Perfect; The Cool Ones) (born Dec. 14, 1932 – died Aug. 11, 2008; age 75). George Furth had a lung disease before he died. (George Furth 1970 Jack in the Box Ad)
Dan Dailey (nee Daniel James Dailey Jr.)
American actor of TV (The Governor & J.J.) & films (The Captain is a Lady; Mokey; Panama Hattie; You Were Meant for Me; Meet Me at the Fair; There’s No Business Like Show Business; The Mortal Storm; The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover) (born Dec. 14, 1915 – died Oct. 16, 1978; age 62). Dan Dailey died of hip replacement surgery complications. (Dan Dailey 1960 The Four Just Men)
King George VI (nee Albert Frederick Arthur George; “Bertie“)
English King of the Unitied Kingdom, first head of the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, last Emperor of India, son of King George V, brother of King Edward VIII, and father of Queen Elizabeth II (born Dec. 14, 1895 – died Feb. 6, 1952; age 56). King George VI died of a coronary thrombosis. (King George VI 1940s Photo: Bertram Park / Matson Photo Service)
Rosemary Sutcliff
English historical fiction and children’s novelist (The Silver Branch, The Lantern Bearers, The Eagle of the Ninth & series; Sword at Sunset, Tristan and Iseult, The Sword and the Circle & Arthurian books; The Mark of the Horse Lord) (born Dec. 14, 1920 – died July 23, 1992; age 71). Cause of death for Rosemary Sutcliff is unknown. (Rosemary Sutcliff 1987 Photo: Mark Gerson / Camera Press London)
Laurence Naismith (nee Lawrence Johnson)
British actor of TV (The Persuaders!; The Fugitive) and movies (A Night to Remember; Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog; Jason and the Argonauts; Sink the Bismarck!; Camelot; Diamonds Are Forever; I Thank a Fool; Shoot First; Mogambo; A Killer Walks; The Man Who Never Was; Lust for Life) (born Dec. 14, 1908 – died June 5, 1992; age 83). (Laurence Naismith 1965 12 O’Clock High)
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