December 23rd Birthdays
If you were born on December 23rd, you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Frederic Forrest is 85 (nee Frederic Fenimore Forrest Jr.)
American actor of movies (The Rose; The Don is Dead; When the Legends Die; Apocalypse Now; The Missouri Breaks; Point Blank; Falling Down; Hammett; Lassie; The Stone Boy) and TV (21 Jump Street; Lonesome Dove), born December 23, 1936. (Frederic Forrest 1983 Saigon – Year of the Cat)
Harry Shearer is 78
Emmy Award-winning American comedian, musician, screenwriter, voice over & character actor of TV (Saturday Night Live; The Simpsons) and movies (This is Spinal Tap; Dick; Nixon’s The One; America 2-Night; Plain Clothes), born December 23, 1943. (Harry Shearer 2010 Photo: Derek Bridges)
Susan Lucci is 75
Daytime Emmy Award-winning American author, host & actress of TV (Erica Kane on All My Children; Genevieve Delatour on Devious Maids; Dallas; Hot in Cleveland; Love is a Many Splendored Thing; Deadly Affairs), born December 23, 1946. (Susan Lucci 2009 Photo: The Heart Truth / U.S. Govt.)
American screenwriter (CBS Schoolbreak Special) and actress of movies & TV (Helen Loomis on Room 222; Electra Woman and Dyna Girl; Batman; Love, American Style; CHiPs; Barnaby Jones; Medical Center; Mod Squad; Bewitched; The Twilight Zone), born December 23, 1949. (Judy Strangis 1970 Dan August)
Joan Severance is 63
American fashion model & actress of TV (Love Boat: The Next Wave; Wiseguy; Wicked Wicked Games) and movies (Bird on a Wire; See No Evil, Hear No Evil; Payback; Black Scorpion films), born December 23, 1958. (Joan Severance 2016 Photo: Dana Patrick Photography & JoanSeverance.com)
Eddie Vedder is 57 (nee Edward Louis Severson III)
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame American rock musician, lead singer and songwriter of Pearl Jam (Jeremy; Last Kiss; Merkin Ball / I Got Id; Daughter; Who You Are; Given to Fly; Alive; Go; Immortality; Black; Better Man; Brother), born December 23, 1964. (Eddie Vedder 2010 Photo: Michele Boccamazzo)
American actress of TV (Becky on Roy; Lily Walsh Snyder on As the World Turns; Andrea Floyd on General Hospital; Anacostia; Pretty the Series; The Young Riders; Kate & Allie) and movies (Sliding Home; Anna to the Infinite Power), born December 23, 1969. (Martha Byrne 2012 Photo: Henk Bezemer)
(Red Cardinal Bird & Mistletoe Photo: Ray Hennessy via Unsplash)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on December 23rd!
Remember These December 23rd Famous Birthdays
James Stacy (nee Maurice William Elias)
American actor of TV (Johnny Madrid Lancer on Lancer; The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet; Wiseguy; Gunsmoke; The Donna Reed Show) and movies (Summer Magic; Posse; Double Exposure; Flareup; Something Wicked This Way Comes) (born Dec. 23, 1936 – died Sept. 9, 2016; age 79). James Stacy died of anaphylactic shock. (James Stacy 1968 Lancer Photo: CBS Television)
Yousuf Karsh
Armenian-Canadian celebrity portrait photographer (Winston Churchill; Humphrey Bogart; Ernest Hemingway; Elizabeth Taylor; George Bernard Shaw; Princess Elizabeth; Audrey Hepburn; Muhammad Ali) (born Dec. 23, 1908 – July 13, 2002; age 93). Yousuf Karsh died after surgery. (Yousuf Karsh 1936 Photo: Claude Castonguay / Library and Archives Canada)
Harry Guardino
American character actor of stage, movies (Houseboat; Jigsaw; Pork Chop Hill; Dirty Harry; Hell is for Heroes; Madigan; The Hell With Heroes; The Enforcer, and TV (The Reporter; The New Perry Mason; Monty Nash; Murder, She Wrote; Hawaii Five-O) (born Dec. 23, 1925 – July 17, 1995; age 69). Harry Guardino died of lung cancer. (Harry Guardino 1964 The Reporter Photo: CBS TV)
Gerald S. O’Loughlin (nee Gerald Stuart O’Loughlin Jr.)
American actor of stage, TV (Lt. Ed Ryker on The Rookies; Guiding Light; Joe Kaplan on Our House; Men at Law; Automan; The Doctors) and movies (A Hatful of Rain; In Cold Blood; Ice Station Zebra; The Valachi Papers; Frances; City Heat; A Man Called Adam; Frances) (born Dec. 23, 1921 – died July 31, 2015; age 93). (Gerald S. O’Loughlin 1971 Dan August)
James Gregory
American actor of TV (Inspector Frank Luger on Barney Miller; The Lawless Years; Danger; Detective School; Ironside) & movies (The Manchurian Candidate; PT 109; Captain Newman, M.D.; Underwater Warrior; Al Capone; Murderers’ Row; Clambake) (born Dec. 23, 1911 – Sept. 16, 2002; age 90). James Gregory died of natural causes. (James Gregory 1957 The Young Stranger Trailer)
Cy Denneny (nee Cyril Joseph Denneny)
Hockey Hall of Fame Canadian professional hockey player, top-scoring NHL forward (Ottawa Senators 1916-1928; Boston Bruins player-coach 1928-1929) with 4 Stanley Cup wins (1920, 1921, 1923 & 1927) (born Dec. 23, 1891 – died Sept. 10, 1970; age 78). Cause of death for Cy Denneny is unknown. (Cy Denneny 1920 Ottawa Senators Photo: Ross Dunn / Flickr)
Ann Pennington (nee Anna Pennington; “Tiny Penny“)
American “Black Bottom” dancer & actress of Broadway (Ziegfeld’s Follies; George White’s Scandals) and silent movies (Gold Diggers of Broadway; Hello Baby!; Tanned Legs; Night Parade; The Golden Strain; Madame Behave; The Mad Dancer; Sunshine Nan) (born Dec. 23, 1893 – died Nov. 4, 1971; age 77). Ann Pennington died of a stroke. (Ann Pennington 1916 Photo: Picture Play)
John Callahan
American actor of movies & TV (Eric Stavros on Falcon Crest; Edmund Grey on All My Children; Leo Russell on General Hospital; Craig Hunt on Santa Barbara; Dr. Baker on Days of Our Lives; Det. Mackenzie Johnson on The Bay; Watch Over Me; Emerald Point N.A.S.; Murder, She Wrote; Desperate Housewives) (born Dec. 23, 1953 – died Mar. 28, 2020; age 66). John Callahan died of a stroke.
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