December 2nd Birthdays
If you were born on December 2nd, you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Cathy Lee Crosby (ex-partner of Joe Theisman, Richard Roundtree)
American professional tennis player, model, host and actress of TV (That’s Incredible; Hotel; Wonder Woman; The Love Boat) and movies (Coach; The Player; Call Me By My Rightful Name; The Laughing Policeman; Ablaze), born December 2, 1944. (Cathy Lee Crosby 1970s-80s Photo: J. Gordon_Writes)
Ron Raines (nee Ronald Keith Raines)
American singer, actor of stage, web, and television (Alan Spaulding on Guiding Light from 1994-2009; Carl Peterson on One Life to Live; Beacon Hill; The Good Wife; Elementary; The Blacklist), movies (Wanderlust), born December 2, 1949. (Ron Raines c. 2000s Photo: Tlsmeltzer at Wikipedia)
Dennis Christopher (nee Dennis Carrelli)
American actor of movies (Breaking Away; Chariots of Fire; Django Unchained; The Silencers; Flight of the Spruce Goose; Fade to Black; California Dreaming) and TV (Jack of All Trades on Profiler; Deadwood; Graves; Angel; Roswell; It), born December 2, 1955. (Dennis Christopher 1983 Photo: Alan Light)
Steven Bauer (nee Esteban Ernesto Echevarria Samson; “Rocky“)
Cuban-American actor of TV (Avi on Ray Donovan; Wiseguy; Sword of Gideon) & films (Thief of Hearts; Wildfire; Raising Cain; Body Count; Primal Fear; Running Scared; The Versace Murder; Scarface; Gleaming the Cube), born December 2, 1956. Ex of Melanie Griffith. (Steven Bauer 2014: HollywoodReporter3)
Rena Sofer (ex of Wally Kurth)
Daytime Emmy Award-winning American actress of movies & TV (Quinn on The Bold and the Beautiful; Rocky on Loving; Lois on General Hospital; Melrose Place; 24; NCIS; Just Shoot Me!; Ed; Heroes; Covert Affairs; Another World), born December 2, 1968. (Rena Sofer 2014 Photo: Mingle MediaTV)
Lucy Liu (nee Lucy Alexis Liu Yu Ling)
American director & actress of TV (Dr. Joan Watson on Elementary; Ling Woo on Ally McBeal; Dirty Sexy Money; Southland; Pearl; Joey; ER; Coach) and movies (Charlie’s Angels; Shanghai Noon; Kill Bill films; Kung Fu Panda; Payback; Why Women Kill), born December 2, 1968. (Lucy Liu 2008 Photo: Georges Biard)
International Tennis Hall of Fame Yugoslavian-American #1 ranked women’s tennis player, 10X Grand Slam singles wins (Australian, French, & US Open), Hopman & 3X Federation Cup wins, & 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics bronze medalist, born December 2, 1973. (Monica Seles 2010: C Thomas)
(Maria Callas 1958: CBS Television | Julie Christie 1973: ABC Television)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on December 2nd!
Remember These December 2nd Famous Birthdays
Julie Harris (nee Julia Ann Harris)
Tony and Emmy Award-winning American Theatre Hall of Fame actress of TV (Knots Landing; The Family Holvak; Thicker Than Water; Tarzan; Scarlett) & films (The Member of the Wedding; East of Eden; The Haunting; Hamlet; Voyage of the Damned) (born Dec. 2, 1925 – died Aug. 24, 2013; age 87). Julie Harris died of heart failure. (Julie Harris 1973 Thicker Than Water: ABC Television)
Jonathan Frid (nee John Herbert Frid)
Canadian actor on Broadway stages, known for playing vampire Bramwell/Barnabas Collins on 594 episodes of the TV series Dark Shadows, and movies (House of Dark Shadows; Seizure; Dark Shadows) (born Dec. 2, 1924 – died Apr. 14, 2012; age 87). Jonathan Frid died of complications from a fall and pneumonia. (Jonathan Frid 1968 Dark Shadows Photo: ABC TV)
Maria Callas (nee Sophie Cecelia Kalos; “La Divina“)
Grammy-winning American-Greek soprano opera singer (La traviata; Medea; I puritani; Aida; Turandot; Tosca; Norma; Carmen; Lucia di Lammermoor; La boheme; Pagliacci; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; H.M.S. Pinafore; Macbeth) (born Dec. 2, 1923 – died Sept. 16, 1977; age 53). Ex-partner of Aristotle Onassis. Maria Callas died of a heart attack. (Maria Callas 1958: CBS)
Gianni Versace (nee Giovanni Maria Versace)
Italian art collector, fashion designer & founder of fashion brands Versace & Atelier Versace (menswear, womenswear, accessories, beauty products), fashion innovator (Oroton chainmail fabric) & retailer, and costume designer for stage and film (born Dec. 2, 1945 – died July 15, 1997; age 50). Gianni Versace was murdered by gunshot. (Gianni Versace 1990 Photo)
Donald Woods (nee Ralph Lewis Zink; brother of Russ Conway)
Canadian-American actor of TV (Tammy; Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law; Craig Kennedy, Criminologist), and movies (Fog Over Frisco; Sweet Adeline; Anthony Adverse; Once a Doctor; Frisco Kid; The Story of Louis Pasteur; Tammy and the Millionaire) (born Dec. 2, 1906 – died Mar. 5, 1998; age 91). Cause of death for Donald Woods is unknown. (Donald Woods 1961 Thriller)
Leo Gordon (married Lynn Cartwright)
American screenwriter & actor of TV (Adam-12; Gunsmoke; Cheyenne; Bonanza; Maverick; The Virginian; The Rockford Files) and movies (Quantrill’s Raiders; China Venture; Hondo; Seven Angry Men; Great Day in the Morning; The Restless Breed; Baby Face Nelson) (born Dec. 2, 1922 – died Dec. 26, 2000; age 78). Leo Gordon died of cardiac failure. (Leo Gordon 1966 Beau Geste)
June Clyde (nee Ina Parton; married Thornton Freeland)
American film actress (Steady Company; Country Fair; Make-Up; Arizona; Sealed Lips; Charing Cross Road; Let’s Make a Night of It; The Mad Parade; Dance Band; A Study in Scarlet; School for Husbands; Tess of the Storm Country; Back Street; Weddings are Wonderful; Branded Men), 1932 WAMPAS Baby Star (born Dec. 2, 1909 – died Oct. 1, 1987; age 77). (June Clyde 1932)
Alec B. Francis (nee Alec Budd Francis)
English actor, silent film pioneer (The Return of Peter Grimm; Alias Jimmy Valentine; Oliver Twist; Alice in Wonderland; His Private Secretary; Mata Hari; The Case of Sergeant Grischa; Evangeline; The Terror; Arrowsmith; Looking Forward; Captain Applejack; Evidence; The Mystery of Mr. X) (born Dec. 2, 1857 – died July 5, 1934; age 66). (Alec B. Francis 1925 Photo: Walter F. Seely)
Ezra Stone (nee Ezra Chaim Feinstone; married Sara Seegar)
American producer, director & actor of stage, radio (Henry Aldrich on The Aldrich Family, TV (The Munsters; I Married Joan; My Living Doll; Lost in Space; Julia; The Jimmy Stewart Show; Lassie; The Hathaways, Angel; Petticoat Junction; Laredo) and films (Those Were the Days!; Tammy and the Millionaire) (born Dec. 2, 1917 – died Mar. 3, 1994; age 76). (Henry Aldrich 1940: Radio Mirror)
Robert F. Simon (nee Robert Frank Simon)
American actor of stage, TV (The Amazing Spider-Man) & films (Bigger Than Life; The Benny Goodman Story; Spring Reunion; Pay or Die; The Black Dakotas; Rogue Cop; The Catered Affair; Edge of the City; Gunman’s Walk; Foxfire; The Rack; Compulsion; Operation Petticoat; The Reluctant Astronaut) (born Dec. 2, 1908 – died Nov. 29, 1992; age 83). (Robert F. Simon 1960 Bonanza)
Adolph Green (married Phyllis Newman; ex of Allyn Ann McLerie)
American Theatre & Songwriters Halls of Fame Tony-winning American lyricist & writer of Broadway (Hallelujah, Baby!; Peter Pan; Bells Are Ringing; The Will Rogers Follies) & movies (Singin’ in the Rain; The Barkeleys of Broadway; Auntie Mame; The Band Wagon; On the Town) (born Dec. 2, 1914 – died Oct. 23, 2002; age 87). (Adolph Green c. 1920s-1940s Painting: A. Hamilton)
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