February 12th Birthdays
If you were born on February 12th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
H. M. Wynant (nee Chaim Winant; married Ethel Winant [nee Wald])
American actor of movies & TV (Perry Mason; Gunsmoke; The Virginian; Cannon; Dallas; Hawaiian Eye; Mission: Impossible; Police Story; Hawaii Five-O; Quincy M.E.; Mannix; Days of Our Lives; The Doris Day Show; Shotgun Slade; Get Smart), born February 12, 1927. (H. M. Wynant 1971 Dan August)
Joe Don Baker
American character actor of stage, movies (Walking Tall; Charley Varrick; The Outfit; The Natural; Fletch; Cape Fear; The Living Daylights; GoldenEye; Adam at Six A.M.), and television (Eischied; Edge of Darkness; In the Heat of the Night; Lancer; Gunsmoke), born February 12, 1936. (Joe Don Baker 1966 Iron Horse)
Judy Blume
American children’s writer (Fudge-a-Mania), young adult fiction author (Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret; Deenie; Tiger Eyes; Blubber; Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great; Forever), and adult fiction novelist (Wifey; Summer Sisters), born February 12, 1938. (Judy Blume 2009 Photo: Carl Lender)
Maud Adams (nee Maud Solveig Christina Wikström)
Swedish Bond girl and actress of movies (The Man with the Golden Gun; Octopussy; Ringer; A View to a Kill; Rollerball; The Girl in Blue; Laura; The Diamond Mercenaries; Ringer) and television (Emerald Point N.A.S.; Chicago Story), born February 12, 1945. (Maud Adams 2008 Photo: www.lukeford.net)
American actor of TV (Mark Singleton on Another World; The Mommies; The Division; Zoo; Matlock; Who’s The Boss?; Damages; Murphy Brown; The Practice; Party of Five; As The World Turns) & movies (Missing Brendan; Summer School; Clockstoppers), born February 12, 1949. (Robin Thomas Painting: A. Hamilton)
Michael Ironside (nee Frederick Reginald Ironside)
Canadian voice-over & character actor of videogames, TV (SeaQuest 2032; V; The Last Chapter; ER) and movies (The Falcon and the Snowman; Top Gun; Total Recall; The Perfect Storm; McBain; The Next Karate Kid; Fallen Angels), born February 12, 1950. (Michael Ironside 2009 Photo: Michael Koschinski)
Canadian actress of stage, TV (Kay Barrow on Blue Murder; Hill Street Blues; Wolf; Sophie; The Hidden Room; Remington Steele; The Littlest Hobo; Street Legal), & films (Lost and Delirious; The Day After Tomorrow; Malicious; The Final Cut; Cannonball Fever), born February 12, 1952. (Mimi Kuzyk 1984: NBC)
Michael McDonald
Grammy Award-winning American keyboardist & singer-songwriter (On My Own; You Belong to Me) with The Doobie Brothers (Takin’ It to the Streets; Minute by Minute; What a Fool Believes), born February 12, 1952. (Michael McDonald 1977 Doobie Brothers Photo: Warner / Reprise Records)
Joanna Kerns (nee Joanna Crussie DeVarona)
American director (Army Wives; Pretty Little Liars), actress & host of television (Maggie Seaver on Growing Pains; The Closer) and movies (Street Justice; Cross My Heart; An American Summer; Knocked Up), born February 12, 1953. Sister of Donna de Varona; niece of Miriam Cooper. (Joanna Kerns 1985: ABC)
Arsenio Hall
American stand-up comedian, host and actor of television (The Arsenio Hall Show; Martial Law; Star Search; Arsenio; The Apprentice; The World’s Funniest Moments; The Real Ghostbusters) and movies (Coming to America; Black Dynamite), born February 12, 1955. (Arsenio Hall 1989 Photo: Alan Light)
Christine Elise (nee Christine Elise McCarthy)
American producer (Best Bars in America) & actress of TV (ER; Beverly Hills, 90210; L.A. Firefighters; In the Heat of the Night; China Beach; A League of Their Own) and films (Child’s Play 2; Route 30), born February 12, 1965. Ex-partner of Jason Priestley. (Christine Elise 2009: Christine Elise McCarthy)
Lochlyn Munro (nee Richard Laughlain Munro)
Canadian actor of TV (Hal Cooper on Riverdale; Charmed; Northwood; Hawkeye; True Justice; Two) and films (Dead Man on Campus; A Night at the Roxbury; Scary Movie; Duets; Freddy vs. Jason; A Murder of Crows; White Chicks; High Voltage), born February 12, 1966. (Lochlyn Munro 2023)
Chynna Phillips (daughter of John Phillips & Michelle Phillips)
American actress of TV & movies (Little Boy Blue; Some Kind of Wonderful; The Invisible Kid; Caddyshack II; Say Anything; Bridesmaids), and singer with Wilson Phillips (Hold On; Release Me; I Live For You), born February 12, 1968. Half-sister of Bijou & MacKenzie Phillips. (Chynna Phillips 2013: InSapphoWeTrust)
Josh Brolin (son of James Brolin; step-son of Barbra Streisand)
American actor of movies (No Country for Old Men; In the Valley of Elah; American Gangster; W.; Milk; Jonah Hex; True Grit; The Goonies; Into the Blue) and TV (James Hickok on The Young Riders; Mister Sterling; Private Eye;), born February 12, 1968. Ex of Diane Lane. (Josh Brolin 2007: lukeford.net)
(Josh Brolin 2011: Siebbi |Anna Pavlova 1919: Leo Sielke Jr.,/ Eugene Hutchinson)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on February 12th!
Remember These February 12th Famous Birthdays
Bill Russell (nee William Felton Russell)
National Collegiate + Naismith Memorial Basketball Halls of Fame centre (Boston Celtics – 11 time NBA champions), 5-time NBA MVP & 12-time All-Star, NBA coach (Boston Celtics – 2 time NBA champions; Sacramento Kings; Seattle SuperSonics), & 1956 Melbourne Olympics gold medalist (Team USA) (born Feb. 12, 1934 – died July 31, 2022; age 88) (Bill Russell c 1953-1956: USF)
Lorne Greene (nee Lyon Himan Green; father-in-law of Sam Raimi)
Canadian CBC radio broadcaster, host & actor of TV (Ben Cartwright on Bonanza; Commander Adama on Battlestar Galactica; Roots; Lorne Greene’s New Wilderness; Sailor of Fortune; Code Red; Griff) & films (Peyton Place; Earthquake; The Silver Chalice) (born Feb. 12, 1915 – died Sept. 11, 1987; age 72). Lorne Greene died of pneumonia. (Lorne Greene 1960 Bonanza)
Joe Garagiola Sr. (nee Joseph Henry Garagiola)
American MLB pro baseball catcher (St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, New York Giants), 1946 World Series Champion, 1980s baseball broadcaster, TV host and panelist (The Match Game) (born Feb. 12, 1926 – died Mar. 23, 2016; age 90). Cause of death for Joe Garagiola Sr. is unknown. (Joe Garagiola Sr. 1951 Photo: Baseball Digest)
Simon MacCorkindale (married Susan George; ex of Fiona Fullerton)
American producer, screenwriter, and actor of TV (Casualty; Counterstrike; Falcon Crest; Manimal; Poltergeist: The Legacy; The Manions of America) and movies (Death on the Nile; Wing Commander; Blind Revenge), (born Feb. 12, 1952 – died Oct. 14, 2010; age 58). Cause of death for Simon MacCorkindale was colorectal cancer. (Simon MacCorkindale 1983 Manimal Photo: NBC TV)
Vola Vale (nee Vola Smith; ex of Albert Russell)
American model & silent film actress (Alias Jimmy Valentine; The Silent Man; Six Feet Four; White Oak; Soul of the Beast; The Son of His Father; Each to His Kind; The Locked Heart; A Heart in Pawn; The Purple Cipher, The Duke of Chimney Butte; Mothers-in-Law; Her Big Adventure; Wolves of the Rail) (born Feb. 12, 1897 – died Oct. 17, 1970; age 73). (Vola Vale 1918: Apeda)
Abraham Lincoln (married Mary Todd Lincoln)
American politician, 16th President of the United States (American Civil War & Reconstruction leader; Gettysburg Address; Emancipation Proclamation & 13th Amendment abolishing slavery) (born Feb. 12, 1809 – died Apr. 15, 1865; age 56). President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated (gunshot) by John Wilkes Booth. (Abraham Lincoln c. 1846: Nicholas H. Shepherd)
Forrest Tucker
American actor of stage (The Music Man), movies (Auntie Mame; Emergency Landing; The Yearling; The Quiet Gun; Pony Express; Sands of Iwo Jima; The Westerner; Chisum) and TV (Sgt. O’Rourke on F Troop; Crunch and Des; Dusty’s Trail; The Ghost Busters; Gunsmoke) (born Feb. 12, 1919 – died Oct. 25, 1986; age 67). Forrest Tucker died of lung cancer. (Forrest Tucker 1954 Jubilee Trail)
Franco Zeffirelli is 96 (nee Gian Franco Corsi Zeffirelli)
Italian retired senator, actor, producer, director and screenwriter of opera, stage, TV (Jesus of Nazareth), and movies (Romeo and Juliet; The Taming of the Shrew; The Champ; Endless Love; Tea with Mussolini; Hamlet; Jane Eyre) (born Feb. 12, 1923 – died June 15, 2019; age 96). Cause of death for Franco Zeffirelli is unknown. (Franco Zeffirelli 1947 Angelina)
R. F. Delderfield (nee Ronald Frederick Delderfield)
English historical non-fiction writer, playwright, screenwriter & novelist (A Horseman Riding By; God is an Englishman; Give Us This Day; All Over the Town; Seven Men of Gascony; The Avenue Goes to War; The Unjust Skies; Where There’s a Will; Value for Money; To Serve Them All My Days; The Green Gauntlet) (born Feb. 12, 1912 – died June 24, 1972; age 60). (R.F. Delderfield 1970 Photo)
Harry Bellaver (nee Enricho Bellaver)
American actor of stage, TV (Sgt. Frank Arcaro on Naked City; Ernie Downs on Another World; Climax!; The F.B.I.; Suspense), and movies (The House on 92nd Street; Perfect Strangers; No Way Out; Stage to Tucson; The Tanks Are Coming; Hero at Large) (born Feb. 12, 1905 – died Aug. 8, 1993; age 88). Harry Bellaver died of pneumonia. (Harry Bellaver 1964 One Potato, Two Potato)
Wallace Ford (nee Samuel Grundy Jones)
British-American actor of TV (Marshal Herk Lamson on The Deputy), and films (Possessed; Freaks; Murder by Invitation; Roar of the Press; Lucy Gallant; Dead Reckoning; Harvey; Shadow of a Doubt; X Marks the Spot; Blood on the Sun; Blues in the Night; A Patch of Blue; The Beast of the City) (born Feb. 12, 1898 – died June 11, 1966; age 68). (Wallace Ford 1932: Modern Screen)
William Collier Jr. (nee Charles F. Gail Jr.; “Buster Collier“)
American TV producer (Adventures of the Falcon; Mr. & Mrs. North), actor of silent movies (The Lucky Lady; New Orleans; The Devil’s Cargo; Everybody’s Sweetheart), and 1930s films (Cimarron; Speed Demon; The Fighting Gentleman; The Phantom Express; Street Scene; The Secret Witness; A Royal Romance) (born Feb. 12, 1902 – died Feb. 5, 1987; age 84). (William Collier Jr. 1924)
Anna Pavlova (aka Anna Pavlowa)
Russian ballet dancer (Giselle; A Fairy Tale; Paquita; The Sleeping Beauty; The Pharaoh’s Daughter), choreographer, prima ballerina (her own company; the Imperial Russian Ballet; Ballets Russes) she created the role of The Dying Swan and toured across America and Europe (born Feb. 12, 1881 – died Jan. 23, 1931; age 49). (Anna Pavlova 1921: Eugene Hutchinson / Shadowland)
Charles Darwin (father of George Darwin, Francis Darwin & Horace Darwin)
English explorer, geologist, natural scientist, and evolutionary biologist (Theory of Evolution; Natural Selection), and author (On the Origin of Species; The Descent of Man; Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation; Journal and Remarks; The Voyage of the Beagle) (born Feb. 12, 1809 – died apr. 19, 1882; age 73). (Charles Darwin c. late 1830s Portrait: George Richmond)
Austrian actor of TV (Ramar of the Jungle; Perry Mason; Father Knows Best) & films (No Time for Flowers; Gold Digger; Man Hunt; The Man I Married; The Pride of the Yankees; Hers to Hold; Bluebeard; Girl on the Spot; The Blue Angel; Four Sons; Pittsburgh) (born Feb. 12, 1883 – died Jan. 29, 1973; age 89). Ludwig Stössel died after a fall. (Ludwig Stössel 1958 Man With a Camera)
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