Share Share Share February 12, 2018 February Birthdays February 12th Birthdays If you were born on February 12th you share a birthday with these famous people: Franco Zeffirelli is 95 (nee Gianfranco Zeffirelli) Italian retired senator, producer, director and screenwriter of opera, TV (Jesus of Nazareth), movies (Romeo and Juliet; The Taming of the Shrew; The Champ; Endless Love; Tea with Mussolini; Hamlet; Jane Eyre), and nonagenarian born February 12, 1923. (Franco Zeffirelli 1947 Angelina Screenshot) Bill Russell is 84 (nee William Felton Russell) Octogenarian American senior, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame retired NBA centre (Boston Celtics), 5-time NBA MVP, 12-time NBA All-Star player, and NBA coach (Boston Celtics, Seattle SuperSonics, Sacramento Kings), born February 12, 1934. (Bill Russell c 1953-1956 Photo: USF) Joe Don Baker is 82 Octogenarian senior citizen and American character actor on stage, in movies (Walking Tall; Charley Varrick; The Outfit; The Natural; Fletch; Cape Fear; The Living Daylights; GoldenEye), and on TV (Eischied; Edge of Darkness), born February 12, 1936. (Joe Don Baker 1966 Iron Horse Screenshot) Judy Blume is 80 American children's and young adult fiction author (Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret; Deenie; Tiger Eyes; Blubber), adult fiction novelist (Wifey; Summer Sisters), and new octogenarian senior citizen born February 12, 1938. (Judy Blume 2009 Photo: Carl Lender) Maud Adams is 73 (nee Maud Solveig Christina Wikström) Swedish Bond girl and actress in movies (The Man with the Golden Gun; Octopussy; Ringer; A View to a Kill; Rollerball; The Girl in Blue; Laura); on TV (Emerald Point N.A.S.; Chicago Story), and septuagenarian senior citizen, born February 12, 1945. (Maud Adams 2008 Photo: www.lukeford.net) Michael Ironside is 68 (nee Frederick Reginald Ironside) Canadian voice & 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), and senior born February 12, 1950. (Michael Ironside 2009 Photo: Michael Koschinski) Mimi Kuzyk is 66 Canadian senior citizen. dancer and actress on stage, TV (Blue Murder; Hill Street Blues; Wolf; Sophie; The Hidden Room; Traders) and in movies (Lost and Delirious; The Day After Tomorrow; Malicious; The Final Cut; The Kiss; Cannonball Fever), born February 12, 1952. Michael McDonald is 66 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), and senior born February 12, 1952. (Michael McDonald 1977 Doobie Brothers Photo: Warner / Reprise Records) Joanna Kerns is 65 (nee Joanna Crussie DeVarona) American director (Army Wives; Pretty Little Liars), actress & host of TV (Maggie Seaver on Growing Pains; The Balancing Act; The Four Seasons; V), movies (Street Justice; Cross My Heart; An American Summer; Knocked Up), and new senior citizen born February 12, 1953. (Joanna Kerns 1986 Photo) Arsenio Hall is 63 Sixty-plus American stand-up comedian, host and actor of TV (The Arsenio Hall Show; Martial Law; Star Search; Arsenio; The Apprentice; The World's Funniest Moments; The Real Ghostbusters) & movies (Coming to America; Black Dynamite), born February 12, 1955. (Arsenio Hall 1989 Photo: Alan Light) Christine Elise is 53 (nee Christine Elise McCarthy) American 50+ producer (Best Bars in America) and actress of TV (ER; Beverly Hills, 90210; L.A. Firefighters; In the Heat of the Night; China Beach; A League of Their Own) & movies (Child's Play 2; Route 30), born February 12, 1965. (Christine Elise 2009 Photo: jdempsey1313 at English Wikipedia) Lochlyn Munro is 52 (nee Richard Laughlain Munro) Canadian actor on TV (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. Chynna Phillips is 50 New 50+ 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; You're in Love; Impulsive), born February 12, 1968. (Chynna Phillips 2013 Photo: InSapphoWeTrust) Josh Brolin is 50 American 50+ 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 (The Young Riders; Mister Sterling; Private Eye; Winnetka Road), born February 12, 1968. (Josh Brolin 2007 Photo: lukeford.net) (Photo: Oleg Chursin via Unsplash) Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on February 1, 2018! And remembering Lorne Greene (nee Lyon Himan Green) Canadian CBC radio broadcaster, host & actor of TV (Ben Cartwright on Bonanza; Battlestar Galactica; Roots; Lorne Greene's New Wilderness; Sailor of Fortune; Code Red; Griff) & movies (Peyton Place; Earthquake) (born Feb. 12, 1915 - died Sept. 11, 1987; age 72). Lorne Greene died of pneumonia. (Lorne Greene 1960 Bonanza Screenshot) 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 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) 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 Nevadan) and TV (F Troop; Crunch and Des; Dusty's Trail; The Ghost Busters) (born Feb. 12, 1919 - died Oct. 25, 1986; age 67). Forrest Tucker died of lung cancer. (Forrest Tucker 1962 Photo: Lowell State Teachers College) R. F. Delderfield (nee Ronald Frederick Delderfield) English historical non-fiction writer, playwright, screenwriter and 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; The Adventures of Ben Gunn) (born Feb. 12, 1912 - died June 24, 1972; age 60). Cause of death for R. F. Delderfield is unknown. > *Images are public domain or Creative Commons licensed & sourced via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr, unless otherwise noted*