February 18th Birthdays
If you were born on February 18th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Len Deighton is 93 (nee Leonard Cyril Deighton)
English military historian, graphic artist, writer of cookbooks, travel guides, screenplays, and the Harry Palmer & Bernard Samson spy thrillers (The Ipcress File; Funeral in Berlin; Bomber; Berlin Game; Mexico Set), born February 18, 1929. (Len Deighton 1970 Photo: Harper and Row)
Jean M. Auel is 86 (nee Jean Marie Untinen)
Finnish-American historical fiction novelist, author of the Earth’s Children’s series (The Clan of the Cave Bear; The Valley of Horses; The Mammoth Hunters; The Plains of Passage; The Shelters of Stone; The Land of Painted Caves), born February 18, 1936. (Jean M. Auel 2013 Photo: Courtesy Authorsroad.com)
Herman Santiago is 81
Vocal Group and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame American singer-songwriter with Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers (Why Do Fools Fall in Love; I Want You to Be My Girl; I Promise to Remember; The ABC’s of Love; Who Can Explain?), born February 18, 1941. (Herman Santiago 1950s Photo: Gee Records)
Dennis DeYoung is 75
American keyboardist, lead singer and songwriter solo and with Styx (Babe, Mr. Roboto, Show Me The Way, The Best of Times, Lady, Come Sail Away; Don’t Let It End; Too Much Time on My Hands; Desert Moon; Renegade; Boat on the River), born February 18, 1947. (Dennis DeYoung 1977: A&M Records)
Jess Walton is 73 (nee Mary Jess Walton)
American actress of TV (Jill Foster Abbott / Fenmore Atkinson on The Young and the Restless since 1987; Kelly Harper on Capitol; Cannon; Gunsmoke; Ironside; Marcus Welby, M.D.) and movies (The Peace Killers; Monkeys in the Attic; Wasted in Babylon), born February 18, 1949. (Jess Walton 1975 Movin’ On)
Cybill Shepherd is 72
American actress of movies (The Last Picture Show; Daisy Miller; Taxi Driver; Texasville; Alice; Chances Are) and TV (Maddie Hayes on Moonlighting; Cybill; The L Word; The Client List; The Yellow Rose; Psych; Eastwick; Being Rose), born February 18, 1950. (Cybill Shepherd 1970 Photo: Noxel Corporation)
Juice Newton is 70 (nee Judy Kay Newton)
Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter (Angel of the Morning; It’s A Heartache; Queen of Hearts; The Sweetest Thing [I’ve Ever Known]; Break it to Me Gently; Love’s Been a Little Bit Hard on Me; Ride Em Cowboy), born February 18, 1952. (Juice Newton 1981 Photo: Capitol Records / Lawren)
John Travolta is 68
Emmy Award-winning American actor of television (American Crime Story; Welcome Back, Kotter) and movies (Saturday Night Fever; Grease; Carrie; Urban Cowboy; Look Who’s Talking; Pulp Fiction; The General’s Daughter), born February 18, 1954. (John Travolta 1976 The Boy in the Plastic Bubble)
Vanna White is 65 (nee Vanna Marie Rosich)
Best-selling American author (Vanna Speaks! autobiography), hostess of TV’s Wheel of Fortune (since 1982), actress and personality of television (Santa Barbara) and movies (Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult; Double Dragon), born February 18, 1957. (Vanna White 2006 Photo: USMC)
Greta Scacchi is 62 (aka Greta Scaachi)
Emmy-winning Italian-Australian actress of movies (The Coca-Cola Kid; White Mischief; Presumed Innocent; Shattered; The Player; The Browning Version; Emma; Jefferson in Paris) and TV (War & Peace; Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny), born February 18, 1960. (Greta Scacchi 1994 Photo: Georges Biard)
Andy Moog is 62 (nee Donald Andrew Moog)
Canadian professional ice hockey player, Canadian national team goalie, 1980 WHL All-Star, NHL 4-time All-Star goaltender (Edmonton Oilers – 1984, 1985 & 1987 Stanley Cup Champions; Boston Bruins; Dallas Stars; Montreal Canadiens), winner of the 1990 William M. Jennings Trophy, and goaltending coach, born February 18, 1960.
Matt Dillon is 58 (nee Matthew Raymond Dillon)
American movie screenwriter, actor, and director (City of Ghosts; Little Darlings; My Bodyguard; The Outsiders; The Flamingo Kid; The Big Town; Singles; In & Out; Wild Things; There’s Something About Mary; You, Me and Dupree; Crash), born February 18, 1964. (Matt Dillon 2005 Photo: Georges Biard)
Dr. Dre is 57 (nee Andre Romelle Young)
American entrepreneur (Death Row Records; Beats Electronics), Grammy Award-winning producer (Eminem; 50 Cent), rap singer (Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang; I Need a Doctor), & movie producer (Straight Outta Compton), born February 18, 1965. (Dr. Dre 2011 Photo: Excelbeatscommons)
Molly Ringwald is 54
American actress of movies (Sixteen Candles; Pretty in Pink; The Breakfast Club; Betsy’s Wedding; Teaching Mrs. Tingle; The Kissing Booth) and TV (The Secret Life of the American Teenager; Raising Expectations; Riverdale; The Facts of Life), born February 18, 1968. (Molly Ringwald 2010: Panio Gianopoulos)
(Billy De Wolfe 1947 The Perils of Pauline | Adolphe Menjou 1925)
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Toni Morrison (nee Chloe Ardelia Wofford)
Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist (Beloved; The Song of Solomon; Sula; The Bluest Eye; Tar Baby; God Help the Child; Jazz; Paradise; A Mercy; Home; Love; Playing in the Dark), and Princeton University Professor Emeritus (born Feb. 18, 1931 – died Aug. 5, 2019; age 88). Toni Morrison died of pneumonia complications. (Toni Morrison 2008 Photo: Angela Radulescu)
George Kennedy (nee George Harris Kennedy Jr.)
American Academy Award-winning actor of TV (Dallas; The Blue Knight; Sarge; The Phil Silvers Show; The Young and the Restless) and movies (Cool Hand Luke; The Flight of the Phoenix; Airport films; Charade; Naked Gun films; The Dirty Dozen; Earthquake) (born Feb. 18, 1925 – died Feb. 28, 2016; age 91). George Kennedy died of a heart illness. (George Kennedy 1963 Charade)
Jack Palance (nee Volodymyr Palahniuk)
Emmy and Oscar-winning American actor of TV (The Greatest Show on Earth; Bronk) & films (Shane; Flight to Tangier; Once a Thief; Young Guns; Batman; City Slickers; Gor; The Silver Chalice; Africa Express; Panic in the Streets; Tango & Cash; Che!; Ten Seconds to Hell; Arrowhead; Panic in the Streets) (born Feb. 18, 1919 – died Nov. 10, 2006; age 87). (Jack Palance 1953: Insomnia Cured Here)
Miloš Forman is 86 (nee Jan Tomáš Forman)
Czechoslovakian-American Academy Award-winning movie director (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest; Hair, Amadeus; Ragtime; The People vs. Larry Flynt), and screenwriter (Valmont), actor (Beloved; Keeping the Faith; Heartburn) (born Feb. 18, 1932 – Apr. 13, 2018; age 86). Cause of death for Miloš Forman is unknown. (Miloš Forman 2009 Photo: Petr Novák, Wikipedia)
Skip Battin (nee Clyde Battin)
American musician, bass guitarist, and vocalist with The Byrds (Glory, Glory; Farther Along; Full Circle) from 1970-1973, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Flying Burrito Brothers, and solo artist (born Feb. 18, 1934 – died July 6, 2003; age 69). Skip Battin died of Alzheimer’s Disease complications. (Skip Battin 1970 The Byrds Photo: Joost Evers / Dutch National Archives)
Helen Gurley Brown (nee Helen Marie Gurley)
American copywriter, author (Sex and the Single Girl; Sex and the Office; Having It All; I’m Wild Again; The Writer’s Rules; Dear Pussycat), editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine, and sexual revolution feminist (born Feb. 18, 1922 – died Aug. 13, 2012; age 90). Cause of death for Helen Gurley Brown is unknown. (Helen Gurley Brown 1964 Photo: John Bottega)
American movie actor (The Three Musketeers; The Sheik; The Eternal Flame; The Spanish Dancer; His Private Life; The Front Page; The Great Lover; A Farewell to Arms; Little Miss Marker; A Star is Born; Golden Boy; State of the Union; Paths of Glory; The Sniper) (born Feb. 18, 1890 – died Oct. 29, 1963; age 73). Adolphe Menjou died of hepatitis. (Adolphe Menjou 1925: Pictures and the Picturegoer)
Mervyn Johns (nee David Mervyn Johns)
Welsh actor of TV and movies (The Counterfeit Plan; Dead of Night; Jamaica Inn; Find the Lady; The Halfway House; Francis of Assisi; Echo of Barbara; The Old Dark House; Romeo and Juliet; 80,000 Suspects; Invasion of the Triffids; Edward, My Son; Never Let Go; The Captive Heart; The Next of Kin) (born Feb. 18, 1899 – died Sept. 6, 1992; age 93). (Mervyn Johns 1951 A Christmas Carol)
Allan Melvin
American character & voice over actor of radio and TV (Steve Henshaw on The Phil Silvers Show; Barney Hefner on Archie Bunker’s Place & All in the Family; Gomer Pyle: USMC; The Brady Bunch; The Dick Van Dyke Show; The Magilla Gorilla Show; The Flintstones) (born Feb. 18, 1923 – died Jan. 17, 2008; age 84). Allan Melvin died of cancer. (Allan Melvin 1971 Arnie Photo: CBS Television)
Enzo Ferrari (“il Commendatore” or “il Drake”)
Automotive and International Motorsports Hall of Fame Italian race car driver for Alfa Romeo, entrepreneur, founder of Ferrari S.p.A automobile manufacturing and Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team (born Feb. 18, 1898 – died Aug. 14, 1988; age 90). Cause of death for Enzo Ferrari is unknown. (Enzo Ferrari 1920s Photo)
Billy De Wolf (nee William Andrew Jones)
American character & voice over actor of stage, TV (The Imogene Coca Show; The Phyllis Diller Show; The Doris Day Show; That Girl; Frosty the Snowman) and movies (Dear Brat; Dixie; Tea For Two; Dear Wife; Lullaby of Broadway; The World’s Greatest Athlete) (born Feb. 18, 1907 – died Mar. 5, 1974; age 67). Billy De Wolf died of lung cancer. (Billy De Wolf 1947 The Perils of Pauline)
American movie character actor (Marked Men; Scandal Sheet; The Man With Nine Lives; Dick Tracy; Beyond the Sacramento; Racketeers of the Range; Trouble in Sundown; Hold That Woman; They Meet Again; Sunset in Wyoming; Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc.; Drums of Fu Manchu; Queen of Broadway) (born Feb. 18, 1891 – died June 1, 1944; age 53). (John Dilson 1941 Phantom of Chinatown)
Edward Arnold (nee Günther Edward Arnold Schneider)
American actor of radio (Mr. President) & films (Diamond Jim; Whistling in the Dark; The Devil and Daniel Webster; Lillian Russell; Meet Nero Wolfe; The Glass Key; The Toast of New York; Sutter’s Gold; Mr. Smith Goes to Washington; The Hidden Eye; Meet John Doe; Week-End at the Waldorf; I’m No Angel) (born Feb. 18, 1890 – died Apr. 26, 1956; age 66). (Edward Arnold 1933 Photo: Freulich)
John Hughes (nee John Wilden Hughes Jr.)
American TV & movie producer, director, and screenwriter (Uncle Buck; Home Alone; National Lampoon’s European Vacation; Mr. Mom; Sixteen Candles; The Breakfast Club; Weird Science; Pretty in Pink; Ferris Bueller’s Day Off; Planes, Trains & Automobiles) (born Feb. 18, 1950 – died Aug. 6, 2009; age 59). John Hughes died of a heart attack.
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