February 1st Birthdays

If you were born on February 1st, you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:

Garrett Morris

American singer, comedian & actor of stage, TV (Earl on 2 Broke Girls; Saturday Night Live; Uncle Junior King on The Jamie Foxx Show; Martin; Hunter; Roc; General Hospital; Roll Out), and movies (Car Wash; Cooley High), born February 1, 1937. (Garrett Morris 2013 Photo: OMIHU)

Bart Braverman (nee Bartley Louis Braverman; aka Bart Bradley)

American celebrity & actor of movies (Helter Skelter; 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag; Hit and Run) and TV (Binzer on Vega$; Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book; Match Game; Santa Barbara; Harry and the Hendersons; Days of Our Lives), born February 1, 1946. (Bart Braverman 1979 Vega$ Photo: ABC)

Andy Mill (“Wilde Hund“; ex of Chris Evert)

Retired American downhill and combined ski racer, 1976 Innsbruck Winter Olympics alpine ski racer, 1976 U.S. Alpine Championships winner, ski racing TV commentator and host (Ski with Andy Mill), born February 1, 1953. (Andy Mill 1976 Photo: Associated Press)

Bill Mumy (nee Charles William Mumy Jr.)

American actor of TV (Will Robinson on Lost in Space; Lennier on Babylon 5; Sunshine; Biography narrator; The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet), movies (Rascal; Papillon; Captain America), and screenwriter (Space Cases), born February 1, 1954. (Bill Mumy 1969 Lancer Photo: CBS TV)

Linus Roache (son of William Roache & Anna Cropper)

British actor of TV (Michael Cutter on Law & Order; Vikings; Homeland; Titanic; Coronation Street) & films (Beyond Borders; The Wings of the Dove; Hart’s War; The Venice Project; Division 19; Before the Rains; Broken Thread; The Forgotten; Batman Begins), born February 1, 1964. (Linus Roache Painting: A. Hamilton)

Sherilyn Fenn (nee Sheryl Ann Fenn; ex-partner of Johnny Depp)

American actress of TV (Audrey Horne on Twin Peaks; Rude Awakening; Gilmore Girls; Shameless; Ray Donovan; Goliath; S.W.A.T.) and movies (Boxing Helena; Two Moon Junction; Diary of a Hitman; Ruby; Three of Hearts; Fatal Instinct; Just Write), born February 1, 1965. (Sherilyn Fenn 2014 Photo: GabboT)

Meg Cabot

American romantic fiction writer (The Boy Next Door; Boy Meets Girl; Size 12 is Not Fat; Big Boned; She Went All the Way), and young adult novelist (The Princess Diaries; How to Be Popular; Avalon High; All-American Girl), born February 1, 1967. (Meg Cabot 2012 Photo: Haneedesigns)

Pauly Shore nee Paul Montgomery Shore; “The Weasel“)

American comedian, director, producer, writer & actor of TV (Totally Pauly; MADtv; Pauly; Entourage) & films (Jury Duty; Son in Law; Encino Man; Bio-Dome; Wedding Band; Pauly Shore is Dead; In The Army Now), born February 1, 1968. Son of Mitzi & Sammy Shore. (Pauly Shore: Holly Parker, by permission) 

Brian Krause 

American actor of TV (Leo Wyatt on Charmed; Matthew Cory on Another World) & movies (Return to the Blue Lagoon; December; The Liar’s Club; Naked Souls; Mind Games; Alien Rising; Nowhere to Hide; You’re So Cupid; Absolute Killers), born February 1, 1969. (Brian Krause 2012 Photo: Brett Cove)

Michael C. Hall (ex of Jennifer Carpenter, Amy Spanger)

American audiobook narrator, producer & actor of stage, TV (Dexter; David Fisher on Six Feet Under; Safe; Shadowplay) and films (Game Night; Paycheck; Gamer; Christine; Kill Your Darlings; Cold in July; Peep World; The Trouble With Bliss), born February 1, 1971. (Michael C. Hall 2011 Photo: Keith McDuffee)

(Helen Chandler 1932: Elmer Fryer | Clark Gable 1932)

Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on February 1st!

Remember These February 1st Famous Birthdays

Lisa Marie Presley (daughter of Elvis Presley & Priscilla Beaulieu)

American singer-songwriter (Dirty Laundry; Lights Out; In the Ghetto duet with Elvis Presley), humanitarian philanthropist (born Feb. 1, 1968 – died Jan. 12, 2023; age 54). Ex of Michael Jackson, Nicolas Cage, Michael Lockwood, Danny Keough. Mother of Riley Keough. Lisa Marie Presley died after a cardiac arrest. (Lisa  Marie Presley 1968: Scope Features)

Don Everly (brother of Phil Everly)

Grammy Award-winning American guitarist, songwriter (Till I Kissed You), and singer with The Everly Brothers (Bye Bye Love; Wake Up Little Susie; All I Have to Do Is Dream; Cathy’s Clown), member of the Musicians, Vocal Group, Country Music, and Rock & Roll Halls of Fame (born Feb. 1, 1937 – died Aug. 21, 2021; age 84). (Don Everly c. 1958 Photo: Bruno of Hollywood)

Stuart Whitman (father of Tony Whitman)

American actor of movies (The Comancheros; The Sound and the Fury; Francis of Assisi; Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines; The Mark; Johnny Trouble) and TV (Cimarron Strip; Superboy; Knots Landing; Fantasy Island; The F.B.I.) (born Feb. 1, 1928 – died Mar. 16, 2020; age 92). Stuart Whitman died of skin cancer. (Stuart Whitman 1972 The Woman Hunter)

Bob Shane is 85 (nee Robert Castle Schoen)

Grammy Award-winning American guitarist, founding member and singer with the Kingston Trio folk-rock group (Tom Dooley; [The Wreck of the] ‘John B’; Wimoweh; All My Sorrows; Tijuana Jail; Oh Cindy) (born Feb. 1, 1934 – died Jan. 26, 2020; age 85). Cause of death for Bob Shane is unknown. (Bob Shane 1961 The Gertrude Berg Show)

Clark Gable (nee William Clark Gable; “The King of Hollywood“)

Academy Award-winning American actor (Gone With the Wind; The Misfits; Mutiny on the Bounty; Possessed; Red Dust; No Man of Her Own; Saratoga; It Happened One Night; Mogambo; Teacher’s Pet; The Call of the Wild) (born Feb. 1, 1901 – died Nov. 16, 1960; age 59). Married Kay Williams, Carole Lombard; ex of Josephine Dillon, Sylvia Ashley.(Clark Gable 1930s: kate gabrielle)

John Ford (nee John Martin Feeney; brother of Francis Ford)

Academy Award-winning American movie director (The Quiet Man; The Grapes of Wrath; The Searchers; How Green Was My Valley; Stagecoach; The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; She Wore a Yellow Ribbon; Mogambo; Donovan’s Reef; Mr. Roberts; Rio Grande) (born Feb. 1, 1894 – died Aug. 31, 1973; age 79). John Ford died of stomach cancer. (John Ford 1939 Photo: United Artists)

Rick James (nee James Ambrose Johnson Jr.; aka Ricky Matthews)

Grammy-winning American funk-rock musician, composer, and singer-songwriter (Super Freak; Ebony Eyes; Mary Jane; Give It To Me Baby; You & I; Fire and Desire; Malinda; Loosey’s Rap; Cold Blooded) (born Feb. 1, 1948 – died Aug. 6, 2004; age 56). Ex-partner of Linda Blair. Rick James died of pulmonary & cardiac failure. (Rick James 1984: Leach Entertainment Features)

Sherman Hemsley

American Television Academy Hall of Fame comedic actor of TV (George Jefferson on All in the Family & The Jeffersons; Amen; The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air; Goode Behavior) and movies (Love at First Bite; Ghost Fever) (born Feb. 1, 1938 – died July 24, 2012; age 74). Sherman Hemsley had lung cancer and died of superior vena cava syndrome. (Sherman Hemsley 1974 Photo: CBS TV)

Ray Sawyer (“Eye Patch” Sawyer)

American musician & singer solo, and with Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show (The Cover of Rolling Stone; Sylvia’s Mother; Only Sixteen; Sharing the Night Together; When You’re in Love With a Beautiful Woman; Sexy Eyes; A Little Bit More) (born Feb. 1, 1937 – died Dec. 31, 2018; age 81). Cause of death for Ray Sawyer is unknown. (Ray Sawyer 1980s Photo: St. Bernard Pic)

Jessica Savitch

American TV host & news anchor (NBC Nightly News; NBC News; Frontline; Tomorrow Coast to Coast; KYW Eyewitness News; Today), 1st female news anchor in the southern U.S., inspiration for TV movies, documentaries & feature films (Up Close and Personal; Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story) (born Feb. 1, 1947 – died Oct. 23, 1983; age 36). (Jessica Savitch 1979 : AP)

Bibi Besch (nee Bibiana Maria Köchert; mother of Samantha Mathis)

Austrian-American actress of TV (Doing Time on Maple Drive; Falcon Crest; Secrets of Midland Heights; Somerset; The Edge of Night; The Secret Storm; Love is a Many Splendored Thing) and movies (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan; Betsy’s Wedding) (born Feb. 1, 1942 – died Sept. 7, 1996; age 54). Bibi Besch died of breast cancer. (Bibi Besch 1980 Secrets of Midland Heights Photo: CBS)

Bruce Gordon (nee Boris Benjamin Grabowsky)

American actor of TV (Frank Nitti on The Untouchables; Peyton Place; Behind Closed Doors; Here’s Lucy; Bonanza; Adam-12; The Doris Day Show; Outlaws; Perry Mason; Sugarfoot; Gunsmoke; You Are There; The Goldbergs) & movies (Rider on a Dead Horse; Key Witness) (born Feb. 1, 1916 – died Jan. 20, 2011; age 94). (Bruce Gordon 1957 Tombstone Territory)

Hervé Filion

Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame and United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame harness racing driver, 10-time Harness Tracks of America Driver of the Year, 1971 Lou Marsh Trophy winner, first driver to win 400+ races a year (born Feb. 1, 1940 – died June 22, 2017; age 77). Hervé Filion died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). (Hervé Filion 1973 Photo)

Muriel Spark (nee Muriel Sarah Camberg)

Scottish poet, essayist, and writer of short stories and novels (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie; The Mandelabum Gate; The Comforters; The Finishing School; The Abbess of Crewe; The Girls of Slender Means; The Public Image; Loitering With Intent) (born Feb. 1, 1918 – died Apr. 13, 2006; age 88). Cause of death for Muriel Spark is unknown. (Muriel Spark Photo: © Jerry Baner)

Conn Smythe (nee Constantine Falkland Cary Smythe)

Canadian businessman, race horse owner (Wonder Where, 1959 Canadian Horse of the Year), WWI & WWII veteran, 1928 Olympics Canadian hockey coach, Toronto Maple Leafs NHL team GM & co-owner (1927-1961; 7X Stanley Cup Champs), philanthropist, inspiration for the NHL playoff MVP Trophy (born Feb. 1, 1895 – died Nov. 18, 1980; age 85). (Conn Smythe 1919)

Langston Hughes (nee James Mercer Langston Hughes)

American poet (The Negro Speaks of Rivers), short story writer (The Ways of White Folks), playwright (Mule Bone), screenwriter (Way Down South), & novelist (Not Without Laughter) (born Feb. 1, 1902 – died May 22, 1967; age 65). Grandson of Charles Henry Langston. Langston Hughes died of abdominal surgery complications. (Langston Hughes 1942: Jack Delano)

Gene Sheldon (nee Eugene Hume)

American musician & character actor of TV (Bernardo on Zorro) and movies (Babes in Toyland; Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks With a Circus; 3 Ring Circus; Golden Girl; The Dolly Sisters; Where Do We Go From Here?; Lucky to Me; Television Talent; The Hidden Menace) (born Feb. 1, 1908 – died May 1, 1982; age 74). Gene Sheldon died of a heart attack. (Gene Sheldon 1957 Zorro)

Andrea King (nee Georgette André Barry; aka Georgette McKee)

American actress of stage, TV (Perry Mason), and films (My Wild Irish Rose; Shadow of a Woman; The Man I Love; The Beast With Five Fingers; Outlaw Queen; Ride the Pink Horse; The World in His Arms; Southside 1-1000; Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid; The Very Thought of You) (born Feb. 1, 1919 – died Apr. 22, 2003; age 84). (Andrea King 1945 Photo: Cine-Mundial)

Helen Chandler (ex of Bramwell Fletcher)

American classic & silent film actress (Dracula; Christopher Strong; Pride and Prejudice; Dance Hall Hostess; Alimony Madness; The Last Flight; Radio Parade of 1935; Midnight Alibi; Long Lost Father; Vanity Street; Outward Bound; The Sky Hawk) (born Feb. 1, 1906 – died Apr. 30, 1965; age 59). Helen Chandler died of cardiac arrest during surgery. (Helen Chandler 1932: Duncan)

Louis St. Laurent

Canadian politician (Justice Minister / Attorney General of Canada, External Affairs Secretary of State – pro Newfoundland joining Canada, UN military), 12th Prime Minister of Canada (pro NATO, immigration, social welfare programs ie pensions, education, healthcare, arts) (born Feb. 1, 1882 – died July 25, 1973; age 91). (Louis St. Laurent 1946: N.F.B.)

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