February 20th Birthdays
If you were born on February 20th you share a birthday with these famous people:
Sidney Poitier is 93
Academy Award-winning Bahamian-American director and actor (Lilies of the Field; To Sir, with Love; In the Heat of the Night; Porgy and Bess; Shoot to Kill; Blackboard Jungle; A Raisin in the Sun; The Jackal; No Way Out; Cry, the Beloved Country), born February 20, 1927. (Sidney Poitier 1950 No Way Out Trailer)
Bobby Unser is 86 (nee Robert William Unser)
International Motorsports Hall of Fame American race car driver, 3-time Indianapolis 500 winner (1958, 1975, 1981), 2-time USAC National Champion (1968 & 1974), and TV auto racing commentator, born February 20, 1934. (Bobby Unser 2011 Photo: PSParrot)
Richard Beymer is 82 (nee George Richard Beymer Jr.)
American singer, dancer, and actor of TV (Twin Peaks; Paper Dolls; Dr. Kildare; Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), and movies (West Side Story; The Diary of Anne Frank; The Longest Day; The Stripper), born February 20, 1938. (Richard Beymer 1957 Johnny Tremain Photo: Walt Disney / Buena Vista)
Buffy Sainte-Marie is 79 (nee Beverly Sainte-Marie)
Native Canadian social activist, founder of Cradleboard Teaching Project, musician, composer, and Academy Award-winning singer-songwriter (Up Where We Belong; Mister Can’t You See; Soldier Blue), born February 20, 1941. (Buffy Sainte Marie 1968 Photo: Dutch National Archives)
Phil Esposito is 78 (nee Philip Anthony Esposito)
Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame NHL hockey player (Chicago Black Hawks, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers), co-founder of the Tampa Bay Lightning NHL hockey team, CBC and radio hockey commentator, and septuagenarian born February 20, 1942. (Phil Esposito 1969 Photo: Boston Bruins)
Sandy Duncan is 74 (nee Sandra Kay Duncan)
American singer, dancer, and comedic actress of stage, TV (Roots; The Sandy Duncan Show; Valerie; The Hogan Family; Funny Face; Search for Tomorrow), and Disney movies (The Million Dollar Duck, The Cat from Outer Space; Star Spangled Girl), born February 20, 1946. (Sandy Duncan 1972 Photo: CBS TV)
Brenda Blethyn is 74 (nee Brenda Anne Bottle)
English actress of stage, television (Vera; Outside Edge), and movies (Secrets & Lies; A River Runs Through It; Little Voice; Beyond the Sea; Atonement; Pride & Prejudice; Atonement; Undertaking Betty; Introducing the Dwights), born February 20, 1946. (Brenda Blethyn 2008 Photo: Petr Novák, Wikipedia)
Peter Strauss is 73
Emmy Award-winning American actor of TV (Rich Man, Poor Man; Kane and Abel; Masada; Moloney; The Jericho Mile; Tender is the Night; Joan of Arc; The Streets of San Francisco) and movies (The Last Tycoon; Nick of Time; Soldier Blue), born February 20, 1947. (Peter Strauss 1979 Photo: Alan Light)
Jennifer O’Neill is 72
Brazilian-American CoverGirl model, actress of movies (Summer of ’42; Rio Lobo; The Carey Treatment; Caravans; A Force of One; Such Good Friends; Lady Ice; The Reincarnation of Peter Proud) and TV (Bare Essence; A.D.; Cover Up), born February 20, 1947. (Jennifer O’Neill 1973 Lady Ice Photo: Warner Bros.)
Anthony Stewart Head is 66
English narrator & and actor of movies, radio, and TV (Rupert Giles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Uther Pendragon on Merlin; Free Agents; Heroes Unmasked; Doctor Who Confidential; VR.5; Dominion; Guilt; You, Me & Them), born February 20, 1954. (Anthony Stewart Head 2004 Photo: Raven Underwood)
Steve Lundquist is 59 (nee Stephen K. Lundquist; “Lunk“)
International Swimming Hall of Fame retired 55+ American swimmer, 2-time gold medalist at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics (100m breaststroke; 400 meter medley relay), and actor of movies & TV (Search for Tomorrow), born February 20, 1961. (Steve Lundquist c. 1984 Photo)
Charles Barkley is 57 (“The Round Mound of Rebound“)
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame retired 55+ American NBA forward (Philadelphia 76ers; Phoenix Suns; Houston Rockets), 1993 NBA Most Valuable Player, 11-time NBA All-Star, and NBA TV analyst for TNT, born February 20, 1963. (Charles Barkley 2008 Photo: R24KBerg Photos)
French Stewart is 56
Fifty-five-plus American voice & comedic actor of TV (Harry Solomon on 3rd Rock from the Sun; Mom; The New WKRP in Cincinnati; The Middle; Hercules) and movies (Stargate; Glory Daze; Broken Arrow; McHale’s Navy; Love Stinks; Clockstoppers), born February 20, 1964.
Cindy Crawford is 54 (nee Cynthia Ann Crawford)
American 50+ fashion supermodel (Versace; Chanel; Calvin Klein; Ralph Lauren), magazine cover girl (Vogue; Harper’s Bazaar; Cosmopolitan), actress and hostess of TV (House of Style) and movies (Fair Game; 54; The Simian Line), born February 20, 1966. (Cindy Crawford 2013 Photo: Georges Biard)
Fifty-plus American soccer player, Screenwriter, producer & actor of TV (Billy Campbell on Melrose Place) and movies (The Rainmaker; Gracie; American Shaolin), businessman co-founder of Do Something and CafeMom, born February 20, 1967. (Andrew Shue 1993 Photo: Alan Light)
(Bluebells & Bee Flowers Photo: Cristiane Teston via Unsplash)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on February 20th!
And remembering
Marj Dusay (nee Marjorie Ellen Pivonka Mahoney)
Emmy Award-winning American actress of TV (Vivian Alamain on Days of Our Lives; The Facts of Life; Santa Barbara; Vanessa Bennett on All My Children; Guiding Light; Bret Maverick; Capitol) and movies (Clambake; Sweet November; MacArthur; Breezy) (born Feb. 20, 1936 – died Jan. 28, 2020; age 83). Cause of death for Marj Dusay is unknown. (Marj Dusay 1969 Daniel Boone)
Gloria Vanderbilt
American heiress & socialite who inspired a novel & TV series (Little Gloria…Happy at Last), novelist and writer (A Mother’s Story), actress, fashion model and designer (scarves, jeans and perfumes), mother of Anderson Cooper (born Feb. 20, 1924 – died June 17, 2019; age 95). Gloria Vanderbilt died of stomach cancer. (Gloria Vanderbilt 1959 Photo: U.S. Steel Corporation)
Edward Albert (nee Edward Laurence Heimberger)
American actor of movies (Butterflies Are Free; 40 Carats; Midway; Guarding Tess; The Greek Tycoon; Veliki transport; Exiled in America) and TV (Falcon Crest; The Yellow Rose; Beauty and the Beast; The Last Convertible; Power Rangers Time Force), and son of Eddie Albert (born Feb. 20, 1951 – died Sept. 22, 2006; age 55). Edward Albert died of lung cancer. (Edward Albert 1977 Photo: Ray Burley)
J. Geils (nee John Warren Geils Jr.)
American blues-rock musician, guitarist, founder of the J. Geils Band (Centerfold; Freeze-Frame; Must of Got Lost; Looking for a Love; Give it to Me; One Last Kiss; Come Back; Love Stinks; Angel in Blue; I Do), race car enthusiast, driver and automobile restorer (born Feb. 20, 1946 – died Apr. 11, 2017; age 71). J. Geils died of natural causes. (J. Geils Photo: Carl Lender)
Ansel Adams
American environmentalist (Sierra Club director), American West landscape photographer (Yosemite National Park; Zone System co-developer), photography author (Making a Photograph) and founder of Aperture magazine (born Feb. 20, 1902 – died Apr. 22, 1984; age 82). Ansel Adams died of cardiovascular disease. (Ansel Adams c 1950 Photo: J. Malcolm Greany)
Gale Gordon (nee Charles T. Aldrich Jr.)
American character actor of radio, TV (Mr. Mooney on The Lucy Show; Harry Carter on Here’s Lucy; John Wilson on Dennis the Menace; Osgood Conklin on Our Miss Brooks) and movies (Our Miss Brooks; Speedway; Don’t Give up the Ship; ‘The Burbs) (born Feb. 20, 1906 – died June 30 1995; age 89). Gale Gordon died of lung cancer. (Gale Gordon 1967 The Lucy Show)
Robert Altman
Academy Award-winning American screenwriter, producer, & director of movies (MASH; Nashville; The Gingerbread Man; McCabe & Mrs. Miller; Gosford Park; A Wedding; Ready to Wear; Thieves Like Us), and TV (Whirlybirds; U.S. Marshal) (born Feb. 20, 1925 – died Nov. 20, 2006; age 81). Robert Altman died of leukemia complications. (Robert Altman 1982 Photo: Gorupdebesanez)
Amanda Blake (nee Beverly Louise Neill)
American actress of TV (Miss Kitty on Gunsmoke; The Edge of Night) and movies (Miss Robin Crusoe; Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard; Smuggler’s Gold; Cattle Town; Lili; High Society; The Glass Slipper; The Duchess of Idaho; Stars in My Crown) (born Feb. 20, 1929 – died Aug. 16, 1989; age 680). Amanda Blake had cancer before she died. (Amanda Blake 1966 Gunsmoke Photo: CBS TV)
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
American philanthropist, film producer (The Searchers; Gone with the Wind), thoroughbred racehorse owner (Equipoise), U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce & Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (born Feb. 20, 1899 – died Dec. 13, 1992; age 93). Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney’s cause of death is unknown. (Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Photo: AP Wirephoto 1954)
John Daly (nee John Charles Patrick Croghan Daly)
South-African-American WWII war correspondent, news journalist, panelist, actor & host of radio (NBC; CBS) TV (What’s My Line?; Celebrity Time; Who Said That?; The Front Page; The Voice of Firestone; It’s News to Me; We Take Your Word) (born Feb. 20, 1914 – died Feb. 24, 1991; age 77). John Charles Daly died of cardiac arrest. (John Daly 1950 What’s My Line? Photo: CBS)
American character actor of stage, TV (Apple’s Way; Gunsmoke; The Fugitive; Perry Mason; Rawhide; Wagon Train; The Twilight Zone; Dragnet; Route 66; Lassie) and movies (Silent Fear; Stranger at My Door; North by Northwest; The Birds) (born Feb. 20, 1907 – died Aug. 16, 1992; age 85). Cause of death for Malcolm Atterbury is unknown. (Malcolm Atterbury 1966 Daniel Boone)
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