February 25th Birthdays
If you were born on February 25th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Michael Fairman is 87
American actor of television (Patrick Murphy on The Young and the Restless; Nick Szabo on Ryan’s Hope; Cagney & Lacey; L.A. Law; Sunset Beach; Hill Street Blues) and films (The Anderson Tapes; Thirteen Days; Forces of Nature), and writer, born February 25, 1934. (Michael Fairman 2007 Photo: vagueonthehow)
Sally Jessy Raphael is 86 (nee Sally Lowenthal)
Retired American television talk show host (Sally / The Sally Jessy Raphael Show), former Central American news correspondent for Associated Press & United Press International, and radio broadcaster, born February 25, 1935. (Sally Jessy Raphael 2012 Photo: David Shankbone)
Diane Baker is 83
American actress of films (The Diary of Anne Frank; Marnie; Mirage; The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit; The Best of Everything) and TV (Here We Go Again; Dr. Kildare; House; The F.B.I.; The Fugitive; Mission: Impossible; The Virginian; Bonanza), born February 25, 1938. (Diane Baker 1970 The Old Man Who Cried Wolf)
Leann Hunley is 66
American actress & celebrity of movies and TV (Dana Waring Carrington on Dynasty; Anna DiMera on Days of Our Lives; The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo; Dawson’s Creek; Models Inc.; Super Password; The $10,000 Pyramid), born February 25, 1955. (Leann Hunley 2008 Photo: Darlingdiva)
Téa Leoni is 55 (nee Elizabeth Téa Pantaleon)
American actress of TV (Elizabeth McCord on Madam Secretary; The Naked Truth; Santa Barbara; Flying Blind) and film (Deep Impact; Jurassic Park III; The Family Man; Spanglish; Fun with Dick and Jane; Flirting With Disaster), born February 25, 1966. (Téa Leoni 2007 Photo: Gustavo Fernandez)
Nancy O’Dell is 55 (nee Nancy Evelyn Humphries)
American entertainment reporter and host of radio and TV (Entertainment Tonight; A Current Affair; Access Hollywood; Nashville Star), and author (Full of Life; Full of Love), born February 25, 1966. (Nancy O’Dell 2011 Photo: OliveCocoMag)
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lexis Denisof is 55
American actor of stage, TV (Wesley Wyndam-Pryce on Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Angel; How I Met Your Mother; Finding Carter; Grimm; I Love Bekka & Lucy; H+), and movies (Much Ado About Nothing; Murder Story; True Blue), born February 25, 1966. (Alexis Denisof 2004 Photo: Raven Underwood)
Sean Astin is 50 (nee Sean Patrick Duke)
American actor of films (The Lord of the Rings movies; Rudy; The Goonies; Checkmate; Forever Strong; Mom’s Night Out; Memphis Belle; 50 First Dates; The War of the Roses) & TV (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Stranger Things; No Good Nick; 24), born February 25, 1971. (Sean Astin 2014 Photo: Mooshuu)
Anson Mount is 48
American actor of TV (Cullen Bohannon on Hell on Wheels; Capt. Christopher Pike on Star Trek: Discover; Line of Fire; Third Watch) and movies (In Her Shoes; Mr. Right; Cook County; Tully; City by the Sea; Visions; The Forger; Safe; Last Night), born February 25, 1973. (Anson Mount 2018 Photo: Gage Skidmore)
(Alpacas, Tupiza, Bolivia Photo: Paz Arando via Unsplash)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on February 25th!
Remember These February 25th Famous Birthdays
Lee Evans
U.S. National Track and Field Hall of Fame American world record-setting sprinter, 2-time gold medalist at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Olympics (400m & 4 x 400m relay), Black Power movement civil rights activist, and co-founder of the Olympic Project for Human Rights (born Feb. 25, 1947 – died May 19, 2021; age 74). Lee Evans died after a stroke. (Lee Evans 2008 Photo: tea rose)
George Harrison
English singer, songwriter (Something; Here Comes the Sun; My Sweet Lord; Got My Mind Set on You), and lead guitarist for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band The Beatles (She Loves You; A Hard Day’s Night; While My Guitar Gently Weeps) (born Feb. 25, 1943 – died Nov. 29, 2001; age 58). George Harrison died of lung cancer. (George Harrison 1964 Photo: Dutch National Archives)
Jim Backus (nee James Gilmore Backus)
American voice and character actor of radio, TV (Gilligan’s Island; I Married Joan; Mister Magoo), movies (Don’t Bother to Knock; Francis in the Navy; Rebel Without a Cause; Boy’s Night Out; Hello Down There; Ask Any Girl) (born Feb. 25, 1913 – died July 3, 1989; age 76). Jim Backus had Parkinson’s disease and died of pneumonia. (Jim Backus 1962 Photo: California National Productions)
King Clancy (nee Francis Michael Clancy)
Hockey Hall of Fame Canadian professional hockey player, NHL defenceman (Ottawa Senators, Toronto Maple Leafs), 3-time Stanley Cup champion, NHL referee, coach & executive (Toronto Maple Leafs) (born Feb. 25, 1903 – died Nov. 10, 1986; age 84). King Clancy died of septic shock after gallbladder surgery. (King Clancy 1930s Photo)
Anthony Burgess (nee John Burgess Wilson; aka Joseph Kell)
English writer (A Clockwork Orange; Earthly Powers; Time for a Tiger; The Doctor is Sick; The Worm and the Ring; Honey for the Bears; A Vision of Battlements; Inside Mr. Enderby), composer, playwright, and screenwriter (Jesus of Nazareth) (born Feb. 25, 1917 – died Nov. 22, 1993; age 76). Cause of death for Anthony Burgess was lung cancer. (Anthony Burgess 1986 Photo: Zazie4)
Bobby Riggs (nee Robert Larimore Riggs)
World No. 1 American amateur/pro tennis player for three years (1939, 1946 & 1947), with 7 Grand Slams singles and doubles wins from 1939-1949, at age 55+ Battle of the Sexes loser to Billie Jean King (born Feb. 25 1918 – died Oct. 25, 1995; age 77). Cause of death for Bobby Riggs was prostate cancer. (Bobby Riggs 1939 Press Photo: ACME)
Christopher George
American actor of TV (Sgt. Sam Troy on The Rat Patrol; The Immortal) and movies (Grizzly; El Dorado; The Exterminator; Enter the Ninja; Midway; Mayday at 40,000 Feet; The Train Robbers; Chisum; The Delta Factor; Gavilan) (born Feb. 25, 1931 – died Nov. 28, 1983; age 52). Christopher George died of a heart attack. (Christopher George 1960s The Rat Patrol Photo: ABC TV)
Zeppo Marx (nee Herbert Manfred Marx)
American actor in Marx Brothers movies (Animal Crackers; Monkey Business; Horse Feathers; Duck Soup), theatrical agent, engineer, inventor and manufacturing entrepreneur (Marman Products – Marman Twin motorcycle; Marman clamps) (born Feb. 25, 1901 – died Nov. 30, 1979; age 78). Zeppo Marx died of lung cancer. (Zeppo Marx 1931 Photo: Ralph F. Stitt)
Bert Remsen (nee Herbert Birchell Remsen)
American character actor of films (McCabe & Mrs. Miller; Baby Blue Marine; Moon Pilot; Borderline; Only the Lonely; Thieves Lilke Us) and TV (Jefferson Drum; Dallas; Gibbsville; It’s A Living; Dynasty; 12 O’Clock High; Peyton Place) (born Feb. 25, 1925 – died Apr. 22, 1999; age 74). Cause of death for Bert Remsen was heart failure. (Bert Remsen 1958 Man With a Camera)
Gert Fröbe (nee Karl Gerhart Fröbe)
German character actor in movies (Goldfinger; Triple Cross; Wet Asphalt; The Return of Doctor Mabuse; The Longest Day; Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies; Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) (born Feb. 25, 1913 – died Sept. 5, 1988; age 75). Gert Fröbe died of a heart attack. (Karl Gerhart Fröbe 1965 Photo: Eric Koch)
Frank G. Slaughter (nee Frank Gill Slaughter; aka C. V. Terry)
American doctor and novelist (Sangaree; Fort Everglades; The Cross and the Crown; Flight From Natchez; Lorena; The Curse of Jezebel; Doctor’s Wives; Upon This Rock; Women in White; Doctors at Risk; Buccaneer Doctor) (born Feb. 25, 1908 – died May 17, 2001; age 93). Cause of death for Frank G. Slaughter is unknown. (Frank G. Slaughter 1926 Photo: Duke University)
Dickie Jones (nee Richard Percy Jones Jr.; aka Dick Jones)
American trick roper-rider, 1930s child movie actor (Queen of the Jungle; The Hawk; Westward Ho; Hollywood Roundup), actor of TV (Dick West on The Range Rider; Buffalo Bill, Jr.; The Gene Autry Show; Annie Oakley) and movies (The Strawberry Roan; Last of the Pony Riders) (born Feb. 25, 1927 – died July 7, 2014; age 87). Dickie Jones died after a fall. (Dickie Jones 1955 Buffalo Bill, Jr.)
Brenda Joyce (nee Betty Graftina Leabo)
American film actress (Here I Am A Stranger; The Postman Didn’t Ring; Tarzan and the Amazons; Little Giant; Private Nurse; Marry the Boss’s Daughter; Little Old New York; The Rains Came; Maryland; Public Deb No. 1; Strange Confession; The Enchanted Forest; Pillow of Death; Shaggy; Tarzan’s Magic Fountain) (born Feb. 25, 1917 – died July 4, 2009; age 92). (Brenda Joyce 1940 Photo: Photoplay)
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