February 26th Birthdays
If you were born on February 26th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Bill Duke is 79 (nee William Henry Duke Jr.)
American producer, director, & actor of TV (Palmerstown, U.S.A.; Falcon Crest; Knots Landing; Karen Sisco) and films (Predator; Car Wash; Bird on a Wire; Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit; Payback; The Limey; X-Men: The Last Stand), born February 26, 1943. (Bill Duke 1977 Palmerstown, U.S.A. Photo: CBS)
Mitch Ryder is 77 (nee William S. Levise Jr.)
American musician & singer with The Detroit Wheels (Devil with a Blue Dress On; Jenny Take a Ride; Too Many Fish in the Sea; Sock it to Me-Baby; Little Latin Lupe Lu; Breakout), born February 26, 1945. (Mitch Ryder 1967 Photo: Premier Talent Associates / Dynovice Records / Richard Gersh Associates Inc.)
Elizabeth George is 73 (nee Susan Elizabeth George)
American mystery novelist, author of the Inspector Thomas Lynley and Edge of Nowhere series (A Great Deliverance; Payment in Blood; Believing the Lie; The Edge of the Light; Missing Joseph; Something to Hide; Careless in Red), born February 26, 1949. (Elizabeth George 2014 Photo: Harvest House Publishers)
Michael Bolton is 69 (nee Michael Bolotin)
Grammy Award-winning American songwriter and singer, (How Am I Supposed to Live Without You; Love is a Wonderful Thing; When a Man Loves a Woman; When I’m Back on My Feet Again; Go the Distance), born February 26, 1953. (Michael Bolton 2012: © JCS / )
John Bolger is 68
American actor of TV (John Sykes on One Life to Live; Mayor Garrett Floyd on General Hospital; Gabe McNamara on Another World; Loving; The Black Donnellys; Everything’s Relative; True Blue), and movies (Parting Glances), born born February 26, 1954. (John Bolger 1987 Everything’s Relative Photo: CBS)
Greg Germann is 64
American actor of TV (Richard Fish on Ally McBeal; Ned and Stacey; Once Upon a Time; Sweet Justice; In Case of Emergency; House of Lies; Grey’s Anatomy; Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) and movies (Sweet November; Friends With Money; Fly Away), born February 26, 1958.
Mark Dacascos is 58
American martial arts expert & actor of movies (Drive; Only The Strong; Brother of the Wolf; Double Dragon) and TV (Iron Chef America; The Crow: Stairway to Heaven; Hawaii Five-0), born February 26, 1964. (Mark Dacascos 2012 Photo: Doniyor Sharipov, Dilbar Rahmonova and others)
American actress of TV (Movie Stars; Beverly Hills, 90210) and film (The Evening Star; Savage; Erasable You; My Engagement Party; The View from the Swing; Welcome to California), daughter of Cary Grant & Dyan Cannon, born February 26, 1966. (Jennifer Grant 1976 Photo: David Hume Kennerly / WHPO)
Erykah Badu is 51 (nee Erica Abi Wright)
Grammy Award-winning American neo-soul singer-songwriter (Bag Lady; Love of My Life [An Ode to Hip-Hop]), actress of TV (Hand of God) and films (The Cider House Rules; Blues Brothers 2000; House of D; They Die by Dawn), born February 26, 1971. (Erykah Badu 2011 Photo: Radiobums / Nation19)
(Johnny Cash 1955 Sun Records | Madeleine Carroll 1932)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on February 26th!
Remember These February 26th Famous Birthdays
Jackie Gleason (nee John Herbert Gleason)
American comedic actor of TV (The Honeymooners; The Jackie Gleason Show; Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine; Cavalcade of Stars) and movies (The Hustler; Papa’s Delicate Condition; Soldier in the Rain; Smokey and the Bandit) (born Feb. 20, 1916 – died June 24, 1987; age 71). Jackie Gleason died of colorectal cancer. (Jackie Gleason 1961 The Hustler Trailer)
Dane Clark (nee Bernard Zanville)
American model and character actor of radio, stage, TV (Wire Service; Bold Venture; The New Perry Mason), and movies (Destination Tokyo; Embraceable You; Without Honor; Pride of the Marines; Action in the North Atlantic; Her Kind of Man; Deep Valley; Whiplash) (born Feb. 26, 1912 – died Sept. 11, 1998; age 86). Dane Clark died of lung cancer. (Dane Clark 1946 Photo: Dell Publishing)
Johnny Cash (nee J.R. Cash; aka John R. Cash; “The Man in Black“)
American TV host (The Johnny Cash Show), and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame singer-songwriter (I Walk the Line; There You Go; Folsom Prison Blues; Don’t Take Your Guns to Town; A Boy Named Sue; The Man in Black; Ring of Fire; Daddy Sang Bass) (born Feb. 26, 1932 – died Sept. 12, 2003; age 71). Johnny Cash died of diabetes complications. (Johnny Cash 1955 Photo: Sun Records)
Tony Randall (nee Aryeh Leonard Rosenberg)
Emmy Award-winning American actor of TV (The Odd Couple; Love, Sidney; The Tony Randall Show; What’s My Line?; Mister Peepers; One Man’s Family) & movies (7 Faces of Dr. Lao; Boy’s Night Out; Pillow Talk; Lover Come Back; Hello Down There; Down With Love) (born Feb. 26, 1920 – died May 17, 2004; age 84). Tony Randall was pneumonia. (Tony Randall 1976 Photo: ABC)
American stand-up comedian & film actor (Watermelon Man; Cotton Comes to Harlem; Come Back Charleston Blue; Gone Are the Days!; The President’s Analyst; The Biggest Bundle of Them All; The Biscuit Eater; The Troublemaker; Friday Foster) (born Feb. 26, 1933 – died Nov. 29, 1976; age 43). Godfrey Cambridge died of a heart attack. (Godfrey Cambridge 1970: AP Wirephoto)
Fats Domino (nee Antoine Dominique Domino Jr.)
American Rock & Roll Hall of Fame singer, songwriter, and pianist (Ain’t That A Shame; Blueberry Hill; I’m Walkin’; Goin’ Home; Going to the River; I’m in Love Again; Bo Weevil; Blue Monday; It’s You I Love; Whole Lotta Loving) (born Feb. 26, 1928 – died Oct. 24, 2017; age 89). Fats Domino died of natural causes. (Fats Domino 1962 Photo: Hugo Van Gelderen / Dutch National Archives)
Robert Alda (nee Alphonso Guiseppe Giovanni Roberto D’Abruzzo)
American singer and Tony Award-winning actor of stage (Guys and Dolls), TV (Days of Our Lives; Love of Life; The Robert Alda Show) and movies (Rhapsody in Blue; Imitation of Life; Cloak and Dagger; The Man I Love; April Showers; Homicide) (born Feb. 26, 1914 – died May 3, 1986; age 72). Robert Alda had a stroke a few years before he died. (Robert Alda 1975 Photo: McKay Theatre)
Mason Adams
American voice and character of TV (Charlie Hume on Lou Grant, The Deadliest Season, Another World; Love of Life; Where the Heart Is; Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer; Knight & Daye), and movies (Omen III: The Final Conflict; F/X; Toy Soldiers) (born Feb. 26, 1919 – died Apr. 26, 2005; age 86). Mason Adams died from natural causes. (Mason Adams 1977 Lou Grant Photo: CBS TV)
Madeleine Carroll (nee Edith Madeleine Carroll)
English-American movie actress (The 39 Steps; Secret Agent; I Was a Spy; The Prisoner of Zenda; Blockade; Cafe Society; Honeymoon in Bali; Safari; North West Mounted Police; Virginia; One Night in Lisbon; An Innocent Affair; My Favorite Blonde) (born Feb. 26, 1906 – died Oct. 2, 1987; age 81). Madeleine Carroll died of pancreatic cancer. (Madeleine Carroll 1938 Photo: Donald Biddle Keyes)
Betty Hutton (nee Elizabeth June Thornburg)
American singer & actress of TV (The Betty Hutton Show) & movies (Annie Get Your Gun; Red, Hot and Blue; The Greatest Show on Earth; Dream Girl; Let’s Dance; The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek; Incendiary Blonde; Duffy’s Tavern) (born Feb. 26, 1921 – died Mar. 12, 2007; age 86). Betty Hutton died of colon cancer complications. (Betty Hutton 1947 The Perils of Pauline)
Cliff Osmond (nee Clifford Osman Ebrahim)
American TV screenwriter (Streets of San Francisco) & actor of TV (Gunsmoke; Wagon Train; The Untouchables; Land of the Giants; Police Story) and movies (Irma La Douce; Kiss Me, Stupid; The Raiders; The Fortune Cookie; The Front Page) (born Feb. 26, 1937 – died Dec. 22, 2012; age 75). Cliff Osmond died of pancreatic cancer. (Cliff Osmond 1973 Invasion of the Bee Girls)
American stunt man, actor of TV (The F.B.I.; The Rogues; Dr. Kildare; The Man From U.N.C.L.E.; Mission: Impossible; The Invaders; Star Trek; Daniel Boone; Batman; The Time Tunnel; The Felony Squad; The Fugitive; Star Trek) & films (The Great Escape; The Psycho Lover; Escape to Witch Mountain) (born Feb. 26, 1931 – died Mar. 17, 2017; age 86). (Lawrence Montaigne 1967 Iron Horse)
Tunisian-French shoe and fashion designer, 1984 Best Designer of the Year (French Ministry of Culture), designer for celebrities (Michelle Obama; Marion Cotillard; Greta Garbo; Tina Turner; Raquel Welch; Madonna; Brigitte Nielsen; Shakira) (born Feb. 26, 1935 – died Nov. 18, 2017; age 82). Azzedine Alaïa died of heart failure. (Azzedine Alaia c. 1950s)
Hagood Hardy (nee Hugh Hagood Hardy)
Juno Award-winning Canadian recording artist, pianist, and composer for radio, TV, and movies (The Homecoming; Anne of Green Gables series; Avonlea & Anne of Avonlea series; The Wild Pony; Bethune; Second Wind) (born Feb. 26, 1937 – died Jan. 1, 1997; age 59). Cause of death for Hagood Hardy was lymphoma.
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