January 14th Birthdays
If you were born on this day January 14th, you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Carole Cook is 95 (nee Mildred Frances Cook)
American actress of TV (Capitol; Cagney & Lacey; Kojak; Dynasty; McMillan & Wife; Chico and the Man; The Lucy Show; Here's Lucy; Charlie's Angels) and movies (The Incredible Mr. Limpet; Palm Springs Weekend; Sixteen Candles; American Gigolo), born January 14, 1924. (Carole Cook 1966 Daniel Boone)
American singer & actress of TV (Don't Call Me Charlie; Adventures in Paradise; Ben Casey; That's Life; Sea Hunt; The Real McCoys; 77 Sunset Strip) and movies (Apache Rifles; Night Tide; Sometimes a Great Notion; Let's Kill Uncle; The Tenants; The Threat), born January 14, 1936. (Linda Lawson 1960 Bonanza)
Jack Jones is 81 (nee John Allan Jones)
Grammy Award-winning octogenarian American big band pop singer (The Race is On; Dear Heart; The Impossible Dream; Wives and Lovers, Lollipops and Roses, Call Me Irresponsible; The Love Boat theme), actor of stage, TV & movies (The Comeback), born January 14, 1938. (Jack Jones 1967 What's My Line?)
Faye Dunaway is 78
Academy Award-winning septuagenarian American movie actress (Bonnie and Clyde; The Thomas Crown Affair; Three Days of the Condor, Chinatown, Network; Eyes of Laura Mars; Voyage of the Damned; Little Big Man; The Three Musketeers), born January 14, 1941. (Faye Dunaway 1971 Photo: PBS)
Holland Taylor is 76
Emmy Award-winning septuagenarian American actress of TV (Two and a Half Men; The Practice; Bosom Buddies; All My Children; Somerset; Mr. Mercedes) and movies (The Jewel of the Nile; One Fine Day; The Truman Show), born January 14, 1943. (Holland Taylor c. 1994 Photo: Harry Langdon Studio)
Marjoe Gortner is 75 (nee Hugh Marjoe Ross Gortner)
American child evangelist (Marjoe documentary), actor of TV (Falcon Crest) and movies (The Gun and the Pulpit; When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?; Acapulco Gold; Earthquake; Viva Knievel!), and septuagenarian born January 14, 1944. (Marjoe Gortner 1974 The Gun and the Pulpit Screenshot)
Carl Weathers is 71
Retired American football player (CFL - BC Lions; NFL - Oakland Raiders), actor of TV (In the Heat of the Night; Mark Jefferies on Chicago Justice, Chicago P.D. & Chicago Fire) and movies (Rocky; Hurricane Smith; Happy Gilmore; Semi-Tough), born January 14, 1948. (Carl Weathers 2015 Photo: Youngjim)
T-Bone Burnett is 71 (nee Joseph Henry Burnett)
Grammy & Academy Award-winning septuagenarian American songwriter, composer, movie soundtrack & record producer (The Weary Kind; O Brother, Where Art Thou?; Walk the Line; Nashville; True Detective), and senior born January 14, 1948. (T-Bone Burnett 1993 Photo: SkyPhoenix6)
John Lescroart is 71
Septuagenarian American, best selling crime fiction and legal thriller author of the Dismas Hardy, Abe Glitsky & Wyatt Hunt mystery series (The Mercy Rule; The Vig; Hard Evidence; The Hunt Club; Treasure Hunt; A Certain Justice), born January 14, 1948. (John Lescroart Photo: JohnLescroart.com)
Lawrence Kasdan is 70
American senior, director, producer & screenwriter (I Love You to Death; French Kiss; Wyatt Earp; Silverado; The Big Chill; Raiders of the Lost Ark; Body Heat; Grand Canyon; The Accidental Tourist; The Bodyguard; Star Wars films), born January 14, 1949. (Lawrence Kasdan 2015 Photo: Gage Skidmore)
Christine Belford is 70
Septuagenarian American retired actress of TV (Banacek; Dynasty; Empire; Silver Spoons; Barnaby Jones; Beverly Hills, 90210; Murder, She Wrote; Marcus Welby, M.D.), movies (Pocket Money; The Groundstar Conspiracy; Christine), born Jan. 14, 1949. (Christine Belford 1973 Banacek Photo: NBC TV)
Steven Soderbergh is 56
American 55+ screenwriter, director, and producer of movies (Good Night, and Good Luck; Sex, Lies, and Videotape; Erin Brockovich; Oceans Eleven; Traffic; Magic Mike XXL), and TV (The Girlfriend Experience; Godless) born January 14, 1963. (Steven Soderbergh 2008 Photo: Chris Harte Photography)
Emily Watson is 52
Academy Award-winning 50+ English actress of TV (Little Women; Genius) and movies (Breaking the Waves; The Boxer; Angela's Ashes; Hilary and Jackie; Gosford Park; The Water Horse; Red Dragon; War Horse; The Book Thief; Cradle Will Rock), born January 14, 1967. (Emily Watson 2016 Photo: Bruno Chatelin)
L. L. Cool J is 51 (nee James Todd Smith)
Fifty-plus American rap singer (I Need Love; I'm That Type of Guy; Around the Way Girl; Doin' It), actor of TV (Sam Hanna on NCIS: Los Angeles) and movies (Last Holiday; The Hard Way; Deep Blue Sea; Any Given Sunday), born January 14, 1968. (L. L. Cool J. 2010 Photo: G. M. Ireneo Alexxi / SinixLab)
American producer, director, & actor of TV (Valerie; Arrested Development; Mansome; Ozark; Little House on the Prairie; Silver Spoons) and movies (Game Night; The Switch; Horrible Bosses; Identity Thief; The Gift; Teen Wolf Too; The Ex; Juno;), born January 14, 1969. (Jason Bateman 2011 Photo: Georges Biard)
Grammy Award-winning Rock & Roll Hall of Fame American musician, singer & songwriter with Nirvana (Smells Like Teen Spirit; Come as You Are; Lithium), Foo Fighters (Best of You; The Pretender; Rope; Walk; Something From Nothing), born January 14, 1969. (Dave Grohl 2005 Photo: Roger Woolman)
(Winter Cat Photo: Agata Kaczowka via Unsplash)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on January 14!
And remembering these famous birthdays:
Guy Williams (nee Armando Joseph Catalano)
American model and actor of TV (Don Diego de la Vega/Zorro on Zorro; Professor John Robinson on Lost in Space; Will Cartwright on Bonanza) and movies (Damon and Pythias; Sindbad; The Prince and the Pauper; The Mississippi Gambler) (born Jan. 14, 1924 - died June 30, 1989; age 65). Guy Williams died of a brain aneurysm. (Guy Williams 1958 Zorro Screenshot)
Albert Schweitzer
1952 Nobel Peace Prize-winning French-German medical doctor, humanitarian (founder of Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Africa), philosopher (Reverence for Life), and pipe organ historian (born Jan. 14, 1875 - died Sept. 4, 1965; age 90). Albert Schweitzer died of unknown causes. (Albert Schweitzer 1955 Photo: Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-D0116-0041-019)
Andy Rooney
American radio, newspaper, and TV journalist, screenwriter & narrator (60 Minutes; G.I. Joe: The Ernie Pyle Story; CBS: The First 50 Years; Mr. Rooney Goes to Dinner; Harry and Lena; Black History: Lost Stolen, or Strayed) (born Jan. 14, 1919 - died Nov. 4, 2011; age 92). Andy Rooney died of surgery complications. (Andy Rooney 2008 Photo: Stephenson Brown)
Mark Goodson
American TV producer with Goodson-Todman Productions (Match Game; Beat the Clock; Philip Marlowe; The Name's the Same; Family Feud; I've Got a Secret; The Richard Boone Show; Tattletales; The Price is Right; To Tell the Truth; Call My Bluff) (born Jan. 14, 1915 - died Dec. 18, 1992; age 77). Mark Goodson died of pancreatic cancer. (Mark Goodson 1962 What's My Line?)
Hal Roach (nee Harold Eugene Roach)
American TV and movie director & producer (Hal Roach Studios) of Laurel and Hardy films, Our Gang/The Little Rascals shorts, and other movies (On the Loose; Lonesome Luke; One Million Years B.C.; Saps at Sea; Topper; Black Cyclone; Nobody's Baby; Hook, Line and Singer) (born Jan. 14, 1892 - died Nov. 2, 1992; age 100). Hal Roach died of pneumonia. (Hal Roach 1920 Photo)
Frank Aletter
American actor of stage, TV (General Hospital; Bringing Up Buddy; The Cara Williams Show; It's About Time; Capitol; The Banana Splits Adventure Hour; Lassie; Marcus Welby, M.D.; The F.B.I.; Ironside; Perry Mason), and movies (Tora! Tora! Tora!) (born Jan. 14, 1926 - died May 13, 2009; age 83). Frank Aletter died of cancer. (Frank Aletter 1966 12 O'Clock High)
Vonetta McGee
American actress in "blaxpoitation" films (Shaft in Africa; Melinda; Blacula; The Eiger Sanction; Thomasine & Bushrod; Brothers; Detroit 9000; Johnny B Good; Faustina; Foxbat) and on TV (L.A. Law; Bustin' Loose; Hell Town; Cagney & Lacey) (born Jan. 14, 1945 - died July 9, 2010; age 65). Vonetta McGee died of cardiac arrest. (Vonetta McGee 1968 The Great Silence Trailer)
Allen Toussaint
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame American record producer (Lady Marmalade), musician, and songwriter (I like It Like That; Working in the Coal Mine; Southern Nights; Lipstick Traces [on a Cigarette]; Play Something Sweet) (born Jan. 14, 1938 - died Nov. 10, 2015; age 77). Cause of death for Allen Toussaint was a heart attack. (Allen Toussaint 2008 Photo: Bryan Ledgard)
Barry Jenner
American TV actor (Dr. Jerry Kenderson on Dallas; Tony Cooper on Somerset; Evan Webster on Another World; Knots Landing; Lt. Lieu Murtaugh on Family Matters; Sheldon Kramer on Something so Right; Admiral Ross on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) (born Jan. 14, 1941 – died August 8, 2016; age 75). Barry Jenner died of acute myeloid leukemia. (Barry Jenner 1980s Dallas Photo)
Hugh Lofting
British civil engineer and children's literature writer (The Story of Doctor Dolittle; The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle; Doctor Dolittle's Post Office; The Story of Mrs. Tubbs; Doctor Dolittle's Circus; Porridge Poetry; Doctor Dolittle's Return) (born Jan. 14, 1886 - died Feb. 3, 1947; age 95). Cause of death for Hugh Lofting is unknown. (Hugh Lofting Pre-1923 Photo: Puddleby.Tripod.com)
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