January 19th Birthdays
If you were born on this day January 19th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Tippi Hedren
(nee Nathalie Kay Hedren; ex of Peter Griffith)
American actress of films (The Birds; Citizen Ruth; I Heart Huckabees; The Harrad Experiment; The Ghost and the Whale), TV (The Bold and The Beautiful), & wildlife rescue activist, born January 19, 1930. Mom of Melanie Griffith, grandmother of Dakota Johnson. (Tippi Hedren 1964 Marnie Trailer)
Michael Crawford (nee Michael Patrick Smith)
Tony Award-winning English singer-actor of stage (The Phantom of the Opera), TV (Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em), and film (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; Hello, Dolly!; Barnum; The War Lover; Blow Your Own Trumpet), born January 19, 1942. (Michael Crawford 2012 Photo: Eva Rinaldi)
Richard Van Vleet
American actor of TV (Dr. Chuck Tyler on All My Children; The Virginian; The Name of the Game; Guiding Light; Marcus Welby, M.D.; The Bold Ones: The Lawyers; Adam-12; Cannon; Ironside; McCloud; Mannix) and movies (Ben; Retribution), born January 17, 1942. (Richard Van Vleet 1970 Dan August)
Shelley Fabares (nee Michele Ann Marie Fabares; m. Mike Farrell)
American actress of TV (Christine on Coach; The Donna Reed Show; The Brian Keith Show; One Day at a Time; Forever Fernwood) & films (Girl Happy; Spinout; Clambake; Brian’s Song), born January 19, 1944. Ex of Lou Adler; niece of Nanette Fabray. (Shelley Fabares 1966: Youth Parade by Churchills)
Country Music Hall of Fame American actress of movies (Steel Magnolias; 9 to 5; Straight Talk; Rhinestone), singer & songwriter (I Will Always Love You; Coat of Many Colors; Jolene; Here You Come Again; Islands in the Stream; Telling Me Lies) born January 19, 1946. (Dolly Parton Photo: Dennis Carney)
Paula Deen nee Paula Ann Hiers)
American celebrity chef, cookbook author (The Lady & Sons Savannah Country Cooking), Food Network TV host (Paula’s Home Cooking; Paula’s Party; Paula’s Best Dishes) and restaurateur (Paula Deen’s Family Kitchen), born January 19, 1947. (Paula Deen 2006 Photo: WorkerBee)
Martha Davis
American musician, songwriter, & lead singer of Martha Davis and the Motels (Suddenly Last Summer; Only the Lonely; Total Control; Danger; Shame; Take the L; Remember the Nights; Footsteps; My Promise), born January 19, 1951. (Martha Davis 1982 Photo: Capitol Records / Val Garay Management)
Desi Arnaz Jr. (nee Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV; ex of Linda Purl. )
American drummer with Dino, Desi & Billy (I’m a Fool; Not the Lovin’ Kind), actor of TV (Craig Carter on Here’s Lucy; Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones) & films (Billy Two Hats; The Mambo Kings; Red Sky at Morning), born January 19, 1953. Son of Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz, sister of Lucie Arnaz. (Desi Arnaz Jr. 1984)
Katey Sagal (nee Catherine Louise Sagal; married Kurt Sutter)
American singer-songwriter, voice over artist, and actress of TV (Cate Hennesy on 8 Simple Rules; Peg Bundy on Married…with Children; Sons of Anarchy; Mary; Tucker; Lost; Futurama; Superior Donuts) and movies (Maid to Order) born January 19, 1954. (Katey Sagal 2010 Photo: Gage Skidmore)
Paul McCrane
American actor of TV (Robert Romano on ER; Cop Rock; Wiseguy; 24; Harry’s Law; Under Suspicion) & movies (Fame; The Shawshank Redemption; RoboCop; The Hotel New Hampshire; Purple Hearts; The Blob; The Last Producer; New Suit), born January 19, 1961. (Paul McCrane Painting: A. Hamilton)
Stefan Edberg
International Tennis Hall of Fame Swedish tennis player, winner of 5 Grand Slam singles (Australian Open, Wimbledon & US Open), 3 Grand Slam doubles (Australian Open, US Open 1987), and 4 Davis Cups, born January 19, 1966. (Stefan Edberg 2012: Robin Fritzson)
Christine Tucci (sister of Stanley Tucci)
American actress of TV (Amanda Cory on Another World; Chicago Hope; Six Feet Under; Boston Legal; Prince Street; MDs; C-16: FBI; The Closer; Bull; Without a Trace; NYPD Blue; Ally McBeal) and films (Chestnut: Hero of Central Park; Big Fat Liar), born January 19, 1967. (Christine Tucci Painting: A. Hamilton)
Drea de Matteo (nee Andrea Donna de Matteo)
American actress of TV (Adriana La Cerva on The Sopranos; Gina on Joey; Tess on Shades of Blue; Wendy on Sons of Anarchy; Desperate Housewives) & films (Swordfish; Assault on Precinct 13), born January 19, 1972. Ex-partner of Shooter Jennings. (Drea de Matteo 2005: Marcella Antonio Pereira Guzman)
(Anthony Dexter 1951: Ornitz | Natacha Rambova 1926)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on January 19th!
Remember These January 19th Famous Birthdays
Charlotte Vale-Allen (aka Katharine Marlowe)
Canadian-American writer and novelist (Hidden Meanings; Gentle Stranger; Acts of Kindness; Daddy’s Girl; Dream Train; Somebody’s Baby; Mood Indigo; Grace Notes; Sudden Moves; Where is the Baby; Leftover Dreams; Parting Gifts; Times of Triumph; Night Magic) (born Jan. 19, 1941 – died Jan. 12, 2023; age 81). (Charlotte Vale-Allen 2002 Photo: © Dianna Last / Charlotte Vale-Allen)
Janis Joplin
American rock, soul, & blues singer-songwriter (Piece of My Heart; Me and Bobby McGee [Kris Kristofferson duet]; Down on Me; Kozmic Blues; Cry Baby; Get It While You Can; Try [Just a Little Bit Harder]), Woodstock performer (born Jan. 19, 1943 – died Oct. 4, 1970; age 27). Janis Joplin died of a heroin overdose. (Janis Joplin 1969: Jim Marshall / Albert B. Grossman Management)
Jean Stapleton
Emmy Award-winning American actress of stage, TV (Edith Bunker on All in the Family & Archie Bunker’s Place; Bagdad Cafe; Scarecrow and Mrs. King; Naked City), and movies (Up the Down Staircase; Klute; Michael; Damn Yankees; The Buddy System; Bells Are Ringing; Something Wild; Cold Turkey) (born Jan. 19, 1923 – May 31, 2013; age 90). (Jean Stapleton 1977 Photo: ABC TV)
Thomas Kinkade (nee William Thomas Kinkade III)
American artist, author (The Artist’s Guide to Sketching), and painter specializing in rural landscapes with glowing highlights, known as “Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light” (born Jan. 19, 1958 – died Apr. 6, 2012; age 54). Cause of death for Thomas Kinkade was acute intoxication. (Thomas Kinkade 2007 Photo: freddthompson)
Phil Everly (nee Phillip Everly; brother of Don Everly)
American Country Music and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame singer-songwriter with The Everly Brothers (Bye Bye Love; Wake Up Little Susie; All I Have to Do Is Dream; Cathy’s Clown; When Will I Be Loved; Walk Right Back; Lucille, Temptation) (born Jan. 19, 1939 – Jan. 3, 2014; age 74). Phil Everly had COPD before he died of lung disease. (Phil Everly 1958 Photo: Bruno of Hollywood)
Anthony “Tony” Dexter (nee Walter Reinhold Alfred Fleischmann)
American film actor (Valentino; The Brigand; Captain John Smith and Pocahontas; Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl; Thoroughly Modern Millie; The Black Pirates; Fire Maidens of Outer Space; He Laughed Last; The Parson and the Outlaw; The Story of Mankind; Three Blondes in His Life) (born Jan. 19, 1913 – died Mar. 27, 2001; age 88). Aka Walter Craig. (Anthony Dexter 1951)
Nicholas Colasanto
American TV director (Run for Your Life; Garrison’s Gorillas; Hawaii Five-O; Columbo) and actor of TV (Coach Ernie Pantusso on Cheers; I Spy) and movies (The Counterfeit Killer; Fat City; Family Plot; Raging Bull) (born Jan. 19, 1924 – died Feb. 12, 1985; age 61). Nicholas Colasanto had heart disease before he died of a heart attack. (Nicholas Colasanto 1982 Cheers Photo: NBC)
Robert Palmer
Grammy-winning English rock musician, producer, and singer-songwriter solo (Bad Case of Loving You; Addicted to Love; I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On; Simply Irresistible; Mercy Mercy Me; Johnny and Mary) & with The Power Station (Some Like It Hot) (born Jan. 19, 1949 – died Sept. 29, 2003; age 54). Robert Palmer died of a heart attack. (Robert Palmer 1986: David King)
Natacha Rambova (nee Winifred Kimball Shaughnessy)
American ballet dancer, silent film actress, set designer, art director, & costume designer (Billions; Why Change Your Wife; Forbidden Fruit; Nazimova; Camille; What Price Beauty?; The Hooded Falcon; Monsieur Beaucaire); Egyptian historian (born Jan. 19, 1897 – died June 5, 1966; age 69). Aka Winifred Hudnut; ex of Rudolph Valentino. (Natacha Rambova 1924)
Guy Madison (nee Robert Ozell Moseley; ex of Gail Russell)
American actor of TV (The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok) & movies (Jet Over the Atlantic; Till The End of Time; Honeymoon; Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven; Massacre River; Drums in the Deep South; The Charge at Feather River; 5 Against The House; Hilda Crane; The Last Frontier) (born Jan. 19, 1922 – died Feb. 6, 1996; age 74). Guy Madison died of emphysema. (Guy Madison 1957 Photo)
Paul Cézanne
French Post-Impressionist oil & watercolour painter of people, still lifes, & landscapes (The Card Players; Mont Saint-Victoire; Boy in a Red Waistcoat; Chateau Noir; Bathers; Still Life With Apples and Peaches; Houses in Provence; Fishermen; The Bay of Marseilles; Maison Maria; Self-portrait; Madame Cézanne) (born Jan. 19, 1839 – died Oct. 22, 1906; age 67). (Paul Cézanne 1899)
Fritz Weaver (married Rochelle Oliver)
Tony Award-winning American character & voice over actor of stage (Child’s Play), movies (Marathon Man; Black Sunday; The Thomas Crown Affair), and TV (All My Children; Holocaust; Mission: Impossible; The Legend of Lizzie Borden) (born Jan. 19, 1926 – died Nov. 26, 2016; age 90). Fritz Weaver’s cause of death is unknown. (Fritz Weaver 1970 A Walk in the Spring Rain)
Minnesota Fats (nee Rudolf Walter Wanderon Jr.; aka New York Fats)
Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame professional pocket billiards player, pool hustler whose nickname was the inspiration for (or was inspired by), the Jackie Gleason / Paul Newman movie The Hustler (1961) (born Jan. 19, 1913 – died Jan. 15, 1996; age 82). Cause of death for Minnesota Fats is unknown. (Minnesota Fats 1965 What’s My Line?)
Anne Hummert (nee Schumacher)
American newspaper journalist, writer, creator & producer of 1930s-1950s daytime radio serials / soap operas with her husband Frank Hummert (Ma Perkins; Just Plain Bill; Amanda of Honeymoon Hill; Young Widder Brown; Mr. Keen; Backstage Wife; Front Page Farrell; John’s Other Wife) (born Jan. 19, 1905 – died July 5, 1996; age 91). (Anne Hummert 1941: Radio and Television Mirror)
Albertina Rasch (married Dimitri Tiomkin)
Austrian-American choreographer, instructor, & dancer of ballet, vaudeville, musicals (George White’s Scandals; The Three Musketeers; The Band Wagon), and silent films (The Merry Widow; Broadway Melody of 1936; The Girl of the Golden West; Marie Antoinette; Our Blushing Brides; The Great Waltz) (born Jan. 19, 1891 – died Oct. 2, 1967; age 76). (Albertina Rasch 1934 : G Eder)
James Watt
Scottish civil & mechanical engineer, chemist, inventor (Watt steam engine; separate condenser; horsepower concept; copying machine; butterfly valve; lap engine; screw-propeller steamer; pneumatic chemistry; Watt’s linkage), entrepreneur (Soho Foundry), and freemason (born Jan. 19, 1736 – died Aug. 25, 1819; age 83). (James Watt 1806: John Partridge)
Edgar Allan Poe (nee Edgar Poe)
American cryptographer, literary critic, short story writer (The Black Cat; The Cask of Amontillado; The Fall of the House of Usher), editor (Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine; Graham’s Magazine), novelist, and poet (The Raven; Tamerlane; Lenore; Eldorado) (born Jan. 19, 1809 – died Oct. 7, 1849; age 40). Edgar Allan Poe’s cause of death is unknown. (Edgar Allan Poe 1849)
Lilian Harvey (nee Helene Lilian Muriel Pape)
English-German dancer, singer, & actress of stage, silent films (A Knight in London), and classic movies (I Am Suzanne!; The Temporary Widow; The Congress Dances; Let’s Live Tonight; Three from the Filling Station; My Weakness; My Lips Betray; The Only Girl; Invitation to the Waltz; A Blonde Dream; Quick) (born Jan. 19, 1906 – died July 27, 1968; age 62). (Lilian Harvey 1929: UFA)
Lanny Ross (nee Lancelot Patrick Ross)
American pianist, songwriter, singer (Stay As Sweet As You Are; We Musn’t Say Goodbye) & actor of stage, radio (Maxwell House Show Boat; Troubadour of the Moon; Lucky Strike Hit Parade; Lanny Ross Program) & films (Melody in Spring; College Rhythm; The Lady Objects), and WWII US Army Major (born Jan. 19, 1906 – died Apr. 25, 1988; age 82). (Lanny Ross 1935: Radio Mirror)
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