January 23rd Birthdays
If you were born on January 23rd you share a birthday with these famous people:
Chita Rivera is 88 (nee Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero)
Tony Award-winning American singer, dancer & actress of stage (Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Rink), TV (The New Dick Van Dyke Show; Melody Rambo on One Life to Live), and movies (Sweet Charity; Chicago), born January 23, 1933. (Chita Rivera 1997 Photo: © copyright John Mathew Smith)
Lou Antonio is 87 (nee Louis Demetrios Antonio)
American TV director (McMillan & Wife; The Rockford Files; The Partridge Family; McCloud; Gentle Ben; The Flying Nun), actor of TV (Dog and Cat; Gunsmoke; Makin’ It; The Snoop Sisters; Mod Squad) and movies (Hawaii; Cool Hand Luke), born January 23, 1934. (Lou Antonio 1965 12 O’Clock High)
Arlene Golonka is 85
American voice over and character actress of TV (Mayberry R.F.D.; The Doctors; The Doctors and the Nurses; Joe & Valerie; Matlock) and films (The Busy Body; Hang ‘Em High; Love at First Bite; The In-Laws; Airport ’77; Penelope), born January 23, 1936. (Arlene Golonka 1968-1973 Photo: CBS)
Gil Gerard is 78 (nee Gilbert C. Gerard)
American screenwriter, actor, and host of TV (Dr. Alan Stewart on The Doctors; Buck Rogers in the 25th Century; Code 3; Sidekicks; Nightingales; Days of Our Lives) and movies (Ransom for Alice!; Airport ’77; The Nice Guys; Man on a Swing; Hooch), born January 23, 1943. (Gil Gerard 1982 Photo)
Anita Pointer is 73
Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter (Too Many Times) with The Pointer Sisters (Fire; Jump [For My Love]; He’s So Shy; Neutron Dance; Automatic; Fairytale; I’m So Excited; Slow Hand), born January 23, 1948. (Anita Pointer 1974 Photo: Dutch National Archives)
Richard Dean Anderson is 71
American TV producer and actor (MacGyver; General Hospital; Seven Brides for Seven Brothers; Emerald Point N.A.S.; Stargate SG-1; Legend; Firehouse; SGU Stargate Universe; Fairly Legal), born January 23, 1950. (Richard Dean Anderson 2004 Photo: Mickey W. Sanborn / US Air Force)
Richard Gilliland is 71
American actor of TV (McMillan & Wife; Operation Petticoat; Little Women; Designing Women; Just Our Luck; Heartland; Thirtysomething; The Waltons; Party of Five) and movies (Airplane II; The Sequel; Stay Hungry), born January 23, 1950. (Richard Gilliland 1977 Operation Petticoat Photo: ABC TV)
Robin Zander is 68
American guitarist and lead singer for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band Cheap Trick (I Want You to Want Me; The Flame; Can’t Stop Fallin’ Into Love; Don’t Be Cruel; Dream Police; Voices; Ghost Town; Surrender), born January 23, 1953. (Robin Zander 1979 Cheap Trick Photo: Mark Salinger / Legacy)
Gail O’Grady is 58
American actress of TV (Helen Pryor on American Dreams; Donna on NYPD Blue; Boston Legal; Desperate Housewives; Hidden Palms; Revenge; Hellcats; Criminal Minds) and movies (That Old Feeling; Blackout; The House That Jack Built), born January 23, 1963. (Gail O’Grady 1994 Photo: Alan Light)
Mariska Hargitay is 57
Emmy Award-winning American actress of TV (Olivia Benson on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit & Chicago P.D.; Downtown; Falcon Crest; Tequila and Bonetti; ER; Downtown) and films (Welcome to 18; Mr. Universe; Lake Placid), born January 23, 1964. (Mariska Hargitay 2011 Photo: Joella Marano)
(Orange Butterfly And Flowers Photo: Mojtaba Fahiminia via Unsplash)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on January 23!
And remembering
Rutger Hauer
Dutch writer & actor of movies (Flesh + Blood; Blade Runner; The Hitcher; Ladyhawke; Batman Begins; The Osterman Weekend; Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Sin City; Batman; Nighthawks) and TV (True Blood; Smallville) (born Jan. 23, 1944 – died July 19, 2019; age 75). Cause of death for Rutger Hauer is unknown. (Rutger Hauer 1968 Photo: Eric Koch / Dutch National Archives)
Randolph Scott
American movie star (My Favorite Wife; Return of the Bad Men; The Last of the Mohicans; Buchanan Rides Alone) frequently in Zane Grey westerns (Sunset Pass; The Thundering Herd; Man of the Forest; Wild Horse Mesa; Western Union) (born Jan. 23, 1898 – died Mar. 2, 1987; age 89). Randolph Scott died of heart and lung disease. (Randolph Scott 1939 Susannah of the Mounties)
Dan Duryea
American actor of films (The Little Foxes; The Pride of the Yankees; Along Came Jones; Another Part of the Forest; Black Bart; Johnny Stool Pigeon; Winchester ’73; Foxfire; Battle Hymn; Kathy O’; Taggart; Too Late For Tears) & TV (Peyton Place; China Smith), (born Jan. 23, 1907 – died June 7, 1968; age 61). Dan Duryea died of cancer. (Dan Duryea 1940s Photo: Film Star Vintage)
Anya Seton (nee Ann Seton; aka Ann Seton Chase)
Best-selling American author & historical romance novelist (Dragonwyck; Katherine; Green Darkness; The Winthrop Woman; My Theodosia; Foxfire; Avalon; The Turquoise; The Hearth and Eagle; Smouldering Fires; Devil Water) (born Jan. 23, 1904 – died Nov. 8, 1990; age 86). Cause of death for Anya Seton was heart failure. (Anya Seton c. 1923 Photo: Feathers of the Firebird)
Jeanne Moreau
French singer and actress in movies (The Yellow Rolls-Royce; Viva Maria!; The Last Tycoon; Map of the Human Heart; Ever After: A Cinderella Story; Monte Walsh; La Femme Nikita; Seven Days…Seven Nights; The Deep; Great Catherine) (born Jan. 23, 1928 – died July 31, 2017; age 89). Cause of death for Jeanne Moreau is unknown. (Jeanne Moreau Photo: Jours de France / Maurizio Nasi)
Gertrude B. Elion (nee Gertrude Belle Elion)
American pharmacologist & biochemist who developed new drugs for gout, malaria, viral herpes, cancer, and azathioprine, the first immunosuppressive drug for organ transplant rejection; 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (born Jan. 23, 1918– died Feb. 21, 1999; age 81). Cause of death for Gertrude Elion is unknown. (Gertrude B. Elion Photo)
Bob Steele (nee Robert Adrian Bradbury; aka Bob Bradbury Jr.)
American 1920s-1930s Western “B” movie star (Smokey Smith; Breezy Bill; Galloping Romeo; Giant From the Unknown; Outlaw Trail) and TV actor (Trooper Duffy on F Troop; Rawhide; Gunsmoke; Death Valley Days; The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp; Maverick) (born Jan. 23, 1907 – died Dec. 21, 1988; age 81). Bob Steele died of emphysema. (Bob Steele 1935 The Rider of the Law)
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