January 24th Birthdays
If you were born on January 24th you share a birthday with these famous people:
Neil Diamond is 80
Songwriters and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame American singer (I’m a Believer; Song Sung Blue; Cracklin’ Rosie; I Am I Said; Cherry Cherry; Kentucky Woman; Sweet Caroline; America; Longfellow Serenade; Holly Holy) and actor (The Jazz Singer), born January 24, 1941. (Neil Diamond 1970s Photo: Jon Watts)
Aaron Neville is 80
American musician & singer with The Neville Brothers, solo (Everybody Plays the Fool; Tell It Like It Is; Can’t Stop My Heart From Loving You), with Linda Rondstadt (Don’t Know Much; All My Life; When Something is Wrong With My Baby), born born January 24, 1941. (Aaron Neville 1990 Photo: Alan Light)
American actress of TV (The Partridge Family; The Interns; Hawaii Five-O; Trapper John, M.D.; Marcus Welby, M.D.; Bonanza; Three’s Company; Barney Miller), and movies (Another Time, Another Place; On a Clear Day You Can See Forever), born January 24, 1945. (Elaine Giftos 1970 The Interns Photo: CBS)
Michael Ontkean is 75
Canadian actor of TV (Willie Gillis on The Rookies; Sheriff Harry Truman on Twin Peaks; North Shore) and movies (Slap Shot; Making Love; Maid to Order; Bye Bye Blues; Postcards from the Edge; Just the Way You Are; The Peace Killers), born January 24, 1946. (Michael Ontkean 1973 The Rookies Photo: ABC)
Michael Des Barres is 73
British rock singer-songwriter (Obsession) with Power Station, actor of movies (To Sir With Love; Pink Cadillac; Ghoulies) & TV (MacGyver; The New WKRP in Cincinnati; Melrose Place; My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star), born January 24, 1948. (Michael Des Barres 2017 Photo: Rob DiCaterino)
Nastassja Kinski is 60
German model and actress of movies (Tess; One From the Heart; Cat People; Exposed; The Hotel New Hampshire; Unfaithfully Yours; Paris, Texas; Crackerjack; Terminal Velocity; Fathers’ Day; Town & Country; An American Rhapsody), born January 24, 1961. (Nastassja Kinski 1990 Photo: Georges Biard)
Mary Lou Retton is 53
American International Gymnastics Hall of Fame gymnast, winner of 5 medals at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics (All Around Individual gold; Vault & Team silver; Uneven Bars & Floor Exercise bronze), born January 24, 1968. (Mary Lou Retton 1984 Photo: UofT)
American actor of TV (Scooby Doo!; The Bridge; Good Girls; Bosch) and movies (Scream; Scooby-Doo films; Without a Paddle; Hackers; She’s All That; All’s Faire in Love; Mad Love; Summer Catch; Dead Man’s Curve; Wing Commander), born January 24, 1970. (Matthew Lillard 2005 Photo: Jeff Hitchock)
(Fireworks at Daytona Beach, Florida Photo: Maxwell Kappel via Unsplash)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on January 24!
And remembering
Ernest Borgnine (nee Ermes Effron Borgnino)
Emmy and Academy Award-winning character & voice over actor of movies (Marty; From Here to Eternity; Bad Day At Black Rock; The Poseidon Adventure; The Dirty Dozen; Escape From New York; Ice Station Zebra) and TV (McHale’s Navy; Airwolf; The Single Guy) (born Jan. 24, 1917 – died July 8, 2012; age 95). Ernest Borgnine died of kidney failure. (Ernest Borgnine 1971 The Trackers)
Warren Zevon
American rock singer-songwriter (Werewolves of London; Excitable Boy; Johnny Strikes Up the Band; I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead; Lawyers, Guns and Money; Back in the High Life Again; Basket Case; Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door), (born Jan. 24, 1947 – died Sept. 7, 2003; age 56). Warren Zevon died of cancer (pleural mesothelioma). (Warren Zevon 1978 Photo: Jimmy Wachtel / Asylum Records)
Estelle Winwood (nee Estelle Ruth Goodwin)
English-American actress of stage, TV (Aunt Hilda on Batman), and movies (The Glass Slipper; The Magic Sword; This Happy Feeling; The Notorious Landlady; Camelot; The Producers; Murder By Death; Quality Street; Alive and Kicking; The Swan) (born Jan. 24, 1883 – died June 20, 1984; age 101). Cause of death for Estelle Winwood is unknown. (Estelle Winwood 1961 Thriller)
Edith Wharton (nee Edith Newbold Jones)
American poet (Twelve Poems), short story writer (Tales of Men and Ghosts; Old New York) and novelist (The Age of Innocence; The House of Mirth), the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921, and interior designer (The Decoration of Houses) (born Jan. 24, 1862 – died Aug. 11, 1937; age 75). Edith Wharton died of a stroke. (Edith Wharton c 1890 Photo: E. F. Cooper)
Maria Tallchief (nee Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief)
American Osage Native American prima ballerina with American Ballet Theatre and the New York City Ballet (The Firebird; The Nutcracker) and founder and ballet director for the Chicago City Ballet (born Jan. 24, 1925 – died Apr. 11, 2013; age 88). Maria Tallchief died of complications from hip surgery after a fall. (Maria Tallchief 1954 Dance Magazine Photo)
Ann Todd (nee Dorothy Anne Todd; “pocket Garbo“)
English producer and actress of TV and movies (The Seventh Veil; The Paradine Case; The Sound Barrier; Taste of Fear; The Ghost Train; Time Without Pity; Vacation from Marriage; So Evil My Love; Showtime; Daybreak; The Passionate Friends; The Green Scarf; Beware My Brethren) (born Jan. 24, 1909 – died May 6, 1993; age 84). Ann Todd died of a stroke. (Ann Todd 1961 Thriller)
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