January 27th Birthdays
If you were born on January 27th you share a birthday with these famous people:
James Cromwell is 80
American actor of TV (Six Feet Under; 24; American Horror Story; ER; Halt and Catch Fire; Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman) and movies (Babe; L.A. Confidential; Deep Impact; The General’s Daughter; Secretariat), born January 27, 1940. (James Cromwell 2010 Photo: © Glenn Francis, www.PacificProDigital.com)
Nedra Talley is 74
American businesswoman, former solo singer, and vocalist with Rock & Roll Hall of Fame girl group The Ronettes (Be My Baby; Baby, I Love You; Walking in the Rain; Chapel of Love; I Can Hear Music; Breakin’ Up), born January 27, 1946. (Nedra Talley 1966 The Ronettes Photo: GAC)
Mikhail Baryshnikov is 72 (nee Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov)
Russian-American choreographer, ballet dancer (Kirov Ballet, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, American Ballet Theatre), actor in movies (The Turning Point; White Nights; Company Business) and on TV (Sex and the City; Doll & Em), born January 27, 1948. (Mikhail Baryshnikov 1988 Photo: American Ballet Theatre)
Frank Augustyn is 67
Canadian retired professional ballet dancer (National Ballet of Canada, Berlin Opera Ballet, Boston Ballet), former Ottawa Ballet artistic director, television screenwriter, producer & host (Footnotes), born January 27, 1953. (Frank Augustyn 1973 Photo: Curtis McGee)
Mimi Rogers is 64 (nee Miriam Spickler)
American producer (Unstoppable), actress of TV (The Geena Davis Show; The Loop; Paper Dolls; The Rousters; The X-Files; Bosch) and films (Someone to Watch Over Me; Lost in Space; The Mighty Quinn; Dark Horse; Shooting Elizabeth), born January 27, 1956. (Mimi Rogers 1989 Photo: Alan Light)
James Grippando is 62
American lawyer and 2017 Harper Lee Prize Winner (Gone Again) legal thriller novelist, author of the Jack Swyteck series (The Pardon; Found Money; Lying with Strangers; Intent to Kill; Money to Burn), born January 27, 1958. (James Grippando 2005 Photo: University of Scranton Library)
Narciso Rodriguez is 59
American fashion designer (Anne Klein; Calvin Klein), founder of the Narciso Rodriguez fashion house and brands (women’s ready-to-wear “for her“; fragrances) and stores, born January 27, 1961. (Narciso Rodriguez 2011 Photo: Christopher Macsurak)
Margo Timmins is 59
Canadian songwriter, vocalist and lead singer of alt country-rock band Cowboy Junkies (Sweet Jane; Misguided Angel; Angel Mine; Anniversary Song; A Common Disaster; Sun Comes Up, It’s Tuesday Morning; Southern Rain; Hard to Explain), born January 27, 1961. (Margo Timmins 2014 Photo: Joe Loong)
Bridget Fonda is 56
American movie actress (Lake Placid; Single White Female; It Could Happen to You; Singles; You Can’t Hurry Love; Scandal; The Godfather: Part III; Doc Hollywood; Bodies, Rest & Motion; Finding Graceland; A Simple Plan; City Hall) born January 27, 1964. (Bridget Fonda 2001 Photo: Rita Molnar)
Carrington Garland is 56 (nee Carrington Kendall Crank)
American retired actress of television soap operas (Kelly Capwell on Santa Barbara), feature films (Death Falls), and daughter of actress Beverly Garland and hotelier Fillmore Crank, born January 27, 1964.
Alan Cumming is 55
Scottish-American singer-actor and host of TV (The Good Wife; Web Therapy; Masterpiece Mystery; The High Life; The L Word) and movies (The Anniversary Party; Emma; GoldenEye; Spy Kids; Circle of Friends; Burlesque; X-Men 2), born January 27, 1965. (Alan Cumming 2013 Photo: Gordon Correll)
Tamlyn Tomita is 54
Japanese-American actress of TV (Santa Barbara; The Burning Zone; JAG; 24; General Hospital; Law & Order: LA; Days of Our Lives; The Good Doctor) & movies (The Day After Tomorrow; The Karate Kid Part II; The Joy Luck Club; The Killing Jar), born January 27, 1966. (Tamlyn Tomita 2010 Photo: Andres Useche)
Patton Oswalt is 51
Emmy Award-winning American comedian, character & voice over actor of stage, TV (The Goldbergs narrator; The King of Queens; Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.; Veep; Justified; Two and a Half Men), and movies (Keeping Up With the Joneses), born January 27, 1969. (Patton Oswalt 2007 Photo: theNerdPatrol)
(Camels in Marrakesh, Morocco Photo: Blake Kelly via Unsplash)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on January 27!
And remembering
John Witherspoon (nee John Weatherspoon)
American comedian, actor of TV (Pops Williams on The Wayans Bros.; The Boondocks; The Tracy Morgan Show), movies (Friday films; Little Nicky; Bulworth; Bird; Fatal Instinct; The Meteor Man; Boomerang), and senior (born Jan. 27, 1942 – died Oct. 29, 2019; age 77). Cause of death for John Witherspoon is unknown. (John Witherspoon 2019: Sister Circle Live)
Troy Donahue (nee Merle Johnson Jr.)
American singer and actor on stage, television (Surfside 6; Hawaiian Eye; The Secret Storm) and movies (Summer Love; This Happy Feeling; Imitation of Life; A Summer Place; Rome Adventure; Parrish; Grandview, U.S.A.; Come Spy With Me) (born Jan. 27, 1936 – died Sept. 2, 2001; age 65). Cause of death for Troy Donahue was a heart attack. (Troy Donahue 1965 My Blood Runs Cold)
William Randolph Hearst Jr.
Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist (1955 Nikita Khrushchev interview), publisher and Editor-in Chief of Hearst Newspapers (born Jan. 27, 1908 – died May 14, 1993; age 85). William Randolph Hearst Jr. died of cardiac arrest. (William Randolph Hearst Jr. 1930 Photo: Bundesarchiv, Bild 102-10747 / CC-BY-SA 3.0)
Canadian writer, newspaper columnist, novelist and screenwriter (The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Joshua Then and Now), and children’s author (Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang) (born Jan. 27, 1931 – died July 3, 2001; age 70). Mordecai Richler died of cancer. (Mordecai Richler Photo: National Film Board of Canada | Monmar Comunicacio)
Donna Reed (nee Donna Belle Mullenger)
Academy Award-winning American actress of TV (The Donna Reed Show; Dallas) and in movies (From Here to Eternity; It’s a Wonderful Life; The Caddy; The Last Time I Saw Paris; Calling Dr. Gillespie; Mokey; Ransom!; The Caddy) (born Jan. 27, 1921 – died Jan. 14, 1986; age 64). Donna Reed died of pancreatic cancer. (Donna Reed 1954 The Last Time I Saw Paris)
American character actor of radio, TV (Floyd Lawson on The Andy Griffith Show; Gunsmoke; The Jack Benny Program; The Real McCoys; The Twilight Zone; Peter Gunn), and movies (Bachelor Flat; My Blood Runs Cold; Blue Hawaii; Follow That Dream) (born Jan. 27, 1905 – died Jan. 3, 1969; age 63). Howard McNear died of pneumonia after a stroke. (Howard McNear 1962 Thriller)
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