January 3rd Birthdays
If you were born on this day January 3rd you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Dabney Coleman is 89
Emmy Award-winning American actor of TV(Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman; The Guardian; Buffalo Bill; The Slap Maxwell Story; Boardwalk Empire; Bright Promise) & films (Cloak & Dagger; WarGames; The Trouble with Girls; 9 to 5; Tootsie), born January 3, 1932. (Dabney Coleman 1970 Dan August)
Bobby Hull is 82 (nee Robert Marvin Hull; “The Golden Jet“)
Retired Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame NHL & World Hockey Association hockey player (Chicago Black Hawks, Winnipeg Jets, Hartford Whalers), 2-time NHL MVP (1965-1966), Art Ross Trophy winner (1960, 1962, 1966) born January 3, 1939. (Bobby Hull 1960s Photo: Ralston-Purina Company)
Stephen Stills is 76
Grammy Award-winning Rock & Roll Hall of Fame American musician, singer, songwriter, solo artist (Love the One You’re With), former member of Buffalo Springfield (For What It’s Worth), and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Southern Cross), born January 3, 1945. (Stephen Stills 1979 Photo: Bob Sanderson)
John Paul Jones is 75 (nee John Richard Baldwin)
English Rock & Roll Hall of Fame producer, session musician, songwriter, and guitarist for Led Zeppelin (Ramble On; Black Dog; Good Times Bad Times; Whole Lotta Love; Black Dog; Immigrant Song), born January 3, 1946. (John Paul Jones 1980 Photo:Affendaddy [Klaus Hiltscher])
Victoria Principal is 71 (nee Vicki Ree Principal)
American producer (Victoria Principal Productions), actress of TV (Pamela Barnes Ewing on Dallas; Titans) & films (Earthquake; Blind Witness; The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean), and author (The Body Principal), born January 3, 1950. (Victoria Principal c. 1970 Photo: Roy Erickson / Florida Memory)
Ken Bruen is 70
Shamus Award-winning Irish short story writer, author of the Jack Taylor mystery series (The Guards; The Killing of the Tinkers; The Dramatist; Priest) and other crime fiction novels (Blitz; The Hackman Blues; Shades of Grace), born January 3, 1951. (Ken Bruen 2013 Photo: Etonnants Voyageurs)
Mel Gibson is 65
Academy Award-winning American movie director & actor (Braveheart; Bird on a Wire; Tequila Sunrise; Conspiracy Theory; Mad Max; Lethal Weapon films; The Year of Living Dangerously; Tim; Forever Young; Gallipoli; Signs; Payback), born January 3, 1956. (Mel Gibson 1990 Photo: Alan Light)
Shannon Sturges is 53
American actress of TV (Reese Burton on Savannah; Molly Brinker on Days of Our Lives; Sheridan Crane on Passions; Port Charles; Once and Again) and movies (Mr. Write; Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel), born January 3, 1968. (Shannon Sturges Photo: Theo & Juliet / Courtesy Speiser/Sturges Acting Studio)
Michael Schumacher is 52
German race car driver (Ferrari; Mercedes), winner of 7 Formula One World Championships between 1994-2004, co-developer of the first lightweight carbon safety helmet, born January 3, 1969. (Michael Schumacher 2005 Photo: Wellington Pedro/Impresnsa MG | Aécio Neves)
(Yellow Stars Photo: Filip Bunkens via Unsplash)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on January 3!
And remembering these famous birthdays
Ray Milland (nee Alfred Reginald Jones)
Academy Award-winning Welsh director & actor in movies (The Lost Weekend; Dial M for Murder; Love Story; It Happens Every Spring; Reap the Wild Wind; Beau Geste; Kitty; Escape to Witch Mountain) and TV (Rich Man, Poor Man; Markham; The Ray Milland Show) (born Jan. 3, 1907 – died Mar. 10, 1986; age 79). Ray Milland died of lung cancer. (Ray Milland Photo: kate gabrielle)
Robert Loggia (nee Salvatore Loggia)
American actor of movies (Big; Jagged Edge; Scarface; Necessary Roughness; Cop Hater; Prizzi’s Honor; Trail of the Pink Panther) and TV (Mancuso, FBI; T.H.E. Cat; The Secret Storm; Search for Tomorrow) (born Jan. 3, 1930 – died Dec. 4, 2015; age 85). Robert Loggia died of Alzheimer’s Disease complications. (Robert Loggia 1966 T.H.E. Cat Photo: Dutch National Archives)
J. R. R. Tolkien (nee John Ronald Reuel Tolkien)
English poet, literary translator, professor, and the Lord of the Rings “middle earth” fantasy writer (The Hobbit; The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King; The Silmarillion) (born Jan. 3, 1892 – died Sept. 2, 1973; age 81). Cause of death for J. R. R. Tolkien was pneumonia and a bleeding ulcer. (J. R. R. Tolkien 1916 Photo: British Army)
Jesse White (nee Jonah Marcus Weidenfeld)
American actor of TV (Perry Mason; Maytag Repairman; The Jack Benny Program; The Frank Sinatra Show; The Danny Thomas Show; Private Secretary; The Twilight Zone), & movies (Harvey; Bedtime for Bonzo; Francis Goes to the Races) (born Jan. 3, 1917 – died Jan. 9, 1997; age 80). Jesse White died of a heart attack after surgery. (Jesse White 1961 Three Blondes in His Life 1961)
John Loder (nee William John Muir Lowe)
British-American actor of TV and movies (The Mysterious Doctor; Dishonored Lady; How Green Was My Valley; Sunset Pass; Her Private Affair; Money For Speed; You Made Me Love You; Thunder in the East; One Night in Lisbon; Java Head) (born Jan. 3, 1898 – died Dec. 26, 1988; age 90). Cause of death for John Loder is unknown. (John Loder 1945 The Brighton Strangler)
Marion Davies (nee Marion Cecilia Elizabeth Brooklyn Douras)
American 1917-1937 movie actress (Cain and Mabel; Hearts Divided; Operator 13; Going Hollywood; Blondie of the Follies; Polly of the Circus; The Five O’Clock Girl; Marianne; The Floradora Girl), & William Randolph Hearst‘s mistress (born Jan. 3, 1897 – died Sept. 22, 1961; age 64). Marion Davies died of stomach cancer. (Marion Davies 1917 Photo: Ardsley Art Film Corporation)
Victor Borge (nee Børge Rosenbaum; “The Clown Prince of Denmark“)
Danish-American conductor (London Philharmonic; New York Philharmonic), comedian, performer and concert pianist on stage (Comedy in Music), radio and TV (The Victor Borge Show; The Ed Sullivan Show) (born Jan. 3, 1909 – died Dec. 23, 2000; age 91). Cause of death for Victor Borge is unknown. (Victor Borge 1954 Photo: NBC Television)
Zasu Pitts (nee Eliza Susan Pitts)
American actress in movies from 1917-1963 (The Little Princess; No, No, Nanette; Blondie of the Follies; Greed; Patsy; Life With Father; Francis; The Thrill of it All; Destry Rides Again; The Affair of Susan; The Plot Thickens) and TV (The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna) (born Jan. 3, 1894 – died June 7, 1963; age 69). Zasu Pitts died of cancer (TCM). (Zasu Pitts 1930 Photo: Bredell)
George Martin
Academy & Grammy Award-winning English composer, music arranger, and record producer for The Beatles (Love Me Do, Please Please Me; Strawberry Fields Forever) and films (Live and Let Die) (born Jan. 3, 1926 – died Mar. 8, 2016; age 90). Cause of death for George Martin unknown. (George Martin 2006 Photo: Adamsharp)
Pola Negri (nee Barbara Apolonia Chalupiec)
Iconic Polish actress of stage and movies from 1914-1964 (Madame DuBarry; Forbidden Paradise; The Wildcat; Madam Bovary; Hi Diddle Diddle; The Moon-Spinners; Bella Donna;The Spanish Dancer; A Woman Commands; The Secret Hour) (born Jan. 3, 1897 – died Aug. 1, 1987; age 90). Pola Negri had a brain tumour and died of pneumonia. (Pola Negri 1921 Photo: James Abbé)
Maxene Andrews
American big band boogie-woogie & swing singer with her sisters LaVerne & Patty, as The Andrews Sisters (Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy; Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar; Ferryboat Serenade) and film actress (Buck Privates; Give Out, Sisters; Hollywood Canteen) (born Jan. 3, 1916 – died Oct. 21, 1995; age 79). Maxene Andrews died of a heart attack. (Maxene Andrews 1952 Photo: MCA)
Anna May Wong (nee Wong Liu Tsong)
American movie actress (Peter Pan; The Thief of Bagdad; Fifth Avenue; The Silk Bouquet; Java Head; The Crimson City; Piccadilly; Shanghai Express; Daughter of Shanghai; King of Chinatown; Portrait in Black; Limehouse Blues; Dangerous to Know; Impact) (born Jan. 3, 1905 – died Feb. 3, 1961; age 56). Anna May Wong died of a heart attack. (Anna May Wong 1933 A Study in Scarlet)
Josephine Hull (nee Mary Josephine Sherwood)
Oscar-winning American actress of Broadway (The Solid Gold Cadillac; You Can’t Take It With You) and films (Harvey; Arsenic and Old Lace; The Lady from Texas; Careless Lady; After Tomorrow; The Bishop’s Candlesticks; Get Your Man) (born Jan. 3, 1877 – died Mar. 12, 1957; age 80). Josephine Hull died of a cerebral hemorrhage. (Josephine Hull c 1950 Photo: Universal Pictures)
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