July 10th Birthdays

If you were born on July 10th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:

William Smithers

American actor of stage, TV (Lieutenant Flagler on Young Dr. Malone; David Schuster on Peyton Place; Stanley Norris on Guiding Light; Jeremy Wendell on Dallas; Executive Suite; The Witness; Mod Squad; Ironside), movies (Scorpio; Papillon), born July 10, 1927. (William Smithers 1964 Peyton Place)

Mavis Staples (daughter of Pops Staples)

Grammy Award-winning Rock & Roll Hall of Fame American R&B, soul, and gospel singer solo (We Shall Not Be Moved) and with her father & sisters in The Staple Singers (Respect Yourself; I’ll Take You There; If You’re Ready [Come Go With Me]; Let’s Do It Again), born July 10, 1939. (Mavis Staples 1973 Photo)

Lawrence Pressman (nee David M. Pressman)

American actor of TV (Doogie Howser, M.D.; The Edge of Night; Judging Amy; General Hospital; Crossing Jordan; Marcus Welby, M.D.; Cannon; McMillan & Wife; The Bob Newhart Show; Dynasty; Law & Order) and movies (Shaft), born July 10, 1939. (Lawrence Pressman 1980 Ladies Man Photo: CBS TV)

Robert Pine (nee Granville Pine; married Gwynne Gilford)

American actor of TV (Sgt. Getraer on CHiPs; Stephen Logan on The Bold and the Beautiful; Dynasty; Magnum, P.I.; Days of Our Lives; The F.B.I.; Charlie’s Angels; Gunsmoke) & films (Munster, Go Home! Red Eye; The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again), born July 10, 1941. Father of Chris Pine. (Robert Pine 1976)

Virginia Wade (nee Sarah Virginia Wade)

International Tennis Hall of Fame English 3-time Grand Slam Women’s Tennis Champion (Singles – 1977 Wimbledon, 1968 US  Open, 1972 Australian Open) & 4-time Doubles (1973 Australian, French & US Open; 1975 US Open), born July 10, 1945. (Virginia Wade 1977 Photo: AM/Keystone) 

Arlo Guthrie (son of Woody Guthrie)

American blues & folk musician, singer-songwriter (City of New Orleans; Alice’s Restaurant Massacre; Massachusetts; The Motorcycle Song; Highway in the Wind), actor of movies (Alice’s Restaurant; Renaldo and Clara) and TV (The Byrds of Paradise), born July 10, 1947. (Arlo Guthrie 1979: Warner / Reprise)

Mark Shera 

American actor of stage, TV (Jedediah Romano “J.R.” Jones on Barnaby Jones; Officer Dominic Luca on S.W.A.T.; Lt. Ted Byrnes on Blacke’s Magic; Murder, She Wrote; The Love Boat; Kojak; Gunsmoke; Matt Houston), and movies (Ladies on Sweet Street), born July 10, 1949. (Mark Shera 1976 Barnaby Jones Photo: CBS)

Phyllis Smith 

American actress of TV (Phyllis Vance on The Office; The OA), movies (The 40 Year Old Virgin; Bad Teacher; Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked; Inside Out; Buttert), TV casting associate (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman; Curb Your Enthusiasm; Spin City), born July 10, 1951. (Phyllis Smith 2014 Photo: Vsculley) 

Kim Mitchell (nee Joseph Kim Mitchell)

Canadian musician, guitar player, singer solo (Patio Lanterns; America; Some Folks; Rock and Roll Duty; Go For Soda; Rockland Wonderland; Pure as Gold; Rainbow; Lager and Ale) and with Max Webster (Let Go the Line), and Classic Rock Q107 radio DJ, born July 10, 1952. (Kim Mitchell 2008 Photo: Alert Music)

Rik Emmett (nee Richard Gordon Emmett)

Juno Award-winning Canadian musician, guitarist, songwriter, and singer solo (When a Heart Breaks; Saved By Love; World of Wonder), and with Triumph (All The Way; Hold On; Lay it on the Line; A World of Fantasy; Spellbound; Fight the Good Fight), born July 10, 1953. (Rik Emmett 2002 Photo: Mykal Burns!) 

Andre Dawson 

Baseball Hall of Fame American MLB baseball outfielder (Montreal Expos; Chicago Cubs; Boston Red Sox; Florida Marlins), 8x MLB All-Star & Gold Glove winner, 1977 NL Rookie of the Year, 1987 NL MVP, & 4x Silver Slugger, born July 10, 1954. (Andrew Dawson 2009 Photo: Barbara moore) 

Donna Dixon (married Dan Aykroyd)

Former Miss Virginia USA 1976, Miss Washington D.C. World 1977, American model, actress of TV (Sonny Lumet on Bosom Buddies; Berrenger’s; Charmed Lives) and movies (Spies Like Us; Doctor Detroit; The Couch Trip; It Had to Be You; Nixon; Exit to Eden), born July 10, 1957. (Donna Dixon Photo: nioik)

Sofia Vergara (married Joe Manganiello; ex-partner of Nick Loeb)

Colombian-American model (CoverGirl), producer & actress of TV (Gloria Delgado-Pritchett on Modern Family; America’s Got Talent) and films (Bottom of the 9th; Chasing Papi; The 24th Day; Chef; Four Brothers; The Female Brain; The Three Stooges), born July 10, 1972. (Sofia Vergara 2014 Photo: Yahoo)

(Lili Damita 1929: Modest Stein | Joan Marsh 1933: Russell Gale)

Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on July 10th!

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Alice Munro (nee Alice Ann Laidlaw)

Canadian short story writer (Dance of the Happy Shades; Who Do You Think You Are?; The Bear Came Over the Mountain; Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage; Edge of Madness; Away from Her), winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature & 2009 Man Booker International Prize (born July 10, 1931 – died May 13, 2024; age 92). (Alice Munro c 1970s Painting: A. Hamilton)

Nancy Frangione (ex of Christopher Rich)

American actress of TV soap operas (Cecile Frame Cory DePoulignac on Another World; Tara Martin Brent on All My Children; Tina Clayton Lord Roberts on One Life to Live) and other series (Cousin Marsha on The Nanny; Matlock; Match Game / Hollywood Squares Hour) (born July 10, 1953 – died Aug. 18, 2023; age 70). (Nancy Frangione 1984 Another World Promo: NBC)

Sue Lyon (nee Suellyn Lyon; ex of Hampton Fancher)

American teen model, actress of TV (The Virginian; Love, American Style; The Match Game) and films (Lolita; The Night of the Iguana; The Flim-Flam Man; 7 Women; Tony Rome; Evel Knievel; Crash!; To Love, Perhaps to Die; End of the World; The Astral Factor; The Magician; Game of Murder) (born July 10, 1946 – died Dec. 26, 2019; age 73). (Sue Lyon 1970 Four Rode Out)

Nikola Tesla

Serbian/Croatian-American electrical & mechanical engineer, physicist, and inventor (induction motor; Tesla coil; remote control vehicle), co-designer of the AC electricity supply system, futurist (1893 predicted wireless communication) (born July 10, 1856 – died Jan. 7, 1943; age 86). Nikola Tesla died of coronary thrombosis. (Nikola Tesla 1890 Photo: Napoleon Sarony)

Jake LaMotta (nee Giacobbe LaMotta; “The Bronx Bull“; “The Raging Bull“)

International Boxing Hall of Fame American professional boxer, 1949-1951 World Middleweight Boxing Champion, stand-up comedian, actor of TV (Car 54, Where Are You?) and movies (Rebellion in Cuba; The Hustler), and author (Raging Bull) (born July 10, 1922 – died Sept. 19, 2017; age 95). Jake LaMotta died of pneumonia complications. (Jake LaMotta 1952 Postcard Photo)

Terry-Thomas (nee Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens)

English movie actor (School for Scoundrels; The Mouse on the Moon; How to Murder Your Wife; Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines; Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies; Date With a Dream) (born July 10, 1911 – died Jan. 8, 1990; age 78). Terry-Thomas was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in 1971. (Terry-Thomas 1966 Strange Bedfellows Trailer: Universal)

Fred Gwynne (nee Frederick Hubbard Gwynne)

American actor of stage, TV (Officer Francis Muldoon on Car 54, Where Are You?; Herman Munster on The Munsters) and movies (Munster, Go Home!; So Fine; The Cotton Club; Shadows and Fog; My Cousin Vinny) (born July 10, 1926 – died July 2, 1993; age 66). Fred Gwynne died of pancreatic cancer complications. (Fred Gwynne 1961 Car 54, Where Are You? Photo: NBC TV) 

David Brinkley

Peabody and Emmy Award-winning American television reporter & news anchor for NBC (The Huntley-Brinkley Report; NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt; David Brinkley’s Journal) and ABC (This Week with David Brinkley) (born July 10, 1920 – died June 11, 2003; age 82). David Brinkley died after a fall. (David Brinkley 1962 Photo: NBC Television)

Lili Damita (nee Liliane Marie-Madeleine Carré; aka Lily Deslys)

French-American model, singer-actress of stage & 1930s films (Brewster’s Millions; Fighting Caravans; Friends and Lovers; The Rescue; The Bridge of San Luis Rey; The Match King; The Cock-Eyed World; This is The Night; Frisco Kid; The Golden Butterfly; One Hour With You) (born July 10, 1904 – died Mar. 21, 1994; age 89). Ex of Errol Flynn; mother of Sean Flynn. (Lili Damita 1930: Hal Phyfe)

John Gilbert (nee John Cecil Pringle; aka Jack Gilbert) 

American silent movie idol (Cameo Kirby; The Merry Widow; Queen Christina; A Woman of Affairs; The Big Parade; La Boheme; Monte Cristo; Flesh and the Devil; Downstairs; The Phantom of Paris; Redemption) (born July 10, 1897 – died Jan. 9, 1936; age 38). Ex of Leatrice Joy, Ina Claire, Virginia Bruce; ex-fiance of Greta Garbo. John Gilbert died of a heart attack. (John Gilbert 1930)

Jeff Donnell (nee Jean Marie Donnell; ex of Aldo Ray)

American actress of movies (Gidget Goes Hawaiian; Gidget Goes to Rome; My Man Godfrey; Tora! Tora! Tora!; In a Lonely Place; Cowboy Blues; The Blue Gardenia; A Night to Remember; The Swingin’ Maiden) & TV (The George Gobel Show; Julia; Dr. Kildare; The Jimmy Stewart Show; General Hospital) (born July 10, 1921 – died Apr. 11, 1988; age 66). (Jeff Donnell 1953 Flight Nurse)

Earl Hamner Jr.

American novelist (Spencer’s Mountain), The Waltons narrator, producer & screenwriter of movies (Palm Springs Weekend; Where the Lilies Bloom) and TV (The Waltons; Falcon Crest; The Twilight Zone; Gentle Ben; Apple’s Way; Nanny and the Professsor; Tactic) (born July 10, 1923 – died Mar. 24, 2016; age 92). Earl Hamner Jr. died of cancer. (Earl Hamner Jr. 1976 The Waltons Photo: CBS) 

Jean Kerr (nee Bridget Jean Collins; married Walter Kerr)

Best-selling American writer, Tony Award-winning playwright (The Song of Bernadette; Mary, Mary; Golidlocks; King of Hearts; Jenny Kissed Me; Touch-and-Go; Poor Richard) and novelist (Please Don’t Eat the Daisies), wife of drama critic Walter Kerr (born July 10, 1922 – died Jan. 5, 2003; age 80). Jean Kerr died of pneumonia. (Jean Kerr 1958 Photo: George Cserna / Doubleday & Co.)

Joan Marsh (nee Nancy Ann Rosher; aka Dorothy D. Rosher)

American silent movie child actress (Daddy Long-Legs; Pollyanna), singer, and classic film star (You’re Telling Me!; Dance, Fools, Dance; Three Girls Lost; Bachelor’s Affairs; Speed Demon; Darling Daughters; We’re Rich Again; Anna Karenina, Charlie Chan on Broadway; Life Begins in College) (born July 10, 1913 – died Aug. 10, 2000; age 87). Ex of Charles Belden. (Joan Marsh 1930)

Mary O’Hara Alsop (aka Mary O’Hara)

American novelist (My Friend Flicka; Thunderhead; Green Grass of Wyoming; Wyoming Summer; Flicka’s Friend), silent movie screenwriter (The Prisoner of Zenda; Framed; The Age of Desire; Black Oxen), and composer (The Catch Colt; May God Keep You) (born July 10, 1885 – died Oct. 14, 1980; age 95). Cause of death for Mary O’Hara was arteriosclerosis. (Mary O’Hara c 1940s Photo)

Sam Wood (nee Samuel Grosvenor Wood)

American film producer & director (Goodbye, Mr. Chips; Kings Row; The Pride of the Yankees; Kitty Foyle; For Whom the Bell Tolls; The Stratton Story; Saratoga Trunk; Command Decision; Raffles; Madame X; A Night at the Opera; A Day at the Races; Peck’s Bad Boy; Kings Row; Bluebeard’s 8th Wife; Double Speed; Ivy) (born July 10, 1883 – died Sept. 22, 1949; age 66). (Sam Wood 1922)

Arthur Ashe (nee Arthur Robert Ashe Jr.)

American tennis pro, winner of 3 Grand Slam Singles (1968 US Open; 1970 Australian Open; 1975 Wimbledon), 2 Grand Slam Doubles (1971 French Open; 1977 Australian Open); 4t Davis Cups (1963, 1968, 1969, 1970), 90+ career singles & doubles titles, and AIDS activist (born July 10, 1943 – died Feb. 6, 1993; age 49). Arthur Ashe died of pneumonia. (Arthur Ashe 1988)

Ron Glass (nee Ronald Earle Glass)

American actor of TV (Det. Ron Harris on Barney Miller; The New Odd Couple; Rhythm & Blues; Mr. Rhodes; Teen Angel; Shepherd Derrial Book on Firefly & Serenity; 227; Dirty Sexy Money) and movies (Deep Space; Houseguest; Back in Business; It’s My Party; Deal of a Lifetime) (born July 10, 1945 – died Nov. 25, 2016; age 71). Ron Glass died of respiratory failure. (Ron Glass 1978 Photo)

Nick Adams (nee Nicholas Aloysius Adamshock; married Carol Nugent)

American actor of TV (Johnny Yuma on The Rebel) & films (Twilight of Honor; No Time for Sergeants; Mister Roberts; Mosby’s Marauders; The Interns; The Hook; Pillow Talk; Fever Heat; Young Dillinger; The FBI Story; The Young Lovers; Our Miss Brooks; Teacher’s Pet) (born July 10, 1931 – died Feb. 7, 1968; age 36). Nick Adams died of an overdose. (Nick Adams 1957: Modern Screen)

Slim Summerville (nee George Joseph Somerville)

American movie actor & director (All Quiet on the Western Front; Captain January; The Front Page; Tom Brown of Culver; Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm; The Valley of Vanishing Men; Way Down East; Uncle Joe; Gold Rush Maisie; Fifty Roads to Town; The Farmer Takes a Wife; Western Union; Anne of Windy Poplars) (born July 10, 1892 – died Jan. 5, 1946; age 53). (Slim Summerville 1924)

Mildred Benson / Carolyn Keene (nee Mildred Augustine)

American columnist, ghostwriter for many early Nancy Drew mysteries under the Carolyn Keene pen name (The Secret of the Old Clock; The Hidden Staircase), and other mystery series (Penny Parker; Kay Tracey; Dana Girls) (born July 10, 1905 – died May 28, 2002; age 96). Mildren Benson died of lung cancer. (Mildred Benson c. 1940s Painting: A. Hamilton)

Jake Eberts (nee John David Eberts)

Canadian financier, documentary & feature film producer (Dances With Wolves; Chariots of Fire; Gandhi; A River Runs Through It; Local Hero; The Killing Fields; Grey Owl; Driving Miss Daisy; A Walk in the Woods; James and the Giant Peach; The Way Back; The Illusionist; The Legend of Bagger Vance) (born July 10, 1941 – died Sept. 6, 2012; age 71). (Jake Eberts Painting: A. Hamilton)

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