July 11th Birthdays
If you were born on July 11th you share a birthday with these famous people:
Giorgio Armani is 86
Italian menswear fashion designer, costume designer for movies (American Gigolo; The Untouchables), celebrities (Lady Gaga), Giorgio Armani retail fashion stores founder, and designer of eyeglasses, ladies wear, perfumes, and more, born July 11, 1934. (Giorgio Armani 1997 Photo: GianAngelo Pistoia)
Susan Seaforth Hayes is 77 (nee Susan Seabold)
American actress of TV (Julie Olsen Williams on Days of Our Lives; The Young Marrieds; Sunset Beach; Joanna Manning on The Young and the Restless; The F.B.I.; Venice the Series; My Three Sons) and movies (California; Billie; Angel in My Pocket) born July 11, 1943. (Susan Seaforth Hayes 1966 12 O’Clock High)
Beverly Todd is 74
American actress of stage, TV (Monica Nelson on Love of Life; Roots; The Redd Foxx Show; Days of Our Lives; Six Feet Under; Falcon Crest; St. Elsewhere), and movies (Brother John; Lean on Me; The Bucket List; They Call Me Mr. Tibbs!; Clara’s Heart), born July 11, 1946. (Beverly Todd 2008 Photo: lukeford.net)
Jeff Hanna is 73 (nee Jeffrey R. Hanna)
Grammy Award-winning American singer, songwriter (Bless The Broken Road), lead guitarist & co-founder of country-rock Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Mr. Bojangles; Modern Day Romance; Jambalaya [On the Bayou]) born July 11, 1947. (Jeff Hanna 1974: United Artists Records & Tapes)
Bruce McGill is 70
American actor of movies (Animal House; Silkwood; My Cousin Vinny; Cliffhanger; Timecop; The Insider; Into the Night; Wildcats; Club Paradise; Runaway Jury) and TV (Vince Korsak on Rizzoli & Isles; Delta House; MacGyver; Wolf Lake), born July 11, 1950. (Bruce McGill 2014 Photo: Bob Watson)
Stephen Lang is 68
American actor of TV (Crime Story; Terra Nova; The Fugitive; Salem; In Plain Sight) and movies (The Girl on the Train; Last Exit to Brooklyn; Another You; Guilty as Sin; Avatar; Gettysburg; The Proposal; Gods and Generals; Shadow Conspiracy), born July 11, 1952. (Stephen Lang 2011 Photo: Gage Skidmore)
Mindy Sterling is 67
American comedienne, actress of movies (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery; Drop Dead Gorgeous; How the Grinch Stole Christmas) and TV (Desperate Housewives; The Larry Sanders Show; iCarly; The Goldbergs; A.N.T. Farm), born July 11, 1953. (Mindy Sterling 2015 Photo: Gage Skidmore)
Sela Ward is 64
Emmy Award-winning American actress of TV (Teddy Reed on Sisters; Lily Manning on Once and Again; Jo Danville on CSI: NY; Emerald Point N.A.S.; Graves; House) and movies (Rustlers’ Rhapsody; The Fugitive; The Day After Tomorrow; The Badge), born July 11, 1956. (Sela Ward 1994 Photo: Alan Light)
Mark Lester is 62
British former child actor of movies (Run Wild, Run Free; Oliver!; Melody; Black Beauty; The Prince and the Pauper; What the Peeper Saw; Love Under the Elms; Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?) & TV (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir), and osteopath born July 11, 1958. (Mark Lester 1977 Photo: Allan Warren)
Richie Sambora is 61 (nee Richard Stephen Sambora)
Songwriters and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame American singer, songwriter & lead guitarist for Bon Jovi (You Give Love a Bad Name; Livin’ on a Prayer; Bad Medicine; I’ll Be There for You; Wanted Dead or Alive; Always), born July 11, 1959. (Richie Sambora 2006 Photo: James Anderson)
Suzanne Vega is 61
Grammy Award-winning American folk musician, record producer, songwriter & singer (Luka; Tom’s Diner; Blood Makes Noise; No Cheap Thrill), Peabody Award-winning radio host (American Mavericks), born July 11, 1959. (Suzanne Vega 2004 Photo: Anders Krusberg / Peabody Awards)
Lisa Rinna is 57
American host & actress of TV (Taylor McBride on Melrose Place; Billie Reed on Days of Our Lives; The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills; SoapTalk; Entertainment Tonight; Dancing With the Stars; Valerie; Veronica Mars) and movies (Captive Rage), born July 11, 1963. (Lisa Rinna 2008 Photo: The Heart Truth / US Govt)
Greg Grunberg is 54 (nee Gregory Phillip Grunberg)
American actor of TV (Sean Blumberg on Felicity; Eric Weiss on Alias; Matt Parkman on Heroes; The Client List; NYPD Blue; Lost; Masters of Sex; Love Bites; Hawaii Five-0) and movies (Mission: Impossible III; Super 8; Star Trek: Beyond; Hollow Man), born July 11, 1966. (Greg Grunberg 2008 Photo: Ewen Roberts)
Jeff Corwin is 53 (nee Jeffrey Corwin)
American television host (Jeff Corwin Unleashed; Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin; Ocean Treks with Jeff Corwin; Going Wild with Jeff Corwin; The Jeff Corwin Experience; Extreme Cuisine With Jeff Corwin), born July 11, 1967. (Jeff Corwin 2006 Photo: Brenden Delzer / Coelacan)
American model, actor of TV (Dr. Alex Karev on Grey’s Anatomy; Four Corners; Cold Case; Another World; Seasons of Love) and films (The Musketeer; Leo; The Zodiac; The Wedding Planner; Lakeview Terrace; Liberty Heights; Broken City), born July 11, 1970. (Justin Chambers 2009 Photo: Angela George / CC BY-SA)
(Detroit Moon: Tony Detroit via Unsplash)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on July 11th!
And remembering
1976 Montreal Olympic Games light heavyweight American gold medalist amateur boxer, 1978 World Heavyweight Champion (defeated Muhammad Ali) stripped of the WBC title (refused to fight Ken Norton) (born July 11, 1953 – died Feb. 5, 2021; age 67). Leon Spinks had prostate cancer before he died. (Leon Spinks in front of the Waldorf Astoria 1978 AP Laserphoto)
Bonnie Pointer (nee Patricia Eva Pointer)
Grammy Award-winning American songwriter, singer (Heaven Must Have Sent You; I Can’t Help Myself [Sugar Pie Honey Bunch]), with The Pointer Sisters (Yes We Can Can; Fairytale; How Long [Betcha’ Got a Chick on the Side]) (born July 11, 1950 – died June 8, 2020; age 69). Bonnie Pointer died of cardiac arrest. (Bonnie Pointer 1974 Photo: Nationaal Archief)
Yul Brynner (nee Yuliy Borisovich Briner)
Tony and Academy Award-winning Russian-Swiss actor of stage and movies (The King and I; The Ten Commandments; Anastasia; The Magnificent Seven; Westworld; Catlow; The Ten Commandments; The Brothers Karamazov; The Buccaneer) (born July 11, 1920 – died Oct. 10, 1985; age 65). Yul Brynner died of lung cancer. (Yul Brynner 1960 The Magnificent Seven Trailer)
Tab Hunter (nee Arthur Andrew Kelm)
American singer (Young Love), actor of TV (The Tab Hunter Show; Climax!) and movies (Island of Desire; Return to Treasure Island; Battle Cry; Track of the Cat; Damn Yankees; The Sea Chase; Ride the Wild Surf; The Burning Hills) (born July 11, 1931– died July 8, 2018; age 86). Tab Hunter died of cardiac arrest / deep vein thrombosis complications. (Tab Hunter 1957 What’s My Line?)
Gene Evans (nee Eugene Barton Evans)
American actor of TV (Rob McLaughlin on My Friend Flicka; Spencer’s Pilots; Gunsmoke; Route 66; The Lone Ranger) and movies (I Was an American Spy; Storm Warning; The Golden Blade; Donovan’s Brain; Wyoming Renegades; Operation Petticoat; Support Your Local Sheriff; Thunderbirds) (born July 11, 1922 – died Apr. 1, 1998; age 75). Gene Evans died of heart failure. (Gene Evans 1960 Bonanza)
E. B. White (nee Elwyn Brooks White)
American reporter (The Seattle Times; United Press International), Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, journalist (The New Yorker; Harper’s Magazine), poet (The Lady is Cold), and children’s author (Stuart Little; Charlotte’s Web; The Trumpet of the Swan) (born July 11, 1899 – died Oct. 1, 1985; age 86). Cause of death for E. B. White was Alzheimer’s Disease. (E. B. White Photo: White Literary LLC)
German-American actor of TV (Dr. Ted Powell on Young Dr. Malone; Another World; Dallas; The F.B.I.; Marcus Welby, M.D.; Our Private World; Mannix; Days of Our Lives; Starsky and Hutch) and movies (What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?; Altered States) (born July 11, 1926 – died Nov. 27, 1983; age 57). Cause of death for Peter Brandon is unknown. (Peter Brandon 1977 Good Against Evil)
Tony & Emmy Award-winning American actor of TV (The Doctor; Glencannon; The O. Henry Playhouse) and films (The Hurricane; Stagecoach; Destry; Secret of the Incas; High Noon; While the City Sleeps; Gone With the Wind; The Black Swan) (born July 11, 1892 – died Dec. 17, 1962; age 70). Thomas Mitchell died of peritoneal mesothelioma). (Thomas Mitchell 1941 Photo: Screenland)
Howard Estabrook (nee Howard Bolles)
Academy Award-winning American screenwriter of silent movies & classic films (Cimarron; Hell’s Angels; Street of Chance; The Virginian; David Copperfield; The Corsican Brothers; The Human Comedy; The Bridge of San Luis Rey; A Bill of Divorcement; Kismet; The Four Feathers) (born July 11, 1884 – died July 16, 1978; age 94). (Howard Estabrook 1916 Photo: Motion Picture News)
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