June 12th Birthdays
If you were born on June 12th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
 Peter J. Votrian (brother of Ralph Votrian)
Peter J. Votrian (brother of Ralph Votrian)
American actor of TV (The Gene Autry Show; Climax!; Fury; Gunsmoke; You Are There; My Friend Flicka; Waterfront; Front Row Center; Circus Boy; Broken Arrow; The Millionaire) & movies (Fear Strikes Out; Crime in the Streets; Big House, U.S.A.), born June 12, 1942. (Peter J. Votrian 1957 Zane Grey Theater)
American screenwriter, producer, director & actor of TV soap operas (Sean Cudahay on All My Children 1981-2005), films (The Grift; Two Weeks; The Ghost Club; Undercover Kids; Becoming Jesse Tate; My Many Sons), & The Actor’s School founder, born June 12, 1951. (Alan Dysert 1981 All My Children Promo)
 Gary Farmer
Gary Farmer
Native Canadian actor of TV (The Red Road; Blackstone; Longmire; Forever Knight; Easy Money; Resident Alien) and movies (Powwow Highway; The Dark Wind; Still Life: The Fine Art of Murder; Touched; Sioux City), born June 12, 1953. (Gary Farmer 2011: Tony Rio [drums] Gary Farmer & Troublemakers)
 Timothy Busfield (married Melissa Gilbert)
Timothy Busfield (married Melissa Gilbert)
Emmy Award-winning American director & actor of stage, TV (The West Wing; thirtysomething; Trapper John, M.D.; Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip; The Byrds of Paradise; For Life), & movies (Field of Dreams; Revenge of the Nerds), born June 12, 1957. (Timothy Busfield 1984 Trapper John, M.D. Photo: CBS)
 Jenilee Harrison
Jenilee Harrison
American actress of TV (Cindy Snow on Three’s Company; Jamie Ewing Barnes on Dallas; Fantasy Island; The Love Boat; Super Password; Body Language), movies (Tank; The Redemption), and former Los Angeles Rams cheerleader, born June 12, 1959. (Jenilee Harrison 1980 High Flyer Photo: NBC)
 Steve Bauer (nee Steven Todd Bauer)
Steve Bauer (nee Steven Todd Bauer)
Canadian Olympic & Sport Hall of Fame amateur road bicycle racer, 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics silver medalist, later professional Tour de France competitive road bike racer, and co-founder of Steve Bauer Bike Tours, born June 12, 1959. (Steve Bauer c. 1980s Painting: A. Hamilton)
 Gordon Michael Woolvett (brother of Jaimz Woolvett)
Gordon Michael Woolvett (brother of Jaimz Woolvett)
Canadian host & actor of TV (Seamus Harper on Andromeda; The Guard; Mysterious Island; Mission Genesis; Nickelodeon Wild Side Show; Supernatural) and movies (The Highwayman; Bride of Chucky; Shadow Builder; Princes in Exile; The Legend of Gator Face), born June 12, 1970.
 (Priscilla Lane 1939: Marland Stone | Vic Damone c 1960s: Hoffman [colorized]))
(Priscilla Lane 1939: Marland Stone | Vic Damone c 1960s: Hoffman [colorized]))
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on June 12th!
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 Chick Corea (nee Armando Anthony Corea)
Chick Corea (nee Armando Anthony Corea)
Grammy Award-winning American contemporary classical music and jazz fusion composer, bandleader, and musician, solo artist (500 Miles High; Windows; Spain), pianist and performer with Herbie Mann, Stan Getz, Herbie Hancock, and the Miles Davis band (born June 12, 1941 – died Feb. 9, 2021; age 79). Chick Corea died of cancer. (Chick Corea 1976 Photo: Polydor Records)
 Jim Nabors (nee James Thurston Nabors)
Jim Nabors (nee James Thurston Nabors)
American baritone singer (Back Home Again in Indiana), actor of stage, TV (Gomer Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show & Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.; The Jim Nabors Hour; The Carol Burnett Show; The Lost Saucer; Valentine’s Day) and movies (born June 12, 1930 – died Nov. 30, 2017; age 87). Cause of death for Jim Nabors is unknown. (Jim Nabors Gomer Pyle USMC Photo: DKues)
 Eddie Adams
Eddie Adams
1969 Pulitzer Prize-winning American Korean and Vietnam combat photographer, war zone photojournalist (Saigon Execution), and celebrity portrait photographer (born June 12, 1933 – died Sept. 18, 2004; age 71). Cause of death for Eddie Adams was Lou Gehrig’s disease / ALS) complications. (Eddie Adams 1969 Photo: Eric Koch / Nationaal Archief)
 Vic Damone (nee Vito Rocco Farinola; ex of Pier Angeli, Diahann Carroll)
Vic Damone (nee Vito Rocco Farinola; ex of Pier Angeli, Diahann Carroll)
American songwriter, singer (You’re Breaking My Heart; My Heart Cries For You; My Truly Truly Fair; Smoke Gets In Your Eyes), and actor of radio, TV (The Vic Damone Show), and movies (Deep in My Heart; Kismet; Hell to Eternity; Athena; Hit the Deck), born June 12, 1928 – died Feb. 11, 2018; age 89). Vic Damone died of respiratory illness complications. (Vic Damone 1961 Photo: NBC)
American short story writer (The Fifth Man), & best-selling action-adventure novelist (The River’s End; The Grizzly King; Back to God’s Country; The Valley of Silent Men; Kazan, the Wolf Dog; Swift Lightning; The Danger Trail), built Curwood Castle in Michigan, where Mount Curwood is named for him (born June 12, 1878 – died Aug. 13, 1927; age 49). (James Oliver Curwood 1914)
 Sam De Grasse (nee Samuel Alfred De Grasse; brother of Joseph De Grasse)
Sam De Grasse (nee Samuel Alfred De Grasse; brother of Joseph De Grasse)
Canadian character actor of early sound & silent movies (Intolerance; The Black Pirate; The Man Who Laughs; Robin Hood; Captain of the Guard; When a Man Loves; Blind Husbands; The Country Doctor; Wall Street; The Fighting Eagle; Unseen Forces; Diane of the Follies; Wild and Woolly) (born June 12, 1875 – died Nov. 29, 1953; age 78). Uncle of Robert de Grasse. (Sam De Grasse 1923)
 Irwin Allen (nee Irwin O. Cohen; “Master of Disaster“)
Irwin Allen (nee Irwin O. Cohen; “Master of Disaster“)
American film producer, screenwriter, & director of TV (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea; The Time Tunnel; Lost in Space; Land of the Giants), and movies (The Poseidon Adventure; The Towering Inferno; Five Weeks in a Balloon; The Swiss Family Robinson; The Swarm), (born June 12, 1916 – died Nov. 2, 1991; age 75). Irwin Allen died of a heart attack. (Irwin Allen 1974 Photo)
 Anne Frank (nee Annelies Marie Frank)
Anne Frank (nee Annelies Marie Frank)
Jewish German-Dutch schoolgirl & writer (The Secret Annex / The Diary of a Young Girl) whose memoir about hiding from the Gestapo during WWII, inspired plays, TV shows & movies (The Diary of Anne Frank; Anne Frank’s Diary) (born June 12, 1929 – died March 1945; age 15). Anne Frank died of typhus in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. (Anne Frank 1941)
 Rona Jaffe
Rona Jaffe
American editor, writer (Cosmopolitan), and novelist (Mazes and Monsters; The Best of Everything; Family Secrets; Class Reunion; The Cherry in the Martini; The Other Woman; An American Love Story; Five Women; After the Reunion; The Fame Game; Away From Home) (born June 12, 1931 – died Dec. 30, 2005; age 74). Rona Jaffe died of cancer. (Rona Jaffe 1965 Photo: TV Scout)
 Cosimo I de Medici (nee Cosimo di Giovanni de’ Medici)
Cosimo I de Medici (nee Cosimo di Giovanni de’ Medici)
Italian politician, 2nd Duke of Florence (1537-1569), 1st Grand Duke of Tuscany (1569-1574), patron of of arts, culture, the Florentine Navy, military fortresses (Elba, Siena), & more (Pitti Palace & Boboli Gardens; the Uffizi in Florence; Villa di Castello) (born June 12, 1519 – died Apr. 21, 1574; age 54). Father of Francesco I, Ferdinando I. (Cosimo I de’ Medici c. 1545: Bronzino)
 William Lundigan
William Lundigan
American actor & host of films (The Inside Story; The White Orchid; Mystery in Mexico; Follow Me Quietly; Mother Didn’t Tell Me; I’ll Get By; The Forgotten Woman; Reckless Living; Dishonored Lady) & TV (Climax; Men Into Space) (born June 12, 1914 – died Dec. 20, 1975; age 61). William Lundigan died of heart failure. (William Lundigan 1957 Photo: Communications Counselors)
 Uta Hagen (married Herbert Berghof; ex of José Ferrer)
Uta Hagen (married Herbert Berghof; ex of José Ferrer)
Blacklisted, Tony Award-winning American actress of stage, TV (One Life to Live) & movies (The Other; The Boys from Brazil; Reversal of Fortune), acting teacher (Jason Robards; Jack Lemmon; George Segal; Al Pacino) and author (Challenge for the Actor) (born June 12, 1919 – died Jan. 14, 2004; age 84). Cause of death for Uta Hagen is unknown. (Uta Hagen 1943 Photo: LoC)
 Bernie Hamilton (nee Bernard Hamilton)
Bernie Hamilton (nee Bernard Hamilton)
American actor of TV (Cap. Harold Dobey on Starsky and Hutch; The Virginian; Tarzan; The Name of the Game) and movies (The Young One; One Potato, Two Potato; The Losers; Hammer; Let No Man Write My Epitaph; The Jackie Robinson Story) (born June 12, 1928 – died Dec. 30, 2008; age 80). Bernie Hamilton died of cardiac arrest. (Bernie Hamilton 1964 One Potato, Two Potato)
 Priscilla Lane (nee Priscilla Mullican; sister of Lola Lane, Rosemary Lane)
Priscilla Lane (nee Priscilla Mullican; sister of Lola Lane, Rosemary Lane)
American actress-singer (Brother Rat and a Baby; The Roaring Twenties; Arsenic and Old Lace; Four Mothers; Daughters Courageous; Men Are Such Fools; Cowboy From Brooklyn; Love, Honor and Behave; Million Dollar Baby; Saboteur; Blues in the Night; Fun on a Weekend; Bodyguard; Silver Queen) (born June 12, 1915 – died Apr. 4, 1995; age 79). (Priscilla Lane 1939 Portrait: Marland Stone)
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