June 1st Birthdays
If you were born on June 1st you share a birthday with these famous people:
Pat Boone is 86 (nee Charles Eugene Boone)
American composer, singer (I Almost Lost My Mind; April Love), host & actor of TV (The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom; Arthur Godfrey and His Friends; The Beverly Hillbillies) and movies (State Fair; Journey to the Center of the Earth), author (Twixt Twelve and Twenty), born June 1, 1934. (Pat Boone 1957 Bernardine)
Morgan Freeman is 83
Academy Award-winning American producer & actor of TV (The Electric Company; Another World; Madam Secretary) and movies (Million Dollar Baby; Driving Miss Daisy; The Shawshank Redemption; Kiss the Girls; The Dark Knight; Invictus), born June 1, 1937. (Morgan Freeman 1990 Photo: Alan Light)
Robert Powell is 76
English narrator & actor of TV (Mark Williams on Holby City; Jesus of Nazareth; Doomwatch; The Detectives; Hannay), audiobooks, & movies (What Waits Below; Tommy; The Thirty Nine Steps; Harlequin; The Jigsaw Man; Running Scared) born June 1, 1944. (Robert Powell 1972 Running Scared Photo: BBC)
Brian Cox is 74
Emmy Award-winning Scottish actor of stage, TV (Deadwood), and films (Rob Roy; Braveheart; Chain Reaction; The Glimmer Man; Kiss the Girls; The Bourne Identity; X-Men 2; Troy; Red Eye; Nicholas and Alexandra; Desperate Measures) born June 1, 1946. (Brian Cox 2016 Photo: Dmitry Rozhkovy)
Ron Wood is 73 (nee Ronald David Wood; aka Ronnie Wood)
English rock singer, songwriter and guitarist with Rock & Roll Hall of Fame bands Faces & The Rolling Stones (It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll But I Like It; Emotional Rescue; One Hit [to the Body]; Beast of Burden; Miss You; Had it With You), born June 1, 1947. (Ron Wood 1977 Photo: Columbia Records)
Jonathan Pryce is 73 (nee John Price)
Tony Award-winning Welsh actor of stage, TV (Game of Thrones), and movies (Voyage of the Damned; Haunted Honeymoon; Evita; Tomorrow Never Dies; G.I Joe movies; Pirates of the Caribbean films; The New World; The Ghost and the Whale; Stigmata), born June 1, 1947. (Jonathan Pryce 2007 Photo: Honeyfitz)
Gemma Craven is 70 (nee Rita Gemma Gabriel)
Irish singer & actress of TV (The Clinic; Hollyoaks Later; Pennies From Heaven; Wagner; Hey Brian! The Cazalets) and movies (The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella; Must Wear Tights; The Mystery of Edwin Drood; The Hole), born June 1, 1950. (Gemma Craven 1979 She Loves Me Photo: PBS)
Diana Canova is 67 (nee Diana Canova Rivero)
American actress of television (Corinne Tate Flotsky on Soap; Sandy Beatty on Throb; Diana Cassidy on I’m a Big Girl Now; Home Free; Foot in the Door; Fantasy Island; Murder, She Wrote; Chico and the Man), and movies (One True Thing), born June 1, 1953. (Diana Canova 1979 Photo: Alan Light)
Robin Mattson is 64
American actress of movies & TV (Gina Lockridge on Santa Barbara; Heather Webber on General Hospital; Janet Green on All My Children; Guiding Light; Ryan’s Hope; Days of Our Lives; As the World Turns; The Bold and the Beautiful), born June 1, 1956. (Robin Mattson 1970 Daniel Boone)
Lisa Hartman Black is 64 (nee Lisa Hartman)
American actress of TV (Ciji Dunne / Cathy Geary Rush on Knots Landing; Tabitha; 2000 Malibu Road), movies (Where The Boys Are; Just Tell Me You Love Me), and singer with husband Clint Black (When I Said I Do; Easy for Me to Say), born June 1, 1956. (Lisa Hartman 1977 Tabitha Photo: ABC Television)
Paul Coffey is 59
Hockey Hall of Fame Canadian professional hockey player, holder of 30+ NHL records as a defenseman (Edmonton Oilers; Pittsburgh Penguins; Los Angeles Kings; Detroit Red Wings; Philadelphia Flyers; Carolina Hurricanes; Boston Bruins), born June 1, 1961. (Paul Coffey 2007 Photo: Mother Pucker)
Teri Polo is 51 (nee Theresa Elizabeth Polo)
American actress of TV (Stef Foster on The Fosters; Kristin Larsen on Loving; The West Wing; Northern Exposure; I’m With Her; The Practice; Sports Night; Felicity; Law & Order: LA) and movies (Meet the Parents; Mystery Date; Little Fockers), born June 1, 1969. (Teri Polo 2014 Photo: Greg Hernandez)
(Scarborough Bluffs Park Beach, Toronto Photo: © 2020 Anita Hamilton)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on June 1st!
And remembering
René Auberjonois
Tony Award-winning American narrator & actor of stage, TV (Clayton Endicott III on Benson; Odo on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; Paul Lewiston on Boston Legal; Judging Amy; Rhoda), movies (MASH; The Big Bus; Eyes of Laura Mars; The Little Mermaid) (born June 1, 1940 – died Dec. 8, 2019; age 79). René Auberjonois died of lung cancer. (René Auberjonois 2014 Photo: Kyle Cassidy)
Andy Griffith
American producer & actor of TV (Ben Matlock on Matlock & Diagnosis Murder; Andy Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show, Mayberry R.F.D. & Gomer Pyle: USMC; Centennial) and movies (Hearts of the West; Angel in My Pocket; Rustler’s Rhapsody; A Face in the Crowd) (born June 1, 1926 – died July 3, 2012; age 86). Andy Griffith died of a heart attack. (Andy Griffith 1950s Photo)
Powers Boothe
Emmy Award-winning American of TV (Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones; Cy Tolliver on Deadwood; Lamar Wyatt on Nashville; 24; Philip Marlowe, Private Eye; Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) & movies (Cruising; Red Dawn; Tombstone; Nixon) (born June 1, 1948 – died May 14, 2017; age 68). Powers Boothe died of pancreatic cancer. (Powers Boothe 2005 Photo: Jane Boursaw)
John Randolph (nee Emanuel Hirsch Cohen)
Tony Award-winning, blacklisted American actor of TV (Grand; Lucas Tanner; Annie McGuire; Executive Suite; Richie Brockelman, Private Eye; Lucan; Angie; Bonanza; Mannix) & movies (Escape From the Planet of the Apes; Serpico) (born June 1, 1915 – died Feb. 24, 2004; age 88). Cause of death for John Randolph is unknown. (John Randolph 1975 Nourish the Beast Photo: PBS)
Richard Erdman (nee John Richard Erdmann)
American character and voice over actor of TV (Leonard on Community; Where’s Raymond?; The Tab Hunter Show; Saints and Sinners; Perry Mason; The Flintstone Kids), & movies (Francis in the Navy; Stalag 17; Anything Goes; The Blue Gardenia) (born June 1, 1925 – died Mar. 16, 2019; age 93). Richard Erdman had dementia and fell before he died. (Richard Erdman 1953 Stalag 17)
Cleavon Little
Tony & Emmy Award-winning American actor of stage, movies (Blazing Saddles; Vanishing Point; Greased Lightning; FM) and TV (Dr. Jerry Noland on The New Temperatures Rising Show; Captain Hancock on Another World; True Colors) (born June 1, 1939 – died Oct. 22, 1992; age 53). Cleavon Little died of colorectal cancer. (Cleavon Little 1972 Temperatures Rising Photo: ABC)
Nelson Riddle
Academy & Grammy Award-winning American trombone player, big bandleader,composer & music arranger for TV & movies (The Great Gatsby; Emergency!; The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour) (born June 1, 1921 – died Oct. 6, 1985; age 64). Nelson Riddle died of kidney & cardiac failure. Nelson Riddle c 1946-1948 Photo: William P. Gottlieb / LoC)
Australian neurology researcher, writer and best-selling novelist (The Thorn Birds; Tim; An Indecent Obsession; Masters of Rome series; Carmine Delmonico series; The Ladies of Missalonghi; The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet) (born June 1, 1937 – died Jan. 29, 2015; age 77). Colleen McCullough had several illnesses when she died. (Colleen McCullough 1977 Photo: Jim Kalett)
Frank Morgan (nee Francis Phillip Wuppermann)
American character actor of stage, radio, TV, and movies (The Wizard of Oz; The Shop Around the Corner; Courage of Lassie; The Human Comedy; Boom Town; Best of Enemies; Yolanda and the Thief; I Live My Life; Naughty Marietta; The Stratton Story; Lady Luck) (born June 1, 1890 – died Sept. 18, 1949; age 59). Frank Morgan died of a heart attack. (Frank Morgan 1940s Photo: MGM)
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