June 22nd Birthdays
If you were born on June 22nd you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Kris Kristofferson is 86 (nee Kristoffer Kristofferson; married Rita Coolidge)
American musician, singer-songwriter (Me and Bobby McGee; Lovin’ Her Was Easier; Help Me Make it Through the Night; For the Good Times; Sunday Morning Coming Down; Dreamer), actor (A Star is Born; Semi-Tough; Millenium; Lone Star), born June 22, 1936. (Kris Kristofferson 1978 Photo: Magna Artists)
Michael Lerner is 81
American actor of TV (Ruby and Oswald; Clueless; Courthouse; Glee; Starsky and Hutch; Hill Street Blues) and movies (The Postman Always Rings Twice; Eight Men Out; Elf; Barton Fink; Coast to Coast; Godzilla; Radioland Murders; Blank Check; No Way Back), born June 22, 1941. (Michael Lerner 1973 Firehouse)
Klaus Maria Brandauer is 79 (nee Klaus Georg Steng)
Austrian actor of stage, TV (The Capelli Code; Quo Vadis?) & movies (The Salzburg Connection; Mephisto; Never Say Never Again; Out of Africa; The Russia House; Introducing Dorothy Dandridge), born June 22, 1943. (Klaus Maria Brandauer 1983 Photo: Weber / Archiv der Salzburger Festspiele)
Peter Asher is 78
Grammy Award-wining English vocalist, Peter and Gordon singer (A World Without Love; I Go to Pieces; Lady Godiva; Nobody I Know), music talent manager, executive & producer (Linda Ronstadt, Cher, Diana Ross, Bonnie Raitt, & J. D. Souther), born June 22, 1944. (Peter Asher 1966 Hullaballoo)
Howard Kaylan is 75 (nee Howard Kaplan; “Eddie“)
American musician, singer, co-founder of Flo & Eddie, The Turtles (It Ain’t Me Babe; Happy Together; You Know What I Mean; You Showed Me; Elenore; She’s My Girl; She’d Rather Be With Me), columnist (Creem; Los Angeles Free Press), and sci-fi writer, born June 22, 1947. (Howard Kaylan 1966 Hullabaloo)
Todd Rundgren is 74
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame American record producer (Meat Loaf; The Band), singer & songwriter (Hello It’s Me; We Gotta Get You a Woman; I Saw the Light; Feet Don’t Fail Me Now; Bang The Drum All Day; Good Vibrations; Love is the Answer), born June 22, 1948. (Todd Rundgren 1978: Mitchell Weinstock)
Meryl Streep is 73 (nee Mary Louise Streep)
Emmy & Academy Award-winning American actress (The Deer Hunter; Kramer vs. Kramer; Sophie’s Choice; The French Lieutenant’s Woman; Silkwood; Out of Africa; Postcards from the Edge; Mamma Mia!; The Bridges of Madison County), born June 22, 1949. (Meryl Streep 1970s Photo: Jack Mitchell)
Lindsay Wagner is 73 (aka ex-Mrs. Michael Brandon)
Emmy-winning American actress of TV (Jaime Sommers on The Bionic Woman & The Six Million Dollar Man; Scruples; A Peaceable Kingdom; Marcus Welby, M.D.; Jessie; Grey’s Anatomy) and movies (The Paper Chase; Young Again), born June 22, 1949. (Lindsay Wagner 2007 Photo: Johnmaxmena2)
Alan Osmond is 73
American musician, songwriter, choreographer, and backing vocalist for The Osmonds family group (One Bad Apple; Yo-Yo; Double Lovin’; Down by the Lazy River), and motivational speaker with multiple sclerosis, born June 22, 1949. (Alan Osmond 1971 Photo: MGM Records)
Graham Greene is 70
Native Canadian actor of TV (Wolf Lake; Being Erica; Longmire; The Red Green Show; Northern Exposure; Defiance) and movies (Thunderheart; Dances With Wolves; Die Hard with a Vengeance; The Green Mile; Twilight Saga; Snow Dogs), born June 22, 1952. (Graham Greene 1998 Photo: Jared Purdy)
Cyndi Lauper is 69 (nee Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper)
Emmy, Tony, & Grammy Award-winning American Songwriters Hall of Fame singer (Girls Just Want to Have Fun; She Bop; Time After Time; True Colors; All Through the Night), Broadway composer (Kinky Boots), and actress (Mad About You), born June 22, 1953. (Cyndi Lauper 1989 Photo: lucascynnogue)
Chris Lemmon is 68 (nee Christopher Boyd Lemmon)
American actor of TV (Richard Phillips on Duet and Open House; Brothers and Sisters; Knots Landing; Thunder in Paradise), movies (That’s Life!; Dad; Going Undercover; Airport ’77; Swing Shift; Wishmaster), and son of Jack Lemmon, born June 22, 1954. (Chris Lemmon 1990 Photo: Alan Light)
Bruce Campbell is 64
American producer & actor of TV (Sam Axe on Burn Notice; Ash vs. Evil Dead; The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.; Autolycus on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys & Xena: Warrior Princess), movies (Maniac Cop; The Evil Dead), born June 22, 1958. (Bruce Campbell 2014 Photo: Gage Skidmore)
Tracy Pollan is 62 (married Michael J. Fox)
American actress of TV (Ellen Reed on Family Ties; The Kennedys of Massachusetts; Spin City; Medium; The Abduction of Kari Swenson; Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), movies (A Stranger Among Us; Bright Lights, Big City). born June 22, 1960. (Tracy Pollan 1987 Photo: Alan Light)
Erin Brokovich is 62(nee Erin Pattee; aka Erin Brokovich-Ellis)
American law clerk for Masry & Vittoe that successfully sued Pacific Gas and Electric Company of California for environmental pollution, TV host (Final Justice with Erin Brokovich), and inspiration for the film Erin Brokovich, born June 22, 1960. (Erin Brokovich 2012 Photo: Eva Rinaldi / Erin Brokovich)
Clyde Drexler is 60 (“The Glide“)
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame American NBA basketball player (Portland Trail Blazers; Houston Rockets), 1995 NBA Champion and 10-time All-Star, & 1992 Barcelona Olympics basketball gold medalist, born June 22, 1962. (Clyde Drexler c 1998-2000 Photo: Special Collections UH Digital Library)
Dan Brown is 58 (nee Daniel Gerhard Brown)
Best-selling American children’s author (Wild Symphony), thriller novelist and creator of the Robert Langdon series (The Da Vinci Code; Angels & Demons; Deception Point; Digital Fortress; The Lost Symbol; Inferno; Origin), born June 22, 1964. (Dan Brown 2007 Photo: Philip Scalia)
Amy Brenneman is 58 (married Brad Silberling)
American actress of TV (Judge Amy Gray on Judging Amy; Dr. Violet Turner on Private Practice & Grey’s Anatomy; NYPD Blue; Middle Ages; Frasier) and movies (Daylight; Bye Bye Love; The Jane Austen Book Club; The Face of Love), born June 22, 1964. (Amy Brenneman 2009 Photo: Kristin Dos Santos)
Canadian musician, songwriter, & singer with Juno Award-winning rock group Barenaked Ladies (Lovers in a Dangerous Time; Be My Yoko Ono; If I Had a $1000000; Brian Wilson; Jane; Show Box; One Week; It’s All Been Done; Pinch Me; Call And Answer), born June 22, 1970. (Steven Page 2005 Photo: TheHYPO)
American actress of TV (Chloe O’Brian on 24; The Larry Sanders Show; The Girlfriend Experience; Veronica’s Closet; Brooklyn Nine-Nine) & films (Sunset Strip; Sweet Home Alabama; Firewall; Legally Blonde 2; Julie and Julia; Cold Brook), born June 22, 1971. (Mary Lynn Rajskub 2008 Photo: The Heart Truth)
(Meryl Streep 1977: Jack Mitchell | Freddie Prinze 1975: Syndication International [colorized]])
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on June 22nd!
Remember These June 22nd Famous Birthdays
Gower Champion (married Marjorie “Marge” Belcher)
Tony Award-winning American director & choreographer, actor and dancer of stage (Hello, Dolly!), TV (The Marge and Gower Champion Show), and movies, (Show Boat; Mr. Music; Lovely to Look At; Give a Girl a Break; Everything I have is Yours; Jupiter’s Darling) (born June 22, 1919 – died Aug. 25, 1980; age 61). Gower Champion died of blood cancer. (Gower Champion 1954 Photo)
Ralph Waite
American director, actor of stage, TV (John Walton Sr. on The Waltons; Father Matt on Days of Our Lives; The Mississippi; Carnivàle; Roots; NCIS; Murder One) & movies (Five Easy Pieces; The Pursuit of Happiness; Trouble Man; The Bodyguard; Cliffhanger; The Magnificent Seven Ride!), and ordained minister (born June 22, 1928 – died Feb. 13, 2014; age 85). (Ralph Waite 1973: CBS)
Ed Bradley (nee Edward Rudolph Bradley Jr.)
Peabody & Emmy Award-winning American TV news reporter, interviewer & correspondent for CBS (60 Minutes – 1984-2006; CBS Sunday Night News with Ed Bradley; CBS Reports), and White House correspondent (born June 22, 1941 – Nov. 9, 2006; age 65). Ed Bradley died of lymphocytic leukemia complications. (Ed Bradley 1982 60 Minutes Photo: CBS)
Anne Morrow Lindbergh (nee Anne Spencer Morrow)
International Women in Aviation Pioneer Hall of Fame American aviator, wife of Charles Lindbergh, mother of kidnapped baby Charles Lindbergh Jr., and author (Gift from the Sea; North to the Orient; Listen! The Wind) (born June 22, 1906 – died Feb. 7, 2001; age 94). Cause of death for Anne Morrow Lindbergh was a stroke. (Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1929 Photo: UPI)
Billy Wilder (nee Samuel Wilder)
Academy Award-winning Austrian-Hungarian-American producer, director and screenwriter (Ninotchka; Double Indemnity; The Lost Weekend; Sunset Boulevard; Stalag 17; Some Like it Hot; The Apartment; Irma la Douce; The Front Page; Double Indemnity) (born June 22, 1906 – died Mar. 27, 2002; age 95). Billy Wilder died of pneumonia. (Billy Wilder Photo: Black Board)
Erich Maria Remarque (nee Erich Paul Remark; married Paulette Goddard)
German-American writer and novelist (All Quiet on the Western Front; The Road Back; Three Comrades; Arch of Triumph; A Time to Love and a Time to Die; Spark of Life; The Black Obelisk; The Night in Lisbon) (born June 22, 1898 – died Sept. 25, 1970; age 72). Erich Maria Remarque had an aneurysm before dying of heart collapse. (Erich Maria Remarque 1929 Photo)
Joseph Papp (nee Joseph Papirofsky; “Joe“)
American director & producer of TV, movies (Plenty), and Broadway theatre (Hair; The Pirates of Penzance; A Chorus Line), founder of The Public Theater in Manhattan and Shakespeare in the Park New York festival (born June 22, 1921 – died Oct. 31, 1991; age 70). Cause of death for Joseph Papp was prostate cancer. (Joseph Papp Portrait: Alice Neel; Portrait Photo: Cliff)
Bill Blass (nee William Ralph Blass)
Fashion Institute of Technology’s Lifetime Achievement & Coty Award-winning American fashion designer (menswear, womenswear, swimwear, luggage, perfumes, Ford Contintental Mark automobiles) and art collector (born June 22, 1922 – died June 12, 2002; age 79). Bill Blass had oral/tongue cancer and throat cancer before his death. (Bill Blass 1972 Photo: Reporto)
Richard Eastham (nee Dickinson Swift Eastham)
American singer-actor of stage (South Pacific), films (Not With My Wife, You Don’t!; Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks With a Circus; Man on Fire; There’s No Business Like Show Business), TV (Harris Claibourne on Tombstone Territory; Wonder Woman; Bright Promise; Falcon Crest), & inventor (born June 22, 1916 – died July 10, 2005; age 89). (Richard Eastham 1957 Tombstone Territory)
American silent film director, screenwriter, and actor (The Stormy Petrel; Captain Jinks’ Kids; The Crown Prince’s Double; A Midnight Bell; Straight is the Way; The Passionate Pilgrim; The Fortune Hunter; Lights of New York; The Doctor’s Secret; The Child Crusoes; Mrs. Carter’s Necklace; The Sea Rider) (born June 22, 1859 – died Sept. 17, 1921; age 62) (Van Dyke Brooke 1911 Photo)
Freddie Prinze (nee Frederick Karl Pruetzel)
American stand-up comedian and actor, host & star of stage and television (Chico and the Man; The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson; The Million Dollar Rip-Off), father of Freddie Prinze Jr., close friend of Tony Orlando (born June 22, 1954 – died Jan. 29, 1977; age 22). Freddie Prinze died by suicide (gunshot). (Freddie Prinze 1975: Syndication International [colorized])
Pete Maravich (nee Peter Press Maravich; aka “Pistol Pete”)
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame American NBA shooting guard, 5X All-Star (Atlanta Hawks – NBA All-Rookie First Team’71; New Orleans / Utah Jazz – NBA scoring champ ’77; Boston Celtics) & NCAA Division I all-time lead scorer, (born June 22, 1947 – died Jan. 5, 1988; age 40). Pete Maravich died of a heart defect. (Pete Maravich 1977: Robert Kingsbury / Sporting News)
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