June 25th Birthdays
If you were born on June 25th you share a birthday with these famous people:
June Lockhart is 95
Tony Award-winning American actress of stage, TV (Ruth Martin on Lassie; Maureen Robinson on Lost in Space; Petticoat Junction; General Hospital; Beverly Hills, 90210; Quincy M.E.; Who is The Black Dahlia?) & movies (Son of Lassie; Bury Me Dead; The Remake), born June 25, 1925. (June Lockhart 1961 Lassie)
Denys Arcand is 79 (nee Georges-Henri Denys Arcand)
Academy Award-winning French-Canadian TV & movie screenwriter and director (The Barbarian Invasions; The Decline of the American Empire; Jesus of Montreal; Love and Human Remains; An Eye for Beauty; Days of Darkness) and septuagenarian born June 25, 1941. (Denys Arcand 2007 Photo: gdcgraphics)
Willis Reed is 78
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame septuagenarian American retired NBA forward (New York Knicks), 1965 NBA Rookie of the Year & 7-time All-Star (1965-1971), coach & general manager (New York Knicks, New Jersey Nets), born June 25, 1942. (Willis Reed 1972 Photo: New York Knicks)
Carly Simon is 75
Grammy & Academy Award-winning American singer-songwriter (Anticipation; You’re So Vain; You Belong to Me; Nobody Does it Better; Let the River Run; That’s The Way I’ve Always Heard it Should Be; Haven’t Got Time for the Pain), born June 25, 1945. (Carly Simon 1978 Photo: Elektra)
Roméo Dallaire is 74 (aka Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire)
Dutch-Canadian author (Shake Hands with the Devil), humanitarian, former UN Rwandan Peacekeeping Force Commander credited with saving 32k+ Tutsis from genocide, Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative founder, and senior born June 25, 1946. (Roméo Dallaire 2014 Photo: Enzolamine)
Jimmie Walker is 73 (nee James Carter Walker Jr.)
American comedian and actor of stage, TV (J.J. on Good Times; At Ease; Bustin’ Loose; The Love Boat) and movies (Let’s Do It Again; Rabbit Test; Airplane! Going Bananas; Home Alone 2: Lost in New York; Water; Sweet Lorraine) born June 25, 1947. (Jimmie Walker 1974 Good Times Photo: CBS Television)
American TV director (Baby Daddy; Major Dad; Mad About You; Friends; Coach; Hope & Gloria; Everybody Loves Raymond), actor of TV (Max Horvath on One Day at a Time; Foley Square; Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman; Room 222) & films (Gorp; The In-Laws), born June 25, 1948. (Michael Lembeck 1971 Dan August)
Michael Sabatino is 65
American actor of movies (The Jigsaw Murders) and TV (Chip Roberts on Knots Landing; Lawrence Alamain on Days of Our Lives; Anthony Armando on The Bold and the Beautiful; All My Children; Venice the Series; Passions; Guiding Light; Sunset Beach; The Inn), born June 25, 1955. (Michael Sabatino 1983 Knots Landing Promo: CBS)
Ricky Gervais is 59
Emmy Award-winning English stand-up comedian, screenwriter, director, producer & actor of TV (The Office; Extras; The Ricky Gervais Show; An Idiot Abroad) and movies (The Invention of Lying; Night at the Museum; Special Correspondents), born June 25, 1961. (Ricky Gervais 2005 Photo: Admiralty)
Doug Gilmour is 57 (nee Douglas Robert Gilmour; “Killer“)
Fifty-five-plus Hockey Hall of Fame retired Canadian professional hockey player, NHL centre (St. Louis Blues; Calgary Flames – 1989 Stanley Cup Champions; Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens), & 1993 Frank J Selke Trophy, born June 25, 1963. (Doug Gilmour 2009 Photo: Vujcic)
(Stars Photo: Luca Baggio via Unsplash)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on June 25th!
And remembering
Phyllis George Brown (nee Phyllis Ann George; aka Phyllis George)
Miss America 1971, TV sportscaster & news anchor (The NFL Today; CBS Morning), TV host (The New Candid Camera; People; Morning; Miss America Pageant 1990 & 1991), former First Lady of Kentucky (Gov. John Y. Brown Jr.) (born June 25, 1949 – died May 14, 2020; age 70). Phyllis George died of Polycythemia vera complications. (Phyllis George 1970 Photo: AP Wirephoto)
George Michael (nee Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou)
Grammy Award-winning English songwriter & singer (I Knew You Were Waiting [For Me]; Faith; I Want Your Sex; Kissing a Fool; One More Try) with Wham (Wake Me Up Before You Go Go; Last Christmas; Careless Whisper; I’m Your Man; Freedom) (born June 25, 1963 – died Dec. 25, 2016; age 53). George Michael died of natural causes. (George Michael 1988 Photo)
Anthony Bourdain (“Tony“)
Emmy Award-winning American gourmet chef, culinary author (Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly; A Cook’s Tour) TV series host (Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations; Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown; Top Chef) (born June 25, 1956 – died June 8, 2018; age 61). Anthony Bourdain hung himself. (Anthony Bourdain 2014 Photo: Peabody Awards)
George Murdock (nee George Sawaya Jr.)
American character actor of radio, stage, TV (Banacek; Ironside; It Takes a Thief; Battlestar Galactica; Barney Miller; What a Country; L.A. Law; Ben Casey) and movies (Gunn; Blackbeard’s Ghost; Earthquake; Breaker! Breaker!; Star Trek V: The Final Frontier) (born June 25, 1930 – died Apr. 30, 2012; age 81). George Murdock died of cancer. (George Murdock 1961 Shannon)
American actor of TV (The Jim Backus Show; The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet; Chico and the Man; It’s a Great Life; Kung Fu; Petticoat Junction; The Ghost and Mrs. Muir; McMillan & Wife; Emergency!; The Dukes of Hazzard) and movies (Fighter Squadron) (born June 25, 1917 – died Nov. 18, 1994; age 77). Cause of death for Bill McLean is unknown. (Bill McLean 1960 Bonanza)
Celia Franca (nee Celia Franks)
British-Canadian prima ballerina, National Ballet of Canada Founder & Artistic Director, Co-Artistic Director of The School Of Dance, BBC TV choreographer & dancer (Dance of Salomé) (born June 25, 1921 – died Feb. 19, 2007; age 85). Celia Franca broke a vertebrae in her back before she died. (Celia Franca 1940s Photo: Library and Archives Canada)
American actress of movies (National Velvet; A Place in the Sun; Gentleman’s Agreement; The Song of Bernadette; Meet the Stewarts; The Thin Man Goes Home; Body and Soul; Forever Amber), and TV (Ryan’s Hope; Search for Tomorrow; The Edge of Night) (born June 25, 1903 – died Dec. 18, 1990; age 87). Anne Revere died of pneumonia. (Anne Revere 1946 Dragonwyck Trailer)
American actor of TV (Major Robbie Robertson on Space Patrol; Gunsmoke; Death Valley Days; Wagon Train; The Virginian; Tales of Wells Fargo; Rawhide; Zane Grey Theater; Lassie; Johnny Ringo; The Texan; 77 Sunset Strip) and movies (Frontier Uprising; Gun Fight; Black Gold) (born June 25, 1918 – died Jan. 30, 1985; age 66). Ken Mayer died of a heart attack. (Ken Mayer 1960 Bonanza)
Kristin Harmon Nelson (nee Sharon Kristin Harmon; ake Kristin Nelson)
American actress of TV (Kris Nelson on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet; Adam-12) and movies (Love & Kisses), primitive painter, sister of Mark Harmon, ex-wife of Mark Tinker & Rick Nelson, mother of Tracy Nelson (born June 25, 1945 – died Apr. 27, 2018; age 72). Kristin Harmon died of a heart attack. (Kristin Harmon 1966 The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet)
Dorothy Gilman
American children’s fiction writer and adult mystery novelist (The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax; The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax; Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station; Mrs. Pollifax Pursued; Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled) (born June 25, 1923 – died Feb. 2, 2012; age 88). Cause of death for Dorothy Gilman was complications from Alzheimer’s Disease.
Alan Hunter
English writer, crime fiction author of the Inspector George Gently novels (Gently Does It; Gently Where the Roads Go; Gently at a Gallop; Gently Between Tides; Gently Tragic) (born June 25, 1922 – died Feb. 25, 2005; age 82). Cause of death for Alan Hunter is unknown.
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