March 11th Birthdays
If you were born on March 11th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Rupert Murdoch (nee Keith Rupert Murdoch; ex of Jerry Hall)
Australian-American multi-media magnate (Harper Collins; News Corporation; News Corp; 21st Century Fox; The Wall Street Journal; News of the World; The Sun; The Times; Fox News CEO), born March 11, 1931. Father of Elisabeth Murdoch. (Rupert Murdoch 2011: David Shankbone)
Sam Donaldson (nee Samuel Andrew Donaldson Jr.)
American ABC television news reporter, host & anchor from 1967-2013 (World News Tonight; ABC Weekend News; ABC Sunday Evening News; Primetime Live; This Week; The Sam Donaldson Show – Live in America; Primary Issues), born March 11, 1934. (Sam Donaldson 1988 Photo: Alan Light)
Nancy Kovack (married Zubin Mehta)
American actress of movies (The Wild Westerners; Diary of a Madman; The Outlaws is Coming; The Great Sioux Massacre; The Silencers; Frankie and Johnny; Marooned) and television (Star Trek; Bewitched; Mannix; Burke’s Law), born March 11, 1935. (Nancy Kovack 1963 Diary of a Madman Trailer)
George Kooymans
Dutch guitarist, songwriter, and singer solo, and with Golden Earring (Radar Love; Twilight Zone; Quiet Eyes; When the Lady Smiles; Quiet Eyes; Going to the Run; Lovin; and Hurtin’ The Devil Rides Again Tonight; When the Bullet Hits the Bone), born March 11, 1948. (George Kooymans 1974 Photo: Jim Summaria)
Bobby McFerrin (nee Robert Keith McFerrin Jr.)
American conductor, multiple Grammy Award-winning pop, folk, and jazz singer (Don’t Worry, Be Happy; Another Night in Tunisia; Round Midnight; What is This Thing Called Love; Thinkin About Your Body; Say Ladeo; Circlesong Six), born March 11, 1950. (Bobby McFerrin 2011 Photo: Steve Jurvetson)
Rob Paulsen (nee Robert Fredrick Paulsen III; brother of Craig Paulsen)
Prolific American voice-over & character of TV, video games, & movies (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Animaniacs; The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius; Histeria!; The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper; Biker Mice From Mars), born March 11, 1956. (Rob Paulsen 2007 Photo: John Mueller)
Elias Koteas (ex of Jennifer Rubin)
Canadian actor of TV (Alvin Olinsky on Chicago P.D., Chicago Med, & Chicago Fire; The Killing; Combat Hospital) and movies (Malarek; Shutter Island; The Killer Inside Me; The Thin Red Line; Crash; Desperate Hours; Some Kind of Wonderful), born March 11, 1961. (Elias Koteas 2010 Photo: jmm)
American actor of TV (Jake Manning on Once and Again; Desperate Housewives; 24; Nashville; Melrose Place; Big Little Lies; Providence; Dirt; Murder, She Wrote; Suits; Walker) and movies (D3: The Mighty Ducks; Ruby; Quiz Show; Holy Matrimony), born March 11, 1962. (Jeffrey Nordling 2016 Photo: Malakin)
Alex Kingston (nee Alexandra Elizabeth Kingston; ex of Ralph Fiennes)
English actress of TV (Elizabeth Corday on ER; Doctor Who; Hope Springs; Arrow; The Knock; Lost in Austen; Chasing Shadows; Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; Marchlands; Upstairs Downstairs) and film (Warrior Queen; Like Crazy), born March 11, 1963. (Alex Kingston 2016 Photo: Gage Skidmore)
American director, producer, screenwriter, & actor of TV (Dr. Billy Kronk on Chicago Hope; Wonderland) and movies (A Midnight Clear; Friday Night Lights; Battleship; Lone Survivor; Deepwater Horizon; Patriots Day; Fire in the Sky), born March 11, 1964. (Peter Berg 2012 Photo: Moses McKelvey / US Navy)
Scottish-American singer, host & actor of stage, TV (Malcolm Merlyn on Arrow; Captain Jack Harkness on Doctor Who & Torchwood; Desperate Housewives; How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?) and movies (Zero Dark Thirty), born March 11, 1967. (John Barrowman 2014 Photo: Eva Rinaldi)
American actor of TV (Lucious Lyon on Empire; Sparks; Law & Order: LA; Street Time) and movies (The Best Man; Spark; Hart’s War; Hustle & Flow; Iron Man; Winnie Mandela; Big Momma’s House; Angel Eyes; Love Chronicles), born March 11, 1969. (Terrence Howard 2011 Photo: Gordon Correll)
Sylvia Day (aka S.J. Day & Livia Dere)
Japanese-American author, best-selling romantic fiction novelist (Bared to You & Crossfire series; Carnal Thirst; A Passion for the Game; Afterburn / Aftershock; Bad Boys Ahoy!; Eve of Darkness; Pride and Pleasure; Spellbound; Butterfly in Frost), born March 11, 1973. (Sylvia Day 2015 Photo: Samaraday)
(Dorothy Gish 1925 Portrait: Charles Sheldon | Raoul Walsh 1924 Photo: Evans LA)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on March 11!
Remember These March 11th Famous Birthdays
Raoul Walsh (nee Albert Edward Walsh; brother of George Walsh)
American screenwriter, director & actor of classic & silent movies (Gentleman Jim; High Sierra; The World in His Arms; The Roaring Twenties; The Strawberry Blonde; They Drive By Night; The Loves of Carmen; The Thief of Bagdad; The Big Trail; The Birth of a Nation; Me and My Gal; Objective: Burma) (born Mar. 11, 1887 – died Dec. 31, 1980; age 93). Ex of Miriam Cooper. (Raoul Walsh 1929)
Lawrence Welk
Grammy Award-winning American accordion player, “Champagne Music” bandleader (Calcutta; Oh Happy Day; The Moon is a Silver Dollar; Yellow Bird; Bubbles in the Wine; Adios, Au Revoir, Aufwiedersehn), and TV host (The Lawrence Welk Show) (born Mar. 11, 1903 – died May 17, 1992; age 89). Lawrence Welk died of bronchopneumonia. (The Lawrence Welk Show 1967)
Albert Salmi (ex of Peggy Ann Garner)
American character actor of TV (Pete Ritter on Petrocelli; Daniel Boone; Dallas; Knots Landing; Bonanza; Route 66; The Twilight Zone; Gunsmoke; The F.B.I.; Kung Fu; The Virginian) and movies (The Unforgiven; Wild River; The Outrage; Hour of the Gun; Hard to Hold) (born Mar. 11, 1928 – died Apr. 22, 1990; age 62). Albert Salmi died by suicide (gunshot). (Albert Salmi 1960 Bonanza)
Dorothy Gish (sister of Lillian Gish; ex of James Rennie)
American actress of stage, TV, and movies (Little Meena’s Romance; Betty of Greystone; Nell Gwynn; Hearts of the World; Peppy Polly; Orphans of the Storm; Our Hearts Were Young and Gay; Madame Pompadour; The Whistle at Eaton Falls; The Cardinal) (born Mar. 11, 1898 – died June 4, 1968; age 70). Dorothy Gish died of bronchial pneumonia. (Dorothy Gish 1946 Centennial Summer)
David Horsley (father of David Stanley Horsley)
English founder of Centaur Film Company (Mutt and Jeff comedies; 1st US independent motion picture production company), Nestor Film Company (1st Hollywood movie studio; merged w. Universal Film Manufacturing Co) & David Horsley Studios / Bostock Jungle Films Company (Jerry comedies) (born Mar. 11, 1873 – died Feb. 23, 1933; age 59) (David Horsley 1914)
Shemp Howard (nee Samuel Horwitz; brother of Curly & Moe Howard)
American comedian & actor (with the Three Stooges) of vaudeville, TV, & movies (Soup to Nuts; Hollywood Round-Up; In the Navy; Meet the Chump; Buck Privates; The Bank Dick; Too Many Blondes; Hold That Ghost; Private Buckaroo; Africa Screams) (born Mar. 11, 1895 – died Nov. 22, 1955; age 60). Shemp Howard died of a heart attack. (Shemp Howard 1947 Brideless Groom)
Ferdy Mayne (nee Ferdinand Philip Mayer-Horckel)
German-English MI5 informant; actor of stage, TV (The Saint), & movies (The Black Stallion Returns; The Echo Murders; The Deadly Game; The Paris Express; Gentlemen Marry Brunettes; The Bobo; Third Man on the Mountain) (born Mar. 11, 1916 – died Feb. 16, 1998; age 81). Father of Belinda Mayne. Ferdy Mayne died of Parkinson’s Disease. (Ferdy Mayne 1968 Gates to Paradise)
American actress of TV (The Islanders; The Millionaire; Leave It to Beaver; Cheyenne; Maverick; The Fugitive; Wagon Train; 77 Sunset Strip) and movies (The Young Philadelphians; King of the Wild Stallions; Torpedo Run; Courage of Black Beauty) (born Mar. 11, 1931 – died Nov. 12, 1991; age 60). Diane Brewster died of heart failure. (Diane Brewster 1958 Tombstone Territory)
Anissa Jones (nee Mary Anissa Jones)
American child actress of commercials, television (Ava Elizabeth “Buffy” Patterson-Davis on Family Affair; 19th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards presenter) and feature films (The Trouble With Girls) (born Mar. 11, 1958 – died Aug. 28, 1976; age 18). Anissa Jones died of an accidental overdose from a combination of drugs. (Anissa Jones 1970 Family Affair: CBS Television)
Hugo Award-winning English humorist, fantasy writer of short stories (The Salmon of Doubt), video games (Starship Titanic), screenplays, & novels (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency) (born Mar. 11, 1952 – died May 11, 2001; age 49). Douglas Adams had coronary artery disease and died of a heart attack. (Douglas Adams: Michael Hughes)
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