March 15th Birthdays
If you were born on March 15th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Judd Hirsch
Emmy Award-winning American actor of stage, television (Alan Eppes on Numb3rs; Alex Reiger on Taxi; Delvecchio; John Lacey on Dear John), and movies (Ordinary People; A Beautiful Mind; Teachers; Without a Trace; Independence Day), born March 15, 1935. (Judd Hirsch 1967 Photo)
Mike Love (nee Michael Edward Love)
American Rock & Roll Hall of Fame singer and songwriter for the Beach Boys (Kokomo; Fun, Fun, Fun; Surfin’ U.S.A.; Surfer Girl; Little Deuce Coupe; Barbara Ann; I Get Around; Help Me, Rhonda; Sloop John B; Good Vibrations; You Still Believe in Me), born March 15, 1941. (Mike Love 1981 Photo: Caribou Records)
David Cronenberg (aka The Baron of Blood; brother of Denis Cronenberg)
Canadian author, actor (Nightbreed; Alias Grace), & filmmaker (Dead Ringers; The Dead Zone; The Fly; A History of Violence; Eastern Promises; Crash; Maps to the Stars; Cosmopolis; Fast Company) born March 15, 1943. Father of Brandon, Cassandra, & Caitlin Cronenberg. (David Cronenberg 2011: FICG.mx)
Lynda La Plante (nee Lynda Titchmarsh; sister of Gillian Titchmarsh)
English TV screenwriter, producer, & actress (Z Cars; Coronation Street; The Doctors; The Kids from 47A), author & mystery novelist (Prime Suspect; Above Suspicion; Bella Mafia, Trial and Retribution series; Civvies; Royal Flush), born March 15, 1943. (Lynda La Plante Painting: A. Hamilton)
Ry Cooder (nee Ryland Peter Cooder)
Grammy Award-winning American film score composer (Trespass), singer, songwriter (Little Sister; Crazy ‘Bout an Automobile; Gypsy Woman; Quicksand; Chan Chan; Feelin’ Bad Blues), slide guitarist, and producer (Buena Vista Social Club) born March 15, 1947. (Ry Cooder 1979 Photo: Warner / Reprise Records)
American actress of Broadway, TV (Laverne Todd on Empty Nest & Nurses; The Critic; Ladies Man), & movies (The Vanishing; Biloxi Blues; Kindergarten Cop; Mississippi Burning; Talk Radio; House of Cards; Shadows of the Past / Abilene), born March 15, 1957. (Park Overall c 1990s Painting: A. Hamilton)
Fabio (nee Fabio Lanzoni)
Italian-American fashion & romance novel cover model, actor of TV (Claudio on Acapulco H.E.A.T.; The Bold and the Beautiful) and movies (Zoolander; Spy Hard; Death Becomes Her; Knight of Cups; Bubble Boy), born March 15, 1959. (Fabio 2014 Photo: © Glenn Francis, www.PacificProDigital.com)
Renny Harlin (nee Lauri Mauritz Harjola; ex of Geena Davis)
Finnish producer, screenwriter, & director of movies (The Legend of Hercules; Driven; Deep Blue Sea; The Long Kiss Goodnight; Cutthroat Island; Cliffhanger; Die Hard 2; Speechless; Blast From the Past; Mindhunters) and TV (Burn Notice; Graceland), born March 15, 1959. (Renny Harlin 2017 Photo: Don Bigileone)
Terence Trent D’Arby (nee Terence Trent Howard)
American songwriter, singer (Wishing Well; Sign Your Name; Dance Little Sister), actor of movies & TV (Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story; Clubland), born March 15, 1962. AKA Sananda Maitreya. (Terence Trent D’arby / Sananda Maitreya 2009: Fotopersbureau De Boer)
Bret Michaels (nee Bret Michael Sychak)
American songwriter & singer of Poison (Every Rose Has Its Thorn; Nothin’ but a Good Time; Talk Dirty to Me), producer, actor & host of movies & TV (Rock of Love with Bret Michaels), born March 15, 1963. Ex-partner of Pamela Anderson. (Bret Michaels 2014: Sgt. Marionne T. Mangrum / U.S.M.C.)
Chris Bruno (nee Christopher Malcolm Bruno; brother of Dylan Bruno)
American producer, director, & actor of TV (Sheriff Walt Bannerman on The Dead Zone; Dennis Wheeler on Another World; All My Children; The Fosters) and film (The World’s Fastest Indian; Last of the Romantics; A Remarkable Life), born March 15, 1966. (Chris Bruno Photo: Courtesy celebrityrepresentation.com)
Mark McGrath
American guitarist and lead singer of Sugar Ray (Fly; Someday; Every Morning; When It’s Over; Falls Apart), actor, host & celebrity personality of movies and TV (Extra; Don’t Forget the Lyrics!), born March 15, 1968. (Mark McGrath 2009 Photo: © Glenn Francis, www.PacificProDigital.com)
Kim Raver (nee Kimberly Jayne Raver; married Manu Boyer)
American actress of TV (Kim Zambrano on Third Watch; Dr. Teddy Altman on Grey’s Anatomy; Audrey Raines on 24 & 24: Live Another Day; Lipstick Jungle; Revolution; Ray Donovan; Designated Survivor) and movies (Night at the Museum), born March 15, 1969. (Kim Raver 2008 Photo: Christopher Peterson)
(Macdonald Carey 1948 | Ruth Bader Ginsburg 1959: Columbia University [colorized])
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on March 15th!
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Sly Stone (nee Sylvester Stewart)
American Rock & Roll Hall of Fame musician, producer, and singer-songwriter with Sly and the Family Stone (Everyday People; Hot Fun in the Summertime; Thank You; Family Affair; Dance to the Music; I Want to Take You Higher) (born Mar. 15, 1943 – died June 9, 2025; age 82). (Sly Stone 2007 Photo: Chris Hakkens)
Phil Lesh (nee Philip Chapman Lesh)
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame American bass guitarist, singer, songwriter, and founding member of the Grateful Dead (Touch of Grey; Box of Rain; Unbroken Chain; Foolish Heart; Hell in a Bucket; Truckin; Scarlet Begonias; Jack Straw; Friend of the Devil) (born Mar. 15, 1940 – died Oct. 25, 2024; age 84). (Phil Lesh 1976 Photo: David Gans)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (nee Joan Ruth Bader)
American lawyer, Rutgers & Columbia law schools professor, ACLU volunteer lawyer, pioneering women’s rights advocate, 1 of 4 female United States Supreme Court Associate Justices (born Mar.15, 1933 – died Sept. 18, 2020; age 87). Ruth Bader Ginsberg died of metastatic pancreatic cancer complications. (Ruth Bader Ginsberg c 2005 Photo: U.S. Gov.)
Macdonald Carey (nee Edward Macdonald Carey)
Daytime Emmy-winning American actor of radio (Stella Dallas), TV (Dr. Tom Horton on Days of Our Lives; Dr. Mark Christian on Dr. Christian; Herbert L. Maris on Lock Up), & movies (Dr. Broadway; These Are The Damned; The Great Gatsby; Tammy and the Doctor) (born Mar. 15, 1913 – died Mar. 21, 1994; age 81). (Macdonald Carey 1951 Cave of Outlaws)
Carl Smith (“Mister Country“; ex of June Carter; father of Carlene Carter)
American Country Music Hall of Fame songwriter, singer (Ten Thousand Drums; Deep Water; Kisses Don’t Lie; Hey Joe; Are You Teasing Me; Loose Talk; Trademark; Deep Water; I Love You Because; Rescue Me; Don’t Just Stand There; I Overlooked an Orchid), and actor (The Badge of Marshal Brennan) (born Mar. 15, 1927 – died Jan. 16, 2010; age 82). (Carl Smith 1961 Buffalo Gun)
George Brent (nee George Brendan Nolan)
Irish TV & film actor (Luxury Liner; Under Suspicion; So Big!; Jezebel; Dark Victory; 42nd Street; In Person; The Painted Veil; ‘Til We Meet Again; The Affairs of Susan; The Spiral Staircase; Lover Come Back; Slave Girl; Miss Pinkerton; Experiment Perilous) (born Mar. 15, 1904 – died May 26, 1979; age 75). Ex of Ruth Chatterton, Constance Worth, & Ann Sheridan. (George Brent 1938)
J. Pat O’Malley (nee James Rudolph O’Malley)
English actor of TV (The Adventures of Spin and Marty; Wendy and Me; Black Saddle; Bonanza; A Touch of Grace; Gunsmoke; Maude; Green Acres; My Favorite Martian; Barney Miller) and movies (Courage of Black Beauty; Gunn; Lassie Come Home) (born Mar. 15, 1904 – died Feb. 27, 1985; age 80). J. Pat O’Malley died of cardiovascular disease. (J. Pat O’Malley 1969 Daniel Boone)
Harry James (ex of Louise Tobin & Betty Grable)
Grammy Hall of Fame American trumpet player, big band leader (You Made Me Love You [I Didn’t Want to Do It]; Sleepy Lagoon), and movie actor (The Outlaw Queen; Springtime in the Rockies; Do You Love Me; If I’m Lucky; I’ll Get By) (born Mar. 15, 1916 – died July 5, 1983; age 67). Harry James had lymphatic cancer before he died. (Harry James 1942 Private Buckaroo)
Lawrence Tierney (brother of Scott Brady & Edward Tierney)
American character actor of movies (Dillinger; The Female Jungle; Reservoir Dogs; Bodyguard; Step by Step; The Devil Thumbs a Ride; Born to Kill; Tough Guys Don’t Dance; Silver Bullet; Prizzi’s Honor) and TV (Sergeant Jenkins on Hill Street Blues) (born Mar. 15, 1919 – died Feb. 26, 2002; age 82). Lawrence Tierney died of pneumonia. (Lawrence Tierney 1951 The Hoodlum)
Songwriters Hall of Fame American lyricist with Neil Sedaka (Breaking Up is Hard to Do; Love Will Keep Us Together; Oh! Carol; Calendar Girl), Jack Keller (Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool; My Heart Has a Mind of It’s Own), & Helen Miller (It Hurts to Be In Love) (born Mar. 15, 1936 – died Mar. 4, 1986; age 49). Howard Greenfield died of AIDS complications. (Howard Greenfield 1961)
American mystery fiction novelist, creator of the Archy McNally, Edward X. Delaney, and Commandment mystery series (The Anderson Tapes; The First Deadly Sin; The Sixth Commandment; McNally’s Secret; Sullivan’s Sting; The Third Deadly Sin; The Timothy Files; Capital Crimes) (born Mar. 15, 1920 – died Feb. 7, 1998; age 77). (Lawrence Sanders 1970s Photo: Nancy Crampton)
German character actor of TV (Softly Softly: Task Force) and films (The Spy Who Loved Me; Moonraker; A View to a Kill; Octopussy; The Living Daylights; The Road to Hong Kong; These Are the Damned; Black Sunday; Attack on the Iron Coast; The File of the Golden Goose) (born Mar. 15, 1924 – died May 5, 1997; age 73). Walter Gotell died of cancer. (Walter Gotell 1980 Cry of the Innocent)
Roland Varno (nee Jacob Frederik Vuerhard)
Dutch film actor (The Blue Angel; The Unwritten Code; My Name is Julia Ross; The Return of the Vampire; Flight to Nowhere; Three Faces West; The Master Key; Three’s a Crowd; Valley of Hunted Men; Mystery Sea Raider; Hostages; As You Desire Me; Betrayal from the East; Balalaika; Underground) (born Mar. 15, 1908 – died May 24, 1996; age 88). (Roland Varno 1947 Scared to Death)
Arthur Hornblow Jr. (married Leonora Schinasi)
American WWI Army intelligence officer, writer, & producer (Witness for the Prosecution; Gaslight; Limehouse Blues; Ruggles of Red Gap; High, Wide and Handsome; The Cat and the Canary; The Ghost Breakers; Arise, My Love; Hold Back the Dawn; Week-end at the Waldorf) (born Mar. 15, 1893 – died July 17, 1976; age 83). Ex of Juliette Crosby & Myrna Loy. (Arthur Hornblow Jr. 1945)
Charles Ray (cousin of Albert Ray)
American screenwriter, producer, and actor of sound & silent movies (The Coward; The Fire Brigade; The Courtship of Myles Standish; Sweet Adeline; The Girl I Loved; Getting Gertie’s Garter; Bright Lights; The Clodhopper; The Garden of Eden; Ticket to a Crime; Welcome Home; Dynamite Smith) (born Mar. 15, 1891 – died Nov. 23, 1943; age 52). (Charles Ray 1914: Motion Picture Magazine)
Joe E. Ross (nee Joseph Roszawikz)
American comedic character actor of movies (The Love Bug; Revenge is My Destiny; All Hands on Deck; The Bellboy; Hear Me Good; Maracaibo) and TV (Sgt. Rupert Ritzik on The Phil Silvers Show; Officer Gunther Toody on Car 54, Where Are You?; It’s About Time) (born Mar. 15, 1914 – died Aug. 13, 1982; age 68). Joe E. Ross died of a heart attack. (Joe E Ross Photo: ABC Television)
Frank Coghlan, Jr. (aka Junior Coghlan)
American film actor (The Adventures of Captain Marvel; Blazing Barriers; The Little Red Schoolhouse; The Public Enemy; Boys Reformatory; Racetrack; The Last of the Mohicans; Penrod and Sam; Let ‘Er Go Gallegher; The Yankee Clipper; Slide, Kelly, Slide), Korean War & WWII US Navy Pilot (born Mar. 15, 1916 – died Sept. 7, 2009; age 93). (Frank Coghlan Jr. 1928: Exhibitors Herald)
Montagu Love (nee Harry Montagu Love)
English film actor (The Mark of Zorro; The Mystic Hour; Don Juan; Clive of India; The Prince and the Pauper; The Life of Emile Zola; The Adventures of Robin Hood; The Son of the Sheik; Limehouse Blues; London By Night; Gunga Din; All This, and Heaven Too; The Cat Creeps; The Gilded Cage; A Dispatch From Reuters) (born Mar. 15, 1877 – died May 17, 1943; age 66). (Montagu Love 1917 Photo)
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