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)
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 March 15, 1943. (Sly Stone 2007 Photo: Chris Hakkens)
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])
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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)
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)
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)
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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