May 11th Birthdays
If you were born on May 11th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Valentino is 90 (nee Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani)
Italian fashion designer, founder Valentino SpA (Valentino Garavani, R.E.D. Valentino; Valentino Roma), designer for celebrities (Elizabeth Taylor, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis), known for his homes, decor, and art collections, born May 11, 1932. (Valentino 2007 Photo: Georges Biard)
Eric Burdon is 81
English songwriter, lead singer of War (Spill the Wine) and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band Eric Burdon and the Animals (The House of the Rising Sun; Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood; Don’t Bring Me Down; San Franciscan Nights; When I Was Young; It’s My Life), born May 11, 1941. (Eric Burdon 1965 Hullabaloo)
Nancy Greene is 79
Canada’s Female Athlete of the 20th Century, Canadian women’s apine ski champion, World Cup winner (1967-1968), 1968 Winter Olympics gold & silver medalist, and Conservative Member of Parliament since 2009, born May 11, 1943. (Nancy Greene 2010 Photo: US Embassy Canada)
Frances Fisher is 70
English-American actress of TV (Deborah Saxon on The Edge of Night; Strange Luck; Resurrection; Becker; Glory Days; Eureka; Guiding Light) and movies (Wild America; True Crime; Titanic; The Lincoln Lawyer; Unforgiven; Patty Hearst; Laws of Attraction), born May 11, 1952. (Frances Fisher 2007 Photo: lukeford.net)
Mike Lupica is 70 (nee Michael Lupica)
American sports columnist (New York Daily News; Esquire Magazine; Golf Digest; Men’s Journal; Travel + Leisure Golf), non-fiction writer, sports mystery novelist (Dead Air, Peter Finley series; No Slam Dunk), born May 11, 1952. (Mike Lupica 2013 Photo: Marc A. Hermann, MTA New York City Transit)
Boyd Gaines is 69
American actor of stage, TV (Mark Royer on One Day at a Time; Piece of Cake; L. A. Law; Angela’s Eyes; Law & Order; Hotel), and movies (Second Best; Driving Miss Daisy; The Sure Thing; Call Me; Heartbreak Ridge; Porky’s; The Confession; Fame), born May 11, 1953. (Boyd Gaines 2013 Photo: Eva Rinaldi)
Roark Critchlow is 59
Canadian actor of TV (Dr. Mike Horton on Days of Our Lives & Friends; Pretty Little Liars; Dr. Ackland on Passions; V; The Bold and the Beautiful; Afterworld; Bordertown; Drake & Josh; 21 Jump Street; Joan of Arcadia; Arrow; Tin Star) and movies (Asylum Days; Buds For Life; Cadence), born May 11, 1963.
Jeffrey Donovan is 54
American actor of TV (Michael Westen on Burn Notice; Dwayne Collins on Another World; Crossing Jordan; Shut Eye; Fargo; The Beat), movies (Believe in Me; Come Early Morning; Sicario; Hitch), and martial arts expert, born May 11, 1968. (Jeffrey Donovan 2009 Photo: Edwin L. Wriston / US Navy)
(Doug McClure 1966 Beau Geste | Margaret Rutherford 1963 The V.I.P.’s / MGM)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on May 11th!
Remember These May 11th Famous Birthdays
Mort Sahl (nee Morton Lyon Sahl)
Grammy Award-winning Canadian-American satirical comedian, writer, host & actor of stage, TV (The Merv Griffin Show; The Jack Paar Tonight Show; The Dick Cavett Show; The Hollywood Squares; What’s My Line?), and movies (Johnny Cool; All the Young Men; In Love and War; Don’t Make Waves; Max Rose) (born May 11, 1927 – died Oct. 26, 2021; age 94). (Mort Sahl 1960 Thriller)
Margaret Rutherford (aka Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford)
Academy Award-winning British actress (Miss Marple) in movies (Blithe Spirit; The Importance of Being Earnest; The V.I.P.s; Murder at the Gallop; Murder Most Foul; The Mouse on the Moon; Arabella; Mad About Men) (born May 11, 1892 – died May 22, 1972; age 80). Margaret Rutherford had Alzheimer’s Disease before she died. (Margaret Rutherford 1964 Murder Ahoy Trailer: MGM)
Salvador Dalí (nee Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech)
Spanish cubist, futurist, and surrealist artist (Lobster Telephone), painter (The Persistence of Memory; The Elephants; The Madonna of Port Lligat; The Swallow’s Tail), sculptor (Mae West Lips Sofa; Homage to Newton), and photographer (born May 11, 1904 – died Jan. 23, 1989; age 84). Salvador Dalí died of heart failure. (Salvador Dalí 1957 What’s My Line?)
Irving Berlin (nee Israel Isidore Baline)
Academy Award-winning Russian-American lyricist & composer (Alexander’s Ragtime Band; Easter Parade; White Christmas; Happy Holiday; Always; There’s No Business Like Show Business; Puttin’ On the Ritz; God Bless America; Blue Skies; A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody; Cheek to Cheek; What’ll I Do) (born May 11, 1888 – died Sept. 22, 1989; age 101). (Irving Berlin 1906 Photo: Life)
Doug McClure
American actor of TV (Trampas on The Virginian; Kyle X. Applegate on Out of This World; Checkmate; Barbary Coast) and movies (The King’s Pirate; Nobody’s Perfect; Beau Geste; Because They’re Young; The Lively Set; Shenandoah; Gidget; The Land That Time Forgot) (born May 11, 1935 – died Feb. 5, 1995; age 59). Doug McClure died of lung cancer. (Doug McClure 1966 Beau Geste)
American actor of TV (Uncle Jesse on The Dukes of Hazzard; The Doris Day Show; Tammy; The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams; Gunsmoke; The Andy Griffith Show; Bonanza; The Rifleman) and movies (Tammy and the Millionaire; Return From Witch Mountain) (born May 11, 1920 – died Dec. 25, 1997; age 77). Denver Pyle died of lung cancer. (Denver Pyle 1961 Zane Grey Theater)
Phil Silvers (nee Philip Silver or Philip Silversmith; “The King of Chutzpah“)
Tony Award-winning American comedian, actor of stage, TV (The Phil Silvers Show; The Beverly Hillbillies) & movies (It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; Cover Girl; Top Banana; Racquet) (born May 11, 1911 – died Nov. 1, 1985; age 74). Phil Silvers died of natural causes. (Phil Silvers 1958 The Phil Silvers Show Photo: CBS TV)
Bernard Fox (nee Bernard Lawson)
Welsh actor of TV (Dr. Bombay on Bewitched, Tabitha, & Passions; Colonel Crittendon on Hogan’s Heroes; Three Live Wires; General Hospital; Make Room for Daddy; The Andy Griffith Show) and movies (Munster, Go Home!; The Rescuers; The Mummy; Titanic) (born May 11, 1927 – died Dec. 14, 2016; age 89). Bernard Fox died of heart failure. (Bernard Fox 1966 12 O’Clock High)
Natasha Richardson (aka Mrs. Robert Fox & Mrs. Liam Neeson)
English actress of stage & films (The Handmaid’s Tale; Patty Hearst; Gothic; Fat Man and Little Boy; The Parent Trap; The Comfort of Strangers; Widows’ Peak; Maid in Manhattan; Past Midnight; The White Countess) (born May 11, 1963 – died Mar. 18, 2009; age 45). Natasha Richardson died of an epidural hematoma from a skiing accident. (Natasha Richardson 1999: bucksboy)
Martha Graham
American National Women’s Hall of Fame modern dance choreographer, ballet dancer, creator of the Graham technique style of dance (Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance; Martha Graham Dance Company) (born May 11, 1894 – died Apr. 1, 1991; age 96). Cause of death for Martha Graham was pneumonia. (Martha Graham 1948 Photo: Yousuf Karsh)
Kent Taylor (nee Louis William Weiss)
American actor of TV (Boston Blackie; Capt. Jim Flagg on The Rough Riders; Zorro; Hawaiian Eye) and movies (The Mysterious Rider; The Lady Fights Back; The County Chairman; I’m Still Alive; Ramona; White Woman; I’m No Angel; Sunset Pass) (born May 11, 1907 – died Apr. 11, 1987; age 79). Kent Taylor died of heart surgery complications. (Kent Taylor 1961 The Purple Hills)
American film actor, producer & director (Sherlock Holmes; Arizona; Murder in the Family; American Aristocracy; In Again, Out Again; Late Extra; Second Youth; The Haunted House; The Branded Woman; Troubled Waters; The Riverside Murder; The Rejected Woman; The Black Pirate; The Love of Sunya) (born May 11, 1885 – died Aug. 10, 1974; age 89) (Albert Parker 1926)
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