May 15th Birthdays
If you were born on May 15th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Anna Maria Alberghetti is 86
Tony Award-winning Italian singer-actress of stage (Carnival), movies (Here Comes the Groom; The Whole Shebang; Ten Thousand Bedrooms; The Last Command; Duel at Apache Wells; Cinderfella), and TV (The Ed Sullivan Show), born May 15, 1936. (Anna Maria Alberghetti 1959 Photo: CBS TV)
Lainie Kazan is 82 (nee Lainie Levine)
American singer-actress of stage, TV (The Paper Chase; St. Elsewhere; The Nanny; Desperate Housewives; My Big Fat Greek Life; Baretta; Columbo), and movies (Lady in Cement; My Favorite Year; 29th Street; My Big Fat Greek Wedding films), born May 15, 1940. (Lainie Kazan 2007 Photo: John B. Mueller)
Nicholas Hammond is 72
American-Australian actor of movies (Friedrich von Trapp in The Sound of Music; Lord of the Flies), stage, and TV (Peter Parker on The Amazing Spider-Man; General Hospital; Falcon Crest; Dallas; Gunsmoke; The Waltons; Hawaii Five-O), born May 15, 1950. (Nicholas Hammond 1977 Photo: CBS TV)
Frank Wilczek is 71
American theoretical physicist, mathematician (asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction), co-winner of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics, and Professor of Physics at MIT Center for Theoretical Physics, born May 15, 1951. (Franz Wilczek 2007 Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel)
Chazz Palminteri is 70 (nee Calogero Lorenzo Palminteri)
American producer, screenwriter & actor of TV (Rizzoli & Isles; Modern Family; Wiseguy; Blue Bloods) and movies (A Bronx Tale; Bullets Over Broadway; The Usual Suspects; Faithful; Mulholland Falls; Running Scared; Analyze This; Yonkers Joe), born May 15, 1952. (Chazz Palminteri 2010 Photo: Tomdog)
Mike Oldfield is 69
Grammy Award-winning British progressive rock multi-instrumentalist musician (guitar, keyboards, drums, tubular bells), singer, and composer (Mike Oldfield’s Single / Tubular Bells; Moonlight Shadow; Family Man), born May 15, 1953. (Mike Oldfield 2006 Photo: Alex Schweigert)
George Brett is 69
Baseball Hall of Fame American professional baseball player, Kansas City Royals MLB DH & third baseman (1973-1993), 1980 AL MVP, Silver Slugger & Gold Glove Award-winner, 13-time All-Star (1976-1988) & 1985 World Series Champion, born May 15, 1953. (George Brett 1988 Photo)
Lee Horsley is 67
American narrator, host, and actor of stage, audiobooks (Lonesome Dove), TV (Matt Houston; Ethan Allen Cord on Guns of Paradise; Nero Wolfe; Bodies of Evidence; Hawkeye), and movies (The Sword and the Sorcerer; Django Unchained), born May 15, 1955. (Lee Horsley 1981 Nero Wolfe Photo: Ed)
Emmitt Smith is 53 (nee Emmitt James Smith III)
Pro Football Hall of Fame American football player, NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys – 3x Super Bowl Champs 1992, 1993, 1995), 1990 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, & 1993 Super Bowl MVP, born May 15, 1969. (Emmitt Smith 2012 Photo: US Dept. of Health and Human Services)
David Charvet is 50
French singer, model & actor of TV series (Matt Brody on Baywatch; Craig Field on Melrose Place; Dancing With the Stars; The Superstars) and films (Prisoners of the Sun; Meet Prince Charming; The Perfect Teacher; Angel Flight Down; Derby; Secuced and Betrayed), born May 15, 1972.
(Joseph Cotten 1944 | Constance Cummings 1934)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on May 15th!
Remember These May 15th Famous Birthdays
James Mason
English movie star (The Desert Fox; A Star is Born; 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea; Lolita; North by Northwest; A Touch of Larceny; Georgy Girl; Heaven Can Wait; The Boys from Brazil; Madame Bovary; Botany Bay; Voyage of the Damned) (born May 15, 1909 – died July 27, 1984; age 75). James Mason died of a heart attack. (James Mason 1956 Bigger Than Life Trailer)
Joseph Cotten (nee Joseph Cheshire Cotten Jr.)
American actor of radio, stage, TV (The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial) and movies (Citizen Kane; The Magnificent Ambersons; Gaslight; The Farmer’s Daughter; Portrait of Jennie; Niagara; Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte; Airport ’77; The Third Man; Under Capricorn) (born May 15, 1905 – died Feb. 6, 1994; age 88). Joseph Cotten died of pneumonia. (Joseph Cotten 1947 Duel in the Sun)
Constance Cummings (nee Constance Cummings Halverstadt)
Tony-winning American actress of stage & films (Blithe Spirit; Lover Come Back; Washington Merry Go Round; Glamour; This Man is Mine; Seven Sinners; Strangers on a Honeymoon; Remember Last Night?; The Criminal Code; The Mind Reader) (born May 15, 1910 – died Nov. 23, 2005; age 95). Constance Cummings died of natural causes. (Constance Cummings 1932 Photoplay)
Bill Williams (nee Herman August Wilhelm Katt)
American actor of TV (Kit Carson on The Adventures of Kit Carson; Date With the Angels; Assignment: Underwater; Perry Mason; Batman) and movies (Rio Lobo; Hell to Eternity; Son of Paleface; The Cariboo Trail; The Storm Rider; Apache Ambush; The Broken Star) (born May 15, 1915 – died Sept. 21, 1992; age 77). Bill Williams died of a brain tumor. (Bill Williams 1952 The Pace That Thrills)
L. Frank Baum (nee Lyman Frank Baum)
American actor, theatre producer, playwright, newspaper reporter & publisher, best-selling children’s short story writer & novelist (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; Father Goose: His Book; American Fairy Tales; The Last Egyptian; The Emerald City of Oz), and silent movie producer (Oz Films) (born May 15, 1856 – died May 6, 1919; age 62). (L. Frank Baum 1914: Moving Picture World)
Richard Avedon
American fashion (Christian Dior; Vogue) and portrait photographer (Audrey Hepburn, Buster Keaton, Marilyn Monroe), whose works are featured in magazines (Life), books (The American West), art galleries, and museums (born May 15, 1923 – died Oct. 1, 2004; age 81). Richard Avedon died of cerebral hemorrhage complications. (Richard Avedon 2004 Photo:blaze6t9)
Joseph Wiseman
Canadian actor of stage, TV (Masala; Crime Story) and movies (Detective Story; The Silver Chalice, Dr. No; The Valachi Papers; The Betsy; The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz; Viva Zapata!; Buck Rogers in the 25th Century) (born May 15, 1918 – died Oct. 19, 2009; age 91). Cause of death for Joseph Wiseman is unknown. (Joseph Wiseman 1950 Photo: Kate O’Brien)
Turk Broda (nee Walter Edward Broda)
Hockey Hall of Fame Canadian pro hockey player, NHL goalie (Toronto Maple Leafs 1935-1951), Vezina Trophy winner, 1942 Stanley Cup champion, junior hockey coach (QHL – Ottawa Senators; OHA/OHL Toronto Marlboros), (born May 15, 1914 – died Oct. 17, 1972; age 58). Turk Broda died of a heart attack. (Turk Broda 1948 Photo: Toronto Maple Leafs)
Gordon Mills
British-Indian music producer, songwriter (Ten Guitars; Not Responsible; Lady Godiva; It’s Not Unusual; I’ll Never Let You Go; I’m the Lonely One; I’ll Never Get Over You; Clair), & music talent manager (Engelbert Humperdinck; Tom Jones; Gilbert O’Sullivan) (born May 15, 1935 – died July 29, 1986; age 51). Gordon Mills died of stomach cancer.
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