May 2nd Birthdays
If you were born on May 2nd you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Martha Grimes is 91
American crime fiction novelist, author of Emma Graham (Hotel Paradise), Andi Oliver (Biting the Moon), & Richard Jury mystery series (The Man With a Load of Mischief; The Deer Leap; The Blue Last; The Old Wine Shades), born May 2, 1931. (Martha Grimes Photo: By permission © MarthaGrimes.Com)
Engelbert Humperdinck is 86 (nee Arnold George Dorsey)
British singer (Release Me [And Let Me Love Again]; There Goes My Everything; The Last Waltz; A Man Without Love; After the Lovin’; This Moment in Time; Ten Guitars; Am I That Easy to Forget), and TV host (The Engelbert Humperdinck Show), born May 2, 1936. (Engelbert Humperdinck 1970 Photo: ABC)
Quinn Redeker is 86 (nee Quinn K. Redeker)
American screenwriter (The Deer Hunter), actor of TV (Rex Sterling on The Young and the Restless; Days of Our Lives; Dan Raven) and films (Ordinary People; The Candidate; The Electric Horseman), born May 2, 1936. (Quinn Redeker Photo: The Three Stooges Meet Hercules 1962 Trailer | Columbia)
Jo Ann Pflug is 82
American character & voice over actress, celebrity panelist, and host of TV (Fantastic Four; Operation Petticoat; The Fall Guy; Rituals; Match Game; Quincy M.E.; The Love Boat; McCloud) & movies (MASH; Catlow; Traveller), born May 2, 1940. (Jo Ann Pflug 1976 Bracken’s World Photo: NBC TV)
Bianca Jagger is 77 (nee Bianca Pérez-Mora Macias)
British-Nicaraguan human rights advocate (Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation founder; Amnesty International USA member), former model, studio 54 socialite and jet-setter, ex-wife of Mick Jagger, and actress of TV & movies (The Cannonball Run), born May 2, 1945. (Bianca Jagger 1960s Photo: www.tiinathestore.com)
David Suchet is 76
English actor of stage, TV (Inspector Hercule Poirot on Agatha Christie’s Poirot; Oppenheimer; Freud) and movies (The Missionary; The Little Drummer Girl; The Falcon and the Snowman; Executive Decision; Iron Eagle; Harry and the Hendersons), born May 2, 1946. (David Suchet 2006 Photo: Phil Chambers)
Larry Gatlin is 74
American songwriter, gospel and Grammy Award-winning country music singer of Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers (Broken Lady; All the Gold in California; She Used to Be Somebody’s Baby; Sure Feels Like Love), born May 2, 1948. (Larry Gatlin 2008 Photo: Senior Airman Marleah Miller / USAF)
Lou Gramm is 72 (nee Louis Andrew Grammatico)
Songwriter’s Hall of Fame American singer-songwriter solo (Midnight Blue) & with Foreigner (I Want to Know What Love Is; Cold as Ice; Double Vision; Hot Blooded; Urgent; Feels Like the First Time; Dirty White Boy; Head Games; Juke Box Hero; Waiting For a Girl Like You), born May 2, 1950. (Lou Gramm 1979 Photo: Misterweiss)
Christine Baranski is 70
Emmy Award-winning American actress of TV (Diane Lockhart on The Good Wife; Cybill; The Big Bang Theory; Another World; All My Children) & movies (9 1/2 Weeks; Bowfinger; How the Grinch Stole Christmas; The Birdcage; Mamma Mia), born May 2, 1952. (Christine Baranski 1997 Photo: Alan Light)
Donatella Versace is 67
Italian socialite, fashion designer (Versace Green dress / Jungle-Dress), V.P. & head designer of Versace Group (bedding, furniture, perfumes, Palazzo Versace hotel), and sister of Gianni Versace, born May 2, 1955. (Donatella Versace 1990 Photo)
Dwayne Johnson is 50 (“The Rock“)
American 8X WWE champ, producer & actor of TV (WWE Raw; Spencer Strasmore on Ballers & Seven Bucks Digital Studios; Baywatch) & films (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle; The Scorpion King; Furious 7; The Other Guys; Walking Tall), born May 2, 1972. (Dwayne Johnson 2009 Photo: David Shankbone)
(Vernon Castle 1915 The Whirl of Life | Norma Talmadge 1922: Ann Brockman)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on May 2nd!
Remember These May 2nd Famous Birthdays
Lesley Gore (nee Lesley Sue Goldstein)
American LGBT activist, TV host (In the Life), Fame soundtrack composer, and singer-songwriter (It’s My Party; Judy’s Turn to Cry; You Don’t Own Me; Look of Love; Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows; California Nights; My Secret Love; all of My Life) (born May 2, 1946 – died Feb. 16, 2015; age 68). Lesley Gore died of lung cancer. (Lesley Gore early 1960s Photo: Mike Licht)
Dr. Benjamin Spock (nee Benjamin McLane Spock)
American pediatrician, best-selling author (The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care, A Baby’s First Year), and member of the 1924 Olympic all-Yale men’s eight rowing gold medal team (born May 2, 1903 – died Mar. 15, 1998; age 94). Dr. Spock’s cause of death is unknown. (Dr. Benjamin Spock 1967 Photo: Benedict J. Fernandez / George Eastman House)
Roscoe Lee Browne
American poet, playwright, director and Emmy Award-winning actor of TV (Soap; A Different World; The Cosby Show) and movies (The Cowboys; Black Like Me; The Comedians; Uptown Saturday Night; Legal Eagles) (born May 2, 1922 – died Apr. 11, 2007; age 84). Roscoe Lee Browne died of stomach cancer. (Roscoe Lee Browne 1979 Photo: CBS Network / The Morning Call)
Norma Talmadge
American silent movie producer & actress (The Safety Curtain; Smilin’ Through; The Eternal Flame; Within the Law; Kiki; Camille; The Dove; The Stumbling Block; Poppy; Du Barry, Woman of Passion) (born May 2, 1894 – died Dec. 24, 1957; age 63). (Norma Talmadge 1929 A Year From Today Photo: Bain News Service)
William Bakewell (aka Billy Bakewell)
American TV & film actor (All Quiet on the Western Front; Hop Harrigan serial; Gold Diggers of Broadway; Dance, Fools, Dance; Mile a Minute Love; Sea Spoilers; Lady Luck; The Postman Didn’t Ring; The Bat Whispers; While Paris Sleeps; A Woman of Experience; Playing Around; The Iron Mask; West Point) (born May 2, 1908 – died Apr. 15, 1993; age 84). (William Bakewell 1931)
Theodore Bikel
Austrian-American folk singer, guitarist, and actor of stage, TV (Another World; Falcon Crest; Dynasty; Burke’s Law), & movies (Escape From the Iron Curtain; The Blue Angel; The Defiant Ones; A Dog of Flanders; My Side of the Mountain; Never Let Me Go; Forbidden Cargo) (born May 2, 1924 – died July 21, 2015; age 91). (Theodore Bikel 1958 Kraft Television Theatre Photo)
Don Marshall
American actor of TV (Dan Erickson on Land of the Giants; Senator Ed Lawrence on Capitol; Daktari; The Alfred Hitchcock Hour; Julia; Dragnet 1967; Police Story) & films (Terminal Island; Sergeant Ryker; The Thing with Two Heads), producer of TV commercials & documentaries (DJM Productions) (born May 2, 1936 – died Oct. 30, 2016; age 80). (Don Marshall 1969 Land of the Giants: ABC Television)
Hedda Hopper (nee Elda Furry)
American actress of radio & films (The Stolen Jools; Our Blushing Brides; Venus of Venice; As You Desire Me; Topper; Society Fever; Sunset Boulevard), L.A. Times gossip columnist (Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood), supporter of HUAC hearings & the blacklist (born May 2, 1885 – died Feb. 1, 1966; age 80). Hedda Hopper died of pneumonia. (Hedda Hopper 1930 Photo: Photoplay)
Brian Aherne (nee William Brian de Lacy Aherne)
English actor of stage, TV, and movies (The Lady in Question; What Every Woman Knows; I Live My Life; Sylvia Scarlett; Beloved Enemy; The Great Garrick; Juarez; My Sister Eileen; The Hired Wife; A Night to Remember; Titanic; Prince Valiant; Susan Slade) (born May 2, 1902 – died Feb. 10, 1986; age 83). Brian Aherne died of heart failure. (Brian Aherne 1953 I Confess Trailer)
Vernon Castle (nee William Vernon Blyth)
English ballroom dancer (Foxtrot; Castle Walk; Maxixe), Castle House dancing school founder & dance teacher with wife Irene Castle (nee Foote), performer of vaudeville, Broadway stages, & silent films (The Whirl of Life), decorated WWII pilot (Croix de Guerre) and flight instructor (born May 2, 1887 – died Feb. 15, 1918; age 30). Vernon Castle died in a plane crash. (Vernon Castle 1915 [colorized])
American actor of TV (George Shumway on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman; Barney Miller; Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine; General Hospital; Ryan’s Hope), movies (A Thousand Clowns; The Great Waldo Pepper; The Out of Towners; The Stunt Man; Harry and Tonto; Corvette Summer) (born May 2, 1931 – died Feb. 8, 2012; age 80). (Philip Bruns 1965 12 O’Clock High)
Erin O’Brien-Moore (nee Annette O’Brien-Moore)
American actress of TV (Miss Choate on Peyton Place; The Ruggles; My Friend Flicka) and movies (Peyton Place; Dangerous Corner; Little Men; The Life of Emile Zola; Ring Around the Moon; The Family Secret; Green Light; The Long Gray Line) (born May 2, 1902 – died May 3, 1979; age 77). Erin O’Brien-Moore died of cancer. (Erin O’Brien-Moore 1937 The Life of Emile Zola Trailer)
Eddie Collins (nee Edward Trowbridge Collins; “Cocky“)
American Baseball Hall of Fame MLB second baseman 1906-1930 (Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Sox, 1914 AL MVP & 6-time World Series winner, MLB coach, manager & GM (Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox), (born May 2, 1887– died Mar. 25, 1951; age 63). Eddie Collins died of heart problems. (Eddie Collins 1911 Photo: Bain News Service)
Aileen Riggin (aka Aileen Riggin Soule)
American International Swimming Hall of Fame springboard diving national champion, 1920 Antwerp Olympic Games 3m springboard diving gold medalist, 1924 Paris Olympics 3m springboard diving silver & 100m backstroke bronze (born May 2, 1906 – died Oct. 17, 2002; age 96). Aileen Riggin Soule died of natural causes. (Aileen Riggin 1920 Photo: Agence Rol)
Songwriters Hall of Fame American lyricist (Blue Moon; Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered; Dancing on the Ceiling; Isn’t It Romantic?; With a Song in My Heart; The Lady is a Tramp; My Funny Valentine), co-writer with Richard Rodgers of Broadway musicals & movies (Babes in Arms; Pal Joey) (born May 2, 1895 – died Nov. 22, 1943; age 48). (Lorenz Hart 1919: Exhibitors Herald-World)
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