May 7th Birthdays
If you were born on May 7th you share a birthday with these famous people:
Val Bisoglio is 94 (nee Italo Valentino Bisoglio)
American actor of TV (Danny Tovo on Quincy M.E.; The Doctors; Roll Out; Working Stiffs; The Edge of Night; Police Woman; The Sopranos; M*A*S*H; Ironside; Barney Miller; The Rockford Files; All in the Family) & movies (Saturday Night Fever), born May 7, 1926. (Val Bisoglio 1973 The Marcus-Nelson Murders)
Robin Strasser is 75 (nee Robin Victory in Europe Strasser)
Daytime Emmy Award-winning American actress of TV (Dorian Lord on One Life to Live; The Secret Storm; Rachel Davis Matthews on Another World & Somerset; Knots Landing; All My Children; Hecuba on Passions), and septuagenarian born May 7, 1945. (Robin Strasser 1971 Photo: NBC TV)
American 60+ screenwriter, producer, & director of TV and movies (Fast Times at Ridgemont High; Clueless; Johnny Dangerously; National Lampoon’s European Vacation; Look Who’s Talking films; A Night at the Roxbury; Molly; Loser; Red Oaks), born May 7, 1952. (Amy Heckerling 2018 Photo: Greg2600)
Peter Reckell is 65
Sixty-plus American actor of TV (Bo Brady on Days of Our Lives; Johnny Rourke on Knots Landing; Eric Hollister on As The World Turns; Richard on Venice the Series; Shades of Love: Moonlight Flight) and movies (Broken Bridges; Street Dreams), born May 7, 1955. (Peter Reckell 2006 Photo: Jennifer Tse)
Michael E. Knight is 61 (nee Michael Edward Knight)
Daytime Emmy Award-winning 55+ American actor of TV (Tad Martin on One Life to Live and All My Children; Dr. Simon Neville on The Young and the Restless) and movies (Baby It’s You; Date with an Angel; Hexed; Enchanted; Ash Tuesday), born May 7, 1959. (Michael E. Knight 1985 All My Children Promo: ABC)
Traci Lords is 52 (nee Nora Louise Kuzma)
Fifty-plus American singer, actress of TV (Profiler; Melrose Place; Roseanne; First Wave; Eastsiders; Swedish Dicks), movies (Zack and Miri Make a Porno; Novel Romance; Epicenter; Extramarital; Blade; Cry-Baby), & former adult film actress born May 7, 1968. (Traci Lords 2006 Photo: Paul J. Alessi)
(Beagle Puppy Photo: Marten Bjork via Unsplash)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on May 7th!
And remembering
Gary Cooper (nee Frank James Cooper)
Academy Award-winning American actor (High Noon; Mr. Deeds Goes to Town; The Pride of the Yankees; Sergeant York; The Virginian; His Woman; A Farewell to Arms; Souls at Sea; The Westerner; Saratoga Trunk; Friendly Persuasion; The Fountainhead) (born May 7, 1901 – died May 13, 1961; age 60). Gary Cooper died of cancer. (Gary Cooper 1942 Meet John Doe)
Anne Baxter
Academy Award-winning American actress of stage, TV (Victoria Cabot on Hotel), & movies (The Razor’s Edge; All About Eve; The Pied Piper; The Magnificent Ambersons; The Blue Gardenia; Follow the Sun; The Luck of the Irish) (born May 7, 1923 – died Dec. 12, 1985; age 62). Cause of death for Anne Baxter was a stroke. (Anne Baxter 1953 I Confess Trailer)
Teresa Brewer (nee Theresa Veronica Breuer)
American singer (Music! Music! Music!; Till I Waltz Again with You; Ricochet; I Love Mickey; You Send Me; Have You Ever Been Lonely?; A Tear Fell; Let Me Go, Lover; Old Man Mose), dancer & actress (Those Redheads from Seattle) (born May 7, 1931 – died Oct. 17, 2007; age 76). Teresa Brewer died of a neuromuscular disease. (Teresa Brewer 1957 Photo: NEA Service)
Johnny Unitas (nee John Constantine Unitas)
Pro Football Hall of Fame American professional football player, NFL quarterback (Pittsburgh Steelers; Baltimore Colts; San Diego Chargers), 3-time NFL MVP (1959, 1964, 1967), and 1970 NFL Man of the Year (born May 7, 1933 – died Sept. 11, 2002; age 69). Johnny Unitas died of a heart attack. (Johnny Unitas 1967 Photo: Malcolm W. Emmons / The Sporting News)
Darren McGavin (nee William Lyle Richardson)
American actor of stage, TV (Mike Hammer; Riverboat; Crime Photographer; Kolchak: The Night Stalker; The Outsider; Murphy Brown; The Virginian; Gunsmoke), and movies (A Christmas Story; Billy Madison; Airport ’77) (born May 7, 1922 – died Feb. 25, 2006; age 83). Darren McGavin died of cardiovascular disease. (Darren McGavin 1972 Kolchak: The Night Stalker: ABC/MGM)
Gabby Hayes (nee George Francis Hayes)
American film actor (The Cariboo Trail; Return of the Bad Men; My Pal Trigger; Wild Horse Mesa; In Old Santa Fe; The Texas Rangers; Sunset Trail; Melody Ranch; Song of Arizona), & The Gabby Hayes Show host (born May 7, 1885 – died Feb. 9, 1969; age 83). Gabby Hayes had cardiovascular disease before he died. (Gabby Hayes 1953 Photo: NBC)
Edwin Land
American scientist and inventor (Polaroid instant camera, filters for polarizing light), co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation, instrumental in Cold War intelligence photography developments (U-2 program; Genetrix balloon cameras) (born May 7, 1909– died Mar. 1, 1991; age 81). Cause of death for Edwin Land is unknown. (Edwin Land 1958 Photo: Kirk Olson)
John Ingle
American actor of TV (Edward Quartermaine on General Hospital & Port Charles; Days of Our Lives; Big Love; The Drew Carey Show; The Land Before Time; Life Goes On; Knots Landing; The Facts of Life) & movies (Heathers; RoboCop 2; Batman & Robin) (born May 7, 1928 – died Sept. 16, 2012; age 84). John Ingle had cancer before his death. (John Ingle 2006 Photo: Jfer21)
American pioneering “palimony” lawyer for celebrity clients (Michelle Triola, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Joan Collins, Bianca Jagger), “A divorce lawyer is a chameleon with a law book“, later disbarred and jailed for unpaid taxes (born May 7, 1928 – died Sept. 18, 2004; age 76). Marvin Mitchelson died of cancer. (Marvin Mitchelson 1979 Photo: United Press International Photo)
Robert Hegyes
American actor of stage, TV (Juan Epstein on Welcome Back, Kotter; Manny Esposito on Cagney & Lacey; So Little Time; The Streets of San Francisco), and movies (Just Tell Me You Love Me; The Pandora Project; Purpose) (born May 7, 1951 – died Jan. 26, 2012; age 60). Robert Hegyes died of a heart attack. (Robert Hegyes 1976 Welcome Back, Kotter Photo: ABC Television Network)
Jimmy Ruffin (nee Jimmie Lee Ruffin; aka James Lee Ruffin)
American Motown, Polydor & Chess Records soul singer (What Becomes of the Brokenhearted; I’ve Passed This Way Before; Hold On [To My Love]; Gonna Giver Her All the Love I’ve Got; Farewell is a Lonely Sound) (born May 7, 1936 – died Nov. 17, 2014; age 78). Cause of death for Jimmy Ruffin is unknown. (Jimmy Ruffin 1967 Photo: Motown / Billboard)
Roger Perry
American actor of TV (Harrigan and Son; Arrest and Trial; The Facts of Life; Falcon Crest; Barnaby Jones; Ironside; The F.B.I.; Love, American Style) and movies (The Cat; The Flying Fontaines; Follow the Boys; Heaven With a Gun; Count Yorga, Vampire) (born May 7, 1933 – died July 12, 2018; age 85). Roger Perry died of prostate cancer. (Roger Perry 1975 Movin’ On)
Frank J. Scannell (nee Francis J. Scannell)
American actor of TV (Bat Masterson; The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp; Crossroads; The Untouchables; The Restless Gun; Mrs. & Mrs. North; The Big Valley; Dragnet) and movies (Arson for Hire; The Night the World Exploded; The Incredible Shrinking Man) (born May 7, 1903 – died Nov. 29, 1989; age 86). Cause of death for Frank J. Scannell is unknown. (Frank J. Scannell 1960 Tombstone Territory)
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