November 9th Birthdays
If you were born on November 9th, you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Robert David Hall is 75
American double amputee, musician, voice-over & character actor of TV (Dr. Al Robbins on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; The Littles; G.I. Joe; Life Goes On; The Practice; L.A. Law) and movies (The Negotiator; Rock Story), born November 9, 1947. (Robert David Hall 2007 Photo: Christopher Voelker)
Lou Ferrigno is 71
American bodybuilder (1973 & 1974 Mr. Universe), fitness trainer & model (Muscle & Fitness), actor of TV (The Incredible Hulk; Trauma Center; The King of Queens) and movies (Pumping Iron; Hercules; Sinbad of the Seven Seas) born November 9, 1951. (Lou Ferrigno 2004 Photo: Raven Underdoow)
Eric Dane is 50 (nee Eric William T. Melvin-Dane; married Rebecca Gayheart)
American actor of TV (Dr. Mark Sloan on Grey’s Anatomy & Private Practice; Tom Chandler on The Last Ship; Charmed; Gideon’s Crossing) and films (Burlesque; Valentine’s Day; Marley & Me; X Men: The Last Stand; The Basket), born November 9, 1972. (Eric Dane 2017 Photo: Gage Skidmore)
Nick Lachey is 49 (married Vanessa Minnillo; ex of Jessica Simpson)
American 98 Degrees singer (Thank God I Found You; Because of You; Give Me Just One Night; The Hardest Thing; Invisible Man; What’s Left of Me), actor & personality of films & TV (Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica; Charmed), born November 9, 1973. Brother of Drew Lachey. (Nick Lachey 2005: Craig Sjodin)
(Hedy Lamarr 1939: Paul Hesse | Marie Dressler 1931)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on November 9th!
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American actor of TV (Mac Robinson on Night Court; Abe Johnson on Love & War; Hart of Dixie; Buffalo Bill; Home Improvement; Ink; Flamingo Road; Mom; This is Us), movies (River’s End; Set It Off; Beowulf; Jackson; Even Money; Gray Lady Down; The River; Drive, He Said; Steam; Maybe Someday) (born Nov. 9, 1945 – died July 11, 2021; age 75). (Charles Robinson 1975 Black Gestapo)
Bob Gibson (nee Robert Gibson; “Gibby” or “Hoot“)
Baseball Hall of Fame American professional baseball player, St. Louis Cardinals MLB pitcher (1959-1975), 1968 NL MVP, 2-time Cy Young Award Winner (1968, 1970) & World Series Champ (1964, 1967), 9-time MLB All-Star and Gold Glove winner (born Nov. 9, 1925 – died Oct. 2, 2020; age 84). Bob Gibson died of pancreatic cancer. (Bob Gibson 1962 Photo: Baseball Digest)
Hedy Lamarr (nee Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler; )
National Inventors Hall of Fame (WWII torpedo radio guidance system) Austrian-American movie actress (Algiers; White Cargo; Samson and Delilah; The Female Animal; I Take This Woman; Comrade X; Dishonored Lady; Ziegfeld Girl) (born Nov. 9, 1914 – died Jan. 19, 2000; age 85). Ex of Gene Markey, John Loder & Fritz Mandl. (Hedy Lamarr 1944 The Conspirators Trailer)
Florence Chadwick
International Swimming Hall of fame American long distance ocean swimmer, first woman to swim the English Channel both ways, the Straits of Gibraltar, & the Catalina Channel, in record-setting time; Catalina swimsuit spokesperson (born Nov. 9, 1918 – died Mar. 15, 1995; age 76). Florence Chadwick died of leukemia. (Florence Chadwick 1963)
Mary Travers (ex of Barry Feinstein)
Grammy Award-winning American folk singer & songwriter in 1960s Vocal Group Hall of Fame trio Peter, Paul & Mary (If I Had a Hammer; Blowin’ in the Wind; Puff, the Magic Dragon; Leaving on a Jet Plane) (born Nov. 9, 1936 – died Sept 16, 2009; age 72). Mary Travers had leukemia and died after a bone marrow transplant. (Mary Travers 1964 The Jack Benny Program)
Dorothy Dandridge (ex of Harold Nicholas)
American singer, dancer & film actress (Carmen Jones; Porgy and Bess; Island in the Sun; Bright Road; Malaga; Remains to Be Seen; Lady From Louisiana; The Decks Ran Red; Bahama Passage; Sundown; Sun Valley Serenade; The Harlem Globetrotters) (born Nov. 9, 1922 – died Sept. 8, 1965; age 42). Dorothy Dandridge died of an accidental overdose. (Dorothy Dandridge 1959)
Mae Marsh (nee Mary Marsh; sister of Marguerite, Frances & Oliver Marsh)
Actress of silent & classic films (Polly of the Circus; Intolerance; The Birth of a Nation; Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm; Bachelor of Arts; Over the Hill; Impact; While the City Sleeps; The Fighting Kentuckian; 3 Godfathers; A Letter to Three Wives; The Grapes of Wrath; The Quiet Man; The Gunfighter) (born Nov. 9, 1894 – died Feb. 13, 1968; age 73). (Mae Marsh 1914)
American actor of classic & silent films (The Plainsman; The Ghost Walks; The Sea Bat; Our Blushing Brides; Susan Lenox [Her Fall and Rise]; Possessed; The Rich Are Always With Us; Whistling in the Dark; Belle of the Nineties; Show Girl in Hollywood; Devil’s Island; Almost a Lady; The Final Extra; The Yankee Clipper) (born Nov. 9, 1892 – died Jan. 24, 1960; age 67). (John Miljan 1925)
Carl Sagan (married Ann Druyan)
Pulitzer Prize-winning American astrophysicist, astrobiologist, astronomer, natural science researcher (SETI / extraterrestrial life & communications), science fiction novelist (Contact; The Dragons of Eden), & screenwriter (Cosmos: A Personal Voyage), (born Nov. 9, 1934 – died Dec. 20, 1996; age 62). Carl Sagan died of pneumonia. (Carl Sagan 1970 Photo: NASA JPL)
Marie Dressler (nee Leila Marie Koerber)
Academy Award-winning Canadian-American comedic actress of vaudeville, Broadway stages, silent movies & early films until 1933 (Min and Bill; Dinner at Eight; Tillie’s Punctured Romance; Tugboat Annie; Emma; Christopher Bean; Anna Christie) (born Nov. 9, 1868 – died July 28, 1934; age 65). Marie Dressler died of cancer. (Marie Dressler 1933 Dinner at Eight Trailer)
Robert Douglas (nee Robert Douglas Finlayson; ex of Dorothy Hyson)
British movie & TV director (12 O’Clock High; Adam-12; The F.B.I.; 77 Sunset Strip; Cannon; The Streets of San Francisco; Medical Center; Barnaby Jones; Hawaiian Eye; Trapper John, M.D.), and film actor (Adventures of Don Juan; The Flame and the Arrow; Homicide; Kim; The Fountainhead) (born Nov. 9, 1909 – died Jan. 11, 1999; age 89). (Robert Douglas 1952 The Prisoner of Zenda)
Gertrude Astor (nee Gertrude Irene Eyster)
American film actress (Ship of Souls; Kentucky Pride; Stage Struck; The Cat and the Canary; The Boy Friend; The Little Orphan; Rupert of Hentzau) & extra (3 Godfathers; Harvey; All About Eve; How Green Was My Valley; Sunset Boulevard; The Great Ziegfeld; The Story of Seabiscuit) (born Nov. 9, 1887 – died Nov. 9, 1977; age 90). Gertrude Astor died of a stroke. (Gertrude Astor 1926)
Edna May Oliver (nee Edna May Nutter)
American actress of stage, silent films (The American Venus), and classic movies (Drums Along the Mohawk; Cimarron; David Copperfield; Fanny Foley Herself; Little Women; A Tale of Two Cities; The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle; Pride and Prejudice; Romeo and Juliet; Lydia) (born Nov. 9, 1883 – died Nov. 9, 1942; age 59). (Edna May Oliver 1931 Illustration: Motion Picture Herald)
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