September 13th Birthdays
If you were born on September 13th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Barbara Bain
(nee Mildred Fogel; ex of Martin Landau)
American model, actress of stage, TV (Dr. Helena Russell on Space: 1999; Cinnamon Carter on Mission: Impossible; Richard Diamond, Private Detective), & movies (Gideon; American Gun; Silver Skies), born September 13, 1931. Mother of Susan & Juliet Landau. (Barbara Bain 1971 Murder Once Removed)
David Clayton-Thomas (nee David Henry Thomsett)
Grammy Award-winning British-Canadian Music Hall of Fame songwriter (Walk That Walk), Blood, Sweat & Tears lead singer (Spinning Wheel; You Made Me So Very Happy; And When I Die; God Bless the Child; Brain Washed), born September 13, 1941. (David Clayton-Thomas Publicity Photo: Marie Byers)
Jacqueline Bisset (nee Winifred Jacqueline Fraser Bisset)
English actress of TV (Nip/Tuck) & movies (The Detective; Bullitt; Airport; Rich and Famous; The Deep; The Greek Tycoon; Class; Wild Orchid; The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean), born September 13, 1944. Dated Michael Sarrazin, Alexander Godunov, others. (Jacqueline Bisset 1967 The Cape Town Affair)
Peter Cetera
Grammy Award-winning Rock & Roll Hall of Fame American bass guitarist, singer & songwriter (Glory of Love; The Next Time I Fall; One Good Woman; After All [Cher duet]; Restless Heart) for Chicago (If You Leave Me Now), born September 13, 1944. (Peter Cetera 2004 Photo: RPrinter @ English Wikipedia)
Jean Smart (married Richard Gilliland)
American actress of stage, TV (Charlene Frazier Stillfield on Designing Women; Kim Possible; Samantha Who?; 24; In-Laws; The District; Fargo), and movies (Snow Day; The Kid; Sweet Home Alabama; Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey), born September 13, 1951. (Jean Smart 1989 Photo: Alan Light)
Michael Johnson
World & Olympic record-setting American 200m & 400m sprinter, 8-time World Champion & 4-time Olympic gold medalist (1992 Barcelona 4 x 400m relay; 1996 Atlanta 200m & 400m; 2000 Sydney 400m), born September 13, 1967. (Michael Johnson 2018 Photo: BenchmarkPatrick)
Tyler Perry (nee Emmitt Perry Jr.)
American filmmaker & actor of TV (The Haves and the Have Nots; For Better or Worse; If Loving You is Wrong; Meet The Browns) and movies (Diary of a Mad Black Woman; Madea’s Family Reunion), born September 13, 1969. (Tyler Perry 1998 Photo: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com)
(Claudette Colbert 1947: Schafer | Dick Haymes 1945: Powolny)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on September 13th!
Remember These September 13th Famous Birthdays
Eileen Fulton (nee Margaret Elizabeth McLarty)
Soap Opera Hall of Fame American singer-actress of stage, television (Lisa Hughes on As the World Turns 1960-2010, and Our Private World in 1965), & movies (The Drum Beats Twice; Tinsel Town); mystery novelist (Take One For Murder) (born Sept. 13, 1933 – died July 14, 2025; age 91). (Eileen Fulton 1965: CBS TV)
Joe. E. Tata
American character actor of television (Nat Bussichio on Beverly Hills, 90210 and 90210; Batman; The Rockford Files; General Hospital; Days of Our Lives; Hill Street Blues; The F.B.I.; Adam-12; Mission: Impossible) & movies (Love is Like That) (born Sept. 13, 1936 – died Aug. 24, 2022; age 85). Joe E. Tata had Alzheimer’s disease before he died. (Joe E. Tata 1966 The Time Tunnel)
American executive and TV producer for ABC, CBS, and NBC (Matlock; Diagnosis Murder; Jake and the Fatman; In the Heat of the Night; Father Dowling Mysteries; Perry Mason TV movies; Thicke of the Night; The Mighty Orbots; Meatballs and Spaghetti) (born Sept. 13, 1937 – died Jan. 30, 2020; age 82). Fred Silverman died of cancer. (Fred Silverman 1978 Photo: NBC)
Jimmy McLane (nee James Price McLane Jr.)
International Swimming Hall of Fame Olympic and American world record-setting men’s freestyle champion swimmer who won four Olympic medals (1948 London – gold, 1500m freestyle & 4 x 200m freestyle relay and silver, 400m freestyle; 1952 Helsinki – gold, 4 x 200m freestyle relay) (born Sept. 13, 1930 – died Dec. 13, 2020; age 90). (James McLane 1950 Photo: ACME)
Claudette Colbert (nee Emilie Claudette Chaucoin; ex of Norman Foster)
Academy Award-winning French-American movie actress (It Happened One Night; Drums Along the Mohawk; Since You Went Away; The Palm Beach Story; Sleep, My Love; The Gilded Lily; Private Worlds; Imitation of Life; Three Came Home; The Lady Lies; The Hole in the Wall; Cleopatra; Tonight is Ours) (born Sept. 13, 1903 – died July 30, 1996; age 92). (Claudette Colbert 1920)
Reta Shaw
American character actress of Broadway, TV (Martha Grant on The Ghost and Mrs. Muir; The Ann Sothern Show; The Tab Hunter Show; Bewitched; Mister Peepers), and movies (Picnic; Pollyanna; The Pajama Game; The Ghost and Mr. Chicken; Mary Poppins) (born Sept. 13, 1912 – died Jan. 8, 1982; age 69). Reta Shaw died of emphysema. (Reta Shaw 1971 Murder Once Removed)
Richard Kiel
American character actor of TV (Moose Moran on Barbary Coast; Lassie), James Bond movies & other films (The Spy Who Loved Me; Moonraker; The Longest Yard; Silver Streak; Force 10 From Navarone; Pale Rider; Happy Gilmore; Cannonball Run II; So Fine) (born Sept. 13, 1939 – died Sept. 10, 2014; age 74). Richard Kiel died of a heart attack. (Richard Kiel 1969 Daniel Boone)
Laura Secord (nee Laura Ingersoll; married James Secord)
Canadian teacher, housewife, mother, & War of 1812 hero who walked 20 miles to warn out-numbered British troops of a surprise American attack at Beaver Dams in the Niagara Peninsula (Upper Canada); namesake for the 1913 founding of Laura Secord Chocolates (candy manufacturer & retail outlets) (born Sept. 13, 1775 – Oct. 17, 1868; age 93). (Laura Secord 1865)
Mel Tormé (nee Melvin Howard Tormé; “The Velvet Fog“)
American jazz drummer, songwriter, composer (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire; The Christmas Song), singer (Careless Hands; Again; Comin’ Home Baby) and actor of radio, stage, TV, & films (Good News; Words and Music; Duchess of Idaho; Junior Miss) (born Sept. 13, 1925 – died June 5, 1999; age 73). Mel Tormé died of a stroke. (Mel Tormé 1960 What’s My Line?)
Milton S. Hershey
American philanthropist (M. S. Hershey Foundation), businessman and confectioner, founder of Hershey Pennsylvania, the Lancaster Caramel Company, Hershey Chocolate Company, & the Hershey Industrial School (born Sept. 13, 1857 – died Oct. 13, 1945; age 88). Milton S. Hershey died of pneumonia. (Milton S. Hershey 1905 Photo: Centpacrr)
Joni Sledge is 62 (nee Joan Sledge; sister of Debbie, Kim & Kathy Sledge)
American disco, R&B and soul singer with Sister Sledge (He’s the Greatest Dancer; We Are Family; Frankie; Lost in Music; All American Girls; My Guy; He’s Just a Runaway; Reach Your Peak; Got to Love Somebody; Thinking of You; Mama Never Told Me; Love Don’t Go Through No Changes On Me) (born Sept. 13, 1956 – died Mar. 10, 2017; age 60). (Joni Sledge 1977 Photo: Michael Ochs)
Bill Monroe (nee William Smith Monroe; “The Father of Bluegrass“)
Grammy Award-winning American Country Music and Rock & Roll Halls of Fame bluegrass musician, mandolin player, bandleader (The Bluegrass Boys) and singer-songwriter (Kentucky Waltz; Footprints in the Snow; Gotta Travel On; Blue Moon of Kentucky) (born Sept. 13, 1911 – died Sept. 9, 1996; age 84). Bill Monroe died months after a stroke. (Bill Monroe Photo: bunky’s pickle)
Scott Brady (nee Gerard Kenneth Tierney; dated Dorothy Malone, others)
American actor of TV (Shotgun Slade; Police Story) & movies (Bloodhounds of Broadway; Yankee Buccaneer; Gentlemen Marry Brunettes; Undercover Girl; The Vanishing American; The Maverick Queen; The China Syndrome; In This Corner; Canon City) (born Sept. 13, 1924 – died Apr. 16, 1985; age 60). Brother of Edward & Lawrence Tierney. (Scott Brady 1954 Johnny Guitar Trailer)
Nell Carter (nee Nell Ruth Hardy)
Tony & Emmy-winning American singer-actress of films (Modern Problems; The Grass Harp; Swing; Follow Your Heart; Back Roads) & TV (Nell Harper on Gimme a Break!; P.J. Moore on Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper; The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo; Ethel Green on Ryan’s Hope) (born Sept. 13, 1948 – died Jan. 23, 2003; age 54). (Nell Carter 1998: Nell Carter \ Sidewalks Entertainment)
General Pershing (nee John Joseph Pershing; aka “Black Jack“)
American U.S. Army officer, WWI American Expeditionary Forces Western Front commander, promoted to General of the Armies, awarded the DSO, DSM, Silver Star, Legion of Honour, etc.; mentor to WWII generals (Dwight D. Eisenhower, George S. Patton, Douglas MacArthur, others) (born Sept. 13, 1860 – died July 15, 1948; age 87). (General John Pershing 1917: Bain)
Roald Dahl (ex of Patricia Neal)
British WWII fighter pilot flying ace, novelist (Tales of the Unexpected), children’s author (James and the Giant Peach; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; The Twits), screenwriter (You Only Live Twice; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), & TV host (Tales of the Unexpected) (born Sept. 13, 1916 – died Nov. 23, 1990; age 74). Roald Dahl died of a blood cancer. (Roald Dahl 1961 ‘Way Out)
John Crawford (nee Cleve Allen Richardson)
American actor of TV (Sheriff Ep Bridges on The Waltons; Police Woman) & films (The Poseidon Adventure; Battle of Rogue River; The Impersonator; I Saw What You Did; Floods of Fear; Night Moves; The Enforcer; Marshal of Cedar Rock; Rebel City; Piccadilly Third Stop; Cyrano de Bergerac) (born Sept. 13, 1920 – died Sept. 21, 2010; age 90). (John Crawford 1966 Daniel Boone)
Dick Haymes (nee Richard Benjamin Haymes)
Argentinian-American singer (Teresa; I’ll Buy That Dream), host & actor of radio (The Dick Haymes Show) & movies (State Fair; One Touch of Venus; Irish Eyes Are Smiling; Diamond Horseshoe; The Shocking Miss Pilgrim; Do You Love Me) (born Sept. 13, 1918 – died Mar. 28, 1980; age 61). Ex of Rita Hayworth, Joanne Dru, Nora Eddington, Fran Jeffries, others. (Dick Haymes 1945)
American actor of TV (Bonanza; Death Valley Days; The Virginian; The Andy Griffith Show; Gunsmoke; The Wild Wild West; The F.B.I.; Lassie; Have Gun – Will Travel; My Favorite Martian; Zane Grey Theater) & films (Rogue River; Escape From San Quentin; The Naked Dawn; The Man From Planet X; Chicago Calling) (born Sept. 13, 1913 – died Sept. 29, 1980; age 67). (Roy Engel 1949 D.O.A.)
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