September 19th Birthdays
If you were born on September 19, you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Rosemary Harris is 94
Tony Award-winning English actress of stage, TV (The Chisholms; Notorious Woman), and movies (Spider-Man films; The Boys From Brazil; Crossing Delancey, Being Julia; The Gift; Beau Brummell; The Shiralee; Uncle Vanya), born September 19, 1927. (Rosemary Harris 1962 Photo: Tony in Devon)
David McCallum is 88 (nee David Keith McCallum Jr.)
Scottish-American actor of TV (Illya Kuryakin on The Man From U.N.C.L.E.; NCIS; The Invisible Man; Sapphire & Steel), movies (The Great Escape; The Greatest Story Ever Told; One of Our Spies is Missing; Hell Drivers; A Night to Remember), born September 19, 1933. (David McCallum 1976 Dogs Trailer)
Mary Mitchel is 81 (nee Mary Dingman; aka Mary M. Patton)
American film actress(The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis; Hogan’s Heroes; Perry Mason; Leave It to Beaver; Panic in Year Zero; A Swingin’ Summer; Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told; The Girls on the Beach; Twist Around the Clock), born September 19, 1940. (Mary Mitchel 1963 Dementia 13)
Bill Medley is 81 (nee William Thomas Medley)
Grammy Award-winning American songwriter and singer (I’ve Had the Time of My Life) with Bobby Hatfield as The Righteous Brothers (You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’; Unchained Melody; Soul and Inspiration), born September 19, 1940. (Bill Medley 1984 Photo: Judi Barlowe Fields Mgmt / RCA)
Paul Williams is 81 (nee Paul Hamilton Williams Jr.)
American Grammy & Academy Award-winning singer and songwriter (An Old Fashioned Love Song; We’ve Only Just Begun; Evergreen; I Won’t Last a Day Without You; Love Boat theme), actor (Smokey and the Bandit movies), born September 19, 1940. (Paul Williams 1974 Photo: A & M Records)
Sylvia Tyson is 81 (nee Sylvia Fricker)
Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame folk musician and singer-songwriter with husband Ian Tyson as Ian & Sylvia (You Were on My Mind; Early Morning Rain), and solo recording artist (Denim Blue Eyes; I Walk These Rails) born September 19, 1940. (Sylvia Tyson 1968 Photo: ITA / Albert Grossman)
Freda Payne is 79
Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame American singer (Band of Gold; Bring the Boys Home; Deeper & Deeper), actress of stage, TV & movies (Book of Numbers; Nutty Professsor II: The Klumps), and TV host (Today’s Black Woman), born September 19, 1942. (Freda Payne 1970 Photo: CBS TV)
Randolph Mantooth is 76 (nee Randy DeRoy Mantooth)
American actor of stage, movies & TV (John Gage on Emergency! & Adam-12; Hal Munson on As The World Turns; Detective School; Operation Petticoat; General Hospital; Kirk Harmon on One Life to Live; Loving) born September 19, 1945. (Randolph Mantooth 1973 Emergency! Photo: NBC Television)
Jeremy Irons is 73
Emmy, Tony & Academy Award-winning English actor of stage, movies (The French Lieutenant’s Woman; Dead Ringers; Reversal of Fortune; The Lion King; Die Hard with a Vengeance; The Man in the Iron Mask), & TV (The Borgias; Watchmen), born September 19, 1948. (Jeremy Irons 2006 Photo: Polly)
Twiggy is 72 (nee Lesley Hornby)
English “swinging sixties” supermodel (Marks and Spencer), singer, actress & host of stage, movies (The Boy Friend; W; My One and Only; Club Paradise), and TV (America’s Next Top Model; Twiggy’s People; Princesses; Twiggs) born September 19, 1949. (Twiggy 1960s Photo: Amaryllis Sternweiser)
Joan Lunden is 71 (nee Joan Elise Blunden)
American journalist (Eyewitness News; Today), Good Morning America TV news anchor, TV host (Behind Closed Doors; Biography; Health Corner; Retirement Living), and author (Good Morning I’m Joan Lunden), born September 19, 1950. (Joan Lunden 1996 Photo: MSgt. Mamie Burke, USAF)
Daniel Lanois is 70
Canadian guitarist, singer, songwriter (Wrecking Ball album; Sling Blade movie), and Grammy Award-winning record producer (Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, Neil Young, Willie Nelson, U2, Raffi, Parachute Club; Peter Gabriel; Tea Party) born September 19, 1951. (Daniel Lanois 2008 Photo: Matt)
Scott Colomby is 69
American actor of TV (Szysznyk; One Day at a Time; Days of Our Lives; Sons and Daughters; Midnight Caller; Room 222; Quincy M.E.) and movies (Caddyshack; Porky’s films; Desperate Measures; Jack Frost; The Seekers), born September 19, 1952. (Scott Colomby 1970s Photo: Dominguez / Globe Photos)
Nile Rodgers Jr. is 69
Grammy Award-winning Songwriters and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame American musician, composer, songwriter, singer for disco band Chic (Le Freak; Everybody Dance; Good Times; My Forbidden Lover), and producer, born September 19, 1952. (Nile Rodgers 1999 Photo: IAmMisterD123)
Rex Smith is 66
American singer (You Take My Breath Away; Everlasting Love), actor & host of stage, movies (Pirates of Penzance; Headin’ for Broadway; A Passion to Kill; Headin’ for Broadway), and TV (Darryl Crawford on As the World Turns; Street Hawk), born September 19, 1955. (Rex Smith 1979 Photo: NBC-TV)
American photographer, director, producer & actor of TV (Morris Thorpe on The White Shadow; Prison Break; St. Elsewhere; V; Lincoln Heights; 24; Bones; NYPD Blue; Castle) and movies (Sounder; Innerspace; Passenger 57; Fled; Soul Food), born September 19, 1958. (Kevin Hooks 1970 J.T. Photo)
Miss Teen America 1979, actress of TV (Olivia St. John on General Hospital; Alex Olanov on One Life to Live; Lizbeth Bachman on Capitol; Marie Green on Guiding Light; Grace Nancier on Passions) and movies (Liar’s Moon; The Derby Stallion), born September 19, 1962. (Tonja Walker 1981 Photo: NBC)
Cheri Oteri is 59 (nee Cheryl Ann Oteri)
American actress of TV (Saturday Night Live; Just Shoot Me!; Those Who Can’t) and movies (Liar Liar; Inspector Gadget; Love & Sex; Lured Innocence; Scary Movie; Surviving Eden; Smile; Bad Parents; Grown Ups 2; Wishin’ and Hopin’), born September 19, 1962. (Cheri Oteri 2016 Photo: thepaparazzigamer)
Trisha Yearwood is 57 (nee Patricia Lynn Yearwood)
Emmy & Grammy Award-winning American country music singer (She’s in Love With a Boy; Thinkin’ About You; Perfect Love; How Do I Live; Forever Country), actress & host of TV (JAG; Trisha’s Southern Kitchen), born September 19, 1964. (Trisha Yearwood 2017 Screenshot: Exchange)
Kim Richards is 57
American 1970s child actress of TV (Prudence on Nanny and the Professor; Ruthie Alder on Hello, Larry & Diff’rent Strokes; James at 16; The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills) and films (Escape to Witch Mountain; Assault on Precinct 13), born September 19, 1964. (Kim Richards 1971 Photo: ABC TV)
American actress of TV (Donna Tubbs on The Cleveland Show; The Affair; Family Guy; Boss; Nip/Tuck; Lateline) and films (The Perfect Guy; Alien vs. Predator; Something New; Out of Time; The Best Man; Repentance; Brown Sugar), born September 19, 1971. (Sanaa Lathan 2009 Photo: David Shankbone)
(Pink, Blue & Purple Hydrangea Flowers Photo: Annie Spratt via Unsplash)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on September 19th!
Remember These September 19th Famous Birthdays
Dana Zátopková is 97 (nee Dana Ingrova)
Czechoslovakian track and field athlete, record-setting javelin thrower, European champ (1954 Bern & 1958 Stockholm) and Olympic medalist (1952 Helsinki Olympics gold; 1960 Rome Olympics silver) (born Sept. 19, 1922 – died Mar. 13, 2020; age 97). cause of death for Dana Zátopková is unknown. (Dana Zátopková 1952 Photo: Suomen Urheilumuseo)
James Lipton is 93
American producer, screenwriter, actor & host of TV (Inside the Actors Studio; Guiding Light; The Edge of Night; Another World; The Doctors; Return to Peyton Place; Capitol; Arrested Development), movies (Bewitched) (born Sept. 19, 1926 – died Mar. 2, 2020; age 93). James Lipton died of bladder cancer. (James Lipton 2007 Photo: David Shankbone)
Adam West (nee William West Anderson)
American voice actor and actor on TV (Batman; The Detectives; The Last Precinct; Family Guy; Perry Mason; Maverick) and in movies (The Young Philadelphians; Geronimo; Tammy and the Doctor; Batman: The Movie; Mad About You) (born Sept. 19, 1928 – died June 9, 2017; age 88). Cause of death for Adam West was leukemia. (Adam West 1966 Batman Photo: ABC TV)
William Golding
Booker and Nobel Prize-winning English poet, playwright, and novelist (Lord of the Flies; Rites of Passage; Free Fall; The Pyramid; Darkness Visible; The Paper Men; Fire Down Below; Close Quarters; The Scorpion God) (born Sept. 19, 1911 – died June 19, 1993; age 81). William Golding’s cause of death was heart failure. (William Golding 1983 Photo: Dutch National Archives)
Czech long distance runner, winner of 4 Olympic Gold medals (1948 London & 1952 Helsinki 10000 m; 1952 5000 m & marathon), married Dana Zátopková (born Sept. 19, 1922 – died Nov. 22, 2000; age 78). Emil Zátopek died from stroke complications. (Emil Zátopek 1951 Photo: Roger Rossing & Renate Rossing, Deutsche Fotothek)
Don Harron (nee Donald Harron)
Canadian comedian, screenwriter, director, and actor of stage (Anne of Green Gables), TV (Charlie Farquharson on Hee Haw; Encounter; The Red Green Show; The F.B.I.; Mr. Novak; Mission: Impossible; Profiles in Courage) and movies (The Hospital; Mosby’s Marauders) (born Sept. 19, 1924 – died Jan. 17, 2015; age 90). Don Harron died of cancer. (Don Harron 1965 12 O’Clock High)
Billy Ward (nee Robert L. Williams)
American musician, R&B singer & songwriter, co-founder of Vocal Group Hall of Fame Billy Ward and his Dominoes (Do Something For Me; Sixty Minute Man; Have Mercy Baby; Star Dust; The Bells; These Foolish Things; Rags to Riches; Deep Purple) (born Sept. 19, 1921 – died Feb. 16, 2002; age 80). Cause of death for Billy Ward is unknown. (Billy Ward c. 1955 Photo: Williams Family)
Mel Stewart (nee Milton Stewart)
American actor of TV (Billy Melrose on Scarecrow and Mrs. King; On the Rocks; Roll Out; Tabitha; All in the Family; One in a Million; Car 54, Where Are You?; Marcus Welby, M.D.; Harry O) and movies (The Landlord; Scorpio; Dead Heat) (born Sept. 19, 1929 – died Feb. 24, 2002; age 72). Mel Stewart died of Alzheimer’s Disease. (Mel Stewart 1980 One in a Million Photo: ABC)
Frances Farmer
American actress of stage and movies (The Toast of New York; Ebb Tide; World Premiere; Among the Living; Exclusive; Come and Get It; Border Flight; Rhythm on the Range), author (Will There Really Be a Morning?) (born Sept. 19, 1913 – died Aug. 1, 1970; age 56). Frances Farmer died of esophageal cancer. (Frances Farmer 1937 Photo: Paramount Pictures / Film Star Vintage)
Ben Turpin (nee Bernard Turpin)
American comedic actor of vaudeville, circuses, silent films for Essanay & Mack Sennett Studios (A Night Out; Salome vs. Shenandoah; Down on the Farm; A Small Town Idol; Molly O; Hogan’s Alley; The Shriek of Araby; The Wife’s Relations), & sound films (Saps at Sea; Law of the Wild; Million Dollar Legs; Make Me a Star) (born Sept. 19, 1869 – died July 1, 1940; age 70). (Ben Turpin 1925)
Margaret Lindsay (nee Margaret Kies)
American movie actress (Jezebel; Dangerous; Emergency Hospital; Ellery Queen, Master Detective; Alaska; Public Enemy’s Wife; Bordertown; Crime Doctor; The Vigilantes Return; Tammy and the Doctor; The Restless Years; Double Alibi; Hell’s Kitchen) (born Sept. 19, 1910 – died May 9, 1981; age 70). Margaret Lindsay died of emphysema. (Margaret Lindsay 1940 The House of the Seven Gables)
Joe Pasternak (nee Jozsef Paszternak; aka Joseph Herman Pasternak)
Hungarian-American movie producer (Anchors Aweigh; Destry Rides Again; Please Don’t Eat the Daisies; Where the Boys Are; The Courtship of Eddie’s Father; The Kissing Bandit; Spinout; A Date With Judy; Love Me or Leave Me; Made in Paris) (born Sept. 19, 1901 – died Sept. 13, 1991; age 89). Joe Pasternak died of Parkinson’s Disease complications. (Joe Pasternak 1957 Photo: MGM)
Bob Turley (nee Robert Lee Turley)
American MLB baseball pitcher (St. Louis Browns, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Angels, Boston Red Sox) from 1951-1963, 1958 Cy Young Award winner & World Series MVP, financial planner and co-founder of Primerica Financial Services (born Sept. 19, 1930 – died Mar. 30, 2013; age 82). Bob Turley died of liver cancer. (Bob Turley 1957 I’ve Got a Secret)
William Hickey
American acting teacher & actor of stage, movies (Prizzi’s Honor; Happy Birthday, Wanda June; Sea of Love; A Hatful of Rain; Little Big Man; Sea of Love; The Boston Strangler), and TV (One Life to Live; Ryan’s Hope; L.A. Law) (born Sept. 19, 1927 – died June 29, 1997; age 69). William Hickey died of bronchitis and emphysema. (William Hickey 1957 A Hatful of Rain)
Oscar-winning American cinematographer of TV (Steve Canyon; Peter Gunn) and films (The Yearling; I’ll Cry Tomorrow; Gone With the Wind; My Blue Heaven; The Glass Slipper; Tammy and the Bachelor; Pillow Talk; Lover Come Back; Boys’ Night Out; My Six Loves; Ransom!) (born Sept. 19, 1906 – died Oct. 16, 1991; age 85). (Arthur Arling 1956 Photo: American Cinematographer)
Al Oerter Jr. (nee Alfred Adolph Oerter Jr.)
American Olympic gold medalist discus thrower in 4 consecutive games (1956 Melbourne; 1960 Rome; 1964 Tokyo; 1968 Mexico City), and IAAF Hall of Fame athlete (born Sept. 19, 1936 – died Oct. 1, 2007; age 71). Al Oerter Jr. had high blood pressure & cardiovascular disease, and died of heart failure. (Al Oerter Jr. 1960 Photo: Angelo Cozzi)
Dennis Cooney (nee Dennis J. Cooney)
American actor of TV (Alan Sterling on Love of Life; Kevin Kincaid on The Secret Storm; Jay Stallings on As the World Turns; Doctor Fisher on Guiding Light; I Dream of Jeannie; The Flying Nun; Hawaii Five-O; Ironside; The Virginian) and movies (Fitzwilly) (born Sept. 19, 1938 – died Sept. 8, 2002; age 63). Cause of death for Dennis Cooney is unknown. (Dennis Cooney 1968 Iron Horse)
Ray Danton (nee Raymond Caplan)
American TV director (Quincy, M.E.; Cagney & Lacey; The New Mike Hammer), actor of TV (The Alaskans; Hawaii Five-O; Hawaiian Eye) and movies (The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond; Outside the Law; Chief Crazy Horse; I’ll Cry Tomorrow; Onionhead) (born Sept. 19, 1931 – died Feb. 11, 1992; age 60). Ray Danton died of renal failure. (Ray Danton 1961 The George Raft Story Trailer)
Brook Benton (nee Benjamin Franklin Peay)
American singer & songwriter (It’s Just a Matter of Time; The Boll Weevil Song; Hotel Happiness; Rainy Night in Georgia; So Many Ways; Baby [You’ve Got What It Takes]; A Rockin’ Good Way [To Mess Around and Fall in Love]; Endlessly) (born Sept. 19, 1931 – died Apr. 9, 1988; age 56). Brook Benton died of pneumonia. (Brook Benton 1959 Photo: Billboard / Mercury Records)
Kathie Browne (nee Jacqueline Katherine Browne)
American actress of TV (Bonanza; Hondo; Perry Mason; Rawhide; Sea Hunt; 77 Sunset Strip; Hazel; Ironside; The Love Boat; Wagon Train; Laramie; Surfside 6; Tales of Wells Fargo) and films (43: The Richard Petty Story; The Brass Bottle; Brainstorm) (born Sept. 19, 1930 – died Apr. 8, 2003; age 72). Kathie Browne died of natural causes. (Kathie Browne 1960 Tombstone Territory)
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