September 22nd Birthdays
If you were born on September 22, you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Gail Bowen (nee Gail Dianne Bartholomew)
Canadian author of the Joanne Kilbourn mysteries (A Colder Kind of Death; Deadly Appearances; Love You to Death; The Brutal Heart; The Nesting Dolls; The Thirteenth Rose; The Glass Coffin), born September 22, 1942. (Gail Bowen Photo: © Madeleine Bowen-Diaz 2017 / Penguin Random House Canada)
Paul Le Mat
American actor of TV (Josiah Peale on Lonesome Dove series; The Burning Bed) and movies (American Graffiti; Aloha, Bobby and Rose; Melvin and Howard; Strange Invaders; Puppetmaster; Caroline At Midnight), born September 22, 1945. (Paul Le Mat 1989 Melvin and Howard Photo: USA Network)
David Coverdale (ex of Tawny Kitaen)
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame UK-American blues songwriter, lead singer of Whitesnake (Here I Go Again ’87; Is This Love; Give Me All Your Love; The Deeper the Love) and Deep Purple 1973-1976 (Mistreated; Burn; Smoke on the Water), born September 22, 1951. (David Coverdale 2013 Photo: Llann Wé²)
Shari Belafonte (married Sam Behrens)
American model, singer (Give a Little Love), TV host & actress (Julie Gillette on Hotel; Janice Lomax on General Hospital; Beyond Reality; Lifestyles with Robin Leach and Shari Belafonte), born September 22, 1954. Daughter of Harry Belafonte. (Shari Belafonte 1987: Aaron Spelling Productions)
Debby Boone (nee Deborah Anne Boone; aka Debby Boone Ferrer)
Grammy-winning American singer (You Light Up My Life; Are You on the Road to Lovin’ Me Again; When You’re Loved; My Heart Has a Mind of It’s Own; Free to Be Lonely Again; Perfect Fool), actress of TV & films (Hollywood Safari), born September 22, 1956. Daughter of Pat Boone. (Debby Boone 1977)
Andrea Bocelli
Blind Italian producer, songwriter, and tenor singer of opera (Pagliacci; Tosca; Carmen), pop, and classical music (Nessun Dorma; The Prayer; Vivo per Lei; Time to Say Goodbye [Celine Dion duet]; Canto della Terra; Con te partiro; Vivere), born September 22, 1958. (Andrea Bocelli 1999 Photo: Souran5)
Joan Jett (nee Joan Marie Larkin)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame American musician, songwriter, & singer of the Blackhearts (I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll; I Hate Myself for Loving You; Crimson and Clover; Do You Wanna Touch Me), & the Runaways (Cherry Bomb), & actress (Light of Day), born September 22, 1958. (Joan Jett 2008: popo.uw23)
Lynn Herring (nee Sheryl Lynn Herring; married Wayne Northrop)
American actress of movies and television (Lucy Coe Collins on General Hospital & Port Charles; Audrey Coleman on As the World turns; Lisanne Gardner on Days of Our Lives; Matt Houston; The New Mike Hammer), born September 22, 1958. (Lynn Herring 1987 General Hospital Promo: ABC TV)
Scott Baio (cousin of Jimmy Baio)
American director and actor of TV (Chachi Arcola on Happy Days & Joanie Loves Chachi; Charles on Charles in Charge; David Hobbs on See Dad Run; Diagnosis Murder) and movies (Bugsy Malone; Foxes), born September 22, 1960. (Scott Baio 1980 The Boy Who Drank Too Much Photo: CBS)
Catherine Oxenberg (nee Katarina Oksenberg)
Serbian-American TV actress (Amanda Carrington on Dynasty; Leandra Thames on Watch Over Me; Acapulco H.E.A.T.; American Princess; I Married a Princess; The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana), born September 22, 1961. Ex of Robert Evans & Casper Van Dien. (Catherine Oxenberg 1984)
Bonnie Hunt
American producer, screenwriter, director, comedienne, host & actress of TV (The Bonnie Hunt Show; Life with Bonnie) and movies (Beethoven films; Cheaper by the Dozen movies; Only You; Dave; Return to Me; Jumanji; The Green Mile), born September 22, 1961. (Bonnie Hunt 2010 Photo: Greg Hernandez)
(Debby Boone 1982 [colorized] | Paul Muni 1934: Elmer Fryer [colorized])
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Fay Weldon (nee Franklin Birkinshaw)
English writer for radio, screenwriter of TV & films (Upstairs, Downstairs; Growing Rich; Pride and Prejudice mini-series adaptation; Big Women) and novelist (Puffball; The Life and Loves of a She-Devil; The Cloning of Joanna May; The Bulgari Connection; The President’s Child) (born Sept. 22, 1931 – died Jan. 4, 2023; age 91). (Fay Welson 1997 After Dark: Open Media Ltd.)
Joni James (nee Giovanna Carmella Babbo; married Anthony Acquaviva)
American pop music singer (Why Don’t You Believe Me?; Your Cheatin’ Heart; How Important Can It Be?; Have You Heard?; You Are My Love; Almost Always; My Love, My Love; You’re Fooling Someone; Is It Any Wonder?; Wishing Ring; There Goes My Heart; Little Things Mean a Lot) (born Sept. 22, 1930 – died Feb. 20, 2022; age 91). (Joni James 1959: Radio TV Mirror)
Tommy Lasorda (nee Thomas Charles Lasorda)
National Baseball Hall of Fame Major League Baseball manager (Los Angeles Dodgers 1976-1996, 2X World Series Championships), MLB pitcher (Brooklyn Dodgers 1954-1955; Kansas City Athletics 1956) & coach (Dodgers 1973-1976) (born Sept. 22, 1927 – died Jan. 7, 2021; age 93). Tommy Lasorda died of cardiac arrest. (Tommy Lasorda 1954 Brooklyn Dodgers Photo)
Erich von Stroheim (nee Erich Oswald Stroheim)
Austrian-American classic & silent movie screenwriter, director & actor (The Merry Widow; Greed; The Wedding March; The Honeymoon; Foolish Wives; The Crime of Dr. Crespi; Five Graves to Cairo; Sunset Boulevard; Blind Husbands; Queen Kelly) (born Sept. 22, 1885 – died May 12, 1957; age 71). Erich von Stroheim died of prostate cancer. (Erich von Stroheim 1922: Universal)
Martha Scott
American actress of stage, TV (Secrets of Midland Heights; Dallas; General Hospital; The Bob Newhart Show; The Bionic Woman), and movies (Our Town; Ben-Hur; The Howards of Virginia; In Old Oklahoma; The Desperate Hours; Sayonara; Strange Bargain; One Foot in Heaven) (born Sept. 22, 1912 – died May 28, 2003; age 90). (Martha Scott 1941 Cheers for Miss Bishop)
Paul Muni (nee Frederich Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund)
Tony & Oscar-winning Austrian-Hungarian-American actor of stage (Inherit the Wind) & films (Scarface; I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang; The Story of Louis Pasteur; Seven Faces; The Good Earth; Juarez; The Woman I Love; We Are Not Alone; Hudson’s Bay; The World Changes) (born Sept. 22, 1895 – died Aug. 25, 1967; age 71). (Paul Muni 1937 The Life of Emile Zola Trailer)
Rosamunde Pilcher (nee Rosamunde E. M. L. Scott; aka Jane Fraser)
English fiction author & romance novelist (The Shell Seekers; Coming Home; Sleeping Tiger; Winter Solstice; September; Under Gemini; The Carousel; The Key; Shadows; Voices in Summer; Wild Mountain Thyme; Snow in April; Bridge of Corvie; The End of Summer) (born Sept. 22, 1924 – died Feb. 6, 2019; age 94). Rosamunde Pilcher died after a stroke. (Typewriter Photo: Florian Klauer)
John Houseman (nee Jacques Haussmann; ex of Zita Johann)
Academy Award-winning Romanian-British-American producer & actor of TV (The Paper Chase; Silver Spoons; The Winds of War; The Last Convertible) and movies (Rollerball; Three Days of the Condor; The Fog; The Bad and the Beautiful; My Bodyguard) (born Sept. 22, 1902 – died Oct. 31, 1988; age 86). (John Houseman 1973 Photo: Herbert Barrett Management)
American film actor (A Letter to Three Wives; Mary Stevens, M.D.; Stella; Stage Struck; Mysterious Crossing; Hearts Divided; Kismet; Jack London; My Woman; A Modern Hero; Night Key; Rose of Washington Square; Dangerous Blondes; The Ghost Comes Home; A Scream in the Dark; Captain Blood) (born Sept. 22, 1886 – died Apr. 26, 1950; age 63). (Hobart Cavanaugh 1935: Film Daily Year Book)
Eugene Roche
American actor of TV (Bill Parker on Webster; Soap; Magnum, P.I.; Lenny; The Corner Bar; Perfect Strangers; All in the Family) & movies (Slaughterhouse-Five; Foul Play; Newman’s Law; Mr. Ricco; W; The Late Show; Corvette Summer; Oh God! You Devil) (born Sept. 22, 1928 – died July 28, 2004; age 75). Eugene Roche died of a heart attack. (Eugene Roche 1973 Photo: ABC Television)
Alfred G. Vanderbilt, Jr. (son of Margaret & Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt)
British-American race horse owner & breeder (Sagamore Farm – Native Dancer, 1952 & 1954 Horse of the Year; Bed o’ Roses; Discovery), race track executive & owner (Belmont Racetrack; Pimlico Race Course); WWII PT boat captain awarded the Silver Star (born Sept. 22, 1912 – died Nov. 12, 1999; age 87). (Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr. 1937: LA Times)
Charlotte Cooper (aka Charlotte “Chattie” Cooper Sterry)
International Tennis Hall of Fame English tennis player, 2X Olympic gold medalist (1900 Paris Summer Olympic Games 1st Olympic female & 1st Olympic mixed doubles tennis champion), winner of 5 Wimbledon Grand Slam singles (1895, 1896, 1898, 1901, 1908) and finalist another 6 times (born Sept. 22, 1870 – died Oct. 10, 1966; age 96). (Charlotte Cooper 1900)
British scientist (physics & chemistry), and inventor (early form of Bunsen burner; optical glass), pioneer in the study of liquefying gases (chlorine), benzene; electricity & magnetism (discovered the laws of electrolysis; electromagnetic field; principles of electromagnetic induction) (born Sept. 22, 1791 – died Aug. 25, 1867; age 75). (Michael Faraday 1842 Thomas Phillips)
Allan Lane (nee Harry Leonard Albershardt; “Rocky Lane“)
American voice over actor of TV (Mister Ed) & film star (Panama Lady; King of the Royal Mounted; The Denver Kid; Maid’s Night Out; The Tiger Woman; Silver City Kid; King of the Mounties; Not Quite Decent; The Duke Comes Back; Twelve Crowded Hours) (born Sept. 22, 1909 – died Oct. 27, 1973; age 64). Ex of Sheila Ryan & Gladys Leslie Moore. (Allan Lane 1947 Vigilantes of Boomtown)
Art Metrano (nee Arthur Metrano)
American comedic character actor of TV (Joanie Loves Chachi; L. A. Law; Movin’ On; Baretta; Loves Me, Loves Me Not; Ironside; Bewitched; The Tim Conway Comedy Hour), and movies (Police Academy films; Breathless; The All-American Boy; Slaughter’s Big Rip-Off; Going Ape; Teachers) (born Sept. 22, 1936 – died Sept. 8, 2021; age 84). (Art Metrano 1975 Movin’ On)
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