September 26th Birthdays
If you were born on September 26, you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Jonathan Goldsmith is 83 (aka Jonathan Lippe)
American actor of TV (The Most Interesting Man in the World ads; Gunsmoke; Barnaby Jones; Trapper John, M.D.; Petrocelli; Knots Landing; Dynasty; The Streets of San Francisco; St. Elsewhere; The F.B.I.; Murder, She Wrote; Mannix), born September 26, 1938. (Jonathan Goldsmith 1966 12 O’Clock High)
Kent McCord is 79 (nee Kent Franklin McWhirter)
American actor of TV (Jim Reed on Adam-12; The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet; Dragnet 1967; Galactica 1980; SeaQuest2032; Silk Stalkings; Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In), movies (Airplane II: The Sequel; Illicit Behavior), born September 26, 1942. (Kent McCord 1970 Adam-12 Photo: Universal TV)
Bryan Ferry is 76
English rock musician, singer and songwriter with Roxy Music (Love is the Drug; Dance Away; Jealous Guy; Avalon; Angel Eyes; Oh Yeah; Over You; More Than This), and solo artist (I Put a Spell on You; Kiss and Tell; Slave to Love), born September 26, 1945. (Bryan Ferry 1973 Photo: AVRO Beeld en Geluid)
Mary Beth Hurt is 75 (nee Mary Supinger)
American actress of stage, TV (Tattinger’s; Working it Out; Law & Order), and movies (The World According to Garp; D.A.R.Y.L.; Interiors; Compromising Positions; Parents; Slaves of New York; Defenseless; Lady in the Water), born September 26, 1946. (Mary Beth Hurt 2013 Photo: Wes Washington)
Olivia Newton-John is 73
Grammy-winning English-Australian singer (I Honestly Love You; Please Mr. Please; Have You Never Been Mellow; If You Love Me Let Me Know; Hopelessly Devoted to You; Physical; Summer Nights) and actress (Grease; Xanadu), born September 26, 1948. (Olivia Newton-John 1988 Photo: © 1988 Larry D. Moore)
Minette Walters is 72
Edgar Award-winning British crime fiction mystery novelist (The Sculptress; The Ice House; The Scold’s Bridle; Acid Row; The Dark Room; The Echo; The Tinder Box; Disordered Minds; The Turn of Midnight; The Devil’s Feather), born September 26, 1949. (Minette Walters 2006 Photo: Roland Walters)
Jane Smiley is 72
O. Henry Award-winning American short story writer (Lily) and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist (A Thousand Acres; The Greenlanders; The Age of Grief; Some Luck; Golden Age; Horse Heaven; Good Faith; Early Warning; True Blue) born September 26, 1949. (Jane Smiley 2009 Photo: © 2009 Larry D. Moore)
Carlene Carter is 66 (nee Rebecca Carlene Smith)
American country music songwriter & singer (Come on Back; I Fell in Love; Every Little Thing; The Sweetest Thing; One Love; Unbreakable Heart; I Love You ‘Cause I Want To; Do It in a Heartbeat; Baby Ride Easy; Me and the Wildwood Rose), born September 26, 1955. (Carlene Carter 1979: Warner Bros. Records)
Linda Hamilton is 66
American actress of TV (Catherine Chandler on Beauty and the Beast; Chuck; Secrets of Midland Heights), movies (Sarah Connor in The Terminator films; Children of the Corn; Black Moon Rising; Mr. Destiny; Dante’s Peak), born September 26, 1956. (Linda Hamilton 1982 King’s Crossing Photo: ABC TV)
Melissa Sue Anderson is 59
Emmy Award-winning American-Canadian actress of TV (Mary Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie; The Equalizer; James at 15; The Loneliest Runner) and films (Skatetown, U.S.A.; Chattanooga Choo Choo; Happy Birthday to Me), born September 26, 1962. (Melissa Sue Anderson 1974 Photo: NBC Television)
Lysette Anthony is 58 (nee Lysette Anne Chodzko)
British model and actress of stage, TV (Marnie Nightingale on Hollyoaks; Night & Day; Crossroads; Dark Shadows; The Bill), movies (A Brilliant Disguise; Without a Clue; Krull; Look Who’s Talking Now), and music videos (Summer of ’69; Run to You), born September 26, 1963. (Jane Smiley 2009 Photo: © 2009 Larry D. Moore)
Jim Caviezel is 53 (nee James Patrick Caviezel)
American actor of TV (John Reese on Person of Interest; The Prisoner) and movies (Frequency; High Crimes; The Count of Monte Cristo; The Passion of the Christ; Angel Eyes; The Thin Red Line; Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius; Pay it Forward), born September 26, 1968. (Jim Caviezel 2009 Photo: Ewen Roberts)
(Yellow Sunflowers Photo: Aleksandr Eremin via Unsplash)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on September 26th!
Remember these September 26th Famous Birthdays
Richard Herd (nee Richard Thomas Herd Jr.)
American actor of TV (Capt. Dennis Sheridan on T. J. Hooker; Seinfeld; SeaQuest 2032; Simon & Simon; Dallas; Knots Landing) and movies (Wolf Lake; The China Syndrome; Corporate Affairs; Anna Nicole; Dog Days of Summer; All the President’s Men; The Mule; F.I.S.T.) (born Sept. 26, 1932 – died May 26, 2020; age 87). Richard Herd died of cancer. (Richard Herd 1982 Photo: ABC)
Philip Bosco
Daytime Emmy & Tony Award-winning American actor of stage, TV (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; Guiding Light; The Doctors and the Nurses), and movies (Walls of Glass; The Money Pit; Suspect; Working Girl; Blue Steel; Milk Money; It Takes Two) (born Sept. 26, 1930 – died Dec. 3, 2018; age 88). Philip Bosco died of dementia complications. (Philip Bosco 1966 Hawk)
Patrick O’Neal
American actor of TV (Dick and the Duchess; Kaz; Emerald Point N.A.S.; The Doris Day Show; McCloud; Barnaby Jones) & films (Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?; The Way We Were; Castle Keep; King Rat; A Fine Madness; Matchless; In Harm’s Way; From the Terrace; The Mad Magician) (born Sept. 26, 1927 – died Sept. 9, 1994; age 66). Patrick O’Neal 1968 Photo: MGM)
Lynn Anderson
Grammy Award-winning American country music singer ([I Never Promised You a] Rose Garden; You’re My Man; How Can I Unlove You; Cry; Keep Me in Mind; What a Man My Man Is; Top of the World; That’s a No No; If I Kiss You) (born Sept. 26, 1947 – died July 30, 2015; age 67). Lynn Anderson died of a heart attack. (Lynn Anderson 1970 Rose Garden Album Cover Photo: Jussi)
Edmund Gwenn (nee Edmund John Kellaway)
Oscar-winning English movie actor (Miracle on 34th Street; Mister 880; The Trouble With Harry; Life With Father; Lassie Come Home; Sylvia Scarlett; Foreign Correspondent; Pride and Prejudice; The Skin Game) (born Sept. 26, 1877 – died Sept. 6, 1959; age 81). Edmund Gwenn died of pneumonia & stroke complications. (Edmund Gwenn 1953 Photo: Barkin, Herman & Associates)
George Raft (nee George Ranft)
American dancer-actor of TV & movies (Scarface; Night After Night; Madame Racketeer; The Bowery; All of Me; Bolero; Rumba; She Couldn’t Take It; Yours for the Asking; Johnny Angel; Invisible Stripes; Broadway; Some Like it Hot; They Drive By Night; Palmy Days; A Bullet for Joey; The Glass Key) (born Sept. 26, 1901 – died Nov. 24, 1980; age 79). (George Raft 1946 Mr. Ace)
Marty Robbins (nee Martin David Robinson)
Grammy Award-winning American Country Music Hall of Fame songwriter & singer (A White Sport Coat; Just Married; El Paso; Don’t Worry; Devil Woman; Big Iron; They’re Hanging Me Tonight; The Master’s Call), NASCAR driver, actor & host of TV and movies (The Ballad of a Gunfighter), (born Sept. 26, 1925 – died Dec. 8, 1982; age 57). (Marty Robbins 1966 Photo: Columbia Records)
Julie London (nee Julie Peck)
American singer (Cry Me a River) and actress of TV (Dixie McCall on Emergency!) & movies (The George Raft Story; The 3rd Voice; Man of the West; The Fat Man; Saddle the Wind; The Great Man; Task Force; The Red House; Tap Roots) (born Sept. 26, 1926 – died Oct. 18, 2000; age 74). Julie London died of cardiac arrest. (Julie London 1959 The Wonderful Country Trailer)
Donna Douglas (nee Doris Ione Smith)
American actress of TV (Elly May Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies; The Steve Allen Plymouth Show; Checkmate; The Twilight Zone; Mister Ed) and movies (Frankie and Johnny; Career; Lover Come Back), gospel singer, cookbook and children’s author (born Sept. 26, 1932 – died Jan. 1, 2015; age 82). Donna Douglas died of pancreatic cancer. (Donna Douglas 1960 Thriller)
Antonio Moreno (nee Antonio Garrido Monteagudo)
Spanish-American film director & actor (The Searchers; Strongheart; Look Your Best; The Exciters; The Spanish Dancers; The Border Legion; Learning to Love; Mare Nostrum; Venus of Venice; The Whip Woman; The Midnight Taxi; Captain From Castile) (born Sept. 26, 1887 – died Feb. 15, 1967; age 79). Antonio Moreno died of heart failure. (Antonio Moreno 1919 Photo: Bangs, N.Y.)
T. S. Eliot (nee Thomas Stearns Eliot)
American-English literary critic, playwright (The Cocktail Party; Murder in the Cathedral), and Nobel Prize-winning poet (The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock; Ash-Wednesday; Four Quartets; The Waste Land; The Hollow Men) and essayist (The Sacred Wood) (born Sept. 26, 1888 – died Jan. 4, 1965; age 76). T. S. Eliot died of emphysema. (T. S. Eliot 1924 Photo: Lady Ottoline Morrell)
Jack LaLanne (nee Francois Henri LaLanne; “Godfather of Fitness“)
American bodybuilder, fitness equipment designer (Smith machine), nutrition & exercise expert (The Jack LaLanne Show), author (The Jack LaLanne Way to Vibrant Health), founder of LaLanne’s European Health Spas (born Sept. 26, 1914 – died Jan. 23, 2011; age 96). Jack LaLanne died of pneumonia & respiratory failure. (Jack LaLanne 1961 Photo: Cliff Riddle)
Barbara Britton (nee Barbara Maurine Brantingham)
American actress of radio, TV (Pam North on Mr. and Mrs. North; One Life to Live) and movies (The Virginian; I Shot Jesse James; Albuquerque; Captain Kidd; Till We Meet Again; The Fabulous Suzanne; Reap The Wild Wind) (born Sept. 26, 1919 – died Jan. 17, 1980; age 60). Barbara Britton died of pancreatic cancer. (Barbara Britton 1953 Photo: Macfadden Publications)
American screenwriter (Turner & Hooch; Rent-a-Cop; The White Raven; Run) and actor of TV (Tad on Never Too Young; Family Affair; The Alfred Hitchcock Hour) and movies (Beyond the Valley of the Dolls; The Velvet Vampire; The Ultimate Thrill; Jukebox) (born Sept. 26, 1939 – died Nov. 14, 2007; age 68). Michael Blodgett died of a heart attack. (Michael Blodgett 1967 Daniel Boone)
American film actor (The Public Enemy; Baby Face; The Spanish Cape Mystery; Blonde Ransom; Safe in Hell; Side Show; Private Jones; The Mad Genius; The Trial of Vivienne Ware; Show Boat; Roseland; The Penguin Pool Murder; Viva Villa!; The Woman I Stole; The Circus Queen Murder; Ellis Island) (born Sept. 26, 1901 – died Oct. 1, 1961; age 60). (Donald Cook 1937 Photo: Picture-Play)
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