September 30th Birthdays

If you were born on September 30, you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:

Angie Dickinson (nee Angeline Brown; ex of Burt Bacharach)

American actress of TV (Sgt. Pepper Anderson on Police Woman; Dr. Kildare) and films (Rio Bravo; Ocean’s 11; The Killers; Captain Newman, M.D.; Dressed to Kill; The Chase; The Art of Love; Big Bad Mama; Rome Adventure), born September 30, 1931. (Angie Dickinson 1961 The Sins of Rachel Cade Trailer)

Johnny Mathis

Grammy Hall of Fame American singer & songwriter (Chances Are; The Twelfth of Never; It’s Not For Me to Say; A Certain Smile; Too Much, Too Little, Too Late; Winter Wonderland; Misty; What Will My Mary Say; Family Ties Theme Song), born September 30, 1935. (Johnny Mathis 1960 Photo: MCA)

Len Cariou (nee Leonard Joseph Cariou; ex-partner of Glenn Close)

Tony-winning Canadian actor of stage, TV (Henry Reagan on Blue Bloods; Brotherhood; Murder, She Wrote) & movies (The Four Seasons; Lady in White; A Little Night Music; Never Talk to Strangers; Secret Window; Boynton Beach Club), born September 30, 1939. (Len Cariou 2010: Permission © Rob Rich)

Marilyn McCoo (married Billy Davis Jr.)

American actress & host of TV (Solid Gold; The Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. Show; Days of Our Lives) and singer with The 5th Dimension (You Don’t Have to Be a Star; Saving All My Love For You; Last Night I Didn’t Get to Sleep at All; One Less Bell to Answer) born September 30, 1943. (Marilyn McCoo Photo)

John Finn

American actor of TV (John Stillman on Cold Case; EZ Streets; Brooklyn South; The Walking Dead; Dawson’s Creek; NYPD Blue) & films (Cover-Up; Glory; Blown Away; Turbulence; The Hunted; The Gift; Catch Me if You Can; Analyze That), born September 30, 1952. (Photo: © John Finn / The Lisa Richards Agency)

Barry Williams (nee Barry William Blenkhorn)

American actor of stage, TV (Greg Brady on The Brady Bunch & The Brady Bunch Variety Hour; Hannibal on General Hospital; The F.B.I.; It Takes a Thief; Adam-12; Mission: Impossible; Marcus Welby, M.D), and movies (The Brady Bunch Movie), born September 30, 1954. (Barry Williams 1973 Photo: ABC TV)

Fran Drescher (nee Francine Joy Drescher; ex of Peter Marc Jacobson)

American producer, screenwriter & actress of TV (Fran Fine on The Nanny; Happily Divorced; Living With Fran) and movies (The Beautician and the Beast; American Hot Wax; The Rosebud Beach Hotel; Cadillac Man; Jack; This is Spinal Tap), born September 30, 1957. (Fran Drescher 2008 Photo: Bonnie H)

William Christian

American actor of TV (Hand of God; Derek Frye on All My Children; Dr. Marshall Redd on Another World; Days of Our Lives; Law & Order; Without a Trace; Spin City; Tattinger’s; The Cosby Show) & films (The January Man; Nine Lives; Love & Orgasms), born September 30, 1957. (William Christian Painting: A. Hamilton)

Marty Stuart (married Connie Smith)

Grammy Award-winning American rockabilly and country music singer-songwriter (Arlene; Tempted; Hillbilly Rock; Little Things; Burn Me Down; This One’s Gonna Hurt You [For a Long, Long Time]), and The Marty Stuart Show host, born September 30, 1958. (Marty Stuart 2012 Photo: Forrest L. Smith, III)

Christopher Cass

American director & actor of TV (Jack Forbes on Loving; Scott Eldridge on As the World Turns; Passions; Eden; Guiding Light) & movies (Streets of Rage; Someone to Watch Over Me; Game Over), born September 30, 1958. (Christopher Cass 2003 Photo: Ron Rinaldi / © Christopher Cass)

Debrah Farentino (nee Deborah Mullowney)

American journalist, TV producer (Trouble Creek), actress of films & TV (Sloane Denning Clegg Mamoud on Capitol; Hooperman; Equal Justice; NYPD Blue; Earth 2; EZ Streets; Eureka; The District), born September 30, 1959. Ex of James Farentino & Gregory Hoblit. (Debrah Farentino 1990: Alan Light)

Susan Keith (married James Kiberd)

American daytime television soap opera actress (Shana Sloane Vochek Burnell on Loving; Cecile dePoulignac Frame on Another World; The Hollywood Squares; One Life to Live), and wife of former Loving co-star James Kiberd, born September 30, 1960. (Susan Keith 1985 Loving Promo: ABC Television)

Crystal Bernard (sister of Robyn Bernard)

American singer, songwriter, actress of TV (Helen Chapel Hackett on Wings; Amy Tompkins on It’s a Living; K.C. Cunningham on Happy Days; To Love, Honor & Betray) & films (Young Doctors in Love; Gideon; Jackpot; Welcome to Paradise), born September 30, 1961. (Crystal Bernard 1994: Alan Light)

Eric Stoltz (ex partner of Bridget Fonda)

American director, producer & actor of stage, TV (Chicago Hope; Mad About You; Once and Again; St. Elsewhere; Madam Secretary) and movies (Mask; Pulp Fiction; Some Kind of Wonderful; Memphis Belle; Little Women; Rob Roy; Singles), born September 30, 1961. (Eric Stoltz 2012 Photo: Maggslafay)

Monica Bellucci (ex of Vincent Cassel)

Italian Elite model (Maxim; Dior; Elle; Dolce & Gabbana), and actress of movies (Spectre; Bram Stoker’s Dracula; The Matrix Reloaded; The Passion of the Christ; The Brothers Grimm; Tears of the Sun Brotherhood of the Wolf), born September 30, 1964. (Monica Bellucci 2003 Photo: Georges Biard)

Jenna Elfman (nee Jennifer Mary Butala; married Bodhi Elfman)

American actress of TV (Dharma & Greg; Fear the Walking Dead; Accidentally on Purpose; Damages) and films (Venus; Keeping the Faith; Town & Country; Edtv; Krippendorf’s Tribe; Grosse Pointe Blank; Love Hurts), born September 30, 1971. (Jenna Elfman 2012 Photo: Dan&Corina Lecca / The Hearth Truth)

(George Bancroft 1930: John Clark | Marc Bolan 1970s: Warner Bros. [colorized])  

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Meg Johnson (nee Margaret M. Johnson; married Charles Foster)

English actress of stage and television (Pearl Ladderbanks on Emmerdale Farm; Eunice Gee Nuttall on Coronation Street; Brigid McKenna on Brookside; Yanks Go Home; Empire Road; Here’s Harry; Mother Nature’s Bloomers; Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV; The Practice; Taggart; Lovejoy; Split Ends; Crown Court) (born Sept. 30, 1936 – died July 1, 2023; age 86). (Meg Johnson 1976)

Ben Cooper (nee Benjamin Austin Cooper Jr.; married Pamela Raymond)

American actor of radio (Portia Faces Life), films (Arizona Raiders; Johnny Guitar; Thunderbirds; Duel at Apache Wells; The Rose Tattoo; Rebel in Town; Flight Nurse; A Perilous Journey) & TV (The Fall Guy; The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo; Perry Mason; Combat!; Gunsmoke; Zane Grey Theater; Dallas) (born Sept. 30, 1933 – died Feb. 24, 2020; age 86). (Ben Cooper 1960 Bonanza)

Deborah Kerr (nee Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer; ex of Peter Viertel)

Academy Award-winning Scottish movie actress (The King and I; From Here to Eternity; An Affair to Remember, The End of the Affair; Quo Vadis; Julius Caesar; Tea and Sympathy; The Sundowners; The Chalk Garden; Separate Tables) (born Sept. 30, 1921 – died Oct. 16, 2007; age 86). Deborah Kerr had Parkinson’s Disease before she died. (Deborah Kerr 1947 Black Narcissus) 

Truman Capote (nee Truman Streckfus Persons; partner of Jack Dunphy)

O. Henry Award-winning American playwright, short story writer, (Breakfast at Tiffany’s; Shut a Final Door; Miriam; The Grass Harp), true-crime novelist (In Cold Blood; Other Voices, Other Rooms) (born Sept. 30, 1924 – died Aug. 25, 1984; age 59). Truman Capote died of liver disease complications. (Truman Capote 1959 Photo: Roger Higgins / New York World-Telegram and the Sun) 

George Bancroft (married Octavia Broske)

American actor of silent movies (The Wolf of Wall Street; Underworld; The Docks of New York; The Showdown; The Rainbow Trail) & classic films (Mr. Deeds Goes to Town; Scandal Sheet; A Doctor’s Diary; Thunderbolt; Angels With Dirty Faces; Each Dawn I Die; Wedding Present; Stagecoach; The Mighty) (born Sept. 30, 1882 – died Oct. 2, 1956; age 74). (George Bancroft 1927: Hommel)

Jack Wild

British 1970s teen idol, singer and actor of stage, movies (The Artful Dodger in Oliver!; Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves; Pufnstuf; Melody; Flight of the Doves; The Pied Piper) and TV (H. R. Pufnstuf; The Newcomers; Everyday Maths; The Newcomers) (born Sept. 30, 1952 – died Mar. 1, 2006; age 53). Jack Wild was a smoker and died of oral cancer. (Jack Wild 1970 Photo: Capitol Records)

Elie Wiesel (nee Eliezer Wiesel)

Romanian-American Holocaust survivor, human rights activist (Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity), 1986 Nobel Peace Prize winner, journalist and author (Night; The Fifth Son; The Testament; Dawn; A Beggar in Jerusalem; Open Heart; The Jews of Silence; Souls on Fire; All Rivers Run to the Sea) (born Sept. 30, 1928 – died July 2, 2016; age 87). (Elie Wiesel 2009 Photo: Sbakurian)

Austin Willis (ex of Kate Reid)

Canadian TV host (Cross Canada Hit Parade; This is the Law), actor of TV (Admiral Fox on Seaway; Dr. Fleming on Space Command; Encounter; On Camera; Mannix; The F.B.I.) & films (Bush Pilot; Goldfinger; Sins of the Fathers; The Mouse That Roared; Wolf Dog; Crack in the Mirror; Too Young to Love) (born Sept. 30, 1917 – died Apr. 4, 2004; age 86). (Austin Willis 1965 Seaway)

Ralph Forbes (nee Ralph Forbes Taylor; son of Mary Forbes)

English film actor (Beau Geste; Lilies of the Field; The Lady of Scandal; Inside the Lines; Her Wedding Night; The Bachelor Father; Beau Ideal; Twentieth Century; The Avenger; Bombay Mail; Frenchman’s Creek; Calling Philo Vance; The Three Musketeers) (born Sept. 30, 1904 – died Mar. 31, 1951; age 46). Brother of Brenda Forbes; ex of Ruth Chatterton & Heather Angel. (Ralph Forbes 1928)

Dewey Martin (nee Walter Milton Dwayne Midkiff)

Canadian drummer & singer for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band Buffalo Springfield (For What It’s Worth), and Nashville session drummer for Patsy Cline, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, The Everly Brothers, and others (born Sept. 30, 1940 – died Jan. 31, 2009; age 68). Dewey Martin is believed to have died from natural causes. (Dewey Martin 2004 Photo: Alrie L. Sego Jr.)

Lamont Johnson (nee Ernest Lamont Johnson Jr.)

American actor of radio (Wendy Warren and the News; Amanda of Honeymoon Hill), WWII USO performer, Emmy-winning director of TV (Wallenberg: A Hero’s Story; The Twilight Zone) & films (Somebody Killed Her Husband; Lipstick; The Groundstar Conspiracy) (born Sept. 30, 1922 – died Oct. 24, 2010; age 88). Married Josephine Merrill, aka Tony Johnson. (Lamont Johnson 1949)

Bessie Barriscale (nee Elizabeth Barry Scale; married Howard Hickman)

American silent film producer (Bessie Barriscale Productions; B.B. Features) & actress (Secrets; Show Folks; Kitty Kelly, M.D.; Tangled Threads; The Hater of Men; The Luck of Geraldine Laird; The Breaking Point; Plain Jane; The Sorrows of Love; The Mating) (born Sept. 30, 1884 – died June 30, 1965; age 80). Cousin of Edith & Mabel Taliaferro. (Bessie Barriscale 1917: Hartsook / Triangle)

Frankie Lymon (nee Franklin Joseph Lymon)

Vocal Group & Rock and Roll Halls of Fame American singer-songwriter solos & for Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers (Why Do Fools Fall in Love; I Want You to Be My Girl; Goody Goody; Who Can Explain?; The ABC’s of Love; Baby, Baby) (born Sept. 30, 1942 – died Feb. 27, 1968; age 25). Frankie Lymon died of a heroin overdose. (Frankie Lymon 1956: Gee Records / Billboard)

Marc Bolan (nee Mark Feld)

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame English glam rock guitarist & singer-songwriter of T-Rex (Bang A Gong / Get It On; 20th Century Boy; Ride a White Swan; Hot Love; The Groover; New York City; Telegram Sam; Metal Guru; Children of the Revolution; Solid Gold Easy Action) (born Sept. 30, 1947 – died Sept. 16, 1977; age 29). Marc Bolan died in a car crash. (Marc Bolan c. 1970s: Warner Bros)

John Innes Mackintosh Stewart (aka Michael Innes, J.I.M. Stewart)

Scottish professor of English (University of Adelaide; Queens University of Belfast; Christ Church, University of Oxford), non-fiction writer, short story author, novelist of mysteries & other fiction (Death at the President’s Lodging; Appleby on Ararat; A Connoisseur’s Case; Christmas at Candleshoe) (born Sept. 30, 1906 – died Nov. 12, 1994; age 88). (Michael Innes c. 1970s-1980s)

Lil Dagover (nee Marie Antonia Siegelinde Martha Seubert)

German actress of stage, TV, & movies (The Pedestrian; The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari; The Congress Dances; The Woman From Monte Carlo; End of the Game; The Buddenbrooks; Bismarck; Two Brothers; Destiny), entertainer of German troops during WWII (born Sept. 30, 1887 – died Jan. 23, 1980; age 92). Married George Witt. (Lil Dagover 1929: UVA / Film-Magazin)

Lewis Milestone (nee Leib Milstein or Lev Milstein; married Kendall Lee)

Blacklisted Academy Award-winning Russian-American director of TV & films (All Quiet on the Western Front; The Front Page; Rain; Two Arabian Knights; Of Mice and Men; The Strange Love of Martha Ivers; A Walk in the Sun; Edge of Darkness; The Red Pony; Arch of Triumph; The Purple Heart; Seven Sinners) (born Sept. 30, 1895 – died Sept. 25, 1980; age 84). (Lewis Milestone 1924)

Robin Roberts

Baseball Hall of Fame American pro baseball player, 7X MLB All-Star pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies – 1952 Sporting News MLB Player of the Year, 4X MLB wins leader & 2X MLB strikeout leader; Baltimore Orioles; Houston Astros; Chicago Cubs), & University of South Florida Bulls baseball team coach (born Sept. 30, 1926 – died May 6, 2020; age 83). (Robin Roberts 1953: Bowman)

Michael Powell (married Thelma Schoonmaker; partner of Pamela Brown)

English film producer, screenwriter, & director (Black Narcissus; Stairway to Heaven; The Red Shoes; The Fighting Pimpernel; The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp; The Edge of the World; The Thief of Bagdad; 49th Parallel; Blackout; The Spy in Black; Gone to Earth; A Canterbury Tale; I Know Where I’m Going!) (born Sept. 30, 1905 – died Feb. 19, 1990; age 84). (Michael Powell c. 1955 Painting)

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