Susan Hampshire, 86 (12/5/37) Zohra Lampert, 86 (13/5/37) Morgan Freeman, 86 (1/6/37) Luciana Paluzzi, 86 (10/6/37) Michael Kilgarriff, 86 (British actor) (16/6/37) Tom Simcox, 86 (17/6/37) Polly Holliday, 86 (2/7/37) Tom Stoppard, 86 (3/7/37) David Shire, 86 (3/7/37) David Hockney, 86 (British artist) (9/7/37) Bill Cosby, 86 (12/7/37) Steven Berkoff, 86 (3/8/37) Dustin Hoffman, 86 (8/8/37) Lorraine Gary, 86 (16/8/37) Tommy Sands, 86 (27/8/37) Jo Anne Worley, 86 (6/9/37) Don Bluth, 86 (13/9/37) Linda Lavin, 86 (15/10/37) Tony Anthony, 86 (16/10/37) Loretta Swit, 86 (4/11/37) Harris Yulin, 86 (5/11/37) Albert Hall, 86 (10/11/37) Marlo Thomas, 86 (21/11/37) Ridley Scott, 86 (30/11/37) Max Baer Jr, 86 (4/12/37) Connie Francis, 86 (US singer) (12/12/37) Lorena Velázquez, 86 (Mexican actress) (15/12/37) Joyce Bulifant, 86 (16/12/37) Jane Fonda, 86 (21/12/37) Anthony Hopkins, 86 (31/12/37) Frank Langella, 86 (1/1/38) Scilla Gabel, 86 (Italian actress) 4/1/38) Bob Eubanks, 86 (US host) (8/1/38) William B. Davis, 86 (13/1/38) Charlie Brill, 86 (13/1/38) Billy Gray, 86 (13/1/38) Judy Blume, 86 (US author, 12/2/38) Richard Beymer, 86 (West Side Story, 20/2/38) Phil Knight, 86 (Nike co-founder, 24/2/38) Diane Baker, 86 (25/2/38) Paula Prentiss, 86 (4/3/38) Fred Williamson, 86 (12/3/38) Roy Thinnes, 86 (6/4/38)
Bernie Clifton, 87 (British entertainer) (30/4/36) Engelbert Humperdinck, 87 (2/5/36) Anna Maria Alberghetti, 87 (15/5/36) Anthony Zerbe, 87 (20/5/36) Richard Harrison, 87 (26/5/36) Keir Dullea, 87 (30/5/36) Bruce Dern, 87 (4/6/36) James Darren, 87 (8/6/36) Kris Kristofferson, 87 (22/6/36) Nancy Dussault, 87 (30/6/36) Richard Wilson, 87 (9/7/36) Ruth Buzzi, 87 (24/7/36) Pat Priest, 87 (15/8/36) Anita Gillette, 87 (16/8/36) Robert Redford, 87 (18/8/36) Walter Koenig, 87 (14/9/36) Joel Fabiani, 87 (28/9/36) Brian Blessed, 87 (9/10/36) Tony Lo Bianco, 87 (19/10/36) Jack Taylor, 87 (21/10/36) Philip Kaufman, 87 (23/10/36) Bill Wyman, 87 (24/10/36) Susan Kohner, 87 (11/11/36) Dick Cavett, 87 (19/11/36) Elizabeth MacRae, 87 (22/11/36) Tommy Steele, 87 (17/12/36) Julie Stevens, 87 (1960s Avengers) (20/12/36) Hector Elizondo, 87 (22/12/36) Anne Aubrey, 87 (1/1/37) Dyan Cannon, 87 (4/1/37) Liana Orfei, 87 (Italian actress) (6/1/37) Shirley Bassey, 87 (8/1/37) Shirley Eaton, 87 (12/1/37) Margaret O'Brien, 87 (15/1/37) Pilar Cansino, 87 (18/1/37) (Spanish actress) Vanessa Redgrave, 87 (30/1/37) Alan Rothwell, 87 (9/2/37) Roberta Flack, 87 (10/2/37) Gary Lockwood, 87 (21/2/37) Tom Courtenay, 87 (25/2/37) Barbara Babcock, 87 (27/2/37) Barbara Luna, 87 (2/3/37) Sal Borgese, 87 (Italian actor, 5/3/37) Warren Beatty, 87 (30/3/37) Jordan Charney, 87 (1/4/37) Billy Dee Williams, 87 (6/4/37) William Gaunt, 87 (3/4/37) Valerie Singleton, 87 (UK TV host) (9/4/37) Edward Fox, 87 (13/4/37) Robert Hooks, 87 (18/4/37) Elinor Donahue, 87 (19/4/37) George Takei, 87 (20/4/37) Jack Nicholson, 87 (22/4/37) Michael Knowles, 87 (British actor, 26/4/37) Louis Gossett, Jr., 87 (d. 29/3/24)
Salome Jens, 88 (8/5/35) Lee Meriwether, 88 (27/5/35) Peter Sasdy, 88 (British director) (27/5/35) Anne Reid, 88 (British actor) (28/5/35) Ruta Lee, 88 (30/5/35) Irma P. Hall, 88 (3/6/35) James Bolam, 88 (16/6/35) Derren Nesbitt, 88 (19/6/35) Monte Markham, 88 (21/6/35) Gianni Garko, 88 (15/7/35) Donald Sutherland, 88 (17/7/35) Lisa Gastoni, 88 (Italian actor) (28/7/35) Wanda Ventham, 88 (5/8/35) Donald P. Bellisario, 88 (8/8/35) Jim Dale, 88 (15/8/35) Sonny Shroyer, 88 (28/8/35) Amanda Barrie, 88 (14/9/35) Derry Power, 88 (Irish actor) (19/9/35) Johnny Mathis, 88 (30/9/35) Julie Andrews, 88 (1/10/35) Horst Janson, 88 (German actor) (4/10/35) Tony Kubek, 88 (baseball player) (12/10/35) Barry Crocker, 88 (4/11/35) Judy Parfitt, 88 (7/11/35) Alain Delon, 88 (8/11/35) Pippa Scott, 88 (10/11/35) Tom Atkins, 88 (13/11/35) Diane Ladd, 88 (29/11/35) Woody Allen, 88 (30/11/35) Tony Mordente, 88 (choreographer and actor, West Side Story) (3/12/35) Rex Holman, 88 (11/12/35) Phil Donahue, 88 (21/12/35) Sandy Koufax, 88 (baseball player) (30/12/35) K Callan, 88 (9/1/36) Alan Alda, 88 (28/1/36) Gary Conway, 88 (4/2/36) Joe Don Baker, 88 (12/2/36) John Leyton, 88 (The Great Escape) 17/2/36) Jess Conrad, 88 (24/2/36) Sue Ane Langdon, 88 (8/3/36) Ursula Andress, 88 (19/3/36) Jerry Lacy, 88 (27/3/36) Peter Schickele, 88 (d. 16/1/24) Michael Jayston, 88 (d. 5/2/24, British actor) Steve Lawrence, 88 (d. 7/3/24, big band singer) M. Emmet Walsh, 88 (d. 19/3/24)
Luis Aparicio, 89 (baseball player) (29/4/34) Frankie Valli, 89 (3/5/34) Alan Bennett, 89 (British writer) (9/5/34) Nanette Newman, 89 (29/5/34) Pat Boone, 89 (1/6/34) Millicent Martin, 89 (8/6/34) Eileen Atkins, 89 (15/6/34) Bill Cobbs, 89 (16/6/34) George Hearn, 89 (18/6/34) Wendy Craig, 89 (20/6/34) Dave Grusin, 89 (26/6/34) Josef Sommer, 89 (26/6/34) Jamie Farr, 89 (1/7/34) Jean Marsh, 89 (1/7/34) Giorgio Armani, 89 (11/7/34) Rod Dana, 89 (US actor) (8/8/34) Vernon Dobtcheff, 89 (14/8/34) Pierre Richard, 89 (French actor) (16/8/34) Ketty Lester, 89 (16/8/34) John Standing, 89 (British actor) (16/8/34) Sophia Loren, 89 (20/9/34) Jean Sorel, 89 (French actor) (25/9/34) Claude Jarman Jnr, 89 (27/9/34) Brigitte Bardot, 89 (28/9/34) Timothy West, 89 (British actor) (20/10/34) Laurence Luckinbill, 89 (21/11/34) Robert Towne, 89 (US writer) (23/11/34) Judi Dench, 89 (9/12/34) Elisa Montés, 89 (Spanish actress) (15/12/34) Maggie Smith, 89 (28/12/34) Russ Tamblyn, 89 (30/12/34) Melvyn Hayes, 89 (British actor) (11/1/35) A.J. Foyt, 89 (Indy 500 winner) (16/1/35) Nicholas Pryor, 89 (28/1/35) Christina Pickles, 89 (17/2/35) Sally Jessy Raphael, 89 (25/2/35) Nancy Kovack, 89 (11/3/35) Leslie Parrish, 89 (13/3/35) Judd Hirsch, 89 (15/3/35) Mary Berry, 89 (British cook) (24/3/35) Susan Engel, 89 (25/3/35) Julian Glover, 89 (27/3/35) Herb Alpert (trumpeter), 89 (31/3/35) Giovanni Cianfriglia, 89 (Italian actor) (5/4/35) Gary Raymond, 89 (20/4/35)
Willie Nelson, 90 (29/4/33) Sian Phillips, 90 (14/5/33) Constance Towers, 90 (20/5/33) Joan Collins, 90 (23/5/33) Biddy Baxter, 90 (British TV producer - Blue Peter) (25/5/33) Brett Halsey, 90 (20/6/33) Bernie Kopell, 90 (21/6/33) Lea Massari, 90 (30/6/33) Robert Fuller, 90 (29/7/33) Vera Day (British actor) (4/8/33) Julie Newmar, 90 (16/8/33) Gary Clarke, 90 (16/8/33) Roman Polanski, 90 (18/8/33) Debra Paget, 90 (19/8/33) Geoffrey Horne, 90 (22/8/33) Tom Skerritt, 90 (25/8/33) Tsai Chin, 90 (Chinese actor) (1/9/33) Eileen Fulton, 90 (13/9/33) Pat Crowley, 90 (17/9/33) Kathleen Nolan, 90 (27/9/33) Cissy Houston, 90 (US singer, mother of Whitney) (30/9/33) Barbara Knox, 90 (British actor - Coronation Street) (30/9/33) Barrie Chase, 90 (20/10/33) Robert Gillespie, 90 (9/11/33) Kathryn Crosby, 90 (25/11/33) Wink Martindale, 90 (game show host) (4/12/33) Richard Whitmore, 90 (BBC newsreader) (22/12/33) Tom Baker, 90 (20/1/34) Audrey Dalton, 90 (21/1/34) Graham Kerr, 90 (22/1/34) Lou Antonio, 90 (23/1/34) Bob Uecker, 90 (baseball player) (26/1/34) Ram John Holder, 90 (2/2/34) Tina Louise, 90 (11/2/34) Annette Crosbie, 90 (12/2/34) James B Sikking, 90 (5/3/34) Joyce Van Patten, 90 (9/3/34) Joby Baker, 90 (26/3/34) Shirley Jones, 90 (31/3/34) Richard Chamberlain, 90 (31/3/34) Don Hastings, 90 (1/4/34) Shirley MacLaine, 90 (24/4/34)
Anouk Aimée, 91 (French actor) (27/4/32) Bruce Glover, 91 (2/5/32) Peter Lupus, 91 (17/6/32) Lalo Schifrin, 91 (21/6/32) Prunella Scales, 91 (British actor) (22/6/32) Phyllida Law, 91 (6/7/32) Nina Van Pallandt, 91 (Danish singer) (15/7/32) Edward De Souza, 91 (British actor) (4/9/32) Carol Lawrence, 91 (5/9/32) Mitzi McCall, 91 (comedienne and actress) (9/9/32) George Chakiris, 91 (16/9/32) Brian Murphy, 91 (British actor) (25/9/32) Robert Benton, 91 (US director) (29/9/32) Antoinette Bower, 91 (British actor) (30/9/32) Joe Morgenstern, 91 (film critic) (3/10/32) Felicia Farr, 91 (4/10/32) Carmen Munroe, 91 (British actor) (12/11/32) Petula Clark, 91 (15/11/32) Ellen Burstyn, 91 (7/12/32) Abbe Lane, 91 (singer) (14/12/32) Ann Firbank, 91 (British actor) (9/1/33) Michael Aspel, 91 (British TV host) (12/1/33) John Boorman, 91 (18/1/33) Costa-Gavras, 91 (Greek director) (12/2/33) Kim Novak, 91 (13/2/33) Caroline Blakiston, 91 (British actor) (13/2/33) Yoko Ono, 91 (18/2/33) Sheila Hancock, 91 (British actor) (22/2/33) Barbara Feldon, 91 (12/3/33) Michael Caine, 91 (14/3/33) Quincy Jones, 91 (14/3/33) Renée Taylor, 91 (19/3/33) Shani Wallis, 91 (14/4/33) Joan Bakewell, 91 (British TV host - Late Night Lineup) (16/4/33) Dickie Bird, 91 (cricket umpire) (19/4/33) Mark Damon, 91 (22/4/33) Carol Burnett, 91 (26/4/33) Nancy Kilgas, 91 (d. 28/10/22) Anne Heywood, 91 (d. 27/10/23) Chita Rivera, 91 (d. 30/1/24) Ron Harper, 91 (d. 21/3/24)
Willie Mays, 92 (baseball player) (6/5/31) Barbara Barrie, 92 (23/5/31) Carroll Baker, 92 (28/5/31) June Bland, 92 (British actor) (2/6/31) Raul Castro, 92 (3/6/31) Virginia McKenna, 92 (7/6/31) Marla Gibbs, 92 (14/6/31) James Tolkan, 92 (20/6/31) Leslie Caron, 92 (1/7/31) Robert Ito, 92 (2/7/31) Stanley Meadows, 92 (14/7/31) Robert Colbert, 92 (26/7/31) Darryl Hickman, 92 (28/7/31) Marianne Koch, 92 (19/8/31) Don King, 92 (20/8/31) Barbara Eden, 92 (23/8/31) Mitzi Gaynor, 92 (4/9/31) Bill Persky, 92 (writer and director) (9/9/31) Silvia Pinal, 92 (12/9/31) Barbara Bain, 92 (13/9/31) Alain Cavalier, 92 (French director) (14/9/31) Angie Dickinson, 92 (30/9/31) Eileen Derbyshire, 92 (6/10/31) Sandro Moretti, 92 (Italian actor) (9/10/31) Vivian Pickles, 92 (British actor) (21/10/31) Hank Garrett, 92 (US actor - Car 54 Where Are You?) (26/10/31) Dan Rather, 92 (31/10/31) Gérard Barray, 92 (French actor) (2/11/31) Mary Louise Wilson, 92 (12/11/31) Jaye P. Morgan, 92 (3/12/31) Rita Moreno, 92 (11/12/31) Ronnie Schell, 92 (23/12/31) Dabney Coleman, 92 (3/1/32) Alfonso Arau, (Mexican actor) (11/1/32) Gino Conforti, 92 (30/1/32) Richard Lester, 92 (19/1/32) John Williams, 92 (8/2/32) Gay Talese, 92 (US writer) (7/2/32) Floyd Levine, 92 (23/2/32) Paul Sand, 92 (5/3/32) Jean-Paul Rappeneau, 92 (French writer and director) (8/4/32) Joel Grey, 92 (11/4/32) Elaine May, 92 (21/4/32) William Roache, 92 (British actor - Coronation Street) (25/4/32) Whitey Herzog, 92 (baseball player) (d. 16/4/24)
Katherine Jackson, 93 (mother of the Jackson Five) (4/5/30) Will Hutchins, 93 (5/5/30) Gary Snyder, 93 (US poet) (8/5/30) James McEachin, 93 (20/5/30) Clint Eastwood, 93 (31/5/30) Marvin Kalb, 93 (CBS journalist) (9/6/30) Gary Watson, 93 (British actor) (13/6/30) Gena Rowlands, 93 (19/6/30) Tommy Cook, 93 (5/7/30) Nita Talbot, 93 (8/8/30) Charles Kay, 93 (British actor) (31/8/30) Sonny Rollins, 93 (US jazz saxophonist) (7/9/30) Mario Adorf, 93 (8/9/30) Phillipe Leroy, 93 (15/10/30) Bernie Ecclestone, 93 (28/10/30) John Scott, 93 (1/11/30) Don Burnett, 93 (3/11/30) Lois Smith, 93 (3/11/30) David Amram, 93 (17/11/30) Armin Mueller-Stahl, 93 (17/12/30) Robert Duvall, 93 (5/1/31) James Earl Jones, 93 (17/1/31) Mamie Van Doren, 93 (6/2/31) Claire Bloom, 93 (15/2/31) Gerald Harper, 93 (British actor - Adam Adamant Lives!) (15/2/31) Dominic Chianese, 93 (24/2/31) Ann McCrea, 93 (25/2/31) Hal Linden, 93 (20/3/31) William Shatner, 93 (22/3/31) Ted Kotcheff, 93 (US director) (7/4/31) Kenneth Cope, 93 (14/4/31)
Margaret Kerry, 94 (11/5/29) Ann Robinson, 94 (25/5/29) Yvonne Lombard, 94 (28/5/29) Jürgen Habermas, 94 (German philosopher) (18/6/29) Thelma Barlow, 94 (Coronation Street) (19/6/29) Bonnie Bartlett, 94 (20/6/29) Imelda Marcos, 94 (2/7/29) John Woodvine, 94 (British actor) (21/7/29) Vera Miles, 94 (23/8/29) Bob Newhart, 94 (5/9/29) Stu Phillips, 94 (9/9/29) Leroy Van Dyke, 94 (4/10/29) Ana Luisa Peluffo, 94 (Mexican actor) (9/10/29) Liselotte Pulver, 94 (11/10/29) Fernanda Montenegro, 94 (Brazilian actor) (16/10/29) Colin Jeavons, 94 (20/10/29) Joan Plowright, 94 (28/10/29) Rachel Ames, 94 (2/11/29) June Squibb, 94 (6/11/29) Jerry Hardin, 94 (20/11/29) Berry Gordy, 94 (US record producer and writer) (28/11/29) Mara Corday, 94 (3/1/30) Tippi Hedren, 94 (19/1/30) Buzz Aldrin, 94 (20/1/30) Roy Clarke, 94 (British writer) (28/1/30) Gene Hackman, 94 (30/1/30) Robert Wagner, 94 (10/2/30) Joanne Woodward, 94 (27/2/30) John Cullum, 94 (2/3/30) Shirley Cooklin, 94 (3/3/30) Tania Elg, 94 (Finnish actress) (9/3/30) Albert S. Ruddy, 94 (US producer) (28/3/30) John Astin, 9 (30/3/30) Vigdis Finbogadottir, 94 (former president of Iceland) (15/4/30) Clive Revill, 94 (18/4/30) Alan Oppenheimer, 94 (23/4/30) Lynn Hamilton, 94 (25/4/30) William O'Connell, 94 (d. 15/1/24) Don Murray, 94 (d. 2/2/24)
Dr Ruth Westheimer, 95 (4/6/28) James Ivory, 95 (7/6/28) Richard M Sherman, 95 (12/6/28) Patrick Hemingway, 95 (US writer) (28/6/28) Sidney Kilbrick, 95 (2/7/28) Peter Cellier, 95 (12/7/28) Johnny Gilbert, 95 (13/7/28) Nancy Olson, 95 (14/7/28) Ann Blyth, 95 (16/8/28) Earl Holliman, 95 (11/9/28) Ted Nichols, 95 (composer) (2/10/28) Marion Ross, 95 (25/10/28) Kathleen Hughes, 95 (14/11/28) Noam Chomsky, 95 (7/12/28) Terry Moore, 95 (7/1/29) Michael Craig, 95 (27/1/29) Jerry Adler, 95 (4/2/29) Allan Miller, 95 (14/2/29) Alejandro Jodorowsky, 95 (Chilean director) (17/2/29) Patricia Routledge, 95 (17/2/29) Rebecca Schull, 95 (22/2/29) James Hong, 95 (22/2/29) Alice Hirson, 95 (10/3/29) Mark Rydell, 95 (US director) (23/3/29) Samson Burke, 95 (Canadian actor) (8/4/29) Jack Betts, 95 (11/4/29) Michael Forest, 95 (Star Trek) (17/4/29) Terry Carter, 95 (d. 23/4/24)
Teddie Beverley, 96 (5/5/27) "Doc" Severinsen, 96 (7/7/27) William Smithers, 96 (10/7/27) Rosemary Harris, 96 (19/9/27) Sandy Gall, 96 (British news reporter) (1/10/27) Lee Montague, 96 (British actor) (16/10/27) Cleo Laine, 96 (28/10/27) Estelle Parsons, 96 (20/11/27) Geneviève Page, 96 (French actor) (13/12/27) Donna Martell, 96 (24/12/27) David Sheiner, 96 (13/1/28) Desmond Morris, 96 (British zoolologist and presenter) (24/1/28) Paul Dooley, 96 (22/2/28) Jan Shepard, 96 (19/3/28) Jim Lovell, 96 (US astronaut) (25/3/28) Tom Lehrer, 96 (9/4/28) Laurie Johnson, 96 (d. 22/1/24)
David Attenborough, 97 (wildlife documentaries on the BBC) (8/5/26) Yvonne Furneaux, 97 (11/5/26) Marilyn Knowlden, 97 (12/5/26) Stanley Baxter, 97 (British comedian) (24/5/26) Joe Negri, 97 (guitarist) (10/6/26) Mel Brooks, 97 (28/6/26) Helen Gallagher, 97 (19/7/26) Laurence Rosenthal, 97 (4/11/26) Terry Kilburn, 97 (25/11/26) Ed Williams, 97 (26/11/26) Elizabeth Benson, 97 (British TV actor) (30/11/26) H. M. Wynant, 97 (actor) (12/2/27) Alvin Rakoff, 97 (Canadian director) (18/2/27) Dick Hyman, 97 (US pianist) (8/3/27) John Kander, 97 (US composer) (18/3/27) William Daniels, 97 (31/3/27) Cora Sue Collins, 97 (19/4/27) Oscar Quitak, 97 (British actor, d. 31/12/23) Norman Jewison, 97 (d. 22/1/24) Barbara Rush, 97 (d. 31/3/24) Carl Erskine, 97 (baseball player) (d. 16/4/24) Ysanne Churchman, 98 (British actor) (14/5/25) June Lockhart, 98 (25/6/25) David Graham, 98 (British actor; Parker in Thunderbirds) (11/7/25) Pete Murray, 98 (British DJ and host) (19/9/25) Bobby Shantz, 98 (baseball player) (26/9/25) Lee Grant, 98 (31/10/25) Carla Balenda, 98 (22/11/25) Dick van Dyke, 98 (13/12/25) David Frankham, 98 (British actor) (16/2/26) Barbara Clegg, 98 (British writer) (1/3/26) Gudrun Ure, 98 (British actor; Supergran) (12/3/26) Gene Shalit, 98 (US film critic) (25/3/26) Peter Marshall, 98 (game show host) (30/3/26) Roger Corman, 98 (5/4/26) Marilyn Erskine, 98 (24/4/26) Sergio Garrone, 98 (Italian director) (d. 12/7/23)
Laurie Webb, 99 (British actor) (6/5/24) Priscilla Pointer, 99 (18/5/24) Eva Marie Saint, 99 (4/7/24) Donald Pelmear, 99 (British actor) (6/7/24) Ella Jenkins, 99 (US folk singer) (6/8/24) Jimmy Carter, 99 (1/10/24) Ted Hartley, 99 (6/11/24) William Russell, 99 (The Great Escape/first two seasons of Doctor Who) (19/11/24) Maria Riva, 99 (13/12/24) Dub Jones, 99 (American football player) (29/12/24) Roy Haynes, 99 (US jazz drummer, 13/3/25) Ralph Senensky, 100 (US director) (1/5/23) David Lawton, 100 (British actor - soap, Crossroads) (11/8/23) Vincent Ball, 100 (4/12/23) Johnny Pate, 100 (5/12/23) Annette Warren, 101 (US singer) (11/7/22) Annabel Maule, 101 (British actor) (8/9/22) Janis Paige, 101 (16/9/22) Jacqueline White, 101 (23/11/22) Micheline Presle, 101 (French actor) (d. 21/2/24) Ed Iskenderian, 102 (US hot rodder) (10/7/21) Joe Caroff, 102 (US artist) (18/8/21) Siro Marcellini, 102 (Italian director) (16/9/21) Gianni Di Benedetto, 102 (Italian actor) (2/11/21) Ray Anthony, 102 (US musician) (20/1/22) Jack Rader, 103 (US actor) (23/2/21) June Spencer, 104 (British actor) (14/6/19) Arnold Yarrow, 104 (British actor) (17/4/20) Elisabeth Waldo, 105 (US composer) (18/6/18) Caron Marsh Doll, 105 (6/4/19)
New name to the list. 1950s-60s comedian and talk show personality Woody Woodbury just turned 100. Among other things, he replaced Johnny Carson as the host of the game show "Who Do You Trust?" when Carson accepted his new job as host of the Tonight Show.
US actress Karen Sharpe is 89. She appeared with John Wayne in The High And The Mighty (1954), Man With The Gun (1955), was a regular in the US Western TV show Johnny Ringo (1959-60), The Disorderly Orderly with Jerry Lewis (1964) and had a lengthy career on US television in the 50s and 60s before retiring in 1966.
Here she is with Mark Goddard and Don Durant in Johnny Ringo (1959).
Three more names from the world of auto racing who are now 86.
Richard Petty-"The King" and the greatest name in NASCAR racing with 7 Daytona 500s and 200 wins in competition. Bobby Allison-Three time Daytona 500 champion. Johnny Rutherford-Three Indianapolis 500 champion (1974-76-80)
And two time Indy 500 champion Gordon Johncock (1973-1982) is 87.
US actress Karen Sharpe is 89. She appeared with John Wayne in The High And The Mighty (1954), Man With The Gun (1955), was a regular in the US Western TV show Johnny Ringo (1959-60), The Disorderly Orderly with Jerry Lewis (1964) and had a lengthy career on US television in the 50s and 60s before retiring in 1966.
Joel Grey celebrates his 92nd birthday today. And Jack Betts is 95 today!
And completing a trio of actors from US soap As The World Turns, Rosemary Prinz is 93. She appeared in 86 episodes over 50 years, nearly 400 episodes of another US soap, First Love (1954-55), and over 300 episodes of a third soap, How To Survive A Marriage (1974-75).
Here she is with list alumni and future film director Mark Rydell in As The World Turns (1958).
French actress Anne Vernon is 100 years old! She starred opposite David Tomlinson in Warning to Wantons (1949), followed by Shakedown (1950), Song of Paris (with Dennis Price, 1952), Time Bomb (with Glenn Ford, 1953), The Love Lottery (with David Niven, directed by Charles Crichton, 1954), The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (with Catherine Deneuve, 1964) and Therese and Isabelle (1968).
Here she is with Glenn Ford in Time Bomb (aka Terror On A Train, 1953).
A goddess from my youth, Claudia Cardinale, is 86, today.
Quite the CV too. Rocco And His Brothers (1960), 8 1/2 (1963), The Leopard (1963), The Pink Panther (1963), Once Upon A Time In The West (1968), Jesus Of Nazareth (1977), Escape To Athena (1979), and Fitzcarraldo (1982).
Here she is in Once Upon A Time In The West (1968).
Italian director Sergio Garrone is still clocking on at 98, apparently.
It's since emerged that he passed away a month before you made that post! Didn't make the news. It would have been his birthday today. It's suddenly popped up on various sites - July 12 2023 apparently, aged 98.
Vigdis Finbogadottir (former president of Iceland) is 94 today.
Surprised you included forgettable trash like Escape to athena n left out The Professionals, Lost Command and ennio-scored Red Tent and Il prefetto di ferro.! Lol
Surprised you included forgettable trash like Escape to athena n left out The Professionals, Lost Command and ennio-scored Red Tent and Il prefetto di ferro.! Lol
I've never seen those films Bill. Heard of the first two but didn't know they were classics. I do try and include the better ones that I know of. And as for Escape to Athena, it's a guilty pleasure
