Birthdays: May 26

by bcampos862 | created - 26 May 2015 | updated - 26 May 2020 | Public

1. Stevie Nicks

Soundtrack | Sweet November

Stevie Nicks was born in Phoenix, Arizona. From an early age, she showed a love and aptitude for music, singing country and western duets with her grandfather when she was 4 years old. After moving to San Francisco, she began songwriting and performing at Menlo-Atherton High School, where she met ...

2. Adam Curtis

Director | The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear

Adam Curtis was born on May 26, 1955 in Dartford, Kent, England, UK. He is a director and producer, known for The Power of Nightmares (2004), Pandora's Box (1992) and HyperNormalisation (2016).

3. Adam Robitel

Director | The Taking

Adam graduated from the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts.

Robitel's latest film, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, has recently been released to the delight of Escape Room fans. His three last films have been theatrical releases and have grossed 370 million dollars ...

4. Al Jolson

Actor | The Jazz Singer

Al Jolson was known in the industry as "The World's Greatest Entertainer," for well over 40 years. After his death his influence continued unabated with such performers as Sammy Davis Jr., Elvis Presley, Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Jackie Wilson and Jerry Lee Lewis all mentioning him as an ...

5. Alec McCowen

Actor | Never Say Never Again

Alec McCowen was born Alexander Duncan McCowan on May 26, 1925 in Tunbridge Wells, England. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he made his professional debut in 1942. He established his reputation in classical stage roles, appearing in the ensemble of Laurence Olivier's famed ...

6. Alex Garland

Writer | Ex Machina

Alex Garland is an English novelist, screenwriter, film producer and director. He is best known for the films Ex Machina (2015) and Annihilation (2018).

Garland's others works as a writer includes The Beach (2000), 28 Days Later (2002), Sunshine (2007), Never Let Me Go (2011) and Dredd (2012).

He is ...

7. Alexander Karim

Actor | Dying of the Light

Alexander Karim was born on May 26, 1976 in Helsingborg, Skåne län, Sweden. He is an actor and writer, known for Dying of the Light (2014), Zero Dark Thirty (2012) and Tyrant (2014).

8. Alison Stern

Actress | Private Parts

Alison Stern was born on May 26, 1954 in Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress, known for Private Parts (1997), The Howard Stern Show (1987) and U.S. Open Sores (1989). She has been married to David Simon since November 23, 2001. She was previously married to Howard Stern.

9. Antonio Prieto

Actor | México nunca duerme

Antonio Prieto was a Chilean crooner who enjoyed great success as a recording artist in Latin America in the 1950s and 1960s. His popularity won over film producers and he was cast in several musical comedies mainly playing himself as in "Vacaciones en Acapulco" (1961). He was also featured singing...

10. Archie Duncan

Actor | The Adventures of Robin Hood

Archie Duncan was born on May 26, 1914 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955), Sherlock Holmes (1954) and Saint Joan (1957). He died on July 24, 1979 in Waltham Forest, London, England, UK.

11. Ashley Bell

Actress | The Last Exorcism

Ashley Bell made her feature film debut in Lionsgate and Strike Entertainment's thriller, The Last Exorcism (2010). Her performance garnered her an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress and an MTV Movie Award nomination, while the film grossed nearly $70 million, worldwide...

12. Ashley Massaro

Actress | Smallville

Ashley Massaro was born on May 26, 1979 in Babylon, Long Island, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Smallville (2001), WWE Smackdown! (1999) and WWE Raw (1993). She died on May 16, 2019 in Smithtown, Long Island, New York, USA.

13. Astrid Bergès-Frisbey

Actress | King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

Astrid Bergès-Frisbey was born the 26th May of 1986 in Barcelona, Spain to a Spanish Father and a French-American Mother of English descent. She is fluent in French, Spanish, and Catalan. Astrid Bergès-Frisbey made her acting debut in 2007 on French television. In 2008, she made her feature debut ...

14. Barbara Stock

Actress | Spenser: For Hire

Barbara Stock was born on May 26, 1956 in Downers Grove, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for Spenser: For Hire (1985), Dallas (1978) and Murder, She Wrote (1984). She has been married to William G. Dunn since April 1988. They have one child.

15. Ben Alexander

Actor | All Quiet on the Western Front

Starting out as a child actor in 1915, Ben Alexander's first roles were in the films of such directors as Cecil B. DeMille and D.W. Griffith. He later graduated to juvenile leads and supporting parts in sound films, most notably in All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). When his acting career ...

16. Benjamin Gourley

Actor | Moving McAllister

Benjamin John Gourley was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on May 26, 1978. He is the third oldest of seven children (3 girls, 4 boys). He graduated from Brigham Young University in 2003 with a degree in film production with an emphasis in screenwriting. He served a two year mission for the Church of ...

17. Benji Gregory

Actor | ALF

Blue-eyed Benji Gregory was born in Encino, California, USA on May 26, 1978. His parents are Manny and Patti, and he has an older sister, Becky, and a younger brother, Matthew. His father, uncle and sister were all actors; his grandmother is his agent.

As a veteran of dozens of commercials, Benji ...

18. Colin Vearncombe

Soundtrack | Starter for 10

Colin Vearncombe was born on May 26, 1962 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. He was an actor and composer, known for Starter for 10 (2006), The Pier (2011) and Es ist nur eine Phase, Hase (2021). He was married to Camilla. He died on January 26, 2016 in Cork, Ireland.

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19. Bobcat Goldthwait

Director | God Bless America

Robert Francis 'Bobcat' Goldthwait, born May 26, 1962, is an American comedian, writer, producer, director, and star of films and television shows. He is most widely known for his at times screechy voice and scattergun delivery during his standup comedy performances and some film roles.

He was born ...

20. Brandi Cyrus

Actress | Old 37

Brandi Cyrus was born on May 26, 1987 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. She is an actress, known for Old 37 (2015), Zoey 101 (2005) and Hannah Montana (2006).

21. Brent Musburger

Actor | The Waterboy

Brent Musburger was born on May 26, 1939 in Billings, Montana, USA. He is an actor, known for The Waterboy (1998), Planes (2013) and Rocky II (1979). He has been married to Arlene Clare Sander since June 8, 1963. They have two children.

22. Bryan Konietzko

Writer | The Legend of Korra

Bryan Konietzko was born on May 26, 1976 in the USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Legend of Korra (2012), Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005) and The Last Airbender (2010).

23. Camila Greenberg

Actress | Veep

Camila Briann Greenberg was born on May 26, 1988 in Tucson, Arizona. She grew up performing in theater companies and signed with Ford modeling agency at the age of 14. She booked her first TV pilot for Nickelodeon in 2007 starring alongside comedian Tim Stack. She then made appearances on shows ...

24. Carmen Montejo

Actress | Mujeres sin mañana

Carmen Montejo was born on May 26, 1925 in Pinar del Río, Cuba. She was an actress and writer, known for Mujeres sin mañana (1951), Los cachorros (1973) and La infame (1954). She was married to Manuel González Ortega. She died on February 25, 2013 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.

25. Cassidy Fox

Actress | Anne

Cassidy Fox was born on May 26, 1999 in Canada. She is an actress, known for Anne with an E (2017).

26. Charles Stevens

Actor | The Three Musketeers

Charles Stevens was born on May 26, 1893 in Solomonsville, Arizona, USA. He was an actor and assistant director, known for The Three Musketeers (1921), The Americano (1916) and Ebb Tide (1937). He was married to Lila Ethel Berry. He died on August 22, 1964 in Hollywood, California, USA.

27. Charles Winninger

Actor | Show Boat

Short, chubby-framed, twinkle-eyed, ever-huggable Charles Winninger was a veteran vaudevillian by the time he arrived in talking films. Born in a trunk to Austrian immigrant show biz folk in Athens, Wisconsin, on May 26, 1884, he was the son of Rosalia (Grassler) and Franz Winninge, a violinist. He...

28. Danny Green

Actor | The Ladykillers

Danny Green was born on May 26, 1903 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Ladykillers (1955), Wideawake (1957) and The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958). He died in 1973.

29. Dayle Haddon

Actress | Cyborg

Dayle was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. As a child she was enrolled in dancing classes to develop her physique. It worked well enough that she became a member of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens at 13 and Miss Montreal at 18.

Her elfin good looks provided an easy entree to modeling and she quickly...

30. Diane Roter

Actress | The Virginian

Danielle B. Roter was born on May 26, 1948 in Brussels, Belgium, the daughter of Tovia and Bella Roter. Along with her younger brother, Michel, the family departed from Cherbourg, France in early December 1948 on the Queen Elizabeth, arriving in New York, New York, USA on December 13, 1948. Diane's...

31. Donald Losby

Actor | The Twilight Zone

Donald Losby was born on May 26, 1951 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is an actor, known for The Twilight Zone (1959), The Mating Game (1959) and Tower of London (1962).

32. Dorothy Christy

Actress | The Phantom Empire

Born as Dorothea Seltzer in Reading, Pennsylvania, Dorothy Christy was an American actress who worked with film greats such as Will Rogers, Buster Keaton, the Marx brothers, Laurel and Hardy, and many others. She even worked with the singing cowboy himself, Gene Autry. She died in Santa Monica, ...

33. Doug Hutchison

Actor | The Green Mile

Doug grew up in Detroit and Minneapolis and eventually moved to New York City and briefly attended the Juilliard School. After studying with Sanford Meisner for two years and working at a plethora of oddball jobs (including dressing as a giant Citibank card to hand out flyers in Times Square), he ...

34. Elisabeth Harnois

Actress | Keith

Elisabeth was born in Detroit in 1979 and grew up in Los Angeles. An actress since the age of 3, she co-starred at the age of 5 in two movies (One Magic Christmas (1985) and Where Are the Children? (1985)). She did numerous TV commercials until being chosen by Disney Productions to star as Alice in...

36. Fernando León de Aranoa

Writer | A Perfect Day

Fernando León de Aranoa was born on May 26, 1968 in Madrid, Spain. He is a writer and director, known for A Perfect Day (2015), The Good Boss (2021) and Mondays in the Sun (2002).

38. Genie Francis

Actress | General Hospital

Genie Francis was born on May 26, 1962 in Englewood, New Jersey to actors Ivor Francis and Rosemary Daley. She grew up in Long Island, New York and California. She has an older brother, Ivor Francis, and a younger brother, Kenneth Francis, and a half-sister, Shelley Francis. The attractive, blonde ...

39. Geoffrey Unsworth

Cinematographer | Cabaret

Goeffrey Unsworth was one of the great cinematographers of the 20th Century, the winner of two Oscars, five BAFTA awards, and three awards from the British Society of Cinematographers for his work as a director of photography. Born in 1914 in Lancashire, England, Unsworth started in the industry in...

40. George Formby

Soundtrack | Boots! Boots!

Born George Hoy Booth in Wigan, Lancashire on 26 May 1904, he later took his father's stage name of George Formby. He briefly attended school where he failed to learn to read or write so was removed from formal education and sent to become a stable boy in Middleham, North Yorkshire, where he later ...

41. Hank Williams Jr.

Soundtrack | Gravity

Randall Hank Williams was born the son of the legendary Hank Williams and Audrey Williams. After the death of his father in 1953, Hank Jr. began his career in country music. The early years of his career were spent trying to overcome the legacy of his father and come into his own. This did not ...

42. Helena Bonham Carter

Actress | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Helena Bonham Carter is an actress of great versatility, one of the UK's finest and most successful.

Bonham Carter was born May 26, 1966 in Golders Green, London, England, the youngest of three children of Elena (née Propper de Callejón), a psychotherapist, and Raymond Bonham Carter, a merchant ...

43. Hernán Lirio

Writer | Crónicas delirio

Hernán Lirio is known for Crónicas delirio (2018), De 1 a 5 (2012) and Colección Bernardo Stamateas (2019).

44. Hrach Titizian

Actor | The Rookie

Hrach Titizian was born on May 26, 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Rookie (2018), S.W.A.T. (2017) and Homeland (2011).

45. Inge Borkh

Actress | Die Frau ohne Schatten

Inge Borkh was born on May 26, 1917 in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She was an actress, known for Die Frau ohne Schatten (1963), Lieder, Arien und Geschichten (1964) and Drama Into Opera: Oedipus Rex (1961). She was married to Alexander Welitsch and Robert Lenz. She died on August 26, 2018...

46. Jack Kevorkian

Self | Kevorkian

Controversial pathologist, writer and inventor, Jack Kevorkian was the only son of Levon Kevorkian a former auto-factory worker who owned an excavating company and his homemaker wife. He had 2 sisters. Kevorkian's parents were Armenian refugees, whose relatives were among the 1.5 millon victims of ...

47. Jacques Bergerac

Actor | Gigi

Jacques Bergerac was born on May 26, 1927 in Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. He was an actor, known for Gigi (1958), Missione speciale Lady Chaplin (1966) and Un homme se penche sur son passé (1958). He was married to Dorothy Malone and Ginger Rogers. He died on June 15, 2014 in ...

48. James Arness

Actor | Gunsmoke

American leading man famed as the star of one of the longest-running shows in U.S. television history, Gunsmoke (1955). Born of Norwegian heritage (the family name, Aurness, had formerly been Aursness) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Rolf and Ruth Duesler Aurness. His father was a traveling salesman ...

49. Jason Manford

Actor | Ordinary Lies

Jason Manford was born on May 26, 1981 in Salford, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Ordinary Lies (2015), Ideal (2005) and Little Crackers (2010). He has been married to Lucy Dyke since December 23, 2017. They have one child. He was previously married to Catherine.

50. Jay Silverheels

Actor | The Lone Ranger

Jay Silverheels was born on Canada's Six Nation's Reserve and was one of 10 children. He was a star lacrosse player and a boxer before he entered films as a stuntman in 1938. He worked in a number of films through the 1940s before gaining notice as the Osceola brother in a Humphrey Bogart film Key ...

51. Jean-François Casanovas

Actor | Tetro

Jean-François Casanovas was born on May 26, 1949 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Tetro (2009), Todo o nada (1984) and La pluma del ángel (1992). He died on April 29, 2015 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

52. John Dall

Actor | Rope

John Dall was born John Dall Thompson on May 26, 1920, the younger son of Mr. Charles Jenner Thompson and Mrs. Henry (née Worthington) Thompson. He made his Broadway debut in Norman Krasna's comedy, 'Dear Ruth', directed by Moss Hart, in 1944. The show was a hit, running for over a year and a half ...

53. John Hamburg

Producer | Little Fockers

John Hamburg was born on May 26, 1970 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Little Fockers (2010), Why Him? (2016) and I Love You, Man (2009). He has been married to Christina Kirk since September 24, 2005.

54. John Wayne

Actor | True Grit

John Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison in Iowa, to Mary Alberta (Brown) and Clyde Leonard Morrison, a pharmacist. He was of English, Scottish, Ulster-Scots, and Irish ancestry.

Clyde developed a lung condition that required him to move his family from Iowa to the warmer climate of southern ...

55. Jolene Anderson

Actress | All Saints

Jolene Anderson was born on May 26, 1980 in Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia. She is an actress and producer, known for All Saints (1998), Rush (2008) and The Dustwalker (2019).

56. Josefina Robirosa

Art_department | The City of Your Final Destination

Josefina Robirosa was born on May 26, 1932 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Josefina is known for The City of Your Final Destination (2009). Josefina died on May 20, 2022 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

57. Julianna Rose Mauriello

Actress | LazyTown

Julianna Rose Mauriello was born in Irvington, New York on a glorious spring morning, May 26, 1991. Always singing, she appeared as a child in Party Scene of The Nutcracker at SUNY Purchase, asleep under the Christmas tree. Her fascination with performing continued to grow as she first watched her ...

58. Kerry Ingram

Actress | Les Misérables

Kerry's first professional stage role was in Oliver! at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. She then went on to play the lead role of Matilda Wormwood in Matilda, a Musical in Stratford Upon Avon's Courtyard Theatre. The show was a success and It then transferred to West End and Kerry was the only ...

59. Kevin Gage

Actor | Heat

Kevin Franklin Gaede, who later changed his name to Kevin Gage, was born and raised in northern Wisconsin. He was physically active, working on his grandparents' dairy farm and excelling in school sports, including basketball, baseball, football, hockey, and track. He also enjoyed fishing and other...

60. Laurence Fox

Actor | The Hole

RADA-trained Laurence Fox is the third son of the actor James Fox and his wife Mary. He is a British actor who has appeared in several important films, plays, and television programs.

He is also active in politics, founding a new political party named "Reclaim" in 2020 and he presents an opinion ...

61. Lauryn Hill

Soundtrack | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Lauryn Hill, a native of South Orange, New Jersey, first came to attention with the multi-talented Fugees. Their first album, "Blunted On Reality", went virtually unnoticed by the public; their real breakthrough came with the sophomore album, "The Score", which featured "Killing Me Softly". That ...

62. Lenny Kravitz

Actor | The Hunger Games

Regarded as one of the preeminent rock musicians of our time, Lenny Kravitz has transcended genre, style, race, and class over the course of a three decade-plus musical career. Reveling in the soul, rock, and funk influences the sixties and seventies, the writer, producer and multi-instrumentalist ...

63. Leon Marr

Director | Dancing in the Dark

Leon Marr was born on May 26, 1948 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a director and writer, known for Dancing in the Dark (1986), The Second Time Around (2016) and The Hitchhiker (1983). He died on July 22, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

64. Levon Helm

Actor | Shooter

Levon Helm was in the right place at the right time. He saw the birth of rock and roll and, though he was too much of a gentleman to say it, his role in helping to keep that rebellious child healthy was more than just instrumental.

On May 26, 1940, Mark Lavon Helm was the second of four children born...

65. Lisa Niemi

Actress | One Last Dance

Lisa Niemi was born on May 26, 1956 in Houston, Texas, USA. She is an actress and director, known for One Last Dance (2003), She's Having a Baby (1988) and Super Force (1990). She has been married to Albert DePrisco since May 25, 2014. She was previously married to Patrick Swayze.

66. Luis Felipe Noé

Carne

Luis Felipe Noé was born on May 26, 1933 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is an actor, known for Carne (1991), Tintarella di luna (1985) and Tres en la deriva del acto creativo (2021).

67. Maite Zumelzú

Actress | Por amarte así

Maite Zumelzú was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is known for Por amarte así (2016), Premios Martín Fierro 2017 (2017) and El encanto de las ballenas (2021).

68. Makoto Ogino

Radiant Silvergun

Makoto Ogino was a writer, known for Radiant Silvergun (1998), Peacock King (1988) and Sin and Punishment (2000). He died on April 29, 2019.

69. Marcus Nispel

Director | Friday the 13th

Marcus Nispel was born on May 26, 1963 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. He is a director and producer, known for Friday the 13th (2009), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) and Pathfinder (2007).

70. Margaret Colin

Actress | Independence Day

Margaret Colin was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised on Long Island. She graduated from Baldwin Senior High School in 1976. Margaret began acting in The Edge of Night (1956) (her character was a heiress and former terrorist, with seven murder attempts), and was employed next on As the World ...

71. Marian Gold

Soundtrack | Son of a Gun

Marian Gold was born on May 26, 1954 in Hereford, Germany. He is a composer and actor, known for Son of a Gun (2014), Three Steps Above Heaven (2010) and Burlesque (2010).

72. Marieke Hardy

Writer | Laid

Marieke Hardy was born on May 26, 1976 in Melbourne, Australia. She is a writer and actress, known for Laid (2011), Short Cuts (2002) and Blue Heelers (1994).

73. Masaharu Morimoto

Self | Morimoto's Sushi Master

Masaharu Morimoto was born on May 26, 1955 in Hiroshima, Japan. He is an actor, known for Morimoto's Sushi Master (2023), Hawaii Five-0 (2010) and Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine (2008).

74. Matt Stone

Soundtrack | South Park

Matthew Stone is a Jewish-American actor, writer, director, musician and animator who frequently collaborates with Trey Parker. They created and voiced in the South Park franchise. Matt voiced Kyle Broflovski, Kenny McCormick, Butters Stotch and other characters. He and Parker also worked on The ...

75. Matthew Currie Holmes

Actor | Buckout Road

Matthew Currie Holmes is a multi-award-winning screenwriter, director, and actor; having appeared in over 40 films and television series, most notably Firewall (Harrison Ford), The Fog (Maggie Grace) and Wrong Turn 2 (Henry Rollins).

Currie Holmes' feature film directorial debut, the supernatural ...

76. Monkey Punch

Writer | Rupan sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro

Monkey Punch was born on May 26, 1937 in Hamanaka, Hokkaido, Japan. He was a writer, known for Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979), Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus (1995) and Lupin III: Dead or Alive (1996). He died on April 11, 2019 in Sakura, Chiba, Japan.

77. Musetta Vander

Actress | Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

A Dutch South African, Musetta Vander was raised without that most basic of modern conveniences--television! Radio programming, childhood books and weekend trips to the drive-in introduced her to the magical world of movies. It was not until the mid-'70s that South Africa finally got television, ...

78. Nanrisa Lee

Actress | Quantum Leap

Nanrisa Lee was born in Alameda County, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Quantum Leap (2022), CSI: Vegas (2021) and Bosch (2014).

79. Nati Jota

Actress | El Encargado

Nati Jota is known for The One in Charge (2022), Café Fan (2021) and ¿En qué mano está? (2017).

80. Ned Dowd

Producer | The Last of the Mohicans

Ned Dowd was born on May 26, 1950 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is a producer and assistant director, known for The Last of the Mohicans (1992), Apocalypto (2006) and The Count of Monte Cristo (2002).

81. Nick Michaels

Actor | Friday Night Videos

Nick Michaels is known for Friday Night (1983) and Barcelona '92: 16 Days of Glory (1993).

82. Nicki Aycox

Actress | Perfect Stranger

Nicki Aycox lived a full artistic life since the age of nine, when she fell in love with the family piano and began playing music. By the time she had reached her preteens Nicki was performing Beethoven for audiences all around Oklahoma, until her family had a huge financial setback and was forced ...

83. Nicole Dionne

Casting_department | Two Distant Strangers

Nicole Dionne was born in Dighton, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress and casting director, known for Two Distant Strangers (2020), The Oak Room (2020) and Vicious Fun (2020).

84. Norma Talmadge

Actress | Camille

Norma Talmadge was born on May 26, 1895, in Jersey City, New Jersey. The daughter of an unemployed alcoholic and his wife, Norma did not have the idyllic childhood that most of us yearn for. Her father left the family on Christmas Day and his wife and three daughters had to fend for themselves. Her...

85. Ole Bornedal

Writer | Nattevagten

Ole Bornedal was born 1959 in Noerresundby, Denmark. From the time he was fourteen he knew he wanted to become a filmmaker. However, not being able to get into The Danish Film School, he had to create his own career and after a few years of University Studies in Film, he started working for The ...

86. Olivia Pascal

Actress | Griechische Feigen

Olivia Pascal was born on May 26, 1957 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. She is an actress and publicist, known for The Fruit Is Ripe (1977), Sunshine Reggae auf Ibiza (1983) and The Joy of Flying (1977). She has been married to Peter Kanitz since 2009.

87. Pam Grier

Actress | Jackie Brown

Pam Grier was born in Winston-Salem, NC, one of four children of Gwendolyn Sylvia (Samuels), a nurse, and Clarence Ransom Grier Jr., an Air Force mechanic. Pam has been a major African-American star from the early 1970s. Her career started in 1971, when Roger Corman of New World Pictures launched ...

88. Patricia Viggiano

Actress | Comodines

Patricia Viggiano is known for Cops (1997), Secret Voices (2021) and Los secretos de papá (2004). She has been married to Diego Chornogubsky since 1986. They have two children.

89. Patsy Palmer

Actress | EastEnders

Born Julie Anne Harris, the youngest child of Albert and Pat Harris, Patsy Palmer was born for stardom. She spent her childhood in Bethnal Green, London with her whole family close by. She was particularly close to her maternal parents, whom she affectionately called "Farvey" and "Nor." Her parents...

90. Paul Lukas

Actor | Watch on the Rhine

Oscar-winning actor Paul Lukas was born in Hungary and graduated from the School for Dramatic Arts. In 1916 he went to Kosice (Kassa) to be an actor; in 1918 he became an actor specializing in comedy. For ten years he was the most popular character player and romantic lead of the company. In 1918 ...

91. Paul Wallace

Actor | Gypsy

Paul Wallace was born as Paul Norton Willens in Los Angeles, California, to Samuel and Anna (Goldstein) Willens. Paul studied drama at Horace Mann High School in Los Angeles, and in the summer of 1952 he enrolled in a dance course at the Nick Castle Studio along with classmates including future ...

92. Peggy Lee

Actress | Lady and the Tramp

Peggy Lee was Born Norma Dolores Egstrom in Jamestown, North Dakota, on May 26, 1920. At age four her mother died. Peggy's father, a railroad station agent, remarried but later left home, leaving Peggy's care entrusted to a stepmother who physically abused her. Peggy later memorialized this in the ...

93. Peter Cushing

Actor | Star Wars

Peter Wilton Cushing was born on May 26, 1913 in Kenley, Surrey, England, to Nellie Maria (King) and George Edward Cushing, a quantity surveyor. He and his older brother David were raised first in Dulwich Village, a south London suburb, and then later back in Surrey. At an early age, Cushing was ...

94. Philip Michael Thomas

Actor | Miami Vice

Philip Michael Thomas - the multi-talented performer best known as Detective Rico Tubbs in the iconic 1980s TV series Miami Vice (1984) - made his Broadway debut in 1971 in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play No Place to Be Somebody...and hasn't looked back since.

In a remarkable career that spans ...

95. Queen Mary

Self | Arrival at Howrah

Queen Mary was born Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes Mary in Kensington Palace on May 26, 1867 to Duke Francis and Duchess Mary of Teck. Young Mary was the great-granddaughter of George III and a second cousin to Queen Victoria.

She and her family lived a quiet life in ...

96. Rachael Blake

Actress | Sleeping Beauty

Rachael Blake was born on May 26, 1971 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. She is an actress, known for Sleeping Beauty (2011), Lantana (2001) and Gods of Egypt (2016). She has been married to Tony Martin since December 21, 2003.

97. Richard Harrison

Actor | Ninja Dragon

The mighty, musclebound actor Richard Harrison was one of a slew of handsome American pectoral hunks whose 1950's career in Hollywood amounted to little more than brawny bits but, after, being lured to Italy, became a popular sword-and-sandal star of the early 1960's. Unlike many others, Harrison ...

98. Robert Morley

Actor | The African Queen

Bushy-browed, triple-chinned and plummy-voiced English actor and raconteur of wide girth and larger-than-life personality. The son of a career army officer, Morley was expected to join the diplomatic corps. As a 'compromise', he tried his hand as a beer salesman. However, bitten by the acting bug ...

100. Rochelle Okoye

Stunts | Dark Phoenix

Rochelle is a Professional Hollywood Stunt Woman, Actress, Best Selling Author, Motivational Speaker and Co-Owner of Tristar Vancouver Martial Arts. She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and began her gymnastics career at the very early age of 2. When Rochelle was 7 yrs old, both her parents decided ...



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