Actors and Actresses Born in 1942

1942 Calendar

Birthdays 1 - 200 of 204

Jan 23 Willy Bogner Jr., German fashion designer & filmmaker (On Her Majesty's Secret Service), born in Munich, Germany
Jan 24 Gary Hart, American professional wrestling manager & wrestler, born in Ottawa, Kansas (d. 2008)
Jan 26 Souad Hosni, Egyptian actress (d. 2001)
Jan 27 John Witherspoon, American actor (Friday), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2019)
Jan 29 Claudine Longet, French-American singer, actress, and former Mrs Andy Williams (1961-75), born in Paris, France
Jan 29 Robin Morgan, American poet, author, political theorist, academic, and former child actor (Dagmar-Mama), born in Lake Worth, Florida
Jan 31 Daniela Bianchi, Italian actress
Jan 31 Derek Jarman, actor and director (Angelic Conversation, Edward II)
Feb 1 Muna Wassef, Syrian actress (The Message) and UN Goodwill ambassador, born in Damascus, Syria
Feb 1 Terry Jones, Welsh comedian (Monty Python), born in Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire, Wales (d. 2020)
Feb 2 Barry Diller, American media executive, founder of the Fox Network, born in San Francisco, California
Feb 2 Ron Franklin, American sportscaster (ESPN 1987-2011; ESPN College Football Primetime), born in Jackson, Mississippi (d. 2022)
Feb 8 Robert Klein, American comedian and actor (Hooper, Deadly Rivals), born in The Bronx, New York
Feb 13 Carol Lynley, American actress (Night Stalker, Fantasy Island, Immortal), born in New York City
Feb 13 Peter Tork [Thorkelson], American musician and actor (The Monkees), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2019)

Feb 14 Andrew Robinson, American actor
Feb 15 Sherry Jackson, American actress (Make Room for Daddy. 1953-58 - "Terry"; The Mini-Skirt Mob), born in Wendell, Idaho
Feb 20 Charlie Gillett, British pop-rock and world music radio presenter and writer (The Sound of the City), born in Morecambe, Lancashire, England (d. 2010)
Feb 20 Claude Miller, French film director and screenwriter (Garde a Vue; Little Thief; Wild Child), born in Paris, France (d. 2012)

Feb 20 Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame center, coach, GM, broadcaster (Black Hawks, Bruins, Rangers), born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Feb 21 Margarethe Von Trotta, German actress and director (Marianne), born in Berlin, Germany
Feb 22 Christine Keeler, British model & showgirl (Profumo affair), born in Uxbridge, England (d. 2017)
Feb 26 Yōsuke Yamashita, Japanese jazz pianist, and composer of jazz, film scores, and classical works, born in Tokyo, Japan
Feb 27 Michel Forget, French Canadian actor, born in Montreal, Quebec
Feb 28 Frank Bonner [Boers], American actor (WKRP in Cincinnati - "Herb Tarlek"; The Hoax; Just The Ten Of Us), and television director, born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 2021)
Mar 1 Peter Guber, American entertainment and sports executive (Polygram Pictures, Mandalay Entertainment; Los Angeles Dodgers; Golden State Warriors), film producer (The Deep; Rain Man; Batman), and author, born in Boston. Massachusetts
Mar 6 Ben Murphy, Jonesboro, Arkansas, American actor (Name of the Game, Alias Smith and Jones)
Mar 7 Michael Eisner, American CEO (Walt Disney), born in Mount Kisco, New York
Mar 11 Charles Swan, American actor
Mar 11 Peter Eyre, actor (Hedda)
Mar 13 Geoffrey Hayes, British TV presenter and actor (Rainbow, Z-Cars), born in Stockport, England (d. 2018)
Mar 14 Rita Tushingham, English actress (Green Eyes, Doctor Zhivago), born in Liverpool, England
Mar 15 The Iron Sheik (Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri), Iranian pro wrestler (WWF Heavyweight C'hip 1983-84; WWF Tag Team C'ship 1985 [Nikolai Volkoff], born in Damghan, Iran (d. 2023)
Mar 17 Dimitris Poulikakos, Greek rock singer-songwriter (Exadaktylos; MGC), and actor, born in Athens, Greece
Mar 19 (Wilfred) "Wilf" Lunn, British inventor, TV personality (Vision On), and author, born in Rastrick, West Yorkshire, England
Mar 22 Bernd Herzsprung, German actor (Freunde fürs Leben), born in Hamburg, Germany
Mar 24 Stephen Yardley, British stage and screen actor (Howards' Way), born in Ferrensby, Yorkshire, England
Mar 25 Jacqueline Lichtenberg, American sci-fi author (Star Trek Lives!, Dreamspy)
Mar 25 Kim Woodburn, English television personality (How Clean is Your House), born in Eastney, England
Mar 25 Richard O'Brien, English actor and writer (Rocky Horror Picture Show)
Mar 27 Michael York, British actor (Cabaret, Logan's Run, 3 Musketeers), born in Fulmer, Buckinghamshire
Mar 29 Julie Goodyear, English television actress (Bet Lynch-Coronation Street), born in Bury, England
Mar 29 Scott Wilson, American actor (The Walking Dead; The Ninth Configuration), born in Thomasville, Georgia (d. 2018)
Apr 2 Roshan Seth, Indian-born British actor (Mississippi Masala), born in Patna, Bihar, India
Apr 3 Marek Perepeczko, Polish actor (Janosik), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 2005)
Apr 3 Marsha Mason, American actress (Blume in Love, Cinderella Liberty), born in St Louis, Missouri
Apr 3 Rick Sylvester, Hollywood stuntman, parachute ski jumper (world record 3,300')
Apr 5 Peter Greenaway, Welsh film director, born in Newport, Wales
Apr 6 Anita Pallenberg, Italian model and actress credited as the muse of the Rolling Stones, born in Rome, Italy (d. 2017)

Apr 6 American Academy Award-winning film director, and screenwriter (Diner; Rain Man; Good Morning, Vietnam), born in Baltimore, Maryland

Apr 6 Phil Austin, American comedian (Firesign Theater)
Apr 7 Edda Barends, actress (Arthur & Eva)
Apr 7 Jeetendra, Indian actor
Apr 8 Douglas Trumbull, American film director (Silent Running, Brainstorm), born in Los Angeles, California
Apr 9 (Andre) Brandon De Wilde, American stage and screen actor (The Member of the Wedding; Shane; Jamie; Hud), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1972)
Apr 12 Bill Bryden, Scottish stage director (National Theatre), film director, and screenwriter, born in Greenock, Scotland (d. 2022)
Apr 12 Frank Bank, American actor (Lumpy-Leave it to Beaver), born in Hollywood, California (d. 2013)
Apr 13 Bill Conti, American Emmy and Academy Award-winning film score composer (Rocky; The Right Stuff), born in Providence, Rhode Island
Apr 17 David Bradley, British actor (Walder Frey-Game of Thrones), born in York, Yorkshire
Apr 17 Katia Krafft (née Conrad), French volcanologist who pioneered filming volcanic eruptions, born in Guebwiller, France (d. 1991)
Apr 17 Mario Brenta, Italian writer and director (Maicol, Barnabo of the Mountains), born in Venice, Italy
Apr 22 Denis Lill, New Zealand-born British actor (Only Fools and Horses), born in Hamilton, New Zealand
Apr 23 Sandra Dee [Alexandra Zuck], American actress (Gidget, Imitation of Life), born in Bayonne, New Jersey (d. 2005)

Apr 24 American pop singer ("People"; "The Way We Were"; "Evergreen"), stage and screen actress (Funny Girl; What's Up, Doc?), film director (Yentl) and EGOT (Emmy; Grammy; Oscar; and Tony awards winner), born in Brooklyn, New York

Apr 26 Bobby Rydell [Ridarelli], American pop singer ("Wild One"; "Wildwood Days"), and actor (Bye Bye Birdie), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2022) [1]
Apr 26 Claudine Auger, French actress (Thunderball) and Miss France (1958), born in Paris, France
Apr 27 John Shrapnel, English actor, born in Birmingham, Warwickshire
May 1 Stephen Macht, American actor (Joe-Knots Landing, Cagney & Lacey), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 3 Lynn Farleigh, English actress (Lovers of Their Time), born in Bristol, England
May 5 Marc Alaimo, American actor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
May 12 Ian Dury, English rock musician (The Blockheads) and actor (Judge Dredd), born in Upminster, Essex, England (d. 2000)
May 14 Rüdiger Vogler, German actor
May 19 Robert Kilroy-Silk, British politician and television presenter
May 22 Barbara Parkins, Canadian-American actress (Betty-Peyton Place, Asylum), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
May 23 K. Raghavendra Rao, Indian film director
May 23 Zalman King, American actor and director (Wild Orchid), born in Trenton, New Jersey (d. 2012)
May 29 Kevin Conway, American actor (Flash Point, Cage of Angels), born in New York City
Jun 1 Tom Mankiewicz, screenwriter (Diamonds are Forever), born in Los Angeles, California
Jun 2 Maree Cheatham, American actress (Search for Tomorrow, Guiding Light), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Jun 3 Anita Harris, British actress (Follow that Camel), and singer ("Just Loving You"), born in Somerset, England
Jun 16 David Parry, British-Canadian folk musician (Friends of Fiddler's Green), storyteller (Canadian Museum of Civilization), actor, stage director, and teacher (University of Toronto), born in London, England (d. 1995)
Jun 18 Roger Ebert, American film critic (Pulitzer Prize 1975), born in Urbana, Illinois (d. 2013)
Jun 19 J Edward Oliver, British cartoonist (Record Mirror; Buster & Master's Mind), born in Dartford, Kent, England (d. 2007)
Jun 22 Murphy Dunne, American actor and musician, born in Chicago, Illinois
Jun 24 Michele Lee, American stage and screen actress, and singer (Knots Landing - "Karen; Seesaw; The Love Bug), born in Los Angeles, California
Jun 29 Mike Willesee, Australian television presenter (This Day Tonight), born in Perth, Australia (d. 2019)
Jul 1 Geneviève Bujold, Canadian actress (King of Hearts; film Anne of the Thousand Days; Choose Me; Coma), born in Montreal, Quebec
Jul 3 Paco Stanley, Mexican TV personality, born in Mexico City (d. 1999)
Jul 6 Raymond Depardon, French photographer and filmmaker, born in Villefranche-sur-Saône, France
Jul 7 Carmen Duncan, Australian actress (Another World), born in Cooma, Australia (d. 2019)
Jul 8 Janice Pennington, American Playboy playmate (May 1971) and model (The Price is Right), born in Seattle, Washington
Jul 9 Edy Williams, American actress (Dr Minx), born in Salt Lake City, Utah
Jul 9 Richard Roundtree, American actor (Getting Even; Shaft), born in New Rochelle, New York (d. 2023) [1]

Jul 13 American actor (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Blade Runner), born in Chicago, Illinois

Jul 15 Mil Mascaras, Mexican professional wrestler in Lucha Libre tradition, born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Jul 17 Gale Garnett, New Zealand-Canadian folk singer-songwriter ("We'll Sing in the Sunshine"), and actress, born in Auckland, New Zealand
Jul 21 Patricia Elliott, American actress (Renee-Empire, One Life to Live), born in Gunnison, Colorado (d. 2015)
Jul 23 Rick Jeanneret, Canadian Hockey HOF broadcaster (Buffalo Sabres Hockey Network 1972–2022), born in St. Catharines, Ontario (d. 2023)
Jul 24 Chris Sarandon, American actor (Child's Play, Dog Day Afternoon, Lipstick), born in Beckley, West Virginia
Jul 27 Barbara Ferris, English actress (Nice Girl Like Me), born in London, England
Jul 27 John Pleshette, American actor and screenwriter (Knots Landing - "Richard"; 7th Avenue; The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald), born in New York City
Jul 29 Sharon Gans, American stage and screen actress (Slaughterhouse-Five; Artists and Orphans: A True Drama), and playwright, born in The Bronx, NYC (d. 2021)
Jul 29 Tony Sirico, American actor (The Sopranos - "Paulie Walnuts"; Cop Land; Family Guy), born in New York City (d. 2022)
Aug 1 Giancarlo Giannini, Italian actor (Love and Anarchy), born in La Spezia, Italy
Aug 3 Mary Ann Esposito, American chef and TV host (Ciao Italia with Mary Ann Esposito), born in Buffalo, New York
Aug 7 Garrison Keillor, American writer, humorist and radio personality (A Prairie Home Companion), born in Anoka, Minnesota
Aug 7 Masa Saito, Japanese wrestler (AWA/WWF/NJPW/CWFI), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 2018)
Aug 7 Tobin Bell, American actor, born in Queens, New York
Aug 8 Henery Hawk [misspelled as Henry], Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Chuck Jones (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in "The Squawkin' Hawk"
Aug 9 David Steinberg, Canadian comedian and director (End), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Aug 9 Miguel Littín, Chilean film director (Promised Land, Alsino & Condor), born in Palmilla, Chile
Aug 11 Mike Hugg, British rock drummer (Manfred Mann - "Mighty Quinn"), and film composer (Up The Junction), born in Gosport, Hampshire, England
Aug 14 Sandy Gilmour, newscaster (Prime Time Sunday), born in Montclair, New Jersey
Aug 16 John Challis, British stage and screen actor (Only Fools and Horses - "Boycie"; Green Green Grass), born in Chiswick, England (d. 2021)
Aug 19 Fred Thompson, US senator (R-Tenn)/actor (In the Line of Fire), born in Sheffield, Alabama (d. 2015)

Aug 20 American Southern soul musician, singer-songwriter, Grammy and Academy Award-winning composer ("Theme from Shaft"), and actor (The Rockford Files - "Gandolf Fitch"; South Park -"Chef"), born in Covington, Tennessee

Aug 25 Imogen Hassall, English actress (Countess of Cleavage-Carry on Loving), born in Surrey England (d. 1980)
Aug 29 James Glennon, American cinematographer, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2006)
Aug 31 Barnyard Dawg [George P Dog], Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Robert McKimson (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in "Walky Talky Hawky"
Aug 31 Carole Wells, American actress (Pistols 'n' Petticoats), born in Shreveport, Louisiana
Sep 4 Jerry Jarrett, American pro wrestling promoter (founder Continental Wrestling Association, US Wrestling Association, NWA:TNA), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 2023)
Sep 5 Denise Fabre, French television presenter, born in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France
Sep 11 Lola Falana [Loletha Elayne], American singer and actress (Golden Boy; A Man Called Adam), born in Camden, New Jersey

Sep 11 American comedian (Tim Reid's partner), born in Harvey, Illinois

Sep 12 Michel Drucker, French journalist and TV host, born in Vire, France
Sep 16 Linda G Miller, American actress (Night of the Juggler, Mississippi), born in New York City
Sep 17 Beverly Aadland, Errol Flynn's last girlfriend, born in Hollywood, California
Sep 19 Freda Payne, American pop and soul singer ("Band Of Gold") and actress, born in Detroit, Michigan
Sep 20 Robbe De Hert, Flemish director and producer (Fugitive Cinema, Bomb), born in Farnborough, Hampshire, England
Sep 22 Ole Anderson, American pro wrestler (founding member of influential stable "The Four Horsemen"; PWI Tag Team of the Year 1975, 77 with Gene Anderson), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 2024)
Sep 23 Dith Pran, Cambodian photojournalist, survivor of the Cambodian genocide, and subject of the movie "The Killing Fields", born in Siem Reap, Cambodia (d. 2008)
Sep 24 Gerry Marsden, British rock vocalist (Gerry & Pacemakers - "How Do You Do It?"; "Ferry Cross The Mersey"), and TV personality, born in Liverpool, England (d. 2021) [1]
Sep 26 Kent McCord, American actor (Officer Jim Reed- "Adam 12"), born in Los Angeles, California
Sep 28 Marshall Bell, American actor (Nightmare on Elm Street 2), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Sep 28 Pierre Clémenti, French actor (d. 1999)
Sep 29 Donna Corcoran, American actress (Man Without a Star), born in Quincy, Massachusetts
Sep 29 Ian McShane, British actor (Roots; Bare Essence), born in Blackburn England
Sep 29 Madeline Kahn, American stage and screen actress (What's Up, Doc?; Young Frankenstein; Paper Moon; Blazing Saddles), and singer, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1999)
Sep 29 Steve Tesich, Serbian-American screenwriter and playwright (Breaking Away), born in Užice, Yugoslavia (d. 1996)

Oct 2 American filmmaker (35 Emmy awards - NFL Films), born in Moorestown, New Jersey

Oct 4 Christopher Stone, actor (Dave-Dallas, Interns), born in Manchester, New Hampshire
Oct 4 Jenny Arean [Joanna Klarenbeek], Dutch actress, cabaret and theatre singer ("Vluchten kan niet meer"), born in Lisse, Netherlands
Oct 6 Britt Ekland, actress (Wicker Man, Asylum), born in Stockholm, Sweden
Oct 6 Fred Travalena, American comedian/impressionist (Buy & Cell), born in New York City
Oct 7 Joy Behar [Occhiuto], American actress and comedian (The View), born in Brooklyn, New York

Oct 11 Indian actor (The Great Gatsby), born in Uttar Pradesh, India

Oct 12 Daliah Lavi [Levinbuck], Israeli actress (Casino Royale; Lord Jim), and singer, born in Haifa, British Palestine (d. 2017)
Oct 13 Pamela Tiffin, American actress (Viva Max!), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (d. 2020) [1]
Oct 20 Earl Hindman, American actor (Wilson-Home Improvement), born in Bisbee, Arizona

Oct 21 American jurist and television personality (Judge Judy), born in Brooklyn, New York

Oct 22 Annette Funicello, American actress (Mickey Mouse Club; Beach Party movies), and singer ("Tall Paul"; "O Dio Mio"), born in Utica, New York, (d. 2013)
Oct 22 Robin John Maconie, New Zealand pianist, electro-acoustic film and concert composer, and musicologist (Stockhausen), born in Auckland, New Zealand

Oct 23 American novelist (The Andromeda Strain: Congo), screenwriter (Jurassic Park; ER), television and film producer (ER; Twister; Looker), born in Chicago, Illinois

Oct 26 Bob Hoskins, English actor (Who Framed Roger Rabbit), born in Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk, England (d. 2014)
Oct 29 Bob Ross, American artist and television host, born in Daytona Beach, Florida (d. 1995)
Oct 29 Johan Fleming Ramsland, British broadcaster (d. 1996)
Oct 30 Sven-David Sandström, Swedish composer (Jeppe: The Cruel Comedy), born in Motala, Sweden (d. 2019)
Oct 31 David Ogden Stiers, American stage and screen actor (M*A*S*H, 1977-83 - "Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester III"; Lilo & Stitch), born in Peoria, Illinois (d. 2018)
Nov 1 Marcia Wallace, American actress (The Bob Newhart Show - "Carol"), born in Creston, Iowa (d. 2013)

Nov 2 American actress (Girl From U.N.C.L.E.; Hart to Hart), born in Hollywood, California

Nov 7 British model and actress (Privilege; Beaton by Bailey; Something Nice to Eat), and the world's first supermodel, born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England

Nov 13 Beth Brickell, actress (Gentle Ben), born in Camden, Arkansas
Nov 16 Donna McKechnie, American Tony Award-winning actress and dancer (Company), born in Pontiac, Michigan
Nov 16 Joanna Pettet, British actress (Knots Landing, Cry of the Innocent), born in London
Nov 17 Annemarie Oster, Dutch actress (Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden)

Nov 18 American actress (Dynasty, Big Valley, Beach Blanket Bingo), born in Hartford, Connecticut

Nov 18 Susan Sullivan, American actress (Dharma & Greg, Falcon Crest), born in New York City
Nov 20 Bob Einstein, American comedian (Officer Judy, Super Dave Osborne), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2019)
Nov 21 Afa Anoa'i, American pro wrestler (WWF Tag Team C'ship x 3 with brother Sika as the Wild Samoans), born in Western Samoa Trust Territory
Nov 21 Tweety [Pie], Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Bob Clampett and Friz Freleng (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in "A Tale of Two Kitties"
Nov 23 Susan Anspach, American actress (Grace-Yellow Rose, Hair, Five Easy Pieces, Play It Again Sam), born in New York City (d. 2018)
Nov 24 Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian and actor (Blue Money), born in Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland
Nov 26 Olivia Cole, American actress (Roots, Backstairs at the White House), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2018)
Dec 4 Gemma Jones, English actress (Bridget Jones's Diary), born in Marylebone, London
Dec 5 Randy Kirby, American actor (Randy-Girl From UNCLE), born in Chicago, Illinois
Dec 9 Alex Gilady, Israeli journalist (VP NBC Sports; Chairman IAAF Television Commission; 7 x Emmy Awards) and sports official (IOC), born in Tehran, Iran (d. 2022)
Dec 9 Dick Butkus, American College-Pro Football HOF linebacker (Uni of Illinois; NFL Defensive Player of the Year 1969, 70; 5×First-team All-Pro; 8xPro Bowl; Chicago Bears), sportscaster (CBS, ESPN) and actor (My Two Dads), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2023) [1]
Dec 10 Beer Bossu [Berend Frederik Gertenbach], Dutch actor and vocalist (Pub Chantant), born in Amsterdam
Dec 11 Anna Carteret [Annabelle Wilkinson]. British stage and screen actress. (Juliet Bravo, 1983-85), born in Bangalore, British India
Dec 14 Rex Thompson, American actor (Young Bess, King & I, Her 12 Men), born in New York City
Dec 14 Zoe Laskari, Greek actress, born in Thessaloniki, Greece (d. 2017)
Dec 18 Harvey Atkin, Canadian actor (Meatballs), born in Toronto, Canada (d. 2017)
Dec 19 "Mean" Gene Okerlund, American pro wrestling interviewer, announcer and television host (WWF, WCW), born in Brookings, South Dakota (d. 2019)

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Chinese Zodiac: Snake (Jan 27, 1941 - Feb 14, 1942),
Horse (Feb 15, 1942 - Feb 3, 1943)

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