Mallory's Collection of Birthdays of Certain Stars

The original homepage for birthdays of certain stars (and first with birth names, places, etc.)!
By Mallory Bolduc

I find it a pleasurable hobby to collect birthdays of the movie stars from long ago. And I get to find other Librans. :> Anyways, here is my collection so far, but keep in mind that I'm constantly adding.

January Birthdays -

Dana Andrews - January 1, 1912 (1909? Tell me!) - December 17, 1992; Collins, MS
(Birth name? Carver Dana Andrews.)
Patty Loveless - January 4, 1957 (by request)
Ethel Merman - January 16, 1909 - 1984; Astoria, Queens, NY
(Ethel -Zimmerman-!)
Cary Grant - January 18, 1904 - November 29, 1986; Bristol, England
(Archibald Alexander Leach -- how he arrived at Cary Grant, I don't know.)
Danny Kaye - January 18, 1913 - March 3, 1987; NY, NY
(David Daniel Kaminski)
George Burns - January 20, 1896 - 1996; NY, NY
(Nathan Birnbaum)
Ann Sothern - January 22, 1909; Valley City, ND
(Harriete Lake)
Humphrey Bogart - January 23, 1899 - 1957; NY, NY
(Humphrey DeForest Bogart -- one of the few who kept his name.)
Joan Leslie - January 26, 1925; Detroit, MI
(Joan Agnes Theresa Sadie Brodel -- weird name, man.)
Jerome Kern - January 27, 1885 - 1945; NY, NY
(Hey, this guy's an original.)

February Birthdays -

Kathryn Grayson - February 9, 1922
(Born as Zelma Kathryn Hedrick!)
Vera-Ellen - February 16, 1926 - 1981; Cincinnati, OH
(Vera-Ellen Westmeyr Rohe... I think.)
Reginald Gardiner - February 27, 1903 - 1980; Wimbledon, England
(Reginald Gardiner -- surprise, surprise!)

March Birthdays -

Cyd Charisse - March 8, 1921; Amarillo, TX
(Did you know Cyd's birth name was Tula
Ellice Finklea? I'd change my name, too!)
Gordon MacRae - March 12, 1981 - January 1986; East Orange, NJ
(Gordon MacRae -- cool.)
Edward Everett Horton - March 18, 1886 - 1970; Brooklyn, NY
(Same old same old.)

April Birthdays -

Jack Buchanan - April 2, 1891 - 1957; Glasgow, Scotland, UK
(Take a wild guess.)
Bette Davis - April 5, 1908 - October 6, 1989; Lowell, MA
(Ruth Elizabeth Davis)
Ann Miller - April 12, 1919; Chireno, TX
(Born Lucille Ann Collier!)
Howard Keel - April 13, 1917; Gillespie, IL
(His real name? Harry Clifford Leek.)
John Wayne - May 26, 1907 - 1979; Winterset, IA
(Marion Michael Morrison)
Eve Arden - April 30, 1912 - November 12, 1990; Mill Valley, CA
(Eunice Quedens)

May Birthdays -

Betty Comden - May 3, 1916; Brooklyn, NY
(Elizabeth Cohen)
Audrey Hepburn - May 4, 1939 - January 20, 1993; Brussels, Belguim
(Ooh, that's a whopper... Edda van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston)
Gary Cooper - May 7, 1901 - 1961; Helena, MT
(Frank James Cooper)
Fred Astaire - May 10, 1899 - June 22, 1987; Omaha, NE
(Frederick Austerlitz -- changed name for vaudeville because of the excessive lettering. =>)
Steve Cochran - May 25, 1917 - June 16, 1965; Eureka, CA
(Robert Alexander Cochran)
Jeanne Crain - May 25, 1925; Barstow, CA
(I'm assuming Jeanne Crain is her birth name. =b)

June Birthdays -

Joan Caulfield - June 1, 1922 - June 1991; Orange, NJ
(Beatrice Joan Caulfield)
Marilyn Monroe - June 1, 1926 - August 5, 1962; Los Angeles, CA
(Norma Jean Mortenson(technically)/Baker(actually) -- Mortenson was her
father's name, Baker her mother's, but her mom deserted her dad before
Marilyn was born. Decide for yourself.)
Cole Porter - June 9, 1892 - 1964; Peru, IN
(Good ol' Cole Porter)
Judy Garland - June 10, 1922 - 1969; Grand Rapids, MN
(Frances Gumm! When Fran was nine, though, her and her two sisters changed their names -- last name to Garland, of course.)
Bob Fosse - June 23, 1927 - 1987
(Robert Louis Fosse. An admirer of Fred Astaire, or so I hear -- gave up dancing and
turn to choreography after watching Fred!)

July Birthdays -

George M. Cohan - July 4, 1878 - 1942; Providence, RI
(Guess.)
George Murphy - July 4, 1902 - May 3, 1992; New Haven, CT
(George Lloyd Murphy. BTW, this guy was also a politician!)
Dorothy Fields - July 15, 1905 - 1974; Allenhurst, NJ
(Shall I say more?)
Ginger Rogers - July 16, 1911 - April 25?/15?, 1995
(Virginia Katherine McMath - and eat this: Ginger is Rita Hayworth's cousin!)
James Cagney - July 17, 1899 - March 30, 1986; NY, NY
(James Francis Cagney, Jr.)
Gloria DeHaven - July 23, 1924; Los Angeles, CA
(Think about this.)

I'll have to finish the birth names later -- gotta go! Check back soon!

Gracie Allen - July 26, 1902 - 1964
Keenan Wynn - July 27, 1916 - 1986

August Birthdays -

Michael Kidd - August 12, 1919
Marjorie Reynolds - August 12, 1921
Gene Kelly - August 23, 1912 - February 2, 1996; Pittsburgh, PA
(Eugene Curran Kelly)
Donald O'Connor - August 28, 1925
(This guy's name was a long sucker -- I won't go into that right now. =b)
James Coburn - August 31, 1928

September Birthdays -

Mitzi Gaynor - September 4, 1931 (thanks Robb!)
Roddy McDowell - September 17, 1928
(Did you know Roddy McDowell's birth name was Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowell?)
George Gershwin - September 26, 1898 - 1937

October Birthdays -

Esther Williams - October 1, 1923
Mallory Bolduc - October 5, 1984 :)
Jerome Cowan - October 6, 1897 - 1972
June Allyson - October 7, 1917
Linda Darnell - October 16, 1921 - April 1965; Dallas, TX
(B-name: Monetta Eloyse Darnell)
Angela Lansbury - October 16, 1925
Rita Hayworth - October 17, 1918 - May 14, 1987
Joan Fontaine - October 22, 1917
(Did you know Joan Fontaine was born
in Tokyo, Japan? Cool.)

November Birthdays -

Johnny Mercer - November 18, 1909 - 1976
Gene Tierney - November 20, 1920 - November 6, 1991
Eleanor Powell - November 21, 1912 - 1982
Virginia Mayo - November 30, 1920

December Birthdays -

Adolph Green - December 2, 1918
Ira Gershwin - December 6, 1896 - August 17, 1983
Frank Sinatra - December 12, 1915; Hoboken, NJ
(Francis Albert Sinatra)
Dan Dailey - December 14, 1914 - 1978
Eric Blore - December 23, 1897 - 1959

Did I leave out someone, causing you to be mentally scarred for life?

*Note: I -never- use other people's homepages as ideas (unless they personally e-mail me and recommend something)! If you see another homepage that resembles one of mine, I'm not the one infringing on another person.