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Entertainment Today in Birthdays and Deaths by Name for May 19

Last Updated 03-22-2026

🎭🏆🥊Jeanne Marie Basone -- is 63 in the year 2026 and 64 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1963 N.S.
Actress, Stuntwoman, Wrestler, Model
Names/Places: NN: Hollywood!

🎭Joshua Beckett -- is 61 in the year 2026 and 62 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1965 N.S.
Actor, Director
Misc: retired from acting in 1997
TV Shows: The Marshall Chronicles, Beverly Hills 90210 (as Josh Richland)
Movie Titles: Always Say Goodbye, The Great American Sex Scandal

🎭🎵Bobby Burgess -- is 85 in the year 2026 and 86 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1941
Dancer, Singer
TV Shows: Mickey Mouse Club

✍🎭Michael Che -- is 43 in the year 2026 and 44 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1983 N.S.
Writer, Actor, Comedian
Names/Places: LN: Campbell
TV Shows: The Daily Show, Saturday Night Live
Movie Titles: Chinese Puzzle

🎭Marilyn Chris -- is 88 in the year 2026 and 89 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1938
Actress

🎭🏆Lily Cole -- is 39 in the year 2026 and 40 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1987 N.S.
Actress, Model, English

🎭Calico Cooper -- is 45 in the year 2026 and 46 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1981
Actress, Producer
Names/Places: Sheryl and Alice's daughter
Movie Titles: Dakota Skye, Thirty Proof Coil, Family Time

🎭Sophia Crawford -- is 69 in the year 2026 and 70 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1957 N.S.
Actress, Stuntwoman, English
TV Shows: 24, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Power Rangers
Movie Titles: Poseidon, Collateral

🎭Alison Elliott -- is 56 in the year 2026 and 57 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1970
Actress
TV Shows: Living Dolls (as Martha)
Movie Titles: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Birth, The Spitfire Girl, The Wings of the Dove

🎭Maile Flanagan -- is 61 in the year 2026 and 62 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1965 N.S.
Comedienne, Cartoon Voice Actress, Producer
TV Shows: Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks, Lab Rats (as Perry), Naruto (English voice as Naruto Uzumaki)
Movie Titles: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, (500) Days of Summer, Rango, Phone Booth

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🎭Steven Ford -- is 70 in the year 2026 and 71 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1956 N.S.
Actor, TV Host, Director
Names/Places: Gerald's son
Movie Titles: When Harry Met Sally, Black Hawk Down, Transformers, Heat

🎭James F. Fox -- is 87 in the year 2026 and 88 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1939
Movie Actor, English
Names/Places: Edward's brother

🎭Drew Fuller -- is 46 in the year 2026 and 47 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1980
Actor
TV Shows: Charmed (as Christopher "Chris Perry" Halliwell), Army Wives (as Trevor LeBlanc)

🎭Jason Gray-Stanford -- is 56 in the year 2026 and 57 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1970
Actor, Cartoon Voice Actor, Canadian
TV Shows: Extreme Dinosaurs, Dragon Ball Z, Saban's Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation, Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century (as Sherlock Holmes), Monk (as Lt. Randall Disher)
Movie Titles: Earth to Echo, A Beautiful Mind

🎭Rebecca Hall -- is 44 in the year 2026 and 45 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1982
Actress, English
Movie Titles: The Prestige, Iron Man 3, The Town, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

🎭David Hartman -- is 91 in the year 2026 and 92 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1935
Actor, TV Host, TV Talk Show Host
Names/Places: b. in Pawtucket, RI; MN:Downs
TV Shows: Good Morning America (host), Lucas Tanner (star), The New Doctors (as Dr. Paul Hunter), The Virginian (as David Sutton)

🎭Bruce Jarchow -- is 78 in the year 2026 and 79 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1948
Actor
TV Shows: The Norm Show (as Mr. Curtis)
Movie Titles: Outbreak, Stranger than Fiction, Ghost, Big

🎭🎵🎸🏆Grace Jones -- is 78 in the year 2026 and 79 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1948 N.S.
Actress, Movie Actress, Music Producer, Composer, Lyricist, Songwriter, Singer, Alternative Rock Performer, Model, Jamaican
Misc: some say b. 5/19/52 but she claims 6/12/53
Song Titles: Pull Up to the Bumper, I've Seen that Face Before, Private Life, Slave to the Rhythm, I'm Not Perfect
Album Titles: Warm Leatherette, Nightclubbing, Slave to the Rhythm
Movie Titles: Conan the Destroyer, Boomerang, A View To A Kill

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🎭Nancy Kwan -- is 87 in the year 2026 and 88 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1939 N.S.
Actress, Producer, Hong Konger
Movie Titles: Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

💰🎭Geraldine Laybourne -- is 79 in the year 2026 and 80 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1947 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Entrepreneur, TV Executive

🎭Deirdre Lenihan -- is 80 in the year 2026 and 81 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1946
Actress
Misc: retired from acting in 1980

🎭Toni Lewis -- is 66 in the year 2026 and 67 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1960 N.S.
Actress
TV Shows: Homicide: Life on the Street (as Terri Stivers)

🎭Eric Lloyd -- is 40 in the year 2026 and 41 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1986
Actor
TV Shows: Jesse (as Little John Warner)
Movie Titles: The Santa Clause (series), Batman and Robin

🎭Nolan Lyons -- is 25 in the year 2026 and 26 in the year 2027; b.5/19/2001
Actor

🎭Joe Nipote -- is 70 in the year 2026 and 71 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1956 N.S.
Actor, Comedian
TV Shows: Viper (as Frankie Waters)

✍🎭Michele Placido -- is 80 in the year 2026 and 81 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1946 N.S.
Screenwriter, Actor, Director, Italian

🎭🎵🎷Tom Scott -- is 78 in the year 2026 and 79 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1948
Actor, Arranger, Composer, Saxophonist, Bandleader, Jazz Saxophonist, Conductor
Misc: Pop-Jazz-Fusion sax; film & TV score composer
Group Names: The L.A. Express
TV Shows: Pat Sajak Show

🎭🎵Joell Joanie "JoJo" Siwa -- is 23 in the year 2026 and 24 in the year 2027; b.5/19/2003 N.S.
Personality, Singer

🎭🏆🥊Georges St-Pierre -- is 45 in the year 2026 and 46 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1981 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Actor, Mixed Martial Arts, Canadian

🎭Richard J. Staniforth -- is 71 in the year 2026 and 72 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1955
Producer, English

🎭Eleanor Tomlinson -- is 34 in the year 2026 and 35 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1992 N.S.
Actress, English
TV Shows: Poldark (as Demelza)
Movie Titles: Jack the Giant Slayer, Alice in Wonderland, "Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging", The Illusionist

🎭Tim Waldrip -- is 62 in the year 2026 and 63 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1964
Actor
Names/Places: aka Timothy Owen

🎭Polly Walker -- is 60 in the year 2026 and 61 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1966 N.S.
Actress, English
TV Shows: Bridgerton, Rome (as Atia of the Julii)
Movie Titles: John Carter, Clash of the Titans, Enchanted April, Patriot Games, Sliver, Restoration, The Gambler

🎭Alexander Walters -- is 61 in the year 2026 and 62 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1965
Actor, Canadian

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🎭Sally Wheeler -- is 56 in the year 2026 and 57 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1970
Actress, Producer
TV Shows: Two of a Kind (as Carrie Moore)

🎭🎮Crawford Wilson -- is 36 in the year 2026 and 37 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1990 N.S.
Cartoon Voice Actor, Video Game Voice Actor
TV Shows: Avatar: The Last Airbender (as Jet)
Movie Titles: Robots, Surf's Up, King's Faith
Video Games: Kingdom Hearts (series), Batman (Series), Avatar (Series), Metal Gear Solid (series), Baten Kaitos Origins

🎭🎵Lainey Wilson -- is 34 in the year 2026 and 35 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1992 N.S.
Actress, Songwriter, Country Music Singer

🎭🎵Vegard Ylvisåker -- is 47 in the year 2026 and 48 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1979 N.S.
Comedian, Cartoon Voice Actor, Novelty Singer, Norweigan
Group Names: Ylvis
Song Titles: The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?)
TV Shows: Tonight with Ylvis
Movie Titles: Spirit of the Cimarron

🎭Stephen Young -- is 95 in the year 2026 and 96 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1931
Actor, Canadian
TV Shows: Judd for the Defense
Movie Titles: Patton

🎭Kim Zolciak -- is 48 in the year 2026 and 49 in the year 2027; b.5/19/1978
Personality
Names/Places: aka Kim Zolciak Biermann

🎭Sir Michael Balcon -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/19/1896 d.10/16/1977 (81)
Movie Producer, English

🎭🏆Bruce Bennett -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/19/1906 d.2/24/2007 (100)
Movie Actor, Sports Figure
Names/Places: RN:Herman Brix
Misc: Discus Thrower

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🎭Anthony Bushell -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/19/1904 d.4/2/1997 (92)
Actor, Director, English

🎭Carlos Diegues -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/19/1940 N.S. d.2/14/2025 N.S. (84)
Actor, Producer/Director, Brazilian

✍🎭Nora Ephron -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/19/1941 N.S. d.6/26/2012 N.S. (71)
Novelist, Screenwriter, Director
Names/Places: b. in New York City

🎭Daniel Gelin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/19/1921 d.11/29/2002 (81)
Actor, French
Names/Places: father of Maria Schneider

🎭David Jacobs -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/19/1926 d.9/2/2013 (87)
Actor, Radio Broadcaster, British
Misc: a British actor and broadcaster who gained prominence as presenter of the 1960s peak-time BBC Television show Juke Box Jury and Chairman of the BBC Radio 4 political forum, Any Questions?

🎭James MacDonald -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/19/1906 d.2/1/1991 (84)
Cartoon Voice Actor, Scottish
Misc: Mickey Mouse voice, sound effects specialist

🎭🏆Tania Mallet -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/19/1941 N.S. d.3/30/2019 N.S. (77)
Actress, Model, English

🎭Peter Mayhew -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/19/1944 N.S. d.4/30/2019 N.S. (74)
Actor, Puppet Actor, English
TV Shows: Star Wars (series as Chewbacca)

🎭David McLean -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/19/1922 d.10/12/1995 (73)
TV/Movie Actor, Commercial Actor
Misc: Marlboro Man in ads

🎭Vasco Morgado -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/19/1924 d.11/22/1978 (54)
Actor

💰🎭Frank Pellegrino -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/19/1944 N.S. d.1/31/2017 N.S. (72)
Restaurateur, Actor
TV Shows: The Sopranos (as Bureau Chief Frank Cubitoso)

🎭🏆🥊André Rene Roussimoff -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/19/1946 N.S. d.1/27/1993 N.S. (46)
Hall of Famer, Movie Actor, Wrestler, French
Names/Places: aka: André the Giant
Misc: 7'4" tall; d. at 49?

✍🎭Sime Silverman -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/19/1873 N.S. d.9/23/1933 N.S. (60)
Writer, Entertainment Figure
Misc: founder and publisher of Variety

🎭David Sinclair -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/19/1934 d.12/31/1996 (62)
Actor

🎭Jim (Voice Actor) Ward -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/19/1959 N.S. d.12/10/2025 N.S. (66)
Cartoon Voice Actor, Personality
TV Shows: The Fairly OddParents, Danny Phantom, Ben 10, Biker Mice From Mars, Wolverine and the X-Men
Movie Titles: Casper (series), Cars, Ultimate Avengers (series), Ben 10 (series), Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Ratchet and Clank, Top Cat Begins
Video Games: Star Wars (series), Call of Duty, F.E.A.R., Ratchet (series), Iron Man, Batman: Arkham Knight, Diablo (series)

🎭🎵Barbara Whiting -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/19/1931 d.6/9/2004 (73)
Movie Actress, Singer
Names/Places: Margaret's sister; aka Barbara Whiting Smith

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✍🎭🎵Victoria Wood -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/19/1953 N.S. d.4/20/2016 N.S. (62)
Screenwriter, Actress, Comedienne, Director, Songwriter, Singer, English

🎭Phyllis Avery -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/14/1922 d.5/19/2011 (88)
Actress
TV Shows: Ray Milland Show (as Peggy), George Gobel Show (as Alice), Mr. Novak

🎭🏆⚾John Beradino -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/1/1917 N.S. d.5/19/1996 N.S. (79)
Actor, MLB Player
Names/Places: b. in Los Angeles
Misc: in the University of Southern California Athletic Hall of Fame; the only person to have won a World Series (with the Indians in 1948) and have his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Sports Teams: St. Louis Browns, Cleveland Indians
TV Shows: I Led Three Lives (as special agent Steve Daniels), The New Breed, General Hospital (as Dr. Steve Hardy)
Movie Titles: Our Gang

🎭Daws Butler -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/16/1916 d.5/19/1988 (71)
Cartoon Voice Actor
Names/Places: b. in Toledo, OH; RN:Charles Dawson
Misc: Hanna Barbera Cartoon voiceman of Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, plus Capt. Crunch, Elroy Jetson, Beany (w/ Cecil), and other Hanna-Barbera cartoons; one student was Whimsical Will; a regular on many Stan Freberg recordings, briefly the voice of Barney Rubble during the Flintstones second season
TV Shows: Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, The Jetsons, Beany and Cecil Show

🎭Aurora Clavel -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/14/1936 N.S. d.5/19/2025 N.S. (88)
Actress, Mexican

🎭Ronald Colman -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/9/1891 d.5/19/1958 (67)
Radio Actor, TV/Movie Actor, English
Movie Titles: The Halls of Ivy, A Double Life, Tale Of Two Cities

🎭Henry Corden -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/6/1920 d.5/19/2005 (85)
Movie/Stage Actor, Cartoon Voice Actor
TV Shows: The Flintstones' Fred (1977-)

🎭Richard Foronjy -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/3/1937 N.S. d.5/19/2024 N.S. (86)
Actor
Movie Titles: Carlito's Way, Once Upon a Time in America, Midnight Run, Ghostbusters II

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🎭Grace George -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/25/1879 d.5/19/1961 (81)
Movie Actress

🎭Yuri Grigorovich -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/2/1927 N.S. d.5/19/2025 N.S. (98)
Choreographer, Ballet Dancer, Russian
Names/Places: MN:Nikolaevich

🎭🎵Joseph "Joe" Howard -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/12/1878 N.S. d.5/19/1961 N.S. (83)
TV Host, Vaudevillan, Composer/Songwriter, Lyricist, Songwriter, Librettist, Singer

🎭Kathleen Hughes -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/14/1928 N.S. d.5/19/2025 N.S. (96)
Actress
Misc: retired from acting in 1998
Movie Titles: It Came from Outer Space, Cult of the Cobra, Revenge, Three Bad Sisters

✍🎖🎭Lawrence Of Arabia -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/15/1888 d.5/19/1935 (46)
Author, Soldier, Actor, Welsh (Wales), Gay
Names/Places: b. in Tremadoc; Officer; RN:Thomas Edward Lawrence/Shaw
Misc: died in England from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash

🎭Alfredo Mayo -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/17/1911 d.5/19/1985 (74)
Actor, Spanish

🎭Paul Mooney -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/4/1941 N.S. d.5/19/2021 N.S. (79)
Actor, Comedian
Misc: was a writer for comedian Richard Pryor
Movie Titles: The Buddy Holly Story (as Sam Cooke), Bamboozled

🎭Henry Morgan -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/31/1915 d.5/19/1994 (79)
Radio Actor, TV/Movie Actor, Comedian, Panelist
Names/Places: b. in New York City; RN:Henry Lerner Von Ost Jr.; NN: The Bad Boy of Radio; he is NOT aka Harry!
Misc: not to be confused with Harry Morgan of M*A*S*H fame
TV Shows: I've Got a Secret, My World & Welcome to It (as Philip Jensen), That Was the Week That Was

✍📰🎭Ogden Nash -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/19/1902 N.S. d.5/19/1971 N.S. (68)
Poet, Humorist, Editor, Panelist
Misc: New Yorker magazine
TV Shows: Masquerade Party

🎭Margaret Rawlings -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/5/1906 d.5/19/1996 (89)
Actress
Movie Titles: Roman Holiday

🎭Robert (Actor) Webber -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/14/1924 N.S. d.5/19/1989 N.S. (64)
TV/Movie Actor
Misc: some say b. in 1928
TV Shows: Moonlighting (as Alex), 79 Park Avenue

🎭Carl Wright -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/2/1932 d.5/19/2007 (75)
Actor, Dancer
TV Shows: Soul Food (as Reverend Williams)
Movie Titles: Big Momma's House, Barbershop

🎭Mark York -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/27/1965 N.S. d.5/19/2021 N.S. (55)
Actor
Names/Places: aka Marcus A. York
TV Shows: The Office (as Billy Merchant)

🎭🎮Alan Young -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/19/1919 d.5/19/2016 N.S. (96)
TV/Movie Actor, Comedian, Variety Show Host, Cartoon Voice Actor, Video Game Voice Actor, English
Misc: wed characters Coach & Christine on Coach; D.T. met him in 1989 (see Events-Nov 18)
TV Shows: Alan Young Show (host), Mr. Ed (as Wilbur Post), Mr. T (voice), The Smurfs (voice), DuckTales (as Scrooge McDuck), Battle of the Planets
Movie Titles: Beverly Hills Cop III
Video Games: The Curse of Monkey Island, Ducktales: Remastered, Disney Magical World

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