Celebrity Birthdays – April 6, 2011

1483 Raphael [Raffaello Sanzio] Urbino Italy, painter/master builder (Madonna Sistina) 1806 Elizabeth Barrett Browning poet (Sonnets from the Portuguese)/Mrs Robert Browning 1866 Butch Cassidy [Robert Parker] US desperado (Wild Bunch Passage) 1903 Harold Edgerton foremost high-speed photographer 1914 George Reeves Ashland KY, actor (Superman, Gone With the Wind) 1917 Walter “Shakey” Horton Mississippi, harmonicist (Everybody’s Fishin’) 1922 Barry Levinson Baltimore MD, director (Homicide@Life on the Street, Avalon, Rain Man, Diner) 1928 James Dewey Watson chemist (co-discovered structure of DNA) 1931 Ivan Dixon New York NY, actor (Car Wash, Hogan’s Heroes) 1937 Billy Dee Williams Harlem New York NY, actor (Lady Sings the Blues, Chiefs, Empire Strikes Back, Double Dare) 1937 Merle Haggard Bakersfield CA, country singer (Death Valley Days) 1938 Roy Thinnes Chicago IL, actor (Invaders, Falcon Crest, General Hospital) 1944 Judith McConnell Pittsburgh PA, actress (Sophia-Santa Barbara) 1944 [Holly] Michelle [Gilliam] Phillips Long Beach CA, singer (Mama & Papas)/actress (Knots Landing) 1945 Bob Marley reggae musician/singer (Whalers-No Woman) 1947 Tony Connor Romford Essex England, drummer (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing) 1951 Ralph Cooper Australia, drummer (Air Supply-All Out of Love) 1952 Marilu Henner Chicago IL, actress (Taxi, Man Who Loved Women, Evening Shade) 1952 Judith McConnell actress (Sophia Capwell-Santa Barbara) 1954 Judi Bowker Shawford England, actress (Clash of the Titans) 1967 John Ratzenberger Bridgeport CT, actor (Cliff Clavin-Cheers) 1969 Ari Meyers San Juan Puerto Rico, actress (Emma McArdle-Kate & Allie) 1976 Candace [Helaine] Cameron Bure Panorama City CA, actress (DJ Tanner-Full House) 1976 Soleil Moon Frye Glendora CA, actress (Punky Brewster) 1975 Zach Braff Scrubs]]]]> ]]>