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May 4th, 1947- Richard Jenkins is an American stage, film and television actor. After beginning his career in theater, Jenkins made his film debut in 1974 in Feasting with Panthers and appeared in supporting roles in numerous film productions in the 1980s and the 1990s. He gained wide public attention in the early 2000s for playing the deceased patriarch Nathaniel Fisher on the HBO funeral drama series Six Feet Under. He has established himself in Hollywood by acquiring lead roles in the films The Visitor and The Cabin in the Woods. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in The Visitor. Since his film debut in the television movie, he has steadily been working in film. Some of his earlier film credits include Hannah and Her Sisters in 1986 and The Witches of Eastwick in 1987. He is also a frequent collaborator with the director siblings the Farrelly brothers, who have worked with Jenkins in There's Something About Mary, 1998; Outside Providence, 1999; Me, Myself, & Irene, 2000; Say It Isn't So, 2001; Hall Pass, 2011; and the upcoming 2012 Three Stoogesremake.
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May 25, 1947- Karen Valentine is an American actress best known for her role as the idealistic schoolteacher Alice Johnson in the television series Room 222. In 1969, Valentine won her breakthrough role as a new teacher on the ABC television series Room 222, with Lloyd Haynes and Michael Constantine. She was discovered by Gene Reynolds, the director of Room 222, who saw her lip syncing in rehearsal and saw that she was funny. She was nominated twice for an Emmy and once for a Golden Globe, winning an Emmy in 1970 for Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role.
The actress later starred in the critically acclaimed true story Muggable Mary, Street Cop, as Gidget in the film Gidget Grows Up, and on her own television series in 1975, Karen, as well as many movies for television. Valentine was a regular on Hollywood Squares, often trading quips with Paul Lynde. She guest-starred on many series, including Starsky and Hutch; Baretta; McMillan & Wife; Murder, She Wrote; The Love Boat; and Love, American Style.She continues to work in television and on stage.
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May 29, 1947 - Anthony Geary is an American actor. He has starred on the ABC daytime drama General Hospital as Luke Spencer from 1978 to 1984 and from 1993 to present. His character in General Hospital began as a "hit man" and later became a rapist who fell in love and subsequently married his victim, Laura Webber (played by Genie Francis). The character became so popular that the writers turned Luke into a protagonist. Luke and Laura's November 17, 1981 wedding began what was arguably the greatest love affair in the history of General Hospital, if not daytime television. He also portrayed Luke's lookalike cousin Bill Eckert on General Hospital from 1991 to 1993. He has won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for General Hospitalsix times, a record for male actors, and tying with Erika Slezak and Justin Deas for the most Daytime Emmy wins by an actor.
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