October 28, 1939

1939Jane Alexander, American actress and producer^[†]

Jane Alexander is an American-Canadian actress and author. She is the recipient of two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, and nominations for four Academy Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. From 1993 to 1997, Alexander served as the chairwoman of the National Endowment for the Arts.

1939Andy Bey, American singer and pianist^[†]

Andrew Wideman Bey Jr. was an American jazz singer and pianist. Bey had a wide vocal range, with a four-octave baritone voice.

1939Miroslav Cerar, Slovenian gymnast and lawyer^[†]

Miroslav Cerar is a Yugoslav former gymnast and lawyer of Slovene ethnicity who won the pommel horse event at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics. He is also a four-time World champion and a ten-time European champion.

1939Curtis Lee, American singer-songwriter (died 2015)^[†]

Curtis Edwin Lee was an American singer and songwriter. He is known for his early 1960s hits "Pretty Little Angel Eyes" and "Under the Moon of Love", both of which were produced by Phil Spector.

1939Alice Brady, American actress (born 1892)^[†]

Alice Brady was an American actress of stage and film. She began her career in the theater in 1911, and her first important success came on Broadway in 1912 when she created the role of Meg March in the original production of Marian de Forest's Little Women. As a screen actress she first appeared in silent films and was one of the few actresses to survive the transition into talkies. She worked until six months before her death from cancer in 1939. Her films include My Man Godfrey (1936), in which she plays the flighty mother of Carole Lombard's character, and In Old Chicago (1938), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.