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Data List for Frank Clifford’s Humour in the Horoscope Compiled by Sy Scholfield www.syscholfield.com for TMA’s Oct/Nov 2015 Issue and Frank’s mini-book, www.flareuk.com James S. ‘Jim’ Abrahams: 10 May 1944 at 21:55 CWT (+5), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (43n02, 87w54). Source: Stephen Przybylowski quotes birth certificate. RR: AA. Caroline Aherne: 24 December 1963, London, England (51n30, 0w10). Source: BFI Screenonline website. RR: X. Dave Allen (David Tynan-O'Mahony): 6 July 1936, Dublin, Ireland (53n20, 6w15). Source: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005-2008 by Lawrence Goldman (OUP Oxford, 2013). RR: X. Heywood ‘Woody’ Allen (Allen Stewart Konigsberg): 1 December 1935, 22:55 EST (+5), Bronx, New York, USA (40n51, 73w54). Source: Lois Rodden quotes birth certificate; copy on file. RR: AA. Loni Anderson: 5 August 1945, 08:32 CWT (+5), Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA (44n57, 93w06). Source: Birth certificate obtained by Frank Clifford; copy on file. RR: AA. Maya Angelou (Marguerite Annie Johnson): 4 April 1928, 14:10 CST (+6), Saint Louis, Missouri, USA (38n38, 90w12). Source: Birth certificate quoted in Contemporary American Horoscopes by Janice Mackey and Jessica Saunders (Astrolabe, 1990). RR: AA. Jennifer Aniston: 11 February 1969, 22:22 PST (+8), Los Angeles, California, USA (34n03, 118w15). Source: Marc Penfield and Sue Jorgenson separately quoted birth certificate in July 2001. RR: AA. Are You Being Served?: 8 September 1972, 21:25 BST (-1), London, England (51n30, 0w10). Source: Sy Scholfield quotes The Guardian, 8 September 1972, p. 2. RR: A. Beatrice ‘Bea’ Arthur (Bernice Frankel): 13 May 1922, New York, New York, USA (40n43, 74w00). Source: Birth certificate obtained by Frank Clifford from Lois Rodden; copy on file. RR: X. Rowan Atkinson: 6 January 1955, Consett, England (54n51, 1w49). Source: Who’s Who. RR: X. 1

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Data List for Frank Clifford’s Humour in the Horoscope Compiled by Sy Scholfield www.syscholfield.com for TMA’s Oct/Nov 2015 Issue and Frank’s mini-book, www.flareuk.com

James S. ‘Jim’ Abrahams: 10 May 1944 at 21:55 CWT (+5), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (43n02, 87w54). Source: Stephen Przybylowski quotes birth certificate. RR: AA.

Caroline Aherne: 24 December 1963, London, England (51n30, 0w10). Source: BFI Screenonline website. RR: X.

Dave Allen (David Tynan-O'Mahony): 6 July 1936, Dublin, Ireland (53n20, 6w15). Source: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005-2008 by Lawrence Goldman (OUP Oxford, 2013). RR: X.

Heywood ‘Woody’ Allen (Allen Stewart Konigsberg): 1 December 1935, 22:55 EST (+5), Bronx, New York, USA (40n51, 73w54). Source: Lois Rodden quotes birth certificate; copy on file. RR: AA.

Loni Anderson: 5 August 1945, 08:32 CWT (+5), Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA (44n57, 93w06). Source: Birth certificate obtained by Frank Clifford; copy on file. RR: AA.

Maya Angelou (Marguerite Annie Johnson): 4 April 1928, 14:10 CST (+6), Saint Louis, Missouri, USA (38n38, 90w12). Source: Birth certificate quoted in Contemporary American Horoscopes by Janice Mackey and Jessica Saunders (Astrolabe, 1990). RR: AA.

Jennifer Aniston: 11 February 1969, 22:22 PST (+8), Los Angeles, California, USA (34n03, 118w15). Source: Marc Penfield and Sue Jorgenson separately quoted birth certificate in July 2001. RR: AA.

Are You Being Served?: 8 September 1972, 21:25 BST (-1), London, England (51n30, 0w10). Source: Sy Scholfield quotes The Guardian, 8 September 1972, p. 2. RR: A.

Beatrice ‘Bea’ Arthur (Bernice Frankel): 13 May 1922, New York, New York, USA (40n43, 74w00). Source: Birth certificate obtained by Frank Clifford from Lois Rodden; copy on file. RR: X.

Rowan Atkinson: 6 January 1955, Consett, England (54n51, 1w49). Source: Who’s Who. RR: X.

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Pamela ‘Pam’ Ayres: 14 March 1947, 21.00 GMT (+0), Stanford in the Vale, Cotswolds, England (51n38, 1w32). Source: David Fisher quotes a letter from Ayres’s secretary, which quotes a telephone conversation with Ayres. RR: A.

James William ‘Jim’ Bailey: 10 January 1938, 23:30 EST (+5), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (39n57, 75w10). Source: Robert Jansky quotes Angela Gallo, from him. RR: A.

Lucille Ball: 6 August 1911, 17:00 EST (+5), Jamestown, New York, USA (42n06, 79w14). Source: The biography Lucille: The Life of Lucille Ball by Kathleen Brady (Hyperion, 1994) quotes birth certificate. RR: AA.

Tallulah Bankhead: 31 January 1902, 21:00 CST (+6), Huntsville, Alabama, USA (34n44, 86w35). Source: Doris Chase Doane quotes her. Sy Scholfield and Frank Clifford note that Bankhead's friend Carol Channing writes in her autobiography, Just Lucky I Guess (Simon and Schuster, 2002), p. 116: “[We] had the same birthday. Also, we were both born at 8:30 at night...” (N.B. Channing was born on 31 January 1921.) RR: A.

Ronald William George ‘Ronnie’ Barker: 25 September 1929, 14.00 GDT (-1), Bedford, England (52n08, 0w29). Source: Pete Watson quotes Barker’s letter. RR: A.

Thelma Barlow (Thelma Pigott): 19 June 1929, Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (54n34, 1w14). Source: Entry note on the Free BMD website. RR: X.

Sydney Biddle Barrows: 14 January 1952, 02:05 EST (+5), Long Branch, New Jersey, USA (40n18, 74w00). Source: Lois Rodden quotes birth certificate. RR: AA.

Michael Barrymore (Michael Ciaran Parker): 4 May 1952, 08.00 GDT (-1), Bermondsey, London, England (51n30, 0w05). Source: Old Moore’s Almanac 1995 quotes his agency. (N.B. His Ascendant may be Gemini, which was rising from approximately 06.15 to 07.59.) RR: A.

Brendan Behan: 9 February 1923, 10:00 GMT (+0), Dublin, Ireland (53n20, 6w15). Source: Jacques de Lescaut quotes Paul Roussel in Cahiers Astrology No.112, “from him.” RR: A.

John Belushi: 25 January 1949, 05:12 CST (+6), Chicago, Illinois, USA (41n51, 87w39). Source: Birth certificate obtained by Tom and Thelma Wilson, with the doctor dating his signature the 24th. Lois Rodden’s files contain a note that a call to the Norwegian American Hospital where he was born verified that his birth took place on the 25th and that the doctor pre-dated the certificate. (N.B. most sources state the 24th including the Cook County Clerk website which quotes from birth record <http://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sweethomecookcounty/pages/johnbelushi.aspx>) RR: AA?

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Alan Bennett: 9 May 1934, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (53n50, 1w35). Source: Film Reference website. RR: X.

The Benny Hill Show premiere on ITV: 15 January 1955, 20:45 GMT (+0), London, England (51n30, 0w10). Source: Sy Scholfield quotes Times, 15 January 1955, p. 3. RR: A.

David Benson (David R. Hodgson): 11 January 1962, 09.05 GMT (+0), Oxford, England (51n46, 1w15). Source: Frank Clifford quotes him, from birth certificate (a twin). RR: AA.

Candice Bergen: 9 May 1946, 21:52 PST (+8), Los Angeles, California, USA (34n03, 118w15). Source: Birth certificate obtained by Tom and Thelma Wilson. (N.B. The Gauquelin Book of American Charts by Michel and Françoise Gauquelin [ACS, 1982], has 8 May in error.) RR: AA.

Sandra Bernhard: 6 June 1955, 09:00 EST (+5), Flint, Michigan, USA (43n01, 83w41). Source: Joe Fitzgerald quotes her, 1983. RR: A.

Aneurin Bevan: 15 November 1897, Tredegar, Wales (51n47, 3w16). Source: The biography Aneurin Bevan by Michael Foot (Faber & Faber, 2011). RR: B.

Ambrose Bierce: 24 June 1842, Horse Cave Creek, Chester, Ohio (39n05, 81w55). Source: The biography Ambrose Bierce: The Devil’s Lexicographer by Paul Fatout (University of Oklahoma, 1951), p. 8. RR: X.

Blackadder premiere on BBC1: 15 June 1983, 21:25 BST (-1), London, England (51n30, 0w10). Source: Times, 15 June 1983, p. 31. RR: A.

Josephine Grace ‘Jo’ Brand: 23 July 1957, London, England (51n30, 0w10). Source: Her autobiography, Look Back in Hunger (Headline: 2009), p. 16. RR: B.

Eileen Brennan: 3 September 1932, 09:12 PST (+8), Los Angeles, California, USA (34n03, 118w14). Source: Birth certificate obtained by Frank Clifford; copy on file. RR: AA.

Jeffrey Leon ‘Jeff’ Bridges: 4 December 1949, 23:58 PST (+8), Los Angeles, California, USA (34n03, 118w15). Source: Birth certificate obtained by Tom and Thelma Wilson; copy on file. RR: AA.

Lloyd Bridges: 15 January 1913, 10:45 PST (+8), San Leandro, California, USA (37n44, 122w09). Source: Birth certificate quoted in Contemporary American Horoscopes by Janice Mackey and Jessica Saunders (Astrolabe, 1990). RR: AA.

Richard Briers: 14 January 1934, 00.30 GMT (+0), Merton, England (51n25, 0w12). Source: Frank Clifford quotes him, from his parents. RR: A.

Janet Brown: 14 December 1923, 07.45 GMT (+0), Rutherglen, Scotland (55n50, 4w12). Source: Caroline Gerard quotes birth certificate. RR: AA.

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Roy 'Chubby' Brown (Roy Vasey): 3 February 1945, “afternoon” BST (-1), Grangetown, Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England (54n34, 1w8). Source: His autobiography Common As Muck! (Hachette Digital, 2006). RR: C.

Lenny Bruce (Leonard Alfred Schneider): 13 October 1925, 11:24 EST (+5), Mineola, New York, USA (40n45, 73w38). Source: Birth certificate quoted in Contemporary American Horoscopes by Janice Mackey and Jessica Saunders (Astrolabe, 1990). RR: AA.

William McGuire ‘Bill’ Bryson: 8 December 1951, Des Moines, Iowa, USA (41n36, 93w36). Source: Contemporary Authors Online (Gale, 2014). RR: X.

Katherine Lucy Bridget ‘Kathy’ Burke: 13 June 1964, London, England (51n26, 0w00). Source: Film Reference website. RR: X.

George Burns (Nathan Birnbaum): 20 January 1896, New York, New York, USA (40n43, 74w00). Source: Film Reference website. RR: X.

George W. Bush: 6 July 1946, 07:26 EDT (+4), New Haven, Connecticut, USA (41n18, 72w56). Source: Karen Castilla quotes hospital records; same on birth certificate. RR: AA.

Candid Camera (Candid Microphone): 10 August 1948, 20:00 EDT (+4), Manhattan, New York, USA (40n46, 73w59). Source: Sy Scholfield quotes New York Times, 8 August 1948, p. L1. RR: A.

Mario Cantone: 9 December 1959, 07:47 EST (+5), Boston, Massachusetts, USA (42n22, 71w04). Source: Pat Taglilatelo quotes birth certificate. RR: AA.

Truman Capote (Truman Streckfus Persons): 30 September 1924, 15:00 CST (+6), New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (29n57, 90w05). Source: The biography Capote by Gerald Clarke (Simon and Schuster, 1988). RR: B.

Francesco Rosario ‘Frank’ Capra: 18 May 1897, 02:00 MET (-1), Bisacquino, Italy (37n42, 13e15). Source: Birth certificate obtained by Grazia Bordoni. RR: AA.

George Carlin: 12 May 1937, 11:45 EDT (+4), Manhattan, New York, USA (40n46, 73w59). Source: Linda Clark quotes him; he remembered the time from having had his chart done. RR: A.

Arthur William Matthew ‘Art’ Carney: 4 November 1918, 17:35 EST (+5), Mount Vernon, Erie, New York, USA (42n45, 78w53). Source: Note from birth registry obtained by Edwin Steinbrecher. RR: AA.

James Eugene ‘Jim’ Carrey: 17 January 1962, 02:30 EST (+5), Newmarket, Ontario, Canada (44n03, 79w28). Source: Sy Scholfield quotes date and place from Film Reference website and time of birth from him in “Q&A: Jim Carrey” by Angela Dawson, Entertainment News Wire, 14 December 2005. RR: A.

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John William ‘Johnny’ Carson: 23 October 1925, 07:15 CST (+6), Corning, Iowa, USA (40n59, 94w44). Source: Birth certificate printed in Contemporary Sidereal Horoscopes by Janice Mackey et al (Sidereal Research Publications, 1976). (N.B. He gave the time of 11:47 PM to Lynne Palmer.) RR: AA.

Carol Channing: 31 January 1921, 21:00 PST (+8), Seattle, Washington, USA (47n36, 122w20). Source: Birth certificate printed in Contemporary Sidereal Horoscopes by Janice Mackey et al (Sidereal Research Publications, 1976); same quoted in The Gauquelin Book of American Charts by Michel and Françoise Gauquelin (ACS, 1982); copy on file. (N.B. Channing writes in her autobiography, Just Lucky I Guess: A Memoir of Sorts [Simon and Schuster, 2002], p. 116, that she was “born at 8:30 at night”.) RR: AA.

Charles Spencer ‘Charlie’ Chaplin: 16 April 1889, 20:00 GMT (+0), London, England (51n30, 0w10). Source: His autobiography, My Autobiography (Penguin, 1966), p. 13. (N.B. There is no entry for Chaplin in the England and Wales Birth Index and no known birth certificate. The biography, Chaplin, His Life and Art by David Robinson [McGraw-Hill, 1985], p. xxiv, quotes birth notice in The Magnet, 11 May 1889, for the 15th.) RR: B.

Maria Charles (Maria Zena Schneider): 22 September 1929, London, England (51n26, 0w00). Source: Film Reference website. RR: X.

Marc Cherry: 23 March 1962, Los Angeles, California, USA (34n03, 118w15). Source: California Birth Index. RR: X.

Winston Churchill: 30 November 1874, 01:30 GMT (+0), Woodstock, England (51n52, 1w21). Source: Sy Scholfield cites father’s letter to his mother-in-law written on the day of Winston’s birth (“baby was safely born at 1.30 this morning”), quoted in Winston S. Churchill. Companion Volume: Pt. 1. 1874-1896 by Randolph Spencer Churchill (Houghton Mifflin, 1967), p. 2. RR: AA.

Julian Clary: 25 May 1959, 21.00 GDT (-1), Surbiton, England (51n24, 0w18). Source: Sy Scholfield quotes Clary personally. RR: A.

John Cleese: 27 October 1939, 03.15 GDT (-1), Weston-Super-Mare, England (51n21, 2w59). Source: Eve Jackson quotes Cleese’s mother over the telephone. RR: A.

Ethan Coen: 21 September 1957, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA (44n59, 93w16). Source: Minnesota Birth Index. RR: X.

Joel Coen: 29 November 1954, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA (44n59, 93w16). Source: Minnesota Birth Index. RR: X.

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Sacha Baron Cohen: 13 October 1971, Hammersmith, London, England (51n30, 0w13). Source: The biography, The Many Faces of Sacha Baron Cohen by Robert A. Saunders (Rowman & Littlefield, 2009), p. 9. RR: X.

Claudette Colbert (Emilie Chauchoin): 13 September 1903, 08:00 LST (-0:09:20), Paris, France (48n52, 2e20). Source: Birth certificate obtained by Didier Geslain. RR: AA.

Joan Collins: 23 May 1933, 07.00 GDT (-1), Bayswater, London, England (51n31, 0w11). Source: The biography, Hollywood Sisters: Jackie & Joan Collins by Susan Crimp and Patricia Burstein (Robson Books, 1988), p. 5. Frederick Davies quotes Collins for 03.00 in his book, Signs of the Stars. Her autobiography, Second Act (HarperCollins, 1996), gives “morning.” Copies of all on file. RR: DD.

William ‘Billy’ Connolly: 24 November 1942, 04.30 GDT (-1), Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland (55n51, 4w15). Source: Caroline Gerard quotes birth certificate. RR: AA.

Peter Cook: 17 November 1937, 04:40 GMT (+0), Torquay, England (50n28, 3w30). Source: Sy Scholfield quotes the biography written by his sister, Lin Cook, Something Like Fire: Peter Cook Remembered (Methuen, 1996). RR: B.

Patricia Doreen ‘Pat’ Coombs: 27 August 1926, 06.30 GDT (-1), Camberwell, England (51n27, 0w05). Source: Frank Clifford quotes her, from her parents. RR: A.

Ronald Balfour ‘Ronnie’ Corbett: 4 December 1930, 21.40 GMT (+0), Royal Maternity Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland (55n57, 3w12). Source: Caroline Gerard quotes birth certificate. RR: AA.

William Henry ‘Bill’ Cosby: 12 July 1937, 15:00 EDT (+4), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (39n57, 75w10). Source: The biography, Cosby: His Life and Times by Mark Whitaker (Simon & Schuster, 2014). An earlier biography, Cosby by Ronald L. Smith (W.H. Allen, 1986), p. 1, gives “three A.M.” Cosby gave Amir Bey a time of 00:30 back in 1979. RR: DD.

The Cosby Show premiere on NBC: 20 September 1984, 20:00 EDT (+4), New York, New York, USA (40n43, 74w00). Source: Sy Scholfield quotes New York Times, 20 September 1984, p. C30. RR: A.

Noël Coward: 16 December 1899, 02:30 GMT (+0), Teddington, England (51n26, 0w20). Source: Baby book reproduced in Noel Coward and His Friends by Cole Lesley, Graham Payn and Sheridan Morley (Morrow, 1979); copy on file. RR: AA.

Courteney Cox: 15 June 1964, Birmingham, Alabama, USA (33n31, 86w48). Source: Film Reference website. RR: X.

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Quentin Crisp (Denis Charles Pratt): 25 December 1908, 13.00 GMT (+0), Carshalton, England (51n22, 0w10). Source: David Fisher quotes Zerda Barlow, from Crisp by letter, “at about one in the daytime.” Richard Geyman quotes him for “between Noon and 1 pm.” RR: A.

William Edward ‘Billy’ Crystal: 14 March 1948, 07:48 EST (+5), Manhattan, New York, USA (40n46, 73w59). Source: Lois Rodden quotes birth certificate. RR: AA.

Timothy James ‘Tim’ Curry: 19 April 1946, 12.00 GDT (-1), Cheshire, England (53n15, 2w30). Source: Frederick Davies quotes him. RR: A.

Jane Curtin: 6 September 1947, 14:00 EDT (+4), Middlesex Village, Massachusetts, USA (42n38, 71w21). Source: Birth certificate obtained by Tom and Thelma Wilson. RR: AA.

Richard Curtis: 8 November 1956, Wellington, New Zealand (41s18, 174e47). Source: Film Reference website. RR: X.

Doris Day (Doris Mary Kappelhoff): 3 April 1922, 16:30 CST (+6), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (39n10, 84w27). Source: Birth certificate obtained by Frank Clifford; copy on file. RR: AA.

Ellen DeGeneres: 26 January 1958, 03:30 CST (+6), Ochsner Hospital, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA (29n58, 90w10). Source: Date and place from her autobiography My Point... And I Do Have One (Bantam, 1995), p. 3. Speculative time based on her statement on Access Hollywood, 20 September 1999: “Now I have another label. I'm a lesbian Aquarian Sagittarian.” RR: C.

Daniel Michael ‘Danny’ DeVito: 17 November 1944, 10:20 EWT (+4), Neptune, New Jersey, USA (40n13, 74w02). Source: Note from birth registry obtained by Edwin Steinbrecher. RR: AA.

Cameron Diaz: 30 August 1972, 02:53 PDT (+7), San Diego, California, USA (32n43, 117w09). Source: Birth certificate obtained by Frank Clifford; copy on file. RR: AA.

Phyllis Diller (Phyllis Ada Driver): 17 July 1917, 01:00 CST (+6), Lima, Allen, Ohio, USA (40n45, 84w06). Source: Birth certificate obtained by Frank Clifford; copy on file. RR: AA.

Benjamin Disraeli: 21 December 1804, 05:30 LMT (+0:00), London, England (51n30, 0w10). Source: The biography The Life of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield by William Flavelle Monypenny and George Earle Buckle (Russell & Russell, 1968), p. 22. RR: B.

Bob Downe (Mark Richard Trevorrow): 4 February 1959, 11:00 AEST (-10), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (37s49, 144e58). Source: Sy Scholfield quotes him by email in January 2002, stating that he was “born around 11 AM.” Date

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and place confirmed in Melbourne’s Age newspaper three days after his birth. RR: A.

Janine Duvitski (Christine Janine Drzewicki): 28 June 1952, Lancaster, Lancashire, England (54n03, 2w48). Source: Date from IMDB website, place and year from England and Wales Birth Index. RR: X.

Benjamin Charles ‘Ben’ Elton: 3 May 1959, 23.30 GDT (-1), Catford, London, England (51n26, 0w00). Source: Frank Clifford quotes him. RR: A.

Lee Evans: 25 February 1964, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, England (51n27, 2w35). Source: His autobiography The Life of Lee (Penguin UK, 2011). RR: X.

Kenny Everett (Maurice James Christopher Cole): 25 December 1944, 03.00 GDT (-1), Crosby, England (53n30, 3w02). Source: His autobiography The Custard Stops at Hadfield (Willow Books, 1982), p. 8; copy on file. RR: B.

Elizabeth Stamatina ‘Tina’ Fey: 18 May 1970, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, USA (39n56, 75w16). Source: Current Biography Yearbook (H. W. Wilson, 2002). RR: X.

Harvey Fierstein: 6 June 1954, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA (40n38, 73w56). Source: Film Reference website. RR: X.

Calista Flockhart: 11 November 1964, 09:06 CST (+6), Freeport, Illinois, USA (42n18, 89w37). Source: Storm Cestavani quotes her, reading her birth certificate over the phone in 2000: unconfirmed. RR: C.

Bruce Forsyth (Bruce Joseph Johnson): 22 February 1928, 03.30 GMT (+0), Edmonton, London, England (51n37, 0w04). Source: Frank Clifford quotes from his autobiography Bruce (Sidgwick & Jackson, 2001). RR: B.

Cornelia Frances (Cornelia Frances Zulner): 7 April 1941, 07.07 GDT (-1), Liverpool, England (53n25, 2w55). Source: Frank Clifford quotes her, from her mother’s memory (the hospital registered her birth as 07.15, the birth time FC uses). Data confirmed in her autobiography And What Have You Done Lately (Pan Macmillan, 2003); copy on file. RR: A.

Dawn French: 11 October 1957, Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales (53n19, 4w38). Source: The biography Dawn French by Alison Bowyer (Pan, 2008). RR: X.

Friends premiere on NBC: 22 September 1994, 20:30 EDT (+4), New York, New York, USA (40n43, 74w00). Source: Sy Scholfield quotes New York Times, 22 September 1994, p. C23. RR: A.

David Frost: 7 April 1939, 10.30 GMT (+0), Tenterden, England (51n05, 0e42). Source: Paul Rosner quotes Diahann Carroll, from Frost. RR: A.

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Stephen Fry: 24 August 1957, 06:00 GDT (-1), Hampstead, England (51n34, 0w11). Source: Sy Scholfield quotes from his book, Paperweight (Mandarin, 2004), p. 271: “[My car] is almost precisely my age, having been registered on 23 August 1957. I was born at six o’clock the following day.” RR: B.

Clark Gable: 1 February 1901, 05:30 CST (+6), Cadiz, Ohio, USA (40n16, 81w00). Source: Sy Scholfield cites the article, “Cadiz Home to Clark Gable Birthplace Museum,” by Bob Batz, Dayton Daily News, 1 October 1999, p. 16, which quotes the doctor’s receipt for his birth. (N.B. Susan Carmichael has same from a letter from the doctor to Gable.) RR: AA.

Estelle Getty (Estelle Scher): 25 July 1923, New York, New York, USA (40n43, 74w00). Source: Current Biography Yearbook (H. W. Wilson, 1991). RR: X.

Herbert John ‘Jackie’ Gleason: 26 February 1916, 03:13 EST (+5), New York, New York, USA (40n43, 74w0). Source: Marion March quotes his manager in a magazine article. Robert Jansky gave 2:13 AM “from him to a colleague.” Franc Hammer Baird quotes Mrs. Carl David Fisher for 00:10 AM. RR: DD.

Whoopi Goldberg (Caryn Elaine Johnson): 13 November 1955, 12:48 EST (+5), New York, New York, USA (40n43, 74w0). Source: Richard Nolle quotes Ron Holder of Goldberg’s office who read the data by phone from her birth certificate, Star*Tech 9/1987. RR: AA.

The Golden Girls premiere on NBC: 14 September 1985, 21:00 EDT (+4), Miami, Florida, USA (25n46, 80w11). Source: Sy Scholfield quotes New York Times, 14 September 1985, pp. 46+C4. RR: A.

Jade Goody: 5 June 1981, London, England (51n30, 0w10). Source: Wikipedia website. RR: X.

Cary Grant (Archibald Alexander Leach): 18 January 1904, 01.00 GMT (+0), Bristol, England (51n27, 2w35). Source: The book Evenings with Cary Grant by Nancy Nelson (William Morrow, 1991), p. 27, quoting him: “around 1:00 am on a cold January morning”; copy on file. RR: A.

Larry Grayson (William Sulley White): 31 August 1923, 08.30 GDT (-10, Banbury, England (52n04, 1w20). Source: Prediction (January 1979), original source not known. RR: C.

Richard Claxton ‘Dick’ Gregory: 12 October 1932, 17:40 CST (+6), St. Louis, Missouri, USA (38n37, 90w12). Source: Tom Csere quotes him, from birth certificate; same from him to Linda Clark. RR: A.

Kathleen Mary ‘Kathy’ Griffin: 4 November 1960, Chicago, Illinois, USA (41n51, 87w39). Source: Her autobiography, Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin (Ballantine, 2010), p. 11. RR: X.

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Jerry Hall: 2 July 1956, Gonzales, Texas, USA (29n30, 97w27). Source: Texas Birth Index. RR: X.

Norvell ‘Oliver/Ollie’ Hardy: 18 January 1892, 09:02 EST (+5), Atlanta, Georgia, USA (33n45, 84w23). Source: Wynn magazine, 1/1945, original source not known. RR: C.

Susan Harris (Susan Spivak): 28 October 1940, Mount Vernon, Westchester, New York, USA (40n54, 73w50). Source: Wikipedia website. RR: X.

Goldie Hawn: 21 November 1945, 09:20 EST (+5), Washington, District of Columbia, USA (38n54, 77w02). Source: Birth certificate quoted in Contemporary American Horoscopes by Janice Mackey and Jessica Saunders (Astrolabe, 1990). RR: AA.

Nigel Hawthorne: 5 April 1929, 07.00 GMT (+0), Coventry, England (52n25, 1w30). Source: Frank Clifford quotes him, from his parents (same from him to David Fisher). RR: A.

Lenworth George ‘Lenny’ Henry: 29 August 1958, 03.00 GDT (-1), Sedgley, England (52n33, 2w08). Source: Frank Clifford quotes Henry, from his mother’s memory (most sources give Dudley as the birthplace). RR: A.

Katharine Hepburn: 12 May 1907, 17:47 EST (+5), Hartford, Connecticut, USA (41n46, 72w41). Source: Howard Hammitt and Ralph Kraum quote birth certificate. (N.B. Frank Clifford quotes a telegram announcing Hepburn’s birth among her personal effects auctioned by Sotheby’s: “Catherine Houghton Hepbourn, second, came at seven elevin [sic] tonight, Eight half pounds, all well”.) RR: AA?

William Melvin ‘Bill’ Hicks: 16 December 1961, Valdosta, Georgia, USA (30n49, 83w16). Source: His autobiography Love All the People (Hachette UK, 2009). RR: X.

Alfred Hawthorne ‘Benny’ Hill: 21 January 1924, 08.15 GMT (+0), Southampton, England (50n55, 1w25). Source: Russell Grant quotes him, TV Times, 4 April 1986. RR: A.

Polly Holliday: 2 July 1937, Jasper, Alabama, USA (33n49, 87w16). Source: Who’s Who in Entertainment, Volume 1 (Marquis Who’s Who, 1989). RR: X.

Leslie Townes ‘Bob’ Hope: 29 May 1903, Eltham, England (51n27, 0e04). Source: Film Reference website. RR: X.

Frankie Howerd (Francis Alick Howard): 6 March 1917, 15.00 GMT (+0), York, England (53n58, 1w05). Source: Penny Thornton quotes Howerd, via his agent. RR: A.

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John Inman: 28 June 1935, 06.00 GDT (-1), Preston, England (53n46, 2w42). Source: Frank Clifford quotes him. (N.B. David Fisher had been given 17.45 some years earlier scribbled on a letter from his agency. 06.00 was confirmed by Inman in February 1997 when asked by Frank Clifford about both birth times.) RR: A.

It Happened One Night world premiere: 22 February 1934, 24:00 EST (+5), RKO-Keith’s Theater, Washington, District of Columbia, USA (38n53, 77w02). Source: Sy Scholfield quotes Washington Post, 23 February 1934, p. 12. RR: A.

Edward John ‘Eddie’ Izzard: 7 February 1962, 19:30 BAT (-3), Aden, Yemen (12n45, 45e12). Source: Sy Scholfield quotes his official website for date, year, place, and “the fact that Pluto was ascending at the time means that I tend to put on weight easily.” Approximate time deduced from this statement. RR: C.

Mildred ‘Millie’ Jackson: 15 July 1944, 07:25 CWT (+5), Thomson, Georgia, USA (33n28, 82w30). Source: Sy Scholfield quotes her in “The Rapper with a Heart Full of Soul” by Mike Hales, Guardian, 29 April 1987, p. 10: “There are two of me — Mildred the true Cancer who cooks and looks after the home, and Millie with Leo Rising who is the performer. And they overlap for management.” A speculative time of 7:25 a.m. gives mid Leo (15 degrees) rising. RR: C.

David Jason (David John White): 2 February 1940, 03.00 GMT (+0), Finchley, London, England (51n36, 0w10). Source: David Fisher quotes a letter from Jason’s agent. Frank Clifford quotes date and place from birth certificate. RR: A.

Elton John (Reginald Kenneth Dwight): 25 March 1947, 16.00 GDT (-1), Pinner, England (51n36, 0w23). Source: Ruth Dewey states “confirmed by him.” (N.B. Other unsourced references have given 00.30 [28 Scorpio Rising] and 02.00 [15 Sagittarius Rising], which both emphasise the flamboyant, hedonistic planet Jupiter.) RR: A.

Yootha Joyce (Yootha Joyce Needham): 20 August 1927, Wandsworth, London, England (51n28, 0w12). Source: Wikipedia website. RR: X.

Madeline Kahn (Madeline Gail Wolfson): 29 September 1942, 18:07 EWT (+4), Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA (42n24, 71w02). Source: Birth certificate quoted in The Gauquelin Book of American Charts by Michel and Françoise Gauquelin (ACS, 1982). (N.B. Roman Craft quotes same from birth certificate viewed at the Massachusetts Vital Records Office.) RR: AA.

Bruce Eric Kaplan: 9 September 1964, New York, New York, USA (40n43, 74w00). Source: Date from Wikipedia website. Sy Scholfield quotes approximate place from his memoir, I Was a Child (Penguin, 2015), p. 2: “My mother went into labor with me at the 1964 New York World’s Fair, which was in Queens, New York.” RR: X.

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Andrew Geoffrey ‘Andy’ Kaufman: 17 January 1949, 18:03 EST (+5), Jamaica, New York, USA (40n41, 73w48). Source: Mary MacKenzie quotes him. (N.B. Shelley Ackerman quotes him as a friend for 6:30 PM.) RR: A.

Paul Kaye: 15 December 1964, London, England (51n30, 0w10). Source: Wikipedia website. (N.B. Kaye was adopted and therefore not listed under this name in the England and Wales Birth Index.) RR: X.

Joseph Frank ‘Buster’ Keaton: 4 October 1895, Piqua, Kansas, USA (37n55, 95w32). Source: Film Reference website. RR: X.

Keeping Up Appearances premiere on BBC1: 29 October 1990, 20:30 GMT (+0), Coventry (?), England (52n25, 1w30). Source: Sy Scholfield quotes Guardian, 29 October 1990, p. 36. RR: A.

Johnny Knoxville (Philip John Clapp): 11 March 1971, 04:19 EST (+5), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA (35n58, 83w55). Source: Birth certificate obtained by Frank Clifford; copy on file. RR: AA.

La Cage aux Folles premiere: 1 February 1973, Paris, France (48n52, 2e20). Source: Theatre Palais Royal website. RR: X.

Joseph ‘Nathan’ Lane: 3 February 1956, 14:29 EST (+5), Jersey City, New Jersey, USA (40n44, 74w05). Source: Lois Rodden and Sy Scholfield quote birth certificate. RR: AA.

Hugh Laurie: 11 June 1959, Oxford, England (51n46, 1w15). Source: Birth notice found by Sy Scholfield (Times, 16 June 1959, p. 1). RR: X.

Matthew Steven ‘Matt’ LeBlanc: 25 July 1967, 04:18 EDT (+4), Newton, Massachusetts, USA (42n20, 71w13). Frances McEvoy quotes birth certificate. RR: AA.

Thomas Andrew ‘Tom’ Lehrer: 9 April 1928, New York, New York, USA (40n43, 74w00). Source: Current Biography Yearbook (H. W. Wilson, 1982). RR: X.

Michael ‘Mike’ Leigh: 20 February 1943, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England (51n46, 0w13). Source: Date from Film Reference website; place and year from England and Wales Birth Index. RR: X.

John Uhler ‘Jack’ Lemmon: 8 February 1925, 14:00 EST (+5), Newton, Massachusetts, USA (42n20, 71w13). Source: Marc Penfield Collection "personal," unconfirmed. RR: C.

David Letterman: 12 April 1947, 06:00 CST (+6), Indianapolis, Indiana, USA (39n46, 86w09). Source: Wilma Carroll quotes a staff member of the Letterman show, data from Letterman’s mother. (N.B. Susan Carmichael cites 9 PM from astrologer Allegra Quince, data from a Late Show intern.) RR: A?

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Jerry Lewis (Joseph Levitch): 16 March 1926, 12:15 EST (+5), Newark, New Jersey, USA (40n44, 74w10). Source: Gene Lockhart quotes birth certificate in Constellations ’77. Same in Contemporary American Horoscopes by Janice Mackey and Jessica Saunders (Astrolabe, 1990), The Gauquelin Book of American Charts by Michel and Françoise Gauquelin (ACS, 1982), and from Edwin Steinbrecher. RR: AA.

Harold Lloyd: 20 April 1893, Burchard, Nebraska, USA (40n08, 96w20). Source: Film Reference website. RR: X.

Shelley Long: 23 August 1949, 06:15 CDT (+5), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA (41n08, 85w08). Source: Neil Marbell quotes her. RR: A.

Matthew Richard ‘Matt’ Lucas: 5 March 1974, London, England (51n30, 0w10). Source: Kings of Comedy — The Unauthorised Biography of Matt Lucas and David Walliams by Neil Simpson (John Blake, 2007). RR: X.

Joanna Lumley: 1 May 1946, 19.30 IST (-5.5), Srinagar, Kashmir (34n05, 74e49). Source: Joan Revill quotes her. Her autobiography, Stare Back and Smile (Viking, 1989), gives “early evening.” RR: A.

Paul Lynde: 13 June 1926, 08:15 EST (+5), Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA (40n24, 82w29). Source: Birth certificate quoted by Edwin Steinbrecher and by Michel and Françoise Gauquelin in The Gauquelin Book of American Charts (ACS, 1982). RR: AA.

William ‘Bill’ Maher: 20 January 1956 at 22:32 EST (+5), New York, New York, USA (40n43, 74w00). Source: Shelley Ackerman quotes him, from birth certificate. RR: AA.

Bernard Manning: 13 August 1930, 04.30 GDT (-1), Manchester, England (53n30, 2w15). Source: Frank Clifford quotes from the well-researched biography Bernard Manning by Jonathan Margolis (Orion, 1997). (N.B. Manning had given Marjorie Orr the time 06.00.) RR: B.

Married... With Children premiere on Fox: 5 April 1987, 19:00 CDT (+5), Chicago, Illinois, USA (41n51, 87w39). Source: Sy Scholfield quotes New York Times, 5 April 1987, p. G3. RR: A.

Dean Martin (Dino Paul Crocetti): 7 June 1917, 23:55 CST (+6), Steubenville, Ohio, USA (40n22, 80w38). Source: Birth certificate obtained by Frank Clifford; copy on file. Same data quoted in The Gauquelin Book of American Charts by Michel and Françoise Gauquelin (ACS, 1982) and by Edwin Steinbrecher. RR: AA.

Maude premiere on CBS: 12 September 1972, 20:00 EDT (+4), New York, New York, USA (40n43, 74w00). Source: Sy Scholfield quotes New York Times, 12 September 1972, p. 90. RR: A.

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W. Somerset Maugham: 25 January 1874, Paris, France (48n52, 2e20). Source: Lois Rodden quotes birth certificate (time of birth not recorded). Source: RR: X.

Rue McClanahan: 21 February 1934, 19:00 CST (+6), Healdton, Oklahoma, USA (34n14, 97w29). Source: Birth certificate found by Susan Carmichael in April 2015 on the official website of her estate <http://estateofrue.com/catalog/rues-certified-birth-certificate-sold>. (N.B. Frank Clifford quotes a written form filled in by her, 20 June 1995, with the time of 7:30pm and place from mother's memory. For the date, she wrote, “I never tell.”) RR: AA.

Patricia Ethell ‘Pat’ McDonald: 1 August 1921, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (37s49, 144e58). Source: Birth notice in The Argus, 3 August 1921, p. 1. RR: X.

Gillian McKeith: 29 September 1959, 21.05 BST (-1), Perth, Scotland (56n24, 3w28). Source: Caroline Gerard quotes birth certificate. RR: AA.

Anne Meara: 20 September 1929, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA (40n38, 73w56). Source: Film Reference website. RR: X.

Bette Midler: 1 December 1945, 14:19 HST (+10), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (21n18, 157w52). Source: Birth certificate quoted in Contemporary American Horoscopes by Janice Mackey and Jessica Saunders (Astrolabe, 1990) and The Gauquelin Book of American Charts by Michel and Françoise Gauquelin (ACS, 1982). RR: AA.

Terence Alan ‘Spike’ Milligan: 16 April 1918, 03.00 IST (-5.5), Ahmadnagar, India (19n05, 74e44). Source: Astrological Journal, August 1967, quotes him in a Sunday newspaper article. (N.B. David Fisher quotes a biography which gives “2 am or 2.30”.) RR: A.

Elizabeth Montgomery: 15 April 1933, 16:38 PST (+8), Los Angeles, California, USA (34n03, 118w15). Source: Birth certificate obtained by Tom and Thelma Wilson; same quoted in The Gauquelin Book of American Charts by Michel and Françoise Gauquelin (ACS, 1982); copy on file. RR: AA.

Dudley Moore: 19 April 1935, 18.30 GDT (-1), Dagenham, England (51n32, 0e10). Source: Tashi Grady quotes him, from his father, who remembers having come home from work. RR: A.

Mary Tyler Moore: 29 December 1936, 10:45 EST (+5), Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA (40n38, 73w56). Source: Lois Rodden quotes birth certificate; copy on file. RR: AA.

Edward Regan ‘Eddie’ Murphy: 3 April 1961, New York, New York, USA (40n43, 74w0). Source: Film Reference website. RR: X.

William James ‘Bill’ Murray: 21 September 1950, Evanston, Illinois, USA (42n02, 87w41). Source: Cook County Clerk website quotes from birth record <http://

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www.cookcountyclerk.com/sweethomecookcounty/Pages/BillMurray.aspx>. RR: X.

Michael John ‘Mike’ Myers: 25 May 1963, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada (43n44, 79w16). Source: Film Reference website. RR: X.

Stephen ‘Steve’ Nallon: 8 December 1960, 14.00 GMT (+0), Leeds, England (53n50, 1w35). Source: Frank Clifford quotes him, from his aunt. RR: A.

George Robert ‘Bob’ Newhart: 5 September 1929, 09:10 CST (+6), Oak Park, Illinois, USA (41n53, 87w47). Source: Birth certificate obtained by Tom and Thelma Wilson. RR: AA.

Leslie Nielsen: 11 February 1926, 05:00 MST (+7), Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada (50n25, 104w39). Source: Brian Clark quotes Irene Crinity from him in 1981. John McKay-Clements same data from him by letter in June 1996. RR: A.

Paul O’Grady: 14 June 1955, 07:30 GDT (-1), Birkenhead, England (53n24, 3w02). Source: Frank Clifford quotes him. Same in his autobiography At My Mother’s Knee... and Other Low Joints (Random House, 2009), p. 15. RR: B.

Edward Phillip ‘Ed’ O'Neill: 12 April 1946, 21:15 EST (+5), Youngstown, Ohio, USA (41n06, 80w39). Source: Lois Rodden quotes a letter from the Ohio bureau of records, stamped with their seal, obtained by Marc Penfield. RR: AA.

Sarah Palin (Sarah Heath): 11 February 1964, 18:00 PST (+8), Sandpoint, Idaho, USA (48n17, 116w33). Source: “Sandpoint-born Sarah Palin Makes History” by Marianne Love, Sandpoint Magazine (Winter 2009) <http://www.sandpointonline.com/sandpointmag/smw09/feature2.html>. A time of 21:43 has been attributed to Bonner Country Office. RR: DD.

Dorothy Parker: 22 August 1893, 21:55 EST (+5), West End, New Jersey, USA (39n50, 75w09). Source: The biography, The Late Mrs. Dorothy Parker by Leslie Previn (Macmillan, 1986), pp. 4-5: “On the evening of August 22, 1893, . . . shortly before ten o’clock.” RR: B.

Dolly Rebecca Parton: 19 January 1946, 20:25 CST (+6), Sevierville, Tennessee, USA (35n52, 83w34). Source: Frank Clifford obtained memo from the birth registry; copy on file. RR: AA.

Matthew Perry: 19 August 1969, 04:47 EDT (+4), North Adams, Massachusetts, USA (42n42, 73w07). Source: Frances McEvoy quotes birth certificate. RR: AA.

The Philadelphia Story premiere: 26 December 1940, 08:45 EST (+5), New York, New York, USA (40n43, 74w00). Source: Sy Scholfield quotes New York Times, 26 December 1940, p. 23. RR: A.

Charles Pierce: 14 July 1926, Watertown, New York, USA (43n58, 75w54). Source: Date and state from death certificate; place from funeral programme. RR: X.

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Suzanne Pleshette: 31 January 1937, 22:24 EST (+5), Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA (40n38, 73w56). Source: Lois Rodden quotes birth certificate; copy on file. RR: AA.

Politically Incorrect premiere on Comedy Central: 25 July 1993, 20:00 EDT (+4), New York, New York, USA (40n43, 74w00). Source: Sy Scholfield quotes New York Times, 25 July 1993, p. N4. RR: A.

Priscilla Presley (Priscilla Ann Wagner): 24 May 1945, 22:40 EWT (+4), Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA (40n38, 73w56). Source: Lois Rodden quotes birth certificate (no time recorded); Frank Clifford quotes birth time from the biography, Child Bride: The Untold Story of Priscilla Beaulieu Presley by Suzanne Finstad (Century, 1997), p. 8; copies on file. RR: B.

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh: 10 June 1921, 21:46 EET (-2), Corfu, Greece (39n40, 19e42). Source: British Astrological Association quotes official bulletin, November 1972. RR: AA.

Freddie Prinze (Frederick Karl Pruetzel): 22 June 1954, 16:09 EDT (+4), Manhattan, New York, USA (40n46, 73w59). Source: Birth certificate obtained by Lois Rodden; copy on file. RR: AA.

Richard Pryor: 1 December 1940, 13:02 CST (+6), Peoria, Illinois, USA (40n42, 89w35). Source: Birth certificate quoted in The Gauquelin Book of American Charts by Michel and Françoise Gauquelin (ACS, 1982). RR: AA.

James Danforth ‘Dan’ Quayle: 4 February 1947, 11:48 CST (+6), Indianapolis, Indiana, USA (39n46, 86w09). Source: Photocopy of his baby book obtained by Lois Rodden from the Huntington Library. RR: AA.

Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary): 21 April 1926, 02:40 GDT (-1), Mayfair, London, England (51n31, 0w09). Source: Cyril Fagan and R.C. Firebrace quote official announcement from the Home Office; copy on file. RR: AA.

Robin Quivers: 8 August 1952, 05:30 EDT (+4), Baltimore, Maryland, USA (39n17, 76w37). Source: Shelley Ackerman quotes her. RR: A.

Martha Raye (Margy Reed): 27 August 1916, 23:55 MST (+7), Butte, Montana, USA (46n00, 112w32). Source: Yoe Stein quotes “Movie Magazine Story of her Life.” Sy Scholfield quotes birth certificate for no time recorded. RR: B?

Beryl Reid: 17 June 1919, Hereford, Herefordshire, England (52n04, 2w43). Source: Wikipedia website. RR: X.

Carl Reiner: 20 March 1922, Bronx, New York, USA (40n51, 73w54). Source: Film Reference website. RR: X.

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Joan Rivers (Joan Alexandra Molinsky): 8 June 1933, 02:00 EDT (+4), Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA (40n38, 73w56). Source: Shelley Ackerman quotes her in March 1997. RR: A.

Melissa Rivers (Melissa Warburg Rosenberg): 20 January 1968, 14:30 EST (+5), New York, New York, USA (40n43, 74w00). Source: Sy Scholfield quotes Cue, Volume 37 (1968): “Joan Rivers finished her last show at 2 am, got a night’s sleep, checked in at Lenox Hill, and gave birth at 2:30 pm.” RR: A.

Anne Robinson: 26 September 1944, 23.20 GWT (-1), Crosby, Liverpool, England (53n30, 3w02). Source: Unsure of her birth time, Robinson told Frank Clifford it could have been around 07.00 or just before midnight. The former time may be less reliable, as this is the time quoted for her daughter’s birth in her autobiography. RR: DD.

Patricia Routledge: 17 February 1929, 00.30 GMT (+0), Birkenhead, England (53n24, 3w02). Source: Old Moore’s Almanac 1997, from her (verified by Frank Clifford). RR: A.

Paul Reubens (Paul Rubenfeld): 27 August 1952, Peekskill, New York, USA (41n17, 73w55). Source: International Television & Video Almanac by Eileen S. Quigley (Quigley, 2006). RR: X.

RuPaul (RuPaul Andre Charles): 17 November 1960, 18:52 PST (+8), San Diego, California, USA (32n43, 117w09). Source: John McKay-Clements and Pat Taglilatelo quote birth certificate. (N.B. RuPaul's website has “7:58 p.m.”) RR: AA.

William Martin ‘Willy’ Russell: 23 August 1947, Whiston, Lancashire, England (53n25, 2w50). Source: Contemporary Authors Online (Gale, 2014). RR: X.

Margaret ‘Meg’ Ryan: 19 November 1961, 10:36 EST (+5), Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (41n08, 73w16). Source: Edwin Steinbrecher quotes Matthew Shields for data from her in April 1998. RR: A.

Katey Sagal (Catherine Louise Sagal): 19 January 1954, 14:37 PST (+8), Los Angeles, California, USA (34n03, 118w15). Source: Birth certificate obtained by Frank Clifford; copy on file. RR: AA.

Saturday Night Live (Saturday Night) premiere on NBC: 11 October 1975, 23:30 EDT (+4), New York, New York, USA (40n43, 74w00). Source: Sy Scholfield quotes New York Times, 11 October 1975, p. 63. RR: A.

Jennifer Saunders: 6 July 1958, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England (53n00, 0w24). Source: Sy Scholfield quotes birth announcement (Times, 9 July 1958, p. 1). RR: X.

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Jerome Allen ‘Jerry’ Seinfeld: 29 April 1954, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA (40n38, 73w56). Source: The biography, Seinfeld: The Making of an American Icon by Jerry Oppenheimer (Harper Collins, 2010), p. 14. RR: X.

Richard Henry ‘Peter’ Sellers: 8 September 1925, 06.00 GDT (-1), Southsea, Portsmouth, England (50n46, 1w05). Source: Edwin Steinbrecher quotes him. RR: A.

Sex and the City premiere on HBO: 6 June 1998, 21:45 EDT (+4), New York, New York, USA (40n43, 74w00). Source: Sy Scholfield quotes New York Times, 6 June 1998, p. B18. RR: A.

Judy Sheindlin (Judith Susan Blum): 21 October 1942, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA (40n38, 73w56). Source: Wikipedia website. RR: X.

Margaret Natalie ‘Maggie’ Smith: 28 December 1934, Ilford, Essex, England (51n56, 0e7). Source: Current Biography Yearbook (H. W. Wilson, 1971). RR: X.

Suzanne Somers (Suzanne Marie Mahoney): 16 October 1946, 18:11 PST (+8), San Mateo, California, USA (37n34, 122w19). Source: Lois Rodden quotes birth certificate obtained by Eugene Moore. RR: AA.

Susan Sontag (Susan Rosenblatt): 16 January 1933, New York, New York, USA (40n43, 74w00). Source: The biography, Susan Sontag: The Making of an Icon by Carl Rollyson (W. W. Norton, 2000), p. 3. RR: X.

Charles ‘Robert’ Stack: 13 January 1919, 16:40 PST (+8), Los Angeles, California, USA (34n03, 118w15). Source: Birth certificate obtained by Tom and Thelma Wilson; same in Contemporary Sidereal Horoscopes by Janice Mackey et al (Sidereal Research Publications, 1976). RR: AA.

Freddie Starr (Frederick Leslie Fowell): 9 January 1943, Huyton, Liverpool, England (53n25, 2w52). Source: The compendium The Little Book of Liverpool by Alex Tulloch (The History Press, 2011). RR: X.

Alison Steadman: 26 August 1946, 02.30 GDT (-1), Liverpool, England (53n25, 2w55). Source: Frank Clifford quotes her. RR: A.

Howard Stern: 12 January 1954, 13:15 EST (+5), Jackson Heights, New York, USA (40n45, 73w53). Source: Pat Taglilatelo quotes Basil Fearrington who cites an unnamed astrologer for data verified from birth certificate; unconfirmed. RR: C.

Benjamin Edward ‘Ben’ Stiller: 30 November 1965, 17:35 EST (+5), New York, New York, USA (40n43, 74w00). Source: Lois Rodden quotes a trusted private source. RR: A.

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Gerald Isaac ‘Jerry’ Stiller: 8 June 1927, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA (40n38, 73w56). Source: His autobiography, Married to Laughter: A Love Story Featuring Anne Meara (Simon and Schuster, 2000), p. 19. RR: X.

Mary Louise ‘Meryl’ Streep: 22 June 1949, 08:05 EDT (+4), Summit, New Jersey, USA (40n44, 74w22). Source: Note from birth registry obtained by Edwin Steinbrecher; copy on file. RR: AA.

Barbra Streisand: 24 April 1942, 05:04 EWT (+4), Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA (40n38, 73w56). Source: Birth announcement printed at http://barbra-archives.com/bjs_library/60s/barbra_beginnings.html. (N.B. Edwin Steinbrecher quotes Streisand to a mutual friend for 5:08 a.m. quoting her birth certificate). RR: AA.

Stephen Stucker: 2 July 1947, Des Moines, Iowa, USA (41n36, 93w36). Source: Wikipedia website. RR: X.

Isobel Mary ‘Mollie’ Sugden: 21 July 1922, Keighley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (53n52, 1w54). Source: The World Who’s Who of Women by Ernest Kay (Melrose, 1975). RR: X.

Wanda Sykes: 7 March 1964, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA (36n50, 76w17). Source: Finding Your Roots: The Official Companion to the PBS Series by Henry Louis Gates Jr. (UNC, 2014). RR: X.

Sylvester (Sylvester James): 6 September 1947, 01:35 PST (+8), Los Angeles, California, USA (34n03, 118w15). Source: Birth certificate obtained by Frank Clifford; copy on file. RR: AA.

Richard Tarnas: 21 February 1950, 12:30 MET (-1), Geneva, Switzerland (46n12, 6e09). Source: Lois Rodden quotes letter from him in June 1993. RR: A.

Catherine Tate (Catherine Ford): 12 May 1968, about 06:30 CET (-1), London, England (51n30, 0w10). Source: Sy Scholfield quotes "Pick of the Week; Television," by Sally Kinnes, Sunday Times, 17 July 2005, p. 51: “she says she’s not ambitious, she just has 'Gemini rising’.” (NB. Gemini was rising between about 5:45 and 7:30AM). RR: C.

That Was the Week That Was premiere on BBC1: 24 November 1962, 20:50 GMT (+0), London, England (51n30, 0w10). Source: Sy Scholfield quotes Times, 24 November 1962, p. 6. RR: A.

Margaret Thatcher (Margaret Hilda Roberts): 13 October 1925, 09:00 GMT (+0), Grantham, England (52n55, 0w39). Source: From her private secretary to Charles Harvey. RR: A.

Pat Thomson: 7 September 1940, London, England (51n30, 0w10). Source: Wikipedia website. Not confirmed by England and Wales Birth Index. RR: X.

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Mary Jean ‘Lily’ Tomlin: 1 September 1939, 01:45 EST (+5), Detroit, Michigan, USA (42n20, 83w03). Source: Birth certificate quoted in Contemporary American Horoscopes by Janice Mackey and Jessica Saunders (Astrolabe, 1990). RR: AA.

Totò (Antonio Clemente): 15 February 1898, 07:00 MET (-1), Naples, Italy (40n51, 14e17). Source: Sy Scholfield quotes from his birth record as transcribed in the biography Vita di Totò by Ennio Bìspuri (Gremese, 2000), p. 27. RR: AA.

Kenneth Peacock Tynan: 2 April 1927, Birmingham, West Midlands, England (52n28, 1w53). Source: Birth certificate quoted in Kenneth Tynan: Letters by Kathleen Tynan (Random House, 2012). RR: X.

Tracey Ullman: 30 December 1959, 03.15 GMT (+0), Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England (51n33, 0w39). Source: Russell Grant (Stargazer, December 1984/January 1985) quotes her. RR: A.

Peter Ustinov (Peter Alexander von Ustinow): 16 April 1921, 11.00 GDT (-1), Swiss Cottage, London, England (51n33, 0w10). Source: His autobiography Dear Me (William Heinemann, 1977), pp. 3-4. RR: B.

Richard Wayne ‘Dick’ Van Dyke: 13 December 1925, West Plains, Missouri, USA (36n43, 91w51). Source: Film Reference website. RR: X.

Nancy Walker (Anna Myrtle Swoyer): 10 May 1922, 20:10 EDT (+4), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (39n57, 75w10). Source: Birth certificate quoted in Contemporary American Horoscopes by Janice Mackey and Jessica Saunders (Astrolabe, 1990). RR: AA.

David Walliams (David Edward Williams): 20 August 1971, circa 01:45 BST (-1), Wimbledon, England (51n25, 0w12). Source: Frank Clifford cites his book Camp David (Michael Joseph, 2012), which gives “in the early hours.” RR: C.

Julia Mary ‘Julie’ Walters: 22 February 1950, 15.00 GMT (+0), Smethwick, Birmingham, England (52n30, 1w58). Source: David Fisher quotes her letter, “according to my mother.” RR: A.

Ruby Wax (Ruby Wachs): 19 April 1953, Evanston, Illinois, USA (42n02, 87w41). Source: Who’s Who (A & C Black, 2009). RR: X.

Mary Jane ‘Mae’ West: 17 August 1892, 22:30 EST (+5), Brooklyn, New York, USA (40n38, 73w56). Source: Marianne Dunn quotes Paul Novak, West’s companion for 20 years, in 1980. (N.B. Sy Scholfield cites West quoted in the biography, Becoming Mae West by Emily Wortis Leider [Thorndike Press, 2001], p. 20: “I was born on August 17 [1893] at 10:30 p.m.” There is no known record of a birth certificate.) RR: A?

Betty White: 17 January 1922, 18:38 CST (+6), Oak Park, Illinois, USA (41n53, 87w47). Source: Stephen Przybylowski quotes birth certificate, March 2006. RR: AA.

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Oscar Wilde: 16 October 1854, 03:00 LMT (+0:25), Dublin, Ireland (53n20, 6w15). Source: Cyril Fagan quotes baptismal certificate in American Astrology 9/1963; Van Norstrand states same in American Astrology 8/1962, “probably from family bible.” RR: AA?

Gene Wilder (Jerome Silberman): 11 June 1933, 03:50 CST (+6), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (43n02, 87w54). Source: Note from birth registry obtained by Edwin Steinbrecher. RR: AA.

Kenneth Williams: 22 February 1926, 14.30 GMT (+0), Islington, London, England (51n32, 0w07). Source: His autobiography, Just Williams (Dent, 1985), p. 8, from his mother’s recollection; copy on file. RR: A.

Robin Williams: 21 July 1951, 13:34 CST (+6), Chicago, Illinois, USA (41n51, 87w39). Source: Birth certificate obtained by Tom and Thelma Wilson; copy on file. RR: AA.

Iain Carmichael ‘Richard’ Wilson: 9 July 1936, 23.58 GDT (-1), Greenock, Scotland (55n56, 4w47). Source: Caroline Gerard quotes birth certificate. RR: AA.

Norman Wisdom: 4 February 1915, Marylebone, London, England (51n31, 0w08). Source: His autobiography My Turn (Arrow, 2003), p. 1. RR: B.

Ernie Wise (Ernest Wiseman): 27 November 1925, 03.00 GMT (+0), Leeds, England (53n50, 1w35). Source: An article by Joan Revill in Prediction, November 1975, original source not known. RR: C.

Victoria Wood: 19 May 1953, Prestwich, Lancashire, England (53n32, 2w17). Source: Frank Clifford quotes her letter, “no idea of the time.” Same data from BFI Screenonline website. RR: X.

Alfred Matthew ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic: 23 October 1959, 13:56 PST (+8), Downey, California, USA (33n56, 118w08). Source: His website <https://web.archive.org/web/19990502224749/http://weirdal.com/faq.htm>. (Formerly, Yankovic gave Alan Simpson 11:00.) RR: AA.

David Zucker: 16 October 1947, 10:46 CST (+6), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (43n02, 87w54). Source: Stephen Przybylowski quotes birth certificate, April 1995. RR: AA.

Jerry Zucker: 11 March 1950, 05:43 CST (+6), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (43n02, 87w54). Source: Stephen Przybylowski quotes birth certificate, April 1995. RR: AA.

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