Those Who Would Have Turned 100 in 2017

Jay Sommers (January 3rd)
Jesse White (January 3rd)
Jane Wyman (January 5th)
Ernest Borgnine (January 24th)
Zsa Zsa Gabor (February 6th)
Sidney Sheldon (February 11th)
Mickey Freeman (February 12th)
Meg Wyllie (February 15th)
Desi Arnaz (March 2nd)
Georgia Ellis (March 12th)
Patricia Burke (March 23rd)
Kenneth Tobey (March 23rd)
Ed Peck (March 26th)
Herbert Anderson (March 30th)
Dabbs Greer (April 2nd)
R.G. Armstrong (April 7th)
Hans Conried (April 15th)
William "Billy" Benedict (April 16th)
Barry Nelson (April 16th)
Ella Fitzgerald (April 25th)
Robert Cornthwaite (April 28th)
Celeste Holm (April 29th)
George Gaynes (May 3rd)
Raymond Burr (May 21st)
Sid Melton (May 22nd)
Cecil Smith (May 22nd)
Marshall Reed (May 28th)
Peter Leeds (May 30th)
Dean Martin (June 7th)
Richard Boone (June 18th)
Ross Elliott (June 18th)
Susan Hayward (June 30th)
Lena Horne (June 30th)
Faye Emerson (July 8th)
Herbert Kenwith (July 14th)
Phyllis Diller (July 17th)
Robert Mitchum (August 6th)
Marjorie Reynolds (August 12th)
Mel Ferrer (August 25th)
Jan Clayton (August 26th)
Isabel Sanford (August 29th)
DeForest Coven (September 9th)
Herbert Lom (September 11th)
Fernando Rey (September 20th)
Don Starr (September 20th)
Clarice Taylor (September 20th)
Carl Ballantine (September 27th)
Buddy Rich (September 30th)
Allen Ludden (October 5th)
June Allyson (October 7th)
Jane Dulo (October 13th)
Alice Pearce (October 16th)
Dizzy Gillespie (October 21st)
Joan Fontaine (October 22nd)
Jack Soo (October 28th)
Ann Rutherford (November 2nd)
Titos Vandis (November 7th)
Robert Sterling (November 13th)
Elliott Lewis (November 28th)
Hurd Hatfield (December 7th)
John Hart (December 13th)
Ann Richards (December 13th)
June Taylor (December 14th)
Ossie Davis (December 18th)
Audrey Totter (December 20th)
Gene Rayburn (December 22nd)

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