Pauline Kael

Pauline Kael was an American film critic who wrote for The New Yorker from 1968 to 1991. Known for her "witty, biting, highly opinionated and sharply focused" reviews, Kael's opinions often ran contrary to those of her contemporaries.

19 June 1919

Born on the same birth day (19 June): Antonio Abetti • Bjørn Dæhlie • Bob Ainsworth • Boris Johnson • Charles Spurgeon • Dirk Nowitzki • Ernst Chain • Laura Ingraham • Lázaro Borges • Mary Callery • Michalis Romanidis • Phylicia Rashad • Pier Angeli • Rashard Mendenhall • Sabine Braun • Sergei Makarov (ice hockey, born 1958) • Theodore Payne • Tommy DeVito (musician) • William H. Webb

Born in the same month (June 1919): Al Molinaro • Amala Shankar • Beryl Reid • Clifton McNeely • Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada • Gene Barry • Gérard Pelletier • John Moffat (Royal Navy officer) • John R. Deane Jr. • Joseph P. Lordi • Jüri Järvet • Kevin O'Flanagan • Lloyd Richards • Paolo Soleri • Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington • Richard Neustadt • Walter Babington Thomas