This month brings up a variety of Austen-inspired thespians celebrating birthdays.

 March 3 – Daphne Slater, who portrayed Elizabeth Bennet in 1952’s Pride and Prejudice, as well as Anne Elliot in 1960’s  (3 March 1928 – 4 October 2012)

 March 11 – Alex Kingston, who portrayed Mrs. Bennet in Lost in Austen

 March 11 – James Fleet, who portrayed John Dashwood in 1995’s Sense and Sensibility, Mr. Bennet in Death Comes to Pemberley, and Sir Reginald DeCourcy in Love and Friendship

 March 14 – Daniel Gillies, who portrayed Johnny Wickham in Bride and Prejudice

 March 18 – Cindy Busby, who portrayed Elizabeth Scott in Unleashing Mr. Darcy

 March 18 – Robert Swann, who portrayed Colonel Brandon in 1981’s Sense and Sensibility (18 March 1945 – 17 April 2006)

 March 18 – Sophia Myles, who portrayed Susan Price in 1999’s Mansfield Park

 March 20 – Robert East, who portrayed Frank Churchill in 1972’s Emma

 March 23 – Keri Russell, who portrayed Jane Hayes in Austenland

 March 25 – Carmen Rasmusen, who portrayed Charlotte Lucas in Pride and Prejudice: A Latter Day Comedy

 March 26 – Keira Knightley, who portrayed Elizabeth Bennet in 2005’s Pride and Prejudice

March 26 – Joe Anderson, who portrayed Henry Austen in Becoming Jane

 March 28 – Adrian Lukis, who portrayed George Wickham in 1995’s Pride and Prejudice

 March 29 – Sam Hazeldine, who portrayed Charles Musgrove in 2007’s Persuasion

 March 30 – Rupert Evans, who portrayed Frank Churchill in 2009’s Emma