James Naughton's Birth Card: The Queen of Clubs

In the record

James Naughton (born December 6, 1945) is an American actor and director. The birth-card coordinate for December 6 is the Queen of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1990 Best Actor in a Musical (City of Angels); 1997 Best Actor in a Musical (Chicago) win.

Tony Award record (leading acting)

• 1990 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical — City of Angels as Stone
• 1997 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical — Chicago as Billy Flynn

The Queen of Clubs coordinate

James Naughton's birthday maps to the Queen of Clubs (The Nurturing Leader). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Tony Award and not a verdict on James Naughton. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You teach from what you actually know, without making people earn the right to hear it.

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James Naughton in the public record

On television he is best known as astronaut Pete Burke in the 1974 single-season television series Planet of the Apes. He won Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Musical in 1990 for City of Angels, and again in 1997 for the role of lawyer Billy Flynn in the long-running revival of the musical Chicago. Naughton was born in Middletown, Connecticut, the son of Rosemary (née Walsh) and Joseph Naughton, both of whom were teachers. He is the elder brother of actor David Naughton. His family is Irish American. He graduated from Conard High School. Jim began singing during his years at Conard "with the high school band and at parties." Naughton graduated from Brown University and Yale School of Drama. His acting career began when he appeared in a series of Broadway dramas and musicals.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article James Naughton (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 3 of Hearts

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about James Naughton, and not a forecast of a Tony.

You let love have range without using newness as an exit from the one that is already here. You feel in color and express it—your inner life is rich, varied, and creative. You explore connection the way an artist explores a medium, drawn to emotional range and new expression. Love, for you, is a creative act.

He starred in I Love My Wife in 1977 and in Whose Life is it Anyway? in 1980.

Paired on shared wording: life, love.

Also on the record

1. He has since become an accomplished actor in both starring and supporting film and television roles.
2. His largest fame and first love has been the legitimate theater.
3. He won the Theatre World Award for his performance in Long Day's Journey into Night in 1971.
4. He starred with Geneviève Bujold in Antigone, later made into a film in 1974.

Other leading Tony winners with this card

• Barnard Hughes — 1978 Best Actor in a Play (Da)
• Ben Vereen — 1973 Best Actor in a Musical (Pippin)
• George Hearn — 1984 Best Actor in a Musical (La Cage aux Folles)
• Helen Hayes — 1947 Best Actress in a Play (Happy Birthday); 1958 Best Actress in a Play (Time Remembered)
• Jackie Gleason — 1960 Best Actor in a Musical (Take Me Along)
• Marcia Gay Harden — 2009 Best Actress in a Play (God of Carnage)
• Margaret Leighton — 1957 Best Actress in a Play (Separate Tables); 1962 Best Actress in a Play (The Night of the Iguana)
• Robert Alda — 1951 Best Actor in a Musical (Guys and Dolls)
• Victoria Clark — 2005 Best Actress in a Musical (The Light in the Piazza); 2023 Best Actress in a Musical (Kimberly Akimbo)

FAQ

What is James Naughton's birth card?

The Queen of Clubs. December 6 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Tony Award?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast awards, character, or fate.

Where do James Naughton's dates come from?

Birth date 1945-12-06 is the day-precision date on James Naughton's Wikipedia person page, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only Wikipedia dates and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Tony Award wins come from the Wikipedia leading-acting lists, which record the Tony Awards. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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