Category Archives: Birthdays

If today is your birthday, “Happy Birthday!”

Drummer Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac) is 70.

Actress Michele Lee (Knots Landing, The Love Bug, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying) is 70.

Actor Georg Stanford Brown (Colossus: The Forbin Project, The Rookies) is 69.

Guitarist Jeff Beck (The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group, The Honeydrippers) is 68.

Singer Colin Blunstone (aka Neil MacArthur; The Zombies ) is 67.

Actor Peter Weller (Screamers, Mighty Aphrodite, Decoy, Sunset Grill, Naked Lunch, RoboCop series) is 65.

Bass guitarist John Illsley (Dire Straits) is 63.

Actress Nancy Allen (Carrie, Robocop, Blow Out, Dressed to Kill) is 62.

Actor Joe Penny (Jake and the Fatman, The Gangster Chronicles, Riptide) is 56.

Singer Andy McCluskey (Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark) is 53.

Actor Iain Glen (Silent Scream, The Young Americans, Tomb Raider) is 51.

Actress Sherry Stringfield (N.Y.P.D. Blue, ER) is 45.

If today is your birthday, “Happy Birthday!”

Actor Ted Shackelford (Knots Landing, Dallas) is 66.

Actor Bryan Brown (Breaker Morant, Full Body Massage, Blame It on the Bellboy, F/X series, Dead in the Water, Gorillas in the Mist, Cocktail, A Town like Alice, The Thorn Birdss) is 65.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is 64.

Actress Frances McDormand (Fargo, Blood Simple, Mississippi Burning, The Wonder Boys, Almost Famous) is 55.

Actor Duane Whitaker (Pulp Fiction, Hobgoblins, Spoiler, Tempest Eye) is 53.

Actor Billy Wirth (The Lost Boys, Body Snatchers, Venus Rising, Space Marines) is 50.

Actress Selma Blair (In & Out, Cruel Intentions, Kill Me Later, The Sweetest Thing) is 40.

If today is your birthday, “Happy Birthday!”

Actor Ralph Waite (The Waltons, Roots, Cliffhanger, The Bodyguard, Cool Hand Luke, Five Easy Pieces) is 84.

U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) is 79.

Singer – songwriter Kris Kristofferson (Me & Bobby McGee, For the Good Times, Help Me Make It Through the Night, Loving Her was Easier, Why Me; actor: Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, A Star is Born, Semi-Tough) is 76.

Actor Michael Lerner (Radioland Murders, Omen 4: The Awakening, Barton Fink, Eight Men Out, The Postman Always Rings Twice) is 71.

Actor Klaus Maria Brandauer (The Russia House, Quo Vadis, Out of Africa, Kindergarten, Never Say Never Again) is 69.

Singer Todd Rundgren (Nazz, Utopia) is 64.

Singer Alan Osmond (The Osmonds) is 63.

Actress Meryl Streep (Sophie’s Choice, Kramer vs. Kramer, Silkwood, Postcards from the Edge, Death Becomes Her, Bridges of Madison County) is 63.

Actress Lindsay Wagner (The Bionic Woman, The Paper Chase, Fire in the Dark, Nurses on the Line, The Second Wind) is 63.

Singer Cyndi Lauper (Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Time After Time, True Colors; actress: Mad About You, Life with Mikey) is 59.

Actor Bruce Campbell (The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., Tornado!, The Hudsucker Proxy, Army of Darkness, Sundown) is 54.

Actress Tracy Pollan (Family Ties, A Stranger Among Us) is 52.

Actress Amy Brenneman (Judging Amy, N.Y.P.D. Blue, Middle Ages, Fear, Heat, Casper) is 48.

Author Dan Brown (The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons) is 48.

If today is your birthday, “Happy Birthday!”

Actor Bernie Kopell (Get Smart, The Love Boat, Love American Style) is 79.

Actor Monte Markham (The Second Hundred Years, Baywatch, Rituals, Dallas, Perry Mason, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, At First Sight, Judgment Day) is 77.

Actor Ron Ely (Ronald Pierce; Tarzan, Slavers, Doc Savage) is 74.

Actress Mariette Hartley (Encino Man, Silence of the Heart, Improper Channels) is 72.

Actress Meredith Baxter (Family Ties, Bridget Loves Bernie, Til Murder Do Us Part) is 65.

Actor Michael Gross (Family Ties, Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland) is 65.

Singer – songwriter – keyboardist Nils Lofgren (Grin, E Street Band) is 61.

Cartoonist Berkeley Breathed (Bloom County, Outland) is 55.

Actor Doug Savant (Melrose Place, Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence, Shaking the Tree, Red Surf) is 48.

Actress Juliette Lewis (Cape Fear, Husbands and Wives, Natural Born Killers, Romeo is Bleeding, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?) is 39.

Prince William (William Arthur Philip Louis Windsor; Duke of Cambridge: first future king of England born in a hospital, first to attend nursery school) is 30.

If today is your birthday, “Happy Birthday!”

Actor Martin Landau (Ed Wood, Mission Impossible, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Tucker: The Man and His Dreams, By Dawn’s Early Light) is 84.

Actress Olympia Dukakis (Moonstruck, Steel Magnolias, Working Girl, The Cemetery Club, Death Wish) is 81.

Actor James Tolkan (Dick Tracy, Back to the Future, Serpico, Mary) is 81.

Actor Danny Aiello (Lady Blue, Moonstruck, Do the Right Thing, Ruby, Mistress, Me and the Kid, The Cemetery Club) is 79.

Actor Brett Halsey (Black Cat, Dangerous Obsession, Twice-Told Tales) is 79.

Actor John Mahoney (Frasier, Cheers, The Human Factor, Primal Fear, In the Line of Fire, The Hudsucker Proxy, The Ten Million Dollar Getaway) is 72.

Singer – bass guitarist Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys) is 70.

TV host Bob Vila (This Old House, Home Again with Bob Vila) is 66.

Actress Candy Clark (American Graffiti, Handle with Care, The Big Sleep, National Lampoon Goes to the Movies, Johnny Belinda, Blue Thunder, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) is 65.

Singer – songwriter – saxophone player Lionel Richie (Commodores; solo: Truly, All Night Long [All Night], Hello, Say You Say Me) is 63.

Actor John Goodman (Roseanne, The Flintstones, The Babe, King Ralph, Born Yesterday, Matinee, Raising Arizona, The Big Lebowski) is 60.

Bass guitarist Michael Anthony (Van Halen) is 58.

Actress Nicole Kidman (The Hours, Days of Thunder, Far and Away, Malice, Batman Forever, Billy Bathgate, The Portrait of a Lady, Eyes Wide Shut) is 45.

If today is your birthday, “Happy Birthday!”

Actor Louis Jourdan (Gigi, Three Coins in the Fountain, The VIPs) is 91.

Actress Gena Rowlands (Peyton Place, A Woman under the Influence, Night on Earth) is 82.

Actress Marisa Pavan (Diary of Anne Frank, The Rose Tattoo, What Price Glory?, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit ) is 80.

Singer Tommy DeVito (The Four Seasons) is 76.

Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar human rights activist and 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner, is 67.

Author Salman Rushdie (The Jaguar Smile, Midnight’s Children, The Satanic Verses) is 65.

Actress Phylicia Allen Rashad (The Cosby Show, One Life to Live, Murder, She Wrote) is 64.

Singer Ann Wilson (Heart) is 61.

Keyboardist Larry Dunn (Earth, Wind & Fire) is 59.

Actress Kathleen Turner (Body Heat, Peggy Sue Got Married, Romancing the Stone, The Jewel of the Nile, Serial Mom, Naked in New York, House of Cards, Accidental Tourist) is 58.

Singer – dancer Paula Abdul (Forever Your Girl, Straight Up, Opposites Attract, Promises of a New Day) is 50.

Actress Mia Sara (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Timecop, Caroline at Midnight) is 45.

Actress Robin Tunney (The Craft, Encino Man, Empire Records) is 40.

If today is your birthday, “Happy Birthday!”

Singer – songwriter Paul McCartney (The Beatles; Wings) is 70.

Actress Carol Kane (Taxi, The Princess Bride, Hester Street, Addams Family Values, Carnal Knowledge, Dog Day Afternoon) is 60.

Model – actress Isabella Rossellini (Twin Peaks, Fearless, Blue Velvet, Crime of the Century, The Impostors) is 60.

Actor Brian Benben (The Brian Benben Show, Family Business, Radioland Murders) is 56.

Film producer Barbara Broccoli (GoldenEye, Crime of the Century, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough) is 52.

Actor Eddie Cibrian (Sunset Beach, The Bold and the Beautiful, The Young and the Restless, Beverly Hills: 90210) is 39.

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Actor Peter Lupus (Mission: Impossible, Think Big, Pulsebeat, Escapist, More! Police Squad) is 80.

Olympic swimmer Steve Clark (Gold medalist [1964]; broke nine world swimming records from 1960-65 in short-course times )is 69.

Singer Barry Manilow (Barry Alan Pincus; I Write the Songs, Mandy, Looks Like We Made It, Can’t Smile Without You, Copacabana ) is 69.

Actor – comedian Joe Piscopo (Saturday Night Live, Sidekicks, Wise Guys, Johnny Dangerously) is 61.

Actor Mark Linn-Baker (Noises Off, Bare Essentials, Ghostwriter, My Favorite Year, Manhattan, Comedy Zone, Perfect Strangers) is 58.

Actor Thomas Haden Church (Wings, Tombstone, George of the Jungle, One Night Stand, Goosed, Sideways) is 52.

Actor Greg Kinnear (What Planet Are You From?, Talk Soup, Blankman, Sabrina, As Good As It Gets) is 49.

Actor Jason Patric (The Journey of August King, Geronimo: An American Legend, Rush, Frankenstein Unbound, The Beast, The Lost Boys) is 46.

Actor Joshua Leonard (The Blair Witch Project, Men of Honor, Deuces Wild) is 37.

Tennis champion Venus Williams (U.S. and French Opens with sister Serena [1999]; Grand Slam singles: Wimbledon [2000], U.S. Open [2000, 2001]; fastest serve in WTA history, 127 mph) is 32.

If today is your birthday, “Happy Birthday!”

Author Joyce Carol Oates (The Time Traveler, Triumph of the Spider Monkey) is 74.

Singer Billy ‘Crash’ Craddock (Don’t Destroy Me, Ruby, Baby, Rub It In, Sea Cruise) is 73.

Songwriter Lamont Dozier (Baby Love, I Can’t Help Myself; inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [1990]) is 71.

Actress Joan Van Ark (Frogs, Play Misty for Me, Knots Landing, Tainted Blood) is 69.

Boxing champion Roberto Duran is 61.

Singer – songwriter Gino Vannelli (Living Inside Myself) is 60.

Actress Laurie Metcalf (Roseanne, A Dangerous Woman, JFK, Pacific Heights, Uncle Buck, Desperately Seeking Susan) is 57.

Actor Arnold Vosloo (The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, Morenga, Darkman II: The Return of Durant) is 50.

Golf champion Phil Mickelson is 42.

If today is your birthday, “Happy Birthday!”

Mario Cuomo, former governor of New York, is 80.

Actress Nicola Pagett (An Awfully Big Adventure, Privates on Parade, Oliver’s Story, There’s a Girl in My Soup, Upstairs Downstairs) is 67.

Actor Jim Belushi (Saturday Night Live, Trading Places, The Man with One Red Shoe, Little Shop of Horrors, The Principal, Who’s Harry Crumb?, Diary of a Hit Man) is 58.

Actress Julie Hagerty (Airplane!, Airplane II: The Sequel, Women of the House, Noises Off, What About Bob?) is 57.

Actress Helen Hunt (As Good As It Gets, Mad About You, Swiss Family Robinson, It Takes Two) is 49.

Actress Courteney Cox (Friends, Family Ties, Ace Ventura Pet Detective) is 48.

Actress Leah Remini (The King of Queens, Living Dolls, Glory Daze) is 42.

Actor Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie Howser, M.D., Clara’s Heart, Snowbound: The Jim and Jennifer Stolpa Story) is 39.