Category Archives: Birthdays

If your birthday is today, “Happy Birthday!”

 

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is 86.

Actress Elaine May (California Suite) is 80.

Actor Charles Grodin (Clifford, Beethoven I & II, Midnight Run, Dave) is 77.

Singer – songwriter Iggy Pop (Psychedelic Stooges) is 65.

 

Actress Patti LuPone (Evita, Song Spinner, Driving Miss Daisy) is 63.

Actor Tony Danza (Family Law, Who’s the Boss, Taxi) is 61.

Actress Andie MacDowell (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Green Card, sex lies and videotape, St. Elmo’s Fire) is 54.

If your birthday is today, “Happy Birthday!”

 

John Paul Stevens, former Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1975 – 2010, is 92.

Actress Elena Verdugo (Little Giant, House of Frankenstein, Marcus Welby, M.D.) is 86.

Actor George Takei (Star Trek, Kissinger and Nixon, Oblivion) is 75.

Singer Johnny Tillotson (Poetry In Motion, It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin’, Without You) is 73.

Actor Ryan O’Neal (Love Story, Paper Moon, What’s Up Doc?) is 71.

Actor Michael Brandon (Lovers and Other Strangers, Red Alert, Rich and Famous) is 67.

Actor – writer – director David Leland (Time Bandits, Personal Services) is 65.

Actress Jessica Lange (Tootsie, Blue Sky, Frances, King Kong, All That Jazz) is 63.

Actor Clint Howard (Backdraft, Cocoon, Ice Cream Man) is 53.

Actor Crispin Glover (Dead Man, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, The Doors, Back to the Future) is 48.

Actor Joey Lawrence (Gimme a Break, Blossom, Chains of Gold, Pulse) is 36.

If your birthday is today, “Happy Birthday!”

 

Actor Hugh O’Brian (In Harm’s Way, Little Big Horn, There’s No Business like Show Business) is 87.

 

Belgium Prime Minister Wilfried Martens is 76.

Actress Elinor Donahue (Father Knows Best, The Andy Griffith Show, Get a Life) is 75.

Singer – keyboardist Alan Price (Alan Price Combo, The Animals) is 71.

Singer Eve Graham (The New Seekers) is 69.

 

Actor Tim Curry (The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Hunt for Red October, Legend, It) is 66.

If your birthday is today, “Happy Birthday!”

 

Actress Barbara Hale (Perry Mason, The Oklahoman, Airport) is 90.

 

Actor Clive Revill (The Sea Wolf, The Empire Strikes Back, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes) is 82.

Actor Robert Hooks (A Woman Called Moses, Heat Wave, The Execution) is 75.

Guitarist – reed player Mike Vickers (Manfred Mann) is 71.

 

Football Hall of Famer Pete Gogolak (first soccer-style kicker: Buffalo Bills, NY Giants) is 70.

Actress Hayley Mills (The Parent Trap, The Moon Spinners, Pollyanna) is 66.

 

Actress Dorothy Lyman (All My Children, Mama’s Family) is 65.

Actor James Woods (The Onion Field, Holocaust, The Way We Were) is 65.

Actor Rick Moranis (Little Giants, The Flintstones, My Blue Heaven, Parenthood) is 59.

Actor Eric Roberts (Doctor Who, The Hard Truth, Fugitive Among Us) is 56.

 

Actress Jane Leeves (Frasier, Throb) is 51.

 

TV talk show host Conan O’Brien, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, is 49.

 

Actress Melissa Joan Hart (Clarissa Explains It All, Twisted Desire, Sabrina the Teenage Witch) is 36.

If your birthday is today, “Happy Birthday!”

 

Jazz musician Warren Chiasson (Warren Chiasson Duo) is 78.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbChBCYvpxg

 

Actress Olivia Hussey (Romeo and Juliet, Ice Cream Man, Death on the Nile) is 61.

 

Actor Sean Bean (Goldeneye, Patriot Games, The Lord of the Rings series) is 53.

 

Singer – songwriter Liz Phair is 45.

If your birthday is today, “Happy Birthday!”

 

Singer Bobby Vinton (Roses are Red [My Love], Blue on Blue, Blue Velvet) is 77.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXK0JTed2G8&feature=related

 

Basketball Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (LA Lakers, Milwaukee Bucks) is 65.

 

Actor Jay O. Sanders (Tucker: The Man and His Dream, Crime Story) is 59.

 

Actress Ellen Barkin (Before Women Had Wings, Diner, Tender Mercies, Wild Bill) is 58.

 

Singer Jimmy Osmond (The Osmonds) is 49.

 

Actor Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men, Heads, Pretty in Pink) is 47.

 

Actor Lukas Haas (Boys, Leap of Faith, Rambling Rose) is 36.

If your birthday is today, “Happy Birthday!”

 

Guitarist – banjo player Roy Clark (Tips of My Fingers, Through the Eyes of a Fool, Somewhere Between Love and Tomorrow) is 79.

 

Actress Claudia Cardinale (The Pink Panther, Once Upon a Time in the West, Jesus of Nazareth) is 74.

 

Actress Amy Wright (The Deer Hunter, Final Verdict, Crossing Delancey, The Accidental Tourist) is 62.

Track and field athlete Evelyn Ashford, 4-time Olympic gold medalist, is 55.

Actress – screenwriter Emma Thompson (Howard’s End, Sense and Sensibility, The Remains of the Day, In the Name of the Father) is 53.

 

Singer Samantha Fox (Naughty Girls [Need Love Too], Touch Me) is 46.

If your birthday is today, “Happy Birthday!”

 

Actress Gloria Jean (Copacabana, The Ladies Man) is 85.

Actor Bradford Dillman (Compulsion, The Bridge at Remagen, Falcon Crest) is 82.

 

Actor Jay Robinson (Sinatra, My Man Godfrey, The Virgin Queen, The Robe) is 82.

Actress Joan Darling (The President’s Analyst, The Two Worlds of Jenny Logan) is 77.

Singer – songwriter Loretta Lynn (Coal Miner’s Daughter, I’m a Honky-Tonk Girl, One’s on the Way, The Pill; 1st woman to earn the Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year award) is 77.

Actress Julie Christie (Dr. Zhivago, Petulia, Shampoo, McCabe & Mrs. Miller) is 71.

 

Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmore’s Night) is 67.

Actor John Shea (Baby M, WIOU, Backstreet Justice) is 63.

 

Actor Anthony Michael Hall (The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Edward Scissorhands) is 44.

 

If your birthday is today, “Happy Birthday!”

 

Auto racer Dan Gurney (Indianapolis Speedway Hall of Famer; 1st driver to win all 4 major categories: Formula One, Indy Cars, NASCAR stock and sports cars) is 81.

 

Actor Lyle Waggoner (The Carol Burnett Show, The Jimmie Rodgers Show, Wonder Woman) is 77.

 

Actor Edward Fox (Gulliver’s Travels, The Dresser, Gandhi) is 75.

 

Actor Paul Sorvino (Law and Order, Reds, The Day of the Dolphin, Goodfellas) is 73.

 

Singer – harmonica player Lester Chambers (The Chambers Brothers) is 72.

 

Composer Bill Conti (The Right Stuff , Dynasty, Falcon Crest, Inside Edition) is 70.

 

Bass guitarist Jack Casady (KBC Band, Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane) is 68.

Actor Tony Dow (Leave It to Beaver, Back to the Beach, High School U.S.A.) is 67.

 

Singer – songwriter Al Green (Tired of Being Alone, Let’s Stay Together, You Ought to be with Me) is 66.

Actor Ron Perlman (Fluke, Double Exposure, Beauty and the Beast series) is 62.

 

Drummer Max Weinberg (E Street Band; bandleader: The Max Weinberg 7) is 61.

 

Singer Peabo Bryson (Tonight I Celebrate My Love, I Can Make It Better, Just Another Day) is 61.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvT0xWjzYHg

Organist Jimmy Destri (Blondie) is 58.

Actress Saundra Santiago (Miami Vice, Beat Street) is 55.

 

World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov is 49.

 

Actor Rick Schroder (NYPD Blue, Crimson Tide, Texas, Lonesome Dove) is 42.

 

If your birthday is today, “Happy Birthday!”

 

Actress Jane Withers (Captain Newman, M.D., Giant, Josephine the plumber TV commercials) is 86.

 

Composer – musician Herbie Hancock (Riot, Cantaloupe Island, Rockit, Dolphin’s Dance) is 72.

Singer John Kay (Steppenwolf) is 68.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UWRypqz5-o

Actor Ed O’Neill (Married……with Children, Little Giants, Wayne’s World) is 66.

 

Actor Dan Lauria (The Wonder Years, Amazing Grace) is 65.

 

TV host David Letterman (Late Night) is 65.

 

Author Scott Turow (Presumed Innocent, The Burden of Proof) is 63.

 

James Earl Carter III, son of President Jimmy Carter and Roslyn Carter, is 62.

Actor – singer David Cassidy (The Partridge Family, Spirit of ’76, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) is 62.

 

Singer Alex Briley (The Village People) is 61.

 

Actor Andy Garcia (When a Man Loves a Woman, A Show of Force, The Untouchables) is 56.

 

Singer – guitarist Vince Gill (When Love Finds You, I Still Believe in You, When I Call Your Name, Restless) is 55.

 

Actress Shannen Doherty (Beverly Hills 90210, Our House, Heathers) is 41.

 

Actress Claire Danes (How to Make an American Quilt, Home for the Holidays, Little Women) is 33.