Category Archives: Birthdays

If your birthday is today, “Happy Birthday!”

Actor Max Von Sydow (The Exorcist, The Seventh Seal, The Emigrants, Hawaii, Quo Vadis, Three Days of the Condor) is 83.

Actor Omar Sharif (Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Zhivago, Funny Girl) is 80.

Former football coach John Madden (Oakland Raiders; TV sports broadcaster: CBS, FOX) is 76.

Singer Bobbie Smith (The Spinners) is 76.

Author Paul Edward Theroux (The Mosquito Coast, Millroy the Magician) is 71.

Actor Steven Seagal (Executive Decision, Under Siege series, On Deadly Ground) is 60.

Actor Peter MacNicol (Dracula: Dead and Loving It, Addams Family Values, Sophie’s Choice, Chicago Hope) is 58.

Singer – guitarist Brian Setzer (The Stray Cats) is 52.

If your birthday is today, “Happy Birthday!”

Playboy magazine publisher Hugh Hefner is 86.

Actor Jean-Paul Belmondo (Casino Royale, The Brain, Is Paris Burning?) is 79.

Actress Michael Learned (The Waltons, Nurse, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story) is 73.

Actor Dennis Quaid (Dragonheart, Wyatt Earp, Postcards from the Edge) is 58.

Actress Cynthia Nixon (Let It Ride, Tanner, The Manhattan Project) is 46.

Actress Keshia Knight Pulliam (The Cosby Show) is 33.

If your birthday is today, “Happy Birthday!”

Comedian – actor Shecky Greene (Splash, Tony Rome, Laverne and Shirley) is 86.

Actor John Gavin (Psycho, Spartacus, A Time to Love & a Time to Die) is 81.

Actor Stuart Pankin (The San Pedro Beach Bums, Nearly Departed, Knots Landing, Fatal Attraction) is 66.

Guitarist – singer Steve Howe (Asia, Yes, Tomorrow) is 65.

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Author Barbara Kingsolver (The Poisonwood Bible, Prodigal Summer) is 57.

Actor John Schneider (Dukes of Hazzard, Night of the Twisters, Texas) is 52.

Singer Julian Lennon (Valotte, Too Late for Goodbyes; son of John and Cynthia Lennon) is 49.

Actress Patricia Arquette (Medium, Flirting with Disaster, Holy Matrimony) is 44.

If your birthday is today, “Happy Birthday!”

Sitarist Ravi Shankar, played at Woodstock in 1969 and with George Harrison in the 1971 Bangla-Desh Benefit concerts, is 92.

Actor James Garner (Maverick, Rockford Files, Victor/Victoria) is 84.

Author Daniel Ellsberg, known for releasing Pentagon Papers to the New York Times, is 81.

Actor Wayne Rogers (Cool Hand Luke, M*A*S*H, Passion in Paradise) is 79.

Singer Bobby Bare (Detroit City, All America Boy, 500 Miles Away from Home) is 77.

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Director – screenwriter Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather series, Apocalypse Now, Finian’s Rainbow) is 73.

Journalist – TV host David Frost (That Was the Week that Was, The David Frost Show) is 73.

Guitarist Mick Abrahams (Jethro Tull, Blodwyn Pig) is 69.

Singer – songwriter – guitarist John Oates (Hall and Oates) is 63.

Tony Dorsett (1976 Heisman Trophy winner; Dallas Cowboys running back) is 58.

If your birthday is today, “Happy Birthday!”

Pianist – composer André Previn (Oscar-winning film scores: Gigi, Porgy and Bess, Irma La Douce, My Fair Lady; conductor: Pittsburgh Symphony, London & LA Philharmonic Orchestras) is 83.

Singer – songwriter Merle Haggard (Okie from Muskogee, If We Make It Through December, Hungry Eyes, Workin’ Man Blues) is 75.

Actor Billy Dee Williams (Brian’s Song, Lady Sings the Blues, The Imposter) is 75.

Actor Roy Thinnes (From Here to Eternity, The Invaders, Outer Limits, The Hindenburg) is 74.

Director – producer – writer Barry Levinson (Rain Man, Disclosure, Bugsy, Good Morning, Vietnam, The Natural, Diner) is 70.

Actor John Ratzenberger (Cheers; The Empire Strikes Back, Timestalkers) is 65.

Actress Marilu Henner (Taxi, Evening Shade) is 60.

Actress Ari Meyers (Author! Author!, Kate & Allie, Think Big) is 43.

Actor Jason Hervey (The Wonder Years, Wildside, Fast Times) is 40.

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Colin Powell, Chairman U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff [1989-1993], U.S. Secretary of State [2001-2005], is 75.

Songwriter – singer Tommy Cash (Six White Horses, Rise and Shine, One Song Away; brother of Johnny Cash) is 72.

Actor Michael Moriarty (Bang the Drum Slowly, The Last Detail, Windmills of the Gods) is 71.

Director – writer Peter Greenaway (Prospero’s Books; The Belly of an Architect; The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover) is 70.

Actor Max Gail (Barney Miller, Whiz Kids, Normal Life) is 69.

Actress Jane Asher (Dreamchild, Masque of the Red Death, Brideshead Revisited) is 66.

Singer Agnetha Faltskog (ABBA) is 62.

Guitarist Mike McCready (Pearl Jam) is 46.

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Actress Elizabeth Wilson (The Boys Next Door, The Prisoner of Second Avenue, The Graduate) is 91.

Author Maya Angelou is 84.

Author Kitty Kelley is 70.

Actor Craig T. Nelson (Coach, Silkwood, Poltergeist, The Killing Fields) is 68.

Actress Christine Lahti (Swing Shift, Crazy from the Heart, The Doctor) is 62.

Singer Steve Gatlin (The Gatlin Brothers) is 61.

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Actor Robert Downey Jr. (Ally McBeal, Richard III, Natural Born Killers) is 47.

Actress Nancy McKeon (The Facts of Life, The Wrong Woman, Teresa’s Tattoo) is 46.

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Helmut Kohl (Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1982-1998) is 82.

Anthropologist – author Jane Goodall is 78.

Actress Marsha Mason (The Goodbye Girl, Cinderella Liberty, Blume in Love) is 70.

Singer Wayne Newton is 70.

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Jonathan Lynn (actor: Doctor in the House; director: Sgt. Bilko, My Cousin Vinny, The Distinguished Gentleman; writer, director: Nuns on the Run, Clue) is 69.

Singer Tony Orlando (Tony Orlando and Dawn) is 68.

Guitarist Mick Mars (Motley Crue) is 57.

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Actor Alec Baldwin (Pearl Harbor, The Hunt for Red October, Beetlejuice) is 54.

Actor – comedian Eddie Murphy (Saturday Night Live, 48 Hrs., Beverly Hills Cop series) is 51.

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Actress Jennie Garth (Beverly Hills 90210) is 40.

If your birthday is today also, “Happy Birthday!”

Actress Rita Gam (The Thief, Klute, Midnight) is 85.

Singer – songwriter Warner Mack is 74.

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Singer – songwriter Leon Russell is 70.

Actress Linda Hunt (The Year of Living Dangerously, NCIS: Los Angeles, Silverado) is 67.

Former professional baseball player Reggie Smith (Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, LA Dodgers) is 67.

Baseball Hall of Famer Don Sutton (5th highest record of pitching strikeouts – 3,569; LA Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, California Angels, Oakland Athletics) is 67.

Singer Emmylou Harris is 65.

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Actress Pamela Reed (Junior, The Clan of the Cave Bear, The Right Stuff) is 63.

Singer Keren Woodward (Bananarama) is 51.

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Actress Jane Powell (Deep in My Heart, Hit the Deck, Small Town Girl) is 83.

Actress – singer Debbie Reynolds (Singin’ in the Rain, Tammy and the Bachelor, The Tender Trap) is 80.

Singer Rudolph Isley (The Isley Brothers) is 73.

Actress Ali MacGraw (Love Story, The Getaway, The Winds of War) is 73.

Singer Phil Margo (The Tokens) is 70.

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Drummer Johny Barbata (The Turtles) is 67.

Keyboardist – violinist Billy Currie (Ultravox) is 62.

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Actress Annette O’Toole (Imaginary Crimes, Love Matters, White Lie) is 60.

Dog sled racer Libby Riddles (1st woman to win Iditarod, 1985) is 56.

Guitarist Mark White (ABC) is 51.