Category Archives: Birthdays

If today is your birthday, “Happy Birthday!”

Political cartoonist Pat Oliphant is 77.

Actress – comedienne Ruth Buzzi (Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, The Entertainers, The Steve Allen Comedy Hour, That Girl, Sesame Street, Finders Keepers, Freaky Friday) is 76.

Actor Chris Sarandon (The Princess Bride, Child’s Play, Deadly Temptress, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Guiding Light) is 70.

Actor Robert Hays (Airplane!, Airplane 2, Take This Job & Shove It, Starman, FM, Angie) is 65.

Actress Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman, Partners in Crime, Hawkeye; Miss USA 1973) is 61.

Actor Kadeem Hardison (A Different World, Vampire in Brooklyn, Renaissance Man, White Men Can’t Jump, I’m Gonna Git You Sucka, Beat Street) is 47.

Actress – singer Jennifer Lopez (In Living Color, Selena, Hotel Malibu, Money Train, Anaconda, Angel Eyes) is 43.

Actress Anna Paquin (The Piano, X-Men, Jane Eyre, Amistad, Almost Famous, Finding Forrester, Buffalo Soldiers) is 30.

If today is your birthday, “Happy Birthday!”

Actress Gloria DeHaven (Two Girls and a Sailor, Three Little Words, Summer Stock, Broadway Rhythm, Nakia) is 87.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy is 76.

Actor Ronny Cox (Scissors, Total Recall, Loose Cannons, RoboCop, Beverly Hills Cop series, Some Kind of Hero, Taps, The Onion Field, Harper Valley P.T.A., Gray Lady Down, Bound for Glory, Deliverance, Sweet Justice, Spencer, Second Chances, St. Elsewhere) is 74.

Nicholas Gage (author: Eleni, investigative journalist) is 73.

Radio talk show host Don Imus is 72.

Saxophone – woodwinds player Andy Mackay (Roxy Music) is 66.

Actor Larry Manetti (Magnum P.I., Baa Baa Black Sheep, Exit, The Take) is 65.

Actress Belinda Montgomery (Man from Atlantis, Doogie Howser, M.D., Stone Fox, Tell Me That You Love Me) is 62.

Guitarist Blair Thornton (Bachman-Turner Overdrive) is 62.

Actress Edie McClurg (WKRP in Cincinnati, The Hogan Family, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, A River Runs Through It, Eating Raoul) is 61.

Musician Martin Gore (DePeche Mode) is 51.

Actor Woody Harrelson (Cheers, White Men Can’t Jump, Natural Born Killers, Indecent Proposal, The Cowboy Way) is 51.

Actor Eriq La Salle (ER, Another World, Coming to America, Under Suspicion, Color of Night) is 50.

Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Talented Mr. Ripley, Scent of a Woman, The Getaway, Twister, Boogie Nights, The Big Lebowski, Patch Adams, Magnolia, State and Main, Almost Famous) is 45.

Actor – writer Marlon Wayans (The Wayans Bros, Scary Movie, Scary Movie 2) is 40.

If today is your birthday, “Happy Birthday!”

Bob Dole (U.S. Senator, 1969 – 1996; 1996 Republican presidential candidate) is 89.

Actor – comedian Orson Bean (Dallas Burroughs; Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman) is 84.

Fashion designer Oscar De La Renta is 80.

Actress Louise Fletcher (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Two Moon Junction series, Nightmare on the 13th Floor, Final Notice, Flowers in the Attic, Invaders from Mars, A Summer to Remember, Natural Enemies, Lady in Red) is 78.

Actor Terence Stamp (Superman: The Movie, Far from the Madding Crowd, Alien Nation, Billy Budd, Wall Street, Young Guns, The Real McCoy) is 74.

Jeopardy game show host Alex Trebek is 72.

Singer – songwriter George Clinton (aka Dr. Funkenstein; The Parliaments) is 72.

Actor Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon series, Silverado, Escape from Alcatraz, Chiefs, The Color Purple, Angels in the Outfield, Places in the Heart) is 66.

Actor Albert Brooks (Broadcast News, Lost in America, Private Benjamin, Taxi Driver) is 65.

Singer – songwriter – drummer Don Henley (Shiloh, The Eagles) is 65.

Actor Willem Dafoe (Platoon, Mississippi Burning, Clear and Present Danger, New York Nights) is 57.

Actress Joanna Going (Search for Tomorrow, Another World, Dark Shadows, Wyatt Earp, Still Breathing, NetForce, Cupid & Cate) is 49.

Actor – comedian John Leguizamo (The Fan, To Wong Foo: Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, Super Mario Bros., Carlito’s Way, Die Hard 2: Die Harder, Casualties of War) is 48.

Actor – comedian – writer David Spade (Saturday Night Live, Just Shoot Me, Coneheads, A Very Brady Sequel, 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag, The Rugrats Movie, Lost & Found) is 48.

Actor Patrick Labyorteaux (JAG, Mame, Little House on the Prairie, Redemption of the Ghost, Hollywood Palms) is 47.

Actress Irene Bedard (Crazy Horse, Grand Avenue, Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee, Squanto: A Warrior’s Tale; voice-over: Pocahontas) is 45.

If today is your birthday, “Happy Birthday!”

Movie director Norman Jewison (Moonstruck, Agnes of God, And Justice for All, Jesus Christ, Superstar, Fiddler on the Roof, Rollerball) is 86.

Janet Reno, U.S. Attorney General (1993-2001), is 74.

Actor Edward Herrmann (Big Business, Beacon Hill, Reds, The Paper Chase, Mrs. Soffel, The Great Gatsby, Eleanor & Franklin) is 69.

Actor Leigh Lawson (Battling for Baby, O Pioneers!, Tears in the Rain, Tess, Love Among the Ruins, Brother Sun, Sister Moon) is 67.

Singer Cat Stevens (Stephen Demetre Georgiou, now Yusuf Islam; Wild World, Moon Shadow, Peace Train, Oh Very Young) is 64.

Cartoonist Garry Trudeau (Doonesbury) is 64.

Actor – comedian Robin Williams (Good Will Hunting, Mork and Mindy, Good Morning, Vietnam, Mrs. Doubtfire, Dead Poet’s Society, Popeye, The Fisher King, Hook, Comic Relief, Patch Adams, What Dreams May Come) is 61.

Actor – comedian Jon Lovitz (Saturday Night Live, A League of Their Own, City Slickers) is 55.

Actor Lance Guest (Lou Grant, Knots Landing, Life Goes On, The Wizard of Loneliness) is 52.

Actor Josh Hartnett (Pearl Harbor, Cracker) is 34.

If today is your birthday, “Happy Birthday!”

Actress Lola Albright (The Tender Trap, The Impossible Years) is 87.

Actress Sally Ann Howes (Dead of Night, The History of Mr. Polly, Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang, Nicholas Nickleby) is 82.

Actress Diana Rigg (Medea; King Lear, Witness for the Prosecution, The Avengers, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, In Trust and Follies; hostess: PBS’ Mystery) is 74.

Singer – songwriter Kim Carnes (Bette Davis Eyes; with Kenny Rogers: Don’t Fall in Love With a Dreamer, What About Me) is 67.

Guitarist John Lodge (Moody Blues) is 67.

Singer – songwriter – guitarist Carlos Santana (Evil Ways, Black Magic Woman, Oye Como Va) is 65.

Actress Donna Dixon (Speed Zone, Beverly Hills Madam, Dr. Detroit, Bosom Buddies, Berrenger’s) is 55.

Keyboardist Mick MacNeil (Simple Minds) is 54.

Drummer – singer – songwriter Chris Cornell (Soundgarden) is 48.

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Actress Helen Gallagher (All My Children, Ryan’s Hope, One Life to Live, Neptune’s Rocking Horse) is 86.

Singer Vikki Carr (Florencia Bisenta deCasilla Martinez Cardona; It Must be Him, With Pen in Hand, The Lesson) is 71.

Tennis champion Ilie Nastase (1972 U.S. Open, 1973 French Open) is 66.

Guitarist Bernie Leadon (The Eagles) is 65.

Guitarist Brian Harold May (Queen) is 65.

Actor Anthony Edwards (ER, Northern Exposure, It Takes Two, The Client, Pet Sematary 2, Delta Heat, El Diablo, Summer Heat, Top Gun, Fast Times at Ridgemont High) is 50.

Actress Clea Lewis (Ellen, Flying Blind, The Rich Man’s Wife) is 47.

If today is your birthday, “Happy Birthday!”

Nelson Mandela, 1993 Nobel Peace prize-winner; former South African President, is 94.

John Glenn Jr., former astronaut and U.S. Senator from Ohio: 1975-1999, is 91.

Olympic figure skater – sportscaster Richard Button, 2-time Olympic Gold Medalist [1948, 1952]; first to land a double axel [1948 Olympics], is 83.

Olympic figure skater Tenley Albright, silver medal [1952], gold [1956]: first American woman to win event, is 77.

Actor James Brolin (Bruderlin; Hotel, Marcus Welby, M.D., Angel Falls, Westworld, Von Ryan’s Express, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, Fantastic Voyage, The Boston Strangler, The Amityville Horror) is 72.

Joe Torre (baseball player: Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, NY Mets; manager: St. Louis Cardinals, Atlanta Braves, NY Mets, NY Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers; broadcaster) is 72.

Singer Martha Reeves (Martha and the Vandellas) is 71.

Singer –musician Ricky Skaggs (Wheel Hoss, I Don’t Care, Crying My Heart Out over You) is 58.

Actress – singer – writer – producer Audrey Landers (Dallas, Somerset, California Casanova) is 56.

Actress Elizabeth McGovern (Ordinary People, Racing with the Moon, The Bedroom Window) is 51.

Actor Lee Arenberg (Cradle Will Rock, Robocop 3, Waterworld, Bob Roberts, The Apocalypse, Cross My Heart) is 50.

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Phyllis Diller (comedienne: The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show, actress: Boy Did I Get the Wrong Number) is 95.

Actress Diahann Carroll (Claudine, Julia, Dynasty, The Five Heartbeats) is 77.

Actor Donald Sutherland (Dirty Sexy Money, JFK, Klute, Backdraft, M*A*S*H, The Dirty Dozen, Outbreak) is 77.

Bass guitarist Terence ‘Geezer’ Butler (Black Sabbath) is 63.

Actress P.J. Soles (Pamela Jayne; Carrie, Rock ’n’ Roll High School, Private Benjamin, Stripes, The Power Within) is 62.

Lucie Arnaz (actress: They’re Playing Our Song, Here’s Lucy; producer: Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie [1992-93]) is 61.

Actor David Hasselhoff (Bay Watch, Knight Rider, The Young and the Restless) is 60.

Actor Robin Shou (Mortal Kombat, Beverly Hills Ninja, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation) is 52.

Actor – singer Paul Hipp (Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Lethal Weapon 3, The Chippendales Murder) is 49.

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Singer – songwriter Rubén Blades (actor: Color of Night, The Two Jakes, One Man’s War, Dead Man Out, The Milagro Beanfield War) is 64.

Violinist – orchestra conductor Pinchas Zukerman is 64.

Actress Camille Saviola (The Heights, Civil Wars, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) is 62.

Drummer Stewart Copeland (Police) is 60.

Dancer Michael Flatley, Lord of the Dance, is 54.

Actress Phoebe Cates (Gremlins, Drop Dead Fred, Princess Caraboo, Bright Lights, Big City, Fast Times at Ridgemont High) is 49.

Actor – comedian Will Ferrell (Saturday Night Live, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, The Suburbans, The Ladies Man, The Andy Dick Show, The Ladies Man, Zoolander, Elf) is 45.

If today is your birthday, “Happy Birthday!”

Author Clive Cussler (Raise the Titanic, Deep Six, Sahara, Cyclops) is 81.

Classical guitarist and lute player Julian Bream is 79.

Alex Karras (Detroit Lions defensive tackle; sportscaster: Monday Night Football [1974-76]; actor: Blazing Saddles, Against All Odds, Victor/Victoria, Webster) is 77.

Actor Ken Kercheval (Dallas, Search for Tomorrow, Corporate Affairs, Calamity Jane) is 77.

Actor Patrick Wayne (Chill Factor, Young Guns, McClintock, Big Jake) is 73.

Actor Jan-Michael Vincent (Airwolf, The Winds of War, Indecent Behavior, The World’s Greatest Athlete, Hooper, Born in East L.A.) is 68.

Singer Linda Ronstadt (Stone Poneys: Different Drum; solo: Blue Bayou, You’re No Good, When Will I Be Loved, It’s So Easy, Ooh Baby Baby, Hurt So Bad) is 66.

Actor Willie Aames (Eight is Enough, Charles in Charge, Frankenstein, Zapped!) is 52.

Actor Forest Whitaker (Phenomenon, Ready to Wear, The Enemy Within, Body Snatchers, Jason’s Lyric, The Crying Game, Bird, Good Morning Vietnam, Platoon, The Color of Money, Fast Times at Ridgemont High) is 51.

Actress Brigitte Nielsen (Galaxis, Body Count, Chained Heat 2, Beverly Hills Cop 2, Cobra, Rocky 4, Red Sonja) is 49.

Actor Brian Austin Green (Knots Landing, Beverly Hills 90210, An American Summer) is 39.