Celebrity Birthdays for the week of August 21-27:
August 21: Guitarist James Burton (with Elvis Presley) is 83. Singer Jackie DeShannon is 81. Actress Patty McCormack (“The Ropers”) is 77. Singer Carl Giammarese of The Buckinghams is 75. Actress Loretta Devine (“Boston Public” ) ) is 73. Journalist Harry Smith is 71. Singer Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath) is 70. Guitarist Nick Kane (The Mavericks) is 68. Actor Kim Cattrall (“Sex and the City”) is 66. Actor Cleo King (“Mike and Molly”) is 60. Singer Serj Tankian of System of a Down is 55. Actress Carrie-Anne Moss (“The Matrix”, “Chocolat”) is 52. Musician Liam Howlett of Prodigy is 51. Actress Alicia Witt (“Law and Order: Criminal Intent”, “Cybill”) is 47. Singer Kelis is 43. Actor Diego Klattenhoff (“The Blacklist”) is 43. TV personality Brody Jenner (“The Hills”) is 39. Singer Melissa Schuman of Dream is 38. Comedian Brooks Wheelan (“Saturday Night Live”) is 36. Actor Cody Kasch (“Despera te Housewives) is 35. Musician Kacey Musgraves is 34. Actor Hayden Panettiere (Nashville, Heroes) is 33. Actor RJ Mitte (Breaking Bad) is 30. Actor Maxim Knight (Falling Skies) is 23
August 22: Journalist Morton Dean is 87 years old. Television writer/producer David Chase (“The Sopranos”) is 77 years old. Correspondent Steve Kroft (“60 Minutes”) is 77 years old. The actress Cindy Williams (“Laverne and Shirley”) is 75 years old. Guitarist David Marks of The Beach Boys is 74. Guitarist Vernon Reid of Living Color is 64. Country singer Collin Raye is 62. Actress Regina Taylor (“The Unit”, “I’ll Fly Away”) is 62. Singer Roland Orzabal of Tears for Fears is 61. Drummer Debbi Peterson of The Bangles is 61. Guitarist Gary Lee Conner of Screaming Trees is 60. Singer Tori Amos is 59. Country singer Mila Mason is 59. Keyboardist James DeBarge of DeBarge is 59. Rapper GZA (Wu -Tang Clan) is 56. Actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (“Oz”, “Lost”) is 55. Actor Ty Burrell (“Modern Family”) is 55. Celebrity chef Giada DeLaurentiis is 52. Actress Melinda Page Hamilton (” Devious Maids, Mad Men) is 51. Actor Rick Yune (Die Another Day, The Fast and the Furious) is 51. Matchbox Twenty guitarist Paul Doucette is 50. Rapper Beenie Man is 49. Backstreet Boys singer Howie Dorough is 49. Comedian Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids, Saturday Night Live) ) is 49. Actress Jenna Leigh Green (“Sabrina the Teenage Witch”) is 48. Keyboardist Bo Koster of My Morning Jacket is 48. Bassist Dean Back of “Theory of a Deadman” is 47. “The Late Late Show”- Host James Corden is 44. Simple Plan guitarist Jeff Stinco is 44. Actor Brandon Adams (The Mighty Ducks) is 43. Actor Aya Sumika (Numb3rs) is 42. Actor Ari Stidham (TV series Scorpion “) is 30.
August 23: Actress Vera Miles is 92. Actress Barbara Eden is 91. Satirist Mark Russell is 90. Actor Richard Sanders (“WKRP In Cincinnati”) is 82. Country singer Rex Allen Jr. is 75. Singer Linda Thompson is 75. Actor David Robb (“Downton Abbey”) is 75 years old. Riders in the Sky country fiddler and singer Woody Paul is 73 years old. Actress Shelley Long is 73 years old. Singer and actor Rick Springfield is 73 years old. Actor and producer Mark Hudson (The Hudson Brothers) is 71. Actor Skipp Sudduth (“The Good Wife”) is 66. Stone Temple Pilots guitarist Dean DeLeo is 61. Trick Pony vocalist and bassist Ira Dean is 53. Actor Jay Mohr is 52. Actor Ray Park (“X-Men”, “The Phantom Menace”) is 48. Actor Scott Caan (“Hawaii Five-0”) is 46. Singer Julian Casablancas of The Strokes is 44. Actor Joanna Froggatt ( “Downton Abbey”) is 42. Actor Jaime Lee Kirchner (“Bull”) is 41. Saxophonist Andy Wild of Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats is 41. Musician Sky Blu of LMFAO is 36. Actress Kimberly Matula (“The Bold and the Beautiful”) is 34.
August 24: Guitarist Mason Williams is 84. Singer Marshall Thompson of The Chi-Lites is 80. Actor Ann Archer is 75. Actor Joe Regalbuto (“Murphy Brown”) is 73. Actor Kevin Dunn (“Samantha Who?”) is 67. Actor Steve Guttenberg is 64. Actor Jared Harris (“The Crown”, “Mad Men”) is 61. Talk show host Craig Kilborn is 60. Singer John Bush (Anthrax) is 59. Actress Marlee Matlin is 57. Newsman David Gregory is 52. SheDaisy country singer Kristyn Osborn is 52. Director Ava DuVernay (“Selma”) is 50. Actor and comedian Dave Chappelle is 49. Actor James D’Arcy (“Agent Carter”, “Dunkirk ‘) is 49. Actor Carmine Giovinazzo (‘CSI: New York’) is 49. Actor Alex O’Loughlin (‘Hawaii Five-0’) is 46. Actor Chad Michael Murray (‘One Tree Hill’, ‘A Cinderella Story “) is 41. Drummer Jeffrey Gilbert (Kutless) is 39. Actor Rupert Grint (“Harry Potter”) is 34.
August 25: Actor Tom Skerritt is 89. Jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter is 89. Singer Walter Williams of The O’Jays is 79. Actor Anthony Heald (“Boston Public”) is 78. Singer Henry Paul of BlackHawk (and The Outlaws ) is 73. Actor John Savage is 73. Bassist Gene Simmons of Kiss is 73. Singer Rob Halford of Judas Priest is 71. Keyboardist Geoff Downes of Asia is 70. Musician Elvis Costello is 68. Director Tim Burton is 64. Actor Christian LeBlanc (“The Young and the Restless”) is 64. Actor Ashley Crow (“Heroes”) is 62. Country singer and actor Billy Ray Cyrus is 61. Actor Ally Walker (“Profiler”) is 61. Actor Joanne Whalley is 61 Guitarist Vivian Campbell of Def Leppard is 60. Actor Blair Underwood is 58. Actor Robert Maschio (“Scrubs”) is 56. DJ Terminator X of Public Enemy is 56. Singer Jeff Tweedy of Wilco is 55. Actor David Alan Basche (” The Exes”) is 54. TV chef Rachael Ra y is 54. Actor Cameron Mathison (“All My Children”) is 53. Country singer Jo Dee Messina is 52. Model Claudia Schiffer is 52. Actor Nathan Page (“Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries”) is 51. Actor Eric Millegan ( “Bones”) is 48. Actor Alexander Skarsgard (“Big Little Lies”, “True Blood”) is 46. Actor Jonathan Togo (“CSI: Miami”) is 45. Actor Kel Mitchell (“Kenan and Kel”) is 44 Actor Rachel Bilson (Hart of Dixie, The OC) is 41. Actor Blake Lively is 35.
August 26: Singer Vic Dana is 82. Singer Valerie Simpson of Ashford and Simpson is 77. Singer Bob Cowsill of The Cowsills is 73. 60 Minutes correspondent Bill Whitaker is 71. Bandleader Branford Marsalis is 62. Guitarist Jimmy Olander of Diamond Rio is 61. Actor Chris Burke (“Life Goes On”) is 57. Singer Shirley Manson of Garbage is 56. Guitarist Dan Vickrey of Counting Crows is 56. Drummer Adrian Young of No Doubt is 53. Actor Melissa McCarthy (“Mike and Molly, Gilmore Girls) is 52. Latin pop singer Thalia is 51. Actress Meredith Eaton (2017 MacGyver, Family Law) is 48. Theory of a Deadman singer Tyler Connolly is 47 Actor Mike Colter (“Luke Cage”, “Jessica Jones”) is 46. Actor Macaulay Culkin is 42. Actor Chris Pine (new “Star Trek” movies) is 42. Actor-comedian John Mulaney is 40. Singer Brian Kelley of Florida Georgia Line is 37. The singer and actress Cassie is 36. The Actor Evan Ross (“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay”) is 34. Actress Danielle Savre (“Station 19”, “Heroes”) is 34. Actor D is Ylan O’Brien (TV series “Teen Wolf”) 31. Actor Keke Palmer (“Nope”, “Akeelah and the Bee”) is 29.
August 27: Actor Tommy Sands is 85. Actor Tuesday Weld is 79. Actor GW Bailey (“MASH”, “The Closer”) is 78. Actor Marianne Sagebrecht is 77. Guitarist Jeff Cook from Alabama is 73. Actor Paul Reubens ( Pee-Wee Herman) is 70. Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson is 69. Actor Peter Stormare (Fargo, The Big Lebowski) is 69. Actress Diana Scarwid is 67. The Sex Pistols’ bassist Glen Matlock is 66. Gospel Singer Yolanda Adams is 61. Guitarist Matthew Basford of Yankee Gray is 60. Bassist Mike Johnson (Dinosaur Jr.) is 57. Cypress Hill percussionist Bobo is 55. Country singer Colt Ford is 53. Actress Chandra Wilson (Grey’s Anatomy) ) is 53. Bassist Tony Kanal of No Doubt is 52. Rapper Mase is 47. Actress Sarah Chalke (“Scrubs”, second Becky in “Roseanne”) is 46. Actor RonReaco Lee (“Madea Goes To Jail”) is 46. Actor Demetria McKinney (“House of Payne”) is 44. Actor Aaron Paul (” Breaking Bad, Big Love) is 43. Eve 6 guitarist Jon Siebels is 43. Actor Shaun Weiss (The Mighty Ducks) is 43. Keybo actress Megan Garrett of Casting Crowns is 42. Actor Patrick J. Adams (“Suits”) is 41. Actress Karla Mosley (“The Bold and the Beautiful”) is 41. Actress Amanda Fuller (“Last Man Standing”) is 38. Singer Mario is 36. Actor Alexa PenaVega (“Spy Kids” ) is 34. Actor Ellar Coltrane (“Boyhood”) is 28. Actor Savannah Paige Rae (“Parenthood”) is 19.
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