Celebrity Birthdays for the week of July 3-9:
July 3: Actor Michael Cole (“The Mod Squad”) is 82. Singer Judith Durham of The Seekers is 79. Actor Kurtwood Smith (“That 70s Show”) is 79. Country singer Johnny Lee is 76. Writer Dave Barry is 75. Actress Betty Buckley is 75. Actor Jan Smithers (“WKRP In Cincinnati”) is 73. Actor Bruce Altman (“Blue Bloods”) is 67. Talk show host Montel Williams is 66. Country singer Aaron Tippin is 64. Synthesizer player Vince Clarke of Erasure is 62. Actor Tom Cruise is 60. Actor Thomas Gibson (“Criminal Minds”, “Dharma and Greg”) is 60. Actor Hunter Tylo is 60. Actor Connie Nielsen (“ Gladiator”) is 58. Actor Yeardley Smith (“The Simpsons”) is 58. TV chef Sandra Lee is 56. Singer Ishmael “Butterfly” Butler of Digable Planets is 53. Keyboardist and guitarist Kevin Hearn of Barenaked Ladies is 53. Actor Shawnee Smith (“Saw”, “Becker”) is 53. The actors -Singer Audra McDonald (“Private Practice”) is 52. Country singer Trent Tomlinson is 47. Actress Andrea Barber (“Full House”) is 46. Comedian Julie Klausner (“Difficult People”) is 44. Singer Tonia Tash of Divine is 43. Actress Olivia Munn (“The Newsroom”) is 42. Actress Shoshannah Stern (“Jericho”) is 42. Singer Elle King is 33. Actor Grant Rosenmeyer (TV series “Oliver Beene”) is 31 Actor Kelsey Batelaan (“Nip/Tuck”) is 27.
July 4: Actress Eva Marie Saint turns 98. Actress Gina Lollobrigida turns 95. Actor Ed Bernard (‘Police Woman’, ‘White Shadow’) turns 83. Actress Karolyn Grimes (Zuzu in ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ ) is 82. Singer Annette Beard of Martha and the Vandellas is 79. TV personality Geraldo Rivera is 79. Percussionist Ralph Johnson of Earth, Wind and Fire is 71. Percussionist Domingo Ortiz of Widespread Panic is 70. Singer John Waite is 70. INXS guitarist Kirk Pengilly is 64. Steel guitarist Teddy Carr (Ricochet) is 62. DJ Zonka (Big Audio Dynamite) is 60. Stryper vocalist Michael Sweet is 59. Bassist Matt Malley (Counting Crows) is 59. Actor Tracy Letts ( “Homeland”) is 57. Actor and comedian Al Madrigal (“Gary Unmarried”, “The Daily Show”) is 51. Actor John Lloyd Young (“Jersey Boys”) is 47. Singer Stephen “Ste” McNally of BBMak is 44. Actress Becki Newton (“Ugly Betty”) is 44. Actor Mo McRae (“Sons of Anarchy”) is 40. Reality star Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino (“Jersey Shore”) is 40. Singer Melanie Fiona is 3-9.
July 5: Musician Robbie Robertson is 79. Musician Huey Lewis is 72. Country keyboardist Charles Ventre of River Road is 70. Singer Marc Cohn is 63. Actor Dorien Wilson (“The Parkers”, “Sister, Sister”) is 60 Actor Edie Falco (“Nurse Jackie”, “The Sopranos”) is 59. Actress Kathryn Erbe (“Law and Order: Criminal Intent”) is 57. Rapper RZA of Wu-Tang Clan is 53. Singer Joe is 49. Drummer Bengt Lagerberg of The Cardigans is 49. Rapper Bizarre of D12 is 46. Rapper Royce da 5′9″ is 45. Musician Jason Wade of Lifehouse is 42. Musician Dave Haywood of Lady A is 40. Bassist Nick O’Malley of Arctic Monkeys is 37 The actor Jason Dolley (“Cory in the House”) is 31 years old.
July 6: Singer Gene Chandler is 82. Country singer Jeannie Seely is 82. Actor Burt Ward (“Batman”) is 77. Actor Fred Dryer is 76. Actor Sylvester Stallone is 76. Actor Shelley Hack (TV series “Three Charlie’s Angels”) is 75. Actress Allyce Beasley (“Moonlighting”) is 71. Actor Geoffrey Rush is 71. Actor Grant Goodeve (“Eight is Enough”) is 70. Jazz trumpeter Rick Braun is 67. The actor Casey Sander (“Grace Under Fire”) is 71 67. Actor Jennifer Saunders (“Absolutely Fabulous”) is 64. Drummer John Keeble of Spandau Ballet is 63. Actor Pip Torrens (“The Crown”) is 62. Actor Brian Posehn ( Just Shoot Me is 56. Days of Our Lives actor Robb Derringer is 55. CBS This Morning co-host John Dickerson is 54. Wu Tang Clan rapper Inspectah Deck is 52. NBC -Sports correspondent and former “Good Morning America” host Josh Elliott is 51. Rapper 50 Cent is 47. Actors Tia and Tamera Mowry (“Sister, Sister”) are 44. Comedian Kevin Hart is 43. Bastille drummer Chris Wood is 37. Actor Jeremy Suarez (“Bernie Mac”) is 32.
July 7: Band leader Doc Severinsen turns 95. Drummer Ringo Starr turns 82. Grass Roots singer and guitarist Warren Entner turns 79. Actor Joe Spano turns 76. The Village People’s singer David Hodo (the construction worker) turns 75. Country singer Linda Williams is 75. Actor Shelley Duvall is 73. Actor Roz Ryan (“Amen”) is 71. Actor Billy Campbell (“Once and Again”) is 63. Bassist Mark White of the Spin Doctors is 60. Singer-songwriter Vonda Shepard (“Ally McBeal”) is 59. Comedian Jim Gaffigan is 56. Bassist Ricky Kinchen of Mint Condition is 56. Actor Amy Carlson (“Blue Bloods”) is 54. Actor Jorja Fox (“CSI”) is 54. Actor Cree Summer (A Different World) is 53. Actor Robin Weigert (Deadwood, Sons of Anarchy) is 53. Actor Kirsten Vangsness (Criminal Minds) is 50. Actor Troy Garity (Barbershop) is 49. Actor Berenice Bejo (The Artist) is 46. Actor Hamish Linklater (The New Adven tures of Old Christine”) is 46. Rapper Cassidy is 40. Actor Ross Malinger (“Sleepless in Seattle”) is 38. Comed ian Luke Null (“Saturday Night Live”) is 32. Singer Ally Hernandez of Fifth Harmony (“The X Factor”) is 29. Drummer Ashton Irwin of 5 Seconds Of Summer is 28. Country singer Maddie Font of Maddie and Tae is 27.
July 8: Singer Steve Lawrence turns 87. The Allman Brothers drummer Jaimoe Johanson turns 78. Actor Jeffrey Tambor turns 78. Actor Kim Darby turns 75. Actor Jonelle Allen (“Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman”) turns 74. Child singer Raffi is 74. Actress Anjelica Huston is 71. Actor Kevin Bacon is 64. Country singer Toby Keith is 61. Guitarist Graham Jones of Haircut 100 is 61. Singer Joan Osborne is 60. Actor Rocky Carroll (NCIS ‘) is 59. Actor Michael B. Silver (‘Instinct’, ‘NYPD Blue’) is 55. Actor Billy Crudup (‘Almost Famous’) is 54. Actor Michael Weatherly (‘NCIS’, ‘Dark Angel’) is 54. Singer Beck is 52. Country singer Drew Womack of Sons of the Desert is 52. Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco is 49. Guitarist Stephen Mason of Jars of Clay is 47. Actor Milo Ventimiglia (“This Is Us”, “Gilmore Girls”) is 45. Actor Lance Gross (“House of Payne”) is 41. Actress Sophia Bush (Chicago PD, One Tree Hill) is 40. Arctic Monkeys guitarist Jamie Cook is 37. Actress Maya Hawke (Little Women, Stranger Things) is 24. Actor Jaden Smith (The Pursuit of happiness”) is 24.
July 9: Singer/actor Ed Ames of The Ames Brothers turns 95. Actor Richard Roundtree turns 80. Singer Dee Dee Kenniebrew of The Crystals turns 77. Actor Chris Cooper turns 71. John Tesh-turned-musician is 70. Country -Singer David Ball is 69. Business executive Kevin O’Leary (“Shark Tank”) is 68. Sister Sledge singer Debbie Sledge is 68. Actor Jimmy Smits is 67. Actor Tom Hanks is 66. Singer Marc Almond of Soft Cell is 65. Actor Kelly McGillis is 65. Singer Jim Kerr of Simple Minds is 63. Singer Courtney Love is 58. Bassist Frank Bello of Anthrax is 57. Actor David O’Hara (“The District”) is 57. Actress Pamela Adlon (“Louie”) is 56. Actor Scott Grimes (“ER”, “Party of Five”) is 51. Musician Jack White is 47. Singer and guitarist Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse is 47. Actor Fred Savage is 46 Hoobastank singer Dan Estrin is 46. Actress Linda Park (“Star Trek: Enterprise”) is 44. Actress Megan Parlen (“Hang Time”) is 42. Singer-actress Kiely Williams of 3LW (“Cheetah Girls” films) is 36. Actor Mitch el Musso (“Phineas and Ferb ‘, ‘Hannah Montana’) is 31. Actor Georgie Henley (‘The Chronicles of Narnia’) is 27.