Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 27-Nov. 2
Oct. 27: Actor-comedian John Cleese is 85. Country singer Lee Greenwood is 82. Country singer-guitarist Jack Daniels (Highway 101) is 75. Bassist Garry Tallent of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band is 75. Author Fran Lebowitz is 74. Guitarist K.K. Downing (Judas Priest) is 73. TV personality Jayne Kennedy is 73. Actor-director Roberto Benigni (鈥淟ife Is Beautiful鈥) is 72. Actor Peter Firth (鈥淭hat鈥檚 Life鈥) is 71. Actor Robert Picardo (鈥淭he Wonder Years,鈥 鈥矯hina Beach鈥) is 71. Singer Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran is 66. Keyboardist J.D. McFadden (Sixpence None The Richer, The Mavericks) is 60. Drummer Jason Finn of Presidents of the United States of America is 57. Actor Sean Holland (Film and TV 鈥淐lueless鈥) is 56. Actor Channon Roe (鈥淢urder in the First鈥) is 55. Actor Sheeri Rappaport (鈥淐SI,鈥 鈥砃YPD Blue鈥) is 47. TV personality Kelly Osbourne is 40. Actor Christine Evangelista (鈥淭he Walking Dead鈥) is 38. Actor Bryan Craig (鈥淕eneral Hospital鈥) is 33. Actor Troy Gentile (鈥淭he Goldbergs鈥) is 31.
Oct. 28: Jazz singer Cleo Laine is 97. Actor Joan Plowright is 95. Actor Jane Alexander is 85. Actor Dennis Franz (鈥淣YPD Blue鈥) is 80. Actor-singer Telma Hopkins (Tony Orlando and Dawn) is 76. Actor Annie Potts is 72. Songwriter-music producer Desmond Child is 71. Drummer Stephen Morris of New Order is 67. Singer-guitarist William Reid of The Jesus and Mary Chain is 66. Actor Mark Derwin (鈥淭he Secret Life of the American Teenager,鈥 鈥矻ife With Bonnie鈥) is 64. Actor Daphne Zuniga (鈥淢elrose Place,鈥 鈥淥ne Tree Hill鈥) is 62. Actor Lauren Holly is 61. 鈥淭he Talk鈥 co-host Sheryl Underwood is 61. Actor Jami Gertz is 59. Actor Chris Bauer (鈥淭rue Blood鈥) is 58. Actor-comedian Andy Richter is 58. Actor Julia Roberts is 57. Fiddler Caitlin Cary (Whiskeytown) is 56. Actor Jeremy Davies (鈥淟ost,鈥 鈥淛ustified鈥) is 55. Singer Ben Harper is 55. Country singer Brad Paisley is 52. Actor Joaquin Phoenix is 50. Actor Gwendoline Christie (鈥淕ame of Thrones,鈥 鈥砈tar Wars鈥 films) is 46. Singer Justin Guarini (鈥淎merican Idol鈥) is 46. Singer Brett Dennen is 45. Guitarist Dave Tirio (Plain White T鈥檚) is 45. Actor Matt Smith (鈥淭he Crown,鈥 鈥矰r. Who鈥) is 42. Actor Finn Wittrock (鈥淎merican Horror Story: Freak Show鈥) is 40. Actor Troian Bellisario (鈥淧retty Little Liars鈥) is 39. Singer-rapper Frank Ocean is 37. Actor Lexi Ainsworth (鈥淕eneral Hospital鈥) is 32. Actor Nolan Gould (鈥淢odern Family鈥) is 26.
Oct. 29: Singer-actor Melba Moore is 79. Actor Richard Dreyfuss is 77. Actor Kate Jackson is 76. Actor Dan Castellaneta (鈥淭he Simpsons鈥) is 67. 鈥淶iggy鈥 cartoonist Tom Wilson is 67. Singer Randy Jackson of The Jacksons is 63. Drummer Peter Timmins of Cowboy Junkies is 59. Actor Joely Fisher (鈥淓llen鈥) is 57. Rapper Paris is 57. Actor Rufus Sewell (鈥淭he Diplomat鈥) is 57. Actor Grayson McCouch (鈥淕otham鈥) is 56. Singer SA Martinez of 311 is 55. Actor Winona Ryder is 53. Actor Tracee Ellis Ross (鈥渂lack-ish鈥) is 52. Actor Gabrielle Union is 52. Actor Trevor Lissauer (鈥淪abrina the Teenage Witch鈥) is 51. Actor Milena Govich (鈥淟aw & Order鈥) is 48. Actor Jon Abrahams (鈥淢eet the Parents鈥) is 47. Actor Brendan Fehr (鈥淐SI: Miami,鈥 鈥砇oswell鈥) is 47. Actor Ben Foster (鈥淪ix Feet Under鈥) is 44. Bassist Chris Baio of Vampire Weekend is 40. Actor Janet Montgomery (鈥淣ew Amsterdam鈥) is 39. Actor India Eisley (鈥淭he Secret Life of the American Teenager鈥) is 31.
Oct. 30: Director Claude Lelouch (鈥淎 Man and a Woman鈥) is 87. Songwriter Eddie Holland of Holland-Dozier-Holland is 85. Singer Grace Slick is 85. Singer Otis Williams of The Temptations is 83. Actor Henry Winkler is 79. TV journalist Andrea Mitchell is 78. Drummer Chris Slade (Manfred Mann鈥檚 Earth Band, AC/DC) is 78. Bassist Timothy B. Schmit of The Eagles (and Poco) is 77. Actor Leon Rippy (鈥淪aving Grace,鈥 鈥淒eadwood鈥) is 75. Actor Harry Hamlin is 73. Actor Charles Martin Smith (鈥淎merican Graffiti,鈥 鈥淭he Buddy Holly Story鈥) is 71. Country singer T. Graham Brown is 70. Actor Kevin Pollak is 67. Singer-guitarist Jerry De Borg of Jesus Jones is 64. Actor Michael Beach (鈥淪oul Food,鈥 鈥砊hird Watch鈥) is 61. Singer-guitarist Gavin Rossdale of Bush is 59. Actor Jack Plotnick (鈥淩eno 911!鈥) is 56. 鈥淐ash Cab鈥 host Ben Bailey is 54. Actor Billy Brown (鈥淗ow To Get Away With Murder,鈥 鈥淒exter鈥) is 54. Actor Nia Long is 54. Country singer Kassidy Osborn of SHeDAISY is 48. Actor Gael Garcia Bernal (鈥淏abel,鈥 鈥砊he Motorcycle Diaries鈥) is 46. Actor Matthew Morrison (鈥淕lee鈥) is 46. Actor Fiona Dourif (鈥淲hen We Rise,鈥 鈥砊rue Blood鈥) is 43. Actor Shaun Sipos (鈥淢elrose Place鈥) is 43. Actor Tasso Feldman (鈥淭he Resident鈥) is 41. Actor Janel Parrish (鈥淧retty Little Liars鈥) is 36. Actor Tequan Richmond (鈥淓verybody Hates Chris鈥) is 32. Actor Kennedy McMann (TV鈥檚 鈥淣ancy Drew鈥) is 28.
Oct. 31: Actor Lee Grant is 99. Anchorman Dan Rather is 93. Folk singer Tom Paxton is 87. Actor Ron Rifkin (鈥淎lias鈥) is 86. Actor Sally Kirkland is 83. Actor Brian Doyle-Murray (鈥淐addyshack,鈥 鈥淪pongeBob SquarePants鈥) is 79. Actor Stephen Rea (鈥淭he Crying Game,鈥 鈥砎 For Vendetta鈥) is 78. Actor Deidre Hall (鈥淒ays of Our Lives鈥) is 77. Journalist Jane Pauley is 74. Broadway performer Brian Stokes Mitchell is 67. Director Peter Jackson (鈥淟ord of the Rings鈥) is 63. Drummer Larry Mullen Junior of U2 is 63. Drummer Mikkey Dee of Motorhead and of Scorpions is 61. Guitarist Johnny Marr of Modest Mouse (and The Smiths) is 61. Actor Dermot Mulroney is 61. Actor Rob Schneider is 61. Country singer Darryl Worley is 60. Actor Mike O鈥橫alley (鈥淵es, Dear,鈥 鈥淕lee鈥) is 59. Guitarist Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys is 58. Musician Rob Van Winkle (Vanilla Ice) is 57. Guitarist Rogers Stevens of Blind Melon is 55. Singer Linn Berggren of Ace of Base is 54. Reality show host Troy Hartman (鈥淓xtreme Survival,鈥 鈥砃o Boundaries鈥) is 53. Gospel singer Smokie Norful is 51. Actor Piper Perabo is 48. Actor Brian Hallisay (TV鈥檚 鈥淩evenge鈥) is 46. Actor Samaire Armstrong (TV鈥檚 鈥淩esurrection鈥) is 44. Actor Eddie Kaye Thomas (鈥淎merican Pie鈥) is 44. Guitarist Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance) is 43. Actor Justin Chatwin (鈥淎merican Gothic鈥) is 42. Actor Holly Taylor (鈥淭he Americans鈥) is 27. Actor Danielle Rose Russell (鈥淟egacies,鈥 鈥淭he Originals鈥) is 25. Singer-actor Willow Smith is 24.
Nov. 1: Country singer Bill Anderson is 87. Actor Robert Foxworth (鈥淔alcon Crest鈥) is 83. Actor Jeannie Berlin (鈥淭he Heartbreak Kid鈥) is 75. Music producer David Foster is 75. Actor Belita Moreno (鈥淒iary of a Wimpy Kid,鈥 鈥淕eorge Lopez鈥) is 75. Country singer-songwriter Keith Stegall is 70. Singer Lyle Lovett is 67. Actor Rachel Ticotin is 66. Bassist Eddie MacDonald (The Alarm) is 65. Actor Helene Udy (鈥淒r. Quinn, Medicine Woman鈥) is 63. Singer-keyboardist Mags Furuholmen of A-ha is 62. Singer Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers is 62. Drummer Rick Allen of Def Leppard is 61. Country singer Big Kenny of Big and Rich is 61. Singer Sophie B. Hawkins is 60. Rapper Willie D of the Geto Boys is 58. Keyboardist Dale Wallace of Emerson Drive is 55. Actor Toni Collette (鈥淭he United States of Tara,鈥 鈥矻ittle Miss Sunshine鈥) is 52. Actor and TV personality Jenny McCarthy is 52. Actor Dave Berman (鈥淐SI鈥) is 51. 鈥淎merican Idol鈥 runner-up Bo Bice is 49. Actor Matt Jones (鈥淏reaking Bad鈥) is 43. Actor Natalia Tena (鈥淕ame of Thrones,鈥 鈥淗arry Potter鈥 films) is 40. Actor Penn Badgley (鈥淕ossip Girl鈥) is 38. Actor Max Burkholder (TVs 鈥淧arenthood鈥) is 27. Actor-drummer Alex Wolff (鈥淭he Naked Brothers Band鈥) is 27.
Nov. 2: Actor Stefanie Powers is 82. Actor Kate Linder (鈥淭he Young and the Restless鈥) is 77. Drummer Carter Beauford of the Dave Matthews Band is 66. Actor Peter Mullan (鈥淭rainspotting鈥) is 65. Singer k.d. lang is 63. Bassist Bobby Dall of Poison is 61. Actor Jenny Robertson (film鈥檚 鈥淏ull Durham,鈥 TV鈥檚 鈥淩eno 911!鈥) is 61. Playwright Lynn Nottage (鈥淩uined,鈥 鈥淪weat鈥) is 60. Actor Lauren Velez (film鈥檚 鈥淪pider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,鈥 TV鈥檚 鈥淒exter鈥) is 60. Actor David Schwimmer (鈥淔riends鈥) is 58. Singer Alvin Chea of Take 6 is 57. Jazz singer Kurt Elling is 57. Bassist Fieldy of Korn is 55. Actor Meta Golding (鈥淭he Hunger Games: Catching Fire鈥) is 53. Singer-guitarist John Hampson of Nine Days is 53. Actor Marisol Nichols (鈥淩iverdale鈥) is 53. Singer Timothy Christian Riley of Tony! Toni! Tone! is 50. Rapper Nelly is 50. Actor Danny Cooksey (鈥淒iff鈥檙ent Strokes鈥) is 49. Guitarist Chris Walla of Death Cab For Cutie is 49. TV personality Karamo Brown (鈥淜aramo,鈥 鈥淨ueer Eye鈥) is 44. Actor-singer Kendall Schmidt (鈥淏ig Time Rush鈥) is 34.
The Associated Press
