Celebrity Birthdays for Dec. 16:
Actress Joyce Bulifant ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show") is 87.
Actress Liv Ullman is 86.
Journalist Lesley Stahl ("60 Minutes") is 83.
Guitarist Tony Hicks of The Hollies is 79.
Singer Benny Andersson of ABBA is 78.
Singer-guitarist Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top is 75.
Actor Xander Berkeley is 69.
Actress Alison LaPlaca ("The John Larroquette Show") is 65.
World champion curler and CBC field reporter Colleen Jones is 65.
Actor Sam Robards is 63.
Actor Jon Tenney ("The Closer," ''Brooklyn South") is 63.
Former NFL player William "The Refrigerator" Perry is 62.
Actor Benjamin Bratt ("Private Practice," ''Law and Order") is 61.
Actor-comedian JB Smoove ("The Millers," ''Curb Your Enthusiasm") is 59.
Actress Miranda Otto ("Lord of the Rings" films) is 57.
Olympic gold medal sprinter Donovan Bailey is 57.
Actor Daniel Cosgrove ("Van Wilder") is 54.
Singer Michael McCary (Boyz II Men) is 53.
Actor Jonathan Scarfe is 49.
Singer Ben Kowalewicz (Billy Talent) is 49.
Actress Krysten Ritter ("Jessica Jones," ''Breaking Bad") is 43.
Actress Zoe Jarman ("The Mindy Project") is 43.
Country musician Chris Scruggs is 42.
Country singer Frankie Ballard is 42.
Actor Theo James ("Insurgent," ''Divergent") is 40.
Actress Amanda Setton ("The Mindy Project," ''Gossip Girl") is 39.
Actress Hallee Hirsh is 37.
Actress Anna Popplewell ("The Chronicles of Narnia" films) is 36.
Actor Stephan James ("Race," ''Selma") is 31.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1775, novelist Jane Austen. (July 18, 1817)
In 1899, performer-songwriter-playwright Noel Coward. (March 26, 1973)
In 1910, big band arranger Sy Oliver. (May 28, 1988)
In 1915, trombonist Turk Murphy. (May 30, 1987)
In 1917, science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke. (March 19, 2008)
In 1926, operatic tenor James McCracken. (April 29, 1988)
In 1931, harpsichordist Kenneth Gilbert. (April 16, 2020)
In 1937, country singer Jim Glaser. (April 6, 2019)
In 1938, legendary Cape Breton entertainer John Allan Cameron. (Nov. 22, 2006)
In 1939, Irish singer Barney McKenna (The Dubliners). (April 5, 2012)
In 1943, Emmy-winning writer-producer Steven Bochco. (April 1, 2018)
In 1947, English stage and film actor Ben Cross, known for his portrayal of the British Olympic athlete Harold Abrahams in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire. (August 18, 2020)
In 1961, comedian Bill Hicks. (Feb. 26, 1994)
In 1963, country singer Jeff Carson. (Mar. 26, 2002)
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