Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 24-30:
May 24: Jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp is 83. Comedian Tommy Chong of Cheech and Chong is 82. Musician Bob Dylan is 79. Actor Gary Burghoff (“MASH”) is 77. Singer Patti LaBelle is 76. Actress Priscilla Presley is 75. Country singer-songwriter Mike Reid is 73. Actor Jim Broadbent (“Moulin Rouge,” ?Iris”) is 71. Actor Alfred Molina is 67. Singer Rosanne Cash is 65. Actor Cliff Parisi (“Call the Midwife”) is 60. Actress Kristin Scott Thomas is 60. Bassist Jimmy Ashhurst of Buckcherry is 57. Keyboardist Vivian Trimble (Luscious Jackson) is 57. Actor John C. Reilly (“Chicago,” “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story”) is 55. Actor Dana Ashbrook (“Twin Peaks”) is 53. Actor Eric Close (“Nashville,” ?Without A Trace”) is 53. Actor Carl Payne (“Martin,” ?The Cosby Show”) is 51. Guitarist Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes) is 51. Actor Dash Mihok (“Silver Linings Playbook”) is 46. Actor Bryan Greenburg (film’s “Bride Wars,” TV’s “One Tree Hill”) is 42. Actor Billy L. Sullivan (“Something So Right”) is 40. Actor-rapper Big Tyme is 39. Drummer Cody Hanson of Hinder is 38. Dancer Mark Ballas (“Dancing With The Stars”) is 34. Country singer Billy Gilman is 32. Rapper G-Eazy is 31. Actor Cayden Boyd (“The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl”) is 26.
May 25: Actress Ann Robinson (“War of the Worlds”) is 91. Country singer Tom T. Hall is 84. Actor Ian McKellen (“Lord of the Rings”) is 81. Country singer Jessi Colter is 77. Actress-singer Leslie Uggams is 77. Director-Muppetteer Frank Oz is 76. Actress Karen Valentine is 73. Actress Jacki Weaver (“Silver Linings Playbook”) is 73. Singer Klaus Meine of Scorpions is 72. Actress Patti D’Arbanville (“New York Undercover”) is 69. Actress Connie Sellecca is 65. Singer-guitarist Paul Weller of The Jam is 62. Actor-comedian Mike Myers is 57. Actor Joseph Reitman (“The Perfect Storm”) is 52. Actress Anne Heche is 51. Actresses Sidney and Lindsay Greenbush (“Little House on the Prairie”) are 50. Actor Jamie Kennedy (“Scream”) is 50. Actress Octavia Spencer (“The Help”) is 50. Actor Justin Henry (“Kramer Vs. Kramer”) is 49. Rapper Daz Dillinger of Tha Dogg Pound is 47. Actress Erinn Hayes (“Kevin Can Wait”) is 44. Actor Cillian Murphy (“The Dark Knight,” ?Batman Begins”) is 44. Actor Ethan Suplee (“My Name Is Earl”) is 44. Actress Lauren Frost (“Even Stevens”) is 35. Musician Guy Lawrence of Disclosure is 29.
May 26: Sportscaster Brent Musburger is 81. Drummer Garry Peterson of The Guess Who is 75. Singer Stevie Nicks is 72. Actor Philip Michael Thomas (“Miami Vice”) is 71. Actress Pam Grier is 71. Country singer Hank Williams Jr. is 71. Actress Margaret Colin is 62. Singer Dave Robbins (BlackHawk) is 61. Actor Doug Hutchison (“The Green Mile”) is 60. Actress Genie Francis (“General Hospital”) is 58. Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait is 58. Singer Lenny Kravitz is 56. Actress Helena Bonham Carter is 54. Drummer Phillip Rhodes of The Gin Blossoms is 52. Actor Joseph Fiennes (“Shakespeare in Love”) is 50. Singer Joey Kibble of Take 6 is 49. “South Park” co-creator Matt Stone is 49. Singer Lauryn Hill is 45. Bassist Nathan Cochran of MercyMe is 42. Actress Elisabeth Harnois (“CSI”) is 41. Actor Hrach Titizian (“Homeland”) is 41.
May 27: Actress Lee Meriwether is 85. Musician Ramsey Lewis is 85. Actor Louis Gossett Jr. is 84. Actor Bruce Weitz is 77. Singer Bruce Cockburn is 75. Jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater is 70. Actor Richard Schiff (“The Good Doctor,” “The West Wing”) is 65. Singer Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie and the Banshees is 63. Singer-guitarist Neil Finn of Crowded House and Split Enz is 62. Actress Peri Gilpin (“Frasier”) is 59. Actress Cathy Silvers (“Happy Days”) is 59. Comedian Adam Carolla is 56. Actor Todd Bridges (“Diff’rent Strokes”) is 55. Drummer Sean Kinney of Alice In Chains is 54. Actor Dondre’ Whitfield (“Queen Sugar”) is 51. Actor Paul Bettany (“The Da Vinci Code,” ?A Beautiful Mind”) is 49. Singer-guitarist Brian Desveaux of Nine Days is 49. Actor Jack McBrayer (“30 Rock”) is 47. Rapper Andre 3000 of Outkast is 45. Rapper Jadakiss is 45. TV chef Jamie Oliver is 45. Actor Ben Feldman (“Mad Men”) is 40. Actor Darin Brooks (“The Bold and the Beautiful”) is 36. Actor Chris Colfer (“Glee”) is 30. Actor Ethan Dampf (“American Dreams”) is 26. Actress Desiree Ross (“Greenleaf”) is 21.
May 28: Actress Carroll Baker is 89. Singer Gladys Knight is 76. Singer Billy Vera is 76. Singer John Fogerty is 75. Musician Jerry Douglas of Alison Krauss and Union Station is 64. Actor Louis Mustillo (“Mike and Molly”) is 62. Actor Brandon Cruz (“The Courtship of Eddie’s Father”) is 58. Actress Christa Miller (“Scrubs,” ?The Drew Carey Show”) is 56. Country singer Phil Vassar is 56. Singer Chris Ballew of Presidents of the United States of America is 55. Singer Kylie Minogue is 52. Rapper Chubb Rock is 52. Actor Justin Kirk (“Weeds”) is 51. Talk show host Elisabeth Hasselbeck (“Fox and Friends,” ?The View”) is 43. R&B singer Jaheim is 43. Actor Jake Johnson (“New Girl”) is 42. Actress Monica Keena (“Dawson’s Creek,” ?Undeclared”) is 41. Actress Alexa Davalos (“Clash of the Titans” ?The Chronicles of Riddick”) is 38. Actor Megalyn Echikunwoke (“24”) is 38. Singer Colbie Caillat is 35. Actress Carey Mulligan (“The Great Gatsby”) is 35.
May 29: Singer Gary Brooker of Procol Harum is 75. Actor Anthony Geary (“General Hospital”) is 73. Singer Rebbie Jackson is 70. Composer Danny Elfman (Oingo Boingo) is 67. Singer LaToya Jackson is 64. Actor Ted Levine (“Monk,” ?The Silence of the Lambs”) is 63. Actress Annette Bening is 62. Actor Rupert Everett is 61. Actor Adrian Paul (TV’s “The Highlander”) is 61. Singer Melissa Etheridge is 59. Actress Lisa Whelchel (“The Facts of Life”) is 57. Guitarist Noel Gallagher (Oasis) is 53. Singer Jayski McGowan of Quad City DJ’s is 53. Actor Anthony Azizi (“Threat Matrix,” ?Lost”) is 51. Guitarist Chan Kinchla of Blues Traveler is 51. Actress Laverne Cox (“Doubt,” ?Orange Is The New Black”) is 48. Guitarist Mark Lee of Third Day is 47. Cartoonist Aaron McGruder (“Boondocks”) is 46. Singer Melanie Brown (“Scary Spice”) of the Spice Girls is 45. Rapper Playa Poncho is 45. Singer Fonseca is 41. Actor Justin Chon (“Deception,” ?Dr. Ken”) is 39. Actor Billy Flynn (“Days of Our Lives”) is 35. Actor Blake Foster (“Power Rangers Turbo”) is 35. Actor Brandon Mychal Smith (“Sonny With a Chance”) is 31. Actress Kristen Alderson (“General Hospital,” ?One Life To Live”) is 29. Actress Lorelei Linklater (“Boyhood”) is 27.
May 30: Actress Ruta Lee (“High Rollers,” “What’s My Line?”) is 85. Actor Keir Dullea (“2001: A Space Odyssey”) is 84. Guitarist Lenny Davidson of The Dave Clark Five is 76. Actor Stephen Tobolowsky (“Groundhog Day,” ?Sneakers”) is 69. Actor Colm Meaney (“Star Trek: The Next Generation”) is 67. Actor Ted McGinley (“Hope and Faith,” ?Married...With Children”) is 62. Actor Ralph Carter (“Good Times”) is 59. Country singer Wynonna Judd is 56. Guitarist Tom Morello of Audioslave and Rage Against the Machine is 56. Actor Mark Sheppard (“Supernatural”) is 56. Actor John Ross Bowie (“Speechless,” ?The Big Bang Theory”) is 49. Guitarist Patrick Dahlheimer of Live is 49. Singer-actress Idina Menzel is 49. Singer Cee Lo Green (Gnarls Barkley, Goodie Mob) is 45. Rapper Remy Ma is 40. Guitarist James Smith of Underoath is 38. Actress Javicia Leslie (“God Friended Me”) is 33. Actor Sean Giambrone (“The Goldbergs”) is 21. Actor Jared Gilmore (“Once Upon a Time,” ?Mad Men”) is 20.
The Associated Press
