Celebrity Birthdays for March 25:
Film critic Gene Shalit is 99.
Apollo 13 astronaut James Lovell is 97.
Feminist activist and author Gloria Steinem is 91.
Actor-director and AIDS activist Paul Michael Glaser (TV's ``Starsky and Hutch'') is 82.
Singer Sir Elton John is 78.
Actress Bonnie Bedelia is 77.
Actress-comedian Mary Gross is 72.
Irish tenor John McDermott is 70.
Actor James McDaniel (``NYPD Blue'') is 67.
Movie producer Amy Pascal is 67.
Saxophonist Steve Norman of Spandau Ballet is 65.
Actress Brenda Strong (``Desperate Housewives'') is 65.
Actor Fred Goss is 64.
Actor-writer-director John Stockwell is 64.
Actress Marcia Cross (``Desperate Housewives'') is 63.
Actress Lisa Gay Hamilton (``The Practice'') is 61.
Author Kate DiCamillo is 61.
Musician Buzz Osborne (The Melvins, Fantomas) is 61.
Actress Sarah Jessica Parker is 60.
Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Glavine is 59.
Turner Classics Movies host Ben Mankiewicz is 58.
Comedian Doug Stanhope is 58.
Pop singer-actress Cathy Dennis is 56.
Bassist Jeff Walker (Carcass) is 56.
Basketball Hall-of-Famer Sheryl Swoopes is 54.
Actor Laz Alonso is 51.
Singer Melanie Blatt of All Saints is 50.
Rapper Juvenile (born Terius Gray) is 50.
Actor Domenick Lombardozzi (``Boardwalk Empire'') is 49.
Actor Lee Pace (``Pushing Daisies'') is 46.
Comedian Alex Moffat (``Saturday Night Live'') is 43.
Actor Sean Faris is 43.
Auto racer Danica Patrick is 43.
Comedian-actress Jenny Slate is 43.
Singer Katharine McPhee (``Smash,'' ''American Idol``) is 41.
Comedian Chris Redd (``Saturday Night Live'') is 40.
NBA point guard Kyle Lowry is 39.
Singer Jason Castro is 38.
Rapper Big Sean is 37.
DJ-producer Ryan Lewis (of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis) is 37.
Actor Erik Knudsen is 37.
Actor Matthew Beard (``The Imitation Game'') is 36.
Singer-actress Aly Michalka of Aly and AJ (``Hellcats'') is 36.
Actor Kiowa Gordon (``Twilight'') is 35.
Actress Seychelle Gabriel is 34.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1593, Jesuit martyr Saint Jean de Brebeuf. (March 16, 1649)
In 1867, Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini. (Jan. 16, 1957)
In 1908, Oscar-winning director Sir David Lean. (April 16, 1991)
In 1914, agricultural scientist Norman Borlaug, the father of the ``green revolution.'' (Sept. 12, 2009)
In 1918, controversial American sportscaster and author Howard Cosell. (April 23, 1995)
In 1921, actress Nancy Kelly. (Jan. 2, 1995)
In 1921, Vivian Carter, co-founder Vee-Jay Records. (June 12, 1989)
In 1922, modeling agency founder Eileen Ford. (July 9, 2014).
In 1925, voice actor Elmer ``Len'' Dresslar Jr. (voice of The Jolly Green Giant). (Oct. 16, 2005)
In 1929, jazz pianist Cecil Taylor. (Apr. 5, 2018)
In 1931, jazz drummer and composer Paul Motian. (Nov. 22, 2011)
In 1934, rockabilly singer Johnny Burnette. (Aug. 14, 1964)
In 1938, folksy singer Hoyt Axton. (Oct. 26, 1999)
In 1940, singer Anita Bryant. (Dec. 16, 2024)
In 1942, singer Aretha Franklin. (Aug. 16, 2018)
In 1966, blues guitarist Jeff Healey. (March 2, 2008)
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