Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 23-29:
May 23: Actress Barbara Barrie is 79. Actress Joan Collins is 77. Actor Charles Kimbrough (“Murphy Brown”) is 74. Singer General Johnson of Chairmen of the Board is 67. Actress Lauren Chapin (“Father Knows Best”) is 65. Country singer Judy Rodman is 59. Comedian Drew Carey is 52. Country singer Shelly West is 52. Actor Linden Ashby (“Melrose Place”) is 50. Actress-model Karen Duffy is 49. Drummer Phil Selway of Radiohead is 43. Drummer Matt Flynn of Maroon 5 is 40. Singer Lorenzo is 38. Country singer Brian McComas is 38. Singer Maxwell is 37. Singer Jewel is 36.
May 24: Actor-comedian Tommy Chong is 72. Musician Bob Dylan is 69. Actor Gary Burghoff (“M.A.S.H.”) is 67. Singer Patti LaBelle is 66. Actress Priscilla Presley is 65. Country singer-songwriter Mike Reid is 63. Actor Jim Broadbent is 60. Actor Alfred Molina is 57. Singer Rosanne Cash is 55. Actress Kristin Scott Thomas is 50. Bassist Jimmy Ashhurst of Buckcherry is 47. Keyboardist Vivian Trimble (Luscious Jackson) is 47. Actor John C. Reilly is 45. Actor Eric Close is 43. Rapper Heavy D is 43. Guitarist Rich Robinson of The Black Crowes is 41. Actor Billy L. Sullivan (“Something So Right”) is 30. Actor-rapper Big Tyme is 29. Drummer Cody Hanson of Hinder is 28. Country singer Billy Gilman is 22.
May 25: Songwriter Hal David is 89. Country singer Tom T. Hall is 74. Actor Ian McKellen is 71. Country singer Jessi Colter is 67. Actress-singer Leslie Uggams is 67. Director-Muppetteer Frank Oz is 66. Actress Karen Valentine is 63. Singer Klaus Meine of Scorpions is 62. Actress Patti D’Arbanville is 59. Actress Connie Sellecca is 55. Singer-guitarist Paul Weller of The Jam is 52. Actor-comedian Mike Myers is 47. Actress Anne Heche is 41. Actresses Sidney and Lindsay Greenbush (“Little House on the Prairie”) are 40. Actor Jamie Kennedy is 40. Actor Justin Henry is 39. Singer Lauryn Hill is 35. Actor Ethan Suplee (“My Name Is Earl”) is 34.
May 26: Actor James Arness is 87. Sportscaster Brent Musburger is 71. Singer-drummer Levon Helm of The Band is 70. Steel guitar player Gates Nichols of Confederate Railroad is 66. Drummer Garry Peterson of The Guess Who is 65. Singer Stevie Nicks is 62. Actor Philip Michael Thomas is 61. Actress Pam Grier is 61. Country singer Hank Williams Jr. is 61. Actress Margaret Colin is 53. Singer Dave Robbins (BlackHawk) is 51. Actress Genie Francis (“General Hospital”) is 48. Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait is 48. Singer Lenny Kravitz is 46. Actress Helena Bonham Carter is 44. Drummer Phillip Rhodes of The Gin Blossoms is 42. Actor Joseph Fiennes is 40. Singer Joey Kibble of Take 6 is 39. “South Park” co-creator Matt Stone is 39. Bassist Nathan Cochran of MercyMe is 32.
May 27: Actor Christopher Lee is 88. Actress Lee Meriwether is 75. Musician Ramsey Lewis is 75. Actor Louis Gossett Jr. is 74. Country singer Don Williams is 71. Actor Bruce Weitz is 67. Singer Cilla Black is 67. Singer Bruce Cockburn is 65. Actor Richard Schiff is 55. Singer Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie and the Banshees is 53. Singer-guitarist Neil Finn of Crowded House and Split Enz is 52. Actress Peri Gilpin is 49. Comedian Adam Carolla is 46. Actor Todd Bridges is 45. Drummer Sean Kinney of Alice in Chains is 44. Actor Paul Bettany is 39. Singer-guitarist Brian Desveaux of Nine Days is 39. Actor Jack McBrayer (”30 Rock”) is 37. Rapper Andre 3000 of Outkast is 35. Rapper Jadakiss is 35. Actor Chris Colfer (“Glee”) is 20. Actor Ethan Dampf (“American Dreams”) is 16.
May 28: Actress Carroll Baker is 79. Actress Beth Howland (“Alice”) is 69. Singer Gladys Knight is 66. Singer Billy Vera is 66. Singer John Fogerty is 65. Actress Sondra Locke is 63. Actor Brandon Cruz (“The Courtship of Eddie’s Father”) is 48. Country singer Phil Vassar is 48. Actress Christa Miller (“Scrubs,” “The Drew Carey Show”) is 46. Singer Chris Ballew of Presidents of the United States of America is 45. Singer Kylie Minogue is 42. Rapper Chubb Rock is 42. Actor Justin Kirk (“Weeds”) is 41. “The View” co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck is 33. Actress Monica Keena (“Dawson’s Creek,” “Undeclared”) is 31. Singer Colbie Caillat is 25.
May 29: Actor Kevin Conway (“Gods and Generals”) is 68. Singer Gary Brooker of Procol Harum is 65. Actor Anthony Geary is 63. Singer Rebbie Jackson is 60. Composer Danny Elfman is 57. Bassist Michael Porcaro of Toto is 55. Singer LaToya Jackson is 54. Actor Ted Levine (“Monk,” “The Silence of the Lambs”) is 53. Actress Annette Bening is 52. Actor Rupert Everett is 51. Singer Melissa Etheridge is 49. Actress Lisa Whelchel is 47. Singer Jayski McGowan of Quad City DJ’s is 43. Guitarist Noel Gallagher of Oasis is 43. Guitarist Chan Kinchla of Blues Traveler is 41. Guitarist Mark Lee of Third Day is 37. Cartoonist Aaron McGruder (“Boondocks”) is 36. Singer Melanie Brown (“Scary Spice”) of the Spice Girls is 35. Rapper Playa Poncho is 35. Actor Brandon Mychal Smith (“Sonny With a Chance”) is 11.
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