Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 15-21:
Aug. 15: Actress Rose-Marie (“The Dick Van Dyke Show”) is 87. Actor Mike Connors is 85. Actress Lori Nelson is 77. Actress Pat Priest (“The Munsters”) is 74. Drummer Pete York of The Spencer Davis Group is 68. Author-journalist Linda Ellerbee is 66. Songwriter Jimmy Webb is 64. Singer-guitarist Tom Johnston of The Doobie Brothers is 62. Actress Tess Harper is 60. Actor Zeljko Ivanek is 53. Actor Rondell Sheridan (“That’s So Raven,” “Cory in the House”) is 52. Actress Debi Mazar is 46. Actor Peter Hermann is 43. Actress Debra Messing is 42. Actor Anthony Anderson is 40. Actor Ben Affleck is 38. Actress Natasha Henstridge is 36. Singer Joe Jonas of The Jonas Brothers is 21.
Aug. 16: Actress Julie Newmar is 77. Actress Anita Gillette is 74. Actress Carole Shelley is 71. Country singer Billy Joe Shaver is 71. Singer Robert “Squirrel” Lester of The Chi-Lites is 68. Actor Bob Balaban is 65. Actress Lesley Ann Warren is 64. Bassist Joey Spampinato of NRBQ is 60. Actor Reginald VelJohnson (“Family Matters”) is 58. TV personality Kathie Lee Gifford is 57. R&B singer J.T. Taylor is 57. Director James Cameron is 56. Guitarist Tim Farriss of INXS is 53. Actress Angela Bassett is 52. Singer Madonna is 52. Actress Laura Innes is 51. Actor Timothy Hutton is 50. Actor Steve Carell is 47. Country singer Emily Robison of The Dixie Chicks is 38. Singer Vanessa Carlton is 30. Actor Cam Gigandet is 28. Actor Shawn Pyfrom (“Desperate Housewives”) is 24.
Aug. 17: Actor Robert DeNiro is 67. Guitarist Gary Talley of The Box Tops is 63. Drummer Sib Hashian (Boston) is 61. Singer Kevin Rowland of Dexy’s Midnight Runners is 57. Country singer-songwriter Kevin Welch is 55. Bassist Colin Moulding of XTC is 55. Singer Belinda Carlisle is 52. Actor Sean Penn is 50. Guitarist Gilby Clarke (Guns N’ Roses) is 48. Singer Maria McKee is 46. Drummer Steve Gorman of the Black Crowes is 45. Singer-bassist Jill Cunniff (Luscious Jackson) is 44. Actor David Conrad (“Relativity”) is 43. Rapper Posdnuos of Del La Soul is 41. Singer Donnie Wahlberg of New Kids on the Block is 41. Actor Bryton McClure (“Family Matters”) is 24. Actor Brady Corbet (”24”) is 22.
Aug. 18: Movie director Roman Polanski is 77. Actor Robert Redford is 74. Singer Johnny Preston is 71. Actor Christopher Jones is 69. Singer Sarah Dash of LaBelle is 67. Actor-comedian Martin Mull is 67. Comedian Elayne Boosler is 58. Country singer Steve Wilkinson of The Wilkinsons is 55. Comedian-actor Denis Leary is 53. Actress Madeleine Stowe is 52. Actor Craig Bierko is 45. Singer Zac Maloy of The Nixons is 42. Musician Everlast (House of Pain) is 41. Actor Christian Slater is 41. Rapper Masta Killa of Wu-Tang Clan is 41. Actor Edward Norton is 41. Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner is 40. Comedian Andy Samberg is 32. Actress Parker McKenna Posey (“My Wife and Kids”) is 15.
Aug. 19: Actress Diana Muldaur (“Star Trek: The Next Generation”) is 72. Drummer Ginger Baker (Cream, Blind Faith) is 71. Singer Johnny Nash is 70. Actress Jill St. John is 70. Singer Billy J. Kramer is 67. Country singer-songwriter Eddy Raven is 66. Singer Ian Gillan of Deep Purple is 65. Actor Gerald McRaney is 62. Bassist John Deacon of Queen is 59. Actor Jonathan Frakes is 58. Actor Peter Gallagher is 55. Actor Adam Arkin is 54. Singer-songwriter Gary Chapman is 53. Actor Martin Donovan is 53. Singer Ivan Neville is 51. Actor John Stamos is 47. Actress Kyra Sedgwick is 45. Actor Kevin Dillon (“Entourage”) is 45. Country singer Lee Ann Womack is 44. Former MTV reporter Tabitha Soren is 43. Rapper Nate Dogg is 41. Country singer Clay Walker is 41. Actor Matthew Perry is 41. Rapper Fat Joe is 40. Actress Tracie Thoms is 35. Singer Karli Osborn (SHeDaisy) is 26. Rapper Romeo is 21.
Aug. 20: News anchor Connie Chung is 64. Trombone player Jimmy Pankow of Chicago is 63. Singer Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) is 62. Singer Rudy Gatlin of the Gatlin Brothers is 58. Singer-songwriter John Hiatt is 58. Actor-director Peter Horton (“thirtysomething”) is 57. “Today” show weatherman Al Roker is 56. Actress Joan Allen is 54. Actor James Marsters (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) is 48. Rapper KRS-One is 45. Singer Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit is 40. Guitarist Brad Avery of Third Day is 39. Singer Monique Powell of Save Ferris is 35. Actor Ben Barnes (“Prince Caspian”) is 29. Singer-actress Demi Lovato (“Camp Rock”) is 18.
Aug. 21: Actor-filmmaker-writer Melvin Van Peebles is 78. Singer Kenny Rogers is 72. Singer Harold Reid of the Statler Brothers is 71. Singer Jackie DeShannon is 69. Singer Carl Giammarese of The Buckinghams is 63. Actress Loretta Devine (“Boston Public”) is 61. Singer Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath) is 58. Guitarist Nick Kane (The Mavericks) is 56. Actress Kim Cattrall is 54. Singer Serj Tankian of System of a Down is 43. Actress Carrie-Anne Moss is 40. Musician Liam Howlett of Prodigy is 39. Actress Alicia Witt is 35. Singer Kelis is 31. TV personality Brody Jenner is 27. Singer Melissa Schuman (Dream) is 26. Actor Cody Kasch (“Desperate Housewives”) is 23. Actress Hayden Panettiere is 21. Actor RJ Mitte (“Breaking Bad”) is 18.
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