Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 8-14:
Sept. 8: Ventriloquist Willie Tyler (with Lester) is 84. Actor Alan Feinstein is 83. Singer Sal Valentino of The Beau Brummels is 82. Bassist Will Lee of the CBS Orchestra (“Late Show with David Letterman”) is 72. Actor Heather Thomas (“The Fall Guy”) is 67. Singer Aimee Mann is 64. Bassist David Steele of Fine Young Cannibals is 64. Actor Thomas Kretschmann (“The Pianist”) is 62. Singer Marc Gordon of Levert is 60. Gospel singer Darlene Zschech is 59. Singer Neko Case is 54. Actor David Arquette is 53. TV personality Brooke Burke is 53. Actor Martin Freeman (“Black Panther,” ″The Hobbit”) is 53. TV personality Kennedy is 52. Drummer Richard Hughes of Keane is 49. Actor Laurenz Tate is 49. Actor Nathan Corddry (“Mom”) is 47. Singer Pink is 45. Singer-songwriter Eric Hutchinson is 44. Actor Jonathan Taylor Thomas (“Home Improvement”) is 43. Rapper Wiz Khalifa is 37. Actor Gaten Matarazzo (“Stranger Things”) is 22.
Sept. 9: Singer Dee Dee Sharp is 79. Guitarist John McFee of The Doobie Brothers is 74. Actor Tom Wopat is 73. Actor Angela Cartwright (“The Danny Thomas Show,” ″Lost In Space”) is 72. Musician-producer Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) is 72. Actor Hugh Grant is 64. Actor Charles Esten (“Nashville”) is 59. Actor Constance Marie (“George Lopez”) is 59. Actor-comedian Adam Sandler is 58. Model Rachel Hunter is 55. Actor Eric Stonestreet (“Modern Family”) is 53. Actor Henry Thomas (“ET”) is 53. Actor Goran Visnjic (“ER”) is 52. Jazz singer Michael Bublé is 49. Actor Michelle Williams (“Brokeback Mountain,” ″) Dawson’s Creek”) is 44. Singer Paul Janeway of St. Paul and the Broken Bones is 41. Actor Kelsey Asbille (“One Tree Hill,” “Teen Wolf”) is 33. Contemporary Christian singer Lauren Daigle is 33. Country singer Hunter Hayes is 33.
Sept. 10: Actor Greg Mullavey (“Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman”) is 91. Jazz vibraphonist Roy Ayers is 84. Actor Tom Ligon (“Oz,” ″Another World”) is 82. Singer Jose Feliciano is 79. Actor Judy Geeson (“Mad About You”) is 76. Actor Amy Irving is 71. Actor Clark Johnson (“Homicide: Life on the Street”) is 70. Actor Kate Burton (“Scandal,” “Grey’s Anatomy”) is 67. Director Chris Columbus is 66. Singer Siobhan Fahey of Bananarama is 66. Actor Colin Firth is 64. Singer-guitarist David Lowery of Cracker is 64. Actor Sean O’Bryan (“The Princess Diaries” films) is 61. Actor Raymond Cruz (“Breaking Bad,” “The Closer”) is 60. Guitarist Stevie D. of Buckcherry is 58. Singer-guitarist Miles Zuniga of Fastball is 56. Director Guy Ritchie is 56. Actor Johnathon Schaech (“To Appomattox,” ″That Thing You Do!”) is 55. Actor Ryan Phillippe is 50. Actor Jacob Young (“The Bold and the Beautiful,” ″All My Children”) is 45. Bassist Mikey Way of My Chemical Romance is 44. Ballerina Misty Copeland is 42. Guitarist Matthew Followill of Kings of Leon is 40. Singer Ashley Monroe of Pistol Annies is 38. Actor Hannah Hodson (“Hawthorne”) is 23.
Sept. 11: Actor Earl Holliman is 96. Comedian Tom Dreesen is 85. Movie director Brian De Palma is 84. Actor Lola Falana is 82. Drummer Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead is 81. Guitarist Leo Kottke is 79. Actor Phillip Alford (“To Kill a Mockingbird”) is 76. Actor Amy Madigan is 74. Guitarist Tommy Shaw of Styx is 71. Sports reporter Lesley Visser is 71. Actor Reed Birney (“House of Cards,” “The Blacklist”) is 70. Drummer Jon Moss of Culture Club is 67. Actor-director Roxann Dawson (“Star Trek: Voyager”) is 66. Actor Scott Patterson (“Gilmore Girls”) is 66. Keyboardist Mick Talbot (The Style Council, Dexys Midnight Runners) is 66. Actor John Hawkes (“Deadwood”) is 65. Actor Anne Ramsay (“Mad About You,” ″A League of Their Own”) is 64. Actor Virginia Madsen (“Sideways,” ″American Dreams”) is 63. Actor Kristy McNichol is 62. Musician Moby is 59. Singer Harry Connick Jr. is 57. Actor Taraji P. Henson is 54. Actor Laura Wright (“Guiding Light”) is 54. Guitarist Jeremy Popoff of Lit is 53. Singer Brad Fischetti of LFO is 49. Guitarist Jon Buckland of Coldplay is 47. Rapper Ludacris is 47. Actor Ariana Richards (“Jurassic Park” films) is 45. Singer Charles Kelley of Lady A is 43. Actor Elizabeth Henstridge (“Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD”) is 37. Actor Tyler Hoechlin (TV’s “Teen Wolf”) is 37 Actor Mackenzie Aladjem (“Nurse Jackie”) is 23.
Sept. 12: Actor Linda Gray (“Dallas”) is 84. Singer Maria Muldaur is 82. Actor Joe Pantoliano (“The Sopranos”) is 73. Singer-guitarist Gerry Beckley of America is 72. Actor Rachel Ward is 67. Actor Amy Yasbeck (“Wings,” “Life on a Stick”) is 62. Actor Darren E. Burrows (“Northern Exposure”) is 58. Ben Folds (Ben Folds Five) is 58. Comedian Louis CK is 57. Guitarist Larry LaLonde of Primus is 56. Actor Will Chase (“Nashville”) is 54. Actor Josh Hopkins (“Cougar Town,” “Quantico”) is 54. Country singer Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland is 50. Actor Lauren Stamile (“Complications,” “Grey’s) Anatomy”) is 48. Rapper 2 Chainz is 47. Actor Kelly Jenrette (“The Handmaid’s Tale”) is 46. Actor Ben McKenzie (“Gotham,” “The OC”) is 46. Singer-actor Jennifer Hudson is 43. Actor Alfie Allen (“Game of Thrones”) is 38. Country singer Kelsea Ballerini is 31. Actor Colin Ford (“Under the Dome”) “) is 28.
Sept. 13: Actor Barbara Bain (TV’s “Mission: Impossible”) is 93. Actor Eileen Fulton (“As The World Turns”) is 91. Singer David Clayton-Thomas of Blood, Sweat and Tears is 83. Actor Jacqueline Bisset is 80. Singer Peter Cetera (Chicago) is 80. Actor Christine Estabrook (“Mad Men,” “Desperate Housewives”) is 74. Actor Jean Smart is 73. Singer Randy Jones of the Village People is 72. Record producer-musician Don Was (Was (Not Was)) is 72. Actor Isiah Whitlock Jr. (“The Wire,” “BlacKkKlansman”) is 70. Actor Geri Jewell (“The Facts of Life,” ″Deadwood”) is 68. Country singer Bobbie Cryner is 63. Singer-guitarist Dave Mustaine of Megadeth is 63. Radio and TV personality Tavis Smiley is 60. Comedian Jeff Ross is 59. Actor Louis Mandylor (“My Big Fat Greek Wedding”) is 58. Drummer Steve Perkins of Porno for Pyros and Jane’s Addiction is 57. Actor Roger Howarth (“General Hospital,” “One Life to Live”) is 56. Actor Dominic Fumusa (“Nurse Jackie”) is 55. Actor Louise Lombard (“CSI”) is 54. Guitarist Joe Don Rooney of Rascal Flatts is 49. Singer Fiona Apple is 47. Guitarist Hector Cervantes of Casting Crowns is 44. Actor Ben Savage (“Boy Meets World”) is 44. Singer Niall Horan is 31. Actor Mitch Holleman (“Reba”) is 29. Actor Lili Reinhart (“Riverdale”) is 28.
Sept. 14: Actor Walter Koenig (“Star Trek”) is 88. Singer-actor Joey Heatherton is 80. Singer John “Bowzer” Baumann of Sha Na Na is 77. Actor Robert Wisdom (TV’s “Nashville,” “The Wire”) is 71. Country singer-songwriter Beth Nielsen Chapman is 65. Actor Mary Crosby of Singer Morten Harket is 65. A-ha is 65. Actor Melissa Leo is 64. Actor Faith Ford (“Faith and Hope,” ″Murphy Brown”) is 60. Actor Michelle Stafford (“The Young and the Restless”) is 59. Actor Dan Cortese is 57. Singer Mark Hall of Casting Crowns is 55. Actor Tyler Perry is 55. Actor Ben Garant (“Reno 911!”) is 54. Actor Kimberly Williams-Paisley (“According to Jim”) is 53. Actor Andrew Lincoln (“The Walking Dead”) is 51. Actor Austin Basis (“Life Unexpected”) is 48. Actor Adam Lamberg (“Lizzie McGuire”) is 40. Actor Chad Duell (“General Hospital”) is 37. Actor Jessica Brown Findlay (“Downton Abbey”) is 37. Actor-singer Logan Henderson (“Big Time Rush”) is 35. Actor Emma Kenney (“The Connors,” ″Shameless”) is 25.
