Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 11-17:
Dec. 11: Actor Rita Moreno is 91. Singer David Gates of Bread is 82. Actor Donna Mills (鈥淜nots Landing鈥�) is 82. Singer Brenda Lee is 78. Singer Paul Beasley of The Blind Boys of Alabama is 78. Actor Lynda Day George (TV鈥檚 鈥淢ission: Impossible鈥�) is 78. Actor Teri Garr is 75. Actor Bess Armstrong is 69. Singer Jermaine Jackson is 68. Bassist Mike Mesaros of The Smithereens is 65. Bassist Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue is 64. Actor Ben Browder (鈥淪targate SG-1鈥�) is 60. Singer-bassist Justin Currie of Del Amitri is 58. Bassist David Schools of Widespread Panic is 58. Actor Gary Dourdan (鈥淐.S.I.鈥�) is 56. Actor-comedian Mo鈥橬ique is 55. Actor Max Martini (鈥淭he Unit鈥�) is 53. Rapper-actor Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) is 49. Actor Rider Strong (鈥淏oy Meets World鈥�) is 43. Actor Xosha Roquemore (鈥淭he Mindy Project鈥�) is 38. Actor Karla Souza (鈥淗ow To Get Away With Murder鈥�) is 36. Actor-singer Hailee Steinfeld is 26.
Dec. 12: Game show host Bob Barker is 99. Singer Connie Francis is 85. Singer Dionne Warwick is 82. Singer-guitarist Dickey Betts (Allman Brothers) is 79. Actor Wings Hauser is 75. Actor Bill Nighy (鈥淧irates of the Caribbean鈥�) is 73. Actor Duane Chase (鈥淭he Sound of Music鈥�) is 72. Country singer La Costa is 72. Gymnast-turned-actor Cathy Rigby is 70. Singer-percussionist Sheila E. is 65. Actor Sheree J. Wilson (鈥淲alker, Texas Ranger,鈥� 鈥矰allas鈥�) is 64. Guitarist Eric Schenkman of Spin Doctors is 59. Bassist Nicholas Dimichino of Nine Days is 55. Actor Jennifer Connelly is 52. Actor Madchen Amick (鈥淢y Own Worst Enemy,鈥� 鈥砊win Peaks鈥�) is 52. Actor Regina Hall is 52. Actor Mayim Bialik (鈥淛eopardy,鈥� 鈥淭he Big Bang Theory鈥�) is 47. Actor Lucas Hedges (鈥淏oy Erased,鈥� 鈥矼anchester By The Sea鈥�) is 26. Actor Sky Katz (鈥淩aven鈥檚 Home鈥�) is 18.
Dec. 13: Actor Dick Van Dyke is 97. Country singer Buck White of The Whites is 92. Actor-singer John Davidson is 81. Actor Kathy Garver (鈥淔amily Affair鈥�) is 77. Singer Ted Nugent is 74. Guitarist Jeff 鈥淪kunk鈥� Baxter (The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan) is 74. Guitarist Ron Getman of The Tractors is 74. Country singer-guitarist Randy Owen of Alabama is 73. Actor Wendie Malick (鈥淗ot in Cleveland,鈥� 鈥矹ust Shoot Me鈥�) is 72. Country singer John Anderson is 68. Singer Steve Forbert is 68. Singer Morris Day of The Time is 66. Actor Steve Buscemi is 65. Actor Johnny Whitaker (鈥淔amily Affair鈥�) is 63. Bassist John Munson of Semisonic is 60. Reality TV star NeNe Leakes (鈥淭he New Normal,鈥� 鈥砊he Real Housewives of Atlanta鈥�) is 56. Actor-comedian Jamie Foxx is 55. Actor Lusia Strus (鈥�50 First Dates鈥�) is 55. TV personality Debbie Matenopoulos is 48. Singer-guitarist Tom Delonge of Blink-182 (and Angels and Airwaves) is 47. Actor James Kyson Lee (鈥淗eroes鈥�) is 47. Actor Kimee Balmilero (鈥淗awaii Five-0鈥�) is 43. Actor Chelsea Hertford (鈥淢ajor Dad鈥�) is 41. Singer Amy Lee of Evanescence is 41. Trumpeter Wesley Watkins of Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats is 35. Actor Marcel Spears (鈥淭he Mayor鈥�) is 34. Singer Taylor Swift is 33. Actor Maisy Stella (鈥淣ashville鈥�) is 19.
Dec. 14: Singer-actor Abbe Lane is 91. Actor Hal Williams (鈥�227,鈥� 鈥砈anford and Son鈥�) is 88. Actor-singer Jane Birkin (鈥淒eath on the Nile,鈥� 鈥淓vil Under the Sun鈥�) is 76. Singer Joyce Vincent-Wilson of Tony Orlando and Dawn is 76. Actor Dee Wallace (鈥淓.T.鈥�) is 74. Bassist Cliff Williams of AC/DC is 73. Actor T.K. Carter (鈥淭he Corner,鈥� 鈥淧unky Brewster鈥�) is 66. Singer-guitarist Mike Scott of The Waterboys is 64. Singer-whistle player Peter 鈥淪pider鈥� Stacy of The Pogues is 64. Actor Cynthia Gibb (TV鈥檚 鈥淔ame鈥�) is 59. Actor Nancy Valen (鈥淏aywatch鈥�) is 57. Actor Archie Kao (鈥淐hicago P.D.鈥�) is 53. Actor Natascha McElhone (TV鈥檚 鈥淐alifornication,鈥� film鈥檚 鈥淭he Truman Show鈥�) is 53. Actor Michaela Watkins (鈥淭rophy Wife,鈥� 鈥砊he New Adventures of Old Christine鈥�) is 51. Actor Miranda Hart (鈥淐all the Midwife鈥�) is 50. Singer Brian Dalyrimple of Soul for Real is 47. Actor KaDee Strickland (鈥淧rivate Practice鈥�) is 47. Actor Jackson Rathbone (鈥淭wilight鈥� movies) is 38. Actor Vanessa Hudgens is 34. Singer Tori Kelly is 30.
Dec. 15: Singer Cindy Birdsong of The Supremes is 83. Drummer Dave Clark of the Dave Clark Five is 80. Drummer Carmine Appice of Vanilla Fudge is 76. Actor Don Johnson is 73. Actor Melanie Chartoff (鈥淩ugrats,鈥� 鈥砅arker Lewis Can鈥檛 Lose鈥�) is 72. Director Julie Taymor (Broadway鈥檚 鈥淭he Lion King鈥�) is 70. Actor Justin Ross (鈥淎 Chorus Line鈥�) is 68. Bassist Paul Simonon of The Clash is 67. Country singer Doug Phelps (The Kentucky Headhunters, Brothers Phelps) is 62. Actor Helen Slater is 59. Actor Paul Kaye (鈥淕ame of Thrones鈥�) is 58. Actor Molly Price (鈥淭hird Watch鈥�) is 57. Actor Garrett Wang (鈥淪tar Trek: Voyager鈥�) is 54. Actor Michael Shanks (鈥淪targate SG-1鈥�) is 52. Actor Stuart Townsend (鈥淨ueen of the Damned鈥�) is 50. Actor Geoff Stults (鈥淕race and Frankie,鈥� new 鈥淥dd Couple鈥�) is 46. Crowd-hyper Kito Trawick of Ghostown DJs is 45. Actor Adam Brody (鈥淭he O.C.鈥�) is 43. Actor Michelle Dockery (鈥淒ownton Abbey鈥�) is 41. Actor George O. Gore II (鈥淢y Wife and Kids鈥�) is 40. Actor Camilla Luddington (鈥淕rey鈥檚 Anatomy鈥�) is 39. Guitarist Alana Haim of Haim is 31. Actor Maude Apatow (Film鈥檚 鈥淜nocked Up,鈥� TV鈥檚 鈥淓uphoria鈥�) is 25.
Dec. 16: Actor Joyce Bulifant (鈥淭he Mary Tyler Moore Show鈥�) is 85. Actor Liv Ullman is 84. Journalist Lesley Stahl (鈥�60 Minutes鈥�) is 81. Guitarist Tony Hicks of The Hollies is 77. Singer Benny Anderson of ABBA is 76. Singer-guitarist Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top is 73. Actor Xander Berkeley (鈥淭he Walking Dead鈥�) is 67. Actor Alison LaPlaca (鈥淭he John Larroquette Show鈥�) is 63. Actor Sam Robards is 61. Actor Jon Tenney (鈥淭he Closer,鈥� 鈥矪rooklyn South鈥�) is 61. Actor Benjamin Bratt (鈥淧rivate Practice,鈥� 鈥矻aw and Order鈥�) is 59. Comedian JB Smoove (鈥淭he Millers,鈥� 鈥矯urb Your Enthusiasm鈥�) is 57. Actor Miranda Otto (鈥淟ord of the Rings鈥� films) is 55. Actor Daniel Cosgrove (鈥淰an Wilder鈥�) is 52. Singer Michael McCary (Boyz II Men) is 51. Actor Krysten Ritter (鈥淛essica Jones,鈥� 鈥矪reaking Bad鈥�) is 41. Actor Zoe Jarman (鈥淭he Mindy Project鈥�) is 40. Actor Theo James (鈥淚nsurgent,鈥� 鈥淒ivergent鈥�) is 38. Actor Amanda Setton (鈥淭he Mindy Project,鈥� 鈥滸ossip Girl鈥�) is 37. Bassist Dave Rublin of American Authors is 36. Actor Hallee Hirsh (鈥淛AG,鈥� 鈥淓R鈥�) is 35. Actor Anna Popplewell (鈥淭he Chronicles of Narnia鈥� films) is 34. Actor Stephan James (鈥淩ace,鈥� 鈥砈elma鈥�) is 29.
Dec. 17: Singer-actor Tommy Steele is 86. Actor Bernard Hill is 78. Actor Ernie Hudson (鈥淕hostbusters鈥�) is 77. Former 鈥淗ardball鈥� host Chris Matthews is 77. Actor-comedian Eugene Levy is 76. Actor Marilyn Hassett (鈥淭he Other Side of the Mountain鈥�) is 75. Actor Wes Studi (TV鈥檚 鈥淐omanche Moon,鈥� 鈥淚nto the West鈥�) is 75. Drummer Jim Bonfanti of The Raspberries is 74. Actor Joel Brooks (鈥淪ix Feet Under鈥�) is 73. Singer Paul Rodgers is 73. Singer Wanda Hutchinson Vaughn of The Emotions is 71. Country singer Sharon White of The Whites is 69. Actor Barry Livingston (鈥淢y Three Sons鈥�) is 69. Actor Bill Pullman is 69. Director-producer Peter Farrelly (鈥淭here鈥檚 Something About Mary,鈥� 鈥矰umb and Dumber鈥�) is 66. Bassist Mike Mills of R.E.M. is 64. Singer Sarah Dallin of Bananarama is 61. Country singer Tracy Byrd is 56. Bassist Duane Propes of Little Texas is 56. Actor Laurie Holden (鈥淭he Walking Dead鈥�) is 53. DJ Homicide of Sugar Ray is 52. Actor Sean Patrick Thomas (鈥淭he District鈥�) is 52. Actor Claire Forlani (鈥淢eet Joe Black,鈥� 鈥矯SI: NY鈥�) is 51. Drummer Eddie Fisher of OneRepublic is 49. Actor Sarah Paulson (鈥淎merican Horror Story鈥�) is 48. Actor Giovanni Ribisi is 48. Actor Marissa Ribisi (鈥淧leasantville鈥�) is 48. Actor Milla Jovovich (鈥淶oolander,鈥� 鈥砊he Fifth Element鈥�) is 47. Singer Ben Goldwasser of MGMT is 40. Singer Mikky Ekko is 39. Actor Shannon Woodward (鈥淲estworld,鈥� 鈥砇aising Hope鈥�) is 38. Actor Emma Bell (鈥淭he Walking Dead鈥�) is 36. Actor Vanessa Zima (Film鈥檚 鈥淯lee鈥檚 Gold,鈥� TV鈥檚 鈥淢urder One鈥�) is 36. Guitarist Taylor York of Paramore is 33. Actor Graham Rogers (鈥淨uantico鈥�) is 32. Actor-singer Nat Wolff (鈥淭he Naked Brothers Band鈥�) is 28.
The Associated Press
