Celebrity Birthdays for Dec. 11:
Actress Rita Moreno is 93.
Singer David Gates of Bread is 84.
Actress Donna Mills ("Knots Landing") is 84.
Singer Brenda Lee is 80.
Actress Linda Day George (TV's "Mission: Impossible") is 80.
Music producer Tony Brown is 78.
CFL Hall of Fame tight end Tony Gabriel is 76.
Movie director Susan Seidelman is 72.
Actress Bess Armstrong is 71.
Singer Jermaine Jackson is 70.
Cartoonist Peter Bagge is 67.
Bassist Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue is 66.
Bass player Darryl Jones (The Rolling Stones) is 63.
Actor Ben Browder ("Stargate SG-1") is 62.
Singer-bassist Justin Currie of Del Amitri is 60.
Bassist David Schools of Widespread Panic is 60.
Olympic synchronized swim champion Carolyn Waldo is 60.
Actor Gary Dourdan ("C.S.I.") is 58.
Actress-comedian Mo'Nique is 57.
Actor Max Martini ("The Unit") is 55.
Retired NHL all-star Daniel Alfredsson is 52.
Rapper-actor Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) is 51.
Actor Rider Strong ("Boy Meets World") is 45.
Actress Xosha Roquemore ("The Mindy Project") is 40.
Actress Karla Souza ("How To Get Away With Murder") is 39.
Actor Gabriel Basso is 30.
Actress-singer Hailee Steinfeld is 28.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1792, Joseph Mohr, author of the enduring Christmas hymn "Stille Nacht" (Silent Night). (Dec. 5, 1848)
In 1838, brewer-entrepreneur John Labatt. (April 27, 1915)
In 1908, Pulitzer Prize-winning classical composer Elliott Carter. (Nov. 5, 2012)
In 1916, Latin bandleader Perez Prado. (Sept. 14, 1989)
In 1918, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian author and Nobel Prize winner. (Aug. 3, 2008)
In 1919, actress Marie Windsor. (Dec. 10, 2000)
In 1926, blues singer Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton. (July 25, 1984)
In 1929, Sir Kenneth MacMillan, principal choreographer of the Royal Ballet. (Oct. 29, 1992)
In 1930, actor Jean-Louis Trintignant. (June 17, 2022)
In 1931, Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman Pierre Pilote. (Sept. 9, 2017)
In 1935, actor Ron Carey. (Jan. 16, 2007)
In 1938, jazz pianist McCoy Tyner. (March 6, 2020)
In 1941, singer J. Frank Wilson (The Cavaliers). (Oct. 4, 1991)
In 1944, actress Teri Garr. (Oct. 29, 2024)
In 1950, American heiress Christina Onassis. (Nov. 19, 1988)
In 1952, classical actress Goldie Semple. (Dec. 9, 2009)
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