Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 23-29

FILE – In this Jan. 7, 2015 file photo, actress Melissa McCarthy arrives at the People’s Choice Awards at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. She turns 45 on August 26. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
In this Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015 photo released by Starpix, Dinah Jane Hansen of Fifth Harmony, left, and Barbara Eden walk the runway at the Go Red for Women Red Dress Fashion Show at Lincoln Center in New York. She turns 84 on Aug. 23. (AP Photo/Starpix, Kristina Bumphrey)
FILE – This Sunday, July 6, 2014 file photo Dave Chappelle performs at the Essence Festival in New Orleans. He turns 42 on Aug. 24. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert,File)
American singer-actor Rick Springfield performs before large crowd at Live Aid famine relief concert at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia Pa., July 13, 1985.(AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
American singer-actor Rick Springfield performs before large crowd at Live Aid famine relief concert at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia Pa., July 13, 1985. He turns 66 on Aug 23. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
FILE – This Nov. 11, 1992 file photo shows young actor Macaulay Culkin in New York. He turns 35 on Aug. 26. (AP Photo/Wyatt Counts, File)
Gene Simmons (Kevin Winter/Getty Images Entertainment)
Musician Gene Simmons has been a counselor at the Rock \’n\’ Roll Fantasy Camp. He turns 66 on Aug. 25. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images Entertainment)
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Kris Jenner and Monty Hall seen at The 40th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards Backstage Clairol Professional Hair Studio, on Sunday, June, 16, 2013 in Beverly Hills. Hall turns 94 on Aug. 25. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision for EFG/AP Images)
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Shania Twain arrives at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, May 19, 2013 in Las Vegas.She turns 50 on Aug. 28. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP)
FILE – In this Jan. 23, 2015 file photo, Jack Black poses for a portrait to promote his film, “The D Train”, at the Eddie Bauer Adventure House during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. He turns 46 on Aug. 28. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP, File)
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American singer-actor Rick Springfield performs before large crowd at Live Aid famine relief concert at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia Pa., July 13, 1985.(AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
Gene Simmons (Kevin Winter/Getty Images Entertainment)
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Aug. 23: Actress Vera Miles is 85. Actress Barbara Eden is 84. Satirist Mark Russell is 83. Country singer Rex Allen Jr. is 68. Actor David Robb is 68. Singer Linda Thompson is 68. Country fiddler-singer Woody Paul of Riders in the Sky is 66. Actress Shelley Long is 66. Singer-actor Rick Springfield is 66. Guitarist Dean DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots is 54. Actor Jay Mohr is 45. Singer Julian Casablancas of The Strokes is 37. Actress Joanna Froggatt (“Downton Abbey”) is 35. Musician Sky Blu of LMFAO is 29.

Aug. 24: Actor Kenny Baker (R2-D2 in “Star Wars”) is 81. Guitarist Mason Williams is 77. Singer Marshall Thompson of The Chi-Lites is 73. Keyboardist Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep) is 70. Actress Ann Archer is 68. Actor Joe Regalbuto (“Murphy Brown”) is 66. Actor Steve Guttenberg is 57. Talk-show host Craig Kilborn is 53. Singer John Bush (Anthrax) is 52. Actress Marlee Matlin is 50. Country singer Kristyn Osborn of SheDaisy is 45. Actor-comedian Dave Chappelle is 42. Actor Carmine Giovinazzo (“CSI: New York”) is 42. Actor Alex O’Loughlin (“Hawaii Five-0”) is 39. Actor Chad Michael Murray (“One Tree Hill,” “A Cinderella Story”) is 34. Actor Rupert Grint is 27.

Aug. 25: Game-show host Monty Hall is 94. Actor Sean Connery is 85. Talk-show host Regis Philbin is 84. Actor Tom Skerritt is 82. Singer Walter Williams of The O’Jays is 72. Actor Anthony Heald (“Boston Public”) is 71. Drummer Danny Smythe of The Box Tops is 67. Singer Henry Paul of BlackHawk (and Outlaws) is 66. Actor John Savage is 66. Bassist Gene Simmons of Kiss is 66. Singer Rob Halford of Judas Priest is 64. Keyboardist Geoff Downes of Asia is 63. Musician Elvis Costello is 61. Director Tim Burton is 57. Country singer-actor Billy Ray Cyrus is 54. Actress Ally Walker (“Profiler”) is 54. Actress Joanne Whalley is 54. Guitarist Vivian Campbell of Def Leppard is 53. Actor Blair Underwood is 51. Actor Robert Maschio (“Scrubs”) is 49. DJ Terminator X of Public Enemy is 49. Singer Jeff Tweedy of Wilco is 48. TV chef Rachael Ray is 47. Country singer Jo Dee Messina is 45. Model Claudia Schiffer is 45. Actor Eric Millegan (“Bones”) is 41. Actor Kel Mitchell (“Kenan and Kel”) is 37. Actress Rachel Bilson (“The O.C.”) is 34. Actress Blake Lively (“Gossip Girl”) is 28.

Aug. 26: Singer Valerie Simpson of Ashford and Simpson is 70. Singer Bob Cowsill of The Cowsills is 66. Bandleader Branford Marsalis is 55. Guitarist Jimmy Olander of Diamond Rio is 54. Singer Shirley Manson of Garbage is 49. Guitarist Dan Vickrey of Counting Crows is 49. Drummer Adrian Young of No Doubt is 46. Actress Melissa McCarthy is 45. Singer Tyler Connolly of Theory of a Deadman is 40. Actor Macaulay Culkin is 35. Singer Brian Kelley of Florida Georgia Line is 30. Singer-actress Cassie is 29. Actress Keke Palmer (“Akeelah and the Bee”) is 22.

Aug. 27: Actor Tommy Sands is 78. Musician Daryl Dragon of the Captain and Tennille is 73. Actress Tuesday Weld is 72. Actor G.W. Bailey is 71. Singer-bassist Tim Bogert of Vanilla Fudge is 71. Guitarist Jeff Cook of Alabama is 66. Actor Paul Reubens is 63. Guitarist Alex Lifeson of Rush is 62. Bassist Glen Matlock of The Sex Pistols is 59. Gospel singer Yolanda Adams is 54. Guitarist Matthew Basford of Yankee Grey is 53. Bassist Mike Johnson (Dinosaur Jr.) is 50. Percussionist Bobo of Cypress Hill is 47. Country singer Colt Ford is 46. Actress Chandra Wilson (“Grey’s Anatomy”) is 46. Bassist Tony Kanal of No Doubt is 45. Actress Sarah Chalke is 39. Rapper Mase is 38. Actress Demetria McKinney (“House of Payne”) is 37. Actor Aaron Paul is 36. Guitarist Jon Siebels of Eve 6 is 36. Actor Patrick J. Adams (“Suits”) is 35. Actress Amanda Fuller is 31. Singer Mario is 29. Actress Alexa Vega (“Spy Kids”) is 27.

Aug. 28: Actor Ken Jenkins (“Scrubs”) is 75. Actor David Soul is 72. Actress Barbara Bach is 69. Singer Wayne Osmond of The Osmonds is 64. Actor Daniel Stern is 58. Actress Jennifer Coolidge is 54. Country singer Shania Twain is 50. Actor-singer Jack Black is 46. Actor Jason Priestley is 46. Actor J. August Richards (“Angel”) is 42. Singer-bassist Max Collins of Eve 6 is 37. Actress Carly Pope (“Popular”) is 35. Country singer Jake Owen is 34. Country singer Leann Rimes is 33. Singer Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine is 29. Actor Armie Hammer is 29. Singer Cassadee Pope is 26. Actress Katie Findlay is 25. Actress Quvenzhane Wallis (“Beasts of the Southern Wild”) is 12.

Aug. 29: Movie director William Friedkin is 80. Actor Elliott Gould is 77. TV personality Robin Leach (“Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous”) is 74. Keyboardist Dan Truman of Diamond Rio is 59. Actress Rebecca DeMornay is 56. Bassist-singer Me’Shell NdegeOcello is 46. Singer Carl Martin of Shai is 45. Actress Carla Gugino is 44. Guitarist Kyle Cook of Matchbox Twenty is 40. Actor John Hensley (“Nip/Tuck”) is 38. Bassist David Desrosiers of Simple Plan is 35. Actress Lea Michele is 29. Singer Liam Payne of One Direction is 22.

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