Celeb birthdays for the week of Oct. 29-Nov. 4

Actress Tracee Ellis Ross (”black-ish”) is 45 on Oct. 29. Here, Tracee Ellis Ross poses in the press room with the award for best performance by an actress in a television series – musical or comedy for “black-ish” at the 74th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
ATLANTA, GA - OCTOBER 26:  Actress Gabrielle Union attends "Almost Christmas" Atlanta screening at Regal Cinemas Atlantic Station Stadium 16 on October 26, 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia.  (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Universal Pictures)
Actress Gabrielle Union is 45 on Oct. 29. Here, Gabrielle Union attends “Almost Christmas” Atlanta screening at Regal Cinemas Atlantic Station Stadium 16 on Oct. 26, 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Universal Pictures)
LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 29: Actor Winona Ryder, co-recipient of the Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series award for 'Stranger Things,' poses in the press room during the 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Expo Hall on January 29, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
Actress Winona Ryder is 46 on Oct. 29. Here, Winona Ryder, co-recipient of the Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series award for “Stranger Things,” poses in the press room during the 23rd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Expo Hall on Jan. 29, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
Tequan Richmond from the film "Blue Caprice," poses for a portrait during the 2013 Sundance Film Festival at the Fender Music Lodge, on Friday, Jan. 19, 2013,  in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP Images)
Actor Tequan Richmond (”Everybody Hates Chris”) is 25 on Oct. 30. Here, Tequan Richmond from the film “Blue Caprice,” poses for a portrait during the 2013 Sundance Film Festival at the Fender Music Lodge, on Friday, Jan. 19, 2013, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP Images)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 17: Actor Nia Long speaks onstage during BET Presents the American Black Film Festival Honors on February 17, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
Actress Nia Long is 47 on Oct. 30. Here, Nia Long speaks onstage during BET Presents the American Black Film Festival Honors on Feb. 17, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
MIAMI BEACH, FL - JULY 09:  Billy Brown at the 2017 All-Star Bash sponsored by Captain Morgan during MLB All-Star Week Miamion July 9, 2017 in Miami Beach, Florida.  (Photo by Jason Koerner/Getty Images)
Actor Billy Brown (”How To Get Away With Murder”) is 47 on Oct. 30. Here, Billy Brown at the 2017 All-Star Bash sponsored by Captain Morgan during MLB All-Star Week Miamion July 9, 2017 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by Jason Koerner/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 17: Willow Smith performs onstage during TIDAL X: Brooklyn at Barclays Center of Brooklyn on October 17, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for TIDAL)
Singer-actress Willow Smith is 17 on Oct. 31. Here, Willow Smith performs onstage during TIDAL X: Brooklyn at Barclays Center of Brooklyn on Oct. 17, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for TIDAL)
Jane Pauley sits at her desk during her first appearance Monday, October 12, 1976 on NBC's Today Show.  Miss Pauley, 25, an ex-Chicago newscaster, moved to New York to replace Barbara Walters.  (AP Photo/Dave Pickoff)
NBC anchorwoman Jane Pauley is 67 on Oct. 31. Here, Jane Pauley sits at her desk during her first appearance Monday, Oct. 12, 1976 on NBC’s Today Show. Pauley, 25, an ex-Chicago newscaster, moved to New York to replace Barbara Walters. (AP Photo/Dave Pickoff)
Michael Douglas, left, and Sally Kirkland congratulate each other backstage at the Beverly Hilton Hotel after winning awards at the 45th Annual Golden Globe Awards presentations in Beverly Hills, Ca., Jan. 24, 1988.  Douglas won best actor for his role in "Wall Street" and Kirkland won best actress for her role in "Anna."  (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
Actress Sally Kirkland is 76 on Oct. 31. Here, Michael Douglas, left, and Sally Kirkland congratulate each other backstage at the Beverly Hilton Hotel after winning awards at the 45th Annual Golden Globe Awards presentations in Beverly Hills, California, Jan. 24, 1988. Douglas won best actor for his role in “Wall Street” and Kirkland won best actress for her role in “Anna.” (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
Robert "Kool" Bell, from left, Ronald Khalis Bell, Dennis "DT" Thomas and George Brown attend a ceremony honoring Kool and The Gang with a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)
Saxophonist Ronald Khalis Bell of Kool and the Gang is 66 on Nov. 1. Here, Robert “Kool” Bell, from left, Ronald Khalis Bell, Dennis “DT” Thomas and George Brown attend a ceremony honoring Kool and The Gang with a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)
CHERRY HILL, NJ - NOVEMBER 03:  Actress Meta Golding attends the "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" mall tour at Cherry Hill Mall on November 3, 2013 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.  (Photo by Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images)
Actress Meta Golding (”The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”) is 46. Here, Meta Golding attends the “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” mall tour at Cherry Hill Mall on Nov. 3, 2013 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. (Photo by Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images)
SAN DIEGO, CA - JULY 18:  Actress Lauren Velez speaks onstage at Showtime's "Dexter" panel during Comic-Con International 2013 at San Diego Convention Center on July 18, 2013 in San Diego, California.  (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Actress Lauren Velez (”Dexter”) is 53 on Nov. 2. Here, Lauren Velez speaks onstage at Showtime’s “Dexter” panel during Comic-Con International 2013 at San Diego Convention Center on July 18, 2013 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
k.d. lang sings at the "Equality Rocks" concert at the RFK Stadium in Washington, Saturday April 29, 2000. The concert was held to raise awareness for the Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights organization that is co-sponsoring Sunday's Millennium March on the National Mall. (AP Photo/Linda Spillers)
Singer k.d. lang is 56 on Nov. 2. Here, k.d. lang sings at the “Equality Rocks” concert at the RFK Stadium in Washington, Saturday April 29, 2000. (AP Photo/Linda Spillers)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - AUGUST 06:  (L-R) Executive producer Daniel Dae Kim, actors Antonia Thomas and Nicholas Gonzalez of "The Good Doctor" speak onstage during the Disney/ABC Television Group portion of the 2017 Summer Television Critics Association Press Tour at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on August 6, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California.  (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
Actress Antonia Thomas (”The Good Doctor”) is 31 on Nov. 2. (L-R) Executive producer Daniel Dae Kim, actors Antonia Thomas and Nicholas Gonzalez of “The Good Doctor” speak onstage during the Disney/ABC Television Group portion of the 2017 Summer Television Critics Association Press Tour at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Aug. 6, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story" at the Writers Guild Theater on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Rapper-producer Sean “Diddy” Combs is 48 on Nov. 3. Here, Diddy arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of “Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: A Bad Boy Story” at the Writers Guild Theater on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
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ATLANTA, GA - OCTOBER 26:  Actress Gabrielle Union attends "Almost Christmas" Atlanta screening at Regal Cinemas Atlantic Station Stadium 16 on October 26, 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia.  (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Universal Pictures)
LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 29: Actor Winona Ryder, co-recipient of the Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series award for 'Stranger Things,' poses in the press room during the 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Expo Hall on January 29, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
Tequan Richmond from the film "Blue Caprice," poses for a portrait during the 2013 Sundance Film Festival at the Fender Music Lodge, on Friday, Jan. 19, 2013,  in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP Images)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 17: Actor Nia Long speaks onstage during BET Presents the American Black Film Festival Honors on February 17, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
MIAMI BEACH, FL - JULY 09:  Billy Brown at the 2017 All-Star Bash sponsored by Captain Morgan during MLB All-Star Week Miamion July 9, 2017 in Miami Beach, Florida.  (Photo by Jason Koerner/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 17: Willow Smith performs onstage during TIDAL X: Brooklyn at Barclays Center of Brooklyn on October 17, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for TIDAL)
Jane Pauley sits at her desk during her first appearance Monday, October 12, 1976 on NBC's Today Show.  Miss Pauley, 25, an ex-Chicago newscaster, moved to New York to replace Barbara Walters.  (AP Photo/Dave Pickoff)
Michael Douglas, left, and Sally Kirkland congratulate each other backstage at the Beverly Hilton Hotel after winning awards at the 45th Annual Golden Globe Awards presentations in Beverly Hills, Ca., Jan. 24, 1988.  Douglas won best actor for his role in "Wall Street" and Kirkland won best actress for her role in "Anna."  (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
Robert "Kool" Bell, from left, Ronald Khalis Bell, Dennis "DT" Thomas and George Brown attend a ceremony honoring Kool and The Gang with a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)
CHERRY HILL, NJ - NOVEMBER 03:  Actress Meta Golding attends the "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" mall tour at Cherry Hill Mall on November 3, 2013 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.  (Photo by Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images)
SAN DIEGO, CA - JULY 18:  Actress Lauren Velez speaks onstage at Showtime's "Dexter" panel during Comic-Con International 2013 at San Diego Convention Center on July 18, 2013 in San Diego, California.  (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
k.d. lang sings at the "Equality Rocks" concert at the RFK Stadium in Washington, Saturday April 29, 2000. The concert was held to raise awareness for the Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights organization that is co-sponsoring Sunday's Millennium March on the National Mall. (AP Photo/Linda Spillers)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - AUGUST 06:  (L-R) Executive producer Daniel Dae Kim, actors Antonia Thomas and Nicholas Gonzalez of "The Good Doctor" speak onstage during the Disney/ABC Television Group portion of the 2017 Summer Television Critics Association Press Tour at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on August 6, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California.  (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story" at the Writers Guild Theater on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Oct. 29: Country singer Lee Clayton is 75. Guitarist Denny Laine (Wings, Moody Blues) is 73. Singer-actress Melba Moore is 72. Guitarist Peter Green (Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac) is 71. Actor Richard Dreyfuss is 70. Actress Kate Jackson is 69. Actor Dan Castellaneta (”The Simpsons”) is 60. Singer Randy Jackson of The Jacksons is 56. Drummer Peter Timmins of Cowboy Junkies is 52. Actress Joely Fisher (”Ellen”) is 50. Rapper Paris is 50. Actor Grayson McCouch (”Gotham”) is 49. Singer SA Martinez of 311 is 48. Actress Winona Ryder is 46. Actress Tracee Ellis Ross (”black-ish”) is 45. Actress Gabrielle Union is 45. Actor Trevor Lissauer (”Sabrina the Teenage Witch”) is 44. Actor Brendan Fehr (”CSI: Miami,” “Roswell”) is 40. Actor Ben Foster (”Six Feet Under”) is 37. Bassist Chris Baio of Vampire Weekend is 33.

Oct. 30: Singer Grace Slick is 78. Singer Otis Williams of The Temptations is 76. Actor Henry Winkler is 72. TV journalist Andrea Mitchell is 71. Bassist Timothy B. Schmit of The Eagles (and Poco) is 70. Actor Harry Hamlin is 66. Actor Charles Martin Smith (”American Graffiti”) is 64. Country singer T. Graham Brown is 63. Singer-guitarist Jerry De Borg of Jesus Jones is 57. Actor Michael Beach (”Soul Food,” “Third Watch”) is 54. Singer-guitarist Gavin Rossdale of Bush is 52. Actor Jack Plotnick (”Reno 911!”) is 49. “Cash Cab” host Ben Bailey is 47. Actor Billy Brown (”How To Get Away With Murder”) is 47. Actress Nia Long is 47. Country singer Kassidy Osborn of SHeDAISY is 41. Actor Matthew Morrison (”Glee”) is 39. Actress Fiona Dourif (”When We Rise,” “True Blood”) is 36. Actress Janel Parrish (”Pretty Little Liars”) is 29. Actor Tequan Richmond (”Everybody Hates Chris”) is 25.

Oct. 31: Actress Lee Grant is 92. Anchorman Dan Rather is 86. Folk singer Tom Paxton is 80. Actor Ron Rifkin (”Alias”) is 79. Actress Sally Kirkland is 76. Actor David Ogden Stiers (”M.A.S.H.”) is 75. NBC anchorwoman Jane Pauley is 67. Director Peter Jackson (”Lord of the Rings”) is 56. Drummer Larry Mullen Jr. of U2 is 56. Guitarist Johnny Marr of Modest Mouse (and The Smiths) is 54. Actor Dermot Mulroney is 54. Drummer Mikkey Dee of Motorhead and of Scorpions is 54. Country singer Darryl Worley is 53. Actor Rob Schneider is 53. Actor Mike O’Malley (”Glee”) is 52. Guitarist Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys is 51. Musician Adam Schelsinger of Fountains of Wayne is 50. Musician Rob Van Winkle (Vanilla Ice) is 50. Singer Linn Berggren of Ace of Base is 47. Actress Piper Perabo is 41. Keyboardist Tay Strathairn of Dawes is 37. Actor Eddie Kaye Thomas (”American Pie”) is 37. Guitarist Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance) is 36. Actor Justin Chatwin (”American Gothic”) is 35. Singer-actress Willow Smith is 17.

Nov. 1: Country singer Bill Anderson is 80. Actress Barbara Bosson (”Murder One,” “Hill Street Blues”) is 78. Actor Robert Foxworth (”Falcon Crest”) is 76. “Hustler” publisher Larry Flynt is 75. Country singer Kinky Friedman is 73. Music producer David Foster is 68. Actress Belita Moreno (”Diary of a Wimpy Kid”) is 68. Saxophonist Ronald Khalis Bell of Kool and the Gang is 66. Country singer-songwriter Keith Stegall is 63. Singer Lyle Lovett is 60. Actress Rachel Ticotin is 59. Bassist Eddie MacDonald of The Alarm is 58. Actress Helene Udy (”Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman”) is 56. Singer Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers is 55. Singer-keyboardist Mags Furuholmen of A-ha is 55. Drummer Rick Allen of Def Leppard is 54. Country singer Big Kenny of Big and Rich is 54. Singer Sophie B. Hawkins is 53. Rapper Willie D of the Geto Boys is 51. Keyboardist Dale Wallace of Emerson Drive is 48. Actress Toni Collette (”The United States of Tara,” “Little Miss Sunshine”) is 45. Actress Jenny McCarthy is 45. Actor Dave Berman (”CSI”) is 44. “American Idol” runner-up Bo Bice is 42. Actor Matt Jones (”Breaking Bad”) is 36. Actress Natalia Tena (”Game of Thrones”) is 33. Actor Penn Badgely (”Gossip Girl”) is 31. Actor-drummer Alex Wolff (”The Naked Brothers Band”) is 20.

Nov. 2: Singer Jay Black (Jay and the Americans) is 79. Actress Stefanie Powers is 75. Singer-actor J.D. Souther (”Nashville”) is 72. Drummer Carter Beauford of the Dave Matthews Band is 60. Singer k.d. lang is 56. Bassist Bobby Dall of Poison is 54. Actress Lauren Velez (”Dexter”) is 53. Actor David Schwimmer is 51. Singer Alvin Chea of Take 6 is 50. Jazz singer Kurt Elling is 50. Bassist Fieldy of Korn is 48. Actress Meta Golding (”The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”) is 46. Singer-guitarist John Hampson of Nine Days is 46. Actress Marisol Nichols (”Riverdale”) is 46. Singer Timothy Christian Riley of Tony! Toni! Tone! is 43. Rapper Nelly is 43. Actor Danny Cooksey (”Diff’rent Strokes”) is 42. Guitarist Chris Walla of Death Cab For Cutie is 42. Actor-singer Kendall Schmidt (”Big Time Rush”) is 27.

Nov. 3: Actor-dancer Ken Berry (”Mayberry R.F.D.”; “Mama’s Family”) is 84. Actor-radio personality Shadoe Stevens (”Dave’s World”) is 71. Singer Lulu is 69. Actress-comedian Roseanne Barr is 65. Kathy Kinney (”The Drew Carey Show”) is 64. Comedian Dennis Miller is 64. Singer Adam Ant is 63. Actor Dolph Lundgren (”Rocky IV”) is 60. Actress Antonia Thomas (”The Good Doctor”) is 31. Musician Courtney Barnett is 30. Reality show personality Kendall Jenner (”Keeping Up With The Kardashians”) is 22.

Nov. 4: Actress Loretta Swit (”M.A.S.H.”) is 80. Singer Harry Elston of Friends of Distinction is 79. Singer Delbert McClinton is 77. Actress Ivonne Coll (”Jane the Virgin”) is 70. Actress Markie Post is 67. Singer-guitarist Chris Difford of Squeeze is 63. Country singer Kim Forester of the Forester Sisters is 57. Actress Kathy Griffin is 57. Actor Ralph Macchio is 56. “Survivor” host Jeff Probst is 56. Actor Matthew McConaughey is 48. Rapper-producer Sean “Diddy” Combs is 48. TV personality Bethenny Frankel (”Bethenny,” “Real Housewives of New York”) is 47. Singer Shawn Rivera of Az Yet is 46. Actress Heather Tom (”Bold and the Beautiful,” “One Life To Live”) is 42.

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