Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 20-26:
June 20: Actor Bonnie Bartlett (“St. Elsewhere,” ″Once and Again”) is 92. Actor James Tolkan (“Back to the Future” films) is 90. Musician Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys is 79. Actor John McCook (“The Bold and the Beautiful”) is 77. Singer Anne Murray is 76. Home repair show host Bob Vila is 75. Classical pianist Andre Watts is 75. Actor Candy Clark (“American Graffiti”) is 74. Singer Lionel Richie is 72. Actor John Goodman is 69. Bassist Michael Anthony (Van Halen, Chickenfoot) is 67. Bassist John Taylor of Duran Duran is 61. Bassist Murphy Karges of Sugar Ray is 54. Actor Nicole Kidman is 54. Singer Dan Tyminski of Alison Krauss and Union Station is 54. Actor Peter Paige (“Queer as Folk”) is 52. Actor Josh Lucas (“Sweet Home Alabama,” ″A Beautiful Mind”) is 50. Bassist Twiggy Ramirez (Marilyn Manson) is 50. Singer Chino Moreno is 48. Singer Amos Lee is 44. Actor Tika Sumpter (“The Have and the Have Nots”) is 41. Drummer Chris Thompson of The Eli Young Band is 41. Singer-actor Alisan Porter (“The Voice,” ″Curly Sue”) is 40. Singer Grace Potter of Grace Potter and the Nocturnals is 38. Keyboardist Chris Dudley of Underoath is 38. Actor Mark Saul (“Grey’s Anatomy”) is 36. Actor Dreama Walker (film’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” TV’s “Gossip Girl”) is 35. Actor Chris Mintz-Plasse (“Superbad”) is 32. Actor Maria Lark (TV’s “Medium”) is 24.
June 21: Actor Bernie Kopell (“The Love Boat”) is 88. Actor Monte Markham is 86. Actor Mariette Hartley is 81. Comedian Joe Flaherty (“SCTV”) is 80. Musician Ray Davies of The Kinks is 77. Actor Meredith Baxter (“Family Ties”) is 74. Actor Michael Gross (Baxter’s co-star on the sitcom “Family Ties”) is 74. Guitarist Joey Molland of Badfinger is 74. Drummer Joey Kramer of Aerosmith is 71. Guitarist Nils Lofgren is 70. Actor Robyn Douglas (TV’s “Galactica,” film’s “Breaking Away”) is 69. Cartoonist Berke Breathed (“Opus,” ″Bloom County”) is 64. Actor Josh Pais (“Ray Donovan”) is 63. Country singer Kathy Mattea is 62. Actor Marc Copage (“Julia”) is 59. Actor Doug Savant (“Desperate Housewives,” ″Melrose Place”) is 57. Guitarist Porter Howell of Little Texas is 57. Actor Michael Dolan (“Hamburger Hill,” “Biloxi Blues”) is 56. Filmmaker Lana Wachowski (“The Matrix,” “Speed Racer”) is 56. Actor Carrie Preston (“The Good Wife”) is 54. Actor Paula Irvine (“Santa Barbara”) is 53. Country singer Allison Moorer is 49. Actor Juliette Lewis is 48. Actor Maggie Siff (“Mad Men”) is 47. Bassist Justin Cary (Sixpence None the Richer) is 46. Guitarist Mike Einziger of Incubus is 45. Actor Chris Pratt (“Jurassic World,” ″Guardians of the Galaxy”) is 42. Singer Brandon Flowers of The Killers is 40. Actor Jussie Smollett (“Empire”) is 39. Actor Michael Malarkey (“The Vampire Diaries”) is 38. Singer Kris Allen (“American Idol”) is 36. Singer Lana Del Rey is 36. Actor Jascha Washington (“Big Momma’s House” films) is 32. Bassist Chandler Baldwin of LANCO is 29. Singer Rebecca Black is 24.
June 22: Singer-actor Kris Kristofferson is 85. Actor Michael Lerner is 80. Actor Klaus Maria Brandauer is 78. Journalist Brit Hume is 78. Singer Peter Asher of Peter and Gordon is 77. Singer Howard “Eddie” Kaylan of The Turtles is 74. Singer Todd Rundgren is 73. Singer Alan Osmond of The Osmonds is 72. Actor Meryl Streep is 72. Actor Lindsay Wagner (“The Bionic Woman”) is 72. Actor Graham Greene (“Dances With Wolves”) is 69. Singer Cyndi Lauper is 68. Actor Chris Lemmon is 67. Bassist Derek Forbes (Simple Minds) is 65. Bassist Garry Beers of INXS is 64. Actor Bruce Campbell (“Evil Dead,” “The Adventures of Briscoe County, Jr.”) is 63. Bassist Alan Anton of Cowboy Junkies is 62. Actor Tracy Pollan (“Family Ties”) is 61. Keyboardist Jimmy Sommerville (Bronski Beat) is 60. Singer Mike Edwards of Jesus Jones is 57. Actor Amy Brenneman is 57. Singer Steven Page (Barenaked Ladies) is 51. Actor Michael Trucco (“How I Met Your Mother,” “Battlestar Gallactica”) is 51. Actor Mary Lynn Rajskub (“24″) is 50. TV personality Carson Daly is 48. Guitarist Chris Traynor (Helmet) is 48. Actor Donald Faison (“Scrubs”) is 47. Actor Lecy Goranson (“The Connors,” “Roseanne”) is 47. Comedian Mike O’Brien (“Saturday Night Live”) is 45. TV personality Jai Rodriguez (“Queer Eye For the Straight Guy”) is 42. Actor Lindsay Ridgeway (“Boy Meets World”) is 36. Singer Dinah Jane (Fifth Harmony) is 24.
June 23: Singer Diana Trask is 81. Actor Ted Shackelford (“Knots Landing”) is 75. Actor Bryan Brown (“The Thorn Birds”) is 74. Former “American Idol” judge Randy Jackson is 65. Actor Frances McDormand is 64. Drummer Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth is 59. Director Josh Whedon (“The Avengers,” ″Marvels’ Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”) is 57. Singer Chico DeBarge is 51. Actor Selma Blair is 49. Actor Joel Edgerton (“Loving”) is 47. Singer KT Tunstall is 46. Singer Virgo Williams of Ghostown DJs is 46. Actor Emmanuelle Vaugier (“Two and a Half Men”) is 45. Singer-songwriter Jason Mraz is 44. Actor Melissa Rauch (“The Big Bang Theory”) is 41. Singer Duffy is 37.
June 24: Actor Michele Lee is 79. Singer Arthur Brown is 79. Actor-director Georg Stanford Brown is 78. Guitarist Jeff Beck is 77. Singer Colin Blunstone of The Zombies is 76. Drummer Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac is 74. Actor Peter Weller is 74. Bassist John Illsley of Dire Straits is 72. Reggae singer Derrick Simpson of Black Uhuru is 71. Actor Nancy Allen (“RoboCop”) is 71. Actor Joe Penny (“Jake and the Fatman,” ″Riptide”) is 65. Singer Astro of UB40 is 64. Singer-keyboardist Andy McCluskey of Orchestral Manoevres in the Dark is 62. Musician Siedah Garrett is 61. Actor Iain Glen (“Game of Thrones”) is 60. Bassist Curt Smith of Tears for Fears is 60. Actor Danielle Spencer (“What’s Happening”) is 56. Actor Sherry Stringfield (“ER”) is 54. Singer Glenn Medeiros is 51. Actor Carla Gallo (“Bones”) is 46. Actor Amir Talai (“LA to Vegas”) is 44. Actor Mindy Kaling (“The Mindy Project,” ″The Office”) is 42. Actor Minka Kelly is 41. Actor Vanessa Ray (“Blue Bloods”) is 40. Actor Justin Hires (2016′s “MacGyver,” ″Rush Hour”) is 36. Singer Solange Knowles is 35. Actor Max Ehrich (“The Young and the Restless,” ″Under the Dome”) is 30. Actor Beanie Feldstein (“Lady Bird”) is 28.
June 25: Actor June Lockhart is 96. Singer Eddie Floyd is 84. Actor Barbara Montgomery (“Amen,” ″The Women of Brewster Place”) is 82. Actor Mary Beth Peil (“The Good Wife,” ″Dawson’s Creek”) is 81. Singer Carly Simon is 76. Keyboardist-saxophonist Ian McDonald of Foreigner and King Crimson is 75. Actor-comedian Jimmie Walker is 74. Singer Tim Finn of Split Enz and Crowded House is 69. Keyboardist David Paich of Toto is 67. Actor Michael Sabatino (“NYPD Blue”) is 66. Actor Ricky Gervais is 60. Actor Erica Gimpel (TV’s “Fame,” ″Profiler”) is 57. Rapper Richie Rich is 54. Guitarist Sean Kelly (Sixpence None the Richer) is 50. Actor Angela Kinsey (“The Office”) is 50. Bassist Mike Kroeger of Nickelback is 49. Actor Linda Cardellini (“ER,” ″Scooby Doo”) is 46. Actor Busy Philipps (“ER,” ″Dawson’s Creek”) is 42.
June 26: Jazz pianist Dave Grusin is 87. Singer Billy Davis Junior of the Fifth Dimension is 83. Singer Georgie Fame is 78. Actor Clive Francis (“The Crown”) is 75. Singer Brenda Holloway is 75. Actor Michael Paul Chan (“The Closer”) is 71. Actor Robert Davi (“Profiler”) is 70. Musician Mick Jones of The Clash is 66. Actor Gedde Watanabe (“ER,” ″Sixteen Candles”) is 66. Singer Chris Isaak is 65. Singer Patty Smyth is 64. Singer Terri Nunn of Berlin is 62. Singer Harriet Wheeler of The Sundays is 58. Guitarist Eddie Perez of The Mavericks is 53. Bassist Colin Greenwood of Radiohead is 52. Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson (“Magnolia,” ″Boogie Nights”) is 51. Actor Sean Hayes (“Will and Grace”) is 51. Actor Matt Letscher (“Eli Stone,” ″The New Adventures of Old Christine”) is 51. Actor Chris O’Donnell is 51. Actor Nick Offerman (“Parks and Recreation”) is 51. Keyboardist Jeff Frankenstein of Newsboys is 47. Country singer Gretchen Wilson is 47. Drummer Nathan Followill of Kings of Leon is 42. Singer Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic is 42. Actor Jason Schwartzman (“Slackers,” ″Rushmore”) is 41. Actor Aubrey Plaza (“Parks and Recreation”) is 37. Actor Jennette McCurdy (“iCarly”) is 29. Singer-actor Ariana Grande is 28.
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