Celebrity birthdays during the week of December 15-21

The Associated Press
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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 15-21

Dec. 15: Singer Cindy Birdsong of The Supremes is 80. Drummer Dave Clark of the Dave Clark Five is 77. Drummer Carmine Appice of Vanilla Fudge is 73. Actor Don Johnson is 70. Actress Melanie Chartoff ("Rugrats," ''Parker Lewis Can't Lose") is 69. Director Julie Taymor (Broadway’s “The Lion King”) is 67. Actor Justin Ross ("A Chorus Line") is 65. Bassist Paul Simonon of The Clash is 64. Country singer Doug Phelps (The Kentucky Headhunters, Brothers Phelps) is 59. Actress Helen Slater is 56. Actor Paul Kaye ("Game of Thrones") is 55. Actress Molly Price ("Third Watch") is 54. Actor Garrett Wang ("Star Trek: Voyager") is 51. Actor Michael Shanks ("Stargate SG-1") is 49. Actor Stuart Townsend ("Queen of the Damned") is 47. Actor Geoff Stults (new "Odd Couple") is 43. Crowd-hyper Kito Trawick of Ghostown DJs is 42. Actor Adam Brody ("The O.C.") is 40. Actress Michelle Dockery ("Downton Abbey") is 38. Actor George O. Gore II ("My Wife and Kids") is 37. Actress Camilla Luddington ("Grey's Anatomy") is 36. Guitarist Alana Haim of Haim is 28. Actress Maude Apatow (Film’s “Knocked Up,” TV’s “Euphoria”) is 22.

Dec. 16: Actress Joyce Bulifant ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show") is 82. Actress Liv Ullman is 81. Journalist Lesley Stahl ("60 Minutes") is 78. Guitarist Tony Hicks of The Hollies is 74. Singer Benny Anderson of ABBA is 73. Actor Ben Cross is 72. Singer-guitarist Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top is 70. Actor Xander Berkeley ("The Walking Dead") is 64. Actress Alison LaPlaca ("The John Larroquette Show") is 60. Actor Sam Robards is 58. Actor Jon Tenney ("The Closer," ''Brooklyn South") is 58. Actor Benjamin Bratt ("Private Practice," ''Law and Order") is 56. Country singer Jeff Carson is 56. Comedian JB Smoove ("The Millers," ''Curb Your Enthusiasm") is 54. Actress Miranda Otto ("Lord of the Rings" films) is 52. Actor Daniel Cosgrove ("Van Wilder") is 49. Singer Michael McCary (Boyz II Men) is 48. Actress Krysten Ritter ("Jessica Jones," ''Breaking Bad") is 38. Actress Zoe Jarman ("The Mindy Project") is 37. Actor Theo James ("Insurgent," ''Divergent") is 35. Actress Amanda Setton ("The Mindy Project," ''Gossip Girl") is 34. Bassist Dave Rublin of American Authors is 33. Actress Hallee Hirsh (“JAG,” “ER”) is 32. Actress Anna Popplewell ("The Chronicles of Narnia" films) is 31. Actor Stephan James ("Race," ''Selma") is 26.

Dec. 17: Singer-actor Tommy Steele is 83. Actor Bernard Hill is 75. Actor Ernie Hudson ("Ghostbusters") is 74. "Hardball" host Chris Matthews is 74. Actor-comedian Eugene Levy is 73. Actress Marilyn Hassett (“The Other Side of the Mountain”) is 72. Actor Wes Studi (TV’s “Comanche Moon,” “Into the West”) is 72. Drummer Jim Bonfanti of The Raspberries is 71. Actor Joel Brooks ("Six Feet Under") is 70. Singer Paul Rodgers is 70. Singer Wanda Hutchinson Vaughn of The Emotions is 68. Country singer Sharon White of The Whites is 66. Actor Barry Livingston ("My Three Sons") is 66. Actor Bill Pullman is 66. Director-producer Peter Farrelly ("There's Something About Mary," ''Dumb and Dumber") is 63. Bassist Mike Mills of R.E.M. is 61. Singer Sarah Dallin of Bananarama is 58. Country singer Tracy Byrd is 53. Bassist Duane Propes of Little Texas is 53. Actress Laurie Holden ("The Walking Dead") is 50. DJ Homicide of Sugar Ray is 49. Actor Sean Patrick Thomas ("The District") is 49. Actress Claire Forlani ("Meet Joe Black," ''CSI: NY") is 48. Drummer Eddie Fisher of OneRepublic is 46. Actress Sarah Paulson ("American Horror Story") is 45. Actor Giovanni Ribisi is 45. Actress Marissa Ribisi ("Pleasantville") is 45. Actress Milla Jovovich ("Zoolander," ''The Fifth Element") is 44. Singer Ben Goldwasser of MGMT is 37. Singer Mikky Ekko is 36. Actress Shannon Woodward ("Westworld," ''Raising Hope") is 35. Actress Emma Bell ("The Walking Dead") is 33. Actress Vanessa Zima (Film’s “Ulee’s Gold,” TV’s “Murder One”) is 33. Guitarist Taylor York of Paramore is 30. Actor Graham Rogers ("Quantico") is 29. Actor-singer Nat Wolff ("The Naked Brothers Band") is 25.

Dec. 18: Actress Cicely Tyson is 95. Actor Roger Mosley ("Magnum, P.I.") is 81. Guitarist Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones is 76. Director Steven Spielberg is 73. Movie critic Leonard Maltin is 69. Guitarist Elliot Easton of The Cars is 66. Actor Ray Liotta is 65. Singer Angie Stone is 58. Actor Brad Pitt is 56. Wrestler-actor Stone Cold Steve Austin ("Chain of Command") is 55. Actor Shawn Christian ("Days of Our Lives") is 54. Actress Rachel Griffiths ("Brothers and Sisters," ''Six Feet Under") is 51. Singer Alejandro Sanz is 51. Country singer Cowboy Troy is 49. Rapper DMX is 49. DJ Lethal of Limp Bizkit is 47. Singer Sia is 44. Country singer Randy Houser is 43. Actor Josh Dallas ("Once Upon a Time") is 41. Actress Katie Holmes ("Dawson's Creek") is 41. Singer Christina Aguilera is 39. Actress Ashley Benson ("Pretty Little Liars") is 30. Actress Bridgit Mendler ("Wizards of Waverly Place") is 27. Singer Billie Eilish is 18.

Dec. 19: Actress Elaine Joyce is 76. Actor Tim Reid is 75. Musician John McEuen (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is 74. Country singer Janie Fricke is 72. Actor Mike Lookinland ("The Brady Bunch") is 59. Actor Scott Cohen ("Gilmore Girls") is 58. Actress Jennifer Beals is 56. Actor Robert MacNaughton ("E.T.") is 53. Magician Criss Angel is 52. Guitarist Klaus Eichstadt of Ugly Kid Joe is 52. Actress Kristy Swanson is 50. Model Tyson Beckford is 49. Actress Rosa Blasi ("Strong Medicine") is 47. Actress Alyssa Milano is 47. Actress Tara Summers (“Mercy Street,” “Boston Legal”) is 40. Actor Jake Gyllenhaal is 39. Actress Marla Sokoloff ("The Practice") is 39. Actor Nik Dodani ("Murphy Brown") is 26.

Dec. 20: Actor Tommy Cole ("The Mickey Mouse Club") is 78. Drummer Bobby Colomby of Blood, Sweat and Tears is 75. Former Kiss drummer Peter Criss is 74. Musician Alan Parsons is 71. Actress Jenny Agutter ("Call the Midwife") is 67. Actor Michael Badalucco ("The Practice") is 65. Actress Blanche Baker ("Shakedown," ''Holocaust") is 63. Singer Billy Bragg is 62. Singer-bassist Mike Watt (The Minutemen, fIREHOSE) is 62. Actor Joel Gretsch ("V'') is 56. Country singer Kris Tyler is 55. Singer Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes is 53. Singer David Cook ("American Idol") is 37. Actor Jonah Hill is 36. Singer JoJo is 29.

Dec. 21: Talk-show host Phil Donahue is 84. Actress Jane Fonda is 82. Singer Carla Thomas is 77. Guitarist Albert Lee is 76. Actor Samuel L. Jackson is 71. Singer Nick Gilder is 69. Actor Dennis Boutsikaris ("Better Call Saul") is 67. Singer Betty Wright is 66. Actress Jane Kaczmarek is 64. Country singer Lee Roy Parnell is 63. Entertainer Jim Rose of The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow is 63. Former child actress Lisa Gerritsen ("Phyllis," ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show") is 62. Actor-comedian Ray Romano ("Everybody Loves Raymond") is 62. Country singer Christy Forester of the Forester Sisters is 57. Drummer Murph of Dinosaur Jr. is 55. Guitarist Gabrielle Glaser (Luscious Jackson) is 54. Actor-comedian Andy Dick is 54. Actor Kiefer Sutherland is 53. Actress Karri Turner ("JAG") is 53. Actress Khrystyne Haje ("Head of the Class") is 51. Country singer Brad Warren of The Warren Brothers is 51. Actress Julie Delpy is 50. Contemporary Christian singer Natalie Grant is 48. Singer-guitarist Brett Scallions (Fuel) is 48. Singer Lukas Rossi of Rock Star Supernova (TV: "Rock Star: Supernova") is 43. Actress Rutina Wesley ("True Blood") is 41. Keyboardist Anna Bulbrook of Airborne Toxic Event is 37. Actor Steven Yeun ("The Walking Dead") is 36.