Celebrity birthdays

Published 12:00 am Thursday, August 27, 2009

Associated Press
Aug. 30: Country singer Kitty Wells is 90. Actor Bill Daily (“I Dream of Jeannie,” “The Bob Newhart Show”) is 82. Actress Elizabeth Ashley is 70. Actor-turned-politician Ben Jones (“The Dukes of Hazzard”) is 68. Actress Peggy Lipton (“The Mod Squad”) is 62. Comedian Lewis Black (“The Daily Show”) is 61. Actor Michael Chiklis (“The Fantastic Four,” “The Shield”) is 46. Actress Michael Michele (“ER,” “Homicide: Life On The Street”) is 43. Country singer Sherrie Austin is 38. Actress Cameron Diaz is 37. TV personality Lisa Ling (“The View”) is 36.
Aug. 31: Actor Warren Berlinger (“Operation Petticoat,” “The Joey Bishop Show”) is 72. Drummer Jerry Allison of Buddy Holly and the Crickets is 70. Singer Van Morrison is 64. Actor Richard Gere is 60. Singer Tony DeFranco of The DeFranco Family is 50. Singer Deborah Gibson is 39. Bassist Greg Richling of The Wallflowers is 39. Actor Zack Ward (“A Christmas Story,” “Titus”) is 39. Actor Chris Tucker (“Rush Hour”) is 37. Actress Sara Ramirez (“Grey’s Anatomy”) is 34.
Sept. 1: Comedian-actress Lily Tomlin is 70. Singer Archie Bell of Archie Bell and the Drells is 65. Singer Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees is 63. Talk show host Dr. Phil is 59. Singer Gloria Estefan is 52. Actor Ricardo Antonio Chavira (“Desperate Housewives”) is 38.
Sept. 2: Actor Meinhardt Raabe (Munchkin coroner in “The Wizard of Oz”) is 94. Sportscaster Terry Bradshaw is 61. Actor Mark Harmon is 58. Actress Linda Purl is 54. Actor Keanu Reeves is 45. Actress Salma Hayek is 43. Actress Cynthia Watros (“Lost,” “Titus”) is 41.
Sept. 3: Actress Helen Wagner (“As The World Turns”) is 91. “Beetle Bailey” creator Mort Walker is 86. Actress Anne Jackson is 83. Actress Eileen Brennan is 77. Singer-guitarist Al Jardine (Beach Boys) is 67. Actress Valerie Perrine is 66. Actor Steve Schirripa (“The Sopranos”) is 52. Actor Charlie Sheen is 44.
Sept. 4: Actress Mitzi Gaynor is 78. Singer Merald “Bubba” Knight of Gladys Knight and the Pips is 67. Actress Actress Judith Ivey is 58. Drummer Actress Khandi Alexander (“ER,” “NewsRadio”) is 52. Actor-comedian Damon Wayans is 49. Actress Ione Skye is 39. Singer Beyonce Knowles (Destiny’s Child) is 28.
Sept. 5: Comedian-actor Bob Newhart is 80. Actor George Lazenby is 70. Actor William Devane is 70. Actress Raquel Welch is 69. Singer Al Stewart is 64. Singer Loudon Wainwright III is 63. Cartoonist Cathy Guisewite (“Cathy”) is 59. Actor Michael Keaton is 58. Actress Debbie Turner-Larson (Marta from “The Sound of Music”) is 53. Singer Terry Ellis of En Vogue is 46. TV personality-musician Dweezil Zappa is 40. Actress Rose McGowan is 36. Actor Andrew Ducote (“Dave’s World”) is 23. Actor Skandar Keynes (“The Chronicles of Narnia”) is 18.