Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 18-24
Celebrities having birthdays during the week of April 18-24 include actor America Ferrera, comedian Ali Wong and actor Jessica Lange
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Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 18-24:
April 18: Actor Robert Hooks is 84. Actor Hayley Mills is 75. Actor James Woods is 74. Actor Dorothy Lyman (“Mama’s Family”) is 74. Actor Cindy Pickett (“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”) is 74. Keyboardist Walt Richmond of The Tractors is 74. Bassist Jim Scholten of Sawyer Brown is 69. Actor Rick Moranis is 68. Actor Eric Roberts is 65. Actor Melody Thomas Scott (“Young and the Restless”) is 65. Actor John James (“Dynasty,” ″The Colbys”) is 65. Bassist Les Pattinson of Echo and the Bunnymen is 63. Actor Jane Leeves (“Hot In Cleveland,” ″Fraiser”) is 60. Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham is 59. Talk show host Conan O’Brien is 58. Actor Eric McCormack (“Will and Grace”) is 58. Actor Maria Bello is 54. Actor Mary Birdsong (“Reno 911!”) is 53. Actor David Hewlett (“Stargate: SG-1”) is 53. Actor-rapper Fredro Starr of Onyx (“Moesha”) is 50. Actor David Tennant (“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”) is 50. Guitarist Mark Tremonti of Creed and of Alter Bridge is 47. Singer Trina of Trina and Tamara is 47. Actor Melissa Joan Hart (“Sabrina the Teenage Witch”) is 45. Actor Bryce Johnson (“Pretty Little Liars”) is 44. TV personality Kourtney Kardashian is 42. Actor America Ferrera (“Ugly Betty”) is 37. Actor Tom Hughes (“Victoria”) is 36. Actor Ellen Woglom (“Marvel’s Inhumans”) is 34. Actor Vanessa Kirby (“The Crown”) is 33. Actor Alia Shawkat (“Arrested Development”) is 32. Actor Britt Robertson (“Under the Dome”) is 31. Actor Chloe Bennet (“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” ″Nashville”) is 29. Singer Nathan Sykes of The Wanted is 28. Actor Moises Arias (“Hannah Montana”) is 27.
April 19: Actor Elinor Donahue (“Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman,” “Father Knows Best”) is 84. Keyboardist Alan Price of The Animals is 79. Actor Tim Curry is 75. Singer Mark “Flo” Volman of The Turtles is 74. Actor Tony Plana (“Ugly Betty”) is 69. Actor Tom Wood (“The Fugitive,” “Ulee’s Gold”) is 58. Death Row Records co-founder Suge Knight is 56. Country singer Bekka Bramlett of Bekka and Billy is 53. Actor Kim Hawthorne (“Greenleaf”) is 53. Actor Ashley Judd is 53. Singer Luis Miguel is 51. Actor Jennifer Esposito (“Blue Bloods”) is 48. Actor Jennifer Taylor (“Two and a Half Men”) is 49. Singer Madeleine Peyroux is 47. Actor James Franco is 43. Actor Kate Hudson is 42. Actor Hayden Christensen (“Star Wars Episodes II and III”) is 40. Actor Catalina Sandino Moreno (“Che,” ″Maria Full of Grace”) is 40. Actor Ali Wong (“American Housewife”) is 39. Actor Victoria Yeates (“Call the Midwife”) is 38. Actor Courtland Mead (“Kirk”) is 34.
April 20: Actor George Takei (“Star Trek”) is 84. Singer Johnny Tillotson is 83. Actor Ryan O’Neal is 80. Bluegrass musician Doyle Lawson of Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver is 76. Keyboardist Craig Frost of Grand Funk Railroad is 73. Actor Gregory Itzin (“24″) is 73. Actor Veronica Cartwright (TV’s “24: Legacy, film’s “Aliens”) is 72. Actor Jessica Lange is 72. Actor Clint Howard is 62. Actor Crispin Glover is 57. Actor Andy Serkis (“Lord of the Rings”) is 57. Country singer Wade Hayes is 52. Actor Shemar Moore (“Criminal Minds”) is 51. Actor Carmen Electra is 49. Actor Joey Lawrence (“Blossom,” ″Brotherly Love”) is 45. Multi-instrumentalist Clay Cook of the Zac Brown Band is 43. Actor Clayne Crawford (TV’s “Lethal Weapon”) is 43. Actor Tim Jo (“The Neighbors”) is 37. Actor Carlos Valdes (TV’s “The Flash) is 32.
April 21: Actor Elaine May is 89. Actor Charles Grodin is 86. Singer Iggy Pop is 74. Actor Patti LuPone is 72. Actor Tony Danza is 70. Actor James Morrison (“24”) is 67. Actor Andie MacDowell is 63. Singer Robert Smith of The Cure is 62. Guitarist Michael Timmins of Cowboy Junkies is 62. Actor-director John Cameron Mitchell (“Hedwig and the Angry Inch”) is 58. Rapper Michael Franti of Spearhead is 55. Actor Leslie Silva (“In the Dark,” ″Providence”) is 53. Actor Toby Stephens (“Die Another Day”) is 52. Singer Glen Hansard is 51. Comedian Rob Riggle is 51. Comedian Nicole Sullivan (“King of Queens”) is 51. Guitarist David Brenner of Theory of a Deadman is 43. Actor James McAvoy (“The Last King of Scotland,” ″The Chronicles of Narnia”) is 42. Actor Terrence J (“Think Like a Man”) is 39. Actor Christoph Sanders (“Last Man Standing”) is 33. Actor Frank Dillane (“Fear the Walking Dead”) is 30. Singer Sydney Sierota of Echosmith is 24.
April 22: Actor Estelle Harris (“Seinfeld”) is 93. Actor Jack Nicholson is 84. Singer Mel Carter is 82. Country singer Cleve Francis is 76. Director John Waters is 75. Singer Peter Frampton is 71. Singer Paul Carrack (Squeeze, Mike and the Mechanics) is 70. Actor Joseph Bottoms is 67. Actor Ryan Stiles (“The Drew Carey Show”) is 62. Comedian Byron Allen (“Real People”) is 60. Actor Chris Makepeace is 57. Guitarist Fletcher Dragge of Pennywise is 55. Actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan (“The Good Wife,” ″Grey’s Anatomy”) is 55. Actor Sheryl Lee (“Twin Peaks”) is 54. TV personality Sherri Shepherd (“The View”) is 54. Country singer Heath Wright of Ricochet is 54. Country singer Kellie Coffey is 50. Actor Eric Mabius (“Ugly Betty”) is 50. Bassist Shavo Odadjian of System of a Down is 47. Singer-guitarist Daniel Johns of Silverchair is 42. Actor Malcolm Barrett (TV’s “Timeless”) is 41. Actor Cassidy Freeman (“Longmire,” “Smallville”) is 39. Actor Zack Gottsagen (“The Peanut Butter Falcon”) is 36. Actor Amber Heard is 35. Drummer Tripp Howell of LANCO is 32. Rapper Machine Gun Kelly is 31.
April 23: Actor David Birney is 82. Actor Lee Majors (“Six Million Dollar Man”) is 82. Actor Blair Brown is 74. Actor Joyce DeWitt (“Three’s Company”) is 72. Actor James Russo is 68. Director Michael Moore is 67. Actor Judy Davis is 66. Actor Valerie Bertinelli is 61. Actor Craig Sheffer (“One Tree Hill,” ″Into the West”) is 61. Comedian George Lopez is 60. Actor Melina Kanakaredes (“The Resident,” “Providence”) is 54. Drummer Stan Frazier of Sugar Ray is 53. Guitarist Tim Womack of Sons of the Desert is 53. Actor Scott Bairstow (“Party of Five”) is 51. Actor John Lutz (“30 Rock”) is 48. Musicians Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National are 45. Wrestler-turned-actor John Cena (“The Marine”) is 44. Actor-comedian John Oliver is 44. Actor Kal Penn (“House M.D.,” “Harold and Kumar”) is 44. Singer Taio Cruz is 38. Actor Jesse Lee Soffer (“Chicago P.D.,” “Chicago Fire”) is 37. Guitarist Anthony LaMarca of The War on Drugs is 34. Actor Dev Patel (“Slumdog Millionaire”) is 31. Actor Matthew Underwood (“Zoey 101”) is 31. Model Gigi Hadid is 26. Musicians Jake and Josh Kiszka of Greta Van Fleet are 25. Actor Charlie Rowe (“Salvation”) is 25.
April 24: Actor Shirley MacLaine is 87. Actor-singer-director Barbra Streisand is 79. Country singer Richard Sterban of the Oak Ridge Boys is 78. Drummer Doug Clifford (Creedence Clearwater Revival) is 76. Singer Ann Peebles is 74. Actor Eric Bogosian is 68. Singer-bassist Jack Blades of Night Ranger is 67. Actor Michael O’Keefe (“Roseanne”) is 66. Bassist David J (Love and Rockets, Bauhaus) is 64. Actor Glenn Morshower (“24”) is 62. Bassist Billy Gould (Faith No More) is 58. Actor-comedian Cedric the Entertainer is 57. Actor Djimon Hounsou (“Blood Diamond,” ″Amistad”) is 57. Drummer Patty Schemel (Hole) is 54. Drummer Aaron Comess of the Spin Doctors is 53. Actor Aidan Gillen (“Game of Thrones”) is 53. Actor Melinda Clarke (“The O.C.”) is 52. Actor Rory McCann (“Game of Thrones”) is 52. Bassist Brian Marshall of Creed and of Alter Bridge is 48. Actor Derek Luke (“Madea Goes To Jail,” ″Friday Night Lights”) is 47. Actor Thad Luckinbill (“12 Strong,” ″The Young and the Restless”) is 46. Actor Eric Balfour (“24”) is 44. Actor Rebecca Mader (“No Ordinary Family,” ″Lost”) is 44. Actor Reagan Gomez (“Queen Sugar,” ″The Parent ’Hood”) is 41. Actor Austin Nichols (“One Tree Hill”) is 41. Actor Sasha Barrese (“The Hangover”) is 40. Singer-TV personality Kelly Clarkson (“American Idol”) is 39. Singer-bassist Tyson Ritter of All-American Rejects is 37. Country singer Carly Pearce is 31. Actor Joe Keery (“Stranger Things”) is 29. Actor Jack Quaid (“The Hunger Games”) is 29. Actor Jordan Fisher (“Liv and Maddie,” ″Rent: Live”) is 27.
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