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Today Ursula Andress is 85. Today is also the birthday of Glenn Close, Bruce Willis, Harvey Weinstein, Renée Taylor, Rachel Blanchard, Neil LaBute, Jorma Taccone, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Fred Stoller, Jan Shepard, Nicholas Stoller, and the late Philip Roth, Moms Mabley, Patricia Morison, Patrick McGoohan, Kent Smith, Fred Clark, Roy Roberts, Tige Andrews, Eric Christmas, Wyatt Earp, William Jennings Bryan, and Adolf Eichmann. Paul Scofield and Arthur C. Clarke both died thirteen years ago in 2008. Scofield was 86, and Clarke was 90.

Today Chris Geere is 40. Today is also the birthday of Brad Dourif, Queen Latifah, Vanessa Williams, Luc Besson, Lily Collins, Dane Cook, Adam Pally, Adam Levine, Mike Rowe, Lykke Li, and the late Susan Tyrrell, Peter Graves, Robert Donat, Edward Everett Horton, John Updike, René Clément, Grover Cleveland, and Neville Chamberlain. Anthony Minghella died thirteen years ago in 2008 at age 54. Natasha Richardson died twelve years ago in 2009 at age 45. Chuck Berry died four years ago in 2017 at age 90.

Today Mike Love is 80. Today is also the birthday of Judd Hirsch, Eva Longoria Baston, David Cronenberg, Dee Snider, Kim Raver, Joaquim de Almeida, Jai Courtney, Brian Tee, Mark McGrath, Monica Dolan, Bret Michaels, Fabio, will.i.am, Renny Harlin, Greg Nicotero, Khosrow Vaziri (The Iron Sheik), Jimmy Swaggart, and the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Lawrence Tierney, Joe. E. Ross, Andrew Jackson, George Brent, Macdonald Carey, J. Pat O’Malley, Walter Gotell, and Philippe de Broca. H. P. Lovecraft died 84 years ago in 1937 at age 46. Ann Southern died twenty years in 2001 at age 92. David Brenner died seven years ago in 2014 at age 78.

Today Wolfgang Petersen is 80, and Gary Dell’Abate is 60. Today is also the birthday of Michael Caine, Billy Crystal, Quincy Jones, Jamie Bell, Ansel Elgort, Corey Stoll, Meredith Salenger, Chris Klein, Betsy Brandt, Raymond J. Barry, Johnny Flynn, Stephen Curry, Kevin Williamson, Gary Anthony Williams, Bruno Dumont, Sasha Grey, Bertrand Blier, and the late Albert Einstein and Diane Arbus. Susan Hayward died 46 years ago in 1975 at age 57. Busby Berkeley died 45 years ago in 1976 at age 80. Howard Ashman died thirty years ago in 1991 at age 40. Fred Zinnemann died 24 years ago in 1997 at age 89. Peter Graves died eleven years ago in 2010 at age 83.

Today Al Jaffee is 100, Charo is 70, and Annabeth Gish is 50. Today is also the birthday of William H. Macy, Common, Emile Hirsch, Adam Clayton, Dana Delany, Danny Masterson, Neil Sedaka, George MacKay, Harry Melling, Tim Story, André Téchiné, and the late L. Rob Hubbard, Douglas Rain, Glenne Headly, Paul Fix, Joseph Mascolo, Paul Stewart, Henry Hathaway, and Peaches Geldof. Krzysztof Kieslowski and Lucio Fulci both died 25 years ago in 1996. Kieslowski was 54. Fulci was 68.

Today Liza Minnelli and Frank Welker are 75. Today is also the birthday of James Taylor, Aaron Eckhart, Barbara Feldon, Lesley Manville, Courtney B. Vance, Ron Jeremy, Titus Welliver, Jason Beghe, Jaimie Alexander, Samm Levine, Jake Tapper, Dave Eggers, Luenell, Marlon Jackson, Rob Cohen, Jim Sharman, Tammy Duckworth, Mitt Romney, and the late Edward Albee, Jack Kerouac, Takashi Shimura, and Billie ‘Buckwheat’ Thomas. Charlie Parker died 66 years ago in 1955 at age 34. John Cazale died 43 years ago in 1978 at age 41.

Today Rupert Murdoch is 90, Mark Metcalf is 75, Elias Koteas is 60, Johnny Knoxville is 50, and David Anders is 40. Today is also the birthday of Terrence Howard, Jerry Zucker, Peter Berg, Thora Birch, Jodie Comer, Mircea Monroe, Alex Kingston, Simon Curtis, Rob Paulsen, Joey Buttafuoco, and the late Anton Yelchin, Shemp Howard, Raoul Walsh, Dorothy Gish, Lawrence Welk, Douglas Adams, Timothy Carey, and Eric S. Lynch aka Eric the Actor from The Howard Stern Show. F.W. Murnau died ninety years ago in 1931 at age 42. Richard Brooks died 29 years ago in 1992 at age 79. Betty Hutton died fourteen years ago in 2007 at age 86. 

Today Jon Hamm is 50. Today is also the birthday of Sharon Stone, Olivia Wilde, Chuck Norris, Carrie Underwood, Thomas Middleditch, Shannon Tweed Simmons, Edi Gathegi, Robin Thicke, Emily Osment, Rick Rubin, Rafe Spall, Paget Brewster, Aloma Wright, Danny Pudi, Richard Gant, Paul Haggis, Luc Dardenne, Mitchell Lichtenstein, and the late Barry Fitzgerald, Sam Jaffe, Richard Haydn, Joe Viterelli, Gregory La Cava, Dolores Fuller, Barbara Marx, and Osama bin Laden. Ray Milland died 35 years ago in 1986 at age 79. Lloyd Bridges died 23 years ago in 1998 at age 85. Richard Jeni died fourteen years ago in 2007 at age 49. Corey Haim died eleven years ago in 2010 at age 38.

Today Masahiro Shinoda is 90, and Emmanuel Lewis is 50. Today is also the birthday of Oscar Isaac, Juliette Binoche, Brittany Snow, Joyce Van Patten, Linda Fiorentino, Shad Moss (aka Bow Wow), Jean Louisa Kelly, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jean-Marc Vallée, Jordan Klepper, Rodney A. Grant, Richard Quest, Steve Wilkos, and the late Raul Julia, Will Geer, Bobby Fischer, Marty Ingels, Joe Franklin, and Keely Smith. George Burns died 25 years ago in 1996 at age 100. Christopher Wallace (aka The Notorious B.I.G.) died 24 years ago in 1997 at age 24. Stan Brakhage died eighteen years ago in 2003 at age 70. George Martin died five years ago in 2016 at age 90.

Today Camryn Manheim is 60. Today is also the birthday of Micky Dolenz, James Van Der Beek, Freddie Prinze Jr, Susan Clark, Aidan Quinn, Lester Holt, Alison Becker, Lewis Teague, John Kapelos, Steve James, Sebastián Lelio, and the late Lynn Redgrave, Alan Hale Jr., who would be 100, Cyd Charisse, Claire Trevor, and Louise Beavers. Harold Lloyd died fifty years ago in 1971 at age 77. George Stevens died 46 years ago in 1975 at age 70. Joe DiMaggio died 22 years ago in 1999 at age 84. Max von Sydow died one year ago in 2020 at age 90.