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Today Clive Russell is 75, and Abdellatif Kechiche is 60. Today is also the birthday of Ellen Burstyn, Tom Waits, Jeffrey Wright, Noam Chomsky, Nicholas Hoult, Jack Huston, Jennifer Carpenter, Mark Duplass, Shiri Appleby, James Keach, Emily Browning, C. Thomas Howell, Mark Rolston, Caleb Landry Jones, Kristofer Hivju, Patrick Fabian, Kenneth Colley, Jeff Nichols, Priscilla Barnes, Larry Bird, Aaron Carter, Chris Crocker, and the late Eli Wallach, Ted Knight, Louis Prima, Patrice O’Neal, Leigh Brackett, Hurd Hatfield, Fay Bainter, Rod Cameron, Johnny Duncan, and Gordon Parks Jr. Joan Bennett died thirty years ago in 1990 at age 80. Harry Morgan died nine years ago in 2011 at age 96.

Today Shekhar Kapur is 75. Today is also the birthday of Judd Apatow, Steven Wright, Tom Hulce, JoBeth Williams, Ulrich Thomsen, Janine Turner, Nick Park, Leon Russom, Alain Tanner, Craig Brewer, Andrew Cuomo, and the late Agnes Moorehead, Wally Cox, Bobby Van, Ira Gershwin, Dave Brubeck, who would be 100, Sergio Corbucci, and Richard Speck. Roy Orbison died 32 years ago in 1988 at age 52. Frances Bavier died 31 years ago in 1989 at age 86. Don Ameche died 27 years ago in 1993 at age 85. Werner Klemperer died twenty years ago in 2000 at age 80.

Today Jessica Paré is 40. Today is also the birthday of Joan Didion, Margaret Cho, Frankie Muniz, Paula Patton, Lisa Marie, Jeroen Krabbé, Nick Stahl, Lynne Ramsay, Dolly Wells, Morgan Brittany, Amy Acker, and the late Walt Disney, Little Richard, Fritz Lang, Otto Preminger, Emeric Pressburger, Adolph Caesar, Margaret Hayes, Alvy Moore, Nunnally Johnson, Wladyslaw Szpilman, Martin Van Buren, George Armstrong Custer, and Strom Thurmond. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died 229 years ago in 1791 at age 35. Robert Aldrich died 37 years ago in 1983 at age 65. Nelson Mandela died seven years ago in 2013 at age 95.

Today ‘Melrose’ Larry Green is 70, and Kevin Sussman is 50. Today is also the birthday of Jeff Bridges, Marisa Tomei, Jay-Z, Fred Armisen, Tyra Banks, Tony Todd, Max Baer Jr., Gemma Jones, Wink Martindale, Cheng Pei Pei, Pamela Stephenson, Patricia Wettig, Corinne Marchand, Mick Garris, Álex de la Iglesia, Yôjirô Takita, and the late Deanna Durbin, Ronnie Corbett, Dennis Wilson, Horst Buchholz, Victor French, Donnelly Rhodes, Gérard Philipe, Michael Bates, who would be 100, Mark Robson, Lloyd Bacon, Alex North, Cornell Woolrich, and Francisco Franco. Bert Lahr died 53 years ago in 1967 at age 72. Frank Zappa died 27 years ago in 1993 at age 52.

Today Jean-Luc Godard is 90, Julianne Moore and Daryl Hannah are 60, and Anna Chlumsky and Jenna Dewan are 40. Today is also the birthday of Ozzy Osbourne, Brendan Fraser, Amanda Seyfried, Tiffany Haddish, Michael Angarano, Steven Culp, Steve Harris, Keegan Connor Tracy, Andrew Stanton, Adam Wingard, Jonathan Cherry, Jake T. Austin, and the late Andy Williams, Joseph Conrad, Len Lesser, Don Calfa, Mel Smith, and Sven Nykvist. Maria Ouspenskaya died 71 years ago in 1949 at age 73. Madeline Kahn died 21 years ago in 1999 at age 57. David Hemmings died seventeen years ago in 2003 at age 62. Philip Bosco died two years ago in 2018 at age 88.

Today Connie Booth is 80, Penelope Spheeris is 75, and Joe Lo Truglio is 50. Today is also the birthday of Lucy Liu, Britney Spears, Dennis Christopher, Rena Sofer, Steven Bauer, Brendan Coyle, Alfred Enoch, Dan Butler, Harry Reid, and the late Julie Harris, Maria Callas, Ray Walston, Leo Gordon, Jonathan Frid, Bill Irwin, Gianni Versace, Warren William, Robert F. Simon, and Vilgot Sjöman. Marty Feldman died 38 years ago in 1982 at age 48. Desi Arnaz died 34 years ago in 1986 at age 69. Robert Cummings died thirty years ago in 1990 at age 80. Joey Adams died 21 years ago in 1999 at age 88.

Today Woody Allen is 85, Bette Midler is 75, and Sarah Silverman is 50. Today is also the birthday of Emily Mortimer, Janelle Monáe, Treat Williams, Riz Ahmed, Jonathan Katz, Zoë Kravitz, Deep Roy, Nestor Carbonell, Nate Torrence, Larry Charles, David Hornsby, Akiva Schaffer, Andrew Adamson, Rick Scott, and the late Richard Pryor, who would be 80, Dick Shawn, Mary Martin, David Doyle, Paul Picerni, Matthew Shepard, and Pablo Escobar. James Baldwin died 33 years ago in 1987 at age 63. Paul Benedict died twelve years ago in 2008 at age 70. Ken Berry died two years ago in 2018 at age 85.

Today G. Gordon Liddy is 90, and Hiam Abbass is 60. Today is also the birthday of Terrence Malick, Ridley Scott, David Mamet, Ben Stiller, Gael García Bernal, Mandy Patinkin, Billy Idol, Colin Mochrie, Richard Brake, Allison Williams, Mia Goth, Kaley Cuoco, Elisha Cuthbert, Cherie Currie, Marc Forster, Henry Selick, Chris Weitz, Marina Abramovic, Emmanuel Lubezki, Steve Aoki, Robert Kirkman, Michael Hoffman, P.J. Hogan, Lenny Abrahamson, Judith Roberts, William Dear, Clay Aiken, Chrissy Teigen, and the late Mark Twain, Jonathan Swift, Winston Churchill, Dick Clark, Robert Guillaume, Billy Drago, Nelsan Ellis, Rex Reason, Allan Sherman, Shirley Chisholm, Jean Eustache, Gordon Parks, Richard Crenna, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Virginia Mayo, who would be 100, and Abbie Hoffman. Oscar Wilde died 120 years ago in 1900 at age 46. Ernst Lubitsch died 73 years ago in 1947 at age 55. Zeppo Marx died 41 years ago in 1979 at age 78. Lionel Stander died 26 years ago in 1994 at age 86. Evel Knievel died thirteen years ago in 2007 at age 69. Paul Walker died seven years ago in 2013 at age 40. Jim Nabors died three years ago in 2017 at age 87. George H.W. Bush died two years ago in 2018 at age 94.

Today Diane Ladd is 85, and Cathy Moriarty and Jackie Hoffman are 60. Today is also the birthday of Don Cheadle, Joel Coen, Anna Faris, Tom Sizemore, Howie Mandel, Lucas Black, Gemma Chan, Jeff Fahey, Brian Baumgartner, Kim Delaney, Tom Wright, Jerry Lawler, Simon Amstell, Ehren McGhehey, and the late Chadwick Boseman, Garry Shandling, Busby Berkeley, C. S. Lewis, Louisa May Alcott, and Yakima Canutt. Godfrey Cambridge died 44 years ago in 1976 at age 43. Natalie Wood died 39 years ago in 1981 at age 43. Cary Grant died 34 years ago in 1986 at age 82. Ralph Bellamy died 29 years ago in 1991 at age 87. George Harrison died nineteen years ago in 2001 at age 58. Patrice O’Neal died nine years ago in 2011 at age 41.

Today Ed Harris is 70. Today is also the birthday of Jon Stewart, Randy Newman, Paul Shaffer, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Judd Nelson, Alfonso Cuarón, Joe Dante, Armando Iannucci, Karen Gillan, Martin Clunes, Berry Gordy, S. Epatha Merkerson, Ryan Kwanten, Colman Domingo, Agnieszka Holland, Stephnie Weir, Paul Dinello, Rose Abdoo, Pamela Hayden, and the late Gloria Grahame, James Karen, Hope Lange, Anna Nicole Smith, Michael Ritchie, Lilia Skala, Stefan Zweig, and Max Wagner. Rosalind Russell died 44 years ago in 1976 at age 69. Leslie Nielsen died ten years ago in 2010 at age 84. Marjorie Lord died five years ago in 2015 at age 97.