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Today Bruce Robinson and David Suchet are 75. Today is also the birthday of Dwayne The Rock Johnson, David Beckham, Christine Baranski, Ellie Kemper, Bruce Glover, Lily Allen, Stephen Daldry, Ari Lehman, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Lone Scherfig, Donatella Versace, and the late Bing Crosby, Satyajit Ray, who would be 100, Theodore Bikel, John Neville, Roscoe Lee Browne, Lesley Gore, and Hedda Hopper. Oliver Reed died 22 years ago in 1999 at age 61. Lynn Redgrave died eleven years ago in 2010 at age 67. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. died seven years ago in 2014 at age 95.

Today Joanna Lumley is 75. Today is also the birthday of Wes Anderson, Jamie Dornan, Julie Benz, Judy Collins, Bailey Chase, Tim McGraw, Diahnne Abbott, James Badge Dale, John Diehl, Stephen Macht, Dann Florek, Maia Morgenstern, Kerry Bishé, Madeline Brewer, Nicholas Braun, Anne Fletcher, James Murray, and the late Jack Paar, Glenn Ford, Danielle Darrieux, Dan O’Herlihy, John Meillon, Louis Nye, Joseph Heller, Leila Hyams, Terry Southern, Henry Koster, and Calamity Jane. Joseph Goebbels died 76 years ago in 1945 at age 47. Grant Mitchell died 64 years ago in 1957 at age 82.

Today Bill Plympton is 75, and Kunal Nayyar is 40. Today is also the birthday of Kirsten Dunst, Gal Gadot, Lars von Trier, Jane Campion, Burt Young, Ana de Armas, Johnny Galecki, Adrian Pasdar, Sam Heughan, Allan Arkush, Jacques Audiard, James Marsh, Travis Scott, and the late Cloris Leachman, Eve Arden, Al Lewis, Jill Clayburgh, Gary Collins, and Dick Elliott. Tom Poston died thirteen years ago in 2008 at age 85.

Today is the birthday of Daniel Day-Lewis, Jerry Seinfeld, Willie Nelson, Uma Thurman, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kate Mulgrew, Leslie Jordan, Tyler Labine, Richard Kline, Phillip Noyce, Andrew Bujalski, and the late Duke Ellington, Jean Rochefort, Celeste Holm, Fred Zinnemann, Irvin Kershner, Tom Ewell, Maya Deren, Wayne Robson, Tommy Noonan, who would be 100, Richard Carlson, King Hu, William Randolph Hearst, and Dale Earnhardt. Anthony Mann died 54 years ago in 1967 at age 60. Alfred Hitchcock died 41 years ago in 1980 at age 80. Bob Hoskins died seven years ago in 2014 at age 71. Irrfan Khan died one year ago in 2020 at age 53.

Today Ann-Margret is 80, Bridget Moynahan is 50, Jessica Alba is 40, and Tony Revolori is 25. Today is also the birthday of Penélope Cruz, Jay Leno, Mary McDonnell, Claes Bang, Kim Gordon, Elisabeth Röhm, Jorge Garcia, Kari Wuhrer, Paul Guilfoyle, Harry Shum Jr., Dan Goor, and the late Lionel Barrymore, Carolyn Jones, Bruno Kirby, Harper Lee, Terry Pratchett, Madge Sinclair, Sidney Toler, Richard C. Sarafian, Oskar Schindler, and Saddam Hussein. Ed Begley died 51 years ago in 1970 at age 69. John Singleton died two years ago in 2019 at age 51.

Today Ace Frehley is 70. Today is also the birthday of Sally Hawkins, Anouk Aimée, Jenna Coleman, Ari Graynor, James Le Gros, Kevin McNally, Matt Reeves, Cristian Mungiu, Rachel Morrison, Cory Booker, and the late Jack Klugman, Sandy Dennis, Robert Donner, Casey Kasem, Cuba Gooding, August Wilson, Theodoros Angelopoulos, Coretta Scott King, and Ulysses S. Grant. Edward R. Murrow died 56 years ago in 1965 at age 57. Stanley Adams died 44 years ago in 1977 at age 62.

Today Joan Chen is 60. Today is also the birthday of Channing Tatum, Carol Burnett, Jet Li, Kevin James, Giancarlo Esposito, Pablo Schreiber, Jemima Kirke, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Bobby Rydell, Jordana Brewster, Tom Welling, Ivana Milicevic, Debra Wilson, Melania Trump, and the late Douglas Sirk, Jean Vigo, Warren Clarke, Edgar Kennedy, Claudine Auger, Stafford Repp, and William Desmond Taylor. Gypsy Rose Lee died 51 years ago in 1970 at age 59. Irene Ryan died 48 years ago in 1973 at age 70. Broderick Crawford died 35 years ago in 1986 at age 74. Lucille Ball died 32 years ago in 1989 at age 77. Jonathan Demme died four years ago in 2017 at age 73.

Today Talia Shire is 75, and Dinesh D’Souza is 60. Today is also the birthday of Al Pacino, Renée Zellweger, Hank Azaria, Jason Lee, Marguerite Moreau, Gina Torres, Melonie Diaz, Jillian Bell, Björn Ulvaeus, Jeffrey DeMunn, and the late Ella Fitzgerald, Paul Mazursky, Edward R. Murrow, Bertrand Tavernier, Russ Conway, Cy Twombly, and Oliver Cromwell. Ginger Rogers died 26 years ago in 1995 at age 83. Bea Arthur died twelve years ago in 2009 at age 86.

Today is the birthday of Shirley MacLaine, Barbra Streisand, Djimon Hounsou, Eric Bogosian, Richard Donner, Cedric The Entertainer, Eric Balfour, Kelly Clarkson, Aidan Gillen, Derek Luke, Michael O’Keefe, Rory McCann, Austin Nichols, Glenn Morshower, Peter Friedman, Damon Lindelof, and the late Michael Parks, William Castle, Jill Ireland, Bruce Kirby, Jack E. Leonard, and Robert Wiene. Louise Dresser died 66 years ago in 1965 at age 86. Bud Abbott died 47 years ago in 1974 at age 78.

Today Anne Douglas is 102, George Lopez is 60, D.B. Weiss is 50, and Gemma Whelan is 40. Today is also the birthday of John Oliver, Judy Davis, Dev Patel, Lee Majors, Michael Moore, John Cena, Kal Penn, Valerie Bertinelli, Jaime King, Joyce DeWitt, John Hannah, Eric Edelstein, Alan Oppenheimer, John Lutz, Bubba the Love Sponge (Todd Alan Clem), and the late William Shakespeare, who died 405 years ago on his birthday in 1616 at age 52, Shirley Temple, Sandra Dee, Roy Orbison, Jan Hooks, Hervé Villechaize, Simone Simon, Sheila Gish, Kevin Meaney, James Hayter, Frank Borzage, Ronald Neame, J.M.W. Turner, and James Buchanan. Otto Preminger died 35 years ago in 1986 at age 80. Satyajit Ray died 29 years ago in 1992 at age 70.