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Today Dilip Kumar is 98, Jean-Louis Trintignant is 90, and Donna Mills is 80. Today is also the birthday of Rita Moreno, Teri Garr, Hailee Steinfeld, Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def), Mo’Nique, John Kerry, Nikki Sixx, Max Martini, Xosha Roquemore, Lynda Day George, Brenda Lee, Rider Strong, Jon Brion, Tom Shadyac, Margaret Hoover, and the late Jean Marais, Maila Nurmi (aka Vampira), Ron Carey, Liz Smith, Gilbert Roland, Marie Windsor, Betsy Blair, Elizabeth Baur, Manoel de Oliveira, and Carlo Ponti. Sam Cooke and Percy Kilbride died 56 years ago in 1964. Cooke was 33. Kilbride was 76. Bettie Page died twelve years ago in 2008 at age 85. Ravi Shankar died eight years ago in 2012 at age 92.

Today Kenneth Branagh is 60. Today is also the birthday of Michael Snow, Raven-Symoné, Tommy Kirk, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Nia Peeples, Xavier Samuel, Patrick John Flueger, Susan Dey, Fionnula Flanagan, Bobby Flay, and the late Emily Dickinson, Dorothy Lamour, Michael Clarke Duncan, Dan Blocker, Mako, Barbara Nichols, Harold Gould, Douglas Kenney, Tommy Rettig, Ray Collins, Una Merkel, Victor McLaglen, John Colicos, and Greg Giraldo. Otis Redding died 53 years ago in 1967 at age 26. Ed Wood died 42 years ago in 1978 at age 54. Richard Pryor died fifteen years ago in 2005 at age 65.

Today Michael Nouri is 75, and Simon Helberg is 40. Today is also the birthday of Judi Dench, John Malkovich, Beau Bridges, Felicity Huffman, Donny Osmond, Toby Huss, Michael Dorn, Mario Cantone, John Paragon, Kurt Angle, Kirsten Gillibrand, and the late Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Redd Foxx, Broderick Crawford, Margaret Hamilton, Buck Henry, Hermione Gingold, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Dalton Trumbo, Dick Van Patten, Emmett Kelly, Neil Innes, and John Milton. Joey Forman died 38 years ago in 1982 at age 53. Mike Mazurki died thirty years ago in 1990 at age 82. Vincent Gardenia died 28 years ago in 1992 at age 72. Jenni Rivera died eight years ago in 2012 at age 43.

Today Rick Baker is 70, and Juliette Danielle is 40. Today is also the birthday of Kim Basinger, Teri Hatcher, Matthias Schoenaerts, Sinéad O’Connor, Nicki Minaj, Wendell Pierce, AnnaSophia Robb, David Harewood, Ian Somerhalder, Dominic Monaghan, Nancy Meyers, Deborra-Lee Furness, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Junkie XL (Tom Holkenborg), Tyler Mane, Ann Coulter, and the late Sammy Davis Jr., Maximilian Schell, Jim Morrison, Gregg Allman, David Carradine, Flip Wilson, Sam Kinison, Georges Méliès, Lee J. Cobb, Mary, Queen of Scots, James MacArthur, Frank Faylen, John Qualen, James Thurber, Jean Porter, Dewey Martin, Richard Fleischer, and Ernest Lehman. Gladys George died 66 years ago in 1954 at age 54. John Lennon died forty years ago in 1980 at age 40. Slim Pickens died 37 years ago in 1983 at age 64. Martin Ritt died thirty years ago in 1990 at age 76. Robert Prosky died twelve years ago in 2008 at age 77. Rene Auberjonois and Caroll Spinney died one year ago in 2019. Auberjonois was 79. Spinney was 85.

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.