Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 22-28:
May 22: Pianist Peter Nero is 88. Actor-director Richard Benjamin is 84. Actor Frank Converse is 84. Actor Barbara Parkins (“Peyton Place,” ″Valley of the Dolls”) is 80. Songwriter Bernie Taupin is 72. Actor Al Corley (“Dynasty”) is 67. Singer Morrissey is 63. Actor Ann Cusack (“Jeff Foxworthy Show,” ″A League of Their Own”) is 61. Bassist Dana Williams of Diamond Rio is 61. Guitarist Jesse Valenzuela of Gin Blossoms is 60. Actor Mark Christopher Lawrence (“Chuck”) is 58. Singer Johnny Gill is 56. Bassist Dan Roberts of Crash Test Dummies is 55. Actor Brooke Smith (“Grey’s Anatomy,” ″The Silence of the Lambs”) is 55. Actor Michael Kelly (“House of Cards”) is 53. Model Naomi Campbell is 52. Actor Anna Belknap (“CSI: NY”) is 50. Singer Donell Jones is 49. Actor Sean Gunn (“Guardians of the Galaxy,” ″Gilmore Girls”) is 48. Actor A.J. Langer (“Private Practice”) is 48. Actor Ginnifer Goodwin (“Once Upon a Time”) is 44. Singer Vivian Green is 43. Actor Maggie Q (“Insurgent,” ″Divergent”) is 43. Actor Molly Ephraim (“Last Man Standing”) is 36. Actor Anna Baryshnikov (“Superior Donuts”) is 30. Actor Camren Bicondova (“Gotham”) is 23.
May 23: Actor Barbara Barrie is 91. Actor Joan Collins is 89. Actor Charles Kimbrough (“Murphy Brown”) is 86. Actor Lauren Chapin (“Father Knows Best”) is 77. Country singer Judy Rodman is 71. Author Mitch Albom is 64. Comedian Drew Carey is 64. Actor Lea DeLaria (“Orange Is the New Black”) is 64. Country singer Shelly West is 64. Actor Linden Ashby (“Melrose Place”) is 62. Actor-model Karen Duffy is 61. Actor Melissa McBride (“The Walking Dead”) is 57. Drummer Phil Selway of Radiohead is 55. Actor Laurel Holloman (“The L Word”) is 54. Drummer Matt Flynn of Maroon 5 is 52. Singer Lorenzo is 50. Country singer Brian McComas is 50. Actor-playwright John Pollono (“This is Us”) is 50. Singer Maxwell is 49. Singer Jewel is 48. Actor LaMonica Garrett (“Designated Survivor,” ″Sons of Anarchy”) is 47. Comedian Tim Robinson (“Saturday Night Live”) is 41. Actor Adam Wylie (“Picket Fences”) is 38. Director Ryan Coogler (“Black Panther”) is 36. Singer Sarah Jarosz is 31.
May 24: Jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp is 85. Comedian Tommy Chong of Cheech and Chong is 84. Musician Bob Dylan is 81. Actor Gary Burghoff (“MASH”) is 79. Singer Patti LaBelle is 78. Actor Priscilla Presley is 77. Country singer-songwriter Mike Reid is 75. Actor Jim Broadbent (“Moulin Rouge,” ″Iris”) is 73. Actor Alfred Molina is 69. Singer Rosanne Cash is 67. Actor Cliff Parisi (“Call the Midwife”) is 62. Actor Kristin Scott Thomas is 62. Bassist Jimmy Ashhurst of Buckcherry is 59. Keyboardist Vivian Trimble (Luscious Jackson) is 59. Actor John C. Reilly (“Chicago,” “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story”) is 57. Actor Dana Ashbrook (“Twin Peaks”) is 55. Actor Eric Close (“Nashville,” ″Without A Trace”) is 55. Actor Carl Payne (“Martin,” ″The Cosby Show”) is 53. Guitarist Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes) is 53. Actor Dash Mihok (“Silver Linings Playbook”) is 48. Actor Bryan Greenberg (film’s “Bride Wars,” TV’s “One Tree Hill”) is 44. Actor Billy L. Sullivan (“Something So Right”) is 42. Actor-rapper Big Tyme is 41. Drummer Cody Hanson of Hinder is 40. Dancer Mark Ballas (“Dancing With the Stars”) is 36. Country singer Billy Gilman is 34. Rapper G-Eazy is 33. Actor Cayden Boyd (“The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl”) is 28.
May 25: Actor Ann Robinson (“War of the Worlds”) is 93. Actor Ian McKellen (“Lord of the Rings”) is 83. Country singer Jessi Colter is 79. Actor-singer Leslie Uggams is 79. Director-Muppetteer Frank Oz is 78. Actor Karen Valentine is 75. Actor Jacki Weaver (“Silver Linings Playbook”) is 75. Singer Klaus Meine of Scorpions is 75. Actor Patti D’Arbanville (“New York Undercover”) is 71. Actor Connie Sellecca is 67. Singer-guitarist Paul Weller of The Jam is 64. Actor-comedian Mike Myers is 59. Actor Joseph Reitman (“The Perfect Storm”) is 54. Actor Anne Heche is 53. Actors Sidney and Lindsay Greenbush (“Little House on the Prairie”) are 52. Actor Jamie Kennedy (“Scream”) is 52. Actor Octavia Spencer (“Hidden Figures,” “The Help”) is 52. Actor Justin Henry (“Kramer Vs. Kramer”) is 51. Rapper Daz Dillinger of Tha Dogg Pound is 49. Actor Erinn Hayes (“Kevin Can Wait”) is 46. Actor Cillian Murphy (“The Dark Knight,” ″Batman Begins”) is 46. Actor Ethan Suplee (“My Name Is Earl”) is 46. Actor Lauren Frost (“Even Stevens”) is 37. Musician Guy Lawrence of Disclosure is 31.
May 26: Sportscaster Brent Musburger is 83. Drummer Garry Peterson of The Guess Who is 77. Singer Stevie Nicks is 74. Actor Philip Michael Thomas (“Miami Vice”) is 73. Actor Pam Grier is 73. Country singer Hank Williams Jr. is 73. Actor Margaret Colin is 64. Singer Dave Robbins (BlackHawk) is 63. Actor Doug Hutchison (“The Green Mile”) is 62. Actor Genie Francis (“General Hospital”) is 60. Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait is 60. Singer Lenny Kravitz is 58. Actor Helena Bonham Carter is 56. Drummer Phillip Rhodes of The Gin Blossoms is 54. Actor Joseph Fiennes (“Shakespeare in Love”) is 52. Singer Joey Kibble of Take 6 is 51. “South Park” co-creator Matt Stone is 51. Singer Lauryn Hill is 47. Bassist Nathan Cochran of MercyMe is 44. Actor Elisabeth Harnois (“CSI”) is 43. Actor Hrach Titizian (“Homeland”) is 43.
May 27: Actor Lee Meriwether is 87. Musician Ramsey Lewis is 87. Actor Louis Gossett Jr. is 86. Actor Bruce Weitz is 79. Singer Bruce Cockburn is 77. Jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater is 72. Actor Richard Schiff (“The Good Doctor,” “The West Wing”) is 67. Singer Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie and the Banshees is 65. Singer-guitarist Neil Finn of Crowded House and Split Enz is 64. Actor Peri Gilpin (“Frasier”) is 61. Actor Cathy Silvers (“Happy Days”) is 61. Comedian Adam Carolla is 58. Actor Todd Bridges (“Diff’rent Strokes”) is 57. Drummer Sean Kinney of Alice In Chains is 56. Actor Dondre’ Whitfield (“Queen Sugar”) is 53. Actor Paul Bettany (“The Da Vinci Code,” ″A Beautiful Mind”) is 51. Singer-guitarist Brian Desveaux of Nine Days is 51. Actor Jack McBrayer (“30 Rock”) is 49. Rapper Andre 3000 of Outkast is 47. Rapper Jadakiss is 47. TV chef Jamie Oliver is 47. Actor Ben Feldman (“Mad Men”) is 42. Actor Darin Brooks (“The Bold and the Beautiful”) is 38. Actor Chris Colfer (“Glee”) is 32. Actor Ethan Dampf (“American Dreams”) is 28. Actor Desiree Ross (“Greenleaf”) is 23.
May 28: Actor Carroll Baker is 91. Singer Gladys Knight is 78. Singer Billy Vera is 78. Singer John Fogerty is 77. Musician Jerry Douglas of Alison Krauss and Union Station is 66. Actor Louis Mustillo (“Mike and Molly”) is 64. Actor Brandon Cruz (“The Courtship of Eddie’s Father”) is 60. Actor Christa Miller (“Scrubs,” ″The Drew Carey Show”) is 58. Country singer Phil Vassar is 58. Singer Chris Ballew of Presidents of the United States of America is 57. Singer Kylie Minogue is 54. Rapper Chubb Rock is 54. Actor Justin Kirk (“Weeds”) is 53. Talk show host Elisabeth Hasselbeck (“Fox and Friends,” ″The View”) is 45. R&B singer Jaheim is 45. Actor Jake Johnson (“New Girl”) is 44. Actor Monica Keena (“Dawson’s Creek,” ″Undeclared”) is 43. Actor Alexa Davalos (“Clash of the Titans” ″The Chronicles of Riddick”) is 40. Actor Megalyn Echikunwoke (“24”) is 40. Singer Colbie Caillat is 37. Actor Carey Mulligan (“The Great Gatsby”) is 37.
