Actors:
Bonnie Bedelia is 76 (“Parenthood”)
Marcia Cross is 62 (“Quantico”)
Lisa Gay Hamilton is 60 (“House of Cards”)
Paul Michael Glaser is 81 (“Miami Vice”)
Mary Gross is 71 (“Sabrina The Teenage Witch”)
James McDaniel is 66 (“Detroit 1-8-7”)
Katharine McPhee is 40 (“Scorpion”) (FAST FACT: She’s been married to husband David Foster, who is 34 years her senior, since 2019. Their son (her first child) Rennie David Foster arrived February 2021)
Lee Pace is 45 (“Guardians of the Galaxy”)
Sarah Jessica Parker is 59 (“…And Just Like That”)
Brenda Strong is 64 (“Desperate Housewives”)
Lark Voorhies is 50 (Lisa Turtle on “Saved by the Bell,” “Good Morning, Miss Bliss”)
Musicians:
Big Sean is 36 (His mama knows him as Sean Michael Leonard Anderson)
Anita Bryant is 84
All Saints’ Melanie Blatt is 49
“American Idol” alum Jason Castro is 37 (He’s a married father of four now…and works in real estate)
Sir Elton John is 77
DJ Ryan Lewis (of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis) is 36
Ronnie McDowell is 74
Spandau Ballet’s Steve Norman is 64
The Melvins’ Buzz Osborne is 60
The late Hoyt Axton (1938 – 1999)…he would have been 86
The late Aretha Franklin (1942 – 2018)…she would have been 82
Plus:
Astronaut James Lovell is 96 (FAST FACTS: Commander of the famous Apollo 13 space mission and the first person to fly to the moon twice without making a landing)
Comedian (and “SNL” cast member) Alex Moffat is 42
Domino’s Pizza founder Thomas S. Monaghan is 87 (FAST FACT: He grew his single college-campus pizza store into a huge business; he sold it to Bain Capital for an estimated $1-billion and became involved in philanthropic work)
Race car driver Danica Patrick is 42 (She is the most successful woman in the history of American open-wheel racing—her win in the 2008 Indy Japan 300 is the only women's victory in an IndyCar Series race and her third place in the 2009 Indianapolis 500 is the highest finish there ever by a woman. She competed in the series from 2005 to 2011. In 2012, she competed in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and occasionally in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.)
Movie critic Gene Shalit is 98
Feminist icon and author Gloria Steinem is 90 (Quote: “I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.” FAST FACT: In 1972, Steinem became the first woman to speak at the National Press Club.)
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