'The Boss', Bruce Springsteen, Celebrates 75th Birthday Today

Actors:

Jason Alexander is 65 (“Pretty Woman,” “Seinfeld”)

Skylar Astin is 37 (“Taking Woodstock,” “Pitch Perfect”)

Kaylee DeFer is 38 (“Gossip Girl, “Flicka”)

Anthony Mackie is 46 (“8 Mile,” “The Falcon and The Winter Soldier”)

Chi McBride is 63 (“Boston Public,” “Hawaii Five-0”)

Mary Kay Place is 77 (“Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,” “Grace & Frankie”)

Anneliese Van der Pol is 40 (“That’s So Raven,” “Vampires Suck”)

The late Elizabeth Pena (1959 – 2014)…she would have been 65 (“La Bamba,” “Jacob's Ladder”) (FAST FACTS: In 1975, she was a founding member of the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors. She graduated from New York's High School of Performing Arts in 1977 – with her classmates were Ving Rhames and Esai Morales)

The late Walter Pidgeon (1897-1984) (“How Green Was My Valley,” “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea”)

The late Mickey Rooney (1920-2014) (“The Black Stallion,” “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”) (FAST FACT: He made his first stage appearance when he was fourteen months old, crawling onstage with overalls and a little harmonica during his parents' acting routine.) 

Musicians:

Sarah Bettens of K’s Choice is 52

Jermaine Dupri is 52

BR549’s Don Herron is 51

O-Town’s Erik-Michael Estrada is 45

Julio Iglesias is 81

Bruce Springsteen is 75

The late Ray Charles (1930-2004) …he would have been 94 (FAST FACTS: He pioneered the genre of soul music during the 1950s by combining blues, rhythm and blues, and gospel styles and eventually became one of the first black musicians to be granted artistic control by a mainstream record company. Frank Sinatra once called Ray Charles "the only true genius in show business” and in 2002, “Rolling Stone” ranked Charles number ten on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time.”) 

Plus:

Model/TV personality Caridee English is 40 (She won the 7th season of “America’s Next Top Model,” has hosted “Pretty Wicked”)

Stock car driver Regan Smith is 41 (He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series)

The late Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus (63 BC-14 AD) (FAST FACTS: He may have died from natural causes, although there were unconfirmed rumors that his wife, Livia, poisoned him. He was succeeded as Emperor by his adopted son – also stepson and former son-in-law – Tiberius.)

The late feminist Victoria Claflin Woodhull (1838-1927) (She was the first woman to run for President – she went against Grant. She was also a stockbroker, newspaper publisher, a pioneer of women's rights and an advocate of free love – aka the freedom to marry, divorce, and bear children without government interference)

 (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

 


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