Famous Birthdays Today- Barbra Streisand Is 78

By Seth Williams

April 24th

Actors:

  • Eric Balfour is 43 (“Six Feet Under,” “24,” “Haven,” “Skyline,” “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” “Haven”)
  • Eric Bogosian is 67 (“Talk Radio,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “Suburbia”)
  • Melinda Clarke is 51 (“Days Of Our Lives,” “Soldier of Fortune, Inc.,” “CSI,” “The O.C.,” “Entourage,” “Nikita”)
  • Djimon Hounsou is 56 (“Amistad,” “Gladiator,” “Blood Diamond,” “Gladiator,” Guardians of the Galaxy,” “Furious 7”)
  • Derek Luke is 46 (“Antwone Fisher,” “Glory Road,” “Captain America: The First Avenger” “Notorious,” “Trauma,” “Rogue”)
  • Shirley MacLaine is 86 (“Sweet Charity,” “Terms of Endearment,” “Cannonball Run II,” “Madame Sousatzka,” “Steel Magnolias,” “Postcards From The Edge,” “Guarding Tess”)
  • Michael O'Keefe is 65 (“Caddyshack,” "Roseanne,” “Ghosts of Mississippi,” “Atlas Shrugged,” “Homeland”)
  • Jack Quaid is 28 (“The Hunger Games,” “Ithaca”) (FAST FACT: He’s the son of Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan)
  • Larramie Shaw is 28 (“Tyler Perry’s House of Payne,” “The Suite Life on Deck”)
  • The late Jill Ireland(1936 – 1990) …she would have been 84(“Chino,” “Hard Times,” “The Great Escape,” “Death Wish II,” “The Dirty Dozen”) (FAST FACT: She was well known for her role as “Leila Kalomi,” the only woman Mr. Spock ever loved from 1966’s “Star Trek.” She became a spokesperson for the American Cancer Society and wrote two books on her fight with breast cancer.) 

Musicians:

  • We the Kings’ Travis Clark is 35
  • Kelly Clarkson is 38 (FAST FACT: She’s been married to Brandon Blackstock since 2013)
  • Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Doug “Cosmo” Clifford is 75
  • All-American Rejects Tyson Ritter is 36
  • The Oak Ridge Boys’ Richard Sterban is 77
  • Three Days Grace Barry Stock is 46
  • Barbra Streisand is 78 (FAST FACT: One of the most heralded performers in history, she is among a small group of entertainers who have been honored with an Emmy, GRAMMY, Oscar, and Tony Award, and is one of only two artists who have also won a Peabody – though she’s actually gotfourPeabodys. On top of that, a Kennedy Center Honors prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and nine Golden Globes) 

Plus:

  • Politician George P. Bush is 44 (FAST FACT: He spoke at the 1988 Republican National Convention at age 12. His father is former Florida governor Jeb Bush and once he was elected as Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office – a title he still holds – he became the fourth generation of the Bush family to become an elected official)
  • Comedian Cedric the Entertainer is 56 (“The Steve Harvey Show,” he lent his voice for roles in “Ice Age” and “Madagascar”)
  • Designer Jean Paul Gaultier is 68 (You may know his fragrances, the ones with the bottle shaped as a green male body and a nude female body? Yup, that guy.)
  • Duck Commander founder (and “Duck Dynasty” star) Phil Robertson is 74
  • Model Katherine Webb is 31 (FAST FACT: She’s been married to Cincinnati Bengals QB AJ McCarron since 2014)
  • The late artist Willem De Kooning(1904 – 1997)(FAST FACT:His painting, "Woman III,"sold for a staggering $137-million in 2006)

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