August 6th
Actors:
- Merrin Dungey is 49 (“The King of Queens,” “Summerland”)
- Vera Farmiga is 47 (“Up in the Air,” “The Departed,” “Bates Motel,” “The Conjuring”)
- Soleil Moon Frye is 44 (“Punky Brewster,” “Sabrina the Teenage Witch”)
- Romola Garai is 38 (“Antonement,” “Emma”)
- Melissa George is 44 (“Home and Away,” “Alias,” “Dark City,” “Amityville Horror,” “Heartbeat”)
- Catherine Hicks is 69 (“7th Heaven’s” Annie Camden, “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home,” “Child's Play”)
- Stepfanie Kramer is 64 (… yes, that’s how she spells her first name. Detective Sargent Dee Dee McCall on “Hunter,” “Beyond Suspicion,” “The Dogwalker,” “The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold “The Secret Circle”)
- Ty Simpkins is 19 (“Iron Man 3” “Jurassic World”)
- Michelle Yeoh is 58 (“Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon”) (FAST FACT: At age 21, she won the Miss Malaysia Beauty Pageant and represented Malaysia at the Miss World competition.)
- The late Lucille Ball(1911-1989)(“I Love Lucy,” “Panama Lady”)
- The late Robert Mitchum(1917-1997)(“The story of G.I. Joe,” “Thunder Road,” “El Dorado,” “Scrooged,” “Cape Fear”)
Musicians:
- Randy DeBarge is 62
- Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell is 48
- Donna Lewis is 47
- Timbuk 3’s Pat McDonald is 68
- Landon Pigg is 37
- The late Elliott Smith(1969-2003)… he would have been 51
Plus:
- Model (and sometime actress) Adrianne Curry (won the first cycle of “America’s Next Top Model”) is 38
- Director M Night Shyamalan is 50 (Given name Manoj Shyamalan) (“Unbreakable,” “The Sixth Sense,” “The Village,” “The Happening,” “The Visit,” “Split”)
- The late scientist Sir Alexander Fleming(1881-1955)(He discovered penicillin when he found mold in an unwashed petri dish. His discovery and later production of penicillin marked the start of antibiotics and changed medicine forever)
- The late JonBenet Ramsey(1990-1996) …she would have been 30(The little pageant star was mysteriously and tragically murdered in her home in a case that remains unsolved.)
- The late Pop Art artist Andy Warhol(1928-1987) …he would have been 92(FAST FACTS:His painting, “Eight Elvises,”once sold for $100-million.)