Famed Movie Director Martin Scorcese Celebrates 81st Birthday Today

Actors:

Zoe Bell is 45 (“Grindhouse”) (FAST FACT: She has also been a stunt double who filled in for Lucy Lawless and Uma Thurman during perilous scenes)

Leslie Bibb is 49 (“Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” “Iron Man”)

Raquel Castro is 29 (“Jersey Girl,” “Third Watch”)

Danny DeVito is 79 (“Taxi,” “Batman Returns”) (Married to Rhea Pearlman since 1982, they separated in October 2012…and reconciled in March 2013. They separated for a second time in March 2017, but remained amicable and Perlman stated they had no intent of filing for divorce. In 2019, Perlman told Andy Cohen that she and DeVito have become closer friends after their separation than they were in their final years as a couple. She confirmed their status in August 2022 – “still a family,” but not a couple.)

Daisy Fuentes is 57 (“America's Funniest Home Videos,” “Ghostwriter”) (FAST FACT: She hooked up with singer Richard Marx after starring in his vid for 2014’s “Beautiful Goodbye.” They’ve been married in 2015.)

Lauren Hutton is 80 (“American Gigolo,” “Falcon Crest”)

Harry Lloyd is 40 (“Goodbye, Mr. Chips,” Viserys Targaryen on “Game of Thrones”)

Sophie Marceau is 57 (“The Firelight,” “Braveheart”)

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is 65 (“Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves,” “Grimm”)

Rachel McAdams is 45 (“Mean Girls,” “The Notebook”)

Diane Neal is 48 (“NCIS,” “Power”)

David Ramsey is 52 (“Dexter,” “Arrow”)

Dylan Walsh is 60 (“Nip/Tuck,” “Unforgettable”)

The late Rock Hudson (1925 – 1985)…he would have been 98 (“Giant,” “Magnificent Obsession”) (FAST FACT: When he died in 1985, he became the first major celebrity to die from an AIDS-related illness) 

Musicians:

Bell Biv DeVoe’s Ronnie DeVoe is 56

Isaac Hanson is 43 (FAST FACT: His first name is actually Clarke, but he goes by his middle name, Isaac)

The Band Perry’s Reid Perry is 35

The late Jeff Buckley (1966 – 1997)…he would have been 57 

Plus:

Milwaukee Brewers’ left fielder Ryan Braun is 40

Former Governor and DNC chair Howard Dean is 75 (The 79th governor of Vermont, he also ran for president in 2004 – and gave us the yell heard ‘round the world.)

"Saturday Night Live" executive producer Lorne Michaels is 79

TV personality Ru Paul is 63 (born RuPaul Andre Charles)

Director Martin Scorsese is 81 (“Taxi Driver,” “The Departed”) (FAST FACT! He finally won the Academy Award for Best Director for “The Departed” after previously being nominated five times.)

Reality star (and infamous wino – by her own admission) Ramona Singer is 67 (“Real Housewives of New York”)

The late baseball legend Tom Seaver (1944 – 2020)...he would have been 79 (FAST FACTS: This 12-time MLB All-Star pitcher nicknamed ‘Tom Terrific,’ he helped lead the New York Mets to World Series victory in 1969. His jersey number 41 was the third number ever retired by the Mets.)

The late civil rights activist, Yolanda King (1955 – 2007)…she would have been 68 (FAST FACT: She was just 12 when her father, Dr. Martin Luther King, was assassinated. Later, she played Rosa Parks in the 1978 TV miniseries, “King.”)

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