Celebrity Birthdays
Bo Derek (53)
Tall, glamorous protege and fourth wife of Svengali-like writer-director John Derek who gained fame as the perfect fantasy woman with the trend-setting corn-row hairstyle in the Blake Edwards comedy "10" (1979). Daughter of a hairstylist for a number of H
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Sean Young (50)
This dark-haired, smokey-voiced former model has ornamented a number of feature films since the early 1980s, notably "Blade Runner" (1982), as Harrison Ford's android lover, and "No Way Out" (1987), as a beautiful seductress caught up in Washington politi
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Callie Thorne (40)
An experienced stage performer, Callie Thorne has worked frequently with the NYC acting troupe Naked Angels and at the now-defunct Malaparte., a theater company where actor Ethan Hawke directed her in Jonathan Marc Sherman's play "Veins and Thumbtacks". I
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Richard Masur (61)
A reliable character player of stage, screen and TV since the mid-1970s, With his large mobile features, boyish demeanor and fairly indeterminate age, Masur has played a wide variety roles in most popular genres. In features, he has regularly shifted from
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Sabrina Lloyd (39)
Enigmatic yet appealing young actress of film and TV who received her first substantial screen role as the estranged troubled teen daughter of Patrick Swayze in the comedy-drama "Father Hood" (1993). Lloyd began acting in community theater in Mt. Dora, Fl
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Ming-Na Wen (42)
This attractive stage-trained performer appeared in a number of off-Broadway shows before making her breakthrough performance in "The Joy Luck Club" as part of a strong ensemble of Asian actresses. Wen (whose name means enlightenment) began her profession
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Veronica Hamel (66)
An intelligent brunette who went from playing public defender Joyce Davenport on "Hill Street Blues" to becoming a fixture in TV-movies, Veronica Hamel began her showbiz career as an Eileen Ford model. After about a decade as a model, she turned to acting
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Phil Joanou (48)
Fresh out of USC's film school, this assured director of features and TV captured the attention of Steven Spielberg with his student film, "Last Chance Dance". Joanou made his commercial directing debut with "Santa '85" (NBC, 1985), an amusing episode of
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Estelle Parsons (82)
Former TV writer and producer who began appearing on stage in the late 1950s and established herself as a leading screen character actress in the following decade. Parsons was memorable as the shrewish Blanche Barrow in Arthur Penn's "Bonnie and Clyde" (1
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Kaye Ballard (83)
Fleshy, smiling, ethnically-Italian-and-proud-of-it actress, singer and revue performer Kaye Ballard has divided her time between sitcoms, the stage and cabaret. She is particularly remembered as Kaye Buell, foil and compatriot of Eve Arden's Eve Hubbard
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Larry Karaszewski (48)
With his writing partner Scott Alexander, this clever, sometimes subversive screenwriter has risen above two early flops to pen two of the more successful and controversial biopics of the 1990s. A fan of schlocky drive-in movies from childhood, the Indian
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Gregg Champion (53)
Former 2nd unit director for the John Badham features "Short Circuit" (1986) and "Stakeout" (1987), made his first directorial effort with "Short Time" (1990), an action comedy starring Dabney Coleman. Champion began his affiliation with Badham in 1980 as
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Helma Sanders-Brahms (69)
Key figure of the New German Cinema and, alongside Margarethe Von Trotta, the only woman of the group to achieve international recognition. Unlike most other New German directors, Sanders-Brahms has remained a radical in terms of both her content (Marxist
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Meg Ryan (48)
A leading contender for the position of America's Sweetheart since the late 1980s, this personable, petite blonde actress gained fame with her first leading role in Rob Reiner's romantic comedy "When Harry Met Sally..." (1989), opposite Billy Crystal. Rya
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Jodie Foster (47)
An exceptionally mature, talented child actor of the 1970s, Jodie Foster successfully made the transition to adult stardom. Initially managed by her divorced mother Brandy, the young Foster was the family's principal breadwinner; gradually she took contro
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Allison Janney (50)
This tall, lanky character player spent several years in bit parts and minor roles before breaking through as the shy florist courted by an Italian chef (Tony Shalhoub) in "Big Night" (1996).
Allison Janney was raised in Ohio and harbored dreams of Ol
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Jason Scott Lee (43)
A kinder, gentler action hero for the New Age, Jason Scott Lee may be Hollywood's first male Asian-American sex symbol. (Another contender, Bruce Lee, first achieved superstardom in Hong Kong but failed to live long enough to cross over from chop-socky fl
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Erika Alexander (40)
With her almond-shaped eyes and earthy intensity, Alexander possesses a disarmingly composed manner that often makes the characters she play appear more secure than they really are. Before nabbing the role of the calculating Maxine Shaw on the Fox sitcom
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Terry Farrell (46)
Slender, dark-haired actor who started in TV as one of two young models exploited by their grasping mothers and by a talent agency in the short-lived primetime soap "Paper Dolls" (1984). Farrell was also victimized as a prostitute in the TV-movie "Beverly
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Glynnis O'Connor (54)
An attractive leading lady whose best success has come in TV-movies, the auburn-haired Glynnis O'Connor has eyes that can register poignancy, con artistry, or deep caring, and she has continually used them to their best advantage. She got her start while
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