Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 2-8

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Celebrity Birthdays for the week of April 2-8:

April 2: Actress Linda Hunt is 78. Actor Sam Anderson (“Lost”, “ER”, “Perfect Strangers”) is 76. Singer Emmylou Harris is 76. Actress Pamela Reed is 74. Drummer Dave Robinson of The Cars is 74 Country singer Buddy Jewell is 62 Law and Order: Special Victims Unit actor Christopher Meloni is 62 Bananarama singer Keren Woodward is 62 Country singer Billy Dean is 61 Actor Clark Gregg (“Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD”, “The New Adventures of Old Christine”) is 61. Actress Jana Marie Hupp (“Ed”) is 59. Guitarist Greg Camp (Smash Mouth) is 56. Guitarist Tony Fredianelli (Third Eye Blind) is 54. Actress Roselyn Sanchez (TV’s “Grand Hotel”, “Without a Trace”) is 50. Actor Pedro Pascal (“Game of Thrones”) is 48. Actor Adam Rodriguez (“Criminal Minds”, “CSI : Miami”) is 48. Actor Michael Fassbender (“Shame”, “Inglourious Basterds”) is 46. Keyboardist Jesse Carmic hael from Maroon 5 is 44. Actress Bethany Joy Lenz (formerly Galeotti) (“One Tree Hill”) is 42. Singer Lee Dewyze (“American Idol”) is 37. Co-country singer Chris Janson is 37. Actor Drew Van Acker (“Training Day”, “Pretty Little Liars”) is 37. Actor Jesse Plemons (TV series “Fargo”, “Breaking Bad”) is 35.

April 3: Actor Eric Braeden (“The Young and the Restless”) turns 82. Actor Marsha Mason turns 81. Singer Wayne Newton turns 81. Singer Tony Orlando turns 79. Singer Richard Thompson turns 74. Bassist Curtis Stone of Highway 101 turns 73 Motley Crue guitarist Mick Mars is 67. Actor Alec Baldwin is 65. Actor David Hyde Pierce (“Frasier”) is 64. Comedian-actor Eddie Murphy is 62. Social Distortion vocalist and guitarist Mike Ness is 61. Singer Sebastian Bach (Skid Row) is 55. Actor Jennie Garth (“Beverly Hills 90210”) is 51. Actor Adam Scott (“Severance,” “Parks and Recreation”) is 50. Guitarist Drew Shirley of Switchfoot is 49. Actor Matthew Goode (” Downton Abbey, The Good Wife) is 45. Actor Cobie Smulders (How I Met Your Mother) is 41. Singer Leona Lewis is 38. Actress Amanda Bynes is 37. Actress Rachel Bloom (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) ) ) is 36. Actor Hayley Kiyoko (“CSI: Cyber”) is 32. Greta Van Fleet bassist Sam Kiszka is 24.

April 4: Actor Craig T. Nelson is 79. Actor Christine Lahti (“Chicago Hope”) is 73. Singer Steve Gatlin of the Gatlin Brothers is 72. Actor Mary-Margaret Humes (“Dawson’s Creek”, “History of the World Part 1”) is 69. Writer-producer David E. Kelley (“Ally McBeal”, “The Practice”) is 67. Actress Constance Shulman (“Orange Is The New Black”) is 65. Actor Hugo Weaving ( “The Matrix”, “Lord of the Rings”) is 63. Bassist Craig Adams (The Cult) is 61. Talk show host Graham Norton is 60. Comedian David Cross (“Arrested Development”, “Mr. Show”) is 59. Actor Robert Downey Jr. is 58. Actress Nancy McKeon is 57. Country singer Clay Davidson is 52. Singer Josh Todd of Buckcherry is 52. Singer Jill Scott is 51. Bassist Magnus Sveningsson of The Cardigans is 51. Magician David Blaine is 50. Singer Kelly Price is 50. Singer Andre Dalyrimple of Soul for Real is 49. Guitarist Parmalee’s Josh McSwain is 48. Actor James Roday (“A Million Little Things,” “Psych”) is 47. Actress Natasha Lyonne (“Poker Face,” “O Range Is the New Black”) is 44. Actor-comedian Eric Andre (“The Eric Andre Show”) is 40. Actress Amanda Righetti (“The Mentalist”) is 40. Actor-singer Jamie Lynn Spears (“Zoey 101”) is 32. Actress Daniela Bobadilla (“The Middle”, “Anger Management”) is 30. Singer Austin Mahone is 27.

April 5: Filmmaker Roger Corman turns 97. Country singer Tommy Cash turns 83. Actor Michael Moriarty (“Law and Order”) turns 82. Singer Allan Clarke of The Hollies turns 81. Actor Max Gail (“Sons and Daughters”, “Barney Miller”) is 80. Actress Jane Asher is 77. ABBA singer Agnetha Faltskog is 73. Actor Mitch Pileggi (“The X-Files”) is 71. Singer Peter Case of The Plimsouls is 69. Rapper-actor Christopher “Kid” Kid ‘n Play’s (House Party) Reid is 59. Pearl Jam’s guitarist Mike McCready is 57. Musician Paula Cole is 55. Actress Krista Allen (‘Baywatch’, ‘What About Brian’) is 52. Actress Victoria Hamilton (“The Crown”) is 52. Country singer Pat Green is 51. Rapper-producer Pharrell Williams is 50. Rapper Juicy J (Three 6 Mafia) is 48. Actor Sterling K. Brown (movie “Black Panther”, TV This Is Us series) is 47. Eli Young Band vocalist/guitarist Mike Eli is 42. Actress Hayley Atwell (Marvels Agent Carter”) is 41. Actress Lily James (“Downton Abbey”) is 34.

April 6: Actor Billy Dee Williams turns 86. Actor Roy Thinnes (“The Invaders”) turns 85. Director Barry Levinson (“Rain Man,” “The Natural”) turns 81. Actor John Ratzenberger (“Cheers”) turns 76 Actor Patrika Darbo (“The Bold and the Beautiful”) is 75. Actor Marilu Henner (“Taxi”, “Evening Shade”) is 71. Actor Michael Rooker (“Guardians of the Galaxy”) is 68. Guitarist Warren Haynes of Gov ‘t Mule is 63. Singer and guitarist Black Francis of The Pixies is 58. Actor Ari Meyers (“Kate & Ally”) is 54. Actor Paul Rudd is 54. Actor Jason Hervey (“The Wonder Years”) is 51. Bassist Markku Lappalainen (Hoobastank) is 50. Actor Zach Braff (‘Scrubs’) is 48. Actor Joel Garland (‘Orange Is the New Black’) is 48. Actor Candace Cameron Bure (‘Full House’) is 47. Actor Teddy Sears (“24: Legacy”) is 46. Musician Robert Glasper is 45. Actor Eliza Coupe (“Happy Ends”, “Scrubs”) is 42. Actor Many Charlie McDermott (“The Middle”) is 33.

April 7: Country singer Bobby Bare is 88. Film director Francis Ford Coppola is 85. Actress Roberta Shore (“The Virginian”) is 80. Singer Patricia Bennett of The Chiffons is 76. Singer-guitarist John Oates of Hall and Oates is 75 Restless Heart drummer John Dittrich is 72. Singer Janis Ian is 72. Actor Jackie Chan is 69. Actor Russell Crowe is 59. Take 6 singer Mark Kibble is 59. Actor Bill Bellamy (Last Comic Standing, Fastlane) ) ) is 58. Drummer Charlie Hall of The War on Drugs is 49. Singer and bassist John Cooper of Skillet is 48. Actress Heather Burns (“Miss Congeniality”) is 48. Singer John Cooper of Skillet is 48. Actor Kevin Alejandro ( “Lucifer,” “Southland”) is 47. Actor Sian Clifford (“Fleabag”) is 41. Bassist Ben McKee of Imagine Dragons is 38. Contemporary Christian singer Tauren Wells is 37. Actor Ed Speleers (“Downton Abbey”) is 35. Actor Conner Rayburn (“ According to Jim”) is 24 years old.

April 8: Comedian Shecky Greene is 97. Original Mouseketeer Darlene Gillespie is 82. Singer Peggy Lennon of the Lennon Sisters is 82. Songwriter Leon Huff of Gamble and Huff is 81. Actor Stuart Pankin (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Not Necessarily the News”) is 77. Guitarist Steve Howe of Yes (and of Asia) is 76. Bassist Mel Schacher of Grand Funk Railroad is 72. Singer/actor John Schneider (“The Dukes of Hazzard”) is 63. Guitarist Izzy Stradlin ( Guns N’ Roses) is 61. Singer Julian Lennon is 60. Actor Dean Norris (“Breaking Bad”, “Under the Dome”) is 60. Singer and guitarist Donita Sparks of L7 is 60. Actor Robin Wright is 57. Actress Patricia Arquette is 55. Actor JR Bourne (TV series Teen Wolf, Revenge) is 53. Everything singer Craig Honeycutt is 53. Ben Folds Five drummer Darren Jessee is 52. Actress Emma Caulfield (Buffy the Vampire Slayer “) is 52 50. Actress Katee Sackhoff (“B attlestar Galactica) is 43. Actress Taylor Kitsch (True Detective, Friday Night Lights) is 42. Singer/guitarist Ezr a Koenig of Vampire Weekend is 39. Actor Taran Noah Smith (Home Improvement) is 39. Guitarist Jamie Sierota (Echosmith) is 30. Actress Sadie Calvano (“Mom”) is 26.