Celebrity birthdays for Aug. 16:
Actress Ann Blyth is 97.
Actor Gary Clarke ("Hondo," ''The Virginian") is 92.
Actress Julie Newmar is 92
Actor John Standing is 91.
'60s pop singer and actress Ketty Lester is 91.
Actress Anita Gillette is 90.
Movie director Bruce Beresford is 86.
Actor Bob Balaban ("A Mighty Wind," ''Best In Show") is 80.
Ballerina Suzanne Farrell is 80.
Actress Lesley Ann Warren is 79.
Barry Hay, singer with Golden Earring, is 77.
Bassist Joey Spampinato (NRBQ) is 77.
Actor Marshall Manesh is 75.
Actor Reginald VelJohnson ("Family Matters") is 73.
TV personality Kathie Lee Gifford is 72.
R&B singer J.T. Taylor is 72.
Director James Cameron ("Titanic," ''The Terminator") is 71.
Actor Jeff Perry ("Scandal," ''Grey's Anatomy") is 70.
Guitarist Tim Farriss of INXS is 68.
Actress Laura Innes ("ER") is 68.
Actress Angela Bassett is 67.
Singer Madonna is 67.
Actor Timothy Hutton is 65.
Actor Steve Carell is 63.
Actor-singer Donovan Leitch is 58.
Actor Andy Milder ("Weeds") is 56.
Actor Seth Peterson is 55.
Country singer Emily Robison of The Chicks (formerly Dixie Chicks) is 53.
Comedian Frankie Boyle is 53.
Actor George Stults ("Seventh Heaven") is 50.
Singer Vanessa Carlton is 45.
Bassist Robert Hardy (Franz Ferdinand) is 45.
Actor Cam Gigandet ("Twilight") is 43.
Actress Cristin Milioti ("How I Met Your Mother") is 40.
Actress Agnes Bruckner is 40.
Actor Shawn Pyfrom ("Desperate Housewives") is 39.
Country singer Ashton Shepherd is 39.
Singer Dan Smyers of Dan and Shay is 38.
NHL goalie Carey Price is 38.
Actor Kevin G. Schmidt is 37.
Actress Rumer Willis is 37.
Actor Parker Young is 37.
Actress Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse ("Bon Cop, Bad Cop") is 34.
Actor Cameron Monaghan ("Gotham") is 32.
Singer Greyson Chance is 28.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1888, writer T.E. Lawrence. (May 19, 1935)
In 1915, blind baritone singer Al Hibbler. (April 24, 2001)
In 1915, trombonist Murray McEachern. (April 28, 1982)
In 1920, writer Charles Bukowski. (Mar. 9, 1994)
In 1922, pianist, arranger and producer Ernie Freeman. (May 16, 1981)
In 1923, blues legend Eddie Kirkland. (Feb. 27, 2011)
In 1924, actor Fess Parker. (March 18, 2010)
In 1928, singer Eydie Gorme. (Aug. 10, 2013)
In 1929, jazz pianist Bill Evans. (Sept. 15, 1980)
In 1930, Pro Football Hall-of-Famer/sportscaster Frank Gifford. (Aug. 9, 2015)
In 1930, actor Robert Culp. (March 24, 2010)
In 1930, former Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin. (March 9, 1992)
In 1939, actress Carole Shelley. (Aug. 31, 2018)
In 1939, country singer Billy Joe Shaver. (Oct. 28, 2020)
In 1940, Sean Bonniwell, lead singer of The Music Machine. (Dec. 20, 2011)
In 1942, '60s soul singer Barbara George. (Aug. 10, 2006)
In 1942, Robert "Squirrel" Lester of "The Chi-Lites." (Jan. 21, 2010)
In 1944, Kevin Ayers of the British progressive rock band Soft Machine. (Feb. 18, 2013)
In 1945, Gary Loizzo of the '60s pop band the American Breed. (Jan,. 16, 2016)
In 1949, drummer Scott Asheton (The Stooges). (March 15, 2014)
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