Dafne Keen is 19. Lyra Silvertongue in “His Dark Materials”. She was also Laura, Wolverine’s kid in “Logan”.
Jaeden Martell is 21. Bill Denbrough in the “IT” movies. He was also Jacob on Apple TV+’s “Defending Jacob”.
Charles Melton is 33. Reggie Mantle on “Riverdale”. He also starred alongside Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman in “May December”.
Kerry Condon is 41. Irish lass who’s the voice of F.R.I.D.A.Y., the A.I. for Iron Man’s armor after “Avengers: Age of Ultron”. She’s also Stacey on “Better Call Saul”, and Octavia on “Rome”.
D’Arcy Carden is 44. Janet on “The Good Place”.
Jeannie Mai is 45. “Holey Moley” sideline reporter and “Dancing with the Stars” fan-favorite who was forced to back out of Season 29 for emergency surgery.
Jill Marie Jones is 49. She was Amanda Fisher on “Ash vs. Evil Dead”.
Benjamin Darvill is 57. Former Crash Test Dumm(y) who now goes by the stage name Son of Dave. (Remember the ’90s? Benjamin Darvill DOES!)
Deana Carter is 58. Tiny country beauty who goes barefoot in concert.
Julia Ormond is 59. Joanna Beauchamp on “The Witches of East End”. She also got to co-star with Brad Pitt in both “Legends of the Fall” AND “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”. Just how lucky can one girl be in a lifetime and still NOT be named Angelina Jolie?
Dot-Marie Jones is 60. Transgender Coach Beiste on “Glee”. She started out as Shannon, then became Sheldon in the show’s sixth and final season.
Dave Foley is 61. “NewsRadio”, “Dr. Ken”, and “Kids in the Hall”.
Graham McTavish is 63. Ser Harrold on “House of the Dragon”, the Saint of Killers on AMC’s “Preacher”, and badass Dougal MacKenzie on “Outlander”.
Michael Stipe is 64. R.E.M. “Shiny Happy People“, “Losing My Religion“, “Man on the Moon“, “Everybody Hurts“, and “What’s the Frequency, Kenneth“.
Matt Frewer is 66. He IS Max Headroom. More recently he was Dr. Leekie on “Orphan Black”, Anthony on “Timeless”, Dulaque on “The Librarians”, and Taggart on “Eureka”.
Country singer Patty Loveless is 67.
Bernard Sumner is 68. Founder and guitarist in New Order and Joy Division. New Order did “Bizarre Love Triangle“ and “Blue Monday“, while you might know Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart“.
Tina Knowles is 70. Beyoncé and Solange’s mama.
Dyan Cannon is 87. Bombshell. She is Judge Whipper Cone on “Ally McBeal”, and the Lakers’ #1 Fan.
She’s in the Willie Nelson 1980 classic “Honeysuckle Rose”, Warren Beatty’s 1978 classic “Heaven Can Wait”, and the 1969 swinging classic “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice”. Dyan is Alice. Natalie Wood is Carol. Robert Culp is Bob. And Elliot Gould is Ted. I can barely contain my arousal. Young Elliot Gould is hot.
Don Shula (1930 – 2020) Hall of Fame football coach.
Vanity (1959 -2016) Her 1980s hit, “Nasty Girl”, dominates the “Beverly Hills Cop” scene where Taggart and Rosewood follow Axel Foley into the strip club.
Floyd Patterson (1935 – 2006) Heavyweight boxing champ who won the title in 1956 after Rocky Marciano retired. He kept it for three years, then retired after Muhammad Ali beat him for the second time in 1972.
(In their 1965 fight, Patterson refused to acknowledge Ali’s Muslim name and kept calling him Cassius Clay. So Ali dragged the fight out for 12 rounds, calling Patterson an “Uncle Tom” as he punished and humiliated him.)
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