Celebrity birthdays

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 28-Nov. 3
Oct. 28: Actress Joan Plowright is 78. Country musician Charlie Daniels is 71. Actress Jane Alexander is 68. Singer Curtis Lee is 66. Actor Dennis Franz ("NYPD Blue") is 63. Singer Wayne Fontana of Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders is 62. Actress-singer Telma Hopkins (Tony Orlando and Dawn) is 59. Actress Annie Potts is 55. Drummer Stephen Morris of New Order is 50. Actress Daphne Zuniga ("Melrose Place") is 45. Actress Lauren Holly is 44. Actress Jami Gertz is 42. Actor-comedian Andy Richter is 41. Actress Julia Roberts is 40. Fiddler Caitlin Cary (Whiskeytown) is 39. Singer Ben Harper is 38. Country singer Brad Paisley is 35. Actor Joaquin Phoenix is 33. Singer Justin Guarini ("American Idol") is 29.

Oct. 29: Country singer Lee Clayton is 65. Guitarist Denny Laine (Wings, Moody Blues) is 63. Singer-actress Melba Moore is 62. Guitarist Peter Green (Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac) is 61. Actor Richard Dreyfuss is 60. Actress Kate Jackson is 59. Actor Dan Castellaneta ("The Simpsons") is 50. Singer Randy Jackson of the Jacksons is 46. Drummer Peter Timmins of the Cowboy Junkies is 42. Actress Joely Fisher ("Ellen") is 40. Rapper Paris is 40. Singer S.A. Martinez of 311 is 38. Actress Winona Ryder is 36. Actor Trevor Lissauer ("Sabrina the Teenage Witch") is 34. Actress Gabrielle Union is 34. Actor Brendan Fehr ("Roswell") is 30.

Oct. 30: Actor Dick Gautier is 70. Songwriter Eddie Holland is 68. Singer
Grace Slick is 68. Actor Ed Lauter is 67. Singer Otis Williams of the Temptations is 66. Actor Henry Winkler is 62. Bassist Timothy B. Schmit of the Eagles is 60. Actor Harry Hamlin is 56. Actor Charles Martin Smith is 54. Country singer T. Graham Brown is 53. Actor Kevin Pollak is 50. Actor Michael Beach ("Soul Food," "Third Watch") is 44. Singer-guitarist Gavin Rossdale (Bush) is 40. Actress Nia Long is 37. Actor Tequan Richmond ("Everybody Hates Chris") is 15.
Oct. 31: Anchorman Dan Rather is 76. Folk singer Tom Paxton is 70. Actor Ron Rifkin ("Alias") is 68. Actor David Ogden Stiers ("MASH") is 65. Actress Sally Kirkland is 63. Actress Deidre Hall ("Days Of Our Lives") is 59. NBC anchorwoman Jane Pauley is 57. Director Peter Jackson ("Lord of the Rings") is 46. Drummer Larry Mullen of U2 is 46. Guitarist Johnny Marr of Modest Mouse (and The Smiths) is 44. Actor Dermot Mulroney is 44. Drummer Mikkey Dee of Motorhead is 44. Country singer Darryl Worley is 43. Actor Rob Schneider is 43. Musician Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne is 40. Musician Rob Van Winkle (Vanilla Ice) is 39. Singer Linn Berggren of Ace of Base is 37. Actor Eddie Kaye Thomas ("American Pie") is 27.

Nov. 1: Country singer Bill Anderson is 70. Actress Barbara Bosson ("Murder One," "Hill Street Blues") is 68. Actor Robert Foxworth ("Falcon Crest") is 66. Actress Marcia Wallace is 65. Country singer Kinky Friedman is 63. Singer-guitarist Dan Peek (America) is 57. Country singer-songwriter-producer Keith Stegall is 53. Singer Lyle Lovett is 50. Actress Rachel Ticotin is 49. Bassist Eddie MacDonald of the Alarm is 48. Singer Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers is 45. Drummer Rick Allen of Def Leppard is 44. Country singer Big Kenny of Big and Rich is 44. Rapper Willie D of the Geto Boys is 41. Singer Sophie B. Hawkins is 40. Actress Toni Collette ("The Hours," "Muriel's Wedding") is 35. Actress Jenny McCarthy is 35. "American Idol" runner-up Bo Bice is 32.

Nov. 2: Country singer Charlie Walker is 81. Singer Jay Black (Jay and the Americans) is 69. Actress Stefanie Powers is 65. Keyboardist Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer is 63. Drummer Carter Beauford of the Dave Matthews Band is 50. Singer k.d. lang is 46. Bassist Bobby Dall of Poison is 44. Actor David Schwimmer ("Friends") is 41. Singer Alvin Chea of Take 6 is 40. Bassist Fieldy of Korn is 38. Rapper Nelly is 33. Rapper Prodigy of Mobb Deep is 33.

Nov. 3: Composer John Barry is 74. Actor-dancer Ken Berry ("Mayberry R.F.D."; "Mama's Family") is 74. Actor-radio personality Shadoe Stevens is 61. Singer Lulu is 59. Actress-comedian Roseanne Barr is 55. Actress Kathy Kinney ("The Drew Carey Show") is 54. Actress Kate Capshaw is 54. Comedian Dennis Miller is 54. Singer Adam Ant is 53.