Celebrity Birthdays for April 11:
Actor Joel Grey is 93.
Actress Louise Lasser is 86.
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Ellen Goodman is 84.
Movie writer-director John Milius is 81.
Actor Peter Riegart ("Animal House") is 78.
Movie director Carl Franklin is 76.
Actor Bill Irwin ("Law and Order: SVU") is 75.
Singer Neville Staple (Fun Boy Three, The Specials) is 70.
Country singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale is 68.
Songwriter-producer Daryl Simmons is 68.
British broadcaster Jeremy Clarkson (Top Gear, The Grand Tour) is 65.
Actor and director Vincent Gallo is 64.
Guitarist Nigel Pulsford (Bush) is 64.
Actor Lucky Vanous is 64.
Country singer Steve Azar is 61.
Singer Lisa Stansfield is 59.
Actor Johnny Messner is 55.
Actor Vicellous Reon Shannon ("The Hurricane") is 54.
Actress Jennifer Esposito is 52.
Rapper David Banner is 51.
Actress Tricia Helfer is 51.
Rock singer Tom Thacker (Gob) is 51.
Former Japanese sumo wrestler Kotomitsuki Keiji is 49.
Singer Sebastien Grainger (Death From Above 1979) is 46.
Supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio is 44.
Freestyle skier Jennifer Heil is 42.
Actress Kelli Garner ("Taking Woodstock," ''Lars and the Real Girl") is 41.
Singer Joss Stone is 38.
Singer-songwriter Lights (born Valerie Poxleitner) is 38.
Actress Kaitlyn Jenkins ("Bunheads") is 33.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1906, cartoonist Dale Messick. (April 5, 2005)
In 1914, Canadian animator and producer Norman McLaren. (Jan. 27, 1987)
In 1914, Robert Stanfield, former Nova Scotia premier and federal Progressive Conservative leader. (Dec. 16, 2003)
In 1917, hockey broadcaster Danny Gallivan. (Feb. 24, 1993)
In 1925, Quebecor founder Pierre Peladeau. (Dec. 24, 1997)
In 1928, U.S. socialite Ethel Kennedy. (Oct. 10, 2024)
In 1931, actor Johnny Sheffield. (Oct. 15, 2010)
In 1934, gospel singer Cleotha Staples (The Staple Singers) . (Feb. 21, 2013)
In 1934, composer and radio broadcaster/producer Norma Beecroft. (Oct. 19, 2024)
In 1935, "Louie Louie" composer Richard Berry. (Jan. 23, 1997)
In 1940, Newfoundland poet and playwright Al Pittman. (Aug. 26, 2001)
In 1947, actor Meshach Taylor ("Designing Women," ''Dave's World"). (June 28, 2014)
In 1958, Stu Adamson, lead singer and guitarist with Big Country. (Dec. 16, 2001)
In 1961, guitarist Douglas Hopkins (The Gin Blossoms). (Dec. 5, 1993)
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