Celebrity Birthdays for March 20:
Actor Hal Linden is 94.
Canadian country singer Tommy Hunter is 88.
Vito Picone, lead singer with The Elegants, is 84.
Basketball Hall of Fame coach Pat Riley is 80.
Canadian author and broadcaster Dr. Jay Ingram is 80.
Country singer-guitarist Ranger Doug of Riders in the Sky is 79.
Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman Bobby Orr is 77.
Blues musician Marcia Ball is 76.
Drummer Carl Palmer (Asia; Emerson, Lake and Palmer) is 75.
Guitarist Jimmie Vaughan (Fabulous Thunderbirds) is 74.
Guitarist Jim Seales of Shenandoah is 71.
Actress Vanessa Bell Calloway is 68.
Director Spike Lee is 68.
Actress Theresa Russell is 68.
Actress Amy Aquino is 68.
Actress Holly Hunter is 67.
Retired pro wrestler Sting (born Steve Borden) is 66.
Guitarist Richard Drummie (Go West) is 66.
Drummer Slim Jim Phantom (Stray Cats) is 64.
Model Kathy Ireland is 62.
Actor David Thewlis (``Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'') is 62.
Guitarist Adrian Oxaal of James is 60.
Actress Jessica Lundy (``Party of Five,'' ''Hope and Gloria``) is 59.
Actress Liza Snyder (``Yes, Dear'') is 57.
Olympic sprint kayaker medallist Caroline Brunet is 56.
Actor Michael Rapaport (``Boston Public'') is 55.
Actor Alexander Chaplin (``Spin City'') is 54.
Actor Robb Wells (``Trailer Park Boys'') is 54.
Actor Cedric Yarbrough (``Speechless,'' ''Reno 911!``) is 52.
Actress Paula Garces (``Harold and Kumar'' films) is 51.
Actor Michael Genadry (``Ed'') is 47.
Actress Bianca Lawson (``Pretty Little Liars'') is 46.
Comedian Mikey Day (``Saturday Night Live'') is 45.
Actor Nick Blood (``Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'') is 43.
Actor Michael Cassidy is 42.
Actress Christy Carlson Romano (``Even Stevens,'' ''Kim Possible``) is 41.
Actress Ruby Rose (``Orange is the New Black'') is 39.
Filmmaker Xavier Dolan is 36.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1828, Norwegian poet and playwright Henrik Ibsen. (May 23, 1906.)
In 1903, actor Edward Buchanan. (April 4, 1979)
In 1906, entertainer Ozzie Nelson. (June 3, 1975)
In 1907, Canadian novelist Hugh MacLennan. (Nov. 7, 1990)
In 1908, actor Sir Michael Redgrave. (March 21, 1985)
In 1909, acclaimed Canadian abstract painter Jack Bush. (Jan. 24, 1977)
In 1915, world-renowned pianist Sviatoslav Richter. (Aug. 1, 1997)
In 1917, singer Dame Vera Lynn. (June 18, 2020)
In 1918, TV game show host Jack Barry. (May 2, 1984)
In 1920, French film director Eric Rohmer. (Jan. 11, 2010)
In 1921, big band leader and jazz saxophonist Jimmy Coe. (Feb. 26, 2004)
In 1922, bandleader Larry Elgart. (Aug. 29, 2017)
In 1922, producer-director-comedian Carl Reiner. (June 29, 2020)
In 1927, Louisiana fiddler Dewey Balfa. (June 17, 1992)
In 1928, Fred Rogers, host of ``Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.'' (Feb. 27, 2003)
In 1936, producer Lee ``Scratch'' Perry. (Aug. 29, 2021)
In 1937, country singer-songwriter Jerry Reed. (Sept. 1, 2008)
In 1939, former prime minister Brian Mulroney. (Feb. 29, 2024)
In 1939, country singer Don Edwards. (Oct. 23, 2022)
In 1943, TV producer Paul Junger Witt. (April 27, 2018)
In 1948, blues singer Marva Wright. (March 23, 2010)
In 1950, actor William Hurt. (Mar. 13, 2022)
In 1976, singer Chester Bennington of Linkin Park. (July 20, 2017)
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