Celebrity Birthdays for Sept. 16:
Actor George Chakiris ("West Side Story") is 92.
Bluesman Billy Boy Arnold is 89.
Movie director Jim McBride is 83.
Actress Linda Miller is 82.
Bernie Calvert, bass guitarist with the Hollies, is 82.
Singer Betty Kelley of Martha and the Vandellas is 80.
Drummer Kenney Jones (Small Faces, Faces, The Who) is 76.
Actress Susan Ruttan ("L.A. Law") is 76.
Rock musician Ron Blair (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers; Mudcrutch) is 76.
Actor Ed Begley Jr. is 75.
Singer David Bellamy of the Bellamy Brothers is 74.
Actor Mickey Rourke is 72.
Jazz guitarist Earl Klugh is 71.
Actor Christopher Rich ("Reba," ''Murphy Brown") is 71.
Actor-comedian Lenny Clarke is 71.
Actor Kurt Fuller is 71.
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Robin Yount is 69.
Illusionist David Copperfield is 68.
Country singer Terry McBride is 66.
Actress Jennifer Tilly is 66.
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Tim Raines is 65.
Actress Jayne Brook ("Chicago Hope") is 64.
Singer Richard Marx is 61.
Comedian Molly Shannon ("Saturday Night Live") is 60.
Singer Marc Anthony is 56.
Comedian Amy Poehler ("Parks and Recreation," ''Saturday Night Live") is 53.
Actress Toks Olagundoye ("Castle") is 49.
Singer Musiq Soulchild is 47.
Actor Michael Mosley is 46.
Rapper Flo Rida is 45.
Actress Alexis Bledel ("Gilmore Girls") is 43.
Actress Sabrina Bryan ("The Cheetah Girls") is 40.
Actress Madeline Zima ("The Nanny") is 39.
R&B singer Danny Fernandes is 39.
Actor Ian Harding ("Pretty Little Liars") is 38.
Actress Kyla Pratt ("Fat Albert," ''Dr. Doolittle") is 38.
Actor Daren Kagasoff is 37.
Singer Teddy Geiger is 36.
Actress-dancer Bailey Buntain is 35.
Musician-actor Nick Jonas (The Jonas Brothers) is 32.
Actress Elena Kampouris is 27.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1875, department store founder James C. Penney. (Feb. 12, 1971)
In 1914, "Candid Camera" creator Allen Funt. (Sept. 5, 1999)
In 1919, crooner Andy Russell. (April 16, 1992)
In 1922, CBC television host Alex Barris. (Jan. 15, 2004)
In 1922, actress-singer Janis Paige ("Please Don't Eat The Daisies"). (June 2, 2024)
In 1924, actress Lauren Bacall. (Aug. 12, 2014)
In 1925, blues legend B.B. King. (May 14, 2015)
In 1925, guitarist Charlie Byrd. (Dec. 2, 1999)
In 1926, clergyman-author Rev. Robert H. Schuller. (April 2, 2015)
In 1927, actor Peter Falk. (June 23, 2011)
In 1927, actor Jack Kelly ("Maverick"). (Nov. 7, 1992)
In 1930, actress Anne Francis. (Jan. 2, 2011)
In 1954, singer Frank Reed of The Chi-Lites. (Feb. 26, 2014)
In 1956, punk rocker Dave Schulthise (The Dead Milkmen). (March 10, 2004)
In 1960, guitarist Donald "Ean" Evans (Lynyrd Skynyrd). (May 6, 2009)
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