Celebrity birthdays for Aug. 6:
Actor-director Peter Bonerz is 87.
Tenor Paul Trepanier is 86.
Actress Louise Sorel ("Days of Our Lives") is 85.
Country singer Myrna Lorrie is 85.
Actor Michael Anderson Jr. is 82.
Actor Ray Buktenica is 82.
Singer Carole Pope (Rough Trade) is 79.
Actor Dorian Harewood is 75.
Actress Catherine Hicks ("Seventh Heaven") is 74.
Singer Pat MacDonald of Timbuk 3 is 73.
Actress Stepfanie Kramer is 69.
Actress Faith Prince is 68.
Singer Randy DeBarge of DeBarge is 67.
Actor Leland Orser ("ER") is 65.
Actress Michelle Yeoh ("Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon") is 63.
Country singers Peggy and Patsy Lynn of The Lynns are 61.
Actor Jeremy Ratchford ("Cold Case") is 60.
Basketball Hall of Fame centre David Robinson is 60.
Country singer Lisa Stewart is 57.
Writer-director M. Night Shyamalan ("The Sixth Sense") is 55.
Actress Merrin Dungey ("Summerland," ''Alias") is 54.
Singer Geri Halliwell Horner (Spice Girls) is 53.
Actor Jason O'Mara ("Life on Mars") is 53.
Actress Vera Farmiga ("Up In The Air," ''The Departed") is 52.
Singer-actor David Campbell is 52.
Actress Ever Carradine is 51.
Actress Soleil Moon Frye ("Sabrina The Teenage Witch," ''Punky Brewster") is 49.
Actress Melissa George ("Alias," ''Grey's Anatomy") is 49.
Actor Leslie Odom Jr. (stage: "Hamilton," TV: "Smash") is 44.
Actress Romola Garai is 43.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1809, poet Alfred Lord Tennyson. (Oct. 6, 1892)
In 1881, Nobel Prize-winning bacteriologist Sir Alexander Fleming. (March 11, 1955)
In 1908, International Tennis Hall of Famer Helen Jacobs. (June 2, 1997)
In 1908, actor Will Lee (Mr. Hooper on Sesame Street). (Dec. 7, 1982)
In 1911, comedienne-actress Lucille Ball. (April 26, 1989)
In 1917, actor Robert Mitchum. (July 1, 1997)
In 1918, jazz impresario Norman Granz. (Nov. 22, 2001)
In 1919, International Tennis Hall of Famer Pauline Betz Addie. (May 31, 2011)
In 1923, British drummer Jack Parnell. (Aug. 8, 2010)
In 1924, children's performer Ella Jenkins. (Nov. 9, 2024)
In 1926, screenwriter Norman Wexler. (Aug. 23, 1999)
In 1928, artist Andy Warhol. (Feb. 22, 1987)
In 1930, actress-singer Abbey Lincoln. (Aug. 14, 2010)
In 1937, jazz bassist Charlie Haden. (July 11, 2014)
In 1948, pro wrestler Dino Bravo. (March 11, 1993)
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