Celebrity Birthdays for May 27:
Actress Lee Meriwether is 89.
Actor Bruce Weitz is 81.
Singer Bruce Cockburn is 79.
Jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater is 74.
Actor Richard Schiff ("The West Wing") is 69.
Singer Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie and the Banshees is 67.
Singer-guitarist Neil Finn of Crowded House and Split Enz is 66.
Actress Peri Gilpin ("Frasier") is 63.
Actress Cathy Silvers ("Happy Days") is 63.
Comedian Adam Carolla is 60.
Actor Todd Bridges ("Diff'rent Strokes") is 59.
Drummer Sean Kinney of Alice In Chains is 58.
Actor Dondre Whitfield is 55.
Actor Paul Bettany ("The Da Vinci Code," ''A Beautiful Mind") is 53.
Country singer Jace Everett is 52.
Actor Jack McBrayer ("30 Rock") is 51.
Rapper Andre 3000 of Outkast is 49.
Rapper Jadakiss is 49.
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is 49.
Actor Ben Feldman ("Mad Men") is 44.
Actor Michael Steger is 44.
Actor Darin Brooks ("The Bold and the Beautiful") is 40.
Actor Chris Colfer ("Glee") is 34.
Actor Ethan Dampf ("American Dreams") is 30.
Actress Desiree Ross ("Greenleaf") is 25.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1837, lawman-gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok. (Aug. 2, 1876)
In 1909, Dolores Hope, sultry-voiced songstress who was married to comedian Bob Hope. (Sept. 19, 2011)
In 1911, actor Vincent Price. (Oct. 25, 1993)
In 1912, writer John Cheever. (June 18, 1982)
In 1912, golf legend Sam Snead. (May 23, 2002)
In 1915, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Herman Wouk. (May 17, 2019)
In 1921, country singer-songwriter Redd Stewart. (Aug. 2, 2003)
In 1922, actor Christopher Lee. (June 7, 2015)
In 1923, former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. (Nov. 29, 2023)
In 1925, author Tony Hillerman. (Oct. 26, 2008)
In 1926, jazz saxophonist Bud Shank. (April 2, 2009)
In 1930, author John Barth. (Apr. 2, 2024)
In 1931, country singer Kenny Price. (Aug. 4, 1987)
In 1932, blues singer and harmonica player Junior Parker. (Nov. 18, 1971)
In 1933, Canadian entrepreneur Ted Rogers. (Dec 2, 2008)
In 1935, musician Ramsey Lewis. (Sept. 12, 2022)
In 1936, actor Louis Gossett Jr. (Mar. 29, 2024)
In 1937, TV and theatre producer Allan Carr. (June 29,1999)
In 1939, country music singer Don Williams. (Sept. 8, 2017)
In 1943, singer Cilla Black. (Aug. 2, 2015)
In 1961, Canadian-bred thoroughbred Northern Dancer. (Nov. 16, 1990)
In 1971, singer Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes (TLC). (April 25, 2002)
In 1974, jazz guitarist Coleman Mellett. (Feb. 12, 2009)
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