Keanu Reeves turns 51; Celebrity birthdays Aug. 30-Sept. 5

Believe it or not, judging from his youthful look, A-list Hollywood actor Keanu Reeves will celebrate his 51st birthday on September 2. It’s a mystery for all because he looks only in his mid-30s. Some sites even call “The Matrix trilogy” star as an alien in our midst. Who knows.

At any rate, here are the celebrities in music and entertainment who will be celebrating their birthdays this coming week.

Aug. 30: Actor Bill Daily (“I Dream of Jeannie,” ”The Bob Newhart Show”) is 88. Actress Elizabeth Ashley is 76. Actor-turned-politician Ben Jones (“The Dukes of Hazzard”) is 74. Actress Peggy Lipton (“The Mod Squad”) is 69. Comedian Lewis Black (“The Daily Show”) is 67. Actor Michael Chiklis (“The Fantastic Four,” ”The Shield”) is 52. Actress Michael Michele (“ER,” ”Homicide: Life On The Street”) is 49. Country singer Sherrie Austin is 44. Guitarist Lars Frederiksen of Rancid is 44. Actress Cameron Diaz is 43. TV personality Lisa Ling (“The View”) is 42. Singer-guitarist Aaron Barrett of Reel Big Fish is 41. Guitarist Ryan Ross (Panic At The Disco) is 29.

Aug. 31: Actor Warren Berlinger (“Operation Petticoat,” ”The Joey Bishop Show”) is 78. Drummer Jerry Allison of Buddy Holly and the Crickets is 76. Singer Van Morrison is 70. Guitarist Rudolf Schenker of Scorpions is 67. Actor Richard Gere is 66. Singer Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze is 58. Drummer Gina Schock of The Go-Go’s is 58. Singer Tony DeFranco of The DeFranco Family is 56. Keyboardist Larry Waddell of Mint Condition is 52. Guitarist Jeff Russo of Tonic is 46. Singer Deborah Gibson is 45. Bassist Greg Richling of The Wallflowers is 45. Actor Zack Ward (“A Christmas Story,” ”Titus”) is 45. Actor Chris Tucker (“Rush Hour”) is 43. Actress Sara Ramirez (“Grey’s Anatomy”) is 40. Singer Tamara of Trina and Tamara is 38.

Sept. 1: Actor George Maharis (“Route 66”) is 87. Comedian-actress Lily Tomlin is 76. Actor Don Stroud is 72. Singer Archie Bell of Archie Bell and the Drells is 71. Singer Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees is 69. Drummer Greg Errico of Sly and the Family Stone is 67. Talk show host Dr. Phil is 65. Singer Gloria Estefan is 58. Jazz saxophonist Boney James is 54. Singer-guitarist Grant Lee Phillips (“Gilmore Girls”) is 52. Country singer-songwriter Charlie Robison is 51. DJ Spigg Nice of Lost Boyz is 45. Actor Ricardo Antonio Chavira (“Desperate Housewives”) is 44. Actor Maury Sterling (“Homeland”) is 44. Actor Scott Speedman (“Felicity”) is 40. Singer Angaleena Presley of Pistol Annies is 39. Guitarist Joe Trohman of Fall Out Boy is 31.

Sept. 2: Dancer-actress Marge Champion is 96. Singer Jimmy Clanton is 77. Singer Sam Gooden of The Impressions is 76. Singer-turned-minister Joe Simon is 72. Singer Rosalind Ashford of Martha and the Vandellas is 72. Sportscaster Terry Bradshaw is 67. Actor Mark Harmon is 64. Actress Linda Purl is 60. Drummer Jerry Augustyniak of 10,000 Maniacs is 57. Drummer Paul Deakin of The Mavericks is 56. Actor Keanu Reeves is 51. Actress Salma Hayek is 49. Actress Cynthia Watros (“Lost,” ”Titus”) is 47. Singer K-Ci of K-Ci and JoJo is 46. Actor Katt Williams (“Norbit”) is 42. Bassist Sam Rivers of Limp Bizkit is 38. Actor Jonathan Kite (“2 Broke Girls”) is 36. Drummer Spencer Smith (Panic at the Disco) is 28. DJ/music producer Zedd is 26.

Sept. 3: “Beetle Bailey” creator Mort Walker is 92. Actress Anne Jackson is 90. Actress Pauline Collins is 75. Singer-guitarist Al Jardine of The Beach Boys is 73. Actress Valerie Perrine is 72. Drummer Donald Brewer of Grand Funk Railroad is 67. Guitarist Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols is 60. Actor Steve Schirripa (“The Sopranos”) is 58. Guitarist Todd Lewis of The Toadies is 50. Actor Charlie Sheen is 50. Singer Jennifer Paige is 42. Musician Redfoo of LMFAO is 40. Actress Ashley Jones (“True Blood”) is 39. Actor Joel Johnstone (“The Astronaut Wives Club”) is 37. Actor Nick Wechsler (“Roswell”) is 37. Actor Garrett Hedlund (“Tron”) is 31.

Sept. 4: Actress Mitzi Gaynor is 84. Actor Kenneth Kimmins (“Coach”) is 74. Singer Merald “Bubba” Knight of Gladys Knight and the Pips is 73. Actress Jennifer Salt (“Soap”) is 71. Bassist Ronald LaPread (The Commodores) is 65. Actress Judith Ivey is 64. Drummer Martin Chambers of The Pretenders is 64. Actress Khandi Alexander (“ER,” ”NewsRadio”) is 58. Actor-comedian Damon Wayans is 55. Guitarist Kim Thayil of Soundgarden is 55. Actress Ione Skye is 45. DJ/music producer Mark Ronson is 40. Singer Richard Wingo of Jagged Edge is 40. Bassist Ian Grushka of New Found Glory is 38. Actor Wes Bentley (“American Beauty”) is 37. Actor Max Greenfield (“New Girl”) is 36. Singer Dan Miller of O-Town is 35. Singer Beyonce Knowles (Destiny’s Child) is 34. Singer-guitarist Tom Gossin of Gloriana is 34. Actress Whitney Cummings (“Whitney”) is 33. Comedian Kyle Mooney (“Saturday Night Live”) is 31. Multi-instrumentalist Neyla Pekarek of The Lumineers is 29. Actor Trevor Gagnon (“The New Adventures of Old Christine”) is 20.

Sept. 5: Comedian-actor Bob Newhart is 86. Actor George Lazenby is 76. Actress Raquel Welch is 75. Singer Al Stewart is 70. Singer Loudon Wainwright the Third is 69. Cartoonist Cathy Guisewite (“Cathy”) is 65. Actor Michael Keaton is 64. Drummer Jamie Oldaker of The Tractors is 64. Actress Debbie Turner-Larson (Marta from “The Sound of Music”) is 59. Singer Terry Ellis of En Vogue is 52. Drummer Brad Wilk of Rage Against The Machine (and of Audioslave) is 47. TV personality-musician Dweezil Zappa is 46. Actress Rose McGowan is 42. Actress Carice Van Houten (“Game of Thrones”) is 39. Actor Andrew Ducote (“Dave’s World”) is 29. Actress Kat Graham (“The Vampire Diaries”) is 29. Actor Skandar Keynes (“The Chronicles of Narnia”) is 24. With a report from Totel V. de Jesus/INQUIRER.net

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