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Celebrity birthdays for Oct. 17

Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 17: Actress Marsha Hunt is 100. Actress Julie Adams ("Creature From the Black Lagoon") is 91. Violinist Betty-Jean Hagen is 87. Country singer Earl Thomas Conley is 76. Singer Jim Seals of Seals and Crofts is 75.

Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 17:

 

Actress Marsha Hunt is 100.

Actress Julie Adams ("Creature From the Black Lagoon") is 91.

Violinist Betty-Jean Hagen is 87.

Country singer Earl Thomas Conley is 76.

Singer Jim Seals of Seals and Crofts is 75.

Singer Gary Puckett of Gary Puckett and the Union Gap is 75.

Actor Michael McKean is 70.

Actress Margot Kidder is 69.

Actor George Wendt is 69.

Actor-singer Bill Hudson is 68.

Singer-songwriter Shari Ulrich is 66.

Country singer Alan Jackson is 59.

Movie critic Richard Roeper is 58.

Actor Grant Shaud ("Murphy Brown") is 57.

Movie director Rob Marshall is 57. 

Animator Mike Judge ("King of the Hill," ''Beavis and Butthead") is 55.

Comedian Norm Macdonald is 54.

Singer Rene' Dif (Aqua) is 50.

Reggae singer Ziggy Marley is 49.

Actor Wood Harris ("The Wire") is 48.

Singer Wyclef Jean of The Fugees is 48.

World Golf Hall-of-Famer Ernie Els is 48. 

Comedian/political satirist Rick Mercer is 48.

Singer Chris Kirkpatrick of 'N Sync is 46.

Rapper Eminem (born Marshall Bruce Mathers III) is 45.

Actress Sharon Leal ("Boston Public") is 45.

Actor Matthew Macfadyen is 43.

Actress Felicity Jones ("The Theory of Everything") is 34.

Actor Chris Lowell ("The Help," ''Private Practice") is 33.

Actor Dee Jay Daniels ("The Hughleys," ''In The House") is 29.

 

Also born on this date (death in parentheses):

In 1902, actress Irene Ryan. (April 26, 1973) 

In 1909, big band drummer Cozy Cole. (Jan. 31, 1981)

In 1914, comic book artist Jerry Siegel (Superman). (Jan. 28, 1996)

In 1915, playwright Arthur Miller. (Feb 10, 2005)

In 1918, actress Rita Hayworth. (May 14, 1987)

In 1920, actor Montgomery Clift. (July 23, 1966)

In 1920, Spanish novelist Miguel Delibes. (March 12, 2010)

In 1921, actor Tom Poston. (April 30, 2007)

In 1922, Pierre Juneau, ex-CRTC and CBC president who championed Canadian content. (Feb. 21, 2012)

In 1923, jazz guitarist Barney Kessel. (May 6, 2004)

In 1930, physician Robert Atkins (The Atkins Diet). (April 17, 2003)

In 1930, newspaper columnist Jimmy Breslin. (March 19, 2017)

In 1938, daredevil Evel Knievel. (Nov. 30, 2007)

In 1946, drummer Michael Hossack of The Doobie Brothers. (March 12, 2012)

In 1950, actor Howard Rollins. (Dec. 8, 1996)

In 1955, actor Sam Bottoms. (Dec. 16, 2008)

 

The Canadian Press

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