Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 31:
Actress Lee Grant is 92.
Anita Kerr, director of the Anita Kerr Singers is 90.
Retired NASA astronaut Michael Collins is 87.
Former CBS anchorman Dan Rather is 86.
Folk singer Tom Paxton is 80.
Actor Ron Rifkin ("Alias") is 79.
Actress Sally Kirkland is 76.
Actor David Ogden Stiers ("MASH") is 75.
Actor Brian Doyle-Murray is 72.
Russ Ballard, guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for the 1970s rock group Argent, is 72.
Actor Stephen Rea ("The Crying Game," ''V For Vendetta") is 71.
Actress Deidre Hall ("Days Of Our Lives") is 70.
Olympic gold medal long-distance runner Frank Shorter is 70.
NBC anchorwoman Jane Pauley is 67.
Actor Brian Stokes Mitchell is 60.
Director Peter Jackson ("Lord of the Rings") is 56.
Drummer Larry Mullen Jr. of U2 is 56.
Guitarist Johnny Marr of Modest Mouse (and The Smiths) is 54.
Actor Dermot Mulroney is 54.
Drummer Mikkey Dee of Motorhead and of Scorpions is 54.
Country singer Darryl Worley is 53.
Actor Rob Schneider is 53.
Actor Mike O'Malley ("Glee") is 52.
Guitarist Adam Horovitz (a.k.a. Adrock) of the Beastie Boys is 51.
Rock vocalist Annabella Lwin, formerly of Bow Wow Wow, is 51.
Musician Adam Schelsinger of Fountains of Wayne is 50.
Musician Vanilla Ice (born Rob Van Winkle) is 50.
Singer Linn Berggren of Ace of Base is 47.
Reality TV host Troy Hartman is 46.
Gospel singer Smokie Norful is 42.
Actress Piper Perabo is 41.
Actor Brian Hallisay is 39.
Keyboardist Tay Strathairn of Dawes is 37.
Actor Eddie Kaye Thomas ("American Pie") is 37.
Actress Samaire Armstrong is 37.
Guitarist Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance) is 36.
Actor Justin Chatwin ("American Gothic") is 35.
Actor Scott Clifton is 33.
Actress Vanessa Marano is 25.
Actress Holly Taylor is 20.
Singer-actress Willow Smith is 17.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1795, poet John Keats. (Feb. 23, 1821)
In 1896, Canadian dance band leader Gilbert Watson. (Aug. 12, 1959)
In 1908, Canadian peace activist Muriel Duckworth. (Aug. 22, 2009)
In 1912, Dale Evans - singer, actress and wife of Roy Rogers. (Feb. 7, 2001)
In 1920, author Dick Francis. (Feb. 14, 2010)
In 1922, actress Barbara Bel Geddes. (Aug. 8, 2005)
In 1925, writer Robin Moore. (Feb. 21, 2008)
In 1928, movie critic Andrew Sarris is 83. (June 20, 2012)
In 1936, actor Michael Landon. (July 1, 1991)
In 1943, football player Brian Piccolo. (June 16, 1970)
In 1950, Canadian comedian-actor John Candy. (March 4, 1994)
In 1952, musician and record producer Bernard Edwards. (April 18, 1996)
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