Celebrity Birthdays for March 4:
Actress Paula Prentiss (1975's "The Stepford Wives") is 87.
Movie director Adrian Lyne ("Fatal Attraction") is 84.
Singer Dieter Meier (Yello) is 80.
Saxophonist Jan Garbarek is 78.
Rockabilly singer Shakin' Stevens is 77.
Author James Ellroy is 77.
Country singer Carroll Baker is 76.
Singer Chris Rea is 74.
Actor-singer Ronn Moss of Player ("The Bold and the Beautiful") is 73.
Singer-guitarist Serge Fiori (Harmonium) is 73.
Italian singer Umberto Tozzi is 73.
Actress Kay Lenz is 72.
Musician Emilio Estefan of the Miami Sound Machine is 72.
Movie director Scott Hicks is 72.
Actress Catherine O'Hara ("Home Alone," ''A Mighty Wind") is 71.
Actor Mykelti Williamson ("Forrest Gump") is 68.
Actress Patricia Heaton ("The Middle," ''Everybody Loves Raymond") is 67.
Actor Steven Weber ("NCIS: New Orleans," ''Wings") is 64.
Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted is 62.
Actress Stacy Edwards ("Chicago Hope") is 60.
Rapper Grand Puba (Brand Nubian) is 59.
Singer Evan Dando of The Lemonheads is 58.
Actress Patsy Kensit is 57.
Activist Chaz Bono is 56.
Actor Patrick Roach ("Trailer Park Boys") is 56.
Actress Andrea Bendewald ("Suddenly Susan") is 55.
Actor Nick Stabile is 55.
Drummer Fergal Lawler of The Cranberries is 54.
Country singer Jason Sellers is 54.
Hip hop artist Buck 65 (born Richard Terfry) is 53.
Singer-songwriter Hawksley Workman is 50.
Jazz drummer Jason Marsalis is 48.
Singer K. Michelle is 43.
Actress Jessica Heap ("The Young and the Restless") is 42.
TV personality Whitney Port ("The Hills") is 40.
Actor Scott Michael Foster is 40.
Actress Audrey Esparza ("Blindspot") is 39.
Actress Margo Harshman ("NCIS," ''The Big Bang Theory") is 39.
Actor Josh Bowman ("Revenge") is 37.
Actress Andrea Bowen ("Desperate Housewives") is 35.
Actress Jenna Boyd ("The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants") is 32.
Also born on this date:
In 1678, composer Antonio Vivaldi. (July 28, 1741)
In 1883, Canadian boxer Sam Langford. (Jan. 12, 1956)
In 1888, renowned footbal coach Knute Rockne. (March 31, 1931)
In 1895, comedian Shemp Howard. (Nov. 22, 1955)
In 1901, Canadian medical researcher Wilbur R. Franks. (Jan. 4, 1986)
In 1923, Canadian politician Stanley Haidasz. (Aug. 6, 2009)
In 1926, singer Fran Warren. (March 4, 2013)
In 1931, hockey coach Bob Johnson. (Nov. 26, 1991)
In 1932, South African folksinger Miriam Makeba. (Nov. 10, 2008)
In 1932, country singer Betty Jack Davis (The Davis Sisters). (Aug. 2, 1953)
In 1934, bluegrass singer and mandolin player John Duffey. (Dec. 10, 1996)
In 1936, Eric Allandale, trombonist for The Foundations. (Aug. 23, 2001)
In 1939, singer-actress Barbara McNair. (Feb. 4, 2007)
In 1943, Italian singer-songwriter Lucio Dalla. (March 1, 2012)
In 1944, singer Bobby Womack. (June 27, 2014)
In 1948, bassist Chris Squire of Yes. (June 27, 2015)
In 1955, Rowland Charles "Boon" Gould of the '80s pop band Level 42. (April 30, 2019)
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