Thursday

Today's Celebrity Birthdays 7/3

Ken Russell - age 81 - Oscar-winning British director whose films include "Women in Love," The Who's "Tommy" and "Altered States"

Fontella Bass - age 68 - American R&B and soul singer

Kurtwood Smith - age 65 - American actor who was in "Robocop," "Dead Poets Society" and Fox's "That '70s Show," as Red Forman

Michael Cole - age 63 - American actor best known as Pete Cochran on ABC's "The Mod Squad"

Dave Barry - age 61 - Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling American author and humorist

Betty Buckley - age 61 - American actress and singer who was in ABC's "Eight is Enough," "Carrie," "Frantic" and HBO's "Oz"

Paul Barrere - age 60 - American guitarist and vocalist country-rock band Little Feat

Jan Smithers - age 59 - American actress best known as Bailey Quarters in CBS's "WKRP In Cincinnati"

Montel Williams - age 52 - Daytime Emmy-winning American talk show host for the syndicated " The Montel Williams Show"

Aaron Tippin - age 50 - American country music singer-songwriter, guitarist and record producer

Vince Clarke - age 48 - British synthpop musician, songwriter and DJ for Erasure and Depeche Mode

Tom Cruise - age 46 - American actor and producer whose films include "Top Gun," "Jerry Maguire" and the "Mission: Impossible" trilogy

Thomas Gibson - age 46 - American actor whose work includes ABC's "Dharma and Greg" and CBS's "Chicago Hope" and "Criminal Minds"

Hunter Tylo - age 46 - American actress best known as Taylor Forrester on CBS's "The Bold and the Beautiful"

Connie Nielsen - age 44 - Danish actress whose films include "The Devil's Advocate," "Rushmore" and "Gladiator"

Yeardley Smith - age 44 - Emmy-winning American actress best known as the voice of Lisa on Fox's "The Simpsons"

Tommy Flanagan - age 43 - Scottish actor whose films include "Braveheart," "Gladiator" and "Sin City"

Kevin Hearn - age 39 - Canadian keyboardist and guitarist for the alternative rock band Barenaked Ladies

Audra McDonald - age 38 - Tony-winning American actress and singer who currently plays Dr. Naomi Bennett on ABC's"Private Practice"

Shawnee Smith - age 38 - American actress best known as Amanda Young in the "Saw" trilogy and Linda in CBS's "Becker"

Patrick Wilson - age 35 - American actor and singer whose films include "The Phantom of the Opera," "Little Children" and "Evening"

Andrea Barber - age 32 - American actress best known as Kimmy Gibbler on ABC's "Full House"

Tonia Tash - age 29 - American singer for the R&B girl group Divine

Grant Rosenmeyer - age 17 - American actor best known as the title character in Fox's "Oliver Beene"