CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS 1

Sept. 4: Actress Mitzi Gaynor is 80. Singer Merald "Bubba" Knight of Gladys Knight and the Pips is 69. Actress Jennifer Salt ("Soap") is 67. Bassist Ronald LaPread (The Commodores) is 61. Actress Judith Ivey is 60. Drummer Martin Chambers of The Pretenders is 60. Actress Khandi Alexander is 54. Actor-comedian Damon Wayans is 51. Guitarist Kim Thayil of Soundgarden is 51. Actress Ione Skye is 41. Singer Richard Wingo of Jagged Edge is 36. Actor Wes Bentley is 33. Singer Dan Miller of O-Town is 31. Singer Beyonce Knowles is 30. Actor Trevor Gagnon ("The New Adventures of Old Christine") is 16.

Sept. 5: Comedian-actor Bob Newhart is 82. Actor George Lazenby is 72. Actor William Devane is 72. Actress Raquel Welch is 71. Singer Al Stewart is 66. Cartoonist Cathy Guisewite ("Cathy") is 61. Actor Michael Keaton is 60. Drummer Jamie Oldaker of The Tractors is 60. Actress Debbie Turner-Larson (Marta from "The Sound of Music") is 55. Singer Terry Ellis of En Vogue is 48. Drummer Brad Wilk of Rage Against the Machine (and of Audioslave) is 43. TV personality-musician Dweezil Zappa is 42. Actress Rose McGowan is 38. Actor Andrew Ducote ("Dave's World") is 25. Actress Katerina Graham ("The Vampire Diaries") is 25. Actor Skandar Keynes ("The Chronicles of Narnia") is 20.

Sept. 6: Comedian JoAnne Worley is 74. Country singer David Allan Coe is 72. Singer-bassist Roger Waters is 68. Actress Swoosie Kurtz is 67. Comedian-actress Jane Curtin is 64. Country singer Buddy Miller is 59. Country drummer Joe Smyth of Sawyer Brown is 54. Actor-comedian Jeff Foxworthy is 53. Actor-comedian Michael Winslow ("Police Academy") is 53. Guitarist Pal Waaktaar of A-ha is 50. Country singer Mark Chesnutt is 48. Actress Rosie Perez is 47. Singer Macy Gray is 44. Singer CeCe Peniston is 42. Singer Darryl Anthony (Az Yet) is 42. Singer Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries) is 40. Actress Anika Noni Rose is 39. Actor Justin Whalin ("Lois and Clark") is 37. Singer Nina Persson (The Cardigans) is 37. Actress Naomie Harris ("Pirates of the Caribbean" movies) is 35. Rapper Noreaga is 33. Rapper Foxy Brown is 33.

Sept. 7: Jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins is 81. Singer Alfa Anderson of Chic is 65. Singer Gloria Gaynor is 62. Singer Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders is 60. Actress Julie Kavner is 60. Keyboardist Benmont Tench of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is 58. Actor Corbin Bernsen is 57. Actor Michael Emerson is 57. Pianist Michael Feinstein is 55. Singer Margot Chapman (Starland Vocal Band) is 54. Actor W. Earl Brown ("Deadwood") is 48. Model Angie Everhart is 42. Actress Diane Farr is 42. Actor Tom Everett Scott is 41. Drummer Chad Sexton of 311 is 41. Actress Shannon Elizabeth ("American Pie") is 38. Actor Devon Sawa is 33. Actress Evan Rachel Wood is 24.

Sept. 8: Comedian Sid Caesar is 89. Actor Alan Feinstein is 70. Singer Sal Valentino of The Beau Brummels is 69. Actress Heather Thomas is 54. Singer Aimee Mann is 51. Bassist David Steele of Fine Young Cannibals is 51. Singer Marc Gordon of Levert is 47. Singer Neko Case is 41. Actor David Arquette is 40. Actor Henry Thomas ("E.T.") is 40. Actor Martin Freeman is 40. Drummer Richard Hughes of Keane is 36. Actor Larenz Tate is 36. Singer Pink is 32. Actor Jonathan Taylor Thomas is 30.