Anthony Head

Celebrity birthdays for Feb. 20-26

Feb. 20: Movie director Robert Altman is 80. Actor Sidney Poitier is 78. Jazz and soul singer Nancy Wilson is 68. Singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie is 64. Actress Sandy Duncan is 59. Guitarist J. Geils of The J. Geils Band is 59. Actress Brenda Blethyn is 59. Actor Peter Strauss is 58. Singer-bassist Walter Becker of Steely Dan is 55. Actor Anthony Stewart Head ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer") is 51. Actor James Wilby ("Gosford Park") is 47. Bassist Sebastian Steinberg (Soul Coughing) is 46. Actor Joel Hodgson ("Mystery Science Theater 3000") is 45. Singer Ian Brown of Stone Roses is 42. Actor French Stewart ("Third Rock From the Sun") is 41. Model Cindy Crawford is 39. Actor Andrew Shue ("Melrose Place") is 38. Actress Lili Taylor is 38. Singer Brian Littrell of Backstreet Boys is 30. Actress Lauren Ambrose ("Six Feet Under") is 27. Actor Jay Hernandez ("Crazy/Beautiful") is 27. Actress Majandra Delfino ("Roswell") is 24.

Feb. 21: Actress Rue McClanahan is 70. Actor Gary Lockwood is 68. Actor Peter McEnery is 65. Record company executive David Geffen is 62. Actress Tyne Daly is 59. Actor Alan Rickman is 59. Keyboardist Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads is 56. Actor William Petersen is 52. Actor Kelsey Grammer is 50. Singer Mary Chapin Carpenter is 47. Actor Jack Coleman is 47. Actor Christopher Atkins is 44. Singer Ranking Roger of General Public and of English Beat is 44. Actor William Baldwin is 42. Country singer Eric Heatherly is 35. Bassist Eric Wilson of Sublime is 35. Bassist Tad Kinchla of Blues Traveler is 32. Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt is 26. Opera singer Charlotte Church is 19.

Feb. 22: Actor John Mills is 97. Announcer Don Pardo is 87. Actor Paul Dooley is 77. Director Jonathan Demme is 61. Actor John Ashton is 57. Actress Julie Walters ("Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone") is 55. Actor Kyle MacLachlan is 46. Naturalist Steve Irwin ("The Crocodile Hunter") is 43. Comedian Rachel Dratch ("Saturday Night Live") is 39. Actress Jeri Ryan ("Boston Public," "Star Trek: Voyager") is 37. Actor Jose Solano ("Baywatch") is 34. Actor Thomas Jane ("The Sweetest Thing") is 36. Actress Lea Solanga is 34. Actress Drew Barrymore is 30. Actor Daniel E. Smith ("John Q.") is 15.

Feb. 23: Actor-director Peter Fonda is 65. Musician Johnny Winter is 61. Steel guitarist Rusty Young of Poco is 59. Actress Patricia Richardson ("Home Improvement") is 54. Guitarist Brad Whitford of Aerosmith is 53. Singer Howard Jones is 50. Guitarist Michael Wilton of Queensryche is 43. Actress Kristin Davis ("Sex and the City") is 40. Actor Marc Price ("Family Ties") is 37. Bassist Jeff Beres of Sister Hazel is 34. Guitarist-keyboardist Lasse Johansson of the Cardigans is 32. Actress Dakota Fanning ("The Cat in the Hat," "I Am Sam") is 11.

Feb. 24: Actor Abe Vigoda is 84. Actor Steven Hill ("Law & Order") is 83. Actor Dominic Chianese ("The Sopranos") is 74. Movie composer Michel Legrand is 73. Actor James Farentino is 67. Actor Barry Bostwick is 60. Singer-producer Rupert Holmes is 58. Actor Edward James Olmos is 58. Actress Debra Jo Rupp ("That ’70s Show") is 54. Actress Helen Shaver ("The Education of Max Bickford") is 54. News correspondent Paula Zahn is 49. Country singer Sammy Kershaw is 47. Singer Michelle Shocked is 43. Actor Billy Zane is 39. Actress Bonnie Somerville ("NYPD Blue") is 31. R&B singer Brandon Brown of Mista is 22.

Feb. 25: Country singer Ralph Stanley is 78. Actress Diane Baker is 67. Talk-show host Sally Jessy Raphael is 62. Actress Karen Grassle ("Little House on the Prairie") is 61. Singer-guitarist Mike Peters of The Alarm is 46. Actress Veronica Webb is 40. Actress Tea Leoni is 39. Actress Lesley Boone ("Ed") is 37. Actor Sean Astin is 34. Singer Justin Jeffre of 98 Degrees is 32. Actress Rashida Jones ("Boston Public") is 29. Actors James and Oliver Phelps ("Harry Potter" films) are 19.

Feb. 26: Actress Betty Hutton is 84. Singer Fats Domino is 77. Guitarist Paul Cotton of Poco is 62. Singer Mitch Ryder is 60. Keyboardist Jonathan Cain of Journey is 55. Singer Michael Bolton is 52. Actor Greg Germann ("Ally McBeal") is 47. Actress Jennifer Grant is 39. Singer Erykah Badu is 34. R&B singer Rico Wade of Society of Soul is 33. Singer Kyle Norman of Jagged Edge is 30.