Celebrity Birthdays for Sept. 15:
Actress Carmen Maura is 79.
Writer-director Ron Shelton is 79.
Actor Tommy Lee Jones is 78.
Movie director Oliver Stone is 78.
NFL coach Pete Carroll is 73.
Drummer Kelly Keagy of Night Ranger is 72.
Drummer Mitch Dorge of Crash Test Dummies is 64.
Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino is 63.
Actor Danny Nucci is 56.
DJ Kay Gee (Naughty By Nature) is 55.
Actor Josh Charles ("The Good Wife," ''Sports Night") is 53.
Comedian Jimmy Carr is 52.
Actor Tom Hardy ("The Dark Knight Rises") is 47.
Actress Marisa Ramirez ("Blue Bloods") is 47.
Actor Dave Annable ("Brothers and Sisters") is 45.
Actress Amy Davidson ("8 Simple Rules") is 45.
Prince Harry is 40.
TV personality Heidi Montag ("The Hills") is 38.
Actress Kate Mansi is 37.
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Also born on this date (dearth in parentheses):
In 1857, U.S. President William Howard Taft. (March 8, 1930)
In 1872, cosmetics entrepreneur Max Factor. (Aug. 30, 1938)
In 1890, British crime writer Agatha Christie. (Jan 12., 1976)
In 1903, Roy Acuff, the King of Country Music. (Nov. 23, 1992)
In 1907, actress Fay Wray. (Aug. 8, 2004)
In 1908, actress Penny Singleton. (Nov. 12, 2003)
In 1910, jazz critic Stanley Dance. (Feb. 23, 1999)
In 1918, comedian Nipsey Russell. (Oct. 2, 2005)
In 1921, Canadian voice actor Norma MacMillan. (March 16, 2001)
In 1922, actor Jackie Cooper. (May 3, 2011)
In 1924, jazz singer and pianist Bobby Short. (March 21, 2005)
In 1925, actor Forrest Compton ("Gomer Pyle USMC"). (April 4, 2020)
In 1927, comedian Norm Crosby. (Nov. 7, 2020)
In 1928, jazz alto saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley. (Aug. 8, 1975)
In 1933, Pat Barrett of the '50s vocal group The Crew Cuts. (July 27, 2016)
In 1933, actor Henry Darrow. (March 14, 2021)
In 1938, Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Gaylord Perry. (Dec. 1, 2022)
In 1940, actor-sportscaster-Pro Football Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen. (March 11, 2010)
In 1941, Les Braid, bass guitarist with the '60s British group the Swinging Blue Jeans. (July 31, 2005)
In 1942, bassist Lee Dorman ("Iron Butterfly"). (Dec. 21, 2012)
In 1945, opera singer Jessye Norman. (Sept. 30, 2019)
In 1946, drummer Ola Brunkert. (March 16, 2008)
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