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By The Associated Press

Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 5-11:

April 5: Horror filmmaker Roger Corman is 94. Country singer Tommy Cash is 80. Actor Michael Moriarty (“Law and Order”) is 79. Singer Allan Clarke of The Hollies is 78. Actor Max Gail (“Sons and Daughters,” ”Barney Miller”) is 77. Actress Jane Asher is 74. Singer Agnetha Faltskog of Abba is 70. Actor Mitch Pileggi (“The X Files”) is 68. Singer Peter Case of The Plimsouls is 66. Rapper-actor Christopher “Kid” Reid of Kid ‘n Play (“House Party”) is 56. Guitarist Mike McCready of Pearl Jam is 54. Singer Paula Cole is 52. Actress Krista Allen (“Baywatch,” ”What About Brian”) is 49. Actress Victoria Hamilton (“The Crown”) is 49. Country singer Pat Green is 48. Rapper-producer Pharrell Williams is 47. Rapper Juicy J (Three 6 Mafia) is 45. Actor Sterling K. Brown (“This Is Us”) is 44. Singer-guitarist Mike Eli of The Eli Young Band is 39. Actress Hayley Atwell (“Marvel’s Agent Carter”) is 38. Actress Lily James (“Downton Abbey”) is 31.

April 6: Actor Billy Dee Williams is 83. Actor Roy Thinnes (“The Invaders”) is 82. Director Barry Levinson (“Rain Man,” “The Natural”) is 78. Actor John Ratzenberger (“Cheers”) is 73. Actress Patrika Darbo (“The Bold and the Beautiful”) is 72. Actress Marilu Henner (“Taxi,” ”Evening Shade”) is 68. Guitarist Warren Haynes of Gov’t Mule is 60. Singer-guitarist Frank Black of The Pixies is 55. Actress Ari Meyers (“Kate & Ally”) is 51. Actor Paul Rudd is 51. Actor Jason Hervey (“The Wonder Years”) is 48. Bassist Markku Lappalainen (Hoobastank) is 47. Actor Zach Braff (“Scrubs”) is 45. Actor Joel Garland (“Orange Is The New Black”) is 45. Actress Candace Cameron Bure (“Full House”) is 44. Actor Teddy Sears (“24: Legacy”) is 43. Musician Robert Glasper is 42. Actress Eliza Coupe (“Happy Endings,” ”Scrubs”) is 39. Actor Charlie McDermott (“The Middle”) is 30.

April 7: Country singer Bobby Bare is 85. Singer Charlie Thomas of The Drifters is 83. Movie director Francis Ford Coppola is 81. Actress Roberta Shore (“The Virginian”) is 77. Singer Patricia Bennett of The Chiffons is 73. Singer-guitarist John Oates of Hall and Oates is 72. Drummer John Dittrich of Restless Heart is 69. Singer Janis Ian is 69. Actor Jackie Chan is 66. Actor Russell Crowe is 56. Singer Mark Kibble of Take 6 is 56. Actor Bill Bellamy (“Last Comic Standing,” ”Fastlane”) is 55. Drummer Charlie Hall of The War On Drugs is 46. Singer-bassist John Cooper of Skillet is 45. Actress Heather Burns (“Miss Congeniality”) is 45. Actor Kevin Alejandro (“Lucifer,” ”Southland”) is 44. Actress Sian Clifford (“Fleabag”) is 38. Bassist Ben McKee of Imagine Dragons is 35. Contemporary Christian singer Tauren Wells is 34. Actor Ed Speleers (“Downton Abbey”) is 32. Actor Conner Rayburn (“According to Jim”) is 21.

April 8: Comedian Shecky Greene is 94. Original Mouseketeer Darlene Gillespie is 79. Singer Peggy Lennon of the Lennon Sisters is 79. Songwriter Leon Huff of Gamble and Huff is 78. Actor Stuart Pankin (“Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Not Necessarily The News”) is 74. Guitarist Steve Howe of Yes (and of Asia) is 73. Bassist Mel Schacher of Grand Funk Railroad is 69. Singer-actor John Schneider (“The Dukes of Hazzard”) is 60. Guitarist Izzy Stradlin (Guns N’ Roses) is 58. Singer-guitarist Donita Sparks of L7 is 57. Singer Julian Lennon is 57. Actor Dean Norris (“Breaking Bad,” ”Under the Dome”) is 57. Rapper Biz Markie (“Yo Gabba Gabba”) is 56. Actress Robin Wright is 54. Actress Patricia Arquette is 52. Actor JR Bourne (TV’s “Teen Wolf,” ”Revenge”) is 50. Singer Craig Honeycutt of Everything is 50. Drummer Darren Jessee of Ben Folds Five is 49. Actress Emma Caulfield (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) is 47. Actress Katee Sackhoff (“Battlestar Galactica”) is 40. Actor Taylor Kitsch (“True Detective,” ”Friday Night Lights”) is 39. Singer-guitarist Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend is 36. Actor Taran Noah Smith (“Home Improvement”) is 36. Guitarist Jamie Sierota (Echosmith) is 27. Actress Sadie Calvano (“Mom”) is 23.

April 9: Actress Michael Learned (“The Waltons”) is 81. Country singer Margo Smith is 78. Country singer Hal Ketchum is 67. Actor Dennis Quaid is 66. Humorist Jimmy Tingle (“60 Minutes II”) is 65. Keyboardist Dave Innis of Restless Heart is 61. Talk show host Joe Scarborough (“Morning Joe”) is 57. Actor Mark Pellegrino (“Dexter”) is 55. Actress-model Paulina Porizkova is 55. Actress Cynthia Nixon (“Sex and the City”) is 54. Singer Kevin Martin of Candlebox is 51. TV personality Sunny Anderson (“The Kitchen”) is 45. Singer Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance is 43. Actress Keshia Knight Pulliam (“The Cosby Show”) is 41. Guitarist Albert Hammond Junior of The Strokes is 40. Actor Charlie Hunnam (“Sons of Anarchy”) is 40. Actor Jay Baruchel (“Knocked Up,” ”Tropic Thunder”) is 38. Actress Annie Funke (“Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders”) is 35. Actor Jordan Masterson (“Last Man Standing”) is 34. Actress Leighton Meester (“Gossip Girl”) is 34. Singer-actor Jesse McCartney (“Summerland”) is 33. Singer Jazmine Sullivan is 33. Actress Kristen Stewart (“Twilight”) is 30. Actress Elle Fanning (“Because of Winn-Dixie”) is 22. Musician Lil Nas X is 21. Actor Isaac Hempstead Wright (“Game of Thrones”) is 21. Singer Jackie Evancho is 20.

April 10: Actress Liz Sheridan (“Seinfeld”) is 91. Sportscaster John Madden is 84. Reggae artist Bunny Wailer is 73. Actor Steven Seagal is 68. Singer Terre Roche of The Roches is 67. Actor Peter MacNicol (“Numb3rs,” ”Ally McBeal”) is 66. Bassist Steven Gustafson of 10,000 Maniacs is 63. Singer-producer Babyface is 62. Musician Brian Setzer is 61. Singer Katrina Leskanich of Katrina and the Waves is 60. Drummer Tim “Herb” Alexander of Primus is 55. Singer Kenny Lattimore is 53. Comedian Orlando Jones is 52. Guitarist Mike Mushok of Staind is 51. Rapper Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest is 50. Actor David Harbour (“Stranger Things”) is 45. Blues singer Shemekia Copeland is 41. Actress Laura Bell Bundy is 39. Actor Harry Hadden-Paton (“Downton Abbey”) is 39. Actress Chyler Leigh (“Supergirl,” ”Grey’s Anatomy”) is 38. Bassist Andrew Dost of fun. is 37. Actor Ryan Merriman (“The Pretender”) is 37. Singer-actress Mandy Moore (“This is Us”) is 36. Actor Barkhad Abdi (“Captain Phillips”) is 35. Actress Shay Mitchell (“Pretty Little Liars”) is 33. Actor Haley Joel Osment (“The Sixth Sense”) is 32. Country singer Maren Morris is 30. Singer-actress AJ Michalka of Aly and AJ is 29. Actress Daisy Ridley (“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”) is 28. Actress Sofia Carson (“Descendants”) is 27. Actress Ruby Jerins (“Nurse Jackie”) is 22.

April 11: Actor Joel Grey is 88. Actress Louise Lasser is 81. Actor Peter Riegart (“Animal House”) is 73. Actor Bill Irwin (“Law and Order: SVU”) is 70. Country singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale is 63. Guitarist Nigel Pulsford (Bush) is 59. Country singer Steve Azar is 56. Singer Lisa Stansfield is 54. Actor Johnny Messner (“Killer Instinct,” ”The O.C.”) is 51. Bassist Dylan Keefe of Marcy Playground is 50. Actor Vicellous Shannon (“The Hurricane”) is 49. Rapper David Banner is 46. Actress Tricia Helfer (“Lucifer”) is 46. Drummer Chris Gaylor of All-American Rejects is 41. Actress Kelli Garner (“Taking Woodstock,” ”Lars and the Real Girl”) is 36. Singer Joss Stone is 33. Actress Kaitlyn Jenkins (“Bunheads”) is 28.