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Celebrity Birthdays for July 1: Actress Leslie Caron is 93. Actor Jamie Farr is 90. Dancer-choreographer Twyla Tharp is 83. Actress Genevieve Bujold is 82. Composer and conductor Francois Dompierre is 81. Singer Deborah Harry of Blondie is 79.

Celebrity Birthdays for July 1:

Actress Leslie Caron is 93.

Actor Jamie Farr is 90.

Dancer-choreographer Twyla Tharp is 83.

Actress Genevieve Bujold is 82.

Composer and conductor Francois Dompierre is 81.

Singer Deborah Harry of Blondie is 79.

Australian rock singer John Farnham, former lead vocalist with Little River Band, is 75.

Movie-TV producer-director Michael Pressman is 74.

'70s pop singer David Geddes is 74.

Actor Trevor Eve is 73.

Actor Daryl Anderson ("Lou Grant") is 73.

Singer Fred Schneider of The B-52's is 73.

Actor Terrence Mann is 73.

Singer Victor Willis of the Village People is 73.

Actor Dan Aykroyd is 72.

Hockey Hall of Fame forward Steve Shutt is 72.

Actress Lorna Patterson ("Airplane!") is 68.

Actor Alan Ruck ("Spin City," ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off") is 68.

Singer Evelyn "Champagne" King is 64.

Country singer Michelle Wright is 63.

Olympic gold medal track star Carl Lewis is 63.

Actor Dominic Keating is 63.

Keyboardist Roddy Bottum (Faith No More) is 61.

Rock musician Franny Griffiths (Space) is 58.

Actress Pamela Anderson is 57.

Bassist Mark Pirro of Polyphonic Spree is 54.

Actor Henry Simmons ("Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," ''NYPD Blue") is 54.

Rapper Missy Elliott is 53.

Actress Julianne Nicholson ("Law and Order: Criminal Intent," ''Ally McBeal") is 53.

Actress Melissa Peterman is 53.

Drummer Bryan Devendorf of The National is 49.

Actor Thomas Sadoski is 48.

Rapper Plies (born Algernod Lanier Washington) is 48.

Actress Liv Tyler is 47.

NHL All-Star Jarome Iginla is 47.

Actress Hilarie Burton ("One Tree Hill") is 42.

Actress Lynsey Bartilson is 41.

Actor Jared Keeso ("Letterkenny") is 40.

Actress Lea Seydoux ("Spectre," ''The Grand Budapest Hotel") is 39.

Actress Storm Reid ("12 Years A Slave," ''A Wrinkle in Time") is 21.

Also born on this date (death in parentheses):

In 1899, gospel music's Thomas Dorsey. (Jan. 23, 1993)

In 1899, actor Charles Laughton. (Dec. 15, 1962)

In 1906, cosmetics maker Estee Lauder. (April 24, 2004)

In 1907, broadcaster Bill Stern. (Nov. 19, 1971)

In 1915, bluesman Willie Dixon. (Jan. 29, 1992)

In 1920, actor Harold Sakata. (July 29, 1982)

In 1921, Canadian country singer Stu Davis. (March 25, 2007)

In 1925, actor Farley Granger. (March 27, 2011)

In 1928, singer Bobby Day. (July 27, 1990)

In 1934, Academy Award-winning director Sydney Pollack. (May 26, 2008)

In 1934, French actor-director-writer Claude Berri. (Jan. 12, 2009)

In 1934, actress Jean Marsh ("Upstairs, Downstairs"). (Apr. 13, 2025)

In 1935, bluesman James Cotton. (March 16, 2017)

In 1935, actor David Prowse ("Star Wars" films). (Nov. 28, 2020)

In 1936, cookiemaker Wally Amos. (Aug. 13, 2024)

In 1939, actress Karen Black is 74. (Aug. 7, 2013)

In 1939, rock musician Delaney Bramlett. (Dec. 27, 2008)

In 1941, Hockey Hall of Fame forward Rod Gilbert. (Aug. 19, 2021)

In 1942, gospel singer-choir leader Andrae Crouch. (Jan. 8, 2015)

In 1954, country music singer Keith Whitley. (May 9, 1989)

In 1957, actress Lisa Blount. (c. Oct. 25, 2010)

In 1961, Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Spencer). (Aug. 31, 1997)

In 1962, actor Andre Braugher ("Brooklyn Nine-Nine," ''Homicide"). (Dec. 11, 2023)

In 1988, actor Evan Ellingson. (Nov. 5, 2023)

The Canadian Press

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