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Happy birthday to entertainers like Elvira, Paul Feig, and Baz Luhrmann! Keep on reading to see who else is celebrating their birthday and some career highlights!
Actress Cassandra Peterson (1951) played Elvira on "Elvira's Movie Macabre" and took her to features in "Elvira: Mistress of the Dark." She's since retired the costume and turns up under her own first name in "R.L. Stine's Pumpkinhead 2" this year.
Comedian Rita Rudner (1953) left Miami for Broadway and landed in the original production of "Follies." She switched to stand-up after noticing how few women were working New York clubs, and has sold close to two million tickets in Las Vegas.
Director Paul Feig (1962) created "Freaks and Geeks" and made "Bridesmaids" and "Spy." He turned a $35 million thriller into a $400 million hit with "The Housemaid" and returns for "The Housemaid's Secret."
Director Baz Luhrmann (1962) broke through with "Strictly Ballroom," then made "Romeo + Juliet" and "Moulin Rouge!" He pulled eight Oscar nominations out of "Elvis" and built "EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert" out of 68 boxes of unseen Presley footage that surfaced in a Kansas salt mine.
Actor Kyle Chandler (1965) quit a state-champion high school football team for theater and won a Primetime Emmy as Coach Eric Taylor on "Friday Night Lights." He's taken supporting turns in "Argo" and "Manchester by the Sea," and now plays Hal Jordan on "Lanterns."
Football player Patrick Mahomes (1995) threw 50 touchdowns in his first season as the Kansas City starter and walked off with NFL MVP. He became the youngest quarterback to win a Super Bowl MVP, owns three of them, and tore his ACL in December on the night the Chiefs missed the postseason for the first time.
Politician Chuck Grassley (1933), Mountaineer Reinhold Messner (1944), Basketball coach Phil Jackson (1945), Politician Narendra Modi (1950), Singer Fee Waybill of the Tubes (1950), Voice actor Charles Martinet (1955), Puppeteer Kevin Clash (1960), Wrestling manager Jim Cornette (1961), Musician Ty Tabor of King's X (1961), Actor Dustin Nguyen (1962), Singer BeBe Winans (1962), Actor James Urbaniak (1963), Director Bryan Singer (1965), Rapper Doug E. Fresh (1966), Boxer Michael Carbajal (1967), Actor Malik Yoba (1967), Singer Anastacia (1968), Author Cheryl Strayed (1968), Actor Matthew Settle (1969), Rapper Vin Rock of Naughty by Nature (1970), TV host Nate Berkus (1971), Actor-comedian Bobby Lee (1971), Race car driver Jimmie Johnson (1975), Screenwriter Sam Esmail (1977), Musician Chuck Comeau of Simple Plan (1979), Director Neill Blomkamp (1979), Actor Augustus Prew (1987), Actress Danielle Brooks (1989), Singer Jonathan McReynolds (1989), Actor Jordan Connor (1991), Actor Mena Massoud (1991), Singer Scott Hoying of Pentatonix (1991), Actor Danny Ramirez (1992), Actress Denyse Tontz (1994), Actress Ella Purnell (1996), Singer Slayyyter (1996), Actor Daniel Huttlestone (1999)
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