Birthdays this week: Aug. 15-21

Robert De Niro is 81, Madonna turns 66, Robert Redford hits 88

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Aug. 15

Actor-musician Jim Dale is 89. Actor Pat Priest (“The Munsters”) is 88. Author-journalist Linda Ellerbee is 80. Songwriter Jimmy Webb is 78. Actor Debra Messing (“Will and Grace”) is 56. Actor Ben Affleck is 52. Actor Jennifer Lawrence is 34.

Aug. 16

Actor Ann Blyth (“Mildred Pierce”) is 96. Actor Gary Clarke (“Hondo,” ″The Virginian”) is 91. Actor Julie Newmar (TV’s “Batman”) is 91. Actor-singer Ketty Lester (“Little House on the Prairie”) is 90. Actor Anita Gillette is 88. TV personality Kathie Lee Gifford is 71. Director James Cameron (“Titanic,” ″The Terminator”) is 70. Actor Angela Bassett is 66. Singer Madonna is 66. Actor Timothy Hutton is 64. Actor Steve Carell is 62.

Aug. 17

Actor Robert De Niro is 81. Singer Belinda Carlisle of The Go-Go’s is 66. Actor Sean Penn is 64. Actor-singer Donnie Wahlberg (New Kids on the Block) is 55.

Aug. 18

Actor Robert Redford is 88. Actor Henry G. Sanders (“Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman”) is 82. Comedian-actor Denis Leary is 67. Actor Madeleine Stowe is 66. Actor Edward Norton is 55. Actor Christian Slater is 55.

Aug. 19

Actor Debra Paget (“The Ten Commandments,” “Love Me Tender”) is 91. Actor Diana Muldaur (“Star Trek: The Next Generation”) is 86. Actor Jill St. John is 84. Singer Billy J. Kramer is 81. Country singer-songwriter Eddy Raven is 80. Actor John Stamos is 61. Actor Kyra Sedgwick is 59.

Aug. 20

News anchor Connie Chung is 78. Singer Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) is 76. “Today” weatherman Al Roker is 70. Actor Ke Huy Quan (“Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”) is 54.

Aug. 21

Guitarist James Burton (with Elvis Presley) is 85. Singer Jackie DeShannon is 83. Newsman Harry Smith is 73. Actor Kim Cattrall (“Sex and the City”) is 68.