North Olmsted Native, St. Ed's Grad and Chef Michael Symon Turns 55 Today

Actors:

Jeremy Irons is 76 (“Dead Ringer,” “Lion King”)

Sanaa Lathan is 53 (“A Raisin in the Sun,” “Out of Time”)

Randolph Mantooth is 79 (“Emergency!,” “Sons of Anarchy”)

Cheri Oteri is 62 (“Saturday Night Live,” “Glory Daze”)

Danielle Panabaker is 37 (“Read It and Weep,” 2009’s “Friday the 13th”)

Kim Richards is 60 (“Escape to Witch Mountain,” “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”)

Columbus Short is 42 (“Scandal,” “Accepted”) (FAST FACT: In 2014, he plead guilty to misdemeanor spousal battery and has had several brushes with the law being arrested and in court for assault(s), failing to appear, etc)

Rex Smith is 69 (“As The World Turns,” “Pirates of Penzance”)

Alison Sweeney is 48 (“Days of Our Lives,” “The Biggest Loser”)

Kevin Zegers is 40 (“Air Bud,” “City of Bones”)

The late Frances Farmer (1913 – 1970) (“Too Many Parents,” “Come And Get It”) (FAST FACT: She is perhaps better known for sensationalized accounts of her life, especially her involuntary commitments to mental hospitals. Once restored to ‘full civil rights’ she later found success as the host of the TV show, “Frances Farmer Presents.” In 1982, Jessica Lange portrayed her in the film, “Frances.” Lange was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress).

The late Adam West (1928 – 2017)…he would have been 95 (“Batman”) 

Musicians:

Lita Ford is 66

The Righteous Brothers’ Bill Medley is 84

Freda Payne is 82

Paul Williams is 84

Tegan and Sara’s Tegan and Sara Quin are 44

Trisha Yearwood is 60 

Plus:

Chef, writer, restaurant owner, and TV personality Mario Batali is 64 (FAST FACTS: He inspired the character Bario Matalli in the video game “World of Warcraft: Cataclysm.” He’s largely dropped off the map after allegations of sexual impropriety and even assault surfaced in late 2017. In May 2019, Batali was charged with indecent assault and battery in Boston…he was ultimately acquitted in May 2022. Still, the judge ruled that Batali’s conduct during the alleged incident was "not befitting of a public person of his stature," but agreed with the defense's arguments that his accuser had credibility issues and was motivated by financial gain to make her accusation.)

TV personality and all-around funnyman Jimmy Fallon is 50 (“Saturday Night Live,” NBC’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”) (FAST FACT: He originally went to college for Computer Science at The College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY)

TV personality and author Joan Lunden is 74 (“ABC’s Good morning America,” “Behind Closed Doors”)

Wrestler and Total Divas star Eva Marie is 40 (She joined the WWE in 2013)

Model Victoria Silvstedt is 50

Celebrity chef Michael Symon is 55

Legendary model Twiggy is 75

The late TV personality James Lipton (“Inside the Actors Studio”) ( 1926 - 2020)...he would have been 98

(Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for NYCWFF)


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