Funny Movie Producer/Star Mel Brooks Turns 97 Today

Actors:

Tichina Arnold is 54 (“Martin,” “The Neighborhood”)

Kathy Bates is 75 (“Misery,” “Fried Green Tomatoes”)

Steve Burton is 53 (“General Hospital,” “The Young and the Restless”)

John Cusack is 57 (“High Fidelity,” “Being John Malkovich”)

Felicia Day is 44 (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return”)

Alessandro Nivola is 51 (“Goal!,” “Face/Off,”)

The late Pat Morita (1932-2005) …he would have been 91. (“Happy Days,” “Karate Kid”)

The late Gilda Radner (1946-1989) …she would have been 77 (“Saturday Night Live,” “The Woman In Red”) (Radner met actor Gene Wilder on the set of 1982’s “Hanky Panky,” when the two worked together. She described their first meeting as "love at first sight." She was unable to resist her attraction to Wilder as her marriage to guitarist G. E. Smith deteriorated. Radner went on to make a second film, “The Woman in Red,” released in 1984 with Wilder and their relationship grew. The two were married on September 18, 1984, in Saint-Tropez. The pair made a third film together, “Haunted Honeymoon,” which was released in 1986. They remained married until her death in 1989. 

Musicians:

Procol Harum’s David Knights is 78

Kellie Pickler is 37

Savage is 42 (born Demetrius Savelio) 

Plus:

Film director (and National Treasure) Mel Brooks is 97 (“The Producers,” “The Twelve Chairs,” “Blazing Saddles,” “Young Frankenstein,” “Silent Movie,” “High Anxiety,” “History of the World, Part I,” “Spaceballs,” “Robin Hood: Men in Tights”)

Reality star and professional skateboarder Rob Dyrdek is 49 (FAST FACTS: He gained fame on the MTV show “Rob and Big,” chronicling his experiences with his bodyguard, and “Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory” and “Ridiculousness.”)

Legendary Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway is 63 (FAST FACTS: He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2004 and won two Super Bowls with the Broncos.)

American engineer and entrepreneur Elon Musk is 52 (FAST FACTS: He founded PayPal, SpaceX and Tesla Motors. He was the inspiration for Jon Favreau’s take on the classic character Tony Stark in the “Iron Man” movies. He’s been dating Grimes since at least 2018...they welcomed their first child, a son in May 2020)

The late Broadway composer Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) (FAST FACTS: Best known for his work with lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, he composed over 900 songs and 43 musicals, including “Oklahoma!,” “The King and I” and “The Sound of Music.” He was the first to win an EGOT: an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony.)

The late King Henry VIII of England (1491-1547) (FAST FACTS: He had several children - the best-known are the three legitimate children who survived Henry and succeeded him as monarchs of England successively, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I. His first two wives, Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn, had several pregnancies that ended in stillbirth, miscarriage, or death in infancy. Henry acknowledged one illegitimate child, Henry FitzRoy, as his own, but is suspected to have fathered several illegitimate children by different mistresses.


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