Today's Celebrity Birthdays 5/1

Ann Robinson - age 73 - American actress who played Sylvia Van Buren in the original "The War of the Worlds"

Judy Collins - age 69 - Grammy-winning American folk and standards singer-songwriter and author

Rita Coolidge - age 63 - Grammy-winning American pop singer

Joanna Lumley - age 62 - British actress who played Purdey on ITV/CBS's "The New Avengers" and Patsy Stone on the BBC's "Absolutely Fabulous"

John Woo - age 62 - Chinese director and producer whose films include "Hard Boiled," "Face/Off" and "Mission: Impossible 2"

Dann Florek - age 58 - American actor and director known as Capt. Don Cragen on NBC's "Law & Order" and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"

Ray Parker Jr. - age 54 - American guitarist, songwriter and producer who wrote the theme song for the film "Ghostbusters"

Maia Morgenstern - age 46 - Romanian actress best known for playing Mary, the mother of Jesus, in "The Passion of the Christ"

Charlie Schlatter - age 42 - American actor who played Dr. Jesse Travis on CBS's "Diagnosis Murder"

Tim McGraw - age 41 - Grammy-winning American country music singer and actor

D'arcy Wretzky - age 40 - American rock musician and bassist for the alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins

Wes Anderson - age 39 - American director, writer and producer whose films include "Rushmore" and "The Royal Tenenbaums"

Julie Benz - age 36 - American actress best known as Darla on The WB's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel" and Rita Bennett on Showtime's "Dexter"