All the Celebrities Turning 90 in 2016

Birthday: March 16, 1926
How you know him: The comedian, actor, singer, producer, writer, and director is best-known for slapstick comedy films like The Nutty Professor and The Bellboy, but he was also nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for 50 years of work with The Muscular Dystrophy Association and taught a film class at The University of California during the '70s where his students included Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. The father of seven has survived two heart attacks and pancreatic cancer and has been married to his second wife for 33 years.

Birthday: April 5, 1926
How you know him: "The King of Cult Film" made his name on a series of Edgar Allen Poe adaptations with Vincent Price in the '60s and holds the record for the shortest movie shoot — filming Little Shop of Horrors in two days. He is still working now, producing classic B movie fare such as Cobragator and Sharktopus vs. Whalewolf, and received a lifetime achievement Oscar in 2009. Unusually for Hollywood, he is still married to his first wife, fellow producer Julie Corman, and they have four children.

Birthday: April 9, 1926
How you know him: Hef launched Playboy magazine in 1953, and after setting up home with the Playboy Mansion, became one of Tinsel Town's most famous residents. He owns the crypt next to Marilyn Monroe, and when the Hollywood sign needed restoring, he bought the "Y" — later donating nearly $1 million to protect the surrounding land. He has four children, is married to third wife Crystal Harris, and is still making headlines, as from 2016 there are no longer fully nude women in Playboy.

Birthday: April 21, 1926
How you know her: The queen is now the longest reigning monarch Britain has ever had, and during her 63 years on the throne she has made 270 overseas visits to 128 countries including historic diplomatic trips to China, Ireland, Russia, Korea, and Brunei. She is patron of over 600 charities and organisations, has four children, eight grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren, and has been married to husband Prince Philip for 69 years. Having trained as an army mechanic during the war, she can also change a tire and replace a spark plug.

Birthday: April 30, 1926
How you know her: The former Miss Chicago 1946 has an acting career spanning eight decades, making her movie debut as femme fatale in the noir Kiss Me Deadly when she was five months pregnant with her first child. She won an Oscar for The Last Picture Show and holds the record for the most Emmy wins for an actor or actress, with nine of the awards. She was married just once to director George Englund until their divorce, and they had five children together. She is still working and competed in Dancing With the Stars at the age of 82.

Birthday: May 8, 1926
How you know him: The broadcaster and naturalist started his career at the BBC in 1952, and after becoming director of programs in 1969, quit to make his own nature shows, starting with the famous Life series. He was knighted in 1985 and has had numerous species named after him including a Madagascan ghost shrimp, a flightless weevil, an alpine weed, a spider, and a grasshopper. He has two children with his late wife, and he's still working — making the recent Great Barrier Reef, and meeting with President Barack Obama in 2015 to discuss climate change.

Birthday: June 28, 1926
How you know him: The champion of spoofs — including The Producers, Blazing Saddles, and Spaceballs — is one of the rare individuals with an EGOT: an Emmy (well, three consecutive Emmys, for the show Mad About You), a Grammy (actually three for The Producers), an Oscar (also for The Producers) and a Tony (three for The Producers.) He's been married twice and has two children with his first wife and one with his second wife, Anne Bancroft. He's still working, doing voiceovers for animated film and TV, including the forthcoming Blazing Samurai with Samuel L Jackson.

Birthday: July 14, 1926
How you know him: The free-spirited character actor was a cook in the navy during World War II and toured the US in a choir before creating memorable roles in classic movies throughout the '60s, '70s, and '80s — including Cool Hand Luke, Alien, Repo Man, Paris Texas, Pretty in Pink, and Wild at Heart. Debbie Harry wrote the song "I Want That Man" about him, and they subsequently had a brief relationship. Although he never married, he says he has "one or two children," now plays in a mariachi band, and is currently filming the reboot of Twin Peaks.

Birthday: Aug. 3, 1926
How you know him: The jazz legend was on the front line during World War II, marched with Martin Luther King in the '60s, and rose to fame with classic songs such as "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" — but in the '70s he lost his record deal and almost died from a cocaine overdose. After bouncing back, he went on to win 16 Grammys. He has been married three times, has two children, and as a side project, his artwork sells for up to $70,000 a piece. He says he will never retire and most recently released a duets album with Lady Gaga.

Birthday: Sept. 19, 1926
How you know him: The richly voiced host of Inside the Actor's Studio initially trained to be a lawyer, before running a bordello in Paris after the war. Upon returning to the US he had a long-running role in The Lone Ranger, wrote for six soap operas, and appeared in The Guiding Light for 10 years. In the early '90s, he created an educational program before establishing The Actor's Studio Drama School at Pace University in 2006. He has been married to his second wife, actress Kedakai Turner, since 1970 and is also a qualified pilot.

Birthday: Oct. 18, 1926
How you know him: Thanks to a combination of classic songs like "Maybelline," "Roll Over Beethoven," "Rock and Roll Music," and "Johnny B Goode," teamed with his flamboyant playing style, Chuck has become known as a pioneer of rock and roll. While still in high school, he served a three-year prison sentence for armed robbery but married soon after he was released in 1947 and has four children, Chuck Jr., Darlin, Melody, and Aloha. His song "You Never Can Tell" was later immortalised in the film Pulp Fiction, and he's still playing now — most often at Blueberry Hill restaurant in St. Louis.