Home / Birthday profiles / Kerry Butler
Portrait of Kerry Butler

Birthday profile

Kerry Butler

Kerry Butler, American actress and singer

Find birthday twinsOpen interactive profile
Born
June 18, 1971
Age in 2026
55
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1971

About Kerry Butler

Kerry Butler is an American actress and singer known primarily for her work in theater. She is best known for originating the roles of Barbara Maitland in Beetlejuice, Penny Pingleton in Hairspray, and Clio/Kira in Xanadu, the latter of which earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical. In February and March 2008, Butler appeared as Reese, the thieving assistant to fashion designer Victory Ford (Lindsay Price), in the first season of the television series Lipstick Jungle on NBC. In May 2008, Butler released her first solo album on the PS Classics label. The show won eight Tony Awards including Best Musical at the 57th Tony Awards.

Biography source: Wikipedia. The profile adds birthday-specific historical context from the Celebs Birthday Today editorial database.

Kerry Butler timeline

  1. In February and March 2008, Butler appeared as Reese, the thieving assistant to fashion designer Victory Ford (Lindsay Price), in the first season of the television series Lipstick Jungle on NBC.
  2. In May 2008, Butler released her first solo album on the PS Classics label.

The world when Kerry Butler was born

Kerry Butler was born in 1971. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1971

  • #1 song"Joy to the World" – Three Dog Night
  • Top movieThe French Connection
  • Top TV showAll in the Family
  • Best-selling bookThe Exorcist – William Peter Blatty

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentMuhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier "Fight of the Century"
  • Top headlinePentagon Papers published
  • Technology milestoneFirst email sent by Ray Tomlinson
  • Defining fadHot pants
  • Notable inventionEmail (Ray Tomlinson)
  • World population3.78 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderRichard Nixon
  • Sports championPittsburgh Pirates (World Series)
  • Also wonMilwaukee Bucks (NBA)
  • U.S. population207.7M

1971 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Kerry Butler's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19712026
Gas$0.36$3.45/gal
Average home$18,100$435,000
Average income$11,800$67,500
Minimum wage$1.60$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$1.65$11.95
Postage stamp$0.08$0.73
Population207.7M341 million

Sources and editorial standards

This profile combines a biographical source with structured birthday and historical context. Sources recorded for this profile: Wikipedia, IMDb, MusicBrainz. See our editorial policy for sourcing, corrections, and review standards.

Read the source biography on Wikipedia. Wikipedia text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.