![Birthday Party for Valerie Bertinelli](https://cdn.statically.io/img/people.com/thmb/S7J3Xppvd4Qg65s3ZtqrKqM8EEg=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(999x0:1001x2)/valerie-bertinelli-35f4fc851f394608a3f64a813093d7fe.jpg)
Happy Birthday, Valerie Bertinelli!
The actress, icon and food personality turns 64 on April 23, 2024, and has a lifetime of major moments to reflect on.
From her early soap star days to her family life and beyond, celebrate Valerie Bertinelli's birthday with these throwback photos.
1970s
![Early 1970s](https://people.com/thmb/tOMOkfBz4x8u_vVlqTAfgxCJMnM=/4000x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(149x0:151x2)/valerie_bertinelli-8-0dffe3ff976d4a1a9856de45dff9bae7.jpg)
A teenaged Valerie Bertinelli gets all dressed up for the cameras in the early 1970s, as her television career kicks off.
1970s
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Bertinelli flashes a smile at director Steven Spielberg, whom she dated briefly in the late 1970s.
1981
![eddie-van-halen-valerie-bertinelli](https://people.com/thmb/acp2iOX5k1TueOj46LQ-MRr-YOc=/4000x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(759x0:761x2)/eddie-van-halen-valerie-bertinelli-2000-97169407664c44f399b7947d5d814055.jpg)
They do! Bertinelli and then-husband Eddie Van Halen are snapped just moments after their 1981 nuptials in Westwood, California.
1985
![1985](https://people.com/thmb/MCoLhUZhXXfKa3xMD3ZAnStWgCM=/4000x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(134x91:136x93)/valerie_bertinelli5-1-92e27c0024a24153a0e788bfbd4d2bd2.jpg)
Bertinelli poses for a photo in June of 1985, one year after she ended her run on One Day at a Time.
1985
![1984](https://people.com/thmb/DsvNzS_CqQdVCf0jvweC0G4gUdk=/4000x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(149x0:151x2)/valerie_bertinelli7-5121545284074196b26e608e06113d95.jpg)
Bertinelli attends a promotional event for her 1985 TV movie, Shattered Vows.
1980s
![Image](https://people.com/thmb/m9ujrQUKQKRkav0CGXPtVz_Zjfs=/4000x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(149x0:151x2)/bonnie-franklin-2-300-350291e5beb64874a4d8bf144170697c.jpg)
In the early '80s, Bertinelli hangs with her One Day at a Time costars, Mackenzie Phillips and Bonnie Franklin.
1990
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Save us a slice? The actress celebrates her birthday in 1990 with a cake featuring her likeness.
1993
![Valerie Bertinell](https://people.com/thmb/2fSajSL0ee9V8bSW-c-NbowlirU=/4000x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(527x0:529x2)/valerie-bertinelli1-01-efdfa50c87dd49d2953659d82cb40419.jpg)
Son Wolfgang steals the show while hanging with Mom and Dad in New York City's Central Park in 1993.
2011
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Former costars Bertinelli and Franklin reunite at a TV Land party in 2011.
2011
![WARMING UP](https://people.com/thmb/dfPTvwwjh0M9VwE4FGG0UTjZ4YI=/4000x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(329x0:331x2)/valerie-bertinelli-660-243f05b2e9824b6dae072cfb3212bdc0.jpg)
Cheers! At a 2011 event, Bertinelli raises a glass with her Hot in Cleveland costars: Betty White, Wendie Malick and Jane Leeves.