August 9
1990 – Adelaide Kane, appears in the MTV series “Teen Wolf” and the films “Donner Pass”, “The Purge”, and the upcoming “Where the Devil Hides”.
1985 – Anna Kendrick, who plays “Jessica Stanley” in the “Twilight” films.
1976 – Rhona Mitra, appeared in “Hollow Man”, “Skinwalkers”, “Doomsday”, “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans”.
1973 – Kevin McKidd, starred in the excellent werewolf film “Dog Soldiers”.
1968 – Gillian Anderson, star of “The X-Files” who also appears on the Television series “Hannibal”.
1968 – Eric Bana, who was the first to portray “The Hulk” on the big screen in 2003. He also started in the 2009 remake of “Star Trek.”
1963 – Paul Bunnell, writer/director of the film “That Little Monster” and “The Ghastly Love of Johnny X.”
1959 – Amanda Bearse, best know for playing “Marcy D’Arcy” on the TV show “Married With Children.” She also played “Amy” in the film “Fright Night” and “Mrs. Pearl” in the 1995 TV movie “Here Comes The Munsters.”
1957 – Melanie Griffith, daughter of “Birds” star Tippi Hedren, who starred in the films “Cherry 2000,” “Pacific Heights,” and “Body Double.”
1956 – And speaking of offspring, Adam Nimoy, son of Leonard, who directed for such TV series’ as “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” the 90’s version of “The Outer Limits,” and the 2000 version of “The Invisible Man.”
1944 – Sam Elliot, who has starred in the films “Frogs,” “The Legacy,” “The Hulk.” and “Ghost Rider.”
1927 – The late Robert Shaw, who starred as “Quint” in “Jaws,” and appeared in the films “The Golden Voyage of Sinbad” and “The Deep.”
1918 – Prolific director Robert Aldrich, whose films include “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane” and “Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte.”
1903 – Tom Tyler, who played “Kharis” in “The Mummy’s Hand” and “Captain Marvel” in “The Adventures of Captain Marvel.”
- Amanda Bearse
- Robert Shaw
- Tom Tyler
