December 8

1993 – AnnaSophia Robb, starred in “The Reaping” and “Race to Witch Mountain”.

1978 – Ian Somerhalder, appears in “Pulse”, and “The Vampire Diaries (TV Series)”.

1968 – Brock Simpson, who appeared in “Prom Night I – IV.”

1966 – Tyler Mane, appeared in “X-Men”, “The Devil’s Rejects”, “Rob Zombie’s Halloween”, “Halloween II”, “247°F”, “Compound Fracture” and “Pennance Lane”.

1966 – Controversial singer Sinéad O’Connor, whose music has appeared on the soundtracks for such films as “Nightmare on Elm Street IV: The Dream Master,” “Stigmata” and “Vanilla Sky.”

1964 – Teri Hatcher, who starred on the TV series “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.”

1953 – Kim Basinger, who starred in “My Stepmother Is an Alien,” “Cellular” and “Batman.”

1950 – Make-up and effects artist Rick Baker. His numerous credits include “Star Wars,” “The Howling,” “Men In Black,” “The Ring,” “X-Men Last Stand” and the 2010 remake of “The Wolf Man.”

1943 – Mary Woronov who starred in the films “Silent Night, Bloody Night,” “Night of the Comet,” “The Devil’s Reject’s” and “The House of the Devil.”

1936 – The late David Carridine (son of John). Besides his starring role on the TV series “Kung-Fu,” he also starred in the films “Death Race 2000,” “Q” and “Sundown: The Vampire In Retreat.”

1930 – Maximilian Schell, who appeared in the films “Vampires,” “The Black Hole” and played the title role in the 1983 TV version of “The Phantom of the Opera.”

1911 – Lee J. Cobb, who played “Lieutenant Kinderman” in the film “The Exorcist” and also appeared in the film “Gorilla at Large.”

1888 – Paul Cavanagh, who played the title role in “The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake,” and also appeared in “She Devil” and “House of Wax.”