March 17

1976 – Brittany Daniel who appeared in “Club Dread” and “The Hamiltons.”

1975 – Gina Holden who appeared in the films “Final Destination 3,” “Aliens vs Predators: Requiem” and starred in the TV series “Blood Ties.”

1964 – Rob Lowe, who starred in the film “Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming,” the TV mini-series “The Stand” and the 2004 TV mini-series version of “Salem’s Lot.”

1957 – Laurene Landon, appeared in “Full Moon High”, “The Stuff”, “It’s Alive III: Island of the Alive”, “Maniac Cop”, “Maniac Cop 2”, “Masters of Horror (TV Series).”

1955 – Gary Sinise, co-starred in the TV mini series “The Stand” and the films “Mission to Mars,” “Jack the Bear,” “The Green Mile” and “The Forgotten.”

1954 – Lesley-Anne Down, who appeared in the films “Countess Dracula,” “From Beyond the Grave” and “The 13th Child: Legend of the Jersey Devil.”

1951 – Kurt Russell, who starred in the films “Escape From New York,” “Escape From L.A.,” “Stargate,”the 1982 remake of “The Thing” and “Death Proof.”

1949 – Patrick Duffy, who besides playing “Bobby Ewing” on the prime time soap opera “Dallas,” portrayed the title role on the series “The Man From Atlantis.”

1923 – Eiji Funakoshi, who appeared in the films “Gamera” and “Gamera vs. Gurion.”

1908 – The “Robotrix” of “Metropolis,” Brigitte Helm .