August 12

• 1986 – Electra Avellan, has appeared in “Hidden in the Woods”, “Machete Kills”, “Machete”, “The Black Waters of Echo’s Pond”, “Planet Terror”, and “Death Proof.”
• 1986 – Elise Avellan, twin sister of Electra, has appeared in “Machete Kills”, “Machete”, “The Black Waters of Echo’s Pond”, “Planet Terror”, and “Death Proof.”
• 1985 – Jade Tailor, has appeared in “Cam2Cam”, “True Blood (TV Series)”, “Dark Reel”, “Crimson”, “You’re So Dead.”
• 1981 – Natalie Mendoza, starred in “The Descent”, “The Descent: Part 2”, “Surviving Evil”, and “BeastMaster (TV Series).”
• 1980 – Dominique Swain, appears in “Nazis at the Center of the Earth”, “Trance”, “Nightfall”, and more.
• 1972 – Rebecca Gayheart who appeared in the films “Urban Legend,” “Scream 2,” “From Dusk Til Dawn 3,” ” Santa’s Slay” and the Showtime series “Dead Like Me.”
• 1956 – Bruce Greenwood, who appeared in the films “Disturbing Behavior,” “I, Robot” and as “Christopher Pike” in the 2009 remake of “Star Trek.”
• 1954 – Sam Jones who played the title role in the 1980 version of “Flash Gordon” and appeared in the film “Revamped.”
• 1947 – John Nathan-Turner, who produced the “Dr. Who” TV series from 1980 to 1989.
• 1939 – George Hamilton, who played “Count Dracula” in “Love At First Bite,” and starred in the film “The Power” and the TV movie “The Dead Don’t Die.”
• 1931 – William Goldman who wrote the screenplays for the films “The Stepford Wives,” “Magic” and “Misery.”
• 1928 – Dan Curtis who produced the original and 1990 versions of the TV series “Dark Shadows” and such films as “The Night Stalker,” “The Night Strangler” and “Trilogy of Terror.”
• 1898 – Oskar Homolka, who appeared in the films “The Invisible Woman,” “Mr. Sardonicus” and the 1968 TV version of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.”
• 1893 – Howard Smith who appeared in the films “I Bury the Living” and “Face of Fire.”