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Born on this day in horror history – February 1

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February 1

  • 1999 – Lola Forsberg, who appeared in the films “Snakes On A Train,” “Halloween Night” and “Night Of The Dead.”
  • 1984 – Lee Thompson Young, who appeared in the film “The Hills Have Eyes II” (2007).
  • 1983 – Thai actress Sara Malakul Lane, has appeared in “Buddy Hutchins”, “Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse”, “Shark Lake”, “Sun Choke”, “Pernicious”, “12/12/12”, “Sharktopus” and more.
  • 1979 – Rachelle Lefevre, who played “Victoria” in “Twilight” and “New Moon.”
  • 1971 – Michael C. Hall, who plays the title role on the TV series “Dexter.”
  • 1969 – Brian Krause, who starred in the films “Sleepwalkers” and ‘2012: Supernova.”
  • 1965 – Sherilyn Fenn, who starred in the TV series “Twin Peaks,” and appeared in the films “Meridian,” “Zombie High” and “The Wraith. ‘
  • 1965 – The late Brandon Lee, son of Bruce Lee. He starred in the movie, “The Crow.” It was on the set of this film where he was accidentally shot, and lost his life.
  • 1955 – Producer/director William Lustig, known for such films as “Maniac”, “Maniac Cop”, “Maniac Cop 2”, “Maniac Cop 3”, “Relentless”, “Uncle Sam.”
  • 1954 – Bill Mumy, who starred as “Will Robinson” on the TV series “Lost In Space.” He also starred in the “Twilight Zone” episode “It’s a Wonderful Life,” and appeared in the films “Twilight Zone: the Movie,” “Captain America,” and the TV series “Babylon 5.” He was the original choice to play “Eddie Munster” on the the “Munsters” TV series.
  • 1948 – Elisabeth Sladen, who played “Dr. Who” companion “Sarah-Jane.”
  • 1946 – Bart Braverman, who played “Binzer” on the “Vega$” TV series. He also played the cowboy wannabe, “Pepe,” in the film “20 Million Miles To Earth,” under the stage name of Bart Bradley.
  • 1942 – Monty Python alumni, Terry Jones. He wrote the screenplay for the film “Labyrinth.”
  • 1942 – The late Bibi Besch, who has appeared in such films as “Tremors,” “Star Trek II: the Wrath of Kahn” and “The Beast Within.”
  • 1937 – Saturday Night Live alumni Garrett Morris, who appeared in the films “The Stuff,” “Children of the Night” and “Severed Ties.”
  • 1926. – Stuart Whitman, who starred in the films “Night of the Lepus,” “Ruby” and “The Monster Club.”
  • 1919 – Andrea King, who appeared in the films “The Beast With Five Fingers,” “Red Planet Mars” and “Blackenstein.”
  • 1908 – Director George Pal, whose films include “The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao,” “The Time Machine” and “Atlantis, the Lost Continent.”
  • 1906 – Helen Chandler who played “Mina Seward” in the original “Dracula.” She was married for five years, to actor Bramwell Fletcher. Fletcher portrayed “Ralph Norton,” who went mad at the beginning of the original “Mummy” when he saw him, as he put it, “go for a walk.”
Sara Malakul Lane
Sara Malakul Lane
Rachelle Lefevre
Rachelle Lefevre
Michael C. Hall
Michael C. Hall
Sherilyn Fenn
Sherilyn Fenn
Brandon Lee
Brandon Lee
Bill Mumy
Bill Mumy

 

Michael Juvinall

I am a Horror journalist, producer, ravenous Horror fiend, aficionado of the classic Universal Monsters, Hammer Horror, Werewolves, and all things Horror.

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