BORN ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – MARCH 22

• 1988 – Tania Raymonde, has appeared in “Lost (TV Series)”, “Chillerama”, “Death Valley (TV Series)”, and “Texas Chainsaw 3D.”
• 1980 – Kandyse McClure, who plays “Lieutenant Anastasia Dualla” on the new “Battlestar Galactica” and appeared in the 2009 TV version of “Children of the Corn.”
• 1976 – Reese Witherspoon, who starred in the films “Jack the Bear,” “American Psycho.” “Fear” and provided the voice of “Susan Murphy” a.k.a. “Ginormica” in the animated film “Monsters vs. Aliens.”
• 1955 – Lena Olin, who appeared in the films “Queen of the Damned,” “The Ninth Gate” and “Darkness.”
• 1938 – Michael Westmore of the famous Westmore family of Hollywood makeup artists. He provided makeup for films and TV shows such as “The Munsters (TV Series)”, “Trilogy of Terror”, “Rocky”, “Land of the Lost (TV Series)”, “Death Moon”, “Psycho III”, “Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)” and so many more.
• 1937 – Composer Angelo Badalamenti, who did the film scores for “Lost Highway,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors,” “The Wicker Man,” “Dark Water” and the TV series “Twin Peaks.”
• 1935 – M. Emmet Walsh, who appeared in the films “Escape From the Planet of the Apes,” “Blade Runner” and the TV series “The Flash.”
• 1931 – William Shatner. He starred in the films “Kingdom of the Spiders,” “The Devil’s Rain” and “American Psycho 2.”
• 1927 – Karl Hardman who played Harry Cooper in “Night of the Living Dead, and starred in the film “Santa Claws.” He was the real life father of Kyra Schon who played his daughter in “NOTLD,” and later married Marilyn Eastman who played his wife in “NOTLD.”
• 1920 – Ross Martin, best known for his role as “Artemus Gordon” on the TV show “The Wild, Wild West.” He also appeared in the films “The Colossus of New York,” “Conquest of Space” and “Experiment in Terror.”
• 1917 – Virginia Grey, who appeared in the films “House of Horrors,” “Unknown Island” and “The Black Zoo.”
• 1912 – Karl Malden, who always urged us to “never leave home without it,” in reference to the American Express card. He starred as “Detective Stone” on the TV series “The Streets of San Francisco” and in the films “Phantom of the Rue Morgue” “Meteor” and was host (briefly) of the show “Unsolved Mysteries” before Robert Stack.

Lena Olin

DIED ON THIS DAY IN HORROR HISTORY – MARCH 22

• 2007 – Angus Duncan, who appeared in the film “The Magic Sword” and in countless TV shows such as “The Twilight Zone,” “Men Into Space” and “Bewitched,” passed away at the age of 70.
• 2007 – Bradley Lavelle, who appeared in the films “Superman IV: The Quest For Peace,” “Supergirl” and “Hellbound: HellRaiser II,” passed away at the age of 48.
• 1994 – Animator/producer/director/writer/Everyman Walter Lantz, passed away at the age of 94. Besides running his own studio and producing an incredible 580 cartoon features, he created the opening animation for the film “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein.”
• 1992 – Melissa Stribling, appeared in “Ghost Ship”, “Horror of Dracula”, “Journey Into Darkness”, “Crucible of Terror.” She passed away at the age of 64.
• 1991 – Gloria Holden, who played the title role of “Dracula’s Daughter,” passed away at the age of 82.
• 1973 – Kane Richmond, who appeared in the films “Mars Attacks the World,” “Flash Gordon’s Trip To Mars” and played the title role in 1942 serial “Spy Smasher,” passed away at the age of 66.