1975 – Mayim Bialik, better known to TV viewers as “Blossom.” She appeared in the film “Pumpkinhead.”
1974 – Make-up and special effects technician, Jason Collins. His film work includes “From Dusk To Dawn 2 & 3,” “Ghosts of Mars” and “Bubba Ho-tep.”
1970 – Mädchen Amick, played in “Witches of East End (TV Series)”, “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me”, “Sleepwalkers”, “Twin Peaks (TV Series)”, “The Borrower” and more.
1970 – Jennifer Connelly, who has starred in the films “Labyrinth,” “Creepers” (a.k.a. “Phenomena”), “Dark Water,” “Hulk” and the remake of “The Day The Earth Stood Still.”
1967 – Anne Bobby, starred in Clive Barker’s “Nightbreed”, “In Fear Of (TV Series)”, “The Hanover House.”
1956 – Ana Alicia, played “Nurse Janet” in “Halloween II”, “Battlestar Galactica (TV Series)”, “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV Series).”
1952 – Sarah Douglas who starred in “Superman II,” “Return of the Living Dead III” and “Conan the Destroyer.”
1949 – Bill Nighy, appeared in “I, Frankenstein”, “Underworld”, “Underworld: Evolution”, “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans”, “Shaun of the Dead”, “The Phantom of the Opera” and more.
1947 – Wings Hauser, who starred in the films “Night Shadows” (a.k.a. “Mutant”), “The Carpenter” and “Tales From the Hood.”
1944 – Kenneth Cranham, best known for playing “Dr. Philip Channard” in “Hellbound: Hellraiser II.” He also appeared in “Maleficent”, “In the Flesh (TV Mini-Series)”, “Trauma”, “Tale of a Vampire”, “Old Dracula” and more.
1930 – Writer/director Gordon Hessler, whose work includes the films “The Oblong Box,” “The Golden Voyage of Sinbad,” the “Spanish Moss Murders” episode of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker”, “Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park” and more.
1927 – Honor Blackman, forever known as “James Bond” girl “Pussy Galore.” She appeared in the films “To the Devil a Daughter,” “Tale of the Mummy” and “Jason and the Argonauts.”
1900 – Eddie Parker who did the stunts for the films “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man,” “House of Dracula” and “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein,” as well as playing “Klaris the Mummy” in “Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy.”
1893 – Edward G. Robinson, who appeared in “Soylent Green.” He originally tested for the part of “Dr. Zauis” in “Planet of the Apes.”
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