August 6
1980 – Stuntwoman Monique Ganderton, whose films include “Watchmen,” “2012,” “X-Men: The Last Stand” and “TRON: Legacy.”
1976 – Melissa George, appeared in the films “The Amityville Horror” remake, “Turistas”, “30 Days of Night”, “Triangle” and the miniseries “Bag of Bones”.
1976 – Soleil Moon Frye, best known for playing “Punky Brewster.” She appeared in the film “Pumpkinhead II: Bloodwings” and the TV movie “Piranha.”
1974 – Ever Carradine, granddaughter of John Carradine. She starred in the film “Dead & Breakfast.”
1973 – Vera Farmiga, starred in the hit film “The Conjuring” and portrays “Norma Bates” on the TV series “Bates Motel”.
1970 – M. Night Shyamalan, writer/director of the films “The Sixth Sense,” “Unbreakable,” “Signs” and “The Happening.”
1968 – Lisa Boyle, who appeared in the films “Earth Girls Are Easy” “Alien Terminator” and the TV series “Black Scorpion.”
1958 – Takuro Tatsumi, who appeared in the film “Godzilla vs. Destroyah.”
1951 – Catherine Hicks who starred in the films “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home,” “Child’s Play” and the TV series “Tucker’s Witch.”
1938 – Writer/director/actor Paul Bartel, who appeared in the films “Piranha,” “Chopping Mall” and “Escape From L.A.”
1936 – Hollywood stuntman Bobby Bass, who is the stepfather of Bo Derek. His stunt work could be seen in such films as “The Puppet Masters,” “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” and “Predator.”
1931 – Italian writer/director Umbert Lenzi whose films include “City of the Walking Dead,” “Make Them Die Slowly” and “Demoni 3.”
1928 – Artist Andy Warhol, who produced the films “Blood For Dracula” and “Flesh For Frankenstein.”
1917 – Robert Mitchum, starred in “The Night of the Hunter” and “Cape Fear”.
1910 – Charles Crichton, who directed the “Golfing Story” segment of the 1945 film “Dead of Night.” He also directed for the TV series’ “Space: 1999” and “The Avengers.”
