January 8

1981 – Genevieve Padalecki, wife of Jared Padalecki, appeared in “Stephen King’s Dead Zone (TV Series)”, “Supernatural (TV Series)”, ”

1980 – Rachel Nichols, who appeared in the 2005 remake of “The Amityville Horror,” “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra”, “Star Trek” (2009), “Conan the Barbarian” (2011), “Raze”, and the upcoming “The Ten O’Clock People”.

1979 – Sarah Polley, who starred in “Splice” and the 2004 remake of “Dawn of the Dead.”

1977 – Amber Benson, best known for portraying “Tara” on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Series)”, she also appeared in “One-Eyed Monster”, “The Killing Jar”, “Supernatural (TV Series)”.

1969 – Ami Dolenz, daughter of “Monkee” Mickey. She has appeared in such films as “Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings,” “Witchboard II,” “Children of the Night” and “2012 Doomsday.”

1947 – David Bowie. He has starred in the films “The Man Who Fell To Earth,” “The Hunger,” “Labyrinth” and “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me”.

1942 – Yvette Mimieux, appeared in “The Time Machine”, “Journey Into Fear”, “Snowbeast (TV Movie)”, “Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (TV Movie)”, “The Black Hole”.

1931 – Adam Keefe, who appeared in the films “Nocturna” and “The Fat Spy.”

1926 – Kerwin Matthews, who has starred in the films “The 7th Voyage of Sinbad,” “Maniac” and “The Boy Who Cried Werewolf.”

1923 – Comedian Larry Storch, who appeared in the film “Without Warning,” was the voice of “The Joker” for the late 60’s cartoon “The Batman/Superman Hour,” appeared in “The Ghostbusters” TV series and “The Vampire” episode of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”

1922 – Producer K. Gordon Murray, who was responsible for bringing such classic Mexican horror movies to America as “The Vampire’s Coffin,” “Sampson (El Santo) vs. the Vampire Women” and “The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy.”

1912 – Susumu Fujita, who appeared in the films “Godzilla vs. the Thing” (Mothra), “Frankenstein Conquers the World” and the TV series “Ultraman.”