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Born on this day in horror history – August 16

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August 16

1991 – Evanna Lynch, who played “Luna” in “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince” and the upcoming “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows.”

1988 – Rumer Willis, who stared in “Sorority Row” and “From Within.”

1985 – Agnes Bruckner, appeared in “Occult”, “The Pact”, “Vacancy 2: The First Cut”, “Blood and Chocolate”, “The Woods”, “Venom”, and more.

1982 – Cam Gigandet, who played the villainous vampire “James” in the first “Twilight” film as well as “Priest”, “Pandorum”, “The Unborn”, “The Roomate.”

1960 – Timothy Hutton who appeared in the films “The Dark Half,” “Iceman,” “The Temp” and “Secret Window.”

1958 – Angela Bassett who appeared in the films “Vampire In Brooklyn,” “Innocent Blood” and “Strange Days.”

1954 – Producer/writer/director James Cameron whose film credits include “The Terminator,” “Aliens,” “The Abyss” and “Avatar.”

1937 – Lorraine Gary who played “Ellen Brody” in the films “Jaws,” “Jaws 2” and “Jaws the Revenge.”

1933 – Julie Newmar who played the original “Catwoman” and appeared in the films “Deep Space” and “Evils of the Night.” She also appeared in the TV special “Return To The Batcave.”

1930 – Robert Culp who starred in “The Demon With the Glass Hand” episode of the original “Outer Limits” TV show and appeared in the TV movies “Santa’s Slay” “The Chill Factor” and the film “Silent Night, Deadly Night 3.”

1899 – Glenn Strange who played the “Frankenstein Monster” in the later Universal horror films such as “House of Frankenstein,” “House of Dracula” and “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein.”.

Evanna Lynch
Evanna Lynch

 

Agnes Bruckner
Agnes Bruckner

 

Cam Gigandet
Cam Gigandet

 

James Cameron
James Cameron

 

Robert Culp
Robert Culp
Glenn Strange
Glenn Strange

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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