May 17

• 1996 – Alexis Llewellyn, who appeared in the Sci-Fi mini series “Tin Man” and the film “The Chronicles Of Riddick.” She appeared in episodes of the 2002 version of “The Twilight Zone,” “Supernatural” and “Masters of Horror.”
• 1988 – Nikki Reed who plays “Rosalie Hale” in the “Twilight” saga
• 1986 – Erin Richards, has appeared in “The Quiet Ones”, “Open Grave”, “Being Human (TV Series).”
• 1973 – The Guinness Book of World Records “Tallest Actor, ” Matthew McGrory, who played “Tiny” in “House of 1000 Corpses” and The Devil’s Rejects.” He also appeared in “Men In Black II” and “The Dead Hate The Living.”
• 1965 – Paige Turco, has appeared in “The Stepfather”, and “American Gothic (TV Series).”
• 1965 – Trent Reznor, known as the one man band “Nine Inch Nails,” whose music has been used in films such as “Doom,” the 2007 version of “The Hitcher” and “Resident Evil.”
• 1941 – Grace Zabriskie who played “Sarah Palmer” on the TV series “Twin Peaks. She also appeared in the films “Armageddon” and “The Grudge.”
• 1936 – Dennis Hopper, whose many film appearances include “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2,” “Queen of Blood” and “Blue Velvet.”
• 1955 – Bill Paxton who starred in and directed “Frailty,” and co-starred the 1998 version of “Mighty Joe Young,” “Aliens” and “Near Dark” just to name a few.
• 1885 – Roland Pertwee, father of Jon Pertwee (Doctor Who # 3) and who appeared in the film “The Ghoul” with Boris Karloff.