Polly Holiday

 Polly Holliday was born on July 2nd, 1937 in Jasper, Alabama.  

Polly Holliday

Alice (1976-1980)

Flo (1980-1981)

Private Benjamin (1982-1983)

Gremlins (1984)

Will Sandin

Will Sandin was born on April 8th, 1969 in Los Angeles, CA. He played a short scene as young Michael Myers in 

John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978). 

Will Sandin 

And again in 1981 shooting scenes for a TV edit. 

These are his only acting roles. 

A few years older

In recent years he’s done the convention and documentary circuit. 

Not so little Will Sandin

Relevant:

John Carpenter

Jamie Lee Curtis

P.J. Soles

Donald Pleasence

Nancy Loomis

Debra Hill

Tommy Lee Wallace

Tony Moran

Will Sandin 

Before Sunrise

 On January 27th, 1995, Before Sunrise was released in US theaters. It had premiered a week previous at Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. 

Before Sunrise (1995)

Starring Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke and written and directed by Richard Linklater. Also co-written by Kim Krizan, who had previously appeared in Linklater’s Slacker (1990) and Dazed and Confused (1993). Once Delpy and Hawke were cast they added additional, uncredited rewrites. 

Richard Linklater

Kim Krazan

Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke

The story was inspired by a meeting that Linklater had with a women in Philadelphia in 1988. It was a chance meeting that led to an evening of strolling around the city conversing about different topics. Unbeknownst to Linklater until 2010 the women died shortly after this meeting in a motorcycle accident. 

John Amos

 John Amos was born on December 27th, 1939 in Newark, New Jersey. 

John Amos 

Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971)

Good Times (1974-1976)

Roots (1977)

The Beastmaster (1982) Directed by Don Coscarelli

Coming to America (1988)

Coming 2 America (2021)

Julie Delpy

Julie Delpy was born in Paris, France on December 21st, 1969. 

Julie Delpy

She holds dual citizenship in America and France. 

Killing Zoe (1993)

But I’m a Cheerleader (1996)

An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)

The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999)
with Eric Stoltz, Helen Mirren and Peter Fonda

Before Sunrise (1995)

Before Sunset (2004)

Before Midnight (2013)

The Countess (2009)

Jenny Agutter

 Jenny Agutter was born on December 20th, 1952 in Taunton, Somerset, England. 

Jenny Agutter

Best known for her roles in Logan’s Run, An American Werewolf in London and Child’s Play 2.

Logan’s Run (1976)

An American Werewolf in London 
with David Naughton (1981)

Child’s Play 2 (1990)

Ludwig van Beethoven (probably)

 It’s quite possible that Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany on December 16th, 1770. 

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

No one is quite sure as it was so long ago and no birth record was ever located. Also his father was always ambiguous about his age as he was touting his son as a child prodigy and may have been dishonest about his actual age on occasion.

Ludwig’s Birthplace in Bonn

It is known that he was baptized on the 17th and it was common practice to have a newborn baptized within a day. So most scholars agree that Beethoven was born on December 16th, give or take. 

Agnes Moorehead

 Agnes Moorehead was born on December 6th, 1900. 

Agnes Moorehead (1900-1974)

She is best known for her role as Endora on the television show, Bewitched in 1964. 

Bewitched (1964-72)

With Elizabeth Montgomery 

In 1965 she stated in a TV Guide interview that many of the scripts for the show were hack and the writing was often below standards.

 I mean she was in Citizen Kane for Christ sake.

Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane (1941)

The Bat (1959) 
with Vincent Price and Darla Hood

Diane Ladd

 Diane Ladd was born on November 29th, 1935. 

Diane Ladd

Chinatown (1974)

With Ellen Burstyn in
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)

…and again on the sitcom Alice (1980-81)

Embryo (1976)

Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)

Not sure if I forgot that Diane Ladd was Laura Dern’s mom or if I just never knew. 

Wild At Heart (1990) with daughter Laura Dern 

Elsa Lanchester

Elsa Lanchester was born on October 28th, 1902.

Although her credits span 50 years of film and television, she is most well known for her role as the bride in The Bride of Frankenstein also starring Boris Karloff and Ernest Thesiger (dir. James Whale 1935).

Elsa Lanchester (1902-1986)

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 
with
Colin Clive, Boris Karloff and Ernest Thesiger

Waxwork Records THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Music by Franz Waxman

Mary Poppins (1964)

Willard (1971) with Bruce Davison,
Ernest Borgnine and Sondra Locke

Also on this date:

Annie Potts was born in 1952