Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

 Elvira: Mistress of the Dark premiered on September 30th, 1988. 

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988)

Cassandra Peterson 

 

 

Edie McClurg and Kate Brown

 

Also on this date:

The Flinstones premiered on ABC in 1960

Madeline Kahn

 Madeline Kahn was born on September 29th, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts. 

Madeline Gail Kahn (1942-1999)

Paper Moon (1973)

Blazing Saddles (1974)
with Gene Wilder and Cleavon Little

Young Frankenstein (1974)
with Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle
and Rolfe Sedan

History of the World, Part I (1981)

Madeline Kahn Sings at the
All Star Party for Burt Reynolds (1981)

Clue (1985)

Also on this date:

Prince’s Let’s Go Crazy topped the Billboard charts in 1984

Sylvia Kristel

 Sylvia Kristel was born on September 28th, 1952 in Utrecht, Netherlands. 

Sylvia Marie Kristel (1952-2012)

Emmanuelle (1974)

Private Lessons (1981)

Lady Chatterley’s Lover (1981)

Private School (1984) with
Phoebe Cates, Kathleen Wilhoite and Betsy Russell 

Dracula’s Widow (1988)

Also on this date:

Gene Roddenberry’s 

Star Trek: The Next Generation premiered

Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway

 Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway premiered on NBC on September 27th, 1975. 

The made for TV drama stars Eve Plumb (The Brady Bunch) and was Directed by Randal Klieser (Grease). 

Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway 

Eve Plumb

Also on this date:

Eve March was born in 1910

Gilligan’s Island

 Gilligan’s Island first aired on September 26th, 1964 on CBS.

Created and Produced by Sherwood Schwartz.

Gilligan’s Island (1964-1967)

Jim Backus, Russell Johnson, Natalie Schafer,
Bob Denver, Tina Louise, Alan Hale Jr.
and Dawn Wells

Dawn Wells

Rory Calhoun as Jonathan Kincaid (S3E18)
The Hunter

Barbara Bain and Martin Landau with Bob Denver
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan’s Island
(1981) TV movie

Also on this date:

Knight Rider premiered in 1984

The Mummy (1959)

 The Mummy was released in the UK on September 25th, 1959.

 The Hammer Film Production was directed by Terrence Fisher. 

The Mummy (1959)

Peter Cushing

Christopher Lee 

Yvonne Furneaux

Also on this date:

The Beatles cartoon premiered on ABC on 1965

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

 Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer premiered on September 24th, 1986 at the Chicago International Film Festival. 

Directed by John McNaughton.

The film wouldn’t be released nationwide until January of 1990. 

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

Tom Towles and Michael Rooker 

Tracy Arnold

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer spawned a sequel in 1996 directed by Chuck Parello. 

Henry 2: Portrait of a Serial Killer 
Mask of Sanity

Also on this date:

The Munsters premiered in 1964 on CBS

Elizabeth Peña

 Elizabeth Peña was born on September 23rd, 1959 in Los Angeles, California.

Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)

*batteries not included (1987)

Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
with Tim Robbins

Strangeland (1998)

Also on this date:

The Jetsons premiered on ABC in 1962