Bela Lugosi (Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó)
(October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956)
Bela Lugosi was a Hungarian-born actor, famous for portraying Count
Dracula in the original 1931 film and for his roles in various other horror
films including The Black Cat (1934) and The Raven (1935). He dropped
out of school when he was twelve years old, and began appearing in
Shakespeare plays.
Sigourney Weaver
(born Susan Alexandra Weaver in Manhattan, New York, New York)
Sigourney Weaver played the resourceful action hero Ellen Ripley in Alien
(1979), Aliens (1980), Alien 3 (1992), and Alien Resurrection (1997). She
also played Dana Barrett in Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II
(1989) and Dr.Grace Augustine in Avatar (2009). She played her first
minor role in Woody Allen‘s 1977 comedy, Annie Hall.
Sigourney Weaver
(born Susan Alexandra Weaver in Manhattan, New York, New York)
Sigourney Weaver played the resourceful action hero Ellen Ripley in Alien
(1979), Aliens (1980), Alien 3 (1992), and Alien Resurrection (1997). She
also played Dana Barrett in Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II
(1989) and Dr. Grace Augustine in Avatar (2009). She played her
first minor role in Woody Allen‘s 1977 comedy, Annie Hall.
Original run on CBS-TV: October 2, 1959 – June 19, 1964.
In 2013, the Writers Guild of America ranked The Twilight Zone as the third
best-written TV series ever and TV Guide ranked it as the fifth greatest show
of all time.
Rodman Edward "Rod" Serling (December 25, 1924 – June 28, 1975)
The independent horror film Night of the Living Dead was directed by George
A. Romero and starred Duane Jones and Judith O’Dea. It was completed on
a $114,000 budget and became a financial success, grossing $12 million
domestically and $18 million internationally. The film has been a cult classic
ever since. Night of the Living Dead has been selected by the Library of
Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry, as a film deemed
"culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
George Andrew Romero turned 76 in February.
