Birthdays:

Carrie Fisher (October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016), best remembered as Leia Organa, also starred in Frankenstein (1984), Scream 3 (2000), Wonderland(2003), and Sorority Row (2009).

Fisher in Scream 3

Ken Watanabe (October 21, 1959), who starred in Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant (2009), and Godzilla (2014).

Ken Watanabe

Michael McMillian (October 21, 1978), who starred in The Hills Have Eyes II (2007), Dimples (2008), Banshee Chapter (2013), and “True Blood.”

McMillian in “True Blood”

Movie releases:

1983: The Dead Zone
1994: The Puppet Masters
2005: Doom
2016: Ouija: Origin of Evil

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