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#ThisDayInFandomHistory: The Walt Disney Company, commonly referred to as Disney, is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate. It was founded on this date in 1923 and operates the largest TV and film studio in Hollywood. #OnThisDay #Disney #WaltDisney

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vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 2h

Happy birthday to American actress Erin Brown, born today in 1979. Along with her adult film work, she has starred such horror work as The Screaming Dead, Bite Me!, Shock-O-Rama, and Chantal, as wells as the post-apocalyptic western This Girl's Gun. #ErinBrown #MistyMundae

vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 2h

Happy birthday to American actor and writer Todd Stashwick, born today in 1968. He has appeared in Angel, Dark Angel, Star Trek: Enterprise, Supernatural, Heroes, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Revolution, Warehouse 13, and Syfy's 12 Monkeys adaptation. #ToddStashwick

vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 2h

Happy birthday to American voice actress and singer-songwriter Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, born today in 1966. Appearing in Xena: Warrior Princess, Star Trek: Voyager, and Quantum Leap, she has also done voice-work for various anime and video games. #MaryElizabethMcGlynn

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vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 2h

Happy birthday to American actor, filmmaker, and musician Tim Robbins, born today in 1958. Robbins is known in fandom for his roles in Jacob’s Ladder, Mission To Mars, Erik the Viking, and War of the Worlds, and Silo, and directing the film The Cradle Will Rock. #TimRobbins

vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 2h

Happy birthday to American-born English actor Guy Siner, born today in 1947. Siner is known in fandom for appearances in Doctor Who, Babylon 5, and Star Trek: Enterprise, as well as doing voice-work in the Star Wars universe. #GuySiner

vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 2h

Happy birthday to Bob Hall, born today in 1944. An American comics artist and writer, playwright, and theatre director, Hall is known as the co-creator of the West Coast Avengers for Marvel and co-wrote the script for the stage play The Passion of Dracula. #BobHall

vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 2h

Happy birthday to American comic book artist Joe Sinnott, born today in 1926. Best known for his long stint on Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four, Sinnott inked virtually every major Marvel title, with notable runs on The Avengers, The Defenders, and Thor. #JoeSinnott

vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 1d

#ThisDayInFandomHistory: Charlotte's Web is a book of children's literature by American author E. B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams. It was published on this date in 1952 by Harper & Brothers. #OnThisDay #CharlottesWeb

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vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday to Canadian actor Brandon Jay McLaren, born today in 1982. Perhaps best known for his role as Jack Landors a.k.a. Red SPD Ranger in Power Rangers S.P.D., he has also appeared in Smallville, Blade: The Series, and Falling Skies. #BrandonJayMcLaren

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vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday to American actor and PA-C Matt Keeslar, born today in 1972. As an actor, Keeslar is known for his roles in the miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune and Stephen King's Rose Red as well as the title role in the ABC Family series The Middleman. #MattKeeslar

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vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday to Zak Orth, born today in 1970. An American actor, in fandom he's known for roles in Vamps, Fringe, Revolution, and Falling Water. #ZakOrth

vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday to English actor, director and musician Dominic West, born today in 1969. Known more for dramatic roles, he has appeared in such fandom properties as Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, 300, Punisher: War Zone, John Carter, and Tomb Raider. #DominicWest

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vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday to Götz Otto, born today in 1967. A German actor, he is known in fandom for roles in Tomorrow Never Dies, Beowulf, The Antman, Millennium Mann, Alien Autopsy, The Pillars of the Earth, Cloud Atlas, and Iron Sky. #GötzOtto

vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 1d

Today we celebrate the birthday of American actress, producer, and model Tanya Roberts, born today in 1955. Roberts is known in fandom for her roles as Stacey Sutton in the James Bond film A View to a Kill, Sheena in Sheena, and Kiri in The Beastmaster. #TanyaRoberts

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vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 1d

Today we celebrate the birthday of American actor Mark Lenard, born today in 1924. His most famous role was as Sarek, father of Spock, in the science fiction franchise Star Trek. #MarkLenard

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vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 1d

Today we celebrate the birthday of author, screenwriter, and journalist Mario Puzo, born today in 1920. Best known for writing The Godfather, which he later co-adapted into a film trilogy, he also wrote the original screenplay for the 1978 Superman film and its sequel. #MarioPuzo

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vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday to American writer and editor Len Kaminski, born today in 1962. Kaminski is perhaps best known for his work at Marvel where he contributed to the Marvel's version of the Cthulhu Mythos, as well as writing for Marvel's animated series and video games. #LenKaminski

vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 1d

Today we celebrate the birthday of Vince Colletta, born today in 1923. Colletta was an American comic book artist and art director during the Silver Age of comic books, including some significant early issues of Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four and The Mighty Thor. #VinceColletta

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vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 2d

#ThisDayInFandomHistory: Big Comic Spirits is a weekly Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Shogakukan. The first issue was published on this date in 1980. #OnThisDay #BigComicSpirits #Shogakukan

vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 2d

Happy birthday to American actress and director Lori Petty, born today in 1963. Petty is perhaps best known in fandom for her title role in the movie adaptation of Tank Girl, but has also appeared in The Twilight Zone, Alien Nation, Star Trek: Voyager, and Gotham. #LoriPetty

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vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 2d

Happy birthday to American actress, screenwriter, presenter and comedian Arleen Sorkin, born today in 1955. Sorkin is known in fandom for inspiring and voicing the DC Comics villain Harley Quinn in Batman: The Animated Series. #ArleenSorkin

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vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 2d

Happy birthday to American actor Greg Evigan, born today in 1953. Perhaps better known for dramatic roles, in fandom he is known for TekWar, Northstar, DeepStar Six, Cerberus, Journey To The Center Of The Earth, Phantom Racer, Megaconda, and Invasion Roswell. #GregEvigan

vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 2d

Happy birthday to Katy Manning, born today in 1946. Manning is an English-Australian actress best known for her part as the companion Jo Grant in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. #KatyManning #DoctorWho

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vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 2d

Happy birthday to German actor Udo Kier, born today in 1944. In fandom he's know for roles in Flesh for Frankenstein, Blood for Dracula, Johnny Mnemonic, Barb Wire, Prince Valiant, Blade, BloodRayne, Halloween and the Iron Sky franchise. #UdoKier

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