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The Watcher in the Woods is released in US theaters (1980). Disney released haunted-house movie The Watcher in the Woods, based on the novel of the same name by Florence Engel Randall (1976). John Hough directed a talented cast that included Bette Davis, David McCallum, Carroll Baker, and Lynn-Holly Johnson.

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Jennifer Garner is born (1972). Jennifer Anne Garner is best known in the role of Sydney Bristow on the ABC series Alias. In 2003, she played theMarvel Comics character Elektra Natchios in the film version of Daredevil opposite Ben Affleck. She followed up in 2004 with the light comedy 13 Going on 30 and reprised her role as Elektra in the action film Elektra. Garner was born in Houston, Texas.

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Olivia Hussey is born (1951). Olivia Hussey has appeared in such thrillers as Black Christmas (1974), The Cat and the Canary (1979) and Ice Cream Man (1995). Her television projects have included Psycho IV: The Beginning (1991), in which she played the notorious mother of Norman Bates, and Stephen King's It (1990). Hussey was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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