Born on this day in 1924: Marian Waldman
Character actress Waldman was best known for her role in 1974’s Black Christmas. She played foul-mouthed drunken housemother Mrs. MacHenry. Mrs. Mac notoriously took a hook to the face in her death scene. The role of Mrs. Mac was offered to Bette Davis, who turned it down.
Other than Black Christmas, Waldman starred in Deranged: Confessions of a Necrophile, a film loosely based on the life and crimes of Ed Gein. Waldman played Maureen Selby, the first victim of Ezra Cobb. Her final film was Phobia, an underwhelming effort by director John Huston, about a doctor who believes he can cure his patients of phobias.
Waldman died at home in Toronto in 1985 after a battle with breast cancer.