Steal my heart, and my body.

Ok, so zombies are easy. I mean easy targets. They make for some of the cheesiest movies ever filmed. They are REAL easy to play one in a movie, and if you feel just a bit like they could be real in some odd, not sure if science is actually right kind of way, then they scare the hell out of you.

This summer Nicole Kiddman stars in Invasion. Says something when Hollywood A lists take on a remake like this. But what about the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers? Came out in 1956. Directed by Don Seigal. Phil Kaufman did the 1978 remake. Remember Donald Sutherland with a perm? Anyway, the original starred Dana Wynter (what a name) and Kevin McCarthy. So lets see what these two got up to since, hmmm.

Dana, whose real name is Dagmar, was born in Berlin in 1931. After Invasion of the Body Snatchers she starred with Robert Taylor in D-Day the 6th of June, released the same year. After that she had many, many roles in episodic television including Lucky Strike Theatre, Playhouse 90, Wagon Train, Twelve O'Clock High (now there's a show), Ben Casey, Gunsmoke, McMillan and Wife and Rockford Files. Her final TV role was opposite Raymond Burr in the Return of Ironside in 1993.

On to Kevin McCarthy. After Invasion he starred in TV's Kraft Theatre, alongside Edward G. Robinson in the 1956 thriller Nightmare, the Twilight Zone (yeah), Dr. Kildare, The Fugitive, Banacek, and Hawaii 5-0 just to name a few. More recent credits include Boston Common and the Trail of the Screaming Forehead. Born in 1914 in Seattle his career spans over 6 decades.

He even cameo's in the 1978 remake reprising his famous traffic scene.