Ella Mae Smith(1932-2025)

A lifelong resident of Evans City, PA, she and her husband, Philip Smith, lived in a home right in front of the farmhouse where Die Nacht der lebenden Toten (1968) was filmed. They were sitting in their front yard one day when a car pulled up and asked them if they wanted to be in a movie. Ella Mae persuaded Philip, and they both appeared as ghouls.