The writer Mary Shelley was born on this date in 1797.  Shelley, of course, is best-known for writing Frankenstein, a book that some claim is the first science fiction novel.  (That’s debatable but it was still a major literary achievement.)

In this scene from 1936’s Bride of Frankenstein, Elsa Lanchester appears as Mary Shelley, continuing her story.  (Of course, Lanchester also played the Bride herself.)