Fifty-one-year-old actress Adrienne Barbeau has given birth to identical twin boys.

Barbeau and husband Billy Van Zandt, a producer and writer, became the parents of Walker Steven Barbeau Van Zandt and William Dalton Barbeau Van Zandt on Monday, her publicists said.Walker weighed in at 5 pounds, 9 ounces, and William arrived at 5 pounds, 2 ounces.

Barbeau remained in the hospital Tuesday after the natural childbirth, which Van Zandt attended.

Barbeau, best known for her role as Bea Arthur's daughter in the 1970s TV sitcom "Maude," has a son from a previous marriage.

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Birthdays: For Wednesday, March 19

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