Events in Film & TV
Contract of Interest
Dec 23 Bette Davis arrives in Hollywood under contract to Universal Studios
Birthdays in Film & TV
Jean-Luc Godard (1930-2022)
Dec 3 French director (Alphaville; Hail Mary; Breathless), born in Paris, France
- Dec 4 Ronnie Corbett, British comedian (The Two Ronnies), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 2016)
Maximilian Schell (1930-2014)
Dec 8 Swiss-Austrian actor and director (Odessa File, Julia), born in Vienna, Austria
- Dec 9 Buck Henry [Zuckerman], American screenwriter and comedian (SNL; Get Smart), born in NYC, New York
- Dec 11 Chus Lampreave [María Jesús Lampreave Pérez], Spanish actress (Volver, Belle Époque), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 2016)
- Dec 11 Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor and director (Man & a Woman, Z), born in Piolenc, Vaucluse, France
- Dec 12 Bill Beutel, American journalist and anchor (ABC), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2006)
- Dec 13 Robert Prosky, Polish-American actor and comedian (Christine, Thief), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2008)
- Dec 17 Armin Mueller-Stahl, German painter, author and actor (Kafka, Music Box), born in Tilsit, Germany
- Dec 17 Julia Meade [Kunz], American actress and TV hostess (Spotlight Playhouse), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2016)
- Dec 23 Barbara Ruick, American actress (Carousel; Fearless Fagan), and singer (Jerry Colonna Show), born in Pasadena, California (d. 1974)
- Dec 24 Julian Barry [Mendelsohn], American playwright and screenwriter (Lenny; Rhinoceros), born in New York City (d. 2023)
- Dec 26 Donald Moffat, British actor (Kent-Logan's Run), born in Plymouth, Devon (d. 2018)
- Dec 26 Sayed Mutawli imam ad-Darsh, scholar/broadcaster
- Dec 31 Odetta [Holmes], American folk singer (Sanctuary), actress and civil rights activist, born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 2008)
Deaths in Film & TV
- Dec 27 William Courtleigh, Canadian actor (The Birth of Character, Ashes, The Nightingale), dies at 63
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