1933 in Film & Television

• Jan 5 "Cavalcade" based on the play by Noel Coward, directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Diana Wynyard and Clive Brook premieres in New York (Best Production/Picture 1934)
• Jan 30 "Lone Ranger" begins a 21-year run on ABC radio

• Jun 23 Don McNeill's Pepper Pot (Breakfast Club) begins 35½ year run on NBC
• Sep 29 Little King, Cartoon Character, by Von Beuren, debut
• Oct 2 Eugene O'Neill's comedy "Ah, Wilderness" premieres in NYC
• Nov 17 Marx brothers film "Duck Soup" directed by Leo McCarey and starring the Marx Brothers is released in the US

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 134

• Jan 1 Joe Orton, English actor and dramatist (Prick Up Your Ears), (d. 1967)
• Jan 1 Norman Yemm, Australian actor
• Jan 6 Emil Steinberger, Swiss comedian
• Jan 7 Elliott Kastner, American film producer (Angel Heart, Where Eagles Dare), born in NYC, New York (d. 2006)
• Jan 8 Charles Osgood, American news anchor (CBS Weekend News), born in NYC, New York
• Jan 14 Stan Brakhage, American filmmaker (d. 2003)

• Jan 17 Dalida, Egyptian actress and singer, Miss Egypt (The 6th Day)
• Jan 17 Sheree North [Dawn Bethel], American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2005)
• Jan 19 Marc F. A. Andries, Flemish actor (Central Station)
• Jan 23 Arlene Golonka, American actress (Millie-Mayberry RFD), born in Chicago, Illinois
• Jan 23 Chita Rivera, American actress (West Side Story, Sweet Charity), born in Washington, D.C.
• Feb 2 Tony Jay, English actor (d. 2006)
• Feb 5 Nick Georgiade, American actor (Untouchables, Run Buddy Run), born in NYC, New York
• Feb 13 Caroline Blakiston, actress (At Bertram's Hotel)
• Feb 13 Kim Novak, [Marilyn], American actress (Vertigo, Of Human Bondage), born in Chicago, Illinois
• Feb 14 Madhubala [Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi], Indian actress regarded as "The Venus of Indian Cinema", born in Delhi, India (d. 1969)
• Feb 18 Mary Ure, Scottish actress (Reflection of Fear, Windom's Way) (d. 1975), born in Glasgow, Scotland
• Feb 26 Godfrey Cambridge, American actor (Cotton comes to Harlem), born in NYC, New York
• Mar 1 Joan Hackett, NY, actress (Will Penny, One Stone Pony)
• Mar 3 Alfredo Landa, Spanish actor
• Mar 6 William Davis, author/broadcaster (Battle at Bull Run)
• Mar 12 Barbara Feldon, American actress (Agent 99-Get Smart), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Mar 19 Renee Taylor [Wexler], American actress (Jack Paar Show, Mary Hartman, The Nanny), born in NYC, New York
• Mar 23 Monique van Vooren, Belgian actress (Andy Warhol's Frankenstein)
• Mar 30 Jean-Claude Brialy, Algerian actor (Circle of Love, Cousins), born in Aumale, Algeria
• Mar 31 Bob Simmons, Fulham England, stuntman (double for James Bond)
• Mar 31 Shirley Jones, American actress (Partridge Family, Elmer Gantry), born in Smithton, Pennsylvania
• Apr 5 Frank Gorshin, American comedian and impersonator (Riddler-Batman), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2005)
• Apr 6 Dudley Sutton, British actor (Leather Boys, Brimstone & Treacle)
• Apr 7 Wayne Rogers, US actor (M*A*S*H, House Calls), born in Birmingham Alabama (d. 2015)
• Apr 9 Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor (Casino Royale, Magnifique), born in Paris, France
• Apr 10 Poncie Ponce, American actor (Kazuo Kim-Hawaiian Eye), born in Maui, Hawaii (d. 2013)
• Apr 13 Shani Wallis, Irish singer/actress (Oliver)

• Apr 16 Joan Bakewell, British broadcaster/actress (Cold Comfort Farm)
• Apr 19 Jayne Mansfield [Vera Jane Palmer], US actress (The Girl Can't Help It), born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (d. 1967)
• Apr 24 Patricia Bosworth, American actor, journalist, writer, and biographer, born in Oakland, California
• Apr 24 Claire Davenport, English actress (The Elephant Man), born in Sale, Cheshire, England (d. 2002)
• Apr 24 Helmuth Lohner, Austrian actor and director (Mrs. Warren's Profession), born in Vienna
• Apr 26 Carol Burnett, American comedian and actress (Annie, 4 Seasons), born in San Antonio, Texas
• Apr 29 Keith Baxter, Welsh actor (Chimes at Midnight, Killing Time, Barretts at Wimpole Street), born in Newport, Monmouthshire
• Apr 29 Rodney "Rod" McKuen, American poet, singer-songwriter and actor (Jean, Alone, Beatsville), born in Oakland, California (d. 2015)
• May 3 Alex Cord [Alexander Viespi], American actor (Brotherhood, Fire, Street Asylum), born in NYC, New York
• May 7 Nexhmije Pagarusha, Albanian singer and actress, born in Malishevë, Kosovo
• May 9 Johnny Grant, unofficial mayor of Hollywood
• May 14 Lajos Kovacs, Hungarian actor (Wings of Desire)
• May 14 Michael Chevalier, German voice actor
• May 20 Constance Towers, actress (Capitol, Shock Corrider, Naked Kiss)
• May 22 Don Estelle [Ronald Edwards], British actor and singer (It Ain't Half Hot Mum), born in Crumpsall, Lancashire (d. 2003)
• May 23 Joan Henrietta Collins, actress (Alexis-Dynasty, Bitch), born in London, England
• May 25 Roger Bowen, actor (M*A*S*H, Main Event, What about Bob, Petulia)
• May 28 John Karlen, American actor (Harvey Lacey-Cagney & Lacey), born in Brooklyn, New York

• Jun 9 Dick Orkin, Williamsport Pa, actor (Tim Conway Show)

• Jun 20 Brett Halsey, actress (Paul-Follow the Sun), born in Santa Ana, California
• Jun 20 Danny Aiello, American actor (Moonstruck, Radio Days), born in NYC, New York
• Jun 21 Bernie Kopell, American actor (Love Boat, Get Smart, That Girl), born in NYC, New York
• Jun 22 Jacques Martin, French TV host (d. 2007)
• Jun 30 Lea Massari, Italian actress
• Jul 1 Sam Rutigliano, American NFL coach/broadcaster (Cleveland Browns), born in Brooklyn, New York
• Jul 4 Rufus "Freight Train" Jones [Carey Lloyd], American professional wrestler, born in Dillon, South Carolina (d. 1993)
• Jul 5 Terence Cooper, Northern Ireland, actor (Casino Royale)
• Jul 7 David McCullough, actor (Huey Long)
• Jul 7 Dick Kallman, American actor (Born to Be Loved, Verboten!), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1980)
• Jul 13 Patsy Byrne, English actress (Stealing Heaven, Blackadder II), born in Ashford, (d. 2014)
• Jul 17 Bruce Wells, British boxer & actor
• Jul 20 Aliki Vouyouklaki, actress (Madalena)
• Jul 23 Bert Convy, American actor and game show host (Tattletales), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 1991)
• Jul 24 John Aniston, Crete, actor (Search for Tomorrow, Day of our Lives)
• Jul 26 Lance Percival, actor/singer (Darling Lili, Our Miss Fred)
• Jul 29 Robert Fuller, actor (Laramie, Wagon Train), born in Troy, New York
• Jul 29 Lou Albano, American pro wrestling manager
• Jul 30 Edd "Kookie" Byrnes, American actor (77 Sunset Strip, Jack the Ripper), born in Los Angeles, California
• Aug 1 Dom DeLuise, American comedian (End, Cannonball Run, Fatso), born in Brooklyn, New York
• Aug 1 Jesse Corti, Venezuelan-born actor and comedian
• Aug 5 Joan Weldon, actress (So This is Love, Them), born in San Francisco, California
• Aug 9 Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Japanese television personality and children's author
• Aug 13 Madhur Jaffrey, Indian cookbook writer and actress (Shakespeare Wallah), born in Delhi, British India
• Aug 15 Lori Nelson, American actress (Greta-How to Marry a Millionaire), Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Aug 16 Julie Newmar, actress (Catwoman-Batman, Living Doll), born in Hollywood, California
• Aug 17 Glenn Corbett [Glen Edwin Rothenburg], El Monte, California, American actor (Route 66, Shenandoah)
• Aug 18 Roman Polanski, Polish-French film director (Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, Pirates), born in Paris, France
• Aug 19 Debra Paget [Debralee Griffin], American actress (Love Me Tender), born in Denver, Colorado
• Aug 21 Barry Norman, British film critic (Film Greats), born in London (d. 2017)
• Aug 22 Sylva Koscina, Italian actress (Jessica, Hercules), born in Split, Dalmatia, Yugoslavia (d. 1994)
• Aug 25 Tom Skerritt, actor (Ryan's Four, Alien, Big Bad Mama), born in Detroit, Michigan
• Aug 29 Ramses Shaffy, Dutch cabaret actor (Zaak MP, Liefdesbekentenissen)
• Sep 2 Victor Spinetti, Welsh actor, (d. 2012)
• Sep 4 Richard Castellano, actor (The Godfather, Lovers & Other Stranger), born in The Bronx, New York
• Sep 12 Tatiana Doronina, Russian actress, born in St. Petersburg, Russia
• Sep 13 Eileen Fulton, actress (Our Private World), born in Asheville, North Carolina
• Sep 14 Harve Presnell, Modesto California, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown)
• Sep 14 Zoe Caldwell, Australia, actress (Prime of Miss Jean Brodie)
• Sep 15 Henry Darrow, American actor (Harry O, New Dick Van Dyke Show), born in NYC, New York
• Sep 16 George Chakiris, Norwood Ohio, actor (West Side Story)
• Sep 17 Patricia Crowley, Olyphant Pa, actress (Please Don't Eat the Daisies)

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• Jan 3 Jack Pickford, Canadian-American actor (The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come), dies at 37
• Feb 24 Spottiswoode Aitken, Scottish actor (The Birth of a Nation, The Avenging Conscience), dies at 65
• Mar 17 Ferdinand Von Alten, German-Russian actor (Champagne), dies at 48
• Apr 28 Robin Irvine, British actor (Easy Virtue, When Boys Leave Home), dies of pleurisy at 31
• May 15 Ernest Torrence, Scottish actor (I Cover the Waterfront, Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies from complications following surgery for gall stones at 54
• Jun 25 Bill Dana [William Szathmary], American comedian, characters actor (José Jiménez), and screenwriter (The Nude Bomb, The Bill Dana Show), dies at 92
• Jun 29 Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, American actor (The Bell Boy, Moonshine, Keystone comedies), dies from a heart attack at 46
• Aug 3 Arthur Collins, singer/comedian (Peerless Quartet), dies at 69
• Aug 28 Helen Dunbar, American actress (b. 1863)
• Oct 5 Renee Adoree, actress (Big Parade), dies at 35
• Oct 25 Lillian Hall-Davies actress (Farmer's Wife, Ring), dies at 36
• Nov 5 Texas Guinan, American saloon keeper, actress, and musician (b. 1884)
• Nov 12 James T. Kelley, Irish actor (The Rink, The Immigrant), dies at 79

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