July 1934 in Film & Television

Birthdays in Film & TV

  • Jul 1 Claude Berri, French actor, director and screenwriter, born in Paris (d. 2009)
  • Jul 1 Jamie Farr [Jameel Farah], American actor (M*A*S*H & AfterMASH - "Cpl. Klinger"), born in Toledo, Ohio
  • Jul 1 Jean Marsh, English actress (Dark Places, Eagle has Landed), born in London

Sydney PollackSydney Pollack (1934-2008)

Jul 1 American Academy and Emmy Award-winning director, producer (Tootsie; Out of Africa), and occasional actor, born in Lafayette, Indiana

  • Jul 4 Colin Welland, British screenwriter (Chariots of Fire) and actor (Straw Dogs), born in Liverpool, England (d. 2015)
  • Jul 5 Philip Madoc, Welsh actor (The Life and Times of David Lloyd George), born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales (d. 2012)
  • Jul 8 Marty Feldman, English comedian (Young Frankenstein), born in London, England (d. 1982)
  • Jul 15 Risto Jarva, Finnish filmmaker (d. 1977)
  • Jul 17 Willie Ito, American animator for Disney Studios ("Lady and the Tramp" spaghetti kiss); Warner Brothers; Hanna-Barbara), born in San Francisco, California
  • Jul 18 Darlene Conley, American actress (The Bold and the Beautiful), born in Chicago Heights, Illinois (d. 2007)
  • Jul 18 Edward Bond, English playwright and director (Blow-up), born in Holloway, North London
  • Jul 19 Willem Nijholt, Dutch actor (De Nietsnut, Respect, Op Afbetaling), born in Gombong, Central Java

Louise FletcherLouise Fletcher (1934-2022)

Jul 22 American Academy Award-winning actress (One Flew Over Cuckoo's Nest: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), born in Birmingham, Alabama [1]

  • Jul 25 Claude Zidi, French film director and screenwriter (My New Partner), born in Paris
  • Jul 25 Don Ellis, American avant garde jazz trumpeter, and Grammy Award-winning film score composer (The French Connection), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1978)
  • Jul 26 Ken Pogue, Canadian actor (Adderly, Katts and Dog), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2015)
  • Jul 28 Jacques d'Amboise, American ballet dancer, and choreographer (NYC Ballet Company, 1949-84), actor (Seven Brides For Seven Brothers), and educator (founded National Dance Institute, 1976), born in Dedham Massachusetts (d. 2021) [1]

Weddings in Film & TV

Gloria Stuart

Jul 29 "Titanic" actress Gloria Stuart (24) weds screenwriter Arthur Sheekman (33)

Deaths in Film & TV

Marie DresslerMarie Dressler (1868-1934)

Jul 28 Canadian-American actress (Dinner at 8, Anna Christie), dies of cancer at 65