Events in Film & TV
Music History
Jan 9 Noël Coward's stage drama "Astonished Heart" premieres in London
- Jan 16 Screen Actors Guild incorporates with King Vidor as president
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Jan 3 Betty Rollin, actress (Crossing Delancey)/author (Last Wish)
- Jan 5 Florence King, American humorist, born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2016)
- Jan 5 Margarita Sierra, Spanish-American actress (Surfside 6 - "Cha Cha"), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1963)
- Jan 7 (Edward) Hunter Davies, Scottish-British journalist, author (The Beatles: The Authorised Biography), and broadcaster, born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland
- Jan 10 Burnum Burnum, Australian Aboriginal activist, actor, author and dreamer, born in Dignams Creek, Australia (d. 1997)
- Jan 11 Abdullah the Butcher [Lawrence Robert Shreve], Canadian professional wrestler, born in Windsor, Ontario
- Jan 11 Linda Lawson, actress (Don't Call Me Charlie), born in Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Jan 11 Meindert Leerling, Dutch TV director/MP (RPF)
- Jan 16 Michael White, British theater & film producer (The Rocky Horror Picture Show), born in Glasgow (d. 2016)
- Jan 17 Jerry Fogel, actor (Jerry-Mothers-in-Law, White Shadow), born in Rochester, New York
- Jan 21 Koji Hashimoto, Japanese film director (d. 2005)
- Jan 23 Arlene Golonka, American actress (The Andy Griffith Show - "Millie Hutchins"; Mayberry R.F.D. - "Millie Swanson"), born in Chicago, Illinois (D. 2021)
- Jan 24 Robert Downey, Sr [Elias Jr], American filmmaker (Putney Swope; Rittenhouse Square), and actor (You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat), born in NYC (d. 2021)
- Jan 25 Diana Hyland, American actress (Peyton Place, 8 is Enough), born in Cleveland Heights, Ohio (d. 1977)
- Jan 27 Troy Donahue, American actor (Surfside Six, Cockfighter, Hawaiian Eye), born in NYC, New York (d. 2001)
Alan Alda (87 years old)
Jan 28 American Emmy Award-winning actor and director (M*A*S*H - "Capt. 'Hawkeye' Pierce"; West Wing), born in NYC, New York
Weddings in Film & TV
Paul Henreid
Jan 1 Actor Paul Henreid (27) weds Elizabeth Camilla Julia Gluck
Burgess Meredith
Jan 10 Actor Burgess Meredith (28) weds actress Margaret Perry (22)
Divorces in Film & TV
Mary Pickford & Douglas Fairbanks
Jan 10 Actress Mary Pickford (44) divorces actor Douglas Fairbanks (52) after 15 years of marriage
Deaths in Film & TV
- Jan 9 John Gilbert [Pringle], American silent film screenwriter, director (Love's Penalty), and actor, known as "The Great Lover" (The Merry Widow The Big Parade; Flesh and the Devil), dies of a heart attack at 38
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