Events in Film & TV
Stagecoach Premieres
Feb 10 "Stagecoach" western film directed by John Ford, starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne, premieres in Miami
Film & TV History
Feb 14 Victor Fleming replaces George Cukor as director of film "Gone With The Wind"
Theater Premiere
Feb 15 Lillian Hellman's play "The Little Foxes" premieres in New York City
Academy Awards
Feb 23 11th Academy Awards: "You Can’t Take It With You", Spencer Tracy & Bette Davis wins
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Feb 5 Jane Bryant Quinn, newscaster/financial writer (Everyone's Money Book), born in Niagara Falls, New York
- Feb 6 Mike Farrell, American actor (M*A*S*H;, 1975-83 - B.J."; Providence), producer (Patch Adams), and human rights activist, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Feb 9 Janet Suzman, South African actress (Dry White Season, Nuns on the Run)
- Feb 10 Peter Purves, English television presenter and actor (Doctor Who, Blue Peter), born in Preston, Lancashire
- Feb 12 John D Hancock, American actor and director (Black Marble, Traxx, Houston Knights), born in Kansas City, Missouri
- Feb 14 Michael Rudman, American theater director and producer working in the UK (Death of the Salesman, Donkeys' Years), born in Tyler, Texas (d. 2023) [1]
- Feb 17 Mary Ann Mobley, American model and actress (Miss America-1959, Diff'rent Strokes), Biloxi Mississippi (d. 2014)
- Feb 18 Petronella CM "Carletta" Banning, actress (Potasch & Perlemoer)
- Feb 19 Gwen Taylor, British actress (Monty Python's Life of Brian; Duty Free; Heartbeat - "Peggy"), born in Crich, Derbyshire, England
- Feb 20 (Roy George) Elroy Josephs, Jamaican-British jazz dance teacher, and actor, born in Jamaica (d. 1997)
- Feb 21 Richard Beymer, American stage actor and singer (West Side Story; Diary of Anne Frank), born in Avoca, Iowa
- Feb 25 Marisa Mell, Graz Austria, actress (Masquerade, Casanova '70)
- Feb 26 Josephine Tewson, British actress (Keeping Up Appearances; Last Of The Summer Wine, 2003-10), born in Hampstead, England (d. 2022)
Weddings in Film & TV
Frank Sinatra
Feb 4 American singer Frank Sinatra (23) marries 1st wife Nancy Barbato (21) at Our Lady of Sorrows catholic church in Jersey City, New Jersey; divorce in 1951
