Events in Film & TV
Birthdays in Film & TV
Martin Sheen (82 years old)
Aug 3 American actor (Badlands, The West Wing), born in Dayton, Ohio
- Aug 6 Louise Sorel, actress (BS I Love You, Crimes of Passion), born in Los Angeles, California
- Aug 7 Marlyn Mason, American actress (Making It, Peyton Place), born in San Fernando, California
- Aug 9 Beverlee McKinsey, American actress (Iris-Another World, Guiding Light), born in McAlester, Oklahoma (d. 2008)
- Aug 10 Michael “Tunes” Antunes, American rock and blues saxophonist (John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band), and actor (Eddie And The Cruisers), born in New Bedford, Massachusetts
- Aug 10 Sid Waddell, English darts commentator (the 'Voice of Darts'; Grenarda, BBC, Sky Sports), born in Alnwick, Northumberland, England (d. 2012)
- Aug 11 Kip King, actor (Charlie & Company), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Aug 12 Michael Brunson, TV reporter/newscaster/actor (Never Say Die)
- Aug 19 Jill St John [Oppenheim], actress (Diamonds are Forever), born in Los Angeles, California
- Aug 22 George Reinholt, American actor (Steve-Another World, One Life to Live), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2013)
- Aug 23 Richard Sanders, American actor (WKRP in Cincinnati - "Les Nessman"), born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Aug 23 Tony Bill, American actor (What Really Happened to the Class of '65), born in San Diego, California
- Aug 26 Don LaFontaine, American voice actor (d. 2008)
- Aug 28 Ken Jenkins, American actor (Scrubs - Dr. Bob Kelso), born in Dayton, Ohio
- Aug 31 Jack Thompson [John Payne], Australian actor (Breaker Morant, The Man from Snowy River), born in Sydney, New South Wales
Weddings in Film & TV
Mike Wallace
Aug 30 CBS news correspondent Mike Wallace (22) weds Norma Kaphan in Brookline, Massachusetts
Vivien Leigh & Laurence Olivier
Aug 31 "Wuthering Heights" actor Laurence Olivier (33) weds "Gone With The Wind" actress Vivien Leigh (26)
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