June 1941 in Film & Television

Birthdays in Film & TV

  • Jun 2 Stacy Keach, American actor (Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer), born in Savannah, Georgia

Spalding GraySpalding Gray (1941-2004)

Jun 5 American actor (Beaches, Clara's Heart, Heavy Petting), born in Providence, Rhode Island

  • Jun 9 Maurizio Zamparini, Italian football executive (owner/director Palermo FC 2002–18), born in Sevegliano, Italy (d. 2022)
  • Jun 10 Jurgen Prochnow, German actor (Das Boot), born in Berlin, Germany
  • Jun 10 Mickey Jones, American drummer (Trini Lopez; The First Edition; Bob Dylan), and actor (Home Improvement: Tin Cup; Justified), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2018)
  • Jun 12 Marv Albert, American "Yes!" sportscaster (NBC-TV)/back biter, born in NYC, New York
  • Jun 13 Tom Hallick, American actor (Search), born in Buffalo, New York
  • Jun 18 Delia Smith, English cook and television presenter, born in Woking, England
  • Jun 19 Marlene Warfield, American actress (Across 110th Street; Maude - "Victoria"), born in Queens, New York
  • Jun 20 Stephen Frears, film director (Prick Up Your Ears, Dangerous Liaisons), born in Leicester, England
  • Jun 21 Joe Flaherty, American-Canadian actor (Freaks and Geeks), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Jun 21 Pia Barendrecht, Indonesian-Dutch actress (Pinokkio)
  • Jun 22 Ed Bradley, American journalist and CBS news correspondent (60 Minutes), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2006)
  • Jun 22 Michael Lerner, American stage and screen actor (Eight Men Out; Harlem Nights: Barton Fink), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2023)
  • Jun 25 Denys Arcand, French Canadian film director (Jesus of Montreal), born in Deschambault, Quebec, Canada
  • Jun 25 Eddie Large [McGinnis], British comedian (Little and Large), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2020)
  • Jun 27 Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish film director (The Double Life of Veronique), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1996)

Weddings in Film & TV

Gene Tierney

Jun 1 American actress Gene Tierney (20) weds Russian-Italian fashion designer Oleg Cassini (28); divorce in 1952

Divorces in Film & TV

  • Jun 14 American stage and screen actress Tallulah Bankhead (39) divorces American actor John Emery (36) in Reno, Nevada after less than 4 years of marriage

Deaths in Film & TV

  • Jun 10 Herschel Mayall, American silent screen actor (Tale of 2 Cities), dies at 78