July 1942 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Music Premiere

Jul 19 US première of Dmitri Shostakovich' 7th Symphony in NYC by the NBC Symphony Orchestra under Arturo Toscanini in a concert broadcast nationwide on NBC radio

Birthdays in Film & TV

Jul 1 Geneviève Bujold, Canadian actress (King of Hearts; film Anne of the Thousand Days; Choose Me; Coma), born in Montreal, Quebec
Jul 3 Paco Stanley, Mexican TV personality, born in Mexico City (d. 1999)
Jul 7 Carmen Duncan, Australian actress
Jul 8 Janice Pennington, American Playboy playmate (May 1971) and model (The Price is Right), born in Seattle, Washington
Jul 9 Edy Williams, American actress (Dr Minx), born in Salt Lake City, Utah
Jul 9 Richard Roundtree, American actor (Getting Even, Shaft), born in New Rochelle, New York

Harrison Ford (80 years old)

Jul 13 American actor (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Blade Runner), born in Chicago, Illinois

Jul 15 Mil Mascaras, Mexican professional wrestler
Jul 17 Gale Garnett, New Zealand-Canadian folk singer-songwriter ("We'll Sing in the Sunshine"), and actress, born in Auckland, New Zealand
Jul 21 Patricia Elliott, actress (Renee-Empire, One Life to Live), born in Gunnison Colorado (d. 2015)
Jul 24 Chris Sarandon, WV, actor (Child's Play, Dog Day Afternoon, Lipstick)
Jul 27 Barbara Ferris, English actress (Nice Girl Like Me), born in London, England
Jul 27 John Pleshette, American actor (Richard-Knots Landing, 7th Avenue), born in NYC, New York
Jul 29 Sharon Gans, American stage and screen actress (Slaughterhouse-Five; Artists and Orphans: A True Drama), and playwright, born in The Bronx, NYC (d. 2021)
Jul 29 Tony Sirico, American actor (The Sopranos - "Paulie Walnuts"; Cop Land; Family Guy), born in NYC (d. 2022)

Weddings in Film & TV

Cary Grant

Jul 8 British born actor "His Girl Friday" Cary Grant (38) weds American heiress and socialite Barbara Hutton (29)

Lana Turner

Jul 17 American movie actress Lana Turner (21) weds 2nd husband, American actor and restaurateur Steve Crane (annulled due to uncompleted divorce from prior marriage)