Events in Film & TV
- Jul 6 Abbott and Costello's film "The Naughty Nineties" released; features longest version of their "Who's on First?" routine
- Sep 28 "Mildred Pierce" starring Joan Crawford opens at Strand Theater, NYC; wins Academy Award for Best Actress
- Nov 29 "The Lost Weekend", based on Charles R. Jackson's novel, directed by Billy Wilder and starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman premieres in Los Angeles (Academy Awards Best Picture 1946)
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Film & TV Awards in 1945
- Mar 15 17th Academy Awards: "Going My Way", Bing Crosby & Ingrid Bergman win
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Davy JonesWeddings in Film & TV
- Jan 29 Actress Gloria Swanson (45) weds William N. Davey
- Mar 21 Actor Humphrey Bogart (44) marries actress Lauren Bacall (20)
- May 21 Director Akira Kurosawa (35) weds actress Yoko Yaguchi (23)
Divorces in Film & TV
- Dec 25 Actor John Wayne (38) divorces Josephine Saenz (37) after 12 years of marriage
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Actors and Actresses Who Died in 1945
- Mar 4 Lucille La Verne, American actress (b. 1872)
- Mar 4 Mark Sandrich [Goldstein], American film director, writer and producer (The Gay Divorcee; Top Hat; Holiday Inn), dies of a heart attack at 44
- Apr 24 Hubert Bath, British film composer and music director, dies at 61
- Jul 19 George Barbier, American actor (Tarzan's Revenge, Wife vs Secretary), dies at 80
- Sep 1 Jacobus W G Balfoort, Dutch actor (Heimwee, Head On), dies at 57
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