April 1948 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Birthdays in Film & TV

Apr 4 Derek Thompson, Northern Irish actor (Charlie Fairhead - Casualty), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Apr 6 Patrika Darbo, American actress
Apr 9 Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress and politician, born in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
Apr 12 Jeremy Beadle, English television presenter (Beadle's About), born in London, England (d. 2008)
Apr 13 Amy Robinson, American writer and actress (Mean Streets), born in Trenton, New Jersey
Apr 13 Brian Griffen, British photographer (album cover art for Depeche Mode, Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson), music video, commercial and documentary film maker, born in Birmingham, England
Apr 14 Berinthia "Berry" Berenson, American photographer, actress & model, born in New York City (d. 2001)
Apr 15 Michael Kamen, American composer and arranger (film scores to Brazil and Mr. Holland's Opus; Pink Floyd), born in NYC, New York (d. 2003)
Apr 20 Gregory Itzin, American film and TV actor (The Kentucky Cycle), born in Washington, D.C.
Apr 22 Carol Drinkwater, Anglo-Irish actress (Father, All Creatures Great & Small) and author (The Haunted School, Provence), born in London
Apr 23 Serge Thériault, French Canadian comedian and actor (Ding et Dong), born in Quebec City, Canada
Apr 23 Tessa Wyatt, English actress (Beast in the Cellar; Wedding Night), born in Woking, Surrey, England
Apr 26 Boyd Matson, TV host/correspondent (National Geographic Explorer)
Apr 28 Dorothée Berryman, Canadian stage and screen actress (The Decline of the American Empire), and jazz singer, born in Quebec City, Quebec
Apr 28 Marcia Strassman, American actress (M*A*S*H; Welcome Back, Kotter - "Julie Kotter"), born in New York City (d. 2014)
Apr 29 Reb Brown, American actor (Cage, Yor, Capt America, Fast Break), born in Los Angeles, California
Apr 30 Perry King, American actor (Andy Warhol's "Bad"), born in Alliance, Ohio

Weddings in Film & TV

Lana Turner

Apr 26 American movie actress Lana Turner (27) weds 3rd husband, millionaire socialite Henry J. "Bob" Topping, Jr, at the Topping family mansion in Greenwich, Connecticut; divorce in 1952