Events in Film & TV
- Aug 11 10th Venice Film Festival: "Manon" directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot wins the Golden Lion (1st one)
- Aug 15 WOTV TV channel 8 in Grand Rapids, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Aug 30 WTVN (now WSYX) TV channel 6 in Columbus, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Aug 1 Nigel Finch, English TV director and film-maker, born in Tenterden, Kent (d. 1995)
- Aug 2 Madeleine Smith, English actress (Vampire Lovers), born in Sussex, England
- Aug 6 Dino Bravo, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 1993)
- Aug 8 Keith Carradine, San Mateo California, actor (Young Guns, Pretty Baby)
- Aug 11 Ian Charleson, actor (Gandhi, Chariots of Fire), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
- Aug 12 Mark Knopfler, British singer-songwriter, guitarist (Dire Straits - "Walk Of Life"; "Sultans Of Swing"; The Notting Hillbillies), and film score composer (Local Hero; Princess Bride), born in Glasgow, Scotland
- Aug 14 Bob Backlund, American wrestler, born in Princeton, Minnesota
- Aug 15 Ann Ryerson, American actress (Pvt Carol Winter-Pvt Benjamin), born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
- Aug 16 Naseeruddin Shah, Indian actor (Zinda Bhaag, Masoom, Paar), born in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh
- Aug 20 Alan Hardwick, English TV presenter, born in Staveley, Derbyshire, England
- Aug 20 Katiana Balanika [Aikaterini Athaniti], Greek actress (On Air) and singer
- Aug 21 Loretta Devine, American actress (Boston Public), born in Houston, Texas
- Aug 23 Christopher Blake, English actor (Alexa), born in Chingford, London
- Aug 23 Rick Springfield [Springthorpe], Australian singer ("Speak to the Sky"; "Jessie's Girl") and actor (General Hospital, 1981-83 and 2004-08 - "Noah Drake"), born in Balmain, New South Wales
- Aug 23 Shelley Long, American actress (Diane in Cheers, Money Pit), born in Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Aug 24 Joe Regalbuto, American actor (Knots Landing; Murphy Brown - "Frank"), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Aug 25 Fariborz Lachini, Iranian film score composer, born in Tehran, Iran
- Aug 25 John Savage, American actor (The Deer Hunter; Maria's Lovers: The Onion Fields), born in Old Bethpage, New York
- Aug 26 Virginia Vallejo, Colombian journalist, writer and TV presenter, born in Cartago, Colombia
- Aug 28 Charles Rocket, American actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live), born in Bangor, Maine (d. 2005)
- Aug 29 Stan Hansen, American pro wrestler, 1973-2001 (most successful gaijin in Japanese pro wrestling history), born in Knox City Texas
- Aug 30 Christopher Collins, American actor (True Identity), voice actor (Cobra Commander-G.I. Joe) and comedian, born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 1994)
Richard Gere (73 years old)
Aug 31 American actor (Breathless, Cotton Club, Pretty Woman), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Weddings in Film & TV
James Stewart
Aug 9 Film and stage actor Jimmy Stewart (41) weds former model Gloria Hatrick McLean (31) at the Brentwood Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles
Angela Lansbury
Aug 12 Multi-Tony award-winning actress Angela Lansbury (23) weds actor and producer Peter Shaw (31) at St. Columba's Presbyterian Church of Scotland in London, England
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