Events in Film & TV
Cinderella Premieres
Feb 15 Walt Disney's animated film "Cinderella" premieres in Boston
Golden Globes
Feb 23 7th Golden Globes: "All the King's Men", Broderick Crawford, and Olivia de Havilland win
Television Premiere
Feb 25 "Your Show of Shows" with Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca premieres on NBC. Writers include Mel Brooks, Neil Simon and Woody Allen.
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Feb 2 Barbara Sukowa, German actress (Zentropia, Sicilian, Voyager, Lola)
- Feb 2 Genichiro Tenryu [Shimada], Japanese professional wrestler, born in Katsuyama, Fukui, Japan
- Feb 2 Osamu Kido, wrestler (NJPW/UWF)
- Feb 3 Morgan Fairchild [Patsy McClenny], actress (Falcon Crest), born in Dallas, Texas
- Feb 4 Pamela Franklin, actress (Satan's School for Girls), born in Tokyo, Japan
- Feb 8 Cristina Ferrare, American supermodel and actress, born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Feb 12 Michael Ironside, Canadian actor (Starship Troopers), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Feb 13 Ewa Aulin, Swedish actress (Candy, Fiorina La Vacca), born in Stockholm, Sweden
- Feb 14 Raymond van het Groenewoud, Belgian vocalist & actor (Brussels by Night)
- Feb 15 Donna Hanover Giuliani, TV news anchor (WPIX)/wife of Mayor Giuliani
- Feb 18 Cybill Shepherd, American actress (Moonlighting, Last Picture Show), born in Memphis, Tennessee
- Feb 18 John Hughes, American film director (Breakfast Club; Ferris Bueller's Day Off), born in Lansing, Michigan (d. 2009)
- Feb 20 John Voldstad, actor (Darryl-Newhart), born in Oslo, Norway
- Feb 20 Ken Shimura, Japanese comedian and actor (Shimura Ken no Bakatono-sama), born in Higashimurayama, Japan (d. 2020)
- Feb 22 Ellen Greene, American vocalist & actress (Little Shoppe of Horrors), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Feb 22 Julie Walters, English actress (Educating Rita, Prick Up Your Ears), born in Birmingham, England
- Feb 22 Miou-Miou [Sylvette Herry], French actress (Dog Day, My Other Husband), born in Paris, France
- Feb 25 Mick Miller [Lawton], British stand-up comedian and television personality, born in Liverpool, England
- Feb 28 Ilene Graff, American actress (Marsha-Mr Belvedere), born in Brooklyn, New York
Weddings in Film & TV
David Attenborough
Feb 17 Natural history broadcaster David Attenborough (24) weds Jane Elizabeth Ebsworth Oriel
Deaths in Film & TV
- Feb 26 Harry Lauder, Scottish comedian and singer ("Roamin' in the Gloamin'"), dies at about 75
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