January 1951 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Jan 23 3rd Emmy Awards: Alan Young Show, Alan Young and Gertrude Berg win

Musical Finale

Jan 27 Leonard Bernstein's musical "Peter Pan", starring Jean Arthur and Boris Karloff, closes at Imperial Theater, NYC, after 320 performances

Jan 28 "La Vie Commence Demain" the 1st X-rated movie, depicting artificial insemination, opens in London

Birthdays in Film & TV

Jan 1 Nana Patekar, Indian Bollywood actor, writer, philanthropist and filmmaker (Parinda, Angaar), born in Murud-Janjira, Bombay State
Jan 2 Nadia Cassini [Gianna Lou Muller], American model (Oui), born in Woodstock, New York
Jan 8 John McTiernan, American actor (Predator, Die Hard, Medicine Man), born in Albany, New York
Jan 10 Kathleen Bradley, American model (Price is Right), born in Girard, Ohio
Jan 12 Kirstie Alley, American Emmy Award-winning actress (Cheers - "Rebecca"; Look Who's Talking; Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan), born in Wichita, Kansas (d. 2022) [1]

Rush Limbaugh (1951-2021)

Jan 12 American conservative political talk radio personality, born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Charo (72 years old)

Jan 15 Spanish-American actress, comedienne (Chico and the Man: The Love Boat), and flamenco guitarist, born in Murcia, Spain

Jan 24 Yakov Smirnoff, Ukrainian-American comedian (It's a wonderful country), born in Odessa, Ukraine
Jan 26 Walt Willey, American actor (Jackson Montgomery-All My Children), born in Ottawa, Illinois
Jan 27 Scott Lane, American actor (Gary-McKeever & the Colonel), born in NYC, New York
Jan 30 Charles S. Dutton, American actor (Alien 3; Crocodile Dundee 2; Roc), born in Baltimore, Maryland

Jan 30 British Oscar, Grammy, Novello, and Brit Award-winning rock drummer, pop singer-songwriter (Genesis - "Invisible Touch"; "I Can't Dance"; solo - "In The Air Tonight"; "Against All Odds"), and actor (Buster), born in Chiswick, England