1952 in Film & Television

• Jan 3 "Dragnet" with Jack Webb premieres on NBC TV

• Jan 14 "Today Show" premieres with Dave Garroway & Jack Lescoulie on NBC-TV

• Feb 8 "RCA Victor Show Starring Dennis Day" debuts on NBC TV
• Feb 18 4th Emmy Awards: first time awards presented based on nationwide basis, "The Red Skelton Show", Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca win

• Mar 20 24th Academy Awards: "An American in Paris", Humphrey Bogart & Vivian Leigh win
• Mar 27 "Singin' in the Rain", musical comedy directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds, premieres at Radio City Music Hall in NYC
• Apr 30 Mr Potato Head is 1st toy advertised on television
• May 8 5th British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAS): "La Ronde" Best Film

• Jun 5 1st sporting event televised nationally-Walcott vs Charles boxing
• Jun 19 "I've Got A Secret" debuts on CBS-TV with Garry Moore as host
• Jun 30 "Guiding Light" soap opera moves from radio to TV


• Jul 18 KWGN TV channel 2 in Denver, Colorado (IND) begins broadcasting

• Aug 29 New York premiere of history-based film "The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima"

• Sep 20 KPTV TV channel 12 in Portland, OR (IND) begins broadcasting
• Sep 29 "Lights Out" last airs on NBC-TV
• Oct 1 1st ultra high frequency (UHF) television station, Portland Or
• Oct 3 1st video recording on magnetic tape, LA, Ca
• Oct 12 KBTV (now KUSA) TV channel 9 in Denver, CO (ABC) begins broadcasting
• Oct 23 "Limelight" premieres directed, written, produced and starring Charlie Chaplin and Claire Bloom with appearance by Buster Keaton
• Nov 13 KLBK TV channel 13 in Lubbock, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
• Nov 26 1st modern 3-D movie "Bwana Devil" premieres in Hollywood
• Nov 27 KTBC TV channel 7 in Austin, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
• Dec 2 First human birth televised to public on KOA-TV Denver, Colorado
• Dec 3 1st TV broadcast in Hawaii
• Dec 7 KKTV TV channel 11 in Colorado Spgs-Pueblo, CO (CBS) 1st broadcast
• Dec 10 WSLS TV channel 10 in Roanoke, VA (NBC) begins broadcasting
• Dec 14 KROD (now KDBC) TV channel 4 in El Paso, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
• Dec 15 KHON TV channel 2 in Honolulu, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting
• Dec 20 KHQ TV channel 6 in Spokane, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting
• Dec 21 WSBT TV channel 22 in South Bend, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting
• Dec 22 WSBA (now WPMT) TV channel 43 in York, PA (IND) begins broadcasting

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 178

• Jan 2 Man-Tat Ng, Hong Kong actor (The Final Combat), born in Xiamen, China
• Jan 2 Wendy Phillips, American actress (Executive Suite, Promised Land), born in Brooklyn, New York
• Jan 6 Armelia McQueen, NC (Bkln Conservatory), actress
• Jan 6 Moondog Spot, American professional wrestler (d. 2003)
• Jan 6 Frank Sivero, Italian-born American actor
• Jan 7 Sammo Hung, Hong Kong actor, director and martial artist (Winners and Sinners), born in Hong Kong
• Jan 8 Lauri Walters, actress (8 is Enough, Harrad Experiment), born in San Francisco, California
• Jan 11 Massimo Lopez, Italian comedian
• Jan 11 Bille Brown, Australian actor and playwright
• Jan 13 Sharon Gabet, actress (Edge of Night, Another World), born in Fort Wayne, Indiana
• Jan 17 Larry Fortensky, former husband of actress Elizabeth Taylor (7th)
• Jan 17 Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese musician (Yellow Magic Orchestra) and film composer (Academy Award 1988 for score to The Last Emperor), born in Tokyo, Japan
• Jan 22 Ace Vergel, Filipino actor (d. 2007)
• Feb 2 Genichiro Tenryu, Japanese professional wrestler
• Feb 4 Lisa Eichhorn, actress (Cutter's Way, Yanks), born in Reading, Pennsylvania
• Feb 12 Salvador Pineda, Mexican actor, born in Huetamo, Mexico
• Feb 12 Simon MacCorkindale, English actor (Falcon Crest, Manimal), born in Ely, Cambridgeshire (d. 2010)
• Feb 27 Stathis Psaltis, Greek actor
• Feb 28 Cristina Raines, [Tina Herazo], actress (Sentinel), born in Manila, Philippines
• Feb 28 Jennie Lynn, actress (Love & Marriage), born in San Diego, California
• Feb 29 Susan Sennett, American actress (Big Bad Mama), born in Santa Monica, California
• Feb 29 Sharon Dahlonega Raiford Bush, American television personality
• Mar 2 Laraine Newman, comedienne/actress (Saturday Night Live), born in Los Angeles, California
• Mar 4 Ronn Moss, actor (Ridge-Bold & Beautiful, Santa Barbara), born in Los Angeles, California
• Mar 9 William Kirby Cullen, American actor (How the West Was Won), born in Santa Ana, California
• Mar 11 Susan Richardson, Coatesville Pa, actress (Susan-8 is Enough)

• Mar 24 Nicholas Campbell, actor (Nick-Insiders), born in Toronto, Ontario
• Mar 27 Chick Vennera, American actor (High Risk, Milagro Beanfield War), born in Herkimer, New York
• Mar 27 Maria Schneider, French actress (Last Tango in Paris, Crime of Honor), born in Paris, France (d. 2011)
• Mar 31 Dermot Morgan, Irish actor and comedian (Father Ted Crilly-Father Ted), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1998)
• Apr 1 Annette O'Toole, actress (Cat People, Superman III), born in Houston, Texas
• Apr 1 Tirso Cruz III, Filipino actor and singer, born in Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines
• Apr 2 Thierry Le Luron, French humorist, born in Paris (d. 1986)
• Apr 5 Mitch Pileggi, American actor (The X-Files), born in Portland, Oregon
• Apr 6 Judith McConnell, actress (Sophia Capwell-Santa Barbara)
• Apr 6 Marilu Henner, actress (Taxi, Man Who Loved Women, Eve Shade), born in Chicago, Illinois
• Apr 11 Michael Shea, American director and actor (The Fugitive, The Wild Wild West, Mission: Impossible), born in Queens, New York
• Apr 13 Erick Avari, British-Indian actor
• Apr 15 Sam McMurray, actor (Tracey Ullman)
• Apr 15 Kym Gyngell, Australian comedian
• Apr 16 Michel Blanc, French actor
• Apr 16 William Richard "Billy" West, American voice actor (Futurama), born in Detroit, Michigan
• Apr 17 Joseph Francis "Joe" Alaskey, American stand-up comedian, actor, voice artist, and impressionist (Buggs Bunny, Daffy Duck), born in Troy, New York (d. 2016)
• Apr 22 François Berléand, French actor
• Apr 23 Lionel Johnston, American actor (Sons & Daughters), born in Augusta, Georgia
• Apr 28 Mary McDonnell, Wilkes-Barre PA, actress (Sneakers, Independence Day)
• Apr 29 Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Schnectady, actress (Too Close for Comfort)
• Apr 30 Jacques Audiard, French film director
• May 2 Christine Baranski, American actress (Maryann-Cybill, Birdcage), born in Buffalo, New York
• May 2 Mari Natsuki, Japanese singer, dancer and actress, born in Tokyo
• May 3 Caitlin Clarke, American actress (Dragonslayer), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2004)
• May 4 Michael Barrymore, English comedian, actor, quiz master and entertainer, born in Bermondsey, London
• May 5 Campbell McComas, Australian impersonator and broadcaster (d. 2005)
• May 6 Christian Clavier, French actor
• May 6 Michael O'Hare, American actor
• May 8 Beth Henley, actress/playwright (Miss Firecracker), born in Jackson, Mississippi
• May 9 Patrick Ryecart, actor (Silas Mariner)
• May 11 Darrow Igus, comedian (Fridays, Roll Out), born in Newark, New Jersey
• May 11 Shohreh Aghdashloo, Iranian actress
• May 11 Frances Fisher, English-born actress
• May 11 Mike Lupica, American sports journalist and newspaper columnist (New York Daily News, ESPN), born in Oneida, New York
• May 14 Robert Zemeckis, American film director (Forrest Gump, Back to the Future), born in Chicago, Illinois
• May 14 Scott Irwin, American professional wrestler (d. 1987)
• May 15 Chazz Palminteri, American actor (The Usual Suspects, Bronx Tale), born in The Bronx, New York

• May 23 Deborah Adair, actress (Tracey-Dynasty, Kate-Day of Our Life)
• May 28 Russell J. Wintner, American film executive
• Jun 4 Carlene Watkins, actress (Tough Enough), born in Hartford, Connecticut
• Jun 4 Catherine Watkins, actress (It's Not Easy, Mary), born in Hartford, Connecticut
• Jun 4 Parker Stevenson, actor (Falcon Crest, Stroker Ace), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Jun 14 Eddie Mekka, actor (Carmine-Laverne & Shirley), born in Worcester, Massachusetts
• Jun 15 Sandra Cassel, American actress
• Jun 18 Carol Kane, actress (Dog Day Afternoon, Simka-Taxi), born in Cleveland, Ohio

• Jun 20 Larry Riley, American actor (Harry-Stir Crazy, Knots Landing), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1992)
• Jun 22 Graham Greene, Canadian actor
• Jun 30 David Garrison, Broadway and television actor
• Jul 1 Daniel "Dan" Aykroyd, Canadian-American comedian and actor (SNL, Dragnet), born in Ottawa, Canada
• Jul 3 Alan Autry, NFLer (Green Bay Packers)/actor (In the Heat of the Night)
• Jul 6 Grant Goodeve, US actor (David-8 is Enough, Dynasty), born in Middlebury, Connecticut
• Jul 7 Mando Guerrero, Mexican professional wrestler
• Jul 9 John Tesh, American pianist and TV host (ET), born in Garden City, New York
• Jul 11 Stephen Lang, American actor (Another You, Death of a Salesman), born in NYC, New York
• Jul 14 Eric Laneuville, actor (Larry-Room 222, St Elsewhere), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
• Jul 14 Jerry Houser, actor (Slapshot, Summer of '42, Class of '44), born in Los Angeles, California
• Jul 14 Stan Shaw, actor (Mississippi, Roots Next Generation), born in Chicago, Illinois
• Jul 15 Terry O'Quinn, American actor

• Jul 20 Keiko Matsuzaka, Japanese actress
• Jul 22 Madeleine Collinson, Malta, twin playmate (Oct, 1970)
• Jul 22 Mary Collinson, Malta, twin playmate (Oct, 1970)
• Jul 24 Gus Van Sant, American film director (Good Will Hunting), born in Louisville, Kentucky
• Jul 28 Monique van de Ven, Dutch actress (Turkish Fruit)
• Aug 1 Brian Patrick Clarke, American actor (Merle-Eight is Enough), born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• Aug 3 Jay North, American actor (Dennis the Menace, Maya), born in Hollywood, California
• Aug 3 Loles León, Spanish actress (Aquí no hay quien viva), born in Barcelona
• Aug 4 Bobby Buntrock, actor (Harold Baxter-Hazel), born in Denver, Colorado

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• Feb 14 Comedian Joey Adams marries gossip columnist Cindy Heller

• Mar 24 Author of 'James Bond' novels, journalist and secret intelligence agent Ian Fleming marries Anne Geraldine Charteris

• Oct 18 Latin actress Maria Felix (38) weds actor and singer Jorge Negreta (40) in Mexico

• Jan 18 Curly Howard {Jerome Lester Horwitz}, American vaudevillian actor and comedian (The Three Stooges), dies from a stroke at 48
• Feb 2 Charles De Roche, actor (10 Commandments), dies at 72
• Feb 19 Lawrence Grant [Percy Reginald], British actor (Bulldog Drummond), dies at 82
• Mar 11 Pierre Renoir, French stage and film actor and director (b. 1885)
• Apr 13 [Rosalie] Julia Cuypers, Flemish actress (Adelaarsjong), dies at 79
• Apr 21 Leslie Banks, actor (Henry V, 21 Days, Eye Witness), dies at 61
• Apr 26 Charles L Baars, Dutch actor (Women Tamers), dies at 59
• May 8 William Fox, Austrian-born film producer (b. 1879)
• May 9 Canada Lee [Leonard Canegata], African-American actor (Lost Boundaries), dies from a Heart attack at 45
• May 15 Albert Bassermann, German actor (Foreign Correspondent, Madame Curie), dies at 84
• May 21 John Garfield [Jacob Garfinkle], American actor (Four Daughters, Body and Soul), dies of coronary thrombosis at 39
• Jul 4 Walter Long, American actor (Moby Dick, Sheik, Sea Devils, Dragnet Patrol), dies at 73
• Jul 18 Jack Earle, American actor and sideshow performer known as "The World's Tallest Man," dies at 46
• Aug 18 Ralph Byrd, American actor (Dick Tracy TV Show, SOS Coast Guard), dies from a heart attack at 43

• Sep 9 Joseph Allen Sr, American actor, dies at 79
• Sep 22 Cor Ruys, Dutch actor (Princess Stage, The Cross-Patch), dies at 63
• Oct 20 Basil Radford, British actor (The Lady Vanishes, Whiskey Galore, Night Train), dies from a heart attack at 55
• Oct 23 Susan Peters [Suzanne Carnahan], American actress (Random Harvest, Young Ideas), dies of complications resulting from pyelonephritis, pneumonia, and starvation at 31

• Nov 2 Maire O'Neill, actress (Juno & the Paycock, Glamorous Night), dies

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