Events in Film & TV
Film & TV History
Mar 1 After an all-night movie and dinner session with his top advisers, Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses. He dies four days later.
- Mar 1 KAUZ TV channel 6 in Wichita Falls, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Mar 1 KTNT (now KSTW) TV channel 11 in Tacoma-Seattle, WA (IND) begins
- Mar 1 WFBG TV (later WTAJ) channel 10 in Altoona, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Mar 1 WJZ-AM in NYC becomes WABC; WJZ-TV in Baltimore final transmission
- Mar 5 6th British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAs): "The Sound Barrier" Best Film
- Mar 8 KSWO TV channel 7 in Lawton, Oklahoma (ABC) begins broadcasting
Musical Finale
Mar 8 Vernon Duke, Ogden Nash and Sammy Cahn's musical revue "Two's Company", starring Bette Davis, and choreographed by Jerome Robbins, closes at Alvin Theater, NYC; runs for, after 90 performances
- Mar 8 WFMJ TV channel 21 in Youngstown, Ohio (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Mar 14 KOLR TV channel 10 in Springfield, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Mar 17 WBAY TV channel 2 in Green Bay, WI (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Mar 17 WWLP TV channel 22 in Springfield, MA (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Mar 18 KGNC (now KAMR) TV channel 4 in Amarillo, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
Academy Awards
Mar 19 25th Academy Awards: "Greatest Show on Earth", Gary Cooper & Shirley Booth win (1st time televised)
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Mar 4 Kay Lenz, American actress (Moving Violations, Rich Man Poor Man), born in Los Angeles, California
- Mar 4 Scott Hicks, Ugandan-born film director
- Mar 6 Jackie Zeman, American actress (General Hospital - "Bobbie Spencer"), born in Englewood, New Jersey (d. 2023)
- Mar 8 Kathy Shower, American model and Playboy playmate (May 1985, Playmate of the Year 1986), born in Brookville, Ohio
- Mar 9 Henriëtte Tol Dutch, actress (Soldier of Orange), born in Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
- Mar 10 Carolien van de Berg, Ditch actress (Havinck), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Mar 10 Paul Haggis, Canadian screenwriter, film director and producer (Crash, Due South), born in London, Ontario
- Mar 10 Ronnie Earl [Ronald Horvath], American blues guitarist (The Broadcasters), born in Queens, New York
- Mar 13 Deborah Raffin, actress (Ransom, Demon, 40 Carats), born in Los Angeles, California
- Mar 15 Colin Croft, West Indian cricket fast bowler (27 Tests, 125 wickets; Guyana, Demerara, Lancashire CCC) and broadcaster (BBC, Sky Sports), born in Lancaster Village, Demerara, British Guiana
- Mar 15 Judi Spiers, TV presenter
- Mar 16 Isabelle Huppert, French actress (The Piano Teacher), born in Paris
- Mar 21 Carl Wolfson, comedian (Thicke of the Night), born in Washington, D.C.
- Mar 24 Louie Anderson, American comedian, Emmy Award-winning actor (Baskets; Life With Louie; Coming To America), TV game show Host (Family Feud, 1999-2002), and writer, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota (d. 2022)
- Mar 25 Mary Gross, actress/comedian (SNL, Club Paradise, Feds), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Mar 27 Pamela Roylance, actress (Sarah-Little House on Prairie), born in Seattle, Washington
- Mar 30 Cydney Bernard, American film producer
