Events in Film & TV
TV Show Appearance
Jul 28 Rock and roll piano player-singer Jerry Lee Lewis makes his 1st TV appearance with a raucous rendition of "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" on the "Steve Allen Show"
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Jul 2 Brett "the Hitman" Hart, Canadian WWF champion, born in Alberta
- Jul 3 Faye Resnick, American TV personality and author (Nicole Brown Simpson-Private Diary), born in Brentwood, California
- Jul 7 Jonathan Dayton, American film director, born in Alameda County, California
- Jul 9 Kelly McGillis, American actress (Top Gun, Accused, Witness), born in Newport Beach, California
- Jul 9 Paul Merton, British writer, actor and comedian (Room 101), born in Parsons Green, London
- Jul 11 Vince Williams, actor (Hamp-Guiding Light)
- Jul 12 Buddy Foster, American child actor (Hondo, Mayberry RFD), born in Virginia
- Jul 13 Cameron Crowe, American journalist (Rolling Stone), film director (Almost Famous, Jerry Maguire), and screenwriter (Fast Times at Ridgemont High), born in Palm Springs, California
- Jul 20 Donna Dixon, American actress, former beauty queen, and wife of actor Dan Aykroyd (Couch Trip; Bossom Buddies), born in Alexandria, Virginia
- Jul 21 Jon Lovitz, American actor (SNL: League of Their Own: The Critic), born in Tarzana, California
- Jul 23 Theo van Gogh, Dutch film director (Submission), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 2004)
- Jul 25 Roger Clinton Jr., American actor and lounge singer, President Clinton's half-brother, born in Hot Springs, Arkansas
- Jul 26 Hart Hanson, American television writer and producer, born in Burlingame, California
- Jul 26 Nana Visitor, American actress (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), born in NYC, New York
- Jul 26 Yuen Biao, Hong Kong actor and martial artist, born in Castle Peak Road, Hong Kong
- Jul 27 Bill Engvall, American "Blue Collar" comedian ("Here's Your Sign"), born in Galveston, Texas
- Jul 27 Matt Osborne, American professional wrestler, born in Charlotte, North Carolina (d. 2013)
- Jul 30 Mark Tymchyshyn, American actor (Gavin-As The World Turns), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Jul 31 Dirk Blocker, American actor (Ryan's Four, Brooklyn Nine Nine), born in Los Angeles, California
Weddings in Film & TV
- Jul 28 "Wuthering Heights" actress Merle Oberon (46) weds Italian industrialist Bruno Pagliai; divorce in 1975
Divorces in Film & TV
Frank Sinatra & Ava Gardner
Jul 5 Singer and actor Frank Sinatra (41) and movie star Ava Gardner (32) divorce after 6 years of marriage
Deaths in Film & TV
- Jul 3 Judy Tyler [Judith Mae Hess], American actress (Jailhouse Rock, Bop Girl Goes Calypso) and Miss Stardust (1949), dies in car crash with 2nd husband Gregory Lafayette (19) at 24
- Jul 4 Gregory Lafayette, American actor, dies at 19 from injuries sustained in a car crash that killed his wife, actress Judy Tyler (24), the day earlier
- Jul 15 George Cleveland, Canadian actor (Mystery Liner, Courage of Lassie), dies from a heart attack at 74
- Jul 24 Sacha Guitry, French actor and playwright (Deburan, The Story of a Cheat), dies at 72
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