Events in Film & TV
Emmy Awards
Mar 16 9th Emmy Awards: Phil Silvers Show, Robert Young & Loretta Young win
- Mar 18 WTWV (now WTVA) TV channel 9 in Tupelo-Columbus, MS (NBC) begins
Academy Awards
Mar 27 29th Academy Awards: "Around World in 80 Days", Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner win
Television Premiere
Mar 31 Rodgers & Hammerstein's live television musical "Cinderella", starring Julie Andrews, with Kaye Ballard and Alice Ghostley, premieres on CBS-TV
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Mar 4 Mykelti Williamson, American actor (Justified; Forrest Gump; The New WKRP in Cincinnati), born in St. Louis, Missouri
- Mar 6 Edward "Eddie" Deezen, American actor (Grease; I Wanna Hold Your Hand), born in Cumberland, Maryland
- Mar 8 Cynthia Rothrock, actress (Lady Dragon, Honor & Glory), born in Wilmington, Delaware
- Mar 9 Faith Daniels, American television news anchor (CBS-TV), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Mar 9 Mark Mancina, American film score composer (Speed; Bad Boys; Moana), born in Santa Monica, California
- Mar 10 Matt Knudsen, American actor, born in Honolulu, Hawaii
- Mar 10 Shannon Lee Tweed, Canadian actress and Playboy playmate (Nov 1981, Playmate of the Year 1982), born in St Johns, Newfoundland
- Mar 12 Jerry Levine, American actor (Born on 4th of July), born in New Brunswick, New Jersey
- Mar 15 David Silverman, American animator (The Simpsons), born in Long Island, New York
- Mar 15 Park Overall, American actress (Empty Nest; Mississippi Burning), born in Nashville, Tennessee
Spike Lee (66 years old)
Mar 20 American film director (Mo Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- Mar 20 Theresa Russell [Paup], actress (Black Widow, Razor's Edge), born in San Diego, California
- Mar 20 Vanessa Bell Calloway, American actress
- Mar 21 Sabrina Le Beauf, actress (Sondra-Crosby Show), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Mar 22 Stephanie Mills, American singer-songwriter and actress (The Wiz), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Mar 23 Amanda Plummer, American actress (Hotel New Hampshire, Dollmaker), born in NYC, New York
- Mar 23 Teresa Ganzel, actress (Teachers Only, Duck Factory), born in Toledo, Ohio
- Mar 25 Jim Uhls, American screenwriter
- Mar 26 Leeza Gibbons, American TV host (Entertainment Tonight, Leeza), born in Hartsville, South Carolina
- Mar 29 Christopher Lambert, French-American actor (Highlander, Subway, Greystoke, Why Me), born in Great Neck, New York
- Mar 30 Paul Reiser, American actor (My 2 Dads, Diner, Aliens, Mad About You), born in NYC, New York
- Mar 31 Marc McClure, San Mateo California, actor (Ross-California Fever)
- Mar 31 Mary Cadorette, East actress (Vicky-3's a Crowd), born in Hartford, Connecticut
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