Events in Film & TV
- Feb 1 WFTV TV channel 9 in Orlando, FL (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Feb 2 WRIK (now WLUZ) TV channel 7 in Ponce, PR (PTC) begins broadcasting
- Feb 8 KIRO TV channel 7 in Seattle, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Feb 11 WTVC TV channel 9 in Chattanooga, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Feb 17 WETV (now WPBA) TV channel 30 in Atlanta, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Feb 22 15th Golden Globes: "The Bridge on the River Kwai", Alec Guinness, & Joanne Woodward win
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Birthdays in Film & TV
- Feb 1 Jackie Shroff, Indian actor, born in Udgir, India
- Feb 3 Lizzie Borden, director/writer (Love Crimes, Working Girls)
- Feb 4 Mary Ann Pascal, actress (Samantha-Brothers)
- Feb 6 Barry Miller, American actor (Fame, Peggy Sue Got Married), born in Los Angeles, California
- Feb 6 Cecily Adams, American actress & casting director (American Heart), born in Jamaica, New York City (d. 2004)
- Feb 7 Michele Drake, La Jolplaymate (May, 1979), born in Los Angeles, California
- Feb 8 "Sensational" Sherri Martel, American professional wrestler (WWF), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 2007)
- Feb 11 Michael Jackson, controller (BBC2)
- Feb 12 Ruth Guerri, US-Italian nude model (July, 1983), born in St Louis, Missouri
- Feb 13 Pernilla August, Swedish actress, born in Stockholm, Sweden
- Feb 13 Tip Tipping, British actor and stuntman, born in England, United Kingdom (d. 1993)
- Feb 14 Perry Stephens, German actor (Loving, All My Children), born in Frankfurt, Germany
- Feb 16 Ice-T [Tracy Marrow], American rapper and actor (New Jack City, Tank Girl, Crazy Six), born in Newark, New Jersey
- Feb 16 Lisa Loring, actress (As the World Turns, Wednesday-Addams Family)
- Feb 17 Heidi Hagman, actress (Linda-Archie Bunker's Place)
- Feb 20 Carol Ficatier, Auscene France, playmate (December, 1985)
- Feb 20 James Wilby, Burma, actor (Howards End, Maurice)
- Feb 21 Jack Coleman, Easton Pa, actor (Steven Carrington-Dynasty)
- Feb 23 Lorraine Michaels, English playmate (April, 1981), born in Canterbury
- Feb 24 Susan Scannell, actress (Nicole-Dynasty), born in Lexington, Massachusetts
- Feb 26 Jeff Fithian, actor (Trevor Nash-Please Don't Eat the Daisies)
- Feb 26 Joe Fithian, actor (Tracey Nash-Please Don't Eat the Daisies)
- Feb 26 Greg Germann, American actor
- Feb 28 Jeanne Mas, French singer and actress
Weddings in Film & TV
Wedding of Interest
Feb 15 Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully (30) weds model Joan (not the actress) Crawford in California
Vin Scully