Events in Film & TV
- Aug 1 WAAY TV channel 31 in Huntsville, AL (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
Venice Film Festival
Aug 23 20th Venice Film Festival: "The Great War" directed by Mario Monicelli and "General della Rovere" directed by Roberto Rossellini jointly awarded Golden Lion
Birthdays in Film & TV
Rosanna Arquette (63 years old)
Aug 10 actress (Desperately Seeking Susan, After Hours), born in NYC, New York
- Aug 13 (Dante) "Danny" Bonaduce, American actor, fictional bassist (Partridge Family - "Danny"), and radio personality, born in Broomall, Pennsylvania
- Aug 14 Marcia Gay Harden, American actress, born in La Jolla, California
- Aug 18 Tom Prichard, American wrestler, born in Pasadena, Texas
- Aug 29 Akkineni Nagarjuna, Indian Telugu actor and producer (Ninne Pelladata), born in Madras, India
- Aug 29 Rebecca De Mornay, American actress (Hand that Rocks Cradle), born in Santa Rosa, California
- Aug 30 Mark Jackson, Australian rules footballer and actor, born in Melbourne, Australia
- Aug 31 Rachel Dennison, American actress (Doralee Rhodes-9 to 5), born in Knoxville, Tennessee
