Events in Film & TV
Golden Globes
Mar 10 17th Golden Globes: "Ben-Hur", Anthony Franciosa, & Elizabeth Taylor win
Purple Noon
Mar 10 French-Italian crime film "Purple Noon" premieres starring Alain Delon, directed by René Clément, based on the novel "The Talented Mr Ripley" by Patricia Highsmith
Breathless
Mar 17 One of the first French New Wave films, "Breathless", directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg is released in France
- Mar 17 WSLA (now WAKA) TV channel 8 in Selma, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Mar 31 Gore Vidal's play "Best Man" premieres in NYC (Melvyn Douglas - Tony for Best Actor)
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Mar 4 Russell Todd, American actor (Dr Jamie Frame-Another World), born in Troy, New York
- Mar 9 Linda Fiorentino, American actress (Jade, Last Seduction, Moderns), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Mar 10 Anne MacKenzie, SCottish journalist and broadcaster, born on Stornoway, Scotland
- Mar 11 Christophe Gans, French film director
- Mar 12 Courtney B Vance, actor (Hamburger Hill), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Mar 13 Joe Ranft, American screenwriter and animator (Toy Story, Cars), born in Pasadena, California (d. 2005)
- Mar 15 Chris Sanders, American animator and director (Lilo & Stich; The Croods), born in Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Mar 15 Marco Pennette, American television screenwriter and producer (Caroline in the City; Ugly Betty), born in Greenwich, Connecticut
- Mar 16 Jenny Eclair [Hargreaves], British comedienne, author and actress (Grumpy Old Women, Loose Women), born in Kuala Lumpur, Federation of Malaya
- Mar 17 Arye Gross, American actor (Ellen), born in Los Angeles, California
- Mar 17 Vicki Lewis, actress (Beth-Newsradio), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
- Mar 18 Claudia Udy, actress (Out of Control, Nightforce), born in Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Mar 18 James MacPherson, Scottish actor (Taggart, Sometimes), born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
- Mar 18 Richard Biggs, actor (Marcus-Days of Our Lives), born in Columbus, Ohio
- Mar 23 Terry Sweeney, American comedian and comedian (SNL), born in Queens, New York
- Mar 24 Barry Horowitz, American professional wrestler
- Mar 24 Kelly LeBrock, American actress (Weird Science, Woman in Red), born in NYC, New York
- Mar 25 Haywood Nelson, American actor (Haywood-Grady, Dwayne-What's Happening), born in NYC, New York
- Mar 25 Idy Chan Yuk-Lin, Hong Kong actress
- Mar 26 Jennifer Grey, American actress (Dirty Dancing), born in NYC, New York
- Mar 28 Chris Barrie [Brown], British impressionist, comic, and actor (Red Dwarf - "Arnold Rimmer"; The Brittas Empire), born in Hanover, West Germany
- Mar 29 Annabella Sciorra, American actress (The Sopranos), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Mar 31 Anne Howard, American actress (Nicole Love-Another World), born in San Diego, California
Weddings in Film & TV
Yul Brynner
Mar 31 Actor Yul Brynner (39) weds fashion house executive Doris Kleiner (32) in Mexico City; divorce in 1967
Divorces in Film & TV
Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz
Mar 4 American comedienne Lucille Ball files for divorce from Cuban-American singer Arnaz">Desi Arnaz, after 14 years of marriage
Yul Brynner
Mar 26 Academy Award-winning actor Yul Brynner (39) divorces actress Virginia Gilmore (40) after 15 years of marriage
