August 1961 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Aug 20 22nd Venice Film Festival: "Last Year at Marienbad" directed by Alain Resnais wins Golden Lion

Aug 1 Mark "Red" Mitchell, American actor (JFK; 8 Seconds; I Want to Live), born in Houston, Texas (d. 1994)
Aug 3 Molly Hagan, American actress (Code of Silence), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Aug 4 Lauren Tom, American actress
Aug 5 [Julie] Tawny Kitaen, American actress (Bachelor Party; Whitesnake videos; Witchboard), born in San Diego, California (d. 2021)
Aug 9 Amy Stiller, American actress (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), born in New York City
Aug 10 Beatrice Alda, American actress (Lisa-Four Seasons), daughter of Alan Alda
Aug 13 Dawnn Lewis, American actress (Jaleesa-Different World), born in Brooklyn, New York
Aug 13 Stuart Maconie, English music writer and broadcaster, born in Whiston, Lancashire, England
Aug 13 Sunil Shetty, Indian actor and producer (Khel – No Ordinary Game), born in Mulki, Mysore State, India
Aug 14 Eddie Gilbert, American wrestler, born in Lexington, Tennessee (d. 1995)
Aug 14 Susan Olson, American actress (The Brady Bunch -"Cindy", born in Santa Monica, California
Aug 18 John Viscardi, American actor (Father Tony-One Life to Live), born in New York City, New York
Aug 20 Joe Pasquale, English comedian (King of the Jungle - I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! 2004 4th series), born in Grays, Essex, England
Aug 20 Linda Mantz, American actress (Frankie-Dorothy), born in NYC, New York

Aug 21 American animator and cartoonist (SpongeBob SquarePants), born in Lawton, Oklahoma

Aug 23 Alexandre Desplat, French film composer (The Grand Budapest Hotel), born in Paris, France
Aug 24 Jared Harris, Irish-British actor (Valery Legasov-Chernobyl), born in Hammersmith, London
Aug 25 Joanne Whalley, actress (Scandal), born in Manchester, England
Aug 27 Mark Curry, British stage and screen actor, and television and radio presenter, born in Stafford, England
Aug 28 Jennifer Coolidge, American actress and comedian (Legally Blonde film series; Christopher Guest films), born in Boston, Massachusetts

Aug 5 Eva JC Beck, Dutch actress (Elckerlyc, Resurrection), dies at 63
Aug 8 Charlie Gemora, actor (who portrayed King Kong), dies at 58
Aug 11 Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian writer actor and director (b. 1910)
Aug 13 Adeline De Walt Reynolds, American actress (Son of Dracula), dies at 78
Aug 27 Gail Russell, American actress (The Uninvited, Moonrise, Unseen), dies from complications of alcohol abuse at 36 [1]
Aug 30 Charles Coburn, American actor (Around the World in 80 Days, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 84