Events in Film & TV
Film Premiere
Aug 27 Walt Disney's musical film "Mary Poppins" directed by Robert Stevenson, starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, with songs by Richard and Robert Sherman, premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California; wins 5 Academy Awards
- Aug 28 WEWS-TV Channel 5's "Upbeat" debuts in Cleveland
Theatrical Finale
Aug 29 James Baldwin's stage drama "Blues for Mister Charlie", directed by Burgess Meredith, closes at the ANTA Playhouse, NYC, after 148 performances
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Aug 1 Rob Camilletti, American actor (Born on the Fourth of July), born in Queens, New York
- Aug 2 Mary-Louise Parker, American actress (Fried Green Tomatoes, Weeds), born in Fort Jackson, South Carolina,
- Aug 6 Lisa Boyle, actress (Showgirls), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Aug 6 Moosie Drier, actor (Laugh-in), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Aug 7 Michael Weishan, American TV host, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Aug 9 Hoda Kotb, American television news anchor (Dateline NBC), born in Norman, Oklahoma
- Aug 11 Miguel A. Núñez Jr., American actor
- Aug 13 Debi Mazar, American actress (Civil Wars, Little Man Tate, LA Law), born in Queens, New York
- Aug 13 Hank Cheyne, American actor (Sunset Beach), born in Santa Maria, California
- Aug 18 Craig Bierko, American actor, born in Rye Brook, New York
- Aug 21 Trinity Loren, American adult film actress and model, born in La Jolla, California (d. 1998)
- Aug 23 Ray Ferraro, Canadian ice hockey center (Hartford Whalers, New York Islanders) and broadcaster (TSN Radio, TSN, NBCSN), born in Trail, British Columbia
- Aug 24 Dana Gould, American comedian and writer (The Simpsons 1989), born in Hopedale, Massachusetts
- Aug 25 Blair Underwood, American actor (Jonathan-LA Law, High Incident), born in Tacoma, Washington
- Aug 25 Marti Noxon, American television writer and producer, born in Los Angeles, California
- Aug 25 Morgan Englund, actor (Dylan Lewis-Guiding Light)
- Aug 27 Frankie Thorn, American actress
Weddings in Film & TV
Mel Brooks & Anne Bancroft
Aug 5 Film director Mel Brooks (38) weds actress Anne Bancroft (32) at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau
Divorces in Film & TV
Jayne Mansfield
Aug 26 American actress Jayne Mansfield and Hungarian-American bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay's Mexican divorce is recognized by the state of California
Deaths in Film & TV
- Aug 2 Jack Kirkwood, Scottish actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69
- Aug 6 Cedric Hardwicke, British stage actor (Rope; Suspicion; Peter Pan; Richard III), dies at 71
- Aug 12 Ian Fleming, English author (James Bond novels), dies at 56
- Aug 16 Jack Pennick, American actor (Lady From Louisiana), dies at 68
- Aug 27 Gracie Allen, American actress and comedienne (Burns & Allen), dies at 62
- Aug 28 Lumsden Hare, Irish actor (Oregon Trail, Desert Fox, Young Bess), dies at 89
