Events in Film & TV
Music History
Mar 2 Beatles begin filming "A Hard Day's Night", George Harrison meets future wife Pattie Boyd
Golden Globes
Mar 11 21st Golden Globes: The Cardinal, Sidney Poitier, & Leslie Caron win
Grammy Awards
Mar 12 6th Grammy Awards: Days of Wine & Roses, Barbra Streisand wins 2
- Mar 12 WKAB TV channel 32 in Montgomery, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Mar 16 KCOY TV channel 12 in Santa Maria, California (CBS) begins broadcasting
Film & TV History
Mar 19 Sean Connery's 1st day of shooting on James Bond film "Goldfinger"
- Mar 22 Barbra Streisand appears on the cover of NY Times Magazine section
- Mar 26 Jule Styne and Bob Merrill's musical "Funny Girl", starring Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice, opens at Winter Garden Theater, New York City; runs for 1,348 performances
Birthdays in Film & TV
Laura Harring (59 years old)
Mar 3 Mexican-American actress (Mulholland Drive; General Hospital) and Miss USA 1985, born in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico
- Mar 3 Lisa Ann Poggi, American actress (Candyman; Loving), born in Grand Rapids Michigan
Wanda Sykes (59 years old)
Mar 7 American actress and comedienne (Black-ish), born in Portsmouth, Virginia
- Mar 9 Juliette Binoche, French actress (The English Patient, Unbearable Lightness), born in Paris, France
- Mar 11 Emma Chambers, British actress (The Vicar of Dibley, Notting Hill), born in Doncaster, England (d. 2018)
- Mar 11 Shane Richie, British actor (EastEnders, Flushed Away), born in Harlesden, London
- Mar 12 Tony Terry, American soul singer and actor (With You), born in Pinehurst, North Carolina
- Mar 16 Gore Verbinski, American movie director (Pirates of the Caribbean films; Rango), born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee
- Mar 17 Rob Lowe, American actor (St Elmo's Fire, The West Wing), born in Charlottesville, Virginia
- Mar 19 Jake Weber, British actor
- Mar 23 John Pinette, American comedian, (d. 2014)
Elle MacPherson (59 years old)
Mar 29 Australian supermodel and actress (Sirens), born in Sydney, New South Wales
- Mar 29 Jill Goodacre Connick, American model (Victoria Secrets), born in Lubbock, Texas
- Mar 30 Ian Ziering, American actor (Beverly Hills 90210), born in West Orange, New Jersey
- Mar 31 Dave Wyman, American NFL linebacker, broadcaster (Seattle Seahawks, Denver Broncos), born in San Diego, CA
- Mar 31 David Diaz-Infante, American NFL guard, coach, broadcaster (2-time Super Bowl winner, Denver Broncos, born in San Jose, CA
- Mar 31 Isabelle Ferrari [Isabella Fogliazza], Italian actress (Italy's Miss Teenager), born in Ponte dell'Olio, Italy
Weddings in Film & TV
Richard Burton & Elizabeth Taylor
Mar 15 English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor (32) marries for the 5th time to Welsh actor Richard Burton (38); divorce in 1974, remarry in 1975
Divorces in Film & TV
Elizabeth Taylor
Mar 6 English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor's 4th divorce from American entertainer Eddie Fisher, after nearly 5 years of marriage
Deaths in Film & TV
- Mar 6 Edward Van Sloan, American actor (Frankenstein, Dracula), dies at 81
- Mar 9 Johanna W "Mina" Bakker, Dutch actress (Boefje), dies at 87
- Mar 15 Paul Cavanagh, British actor (The Woman in Green, Tarzan & his Mate), dies at 75
- Mar 16 Nicholas Joy, French actor (Gentleman's Agreement; Desk Set; Boss Lady), dies at 80
- Mar 22 Addison Richards, American actor (Pentagon, Fighting Seabees), dies at 61
- Mar 23 Peter Lorre, Hungarian-American actor (M, Casablanca, Beast with 5 Fingers), dies from a stroke at 59
