Events in Film & TV
The Beatles on Ed Sullivan
Aug 14 Beatles tape an appearance for "The Ed Sullivan Show"
Music History
Aug 15 Beatles play to their largest crowd of over 55,000 at Shea Stadium, New York City; among those in attending were future wives Barbara Bach and Linda Eastman [1] [2]
Sports History
Aug 16 American Football League's 9th franchise is officially awarded to Joe Robbie and television star Danny Thomas; Miami Dolphins start play in AFL's Eastern Division in 1966
Birthdays in Film & TV
Sam Mendes (58 years old)
Aug 1 British stage and film director, born in Reading, Berkshire, England
- Aug 2 Sandra Ng [Kwan-yue], Hong Kong actress (Golden Chicken), born in Hong Kong
- Aug 2 Takayuki Iizuka, Japanese professional wrestler (NJPW), born in Muroran, Japan
- Aug 4 Crystal Chappell, American actress (Carly-Days of our Lives), born in Silver Spring, Maryland
- Aug 5 Mark Labbett, English TV personality ('The Beast' on The Chaser), born in Tiverton, England
- Aug 5 Motoi Sakuraba, Japanese keyboardist, and progressive rock and video game music composer, born in Akita Prefecture, Japan
- Aug 6 Juliane Köhler, German actress
- Aug 6 Mark Speight, British television presenter (d. 2008)
- Aug 6 Yuki Kajiura, Japanese film, anime, and video game music composer, born in Tokyo, Japan
- Aug 8 Akitoshi Saito, Japanese wrestler (NJPW, born in Sendai, Japan
- Aug 10 Claudia Christian, American actress (Babylon 5), and author, born in Glendale, California
- Aug 11 Embeth Davidtz, American actress (Bicentennial Man, Schindler's List), born in Lafayette, Indiana
- Aug 11 Shinji Mikami, Japanese video game designer (Resident Evil)
- Aug 11 Viola Davis, American EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) and BAFTA Academy award-winning actress (The Help; Fences; Prisoners- Suicide Squad), born in St. Matthews, South Carolina
- Aug 12 Peter Krause, American actor and director (Six Feet Under), born in Alexandria, Minnesota
- Aug 13 Hayato Matsuo, Japanese video game and anime composer, born in Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- Aug 14 Emmanuelle Seigner, French actress (The Smile), born in Paris, France
- Aug 15 Mark Labbett, English television personality and quizmaster (The Chase), known as "The Beast", born in Tiverton, England
- Aug 15 Rob Thomas, American writer, screenwriter and director (Veronica Mars), born in Sunnyside, Washington
- Aug 18 Jim Florentine, American comedian, born in Brooklyn, New York
- Aug 18 Kōji Kikkawa, Japanese rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor, born in Hiroshima, Japan
- Aug 19 Kevin Dillon, American actor (Heaven Help Us, Platoon), born in NYC, New York
- Aug 19 Kyra Sedgwick, American actress (Phenomenon, Singles, The Closer), born in New York City
- Aug 19 Maria de Medeiros, Portuguese actress and director
- Aug 21 Caryn Mower, American actress, stuntwoman and former professional wrestler, born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
- Aug 22 Tom Gibis, American voice actor (Shikamaru Nara-Naruto), born in West St. Paul, Minnesota
- Aug 23 Roger Avary, Canadian-American screenwriter, director, and producer (Pulp Fiction), born in Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada
Marlee Matlin (58 years old)
Aug 24 American actress and the only deaf performer to win an Academy Award (Children of Lesser God), born in Morton Grove, Illinois
- Aug 26 Bobby Duncum, Jr., American wrestler, born in Amarillo, Texas (d. 2000)
- Aug 26 Chris Burke, American actor with down syndrome (Corky-Life Goes On), born in Point Lookout, New York
- Aug 26 Jon Hensley, American actor (Holden Snyder-As the World Turns), born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania
- Aug 28 Satoshi Tajiri, Japanese video game designer (Game Freak, creator of the Pokémon franchise), born in Setagaya, Japan
- Aug 29 Dina Spybey, American actress, born in Columbus, Ohio
- Aug 31 Céline Bonnier, French Canadian actress, born in Lévis, Quebec
- Aug 31 Daniel Bernhardt, Swiss actor (Mortal Kombat: Conquest)
Weddings in Film & TV
Jane Fonda
Aug 14 Former fashion model and fitness guru Jane Fonda (27) weds director and producer Roger Vadim (37) in Las Vegas
Deaths in Film & TV
- Aug 6 Everett Sloane, American actor (Patsy, Citizen Kane, Enforcer), dies of apparent suicide with barbiturates at 55
- Aug 6 Nancy Carroll, actress (Alice-Aldrich Family), dies at 60
- Aug 9 Creighton Hale, Irish actor (Gorilla Man, Way Down East), dies at 76
- Aug 22 Henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, Dtch Flemish actress (Revolt in Mental Home), dies
- Aug 25 Archibald "Moonlight" Graham, American MLB baseball outfielder (New York Giants - 1 game, 1905), medical doctor, and subject of "Field of Dreams" film, dies at 88
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