Events in Film & TV
Strangers in the Night
Apr 11 Frank Sinatra records "Strangers in the Night" single for his album of the same name. Later reaches #1 Billboard charts
Academy Awards
Apr 28 38th Academy Awards: "The Sound of Music", Julie Christie & Lee Marvin win
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Apr 3 Miina Tominaga, Japanese seiyu (voice actress), born in Nishi-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
- Apr 3 Shelley Michelle, American actress (Golden Eye), born in Hollywood, California
- Apr 4 Nancy McKeon, American actress (Jo Polniazek-Facts of Life), born in Westbury, New York
- Apr 6 Young Man Kang, South Korean film director
- Apr 7 Teri Ann Linn, American actress (Kristen-Bold & Beautiful), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
- Apr 8 Bobby Ologun, Nigerian television personality
Robin Wright (57 years old)
Apr 8 American actress (Princess Bride, House of Cards), born in Dallas, Texas
Cynthia Nixon (57 years old)
Apr 9 American actress (Sex and the City), born in NYC, New York
- Apr 11 Dustin Patrick Runnels, American professional wrestler (Goldust), born in Austin, Texas
- Apr 11 Mason Reese, American actor (Underwood Deviled Ham), born in Los Angeles, California
- Apr 17 Vikram [Kennedy John Victor], Indian actor (I), born in Madras, Tamil Nadu
- Apr 19 El Samurai [Osamu Matsuda], Japanese professional wrestler (WAR/NJPW), born in Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan
- Apr 22 Mariana Levy, Mexican actress (d. 2005)
- Apr 24 Pierre Brassard, French Canadian humorist and actor, born in Val-d'Or, Canada
- Apr 25 Isabelle Pasco, French actress (Ave Maria) and model (Elle, Vogue), born in Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
Weddings in Film & TV
Sophia Loren
Apr 9 Italian actress Sophia Loren (31) remarries Italian film producer Carlo Ponti (65) in Paris, France
Michael Palin
Apr 16 Actor and comedian Michael Palin (22) weds Helen Gibbins
Deaths in Film & TV
- Apr 1 Brian O'Brien, Irish novelist (At Swim-Two-Birds), dies at 54
- Apr 6 Julia Faye, actress (10 Commandments. Samson & Delilah), dies at 73
- Apr 15 Joseph Crehan, American actor (The Roaring Twenties, Meeting at Midnight), dies of stroke at 82
- Apr 28 Ralph Bunker, American actor (Ghost Goes West), dies of a stroke at 77
- Apr 29 Eugene O'Brien, American actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 85
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