Events in Film & TV
Academy Awards
Apr 14 41st Academy Awards: "Oliver", Cliff Robertson & Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand win (1st ever tie for best actress)
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Apr 1 Arnaud Boetsch, French tennis player (Davis Cup 1996) and broadcaster (France Télévisions), born in Meulam France
- Apr 1 Traci Lin-Tavi, American actress (Ryan's Hope, F/X, Fright Night 2), born in NYC, New York
Ajay Devgan (54 years old)
Apr 2 Indian actor and bollywood star (Phool Aur Kaante, Zakhm), born in New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Apr 2 Yj Nagata [Yuji], wrestler (NJPW)
Ben Mendelsohn (54 years old)
Apr 3 Australian actor (The Year My Voice Broke; Animal Kingdom; Bloodline), born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Paul Rudd (54 years old)
Apr 6 American actor (Clueless, The 40-Year-Old Virgin), born in Passaic, New Jersey
- Apr 10 Billy Jacoby, actor (Brad-Silver Spoons, Maggie), born in Flushing, New York
- Apr 10 William Jayne, American actor (Parker Lewis Can't Lose), born in Flushing, New York
- Apr 13 Harold Pruett, American actor (Sybil, Embrace of the Vampire), born in Anchorage, Alaska (d. 2002)
- Apr 14 Vebjørn Selbekk, Norwegian journalist (Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy), born in Trondheim, Norway
- Apr 18 Keith DeCandido, American sci-fi author (Star Trek), born in NYC, New York
- Apr 19 Jesse James, American television personality (Jesse James Is a Dead Man), born in Long Beach, California
- Apr 20 Chris Jarvis, English children's TV personality, born in Romford, London
- Apr 23 Manoj Bajpayee [Bajpai], Indian actor (Satya, Road), born in Narkatiaganj, Bihar
- Apr 23 Richard Wolstencroft, Australian filmmaker and founder of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival (MUFF), born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Apr 24 Melinda Clarke, American actress (Days of Our Lives), born in Dana Point, California
- Apr 24 Viveca Paulin, Swedish actress, born in Askim, Sweden
- Apr 25 Gina Torres, American actress (Firefly, Suits), born in NYC, New York
Renée Zellweger (54 years old)
Apr 25 American actress (Bridget Jones), born in Katy, Texas
- Apr 29 Paul Adelstein, American actor (Prison Break), born in Chicago, Illinois
Deaths in Film & TV
- Apr 2 Fortunio Bonanova, Spanish actor and opera singer (My Best Gal, Havana Rose), dies at 74
- Apr 3 Rex Evans, British actor (Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman; Zara; Matchmaker), dies after surgery at 65
- Apr 5 Shelby Storck, American television producer, dies at 52
- Apr 18 Piotr F. Scharoff, Russian-Italian actor & director (Chechov), dies at 82
- Apr 23 Krzysztof Komeda, Polish jazz pianist and film composer (Rosemary's Baby), dies of head injuries as the result of a fall at 37
- Apr 25 Margarita Xirgu, Catalan stage actress, director and political radical (Bloody Wedding, Mariana Pineda), dies at 80
- Apr 27 Dino Terranova, American actor (Young Dillinger), dies at 65
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