August 1971 in Film & Television

Events in Film & TV

Aug 6 Merrin Dungey, American actress
Aug 7 Sydney Penny, actress (Danni-New Gidget, Thorn Birds, All My Children)
Aug 9 Nikki Schieler, playmate (Sep, 1997), born in Norwalk, California
Aug 10 Justin Theroux, American actor (Mulholland Drive, Inland Empire), born in Detroit, Michigan
Aug 11 Julie Anne Clark, playmate (Mar, 1991), born in Tucson, Arizona
Aug 11 Alejandra Barros, Mexican actress
Aug 13 Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor
Aug 13 Rolando Molina, Salvadoran-born American actor (Next Friday, Eagle Eye), born in San Salvador, El Salvador
Aug 14 Raoul Bova, Italian actor
Aug 15 Priscilla Taylor, playmate (Mar, 1996), born in Miami, Florida
Aug 17 Uhm Jung-hwa, South Korean singer and actress
Aug 18 Trey Ames, actor (David-A Year in the Life), born in Canton, Ohio
Aug 18 Jacob Vargas, American actor (Mi vida loca), born in Michoacan, Mexico
Aug 20 Ke Huy Quan, Saigon Vietnam, actor (Sam-Together We Stand)
Aug 20 David Walliams, British comedian
Aug 22 Richard Armitage, English actor (The Hobbit, Robin Hood), born in Leicester, Leicestershire
Aug 22 Rick Yune, American actor (Snow Falling on Cedars), born in Washington, D.C.
Aug 24 Pierfrancesco Favino, Italian actor, born in Rome, Italy
Aug 25 Mike Lockwood, professional wrestler (d. 2003)
Aug 25 Thalia Sodi, Mexican actress and singer
Aug 27 Julian Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer
Aug 29 Carla Gugino, American actress

Aug 5 Five-time Grammy Award singer Donna Summer (22) weds actor Helmuth Sommer

Aug 15 Paul Lukas, Hungarian actor (Kim, Berlin Express), dies of heart failure at 76

Aug 16 Elsie Baker, actress (Ghosts of Hanley House), dies at 78
Aug 16 Spyros Skouras, Greek-born American movie executive (20th Century Fox), dies at 78
Aug 17 Horace McMahon, American actor (Detective Story, Martin Kane Private Eye), dies from a heart ailment at 65
Aug 23 Oliver McGowan, American actor (Banning, Stagecoach), dies at 64