Events in Film & TV
Telethon
Sep 6 Jerry Lewis' 6th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $8,125,387
TV Show Appearance
Sep 9 John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear on Dick Cavett Show (ABC-TV)
- Sep 10 KVUE TV channel 24 in Austin, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 11 Laurel Lea Schaefer (Ohio), 22, crowned 44th Miss America 1972
- Sep 13 WIIQ TV channel 41 in Demopolis, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 15 1st broadcast of "Columbo" starring Peter Falk on NBC
- Sep 26 WGBY TV channel 57 in Springfield, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 29 "McMillan & Wife" debuts on NBC-TV
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Sep 1 Ricardo Antonio Chavira, American actor (Desperate Housewives), born in San Antonio, Texas
- Sep 2 Katt [Micah Sierra] Williams, American comedian, actor, rapper, born in Cincinnati, Ohio
- Sep 2 Pawan Kalyan, Indian actor
- Sep 2 Shauna Sand, actress (Renegade), born in San Diego, California
- Sep 3 Trevor St. John, American actor (One Live to Live), born in Spokane, Washington
- Sep 4 Anita Yuen, Hong Kong actress, born in Hong Kong
- Sep 8 Brooke Burke, American model and TV personality (Wild On!), born in Hartford, Connecticut
- Sep 8 David Arquette, American actor, director and producer (Scream, Kiss & Tell), born in Winchester, Virginia
Martin Freeman (52 years old)
Sep 8 English actor (The Hobbit, Sherlock), born in Aldershot, Hampshire
- Sep 9 Henry Thomas, American actor (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial), born in San Antonio, Texas
- Sep 13 Manabu Namiki, Japanese video game composer, born in Funabashi, Japan
- Sep 14 Kimberly Williams, American actress (Father of the Bride), born in Rye, New York
- Sep 15 Josh Charles, American actor (The Good Wife), born in Baltimore, Maryland
Amy Poehler (52 years old)
Sep 16 American comedian and actress (Saturday Night Live, Parks and Recreation), born in Newton, Massachusetts
- Sep 16 Charlie Fields, American actor (Shannon), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Sep 16 Shawntel Smith, American beauty pageant (Miss America (1996)), born in Muldrow, Oklahoma
Jada Pinkett Smith (52 years old)
Sep 18 American actress (Set it Off; Nutty Professor;, Menace II Society), born in Baltimore, Maryland
- Sep 19 Sanaa Lathan, American actress (The Best Man Holiday), born in NYC, New York
- Sep 20 Masashi Hamauzu, Japanese video game composer, born in Munich, West Germany
- Sep 21 Alfonso Ribeiro, American actor (Silver Spoons - "Alfonso"; Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - "Carlton'), singer, dancer, and director, born in NYC, New York
- Sep 21 Luke Wilson, American actor
- Sep 23 Osamu Nishimura, wrestler (NJPW)
- Sep 25 Brian Dunkleman, American actor, born in Ellicottville, New York
- Sep 27 Li Yapeng, Chinese actor
- Sep 27 Patrick Muldoon, American actor (Austin-Days of Our Lives, Melrose Place), born in San Pedro, California
- Sep 29 Mackenzie Crook, British actor and comedian (The Pirates of the Caribbean, Detectorists), born in Maidstone, England
- Sep 30 Jenna Elfman, American actress (Townies, Dharma & Greg), born in Los Angeles, California
Deaths in Film & TV
- Sep 3 David Street [Patrick Devlin], American actor and singer (Moonrise; I Surrender Dear; Broadway Open House), dies of cancer at 53
- Sep 3 Veronica Turleigh, Irish actress (Promoter), dies at 68
- Sep 7 Spring Byington, American actress (Lily Ruskin-December Bride), dies at 84
- Sep 10 Bella Darvi [Bajla Węgier], Polish actress (The Egyptian, Hell and High Water, Racers), commits suicide at 42
- Sep 10 Pier Angeli [Anna Maria Pierangeli], Italian actress (Sodom & Gomorrah, Vintage, Battle of the Bulge), dies of barbiturate overdose at 39
- Sep 11 Percy Helton, American actor (Jail Busters, Harbor of Missing Men), dies at 77
- Sep 13 Nelly A "Nell" Knoop, Dutch actress (Silent Waters), dies at 72
- Sep 20 James Westerfield, American actor (Jungle Heat, Lucky Johnny), dies from a heart attack at 59
- Sep 22 Joseph Ford McGuinn, American director and actor (Dick Tracy's G-Men), dies of a heart attack at 67
- Sep 23 Billy Gilbert, American actor (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday), dies at 77
