December 1972 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Dec 12 "The Poseidon Adventure", starring Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters and Jack Albertson premieres in NYC

Dec 20 "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds" film directed by Paul Newman and starring his wife Joanna Woodward, premieres in NYC

Dec 20 Neil Simons "Sunshine Boys" premieres in NYC

Dec 29 "Aguirre, the Wrath of God" film written and directed by Werner Herzog, starring Klaus Kinski premieres in West Germany

Dec 5 Angela Shelton, American actress and screenwriter (Tumbleweeds), born in Asheville, North Carolina

Dec 6 American actress (Donna-Suits; Chicago Med), born in New Canaan, Connecticut

Dec 7 'Sunny' Tammy Lynn Sytch, American professional wrestler (WWF), born in Matawan, New Jersey
Dec 9 Reiko Aylesworth, American actress, born in Evanston, Illinois
Dec 12 Missy Francis, American actress (Little House on the Prairie), born in Los Angeles, California
Dec 14 Eric Anderson, American musical theatre actor, born in Newport Beach, California
Dec 14 Miranda Hart [Miranda Hart Dyke], English comedian and actress (Miranda), born in London, England
Dec 15 Lee Jung-jae, South Korean actor (Squid Game), born in Seoul, South Korea
Dec 15 Stuart Townsend, Irish actor (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen), born in Howth, Ireland
Dec 16 Angela Bloomfield, New Zealand actress
Dec 17 John Abraham, Indian actor
Dec 17 Laurie Holden, American actress (The Walking Dead), born in Los Angeles, California

Dec 19 American actress (Who's the Boss?; Charmed) and activist, born in Brooklyn, New York

Dec 19 Rosa Blasi, American stage and screen actress (Strong Medicine), and family therapist, born in Chicago, Illinois
Dec 22 Big Tigger [Darian Morgan], American television host & radio personality, born in Co-op City, New York
Dec 22 Vanessa Paradis, French model (Channel)/actress (White Wedding), born in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
Dec 25 Fantasia [Tonya Manley], American dancer & actress (Pump it Up), born in Detroit, Michigan
Dec 27 Thomas Wilson Brown, American actor (Jason-Knots Landing), born in Lusk, Wyoming
Dec 29 Evan Seinfeld, American heavy metal singer and bassist (Biohazard) and actor (Oz), born in Brooklyn, New York

Dec 29 English actor (The Talented Mr. Ripley; The Grand Budapest Hotel), born in London

Dec 27 Actor Billy Dee Williams (35) weds Teruko Nakagami

Dec 6 Janet Munro [Horsburgh], British actress (The Crawling Eye; Swiss Family Robinson), dies of congenital heart failure at 38
Dec 15 Edward Earle, Canadian actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight), dies at 90
Dec 24 Melville Ruick, American actor (Sun Valley Serenade, City Hospital), dies at 74