Events in Film & TV
- Dec 15 Pirates of Caribbean ride opens at Disneyland
Film Premier
Dec 25 "The Sting" directed by George Roy Hill, starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford and music inspired by Scott Joplin premieres in Los Angeles and New York (Best Picture 1974)
Film Premier
Dec 26 Horror film "The Exorcist" based on book and screenplay by William Peter Blatty, starring Linda Blair, rated X, premieres - 1st horror film to be nominated for Best Picture
William Peter Blatty
Max Von Sydow
Birthdays in Film & TV
Tyra Banks
Dec 4 Tyra Banks, American supermodel and actress (Higher Learning, Fresh Prince of Bel Air), born in Inglewood, California
Tyra Banks
- Dec 5 Shalom Harlow, model (House of Style, Harper's Bazaar), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Dec 8 Doron Bell Jr., Canadian actor, born in Montreal, Canada
- Dec 13 Christie Clark, American actress (Carrie Brady-Days of Our Life), born in Los Angeles, California
- Dec 14 Tia Texada, American actress and singer, born in Louisiana
- Dec 14 Thuy Trang, Vietnamese-American actress (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), born in Saigon, Vietnam (d. 2001)
- Dec 15 Ryu Seung-wan, South Korean actor and director
- Dec 19 Takashi Sorimachi, Japanese actor
Stephenie Meyer
Dec 24 Stephenie Meyer, American author (Twilight Saga), born in Hartford, Connecticut,
Stephenie Meyer
Seth Meyers
Dec 28 Seth Meyers, American actor, comedian, writer and producer (Late Night with Seth Meyers, Saturday Night Live), born in Evanston,, Illinois
Seth Meyers
Deaths in Film & TV
- Dec 4 Michael O'Shea, American actor (Smart Woman), dies of a heart attack at 67
- Dec 10 Earle Foxe, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies at 81
- Dec 23 Irna Phillips, American scriptwriter who created 6 soap operas (Guiding Light), dies at 72
- Dec 26 Steven Geray, American actor (French Line), dies at 69
- Dec 26 William Haines, American actor (Little Annie Rooney), dies of cancer at 73