July 1974 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Jul 15 TV news reporter Christine Chubbuck shoots herself live on WXLT-TV, Florida, first person to commit suicide in a live broadcast

Death Wish

Jul 24 "Death Wish", based on the novel by Brian Garfield, directed by Michael Winner and starring Charles Bronson is released in the US

Jul 24 American newscaster Christine Chubbuck is the first person to commit suicide during a live TV broadcast at WXLT-TV
Jul 31 6th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at El Cortez Hotel

Birthdays in Film & TV

Jul 1 Michele Krasnoo, American actress (Kickboxer IV), born in Culver City, California
Jul 2 Moon So-ri, South Korean actress
Jul 8 Tami Erin, American actress and model (The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking), born in Wheaton, Illinois
Jul 8 Zhanna Friske [Jeanna Kopylova], Russian model, actress, and singer (Blestyashchiye), born in Moscow, USSR (d. 2015)
Jul 10 (Idalmis) Marina Vidal, American actress, journalist and beauty queen (Miss Florida 1996), born in Miami, Florida
Jul 10 Chiwetel Ejiofor, British film and stage actor ("Twelve Years a Slave"), born in London, England
Jul 12 Gregory Helms, American professional wrestler
Jul 14 David Mitchell, English comedian and actor (Mitchell and Webb, Peep Show), born in Salisbury, England
Jul 15 Chris Taylor, Australian comedian, (The Chaser), born in Sydney, Australia
Jul 16 Chris Pontius, American actor and Jackass cast member, born in Pasadena, California

Ramin Djawadi (49 years old)

Jul 19 Iranian-German Emmy Award-winning film and television composer (Iron Man; Game of Thrones; A Wrinkle in Time), born in Duisburg, West Germany

Jul 19 Rey Bucanero, Mexican professional wrestler
Jul 20 Simon Rex, American actor (Red Rocket), born in San Francisco, California
Jul 22 Franka Potente, German actress
Jul 22 Viktoria Tolstoy [Louise Viktoria Kjellberg], Swedish jazz singer ("Meet Me at the Movies"), born in Sigtuna Municipality, Sweden
Jul 23 Kathryn Hahn, American actress (WandaVision), born in Westchester, Illinois
Jul 23 Sonny Siaki, Samoan-born professional wrestler, born in Pago Pago, American Samoa
Jul 25 Jay R. Ferguson, American actor (Evening Shade, Mad Men), born in Dallas, Texas
Jul 25 Kenzo Suzuki, Japanese professional wrestler, born in Hekinan, Aichi, Japan
Jul 28 Hannah Waddingham, British actress (Ted Lasso; Game of Thrones, 2015-16), and musical theater singer, born in London, England
Jul 28 Justin Lee Collins, British radio host, actor and comedian, born in Southmead, Bristol
Jul 29 Josh Radnor, American actor (How I Met Your Mother), born in Columbus, Ohio

Hilary Swank (49 years old)

Jul 30 American actress (Boys Don't Cry, Million Dollar Baby), born in Lincoln, Nebraska

Jul 31 Emilia Fox, English actress (The Pianist), born in London

Deaths in Film & TV

Jul 12 Georg Annenkov, Russian-French artist and stage and film set designer ('The Mutiny of the Machines'), dies at 84
Jul 15 Christine Chubbock, American TV newscaster (WXLT-TV, Sarasota, Florida), commits suicide during live broadcast by shooting herself at 29
Jul 15 Christine Chubbuck, American TV news reporter, commits suicide live on TV at 29
Jul 19 Joe Flynn, American character actor (McHale's Navy - "Capt. Binghamton; The Love Bug; The Rescuers), dies of a heart attack while swimming in his pool at 49
Jul 20 Allen Jenkins, American actor (Hey Jeannie, Top Cop, Girl Habit), dies at 74
Jul 22 Edna Lewis Thomas, American actress (A Streetcar Named Desire), dies at 88
Jul 22 Lili Darvas, Hungarian actress (Szerelem, Cimmaron), dies at 68
Jul 23 Mary Forbes, actress (Nun-Les Miserables, Ivy), dies at 90
Jul 24 Ernest Milton, American-British actor (Julius Caesar, Cat Girl), dies at 84
Jul 28 Truman Bradley, American TV host (Science Fiction Theater), dies at 69

Cass Elliot (1941-1974)

Jul 29 American pop vocalist (Mamas & The Papas - "California Dreaming"; "Monday, Monday"; solo - "Dream A little Dream Of Me"; "Make Your Own Kind of Music"), dies of a heart attack in London at 32