Events in Film & TV
Telethon
Sep 2 Jerry Lewis' 9th Muscular Dystrophy telethon
- Sep 7 Shirley Cothran (Texas), 21, crowned 47th Miss America 1975
- Sep 10 Controversial TV drama "Born Innocent" premieres on NBC TV, starring Linda Blair as an abused teen in a juvenile detention home
- Sep 13 1st broadcast of "The Rockford Files" on NBC-TV
- Sep 23 BBC Ceefax begins 1st teletext service
Music Premiere
Sep 23 Revival of Jules Styne and Stephen Sondheim's musical "Gypsy" opens at Winter Garden Theater, NYC; runs for 120 performances, Angela Lansbury wins Tony Award for her role as Mama Rose
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Sep 2 Daniel Southworth, American actor and stunt performer
- Sep 3 Clare Kramer, American actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- Sep 6 Justin Whalin, American actor (Jimmy-Lois & Clark, Charles in Charge), born in San Francisco, California
- Sep 8 Tanaz Eshaghian, Iranian-American documentary filmmaker (Be Like Others), born in Iran
- Sep 9 Gok Wan [Kowkhyn Wan], British fashion consultant, author and TV presenter (How to Look Good Naked, Gok Cooks Chinese), born in Leicester, England
- Sep 9 Jennie Kwan, American actress (Samantha Woo-California Dreams), born in Glendale, California
- Sep 10 Ryan Phillippe, American actor (Cruel Intentions, Shooter), born in New Castle, Delaware
- Sep 18 Xzibit [Alvin Nathaniel Joiner], American rapper and actor (At the Speed of Life, Pimp My Ride), born in Detroit, Michigan
Jimmy Fallon (48 years old)
Sep 19 American actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live; The Tonight Show), born in NYC, New York
- Sep 19 Victoria Silvstedt, Swedish model and TV personality (Playboy playmate Dec 96, Playmate of the Year 1997), born in Skelleftehamn, Sweden
- Sep 21 Taral Hicks, American actress (A Bronx Tale) and R&B singer ("Silly"), born in The Bronx, New York
- Sep 22 Yoo Chae-yeong, South Korean singer and actress (Cool), born in South Korea (d. 2014)
- Sep 23 Harumi Inoue, Japanese actress and model
- Sep 23 Matt Hardy, American professional wrestler
- Sep 28 John Light, English actor (Around the World in Eighty Days), born in Birmingham, England
Weddings in Film & TV
Quincy Jones Jr
Sep 14 American composer-arranger-producer Quincy Jones Jr (41) weds Ameriican "Mod Squad" actress Peggy Lipton (28) in Los Angeles, California; divorce in 1990
Divorces in Film & TV
Quincy Jones Jr
Sep 13 American producer Quincy Jones Jr (28) divorces actress Ulla Andersson (41) after 5 years of marriage
Deaths in Film & TV
- Sep 6 Olga Baclanova, actress (Freaks, Docks of NY), dies at 75
- Sep 6 Otto Kruger, American actor (Lux Video Theater), dies on 89th birthday
- Sep 8 Robert Cox, American comic actor, last surviving member of Keystone Kops, dies at 79
- Sep 14 Vera Vague [Barbara Jo Allen], American actress (Sleeping Beauty, Follow the Leader), dies at 66
- Sep 14 Warren Hull, American actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World), dies from heart failure at 71
- Sep 17 André Dunoyer de Segonzac, French painter and cartoonist, dies at 90
- Sep 18 Edna Best, English actress (Key, Calendar, Escape), dies at 74
- Sep 19 Eve March, actress (Adam's Rib, Danny Boy), dies at 63
- Sep 20 Carlyle Blackwell Jr, American actor (The Pilgrim Lady, The Triumph of the Rat), dies at 71
- Sep 21 Walter Brennan, American actor (Real McCoys, At Gun Point), dies at 80
- Sep 23 Cliff Arquette, American comedian (Charlie Weaver), dies at 68
Coco the Clown (1900-1974)
Sep 25 Russian-born British clown famous in the mid-20th century, dies at 73
- Sep 28 Raymond Largay, American actor (April in Paris, Variety Girl), dies at 88