Year 1975 in Film & Television

• Jan 6 "AM America" premieres on ABC-TV with Bill Beutel as host
• Jan 6 "Wheel Of Fortune" debuts on NBC-TV

• Jan 15 Space Mountain opens at Disneyland

• Jan 18 "Jeffersons" spinoff from "All in the Family" premieres on CBS
• Jan 23 "Barney Miller" premieres on ABC TV
• Jan 24 "Hot l Baltimore" situation comedy premieres on ABC TV

• Jan 29 First American Annual Comedy Awards, hosted by Alan King
• Feb 11 Tv drama “Sarah T: Portrait of A Teenage Alcoholic”, starring Linda Blair, premieres on US network NBC

• Feb 26 1st televised kidney transplant (Today Show)
• Mar 1 Colour television transmissions begin in Australia.

• Mar 7 "Mirror", Russian film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, starring Margarita Terekhova and Ignat Daniltsev, is released
• Mar 22 Walt Disney World Shopping Village opens


• Apr 4 British sitcom "The Good Life" starring Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Paul Eddington and Penelope Keith debuts on BBC One

• May 4 Italian film "Seven Beauties" directed by Lina Wertmüller, starring Giancarlo Giannini, and Shirley Stoler released - first film directed by a women to be nominated for an Academy Award
• May 14 Cult feminist film "Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles" written and directed by Chantal Ackerman and starring Delphine Seyrig premieres at Cannes
• May 17 NBC paid $5M for rights to show "Gone with the Wind" one time

• May 23 28th Cannes Film Festival: "Chronicle of the Years of Fire" directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina wins the Palme d'Or
• Jun 7 Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder for sale to the public

• Jun 18 NBC News & Information Service (24 hr news) premieres on radio

• Jun 27 25th Berlin International Film Festival: "Adoption" wins the Golden Bear
• Jul 1 WEDway People Mover opens in Tomorrowland, Disney World, Florida
• Jul 7 TV soap opera "Ryan's Hope" premieres
• Jul 10 Gladys Knight and Pips Summer Series premieres on NBC-TV
• Jul 30 7th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at El Cortez Hotel

• Sep 1 Gunsmoke goes off the air

• Sep 6 Tawny Elaine Godin (NY), 18, crowned 48th Miss America 1976

• Sep 29 "Three For Money" debuts on NBC-TV
• Sep 29 Sharon Dahlonega Raiford Bush becomes American television's first African-American weathercaster.

• Oct 18 Simon & Garfunkel reunite on "Saturday Night Live", sing "My Little Town"

• Nov 3 Good Morning America premieres on ABC (David Hartman & Nancy Dussault)
• Nov 7 8th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at El Cortez Hotel

• Nov 28 "As the World Turns" and "The Edge of Night", the final two American soap operas that had resisted going to pre-taped broadcasts, air their last live episodes.

• Dec 16 1st broadcast of "One Day at a Time" on CBS TV

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 200

• Jan 1 Sonali Bendre, Indian model and actress
• Jan 2 Dax Shepard, American actor
• Jan 3 Danica McKellar, actress (Winnie Cooper-Wonder Years) [or Mar 3]
• Jan 3 Jason Marsden, actor (General Hospital, Eddie-Munsters Today)
• Jan 5 Kylie Bax, New Zealand model, born in Thames, New Zealand

• Jan 6 Yukana, Japanese voicer actress & singer, born in Futtsu, Japan
• Jan 16 Gillian Iliana Waters, American actress, born in Los Angeles, California
• Jan 17 Freddy Rodriguez, Puerto Rican-American actor, born in Chicago, Illinois
• Jan 22 James Murray, British actor (Cucumber, Medici: Masters of Florence), born in Manchester, England
• Jan 25 Dat Phan, Vietnamese-born American stand-up comedian, born in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
• Jan 25 Mia Kirshner, Canadian actress, born in Toronto, Ontario
• Jan 28 Terri Colombino, American Actress
• Jan 29 Kelly Packard, American actress (Tiffani Smith-California Dreams), born in Glendale, California
• Jan 29 Sara Gilbert, American actress (Darlene Conner-Roseanne), born in Santa Monica, California
• Jan 31 Preity Zinta, Indian actress & entrepreneur, born in Shimla, India
• Feb 8 Joshua Morrow, Juneau Alaska, actor (Nicholas Newman-Young & Restless)
• Feb 14 Yul Kwon, American lawyer & television host, born in Flushing, New York
• Feb 15 Brendon Small, American comedian and animator, born in Springfield, Illinois
• Feb 16 Don Jeffcoat, American actor
• Feb 17 Harisu, South Korean singer, model and actress
• Feb 18 Sarah Joy Brown, American actress (General Hospital), born in Eureka, California
• Feb 21 Troy Slaten, American actor (Jerry-Parker Lewis Can't Lose), born in Los Angeles, California

• Feb 23 Michael Tricario, actor (Randy-Wonder Years)
• Feb 23 Michael Cornacchia, American actor, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Feb 23 Natalia Verbeke, Argentine actress, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Feb 25 Chelsea Handler, American comedian and actress
• Feb 27 Christina Nigra, American actress (Out of This World), born in Agoura Hills, California
• Mar 3 Danica McKellar, actress (Winnie Cooper-Wonder Years) [or Jan 3]
• Mar 4 Kim Jung-Eun, South Korean actress
• Mar 5 Niki Taylor, model (Elle, Marie Claire)
• Mar 5 Jolene Blalock, American actress
• Mar 6 Aracely Arambula, Mexican actress and singer
• Mar 8 Fardeen Khan, Indian actor
• Mar 14 Wendy Rice, American actress (Pleasure Party)
• Mar 14 Rico Yan, Filipino actor (d. 2002)

• Mar 16 Sienna Guillory, English actress (Jill Valentine-Resident Evil), born in Kettering, England
• Mar 17 Andrew "Test" Martin, Canadian professional wrestler
• Mar 17 Natalie Zea, American actress
• Mar 18 Beverly Peele, American model (Mademoiselle, Elle), born in Los Angeles, California
• Mar 19 Vivian Hsu, Taiwanese singer, actress and model
• Mar 24 Krisdayanti, Indonesian singer, actress and diva
• Mar 27 Chakrit Yamnam, Thai film and television actor, born in Bangkok, Thailand
• Mar 28 Shanna Moakler, former beauty queen
• Mar 28 Richard Kelly, American film director
• Mar 30 Bahar Soomekh, American actress
• Mar 31 Adam Green, American film director
• Apr 2 Adam Rodriguez, American actor (Eric Delko-CSI: Miami) and director, born in Yonkers, New York
• Apr 3 Aries Spears, American comedian (MadTV), born in Chicago, Illinois
• Apr 4 Pamela Ribon, American screenwriter and author, born in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

• Apr 9 David Gordon Green, American filmmaker (George Washington), born in Little Rock, Arkansas
• Apr 10 David Harbour, American actor (Stranger Things), born in White Plains, New York
• Apr 14 Amy Dumas, American professional wrestler, born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Apr 14 Veronika Zemanová, Czech model, born in Ceske Budejovice, Czechia
• Apr 16 Sean Maher, American actor, born in Pleasantville, New York
• Apr 16 Nick Pickard, British actor, born in Surrey, United Kingdom
• Apr 17 Gabriel Soto, Mexican actor and model, born in Mexico City
• Apr 24 Sam Doumit, American actress (Shameless), born in Sacramento, California
• Apr 25 Emily Bergl, English-American actress (The rage : Carrie 2), born in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England

• Apr 30 Mike Chat, American actor
• May 1 Austin Croshere, American basketball forward (Indiana Pacers) and broadcaster (Fox Sports Indiana Pacers analyst), born in Los Angeles, California

• May 3 Eva Santolaria, Spanish actress (7 Vidas), born in Barcelona, Spain
• May 3 Dulé Hill, American actor (The West Wing), born in Orange, New Jersey
• May 3 Christina Hendricks, American actress (Mad Men), born in Knoxville, Tennessee
• May 9 Chris Diamantopoulos, Canadian actor
• May 17 Kostas Sommer, Greek actor
• May 17 Alex Wright, German professional wrestler
• May 19 Masanobu Ando, Japanese actor
• May 21 Abbas [Mirza Abbas Ali], Indian Tamil film actor and model (Kadhal Desam), born in Kolkata, West Bengal, India
• May 22 Cole Hauser, American actor (Randy-High Incident)[or Mar 22], born in Santa Barbara, California
• May 22 Tracy Brookshaw, American professional wrestler and valet
• May 23 Kim Sung-soo, South Korean actor
• May 27 André 3000 [Benjamin], American rapper and actor (OutKast), born in Atlanta, Georgia
• May 27 Jamie Oliver, British chef and television personality, born in Claverling, England
• May 29 Shoshanna Lonstein, American fashion designer and ex-girlfriend of Jerry Seinfeld, born in NYC, New York
• Jun 1 James Storm, American pro wrestler (TNA World Heavyweight Champion 2011; record 7-time TNA World Tag Team Champion), born in Franklin, Tennessee

• Jun 6 Staci Keanan [Anastasia Love Sagorsky], American actress (My Two Dads, Step by Step), born in Devon, Pennsylvania
• Jun 6 Nina Kaczorowski, American actress
• Jun 8 Shilpa Shetty, Indian actress
• Jun 11 Choi Ji-woo, South Korean actress (Stairway to Heaven), born in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
• Jun 14 A J Mleczko, American ice hockey forward, broadcaster (Olympics gold 1998; NBC), born in Nantucket, Massachusetts
• Jun 14 Bob Nanna, American musician (Braid, Hey Mercedes, The City on Film)
• Jun 15 Elizabeth Reaser, American actress
• Jun 16 Frederick Koehler, American actor (Chip-Kate & Allie), born in Queens, New York
• Jun 18 Marie Gillain, Belgian actress
• Jun 18 Jamel Debbouze, French actor and producer
• Jun 19 Hugh Dancy, English actor
• Jun 22 Laila Rouass, Moroccan-Indian actress
• Jun 24 Carla Gallo, American actress
• Jun 25 Linda Cardellini, American actress (Freaks and Geeks), born in Redwood City, California
• Jun 25 Natasha Klauss, Colombian actress (La Venganza, Pasión de Gavilanes), born in Cali, Colombia

• Jun 27 Ace Darling [Michael Maraldo], American professional wrestler, born in Wildwood, New Jersey

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• Jan 1 Arthur Pierson, Norwegian-born American actor & director (Hat Check Girl), dies at 73
• Jan 3 Milton J Cross, TV announcer (Met Opera Auditions), dies at 87
• Jan 6 Noel Madison, actor (Jitterbugs, Black Raven), dies at 77
• Jan 8 Anthony Warde, American actor (Dangers of the Canadian Mounted, Buck Rogers, Black Widow), dies at 66
• Jan 8 John Dierkes, American actor (Shane, Daughter of Dr Jekyll, Hanging Tree), dies from emphysema at 69
• Jan 8 John Gregson, British actor (Gideon CID, The Longest Day, Shirley's World), dies from a heart attack at 55
• Jan 9 John Slater, British actor (Deadlock, 3 on a Spree), dies at 58
• Jan 9 Pierre Fresnay, French actor (Monsieur Vincent, Grand Illusion), dies at 77
• Jan 18 Gertrude Olmstead, American silent film actress, dies at 77
• Jan 21 Marie Lohr, actress (Pygmalion, Small Hotel, Escapade), dies at 84
• Jan 23 Karel Paul van der Mandele, Dutch financier and director (Rotterdam Bank), dies at 94
• Jan 24 Larry Fine, American actor and comedian (3 Stooges), dies at 72
• Jan 25 Vivien Kellems, American industrialist, who battled the Federal tax system as discriminatory against single people, dies at 78
• Jan 26 Lubov Orlova, actress (Moscow Laughs, Man of Music, Tanya), dies at 72
• Feb 1 Richard Wattis, British actor (Hobson's Choice, Prince & Showgirl, The Man Who Knew Too Much), dies from a heart attack at 62
• Feb 3 Umm Kulthum [Ibrahim], Egyptian singer and actress, dies at 76
• Feb 7 Brendan Fay, actor (Hustler, Man on a Swing), dies at 54
• Feb 8 John H. Secondari, American author and newscaster (Open Hearing), dies at 55
• Feb 8 Martyn Green, British actor (Gilbert & Sullivan, Iceman Cometh), dies at 75
• Feb 20 Lillian Fontaine, actress (Suddenly it's Spring), dies at 88
• Feb 20 Robert Strauss, American actor (Stalag 17, The Seven Year Itch), dies from a stroke at 61
• Mar 7 Ben Blue, Canadian actor and comedian (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show), dies at 73
• Mar 7 Francine Larrimore, French actress (John Meade's Woman), dies at 76
• Mar 9 Shirley Ross [Bernice Maude Gaunt], American actress (Cafe Society, Prison Farm, Waikiki Wedding), dies of cancer at 62
• Mar 13 Jean Del Val, actor (Sainted Devil, Flying Deuces), dies at 83

• Mar 22 Catherine "Cass" Daley, American actress (Star Spangled Rhythm, Red Garters), dies from an accidental fall at 59
• Mar 22 Paul Verhoeven, German actor and director (Das kleine Hofkonzert), dies at 73
• Mar 24 Muriel Hutchison, American actress (Another Thin Man), dies at 60
• Mar 27 Gertrude Niesen, American actress, comedian, and songwriter (Start Cheering, Rookies on Parade), dies following a long illness at 63
• Apr 3 Mary Ure, Scottish actress (Sons & Lovers, Where Eagles Dare), dies at 42
• Apr 10 Marjorie Main, actress (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies at 85
• Apr 10 Sophia JW "Sophie" Hermse, actress (But a Dream), dies at 86
• Apr 11 Dorothy Patten, American actress, dies at 70
• Apr 13 Larry Parks [Samuel Lawrence Parks], American actor (The Jolson Story, Love Is Better Than Ever), dies of a heart attack at 60

• Apr 15 Richard Conte, American actor (The Godfather, Tony Rome, Hotel), dies from a heart attack at 65
• Apr 22 Mary Philips, American actress (Farewell to Arms), dies at 75
• Apr 23 William Hartnell, English actor (first Doctor in Dr Who), dies at 67
• Apr 27 Nicholas Soussanin, Russian-American actor (Last Command, Captain Fury), dies at 86

• May 9 Philip Dorn, Dutch actor (Enemy Agent, I Remember Mama), dies of a heart attack at 73
• May 11 Walter Kinsella, American actor (Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 74
• May 22 Torben Myer, Danish actor (Girl Who Came Back, Judgment at Nuremberg, Sullivan's Travels), dies at 90
• May 28 Roy Roberts, American actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show), dies from a heart attack at 69
• May 30 Michel Simon, Swiss actor (Panic, Plague, Two of Us), dies at 80
• Jun 3 Oswald "Ozzie" Nelson, American actor (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet), dies from cancer at 69
• Jun 4 Evelyn Brent, American actress (Nitwits, Last Command, Spy Train), dies at 75
• Jun 6 Larry Blyden, actor (Joe & Mabel, What's My Line), dies at 49
• Jun 14 Clancy Cooper, American actor (Enchanted Forest, Girls in Chains), dies at 68
• Jun 23 William Hansen, American actor (1776, Pinky, Side Street, Homebodies), dies at 64
• Jun 29 Jerry Verno, British actor (River of Unrest, Ourselves Alone, Sweeney Todd), dies at 79
• Jul 2 James Robertson Justice, British actor (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Moby Dick), dies from effects of a stroke at 68
• Jul 7 Barbara Brown, American actress dies at 73
• Jul 14 Madan Mohan, Hindi Film's Melodious Music director (b. 1924)
• Jul 21 Billy West [Roy B Weissburg], Russian actor, Charlie Chaplin impersonator and silent film director (Further Perils of Laurel & Hardy), dies at 82
• Jul 21 Fie Carelsen, Dutch stage actress (Malle Gevallen), dies at 85
• Jul 26 Leigh Whipper, actor (Hidden Eye, Jungle Queen), dies at 98
• Jul 29 James [Benjamin] Blish, sci-fi author (Star Trek Reader), dies at 54
• Aug 1 Howard Joslin, American actor (Quebec, Detective Story), dies at 68
• Aug 3 Ruth Lee, actress (Middleton Family at 1939 World's Fair), dies at 79
• Aug 4 John Baragrey, American actor (Creeper, The Loves of Carmen), dies of a stroke at 57
• Aug 11 Howard Wendell, American actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How to Murder Your Wife), dies at 67
• Aug 17 Sig Arno [Siegfried Aron], German-Jewish actor (Holiday in Havana, My Friend Irma), dies at 80
• Aug 19 Jim Londos, wrestler (b. 1897)
• Aug 23 Hank Patterson, American actor (Gunsmoke, Fred Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 87
• Aug 26 Cullen Landis, American actor (Soul of the Beast), dies at 80
• Aug 26 Juliette Béliveau, Canadian actress (Le gros Bill) and singer, dies at 85
• Aug 29 Leland T. Weed, American singer and actor, dies at 74
• Aug 31 Pierre Blaise, French actor (Lacombe Lucien), dies at 24
• Sep 4 Walter Tetley, cartoon voice (Sherman-Bullwinkle Show), dies at 60
• Sep 8 John Mylong, Austrian actor (Robot Monsters), dies at 82
• Sep 9 Ethel Griffies, actress (Billy Liar, Birds), dies at 97
• Sep 9 John McGiver, American actor (Patty Duke Show, Jimmy Stewart Show), dies from a heart attack at 61
• Sep 9 Minta Durfee, actress (Keystone Comedies, Mickey), dies at 85
• Sep 18 Pamela Brown, British actress (Cleopatra, I Know Where I'm Going!, Beckett), dies from pancreatic cancer at 58
• Sep 22 Patricia Doyle, actress (Wuthering Heights), dies at 60
• Sep 23 Ian Hunter, South African character actor (Dr Blood's Coffin, White Unicorn), dies at 75
• Sep 24 Clive Morton, British actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Moonraker), dies at 71
• Sep 25 Bob Considine, American journalist and author (Babe Ruth Story), dies at 68
• Sep 27 Mark Frechette, actor (Zabriskie Point, Uomini Contro), dies at 27
• Sep 28 Agnes Windeck, German actress (A Time to Love and a Time to Die), dies at 87
• Sep 28 Sidney Fields, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 77
• Oct 2 Wade Crosby, American actor (Sign of Wolf, Tales of Robin Hood), dies at 70
• Oct 6 Henry Calvin, actor (Sgt Garcia-Zorro), dies at 57
• Oct 10 Lillian Walker, American silent era actress, dies at 88
• Oct 18 Al Lettieri, American actor (Deadly Kiss, Pulp, Mr Majestyk, Getaway), dies of a heart attack at 47
• Oct 23 Barboura Morris, actor (Wasp Woman, Machine-Gun Kelly), dies at 43
• Oct 23 Charles Brokaw, American actor (Outer Gate, I Cover the War), dies at 77
• Oct 25 Frank Puglia, Italian actor (Black Orchid, Jungle Book), dies at 83
• Oct 31 Joseph Calleia, Maltese-American actor (Jungle Book, Gilda), dies at 78
• Nov 1 Doro Merande, actress (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 77
• Nov 1 Jacki Ray, actor (In Like Flint), dies at 58
• Nov 1 Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian poet/author/director, murdered at 53
• Nov 4 Sheila Ryan, American actress (Song of Texas, Great Guns), dies at 54
• Nov 6 Annette Kellermann, Australian swimmer, silent-film actress (A Daughter of the Gods; Venus Of The South Seas), and author, dies at 87
• Nov 11 Marty May, American actor (Fireball Fun For All), dies at 79
• Nov 12 Anthony Ross, TV host (Telltale Clue), dies at 69
• Nov 17 Kay Johnson, actress (Real Glory, Of Human Bondage), dies at 70
• Nov 22 François de Roubaix, French film score composer, dies in diving accident at 36

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