Events in Film & TV
Film & TV History
Aug 10 David Frost purchases exclusive rights to interview former US President Richard Nixon
Film Release
Aug 15 Indian action-adventure film "Sholay" directed by Ramesh Sippy, starring Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan is released, highest-grossing Indian film ever
Music History
Aug 16 Singer Peter Gabriel announces his departure from the rock group Genesis
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Aug 1 Mandy Leigh, American actress (Bloodscent), born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania
- Aug 2 Ingrid Rubio, Spanish actress (Infidels), born in Barcelona, Spain
- Aug 4 Andy Hallett, American actor
- Aug 4 Daniella van Graas, Dutch model and actress
- Aug 5 Antony Cotton, English actor (Coronation Street), born in Bury, England
- Aug 5 Stéphanie Szostak, French-American Actress (Dinner for Schmucks; A Million Little Things), born in Paris, France
- Aug 6 Jamie McGonnigal, American actor
Charlize Theron (47 years old)
Aug 7 South African actress (Mad Max, The Cider House Rules, Monster), born in Benoni, Transvaal
- Aug 9 Mahesh Babu, Indian actor,' Prince of Tollywood', born in Madras, India
Casey Affleck (47 years old)
Aug 12 American actor (Manchester by the Sea, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford), born in Falmouth, Massachusetts
Taika Waititi (47 years old)
Aug 16 New Zealand film director (Boy, Thor: Ragnarok), born in Raukokore, New Zealand
- Aug 17 Giuliana DePandi, Italian-born American television personality
- Aug 19 Tracie Thoms, American actress (Rent), born in Baltimore, Maryland
- Aug 21 Alicia Witt, American actress (Cybill, Fun), born in Worcester, Massachusetts
- Aug 22 Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor (Love Actually), born in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Aug 22 Sheree Murphy, English actress (Emmerdale), born in Stoke Newington, London
- Aug 28 Vera Jordanova, Bulgarian-Finnish actress and model, born in Helsinki, Finland
- Aug 29 Dante Basco, Filipino-American actor, born in Pittsburg, California
- Aug 31 Sara Ramirez, Mexican actress (Grey's Anatomy), and singer, born inn Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico
- Aug 31 Takahiro Suwa, Japanese professional wrestler
Weddings in Film & TV
Maggie Smith
Aug 23 Actress Maggie Smith (40) weds playwright Beverley Cross (44) at the Guildford Register Office in Surrey, England
Deaths in Film & TV
- 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, Greek-American wrestler, dies at 81
- Aug 23 Hank Patterson, American actor (Gunsmoke, Fred Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 87
- Aug 26 (James) Cullen Landis, American silent and sound screen actor (Soul of the Beast; Peacock Feathers), and director, dies at 79
- 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
