Events in Film & TV
Telethon
Sep 5 Jerry Lewis' 12th Muscular Dystrophy telethon
Emmy Awards
Sep 11 29th Emmy Awards: "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", Carroll O'Conner & Bea Arthur win; "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" accumulates a then record 29 awards over its 7 season run
Music History
Sep 11 American crooner Bing Crosby and British singer David Bowie record duet "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" at ATV Elstree Studios near London for television special "Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas"
The Atari 2600
Sep 11 The Atari 2600, originally known as the Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS) is released in North America, revolutionizing the video game industry
- Sep 15 TV LA drama "CHiPs" debuts on NBC in US
Music Single
Sep 16 Ringo Starr releases single "Drowning in Sea of Love" in the UK
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Sep 1 Aamir Ali, Indian television actor
- Sep 1 Kathleen de León (Jones), Filipina-Australian actress, dancer, and singer (Hi-5, 1998-2006), born in Manila, Philippines
- Sep 1 Shoshana Bean, American stage actress
- Sep 5 Minoru Fujita, Japanese professional wrestler, born in Onoda, Yamaguchi
- Sep 7 Molly Holly [Nora Kristina Benshoof], American professional wrestler, born in Forest Lake, Minnesota
- Sep 9 Chae Jung-an, South Korean actress and singer, born in Busan, South Korea
- Sep 11 Ludacris [Christopher Bridges], American rapper ("Stand Up"; "Act A Fool"), and actor (The Ride; Fast and Furious franchise), born in Champaign, Illinois
- Sep 12 Grant Denyer, Australian television personality and TV Host, born in Coffs Harbour, Australia
- Sep 13 Ivan De Battista, Maltese actor, singer and composer, born in Gzira, Malta
- Sep 15 Marisa Ramirez, American actress (Blue Bloods), born in Los Angeles, California
- Sep 15 Sophie Dahl, English model and author, born in London, England
- Sep 15 Tom Hardy, British actor (The Revenant, Mad Max: Fury Road), born in London, England
- Sep 18 Barrett Foa, American actor and singer (NCIS LA), born in Manhattan, New York
- Sep 23 Susan Tamim, Lebanese singer and actress (Studio El Fan), born in Beirut, Lebanon (d. 2008)
- Sep 25 Clea DuVall, American actress, born in Los Angeles, California
- Sep 29 Won Bin, South Korean actor (Autumn in My Heart), born in Jeongseon County, South Morea
- Sep 30 Maia Brewton, American actress (Margaret-Lime Street), born in Los Angeles, California
Weddings in Film & TV
Barbara Eden
Sep 3 "I Dream of Jeannie" actress Barbara Eden (43) weds Charles Donald Fegert
Rush Limbaugh
Sep 24 Radio personality Rush Limbaugh (26) weds Roxy McNeely, a radio advertising salesperson, at Centenary United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau, Missouri; divorced 1980
Deaths in Film & TV
- Sep 1 Ethel Waters, American actress (Beulah), singer ("Stormy Weather"), dies at 80
- Sep 2 Stephen "Steve" Dunne, American actor (Professional Father, Shock), dies at 59
- Sep 8 Samuel Joel "Zero" Mostel, American comedian and actor (Fiddler on the Roof, The Producers), dies of an aortic aneurysm at 62
- Sep 9 John Breeden, American actor (Salute, Madame Racketeer, Joy Street), dies at 73
- Sep 11 Don Blackman, actor (Old Man & Sea, Desert Legion), dies at 65
- Sep 11 Leonard Carey, American actor (Rebecca, Laughter), dies at 90
- Sep 13 Leopold Stokowski, British conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra, 1912-39; Disney's Fantasia), dies of a heart attack at 95
- Sep 27 Willis Bouchey, American character actor (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance), dies at 70
- Sep 30 Mary Ford [Iris Colleen Summers], American vocalist (with Les Paul - "How High The Moon"), dies from complications of alcohol abuse at 53
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