Events in Film & TV
- Aug 19 422 die in an arson fire at a movie theater in Iran
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Aug 6 Marisa Miller, American model
- Aug 7 Cirroc Lofton, American actor, born in Los Angeles, California
- Aug 8 Countess Vaughn, American actress and singer
- Aug 8 Miho Shiraishi, Japanese actress
- Aug 11 Amber Brkich, American reality television personality
- Aug 14 Kate Ritchie, Australian actress, born in Goulburn, Australia
- Aug 17 Vibeke Stene, Norwegian goth-metal singer (Tristania), and actress, born in Sokndal, Norway
- Aug 18 Andy Samberg, American comedian and actor (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), born in Berkeley, California
- Aug 19 Aarti Sequeira, Indian-American cook and television personality (The Next Food Network Star, 2010; Aarti Party; Guy's Grocery Games), born in Mumbai, India
- Aug 22 James Corden, British actor, comedian and television host (The Late Late Show with James Corden), born in Hillingdon, London
- Aug 25 Kel Mitchell, American actor
- Aug 26 Amanda Schull, American actress (12 Monkeys), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
Weddings in Film & TV
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Aug 23 Actress Kate Jackson (29) weds actor Andrew Stevens (23) in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts
Deaths in Film & TV
- Aug 4 Frank Fontaine, American comedian (Crazy Guggenheim), dies at 58
- Aug 5 Queenie Smith, American actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79
- Aug 26 Charles Boyer, French actor (Gaslight, Rogues), dies at 78
- Aug 27 Robert Shaw, British actor, novelist, and playwright (Deep, Jaws, Sting, Black Sunday), dies of a heart attack at 51
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