June 1978 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Jun 6 US TV news program "20/20", created by Roone Arledge premieres on ABC

Jun 16 Film "Grease" opens, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, based on the 1971 musical

Jun 16 Ringo Starr releases album "Bad Boy"

Jun 2 A.J. Styles, American professional wrestler
Jun 2 Dominic Cooper, British stage and screen actor (The History Boys; Fleming; Mamma Mia!; Agent Carter), born in Greenwich, London, England
Jun 2 Justin Long, American actor (Jeepers Creepers; Alvin and the Chipmunks), born in Fairfield, Connecticut
Jun 2 Nikki Cox, American actress (Unhappily Ever After; The Norm Show; Las Vegas), born in Santa Monica, California
Jun 6 Judith Barsi, American child actress (The Land Before Time), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1988)
Jun 7 Bill Hader, American comedian and actor (Saturday Night Live, Barry), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Jun 8 American actress, TV star (Today, Access Hollywood, WWE) and 1996 Miss Massachusetts Teen USA, born in Medford, Massachusetts

Jun 9 Michaela Conlin, American actress
Jun 10 Shane West, American actor and singer (What We Do Is Secret), born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Jun 11 Joshua Jackson, American actor (Dawson's Creek, Fringe), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
Jun 12 DJ Qualls, American actor (Road Trip), born in Nashville, Tennessee
Jun 12 Shiloh Strong, American actor (Maybe This Time, House of Cards), born in San Francisco, California
Jun 13 Ethan Embry, American actor
Jun 13 Mathis Künzler, Swiss actor
Jun 13 Mikako Ichikawa, Japanese actress and model
Jun 14 Diablo Cody, American screenwriter
Jun 16 Daniel Brühl, German actor (Good Bye Lenin!), born in Barcelona, Spain
Jun 16 Lyndsey Marshal, British actress (Rome), born in Manchester, England
Jun 17 Kumiko Aso, Japanese actress, born in Sanmu, Japan
Jun 18 Tara Platt, American actress and voice actress for Japanese anime films (Temari-Naruto), born in Fairfax, Virginia
Jun 19 Mía Maestro, Argentine actress
Jun 19 Tyson Dux, Canadian wrestler, born in Miramichi, New Brunswick

Jun 19 American actress (Avatar, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl), born in Passaic, New Jersey

Jun 21 Erica Durance, Canadian actress (Smallville), born in Calgary, Alberta
Jun 22 Jai Rodriguez, American TV personality
Jun 25 Aftab Shivdasani, Bollywood actor (Mast), born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Jun 25 Layla El, English dancer, model and 2006 WWE Diva Search winner, born in London
Jun 29 Luke Kirby, Canadian American actor (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), born in Hamilton, Ontario

Jun 4 Broadcaster Howard Stern (24) marries Alison Berns at Temple Ohabei Shalom, Brookline Massachusetts.

Jun 4 Oscar-winning actor Robin Williams (26) weds first wife Valerie Velardi

Jun 9 Chief Tahachee [Jeff Davis Tahchee Cypert], Cherokee stage and film actor, dies from a heart attack at 74
Jun 17 Cully Richards, actor (Don't Call Me Charlie), dies at 68
Jun 20 Karel G Bakker, actor (Coffee House), dies at 66
Jun 25 Barry Brown, American actor (Frederick Winterbourne-Daisy Miller), dies at 27
Jun 29 Bob Crane, American DJ and actor (Hogan's Heroes; The Donna Reed Show), murdered at 49