March 1978 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Mar 1 Charlie Chaplin's coffin and remains are stolen from a Swiss cemetery in an extortion plot

Mar 6 Brian Clark's stage drama "Whose Life is it Anyway?" starring Tom Conti and Jane Asher, and directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, opens at the Mermaid Theatre, London

Mar 10 "The Incredible Hulk", starring Bill Bixby as David Banner, premieres on CBS

Mar 22 The Rutles mockumentary "All You Need is Cash" debuts on NBC television
Mar 27 Bob Fosse's "Dancin'" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 1,774 performances

Mar 29 Variety TV show "The Carol Burnett Show" last airs on CBS in the US, having won 25 Emmy Awards

Mar 1 Alicia Leigh Willis, American actress (General Hospital, 2001-06), born in Atlanta, Georgia
Mar 1 Donovan Patton, American television actor (Blue's Clues), born in Naval Air Station Agana, Guam

Mar 1 American actor (Days Of Our Lives: Supernatural), born in Dallas, Texas

Mar 4 Rachel Roberts, Canadian model and actress, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
Mar 5 Kimberly McCullough, California, actress (Robin-General Hospital)
Mar 6 Lara Cox, Australian Actress
Mar 8 Nick Zano, American actor
Mar 12 Masuimi Max, American model, born in Little Rock, Arkansas
Mar 16 Brooke Burns, American actress
Mar 17 Adam Jennings, British actor, producer and film director
Mar 18 Khalilah Adams, American actress
Mar 21 Rani Mukherjee, Indian actress
Mar 23 Nicholle Tom, American actress (Beethoven, The Nanny), born in Hinsdale, Illinois,

Mar 23 American television personality and blogger, born in Miami, Florida

Mar 23 Romesh Ranganathan, English comedian, actor and presenter (The Ranganation), born in Crawley, England
Mar 29 Michael Kaczurak, American singer and actor

Mar 28 Actor Jeremy Irons (29) weds actress Sinéad Cusack (30)

Mar 13 John Cazale, American stage and screen character actor (The Godfather; Dog Day Afternoon; The Deer Hunter), dies of lung and bone cancer at 42
Mar 18 Peggy Wood, actress (One Life to Live, Mama), dies at 86
Mar 25 Jack Hulbert, British actor (Into the Blue, Bulldog Jack), dies at 85
Mar 27 Wilfred Pickles, British actor (Billy Liar, Gay Dog), dies at 73
Mar 31 Astrid Allwyn, actress (Love Affair, Girl for Calgary), dies at 68