January 1979 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Jan 9 K-Mart pulls Steve Martin's "Let's Get Small" for being in "bad taste"

Jan 12 6th American Music Awards: Barry Manilow, Linda Ronstadt win

Jan 16 BBC landmark nature series "Life on Earth" presented by David Attenborough first shown on BBC One

Jan 27 36th Golden Globes: Midnight Express, Jon Voight & Jane Fonda win

Jan 2 Suranne Jones, British actress
Jan 7 Bipasha Basu, Indian model, born in New Delhi, India
Jan 7 Mariangel Ruiz, Venezuelan actress & model, born in San Juan de los Morros, Venezuela
Jan 8 Sarah Polley, Canadian filmmaker and actress (Sweet Hereafter, Women Talking), born in Toronto, Ontario
Jan 11 Darren Lynn Bousman, American film director, born in Overland Park, Kansas
Jan 13 Jill Wagner, American Actor
Jan 14 Angela Lindvall, American supermodel, born in Midwest City, Oklahoma
Jan 14 Karen Elson, British supermodel, born in Oldham, United Kingdom
Jan 15 Ken Chu, Taiwanese singer-actor and tai-chi champion, born in Taiwan
Jan 16 Aaliyah [Haughton], American singer and actress, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2001)
Jan 19 Spider Loc [Curtis Williams], American rapper (G-Unit), and actor, born in Compton, California
Jan 20 Will Young, British singer-songwriter & actor, born in Wokingham, United Kingdom
Jan 24 Tatyana M. Ali, American actress (Sesame St, Fresh Prince of Bel Air), born in New York City, New York
Jan 25 Christine Lakin, American actress (Step by Step), born in Dallas, Texas
Jan 26 Sara Rue, American actress, born in New York

Jan 27 British actress (Gone Girl; An Education; A Private War; The Wheel of Time), born in London

Jan 29 Andrew Keegan, American actor (Step by Step, Party of Five), born in Los Angeles, California
Jan 29 April Scott, American actress & model, born in Campbell, Missouri

Jan 1 Film director John Carpenter (30) weds actress Adrienne Barbeau (33)

Jan 12 English model Jean Shrimpton marries Michael Cox

Jan 11 Jack Soo [Goro Suzuki], Japanese-American actor (Flower Drum Song, Barney Miller), dies of esophageal cancer at 61
Jan 16 Peter Butterworth, British actor and comedian (Carry On), dies of a heart attack at 63

Jan 16 American actor (Lurch-Addams Family), dies at 46

Jan 18 Cyril Mockridge, British composer for film and television (Miracle On 34th Street; The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance), dies at 82
Jan 19 Paul Meurisse, actor (Diabolique, Truth, Suspects, Monocle), dies
Jan 24 Jerry Damon, comedian (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 51
Jan 24 Mabel Taliaferro, actress (My Love Come Back), dies at 91
Jan 25 Robertson Hare, English actor (All Gas and Gaiters. Our Girl Friday, Banana Ridge), dies at 87