September 1979 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Telethon

Sep 3 Jerry Lewis' 14th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $30,000,000

Sep 7 The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) makes its debut.
Sep 8 Cheryl Prewitt (Miss), 22, crowned 52nd Miss America 1980
Sep 9 31st Emmy Awards: "Taxi"; "Lou Grant"; Ron Leibman & Ruth Gordon win
Sep 9 British film "The Bitch" starring Joan Collins, a sequel to "The Stud", both based on novels by her sister Jackie Collins, premieres in UK
Sep 14 The film "Quadrophenia", loosely based on The Who's 1973 rock opera of the same name, is released.
Sep 15 4th Toronto International Film Festival: "Best Boy" directed by Ira Wohl wins the People's Choice Award
Sep 16 Louis LaRusso II's stage drama "Knockout", starring Danny Aiello, closes at the Helen Hayes Theatre, NYC, after 154 performances

Film & TV History

Sep 23 Jane Fonda & 200,000 attend anti-nuke rally in Battery Park, NYC

Sep 26 1984 summer LA Olympic coverage sold to ABC for $225 million

Music History

Sep 27 Elton John, sick with flu, collapses in the Hollywood Universal Amphitheater

Sep 29 John Huston's "Wine Blood" premieres at NY Film Festival

Birthdays in Film & TV

Sep 2 Ron Ng, Hong Kong actor
Sep 4 Kristina Krepela, Croatian actress, born in Zagreb, Croatia
Sep 4 Pedro Camacho, Portuguese classical, religious, film and video game composer (Requiem to Inês de Castro), born in Funchal, Portugal
Sep 10 Jacob Young, American actor (All My Children), and singer, born in Renton, Washington
Sep 11 Ariana Richards, American actress (Spaced Invaders, Prancer), born in Healdsburg, California
Sep 11 Steve Hofstetter, American comedian & radio personality, born in Queens, New York
Sep 15 Amy Davidson, American actress (8 Simple Rules), born in Phoenix, Arizona
Sep 15 Dave Annable, American actor (Bothers and Sisters), born in Suffern, New York
Sep 17 Billy Miller, American actor (The Young and the Restless), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Sep 18 Alison Lohman, American actress, born in Palm Springs, California
Sep 19 Dannielle Brent, British actress (Bad Girls), born in Rush Green, London
Sep 19 Noémie Lenoir, French supermodel and actress, born in Les Ulis, France
Sep 21 Jaymee Ong, Chinese-Australian model
Sep 21 Richard Dunne, Irish soccer defender (80 caps, Republic of Ireland; Everton, Manchester City, Aston Villa, QPR) and broadcaster (BT Sport), born in Dublin, Ireland
Sep 22 Michael Graziadei, American actor (The Young and the Restless), born in Germany
Sep 24 Justin Bruening, American actor (All My Children), born in St. Helena, Nebraska
Sep 24 Ross Mathews, American television personality and comedian (The Tonight Show), born in Mount Vernon, Washington
Sep 27 Zita Görög, Hungarian actress and model
Sep 28 Anndi Lynn McAfee, actress (Ice Cream Man, Conagher)
Sep 30 Clio-Danae Othoneou, Greek actress, musician and pianist, born in Thessaloniki, Greece
Sep 30 Vince Chong, Malaysian-Chinese singer-songwriter and actor, born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Weddings in Film & TV

Isabella Rossellini & Martin Scorsese

Sep 29 Actress Isabella Rossellini (27) weds director Martin Scorsese (36)

Deaths in Film & TV

Sep 1 Doris Kenyon, American silent screen actress (Alexander Hamilton), dies at 81
Sep 2 Felix Aylmer, British actor (Anastasia, Hamlet, Iron Duke, Macbeth, St Joan), dies at 90
Sep 15 Caro van Eyck [Gerarda Taytelbaum], Dutch actress (De stille Kracht, Medea), dies at 63
Sep 15 Tommy Leonetti [Tomaso Lionetti], American singer ("Free"), songwriter ("My City of Sydney"), and actor (Gomer Pyle, USMC), dies of cancer at 50
Sep 21 John McQuade, actor (Charlie Wild Private Detective), dies at 73
Sep 23 Catherine Lacey, actress (October Man, Carnival), dies at 75
Sep 25 Tapio Rautavaara, Finnish athlete, actor, and singer (Me tulemme taas, Rion yö), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 64
Sep 26 Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (El Dorado, Big Sky, Apache Uprising), dies from mouth cancer at 69
Sep 26 John Cromwell, American actor and director (Spitfire, Of Human Bondage), dies at 91
Sep 27 Gracie Fields, English music hall/vaudeville performer and actress (Queen of Hearts), dies at 81