June 1981 in Film & Television

Events in Film & TV

Film & TV History

Jun 2 Barbara Walters famously asks Katharine Hepburn “If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?”

Film Premiere

Jun 12 "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (the first Indiana Jones film) directed by Stephen Spielberg, produced by George Lucas, and starring Harrison Ford premieres

Film & TV History

Jun 13 Tom Snyder interviews Charles Manson on "Tomorrow"

  • Jun 14 No Nukes concert at Hollywood Bowl
  • Jun 23 NYC Mayor Koch turns down a $7,500 offer to perform comedy

Film Premiere

Jun 24 "For Your Eyes Only", 12th James Bond, starring Roger Moore and 1st drected by John Glen premieres in London

Film Premiere

Jun 26 "Stripes", American military comedy film, directed and produced by Ivan Reitman, starring Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, and John Candy premieres

#1 in the Charts

Jun 27 "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes returns to #1 slot


Birthdays in Film & TV

Amy SchumerAmy Schumer (41 years old)

Jun 1 American comedian, writer and producer (Inside Amy Schumer), born in New York

  • Jun 4 T. J. Miller, American actor and comedian
  • Jun 5 Jade Goody, English television personality (Big Brother), born in London (d. 2009)
  • Jun 6 Johnny Pacar, American film actor
  • Jun 7 Amrita Rao, Indian model and actress
  • Jun 7 Larisa Oleynik, American actress
  • Jun 8 Ai Nonaka, Japanese voice actor
  • Jun 8 Jess Weixler, American actress

Natalie PortmanNatalie Portman (41 years old)

Jun 9 Israeli-American actress (V for Vendetta, Black Swan, Star Wars), born in Jerusalem, Israel

  • Jun 9 Vic Zhou, Taiwanese pop singer (F4), actor (Meteor Garden; Home), and model, born in Yilan, Taiwan
  • Jun 10 Hoku, American singer and actress
  • Jun 10 Jonathan Bennett, American actor (Mean Girls), born in Rossford, Ohio
  • Jun 12 Adriana Lima, Brazilian supermodel, born in Salvador, Brazil

Chris EvansChris Evans (41 years old)

Jun 13 American actor (Captain American, Human Torch-Fantastic Four), born in Boston, Massachusetts

  • Jun 14 Chauncey Leopardi, American actor
  • Jun 14 Lonneke Engel, Dutch model
  • Jun 15 Cristin Duren, Miss Florida Teen USA (Miss Photogenic-1997)
  • Jun 15 Jordi Vilasuso, American actor
  • Jun 17 Amrita Rao, Indian Bollywood actress (Vivah)
  • Jun 22 Monty Oum, American Animator (RWBY), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 2015)
  • Jun 25 Pooja Umashankar, Indian-Sri Lankan actress (Asai Man Piyabanna), born in Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • Jun 25 Sheridan Smith, British actress (Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps), born in Epworth, Lincolnshire, England
  • Jun 28 Jon Watts, American film director and screenwriter (Spider-Man franchise, 2017 - present), born in Fountain, Colorado

Weddings in Film & TV

Oliver Stone

Jun 7 American filmmaker Oliver Stone (34) weds production assistant Elizabeth Burkit Cox; divorce 1993

Deaths in Film & TV

  • Jun 5 Philo McCullough, actor (Branded, Ridin' Thru), dies
  • Jun 9 Allen Ludden [Ellsworth], American TV personality and gameshow host (Password), husband of Betty White, dies of stomach cancer at 63
  • Jun 9 Russell "Lucky" Hayden [Pate Lucid], American actor (Judge Roy Bean, Three Men from Texas), dies from pneumonia at 68
  • Jun 18 Richard Goolden, British actor (Two Days to Live, School for Husbands), dies at 86
  • Jun 22 Lola Lane, actress (Zanzibar, Mystery Ship, Big Fight), dies
  • Jun 23 Zarah Leander, Swedish/German singer/actress (Gabriela), dies at 79
  • Jun 28 Peter Paul Kreuder, German-Austrian pianist and film score composer, dies at 75