Events in Film & TV
- Sep 2 38th Venice Film Festival: "Die bleierne Zeit" directed by Margarethe von Trotta wins Golden Lion
Film & TV History
Sep 4 Newscaster David Brinkley is released by NBC
Telethon
Sep 7 Jerry Lewis' 16th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $31,500,000
- Sep 8 British TV comedy "Only Fools and Horses" created by John Sullivan, starring David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst and Lennard Pearce premieres on BBC One
The Smurfs TV Debut
Sep 12 "The Smurfs" animated cartoon series by Hanna-Barbera first broadcasts in North America
- Sep 12 Elizabeth Ward (Arkansas), 20, crowned 54th Miss America 1982
Emmy Awards
Sep 13 33rd Emmy Awards: "Taxi", "Hill Street Blues"; Judd Hirsch and Isabel Sanford win
- Sep 14 Entertainment Tonight premieres on TV
- Sep 19 6th Toronto International Film Festival: "Chariots of Fire" directed by Hugh Hudson wins the People's Choice Award
- Sep 27 Frank Lazarus and Dick Vosburgh's musical double feature "A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine" closes at Royale Theatre, NYC, after 588 performances and 2 Tony Awards
Music Single
Sep 28 “Physical” single released by Olivia Newton-John (Billboard Song of the Year 1982)
Birthdays in Film & TV
Beyoncé (41 years old)
Sep 4 American pop and R&B singer, songwriter, producer and actress (Destiny's Child), born in Houston, Texas
Jennifer Hudson (41 years old)
Sep 12 American Academy and Grammy Award-winning actress (Dreamgirls; Respect) and singer ("And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Sep 13 Angel Williams, Canadian professional wrestler, born in Toronto, Ontario
- Sep 14 Miyavi, Japanese singer and actor, born in Konohana-ku ward, Osaka, Japan
- Sep 15 Ben Schwarz, American comedian, (Parks and Recreation, Jake and Amir), born in The Bronx, New York
- Sep 16 Alexis Bledel, American actress (Gilmore Girls), born in Houston, Texas
- Sep 16 Fan Bingbing, Chinese actress and singer (My Fair Princess), born in Qingdao, Shandong
- Sep 18 Jennifer Tisdale, American actress and model, born in Neptune, New Jersey
- Sep 21 Meilinda Soerjoko, Indonesian-Australian actress
- Sep 21 Nicole Richie, American socialite, author and TV personality (The Simple Life), born in Berkeley, California
- Sep 21 Rimi Sen, Indian actress
- Sep 22 Ashley Eckstein, American actress (voice of Ahsoka Tan in Star Wars), born in Louisville, Kentucky
- Sep 22 Subaru Shibutani, Japanese singer, dancer, actor (Kanjani8)
- Sep 23 Misti Traya, American actress
- Sep 24 BenDeLaCreme [Benjamin Putnam], American drag queen, burlesque performer and actor (RuPaul's Drag Race), born in Seattle, Washington
- Sep 24 Drew Gooden, National Basketball Association player and broadcaster, born in Oakland, California
- Sep 25 Van Hansis, American actor, born in North Adams, Massachusetts
- Sep 26 Christina Milian [Flores], American actress (Grandfathered), and singer (A.M. To P.M.), born in Jersey City, New Jersey
- Sep 26 Collien Fernandes, German TV host and actress, born in Hamburg, Germany
- Sep 27 Sophie Crumb, American-French cartoonist (Belly Button), bor in Woodlands, California
- Sep 28 Gül Gölge, Turkish model and actress
Weddings in Film & TV
Lorne Michaels
Sep 13 Television producer Lorne Michaels (36) weds model Susan Forristal
Deaths in Film & TV
- Sep 1 Ann Harding, actress (When Ladies Meet, Devotion), dies
- Sep 4 Verne Rowe, actor (Verne-Fernwood 2 Night), dies at 59
- Sep 6 Maria Palmer, actress (Days of Glory, Web), dies
- Sep 11 Frank McHugh, american actor (Going My Way, Front Page, Gold Diggers 1935, Mighty Joe Young), dies at 83
- Sep 15 Harold Bennett, English actor (b. 1899)
- Sep 15 Sara Haden, American actress (A Family Affair), dies at 83
- Sep 21 Nigel Patrick, actor and director (Sapphire, Prize of Gold), dies of lung cancer at 69
- Sep 23 Chief Dan George [Tes-wah-no], Canadian Indian author, poet and actor (Harry & Tonto, Little Big Man, Smith!), dies from heart failure at 82
- Sep 24 Patsy Kelly, American actress (Rosemary's Baby, North Ave Irregulars), dies at 71
- Sep 27 Robert Montgomery, American actor and director (Robert Montgomery Presents, Earl of Chicago, Yellow Jack), dies at 77
