Events in Film & TV
Film Premiere
Dec 1 "Tootsie" directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Dustin Hoffman and Jessica Lange premieres in Hollywood
Film Release
Dec 3 "Frances", film depicting life of actress Frances Farmer and starring Jessica Lange, first released in the US
- Dec 5 15th NAACP Image Awards: "An Officer and a Gentleman" wins Outstanding Motion Picture
Film Release
Dec 8 "Sophie's Choice", directed by Alan J. Pakula and based on William Styton's 1979 novel of the same name, starring Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline, is released (Academy Awards Best Actress 1983)
- Dec 31 CBS Mystery Theater final episode on radio after 8 years
- Dec 31 NBC radio cancels almost all of its network daily features
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Dec 1 Rizwan "Riz" Ahmed, British-Pakistani actor (The Night Of), rapper (Swet Shop Boys) and activist, born in Wembley, London
- Dec 3 Jaycee Chan, American-born Hong Kong singer and actor, born in Los Angeles, California
- Dec 10 Shilpa Anand, Indian film and television actress
- Dec 14 Anthony Way, English singer and actor, born in London
Charlie Cox (40 years old)
Dec 15 English actor (Daredevil, The Theory of Everything, Boardwalk Empire), born in London
- Dec 16 Garnon Davies, Welsh actor
- Dec 20 David Cook, American singer and American Idol winner, born in Houston, Texas
- Dec 24 Aiba Masaki, Japanese singer & actor, born in Chiba, Japan
- Dec 24 Robert Schwartzman, American actor & musician, born in Los Angeles, California
- Dec 26 Oguri Shun, Japanese actor & model, born in Tokyo, Japan
- Dec 28 Kevin Pereira, American television host, born in Rochester, Michigan
Alison Brie (40 years old)
Dec 29 American actress (Community, GLOW), born in Los Angeles, California
- Dec 30 Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress
Weddings in Film & TV
Jackie Chan
Dec 1 Martial artist Jackie Chan (28) weds actress Lin Feng-jiao (29) in Los Angeles
Phil Hartman
Dec 18 Actor Phil Hartman (34) weds real estate agent Lisa Strain
Divorces in Film & TV
William Hurt
Dec 9 American actors Mary-Beth & William Hurt divorce, after 10 years of marriage
Deaths in Film & TV
- Dec 2 Marty Feldman, English comedian (Young Frankenstein), dies of a heart attack at 49
- Dec 7 William "Will" Lee, American actor (They Live by Night, Melody Lane), dies from a heart attack at 74
- Dec 9 Joey Forman, American actor (Sid Caesar Show, Joey Bishop Show), dies at 53
- Dec 10 Freeman Gosden, American radio and television writer and actor (The Amos 'n' Andy Show; Calvin and the Colonel), dies at 83
- Dec 10 Roy Webb, American film score composer (films of Val Lewton), dies at 94
- Dec 23 Jack Webb, American screenwriter, director and actor (Dragnet, Sunset Boulevard), dies of a heart attack at 62
- Dec 29 Sol C Siegel, American film producer (A Letter To Three Wives, High Society, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies of a heart attack at 79
