1983 in Film & Television

• Jan 2 Don Muraco beats Pedro Morales to become WWF Intercontinental Champ

• Jan 17 10th American Music Awards: John Cougar & Rick Springfield, Olivia Newton-John
• Jan 21 President Reagan certifies El Salvador human-rights abuses have decreased making country eligible for US military aid

• Feb 2 CBS' premiere of fact based WW2 drama "The Scarlet and the Black", based on the life of Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty

• Mar 8 President Reagan 1st known use of term "Evil Empire" (about the USSR) in speech in Florida

• Mar 23 US President Ronald Reagan introduces Strategic Defense Initiative ("Star Wars")
• Apr 11 3rd Golden Raspberry Awards: "Inchon!" wins
• Apr 11 55th Academy Awards: "Gandhi", Ben Kingsley & Meryl Streep win
• Apr 14 US President Reagan signs $165 billion Social Security rescue
• Apr 20 President Reagan signs a $165B bail out for Social Security
• May 10 "Laverne & Shirley" last airs on ABC-TV
• May 12 Julie Lynne Hayek, (California), crowned 32nd Miss USA

• May 19 36th Cannes Film Festival: "Narayama Bushiko" directed by Shohei Imamura wins the Palme d'Or

• May 28 "Ricky" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #63
• Jun 2 1980 movie "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" released in Germany

• Jun 8 "Trading Places", American comedy film, is released

• Jul 11 Lorraine Elizabeth Downes, 19, of NZ, crowned 32nd Miss Universe
• Jul 29 "Friday Night Videos" premieres on NBC TV
• Aug 4 16th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Hotel San Diego
• Aug 30 Elizabeth R Zakarian (Devon Pierce), 17, NY, crowned 1st Miss Teen USA
• Aug 31 40th Venice Film Festival: "First Name: Carmen" directed by Jean-Luc Godard wins Golden Lion

• Sep 17 Vanessa Williams (NY), 20, crowned 56th Miss America 1984, 1st black
• Sep 18 Kiss' first "unmasked" (no make up) appearance on MTV
• Sep 18 Action series "Hardcastle and McCormick" premieres on ABC in the US
• Sep 25 35th Emmy Awards: Hill Street Blues, Cheers, Ed Flanders & Shelley Long win
• Sep 29 US Congress authorizes President Reagan to keep 1,600 US Marines in Lebanon
• Oct 10 NBC premiere of true life drama "Adam", based on John Walsh's son's murder

• Nov 11 President Reagan became 1st US President to address Japanese legislature
• Nov 20 100 million watch ABC-TV movie "Day After" about nuclear war

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 146

• Jan 1 Ali Bastian, English actress and model
• Jan 1 Emi Kobayashi, Japanese model
• Jan 2 Kate Bosworth, American actress (Superman Returns ), born in Los Angeles, California
• Jan 8 Chris Mordetzky, American wrestler
• Jan 8 Felipe Colombo, Argentine-Mexican actor and singer
• Jan 13 Julian Morris, English actor
• Jan 13 William Hung, American Idol contestant
• Jan 17 Andrea Lowell, American Model
• Jan 18 Samantha Mumba, Irish singer and actress
• Jan 20 Paula Taylor, English-Thai actress, model and presenter
• Jan 21 Maryse Ouellet, French-Canadian model and professional wrestler
• Jan 31 James Sutton, British television actor
• Feb 3 Silambarasan Rajendar, famous south Indian actor
• Feb 6 Melrose Bickerstaff, American fashion model
• Feb 11 Nicki Clyne, Canadian actress, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
• Feb 11 Huang Shengyi, Chinese actress, born in Shanghai, China
• Feb 15 Ashley Tesoro, US actress and singer, born in Iowa City, Iowa
• Feb 19 Assunta De Rossi, Filipino actress
• Feb 19 Mika Nakashima, Japanese singer/actress
• Feb 23 Aziz Ansari, Indian-American comedian and actor (Parks and Recreation, Master of None), born in Columbia, South Carolina
• Feb 23 Emily Blunt, English-American actress, born in London, United Kingdom
• Feb 26 Kara Monaco, American model
• Feb 27 Hayley Angel Wardle, English actress

• Mar 1 Lupita Nyong’o, Mexican-Kenyan actress (12 Years a Slave), born in Mexico City
• Mar 9 Maite Perroni [Beorlegui], Mexican actress and singer in the Latin pop group RBD, born in Mexico City
• Mar 10 Rafe Spall, English Actor
• Mar 15 Sean Biggerstaff, Scottish actor
• Mar 19 Ana Rezende, Brazilian film director and musician (CSS)
• Mar 19 Matt Sydal, American professional wrestler
• Mar 26 Michael Brendli, American professional wrestler
• Mar 30 Zach Gowen, American professional wrestler
• Apr 1 Matt Lanter, American actor and model
• Apr 3 Errol Barnett, English-born American reporter (CBS News), born in Milton Keynes, England
• Apr 6 Diora Baird, American actress
• Apr 6 Jade Seah, Singaporean model, host and actress
• Apr 8 Allu Arjun, Indian film actor
• Apr 8 Adrian Bellani, American actor
• Apr 10 Ryan Merriman, American actor (The Ring Two), born in Choctaw, Oklahoma
• Apr 15 Alice Braga, Brazilian actress
• Apr 20 Terrence J, American actor and television host (106 & Park), born in Queens, New York
• Apr 20 Miranda Kerr, Australian supermodel, born in Sydney, Australia
• Apr 27 Ari Graynor, American actress (The Sopranos), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• Apr 29 Yuriko Shiratori, Japanese gravure idol and actress
• Apr 29 Sam Jones III, American Actor
• May 1 The Human Tornado (Craig Williams), American professional wrestler
• May 2 Christa Rigozzi, Swiss model (Miss Switzerland 2006), born in Monte Carasso, Ticino, Switzerland
• May 4 Trisha Krishnan, Indian actress (Mounam Pesiyadhe), born in Chennai, India
• May 5 Henry Cavill, English actor (Superman), born in Jersey, Channel Islands
• May 6 Adrianne Palicki, American actress

• May 14 Amber Tamblyn, actress (Emily Bowen-Gen Hospital), born in Santa Monica, California
• May 14 Anahí, Mexican actress and singer (RBD)
• May 19 Jessica Fox, British actress
• May 20 Jr. NTR, Indian film actor
• May 23 Cristiano Bilanzola, Canadian musician and filmmaker
• May 23 Alex Shelley, American professional wrestler
• May 25 Kunal Khemu, Indian actor
• May 29 Richard Jackson, Redlands California, actor (Ryan Meyers-Saved by the Bell)
• May 31 Reggie Yates, English television presenter
• Jun 1 Jake Silbermann, American actor
• Jun 6 Gemma Bissix, British actress

• Jun 14 Louis Garrel, French actor
• Jun 17 Connie Fisher, English stage actress
• Jun 17 Kazunari Ninomiya, Japanese singer and actor
• Jun 20 Cherrie Ying, Hong Kong actress
• Jun 24 John Lloyd Cruz, Filipino Actor
• Jun 28 Maui Taylor, Filipino model and singer
• Jul 2 Sammy J, Australian comedian
• Jul 3 Steph Jones, American singer and model
• Jul 4 Isabeli Fontana, Brazilian model
• Jul 6 Gregory Smith, Canadian actor (Small Soldiers, Everwood), born in Toronto, Ontario
• Jul 11 Kellie Shirley, British actress
• Jul 14 Wesley Dening, Australian TV personality
• Jul 17 Brooke Kinsella, British actress (Eastenders), born in London
• Jul 17 Sarah Jones, American actress
• Jul 22 Sharni Vinson, Australian actress and model
• Jul 23 Andrew Eiden, American actor
• Jul 23 Bec Hewitt, Australian actress
• Jul 26 Roderick Strong, American professional wrestler
• Jul 27 Alsou, Russian pop-star and actress
• Aug 3 Mamie Gummer, American actress (Nancy Crozier-The Good Wife), born in NYC, New York
• Aug 7 Tina O'Brien, British actress
• Aug 8 Guy Burnet, British actor
• Aug 9 Ashley Johnson, actress (Chrissy-Growing Pains)

• Aug 13 Sebastian Stan, Romanian-born actor
• Aug 14 Mila Kunis, Ukrainian-American actress (Friends with Benefits), born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine
• Aug 16 Colin Griffiths, English TV presenter and DJ
• Aug 19 Tammin Sursok, Australian actress & singer

• Aug 21 Chantelle Houghton, British TV personality, born in Wickford, Essex, England
• Aug 21 Brody Jenner, American actor, born in Los Angeles, California
• Aug 22 Laura Breckenridge, American actress (Rose Sorelli-Related), born in Flourtown, Pennsylvania
• Aug 24 Christopher Parker, British actor (Eastenders), born in London
• Aug 25 Janet Chow, Canadian/Chinese beauty pageant contestant
• Aug 27 Wilson Chen, Taiwanese actor
• Aug 28 Alfonso Herrera, Actor, and singer in the Latin pop group RBD
• Aug 29 Jennifer Landon, actress (As the World Turns), born in Malibu, California

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• Mar 4 Actor Harrison Ford marries screenwriter Melissa Mathison (divorced 2004)

• Jun 24 "NBC Sports" sportscaster Bob Costas (31) weds Carole Randall Krumenacher

• Nov 21 NY Ranger Ron Greschner marries model Carol Alt

• Dec 21 M*A*S*H actress Loretta Swit weds Dennis Holahan

• Jan 2 Richard "Dick" Emery, British comedian and actor (Yellow Submarine, Loot, Baby Love), dies from cardio-respiratory failure at 65
• Jan 8 Gale Page, actress (4 Daughters, Knute Rockney), dies of cancer at 72
• Jan 8 Lois Wilson, actress (Alice-Aldrich Family), dies at 88
• Jan 8 Ron Frazer, Australian actor (b. 1924)
• Jan 10 Ewan Roberts, Scottish actor (The Day of the Triffids, Five to One), dies at 68
• Jan 13 Arthur Space, actor (Doc Weaver-Lassie), dies of cancer at 74
• Jan 13 John McHugh, actor (Unspeakable), dies of a heart attack at 69
• Jan 15 Shepperd Strudwick, actor (Psychomania), dies of cancer at 75
• Jan 17 Doodles Weaver [Winstead Sheffield Weaver], American comedian (Spike Jones & City Slickers, The Zodiac Killer), commits suicide by shooting himself at 70
• Jan 27 Louis De Funes, French actor and writer (The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacobs), dies at 68
• Jan 27 Robert Christian, actor (Bustin' Loose), dies of cancer at 42
• Jan 30 Joan Valerie, actress (Pier 13), dies of pneumonia
• Feb 4 Jim Ameche, actor (Festival of Stars), dies at 68
• Feb 4 Reginald Denham, director/writer (Death at BC House), dies at 89
• Feb 10 Eduard Franz, American actor (Zorro), dies at 80
• Feb 13 Marian Nixon, actress (Dr Bull, Sweepstakes), dies of cancer at 78
• Feb 19 Alice White, actress (Employees' Entrance), dies at 78 of a stroke
• Feb 20 Ray Vitte, actor (Doc, Cody-Quest), killed by police at 33
• Mar 6 Thelma Pelish, actress (Pajama Game), dies at 55
• Mar 7 Robert Bray, actor (Corey-Lassie, Simon-Stagecoach West), dies at 65
• Mar 9 Faye Emerson, American actress (I've Got a Secret), dies of cancer at 65
• Mar 14 Maurice Ronet, French film actor, director, and writer (Frantic, Sphinx, Circle of Love), dies of cancer at 55
• Mar 16 Arthur Godfrey, TV host (Arthur Godrey Show), dies at 79
• Mar 25 Martha Sleeper, actress (Spitfire), dies of a heart attack at 72
• Mar 27 James Hayter, actor (Pickwick Papers, Trio, Great Game), dies at 75
• Mar 28 Ank [Anna M] van der Moer, actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy), dies at 71
• Mar 31 Stephen Murray, English actor (Guilty, Silent Dust, Master Spy), dies at 70

• Apr 7 Gavin Gordon, television actor (Romance, Lone Cowboy), dies at 82
• Apr 11 Dolores Del Rio, actress (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 78
• Apr 15 Rodolfo Hoyos, actor (Luis-Viva Valdez), dies at 68
• Apr 19 Lorene Scott, actress (Faraway Hill), dies at 74
• Apr 22 Walter Slezak, Austrian actor (Bedtime for Bonzo, Inspector General), commits suicide at 80
• Apr 23 Selena Royale, American actress (Date With Judy, Robot Monster), dies at 78
• Apr 23 Clarence "Buster" Crabbe, American swimmer (Olympic gold 1932) and actor (Tarzan the Fearless, Flash Gordon), dies of a heart attack at 75
• Apr 26 Bronislaw Kaper, Polish film composer and Academy Award winner (Green Dolphin Street, Lili), dies at 81
• Apr 26 Vaughn Taylor, actor (Johnny Jupiter), dies at 72
• Apr 30 Jerry Hatsuo Fujikawa, actor (Uncle Matsu-Mr T & Tina), dies at 71
• May 5 John Williams, British actor (Family Affair, Dial M for Murder), dies at 80
• May 8 John Fante, Italian-American author and screenwriter (Wait Until Spring, Bandini, Ask the Dust, Full of Life), dies at 74
• May 25 Jean Rougeau, French Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1925)

• Jun 3 Miroslav "Standa" Bares, actress (Te Gkek Om Los te Lopen), dies at 60
• Jun 3 Nanna, Rafi Khawar, Lollywood actor, Lahore
• Jun 4 Ivan Tors, Hungarian TV producer (Sea Hunt, Flipper), dies at 66

• Jun 26 Walter O'Keefe, songwriter/TV host (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 82
• Jul 15 Eddie Foy Jr [Edwin Fitzgerald Jr], American actor (The Pajama Game, Fair Exchange), dies of cancer at 78
• Jul 20 Frank Reynolds, news anchor (ABC Evening News), dies at 59

• Jul 29 Raymond Massey, Canadian actor (Dr Kildare), dies of pneumonia at 86
• Jul 30 Lynn Fontanne, Broadway's premier actress (Emmy 1965), dies at 95
• Aug 1 Peter Arne, actor (Straw Dogs), bludgeoned to death in London at 62
• Aug 3 Carolyn Jones, American actress (Morticia-Addams Family), dies of cancer at 54
• Aug 5 Judy Canova, American comedian and actress (Cannonball), dies of cancer at 66
• Aug 15 Anthony Costello, actor (Blue), dies at 42
• Aug 24 Jack Somack, American actor (Ball Four, The Frisco Kid, Stockard Channing Show), dies of a heart attack at 64
• Aug 26 Mike Kellin [Myron Kellin], American actor (Pipe Dream, American Buffalo), dies of cancer at 61
• Aug 28 Jan Clayton, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66
• Aug 29 Simon Oakland, American actor (Toma, Kolchak), dies at 61
• Sep 3 Ellie Lambeti, Greek actress (b. 1926)
• Sep 26 Tino Rossi, French singer and actor, dies at 76
• Sep 27 Tino Rossi, singer/actor (Destins, Belle Menuniere), dies at 76
• Sep 30 William Elliott, American actor (Bernie Loves Bridget", "Adam 12"), dies at 49
• Oct 3 John K M McCaffery, TV host (One Minute Please), dies at 69
• Oct 8 Joan Hackett, actress (Group, Flicks, Rivals), dies of cancer at 49

• Oct 12 Ernie Roth, American wrestling manager, known by the ring name "The Grand Wizard of Wrestling", dies at 57
• Oct 14 Paul Fix, American actor (Rifleman), dies of kidney failure at 82
• Oct 15 Pat O'Brien, American actor (Knute Rockne, Angels with Dirty Faces), dies of heart attack at 83
• Oct 23 Jessica Savage, Margate NJ, newscaster (NBC Weekend), dies at 36
• Oct 23 Tamara Shayne, Russian-American actress (Moma Yoelson-The Jolson Story), dies of a heart attack at 80
• Oct 24 Jessica Savitch, news anchor (NBC-TV), dies at 35
• Nov 13 Junior Samples, American comedian and country singer (Hee Haw), dies at 56
• Nov 15 John Le Mesurier, British actor (The Italian Job, Jabberwocky, Dad's Army), dies of cirrhosis of the liver at 71
• Nov 19 Peter Coffield, Ill, actor (Kevin-W E B), dies at 37
• Nov 20 Marcel Dalio [Israel Moshe Blauschild], French actor (Sabrina, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Casablanca), dies at 83
• Nov 20 Richard Loo, actor, (China Sky), dies of cardio-pulmonary arrest
• Nov 22 Michael Conrad, American actor (Delvecchio, Hill St Blues), dies of cancer at 58
• Nov 28 Christopher George, American actor (Chisum, Heist), dies of heart attack at 52
• Dec 4 Estelle Omens, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays), dies at 55
• Dec 5 Robert Aldrich, American director and producer (The Dirty Dozen, Last Sunset), dies at 65
• Dec 7 Fanny Cano, Mexican actress (b. 1944)
• Dec 8 Slim Pickens [Louis Burton Lindley Jr], American rodeo performer and actor (Dr Strangelove, Blazing Saddles), dies following surgery at 64
• Dec 9 David Rounds, American actor (Terence-Beacon Hill, Alice, The Blue and The Grey), dies of cancer at 53
• Dec 10 Dorothy Cummings, actress (Dancing Mothers), dies at 84
• Dec 10 Patrick O'Moore, actor (Jungle Gents), dies at 74
• Dec 13 Leora Dana, US actress (3:10 to Yuma, Pollyanna), dies at 60
• Dec 21 Rod Cameron [Nathan Roderick Cox], Canadian actor (City Detective, State Trooper, Trigger Trail), dies of cancer at 73
• Dec 26 Violet Carson, British actress (b. 1898)
• Dec 28 William Demarest, American actor (My 3 Sons), dies from pneumonia and prostate cancer at 91
• Dec 31 Frank Link, actor (Burns & Schreiber Comedy Show), dies at 46

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