Events in Film & TV
Statue of Liberty
Apr 8 In front of a live audience of 20 tourists, David Copperfield makes the Statue of Liberty disappear
- Apr 11 3rd Golden Raspberry Awards: "Inchon!" wins
Academy Awards
Apr 11 55th Academy Awards: "Gandhi", Ben Kingsley & Meryl Streep win
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Apr 1 Matt Lanter, American actor (Disaster Movie; 90210; Timeless), born in Massillon, Ohio
- Apr 3 Errol Barnett, English-born American reporter (CBS News), born in Milton Keynes, England
- Apr 4 Angelle Tymon, American journalist and TV game show host (PlayMania Block), born in Lutcher, Louisiana
- Apr 6 Diora Baird, American actress
- Apr 6 Jade Seah, Singaporean model, host and actress
- Apr 8 Adrian Bellani [Gerardo Celasco], American actor (Passions), born in Miami, Florida
- Apr 8 Allu Arjun, Indian Telugu film actor (Parugu), born in Madras, India
- Apr 10 Ryan Merriman, American actor (The Ring Two), born in Choctaw, Oklahoma
- Apr 15 Alice Braga, Brazilian actress
- Apr 20 Miranda Kerr, Australian supermodel, born in Sydney, Australia
- Apr 20 Tan France, English fashion designer and TV personality (Queer Eye), born in Doncaster, England
- Apr 20 Terrence J, American actor and television host (106 & Park), born in Queens, New York
- Apr 21 Gugu Mbatha-Raw, British actress (Belle, Loki), born in Oxford, England
- Apr 27 Ari Graynor, American actress (The Sopranos), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Apr 29 Megan Boone, American film and television actress (The Blacklist), born in Petoskey, Michigan
- Apr 29 Sam Jones III, American actor (Smallville), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Apr 29 Yuriko Shiratori, Japanese gravure idol and actress
Deaths in Film & TV
Gloria Swanson (1899-1983)
Apr 4 American actress (Airport 1975, Sunset Boulevard) and producer, dies of a heart ailment at 84
- Apr 4 Jacqueline Logan, American actress and silent film leading lady (WAMPAS Baby Star), dies at 78
- 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 {Jr}, Mexican-American actor (The Brave One; Viva Valdez -"Luis"), dies from a stroke at 67
- 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 Clarence "Buster" Crabbe, American swimmer (Olympic gold 1932) and actor (Tarzan the Fearless, Flash Gordon), dies of a heart attack at 75
- Apr 23 Selena Royale, American actress (Date With Judy, Robot Monster), dies at 78
- Apr 26 Bronislaw Kaper, Polish-American Academy Award-winning film composer (Green Dolphin Street; Lili; The Brothers Karamazov), dies at 81
- Apr 26 Vaughn Taylor, American actor (Jailhouse Rock, Johnny Jupiter), dies at 72
- Apr 30 Jerry Hatsuo Fujikawa, actor (Uncle Matsu-Mr T & Tina), dies at 71
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