Events in Film & TV
Television Finale
May 10 TV sitcom "Laverne & Shirley" last airs on ABC-TV
Music History
May 19 Weird Al Yankovic gives live performance at Wax Museum in Washington, D.C.
Music History
May 25 "Return of the Jedi" (Star Wars Episode VI), produced by George Lucas first released
- May 28 "Ricky", parody song by Weird Al Yankovic hits #63
Birthdays in Film & TV
Henry Cavill (39 years old)
May 5 English actor (Superman), born in Jersey, Channel Islands
- May 6 Adrianne Palicki, American actress (Friday Night Lights, Agents of Shield), born in Toledo, Ohio
- May 8 Matt Willis, British pop singer, bassist (Busted), and television personality, born in Tooting, London, England
- May 8 Vicky McClure, English actress (Line of Duty), born in Nottingham, England
Holly Valance (39 years old)
May 11 Australian actress (Felicity "Flick" Scully-Neighbours) and singer, born in Melbourne, Victoria
- May 11 Matt Leinart, American College Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Heisman Trophy 2004, USC; NFL: Arizona Cardinals, Houston Texans) and broadcaster (Fox Sports), born in Santa Ana, California
- May 12 Domhnall Gleeson, Irish actor (Harry Potter films, The Revenant), born in Dublin, Ireland
- May 14 Amber Tamblyn, actress (Emily Bowen-Gen Hospital), born in Santa Monica, California
- May 14 AnahÃ, Mexican actress and singer (RBD)
- May 19 Jessica Fox, British actress
- May 20 Jr. NTR, Indian film actor
- May 23 Alex Shelley, American professional wrestler
- May 23 Cristiano Bilanzola, Canadian musician and filmmaker, born in Hamilton, Ontario
- May 25 Kunal Khemu, Indian actor (Kalyug), born in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
- May 29 Richard Jackson, American actor (Ryan Meyers-Saved by the Bell), born in Redlands, California
- May 31 David Hernandez, American pop singer (American Idol), born in Phoenix, Arizona
- May 31 Reggie Yates, English television presenter and filmmaker (Doctor Who), born in London, England
Deaths in Film & TV
- May 3 Vaughn Taylor, American actor (Jailhouse Rock, Johnny Jupiter), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 72
- 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)
- May 25 Sydney Box, British film producer and screenwriter (The Seventh Veil), dies at 76
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