Events in Film & TV
- Jan 4 "Night Court" starring Harry Anderson premieres on NBC TV
- Jan 9 "TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes" premieres on NBC TV (Whoops)
- Jan 17 Supreme Court rules (5-4) that private use of home VCRs to tape TV programs for later viewing does not violate federal copyright laws
Event of Interest
Jan 23 Hulk Hogan defeats Iron Sheik to win his 1st World Wrestling Federation title at Madison Gardens, New York
Hulk Hogan
Event of Interest
Jan 27 Michael Jackson is burned during filming for Pepsi commercial
Michael Jackson
Golden Globes
Jan 28 41st Golden Globes: Terms of Endearment, Tom Courtenay, Robert Duvall, & Shirley MacLaine win
Shirley MacLaine
Robert Duvall
- Jan 31 Edwin Newman retires from NBC News after 35 years with the network
- Feb 2 1st Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins
- Feb 7 Michael Jackson awarded a 4-ft-high platinum disc by CBS
- Feb 17 34th Berlin International Film Festival: "Love Streams" wins the Golden Bear
- Feb 28 British satirical puppet show "Spitting Image" premieres on ITV
Film and TV Awards
Mar 15 10th People's Choice Awards: Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds & Meryl Streep win (Motion Picture) and Tom Selleck, Linda Evans win (TV)
Television Premiere
Mar 19 American sitcom "Kate & Allie" premieres on CBS TV starring Susan Saint James and Jane Curtin
Jane Curtin
- Apr 5 "Human Comedy" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 13 performances
- Apr 8 4th Golden Raspberry Awards: "Lonely Lady" wins
- Apr 9 56th Academy Awards: "Terms of Endearment", Robert Duvall & Shirley MacLaine win
- Apr 15 "Human Comedy" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 13 performances
- Apr 21 "Nightline" reverts back from 1 hour to ½ hour
Television Premiere
Apr 22 CBS premiere of TV film "Pope John Paul II", starring Albert Finney in title role
John Paul II
- May 17 Mai Shanley, 21, of New Mexico crowned 33rd Miss USA
Event of Interest
May 19 "King Of Suede" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #62
Weird Al Yankovic
Film Release
May 23 "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom", 2nd in the film series, directed by Stephen Spielberg, produced by George Lucas and starring Harrison Ford, opens in the US
- May 23 37th Cannes Film Festival: "Paris, Texas" directed by Wim Wenders wins the Palme d'Or
Film Premier
May 23 Crime epic film "Once Upon a Time in America" directed by Sergio Leone starring Robert De Niro and James Woods premieres at Cannes
Robert De Niro
James Woods
Film Release
Jun 8 "Ghostbusters", American supernatural comedy film, directed and produced by Ivan Reitman, starring Bill Murrary and Dan Aykroyd is released
Rick Moranis
Dan Aykroyd
- Jun 8 "Gremlins", American comedy horror film, is released
- Jun 9 Donald Duck's 50th birthday celebrated at Disneyland
- Jun 9 Weird Al Yankovic gives a live performance at Starlight Amphitheater
- Jun 11 Michael Larson shown winning record $110,237 on American TV game show "Press Your Luck" by memorizing patterns
- Jun 19 Weird Al Yankovic gives free live performance at Del Mar Fair
- Jun 19 1st live TV appearance by Chief Justice Warren Burger (Nightline)
Music Recording
Jun 26 Barbra Streisand records "Here We Are at Last"
Barbra Streisand
Event of Interest
Jun 27 Emmy 11th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 5th time
Susan Lucci
Famous Photo
Jul 20 Vanessa Williams is asked to resign as Miss America due to publication of nude photos of her
Vanessa Williams
- Jul 23 Suzette Charles (NJ), 21, replaces Williams as 57th Miss America 1984
- Jul 23 Vanessa Williams, 1st African American Miss America, resigns after Penthouse publishes unauthorized nude photos of her
- Jul 30 Soap Opera "Santa Barbara" premieres on NBC TV
- Jul 31 Leeza Gibbon's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight
Event of Interest
Sep 3 Jerry Lewis' 19th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $32,074,566
Jerry Lewis
Film Premier
Sep 6 "Amadeus" from the play by Peter Shaffer, directed by Milos Forman and starring Tom Hulce premieres in Los Angeles (Academy Awards Best Picture 1985)
Peter Shaffer
Event of Interest
Sep 10 First episode of daily syndicated version of Jeopardy! with Alex Trebek as host
Alex Trebek
Event of Interest
Sep 12 Country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accident
Barbara Mandrell
Event of Interest
Sep 29 Elizabeth Taylor undergoes rehabilitation at the Betty Ford Clinic
Elizabeth Taylor
Film Release
Oct 26 "The Terminator" directed by James Cameron, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton is released in the US
Arnold Schwarzenegger
James Cameron
Linda Hamilton
- Nov 9 Wes Craven's horror film "A Nightmare on Elm Street" premieres in the US
- Nov 10 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Hollywood Park; winners: Chief's Crown, Eillo, Lashkari, Outstandingly, Princess Rooney, Royal Heroine, Wild Again
- Nov 12 NBC premiere of "Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story", fact based telepic of actress Saldana's near fatal attack and its aftermath
- Nov 18 NBC premiere of the first part of fact based crime mystery "Fatal Vision", based on Joe McGinnis' novel about Jefferey MacDonald and the 1970 murders of his then-pregnant wife and two children
Event of Interest
Nov 22 Fred Rogers of PBS "Mr Rogers Neighborhood" presents a sweater to Smithsonian Institution
Fred Rogers
Film Premier
Nov 23 "A Christmas Carol" directed by Clive Donner starring George C. Scott premieres in the UK
George C. Scott
Film Premier
Dec 1 "Beverly Hills Cop" directed by Martin Brest and starring Eddie Murphy and Judge Reinhold premieres in Los Angeles
Eddie Murphy
Event of Interest
Dec 4 6th ACE Cable Awards: David Bowie: Serious Moonlight by Anthony Eaton and HBO
David Bowie
Event of Interest
Dec 8 Ringo Starr appears on "Saturday Night Live"
Ringo Starr
Lorne Michaels
- Dec 18 "A Christmas Carol" directed by Clive Donner starring George C. Scott premieres in the US
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Jan 6 Kate McKinnon, American actress and comedian (Ghostbusters), born in Sea Cliff, New York
- Jan 15 Victor Rasuk, American actor, born in NYC, New York
- Jan 18 Kristy Lee Cook, American country singer (American Idol season 7), born in Seattle, Washington
- Jan 20 Olivia Hallinan, English actress, born in Hounslow, United Kingdom
- Jan 20 Toni Gonzaga, Filipino singer and actress, born in Rizal, Philippines
- Jan 22 Raica Oliveira, Brazilian supermodel, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Jan 26 Layla Kayleigh, British television personality, born in London, United Kingdom
- Jan 27 Davetta Sherwood, American actress
- Feb 1 Lee Thompson Young, American actor, born in Columbia, South Carolina (d. 2013)
- Feb 6 Brandon Hammond, American actor (Gregory Hines Show), born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Feb 10 Kim Hyo-jin, South Korean actress, born in Seoul, South Korea
- Feb 15 Meera Jasmine, Indian actress (Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam), born in Thiruvalla, Kerala, India
- Feb 17 Jimmy Jacobs, American professional wrestler (Ring of Honor), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Feb 17 Kenta Kamakari, Japanese actor and seiyuu, born in Osaka, Japan
- Feb 19 Chris Richardson, American Idol finalist
Trevor Noah
Feb 20 Trevor Noah, South African comedian, actor and TV host (The Daily Show), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
Trevor Noah
Karolína Kurková
Feb 28 Karolína Kurková, Czech supermodel, born in Děčín, Czechoslovakia
Karolína Kurková
- Mar 1 Naima Mora, American model
- Mar 2 Elizabeth Jagger, English model and actress
- Mar 4 Ai Iwamura, Japanese actress
- Mar 7 Brandon T. Jackson, American actor, born in Detroit, Michigan
- Mar 10 Li Yuchun [Chris Lee], Chinese singer-songwriter and actress (Supergirl), born in Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- Mar 10 Olivia Wilde, American actress
- Mar 11 Anna Tsuchiya, Japanese model, actress and singer
- Mar 11 Marc-André Grondin, Canadian actor
- Mar 12 Jaimie Alexander, American Actress (Blindspot), born in Greenville, South Carolina
- Mar 13 Rachael Bella, American actress (The Ring), born in Vermillion, South Dakota
- Mar 13 Noel Fisher, Canadian actor (Shameless, The Riches), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- Mar 13 Yuuka Nanri, Japanese actress, voice actress and pop singer, born in Nagasaki, Japan
- Mar 14 Liesel Matthews, American former child actress
- Mar 14 Antoni Porowski, Canadian chef and TV personality (Queer Eye), born in Montreal, Quebec
- Mar 18 Vonzell Solomon, American Idol Contestant
- Mar 19 Tanushree Dutta, Indian actress (Aashiq Banaya Aapne), born in Jamshedpur, India
- Mar 20 Christy Carlson Romano, American actress
- Mar 24 Tommy Snider, American actor (Dumb and Dumber To), born in Tacoma, Washington
- Mar 25 Katharine McPhee, American singer-songwriter and actress (scorpion), born in Los Angeles, California
- Mar 26 Sara Jean Underwood, American model
- Mar 27 Emily Ann Lloyd, American actress (Apollo 13), born in Glendale, California
- Mar 27 Jon Paul Steur, American actor (Grace Under Fire), born in Escondido, California
- Mar 28 Nikki Sanderson, British actress and model
- Apr 1 Olga Rei, Russian television personality
- Apr 2 Meryl Cassie, New Zealand actress and singer (The Tribe), born in George, Cape Province, South Africa
- Apr 5 Shin Min-a, South Korean model and actress
- Apr 8 Taran Noah Smith, actor (Mark Taylor-Home Improvement), born in San Francisco, California
- Apr 8 Júlia Liptáková, Slovakian model
- Apr 8 Kirsten Storms, American actress
- Apr 9 Linda Chung, Chinese-Canadian actress and singer, born in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada
- Apr 10 Mandy Moore, American singer (Candy) and actress (Rebecca Pearson-This Is Us), born in Nashua, New Hampshire
- Apr 11 Kelli Garner, American actress (Dreamland), born in Bakersfield, California
- Apr 13 Hiro Mizushima, Japanese actor, born in Tokyo
- Apr 16 Noah Fleiss, American actor, born in White Plains, New York
- Apr 16 Claire Foy, English Actress (The Crown), born in Stockport, England
- Apr 18 America Ferrera, American actress (Ugly Betty), born in Los Angeles, California
- Apr 19 Lee Da-Hae, South Korean actress (My Girl), born in Seoul, South Korea
- Apr 21 Ashley Peldon, actress (Marsha-Guilding Light, Deceived), born in Staten Island, New York
- Apr 22 Michelle Ryan, English actress
- Apr 26 Ryan O'Donohue, American actor (Byrds of Paradise, Boys are Back), born in Pomona, California
- Apr 29 Taylor Cole, American actress
- Apr 29 Firass Dirani, Lebanese-Australian actor
- Apr 30 Shawn Daivari, Persian-American professional wrestler and manager
- May 1 Farah Fath, American actress
- May 3 Nam Sang-mi, South Korean actress and model, born in Yeongju, South Korea
- May 5 Eve Torres, American actress and professional wrestler (3 times WWE Divas Champion), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- May 8 Nadine Chandrawinata, 2006 Miss Universe Pageant (Indonesia)
- May 12 Emily Beecham, English actress (Little Joe), born in Manchester, England
- May 13 Caitlin Murphy, Australian actress and Model
- May 16 Mickie Knuckles, American female professional wrestler
- May 17 Lena Waithe, American screenwriter, actress and producer (Master of None), born in Chicago, Illinois
- May 21 Lorena Ayala, Spanish-Dutch model and beauty queen
- May 23 Adam Wylie, actor (Picket Fences)
- May 24 Sarah Hagan, American actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), born in Austin, Texas
- May 25 Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir, Icelandic actress and beauty queen who won 2005 Miss World, born in Reykjavík, Iceland
- May 28 Beth Allen, New Zealand actress
Laverne Cox
May 29 Laverne Cox, American actress and LGBT advocate, born in Mobile, Alabama
Laverne Cox
- May 31 Jason Smith, Australian actor
- Jun 4 Rainie Yang, Taiwanese singer and actress
- Jun 5 Cécilia Cara, French singer and actress
- Jun 6 Shannon Stewart, American model
- Jun 17 John Gallagher Jr., American stage actor (The West Wing, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), born in Wilmington, Delaware
- Jun 19 Paul Dano, American actor (Love and Mercy), born in NYC, New York
- Jun 25 Indigo [Alyssa Ashley Nichols], American actress (Weeds), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jun 26 Aubrey Plaza, American actress and comedian (Parks and Recreation), born in Wilmington, Delaware
- Jun 27 Rocío Guirao Díaz, Argentinian model, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Jun 27 Emma Lahana, New Zealand actress (Haven), born in Auckland, New Zealand
Khloé Kardashian
Jun 27 Khloé Kardashian, American reality television star (Keeping Up with the Kardashians), born in Los Angeles, California
Khloé Kardashian
- Jun 27 Julie Ordon, Swiss model, born in Geneva, Switzerland
- Jun 29 Han Ji-hye, South Korean actress and model, born in Gwangju, South Korea
- Jun 29 Christopher Egan, Australian actor (Home and Away), born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Jul 2 Vanessa Lee Chester, American actress
- Jul 3 Corey Sevier, Canadian actor
- Jul 5 Yu Yamada, Ryukyuan model, actress and singer, born in Okinawa, Japan
- Jul 8 Alexis Dziena, American actress
- Jul 10 Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia, Miss World 2004
- Jul 11 Hitomi Hyuga, Japanese actress
- Jul 11 Rachael Taylor, Australian actress
- Jul 16 Katrina Kaif, Indian actress (Dhoom 3), born in Hong Kong
Weddings in Film & TV
- Jan 29 Actress Wonder Woman Lynda Carter (33) marries Robert Altman (58)
Wedding of Interest
Mar 2 Tennis player Yannick Noah (23) weds beauty queen Cecilia Rodhe (22) in Cameroon
Yannick Noah
Wedding of Interest
Mar 24 "Knight Rider" actor David Hasselhoff (32) weds "One Life to Live" actress Catherine Hickland (28)
David Hasselhoff
Wedding of Interest
Apr 1 Filmmaker Joel Coel marries actress Frances McDormand
Frances McDormand
Wedding of Interest
May 26 Actress Annette Bening (25) weds J. Steven White
Annette Bening
Wedding of Interest
Sep 7 Actress-singer Janet Jackson (18) weds fellow R&B singer James DeBarge (21)
Janet Jackson
Wedding of Interest
Sep 14 Stage and screen actor Gene Wilder (51) weds "Saturday Night Live" actress-comedian Gilda Radner (38) in France
Gene Wilder
Wedding of Interest
Oct 1 Actress Sigourney Weaver (34) weds filmmaker Jim Simpson (28)
Sigourney Weaver
Wedding of Interest
Dec 14 Singer and actress Bette Midler (39) weds Martin Von Hasselberg at Starlight Chapel in Las Vegas
Bette Midler
Wedding of Interest
Dec 15 Singer and actress Olivia Newton-John marries 1st husband actor Matt Lattanzi
Olivia Newton-John
Wedding of Interest
Dec 15 Academy Award-winning actress Sally Field weds second husband Alan Greisman
Sally Field
Wedding of Interest
Dec 18 Actress Jamie Lee Curtis (26) weds actor Christopher Guest (37) in New York
Jamie Lee Curtis
- Dec 30 Professional wrestling manager Miss Elizabeth (Hulette) & wrestler Macho Man Randy Savage (Poffo) wed
Divorces in Film & TV
Divorce of Interest
Sep 14 Film director John Carpenter (36) and actress Adrienne Barbeau (39) divorce after 5 years of marriage
John Carpenter
Divorce of Interest
Dec 20 Actress Kate Jackson (36) divorces business executive David Greenwald after 2 years of marriage
Kate Jackson
Deaths in Film & TV
Brooks Atkinson
Jan 14 Brooks Atkinson, American drama critic (The New York Times), dies at 89
Brooks Atkinson
Johnny Weissmuller
Jan 20 Johnny Weissmuller, American actor (Tarzan), swimmer (5 Olympic gold 1924, 28), dies of pulmonary edema at 79
Johnny Weissmuller
- Jan 27 Lou Crosby, TV announcer (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 72
- Jan 28 John Macvane, newscaster (United or Not), dies at 71
- Feb 7 Brooks West, actor (Richard-My Friend Irma), dies at 67
- Feb 10 David Von Erich, professional wrestler (b. 1958)
- Feb 15 Avon Long, American actor (Roots: Next Generation;The Sting; Harry and Tonto), dies of cancer at 73
- Feb 15 Ethel Merman, singer/actress (Kid Million), dies in her sleep at 76
- Feb 16 Ken Williams, TV announcer (Video Village), dies at 69
- Feb 17 Lucille Benson, American actress (Halloween II, 1941, Bosom Buddies), dies of liver cancer at 69
- Feb 29 Roland Culver, English actor (Thunderball), dies of heart problems at 83
Jackie Coogan
Mar 1 Jackie Coogan, American actor (Addams Family, The Kid, Oliver Twist), dies of a heart attack at 69
Jackie Coogan
- Mar 2 Louis Basile, actor (Louie-The Super), dies at 48
- Mar 4 Jewel Carmen, American actress (b. 1897)
- Mar 4 Geoffrey Lumsden, British actor (b. 1914)
- Mar 5 Michael Sklar, California, comedian (Laugh-in, Sha Na Na), dies at 39
- Mar 5 William Powell, American actor (My Man Godfrey), dies at 91
- Mar 6 Henry Wilcoxon, British actor (Cleopatra, Jericho, The Ten Commandments), dies from heart failure and cancer at 78
- Mar 10 June Marlowe, actress (Pardon US), dies at 81
- Mar 12 Arnold Ridley, English playwright and actor, dies at 88
- Mar 21 Shauna Grant, American actress (suicide) (b. 1963)
- Mar 24 Sam Jaffe, American actor (Dr Zorba), dies of cancer at 93
- Apr 10 Ray Middleton, American actor (1776, Hurricane Smith), dies at 75
- Apr 12 Ruth Taylor, actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 76
- Apr 13 Dionyssis Papayannopoulos, Greek actor, dies at 71
- Apr 13 Richard Hurndall, British actor (Doctor Who, The Inheritors, It's Murder But Is It Art), dies from a heart attack at 73
- Apr 14 Dionisis Papagiannopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1912)
- Apr 15 Tommy Cooper, British comedian & magician, collapses and dies on stage at 61
- Apr 18 John Lee Mahin, American screenwriter, dies of emphysema at 81
- Apr 18 Francis De Wolff, British character actor (A Christmas Carol, From Russia With Love), dies at 71
- Apr 23 Guus Oster, Dutch actor & director (Carrie), dies at 68
- Apr 25 Richard Benedict, actor (Okinawa), dies at 64 of a heart attack
- Apr 26 Henry Rowland, American actor (Rogue's Regiment), dies at 70
- Apr 26 May McAvoy, American actress (Ben Hur), dies at 82 after a heart attack
- May 1 Gordon Jenkins, American arranger and orchestra leader (Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra), dies of Lou Gehrig's disease at 73
- May 4 Diana Dors [Fluck], British actress and singer (Berserk!, Steaming), dies of cancer at 52
- May 10 Robert Moore, American director and actor (Murder by Death, Marshall-Diana), dies from AIDS-related pneumonia at 56
- May 12 Doris May, actress (Peck's Bad Boy), dies at 81 of heart failure
- May 16 Andy Kaufman, American comedian and actor (Latka-Taxi), dies of cancer at 35
- May 16 Wessel Couzijn, Dutch sculptor and cartoonist (Auschwitz-monument), dies at 71
- May 20 Peter Bull, British actor and author (The African Queen, Tom Jones, Dr Strangelove), dies of a heart attack at 72
- May 21 Andrea Leeds, actress (Stage Door, Earthbound), dies of cancer at 70
- May 21 Ann Little, actress (Roaring Road), dies at 93
- May 22 John Marley, actor (Cat Ballou), dies at 77 following heart surgery
- May 24 Vincent J. McMahon, American professional wrestling promoter (b. 1914)
- May 28 Eric Morecambe [John Bartholomew], British comedian (Morecambe & Wise, Picadilly Palace), dies of a heart attack at 58
- Jun 7 George Givot, actor (Versatile Vaudeville), dies at 81
- Jun 15 Ned Glass, Polish-American actor (Sol-Julia, Uncle Moe-Bridget Loves Bernie), dies of heat failure at 78
- Jun 17 Chet Allen, American child actor (Amahl and the Night Visitors), intentionally overdoses at 45
- Jun 20 Estelle Winwood, actress (Miracle on 34th Street), dies at 99
- Jun 20 Sunny Johnson, American actress (Animal House), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 30
- Jul 5 Gaston Vandermeulen, Flemish actor (Heilig Experiment, The Arrival of Joachim Stiller), dies at 79
- Jul 7 Flora Robson, actress (Great Day, Frieda), dies in her sleep at 82
- Jul 8 Christine McIntyre, American actress and singer (The Three Stooges, The Rangers' Round-Up), dies from cancer at 73
- Jul 14 Kenny Delmar, comedian (School House), dies at 74
- Jul 17 J Delos Jewkes, singer/actor (Stars & Stripes Forever), dies at 89
- Jul 19 Carol Eberts Veazie, actress (Maude Endles-Norby), dies at 89
- Jul 19 Faina Ranevskaya, Russian actress (b. 1896)
- Jul 23 Lloyd Gough, American actor (Sunset Boulevard, The Front, The Green Hornet), dies of aortic aneurysm at 76
- Jul 27 James Mason, British actor (Lolita, North by Northwest, Bloodline, Boys From Brazil), dies of a heart attack at 75
- Jul 28 Bess Flowers, actress (View from Pompey's Head), dies at 85
- Jul 29 Woodrow Parfey, actor (Time Express), dies at 61 of a heart attack
- Jul 31 Bill Raisch, American one armed actor (The Fugitive, Spartacus, Sweet Smell of Success), dies from lung cancer at 79
- Aug 4 Edmond Ryan, actor (Human Monster), dies at 79 of a heart attack
- Aug 4 Mary Miles Minter, actress (Drums of Fate), die at 82 of heart failure
- Aug 4 Walter Burke, American actor (Jack the Giant Killer), dies at 75 of emphysema
- Aug 4 Howard Culver, actor (Howie-Gunsmoke), dies at 66
Richard Burton
Aug 5 Richard Burton, Welsh stage and screen actor (Cleopatra, The Robe), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 58
Richard Burton
- Aug 8 Richard Deacon, American actor (Dick Van Dyke Show), dies of Cardiovascular disease at 62
- Aug 13 Clyde Cook, actor (Dawn Patrol, Jazz Heaven), dies in his sleep at 92
- Aug 26 Julie Stevens, actress (Lorelei-Big Town), dies at 67
- Aug 27 Bernard Youens [Popley], British actor (Coronation Street, Somewhere in Politics), dies from a heart attack at 69
- Aug 27 Billy Sands, American actor (Phil Silvers Show, McHale's Navy), dies at 73
- Sep 1 Howland Chamberlin, American actor (Force of Evil, Pickup), dies at 73
- Sep 2 Manos Katrakis, Greek actor (Antigone, Marinos Kontaras), dies at 79
- Sep 6 E J Andre, actor (Eugene Bullock-Dallas), dies at 74
Janet Gaynor
Sep 14 Janet Gaynor, American actress (Sunrise), dies from a traffic accident at 77
Janet Gaynor
- Sep 17 Richard Basehart, American actor (Rage), dies following several strokes at 70
- Sep 19 June Preisser, American acrobatic dancer and actress (Babes in Arms, Strike Up the Band), dies in a car crash at 64
- Sep 24 Neil Hamilton, American actor (The White Rose, When Strangers Marry, Batman), dies of asthma at 85
- Sep 25 Walter Pidgeon, Canadian actor (Mrs Miniver, Madame Curie), dies from a stroke at 87
- Oct 5 Leonard Rossiter, British actor (Rising Damp, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin), dies of a heart attack at 57
- Oct 16 Ken Carpenter, TV announcer (Lux Video Theater), dies at 84
- Oct 16 Peggy Ann Garner, American actress (Little Women, Daisy Kenyon), dies of cancer at 53
- Oct 18 Jon-Erik Hexum, American actor (Voyagers!, Cover-up), dies by a gun loaded with blanks at 26
- Oct 22 Napoleon Whiting, actor (Silas-Big Valley), dies at 75
- Oct 23 David Gorcey, actor (Angel's Alley), dies at 63 in a diabetic coma
- Oct 23 Oskar Werner, Austrian film actor and director (Farenehit 451), dies of a heart attack at 61
- Oct 24 Edith Massey, actress (Polyester, Pink Flamingos), dies at 66
- Oct 24 Walter Woolf King, actor/TV host (Lights Cameras Action), dies at 85
- Oct 25 Pascale Ogier, actress (Ghost Dance), dies of heart attack at 24
- Oct 26 Sue Randall, actress (Miss Landers-Leave it to Beaver), dies at 49
- Oct 30 June Duprez, actress (Calcutta, Tiger Fang), dies at 66
- Oct 30 Mario Gallo, actor (Delvecchio), dies at 61
- Oct 31 Eduardo De Filippo, Italian playwright, director, actor and poet (7 Deadly Sins, Shoot Loud), dies at 84
- Nov 4 Merie Earle, American actress (Maude in The Waltons), dies of uremic poisoning at 95
- Nov 7 George Matthews, actor (Chick-Glynis), dies at 73 of heart disease