1984 in Film & Television

• 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) oks private use of home VCRs to tape TV programs for later viewing does not violate federal copyright laws

• 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

• 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

• May 17 Mai Shanley, 21, of New Mexico crowned 33rd Miss USA

• May 23 37th Cannes Film Festival: "Paris, Texas" directed by Wim Wenders wins the Palme d'Or

• Jun 2 "Welcome To Fun Zone" hosted by Dr Demento airs on NBC-TV
• Jun 2 Actress Jill Ireland has a radical mastectomy
• Jun 8 "Ghostbusters", American supernatural comedy film, directed and produced by Ivan Reitman, starring Bill Murrary and Dan Aykroyd is released
• 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)

• Jun 27 Emmy 11th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 5th time
• Jun 28 17th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Hotel San Diego
• Jul 9 Yvonne Ryding of Sweden crowned 33rd Miss Universe
• Jul 20 Vanessa Williams is asked to resign as Miss America
• Jul 23 Suzette Charles (NJ), 21, replaces Williams as 57th Miss America 1984
• Jul 23 Vanessa Williams, 1st African American Miss America, resigns due to posing nude
• Jul 30 Soap Opera "Santa Barbara" premieres on NBC TV


• Jul 31 Leeza Gibbon's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight

• 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)
• Sep 15 Sharlene Wells (Utah), 20, crowned 58th Miss America 1985
• Sep 16 1st broadcast of "Miami Vice" on NBC-TV
• Sep 20 "Cosby Show" premieres on NBC-TV
• Sep 23 36th Emmy Awards: Hill St Blue, Cheers, John Ritter & Tyne Daly win

• Sep 30 CBS' premiere of "Murder She Wrote", starring Angela Landsbury
• Oct 8 NBC's premiere of TV made "The Burning Bed", based on Francine Hughes
• Oct 23 NBC airs BBC footage of Ethiopian famine

• 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

• Dec 18 "A Christmas Carol" directed by Clive Donner starring George C. Scott premieres in the US

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 168

• Jan 6 Kate McKinnon [Berthold] actress and comedian (Ghostbusters), born in Sea Cliff, New York
• Jan 15 Victor Rasuk, American actor
• Jan 18 Kristy Lee Cook, American Idol 7 cast member
• Jan 20 Olivia Hallinan, English Actress
• Jan 20 Toni Gonzaga, Filipina Actress and Singer
• Jan 22 Raica Oliveira, Brazilian supermodel
• Jan 26 Layla Kayleigh, British television personality
• Jan 27 Davetta Sherwood, American actress
• Feb 1 Lee Thompson Young, American actor
• Feb 6 Brandon Hammond, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, American actor (Gregory Hines Show)
• 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
• Feb 17 Kenta Kamakari, Japanese actor and seiyuu
• Feb 19 Chris Richardson, American Idol finalist

• Feb 21 Karina, Japanese model and actress
• Feb 24 Sterling James Keenan, American professional wrestler
• Feb 25 Logan Leistikow, American director and actor

• 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
• 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 Rami Malek, Egyptian-born actor
• 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, Hong Kong actress and singer
• 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
• 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
• Apr 19 Lee Da Hae, South Korean actress
• 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, Pomona Ca, actress (Byrds of Paradise, Boys are Back)
• 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 dancer and model
• May 8 Nadine Chandrawinata, 2006 Miss Universe Pageant (Indonesia)
• 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 18 Scarlett Keegan, Playboy Playmate
• May 21 Lorena Ayala, Spanish-Dutch model and beauty queen
• May 23 Adam Wylie, actor (Picket Fences)
• May 24 Sarah Hagan, American actress
• May 25 Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir, 2005 Miss World
• May 28 Beth Allen, New Zealand actress

• 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

• Jun 27 Julie Ordon, Swiss model, born in Geneva, Switzerland
• Jun 29 Han Ji-hye, South Korean actress and model
• Jun 29 Christopher Egan, Australian actor
• Jul 2 Vanessa Lee Chester, American actress
• Jul 3 Corey Sevier, Canadian actor
• Jul 5 Yu Yamada, Ryukyuan model, actress and singer
• Jul 6 James Henderson, American model
• 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

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• Jan 29 Actress Wonder Woman Lynda Carter (33) marries Robert Altman (58)

• Dec 30 Professional wrestling manager Miss Elizabeth (Hulette) & wrestler Macho Man Randy Savage (Poffo) wed

Deaths 1 - 100 of 108

• Jan 6 Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian-U.S. cinematographer (b. 1898)
• Jan 11 Jack La Rue, American actor and TV narrator (Lights Out, Mouthpiece, My Favorite Brunette), dies at 81
• Jan 20 Johnny Weissmuller [Peter Johann Weißmüller], Hungarian actor (Tarzan) and 100m swimmer (Olympic 5 gold-1924, 28), dies at 79
• 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 AAvon 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

• 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, actor (Dr Zorba-Ben Casey), 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 (b. 1912)
• 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 and magician, collapses and dies on stage at 61
• Apr 18 John Lee Mahin, 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 August "Guus" Oster, actor and director (Carrie), dies at 68
• Apr 25 Richard Benedict, actor (Okinawa), dies at 64 of a heart attack
• Apr 26 Henry Rowland, actor (Rogue's Regiment), dies at 70
• Apr 26 May McAvoy, actress (Ben Hur), dies at 82 after a heart attack
• May 1 Gordon Jenkins, orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies 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, comedian (Latka-Taxi), dies of cancer at 35
• 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, actor (Jerry-Bonino, Slats-Troubleshooter), dies at 51
• Jun 20 Estelle Winwood, actress (Miracle on 34th Street), dies at 99
• Jun 20 Sunny Johnson, American actress (Animal House), dies of a cerebral haemorrhage 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, actor (Black Bart, Tolsa), dies of aortic aneurism at 77
• Jul 23 Lloyd Gough, American actor (Sunset Boulevard, The Front, The Green Hornet), dies 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
• Aug 5 Richard Burton, Welsh stage and screen actor (Cleopatra, The Robe), dies of cerebral haemorrhage at 58
• 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, 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

• 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 26 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, actress (Ford Theater), dies at 53 of cancer
• Oct 18 Jon-Erik Hexum, actor (Bear), 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
• Nov 10 Sudie Bond, American actress (Love Story, Johnny Dangerously), dies of a respiratory ailment at 56
• Nov 13 Dorothy Arnold, actress (House of Fear, Phantom Creeps), dies at 66

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