December 1984 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Dec 1 "Beverly Hills Cop" directed by Martin Brest and starring Eddie Murphy and Judge Reinhold premieres in Los Angeles

Dec 4 6th ACE Cable Awards: "David Bowie: Serious Moonlight" by Anthony Eaton and HBO win

Dec 8 Ringo Starr hosts "Saturday Night Live"; Herbie Hancock is the musical guest

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

Dec 4 Brooke Adams, American model and professional wrestler, born in St. Louis, Missouri
Dec 4 Lauren London, American actress (The Game), born in Los Angeles, California
Dec 4 Lindsay Felton, American actress (Caitlin's Way), born in Seattle, Washington
Dec 10 Jayson Paul, American professional wrestler
Dec 14 Jackson Rathbone, American actor (The Twilight Saga), born in Singapore

Dec 16 English actor (Divergent, The Time Traveler's Wife), born in High Wycombe, England

Dec 20 Australian actor (Bellamy Blake-"The 100"; Drew Curtis-"Home and Away"), born in Kyneton, Victoria, Australia

Dec 25 Georgia Moffett, British actress, born in London, United Kingdom
Dec 25 Jessica Origliasso, Australian singer-songwriter and actress (The Veronicas), born in Albany Creek, Queensland, Australia
Dec 25 Lisa Origliasso, Australian singer-songwriter and actress (The Veronicas), born in Albany Creek, Queensland, Australia
Dec 28 Beverly Mullins, American wrestler & model, born in Clearwater, Florida
Dec 30 Andra Day [Cassandra Batie], American singer-songwriter ("Rise Up"), and actress (The United States vs. Billie Holiday), born in Edmonds, Washington

Dec 14 Singer and actress Bette Midler (39) weds Argentine actor-performance artist Martin Von Hasselberg (35) at Starlight Chapel in Las Vegas

Dec 15 Academy Award-winning actress Sally Field weds second husband Alan Greisman

Dec 15 Singer and actress Olivia Newton-John marries 1st husband actor Matt Lattanzi

Dec 18 Actress Jamie Lee Curtis (26) weds actor Christopher Guest (37) in New York

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

Dec 20 Actress Kate Jackson (36) divorces business executive David Greenwald after 2 years of marriage

Dec 6 Ruth Cummings, actress (Daybreak, Dream of Love), dies at 90
Dec 7 Jeanne Cagney, American stage, screen, and radio actress (Lion is in the Streets; Quicksand; Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies of lung cancer at 65
Dec 8 Luther Adler, American actor (D.O.A., The Desert Fox), dies at 81
Dec 11 George Waggner, American director and writer (The Wolf Man), dies at 90
Dec 15 Jan Peerce [Jacob Pincus Perelmuth], American tenor (NBC Symphony, 1938-55; NY Metropolitan Opera, 1941-67; "Bluebird of Happiness"), dies at 80
Dec 15 Lennard Pearce, British actor (Only Fools and Horses....), dies of a heart attack at 69
Dec 19 Michel Magne, French experimental music and film score composer (Gigot; Barbarella), and recording studio owner (Château d'Hérouville). takes his own life at 54
Dec 24 Ian Hendry, British actor (The Avengers, The Lotus Eaters), dies of a stomach haemorrhage at 53
Dec 24 Peter Lawford, British actor, producer and socialite (Mrs Miniver, Thin Man), dies of cardiac arrest at 61
Dec 28 Sam Peckinpah, American film director (The Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs), dies of cardiac arrest at 59