January 1987 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Jan 18 3rd Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Jan 21 2nd Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: The Coasters; Eddie Cochran; Bo Diddley; Aretha Franklin; Marvin Gaye; Bill Haley; B.B. King; Clyde McPhatter; Ricky Nelson; Roy Orbison; Carl Perkins; Smokey Robinson; Joe Turner; Muddy Waters; Jackie Wilson; Louis Jordan; T-Bone Walker; Hank Williams; Leonard Chess; Ahmet Ertegun; Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller; and Jerry Wexler

Jan 22 Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself at a press conference on live national television, leading to debates on boundaries in journalism
Jan 25 3rd Sundance Film Festival: "Waiting for the Moon" and "The Trouble with Dick" (tie) win Grand Jury Prize Dramatic

American Music Awards

Jan 26 14th American Music Awards: Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie & Alabama win

Jan 26 Hart Foundation beat British Bulldogs for WWF tag team title

Golden Globes

Jan 31 44th Golden Globes: Platoon, Bob Hoskins, & Marlee Matlin win

Birthdays in Film & TV

Jan 2 Loui Batley, British actress
Jan 2 Shelley Hennig, American actress (Stephanie Johnson-Days of Our Lives; When We First Met)and model who won Miss Teen USA 2004, born in Metairie, Louisiana
Jan 5 Kristin Cavallari, American actress, born in Denver, Colorado

Cynthia Erivo (36 years old)

Jan 8 British Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award-winning stage and screen actress (The Color Purple; Harriet) and singer-songwriter ("Stand Up"), born in London, England

Jan 9 Nicola Coughlan, Irish actress (Derry Girls, Brigerton), born in Galway, Ireland
Jan 9 Pablo Santos, Mexican actor, born in Monterrey, Mexico (d. 2006)
Jan 12 Naya Rivera, American actress and singer (Glee; Step Up: High Water), born in Santa Clarita, California (d. 2020)
Jan 12 Will Rothhaar, American actor, born in NYC, New York
Jan 15 Michael Seater, Canadian actor, born in Toronto, Ontario
Jan 16 Lauren McAvoy, British fashion model, born in Wickford, United Kingdom

Evan Peters (36 years old)

Jan 20 American actor (Mare of Easttown, Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story), born in St. Louis, Missouri

Jan 26 Vladimir Garin, Russian actor, born in Sosnovo, Russia (d. 2003)
Jan 27 Lily Donaldson, British model
Jan 30 Becky Lynch [Rebecca Knox], Irish professional wrestler (WWE), born in Limerick, Republic of Ireland

Weddings in Film & TV

Vanessa Williams

Jan 3 American singer and former Miss America Vanessa Williams (23) marries Ramon T. Hervey in NYC; divorce 1997

Mats Wilander

Jan 3 Swedish tennis player Mats Wilander (22) weds South African model Sonya Mulholland in South Africa

Deaths in Film & TV

Jan 1 Gustav Knuth, German actor (Sissi, Freddy Unter Fremden), dies at 85
Jan 8 Peter Adams [James H Adams II], American actor (Zorro, Kraft Mystery Theater, Alternative), dies of cancer at 69
Jan 9 Arthur Lake [Arthur William Silverlake], American actor (Blondie, Topper), dies from a heart attack at 81
Jan 10 Marion Hutton [Thornburg], American singer (Glenn Miller Orchestra, 1938-42), and actress (In Society), dies of cancer at 67 [1]
Jan 14 Douglas Sirk, German American film director (All That Heaven Allows), dies at 86
Jan 15 Ray Bolger, American dancer, actor, and singer (Wizard of Oz - "Scarecrow"; Partridge Family - "Grandpa Renfrew"), dies of bladder cancer at 83
Jan 16 Joyce Jameson, American comedienne and actress (Spike Jones Show, The Outlaw Josey Wales), commits suicide at 59
Jan 17 Hugo Fregonese, Argentine film director (b. 1908)
Jan 27 Norman McLaren, Scottish-Canadian film animator and director, dies at 72
Jan 30 Angelo Rutherford, actor (Willie-Gentle Ben), dies at 32
Jan 30 Ken Drake, American actor (Crime & Punishment USA), dies at 65
Jan 31 Yves Allégret, French film director, dies at 79