March 1988 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Mar 1 Courtney Gibbs Eplin, 21, (Texas), crowned 37th Miss USA

Film & TV History

Mar 7 Howard Stern's 1st pay-per-view "Underpants & Negligee Party"

Appointment of Interest

Mar 9 Actress Audrey Hepburn is appointed a UNICEF Special Ambassador (Goodwill Ambassador 1989)

People's Choice Awards

Mar 13 14th People's Choice Awards: Michael Douglas & Glenn Close win (Motion Picture) and Bill Cosby & Cybill Shepherd win (TV)

Film Release

Mar 25 "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Carmen Maura and Antonio Banderas is released

Sports History

Mar 25 Robin Givens demands full access to husband Mike Tyson's money

Mar 27 WrestleMania IV, Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall, NJ: Randy "Macho Man" Savage beats Ted DiBiase for WWF Heavyweight title

Birthdays in Film & TV

Mar 1 Katija Pevec, American actress
Mar 2 Keith Jack, British pop and theater singer and actor, born in Midlothian, England
Mar 2 Nadine Samonte, Filipino actress
Mar 22 Tania Raymonde, American actress, born in Los Angeles, California
Mar 24 Finn Jones, English actor (Game of Thrones, Iron Fist, The Defenders, Luke Cage), born in London
Mar 26 Lucas Bravo, French actor and model (Emily in Paris), born in Nice, France
Mar 27 Brenda Song, American actress (The Ultimate Christmas Present), born in Carmichael, California
Mar 27 Holliday Grainger, English actress (The Borgias), born in Manchester, England
Mar 27 Kerri Ann Darling, American actress (Another World - "Alli")
Mar 28 Lacey Turner, British soap actress

Deaths in Film & TV

Mar 1 Jean Le Poulain, French actor (Divine), dies at 63
Mar 1 Joe Besser, American actor & comedian (The Three Stooges, Let's Make Love, Africa Screams), dies from heart failure at 80
Mar 3 Lois Wilson, American silent and sound screen actress (Miss Lulu Bett; The Great Gatsby; The Covered Wagon: Bright Eyes), dies of pneumonia at 72
Mar 3 Sewall Wright, US geneticist (evolution model), dies at 98
Mar 5 Alberto Olmedo, Argentine comedian (b. 1933)
Mar 7 Divine [Harris Glenn Milstead], American actress, drag queen and international icon of bad taste cinema (Pink Flamingos), dies of natural causes at 42
Mar 7 Robert Livingston, American actor (Three Mesquiteers, The Lone Ranger and Zorro), dies at 83 of emphysema