September 1988 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Sep 2 Amnesty International's "Human Rights Now!" tour begins in Wembley Stadium, London; performers include: Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Tracy Chapman, and Youssou N'Dour

Sep 5 Jerry Lewis' 23rd Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $41,132,113

Sep 10 Gretchen Elizabeth Carlson (Minnesota), 22, crowned 62nd Miss America 1989
Sep 16 Jury awards Valerie Harper $1.6 M in dispute over TV series
Sep 17 13th Toronto International Film Festival: "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" directed by Pedro Almodovar wins the People's Choice Award
Sep 23 Premiere of director Paul Schrader's crime biopic "Patty Hearst"

Sep 30 Robin Givens and Mike Tyson appear on Barbara Walter's Show

Sep 8 Caitlin Hill, Australian YouTube personality (TheHill88), born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Sep 8 Chantal Jones, American fashion model, born in Austin, Texas
Sep 12 Aaron Sidwell, English actor and singer, born in Maidstone, Kent, England
Sep 14 Kirsten Haglund, American activist and beauty queen (Miss America 2008), born in Farmington Hills, Michigan
Sep 15 (Yekaterina) "Kate" Grigorieva, Russian fashion model (Victoria's Secret), born in Olenegorsk, Murmansk, USSR
Sep 15 Chelsea Staub, American actress (Jonas), born in Phoenix, Arizona
Sep 16 Sarah Steele, American actress (The Good Wife), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sep 18 Annette Obrestad, Norwegian poker player and YouTuber, born in Sandnes, Norway
Sep 26 Lilly Singh, Canadian YouTube vlogger (IISuperwomanII), born in Scarborough, Toronto

Sep 4 American "Footloose" actor Kevin Bacon (30) weds American actress Kyra Sedgwick (23)

Sep 25 Canadian "Due South" actor Paul Gross (29) weds Canadian "Sings and Arrows" actress Martha Burns (31)

Sep 5 Gert Fröbe [Karl Gerhart Fröbe], German actor (Goldfinger, Lover's Wood, Upper Hand), dies from a heart attack at 75
Sep 6 Leroy Brown [Roland Daniels], American professional wrestler, dies after a stroke at 37
Sep 11 John Sylvester White, American actor (Welcome Back, Kotter), dies at 68
Sep 14 Louis Quinn, actor (Unholy Rollers), dies at 73 of cancer
Sep 20 Roy Kinnear, English actor (Man About the House, Scrooge, Help!), dies at 54
Sep 21 Christine Norden, British actress (Little Shop of Horrors, Night Beat), dies from pneumonia at 63
Sep 28 Ethel Grandin, American silent screen actress (Deserter), dies at 94
Sep 28 Marjorie Bonner Lowry, American actress (Reno, Poor Girls), wife of writer Malcolm Lowry, dies at 83
Sep 30 Chick Chandler [Fehmer Chandler], American actor (Seven Doors to Death, One Happy Family), dies at 83