May 1989 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

May 19 "Do the Right Thing", directed by Spike Lee, starring Danny Aiello and Ossie Davis premieres at the Cannes Film Festival

May 19 Sue Ellen's (Linda Gray) last appearance on TV show "Dallas"

May 20 Premiere of sports fantasy drama film "Field of Dreams", based on W. P. Kinsella's novel "Shoeless Joe", starring Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta and Burt Lancaster in his final film role

May 20 Toonces The Cat takes the wheel on "Saturday Night Live"

May 23 42nd Cannes Film Festival: "Sex, Lies, and Videotape" directed by Steven Soderbergh wins the Palme d'Or

May 24 "Indiana Jones & Last Crusade", directed by Stephen Spielberg, and produced by George Lucas premieres

May 24 Weird Al Yankovic records three tracks for his UHF soundtrack

May 30 Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house

May 9 C418 [Daniel Rosenfeld], German ambient musician, and video game and soundtrack composer (Minecraft; Beyond Stranger Things), born in Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany (now Chemnitz, Germany)
May 10 Lindsey Shaw, American actress (Paige McCullers-Pretty Little Liars), born in Lincoln, Nebraska
May 24 Tara Correa-McMullen, American actress (Judging Amy), born in Westminster, Vermont (d. 2005)
May 29 Riley Keough, American actress and model, grand daughter of Elvis Presley, born in Santa Monica, California
May 30 Kevin Covais, American singer (American Idol) and actor, born in Levittown, New York

May 1 Douglass Watson, American actor (Satan Murders, Another World), dies at 68
May 1 Marion Mack, actress (General), dies
May 3 Muriel Ostriche, American silent film actress dies at 92
May 15 Johnny Green, American singer (Body and Soul) and film score composer who won 5 Academy Awards, dies at 80
May 19 Robert Webber, American actor (12 Angry Men, Moonlighting, 79 Park Avenue), dies of Lou Gehrig's disease at 64
May 20 Anton Diffring [Alfred Pollack], German character actor (Assignment Vienna), dies at 70
May 20 Gilda Radner, American comedian and actress (SNL, 1975-80; Haunted Honeymoon), dies of ovarian cancer at 42
May 27 Jack Starrett, director/actor (Chase, Nightwish, 1st Blood), dies
May 31 Terry Drinkwater, American CBS news correspondent, dies at 53 of cancer