Events in Film & TV
Roger and Me
Sep 1 "Roger and Me", the first documentary directed by Michael Moore, premieres at the Telluride Film Festival
- Sep 4 46th Venice Film Festival: "A City of Sadness" directed by Hsiao-hsien Hou debuts and wins the Golden Lion
Telethon
Sep 4 Jerry Lewis' 24th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $42,737,219
The Joan Rivers Show
Sep 5 Daytime talk show "The Joan Rivers Show" hosted by Joan Rivers premieres on US TV
- Sep 16 14th Toronto International Film Festival: "Roger & Me" directed by Michael Moore wins the People's Choice Award
- Sep 16 Debbye Turner (Mont), 23, crowned 63rd Miss America 1990
- Sep 17 41st Emmy Awards: "LA Law", "Cheers", Dana Delany & Candice Bergen win
Doogie Howser, M.D.
Sep 19 "Doogie Howser, M.D.", starring Neil Patrick Harris as a teenage physician, debuts on ABC
Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
Sep 19 "Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814" 4th studio album by Janet Jackson is released (Grammy Award Best Long Form Music Video 1990, Billboard Album of the Year 1990)
Music Premiere
Sep 20 Musical "Miss Saigon," premieres in London, created by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil
Baywatch
Sep 22 TV drama "Baywatch" starring David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson debuts on NBC
- Sep 24 ABC's premiere of "The Preppie Murder", based on 1986 murder in New York City of Jennifer Levin by ex prep school student Robert Chambers
Film & TV History
Sep 29 Zsa Zsa Gabor convicted of slapping a police officer in Beverly Hills
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Sep 1 Juliana Lohmann, Brazilian actress, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Sep 7 Hannah John-Kamen, British actress (Killjoys), born in Anlaby, Humberside, England
- Sep 7 Jonathan Majors, American actor (Lovecraft Country), born in Lompoc, California
- Sep 8 Domee Shi, Chinese-Canadian animator (first woman to direct a Pixar movie), director and screenwriter (Turning Red), born in Chongqing, China
- Sep 13 Precious Lee, American model, born in Atlanta, Georgia
- Sep 14 Jesse James, American actor (The Amityville Horror), born in Palm Springs, California
- Sep 17 Danielle Brooks, American actress (Orange is the New Black), born in Augusta, Georgia
- Sep 20 Malachi Kirby, English actor (Small Axe), born in London, England
- Sep 26 Emma Rigby, English actress, born in St Helens, United Kingdom
- Sep 29 Adore Delano [Daniel Noriega], American drag queen, singer-songwriter, actor and TV performer (RuPaul's Drag Race), born in Azusa, California
Weddings in Film & TV
Deaths in Film & TV
- Sep 4 Georges Simenon, Belgian born writer and director (Maigret detective novels), dies at 86
- Sep 9 Tim Hovey, American child actor (Slim Carter, Man Afraid), dies of a drug overdose at 44
- Sep 19 Guido de Moor, Dutch actor (Flanagan, Because of the Cats), dies at 52
- Sep 22 Jan Teulings, Dutch actor and director (Dorp aan de Rivier), dies at 84
- Sep 28 John Gart, Russian-American orchestra leader, composer (Robert Montgomery Presents), and actor (Paul Winchell Show),, dies at 84
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