Events in Film & TV
- Aug 2 23rd San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Holiday Inn
Film Premiere
Aug 17 "Exorcist 3" film written and directed by William Peter Blatty, premieres
- Aug 27 WWF Summer Slam-Ultimate Warrior beats Rick Rude
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Aug 1 Landry Allbright, American actress (Bridget Forrester in Bold & Beautiful), born in San Dimas, California
- Aug 2 Alice Connor, British actress, born in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
- Aug 3 Jourdan Dunn, British model, born in London, England
- Aug 6 Jon Benet Ramsey, little beauty queen (murdered in 1996)
- Aug 9 Adelaide Kane, Australian actress (Reign), born in Claremont, Australia
Jennifer Lawrence (32 years old)
Aug 15 American actress (Winter's Bone, Silver Linings Playbook), born in Louisville, Kentucky
- Aug 17 Colin Bates, American-British actor, dancer, and singer (Billy Elliot - The Musical), born in Pasedena, California
- Aug 17 Rachel Hurd-Wood, British actress (Clique), born in London, England
- Aug 21 Bo Burnham, American comedian, singer and filmmaker (All Eyes on Me), born in Hamilton, Massachusetts
- Aug 24 Elizabeth Debicki, Australian actress (The Great Gatsby; Widows; Tenet), born in Paris, France
Weddings in Film & TV
- Aug 11 "General Hospital" actor Maurice Benard (27) weds Paula Smith
Deaths in Film & TV
- Aug 2 Edwin Richfield, British actor (Interpol Calling, The Avengers), dies at 68
- Aug 6 Charles Arnt, actor (Double Exposure), dies of pancreatic cancer at 82
- Aug 6 Gordon Metcalfe, American actor (Monster in the Closet), dies of AIDS at 43
- Aug 7 Eva Sully Block, actress (Kid Millions), dies of heart failure at 88
- Aug 9 Dorothy Appleby, American actress (Small Town Boy, Paradise Express), dies at 84
- Aug 12 Dorothy Mackaill, actress (Love Affair), dies of kidney failure at 87
- Aug 12 Sara Seegar [Stone], actor (Mystery of Room 13), dies at 76
- Aug 13 Jimmy Starr, American screenwriter, actor (The Corpse Came C.O.D.), and gossip columnist, dies at 86
- Aug 15 Nina Bara [Frances Bauer], Argentinian actress (Missile to the Moon, Space Patrol), dies of cancer at 70
- Aug 16 Pat O'Connor, New Zealand professional wrestler (b. 1925)
- Aug 17 Pearl Bailey, American Tony and Emmy Award-winning stage and screen actress, singer and dancer (Hello, Dolly!), dies of a heart attack at 72
- Aug 17 Roderick Cook, English actor (Rockabye), dies of apparent heart attack at 58
- Aug 18 Raf Reymen, Flemish actor (Huisvuil, Het glas water), dies at 64
- Aug 22 Merlin Marston, American actor (Blue Sky), dies of non-Hodgkins lymphoma at 46
- Aug 27 Raymond St Jacques, American actor, director and producer, who was the 1st African-American to hold a regular role in a western series (Simon Blake in "Rawhide"), dies of cancer at 60
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