February 1990 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Feb 12 Rock for the Rainforest benefit concert held in Beverly Hills, California; performers include: Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Herbie Hancock, Paul Simon, Don Henley, and Bruce Hornsby

Feb 14 Alan Ayckbourn's "Man of the Moment," premieres in London

Feb 21 "The Batman Theme" by Danny Elfman wins Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition at 32nd Annual Grammy Awards

Feb 25 On a BBC taped interview, rock star Stevie Nicks breaks down, saying that she will never have children & no man can stand her for long

Feb 2 Julia Fox, Italian-American actress and model (Uncut Gems), born in Milan, Italy
Feb 4 Zach King, American internet personality (TikTok, YouTube), filmmaker and illusionist, born in Portland, Oregon
Feb 6 Dominic Sherwood, English actor (Christian Ozera-Vampire Academy; Jeff Murphy-Partner Track), born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Feb 7 Seán McLoughlin [Jacksepticeye], Irish Youtuber, born in Athlone, Ireland
Feb 9 Camille Winbush, American actress
Feb 11 Q'orianka Kilcher, American actress (The New World), singer, and human rights activist, born in Schweigmatt, West Germany

Feb 13 Spanish YouTube star (6th most subscribed channel), born in Mijas, Spain

Feb 21 Kang Ha-neul, South Korean actor (When the Camellia Blooms), born in Busan, South Korea

Feb 5 British comic actor Rowan Atkinson (35) weds Sunetra Sastry in New York

Feb 2 Joel Fluellen, American actor (Porgy and Bess, Burning Cross, Learning Tree), commits suicide at 82

Feb 6 Jane Novak, silent screen actress (Ghost Town), dies of stroke at 94
Feb 6 John Merivale, actor (Caltiki), dies
Feb 13 Ken Lynch, actor (Paratroop Command, Legend of Tom Dooley), dies at 79
Feb 14 Jean Wallace [Walasek], actress (Big Combo), dies of hemorrhage at 66
Feb 15 Henry Brandon [Heinrich von Kleinbach], German-American actor (The Searchers, Assault on Precinct 13, Drums of Fu Manchu), dies from a heart attack at 77
Feb 15 Jack Fletcher, American actor (Calucci's Department, Once Upon a Mattress), dies of a heart attack at 68
Feb 17 Erik Rhodes [Ernest Sharpe], American actor (Top Hat, Night at the Ritz), dies of pneumonia at 84
Feb 17 Marc Clement, actor (Career Opportunities, Sluggers Wife), dies at 39
Feb 18 Hulk, fictional character in "Death of Incredible Hulk" on NBC, dies
Feb 22 Stephen Burns, American actor (Casey's Shadow), dies from AIDS complications at 35
Feb 26 Scott Jarvis, American theatrical actor and singer (1776; Here's Where I Belong), dies of AIDS at 48
Feb 28 Fabia Drake, actress (Nice Girl Like Me), dies at 86