September 1991 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Sep 2 Jerry Lewis' 26th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $45,071,657

Sep 3 48th Venice Film Festival: "Close to Eden" directed by Nikita Mikhalkov wins Golden Lion
Sep 7 "The New WKRP in Cincinnati", an ensemble TV sitcom sequel created by Hugh Wilson and set in a struggling radio station debuts in syndication; 3 members of the original series cast reprise their roles
Sep 14 16th Toronto International Film Festival: "The Fisher King" directed by Terry Gilliam wins the People's Choice Award
Sep 14 Carolyn Suzanne Sapp (Hawaii), 24, crowned 65th Miss America 1992
Sep 24 "Good & Evil" & "Sibs" premieres on ABC TV
Sep 25 "Good & Evil" premieres on ABC TV
Sep 27 "Princesses" premieres on CBS TV
Sep 28 "Commish" debuts on ABC-TV

Sep 29 Gus Van Sant's film "My Own Private Idaho" starring Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix premieres

Sep 30 Jerry Springer's tabloid talk show "The Jerry Springer Show" debuts on TV

Sep 4 Carter Jenkins, American actor, born in Tampa, Florida
Sep 5 Skandar Keynes, English actor, born in London, England
Sep 19 Demelza Reveley, Australian model who won the 4th season of Australia's Next Top Model, born in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Sep 20 Spencer Locke, American actress

Sep 5 American actor John Travolta (37) weds American actress Kelly Preston (28) at the Hotel de Crillon in Paris, France

Sep 7 American actor Harry Hamlin weds actress Nicollette Sheridan
Sep 12 American actor John Travolta (37) weds American actress Kelly Preston (28) (again) in Daytona Beach, Florida

Sep 22 American Jewish playwright and screenwriter David Mamet marries 2nd wife, English actress Rebecca Pidgeon

Sep 29 Actress Kate Jackson (42) weds ski-lodge entrepreneur Tom Hart in Brentwood

Sep 1 Elise Hoomans, Dutch director and actress (Jane Eyre, Barocco), dies at 76
Sep 1 Mark Robinson, British actor (The Girl), dies at 30

Sep 3 Italian-AmericanAcademy Award-winning film director (It's a Wonderful Life; It Happened One Nigh; Mr. Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 94

Sep 4 Tom Tryon, American actor (The Cardinal, All That Glitters, The Longest Day) and novelist (The Other), dies of stomach cancer at 65
Sep 7 Ben Piazza, American actor (Santa Barbara; The Blues Brothers; Dallas), dies of cancer at 58
Sep 8 Brad Davis, American actor (Midnight Express, Chariots of Fire), dies at 41
Sep 9 Paul Michael Lombardi, actor, dies of AIDS at 31
Sep 12 Regis Toomey, American actor (Burke's Law, Petticoat Junction), dies at 93
Sep 13 Joe Pasternak, Hungarian-American film producer (Spinout, Big City), dies of Parkinson's at 73
Sep 14 Julie Bovasso, American actress (Willie & Phil, Just Me & You), dies of cancer at 61
Sep 15 Andre Baruch, Radio/TV announcer dies at 83
Sep 15 John Hoyt, American actor (Gimme a Break, Tom Dick & Mary), dies of lung cancer at 87
Sep 16 Carol White, actress (Prehistoric Women, Dulcima), dies at 47
Sep 21 Angelo Rossitto, American dwarf actor (known as "Little Moe", Carousel), dies at 83
Sep 23 Ernestine McClendon, director/actress (Homer & Eddie), dies
Sep 24 Mary Lawrence, actress (Best Man), dies of respiratory failure at 73
Sep 25 Viviane Romance [Pauline Ronacher Ortmanns], French actress (Panic, Queen's Necklace), dies at 79
Sep 27 Huib Orizand, Dutch actor (Paul Vlanderen), dies
Sep 30 Nancy Welford, British-born American actress (Gold Diggers of Broadway), dies at 87