April 1992 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

WrestleMania

Apr 5 WrestleMania VIII, Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis, IN (62,167): Hulk Hogan defeats Sid Justice by DQ; Randy Savage beats Ric Flair for WWF Heavyweight title

Apr 12 Euro Disney (Disneyland Paris) opens in Marne-la-Vallee, France

Theater Premiere

Apr 12 Revival of Tennessee Williams' play "A Streetcar Named Desire", starring Alec Baldwin & Jessica Lange, opens at Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC; runs for 137 performances

Music Premiere

Apr 14 Revival of Frank Loesser's musical "Guys & Dolls" starring Nathan Lane, opens at Martin Beck Theater, NYC; runs for 1143 performances, wins 4 Tony Awards

TV Show Appearance

Apr 15 Jay Leno's final appearance as permanent guest host of The Tonight Show

Hall of Fame

Apr 15 William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley inducted into National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame

Apr 20 100th episode of American sitcom "Murphy Brown" airs

Music Concert

Apr 20 All-star benefit concert in memory of Freddie Mercury held at Wembley Stadium, London; performers include: Queen, Roger Daltry, Robert Plant, Zucchero, Paul Young, Seal, David Bowie, Annie Lennox, Mick Ronson, George Michael, Elton John, Axl Rose, and Liza Minnelli

Apr 26 "Growing Pains" final episode on ABC TV
Apr 26 "Who's The Boss" final episode after 8 years on ABC TV

Television Finale

Apr 30 208th & final episode of "The Cosby Show" on NBC-TV

Birthdays in Film & TV

Apr 4 Alexa Nikolas, American actress (Zoey 101), born in Chicago, Illinois

Daisy Ridley (31 years old)

Apr 10 English actress (Star Wars: the Force Awakens), born in London

Apr 12 Giorgio Cantarini, Italian actor (Gladiator), born in Orvieto, Umbria, Italy
Apr 13 Emma Degerstedt, American actress, born in Long Beach, California
Apr 13 Jett Travolta, son of actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2009)
Apr 18 Chloe Bennet [Chloé Wang], Chinese-American actress (Agents of S.H.E.I.L.D.), born in Chicago, Illinois
Apr 24 Joe Keery, American actor (Stranger Things), and rock musician (Post Animal; Djo), born in Newburyport, Massachusetts
Apr 24 Sean Rademaker, American actor (Kirkland Harrison-Another World), born in Washington, D.C.

Weddings in Film & TV

Sam Kinison

Apr 4 Comedian Sam Kinison (38) weds Malika Souiri at the Candlelight Chapel in Las Vegas

Apr 4 John Tesh (Entertainment Tonight) marries actress Connie Selleca
Apr 5 Comedian Sam Kenison marries live-in girlfriend Maleeka

Christopher Reeve

Apr 11 "Superman" actor Christopher Reeve (39) weds actress and singer Dana Morosini (31) in Williamstown, Massachusetts

Stefan Edberg

Apr 18 Swedish tennis ace Stefan Edberg (26) marries Danish model Annette Olsen (27) in Sweden

David Bowie

Apr 24 British rock star David Bowie (45) weds Somali supermodel Iman (37) in civil ceremony at city hall in Lausanne, Switzerland

Divorces in Film & TV

Lenny Kravitz & Lisa Bonet

Apr 12 Actress Lisa Bonet files for divorce from singer Lenny Kravitz, after 5 years of marriage

Deaths in Film & TV

Apr 2 Tomisaburo Wakayama, Japanese actor (b. 1929)
Apr 3 (Lloyd) "Slim" Andrews, American actor (Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory), comic, and singer-songwriter, dies at 85 [1]
Apr 3 Margaret Barker, American actress (Fathers & Son), dies of lung cancer at 83
Apr 4 Sy Kramer, singer/comedy writer dies of cancer at 59
Apr 6 Molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey), dies of Alzheimers at 94
Apr 8 Nelson Olmsted [or Olmstead], American voice actor (Sleep No More), dies at 78
Apr 9 Ruth Hammond, American Broadway actress, dies in her sleep at 96
Apr 10 Cecil "Cec" Linder, Polish-Canadian actor (Goldfinger, Quatermass and the Pit), dies at 71

Sam Kinison (1953-1992)

Apr 10 American screaming comedian and actor (Back to School, Charlie Hoover), dies in a car crash at 38

Apr 11 Adele Dixon, British stage and screen actress and singer (Uneasy Virtue), dies of pneumonia at 83
Apr 11 James Brown, American actor (Objective, Burma!; The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin -"Rip"), dies of lung cancer at 72
Apr 13 Brian Oulton, English character actor, dies at 84
Apr 14 David Miller, American film director (Billy the Kid), dies of cancer at 82
Apr 16 Neville Brand, American soldier and actor (DOA, Love Me Tender), dies of emphysema at 71
Apr 19 Frankie Howerd, actor (Carry on Doctor, Up the Front), dies at 70
Apr 19 Pat Thompson, actress (Strictly Ballroom), dies at 51
Apr 20 Benny Hill [Alfred Hawthorn Hill], British comedian (The Benny Hill Show), dies of a heart attack at 68
Apr 22 Youcca Troubatzkoy, American actress (Flower of the Night), dies at 86
Apr 23 Victoria Kellem Lederman, model, dies of amyloidosis at 52
Apr 26 Alberta Vaughn, American actress (Wild Horse, Silver Devil), dies at 87
Apr 29 Mae Clarke [Violet Mary Klotz], American actress (Frankenstein, Waterloo Bridge), dies at 81