March 1992 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Music Concert

Mar 4 Singer-songwriter Paul Simon tapes an acoustic concert performance for "MTV Unplugged" at Kaufman-Astoria Studios in Queens, NYC

Music Concert

Mar 12 Rock for the Rainforest benefit concert held at Carnegie Hall, NYC; performers include: Sting, Elton John, James Taylor, Natalie Cole, and Don Henley

People's Choice Awards

Mar 17 18th People's Choice Awards: Kevin Costner & Julia Roberts win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Bill Cosby & Candice Bergen win (TV)

Music History

Mar 18 American pop singer Donna Summer gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame

Theater Premiere

Mar 22 Herb Gardner's stage drama "Conversations with My Father", starring Judd Hirsch and Tony Shalhoub, opens at Royale Theatre, NYC, runs for 462 performances and a Tony Award for Hirsch

Mar 28 6th American Comedy Award: Cathy Ladman, Judy Watkins, Billy Crystal
Mar 29 12th Golden Raspberry Awards: "Hudson Hawk" wins

Academy Awards

Mar 30 64th Academy Awards: "The Silence of the Lambs", Anthony Hopkins & Jodie Foster win

Mar 30 CBS TV premieres overnight news program "Up To The Minute"

Birthdays in Film & TV

Mar 4 Nataša Stanković, Serbian model and dancer, born in Požarevac, Republic of Serbia
Mar 7 Bel Powley, English actress, born in London, England
Mar 8 Charlie Ray, American actress

Emily Osment (31 years old)

Mar 10 American actress (Hannah Montana) and singer (Spy Kids), born in Los Angeles, California

Mar 13 George MacKay, British actor (1917), born in Hammersmith, London

Kaya Scodelario (31 years old)

Mar 13 British actress (Skins; The Truth About Emanuel; Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales), born in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England

Mar 13 Lucy Fry, Australian stage and screen actress, born in Wooloowin, Queensland, Australia
Mar 16 Diego Calva, Mexican actor (Babylon), born in Mexico City, Mexico

John Boyega (31 years old)

Mar 17 English actor (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), born in London

Mar 21 Chiney Ogwumike, American basketball player and sports commentator (1st black woman host for ESPN radio show), born in Tomball, Texas
Mar 23 Vanessa Morgan, Canadian actress (Riverdale), born in Ottawa, Ontario
Mar 24 Thomas Law, English actor

Weddings in Film & TV

Annette Bening & Warren Beatty

Mar 12 American actress Annette Bening (33) weds American actor-director Warren Beatty (54)

Mar 22 American record producer Lou Adler (58) weds American actress Page Hannah (27) (Daryl's sister)

Deaths in Film & TV

Mar 2 Sandy Dennis, American Tony and Academy Award-winning stage and screen actress (Any Wednesday; Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe?; The Out-of-Towners), dies of ovarian cancer at 54
Mar 3 Robert Beatty, Canadian actor (2001: A Space Odyssey, Where Eagles Dare), dies from pneumonia at 82
Mar 3 Ted Liss, actor (Child's Play), dies of a heart attack at 72
Mar 4 Arthur Babbitt, animator (Mr Magoo, Goofy), die at 84 of heart failure
Mar 4 Néstor Almendros, Spanish cinematographer (Kramer vs Kramer), dies at 61
Mar 5 Andrew Samuel, child actor (Our Gang), dies at 82
Mar 5 Yevgeny Yevstigneev, Russian actor (Welcome Kosta), dies at 65
Mar 6 Elvia Allman, actress (Night at Earl Carroll's), dies of pneumonia
Mar 9 Felipe Turich, actor (Lawless), dies
Mar 11 David Carroll, actor (Grand Hotel), dies of pulmonary embolism at 41
Mar 11 Richard Brooks, American film director (Blackboard Jungle; In Cold Blood; Key Largo), dies at 79
Mar 12 Barbara Morrison, British actress (Project Moonbase; From Here To Eternity), dies of heart failure at 84
Mar 13 Clarence Wright, English actor and singer, dies at 84
Mar 14 C. V. Wood Jr., American theme park developer (Disneyland), dies of cancer at 71
Mar 14 Jean Poiret [Jean-Gustave Poiré], French actor, director, and screenwriter (La Cage Aux Folles), dies at 65
Mar 14 Ralph James, American actor (Orson-Mork & Mindy), dies at 67

Mar 15 Helen Deutsch, screenwriter, dies of natural causes
Mar 15 Jack Washburn, actor (Black Orchid), dies after long illness at 64
Mar 15 Vanessa Lee, actress (Split), dies at 71
Mar 17 Charles Rea, British actor (Ipcress File), dies at 69
Mar 17 Grace Stafford Lantz, American actress and cartoon voice (Woody Woodpecker), dies at 87
Mar 17 Jack Arnold, American actor and director (Sid Caesar Special, Emmy 1967, Creature From the Black Lagoon), dies at 75
Mar 19 Cesare Danova, Italian-American actor (Tentacles, Viva Las Vegas, Garrison's Gorillas), dies of a heart attack at 66
Mar 20 Avonne Taylor, actress (My Best Girl, Honor Among Lovers), dies at 93
Mar 20 Georges Delerue, French film composer (Sword of Gideon, A Little Romance), dies of a heart attack at 67
Mar 21 John Ireland, Canadian actor (All the King's Men, Rawhide, Gunfight at OK Corral), dies of leukemia at 78
Mar 25 Nancy Walker, American actress (Rhoda, McMillan & Wife), dies of cancer at 69
Mar 27 Anita Colby [Counihan], American model, actress (Mary of Scotland; Cover Girl; Pepsi Cola Playhouse), beauty coach, and inventor (chair-bed), dies of lung disease at 77
Mar 27 Gerry Duggan, Irish-Australian character actor dies at 81