Year 1993 in Film & Television

Events in Film & TV

• Jan 1 "Farewell My Concubine" directed by Chen Kaige from novel by Lilian Lee starring Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi and Gong Li premieres in Hong Kong (Cannes Palme d'Or 1993)
• Jan 4 7th largest wrestling crowd (63,500-Tokyo Dome)

• Jan 5 Price is Right model Janice Pennington sues CBS for show accident

• Jan 14 David Letterman announces his show is moving from NBC to CBS
• Jan 15 Soap opera "Santa Barbara" final show on NBC TV
• Jan 16 25th NAACP Image Awards: "Boyz n the Hood" wins Outstanding Motion Picture
• Jan 17 14th ACE Cable Awards: Bravo! wins the Golden CableACE for its dedication to films, cultural arts and performing arts programming

• Jan 31 9th Sundance Film Festival: "Ruby in Paradise" and "Public Access" wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic

• Feb 8 GM sues NBC, alleging that "Dateline NBC" program had rigged 2 car-truck crashes to show that 1973-87 GM pickups were prone to fires

• Feb 11 43rd Berlin International Film Festival: "Woman Sesame Oil Maker" and "The Wedding Banquet" win the Golden Bear (tie)


• Feb 19 Kenya Moore, 22, (Michigan), crowned 42nd Miss USA
• Feb 26 9th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins

• Mar 1 New expansion NHL team, owned in Anaheim, CA by Disney, receives its name, inspired by the 1992 Disney movie 'The Mighty Ducks'

• Mar 7 Diff'rent Strokes actor Todd Bridges arrested for stabbing a tenant
• Mar 8 Katharine Hepburn released from the hospital after exhaustion
• Mar 12 Cleveland radio station WMMS-FM/101.7 is bought by Disney
• Mar 12 Entertainment Tonight's 3,000th show

• Mar 28 13th Golden Raspberry Awards: "Shining Through" wins

• Mar 30 Lanford Wilson's play "Redwood Curtain", starring Jeff Daniels, opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater, NYC; runs for 40 performances

• May 8 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Phil Ware


• May 12 Final episode of 6 year run of ABC's "Wonder Years" in Netherlands

• May 13 CBS' soap opera "Knots Landing" ends 14 year-run with 334th show in Netherlands and US
• May 20 274th & final "Cheers" episode on NBC
• May 21 Dayanara Torres, 18, of Puerto Rico, crowned 42nd Miss Universe

• May 24 46th Cannes Film Festival: "Ba wang bie ji" directed by Chen Kaige and "The Piano" directed by Jane Campion jointly awarded the Palme d'Or

• Jun 1 Connie Chung joins Dan Rather as anchors of CBS Evening News

• Jun 11 "Scattergories" game show last airs on NBC-TV
• Jun 11 "Scrabble," second run," TV Game Show; last airs on NBC-TV
• Jun 13 YokoZuna beats Hulk Hogan to become WWF champ
• Jun 25 "Late Night with David Letterman" airs for the last time on NBC-TV
• Jun 28 NCRV shows last "Cheers" in Netherlands
• Jul 27 NBC TV awarded 1996 Olympic coverage for $456 million
• Jul 29 Walter Koenig (Chekov in Star Trek) suffers a mild heart attack
• Aug 1 Walter Koenig, Chekov of Star Trek, suffers a heart attack
• Aug 2 Shamrock Broadcasting, a Disney company, officially takes ownership of Cleveland's WMMS-FM/100.7 & WHK-AM/1420
• Aug 10 Charlotte Anne Lopez, 16, of Vermont, crowned 11th Miss Teen USA
• Aug 19 26th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at Doubletree Hotel

• Sep 1 "White Liars/Black Comedy" opens at Criterion NYC for 38 performances

• Sep 10 "The X-Files", created by Chris Carter and starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson debuts on Fox

• Sep 18 Kimberly Clarice Aiken (SC), 18, crowned 67th Miss America 1994
• Sep 19 45th Emmy Awards: Seinfeld, Picket Fences & Ted Danson win
• Sep 19 Actress Michele Phillips (Knots Landing) is robbed at gunpoint
• Sep 19 Kimberly Clarice Aiken, 18, Miss SC wins 67th Miss America
• Sep 27 Actor Daniel Day-Lewis pleads guilty to speeding charges

• Sep 29 "Grace Under Fire" starring Brett Butler debuts on ABC-TV
• Oct 3 "White Liars/Black Comedy" closes at Criterion NYC after 38 performances
• Oct 13 Captured American Pilot Mike Durant is filmed in an interview in captivity by a CNN camera crew.

• Nov 6 Actor Howard Rollins arrested for drunk driving
• Nov 18 WWF boss Vince McMahon charged with steroid distribution
• Nov 27 Lisa Hanna, 18, of Jamaica, crowned 43rd Miss World
• Nov 30 "Schindler's List", American historical drama film directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, and Ralph Fiennes, premieres in Washington, D.C. (Academy Awards Best Picture 1994)

Birthdays in Film & TV

• Jan 11 Flora Cross, French-American actress, born in Paris, France
• Jan 18 Morgan York, American actress, born in Burbank, California

• Feb 7 David Dorfman, American actor
• Feb 7 Philip Wiegratz, German actor
• Feb 12 Jennifer Stone, American actress, born in Arlington, Texas
• Feb 19 Victoria Justice, American Actress (The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody, Lola Martinez in Nickelodeon show Zoey 101)
• Feb 26 Taylor Dooley, American actress (The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl), born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan
• Mar 4 Jenna Boyd, American actress, born in Bedford, Texas
• Mar 4 Alice Jones, British actress
• Mar 4 Abigail Mavity, American actress
• Mar 4 Yves Michel-Beneche, American actor
• Mar 11 Jodie Comer, English actress (Killing Eve), born in Liverpool, England
• Mar 19 Munro Chambers, Canadian actor
• Apr 14 Vivien Cardone, American actress, born in Port Jefferson, New York,
• Apr 14 Graham Phillips, American actor, born in Laguna Beach, California
• Apr 15 Madeleine Martin, American television actress
• May 6 Naomi Scott, English actress (Aladdin, Charlie's Angels), born in London, England
• May 10 Mirai Shida, Japanese actress
• May 13 Debby Ryan, American actress (The Suite Life on Deck), born in Huntsville, Alabama.
• May 14 Miranda Cosgrove, American actress and singer (iCarly), born in Los Angeles, California
• Jun 9 Danielle Chuchran, American actress
• Jun 19 KSI [Olajide Olatunji] British YouTuber, comedian and rapper, born in London, England
• Jun 24 Beanie Feldstein, American actress (Booksmart), born in Los Angeles, California
• Jun 25 Barney Clark, English actor (Oliver Twist), born in Hackney, London, England
• Jul 26 Taylor Momsen, American singer and actress (Gossip Girl), born in St. Louis, Missouri
• Jul 28 Hannah Lochner, Canadian actress, born in Ontario
• Aug 2 Cassidy Gifford, American actress and daughter of Frank & Kathy Lee, born in New York
• Aug 11 Alyson Stoner, American actress
• Aug 26 Keke Palmer, American actress (True Jackson, VP), born in Harvey, Illinois
• Sep 5 Gage Golightly, American actress (The Troop), born in Penn Valley, California
• Sep 18 Zozibini Tunzi, South African model and beauty queen, (Miss Universe 2019), born in Tsolo, South Africa
• Sep 20 Taylor Parks, American actress
• Sep 24 Ben Platt, American actor (Pitch Perfect), born in Los Angeles County, California
• Oct 2 Tara Lynne Barr, American actress
• Oct 3 Lindsay Fabes, actor (Charlie Winthrop-Another World)
• Oct 8 Angus T. Jones, American actor (Two and a Half Men), born in Austin, Texas
• Oct 31 Letitia Wright, English actress (Black Panther), born in Georgetown, Guyana
• Nov 15 Saaya Irie, Japanese Actress, singer
• Dec 8 Anna Sophia Robb, American actress and singer, born in Denver, Colorado

• Dec 16 Stephan James, Canadian actor (Homecoming), born in Toronto, Ontario
• Dec 22 Aliana Lohan, American actress, born in The Bronx, New York City

Weddings in Film & TV

• Jan 12 MTV hostess Martha Quinn marries longtime boyfriend Jordan Tarlow

• Apr 1 American actress Stefanie Powers (50) marries Frenchman Patrick de la Chenais (41); divorce in 1999
• Apr 24 ABC news analyst Jeff Greenfield weds Karen Gannett
• May 15 Actress Jane Seymour weds actor James Kesch

• Jul 24 Night Court actor Richard Moll (50) weds Susan Brown (32)
• Jul 25 Designer Claude Montana (44) weds his model Wallis Franken (44)
• Aug 8 California state senator Tom Hayden (54) weds actress Barbara Williams (40)

• Aug 29 Actress Elke Sommer (52) weds Wolf Walther (46)

• Sep 5 Robocop Richard Eden (36) weds actress Shannon Hile (30)
• Sep 5 "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" actress Nia Vardalos (30) weds "Felicity" actor Ian Gomez (28)

• Oct 22 Actor James Coburn (65) weds Paula Murad (37)
• Nov 6 Actress Allison Angrim (32) weds Robert Schoonover (44)
• Nov 13 "Ladyhawke" actress Michelle Pfeiffer (35) weds television writer and producer David E. Kelley (37) in Santa Barbara, California

• Nov 27 Actress Teri Garr (44) weds building contractor John O'Neil (42) at the Twin Dolphins Hotel in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
• Dec 5 American actor William Sanderson (47) weds Sharon Wix (39)

• Dec 31 Loveboat actress Jill Whelan (27) weds Brad St John (33)

Divorces in Film & TV

Deaths in Film & TV

Deaths 1 - 100 of 202

• Jan 1 June Clayworth, American actress (Bodyguard, Criminal Court), dies of lymphoma at 87
• Jan 1 Phyllis Hill, American dancer & actress (Singing in the Dark), dies of lung cancer at 72
• Jan 4 Joe Keenan, actor (Conviction of Kitty Dodd), dies of cancer at 69
• Jan 5 George L George, Russian/American journalist/director/producer, dies at 85
• Jan 5 Jennifer Raine Bissell, British actress (Thriller, Rush: Inspired by Battlefield) dies from a heart ailment 60
• Jan 5 Ronnie Welsh, actor (Patterns), dies of brain cancer at 52
• Jan 7 Richard Branda, actor (2 Minute Warning), dies of colon cancer at 57
• Jan 16 Florence Desmond [Dawson], actress (Sally in Our Alley), dies at 87
• Jan 16 Glenn Corbett, American actor (Shenandoah, Chisum, Midway), dies at 63
• Jan 18 Mia Meijer, Dutch playwright/director (Machine Child), dies
• Jan 19 William LeMassena, actor (All that Jazz), dies of lung cancer at 76

• Jan 20 Joseph Anthony [Deuster], American playwright, actor, and director (Matchmaker, Tomorrow), dies at 80

• Jan 28 Aben Kandel, screenwriter (Dinner at 8), dies of heart failure at 96
• Jan 28 John Steadman, American actor (Gator, Fade to Black), dies of a lung ailment at 83
• Feb 6 Frances Hunt, actress (You're a Sweetheart), dies of stroke at 77
• Feb 8 Douglas Heyes, director/writer (Kitten with a Whip), dies at 73
• Feb 9 David Willis, British journalist (BBC World Service), dies at 54
• Feb 9 Kate Wilkinson, actress (Clara-Another World), dies of cancer at 76
• Feb 11 Joy Garrett, American actress (Jo Johnson-Days of Our Lives), dies of liver failure at 47
• Feb 16 Donald Phelps, American actor (Ghost Ship) dies of AIDS at 61
• Feb 16 Richard Salant, news president (CBS-60 Minutes), dies at 78
• Feb 17 George E. Wilburn, film editor, dies of emphysema at 77
• Feb 18 Leslie Norman, English director and producer (Dunkirk), dies at 82
• Feb 18 Michael David Morrison, actor (Caleb-As the World Turns), dies at 33
• Feb 18 Kerry Von Erich, American professional wrestler (b. 1960)
• Feb 19 Michael Morrison, actor (Caleb-As the World Turns), dies at 33
• Feb 21 Harvey Kurtzman, American cartoonist and founding editor of Mad magazine, dies at 68
• Feb 23 Edwin Louis Battle, actor (Almost Blue, Chase), dies of stroke at 33
• Feb 25 Eddie Constantine, American singer and actor (Alphaville, License to Kill, Lucky Jo, It Lives Again), dies from a heart attack at 79
• Feb 25 Mary Walter, Filipino actress (Shake, Rattle and Roll, Tatlo, Dalawa, Isa), dies at 80
• Feb 26 Constance Ford, American model and actress (Burden Hunt, Another World), dies from cancer at 69
• Feb 27 Jose Duval, actor (Juan Valdez), dies at 72
• Feb 27 Lillian Gish, American silent film/stage actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at 99
• Feb 28 Ishirō Honda, Japanese film director and producer (Godzilla), dies at 81
• Feb 28 Joyce Carey, British actress (Brief Encounter, The Cedar Tree), dies at 94
• Feb 28 Ruby Keeler, Canadian actress, singer, and dancer (42nd Street, Dames), dies of cancer at 82
• Mar 1 Terry Frost, American actor (Waterfront, Dead Man's Trail), dies at 86
• Mar 2 Paul D Zimmerman, American screenwriter (King of Comedy), dies at 54
• Mar 3 Cyril Collard, French composer/dir/actor (A Nos Amours), dies at 35
• Mar 6 Douglas Marland, American soap opera writer (As the World Turns), dies at 58
• Mar 7 Earl Wrightson, American actor and singer (Pinafore, Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue), dies of heart failure at 77
• Mar 8 Joop Scheltens, TV host/director (Explore Your Place), dies at 69
• Mar 8 Wells Root, American screenwriter (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 92
• Mar 9 Ad van Gessel, Dutch actor (Everything For Our Soldiers), dies
• Mar 11 Dino Bravo, wrestler (WWF), shot to death at 44
• Mar 12 Michael Kanin, American director, writer and actor (Woman of the Year, Teacher's Pet), dies at 83
• Mar 15 Dennis Gregory, actor (Village of the Damn), dies of pneumonia at 40
• Mar 16 Chishu Ryu, Japanese actor (Autumn Afternoon), dies of cancer at 86
• Mar 16 Don Randolph, actor (Harem Girl), dies of pneumonia at 87

• Mar 17 Skip Young, actor (Smokey & Hotwire Gang), dies at 62
• Mar 24 Taylor Reed, actor (Easy Money), dies of heart attack at 60
• Mar 27 Kate Reid, British actress (The Andromeda Strain, Heaven Help US), dies of cancer at 62
• Mar 31 Brandon Lee, American actor (The Crow) and son of Bruce Lee, dies in an on-set firearms accident at 28
• Mar 31 Chichay [Amparo Robles Custodio], Filipino comedienne and actress (Bilangguang puso, Ngitngit ng pitong whistle bomb), dies at 75
• Apr 1 Wayne Mack, American sportscaster (New Orleans Saints, Tulane University) and actor (Storyville), dies of cancer at 68
• Apr 2 Eugenie Leontovitch, Russian actress (Homicidal, The Rains of Ranchipur), dies at 93
• Apr 3 Alexander Mnouchkine, French movie producer (Professional), dies at 83
• Apr 3 Dieter Plage, German wildlife filmmaker, dies at 57
• Apr 5 Divya Bharti, Indian actress in Hindi and Telugu movies (Shola Aur Shabnam; Deewana), dies at 19 of injuries and internal bleeding after falling from balcony of her 5th-floor apartment
• Apr 6 Divya Bharati, "Baby Doll" Indian Bollywood actress (Diwana), dies at 19 by mysteriously falling from her husband's apartment
• Apr 7 Max Croiset, Dutch actor (The Village on the River, Dog of Flanders, Little Ark), dies at 80
• Apr 7 Richard Schmiechen, American film producer (The Times of Harvey Milk), dies of AIDS at 45
• Apr 13 Barry Karas, American actor, dies of leukemia at 49
• Apr 15 William Bakewell, American actor (All Quiet on the Western Front, Gone with the Wind), dies of leukemia at 84
• Apr 20 Cantinflas [Mario Moreno], Mexican actor (Around World in 80 Days, Pepe), dies from lung cancer at 81
• Apr 25 Rosita Moreno, actress (Walls of Gold), dies of heart attack at 85
• Apr 29 Michael Gordon, actor and director (Pillow Talk), dies at 83
• May 6 Ann Todd, English actress (The Paradine Case, Taste of Fear), dies of a stroke at 84
• May 6 Minnie Gentry, actress (Def by Temptation), dies in NY at 77
• May 7 Mary Philbin, American silent film actress (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 89
• May 9 Mary Duncan Sanford, American actress, dies at 98
• May 13 Joaquin Garcia [Vargas] "Borolas", Mexican comedian and actor (Santa Sangre), dies at 71
• May 21 John Holland, American actor (My Fair Lady, Chinatown), dies at 65
• May 23 James Millhollin, actor (Anston Foster-Grindl), dies at 77
• May 25 Dan Seymour [Daniel Seymour Katz], American actor (To Have and Have Not, We the People, Sing It Again), dies following a stroke at 78
• May 26 Marvin Young, producer/child actor (Player), dies at 90
• May 27 Jan Wiley, actress (Underdog, Brute Man, She Wolf of London), dies
• May 27 Roger MacDougall, Scottish playwright and screenwriter (The Man in the White Suit), dies at 82
• May 30 Marge, American cartoonist (created Little Lulu), dies at 88
• May 31 John Granger, actor (Advise & Consent), dies at 69
• Jun 3 Bob Fitzsimmons, NY radio DJ (WNEW AM/WABC AM/WHN AM), dies at 53
• Jun 4 June Smaney, actress (Sainted Sister), dies of apparent suicide at 71
• Jun 9 Alexis Smith, Canadian actress and singer (The Age of Innocence, Follies), dies of brain cancer at 72
• Jun 10 Richard Webb, American actor (Captain Midnight, Out of the Past), shoots himself at 77
• Jun 10 Les Dawson, English Comedian (b. 1934)
• Jun 11 Ray Sharkey, actor (Wiseguy, No Mercy, Body Rock), dies of AIDs at 40
• Jun 11 Bernard Bresslaw, English comedian (Carry On team), dies of a heart attack at 59
• Jun 16 Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricket batsman and captain (43 Tests; 3,073 runs @ 46.56; 10 x 100s) and broadcaster (ABC 1956-81), dies at 79
• Jun 21 Jerry Strivelli, actor (Out for Justice, Lock Up), dies at 61
• Jun 26 Willy C of Hemert, director/(text)poet (Small Truth), dies at 81
• Jun 30 George McFarland, American actor (Spanky-Our Gang/Little Rascals), dies at age 65
• Jul 2 Fred Gwynne, American actor (Car 54 Where Are You, Munsters), dies of pancreatic cancer at 66
• Jul 3 "Curly" Joe DeRita, American actor and comedian (The Three Stooges) dies of pneumonia at 83
• Jul 4 Anne Shirley [Dawn Evelyeen Paris], British actress (The Devil and Daniel Webster, Murder My Sweet), dies of lung cancer at 75
• Jul 4 Charles Crain, actor, dies in Hollywood at 83
• Jul 9 Will Rogers Jr, American politician (D-Representative 1943-44) writer, political commentator, and actor (Down to Earth), commits suicide at 81
• Jul 10 Sam Rolfe, American screenwriter (b. 1924)

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