1993 in Film & Television

• 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 by Disney, is named 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

• 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 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 16 "Frasier" starring Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce premieres on NBC
• 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)

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

• Feb 7 David Dorfman, American actor
• Feb 7 Philip Wiegratz, German actor
• Feb 12 Jennifer Stone, US 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
• Mar 4 Alice Jones, British actress
• Mar 4 Abigail Mavity, American actress
• Mar 4 Yves Michel-Beneche, American actor
• Mar 19 Munro Chambers, Canadian actor
• Mar 22 Mick Hazen, American actor
• Apr 8 Trent Sullivan, Australian Actor
• Apr 14 Vivien Cardone, an American actress
• Apr 14 Graham Phillips (actor), American actor
• Apr 15 Madeleine Martin, American television actress
• 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
• Jun 9 Danielle Chuchran, American actress
• Jun 19 KSI [Olajide Olatunji] British YouTuber, comedian and rapper, born in London, England
• 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 5 Suzuka Ōgo, Japanese actress
• Aug 5 Corey J. Smith, English actor
• 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)
• 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 AnnaSophia Robb, American actress and singer
• Dec 11 Gina Miele, American singer and actress
• Dec 22 Aliana Lohan, US actress

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

• 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)

Deaths 1 - 100 of 193

• Jan 1 June Clayworth, actress (Bodyguard, Criminal Court), dies of lymphoma
• Jan 1 Phyllis Hill, 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/US 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, US 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, actor (Gator, Fade to Black), dies of lung ailment 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 10 Joy Garrett, actress (Days of Our Live), dies of liver failure at 47
• Feb 11 Joy Garrett, actress (Days of Our Lives), dies of liver failure
• 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, actor (Waterfront, Dead Man's Trail), dies at 86
• Mar 2 Paul D Zimmerman, US screenwriter (King of Comedy), dies at 54
• Mar 3 Cyril Collard, French composer/dir/actor (A Nos Amours), dies at 35
• 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, US 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 30 Jeremy Siegrist, actor (Adv of Darly & Samy), dies hiking at 20
• 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, sportscaster/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 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 13 Henny Budie, Dutch director and producer (Sterrenslag), dies
• 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, actress (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 89
• May 13 Joaquin Garcia [Vargas] "Borolas", Mexican comedian and actor (Santa Sangre), dies at 71
• May 21 John Holland, American actor (They Saved Hitler's Brain), 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 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 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)
• Jul 12 Lily van Lugt Melsert, actress (Tomorrow will be better), dies at 91
• Jul 14 Robert Strong, American actor, dies at 87
• Jul 15 David Brian, American actor (Accused of Murder, Dawn at Sorocco), dies at 78
• Jul 18 Jean Negulesco, Romanian-American film director (3 Coins in a Fountain), dies at 93

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