September 1993 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Music History

Sep 1 Revival of Peter Shaffer's farce double-bill "White Liars/Black Comedy" opens at Criterion Theater, NYC; runs for 38 performances

Film & TV History

Sep 5 F. Murray Abraham released from hospital after car accident

Telethon

Sep 6 Jerry Lewis' 28th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $46,014,922

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

Television Premiere

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

Sep 18 18th Toronto International Film Festival: "The Snapper" directed by Stephen Frears wins the People's Choice Award
Sep 18 Kimberly Clarice Aiken (SC), 18, crowned 67th Miss America 1994

Emmy Awards

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

Television Debut

Sep 27 British crime series "Cracker" created by Jimmy McGovern starring Robbie Coltrane debuts on ITV in the UK

Sep 29 "Grace Under Fire" starring Brett Butler debuts on ABC-TV

Birthdays in Film & TV

Sep 5 Gage Golightly, American actress (The Troop), born in Penn Valley, California
Sep 16 Tayla Parx [Taylor Parks], American songwriter, singer, and actress, born in Dallas, Texas
Sep 18 Zozibini Tunzi, South African model and beauty queen, (Miss Universe 2019), born in Tsolo, South Africa
Sep 24 Ben Platt, American actor (Pitch Perfect), born in Los Angeles County, California

Weddings in Film & TV

Sep 5 "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" actress Nia Vardalos (30) weds "Felicity" actor Ian Gomez (28)

Ralph Fiennes

Sep 5 Actor Ralph Fiennes marries actress Alex Kingston (divorced 1997)

Sep 5 Robocop Richard Eden (36) weds actress Shannon Hile (30)

Loretta Young

Sep 10 Actress Loretta Young (80) weds costume designer Jean Louis (85)

Shannen Doherty

Sep 24 Beverly Hills 90210 star Shannen Doherty (Brenda) weds Ashley Hamilton

Deaths in Film & TV

Sep 2 Eric Berry, English/American actor (Pippin, 49th Parallel), dies at 80
Sep 3 Leon Liebgold, Polish American actor/chairman (Hebrew Actors Union), dies at 83
Sep 4 Clyde Adler, American writer and voice actor (Soupy Sales Show - "White Fang"; "Black Tooth"), dies at 67
Sep 4 Hervé Villechaize, French-American actor (Fantasy Island - Ze plane! Ze plane!), shoots self to death at 50
Sep 5 Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (Spy Who Loved Me), dies at 78
Sep 5 Willem Wagter, actor (Ghetto, Medic Center West), dies at 60
Sep 9 David Tendlar, animator (Betty Boop), dies
Sep 9 Helen O'Connell, American big-band singer (Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra - "Green Eyes"; "Anapola"), and TV host (Today Show, 1956-58), dies of cancer at 74
Sep 10 Janice Carroll, American actress (End, April Fools), dies of cancer at 61
Sep 10 Rita Karin, Polish-Latvia/American actress (Sophie's Choice), dies at 73
Sep 12 Charles Lamont, American actor and director (Abbott & Costello films), dies at 95
Sep 12 Harold Innocent, English actor (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves), dies at 60
Sep 12 Raymond Burr, Canadian-American actor (Perry Mason, Ironsides, Godzilla), dies of liver cancer at 76
Sep 17 James Griffith, American actor (Sheriff of Cochise), dies at 77
Sep 19 Richard Landau, American screenwriter (Back to Bataan), dies at 79
Sep 20 Leonard Parkin, British TV host (ITN), dies at 64
Sep 21 Fernand Ledoux, Belgian-French actor (L'Homme de Londres), dies at 96
Sep 21 Kamaran Abdalla, Iraqi-English-Dutch actor (Best Thing in Life), dies at 34
Sep 23 William Cort, actor/producer (Ghost, Dear Heart), dies of cancer at 53
Sep 24 Zita Johann, Hungarian/American actress (Mummy), dies at 89
Sep 29 Gordon Douglas, American actor and director (Tony Rome), dies of cancer at 85
Sep 30 Tony Brafa, American actor (The Naked Gun - "Enrico Pallazzo"), dies at 72