1996 in Film & Television

• Jan 9 First episode of "Third Rock from the Sun" screened on NBC

• Jan 28 12th Sundance Film Festival: "Welcome to the Dollhouse" wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
• Feb 2 Ali Landry, 22, (Louisiana), crowned 45th Miss USA
• Feb 15 46th Berlin International Film Festival: "Sense and Sensibility" wins the Golden Bear

• Mar 6 10th American Comedy Award: James Burrows

• Mar 10 22nd People's Choice Awards: Tom Hanks & Demi Moore win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Tim Allen & Candice Bergen win (TV)
• Mar 24 16th Golden Raspberry Awards: "Showgirls" wins

• Mar 31 WrestleMania XII, Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim, CA - Shawn Michaels beats Bret Hart for WWF Heavyweight title

• Apr 23 49th British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAS): "Sense and Sensibility" Best Film, Michael Radford Best Director


• Apr 23 42nd British Academy Television Awards: "Father Ted" Best Comedy, "Cracker" Best Drama

• May 5 Renette Cruz, Vancouver, wins Miss Canadian Universe

• May 17 Venezuelan Alicia Machado, aged 18, crowned 45th Miss Universe
• May 20 49th Cannes Film Festival: "Secrets & Lies" directed by Mike Leigh wins the Palme d'Or
• May 22 Emmy 23rd Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 16th time
• May 24 "Spy Hard" starring Leslie Nielsen is released
• May 30 John Tesh's final day as host of "Entertainment Tonight"

• Jul 4 29th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center
• Jul 15 MSNBC begins Microsoft internet-NBC TV
• Jul 21 "The Daily Show" hosted by Craig Kilborn premieres on Comedy Central in the US
• Aug 1 M2, MTV's second TV channel is launched

• Aug 21 Christie Lee Woods, 18, of Texas, crowned 14th Miss Teen USA

• Aug 28 53rd Venice Film Festival: "Michael Collins" directed by Neil Jordan wins Golden Lion

• Sep 8 48th Emmy Awards: ER, Dennis Franz & Kathy Baker win
• Sep 14 Tara Dawn Holland (Kansas), 23, crowned 70th Miss America 1997
• Oct 9 Howard Stern's book "Miss America" released in paperback
• Nov 1 Shaquille O'Neil makes his Hollywood debut as Los Angeles Lakers beat Phoenix Suns, 96-82 at the Forum, Inglewood; O'Neil scores 23 points and pulls down 14 rebounds in 35 minutes

• Nov 23 Irene Skliva, 18, of Greece, crowned 46th Miss World
• Nov 25 After 24 years, Disneyland Main Street Electrical Parade, ends
• Dec 14 12th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins

• Dec 26 Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado

• Jan 1 Mary Gibbs, American child actress
• Jan 3 Florence Pugh, English actress (Outlaw Kingdom), born in Oxford, England
• Jan 5 Max Baldry, English actor, born in Redhill, United Kingdom

• Jan 26 [Lindzi James] Tyger Drew-Honey, English actor (Outnumbered), born in Epsom, Surrey
• Jan 29 Megan Jossa, English actress
• Feb 9 Jimmy Bennett, American actor
• Feb 17 Sasha Pieterse, South African child actress
• Feb 21 Sophie Turner, English actress (Game of Thrones), born in Northampton, England
• Mar 6 Savanah Stehlin, American actress
• Mar 8 Lorna Fitzgerald, English actress
• Mar 9 Darsheel Safary, Youngest Indian actor to win filmfare award for best performance
• Mar 18 Madeline Carroll, American actress
• Apr 14 Abigail Breslin, American child actress, born in New York
• Apr 16 Lin Yun, Chinese actress (The Mermaid), born in Huzhou, China
• Apr 17 Dee Dee Davis, American actress, born in Culver City, California
• Apr 25 Allisyn Ashley Arm, American child actress (Sonny with a Chance), born in Glendale, California
• May 6 Dominic Scott Kay, American actor
• May 9 Mary Matilyn Mouser, American child actress
• May 26 Austin Michael Luciano, actor (Dante Carlino-Another World)

• Jun 23 Charlie Jones, British actor
• Jun 25 Lele Pons, Venezuelan-American internet personality (Vine, YouTube), born in Caracas, Venezuela
• Jul 23 Rachel G. Fox, American actress
• Aug 7 Tessa Allen, American actress, born in Manhattan Beach, California
• Aug 17 Ella Cruz, Filipina actress
• Aug 21 Jamia Simone Nash, American singer and actress, born in Virginia Beach, Virginia
• Sep 1 Zendaya [Coleman], American actress (Shake it Up), singer and dancer, born in Oakland, California
• Sep 8 Krystal Reyes, Filipina actress (Bakekang), born in Santa Maria, Bulacan, Philippines
• Sep 13 Lili Reinhart, American actress (Riverdale), born in Cleveland, Ohio
• Sep 27 Daeg Faerch, Danish-born Canadian actor
• Oct 3 Adair Tishler, American child actress
• Oct 9 Bella Hadid [Isabella Khair Hadid], American fashion model, born in Los Angeles, California
• Oct 28 Naelee Rae, American actress
• Oct 28 Jasmine Jessica Anthony, American actress (1408, Water Pills), born in Tarzana, California
• Nov 22 Hailey Baldwin, American model, born in Tucson, Arizona

• Dec 12 Lucas Hedges, American actor (Boy Erased), born in New York City

• Jan 27 "ER" TV actress Yvette Freeman (39) weds musical director Lawny Hartley (49) in Dunleith, Delaware
• Feb 14 Secretary of Defense and former US Senator William Cohen of Maine (56) weds Black Entertainment Television host Janet Langhart (54) at United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.
• Feb 15 Chinese actress Gong Li (30) weds Singapore-born businessman Ooi Hoe Seong (46) at Singapore's Registry of Marriages

• Apr 12 Actor and filmmaker Dennis Hopper (60) weds actress Victoria Duffy (29) at Boston's Old South Church
• Apr 27 Soap opera actor Lorenzo Lamas (38) weds Playboy model and actress Shauna Sand (24) in Rockland County, New York

• May 1 Actress and talk show host Kelly Ripa (26) weds film actor Mark Consuelos (25) in Las Vegas

• May 4 "CSI Miami" actor David Caruso (40) weds flight attendant Margaret Buckley (33)

• May 18 "As the World Turns" actor Shawn Christian (30) weds personal trainer Deborah Quinn in Gun Lake, Michigan
• May 25 Actress Kelley Menighan (29) weds actor-singer Jon Hensley (31) in Chicago, Illinois
• May 26 "Seinfield" actor-comedian Wayne Knight (41) weds makeup artist Paula Sutor (44) in Pacific Palisades, California
• Jun 16 Soap opera actress-singer Kassie Wesley (35) weds James De Paiva (39) in Morganfield, Kentucky
• Jun 22 "Full House" actress Candace Cameron (20) weds Montreal Canadiens hockey player Valeri Bure (22) at the Church of the Valle in Van Nuys, California
• Jun 23 "Amadeus" actor Tom Hulce (42) weds Italian artist Cecilia Ermini
• Jun 26 Actor Kiefer Sutherland (29) weds model Elizabeth Kelly Winn (34)
• Jul 20 Tony Award-winning actress Bernadette Peters (48) weds investment adviser Michael Wittenberg (34) in Millbrook, New York
• Aug 24 Actress-model Vendela (30) weds Norwegian politician Olaf Thommessen (30) in Stockholm, Sweden
• Sep 7 Five-foot-eleven model-actress Eva Herzigova (23) weds Bon Jovi drummer Tico Torres (43) in Sea Bright, New Jersey
• Sep 14 Actress Liz Keifer (33) weds Robert Convertino (41) at Rihga Royal Hotel in New York City
• Sep 21 Supermodel Christie Brinkey marries for 4th time to Peter Cook

• Sep 23 Oscar-nominated actor of "The Buddy Holly Story" Gary Busey (52) weds former stuntwoman from Dallas Tiani Warden (29) at Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas

• Oct 19 "Rescue Me" actor-comedian Lenny Clarke (43) weds former TV producer Jennifer Miller (31) at Martha's Vineyard in Cambridge, Massachusetts

• Nov 23 Actor and comedian Chris Rock (31) weds founder and executive director of StyleWorks Malaak Compton
• Nov 30 "All My Children" actress-model Eva LaRue (29) weds John Callahan (42) under a 500-year-old banyan tree at Koele in Lanai, Hawaii
• Dec 1 Model-actress Angie Everhart (27) weds actor Ashley Hamilton (22) at the Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles
• Dec 30 "The Last Emperor" Chinese actress Vivian Wu (30) weds producer-director Oscar Costo (43) in Shanghai, China

Deaths 1 - 100 of 170

• Jan 9 Fearless Mary Nadia Wadia, actress, dies at 88
• Jan 13 Denise Grey, [Edouardine Verthuy], actress (Julietta), dies at 99
• Jan 18 Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, Indian actor (b. 1923)
• Jan 19 Donald Simpson, American film producer (Flashdance), dies at 52
• Jan 25 Ruth Berghaus, choreographer/director, dies at 68
• Jan 27 Patrick Ludlow, British actor (Naughty Husbands, Evergreen and Modesty Blaise), dies at 93
• Jan 28 Burne Hogarth, strip-cartoon artist, dies at 84
• Jan 30 Guy Doleman, actor (Deadly Bees, Idol, Thunderball), dies at 72

• Feb 2 Shamus Culhane, animator, dies at 87
• Feb 3 Audrey Meadows [Cotter], American actress (The Honeymooners, The Jackie Gleason Show), dies of lung cancer at 69
• Feb 5 Peter Pooley, broadcaster, dies at 84
• Feb 6 Guy Madison [Robert Moseley], American actor (Wild Bill Hickok), dies of emphysema at 74
• Feb 6 Ronald Fletcher, British broadcaster (Barbara with Braden, Bomber Harris), dies at 85
• Feb 9 Gerald Savory, British actor playwright and TV producer (Heart of the Matter), dies at 86
• Feb 11 Phil Regan, American actor (Las Vegas Night, Dames, Housewife), dies at 88
• Feb 13 Martin Balsam, American charaacter actor (Psycho, 12 Angry Men, Archie Bunker's Place, Catch 22), dies of a stroke at 76
• Feb 15 Margaret Courtenay, Welsh actress, singer and entertainer (Royal Flash, Duet for One), dies of cancer at 72
• Feb 15 McLean Stevenson, American actor (M*A*S*H, Hello Larry), dies of a heart attack at 66
• Feb 15 Tommy Rettig, American actor (Jeff's Collie, Lassie), dies of a heart attack at 54
• Feb 16 Roger Bowen, American actor (M*A*S*H, Main Event, What about Bob), dies at 62
• Feb 17 [Elsie] Evelyn Laye, actress/singer (Sun Child), dies at 95
• Feb 19 Brenda Bruce, actress (December Bride, Nightmare), dies at 77
• Feb 20 Michael Herford Wooller, TV/film producer, dies at 69
• Feb 25 Haing S Ngor, Cambodian-American obstetrician, author, refugee and actor (The Killing Fields), murdered at 55
• Feb 27 Francois Chaumette, French actor (Le Bossu, They Never Slept, Christine), dies at 72
• Mar 3 Lyle Talbot [Lysle Henderson], American actor (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet), dies at 94
• Mar 5 Whitner "Whit" Bissell, American actor (Time Machine, Soylent Green, The Magnificent Seven), dies at 86
• Mar 6 Simon Cadell, English actor (Enemy at the Door), dies at 45
• Mar 8 Paul Harrhy, actor and opera singer (Intelligence Park), dies at 38
• Mar 9 George Burns, American comedian, actor and singer (Burns and Allen), dies at 100
• Mar 10 Ross Hunter, American film producer (Airport, Madame X, Pillow Talk), dies at about 75 (date of birth disputed)
• Mar 11 Vince Edwards, American actor, director, and singer (Ben Casey, The Devil's Brigade, Matt Lincoln, Firehouse), dies of cancer at 67
• Mar 13 Brian Hulls, British TV news cameraman, dies at 48
• Mar 13 Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish film director (The Double Life of Veronique), dies of heart attack at 54
• Mar 13 Lucio Fulci, Italian film director "Godfather of Gore", dies at 68
• Mar 16 Charlie Barnett, American actor (b. 1954)
• Mar 17 Rene Clement, film director, dies at 83
• Mar 25 John Snagge, British newsreader and commentator for the BBC (Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race), dies at 91
• Mar 28 Barbara McLean, film Editor, dies at 86
• Mar 28 Ken Dibbs, Lebanese actor (Suddenly, Party Girl, High Society), dies at 78
• Mar 30 Hugh Edward Lance Falkus, filmmaker/naturalist, dies at 78
• Apr 1 Mário Viegas, Portuguese actor (The Jew, Divine Comedy, Funeral of Patrao), dies at 47
• Apr 4 Carl Burton Stokes, African American politician (51st mayor of Cleveland) and TV newscaster, dies at 68 (b. 1927)

• Apr 8 Ben Johnson, American actor (Chisum, Battle Force, Dillinger), dies of heart attack at 77
• Apr 14 William K Everson, film historian, dies at 67
• Apr 16 Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer (Meet Me in St. Louis, Ziegfeld Follies), dies at 79
• Apr 16 Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Cuban filmmaker (Muerte de un burócrata), dies at 67
• Apr 20 Cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, Executive (BBC), dies at 88
• Apr 21 Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder, sportscaster, LV bookmaker (The NFL Today; fired for racist remarks), dies of a heart attack at 77
• Apr 22 David Shipman, English film historian, dies at 63
• Apr 22 Erma Bombeck, American humorist (The Grass is Greener over the Septic Tank), dies at 69
• Apr 24 Donald Cammell, film director, dies at 62
• Apr 24 Preston Lockwood [Reginald], British actor (Time Bandits, Jeeves and Wooster), dies of natural causes at 83
• Apr 25 Saul Bass, American graphic designer of logos and film titles (Psycho), dies at 75
• Apr 26 Stirling Silliphant, screenwriter, dies at 78
• Apr 27 Joan Sterndale-Bennett, British actress (Brighton Rock, Those Fantastic Flying Fools), dies at 82
• Apr 28 Gilles Grangier, French film director (Archimède le clochard), dies at 84
• Apr 29 David William Eric Davis, broadcaster, dies at 87
• Apr 29 David Davis, British radio broadcaster (BBC Children's Hour), dies at 87
• Apr 30 David Opatoshu [Opatovsky], American actor and writer (Star Trek, Bonino, Secret Empire, Masada), dies at 78
• Apr 30 Hélène Cordet, French actress (The Limping Man), dies at 78
• Apr 30 Jeanne Bal, American actress (Pat-Love & Marriage, Star Trek- The Man Trap), dies at 67
• May 1 Ivo Rudolph Jarosy, German-British film scholar and exhibitor, dies at 74
• May 3 Jack Weston [Weinstein], American actor (Dirty Dancing, The Four Seasons, Rad), dies of lymphoma at 71
• May 7 Howard Smith, British diplomat and Director General of MI5, dies at 76
• May 17 Willis Conover, American broadcaster (Voice of America), dies at 75
• May 19 Margaret Rawlings, actress (Roman Holiday), dies at 89
• May 19 Giovanni "John" Beradino, American MLB infielder and actor (General Hospital), dies from pancreatic cancer at 79
• May 20 Jon Pertwee, English actor and entertainer (third Doctor in Doctor Who, Worzel Gummidge), dies from a heart attack at 76
• May 20 Eric Davidson, comedy scriptwriter, dies at 65
• May 21 Alfred "Lash" LaRue, American actor (Lash of the West, Wyatt Earp), dies of emphysema at 78
• May 23 Dorothy Hyson, American actress (Ghoul, Spare a Copper, Sing as We Go), dies at 81
• May 23 Patrick Cargill, British actor (Help!, No Wreath for the General, Hammerhead), dies of a brain tumor at 77
• May 24 John Abbott, British actor (The Jungle Book, Gigi, Smogasboard), dies from cancer at 90
• May 29 Jeremy Sinden, English actor (Chariots of Fire, Ascendancy, Harem), dies at 45
• May 31 Colin Morris, playwright/documentary filmmaker, dies at 80
• Jun 1 Ray Combs, TV host (Family Feud), commits suicide at 40
• Jun 1 Michael Fox, American actor (Perry Mason, Quincy, Dallas, Bold & the Beautiful), dies at 75
• Jun 2 John Alton, cinematographer, dies at 94
• Jun 3 Peter Glenville, English actor and director (Hotel Paradiso, Becket), dies at 82
• Jun 5 Vito Scotti [Scozarri], American actor (The Godfather, Flying Nun, Barefoot in the Park), dies of lung cancer at 78
• Jun 6 Glyn Worsnip, broadcaster, dies at 57
• Jun 6 Richard Michael Hills, comedy script writer, dies at 70
• Jun 8 Barry Linehan, actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft), dies at 70
• Jun 10 Jo Van Fleet, American actress (Cool Hand Luke, Cinderella, East of Eden), dies at 80
• Jun 11 Brigitte Helm [Gisele Eve von Kuenheim], German actress (Gloria, Gold, Metropolis), dies at 90
• Jun 11 Lonne Elder, playwright/screenwriter, dies at 69
• Jun 12 Ilona Ference, American actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night), dies at 78
• Jun 15 Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, Scottish adventurer, soldier, writer and politician and an inspiration for Ian Flemings James Bond, dies at 85
• Jun 15 Dick Murdoch, professional wrestler (b. 1946)
• Jun 20 Hellevi Rombin Schine, Miss Universe (1955), dies in plane crash at 64
• Jun 20 Joseph Green, Polish-American filmmaker, dies at 96
• Jun 22 Salah Abou Seif, film director, dies at 81
• Jun 23 Salah Abou Seif [Salah Abu Saif], Egyptian film director (Bidaya wa Nihaya), dies at 81
• Jun 23 Pasqualino de Santis, Italian cinematographer, dies at 69
• Jun 27 Alberto Romero "Cubby" Broccoli, American film producer (James Bond), dies at 87
• Jun 29 Pamela Mason [Ostrer], British actress, author and talk-show host (Lady Possessed), dies of heart failure at 78
• Jul 1 Alfred Marks, British actor and comedian (Desert Mice, Scream & Scream Again), dies at 75

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