January 1996 in Film & Television

Events in Film & TV

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

Film tv awardsFilm and TV Awards

Jan 21 53rd Golden Globes: "Sense and Sensibility", Nicolas Cage, & Sharon Stone win

Actor Nicolas Cage
Actor
Nicolas Cage
Actor and Film Director Mel Gibson
Actor and Film Director
Mel Gibson
  • Jan 28 12th Sundance Film Festival: "Welcome to the Dollhouse" wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic

Birthdays in Film & TV

  • Jan 1 Mary Gibbs, American child actress
  • Jan 5 Max Baldry, English actor

Person of interestDove Cameron

Jan 15 Dove Cameron, American actress ("Liv and Maddie"), born in Seattle, Washington

Actress Dove Cameron
Actress
Dove Cameron
  • Jan 29 Megan Jossa, English actress

Weddings in Film & TV

  • Jan 27 "ER" TV actress Yvette Freeman (39) weds musical director Lawny Hartley (49) in Dunleith, Delaware

Deaths in Film & TV

  • 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, film producer, 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