July 1999 in Film & Television

Events in Film & TV

Film Release

Jul 9 Coming of age film "American Pie" is released, directed by Paul Weitz, starring Jason Biggs, Eugene Levy, and an ensemble cast

Weddings in Film & TV

  • Jul 10 "It Could Happen To You" actress Rosie Perez (34) weds playwright and screenwriter Seth Zvi Rosenfeld (37) in Brooklyn, New York

Helen Hunt & Hank Azaria

Jul 17 Academy Award-winning actress Helen Hunt (36) weds "The Simpsons" voice actor Hank Azaria (35) in Los Angeles, California

Raquel Welch

Jul 17 American actress Raquel Welch (58) weds American pizza maker Richard Palmer at her home in Beverly Hills, California; divorce in 2004

Martin Scorsese

Jul 22 Director Martin Scorsese (56) weds Helen Morris in New York

  • Jul 28 "Sixteen Candles" actress Molly Ringwald (31) weds French writer Valery Lamerignere in Bordeaux, France

Patrick Dempsey

Jul 31 Actor Patrick Dempsey (33) weds makeup artist Jillian Fink


Deaths in Film & TV

  • Jul 1 Edward Dmytryk, Canadian film director (Carpetbaggers, Young Lions, Caine Mutiny), dies at 90
  • Jul 1 Sylvia Sidney, American actress (b. 1910)
  • Jul 4 Ronny Graham [Stringer], American composer, lyricist, screenwriter (M*A*S*H (TV series), and actor (Chico & the Man; Mel Brooks films), dies of liver disease at 79
  • Jul 12 Bill Owen [William Owen Rowbotham], British actor (Last of the Summer Wine, Not So Dusty), dies from pancreatic cancer at 85
  • Jul 20 Sandra Gould, American actress (b. 1916)
  • Jul 29 Rajendra Kumar, Indian actor, producer and director (Arzoo, Love Story, Sangam), dies at 70