March 1999 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Mar 20 19th Golden Raspberry Awards: An Alan Smithee Film "Burn Hollywood Burn" wins

Academy Awards

Mar 21 71st Academy Awards: "Shakespeare in Love", Roberto Benigni & Gwyneth Paltrow win

Playwright and Screenwriter Tom Stoppard

Music Single

Mar 23 "Livin' la Vida Loca" sung by Ricky Martin released - goes on to sell over 8 million copies

Film Premiere

Mar 24 "The Matrix" film written and directed by The Wachowskis, starring Keanu Reeve, Lawrence Fishburne and Carrie-Ann Moss premieres

Mar 26 Tom Snyder's final appearance as host of "The Late Late Show" on CBS, after 777 episodes

WrestleMania

Mar 28 WrestleMania XV, First Union Center, Philadelphia, PA: 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin beats The Rock in no disqualification match for the WWF Heavyweight title

Actor and Professional Wrestler Dwayne Johnson

Mar 30 Craig Kilborn becomes the host of "The Late Late Show" on CBS; hosts the program through 2004

Film Release

Mar 31 "10 Things I Hate About You", a modernization of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, starring Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger, is released

Birthdays in Film & TV

Mar 4 Brooklyn Beckham, English model and photographer (son of David and Victoria Beckham), born in London, England
Mar 13 Wiktoria Gąsiewska, Polish actress, born in Warsaw, Poland
Mar 19 Tatum McCann, American actress

Weddings in Film & TV

Mar 20 "Smallville" actress Annette O' Toole (46) weds "Laverne and Shirley" actor Michael McKean (51) at The Regal Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California

Deaths in Film & TV

Mar 3 Lee Philips, American actor and director (Peyton Place, Ellery Queen), dies of progressive supranuclear palsy at 72
Mar 4 Del Close, American actor (b. 1934)
Mar 5 Richard Kiley, American actor and singer (Kismet; Man of La Mancha; Endless Love), dies at 76

Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999)

Mar 7 American film director (2001 A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange), dies at 70

Mar 8 Mary Margaret "Peggy" Cass, American actress, comedian, game show panelist and announcer (To Tell The Truth), dies at 74
Mar 11 Stefan Schnabel, German actor (Anna, Dracula's Widow, Firefox), dies from a heart attack at 87
Mar 13 Garson Kanin, American playwright, director, and producer (Double Life; Born Yesterday), dies at 96
Mar 14 Kirk Alyn [John Feggo Jr], American actor (Superman), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 88
Mar 16 Gratien Gélinas, Quebec playwright and director (b. 1909)
Mar 17 Ernest Gold, Austrian-born American film composer (Exodus), dies at 77
Mar 17 Rod Hull, British comedian (Emu), dies after falling off a roof at 63
Mar 21 Ernie Wise, British comedian (Morecambe and Wise), dies at 73
Mar 22 David Strickland, American actor (b. 1969)
Mar 30 Gary Morton [Morton Goldaper], American comedian, television producer, studio executive (Desilu), and second husband of Lucille Ball, dies of lung cancer at 74
Mar 30 Terry Wilson, American actor (Wagon Train; Escape to Witch Mountain), dies at 75