Events in Film & TV
WrestleMania
Apr 2 WrestleMania XVI, Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim, CA: Triple H beats The Rock, Mick Foley and The Big Show in a 4-way elimination match for the WWF Heavyweight tile
Dwayne Johnson
Triple H
- Apr 9 53rd British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAS): "American Beauty" Best Film, Pedro Almodovar Best Director
Event of Interest
Apr 13 "When Louis Met..." documentary by Louis Theroux premieres on BBC2 in the UK featuring Jimmy Saville
Louis Theroux
Weddings in Film & TV
Wedding of Interest
Apr 22 NFL football player Emmitt Smith (31) weds Miss Virginia USA beauty queen Patricia Southall (29)
Emmitt Smith
Deaths in Film & TV
Claire Trevor
Apr 8 Claire Trevor, American actress (Marjorie Morningstar), dies of respiratory failure at 91
Claire Trevor
- Apr 10 Peter Jones, British actor (Chariots of Fire, From a Bird's Eye View), dies of natural causes at 79
- Apr 10 Larry Linville, American actor (b. 1939)
- Apr 10 Kirsten Rolffes, Danish actress (The Kingdom, Matador, Een stor familie), dies at 71
- Apr 11 Diana Darvey, British actress, singer and dancer (b. 1945)