February 2003 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Feb 2 Jennifer Lopez starts a three week run at #1 on the US singles chart with "All I Have"

Feb 3 Actress Lana Clarkson is shot and killed by Phil Spector at Spector's house in Alhambra, California

Feb 6 53rd Berlin International Film Festival: "In This World" wins the Golden Bear

Feb 6 American rapper 50 Cent releases his album “Get Rich or Die Trying” (2003 Billboard Album of the Year)

Feb 21 Bill Maher's political talk show "Real Time with Bill Maher" debuts on HBO

Feb 23 56th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs): "The Pianist" Best Film, Roman Polanski Best Director

Feb 20 American actress and singer-songwriter ("Driver's License"), born in Temecula, California

Feb 23 Actor Paul Rudd (33) weds publicist Julie Yaeger

Feb 3 Lana Clarkson, American actress, shot and killed by Phil Spector at 40
Feb 9 Vera Ralston [Věra Helena Hrubá], Czech figure skater and actress (Dakota, Accused of Murder), dies of cancer at 83
Feb 10 Curt Hennig, American professional wrestler, dies at 44
Feb 13 Stacy Keach, Sr., American actor (Pretty Woman; The Parallax View), dies at 88
Feb 22 Daniel Taradash, American screenwriter (b. 1913)
Feb 24 Walter Scharf, American film composer (Jerry Lewis movies; The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau), dies of heart failure at 92
Feb 25 Alberto Sordi, Italian actor and film maker (Miser, Taxi Driver in NY, Me and Caterina), dies of lung cancer at 82