Events in Film & TV
Film & TV History
Feb 7 Uma Thurman is named a knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France for outstanding achievement in the field of art and literature
Sports History
Feb 9 Al Michaels joins NBC's "Sunday Night Football" broadcast with John Madden
- Feb 9 56th Berlin International Film Festival: "Grbavica" wins the Golden Bear
BAFTA Awards
Feb 19 59th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs): "Brokeback Mountain" Best Film, Ang Lee Best Director
Weddings in Film & TV
Glenn Close
Feb 3 Academy Award-winning actress Glenn Close (58) weds David Evans Shaw in Maine
- Feb 11 Mexican telenovela actor Guillermo Capetillo (47) weds model Tania Amezcua in Mixcoac, Mexico
Deaths in Film & TV
- Feb 3 Al Lewis [Alexander Meister], American actor (The Munsters, Used Cars), dies at 82
- Feb 4 Myron Waldman, American animator (Fleischer Studio), dies at 97
- Feb 5 Norma Candal, Puerto Rican actress and comedian (La criada malcriada), dies at 78
- Feb 5 Franklin Cover, American actor (Tom-The Jeffersons), dies at 77
- Feb 6 Pedro Gonzales-Gonzalez, American actor (Rio Bravo), dies at 80
- Feb 8 Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer, best known for his film scores in the Godzilla films, dies at 91
- Feb 9 Nadira, Indian actress (b. 1932)
- Feb 11 Jackie Pallo, English professional wrestler, dies at 79
- Feb 13 Andreas Katsulas, Greek-American actor (b. 1946)
- Feb 14 Shoshana Damari, Israeli singer and actress (b. 1923)
- Feb 14 Darry Cowl, French musician and actor, dies at 80
- Feb 16 Johnny Grunge, American professional wrestler (b. 1966)
- Feb 18 Richard Bright, American actor (Al Neri-Godfather), dies at 68
- Feb 23 Benno Besson, Swiss actor and director (Der Arzt wider Willen), dies at 83
- Feb 24 Don Knotts, American actor (Andy Griffth Show, 3's Company), died of lung cancer at 81
- Feb 24 John Martin, Canadian broadcaster (b. 1947)
- Feb 24 Dennis Weaver, American actor (Chester-Gunsmoke, Duel, Battered), dies at 81
- Feb 25 Darren McGavin [Richardson], American actor (Murphy Brown, The Night Stalker, A Christmas Story), dies of cardiovascular disease at 83
- Feb 27 Linda Smith, British comedian (b. 1958)
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