March 2006 in Film & Television

Events in Film & TV


Film release premierFilm Premier

Mar 1 Animated film "Ice Age: The Meltdown" directed by Carlos Saldanha with voices by Ray Romano and John Leguizamo premieres in Belgium

Actor Ray Romano
Actor
Ray Romano
  • Mar 3 37th NAACP Image Awards: "Crash" wins Outstanding Motion Picture
  • Mar 4 26th Golden Raspberry Awards: Dirty Love wins

Music awardsMusic Awards

Mar 4 20th Soul Train Music Awards: Jamie Foxx, Destiny's Child & John Legend win

Actor and Singer-Songwriter Jamie Foxx
Actor and Singer-Songwriter
Jamie Foxx
Singer-songwriter John Legend
Singer-songwriter
John Legend

Film tv awardsFilm Awards

Mar 5 78th Academy Awards: "Crash", Philip Seymour Hoffman & Reese Witherspoon win

Actress Reese Witherspoon
Actress
Reese Witherspoon
Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman
Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Event of interestEvent of Interest

Mar 5 Nature documentary "Planet Earth" narrated by David Attenborough premieres on the BBC

Natural History Filmmaker and TV Personality David Attenborough
Natural History Filmmaker and TV Personality
David Attenborough

Weddings in Film & TV

  • Mar 3 "Gata Salvaje" telenovela actress Carolina Tejera (29) weds Costa Rican businessman Don Stockwell at the Hotel Marriott in San Jose, Costa Rica
  • Mar 14 Argentinean actress Andrea Frigerio (44) weds Lucas Boccino in an intimate civil ceremony
  • Mar 14 Comedian and actor Jack Black (36) weds musician and animator Tanya Haden (34) in Big Sur, California
  • Mar 16 Actress Divya Palat weds former MTV India VJ Aditya Hitkari at a temple in Matunga, India

HeartWedding of Interest

Mar 16 Academy Award-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss (58) weds Svetlana Erokhin in Harrisonburg, Virginia

Actor Richard Dreyfuss
Actor
Richard Dreyfuss
  • Mar 18 Television star Adita Wahi weds director Ameet Sawant in New Delhi

Deaths in Film & TV

  • Mar 2 Jack Wild, British actor (b. 1952)
  • Mar 6 Dana Reeve, American actress, wife of Christopher Reeve and activist (Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation), dies of lung cancer at 44
  • Mar 7 John Junkin, British actor and scriptwriter (A Hard Day's Night), dies at 76
  • Mar 13 Maureen Stapleton, American actress (Lonelyhearts, Airport, Coccoon, Plaza Suite), dies at 80
  • Mar 17 Bob Papenbrook, American voice actor (b. 1955)
  • Mar 18 Michael Attwell, British actor (b. 1943)
  • Mar 24 Lynne Perrie, English actress (b. 1931)
  • Mar 25 Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)
  • Mar 25 Richard Fleischer, American film director (b. 1916)
  • Mar 25 Buck Owens, American singer and television personality (b. 1929)
  • Mar 27 Dan Curtis, American television producer and director (b. 1928)