March 2006 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

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

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

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

Mar 14 Mike Wallace retires from US news program "60 Minutes" after 37 years

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

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

Mar 1 Jack Wild, British actor (Oliver!, H.R. Pufnstuf), dies of tongue and throat cancer at 53
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, dies at 50
Mar 18 Michael Attwell, British actor (b. 1943)
Mar 23 Desmond Doss, American soldier and 1st conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor who was the subject of the film Hacksaw Ridge. dies at 87
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 (Doctor Dolittle), dies at 89
Mar 25 (Alvis) "Buck" Owens, American "Bakersfield Sound" country singer-songwriter ("Under Your Spell Again"), bandleader (The Buckaroos - "Act Naturally"), and TV personality (Hee Haw), dies of an apparent heart attack at 76