December 2015 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Historic Publication

Dec 11 "Playboy" magazine publishes its last nude issue, features Pamela Anderson on the cover

Film Premiere

Dec 14 "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" directed by J.J. Abrams and starring Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Harrison Ford has its world premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles

Dec 19 Third Democratic presidential candidates debate, broadcast by ABC, held in Goffstown, New Hampshire

Weddings in Film & TV

Dec 20 Broadcaster Christine Bleakley (36) weds footballer Frank Lampard (37) at Saint Paul's Church in Knightsbridge, London
Dec 23 American soft rock singer-songwriter Richard Marx (53) weds American model and TV host Daisy Fuentes (50) in Aspen, Colorado
Dec 23 TV Host Carson Daly (42) weds Siri Pinter in a church ceremony

Alex Jones

Dec 31 TV presenter Alex Jones (38) weds Charlie Thomson in a magical ceremony at Cardiff Castle

Divorces in Film & TV

Antonio Banderas

Dec 4 Actors Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas divorce after 19 years of marriage

Deaths in Film & TV

Dec 2 Anthony Valentine, British actor (Colditz), dies at 76
Dec 4 Salvatore "Robert" Loggia, American actor (Jagged Edge, Big, Officer & a Gentleman, Scarface), dies of complications from Alzheimer's disease at 85
Dec 5 Marília Pêra, Brazilian actress (Better Days Ahead, Pixote), dies of lung cancer at 72
Dec 6 Holly Woodlawn, transgender Puerto Rican actress (Warhol films), dies at 69
Dec 6 Nicholas Smith, English actor (Are You Being Served?), dies at 81
Dec 15 Ken Pogue, Canadian actor (Adderly, Katts and Dog), dies of cancer at 81
Dec 19 Douglas Dick, American actor and psychologist (Rope, Waterfront), dies at 95
Dec 20 Patricia Elliott, American actress (Renee-Empire, One Life to Live), dies at 77
Dec 22 Carson Van Osten, American musician and comic strip writer (Disney), dies at 70
Dec 27 Haskell Wexler, American cinematographer and director, dies at 93
Dec 31 Beth Howland, American actress (Vera - Alice, Company), dies at 74
Dec 31 Wayne Rogers, American actor (M*A*S*H, 1972-75 - "Capt. 'Trapper' John McIntyre"; House Calls), dies of pneumonia at 82