June 2015 in Film & Television

Events in Film & TV

  • Jun 14 "Jurassic World", 1st film to make $500 million worldwide in its opening weekend

Film & TV History

Jun 16 TV personality and real estate mogul Donald Trump launches his campaign for the Republican nomination for US President at Trump Towers

Film & TV History

Jun 19 Actress Shannen Doherty reveals that she has breast cancer

Film Release

Jun 19 Pixar's animated film "Inside Out" is released with voices by Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Lewis Black, Bill Hader and Mindy Kaling

Glastonbury Festival

Jun 24 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: Kanye West, and The Who headline; other performers include Lionel Richie, Motörhead, Burt Bacharach, The Libertines, and Pharrell Williams


Weddings in Film & TV

  • Jun 9 Actress and singer Aly Michalka (26) weds film producer Stephen Ringer at Belmond Hotel Splendido in Portofino, Italy
  • Jun 13 Swedish Prince Carl Philip (36) weds former model Sofia Hellqvist at Slottskyrkan Royal Chapel in Stockholm
  • Jun 29 Liverpool goalkeeper Brad Jones (33) weds model Dani Lawrence (28) at Peckforton Castle in Cheshire

Deaths in Film & TV

  • Jun 5 Richard Johnson, British stage and screen actor and producer (Never So Few, Restless, Beyond the Door), dies at 87
  • Jun 6 Pierre Brice [Pierre-Louis Le Bris], French actor (Winnetou), dies at 86

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Jun 7 English actor (Dracula, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit), dies at 93

  • Jun 11 Dusty Rhodes [Virgil Riley Runnels Jr.], American professional wrestler (WWE), dies at 69
  • Jun 11 Ron Moody [Moodnick], British stage and screen actor, singer (Oliver!; The Twelve Chairs), and composer dies at 91
  • Jun 12 Monica Lewis, American jazz singer and film actress (Box Office, Affair with a Stranger), dies at 93
  • Jun 22 Buddy Landel 'Nature Boy', American professional wrestler, dies after a car accident at 53
  • Jun 22 James Horner, American film composer (Titanic; Apollo 13; Avatar), dies in a plane crash at 61
  • Jun 22 Laura Antonelli, Italian actress (Wifemistress, Divine Nymph), dies at 73
  • Jun 23 Magali Noël [Guiffray], French actress and singer, dies at 83
  • Jun 23 Richard "Dick" Van Patten, American actor, businessman, and animal welfare advocate (Tom Bradford in 8 is Enough), dies at 86
  • Jun 25 Patrick Macnee, British actor (The Avengers, Magnum, P.I., Sherlock Holmes), dies at 93
  • Jun 28 Jack Carter [Chakrin], American comedian and actor, dies at 93
  • Jun 30 Leonard Starr, American comic strip cartoonist (Little Orphan Annie), dies at 89