September 2015 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Film Premiere

Sep 3 US drama film "Spotlight" starring Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, John Slattery and Stanley Tucci premieres at the Venice Film Festival (Best Picture Academy Awards 2015)

Film & TV History

Sep 8 Comedian Stephen Colbert debuts as the new host of CBS's "The Late Show"

Film Premiere

Sep 11 "The Martian" based on the novel by Andy Weir, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival

Film & TV History

Sep 11 Sofia Vergara (Modern Family) and Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting (The Big Bang Theory) are named highest earning TV actresses (28.5 million) by Forbes

Film & TV History

Sep 16 Second Republican presidential candidates debate, hosted by CNN, Carly Fiorina and Donald Trump face off at the Reagan Presidential Library

Emmy Awards

Sep 21 67th Emmy Awards: hosted by Andy Samberg, "Game of Thrones", Viola Davis, John Hamm win

Film & TV History

Sep 28 South African comedian Trevor Noah succeeds Jon Stewart as host of late-night talk and satirical news program "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central in US

Weddings in Film & TV

Sep 3 Fashion and beauty vlogger Tanya Burr (26) weds fellow YouTube vlogger Jim Chapman at Babington House in Somerset, England
Sep 5 Actress Erika Christensen (33) weds cyclist Cole Maness in Palm Springs, California
Sep 5 Actress Jessica Raine (33) weds actor Tom Goodman-Hill in London
Sep 19 "Girls" TV star Allison Williams (27) weds College Humor co-founder Ricky Van Veen (34) at Brush Creek Ranch in Saratoga, Wyoming
Sep 24 International supermodel Bar Refaeli (30) weds businessman Adi Ezra at the Beresheet Hotel in Israel

Deaths in Film & TV

Sep 1 Dean Jones, American actor (Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, The Love Bug), dies at 84
Sep 3 Judy Carne, English comedienne and actress (Laugh-In), dies at 76
Sep 5 Setsuko Hara, Japanese actress (Late Spring, Tokyo Story), dies of pneumonia at 95
Sep 6 Martin Milner, American actor (Route 66, Adam 12), dies at 83
Sep 7 Dickie Moore, American actor (Oliver Twist, Little Men), dies at 89
Sep 10 Franco Interlenghi, Italian actor (I Vitelloni, Ulysses, Sciuscià), dies at 83
Sep 20 Jack Larson, American actor (The Adventures of Superman -"Jimmy Olsen"), screenwriter, and librettist (Virgil Thomson's "Lord Byron"), dies at 87
Sep 27 Frank Tyson, England Test cricket fast bowler/broadcaster (17 Tests, 76 wickets @ 18.56), dies at 85
Sep 27 John Guillermin, British film director (The Towering Inferno), dies at 89