March 2017 in Film & Television

Events in Film & TV

Film & TV History

Mar 1 Charo is revealed as a contestant on season 24 of Dancing with the Stars

  • Mar 12 Irene Sankoff and David Hein's musical drama "Come From Away" opens at Schoenfeld Theatre, NYC
  • Mar 15 Disney refuses to cut gay moment in film "Beauty and the Beast" for Malaysian censors, instead pulls film from Malaysia

Beauty and the Beast

Mar 17 Live-action remake "Beauty and the Beast" directed by Bill Condon and starring Emma Watson opens


Weddings in Film & TV

  • Mar 3 Bachelorette TV personality Ali Fedotowsky (32) weds TV and radio host Kevin Manno (33) at Terranea Resort in Los Angeles, California

Amanda Seyfried

Mar 12 Actress and singer-songwriter Amanda Seyfried (31) weds actor Thomas Sadoski (40) in a private ceremony

Alison Brie

Mar 13 21 Jump Street actor Dave Franco (32) weds actress Alison Brie (34) in a private ceremony

  • Mar 25 Orange Is the New Black actress Samira Wiley (30) weds writer Lauren Morelli (34) in Palm Springs, California

Deaths in Film & TV

  • Mar 6 Robert Osborne, American film historian (Turner Classic Movies), dies at 84
  • Mar 21 Chuck Barris, american TV game show producer and host (Gong Show), dies at 87
  • Mar 23 Lola Albright, American singer and actress (Delta Country, Kid Galahad, A Cold Wind in August), dies at 92
  • Mar 26 Darlene Cates, American actress (What's Eating Gilbert Grape), dies at 69
  • Mar 28 Christine Kaufmann, Austrian-born actress (Town Without Pity, Red Lips), dies at 72
  • Mar 28 Janine Sutto, French Canadian actress and comedian (Guide de la petite vengeance), dies of natural causes at 95
  • Mar 28 Ronald Hines, British actor (Not in Front of the Children, Pack of Lies), dies at 87