Events in Film & TV
Film Premier
1932 "Grand Hotel" directed by Edmund Goulding and starring Greta Garbo and John Barrymore premieres in New York, includes the line "I want to be alone" (Best Picture/Production 1932)
Greta Garbo
- 1953 KFDX TV channel 3 in Wichita Falls, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1982 3 CBS employees shot to death in NYC parking lot
- 1987 CBS' premiere of fact-based World War II drama "Escape from Sobibor"
- 1991 2,500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs
- 1992 Euro Disney (Disneyland Paris) opens in Marne-la-Vallee, France
Birthdays in Film & TV
- 1887 Harold Lockwood, American actor (Tess of the Storm Country), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1918)
- 1898 Lily Pons, French opera singer (Met Opera) and actress (That Girl From Paris), born in Draguignan, France (d. 1976)
- 1899 Chief Thundercloud [Victor Daniels], Cherokee actor (The Lone Ranger, Colt .45), born in Muskogee, Indian Territory (d. 1955) (d. 1955)
- 1907 Hardie Gramatky, American author and animator (Little Toot), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1979)
- 1908 Virginia Cherrill, American actress (Lake Extra, Brat, City Lights, Delicious), born in Santa Barbara, California (d. 1996)
- 1912 Eric Feldary, Hungarian actor (Hold Back the Dawn, 16 Fathoms Deep), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1968)
- 1912 Walter "Walt" Gorney, American character actor (Friday the 13th, Trading Places), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2004)
- 1916 Brian Connell, British writer and broadcaster, born in Hertford (d. 1999)
- 1923 Ann Miller, American actress and dancer (On the Town), born in Chireno, Texas (d. 2004)
- 1925 Oliver Postgate, English animator, puppeteer and writer, born in Hendon, London (d. 2008)
- 1926 Jane Withers, American actress, model, and singer (All Together Now, Josephine the plumber), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- 1928 Hardy Krüger, German actor (The Flight of the Phoenix), born in Wedding, Berlin, Germany
- 1929 Elspet Gray, Lady Rix, Scottish actress (4 Weddings & a Funeral, Solo, Tenko), born in Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland (d. 2013)
- 1930 Bryan Magee, British philosopher, politician and broadcaster (Modern British Philosophy), born in London
- 1936 Charles Napier, American actor (Night Stalker, Rambo), born in Mt. Union, Kentucky (d. 2011)
- 1942 Bill Bryden, British stage and film director, born in Greenock, Scotland
- 1942 Frank Bank, American actor (Lumpy-Leave it to Beaver), born in Hollywood, California (d. 2013)
- 1943 Charles Ludlam, American playwright and actor (Big Easy), born in NYC, New York (d. 1987)
- 1946 Ed O'Neill, American comedian and actor (Al Bundy-Married with Children), born in Youngstown, Ohio
- 1946 Peter L de Baan, Dutch actor, director and playwright (Leonce & Lena)
- 1947 Dan Lauria, American actor (Jack Arnold-Wonder Years), born in Brooklyn, New York
David Letterman
1947 David Letterman, American comedian (Late Night), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
David Letterman
- 1948 Jeremy Beadle, English television presenter (Beadle's About), born in London, England (d. 2008)
- 1950 David Cassidy, American singer and actor (Keith-Partridge Family), born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
- 1956 Alex Briley, American actor (Can't Stop the Music), born in NYC, New York
- 1956 Andy Garcia, Cuban-American actor (Stand & Deliver, 8 Million Ways to Die), born in Havana, Cuba
- 1956 Doris Baaten, Dutch actress (Sesame Street, Fien), born in Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
- 1956 Walter Salles, Brazilian filmmaker (The Motorcycle Diaries), born in Rio de Janeiro
- 1958 Howard Stableford, English actor and host, born in Preston, Lancashire
- 1959 Elissa Leeds, American actress (Cissy-Dorothy), born in NYC, New York
- 1961 Magda Szubanski, Australian actress (Kath & Kim), born in Liverpool, Merseyside, England
- 1962 Takada Nobuhiko, Japanese wrestler, born in Isogo-ku, Yokohama
- 1965 Tom O'Brien, American actor and director, born in Burbank, California
- 1967 Mellow Man Ace, Cuban-American rapper and actor (Only the Strong), born in Pinar del Río, Pinar del Río, Cuba
- 1968 Alicia Coppola, American actress (Lorna Devon-Another World), born in Huntington, New York
Shannen Doherty
1971 Shannen Doherty, American actress (Little House, Beverly Hills 90210), born in Memphis, Tennessee
Shannen Doherty
- 1971 Nicholas Brendon, American actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1973 Claudia Jordan, American actress (The Real Housewives of Atlanta), born in Providence, Rhode Island
- 1973 Pamela Polk, Miss America-Wisconsin (1996), born in Berlin Wisconsin
- 1974 Belinda Emmett, Australian actress (Home and Away), born in Gosford, New South Wales, Australia (d. 2006)
- 1974 Marley Shelton, American actress (Sin City), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1977 Sarah Jane Morris, American actress (Brothers & Sisters), born in Memphis, Tennessee
- 1977 Jordana Spiro, American actress, born in Manhattan, New York
- 1978 Eddie Robinson, actor (Neil Atwater-Swan's Crossing)
- 1978 Riley Smith, American actor, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Claire Danes
1979 Claire Danes, American actress (Angela-My So Called Life, Romeo & Juliet), born in NYC, New York
Claire Danes
- 1979 Paul Nicholls, English actor (EastEnders), born in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England
- 1979 Jennifer Morrison, American actress (Once Upon a Time, House), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1985 Jeísa Chiminazzo, Brazilian supermodel (IMG Models), born in Muçum, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- 1987 Brooklyn Decker, American fashion model (Sports Illustrated Swimsuit), born in Kettering, Ohio
- 1994 Saoirse Ronan, Irish American actress (Brooklyn, Ladybird), born in The Bronx, New York
Weddings in Film & TV
Wedding of Interest
1974 "Coal Miner's Daughter" actress Sissy Spacek weds art director Jack Fisk
Sissy Spacek
Divorces in Film & TV
Divorce of Interest
1935 Actress Mary Astor (28) divorces Dr. Franklyn Thorpe after 4 years of marriage
Mary Astor
Divorce of Interest
1992 Actress Lisa Bonet files for divorce from singer Lenny Kravitz
Lenny Kravitz
Deaths in Film & TV
- 1959 James Gleason, American writer and actor (Bishop's Wife, Flying Fool), dies at 76
- 1961 Philippine "Pine" Belder, [Mary de Klerk], actress, dies at 93
- 1974 Carl Jaffe, German actor (1st Man in Space, Escapement), dies at 72
- 1976 Paul Ford, American actor (Phil Silvers Show), dies at 74
- 1984 Ruth Taylor, actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 76
- 1987 Mike Von Erich, American wrestler
- 1989 Gerald Flood, British actor (Doctor Who, Patton), dies of a heart attack at 61
- 2006 Rajkumar [Singanalluru Puttaswamayya Muthuraju], Indian actor and singer in Kannada cinema and cultural icon, dies at 76
- 2010 Palito, Filipino comedian (b. 1934)
- 2013 Michael France, American screenwriter, dies from complications from diabetes at 51
- 2016 David Gest, American television producer, dies at 62
- 2016 Anne Jackson, American stage actress (Twice Around the Park), dies at 90