Events in Film & TV
- 1954 WDEF TV channel 12 in Chattanooga, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1957 WUHY TV channel 35 in Philadelphia, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1964 "New Phil Silvers Show" last airs on CBS-TV
- 1964 11th National Film Awards (India): "Shehar Aur Sapna" wins the Golden Lotus
- 1978 ABC premiere of crime drama "Vega$"
- 1983 "Nightline" expands from ½ hour to a full hour
- 1988 "Nightline" goes on location to Jerusalem Israel
- 1990 Hong Kong actress Carina Lau is abducted by Triad members
Event of Interest
2009 Elijah Wood is honored with the Midnight Award by the San Francisco International Film Festival
Elijah Wood
Birthdays in Film & TV
- 1897 Paula Trueman, American actress (Dirty Dancing), born in NYC, New York (d. 1994)
- 1903 Camilla Horn, German actress (Rebus, Vertigine, Polterabend, Matinee Idol), born in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany (d. 1996)
- 1908 Edward R. Murrow, American newscaster (Person to Person), born in Guilford County, North Carolina (d. 1965)
- 1913 Russ Conway, Canadian-American character actor (Richard Diamond Private Eye), born in Brandon, Manitoba (d. 2009)
- 1920 Jean Carmet, French actor (Cache Cash, Miss Mona, Night Magic), born in Bourgueil, Indre-et-Loire, France (d. 1994)
- 1923 Anita Björk, Swedish actress (Miss Julie, Loving Couples, Night People), born in Tällberg, Sweden (d. 2012
- 1925 Kay E. Kuter, American actor (Green Acres), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2003)
- 1930 Dotty Mack, American actress (Paul Dixon Show), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
- 1932 William Roache, British actor (Ken Barlow-Coronation Street), born in Basford, Nottinghamshire, England
- 1934 Denny "Scott" Miller, American actor (Wagon Train), born in Bloomington Ind, (d. 2014)
- 1935 April Ashley, English model and one of the earliest British people known to have had sex reassignment surgery, born in Liverpool
- 1937 Bo Brundin, Swedish actress (Rhinemann Exchange), born in Stockholm, Sweden
- 1941 Bertrand Tavernier, French actor (Capt Conan, L627, Daddy Nostalgie), born in Lyon, France
- 1946 Talia Shire [Coppola], American actress (Adrienne-Rocky), born in Lake Success, New York
- 1947 Jeffrey DeMunn, American actor (Blaze, Frances, Windy City), born in Buffalo, New York
- 1955 Parviz Parastui, Iranian actor (The Glass Agency), born in Kabudrahang, Hamadan Province, Iran
- 1956 Jaroslava Schallerová, Hungarian actress (Valerie and Her Week of Wonders), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
- 1959 Dominique Blanc, French actress (Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train), born in Lyon, France
- 1960 Bruce Redman, Australian film producer (Seed), born in Melbourne, Australia
Hank Azaria
1964 Hank Azaria, American actor (The Birdcage) and voice behind many characters in The Simpsons (Moe, Apu, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Carl Carlson), born in NYC, New York
Hank Azaria
- 1964 Wisit Sasanatieng, Thai film director (Tears of the Black Tiger), born in Bangkok, Thailand
- 1966 Isabelle Pasco, French actress (Ave Maria) and model (Elle, Vogue), born in Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
- 1969 Renée Zellweger, American actress (Bridget Jones), born in Katy, Texas
- 1969 Gina Torres, American actress (Firefly, Suits), born in NYC, New York
- 1971 Tomoko Kawakami, Japanese voice actress, born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 2011)
- 1975 Emily Bergl, English-American actress (The rage : Carrie 2), born in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England
- 1977 Jonathan Angel, American actor (Tommy Delucca-Saved By The Bell), born in San Francisco, California
- 1977 Marguerite Moreau, American actress (Connie-Mighty Ducks, D2, D3), born in Riverside, California
- 1978 Letícia Birkheuer, Brazilian model and actress, born in Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- 1985 Jonathan Halyalkar, American actor (Billy-Who's the Boss), born in Ramsey, New Jersey
- 1988 Sara Paxton, American actress ( Darcy's Wild Life), born in Los Angeles, California
HolaSoyGerman
1990 HolaSoyGerman [Germán Garmendia], Chilean YouTube star (second-most subscribed channel), born in Copiapó, Chile
HolaSoyGerman
- 1996 Allisyn Ashley Arm, American child actress (Sonny with a Chance), born in Glendale, California
Weddings in Film & TV
Wedding of Interest
1972 Comedic actor Bob Denver (37) weds third wife Carole Abrahams
Bob Denver
Divorces in Film & TV
Divorce of Interest
2012 Comedian and actor Martin Lawrence (47) files for divorce from Shamicka Gibbs due to irreconcilable differences after 1.5 years of marriage
Martin Lawrence
Deaths in Film & TV
- 1943 Vladimir Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko, playwright/director, dies
- 1955 Constance Collier, actress (Perils of Pauline), dies at 77
- 1960 Hope Emerson, actress (I Married Joan, Peter Gunn), dies at 62
- 1969 Margarita Xirgu, Catalan stage actress, director and political radical (Bloody Wedding, Mariana Pineda), dies at 80
- 1970 Anita Louise, American actress (The Little Princess, Gorilla, My Friend Flicka), dies from a stroke at 55
- 1972 George Sanders, Russian actor (All About Eve-Academy Award 1950), commits suicide at 65
- 1976 Carol Reed, English film director (Agony & Ecstasy, Oliver!), dies at 69
- 1976 Margaret Bannerman, actress (Great Defender), dies at 79
- 1980 Katia Mann, German actress and wife of German writer Thomas Mann, dies at 96
- 1982 Celia Johnson, English actress (Brief Encounter, Happy Breed), dies at 73
- 1982 Don Wilson, TV announcer (Jack Benny Show), dies at 81
- 1984 Richard Benedict, actor (Okinawa), dies at 64 of a heart attack
- 1985 Murray Matheson, actor (Felix-Banacek), dies at 72
- 1985 Richard Haydn, British actor (The Sound of Music, Alice in Wonderland), dies from a heart attack at 80
- 1989 George Coulouris, British actor (Runaway Bus), dies at 85
- 1990 Dexter Gordon, American jazz tenor saxophonist and actor (Round Midnight, The Other Side of Round Midnight), dies of kidney failure at 67
- 1991 Frank Hamilton, actor (Subterraneans), dies at 66
- 1993 Rosita Moreno, actress (Walls of Gold), dies of heart attack at 85
- 1994 David Langton [Basil Muir Langton-Dodds], Scottish actor (The Avengers, Quintet, St Joan, Abandon Ship), dies of a heart attack at 82
Ginger Rogers
1995 Ginger Rogers, American actress, dancer and singer (Top Hat, Stage Door), dies at 83
Ginger Rogers
- 1995 Joseph Heifitz, film director, dies at 89
- 1996 Saul Bass, American graphic designer of logos and film titles (Psycho), dies at 75
- 2002 Michael Bryant, British actor (Sakharov, Girly), dies at 74
- 2004 Albert Paulsen, Ecuadorian-American actor (One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Doctors' Hospital), dies at 78
- 2008 Humphrey Lyttelton, British jazz musician, actor and broadcaster (It's Great to Be Young), dies at 86
- 2009 Bea Arthur, American comedian, singer and actress (All in the Family, The Golden Girls), dies at 86
- 2013 Virginia Gibson, American actress, dies at 88
April in History
Who Wrote Shakespeare?
Could the son of a provincial glove-maker, born on this day in history, be the author of the world's greatest plays? The argument rages on.
April 23, 1564Hitler's Diaries Fail Forensic Tests
German Magazine revealed the scoop of the century on this day but it's “Hitler’s Diaries” sensation failed a forensic test and was quickly proved a hoax.
April 25, 1983Oscar Wilde Presses Self-Destruct Button
When Oscar Wilde sued the Marquess of Queensberry for libel over a sodomite slur, he opened the door to social and financial ruin that would lead to his death.
April 26, 1895Record-Breaking Sheila, the High-Flying Aviator
The Sky's was the limit for Sheila Scott who made three solo flights around the world and was the first pilot, male or female, to fly over the North Pole.
April 27, 1922
