Events in Film & TV
Event of Interest
1981 Jerry Lewis appears on "Donahue" to defend Telethons
Jerry Lewis
- 1986 John Tesh's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight
Priyanka Chopra & Nick Jonas
2018 Indian actress Priyanka Chopra and American singer Nick Jonas confirm their engagement with an engagement party in Mumbai, India
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Birthdays in Film & TV
- 1873 Leo Slezak, Austrian tenor and actor (Othello, Zirkus Saran, Husaren heraus), born in Mährisch-Schönberg, Austria-Hungary (d. 1946)
- 1896 Alan Mowbray, British actor (Dante, Colonel Flack), born in London, England (d. 1969)
- 1896 Jack Pickford, Canadian-American actor (The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1933)
- 1900 Walter O'Keefe, songwriter, radio and TV host (Mayor of Hollywood), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1983)
- 1905 Peter Paul Kreuder, German-Austrian pianist and film score composer, born in Aachen, Germany (d. 1981)
- 1906 Andre Van Gyseghem, English actor (Search for the Nile), born in Eltham, Kent, England (d. 1979)
- 1907 Cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, Executive (BBC), born in Sheppey, Kent, England (d. 1996)
- 1909 Miliza Korjus, Polish actress (Great Waltz), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1980)
Shelley Winters
1920 Shelley Winters [Schrift], American actress (Lolita, A Place in the Sun, A Patch of Blue & Poseidon Adventure), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2006)
Shelley Winters
- 1931 Grant Williams, American actor (Hawaiian Eye, Incredible Shrinking Man), born in NYC, New York (d. 1985)
Roman Polanski
1933 Roman Polanski, Polish-French film director (Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, Pirates), born in Paris, France
Roman Polanski
- 1935 Gail Fisher, American actress (Peggy-Mannix), born in Orange, New Jersey
Robert Redford
1936 Robert Redford, American actor (Sting, Candidate, Natural, Great Gatsby), born in Santa Monica, California
Robert Redford
- 1937 William George Rushton, English actor, author and cartoonist (TW3), born in London, England (d. 1996)
- 1939 Molly Bee, American actress (Pinky Lee Show), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (d. 2009)
- 1939 Harald Heide-Steen Jr., Norwegian actor and comedian, born in Oslo, Norway (d. 2008)
- 1941 Christopher Jones, American actor (Wild in the Streets), born in Jackson, Tennessee (d. 2014)
- 1943 Martin Mull, American actor and comedian (Bad Manners, Flick, Serial), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1944 Carl Wayne, English singer and actor (The Move), born in Birmingham, England (d. 2004)
- 1950 Candice Earley, American actress (Donna Tyler-All My Children), born in Fort Hood, Texas
- 1952 Patrick Swayze, American actor and dancer (Dirty Dancing, Ghost), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2009)
- 1957 Carole Bouquest, French actress (On Her Majesty's Secret Service), born in Paris, France
- 1957 Denis Leary, American actor and comedian (Rescue Me), born in Worcester, Massachusetts
- 1958 Madeleine Stowe, American actress (Tropical Snow, Bad Girls), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1958 Reginald "Reg" E. Cathey, American actor (The Wire, Oz, House of Cards), born in Huntsville, Alabama (d. 2018)
- 1959 Tom Prichard, American wrestler, born in Pasadena, Texas
- 1961 John Viscardi, American actor (Father Tony-One Life to Live), born in New York City, New York
- 1964 Craig Bierko, American actor, born in Rye Brook, New York
- 1965 Jim Florentine, American comedian, born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1966 Kang Soo-yeon, South Korean actress, born in Seoul, South Korea
- 1967 Julie Kristen Smith, American actress (Showgirls), born in Nuremberg, Germany
- 1968 Greta Lind, American actress (Katie Kennicott-All My Children), born in Goshen, New York
- 1968 Griffin Drew, American actress (Dinosaur Island), born in Hazelhurst, Georgia
- 1968 Lee Seung-yeon, South Korean actress, born in Seoul, South Korea
- 1969 Christian Slater, American actor (Robin Hood, Untamed Heart, Heathers), born in New York City, New York
- 1969 Edward Norton, American actor (American History X), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- 1970 Malcolm Jamal Warner, American actor (Theodore-Cosby Show), born in Jersey City, New Jersey
- 1970 Greg Dean Schmitz, American online film journalist, born in Falmouth, Massachusetts
- 1971 Trey Ames, American actor (David-A Year in the Life), born in Canton, Ohio
- 1971 Jacob Vargas, American actor (Mi vida loca), born in Michoacan, Mexico
- 1972 Shaun Wilson, Australian artist and filmmaker, born in Melbourne, Australia
- 1978 Andy Samberg, American comedian and actor (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), born in Berkeley, California
- 1980 Preeti Jhangiani, Indian actress, born in Mumbai, India
- 1987 Mika Boorem, American actress (Hearts in Atlantis), born in Tucson, Arizona
- 1992 Riko Narumi, Japanese actress and model, born in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama
- 1994 Jessie Flower [Michaela Murphy], American actress (Avatar: The Last Airbender), born in Southern Indiana
- 1995 Parker McKenna Posey, American actress (My Wife and Kids), born in Los Angeles, California
Weddings in Film & TV
Wedding of Interest
1932 Actress Bette Davis (24) weds musician Harmon Nelson (25)
Bette Davis
- 2005 Model and former Playboy Playmate Kylie Bax (30) weds photographer Spiros Poros in Delos, Greece
- 2011 American Idol's first-ever blind finalist Scott MacIntyre (26) weds Christina Teich in Scottsdale, Arizona
- 2012 "Melrose Place" actor Grant Show (50) weds "The Campaign" actress and former ballet dancer Katherine LaNasa (45) at The Oak Grove at Ribbit Tree & Plant Nursery in Topanga, California
- 2012 Former "Martin and Everybody Hates Chris" actress Tichina Arnold (43) weds Rico Hines in Honolulu, Hawaii
Wedding of Interest
2013 Actress Rosanna Arquette (54) weds investment banker Todd Morgan at a private ceremony in Malibu, California
Rosanna Arquette
Wedding of Interest
2019 Actor The Rock [Dwayne Johnson] marries Lauren Hashian in Hawaii
Dwayne Johnson
Divorces in Film & TV
Divorce of Interest
1954 Oscar-winning actress Susan Hayward (37) divorces actor Jess Barker (42) after nine years of marriage
Susan Hayward
Deaths in Film & TV
- 1683 Charles Hart, British Shakespearean actor, dies
- 1889 Jacques Damala [Aristides Damalas], Greek military officer and actor, dies from an overdose at 34
- 1952 Ralph Byrd, American actor (Dick Tracy TV Show, SOS Coast Guard), dies from a heart attack at 43
- 1962 Cleo Ridgely, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama), dies at 68
- 1969 Mildred Davis, actress (Haunted Spooks), dies of coronary at 68
- 1981 Anita Loos, American screenwriter, novelist (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) and playwright, dies at 88
- 1982 Beverly Bayne, actress (Romeo & Juliet, Passionate Youth), dies at 87
- 1990 Raf Reymen, Flemish actor (Huisvuil, Het glas water), dies at 64
- 1995 James Maxwell, American actor and director (The Portrait of a Lady, The Shadow of the Tower, The Evil of Frankenstein), dies at 66
- 1998 Persis Khambatta, Indian actress (Star Trek, Megaforce), dies of a heart attack at 49
- 2002 Dean Riesner, American film and television screenwriter (Bill and Coo), dies at 83
- 2004 Elmer Bernstein, American film music composer (The Magnificent Seven; To Kill A Mockingbird; The Age Of Innocence; Thoroughly Modern Millie), dies at 82
- 2005 Christopher Bauman, American wrestler (b. 1982)
- 2005 Gao Xiumin, Chinese comedy actress (b. 1959)
- 2006 Fernand Gignac, Canadian singer and actor (b. 1934)
- 2014 Don Pardo, TV announcer (Jeopardy, Saturday Night Live), dies at 96
- 2015 (Alan) "Bud" Yorkin, American film and television producer and director (Divorce American Style; All in the Family; Sanford And Son), dies at 89
- 2017 Zoe Laskari, Greek actress, dies at 72
- 2019 Jack Whitaker, American sportscaster (ABC, CBS), dies of natural causes at 95
- 2020 Ben Cross, English actor (Chariots of Fire, Star Trek), dies at 72