Events in Film & TV
- 1950 11th Venice Film Festival: "Justice est faite" directed by Andre Cayatte wins the Golden Lion
Film Awards
1951 12th Venice Film Festival: "Rashomon" directed by Akira Kurosawa wins the Golden Lion
Akira Kurosawa
Film Awards
1952 13th Venice Film Festival: "Genghis Khan" directed by Manuel Conde wins the Golden Lion
Genghis Khan
Film Premier
2013 "One Direction: This Is Us" 3D concert film of One Direction directed by Morgan Spurlock premieres in London
Zayn Malik
Harry Styles
Birthdays in Film & TV
- 1905 Duncan Macrae, Scottish actor (Casino Royale, The Little Kidnappers), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1967)
- 1905 Jack Teagarden [Weldon Leo Teagarden], American trombonist and actor (Meet Band Leaders), born in Vernon, Texas (d. 1964)
- 1907 Alan Reed, American actor (Breakfast at Tiffany's) and voice artist (Fred Flintstone, Lady and the Tramp), born in NYC, New York (d. 1977)
- 1908 Jeanne Stern, German screenwriter (The Condemned Village), born in Bedous, Aquitaine (d. 1998)
- 1909 André Morell [Cecil André Mesritz], British actor (Ben-Hur, The Message, Hound of the Baskervilles), born in London, England (d. 1978)
- 1911 Ronald Udell, England, production designer (Pinewood Studios)
- 1923 Jim Reeves, American country singer and actor (Gun Fury, Kimberley Jim), born in Panola County, Texas (d. 1964)
- 1927 Geriatric1927, English video blogger
- 1927 Yootha Joyce, British actress (Man About the House, George and Mildred), born in Wandsworth, London (d. 1980)
- 1932 Anthony Ainley, British actor (d. 2004)
- 1934 Armi Kuusela, Finnish beauty queen
- 1936 Sam Melville, US actor (Mike Danko-Rookies, Roughnecks), born in Fillmore, Utah (d. 1989)
- 1937 Jim Bowen, British TV game show host (Bullseye) and comedian, born in Heswall, England (d. 2018)
- 1937 El Fary, Spanish singer and actor (d. 2007)
- 1939 Fernando Poe Jr., Filipino actor and politician (d. 2004)
- 1943 Sylvester McCoy, Scottish actor (Seventh Doctor in Doctor Who), born in Dunoon
- 1946 Connie Chung [Constance Yu-Hwa Chung Povich], American news anchor (NBC, CBS), born in Washington, D.C.
- 1948 John Noble, Australian actor
- 1949 Alan Hardwick, English TV presenter
- 1953 Peter Horton, Bellevue Wash, actor (Gary-30 Something)
- 1954 Al Roker, weatherman (NBC, Today), born in Queens, New York
- 1954 Theresa Saldana, American actress (Raging Bull), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2016)
- 1954 Don Stark, American actor
- 1955 Jay Acovone, Mahopac NY, actor (Det Rado-Hollywood Beat)
- 1956 Joan Allen, American actress (Peggy Sue Got Married, Tucker, In Country), born in Rochelle, Illinois
- 1958 Patricia Rozema, Canadian film director and screenwriter
- 1958 David O. Russell, American filmmaker (Silver Linings Playbook), born in New York
- 1960 Elizabeth Alda, daughter of Alan Alda, actress (Beth-Four Seasons)
- 1961 Linda Mantz, American actress (Frankie-Dorothy), born in NYC, New York
- 1961 Joe Pasquale, English comedian
- 1962 James Marsters, American actor
- 1966 Courtney Gibbs, Miss USA (1988)/actress (Baywatch)
- 1966 Colin Cunningham, American actor (Centigrade, Falling Skies), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1967 Terri Poch, American yogini and former professional wrestler
- 1968 Yuri Shiratori, Japanese voice actress and singer
- 1969 Duke Droese, American professional wrestler
- 1971 Ke Huy Quan, Saigon Vietnam, actor (Sam-Together We Stand)
- 1971 David Walliams, British comedian
- 1974 Denesha Reid, Miss USA-Georgia (1997)
- 1974 Amy Adams, American actress and singer (Arrival, Man of Steel, American Hustle), born in Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
- 1974 Misha Collins, American actor (Supernatural), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- 1977 Mayra Veronica, Cuban model and actress
- 1980 Corey Carrier, actor (Young Indiana Jones)
- 1980 Rochelle Gadd, British actress
- 1981 Benjamin Barnes, English actor (Prince Caspian)
Andrew Garfield
1983 Andrew Garfield, British American actor (The Amazing Spider-Man), born in Los Angeles, California
Andrew Garfield
Weddings in Film & TV
Wedding of Interest
1939 "Rebecca" actress Joan Fontaine (21) weds actor Brian Aherne (37)
Joan Fontaine
- 2005 "24" actress Sarah Wynter (32) weds "Details" magazine editor-in-chief Dan Peres in Sydney, Australia
Wedding of Interest
2011 Socialite and model Kim Kardashian (30) weds basketball player Kris Humphries (26) at a private estate in Montecito, California
Kim Kardashian
Wedding of Interest
2013 Actor Maximilian Schell (82) weds opera singer Iva Mihanovic (35) in Carinthia, Austria
Maximilian Schell
- 2016 Stand-up comedian Chris Hardwick (31) weds actress Lydia Hearst (44) in Pasadena, California
Deaths in Film & TV
- 1974 Ilona Massey, actress (Love HAppy, Holiday in Mexico), dies at 62
- 1976 Phyllis Konstam, actress (Murder, Skin Game), dies at 69
- 1982 Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (Zulu), dies of bone cancer at 53
- 1982 Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (Zulu, One Summer of Happiness), dies of bone cancer at 53
- 1986 Donn Bennett, TV host (The Big Idea), dies at 76
- 1986 Walter Brooke, actor (DA Scanlon-Green Hornet), dies at 71
- 1991 Betty Bowden, British dancer/actress (Vote for Nigel), dies at 86
- 1993 Sydney Arnold, British comic actor (The Meaning of Life, Top Secret!, Miss Jones & Son), dies at 93
- 1994 Aleksander Petrovic, film Director, dies at 65
- 2001 Kim Stanley [Patricia Reid], American actress (Séance on a Wet Afternoon, The Chase, Right Stuff), dies at 76
- 2006 Claude Blanchard, French-Canadian singer, comedian and actor (b. 1932)
Phyllis Diller
2012 Phyllis Diller, American comedienne and actress, dies from natural causes at 95
Phyllis Diller
Jerry Lewis
2017 Jerry Lewis [Joseph Levitch], American comedian (Martin and Lewis, MDA Telethon), dies at 91
Jerry Lewis