On This Day in Film & TV for August 6

Events in Film & TV

Event of Interest

2015 Comedian Jon Stewart hosts "The Daily Show" for the last time

Comedian and TV Host Jon Stewart — Comedian and TV Host
Jon Stewart

Birthdays in Film & TV

1880 Hans Moser, Austrian actor (Hello Service Man, Once Upon a Time), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1964)
1881 Leo Carrillo, American actor (American Empire, Cisco Kid), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1961)
1892 Edmund "Hoot" Gibson, American rodeo champion, western actor, director, and producer (Horse Soldier, Last Outlaw), born in Tekamah, Nebraska (d. 1962)
1904 Ballard Berkeley [Blascheck], British actor (Fawlty Towers, East meets West, The BFG), born in Margate, Kent, England (d. 1988)
1908 William "Will" Lee, American actor (They Live by Night, Melody Lane), born in NYC, New York (d. 1982)

Lucille Ball

1911 Lucille Ball, American comedienne and actress (I Love Lucy, Mame), born in Jamestown, New York (d. 1989)

1917 Robert Mitchum, American actor (Out of the Past, Winds of War, North & South), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 1997)
1920 Ella Raines, American actress (Uncle Harry, Runaround, Impact, Brute Force), born in Snoqualmie Falls, Washington (d. 1988)
1923 John "Jackie" Kelk, American actor and stand-up comedian (The Aldrich Family, The Adventures of Superman), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2002)
1925 Barbara Bates, American actress (All About Eve, It's a Great Life), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1969)
1926 Frank Finlay, British actor (Robbery, Lifeforce), born in Farnworth Lancashire (d. 2016)
1926 Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (d. 1999)

Andy Warhol

1928 Andy Warhol, American pop artist and film producer (Frankenstein, Bad), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1987)

1930 Abbey Lincoln [Anna Wooldridge], African-American civil rights activist, jazz vocalist, songwriter and actress (Nothing But a Man), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2010)
1932 Anneli Sauli, [Savolainen], Finnish actress (Milkmaid), born in Pyhäjoki, Finland
1937 Barbara Windsor, actress (Study in Terror)
1938 Carry Tefsen, Dutch actress (Say A)
1938 Paul Bartel, director/actor (Eating Raoul), born in Brooklyn, New York
1938 Peter Bonerz, actor (Jerry-Bob Newhart Show, 9 to 5), born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
1940 Louise Sorel, actress (BS I Love You, Crimes of Passion), born in Los Angeles, California
1941 Hubertus AGM "Bert" Andre, Dutch actor (Turkish Fruit-Come Back)
1943 Michael Anderson Jr, actor (Clay-The Monroes), born in London, England
1943 Ray Buktenica, Greenwich Village actor (Rhoda, House Calls), born in NYC, New York
1946 Masaaki Sakai, Japanese comedian
1947 Sally Eaton, Ill, Broadway actress (Jeanie-Hair)
1949 Dino Bravo, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 1993)
1950 Dorian Harewood, American actor (Earl-Glitter, Trauma Center), born in Dayton, Ohio
1950 Nathan Purdee, actor (Nathan-Young & Restless, Hank-1 Life to Live)
1951 Catherine Hicks, American actress (Star Trek IV, Child's Play), born in NYC, New York
1951 Daryl Somers, Australian television personality
1956 Stepfanie Kramer, American actress (Claudia-We Got it Made, Hunter), born in Los Angeles, California
1957 Faith Prince, Broadway actress (Guys & Dolls, Carousel), born in Augusta, Georgia
1959 Grant Aleksander, actor (Guiding Light, All My Children), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1962 Michelle Yeoh, Chinese-Malaysian actress ( Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Tomorrow Never Dies), born in Ipoh, Malaysia
1963 Kimberley Conrad Hefner, Moulton Al, playmate of year (Jan, 1988)
1964 Lisa Boyle, actress (Showgirls), born in Chicago, Illinois
1964 Moosie Drier, actor (Laugh-in), born in Chicago, Illinois
1965 Juliane Köhler, German actress
1965 Mark Speight, British television presenter (d. 2008)
1970 M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-American film director
1971 Merrin Dungey, American actress
1973 Vera Farmiga, American actress
1974 Ever Carradine, American actress
1975 Jamie McGonnigal, American actor
1976 Soleil Moon Frye, actress (Punky Brewster), born in Glendora, California
1977 Jennifer Lyons, American actress
1978 Marisa Miller, American model
1982 Adrianne Curry, American model and reality television personality
1982 Karl Davies, British actor
1982 Ryan Sypek, American actor
1990 Jon Benet Ramsey, little beauty queen (murdered in 1996)

Weddings in Film & TV

Wedding of Interest

1983 Film director Philippe de Broca (50) weds actress Margot Kidder (34) in France

Wedding of Interest

2005 Legendary Hollywood film producer Robert Evans (75) weds Lady Victoria White (42) at the One & Only Palmilla resort in Cabo San Lucas

Deaths in Film & TV

1938 Warner Oland, Swedish actor (The Jazz Singer, Charlie Chan), dies at 58
1959 Preston Sturges [Edmund Biden], American director and screenwriter (Sullivan's Travels), dies at 60
1963 Tom Keene, American actor (Our Daily Bread), dies of cancer at 68
1964 Cedric Hardwicke, British stage actor (Rope, Suspicion, Peter Pan, Richard III), dies at 71
1965 Everett Sloane, American actor (Patsy, Citizen Kane, Enforcer), dies of apparent suicide with barbiturates at 55
1965 Nancy Carroll, actress (Alice-Aldrich Family), dies at 60
1973 James Beck, British actor (Dad's Army), dies from pancreatitis at 44
1979 Kurt Kaszner [Serwicher], Austrian actor (Kiss Me Kate, Lili, Casino Royale), dies of cancer at 65
1987 Sherwood Bailey, actor (Spud-Our Gang), dies
1990 Charles Arnt, actor (Double Exposure), dies of pancreatic cancer at 82
1990 Gordon Metcalfe, actor (Monster in the Closet), dies of AIDS at 43

Harry Reasoner

1991 Harry Reasoner, American newscaster (60 Minutes, ABC, CBS), dies at 68

2001 Dorothy Tutin, British actress (Importance of Being Ernest, Cromwell), dies at 71
2009 John Hughes, American film director (Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller), dies of a heart attack at 59

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