On This Day in Film & TV for May 17

Events in Film & TV

1957 10th Cannes Film Festival: "Friendly Persuasion" directed by William Wyler wins the Palme d'Or

1976 28th Emmy Awards: The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Jack Albertson & M Learned win

1979 Emmy 6th Daytime Award presentation, "Ryan's Hope" wins Outstanding Daytime Drama Series

1980 Paul & Linda McCartney appear on "Saturday Night Live"

1990 "Cheers" star Kelsey Grammer sentenced to jail for 30 days for DWI

1888 Selmer Jackson, American actor (The Grapes of Wrath, Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp), born in Lake Mills, Iowa (d. 1971)
1899 Ralf Harolde, American actor (Framed, Smart Money, Tip-off), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1974)
1904 Jean Gabin, French actor (Moulin Rouge, La Grande Illusion), born in Paris, France (d. 1976)
1905 John Patrick, American screenwriter and playwright (Pulitzer Prize 1954), born in Louisville, Kentucky
1906 Horace McMahon, American actor (Detective Story, Martin Kane Private Eye), born in South Norwalk, Connecticut (dd. 1971)
1909 Magda Schneider, German actress (Eva, Going Gay, Be Mine Tonight), born in Bavaria, German (d. 1996)
1911 Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish actress (Tarzan, Pride & Prejudice, Hannah and Her Sisters), born in Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland (d. 1998)
1911 Lisa Fonssagrives, Swedish supermodel, born in Västra Götaland County, Sweden (d. 1992)
1919 Antonio Aguilar [Barraza], Mexican singer, producer and actor (Emiliano Zapata) who popularized the Mexican equestrian sport la charrería, born in Villanueva, Zacatecas, Mexico (d. 2007)
1926 Tenniel Evans, British actor and clergyman (10 Rillington Place, My Brother's Keeper), born in Nairobi, Kenya (d. 2009)

1936 Dennis Hopper, American actor (True Grit, Blue Velvet, Easy Rider), born in Dodge City, Kansas (d. 2010)

1938 Don Dolan, actor (Guy Lewis- General Hospital), born in Staten Island, New York
1938 Jason Bernard, actor (Judge-Liar Liar)
1941 Grace Zabriskie, American actress
1953 Kathleen Sullivan, American newscaster (ABC-TV, CBS Morning Show), born in Pasadena, California
1953 Yoko Shimada, Kumamota Japan, author (Kir Royal)/actress (Shogun)
1955 Bill Paxton, actor (True Lies, Big Love), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2017)
1956 Bob Saget, American comedian (Full House, America's Funniest Home Video), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1956 Sue Carpenter, TV presenter/journalist
1959 Jim Nantz, American sportscaster, born in Charlotte, North Carolina
1960 Fiona Hutchison, actress (One Life to Live, Guiding Light), born in Miami, Florida

1962 Craig Ferguson, Scottish actor, writer and comedian, born in Glasgow, Scotland

1965 Trent Reznor, American musician (9 Inch Nails) and film score composer, born in Mercer, Pennsylvania

1965 Jeremy Vine, British radio and TV presenter (Eggheads), born in Epsom, England
1967 Cameron Bancroft, actor (Beverly Hills 90210)
1967 Debbie Dutch, Titusville NJ, actress (Hell's Paradox)
1969 Paige Turco, actress (Melanie-Guiding Light), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1969 Thom Filicia, American television personality
1969 Alan Doyle, Canadian musician and actor (Great Big Sea), born in Petty Harbour. Newfoundland
1973 Matthew McGrory, American actor (d. 2005)
1973 Sasha Alexander, American television actress
1974 Sendhil Ramamurthy, American actor
1975 Kostas Sommer, Greek actor
1975 Alex Wright, German professional wrestler
1981 R. J. Helton, American Idol finalist
1984 Lena Waithe, American screenwriter, actress and producer (Master of None), born in Chicago, Illinois
1986 Tahj Mowry, American actor
1988 Nikki Reed, American actress
1990 Leven Rambin, American actress

1923 Actress and singer Marlene Dietrich (21) weds assistant director Rudolf Sieber (26) in Berlin, Germany

1997 Actor Sylvester Stallone weds actress Jennifer Flavin in London

2008 Singer-songwriter and actress Ashlee Simpson (23) weds rock band Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz (28) in Encino, California

1943 Montagu Love, actor (Wind), dies at 65
1974 Charles Braswell, American actor (Only Game in Town), dies at 49
1985 Hugh Burden, actor (Night of Laughing Dead), dies at 72
1992 George Hurrell, Hollywood photographer, dies of cancer at 87
1994 Andrew Brown, film Producer, dies at 55
1995 Nathan "Dambuza" Mdledle, South African singer (Manhattan Brothers) and actor, dies at 72
1996 Willis Conover, American broadcaster (Voice of America), dies at 75
1999 Henry Jones, American actor (Vertigo, Phyllis, Falcon Crest, Gun Shy), dies from complications from a fall at 86
2005 Frank Gorshin, American comedian and impersonator (Riddler-Batman), dies at 72
2009 Jung Seung-hye, South Korean film producer (b. 1965)
2013 Ken Venturi, American golfer, broadcaster (US Open 1964), dies from multiple infections at 82
2020 Shad Gaspard, American professional wrestler (WWE), bodyguard, and actor, drowns at 39