On This Day in Film & TV for May 25
Events in Film & TV
- 1932 Goofy, aka Dippy Dawg, 1st appears in 'Mickey's Revue' by Walt Disney
- 1943 Agnes Moorehead appears in "Sorry, Wrong Number" on the radio program "Suspense", her most successful appearance
- 1953 1st non-commercial educational television station - Houston, Texas
- 1964 16th Emmy Awards: "The Dick Van Dyke Show", Dick Van Dyke & Mary Tyler Moore win
- 1964 Frank Gilroy's dramatic play "The Subject Was Roses", starring Jack Albertson and Martin Sheen, opens at Royale Theatre, NYC; runs for 832 performances; wins Pulitzer Prize, and 2 Tony Awards
- 1966 "Au Hasard Balthazar", French film directed by Robert Bresson, starring Anne Wiazemsky and François Lafarge, is released
- 1969 "Midnight Cowboy" directed by John Schlesinger and starring Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1970)
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Bill Robinson
Ian McKellen
Mike Myers
Anne HecheWeddings in Film & TV
- 1901 Anton Chekhov (41), Russian physician, dramatist and author marries actress Olga Knipper (31)
- 1996 Actress Kelley Menighan (29) weds actor-singer Jon Hensley (31) in Chicago, Illinois
- 2002 German supermodel Claudia Schiffer (31) weds British film director Matthew Vaughn (31) in Suffolk, England
Divorces in Film & TV
More Weddings & Divorces in Film & TV
Deaths in Film & TV
- 1862 Johann Nestroy, Austrian actor, singer and playwright (Judith und Holofernes), dies at 60
- 1940 Joe De Grasse, Canadian film director, dies at 67
- 1971 Terence De Marney, British actor (Lorna Doone, Doctor Who, The Immortal Gentleman), dies after accidentally falling under a subway at 63
- 1974 Donald Crisp, British actor and director (How Green Was My Valley, Pollyana), dies at 91
May in Film & TV History
Miss Atomic Pageant
Linda Lawson is the winner of the 1955 Miss Atomic Pageant, with a mushroom cloud crown for good measure
May 1, 1955Silence is Golden At The First Oscars
The first Academy Awards ceremony took place on this day before just 250 guests. All the movies nominated for what would become known as an Oscar were silent
May 16, 1929The Best Quentin Tarantino Quiz
Do you know the answer to every Tarantino question? Including which Tarantino film script was leaked prior to filming? Or which actor is his most frequent collaborator?
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