On This Day in Film & TV for May 9

Events in Film & TV

Film Release

1958 "Vertigo", American film noir psychological thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak, is released

Director Alfred Hitchcock — Director
Alfred Hitchcock

Actor James Stewart — Actor
James Stewart

1971 23rd Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Jack Klugman & Jean Stapleton win
1980 Slasher horror film "Friday the 13th" is released in US cinemas
1991 Italian actress Laura Antonelli found guilty of cocaine possession (conviction overturned 2006)
1992 Final episode of "Golden Girls" airs on NBC-TV
1992 Michelle McLean, 19, of Namibia, crowned 41st Miss Universe
1999 45th British Academy Television Awards: "Father Ted" Best Comedy, "The Cops" Best Drama

Birthdays in Film & TV

1843 Isabella "Belle" Boyd, American actress and Confederate spy during US Civil War, born in Martinsburg, Virginia (d. 1900)
1844 [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Bad Herders), born in Turnhout, Belgium (d. 1899)
1895 Richard Barthelmess, American actor (Broken Blossoms, Noose, Heroes for Sales), born in NYC, New York (d. 1963)
1901 John Forest "Fuzzy" Knight, American actor (Oklahoma Annie, Cowby & the Lady), born in Fairmont, West Virginia (d. 1976)
1912 Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican actor (From Russia With Love, Fort Apache), born in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico (d. 1963)
1917 John Arnatt, British actor (A Challenge for Robin Hood, Circumstantial Evidence), born in Petrograd, Russia (d. 1999)

Mike Wallace

1918 Mike Wallace, American journalist and media personality (Biography, 60 Minutes), born in Brookline, Massachusetts (d. 2012)

1919 Arthur English, British comedian and actor (Malachi's Cove, Are You Being Served?), born in Aldershot, Hampshire, England (d. 1995)
1922 Sheila Burrell, British actress (Black Orchid, Paranoiac, Laughter in Dark), born in Blackheath, London (d. 2011)
1923 Johnny Grant, American radio personality, television producer, and "unofficial mayor" of Hollywood (d. 2008)
1924 Jean J A Girault, French director/screenwriter (l'Amour)
1929 Kay Dotrice [Katherine Newman], British actress (Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers), born in Liverpool, England (d. 2007)
1930 Joan Sims, British actress ("Carry on" films, As Time Goes By), born in Laindon, Essex, England (d. 2001)
1932 Geraldine McEwan, British actress (Agatha Christie's Miss Marple), born in Old Windsor Berkshire (d. 2015)
1934 Alan Bennett, England, playwright/actor (Secret Policeman's Other Ball)
1935 Nole "Nokie" Edwards, American surf-rock guitarist (The Ventures) and actor (Deadwood), born in Lahoma, Oklahoma (d. 2018)
1936 Albert Finney, English actor (The Dresser, Under the Volcano), born in Salford, England (d. 2019)

Glenda Jackson

1936 Glenda Jackson, English actress (Women in Love), born in Cheshire, England

1936 Terry Drinkwater, American TV newsman (CBS), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1989)
1939 Pierre Desproges, French humorist (d. 1988)
1940 James L Brooks, producer/director (Broadcast News, Taxi, Critic)
1946 Candice Bergen, Beverly Hills, actress (Carnal Knowledge, Murphy Brown)
1947 Anthony Higgins, British actor (A Walk with Love and Death, Something for Everyone), born in East Northamptonshire, England
1950 Matthew Kelly, actor/TV host (Holding the Fort, Relative Strangers)
1951 Alley Mills, actress (Norma Arnold-Wonder Years), born in Chicago, Illinois
1952 Patrick Ryecart, actor (Silas Mariner)
1953 Gregory Beecroft, Chorpus Christi TX, actor (Guiding Light)
1955 Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (Misfits of Science), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1956 Wendy Crewson, Canadian actress (Saving Hope), born in Hamilton, Ontario
1962 John Corbett, American actor (Northern Exposure - "Chris Stevens"; Sex and the City - Aidan; My Big Fat Greek Wedding), and country music singer, born in Wheeling, West Virginia
1965 Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot, English musician and actor (Curiosity Killed Cat - Keep Your Distance), born in London, England
1972 Megumi Odaka, Japanese actress and artist
1973 Chu Sang-mi, South Korean actress
1975 Chris Diamantopoulos, Canadian actor
1977 Choi Jeong-yoon, South Korean actress
1979 Rosario Dawson, American actress
1980 Cho Hyeon Jae, South Korean actor
1982 Rachel Boston, American actress
1988 Skye Regan, Canadian Actress and Writer
1996 Mary Matilyn Mouser, American child actress

Weddings in Film & TV

Wedding of Interest

1969 Actress Lana Turner marries for the 8th time to Ronald Dante

Wedding of Interest

1987 Actor Tom Cruise (27) weds actress Mimi Rogers (33)

2000 Puerto Rican actress and former Miss Universe Dayanara Torres (25) weds singer-songwriter Marc Anthony (31) in Las Vegas, Nevada
2004 "Underworld" director Len Wiseman (31) weds actress Kate Beckinsale (30) at the Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles, California

Wedding of Interest

2005 Oscar-winning actress Renée Zellweger (36) weds country-music heartthrob singer Kenny Chesney (37) on the island of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands

2009 "The O.C." actress Autumn Reeser (28) weds writer-director Jesse Warren (31) under a 200-year old oak tree at the Ojai Valley Inn & Spa in Ojai, California

Deaths in Film & TV

1951 Marie Ault, British actress, dies at 80
1952 Canada Lee [Leonard Canegata], African-American actor (Lost Boundaries), dies of a heart attack at 45
1958 Bill Goodwin, American television announcer (Burns & Allen), dies at 47
1968 Finlay Currie, Scottish actor (Quo Vadis, Avengers), dies at 90
1968 Marion Lorne, American actress (Aunt Clara-Bewitched), dies at 81
1968 Phil Arnold, American actor (Errand Boy, Stud Lonigan, Damn Yankees), dies from a heart attack at 58
1975 Philip Dorn, Dutch actor (Enemy Agent, I Remember Mama), dies of a heart attack at 73
1986 Herschel Bernardi, American actor (Arnie, Voice of Charlie the Tuna, Front), dies of a heart attack at 62
1993 Mary Duncan Sanford, American actress, dies at 98
1997 Marco Ferreri, Italian film director, dies at 68
1998 Alice Faye [Leppert], American actress & singer (Hello Frisco, Hello; Fallen Angel; Stowaway), dies of stomach cancer at 83
2004 Alan King [Irwin Kniberg], American comedian & actor (Anderson Tapes, Memories of Me), dies at 76
2010 Lena Horne, American singer & actress (Cabin in the Sky), dies at 92
2013 Alfredo Landa, Spanish actor (The Crach, Sinatra), dies at 80
2015 Elizabeth Wilson, American screen & stage actress (Doc, East Side/West Side), dies at 94
2015 Christopher Wood, English screenwriter & novelist (Confessions), dies at 79
2017 Michael Parks, American actor (Tusk, Then Came Bronson), dies at 77
2019 Freddie Starr, English comedian & singer (The Freddie Starr Showcase), dies at 76