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What happened in history on this day: December 27?
On December 27 in ...
- 1971 - The CBS TV network resumes airing The Sonny and Cher Show TV show in the USA.
- 1979 - CBS-TV debuts evening soap Knots Landing.
- 1991 - The CBS TV network airs the last episode of The Carol Burnett Show.
Births on December 27
- 1879 - Birth of Robert Greig in Australia; actor (Horse Feathers).
- 1879 - Birth of Sydney Greenstreet in Sandwich, England; actor (The Maltese Falcon).
- 1895 - Birth of Sig Arno in Hamburg, Germany; actor (Holiday in Havana).
- 1901 - Birth of Irene Handl in London, England; actress (Riding High, Morgan).
- 1901 - Birth of Marlene Dietrich in Berlin, Germany; singer/actress (Blue Angel).
- 1906 - Birth of Oscar Levant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (An American in Paris, Dance of Life).
- 1909 - Birth of Johan[nes B] Schmitz; Dutch actor/reciter (Lucifer, MacBeth).
- 1925 - Birth of Michel Piccoli in Paris, France; actor (Topaz, Peril, May Fools).
- 1926 - Birth of Jerome Courtland in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA; actor (Tonka, Tharus, Disneyland: Saga of Andy Barnett, Tales of the Vikings).
- 1939 - Birth of John Amos in Newark, New Jersey, USA; actor (Good Times, Coming to America).
- 1948 - Birth of Gérard Depardieu in France; actor (Get Out Your Handkerchiefs, Danton).
- 1948 - Birth of Tovah Feldshuh in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Idolmaker, Terror out of the Sky).
- 1952 - Birth of Tovah Feldshuh in New York City, New York; actress (Idolmaker, Terror out of the Sky).
- 1960 - Birth of Maryam D'Abo in London, England; actress (The Living Daylights, Xtro, Until September).
- 1962 - Birth of Barbara Crampton in Levittown, New York, USA; actress (Body Double, The Young and the Restless).
- 1972 - Birth of Thomas Wilson Brown; actor (Jason - Knots Landing).
- 1973 - Birth of Wilson Cruz; actor (My So Called Life, Ally McBeal).
- 1975 - Birth of Heather O'Rourke in San Diego, California; actress (Happy Days, Poltergeist).
Deaths on December 27
- 1930 - William Courtleigh, actor (Madame X, Eyes of Youth), dies at age 63.
- 1957 - Alan Bridge, actor (Hail the Conquering Hero), dies at age 66.
- 1974 - Raymond Glenn, actor (Raisin in the Sun, Carmen Jones), dies at age 76.
- 1978 - Bob de Lange, Dutch actor/director (Daniel), dies at age 62.
- 1981 - Hoagy Carmichael, US actor/songwriter (Stardust), dies at age 82.
- 1987 - Priscilla Dean, actress (Outside the Law), dies of injuries at age 91.
- 1988 - Fox Harris, actor (Alienator, Warlords, Sid and Nancy), dies.
- 1988 - Hal Ashby, academy-award winning director (Shampoo, 8 Million Ways to Die), dies of cancer at age 59.
- 1993 - Blandine Ebinger [Loeser], actress (Mädchen in Uniform), dies at age 94.
- 2015 - Death of Haskell Wexler, American cinematographer and film director (born 1922).
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