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What happened in history on this day: March 17?
On March 17 in ...
- 1956 - In Hollywood, California, the 8th Annual Emmy Awards are presented.
Best Action or Adventure Series: Disneyland
Best Actor Starring in a Regular Series: Phil Silvers for The Phil Silvers Show
Best Actress Starring in a Regular Series: Lucille Ball for I Love Lucy
Best Audience Participation Series: The $64,000 Question
Best Children's Series: Lassie
Best Comedian: Phil Silvers
Best Comedienne: Nanette Fabray
Best Contributing to Daytime Programming: Matinee Theatre
Best Documentary Program: Omnibus
Best Dramatic Program: Producers' Showcase
Best Female Singer: Dinah Shore
Best Male Singer: Perry Como
Best MC or Program Host - Male or Female: Perry Como
Best Music Series: Your Hit Parade
Best News Commentator or Reporter: Edward R. Murrow
Best Situation Comedy: The Phil Silvers Show
Best Supporting Actor in a Regular Series: Art Carney for The Honeymooners
Best Supporting Actress in a Regular Series: Nanette Fabray for Caesar's Hour
Best Variety Program: Toast of the Town.
- 1961 - NBC debuts the live country TV program Five Star Jubilee.
- 1973 - The National Broadcasting Company airs the pilot episode of The Magician airs on TV in the USA.
- 1982 - The CBS TV network debuts the series Herbie, the Love Bug.
- 2017 - Buena Vista releases the film Beauty and the Beast to theaters.
Births on March 17
- 1888 - Birth of Frank Buck; actor (Africa Screams, Tiger Queen, Tiger Fangs).
- 1895 - Birth of Shemp Howard AKA Samuel Horwitz in Brooklyn, New York; comedian/actor (The Three Stooges, Bank Dick).
- 1906 - Birth of Brigitte Helm [Gisele Eve von Kuenheim] in Berlin, Germany; actress (Gloria, Gold).
- 1906 - Birth of Michael O'Shea in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; actor (Denny - It's a Great Life TV show).
- 1909 - Birth of Ken Anderson in Seattle, Washington, USA; worked on Disney animated films, Disneyland attractions, named a Disney Legend in 1991.
- 1918 - Birth of Mercedes McCambridge in Joliet, Illinois, USA; actress (Abie's Irish Rose radio show, I Love a Mystery radio show, Big Sister radio show, Betty & Bob radio show, This is Nora Drake radio show, One Man's Family TV show, The Exorcist movie, CBS Mystery Theatre radio show, All the King's Men).
- 1927 - Birth of Patrick Allen in Malawi; actor (Roman Holiday, Dial "M" for Murder).
- 1931 - Birth of Eunice Gayson in London, England; actress (Dr No, From Russia With Love).
- 1935 - Birth of Adam Wade in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor/singer ("Kiss Me Goodbye", "Crazy Joe"), game show host (Super Globetrotters, Musical Chairs).
- 1935 - Birth of Renee Taylor; actress/comedian (Last of the Red Hot Lovers).
- 1943 - Birth of Don Mitchell in Houston, Texas, USA; actor (Mark - Ironside).
- 1944 - Birth of John Sebastian in New York City, New York, USA; singer (Loving Spoonful, Welcome Back Kotter TV show theme).
- 1944 - Birth of Don Mitchell; actor (Ironside).
- 1949 - Birth of Patrick Duffy in Townsend, Montana, USA; actor (Bobby - Dallas, Man from Atlantis, Step by Step).
- 1951 - Birth of Kurt Russell in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA; actor (The Thing, Overboard, Mean Seasons, Travels of Jamie McPheeters).
- 1954 - Birth of Lesley-Anne Down in London, England; actress (A Little Night Music, Moonraker, Bold and the Beautiful, Sunset Beach).
- 1955 - Birth of Bill Beyers; actor (Wally McCandless - Capitol).
- 1955 - Birth of Gary Sinise; actor (Apollo 13 movie, Forrest Gump movie, CSI: New York TV show).
- 1960 - Birth of Vicki Lewis in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; actress (Beth - Newsradio, Three Sisters, Mission Hill).
- 1961 - Birth of Casey Siemaszko in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Biloxi Blues, Three O'Clock High, NYPD Blue).
- 1963 - Birth of Rebeca Arthur; actress (Mary Anne - Perfect Strangers, Opposites Attract).
- 1964 - Birth of Rob Lowe in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA; actor (Saint Elmo's Fire, The West Wing, Brothers and Sisters, Wayne's World, Class).
- 1968 - Birth of Mathew St. Patrick; actor (Six Feet Under, Reunion).
- 1969 - Birth of Yanic Truesdale in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; actor (Gilmore Girls).
- 1973 - Birth of Amelia Weatherly; actress (Stephanie Brewster - Loving, The City).
- 1974 - Birth of Marisa Coughlan; actress (Boston Legal, Wasteland).
Deaths on March 17
- 1933 - Ferdinand Von Alten, actor (Champagne), dies at age 48.
- 1949 - Felix Bressart, actor (Escape, Ninotchka, Iceland), dies at age 54.
- 1956 - Death of Fred Allen at age 61 from a heart attack; comedian (The Big Show radio show (1950-52), What's My Line TV show, Colgate Comedy Hour TV show, Fred Allen Radio Show).
- 1962 - Death of Frank Orth at age 82; actor (Inspector Faraday - Boston Blackie TV show, The Brothers).
- 1965 - Quentin Reynolds, newscaster (It's News to Me)/author (FBI), dies at age 62.
- 1967 - Frank Wisbar, director (Fireside Theater), dies at age 67.
- 1967 - Richard Reeves, actor (Murph - Date With an Angel), dies at age 54.
- 1973 - Geertruida M W "Truus" Bakker, Dutch actress (Two Orphans), dies at age 81.
- 1974 - Carroll Nye, actress (Lawless Woman), dies at age 72.
- 1976 - Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Italian director (Terra Diaeresis), dies at age 69.
- 1986 - Hal Buckley, actor (John Quincy - OK Crackerby), dies at age 49.
- 1989 - Merritt Butrick, actor (Shy People, Wired to Kill), dies of AIDS at age 29 (born 1959).
- 1990 - Capucine [Germaine Lefebvre], actress (Rendez-Vous de Juillet, Curse of the Pink Panther), commits suicide in Lausanne, Switzerland at age 57 (born 1933).
- 1992 - Charles Rea, British actor (Ipcress File), dies at age 69.
- 1992 - Death of Grace Stafford Lantz at age 87 from spinal cancer; voice of Woody Woodpecker for nearly 40 years.
- 1992 - Death of Jack Arnold at age 75 from arteriosclerosis; actor, director (Perry Mason TV show, Sid Caeser Special, Peter Gunn TV show, Alias Smith and Jones TV show, The Fall Guy TV show, The Brady Bunch TV show, Gilligan's Island TV show).
- 1993 - Death of Helen Hayes Brown of congestive heart failure at age 92 in Nyack, New York, USA; actor (The Sin of Madelon Claudet film (1931, Best Actress Oscar award), Airport film (1970, Best Supporting Actress Oscar award), Happy Birthday show (1947, Leading Actress Tony award)), writer (A Gift of Joy book, On Reflection book).
- 1993 - Death of Skip Young at age 62; actor (Wally - Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet TV show, Smokey and Hotwire Gang).
- 1994 - Mai Zetterling, actress (Night is My Future), dies of cancer at age 68.
- 1995 - Rick Aviles, US comic/actor (Ghost), dies of AIDS (born 1952).
- 1997 - Gail Davis, actress (Annie Oakley), dies at age 71.
- 2022 - Death of Peter Bowles at age 85; actor (Richard DeVere - To the Manor Born TV show).
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