This Day in TV and Movie History
March 22

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What happened in history on this day: March 22?

On March 22 in ...

  • 1895 - In Paris, France, Auguste and Louis Lumiere show their first movie (La Sortie des Ouvriers de l'Usine Lumière) to an invited audience.
  • 1995 - The last episode of the TV series All-American Girl airs.

Births on March 22

  • 1887 - Birth of Leonard Marx AKA Chico Marx in New York City, New York, USA; comedian (Marx Brothers).
  • 1895 - Birth of Joseph Schildkraut in Vienna, Austria; actor (Flame of Barbary Coast, Joseph Schildkraut Presents).
  • 1907 - Birth of Paul J Steenbergen in Netherlands; actor (Ciske Rat), founder (Hague's Comedy).
  • 1912 - Birth of Wilfrid Brambell in Dublin, Ireland; actor (A Hard Day's Night).
  • 1913 - Birth of James Westerfield in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; actor (Jungle Heat, Lucky Johnny).
  • 1913 - Birth of Karl Malden in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Mike - The Streets of San Francisco, American Express commercials).
  • 1917 - Birth of Paul Rogers in Plympton, Devon, England; actor (Looking Glass War, Billy Budd).
  • 1917 - Birth of Virginia Grey in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Another Thin Man, Idiot's Delight, Idaho).
  • 1920 - Birth of Ross Martin in Grodek, Poland; actor (Mr Lucky, Wild Wild West).
  • 1923 - Birth of Marcel Marceau in Strasbourg, France; mime (Barbarella, Silent Movie).
  • 1930 - Birth of Pat Robertson; televangelist (700 club), US Presidential candidate (Republican-1989).
  • 1931 - Birth of William Shatner in Montréal, Quebec, Canada; actor (Captain James T. Kirk - Star Trek, TJ Hooker, Boston Legal).
  • 1935 - Birth of M[ichael] Emmet Walsh in Ogdensburg, New York, USA; actor (Wildcats, War Party).
  • 1936 - Birth of May Britt [Maybritt Wilkens] in Lidinga, Sweden; actress (Young Lions)/wife of Sammy Davis Junior.
  • 1941 - Birth of Bruno Ganz in Zurich, Switzerland; actor (Strapless, Wings of Desire).
  • 1942 - Birth of Barbara Parkins in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; actress (Peyton Place, Asylum).
  • 1949 - Birth of Brian Hanrahan; British TV newsman (BBC).
  • 1949 - Birth of Fanny Ardant in Monte Carlo; actress (Australia, Confidentially Yours).
  • 1950 - Birth of Mary Tamm in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England; actress (The Odessa File, Doctor Who).
  • 1952 - Birth of Bob Costas in Queens, New York, USA; sportscaster/talk show host (Later).
  • 1953 - Birth of Peter McEvoy in Australia; actor (Against the Innocent).
  • 1956 - Birth of Lena Olin in Stockholm, Sweden; actress (Enemies A Love Story).
  • 1957 - Birth of Stephanie Mills; singer/actress (The Wiz).
  • 1959 - Birth of Matthew Modine in Loma Linda, California, USA; actor (Full Metal Jacket, Pacific Heights).
  • 1975 - Birth of Dax Griffin in Atlanta Georgia, USA; actor (Tim Truman - Sunset Beach).
  • 1976 - Birth of Kellie Shanygne Williams in Washington DC; actress (Laura - Family Matters).
  • 1982 - Birth of Pete Bennett; English rock singer (Daddy Fantastic) and television personality (Big Brother 2006).

Deaths on March 22

  • 1958 - Michael Todd, producer (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at age 56.
  • 1962 - Aura Abranches Port, actress (Lisboa, O Primo Basilio), dies at age 65.
  • 1964 - Addison Richards, actor (Colonel - Pentagon), dies at age 76.
  • 1969 - Ernst Deutsch [Dorian], Czechoslovakian actor (3rd Man, Golem), dies at age 78.
  • 1975 - Cass Daley, actress (Red Garters), dies at age 59.
  • 1979 - Ben Lyon, American actor (I Cover the Waterfront, Indiscreet), dies at age 78 (born 1901).
  • 1986 - Charles Starrett, actor (Silver Streak, Jungle Bride), dies.
  • 1987 - Joan Shawlee, actress (Abbott and Costello Show), dies at age 58.
  • 1991 - Gloria Holden, actress (Dracula's Daughter, Test Pilot), dies at age 73.
  • 1994 - Death of Walter Lantz at age 93 of heart failure; cartoonist and animator (Woody Woodpecker).

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