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What happened in history on this day: March 27?
On March 27 in ...
- 1955 - CBS airs the last Father Knows Best 30-minute comedy TV show.
- 1985 - Billy Dee Williams receives a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- 1987 - The ABC TV network airs the last episode of the Disney TV show Harry.
- 1989 - NBC-TV debuts the soap opera Generations.
- 2022 - At the Academy Awards ceremony, host Chris Rock makes a joke about Will Smith's wife, and Smith walks up to Rock and strikes his face hard.
- 2022 - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science awards ceremony.
Best Supporting Actress: Ariane DeBose for West Side Story,
Best Supporting Actor: Troy Kotsur for Coda,
Best Actress: Jessica Chastain,
Best Picture: CODA,
Best Original Song: "No Time to Die" by Billie Eilish and Finneas,
Best Short Film (Live Action): The Long Goodbye, by Riz Ahmed,
Best Original Screenplay: Kenneth Branagh,
Best Documentary Feature: Questlove,
Best Adapted Screenplay: Sian heder.
Births on March 27
- 1893 - Birth of William Harrigan in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Affair of Three Nations, Cabaret).
- 1899 - Birth of Gloria Swanson in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Killer Bees, Sadie Thomson, Queen Kelly) (dies 1983).
- 1914 - Birth of Richard Denning in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA; actor (Steve-Karen, Hawaii Five-O).
- 1919 - Birth of Simon van Collem; Dutch journalist/TV host (Amsterdamned).
- 1924 - Birth of Harold Nicholas; American actor (Tap, Five Heartbeats, Stormy Weather).
- 1930 - Birth of David Janssen [Meyer] in Naponee, Nebraska, USA; actor (Fugitive, Harry O).
- 1935 - Birth of Julian Glover in London, England; actor (QED, Heat and Dust, Mandela).
- 1936 - Birth of Jerry Lacy in Sioux City, Iowa, USA; actor (Play it Again Sam, Reverend Trask - Dark Shadows).
- 1940 - Birth of Austin Pendleton in Warren, Ohio, USA; actor (Short Circuit, Simon, Hello Again).
- 1940 - Birth of June Wilkinson in Eastbourne, England; actress (Absolutely Glamorous, Pajama Tops).
- 1942 - Birth of Michael York in Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, England; actor (Cabaret, Logan's Run, The Three Musketeers).
- 1946 - Birth of Carl Weintraub; actor (Harry - Executive Suite).
- 1947 - Birth of Tom Sullivan in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; blind actor (If You Could See What I Hear).
- 1952 - Birth of Chick Vennera in Herkimer, New York, USA; actor (High Risk, Milagro Beanfield War).
- 1952 - Birth of Maria Schneider in Paris, France; actress (Last Tango in Paris, Crime of Honor).
- 1953 - Birth of Pamela Roylance in Seattle, Washington, USA; actress (Sarah - Little House on the Prairie).
- 1958 - Birth of Michael O'Leary in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; actor (Guiding Light, Fatal Games).
- 1958 - Birth of Shaun Cassidy; rocker/actor (Hardy Boys, Texas Guns).
- 1960 - Birth of Jennifer Grey, Joel Grey's daughter; actress (Dirty Dancing).
- 1963 - Birth of Xuxa [Maria da Graca Meneghel] in Brazil; actress (Xuxa Park).
- 1967 - Birth of Talisa Soto [Miriam] in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (License to Kill).
- 1970 - Birth of Corey Page; actor (Richard Wilkins - Loving, City).
- 1984 - Birth of Emily Ann Lloyd; actress (Sarah Kramer - Something So Right).
- 1984 - Birth of J P Steur; actor (Grace Under Fire).
- 1988 - Birth of Kerri Ann Darling; actress (Alli Fowler - Another World).
Deaths on March 27
- 1959 - Grant Withers, actor (Oklahoma Annie), dies of suicide with sleeping pills at age 54.
- 1961 - Death of Jack Kane of cancer at age 36; bandleader/arranger, musical director (On Stage, The Jackie Rae Show, Summertime '57, Music Makers '58, Music Makers '59, Music '60 Presents the Jack Kane Hour, Steve and Eydie, Andy Williams Show).
- 1975 - Gertrude Niesen, actress (Start Cheering), dies at age 63.
- 1977 - Diana Hyland, actress (Peyton Place, Eight is Enough), dies at age 41.
- 1977 - Eve Meyer [Turner], actress (Immoral Mr Teas), dies in a plane crash at age 46.
- 1978 - Wilfred Pickles, actor (Billy Liar, Gay Dog), dies at age 73.
- 1979 - Ronald Adam, actor (Phantom Shot), dies at age 82.
- 1983 - James Hayter, actor (Pickwick Papers, Trio, Great Game), dies at age 75.
- 1989 - May Allison, actress (Youth for Salem Men of Steel), dies.
- 1991 - Aldo Ray, western actor (Battle Cry), dies of cancer at age 64.
- 1991 - Leueen McGrath, actress (Edward My Son, Saint's Vacation), dies at age 77.
- 1991 - Ralph Bates, British actor (Persecution, Graveyard), dies at age 50.
- 1992 - Anita Colby, US model/actress/author (Pepsi Coke), dies at age 77.
- 1993 - Death of Kate Reid at age 62 of brain cancer; actress (Queen Victoria - Disraeli (1963), The Whiteoaks of Jalna, Gavilan, Morningstar, Eveningstar, Lil - Dallas).
- 2002 - Death of Milton "Mr. Television" Berle of colon cancer at age 92; American comedian and actor (Texaco Star Theater, Emmy Award 1948, Television Hall of Fame 1984).
- 2002 - Death of Dudley Moore, British pianist, comedian, and actor (Arthur) (born 1935).
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