The Actors Compendium - All Film Index 1979

1979

1978 <-- 1979 --> 1980

EVENTS

CINEMA

October 24
ITV returns to the airwaves after an eleven week strike

FILMS

Murder by Decree
Running

BIRTHS

Freema Agyeman (January 1)
Erica Hubbard (January 2)
Suranne Jones (January 2)
Reggie Austin (January 7)
Nathan Constance (January 7)
Windell Middlebrooks (January 8)
Sarah Polley (January 8)
Joshua Harto (January 9)
Lindsey Fawcett (January 10)
Mami Nakamura (January 14)
Aaliyah (January 16)
Trent Ford (January 16)
Christopher Gordon (January 18)
Ray Panthaki (January 20)
Jennifer Alden (January 24)
Tatyana M. Ali (January 24)
Christine Lakin (January 25)
Sara Rue (January 26)
Linda Steinhoff (January 26)
Rosamund Pike (January 27)
Andrew Keegan (January 29)
Christina Koch (January 29)
Marie Noelle Marquis (January 29)
Rachelle Lefevre (February 1)
Rutina Wesley (February 1)
Mareva Galanter (February 4)
Gil McKinney (February 5)
Cerina Vincent (February 7)
Ziyi Zhang (February 9)
Angus Sampson (February 12)
Carl Stjernlöf (February 13)
Mena Suvari (February 13)
Jeffery Aro (February 15)
Jackson Hurst (February 17)
Andrew Buchan (February 19)
Caroline Chikezie (February 19)
Shion Abdillah (February 21)
Aunjanue Ellis (February 21)
Jennifer Love Hewitt (February 21)
Jordan Peele (February 21)
Armelle Deutsch (February 22)
Christina Hecke (February 22)
Veronica Ngo (February 26)
Dustin Watchman (March 2)
Riki Lindhome (March 5)
Grace Park (March 6)
Brandon Bluhm (March 10)
Edi Gathegi (March 10)
Curtis Lyons (March 10)
Rhys Coiro (March 12)
Heather Joy Budner (March 13)
Tammy Chen (March 13)
Rissa Landman (March 13)
Charles Porter (March 13)
Chris Klein (March 14)
Pollyanna McIntosh (March 15)
Awa (March 16)
Felisha Terrell (March 16)
Danneel Ackles (March 18)
Bonnie Henna (March 18)
Georgia Craig (March 20)
Bianca Lawson (March 20)
Fiona Wade (March 20)
Lake Bell (March 24)
Judy Tylor (March 24)
Lee Pace (March 25)
Jose Pablo Cantillo (March 30)
Norah Jones (March 30)
Kory Grim (March 31)
Lindy Booth (April 2)
Heath Ledger (April 4)
Natasha Lyonne (April 4)
Kevin Interdonato (April 5)
Keshia Knight Pulliam (April 9)
Claire Danes (April 12)
Jennifer Morrison (April 12)
Paul Nicholls (April 12)
Brian Vestal (April 13)
Luke Evans (April 15)
Mylène Dinh-Robic (April 17)
Ken Duken (April 17)
Michael Treanor (April 17)
Kate Hudson (April 19)
James McAvoy (April 21)
Dominic Zamprogna (April 21)
Jaime King (April 23)
Rebecca Mader (April 24)
Giuseppe Andrews (April 25)
Sean Fox (April 26)
David Pitt (April 26)
Jo O'Meara (April 29)
Ben Easter (May 1)
Lance Bass (May 4)
Vincent Kartheiser (May 5)
Austyn Moore (May 6)
Rosario Dawson (May 9)
Mary Elizabeth Ellis (May 11)
Aaron Yoo (May 12)
Jim Howick (May 14)
Betsy Rue (May 14)
Ayda Field (May 17)
Sanoe Lake (May 19)
Andrej Polak (May 22)
Maggie Q (May 22)
Corbin Allred (May 25)
Monica Keena (May 25)
Elisabeth Harnois (May 26)
Jesse Bradford (May 28)
Richard Lee Jackson (May 29)
Jenny Mollen (May 30)
Morena Baccarin (June 2)
James Ransone (June 2)
Bjorn Hlynur Haraldsson (June 6)
Jacinta Stapleton (June 6)
Garth Breytenbach (June 14)
Theodus Crane (June 18)
Alejandra Gutierrez (June 20)
Chris Pratt (June 21)
Paul Campbell (June 22)
Jen Kuhn (June 22)
Cade Bittner (June 23)
Reineke Jonker (June 23)
Mindy Kaling (June 24)
Petra Nemcova (June 24)
Busy Philipps (June 25)
Julia Benson (June 26)
Gyu-ri Kim (June 27)
Liz Stauber (June 27)
Felicia Day (June 28)
Elaine Tan (June 28)
Stephanie Lemelin (June 29)
Rick Gonzalez (June 30)
Ed Kavalee (June 30)
Elizabeth Thai (July 1)
Justin Svoboda (July 3)
Lena Georgas (July 5)
Martin Andersson (July 6)
Kevin Hart (July 6)
Omid Abtahi (July 12)
Sam Golzari (July 12)
Scott Porter (July 14)
Laura Benanti (July 15)
Travis Fimmel (July 15)
Jayma Mays (July 16)
Mike Vogel (July 17)
Zrinka Cvitesic (July 18)
Jared Hess (July 18)
Rose Byrne (July 24)
Juan Pablo Di Pace (July 25)
Juliet Rylance (July 26)
Mageina Tovah (July 26)
Augustine Frizzell (July 27)
Clotilde Hesme (July 30)
Jason Momoa (August 1)
Honeysuckle Weeks (August 1)
Susanne Bormann (August 2)
Evangeline Lilly (August 3)
Mills Pierre (August 3)
Krissy Carlson (August 10)
Lynn Adrianna (August 11)
Julian Franco (August 11)
Cassandra Lynn (August 15)
Brandon Quintin Adams (August 22)
Jennifer Finnigan (August 22)
Evis Xheneti (August 22)
Noah Bastian (August 26)
Aaron Paul (August 27)
Andrew Lee Potts (August 30)
Melissa Mars (September 3)
Pink (September 8)
Portis Hershey (September 11)
Ariana Richards (September 11)
Cameron Richardson (September 11)
Tiffany Shepis (September 11)
Brian Stapf (September 12)
Amy Davidson (September 15)
Neill Blomkamp (September 17)
Billy Miller (September 17)
Alison Lohman (September 18)
Dannielle Brent (September 19)
Bradford Anderson (September 21)
Jaymee Ong (September 21)
Moa Zerpe (September 21)
Lisa Loven Kongsli (September 23)
Anthony Mackie (September 23)
Nicole Whippy (September 23)
Katie Rowlett (September 24)
Paul Sutera (September 24)
Mark Famiglietti (September 26)
Jacob Tierney (September 26)
Susanne Wuest (September 26)
Bam Margera (September 28)
Mike Damus (September 30)
Jon Kasdan (September 30)
Holly Dignard (October 1)
Brianna Brown (October 2)
Shannyn Sossamon (October 3)
Rachael Leigh Cook (October 4)
Václav Neuzil (October 4)
Lex Shrapnel (October 6)
Aaron Ashmore (October 7)
Shawn Ashmore (October 7)
Kristanna Loken (October 8)
Chris O'Dowd (October 9)
Georgina Verbaan (October 9)
Hitomi Satô (October 10)
Patrick Kalupa (October 13)
Robert Baker (October 15)
Jaclynn Tiffany Brown (October 15)
Kelly Adams (October 16)
Misty Mundae (October 16)
Shawna Loyer (October 18)
John Krasinski (October 20)
Katharina Schüttler (October 20)
Tony Denman (October 22)
Samantha Becker (October 25)
Sarah Thompson (October 25)
Natina Reed (October 28)
James A. Woods (October 30)
Erica Cerra (October 31)
Erika Flores (November 2)
Jason Jurman (November 6)
Salvatore Cascio (November 8)
Caroline Flack (November 9)
Rachel Sterling (November 11)
Cote de Pablo (November 12)
Olga Kurylenko (November 14)
Kerry Liu (November 15)
Lauren Ambrose (November 16)
Elizabeth Anne Allen (November 18)
Barry Jenkins
Barry Jenkins (November 19)
Katherine Kelly (November 19)
Josh Cooke (November 22)
Kelly Brook (November 23)
Jonathan Sadowski (November 23)
Daniel Henney (November 28)
Simon Amstell (November 29)
Friday Wilson (November 29)
Fabrice Adde (December 1)
Yvonne Catterfeld (December 2)
Alex Rae (December 2)
Rainbow Francks (December 3)
Jacob Tomuri (December 4)
Nick Stahl (December 5)
Lisa Brinegar (December 6)
Eric Bauza (December 7)
Jennifer Carpenter (December 7)
Rider Strong (December 11)
Adam Brody (December 15)
Alex Solowitz (December 15)
Ania Sowinski (December 18)
Ramon Rodriguez (December 20)
Tuva Novotny (December 21)
Chad Riley (December 26)
Tom McKay (December 27)
Noomi Rapace (December 28)
Diego Luna (December 29)
Catherine Taber (December 30)
Steve Byers (December 31)
Elaine Cassidy (December 31)
G. Michael Gray (December 31)

DEATHS

Billy Bletcher (January 5, 84)
Jimmy Aye (January 8, 71)
Robert Sansom (January 9, 75)
Maurice de Canonge (January 10, 84)
Georges Marceau (January 10, 73)
Maurice Marceau (January 10, 73)
Bodil Steen (January 10, 55)
Jack Soo (January 11, 62)
Pete Smith (January 12, 86)
Michele Malaspina (January 13, 70)
Tim Graham (January 14, 74)
Peter Butterworth (January 16, 59)
Ted Cassidy (January 16, 46)
Jean-Pierre Zola (January 18, 62)
Paul Meurisse (January 19, 66)
Paul Bogdan (January 20, 71)
Kenneth McLaglen (January 20, 77)
Fred Aldrich (January 25, 74)
Dick Crockett (January 25, 63)
Robertson Hare (January 25, 87)
Paul Amiot (January 26, 92)
Annette Benson
Bruce Brighton (January 29, 85)
Basil Dignam (January 31, 73)
Mort Marshall (February 1, 60)
Zon Murray (February 2, 68)
Sid Vicious (February 2, 21)
Betty Cooper (February 3, 68)
Jody Gilbert (February 3, 62)
Joan Standing (February 3, 75)
Mary Hinton (February 5, 82)
Joseph J. Greene (February 9, 84)
Roy Brent (February 10, 75)
Jerry Walter (February 11, 53)
Belle Mitchell (February 12, 89)
Jean Renoir (February 12, 84)
Louise Allbritton (February 16, 58)
William Gargan (February 17, 73)
Natalie Kent (February 18, 72)
Bertil Berglund (February 19, 80)
Wee Georgie Wood (February 19, 84)
Peggy Livesey (February 20, 67)
Maisie MacFarquhar (February 23, 76)
Albert Modley (February 23, 77)
Jan Conrad (February 24, 68)
Grace Arnold (February 26, 84)
Mahlon Potts (February 27, 54)
Zara Cully
Jane Hylton (February 28, 51)
Louise Lagrange (February 28, 81)
Dolores Costello (March 1, 75)
Ed Randolph (March 1, 84)
Edith Craig (March 2, 71)
John Robinson (March 6, 70)
Charles Wagenheim (March 6, 83)
Robert Duke (March 8, 61)
Quentin Lawrence (March 9, 58)
Barbara Mullen (March 9, 64)
Steve Sekely (March 9, 80)
Georges Adet (March 11, 84)
Victor Kilian (March 11, 88)
Hyde Clayton (March 13, 64)
Harry-Max (March 13, 77)
Tudor Owen (March 13, 81)
Germaine Aussey (March 15, 69)
Léonide Massine (March 15, 82)
Marjorie Daw (March 18, 77)
Lucille Barkley (March 19, 53)
Richard Beckinsale (March 19, 31)
Al Hodge (March 19, 66)
John Tate (March 19, 64)
Ben Lyon (March 22, 78)
Yvonne Mitchell (March 22, 53)
Philip Bourneuf (March 23, 71)
Chano Urueta
Michael Moore
Ronald Adam (March 27, 82)
Monti de Lyle (March 28, 79)
Ray Ventura (March 29, 70)
Beatrice Blinn (March 31, 77)
Doris Packer (March 31, 74)
Bruno Coquatrix (April 1, 68)
Alice Dahl (April 1, 65)
Barbara Luddy (April 1, 70)
Jack Pepper (April 1, 76)
Charles Silvern (April 1, 76)
Basil Lord (April 3, 66)
Edgar Buchanan (April 4, 76)
Staats Cotsworth (April 9, 71)
Henry Guttman (April 9, 80)
Karl Anton (April 12, 80)
William Meader (April 15, 74)
Harry Meyen (April 15, 54)
Jullan Kindahl (April 18, 94)
Antonio Centa (April 19, 71)
Jean Berton (April 20, 73)
Jerry Mengo (April 23, 68)
John Carroll (April 24, 72)
Sybil Bowan (April 26, 82)
Ranny Weeks (April 26, 72)
Erin O'Brien-Moore (May 3, 77)
Jane Farrar (May 5, 61)
Rosemary La Planche (May 6, 55)
Georges Lampin (May 8, 77)
Victor Saville (May 8, 83)
Michel Ardan (May 9, 58)
Beatrice Campbell (May 10, 56)
Murray Pollack (May 10, 61)
Tamara Adelheim (May 11, 75)
Joan Chandler (May 11, 55)
Iris Hoey (May 13, 93)
Claude Génia (May 18, 66)
Jan Arvan (May 24, 66)
André Luguet (May 24, 87)
Stan Stone (May 25, 58)
George Brent (May 26, 75)
Hilda Barry (May 29, 94)
Mary Pickford (May 29, 87)
Jack Raine (May 30, 82)
Ján Kadár (June 1, 61)
Jack Mulhall (June 1, 91)
Robert Carson (June 2, 69)
Jim Hutton (June 2, 45)
Gustavo Re (June 5, 70)
Jack Haley (June 6, 80)
Malcolm Hulke (June 6, 54)
Seamus Kelly
John Wayne (June 11, 72)
George Cisar (June 13, 66)
Darla Hood (June 13, 47)
Bill Nelson (June 13, 75)
Barry Shear (June 13, 56)
David Butler
David Butler (June 14, 84)
David Butler
Toivo Pawlo (June 14, 61)
Laurie Bird (June 15, 25)
Mimi Doyle (June 15, 65)
Nicholas Ray (June 16, 67)
Nicholas Ray (June 16, 67)
Lou Frizzell (June 17, 59)
Nick Grinde (June 19, 86)
Tom Macaulay (June 19, 73)
Julian Orchard (June 21, 49)
Emory Parnell (June 22, 86)
Hope Summers (June 22, 83)
Dave Fleischer (June 25, 84)
Paul Dawkins (June 26, 59)
Jerry Shane (June 26, 54)
Gladys Faye (June 30, 84)
Richard Ward (July 1, 64)
Anthony Eustrel (July 2, 76)
Eddy Rasimi (July 2, 51)
Marjorie Rhodes (July 4, 82)
Sayre Dearing (July 5, 79)
Judson Laire (July 5, 76)
Abe Dinovitch (July 8, 70)
Michael Wilding (July 8, 66)
Jerry Brown (July 9, 64)
Roddy McMillan (July 9, 56)
Cornelia Otis Skinner (July 9, 80)
Minnie Riperton (July 12, 31)
Helen Eby-Rock (July 20, 83)
Isabelle Keith (July 20, 81)
Tony Galento (July 22, 69)
Archie Duncan (July 24, 65)
Albert Pollet (July 24, 90)
Eric Pohlmann (July 25, 66)
Salvador Baguez (July 26, 75)
Virginia Brissac (July 26, 96)
Hélène Tossy (July 26, 72)
Ettore Manni (July 27, 52)
Christian Duvaleix (July 28, 56)
George Seaton (July 28, 68)
Frederick Stafford (July 28, 51)
Beatrix Lehmann (July 31, 76)
Kurt Kasznar (August 6, 65)
Dick Foran (August 10, 69)
Dorothy Edwards (August 13, 62)
Don De Leo (August 14, 75)
Derek Twist (August 15, 74)
Vivian Vance (August 17, 70)
Mary Millington (August 19, 33)
Eddie Lee (August 20, 80)
Stuart Heisler (August 21, 82)
Richard Hearne (August 23, 71)
Ray Eberle (August 25, 60)
Lucien Frégis (August 25, 75)
Lord Louis Mountbatten (August 27, 79)
Mary Marquet (August 29, 84)
Sally Rand (August 31, 75)
Doris Kenyon (September 1, 81)
Jean Seberg (September 1, 40)
Felix Aylmer (September 2, 90)
Howard Curtis (September 2, 52)
Derek Seaton (September 2, 35)
Barry O'Hara (September 5, 53)
Alan Browning (September 7, 53)
Franklin Adreon (September 10, 76)
Les Clark (September 12, 71)
Richard Forbes (September 12, 43)
Jocelyne LaGarde
Richard Sinatra (September 12, 43)
Paul Dubov (September 20, 60)
Frederick Piper (September 22, 76)
Catherine Lacey (September 23, 75)
John Cromwell
John Cromwell (September 26, 92)
Arthur Hunnicutt (September 26, 68)
Gracie Fields (September 27, 81)
Catherine Hessling (September 28, 79)
Bernie Gozier (October 2, 62)
Claudia Jennings (October 3, 29)
Dorothy Peterson (October 3, 79)
Emmaline Henry (October 8, 50)
Fred Graham (October 10, 70)
Celia Lovsky (October 12, 82)
Charlotte Mineau (October 12, 93)
Clarence Muse (October 13, 89)
Andre Van Gyseghem (October 13, 73)
Noel Hood (October 15, 69)
Geoffrey Moon (October 15, 25)
John Stuart (October 17, 81)
Robert Vernay (October 17, 72)
James Vickery (October 19, 61)
Bill Stevens
William Stevens (October 20, 49)
Carl Crow (October 22, 42)
Jus Addiss (October 26, 62)
Charles P. Thompson (October 26, 88)
Arnold Soboloff (October 28, 48)
Graham Ashley (October 30, 52)
Edvin Adolphson (October 31, 86)
Albert Préjean (November 1, 86)
Saro Urzì (November 2, 66)
Paolo Carlini (November 3, 57)
Al Capp (November 5, 70)
Bob Golden (November 5, 53)
Amedeo Nazzari (November 7, 71)
Edward Ardizzone (November 8, 79)
Arthur Belasco (November 8, 91)
Sydney Tafler (November 8, 63)
Lewis Charles (November 9, 59)
Winifred Evans (November 9, 89)
Dimitri Tiomkin (November 11, 85)
Miriam Goldina (November 14, 81)
Anna-Lisa Fröberg (November 17, 92)
Michael Darbyshire (November 20, 62)
Maurizio Arena (November 21, 45)
Paul Wexler (November 21, 50)
Merle Oberon (November 23, 68)
Esther Somers (November 25, 86)
Reggie de Beer (November 29, 85)
Gabrielle Dorziat (November 30, 99)
Joyce Grenfell (November 30, 69)
Zeppo Marx (November 30, 78)
Marcel Rouzé (November 30, 78)
Allen Vincent (November 30, 76)
Sandra Storme
Maurice Dorléac (December 4, 78)
Robert Karnes (December 4, 62)
Guy Rennie (December 4, 69)
Jesse Pearson (December 5, 49)
Ann Dvorak (December 10, 67)
Claire Carleton (December 11, 66)
Goronwy Rees (December 12, 70)
Jon Hall (December 13, 64)
Jean-Louis Allibert (December 16, 82)
Max Knapp (December 16, 80)
Dorothy Crehan (December 17, 81)
George Pollock (December 22, 72)
Darryl F. Zanuck (December 22, 77)
Ernest B. Schoedsack (December 23, 86)
John Ayres (December 24, 87)
Renato Chiantoni (December 24, 73)
Joan Blondell (December 25, 73)
Lee Bowman (December 25, 64)
Michael Collins (December 25, 57)
Sir Norman Denning (December 27, 75)
E.J. Schuster (December 29, 52)
Gary Downey (December 30, 41)
Lilyan Irene (December 30, 87)
Luis Induni (December 31, 59)
Frank Kumagai (December 31, 60)

EVENTS

CINEMA

FILMS

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Canada

CANADA

Cuba

Cyprus

Czechoslovakia

France

Germany

Greece

Hong Kong

Hungary

Israel

Italy

Netherlands

UK

USA

USSR

W.Germany

BIRTHS

DEATHS