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Overview of the events of 1953 in television From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The year 1953 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1953.
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Date | Show | Debut |
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March 26 | Biff Baker, U.S.A. | 1952 |
April | The Amos 'n Andy Show | 1951 |
The Ernie Kovacs Show | 1952 | |
May 3 | Victory at Sea | |
June 26 | Kaleidoscope (UK) | 1946 |
September 30 | A Date with Judy (prime time version) | 1952 |
November 13 | Front Page Detective | 1951[9] |
December 26 | Bonino | 1953 |
Unknown | Café Continental (UK) | 1947 |
Leave It to Larry | 1952 |
Date | Name | Notability |
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January 5 | Pamela Sue Martin | Actress (The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, Dynasty) |
January 8 | Damián Alcázar | Actor |
Tonita Castro | Actress (died 2016) | |
January 10 | Pat Benatar | Singer |
January 20 | Colleen Zenk | Actress (As the World Turns) |
January 29 | Paul Fusco | Puppeteer (ALF) |
Lynne McGranger | Australian actress (Home and Away) | |
February 8 | Mary Steenburgen | Actress (The Last Man on Earth) |
February 11 | Philip Anglim | Actor |
February 12 | Joanna Kerns | Actress (Growing Pains) |
February 14 | Martha Raddatz | Reporter |
February 15 | Lynn Whitfield | Actress (Without a Trace) |
February 17 | Becky Ann Baker | Actress |
February 19 | Bill Kirchenbauer | Actor (Just the Ten of Us) |
February 21 | William Petersen | Actor (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) |
Christine Ebersole | Actress (Steven Universe, The Cavanaughs, Royal Pains) | |
Peter Van Sant | American television news reporter | |
March 4 | Kay Lenz | Actress (Reasonable Doubts) |
March 6 | Jacklyn Zeman | Actress (General Hospital) (died 2023) |
Armen Keteyian | Armenian American television journalist | |
March 9 | Lauren Koslow | Actress (Days of Our Lives) |
March 10 | Paul Haggis | Director |
March 12 | Ron Jeremy | Pornographic actor |
March 16 | Micheline Charest | Producer (died 2004) |
March 24 | Louie Anderson | Actor (died 2022) |
March 25 | Mary Gross | Actress (Saturday Night Live)[10] |
April 13 | Grant Geissman | American composer |
April 16 | Jay O. Sanders | Actor |
April 18 | Rick Moranis | Canadian actor and comedian |
April 19 | Ruby Wax | American-born comedic actress, presenter (The Full Wax) |
April 22 | Gary Adelson | Producer |
April 23 | James Russo | Actor |
April 24 | Eric Bogosian | Actor (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) |
May 1 | David Gulpilil | Actor (died 2021) |
May 3 | Jake Hooker | Musician (died 2014) |
May 6 | Tony Blair | Politician[11] |
May 9 | Amy Hill | Actress |
May 16 | Pierce Brosnan | Irish-born actor (Remington Steele, The Son) |
Peter Onorati | Actor | |
May 17 | Kathleen Sullivan | Journalist |
May 20 | Michael Dinner | Screenwriter |
May 29 | Danny Elfman | Singer and composer (Batman: The Animated Series, The Simpsons, Pee-wee's Playhouse) |
May 30 | Colm Meaney | Actor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) |
June 1 | Diana Canova | Actress |
June 11 | Peter Bergman | Actor (All My Children, The Young and the Restless) |
June 13 | Tim Allen | Actor (Home Improvement, Last Man Standing) |
June 16 | Valerie Mahaffey | Actress and producer (Northern Exposure) |
June 21 | Michael Bowen | Actor (Lost, Breaking Bad) |
June 22 | Cyndi Lauper | Singer and actress |
June 26 | Robert Davi | Actor (Profiler) |
July 4 | Jon Plowman | Producer |
July 10 | Marco Rodríguez | Actor |
July 11 | Mindy Sterling | Actress |
Patricia Reyes Spíndola | Actress | |
July 13 | Gil Birmingham | Actor |
July 23 | Lydia Cornell | Actress (Too Close for Comfort) |
July 29 | Tim Gunn | Actor |
August 1 | Howard Kurtz | American journalist |
August 2 | Butch Patrick | Actor (The Munsters) |
August 4 | Tony Barnhart | Reporter |
August 8 | Donny Most | Actor (Happy Days) |
August 9 | Kathleen Matthews | Reporter |
August 11 | Hulk Hogan | Wrestler (Hogan Knows Best) |
August 13 | Jim Paratore | Producer (died 2012) |
August 14 | James Horner | Composer (died 2015) |
August 16 | Kathie Lee Gifford | Singer and talk show co-host (Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee) |
Vincent Curatola | Actor | |
August 20 | Peter Horton | Actor (thirtysomething) |
Ron Claiborne | American journalist | |
August 26 | Emiliano Díez | Cuban actor (George Lopez) |
August 27 | Peter Stormare | Swedish actor (Prison Break) |
August 30 | Robert Parish | NBA basketball player |
August 31 | Marcia Clark | Lawyer, correspondent, and producer[12] |
September 1 | Jonathan LaPook | American physician |
September 2 | Keith Allen | Welsh actor |
September 4 | Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs | Actor (Welcome Back, Kotter) |
September 6 | Katherine Cannon | Actress (Beverly Hills, 90210) |
September 7 | Kristin Griffith | Actress |
September 10 | Amy Irving | Actress |
September 13 | Iyanla Vanzant | TV personality (Iyanla: Fix My Life)[13] |
September 14 | Robert Wisdom | Actor (The Wire, Prison Break) |
Kurt Fuller | Actor | |
September 16 | Lenny Clarke | Comedian and actor (Rescue Me) |
Christopher Rich | Actor (Murphy Brown, Reba) | |
September 27 | Robbie Shakespeare | Producer (died 2021) |
September 29 | Drake Hogestyn | Actor (Days of Our Lives) |
October 6 | Wendy Robie | Actress (Twin Peaks) |
October 7 | Christopher Norris | Actress (Trapper John, M.D.) |
October 9 | Tony Shalhoub | Actor (Adrian Monk on Monk) |
October 11 | David Morse | Actor (St. Elsewhere) |
October 12 | Les Dennis | English television presenter |
October 14 | Greg Evigan | Actor (My Two Dads) |
Howard Schultz | Producer | |
October 15 | Larry Miller | Comedian |
October 20 | Keith Hernandez | Sports broadcaster |
October 26 | Lauren Tewes | Actress (The Love Boat) |
October 27 | Robert Picardo | Actor (China Beach, Star Trek: Voyager) |
October 28 | Desmond Child | Songwriter |
October 30 | Charles Lewis | Journalist |
October 31 | Michael J. Anderson | Actor (Twin Peaks) |
Lynda Goodfriend | Actress (Happy Days) | |
November 3 | Dennis Miller | Talk show host, commentator, comedian (Saturday Night Live) |
Kate Capshaw | Actress | |
November 5 | Joyce Maynard | American journalist |
November 12 | Carl Ciarfalio | American actor |
November 15 | James Widdoes | American actor |
November 18 | Kevin Nealon | Actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live, Weeds, Glenn Martin, DDS) |
Kath Soucie | Actress (Tiny Toon Adventures, Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Rugrats, Earthworm Jim, Dexter's Laboratory, Hey Arnold!, Futurama) | |
November 19 | Robert Beltran | Actor (Commander Chakotay on Star Trek: Voyager) |
Tom Villard | Actor (died 1994) | |
November 26 | Jacki MacDonald | Australian television personality |
November 27 | Curtis Armstrong | Actor (Dan Vs., Robot and Monster, The Emperor's New School) |
November 28 | Pamela Hayden | Actress |
December 1 | Antoine de Caunes | French Anglophone presenter (Eurotrash) |
December 6 | Kin Shriner | Actor (General Hospital, Justice League Unlimited) |
December 7 | Susie Coelho | TV personality |
December 8 | Sam Kinison | Comedian and actor (Charlie Hoover) (died 1992) |
Kim Basinger | Actress | |
December 9 | John Malkovich | Actor |
December 11 | Bess Armstrong | Actress |
December 14 | Gail Matthius | Actress (Saturday Night Live) |
December 17 | Barry Livingston | Actor (My Three Sons) |
Bill Pullman | Actor | |
December 22 | Bern Nadette Stanis | Actress (Good Times) |
Jay Brazeau | Actor | |
December 23 | John Callahan | Actor (died 2020) |
December 29 | Charlayne Woodard | Actress |
December 30 | Meredith Vieira | Journalist, talk show host, game show host (Who Wants to Be a Millionaire) |
December 31 | James Remar | Actor (The Huntress) |
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