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Overview of the events of 1957 in television From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The year 1957 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1957.
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Date | Show | Debut |
---|---|---|
February 24 | Annie Oakley | 1954 |
February 26 | Noah's Ark | 1956 |
April 1 | I Love Lucy | 1951 |
April 8 | Life Is Worth Living | 1952 |
April 20 | The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (UK) | 1956 |
May 1 | Kukla, Fran and Ollie | 1947 |
May 5 | Air Power | 1956 |
June 9 | The Roy Rogers Show | 1951 |
September 24 | It's Polka Time | 1956 |
Unknown | The Grove Family (UK) | 1954 |
The Three Stooges | 1934 |
Date | Name | Notability |
---|---|---|
January 1 | Meagen Fay | Actress |
January 3 | Frank Dicopoulos | Actor (Guiding Light) |
January 7 | Katie Couric | Journalist, talk show host (Today, CBS Evening News, 60 Minutes) |
January 8 | Ron Cephas Jones | Actor (This Is Us) |
January 14 | Susan Glover | Actress |
January 16 | Larry Mendte | Talk show host |
January 17 | Steve Harvey | Actor, comedian, host (The Steve Harvey Show, Family Feud) |
Keith Chegwin | Actor (died 2016) | |
January 25 | Jenifer Lewis | Actress (Black-ish) |
January 27 | Danny Aiello III | American stunt performer (died 2010) |
January 28 | Harley Jane Kozak | Actress (Santa Barbara) |
January 30 | Chris Jansing | American television news correspondent |
February 6 | Kathy Najimy | Actress (King of the Hill) |
Robert Townsend | Actor (The Parent 'Hood) | |
February 14 | Ken Wahl | Actor (Wiseguy) |
February 16 | LeVar Burton | Actor, host (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Reading Rainbow) |
February 18 | Vanna White | Game show hostess (Wheel of Fortune) |
February 19 | Ray Winstone | Actor |
February 28 | Ainsley Harriott | English chef and TV presenter |
John Turturro | Actor | |
March 3 | Jeff Rona | Composer |
March 4 | Mykelti Williamson | Actor (Justified) |
March 6 | Eddie Deezen | Actor |
March 8 | Cynthia Rothrock | Actress |
March 9 | Faith Daniels | Talk show host |
March 12 | Eric Shawn | Anchor |
March 13 | Daniel Licht | Composer |
March 15 | Park Overall | Actress (Empty Nest) |
March 20 | Amy Aquino | Actress (ER, Being Human) |
Spike Lee | Film director and actor | |
March 26 | Leeza Gibbons | Talk show host (Entertainment Tonight, Leeza) |
March 23 | Teresa Ganzel | Actress |
March 27 | Stephen Dillane | Actor |
March 29 | Christopher Lambert | Actor |
March 30 | Tawny Moyer | Actress |
Christopher Hall | Producer | |
April 12 | Suzzanne Douglas | Actress (The Parent 'Hood) (died 2021) |
April 13 | Gary Kroeger | Actor, announcer (Saturday Night Live) |
Saundra Santiago | Actress (Miami Vice) | |
April 23 | Jan Hooks | Actress, comedian (Saturday Night Live, Designing Women) (d. 2014) |
April 27 | Robert Curtis Brown | Actor |
May 5 | Richard E. Grant | English actor (Richard E. Grant's Hotel Secrets) |
May 6 | Fred Roggin | American sports anchor |
May 8 | Bill Cowher | Studio analyst for The NFL Today on CBS |
May 17 | Whip Hubley | Actor |
May 19 | Tom Gammill | Writer |
May 21 | Bruce Buffer | UFC ring announcer |
May 27 | Thalia Assuras | Journalist |
May 29 | Ted Levine | Actor (Monk) |
June 10 | Robert Clohessy | Actor |
June 12 | Timothy Busfield | Actor, director (thirtysomething, The West Wing) |
June 16 | Ian Buchanan | Actor (General Hospital, The Bold and the Beautiful, All My Children) |
June 17 | Jon Gries | Actor (Martin, The Pretender) |
June 18 | Andrea Evans | Actress (One Life to Live) |
June 23 | Peter Dickson | Announcer |
June 30 | Ilene Chaiken | Writer |
July 2 | Bret Hart | Canadian-American pro wrestler (WWE, WCW) |
July 9 | Tim Kring | Writer |
July 12 | Christopher Quinten | Actor |
July 18 | Nick Faldo | Golfer |
July 20 | Donna Dixon | Actress (Bosom Buddies), wife of Dan Aykroyd |
July 21 | Jon Lovitz | Actor, comedian (Saturday Night Live) |
July 23 | Jo Brand | English comedian, actress, writer (Getting On) |
July 26 | Nana Visitor | Actress (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Wildfire) |
July 27 | Bill Engvall | Actor |
July 28 | Brianne Leary | Actress (Baa Baa Black Sheep, CHiPs) |
Scott Pelley | Journalist | |
July 30 | Victor Slezak | Actor |
July 31 | Dirk Blocker | Actor (Baa Baa Black Sheep, Brooklyn Nine-Nine) |
August 7 | Paul Dini | Television writer and producer (DC Animated Universe, Freakazoid!, Ultimate Spider-Man) |
August 9 | Melanie Griffith | Actress |
August 16 | Laura Innes | Actress (ER) |
August 17 | Ken Kwapis | American film and television director |
August 18 | Denis Leary | Actor, comedian (Rescue Me) |
August 21 | Mark Pender | Trumpet player |
August 24 | Stephen Fry | English actor, comedian (Jeeves and Wooster, Pocoyo, Kingdom) |
August 25 | Craig Piligian | American television producer |
August 28 | Daniel Stern | Actor |
August 29 | Jerry Bailey | Sportscaster |
September 2 | Steve Porcaro | American composer |
September 3 | Garth Ancier | American television producer |
Steve Schirripa | American television actor | |
September 7 | Mark Whitaker | Journalist |
September 8 | Heather Thomas | Actress (The Fall Guy) |
September 10 | Cynthia Cidre | Screenwriter |
Kate Burton | Actress | |
September 12 | Hans Zimmer | Composer |
September 23 | Rosalind Chao | Actress (Star Trek: The Next Generation) |
September 24 | Brad Bird | Film director, writer, producer, and actor (Pixar, The Iron Giant) |
September 25 | Michael Madsen | Actor |
September 29 | Andrew Dice Clay | Comedian, actor (Bless This House) |
September 30 | Fran Drescher | Actress, comedian (The Nanny) |
October 1 | Yvette Freeman | Actress (ER) |
October 2 | Zhao Benshan | Actor |
October 4 | Bill Fagerbakke | Voice actor (SpongeBob SquarePants, Gargoyles, Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz) |
October 5 | Bernie Mac | Actor, comedian (The Bernie Mac Show) (died 2008) |
October 11 | Dawn French | Welch-born English actress, comedian (French and Saunders, The Vicar of Dibley) |
October 12 | Renee Chenault-Fattah | TV anchor (WCAU NBC 10 News) |
October 17 | Lawrence Bender | Film producer |
October 21 | Shea Farrell | Actor, producer (Hotel) |
October 23 | Elizabeth D'Onofrio | Actress |
October 24 | John Kassir | Actor and comedian (Earthworm Jim, CatDog, Hercules, Rocket Power, The Amanda Show, As Told by Ginger, The Looney Tunes Show) |
October 25 | Nancy Cartwright | Voice actress (The Simpsons, Rugrats, Mike, Lu & Og, Kim Possible, All Grown Up!, The Replacements) |
October 27 | Peter Marc Jacobson | Actor |
October 28 | Betsy Aidem | Actress |
October 29 | Dan Castellaneta | Actor, comedian (The Simpsons, Rugrats, Darkwing Duck, Aladdin, Earthworm Jim, Hey Arnold!, Cow and Chicken) |
Scott Thomson | Actor | |
October 30 | Kevin Pollak | Actor |
November 3 | Dolph Lundgren | Actor |
November 5 | Elizabeth Bracco | Actress |
November 6 | Cam Clarke | Voice actor (original voice of Leonardo on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) |
November 7 | Christopher Knight | Actor (The Brady Bunch) |
November 10 | George Lowe | Voice actor (Space Ghost Coast to Coast) |
November 11 | Anne-Marie Martin | Actress (Sledge Hammer!) |
November 15 | Kevin Eubanks | Jazz musician, guitarist (Tonight with Jay Leno) |
November 15 | Sue Herera | Anchor |
November 19 | Tom Virtue | Actor |
November 22 | Donny Deutsch | Television personality |
November 24 | Denise Crosby | Actress, model (Star Trek: The Next Generation) |
November 30 | Colin Mochrie | Actor (Whose Line Is It Anyway?) |
December 1 | Jeff DeGrandis | Animator |
December 9 | Donny Osmond | Singer, actor, game show host (The Donny & Marie Show) |
December 10 | Michael Clarke Duncan | Actor (died 2012) |
Paul Hardcastle | Composer | |
December 13 | Steve Buscemi | Actor (Boardwalk Empire, Park Bench with Steve Buscemi) |
Billy Van Zandt | Actor | |
December 14 | Antonio Mora | Anchor |
December 19 | Kevin McHale | NBA basketball player |
John Gulager | Actor | |
December 21 | Ray Romano | Actor, comedian (Everybody Loves Raymond) |
December 28 | Sam Ayers | Actor |
December 29 | Brad Grey | Producer (died 2017) |
December 30 | Matt Lauer | Television host (Today) |
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