1960s Timeline

Mar. 27, 1962 - Suzanne Pleshette, who is currently before the cameras in California in Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” and co-stars with...

Mar. 21, 1962 - Eddie Fisher (center), the singer, arrived in New York from Rome by plane tonight and denied reports that he and his...

Mar. 21, 1962 - More than half the U.S. Senators saw last night Hollywood’s version of the Senate in action. The occasion was a private...

Mar. 21, 1962 - Sources in Monaco today denied a rumor that in returning to moviemaking Princess Grace was helping her husband, Prince...

Mar. 21, 1962 - Rex Harrison married Rachel Roberts, the British actress, today in Italy in a ceremony that shifted abruptly from one...

Mar. 21, 1962 - Alfred Hitchcock is using his own money to finance his latest movie, it was learned today. The cost will be well in...

Mar. 20, 1962 - Two new Allied Artists presentations will open today on a double-bill program at neighborhood theatres. “The George Raft...

Mar. 18, 1962 - Opening in local theatres today is “Twenty Plus Two,” directed by Joseph M. Newman and starring David Janssen, Jeanne...

Mar. 18, 1962 - “The Guns of Navarone” was voted the best picture of 1961 in the 39th annual poll of movie critics, reviewers and...

Mar. 13, 1962 - Bette Davis, one of the stars of “The Night of the Iguana,” is bowing out of the Tennessee Williams play. She will be...

Mar. 12, 1962 - Jane Fonda, daughter of Henry Fonda, will star in her third Broadway appearance. She has been signed by Jay Julien for...

Mar. 12, 1962 - Richard Harris, Irish stage and screen actor, who just completed a leading characterization in the MGM remake of “Mutiny...

Mar. 11, 1962 - Ethel Waters (pictured with Billy Graham in 1957), the singer and actress, was recovering at her home today after she had...

Mar. 10, 1962 - “Through a Glass Darkly,” which has its New York première on Tuesday, is, according to Cyrus Harvey, distributor of the...

Mar. 8, 1962 - Today’s new film is “The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse,” MGM’s color adaptation of the novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez....

Mar. 8, 1962 - Karen Black, a 20-year-old graduate of Northwestern University, has been signed by Harold Prince for the ingénue lead in...

Mar. 8, 1962 - Tom Bosley, who played the role of Mayor Fiorello La Guardia in the theatrical success “Fiorello!”, today married Miss...

Mar. 7, 1962 - Opening in local theatres today is “The Premature Burial,” a horror film directed by Roger Corman and starring Ray Milland...

Mar. 6, 1962 - The world’s favorite movie stars are Marilyn Monroe and Charlton Heston, in the opinion of fans polled by the Hollywood...

Mar. 5, 1962 - George C. Scott, one of five nominated last month for the best supporting actor Oscar for his portrayal of the vicious...