Changes: 1957

Revision as of 14:35, 12 September 2020

Zorro Guy Williams — Guy Williams as Zorro.

Theatrical releases

Feature films

February 14 - Cinderella (re-issue)
June 19 - Johnny Tremain
July 3 - Bambi (re-issue)
August 28 - Perri
December 25 - Old Yeller (Los Angeles, California/New York City, New York)

Shorts

June 19
- The Story of Anyburg, U.S.A.
- The Wetback Hound
August 28 - The Truth About Mother Goose

Character debuts

October 10 - Zorro
December 4 - Martian Robot, Martian Mastermind
December 25 - Katie Coates, Travis Coates, Arliss Coates, Old Yeller, Bud Searcy, Lisbeth Searcy, Burn Sanderson, Savage Sam, the Wolf, Jumper
Fresh-Up Freddie

Theme park happenings

April 29 - The Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough attraction at Disneyland opens.
June 10 - TheViewliner Train of Tomorrow attraction at Disneyland opens.
October 8 - The Maxwell House Coffee House restaurant at Disneyland closes.

Television

October 10 - Zorro begins airing.

People

Births

January 12 - John Lasseter (animator, director, executive producer, and former CEO at Disney and Pixar)
January 15 - David Pruiksma (animator)
January 16 - Joey Camen (voice actor, comedian, and writer)
January 17 - Steve Harvey (comedian, television host, radio personality, actor, and author)
January 24 - Adrian Edmondson (comedian, actor, writer, musician, television presenter, and director)
January 25 - Jenifer Lewis (actress, voice actress, comedian, singer, and activist)
January 29 - Diane Delano (actress and voice actress)
February 6 - Kathy Najimy (actress and comedian)
February 16 - LeVar Burton (actor, voice actor, presenter, director, producer, and author)
February 18 - Vanna White (television personality and film actress)
February 19 - Ray Winstone (actor)
February 27 - Timothy Spall (actor)
February 28 - John Turturro (actor, writer, and filmmaker)
March 6 - Eddie Deezen (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
March 9 - Mark Mancina (composer)
March 12 - Marlon Jackson (singer and dancer)
March 19 - Iain McCaig (illustrator and conceptual designer)
March 20 - Chris Wedge (film director, film producer, screenwriter, cartoonist, actor, and voice actor)
March 23
- Teresa Ganzel (actress, comedian, and voice-over artist)
- Amanda Plummer (actress and voice actress)
March 28 - Paul Eiding (voice actor and voice director)
April 1 - Andreas Deja (animator)
April 14 - Marc Platt (film, TV, and theatre producer)
May 3 - John Sachs (announcer)
May 5 - Richard E. Grant (actor, screenwriter, and director)
May 21 - Judge Reinhold (actor)
May 29 - Ted Levine (actor)
June 14 - Jay Roach (director, producer, and screenwriter)
June 21 - Terri Hardin (puppeteer, artist, and former Imagineer)
June 23 - Frances McDormand (actress)
July 21 - Jon Lovitz (comedian, actor, and singer)
August 1 - Taylor Negron (actor, comedian, and playwright)
August 7 - David Shaughnessy (director, producer, actor, and voice actor)
August 9 - Melanie Griffith (actress)
August 18 - Denis Leary (actor, voice actor, comedian, screenwriter, writer, director, and producer)
August 24 - Stephen Fry (actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television and radio presenter, film director, activist, and board member of Norwich City F.C.)
August 28 - Daniel Stern (actor, director, screenwriter, voice artist, and comedian)
September 12 - Hans Zimmer (composer)
September 24 - Brad Bird (director, screenwriter, animator, producer, and occasional voice actor)
September 30 - Fran Drescher (actress and comedian)
October 4 - Bill Fagerbakke (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
October 5 - Bernie Mac (stand-up comedian, actor, and voice artist)
October 18 - Peter Gullerud (assistant animator and visual development artist)
October 24 - John Kassir (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
October 25 - Nancy Cartwright (actress and voice actress)
October 29 - Dan Castellaneta (actor, voice actor, comedian, and screenwriter)
October 30 - Kevin Pollak (actor, voice actor, impressionist, game show host, and comedian)
November 6 - Cam Clarke (voice actor and singer)
November 19 - Tom Virtue (actor)
December 1 - Deep Roy (actor, stuntman, puppeteer, and comedian)
December 5 - Thomas Schumacher (theatrical producer)
December 9 - Donny Osmond (singer, musician, actor, dancer, radio personality, and former teen idol)
December 10 - Michael Clarke Duncan (actor)
December 13 - Steve Buscemi (actor, voice actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film director)
December 21 - Ray Romano (actor, comedian, and writer)

Deaths

November 4 - Norman Ferguson (animator)

1957

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 [[File:Old-yeller 2.jpg|thumb|250px|''[[Old Yeller]]'']]
 [[File:Johnny Tremain.jpg|thumb|250px|''[[Johnny Tremain]]'']]
 [[File:Perri.jpg|thumb|250px|''[[Perri]]'']]
-[[File:Zorro Guy Williams.jpg|thumb|250px|Guy Williams as Zorro.]]
+[[File:Zorro Guy Williams.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Guy Williams]] as [[Zorro (character)|Zorro]].]]
 ==Theatrical releases==
 ===Feature films===
@@ Line 9: / Line 10: @@
 *[[July 3]] - ''[[Bambi (film)|Bambi]]'' (re-issue)
 *[[August 28]] - ''[[Perri]]''
-*[[December 25]] - ''[[Old Yeller]]''
+*[[December 25]] - ''[[Old Yeller]]'' ([[Los Angeles]], [[California]]/[[New York City]], [[New York]])
 ===Shorts===
@@ Line 18: / Line 19: @@
 ==Character debuts==
-*[[June 19]] - [[Johnny Tremain (character)|Johnny Tremain]]
+*[[October 10]] - [[Zorro (character)|Zorro]]
+*[[December 4]] - [[Martian Robot]], [[Martian Mastermind]]
-*[[December 25]] - [[Jim Coates]], [[Katie Coates]], [[Travis Coates]], [[Arliss Coates]], [[Old Yeller (character)|Old Yeller]], [[Bud Searcy]], [[Lisbeth Searcy]], [[Burn Sanderson]], [[Savage Sam (character)|Savage Sam]], [[the Wolf]]
+*[[December 25]] - [[Katie Coates]], [[Travis Coates]], [[Arliss Coates]], [[Old Yeller (character)|Old Yeller]], [[Bud Searcy]], [[Lisbeth Searcy]], [[Burn Sanderson]], [[Savage Sam (character)|Savage Sam]], [[the Wolf]], [[Jumper]]
+*[[Fresh-Up Freddie]]
-==Theme parks==
+==Theme park happenings==
-*[[October 8]] - The Maxwell House Coffee House restaurant at Disneyland closes
+*[[April 29]] - The [[Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough]] attraction at [[Disneyland]] opens.
+*[[June 10]] - The[[ Viewliner Train of Tomorrow]] attraction at Disneyland opens.
+*[[October 8]] - The Maxwell House Coffee House restaurant at Disneyland closes.
 ==Television==
@@ Line 37: / Line 42: @@
 *[[January 29]] - [[Diane Delano]] (actress and voice actress)
 *[[February 6]] - [[Kathy Najimy]] (actress and comedian)
-*[[February 12]] - [[Joseph Siravo]] (actor)
 *[[February 16]] - [[LeVar Burton]] (actor, voice actor, presenter, director, producer, and author)
 *[[February 18]] - [[Vanna White]] (television personality and film actress)
@@ Line 52: / Line 56: @@
 **[[Amanda Plummer]] (actress and voice actress)
 *[[March 28]] - [[Paul Eiding]] (voice actor and voice director)
-*[[March 31]] - [[Marc McClure]] (actor)
 *[[April 1]] - [[Andreas Deja]] (animator)
 *[[April 14]] - [[Marc Platt]] (film, TV, and theatre producer)
-*[[April 23]] - [[Jan Hooks]] (actress)
 *[[May 3]] - [[John Sachs]] (announcer)
 *[[May 5]] - [[Richard E. Grant]] (actor, screenwriter, and director)
@@ Line 61: / Line 63: @@
 *[[May 29]] - [[Ted Levine]] (actor)
 *[[June 14]] - [[Jay Roach]] (director, producer, and screenwriter)
-*[[June 21]] - [[Terri Hardin]] (puppeteer, actress, and stand-up comedian)
+*[[June 21]] - [[Terri Hardin]] (puppeteer, artist, and former [[Walt Disney Imagineering|Imagineer]])
 *[[June 23]] - [[Frances McDormand]] (actress)
-*[[June 24]] - [[Jeffrey C. Sherman]] (producer, writer, director, actor, and composer)
 *[[July 21]] - [[Jon Lovitz]] (comedian, actor, and singer)
 *[[August 1]] - [[Taylor Negron]] (actor, comedian, and playwright)
+*[[August 7]] - [[David Shaughnessy]] (director, producer, actor, and voice actor)
 *[[August 9]] - [[Melanie Griffith]] (actress)
 *[[August 18]] - [[Denis Leary]] (actor, voice actor, comedian, screenwriter, writer, director, and producer)
 *[[August 24]] - [[Stephen Fry]] (actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television and radio presenter, film director, activist, and board member of Norwich City F.C.)
-*[[August 28]] - [[Daniel Stern]] (actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter)
+*[[August 28]] - [[Daniel Stern]] (actor, director, screenwriter, voice artist, and comedian)
-*[[September 5]] - [[Rob Mills]] (puppeteer, producer, and writer)
+*[[September 12]] - [[Hans Zimmer]] (composer)
-*[[September 12]]
-**[[Hans Zimmer]] (composer)
-**[[Keiko Toda]] (voice actress)
 *[[September 24]] - [[Brad Bird]] (director, screenwriter, animator, producer, and occasional voice actor)
 *[[September 30]] - [[Fran Drescher]] (actress and comedian)
@@ Line 86: / Line 85: @@
 *[[November 19]] - [[Tom Virtue]] (actor)
 *[[December 1]] - [[Deep Roy]] (actor, stuntman, puppeteer, and comedian)
-*[[December 9]] - [[Donny Osmond]] (singer and actor)
+*[[December 5]] - [[Thomas Schumacher]] (theatrical producer)
+*[[December 9]] - [[Donny Osmond]] (singer, musician, actor, dancer, radio personality, and former teen idol)
 *[[December 10]] - [[Michael Clarke Duncan]] (actor)
-*[[December 11]] - [[William Joyce]] (author, illustrator, and filmmaker)
+*[[December 13]] - [[Steve Buscemi]] (actor, voice actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film director)
-*[[December 13]] - [[Steve Buscemi]] (actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film director)
+*[[December 21]] - [[Ray Romano]] (actor, comedian, and writer)
-*[[December 21]] - [[Ray Romano]] (actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter, and voice actor)
 ===Deaths===
 *[[November 4]] - [[Norman Ferguson]] (animator)
-==Artists joined==
-*[[Chuck Williams]]
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