- 1943 in television
The year 1943 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of
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Events
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May 8 - Opening of Paris Télévison - Fernsehsender Paris, a channel operated by German occupation authorities (Kurt Hinzmann, former director of Fernsehsender „Paul Nipkow“) after an agreement between Telefunken and Compagnie des Compteurs, with a (German) 441-line standard. Local French programmes and Fernsehsender „Paul Nipkow“ programmes were interlaced.
*December 23 - The first complete opera, "Hansel and Gretel ", is telecast, by WRGB inSchenectady .
*TheAmerican Broadcasting Company (ABC) is formed. Its television network debuts in 1948.Debuts
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The Voice of Firestone Televues " (1943-1947; renamed "The Voice of Firestone", running from1949 to1963 ).Television shows
Births
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January 1 -Don Novello ,actor , "Saturday Night Live ".
*January 13 -Richard Moll , actor.
*February 27 -Mary Frann , actress (d.1998 ).
*March 18 -Kevin Dobson , actor.
*March 29 -Eric Idle ,comedian .
*May 5 -Michael Palin , comedian.
*May 24 -Gary Burghoff , actor.
*May 27 -Bruce Weitz , actor.
*May 31 -Sharon Gless , actress.
*June 16 -Joan Van Ark , actress.
*July 3 -Kurtwood Smith , actor.
*July 31 -Susan Flannery , actress.
*August 2 -Max Wright , actor.
*October 8 -Chevy Chase , actor, "Saturday Night Live".
*November 20 -Veronica Hamel , actress.
*December 23 -Harry Shearer , actor, "Saturday Night Live", "Spinal Tap ", "The Simpsons ".
*December 28 -Richard Whiteley , presenter (d. 2005).
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