March 27

Births

• 1907 — Claude Stroud
• 1908 — Leo Britt
• 1910 — Tom Howard
• 1914 — Richard Denning
• 1931 — David Janssen
• 1934 — Jody Fair

Deaths

• 1990 — Marilyn Buferd
• 1995 — Paul Brinegar
• 1996 — Dervis Ward
• 2001 — Anthony Dexter
• 2004 — Peter Diamond
• 2013 — Will Zens

Home Media Releases

• 2012 — Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXIII

Events

• 1957 — At the 29th Academy Awards, the following awards were presented:
  • Dino De Laurentiis wins the Best Foreign Language Film Award for La Strada.
  • Jay Livingston and Ray Evans win the Best Song Award for "Que Sera, Sera", featured in The Man Who Knew Too Much.
  • Lionel Lindon wins the Best Cinematography (Color) Award for Around the World in 80 Days.
  • Gene Ruggiero and Paul Weatherwax win the Best Editing Award for Around the World in Eighty Days.
  • John P. Fulton wins the Best Special Effects Award for The Ten Commandments.
• 1973 — At the 45th Academy Awards, Francis Ford Coppola wins the Best Adapted Screenplay Award for The Godfather.
• 1995 — At the 67th Academy Awards, the following awards were presented:
  • Martin Landau wins the Best Supporting Actor Award for his portrayal of Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood,
  • Rick Baker wins the Best Makeup Award for Ed Wood
  • Clint Eastwood receives the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award.