The year 1988 was the 9th year of the 1980's decade.
Events[]
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- February 16 - Hairspray premiered in Baltimore, Maryland
- February 26 - Hairspray
- February 19 - A Month in the Country (limited)
- February 26 - Frantic
- March 4 - Moving
- March 11 - Stand and Deliver
- March 18 - Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
- March 29 - Beetlejuice premiered in New York City, New York.
- March 30 - Beetlejuice
- April 8 - Above the Law
- June 3 - Funny Farm
- July 8 - Arthur 2: On the Rocks
- July 13 - The Dead Pool
- July 22 - Caddyshack II
- August 10 - Clean and Sober
- August 26
- September 9 - Running on Empty
- September 16 - Crossing Delancey
- September 24 - Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
- September 30 - Bird
- October 7
- October 25 - Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
- October 28 - Feds
- October 29 - Moonwalker
- November 4 - Everybody's All- American
- November 11 - A Cry in the Dark
- December 2 - Tequila Sunrise
- December 21 - Dangerous Liaisons
- December 23 - The Accidental Tourist (limited)
- The Cannon Group, Inc.
Shorts[]
- September 23 - The Night of the Living Duck (New York International Independent Film and Video Festival)
Television[]
- October 1 - The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
- September 10 - A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
- September 12 - The New Yogi Bear Show
Theme park happenings[]
- TBA
Video games[]
- TBA
Books[]
- TBA
VHS releases[]
Direct to video releases[]
People[]
Births[]
- April 19 - Anne Lee Greene (actress)
Deaths[]
- January 3 - William Cagney (film producer and actor)
- January 7
- Trevor Howard (actor)
- Marilyn Schreffler (voice actress)
- January 12 - Spencer Chan (actor)
- January 16 - Ballard Berkeley (actor)
- January 21 - Abraham Sofaer (actor)
- January 25 - Colleen Moore (actress)
- January 27 - Edward Pawley (actor)
- February 14 - Frederick Loewe (musician, composer and lyricist)
- March 1 - Kay Sutton (actress)
- March 3 - Lois Wilson (actress)
- March 5 - Margaret Irving (actress)
- March 12 - Karen Steele (actress and model)
- March 13 - Olive Carey (actress)
- March 15 - Frank Perkins (song composer)
- March 16 - Dorothy Adams (actress)
- March 17 - Roland Drew (actor)
- March 23 - Dayton Lummis (actor)
- March 25 - Leona Maricle (actress)
- April 5 - Alf Kjellin (actor and director)
- April 14 - Dorothy Ward (actress)
- April 15 - Kenneth Williams (actor and comedian)
- April 22 - Irene Rich (actress)
- May 5 - George Rose (actor and singer)
- May 13 - Paul Genge (actor)
- May 15 - Andrew Duggan (actor, director and screenwriter)
- May 18 - Daws Butler (voice actor)
- May 19 - Lloyd Vaughan (animator)
- June 1 - Leon Belasco (actor and musician)
- June 8 - Chuck Roberson (actor and stuntman)
- June 14 - Alma Lloyd (actress)
- June 22
- Bramwell Fletcher (actor)
- Stuart Randall (band leader, singer and actor)
- July 1 - Alice Nunn (actress)
- July 3 - Gabriel Dell (actor)
- July 9 - Anthony Holland (actor)
- July 12 - Joshua Logan (director, playwright, screenwriter and actor)
- July 13 - Phil Monroe (animator and director)
- August 1
- Florence Eldridge (actress)
- Red Coffey (voice actor and comedian)
- August 8 - Alan Napier (actor and voice actor)
- August 9 - Jimmie Fidler (columnist, journalist and radio and television personality)
- August 11 - Anne Ramsey (actress)
- August 24 - Leonard Frey (actor)
- September 3 - Ewing Mitchell (actor)
- September 5 - Gert Fröbe (actor)
- September 7 - Vivi Janiss (actress)
- September 20 - Roy Kinnear (actor)
- September 25 - Francis De Sales (actor)
- September 30 - Chick Chandler (actor)
- October 4 - Margaret Lacey (actress and ballet teacher)
- October 11
- Morgan Farley (actor)
- Bonita Granville (actress and producer)
- October 12 - Ken Murray (comedian, actor, radio and television personality and author)
- October 30
- T. Hee (animator, director and teacher)
- Joseph Depew (director, producer and actor)
- November 9 - Billy Curtis (actor)
- November 15 - Mona Washbourne (actress)
- November 23 - Marcia Ralston (actress)
- November 27 - John Carradine (actor)
- December 21 - Bob Steele (actor)
- December 26
- John Loder (actor)
- Julanne Johnston (actress)
- Charles Smith (actor)
Character debuts[]
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