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Overview of the events of 1961 in film
Overview of the events of 1961 in film
The year 1961 in film involved some significant events, with
West Side Story winning 10
Academy Awards.
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1961 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1961
Rank |
Title |
Distributor |
Domestic rentals
|
1
|
West Side Story
|
United Artists
|
$19,645,000
[1]
|
2
|
The Guns of Navarone
|
Columbia
|
$13,000,000
[2]
|
3
|
El Cid
|
Allied Artists
|
$12,000,000
[2]
|
4
|
The Parent Trap
|
Buena Vista
|
$9,300,000
[3]
|
5
|
The Absent-Minded Professor
|
$9,000,000
[3]
|
6
|
King of Kings
|
MGM
|
$8,000,000
[4]
|
7
|
Lover Come Back
|
Universal
|
$7,625,000
[5]
|
8
|
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
|
Buena Vista
|
$6,200,000
[6]
|
9
|
La Dolce Vita
|
Cineriz /
Pathé
|
$6,000,000
[3]
|
10
|
Come September
|
Universal
|
$5,772,000
[5]
|
Top-grossing films by country
The highest-grossing 1961 films from countries outside of North America.
Events
- May 13 – Legendary actor
Gary Cooper dies at the age of 60 in Los Angeles from colon and prostate cancer. Best known for his appearances in classic films such as
Wings,
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town,
Sergeant York,
The Pride of the Yankees and
High Noon, Cooper was one of the biggest stars of
Hollywood's Golden Age and won two
Academy Awards for Best Actor.
- June 28 –
Cubby Broccoli and
Harry Saltzman sign a multi-picture deal with
United Artists to produce a series of films based on the novels of
Ian Fleming starting with either
Dr. No or
Diamonds Are Forever.
[13] The series goes on to become the highest-grossing film series of all-time.
- July 17 –
Trans World Airlines screens
Come September to the press aboard one of its jets to introduce
in-flight movies.
[14]
- October 18 – The film version of the musical
West Side Story is released. Directed by
Robert Wise and
Jerome Robbins and starring
Natalie Wood,
Richard Beymer,
Russ Tamblyn,
Rita Moreno and
George Chakiris, it becomes the year's highest-grossing film and goes on to win ten
Academy Awards, including
Best Picture,
Best Director (for Wise and Robbins),
Best Supporting Actor (for Chakiris) and
Best Supporting Actress (for Moreno).
Awards
1961 film releases
United States unless stated
January–March
- January 1961
- 6 January
- 16 January
- 21 January
- 24 January
- 25 January
- 26 January
- 27 January
- 28 January
- February 1961
- 1 February
- 2 February
- 9 February
- 10 February
- 15 February
- 16 February
- 20 February
- 22 February
- March 1961
- 1 March
- 2 March
- 3 March
- 10 March
- 15 March
- 16 March
- 20 March
- 22 March
- 23 March
- 24 March
- 26 March
- 27 March
- 29 March
- 30 March
April–June
- April 1961
- 2 April
- 4 April
- 13 April
- 17 April
- 18 April
- 19 April
- 24 April
- 25 April
- 27 April
- May 1961
- 2 May
- 3 May
- 4 May
- 5 May
- 12 May
- 14 May
- 17 May
- 21 May
- 24 May
- 26 May
- 27 May
- 29 May
- June 1961
- 1 June
- 2 June
- 5 June
- 6 June
- 7 June
- 8 June
- 11 June
- 13 June
- 16 June
- 21 June
- 22 June
- 25 June
- 28 June
- 29 June
July–September
- July 1961
- 3 July
- 8 July
- 9 July
- 12 July
- 13 July
- 14 July
- 16 July
- 19 July
- 20 July
- 26 July
- 30 July
- 31 July
- August 1961
- 9 August
- 12 August
- 15 August
- 23 August
- 25 August
- 26 August
- 29 August
- 30 August
- 31 August
- September 1961
- 4 September
- 6 September
- 8 September
- 15 September
- 16 September
- 20 September
- 21 September
- 22 September
- 25 September
- 26 September
- 27 September
- 30 September
October–December
- October 1961
- 5 October
- 8 October
- 10 October
- 11 October
- 16 October
- 17 October
- 18 October
- 21 October
- 23 October
- 26 October
- 28 October
- 29 October
- November 1961
- 1 November
- 2 November
- 8 November
- 9 November
- 16 November
- 22 November
- 23 November
- 24 November
- 28 November
- December 1961
- 6 December
- 7 December
- 13 December
- 14 December
- 15 December
- 19 December
- 20 December
- 22 December
- 23 December
- 27 December
- 28 December
- 30 December
Notable films released in 1961
US unless stated
A
-
The Absent-Minded Professor, starring
Fred MacMurray
-
Accattone, directed by
Pier Paolo Pasolini – (
Italy)
-
Ada, starring
Dean Martin and
Susan Hayward
-
All in a Night's Work, starring
Dean Martin and
Shirley MacLaine
-
Ana Wa Banati, starring
Salah Zulfikar,
Zaki Rostom and
Fayza Ahmed – (
Egypt)
-
And Love Has Vanished (Dvoje) – (
Yugoslavia)
-
Angel Baby, starring
Salome Jens and
Mercedes McCambridge
-
Antigone, starring
Irene Papas – (
Greece)
-
Armored Command, starring
Howard Keel and
Tina Louise
-
The Artillery Sergeant Kalen (Ogniomistrz Kaleń) – (
Poland)
-
The Assassin (L'Assassino), starring
Marcello Mastroianni – (
Italy)
-
Atlantis, the Lost Continent, starring
John Dall
B
-
Babes in Toyland, starring
Ray Bolger,
Tommy Sands,
Annette Funicello
-
Bachelor in Paradise, starring
Bob Hope,
Lana Turner,
Janis Paige,
Jim Hutton,
Paula Prentiss
-
Back Street, starring
Susan Hayward,
John Gavin,
Vera Miles
-
Bandits of Orgosolo (Banditi a Orgosolo) – (
Italy)
-
Barabbas, starring
Anthony Quinn,
Silvana Mangano and
Jack Palance – (
Italy)
-
The Big Bankroll, aka King of the Roaring 20s, starring
David Janssen,
Mickey Rooney,
Diana Dors
-
The Big Gamble, starring
Stephen Boyd
-
The Black Monocle (Le monocle noir), directed by
Georges Lautner
-
Black Silk (Prae Dum) – (
Thailand)
-
Blast of Silence, directed by and starring
Allen Baron
-
The Blonde from Buenos Aires (Una Americana en Buenos Aires), starring
Mamie Van Doren and
Jean-Pierre Aumont – (
Argentina/
France)
-
Blue Hawaii, starring
Elvis Presley (his biggest box-office success), with
Joan Blackman and
Angela Lansbury
-
Boatmen of Thessaloniki (Солунските Атентатори) – (
Yugoslavia)
-
A Bomb Was Stolen (S-a furat o bombă) – (
Romania)
-
Bootleggers (Samogonshchiki) – (
USSR)
-
Breakfast at Tiffany's, directed by
Blake Edwards, starring
Audrey Hepburn,
George Peppard,
Patricia Neal,
Buddy Ebsen
-
Bridge to the Sun, starring
Carroll Baker and
James Shigeta – (
France/U.S.)
-
By Love Possessed, starring
Lana Turner,
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.,
George Hamilton
C
-
Carry On Regardless, starring
Sid James,
Kenneth Connor and
Charles Hawtrey – (U.K.)
-
Cash on Demand, starring
Peter Cushing and
André Morell – (U.K.)
-
On The Tiger's Back (A cavallod della tigre ), starring
Nino Manfredi – (
Italy)
-
The Children's Hour, starring
Audrey Hepburn,
Shirley MacLaine,
James Garner and
Miriam Hopkins
-
Chronicle of Flaming Years (Povest plamennykh let) – (
USSR)
-
Claudelle Inglish, starring
Diane McBain and
Arthur Kennedy
-
The Coachman (Mabu) – (
South Korea)
-
The Colossus of Rhodes, directed by
Sergio Leone, starring
Rory Calhoun – (
Italy)
-
The Comancheros, starring
John Wayne,
Stuart Whitman,
Lee Marvin and
Ina Balin
-
Come September, starring
Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Sandra Dee and
Bobby Darin
-
The Connection, directed by
Shirley Clarke
-
Cry for Happy, starring
Glenn Ford,
Miyoshi Umeki and
Donald O'Connor
-
The Curse of the Werewolf, starring
Clifford Evans and
Oliver Reed – (U.K.)
D
-
The Day the Earth Caught Fire, starring
Edward Judd – (U.K.)
-
The Deadly Companions, directed by
Sam Peckinpah, starring
Maureen O'Hara and
Brian Keith
-
Dersu Uzala – (
USSR)
-
The Devil at 4 O'Clock, directed by
Mervyn LeRoy, starring
Frank Sinatra,
Spencer Tracy,
Grégoire Aslan
-
A Difficult Life (Una vita difficile), directed by
Dino Risi, starring
Alberto Sordi – (
Italy)
-
Divorce Italian Style (Divorzio all'italiana), directed by
Pietro Germi, starring
Marcello Mastroianni – (
Italy)
-
Dondi, starring
David Janssen
E
F
-
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (Baron Prášil), directed by
Karel Zeman – (
Czechoslovakia)
-
Fanny, starring
Charles Boyer and
Leslie Caron
-
The Fascist (Il federale), starring
Ugo Tognazzi – (
Italy)
-
A Fever in the Blood, starring
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.,
Angie Dickinson,
Don Ameche and
Jack Kelly
-
Five Golden Hours, starring
Robert Wagner,
Cyd Charisse,
Ernie Kovacs
-
Five Minutes to Live, starring
Johnny Cash
-
Flight of the Lost Balloon, directed by
Nathan Juran and starring
Mala Powers and
Marshall Thompson
-
Flooded Out (Los inundados), directed by
Fernando Birri – (
Argentina)
-
Flower Drum Song, starring
Nancy Kwan
-
Francis of Assisi, directed by
Michael Curtiz, starring
Bradford Dillman and
Dolores Hart
-
The Frightened City, starring
Sean Connery,
John Gregson,
Yvonne Romain
G
-
Garibaldi (Viva l'Italia!), directed by
Roberto Rossellini – (
Italy)
-
The George Raft Story, starring
Jayne Mansfield and
Ray Danton
-
Gidget Goes Hawaiian, starring
Deborah Walley
-
The Girl on the Boat, starring
Norman Wisdom – (
U.K.)
-
Girl with a Suitcase (La Ragazza con la valigia), starring
Claudia Cardinale – (
Italy)
-
Go Naked in the World, starring
Gina Lollobrigida and
Anthony Franciosa – (
Italy)
-
Goliath Against the Giants (Goliath contro i giganti), directed by
Guido Malatesta – (
Italy)
-
Goodbye Again, starring
Ingrid Bergman and
Yves Montand – (
France/
U.S.)
-
Gorgo, starring
Bill Travers – (
U.K.)
-
The Great Impostor, starring
Tony Curtis
-
The Greengage Summer, starring
Kenneth More and
Susannah York – (
U.K.)
-
Gunga Jumna, starring
Dilip Kumar and
Vyjayanthimala – (
India)
-
The Guns of Navarone, directed by
J. Lee Thompson, starring
Gregory Peck,
David Niven and
Anthony Quinn – (
U.K.)
H
-
Harry and the Butler (Harry og kammertjeneren) – (
Denmark)
-
Havoc in Heaven (aka The Monkey King), an animated films – (
China)
-
Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis, (Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide), directed by
Vittorio Cottafavi – (
Italy)
-
Hercules in the Haunted World (Ercole al centro della terra), directed by
Mario Bava – (
Italy)
-
His and Hers, directed by
Brian Desmond Hurst, starring
Terry-Thomas and
Janette Scott – (
U.K.)
-
Hogs and Warships (Buta to gunkan), directed by
Shohei Imamura – (
Japan)
-
Homicidal, directed by
William Castle
-
The Honeymoon Machine, starring
Steve McQueen,
Brigid Bazlen,
Jim Hutton,
Paula Prentiss
-
The Hoodlum Priest, starring
Don Murray
-
The Human Condition (Ningen no jōken), directed by
Masaki Kobayashi – (Japan)
-
The Houseguest and My Mother (Sarangbang sonnimgwa eomeoni) – (
South Korea)
-
The Hustler, directed by
Robert Rossen, starring
Paul Newman,
Piper Laurie,
George C. Scott,
Jackie Gleason
I
J
-
Jhumroo, starring
Madhubala and
Kishore Kumar – (
India)
-
Johnny Nobody, directed by and starring
Nigel Patrick – (
U.K.)
-
Judgment at Nuremberg, directed by
Stanley Kramer, starring
Spencer Tracy,
Burt Lancaster,
Marlene Dietrich,
Maximilian Schell,
Judy Garland,
Montgomery Clift,
Richard Widmark,
William Shatner
K
L
-
The Ladies Man, directed by and starring
Jerry Lewis
-
The Last Judgment (Il Giudizio universale), directed by
Vittorio De Sica – (
Italy)
-
The Last Sunset, starring
Rock Hudson,
Kirk Douglas,
Dorothy Malone,
Joseph Cotten,
Carol Lynley
-
The Last Time I Saw Archie, starring
Robert Mitchum and
Jack Webb
-
The Last War (Sekai Daisensō) – (
Japan)
-
Last Year at Marienbad (L'Année dernière à Marienbad), directed by
Alain Resnais, starring
Delphine Seyrig –
Golden Lion winner – (
France)
-
Léon Morin, Priest (Léon Morin, prêtre), starring
Jean-Paul Belmondo – (
France)
-
Lola, directed by
Jacques Demy, starring
Anouk Aimée – (
France)
-
The Long Absence (Une aussi longue absence), directed by
Henri Colpi – (
France)
-
The Long and the Short and the Tall, starring
Laurence Harvey and
Richard Harris – (
U.K.)
-
Look in Any Window, starring
Paul Anka and
Ruth Roman
-
The Lovemakers (La Viaccia), starring
Claudia Cardinale and
Jean-Paul Belmondo – (
Italy)
-
Lover Come Back, starring
Doris Day and
Rock Hudson
M
-
Mad Dog Coll, directed by Burt Balaban and starring
John Davis Chandler
-
A Majority of One, starring
Rosalind Russell and
Alec Guinness
-
Man-Trap, starring
Jeffrey Hunter,
David Janssen and
Stella Stevens
-
Marines, Let's Go, starring
Tom Tryon and
David Hedison
-
The Mark, starring
Stuart Whitman and
Maria Schell – (
U.K.)
-
The Marriage-Go-Round, starring
James Mason and
Julie Newmar
-
The Mask, starring
Paul Stevens – (
Canada)
-
Master of the World, directed by
William Witney, starring
Vincent Price and
Charles Bronson
-
The Miracle of Father Malachia (Das Wunder des Malachias), directed by
Bernhard Wicki – (
West Germany)
-
The Misfits, directed by
John Huston, starring
Marilyn Monroe,
Clark Gable and
Montgomery Clift
-
Mother Joan of the Angels (Matka Joanna od Aniołów), directed by
Jerzy Kawalerowicz – (
Poland)
-
Mothra, directed by
Ishirō Honda – (Japan)
-
Mr. Sardonicus, directed by
William Castle
-
Mr. Topaze (a.k.a. I Like Money), directed by and starring
Peter Sellers – (
U.K.)
-
Murder, She Said, directed by
George Pollock and starring
Margaret Rutherford – (
U.K.)
-
Mysterious Island, starring
Michael Craig,
Michael Callan and
Joan Greenwood
N
O
-
One-Eyed Jacks, directed by and starring
Marlon Brando, with
Karl Malden,
Katy Jurado,
Ben Johnson
-
One Hundred and One Dalmatians, featuring the voices of
Rod Taylor and
Betty Lou Gerson
-
One, Two, Three, directed by
Billy Wilder, starring
James Cagney,
Horst Buchholz,
Pamela Tiffin,
Arlene Francis
-
The Outsider, a biography starring
Tony Curtis as World War II Marine
Ira Hayes
P
-
The Parent Trap, starring
Hayley Mills,
Maureen O'Hara and
Brian Keith
-
Paris Belongs to Us (Paris nous appartient), directed by
Jacques Rivette – (
France)
-
Paris Blues, starring
Sidney Poitier,
Paul Newman,
Joanne Woodward and
Diahann Carroll
-
Parrish, starring
Troy Donahue,
Connie Stevens,
Claudette Colbert
-
Peace to Him Who Enters (Mir vkhodyashchemu) – (
USSR)
-
Pigs and Battleships (Buta to gunkan), directed by
Shohei Imamura – (
Japan)
-
The Pit and the Pendulum, starring
Vincent Price
-
Plácido, directed by
Luis García Berlanga – (
Spain)
-
Please, Not Now! (La bride sur le cou), starring
Brigitte Bardot – (
France)
-
The Pleasure of His Company, starring
Fred Astaire and
Debbie Reynolds
-
Pocketful of Miracles, final film of director
Frank Capra, starring
Bette Davis,
Glenn Ford,
Hope Lange and
Arthur O'Connell
-
Portrait of a Mobster, starring
Vic Morrow
-
Posse from Hell, directed by Herbert Coleman, starring
Audie Murphy and
John Saxon
-
Il posto, directed by
Ermanno Olmi – (
Italy)
-
Professor Mamlock, directed by Konrad Wolf – (
East Germany)
Q
R
S
-
Sail a Crooked Ship, starring
Ernie Kovacs,
Robert Wagner,
Dolores Hart and
Frank Gorshin
-
Sanctuary, starring
Lee Remick and
Yves Montand
-
Scarlet Sails (Алые Паруса), directed by
Alexandr Ptushko – (
USSR)
-
The Second Time Around, starring
Debbie Reynolds,
Andy Griffith and
Juliet Prowse
-
The Secret Ways, starring
Richard Widmark
-
Seetarama Kalyanam, directed by and starring
N. T. Rama Rao – (
India)
-
Sennin Buraku (Hermit Village) – (
Japan)
-
The Sins of Rachel Cade, starring
Angie Dickinson
-
A Soldier's Prayer (Ningen no jôken), directed by
Masaki Kobayashi – (Japan)
-
Something Wild, starring
Carroll Baker and
Ralph Meeker
-
A Song About the Gray Pigeon (Piesen o sivém holubovi), directed by Stanislav Barabáš – (
Czechoslovakia)
-
Splendor in the Grass, starring
Natalie Wood and
Warren Beatty
-
Spotlight on a Murderer (Pleins feux sur l'assassin), directed by
Georges Franju – (
France)
-
The Steamroller and the Violin (Katok i skripka), directed by
Andrei Tarkovsky – (USSR)
-
A Storm of Love, starring
Salah Zulfikar and
Nahed Sherif – (
Egypt)
-
Summer and Smoke, starring
Geraldine Page and
Laurence Harvey
-
Susan Slade, starring
Troy Donahue and
Connie Stevens
T
-
Tammy Tell Me True, starring
Sandra Dee
-
Taste of Fear, starring
Susan Strasberg – (
U.K.)
-
Taxi for Tobruk (Un taxi pour Tobrouk), directed by
Denys de La Patellière – (
France)
-
Then Nilavu (Honeymoon), starring
Gemini Ganesan and
Vyjayanthimala – (
India)
-
A Taste of Honey, directed by
Tony Richardson, starring
Rita Tushingham – (
U.K.)
-
That's What Love Is, directed by
Mahmoud Zulfikar, starring
Salah Zulfikar,
Sabah – (
Egypt)
-
The Terror of the Tongs, starring
Geoffrey Toone,
Christopher Lee and
Yvonne Monlaur – (
U.K.)
-
Three Daughters (Teen Kanya), directed by
Satyajit Ray – (
India)
-
Through a Glass Darkly (Såsom i en spegel), directed by
Ingmar Bergman – (
Sweden)
-
A Thunder of Drums, starring
Richard Boone,
George Hamilton and
Luana Patten
-
Tintin and the Golden Fleece (Tintin et le mystère de la toison d'or), directed by
Jean-Jacques Vierne – (
France)
-
Too Late Blues, starring
Bobby Darin
-
Town Without Pity (Stadt ohne Mitleid), directed by
Gottfried Reinhardt and starring
Kirk Douglas – (U.S./
West Germany/
Switzerland)
-
Two Living, One Dead, directed by
Anthony Asquith, starring
Patrick McGoohan – (
U.K./Sweden)
-
Two Loves, starring
Shirley MacLaine
-
Two Rode Together, starring
James Stewart and
Richard Widmark
U
V
W
-
We Were Young (A byahme mladi) – (
Bulgaria)
-
West Side Story, starring
Natalie Wood,
Richard Beymer,
Russ Tamblyn,
Rita Moreno,
George Chakiris
-
What A Whopper, directed by
Gilbert Gunn, starring
Adam Faith,
Sidney James,
Carole Lesley and
Terence Longdon – (U.K.)
-
When the Trees Were Tall (Kogda derevya byli bolshimi) – (
USSR)
-
Whistle Down the Wind, directed by
Bryan Forbes, starring
Hayley Mills and
Alan Bates – (U.K.)
-
Wife Number 13 (Al zouga talattashar) – (
Egypt)
-
Wild in the Country, starring
Elvis Presley with
Hope Lange,
Tuesday Weld,
Millie Perkins
-
A Woman Is a Woman (Une Femme est une femme), directed by
Jean-Luc Godard, starring
Jean-Paul Belmondo and
Anna Karina – (
France)
Y
Short film series
Births
- January 2
- January 4 -
Graham McTavish, Scottish actor
- January 9 -
Candi Milo, American actress, voice actress and singer
- January 10 -
Mark Venturini, American actor (died 1996)
- January 12 -
Simon Russell Beale, English actor
- January 13
- January 18 -
Bob Peterson, American animator, director, screenwriter and voice actor
- January 24 –
Nastassja Kinski, German actress
- January 25 -
Roger Yuan, American martial artist, stunt coordinator/performer and actor
- February 5 -
Tim Meadows, American actor and comedian
- February 11 –
Carey Lowell, American actress
- February 13 -
Henry Rollins, American singer, writer, actor, comedian and presenter
- February 20 -
Imogen Stubbs, English actress and writer
- February 21
- February 23 -
David Warshofsky, American actor
- February 24
- February 28
- March 4 –
Steven Weber, American actor
- March 8 –
Camryn Manheim, American actress
- March 11
- March 17
- March 21 –
Kassie DePaiva, American actress and singer
- March 25
- March 29 -
Amy Sedaris, American actress, comedian and writer
- March 31 -
Gary Winick, American filmmaker (died 2011)
- April 2 -
Christopher Meloni, American actor
- April 3 –
Eddie Murphy, American actor and comedian
- April 5 -
Lisa Zane, American actress and singer
- April 6 –
Gene Eugene, Canadian actor, lead singer of
Adam Again (died 2000)
- April 10 -
Lorraine Ashbourne, English actress
- April 12 -
Magda Szubanski, Australian comedy actress
- April 14 –
Robert Carlyle, Scottish actor
- April 18
- April 21
- April 23
- May 2 -
Beeban Kidron, British filmmaker
- May 5 - LeAnn Vaylen, American actress and singer
- May 6
-
George Clooney American actor, writer, director and producer
-
Wally Wingert, American actor, voice actor, singer and former radio personality
- May 8 –
David Winning, Canadian-American director, producer and screenwriter
- May 9 -
John Corbett, American actor and singer
- May 12 -
Lar Park Lincoln, American actress
- May 13 -
Siobhan Fallon Hogan, American actress and comedian
- May 14 –
Tim Roth, English actor
- May 16 -
Kevin McDonald, Canadian actor, voice actor and comedian
- May 17 -
Corey Johnson, American character actor
- May 20 -
Owen Teale, Welsh character actor
- May 21 -
Brent Briscoe, American character actor and screenwriter (died 2017)
- May 23 -
Karen Duffy, American writer, television personality and actress
- May 26 -
Tarsem Singh, Indian director
- May 30 –
Harry Enfield, English actor, comedian, writer and director.
- May 31 –
Lea Thompson, American actress
- June 2:
Liam Cunningham, Irish actor
- June 4:
Julie White, American actress
- June 5:
Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress and voice-over teacher (died 1999)
- June 9
- June 15 -
Jim Hanks, American actor and filmmaker
- June 25
- June 27
-
Meera Syal, English comedian, writer, singer and actress
-
Tim Whitnall, English playwright, screenwriter and actor
- July 12 -
Caroline Bliss, English actress
- July 14 –
Jackie Earle Haley, American actor
- July 15
- July 17 -
Anthony Lee, American actor (died 2000)
- July 18 –
Elizabeth McGovern, American actress
- July 19 -
Campbell Scott, American actor, producer and director
- July 23 –
Woody Harrelson, American actor
- July 28 -
Debi Sue Voorhees, American actress
- July 30 –
Laurence Fishburne, American actor
- August 3 -
Molly Hagan, American actress
- August 4 -
Lauren Tom, American actress
- August 5
- August 7 -
Maggie Wheeler, American actress
- August 16
- August 18 -
Glenn Plummer, American actor
- August 19 -
Tony Longo, American actor (died 2015)
- August 20 -
Joe Pasquale, English comedian, actor and television personality
- August 21
- August 22 -
Stephen Stanton, American actor, voice actor, comedian and visual effects artist
- August 23 -
Michael "Bear" Taliferro, American actor, sportsman and singer (died 2006)
- August 24 -
Jared Harris, British actor
- August 25
- August 27 -
Tim Johnson, American director and producer
- August 28 –
Jennifer Coolidge, American actress
- September 2 -
Eugenio Derbez, Mexican actor, comedian and filmmaker
- September 9 -
Steven Eckholdt, American actor
- September 11
- September 15
- September 16 - Jen Tolley, American-Canadian actress, voice actress and singer
- September 18 –
James Gandolfini, American actor (died 2013)
- September 20
- September 21 -
Nancy Travis, American actress
- September 22 –
Bonnie Hunt, American actress and comedian
- September 23 -
Chi McBride, American actor
- September 25 -
Heather Locklear, American actress
- September 28 -
Gregory Jbara, American actor and singer
- September 30 -
Eric Stoltz, American actor, director and producer
- October 1 -
Steve Purcell, American cartoonist, animator, game designer, and voice actor
- October 4 -
Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese author and creator of
Yu-Gi-Oh! (died 2022)
- October 10 -
Jodi Benson, American actress, voice actress and singer
- October 16
- October 17 -
John Okafor, Nigerian actor and comedian (died 2024)
- October 26 –
Dylan McDermott, American actor
- October 27 -
Joanna Scanlan, British actress and screenwriter
- October 31 –
Peter Jackson, New Zealand director
- November 1 -
Lauren-Marie Taylor, American actress
- November 4 –
Ralph Macchio, American actor
- November 5
- November 8 -
John Costelloe, American actor (died 2008)
- November 14 –
D. B. Sweeney, American actor
- November 18 -
Nick Chinlund, American actor
- November 19 –
Meg Ryan, American actress
- November 22 –
Mariel Hemingway, American actress
- November 24 -
Robin Stille, American actress (died 1996)
- November 27
- November 28
- November 29 –
Tom Sizemore, American actor (died 2023)
- December 1 -
Jeremy Northam, English actor and singer
- December 6 -
Colin Salmon, British actor
- December 16
- December 26 -
John Lynch, Irish actor
Deaths
- January 13 –
Blanche Ring, 89, American singer and actress,
The Yankee Girl,
It's the Old Army Game
- January 14 –
Barry Fitzgerald, 72, Irish actor,
Going My Way,
The Quiet Man
- February 2 –
Anna May Wong, 56, American actress,
Shanghai Express,
The Thief of Bagdad
- February 15 –
Jack Whiting, 59, American actor, singer and dancer,
Sailing Along,
Give Me a Sailor
- February 17 –
Nita Naldi, 66, American actress,
Blood and Sand,
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- February 26 –
Harry Bannister, 71, American actor,
The Girl of the Golden West
- March 6 –
George Formby, 56, British actor, entertainer,
It's in the Air,
Off the Dole
- March 12 –
Belinda Lee, 25, British actress,
Long Night in 1943,
The Goddess of Love (automobile accident)
- March 14 –
Lies Noor, 23, Indonesian actress, Pulang (encephalitis)
- March 29 –
Fritzi Ridgeway, 62, American actress,
Ruggles of Red Gap,
This Is Heaven
- April 27 –
Roy Del Ruth, 67, American director,
The Maltese Falcon,
Broadway Melody of 1938
- May 4 –
Anita Stewart, 66, American silent-film actress,
The Combat,
The Suspect
- May 13 –
Gary Cooper, 60, American actor,
High Noon,
Meet John Doe,
The Pride of the Yankees,
Sergeant York
- May 18 –
Henry O'Neill, 69, American actor,
Shadow of the Thin Man,
Anchors Aweigh
- May 19 –
Ben Corbett, 69, American actor,
The Fighting Renegade,
Six-Gun Trail
- May 22
- June 2 –
George S. Kaufman, 71, American playwright,
A Night at the Opera
- June 10 –
Vivienne Osborne, 64, American actress,
Supernatural,
Luxury Liner
- June 14 –
Eddie Polo, 86, Austrian-American actor,
The Vanishing Dagger
- June 15 –
Luther Reed, 72, American director,
Rio Rita,
Hit the Deck
- June 17 –
Jeff Chandler, 42, American actor,
Broken Arrow,
Merrill's Marauders
- June 27 –
Paul Guilfoyle, 58, American actor,
Winterset,
The Grapes of Wrath
- June 30 –
Lee de Forest, 87, American inventor of
Phonofilm
- July 4 –
Franklyn Farnum, 83, American actor,
The Life of Emile Zola,
The Lost Weekend,
The Greatest Show on Earth
- July 9 –
Alan Marshal, 52, Australian actor,
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,
House on Haunted Hill
- July 23 –
Valentine Davies, 55, American screenwriter and director,
The Glenn Miller Story,
The Benny Goodman Story
- July 28 –
Harry Gribbon, 76, American silent comedy actor,
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition,
Down on the Farm,
A Small Town Idol,
The Cameraman
- August 4 –
Maurice Tourneur, 85, French director,
The Last of the Mohicans,
The Poor Little Rich Girl
- August 17 –
Violet Kemble-Cooper, 74, British actress,
The Invisible Ray,
David Copperfield
- August 20 –
Dorothy Burgess, 54, American actress,
In Old Arizona,
Black Moon
- August 27 –
Gail Russell, 36, American actress,
Angel and the Badman,
Seven Men from Now
- August 30 –
Charles Coburn, 84, American actor,
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,
The Lady Eve
- September 10 –
Leo Carrillo, 81, American actor,
Viva Villa!,
Phantom of the Opera
- September 20 –
Andrzej Munk, 39, Polish director and screenwriter,
Man on the Tracks,
Passenger
- September 22 –
Marion Davies, 64, American actress,
Show People,
Cain and Mabel
- September 23
- September 25 –
Frank Fay, 69, American actor,
Under a Texas Moon,
The Matrimonial Bed
- September 26 –
Juanita Hansen, 66, American actress,
The Magic Cloak of Oz,
The Phantom Foe
- October 1 –
Donald Cook, 60, American actor,
The Public Enemy,
Baby Face
- October 11 –
Chico Marx, 74, American actor, member of the
Marx Brothers,
A Night at the Opera,
Duck Soup
- October 13
- October 18 –
Tsuru Aoki, 69, Japanese-born American actress,
The Dragon Painter
- October 22 –
Joseph Schenck, 82, Russian-born American pioneer motion picture executive,
The General,
Sherlock Jr.
- October 29 –
Astrid Holm, 68, Danish actress,
The Phantom Carriage,
Häxan
- November 15
- November 18 –
Eduard Tisse, 64, Soviet cinematographer,
Battleship Potemkin,
Ivan the Terrible
- November 24 –
Ruth Chatterton, 68, American actress,
Dodsworth,
Female
- December 20 –
Moss Hart. 57, American playwright,
Gentleman's Agreement,
A Star Is Born
- December 27 –
Bernard McConville, 74, American screenwriter,
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court,
The Phantom of the Opera
Film debuts
Notes
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Striped Trip at
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