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The year 1952 in film involved some significant events in cinema history.

Events

  • January 10 – Cecil B. DeMille's circus epic, The Greatest Show on Earth, is premièred at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
  • March 27 – The MGM musical Singin' in the Rain premieres at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
  • May 26 – Decision reached in Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson determining that certain provisions of the New York Education Law allowing a censor to forbid the commercial showing of any non-licensed motion picture film, or revoke or deny the license of a film deemed to be "sacrilegious," was a "restraint on freedom of speech" and thereby a violation of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • September 19 – While Charlie Chaplin is at sea on his way to the United Kingdom, the United States Attorney-General, James P. McGranery, announces plans to review his right to return to the US.
  • September 30 – The Cinerama multiple-projection widescreen system, invented by Fred Waller, makes its début in New York with the film This Is Cinerama.
  • November 27 – Bwana Devil, the first American, feature-length, color 3-D film, is released, and begins the demand for 3-D films that lasts for the next two years.

Top-grossing films

United States

The top ten 1952 released films by box office gross in the United States are as follows:

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|+ Highest-grossing films of 1952

|-

! Rank !! Title !! Distributor(s) !! Domestic rentals

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! style="text-align:center;"| 1

| The Greatest Show on Earth

| Paramount

| $12,800,000

|-

! style="text-align:center;"| 2

| This Is Cinerama

| Cinerama Releasing

| $12,500,000

|-

! style="text-align:center;"| 6

|Sailor Beware

| Paramount

| $4,300,000

|-

! style="text-align:center;"| 7

| Moulin Rouge

| United Artists

| $4,252,000

|-

! style="text-align:center;"| 8

| Jumping Jacks

| Paramount

| $4,000,000

|}

International

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! Country || Title || Director || Studio(s) || Gross ||

|-

| France

| Little World of Don Camillo

| Julien Duvivier

| Cineriz, Francinex

| 12,791,168 admissions

|

|-

| India

| Aan

| Mehboob Khan

| Mehboob Productions

| $5,880,000

|

|-

| Italy

| Little World of Don Camillo

| Julien Duvivier

| Cineriz, Francinex

| 13,215,653 admissions

|

|-

| Japan

| Himeyuri no Tō

| Tadashi Imai

| Toei Company

|

|

|-

| Soviet Union

| Tarzan the Ape Man

| W. S. Van Dyke

| Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

| 42,900,000 admissions

|

|-

| United Kingdom

| The Greatest Show on Earth

| Cecil B. DeMille

| Paramount Pictures

| 13,000,000 admissions

|

|}

Awards

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! rowspan="2" style="width:20px;"| Category/Organization !! colspan="2" style="width:250px;"| 10th Golden Globe Awards<br>February 26, 1953 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| 25th Academy Awards<br>March 19, 1953

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! width=200| Drama !! style="width:200px;"| Comedy or Musical

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| Best Film || The Greatest Show on Earth || With a Song in My Heart || The Greatest Show on Earth

|-

| Best Director || colspan="2" | Cecil B. DeMille<br>The Greatest Show on Earth || John Ford<br>The Quiet Man

|-

| Best Actor || Gary Cooper<br>High Noon || Donald O'Connor<br>Singin' in the Rain || Gary Cooper<br>High Noon

|-

| Best Actress || Shirley Booth<br>Come Back, Little Sheba || Susan Hayward<br>With a Song in My Heart || Shirley Booth<br>Come Back, Little Sheba

|-

| Best Supporting Actor || colspan="2" | Millard Mitchell<br>My Six Convicts || Anthony Quinn<br>Viva Zapata!

|-

| Best Supporting Actress || colspan="2" | Katy Jurado<br>High Noon || Gloria Grahame<br>The Bad and the Beautiful

|-

| Best Screenplay, Adapted || colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Michael Wilson<br>5 Fingers || Charles Schnee<br>The Bad and the Beautiful

|-

| Best Screenplay, Original || T. E. B. Clarke<br>The Lavender Hill Mob

|}

Notable films released in 1952

United States unless stated

#

  • 1st of April, 2000 – (Austria)
  • 5 Fingers, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring James Mason

A

  • Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
  • Above and Beyond, starring Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker
  • Affair in Trinidad, starring Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford
  • Against All Flags, starring Errol Flynn and Maureen O'Hara
  • Alraune, starring Hildegard Knef and Erich von Stroheim – (West Germany)
  • Andrine og Kjell – (Norway)
  • Androcles and the Lion, starring Jean Simmons and Victor Mature
  • Angel Face, starring Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons
  • Angels One Five, starring Jack Hawkins – (GB)
  • Anhonee, starring Raj Kapoor and Nargis – (India)
  • At Sword's Point, starring Maureen O'Hara and Cornel Wilde
  • The Atomic City, starring Gene Barry and Lydia Clarke

B

  • Babes in Bagdad, starring Paulette Goddard and Gypsy Rose Lee
  • The Bad and the Beautiful, starring Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan, Gloria Grahame
  • Baiju Bawra, starring Meena Kumari – (India)
  • The Beast Must Die (La Bestia debe morir) – (Argentina)
  • Because of You, starring Loretta Young
  • Because You're Mine, starring Mario Lanza
  • The Belle of New York, starring Fred Astaire and Vera-Ellen
  • Les Belles de nuit (Beauties of the Night), directed by René Clair – (France)
  • Belles on Their Toes, starring Myrna Loy, Jeanne Crain, Debra Paget
  • Bend of the River, directed by Anthony Mann, starring James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Julie Adams, Rock Hudson
  • Beware, My Lovely, starring Ida Lupino and Robert Ryan
  • Big Jim McLain, starring John Wayne and James Arness
  • The Big Sky, starring Kirk Douglas
  • The Big Trees, starring Kirk Douglas
  • The Black Castle, starring Stephen McNally, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr.
  • Blackbeard the Pirate, starring Robert Newton
  • Brandy for the Parson, starring James Donald and Kenneth More – (GB)
  • Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory, starring Clayton Moore
  • The Bushwackers, starring John Ireland and Lawrence Tierney

C

  • California Conquest, starring Cornel Wilde and Teresa Wright
  • Captive Women, starring Robert Clarke
  • Carbine Williams, starring James Stewart and Jean Hagen
  • The Card, starring Alec Guinness, Glynis Johns, Petula Clark – (GB)
  • Carrie, starring Laurence Olivier, Jennifer Jones, Miriam Hopkins
  • Carson City, starring Randolph Scott
  • Casque d'Or (Golden Helmet), directed by Jacques Becker, starring Simone Signoret – (France)
  • Children of Hiroshima (Gembaku no ko) – (Japan)
  • Ciguli Miguli – (Yugoslavia)
  • The City Stands Trial (Processo alla città), directed by Luigi Zampa – (Italy)
  • Clash by Night, directed by Fritz Lang, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, Paul Douglas, Marilyn Monroe
  • Come Back, Little Sheba, starring Burt Lancaster and Shirley Booth
  • The Crimson Pirate, starring Burt Lancaster

D

  • Dark River (Las aguas bajan turbias) – (Argentina)
  • Deadline - U.S.A., directed by Richard Brooks, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ethel Barrymore, Kim Hunter, Jim Backus, Martin Gabel
  • Denver and Rio Grande, starring Edmond O'Brien and Sterling Hayden
  • Derby Day, starring Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding – (Britain)
  • Desperate Search, starring Howard Keel and Jane Greer
  • The Devil Makes Three, starring Gene Kelly
  • Diplomatic Courier, directed by Henry Hathaway, starring Tyrone Power
  • Don't Bother to Knock, starring Richard Widmark, Anne Bancroft, Marilyn Monroe
  • Down Among the Z Men, starring The Goons – (GB)
  • Dreamboat, starring Ginger Rogers, Clifton Webb, Elsa Lanchester, Anne Francis

E

  • Emergency Call, directed by Lewis Gilbert, starring Jack Warner, Anthony Steel, Joy Shelton and Freddie Mills – (U.K.)
  • Europa '51, directed by Roberto Rossellini, starring Ingrid Bergman – (Italy)
  • The Eyes Leave Tracks (Los ojos dejan huella), starring Raf Vallone – (Spain)

F

  • Face to Face, starring James Mason and Robert Preston
  • Fanfan la Tulipe (a.k.a. Fearless Little Soldier), starring Gérard Philipe and Gina Lollobrigida – (France)
  • Flaming Feather, starring Sterling Hayden
  • Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice ( Ochazuke no aji), directed by Yasujirō Ozu – (Japan)
  • Flesh and Fury, starring Tony Curtis and Jan Sterling
  • Forbidden Games (Jeux interdits), directed by René Clément – winner of Oscar for best foreign language film – (France)

G

  • A Girl in Every Port, starring Groucho Marx, William Bendix, Marie Wilson, Dee Hartford
  • Gloria Mairena, directed by Luis Lucia, starring Juanita Reina, Eduardo Fajardo, Rafael Arcos (Spain)
  • The Golden Coach (Le Carrosse d'or), directed by Jean Renoir, starring Anna Magnani – (France/Italy)
  • The Greatest Show on Earth, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston, Gloria Grahame, Dorothy Lamour, James Stewart

H

  • Hangman's Knot, starring Randolph Scott, Donna Reed, Lee Marvin
  • Hans Christian Andersen, starring Danny Kaye and Farley Granger
  • The Happy Family, directed by Muriel Box, starring Stanley Holloway and Kathleen Harrison – (GB)
  • The Happy Time, starring Charles Boyer and Bobby Driscoll
  • Has Anybody Seen My Gal, starring Piper Laurie, Rock Hudson, Charles Coburn
  • Heidi, directed by Luigi Comencini – (Switzerland)
  • Hellgate, starring Sterling Hayden
  • Hiawatha, starring Vince Edwards
  • High Noon, directed by Fred Zinnemann, starring Gary Cooper (Oscar for best actor) and Grace Kelly
  • Los hijos de María Morales (The Children of Maria Morales), starring Pedro Infante – (Mexico)
  • Holiday for Sinners, starring Gig Young and Janice Rule
  • The Holly and the Ivy, starring Ralph Richardson and Celia Johnson – (GB)
  • Home at Seven, directed by and starring Ralph Richardson – (GB)
  • Horizons West, starring Robert Ryan, Rock Hudson, Raymond Burr
  • Hunted, directed by Charles Crichton, starring Dirk Bogarde and Jon Whiteley – (GB)

I

  • The I Don't Care Girl, starring Mitzi Gaynor and Oscar Levant
  • I Dream of Jeanie, starring Bill Shirley
  • Ikiru (To Live), directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Takashi Shimura – winner of Golden Bear – (Japan)
  • The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by Anthony Asquith, starring Michael Redgrave – (GB)
  • Indian Uprising, starring George Montgomery
  • It Grows on Trees, starring Irene Dunne
  • Ivanhoe, starring Robert Taylor, Joan Fontaine, Elizabeth Taylor

J

  • Jaal (Net), starring Dev Anand – (India)
  • Jack and the Beanstalk, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
  • Japanese War Bride, starring Shirley Yamaguchi and Don Taylor
  • The Jazz Singer, starring Danny Thomas and Peggy Lee
  • Jolanda la figlia del corsaro nero (Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair) – (Italy)
  • Jumping Jacks, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
  • Just This Once, starring Janet Leigh, Peter Lawford

K

  • Kangaroo, starring Maureen O'Hara, Peter Lawford
  • Kansas City Confidential, starring John Payne and Coleen Gray
  • Kid Monk Baroni, starring Leonard Nimoy

L

  • Lady in the Iron Mask, starring Louis Hayward
  • Lambert the Sheepish Lion
  • The Last Page, a.k.a. Man Bait, starring George Brent, Marguerite Chapman, Diana Dors – (GB)
  • The Life of Oharu (Saikaku ichidai onna), directed by Kenji Mizoguchi – (Japan)
  • Lightning (Inazuma), directed by Mikio Naruse – (Japan)
  • Limelight, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, with Claire Bloom
  • Lola the Coalgirl, directed by Luis Lucia and starring Juanita Reina, Virgílio Teixeira (Spain)
  • Lone Star, starring Clark Gable and Ava Gardner
  • Lost in Alaska, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
  • Lovely to Look At, starring Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Red Skelton
  • Lure of the Wilderness, starring Jean Peters, Jeffrey Hunter, Walter Brennan
  • The Lusty Men, starring Robert Mitchum

M

  • Macao, starring Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell
  • Mandy, starring Phyllis Calvert and Jack Hawkins – (GB)
  • The Marrying Kind, starring Judy Holliday
  • Meet Danny Wilson, starring Frank Sinatra
  • The Member of the Wedding, starring Julie Harris
  • The Merry Widow, starring Lana Turner
  • Mexican Bus Ride (Subida al cielo), directed by Luis Buñuel – (Mexico)
  • Million Dollar Mermaid, starring Esther Williams and Victor Mature
  • The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima, starring Gilbert Roland and Susan Whitney
  • Les Misérables, starring Michael Rennie, Robert Newton, Debra Paget
  • Monkey Business, starring Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, Marilyn Monroe
  • Monsoon, starring Diana Douglas and Ursula Thiess
  • Montana Belle, starring Jane Russell
  • Moulin Rouge, starring José Ferrer and Zsa Zsa Gabor – (GB)
  • My Cousin Rachel, starring Olivia de Havilland and Richard Burton
  • My Pal Gus, starring Richard Widmark and George Winslow
  • My Six Convicts, starring Gilbert Roland
  • My Son John, starring Robert Walker and Van Heflin

N

  • The Narrow Margin, directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Charles McGraw
  • Neighbours – (Canada)
  • Never Look Back directed by Francis Searle, starring Rosamund John – (GB)
  • No Room for the Groom, directed by Douglas Sirk, starring Tony Curtis and Piper Laurie

O

  • O. Henry's Full House, an anthology film starring Charles Laughton, David Wayne, Marilyn Monroe, Richard Widmark, Anne Baxter, Jeanne Crain
  • One Big Affair, starring Evelyn Keyes
  • One Minute to Zero, directed by Tay Garnett, starring Robert Mitchum and Ann Blyth
  • Othello (a.k.a. The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice), written, directed by and starring Orson Welles
  • Outcast of the Islands, directed by Carol Reed, starring Ralph Richardson and Trevor Howard – (GB)
  • The Overcoat (Il Cappotto) – (Italy)

P

  • Pahit-Pahit Manis, starring Titien Sumarni and Chatir Harro (Indonesia)
  • Panta Rhei, directed by Bert Haanstra
  • Pat and Mike, starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn
  • Phone Call from a Stranger, starring Shelley Winters and Gary Merrill
  • The Pickwick Papers, starring James Hayter and James Donald – (GB)
  • Le Plaisir (a.k.a. House of Pleasure), directed by Max Ophüls, starring Claude Dauphin – (France)
  • The Planter's Wife, directed by Ken Annakin, starring Claudette Colbert, Jack Hawkins & Anthony Steel – (GB)
  • Pony Soldier, starring Tyrone Power
  • The Pride of St. Louis, starring Dan Dailey
  • The Prisoner of Zenda, starring Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, James Mason, Jane Greer

Q

  • The Quiet Man, directed by John Ford, starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara

R

  • Rancho Notorious, starring Marlene Dietrich
  • Red Ball Express, starring Jeff Chandler
  • Red Planet Mars, starring Peter Graves
  • Retreat, Hell!, starring Frank Lovejoy
  • Return of the Texan, starring Dale Robertson and Joanne Dru
  • Reverón, directed by Margot Benacerraf
  • Road to Bali, starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope
  • Rome 11:00 – (Italy)
  • Room for One More, starring Cary Grant and Betsy Drake
  • Ruby Gentry, starring Jennifer Jones, Charlton Heston and Karl Malden

S

  • Sailor Beware, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
  • Sangdil, starring Dilip Kumar and Madhubala – (India)
  • Saturday Island, starring Linda Darnell and Tab Hunter – (GB)
  • The Savage, starring Charlton Heston and Susan Morrow
  • Scandal Sheet, starring Broderick Crawford and Donna Reed
  • Scaramouche, starring Stewart Granger and Janet Leigh
  • The Scarlet Flower (Alenkiy tsvetochek) – (U.S.S.R.)
  • Sea Tiger, starring Marguerite Chapman
  • Secrets of Women (Kvinnors väntan), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Eva Dahlbeck – (Sweden)
  • Siempre tuya (Forever Yours) – (Mexico)
  • Singin' in the Rain, starring Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen, Donald O'Connor
  • The Sniper, directed by Edward Dmytryk
  • The Snow Maiden (Snegurochka) – (U.S.S.R.)
  • The Snows of Kilimanjaro, starring Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner
  • Something Money Can't Buy, directed by Pat Jackson, starring Patricia Roc, Anthony Steel, Moira Lister & A.E. Matthews – (U.K.)
  • Something to Live For, directed by George Stevens, starring Joan Fontaine and Teresa Wright
  • Son of Paleface, directed by Frank Tashlin, starring Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Roy Rogers
  • Song of the Sea (O canto do mar), directed by Alberto Cavalcanti – (Brazil)
  • The Sound Barrier, directed by David Lean, starring Ralph Richardson – (GB)
  • Springfield Rifle, starring Gary Cooper and Phyllis Thaxter
  • The Star, starring Bette Davis and Sterling Hayden
  • Stars and Stripes Forever, starring Clifton Webb, Debra Paget, Robert Wagner and Ruth Hussey
  • Steel Town, starring Ann Sheridan and John Lund
  • The Steel Trap, starring Joseph Cotten and Teresa Wright
  • The Stooge, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
  • Stop, You're Killing Me, starring Broderick Crawford and Claire Trevor
  • The Story of Will Rogers, starring Will Rogers Jr. and Jane Wyman
  • Sudden Fear, starring Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame

T

  • The Hour of 13, starring Peter Lawford
  • The Thief, starring Ray Milland
  • This Is Cinerama, directed by Merian C. Cooper
  • Thunderbirds, starring John Derek
  • Tico-Tico no Fubá, directed by Adolfo Celi – (Brazil)
  • Toto in Colour (Totò a colori), starring Totò – (Italy)
  • Toxi, directed by Robert A. Stemmle (West Germany)
  • Trent's Last Case, starring Orson Welles and Michael Wilding – (GB)
  • The Turning Point, starring William Holden, Alexis Smith, Edmond O'Brien
  • Two Cents Worth of Hope (Due soldi di speranza) – (Italy)

U

  • Umberto D., directed by Vittorio De Sica – (Italy)
  • Untamed Frontier, starring Joseph Cotten and Shelley Winters

V

  • La villa Santo-Sospir, short film directed by Jean Cocteau – (France)
  • Viva Zapata!, starring Marlon Brando and Jean Peters

W

  • We're Not Married!, starring Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe, Eve Arden, Paul Douglas, Eddie Bracken, Mitzi Gaynor
  • The White Reindeer (Valkoinen peura) – (Finland)
  • The White Sheik (Lo sceicco bianco), directed by Federico Fellini – (Italy)
  • Who Goes There!, starring Nigel Patrick and Valerie Hobson – (GB)
  • Wide Boy, starring Sydney Tafler and Susan Shaw – (GB)
  • The Wild North, starring Stewart Granger and Cyd Charisse
  • Wings of Danger, directed by Terence Fisher, starring Zachary Scott – (GB)
  • The Witch (Noita palaa elämään) – (Finland)
  • With a Song in My Heart, starring Susan Hayward
  • A Woman Without Love (Una mujer sin amor), directed by Luis Buñuel – (Mexico)
  • The World in His Arms, starring Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, Ann Blyth

Y

  • You for Me, starring Peter Lawford, Jane Greer, Gig Young
  • Young Man with Ideas, starring Glenn Ford and Ruth Roman

Film releases

January–March

  • February 7 – Viva Zapata!
  • February 13 – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (re-release)
  • February 19 – Retreat, Hell!
  • February 22
  • 5 Fingers
  • One Big Affair

April–June

  • April 4 – With a Song in My Heart
  • May 2 – The Narrow Margin
  • May 15 – Outcast of the Islands
  • June 13 – No Room for the Groom
  • June 26 – The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

July–September

  • July 21 – One Minute to Zero
  • July 23 – Untamed Frontier
  • August 21 – The Quiet Man
  • September 18 – O. Henry's Full House

October–December

  • November 26 – Bwana Devil
  • December 25
  • The Bad and the Beautiful
  • Come Back, Little Sheba

Serials

  • Blackhawk, starring Kirk Alyn
  • King of the Congo, starring Buster Crabbe
  • Radar Men from the Moon, starring George D. Wallace and Aline Towne
  • Son of Geronimo starring Clayton Moore
  • Zombies of the Stratosphere, starring Judd Holdren and Leonard Nimoy

Short film series

  • Mickey Mouse (1928–1953)
  • Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
  • Terrytoons (1930–1964)
  • Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
  • Popeye (1933–1957)
  • The Three Stooges (1934–1959)
  • Donald Duck (1936–1956)
  • Goofy (1939–1953)
  • Tom and Jerry (1940–1958)
  • Bugs Bunny (1940–1964)
  • Mighty Mouse (1942–1955)
  • Chip and Dale (1943–1956)
  • Droopy (1943–1958)
  • Yosemite Sam (1945–1963)

Births

  • January 2 - Wendy Phillips, American actress
  • January 6
  • Armelia McQueen, American actress (died 2020)
  • Frank Sivero, Italian-American character actor
  • January 11 – Bille Brown, Australian actor (died 2013)
  • January 17 – Kevin Reynolds, American director and screenwriter
  • January 18 – Michael Angelis, English actor (died 2020)
  • January 22 – Ace Vergel, Filipino actor (died 2007)
  • February 2 – Carol Ann Susi, American actress (died 2014)
  • February 4
  • Lisa Eichhorn, American actress
  • Richard Lineback, American actor
  • February 12 – Simon MacCorkindale, English actor (died 2010)
  • February 14 – Anton Lesser, English actor
  • February 22 – Issey Ogata, Japanese actor and comedian
  • March 2 – Laraine Newman, American actress, voice actress, comedian and writer
  • March 4 – Ronn Moss, American actor, musician and singer-songwriter
  • March 6 – John David Carson, American actor (died 2009)
  • March 11 – James Fleet, English actor
  • March 16 - Irwin Keyes, American actor and comedian (died 2015)
  • March 19 – Harvey Weinstein, American producer
  • March 24 – Nicholas Campbell, Canadian actor and filmmaker
  • March 27 – Kalju Orro, Estonian actor
  • April 1 – Annette O'Toole, American actress
  • April 5 – Mitch Pileggi, American actor
  • April 6 – Marilu Henner, American actress
  • April 7
  • Dennis Hayden, American actor, producer and writer
  • Clarke Peters, American-British actor, writer and director
  • April 8 – Andrew Stahl, American actor
  • April 10
  • Robert Miranda, American actor
  • Steven Seagal, American actor & martial artist
  • April 11 – Michael Thomas, British actor (died 2019)
  • April 13 – Erick Avari, Indian-American actor
  • April 15 – Glenn Shadix, American actor (died 2010)
  • April 16 – Billy West, American voice actor, musician, singer and songwriter
  • April 17 – Joe Alaskey, American stand-up comedian, actor, voice artist, and impressionist (died 2016)
  • April 19 - Tony Plana, Cuban-American actor and director
  • April 26 – Spice Williams-Crosby, American actress
  • April 28 – Mary McDonnell, American actress
  • April 29 – Nora Dunn, American actress and comedian
  • May 1
  • Margaret Michaels, former American actress
  • Pierre van Pletzen, South African actor, writer and director
  • May 2
  • Christine Baranski, American actress
  • Thom Gossom Jr., American actor
  • May 6
  • Gregg Henry, American actor & musician
  • Fred Newman, American actor and comedian
  • May 9 – Patrick Ryecart, English actor
  • May 11
  • Shohreh Aghdashloo, Iranian-American actress
  • Frances Fisher, British-born American actress
  • May 14 – Robert Zemeckis, American director
  • May 15 – Chazz Palminteri, American actor
  • May 20 – Julia Deakin, English actress
  • May 21 – Mr. T, American actor, bodyguard, television personality and retired professional wrestler
  • May 22 – Mike Muscat, American actor
  • May 28 – Denis Akiyama, Canadian actor (died 2018)
  • May 31 – Carole Achache, French writer, photographer and actress (died 2016)
  • June 4 – Kerry Shale, Canadian actor and writer
  • June 5 – Connie Chiume, South African actress and filmmaker (died 2024)
  • June 6 – Harvey Fierstein, American actor and screenwriter
  • June 7 – Liam Neeson, Northern Irish actor
  • June 18
  • Miriam Flynn, American voice actress and character actress
  • Carol Kane, American actress
  • Isabella Rossellini, Italian actress
  • June 19 – Virginia Hey, Australian actress
  • June 20
  • John Goodman, American actor
  • Larry Riley, American actor and musician (died 1992)
  • June 22 – Graham Greene, Canadian actor (died 2025)
  • June 26 – Peter Crombie, American actor (died 2024)
  • June 30 – Patrick Pinney, American actor
  • July 1
  • Dan Aykroyd, Canadian actor & comedian
  • Brian George, Israeli-English actor, voice artist, comedian and singer
  • July 3
  • Rick Ducommun, Canadian stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer (died 2015)
  • Cork Hubbert, American actor (d. 2003)
  • July 6
  • Grant Goodeve, American actor
  • Dean Parisot, American director
  • July 8 – Mary Ellen Trainor, American character actress (died 2015)
  • July 11
  • Tim de Zarn, American actor
  • Stephen Lang, American actor
  • July 13 – Rosemary Dunsmore, Canadian actress and director
  • July 14
  • Stan Shaw, American actor
  • Joel Silver, American producer
  • July 15
  • Celia Imrie, English actress
  • Terry O'Quinn, American actor
  • Judson Scott, American actor
  • July 17 – David Hasselhoff, American actor, singer, producer and television personality
  • July 20
  • Adrian Biddle, English cinematographer (died 2005)
  • Nathaniel Lees, New Zealand actor and director
  • July 21 – George Wallace, American comedian and actor
  • July 24 – Gus Van Sant, American director
  • July 27 - Roxanne Hart, American actress
  • August 6 - Brian Levant, American filmmaker
  • August 7 - Caroline Aaron, American actress
  • August 10
  • Daniel Hugh Kelly, American actor
  • Diane Venora, American actress
  • August 12 – Ronald Guttman, Belgian actor and producer
  • August 16 – Reginald VelJohnson, American actor
  • August 18 – Patrick Swayze, American actor & dancer (died 2009)
  • August 19 – Jonathan Frakes, American actor & director
  • August 26 – Michael Jeter, American actor (died 2003)
  • August 27 – Paul Reubens, American actor, comedian, writer and producer (died 2023)
  • September 1 – Michael Massee, American actor (died 2016)
  • September 2 - Yuen Wah, Hong Kong actor, martial artist, stuntman and action choreographer
  • September 4
  • Alan Blumenfeld, American character actor
  • Rishi Kapoor, Indian actor (died 2020)
  • September 5 – Michael Horton, American actor
  • September 6 – Vitali Baganov, Russian actor
  • September 8 – David R. Ellis, American director and stunt performer (died 2013)
  • September 9 – Angela Cartwright, British-American actress
  • September 13 – Christine Estabrook, American actress
  • September 16 – Mickey Rourke, American actor and screenwriter
  • September 19 – Rein Aedma, Estonian actor
  • September 24 – Christopher Reeve, American actor (died 2004)
  • September 25 – Colin Friels, Scottish-born Australian actor
  • September 26 – James Keane, American actor
  • September 29 – Gábor Csupó, Hungarian animator, writer, director, producer, and graphic designer
  • September 30
  • John Finn, American character actor
  • Al Leong, American stuntman and actor
  • Jack Wild, English actor and singer (died 2006)
  • October 5 – Harold Faltermeyer, German musician and composer
  • October 6 - Jim Downey, American writer, producer and actor
  • October 7
  • Mary Badham, American actress
  • Tom McBride, American actor (died 1995)
  • October 8 – Edward Zwick, American filmmaker
  • October 13 – John Lone, Chinese-American actor
  • October 14 – Rick Aviles, American stand-up comedian and actor (died 1995)
  • October 22
  • Jeff Goldblum, American actor
  • John Howard, Australian actor
  • October 23 - Robin Swicord, American screenwriter and director
  • October 27 – Roberto Benigni, Italian actor
  • October 28
  • Annie Potts, American actress
  • Jim Turner, American actor and stand-up comedian
  • October 30
  • Emily Kuroda, American actress
  • Dalip Tahil, Indian actor
  • November 2 – David Andrews, American character actor
  • November 3
  • Roseanne Barr, American actress and stand-up comedian
  • Jim Cummings, American voice actor
  • November 6 – Gary Goetzman, American producer and actor
  • November 8 – Alfre Woodard, American actress
  • November 9 – John Megna, American actor and director (died 1995)
  • November 13 – Art Malik, Pakistani-born British actor
  • November 14
  • Bill Farmer, American voice actor and comedian
  • Chris Noonan, Australian filmmaker and actor
  • Maggie Roswell, American actress, comedian, writer and producer
  • November 15 – Randy Savage, American professional wrestler, commentator, actor and rapper (died 2011)
  • November 18 – Delroy Lindo, British actor
  • November 24 – Ulrich Seidl, Austrian director
  • November 28
  • Rif Hutton, American actor (died 2026)
  • S. Epatha Merkerson, American actress
  • November 29
  • Jeff Fahey, American actor
  • Tom Wright, American actor
  • November 30 – Mandy Patinkin, American actor
  • December 1 – Forry Smith, American actor
  • December 2 – Keith Szarabajka, American actor
  • December 3 – Mel Smith, English comedian, actor and director (died 2013)
  • December 8 – Greg Collins, American character actor and former professional football linebacker
  • December 9 – Michael Dorn, American actor
  • December 12 – Sarah Douglas, English actress
  • December 20 – Jenny Agutter, English actress
  • December 21 – Dennis Boutsikaris, American character actor
  • December 25 – CCH Pounder, Guayanese-born American actress
  • December 29 – Külliki Saldre, Estonian actress

Deaths

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  • January 18 – Curly Howard, American comedian (b. 1903), The Three Stooges
  • January 25 – Polly Moran, American actress (b. 1883), Chasing Rainbows, Adam's Rib
  • March 1 – Gregory La Cava, American director (b. 1892), My Man Godfrey, Stage Door
  • March 21 – Eddie Laughton, American actor (b. 1903), Girls of the Road, Atlantic Convoy
  • March 26 – J. P. McGowan, Australian director (b. 1880), Where the West Begins, Tarzan and the Golden Lion
  • April 21 – Leslie Banks, English actor (b. 1890), The Most Dangerous Game, Jamaica Inn
  • May 8 – William Fox, American movie executive (b. 1879), 7th Heaven
  • May 9 – Canada Lee, American actor (b. 1907), Lifeboat, Lost Boundaries, Cry, the Beloved Country
  • May 21 – John Garfield, American actor (b. 1913), Body and Soul, Nobody Lives Forever, Gentleman's Agreement
  • May 26 – Richard Rober, American actor (b. 1910), The Well, The File on Thelma Jordon
  • June 27 – Elmo Lincoln, American actor (b. 1889), Tarzan of the Apes, The Adventures of Tarzan
  • July 6 – Gertrud Wolle, German actress (b. 1891), The Hound of the Baskervilles
  • August 2 – J. Farrell MacDonald, American actor (b. 1875), Me and My Gal, The Last Alarm
  • August 18 – Ralph Byrd, American actor (b. 1909), Dick Tracy's Dilemma, The Vigilante
  • August 28 – Lamar Trotti, American screenwriter (b. 1900), The Ox-Bow Incident, Cheaper by the Dozen
  • September 7 – Gertrude Lawrence, English actress (b. 1898), Rembrandt, The Glass Menagerie
  • October 11 – Jack Conway, American director (b. 1888), Boom Town, Libeled Lady, Viva Villa!
  • October 17 – Julia Dean, American stage and screen actress (b. 1878), A Society Exile, The Curse of the Cat People
  • October 20 – Basil Radford, English actor (b. 1887), Crook's Tour, The Galloping Major
  • October 23 – Susan Peters, American actress (b. 1921), Song of Russia, Random Harvest
  • October 26 – Hattie McDaniel, American actress (b. 1893), Gone with the Wind, Saratoga
  • November 1 – Dixie Lee, American actress (b. 1912), Manhattan Love Song, Love in Bloom
  • November 6 – George H. Reed, American actor, (b. 1866), Huckleberry Finn, Green Pastures
  • December 4 – André Lefaur, French actor, (b. 1879), The Green Jacket, Adrienne Lecouvreur

Film debuts

Notes

References

  • List of 1952 films at IMDb
  • List of 1952 deaths at IMDb
  • List of 1952 births at IMDb