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The year 1955 in film involved some significant events, most notably the death of actor James Dean.

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Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top-grossing hits of 1955 in the United States.

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|+ Highest-grossing films of 1955

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! Rank !! Title !! Distributor !! Domestic rentals

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

| Cinerama Holiday

| Cinerama Releasing

| $10,000,000

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

| Mister Roberts

| rowspan="2"|Warner Bros.

| $8,500,000

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

| Lady and the Tramp

| Buena Vista

| $6,500,000 (US$8.19 million)

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| Soviet Union

| Private Ivan

| Gorky Film Studio

| $2,520,000

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Events

  • January 7 – UK release of the Halas and Batchelor film animation of George Orwell's Animal Farm (completed April 1954), the first full-length British-made animated feature on general theatrical release, covertly funded by the CIA.
  • February 24 – 12th Golden Globe Awards announced: On The Waterfront, Marlon Brando and Judy Garland win.
  • March 18 – The film adaptation of Evan Hunter's novel Blackboard Jungle previews in New York City, featuring the single "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets over the opening credits, the first use of a rock and roll song in a major film. Teenagers jump from their seats to dance to it.
  • June 1 – Premiere of Billy Wilder's film of The Seven Year Itch featuring an iconic scene of Marilyn Monroe standing on a New York City Subway grating as her white dress is blown above her knees.
  • June 16 – Lady and the Tramp, the Walt Disney company's 15th animated film, premieres in Chicago, the first animated feature filmed in the CinemaScope widescreen process. Peggy Lee co-writes and sings the songs.
  • June 27 – The last Republic serial, King of the Carnival, is released.
  • July 18 – Disneyland opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
  • September 30 – American actor James Dean dies in an automobile collision near Cholame, California, age 24. On October 27, the film Rebel Without a Cause, in which he stars, is released.
  • October 11 – Theatrical release in the United States of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical film Oklahoma!, the first feature photographed in the Todd-AO 70 mm widescreen process.
  • November 3 – The musical film Guys and Dolls, starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, is premiered in New York City.
  • November 22 – The death of Shemp Howard requires use of a Fake Shemp to complete The Three Stooges films which he has commenced.
  • December – United Artists quit the Motion Picture Association of America over the decision to deny The Man With the Golden Arm a Production Code seal.
  • December 7 – The film Picnic starring William Holden and Kim Novak is released.

Awards

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! rowspan="2" style="width:20px;"| Category/Organization !! colspan="2" style="width:250px;"| 13th Golden Globe Awards<br />February 23, 1956 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| 28th Academy Awards<br />March 21, 1956

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

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| Best Film || East of Eden || Guys and Dolls || Marty

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| Best Director || colspan="2" | Joshua Logan<br />Picnic || Delbert Mann<br />Marty

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| Best Actor || Ernest Borgnine<br />Marty || Tom Ewell<br />The Seven Year Itch || Ernest Borgnine<br />Marty

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| Best Actress || Anna Magnani<br />The Rose Tattoo || Jean Simmons<br />Guys and Dolls || Anna Magnani<br />The Rose Tattoo

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| Best Supporting Actor || colspan="2" | Arthur Kennedy<br />Trial || Jack Lemmon<br />Mister Roberts

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| Best Supporting Actress || colspan="2" | Marisa Pavan<br />The Rose Tattoo || Jo Van Fleet<br />East of Eden

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| Best Foreign Language Film || colspan="2" | Children, Mother, and the General<br />Dangerous Curves<br />Eyes of Children<br />Ordet<br />Stella || Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

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1955 film releases

January–March

  • January 1955
  • January 1
  • Young at Heart
  • January 26
  • The Violent Men
  • January 29
  • The Americano
  • January 31
  • Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
  • February 1955
  • February 2
  • Battle Cry
  • February 8
  • Cinerama Holiday
  • March 1955
  • A Man Called Peter
  • March 1
  • Untamed
  • March 4
  • Hit the Deck
  • March 20
  • Blackboard Jungle
  • March 23
  • Revenge of the Creature
  • March 24
  • The Glass Slipper
  • March 25
  • Strategic Air Command

April–June

  • April 1955
  • April 1
  • Magdana's Donkey (Georgia)
  • April 9
  • Escape to Burma
  • April 10
  • East of Eden
  • April 11
  • Marty
  • April 13
  • Rififi (France)
  • April 20
  • Violent Saturday
  • April 24
  • Godzilla Raids Again (Japan)
  • May 1955
  • May 6
  • The Prodigal
  • May 11
  • Bride of the Monster
  • May 25
  • Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier
  • May 30
  • Cult of the Cobra
  • June 1955
  • June 1
  • Son of Sinbad
  • June 3
  • The Seven Year Itch
  • June 4
  • The Sea Chase
  • June 10
  • 5 Against the House
  • This Island Earth
  • June 15
  • The Beast with a Million Eyes
  • June 17
  • King Dinosaur
  • June 22
  • Lady and the Tramp
  • Land of the Pharaohs
  • June 23
  • Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
  • Date unknown
  • Footsteps in the Fog

July–September

  • July 1955
  • July 7
  • We're No Angels
  • July 13
  • Foxfire
  • July 22
  • How to Be Very, Very Popular
  • The Night of the Hunter
  • July 30
  • Mister Roberts
  • Pete Kelly's Blues
  • Dates Unknown
  • Not as a Stranger
  • It Came From Beneath the Sea
  • August 1955
  • August 3
  • To Catch a Thief
  • August 5
  • Journey to the Beginning of Time
  • The King's Thief
  • August 14
  • Half Human (Japan)
  • August 17
  • To Hell and Back
  • August 25
  • You're Never Too Young
  • August 26
  • The Quatermass Xperiment
  • September 1955
  • September 22
  • The Tall Men
  • September 30
  • The Trouble with Harry

October–December

  • October 1955
  • October 7
  • Trial
  • October 11
  • Oklahoma!
  • October 19
  • The Treasure of Pancho Villa
  • October 29
  • Rebel Without a Cause
  • November 1955
  • November 3
  • Guys and Dolls
  • November 7
  • Artists and Models
  • November 23
  • The Adventures of Quentin Durward
  • December 1955
  • December 7
  • Picnic
  • The Last Frontier
  • December 12
  • The Rose Tattoo
  • December 13
  • Richard III
  • December 15
  • The Man with the Golden Arm
  • December 22
  • The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
  • Tarantula!
  • December 25
  • All That Heaven Allows
  • I'll Cry Tomorrow
  • Date unknown
  • Day the World Ended
  • The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues

Top ten money making stars

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!Rank

!Actor/Actress

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|1.

|James Stewart

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|2.

|Grace Kelly

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|3.

|John Wayne

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|4.

|William Holden

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|5.

|Gary Cooper

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|6.

|Marilyn Monroe

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|7. (tie)

|Dean Martin<br />Jerry Lewis

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|8.

|Marlon Brando

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|9.

|Humphrey Bogart

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|10.

|Clark Gable

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Notable films released in 1955

United States unless stated

#

  • 5 Against the House, starring Kim Novak, Guy Madison, Brian Keith

A

  • Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, featuring an appearance by Mack Sennett
  • Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
  • Above Us the Waves, starring John Mills – (GB)
  • The Adventures of Quentin Durward, starring Robert Taylor, Kay Kendall
  • Ain't Misbehavin, starring Piper Laurie, Rory Calhoun, Mamie Van Doren
  • All That Heaven Allows, directed by Douglas Sirk, starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson
  • The Americano, starring Glenn Ford
  • Le Amiche (The Girlfriend), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni – (Italy)
  • Anděl na horách (Angel in the Mountains) – (Czechoslovakia)
  • Apache Ambush, starring Richard Jaeckel
  • Artists and Models, starring Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Dorothy Malone, Shirley MacLaine
  • Azaad, starring Dilip Kumar – (India)

B

  • Bad Day at Black Rock, directed by John Sturges, starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Walter Brennan
  • Battle Cry, starring Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, Anne Francis
  • The Beast with a Million Eyes
  • Bedevilled, starring Anne Baxter and Steve Forrest
  • The Big Combo, starring Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace
  • The Big Knife, starring Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Jean Hagen, Rod Steiger, Shelley Winters
  • Blackboard Jungle, starring Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Sidney Poitier, Vic Morrow, Richard Kiley
  • Blood Alley, starring John Wayne and Lauren Bacall
  • A Bullet for Joey, starring Edward G. Robinson and George Raft

C

  • Captain Lightfoot, starring Rock Hudson
  • Carrington V.C., starring David Niven – (GB)
  • Cast a Dark Shadow, starring Dirk Bogarde – (GB)
  • Chief Crazy Horse, starring Victor Mature
  • Cinerama Holiday
  • Ciske de Rat (aka A Child Needs Love) – (Netherlands)
  • The Cobweb, directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Richard Widmark, Gloria Grahame, Lauren Bacall, Charles Boyer, Lillian Gish
  • The Cockleshell Heroes, directed by and starring José Ferrer, with Trevor Howard – (GB)
  • The Colditz Story, directed by Guy Hamilton, starring John Mills and Eric Portman – (GB)
  • Confession, directed by Ken Hughes, starring Sydney Chaplin – (GB)
  • The Constant Husband, starring Rex Harrison, Margaret Leighton, Kay Kendall – (GB)
  • Count Three and Pray, starring Van Heflin, Joanne Woodward and Raymond Burr
  • The Counterfeit Coin () – (Greece)
  • The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell, directed by Otto Preminger, starring Gary Cooper, Ralph Bellamy, Rod Steiger, Elizabeth Montgomery
  • El Coyote
  • Crashout, starring Arthur Kennedy and William Bendix
  • The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (Ensayo de un Crimen), directed by Luis Buñuel – (Mexico)

D

  • Daddy Long Legs, starring Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron
  • The Dam Busters, starring Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave, with an early role by Robert Shaw – (GB)
  • Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier, starring Fess Parker and Buddy Ebsen
  • Death of a Cyclist (Muerte de un ciclista), directed by Juan Antonio Bardem – (Spain)
  • The Deep Blue Sea, starring Vivien Leigh – (GB)
  • The Desperate Hours, starring Humphrey Bogart and Fredric March
  • Devdas, based on novel with same name, starring Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Suchitra Sen – (India)
  • Les Diaboliques (The Devils), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, starring Simone Signoret – (France)
  • Dreams (Kvinnodröm), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Eva Dahlbeck – (Sweden)

E

  • East of Eden, directed by Elia Kazan, starring Julie Harris, James Dean (in his first major role), Raymond Massey
  • The Enchanted Boy (Zakoldovanyy malchik) – (USSR)
  • Escuela de vagabundos (School for Tramps), starring Pedro Infante – (Mexico)

F

  • The Far Horizons, starring Fred MacMurray, Charlton Heston, Donna Reed, Barbara Hale
  • The Fast and the Furious, starring John Ireland and Dorothy Malone
  • Female on the Beach, starring Joan Crawford, Jeff Chandler, Jan Sterling
  • Fire in the Night (Det brenner i natt!) – (Norway)
  • Floating Clouds (Ukigumo) – (Japan)
  • Footsteps in the Fog, starring Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons – (GB)
  • Foxfire, starring Jane Russell
  • Francis in the Navy, starring Donald O'Connor and Martha Hyer, with Clint Eastwood in an early role

G

  • Galapagos, a documentary by Thor Heyerdahl – (Norway)
  • A Generation (Pokolenie), directed by Andrzej Wajda – (Poland)
  • The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing, directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Ray Milland, Joan Collins, Farley Granger – (U.S.)
  • The Girl Rush, starring Rosalind Russell, Fernando Lamas, Gloria DeHaven
  • Godzilla Raids Again (Gojira no Gyakushū) – (Japan)
  • Good Morning, Miss Dove, starring Jennifer Jones and Robert Stack
  • The Good Soldier Schweik, animation directed by Jiří Trnka – (Czechoslovakia)
  • Guys and Dolls, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine

H

  • Hell on Frisco Bay, starring Alan Ladd and Edward G. Robinson
  • Hell's Island, starring John Payne and Mary Murphy
  • Heroes of Shipka (Geroite na Shipka) – (Bulgaria/USSR)
  • The Hidden One (La Escondida), starring Pedro Armendáriz – (Mexico)
  • Hit the Deck, directed by Roy Rowland, starring Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Ann Miller, Tony Martin, Vic Damone
  • House of Bamboo, starring Robert Ryan
  • How to Be Very, Very Popular, starring Betty Grable in her final film role

I

  • I Am a Camera, starring Julie Harris and Laurence Harvey – (GB)
  • I Died a Thousand Times, starring Jack Palance, Shelley Winters, Earl Holliman, Lee Marvin
  • I Live in Fear (Ikimono no kiroku), directed by Akira Kurosawa – (Japan)
  • I'll Cry Tomorrow, starring Susan Hayward
  • Illegal, a film noir starring Edward G. Robinson and Jayne Mansfield
  • Interrupted Melody, starring Eleanor Parker and Glenn Ford
  • It Came from Beneath the Sea, starring Kenneth Tobey and Faith Domergue, with special effects by Ray Harryhausen
  • It Happened on July 20th (Es geschah am 20. Juli), directed by G. W. Pabst, starring Bernhard Wicki – (Austria)
  • It's Always Fair Weather, starring Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey, Michael Kidd, Cyd Charisse

J

  • Jedda, directed by Charles Chauvel – (Australia)
  • John and Julie, starring Moira Lister and Sid James – (GB)
  • Journey to the Beginning of Time (Cesta do Pravěku) – (Czechoslovakia)
  • Jupiter's Darling, directed by George Sidney, starring Esther Williams and Howard Keel

K

  • Kanyasulkam, starring N. T. Rama Rao – (India)
  • The Kentuckian, directed by and starring Burt Lancaster, featuring film debut of Walter Matthau
  • Killer's Kiss, directed by Stanley Kubrick
  • The King's Thief, starring Ann Blyth and David Niven
  • Kiss Me Deadly, directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Ralph Meeker as Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

L

  • Lady and the Tramp, an animated Disney musical featuring voice of Peggy Lee
  • Lady Godiva of Coventry, starring Maureen O'Hara
  • The Ladykillers, directed by Alexander Mackendrick, starring Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers – (GB)
  • Land of the Pharaohs, starring Joan Collins and Jack Hawkins
  • The Last Frontier, directed by Anthony Mann, starring Victor Mature, Robert Preston, Anne Bancroft
  • The Last Ten Days (Der letzte Akt), directed by G. W. Pabst – (Austria/West Germany)
  • The Left Hand of God, starring Humphrey Bogart and Gene Tierney
  • Little Red Monkey, directed by Ken Hughes – (Britain)
  • Lola Montès, directed by Max Ophüls – (France)
  • The Long Gray Line, starring Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara
  • Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, starring William Holden and Jennifer Jones
  • Love Me or Leave Me, starring Doris Day and James Cagney
  • Love Never Dies (El Amor nunca muere) – (Argentina)
  • Lucy Gallant (reissued as Oil Town), starring Jane Wyman

M

  • Magdana's Donkey, directed by Tengiz Abuladze and Revaz Chkheidze – (Georgia)
  • Magic Fire, starring Alan Badel
  • Mambo, directed by Robert Rossen, starring Silvana Mangano, Vittorio Gassman, Shelley Winters – (U.S./Italy)
  • A Man Alone, directed by and starring Ray Milland, with Mary Murphy
  • The Man from Laramie, directed by Anthony Mann, starring James Stewart
  • The Man Who Loved Redheads, starring Moira Shearer – (GB)
  • The Man with the Golden Arm, directed by Otto Preminger, starring Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Darren McGavin, Kim Novak, Arnold Stang
  • Man with the Gun, starring Robert Mitchum
  • Man Without a Star, starring Kirk Douglas and William Campbell
  • Marty, directed by Delbert Mann, starring Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Joe Mantell, Frank Sutton, Jerry Paris
  • The McConnell Story, starring Alan Ladd and June Allyson
  • The Mill of Good Luck (La 'Moara cu noroc') – (Romania)
  • Miracle of Marcelino (Marcelino Pan Y Vino) – (Spain)
  • Missamma, starring N. T. Rama Rao – (India)
  • Mister Roberts, co-directed by John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy, starring Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon
  • Moonfleet, starring Stewart Granger and Joan Greenwood
  • Mr. & Mrs. '55, starring Guru Dutt and Madhubala – (India)
  • Mr. Arkadin, directed by and starring Orson Welles – (France/Spain/Switzerland)
  • My Sister Eileen, starring Janet Leigh and Betty Garrett

N

  • New York Confidential, starring Broderick Crawford, Richard Conte, Marilyn Maxwell, Anne Bancroft
  • Night and Fog, a documentary directed by Alain Resnais – (France)
  • The Night My Number Came Up, starring Michael Redgrave – (GB)
  • The Night of the Hunter, directed by Charles Laughton, starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, Peter Graves
  • Not as a Stranger, starring Robert Mitchum, Olivia de Havilland, Frank Sinatra, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Lon Chaney Jr.

O

  • Oh, Ibuku (O, My Mother), directed by Ali Joego, debuting Aminah Cendrakasih – (Indonesia)
  • Oklahoma! (first film shot in widescreen process known as Todd-AO), starring Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Rod Steiger, Gloria Grahame
  • Ordet (The Word), directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer – (Denmark)
  • Our Best Days (Ayyamna al-Holwa), starring Omar Sharif – (Egypt)
  • Out of the Clouds, directed by Basil Dearden, starring Anthony Steel, Robert Beatty – (U.K.)

P

  • Passage Home, directed by Roy Ward Baker, starring Anthony Steel, Peter Finch, Diane Cilento – (U.K.)
  • Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road), directed by Satyajit Ray – (India)
  • Pete Kelly's Blues, starring Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O'Brien, Peggy Lee
  • The Phenix City Story, starring Richard Kiley, John McIntire, John Larch, James Edwards, Edward Andrews
  • Picnic, directed by Joshua Logan, starring William Holden, Kim Novak, Cliff Robertson, Rosalind Russell
  • Prince of Players, starring Richard Burton
  • Princess Yang Kwei-Fei (aka Yôkihi) – (Japan)
  • The Prisoner, directed by Peter Glenville, starring Alec Guinness and Jack Hawkins – (GB)
  • The Private War of Major Benson, starring Charlton Heston
  • The Prodigal, starring Lana Turner

Q

  • The Quatermass Xperiment – (GB)
  • Queen Bee, starring Joan Crawford

R

  • The Racers, starring Kirk Douglas, Gilbert Roland, Bella Darvi
  • Radio Stories (Historias de la radio) – (Spain)
  • Die Ratten (The Rats), starring Maria Schell and Curd Jürgens – (West Germany) – Golden Bear award
  • Rage at Dawn, starring Randolph Scott
  • The Rains of Ranchipur, starring Lana Turner and Richard Burton
  • Rebel Without a Cause, directed by Nicholas Ray, starring James Dean, Sal Mineo, Natalie Wood
  • Red Fish (Los peces rojos), starring Arturo de Córdova – (Spain)
  • Richard III, directed by and starring Laurence Olivier, with Ralph Richardson, Claire Bloom, John Gielgud – (GB)
  • Rififi (Du rififi chez les hommes), directed by Jules Dassin – (France)
  • A Ripple in the Pond (Ena votsalo sti limni) – (Greece)
  • Romeo and Juliet (Romeo i Dzhulyetta), starring Yuri Zhdanov and Galina Ulanova – (USSR)
  • Roots (Raíces) – (Mexico)
  • The Rose Tattoo, starring Anna Magnani and Burt Lancaster
  • Run for Cover, starring James Cagney, John Derek, Ernest Borgnine

S

  • Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijōji no kettō) – (Japan)
  • Scandal in Sorrento (Pane, amore e...), starring Vittorio De Sica and Sophia Loren – (Italy)
  • The Scarlet Coat, starring Cornel Wilde, George Sanders, Anne Francis
  • The Sea Chase, starring John Wayne and Lana Turner
  • Seagulls Die in the Harbour (Meeuwen sterven in de haven) – (Belgium)
  • Seema, starring Nutan – (India)
  • Seven Angry Men, starring Raymond Massey
  • The Seven Little Foys, starring Bob Hope, featuring James Cagney reprising role of George M. Cohan from Yankee Doodle Dandy
  • The Seven Year Itch, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell
  • Shree 420, directed by and starring Raj Kapoor, with Nargis – (India)
  • The Shrike, directed by and starring José Ferrer
  • The Sign of Venus (Il segno di Venere), starring Sophia Loren and Vittorio De Sica – (Italy)
  • Simba, starring Dirk Bogarde – (GB)
  • Sissi, starring Romy Schneider – (Austria)
  • Six Bridges to Cross, starring Tony Curtis
  • Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende), directed by Ingmar Bergman – (Sweden)
  • Son of Sinbad
  • So This Is Paris, starring Tony Curtis and Gloria DeHaven
  • The Spoilers, starring Anne Baxter and Jeff Chandler
  • Strategic Air Command, starring James Stewart
  • Stella, directed by Michael Cacoyannis, starring Melina Mercouri – (Greece)
  • Storm Over the Nile, starring Anthony Steel and Laurence Harvey – (U.K.)
  • Summertime, directed by David Lean, starring Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Darren McGavin – (Britain/U.S.)
  • The Swindle (Il bidone), directed by Federico Fellini, starring Broderick Crawford – (Italy)

T

  • Taira Clan Saga (Shin Heike Monogatari), directed by Kenji Mizoguchi – (Japan)
  • Tall Man Riding, starring Randolph Scott and Dorothy Malone
  • The Tall Men, starring Clark Gable, Jane Russell, Robert Ryan
  • Tarantula, directed by Jack Arnold, starring John Agar, Mara Corday, with Clint Eastwood in a bit part
  • The Tender Trap, starring Frank Sinatra, Debbie Reynolds, David Wayne, Celeste Holm
  • That Lady, starring Olivia de Havilland – (GB/Spain)
  • This Island Earth, directed by Joseph M. Newman, starring Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason, Faith Domergue, Russell Johnson
  • Three for the Show, starring Betty Grable
  • Tight Spot, starring Ginger Rogers, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith, Lorne Greene
  • To Catch a Thief, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly
  • To Hell and Back, starring Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake, David Janssen
  • The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues, starring Kent Taylor, Cathy Downs, Michael Whalen
  • The Treasure of Pancho Villa, starring Rory Calhoun and Shelley Winters
  • Trial, starring Glenn Ford
  • The Trouble with Harry, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Shirley MacLaine

U

  • Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon sotilas) – (Finland)
  • Unchained, starring Barbara Hale
  • Underwater!, starring Jane Russell
  • Untamed, starring Tyrone Power and Susan Hayward

V

  • The Violent Men, starring Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith
  • Violent Saturday, starring Victor Mature, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin
  • The Virgin Queen, starring Bette Davis, Richard Todd, Joan Collins

W

  • We're No Angels, starring Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, Aldo Ray, Basil Rathbone
  • White Feather, starring Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Debra Paget
  • Wichita, starring Joel McCrea
  • The Woman in the Painting (Amici per la pelle) – (Italy)
  • Women's Prison, starring Ida Lupino, Jan Sterling, Audrey Totter, Phyllis Thaxter

Y

  • You're Never Too Young, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis

Serials

  • The Adventures of Captain Africa
  • King of the Carnival
  • Panther Girl of the Kongo

Short film series

  • Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
  • Terrytoons (1930–1964)
  • Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
  • Popeye (1933–1957)
  • Donald Duck (1934–1956)
  • The Three Stooges (1934–1959)
  • Tom and Jerry (1940–1958)
  • Bugs Bunny (1940–1964)
  • Mighty Mouse (1942–1955)
  • Chip 'n' Dale (1943–1956)
  • Droopy (1943–1958)
  • Yosemite Sam (1945–1963)
  • Ranger Don (1953–1956)
  • Speedy Gonzales (1953–1968)

Cartoon:

  • Good Will to Men (MGM Cartoon Series) (Frederick Quimby, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, producers; MGM)
  • The Legend of Rockabye Point (Walter Lantz Productions; Universal-International)
  • No Hunting (Donald Duck Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
  • Speedy Gonzales (Merrie Melodies Series) (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros.)

One-Reel:

  • Gadgets Galore (Warner Varieties Series) (Robert Youngson, producer; Warner Bros.)
  • Survival City (Movietone CinemaScope Series) (Edmund Reek, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox)
  • 3rd Ave. El (Carson Davidson Productions; Ardee Films)
  • Three Kisses (Topper Special Series) (Justin Herman, producer; Paramount)

Two-Reel:

  • The Battle of Gettysburg (Dore Schary, producer; MGM)
  • The Face of Lincoln (University of Southern California Presentation; Cavalcade Pictures, Inc.)
  • On The Twelfth Day...(United Kingdom Series) (Go Pictures, Inc.; George Brest and Associates)
  • Switzerland (People and Places Series) (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista)
  • 24-Hour Alert (Cedric Francis, producer; Warner Bros.)

Births

  • January 1 - Nicholas Farrell, English actor
  • January 4 – Sergei Kolesnikov, Soviet-Russian actor (d. 2023)
  • January 6 – Rowan Atkinson, English comedian and actor
  • January 8 – Harriet Sansom Harris, American actress
  • January 9 – J. K. Simmons, American actor
  • January 15 – Sam Mercer, American producer (d. 2024)
  • January 16 – Steven Weisberg, American editor (d. 2023)
  • January 18 – Kevin Costner, American actor, producer and director
  • January 19 – Paul Rodriguez, Mexican-American actor and stand-up comedian
  • January 20 – Wyatt Knight, American actor (d. 2011)
  • January 22 - John Wesley Shipp, American actor
  • January 26 - Björn Andrésen, Swedish actor (d. 2025)
  • January 28 – Lorenzo Caccialanza, American actor
  • February 2 - Michael Talbott, American actor
  • February 5 – Kenji Ohba, Japanese actor
  • February 7 – Miguel Ferrer, American actor (d. 2017)
  • February 8 – Ethan Phillips, American actor
  • February 9
  • Jim J. Bullock, American actor and comedian
  • Charles Shaughnessy, British actor
  • February 14 – James Eckhouse, American actor
  • February 15 – Christopher McDonald, American actor
  • February 17
  • Ellie Haddington, Scottish actress
  • Shun Sugata, Japanese actor
  • February 19 – Jeff Daniels, American actor
  • February 21 – Kelsey Grammer, American actor and comedian
  • February 28
  • Gilbert Gottfried, American stand-up comedian, actor and voice actor (d. 2022)
  • Robin B. Smith, South African actor
  • March 2 – William Hope, Canadian actor
  • March 3 – Riina Hein, Estonian actress, director, producer and screenwriter
  • March 6
  • Larry Cedar, American actor
  • James Saito, Japanese-American actor
  • Alberta Watson, Canadian actress (d. 2015)
  • March 7 - Anupam Kher, Indian actor, director and producer
  • March 9 – Ornella Muti, Italian actress
  • March 13 – Glenne Headley, American actress (d. 2017)
  • March 16 – Kuh Ledesma, Filipino actress and singer
  • March 17
  • Mark Boone Junior, American character actor
  • Gary Sinise, American actor, producer and director
  • March 19 – Bruce Willis, American actor
  • March 22 – Lena Olin, Swedish actress
  • March 26 - Paul Lazar, American actor
  • March 28 – Reba McEntire, American country singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer
  • March 29
  • Brendan Gleeson, Irish actor and film director
  • Christopher Lawford, American actor (d. 2018)
  • Marina Sirtis, American-English actress
  • April 3 – Tomas Arana, American actor
  • April 4 – Casey Biggs, American actor
  • April 5 – Akira Toriyama, Japanese manga artist (d. 2024)
  • April 6 – Michael Rooker, American actor
  • April 8 – Kane Hodder, American actor and stuntman
  • April 17 - David Lowe, English actor and director
  • April 23 – Judy Davis, Australian actress
  • April 24 – Michael O'Keefe, American actor
  • April 29
  • Leslie Jordan, American actor, comedian, writer and singer (d. 2022)
  • Kate Mulgrew, American actress
  • April 30 – Zlatko Topčić, Bosnian screenwriter
  • May 1 – Eric Goldberg, American animator, voice actor, director and producer
  • May 5 – Lisa Jane Persky, American actress
  • May 8 – Raoul Trujillo, American actor
  • May 9 – Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (d. 1991)
  • May 10 – Larry "Flash" Jenkins, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (d. 2019)
  • May 13 – María Cecilia Botero, Colombian actress and television presenter
  • May 15
  • Martha Gehman, American actress
  • Lee Horsley, American actor
  • May 16 – Debra Winger, American actress
  • May 17
  • Francesco Nuti, Italian actor, director and screenwriter (d. 2023)
  • Bill Paxton, American actor (d. 2017)
  • May 18 – Chow Yun-fat, Hong Kong actor
  • May 23
  • Kario Salem, American actor and screenwriter
  • Kristin Rudrüd, American actress
  • May 27 – Richard Schiff, American actor and director
  • May 31
  • Susie Essman, American actress
  • Julio Oscar Mechoso, American actor (d. 2017)
  • June 2
  • Dana Carvey, American actor and comedian
  • Vickilyn Reynolds, American actress and singer
  • June 6 – Cheryl Smith, American actress and musician (d. 2002)
  • June 7 – William Forsythe, American actor
  • June 8
  • Griffin Dunne, American actor and director
  • Andrew Stevens, American actor and producer
  • June 14 – Paul O'Grady, English comedian, broadcaster, actor and writer (d. 2023)
  • June 15
  • Polly Draper, American actress, writer, producer and director
  • Julie Hagerty, American actress
  • Andy Tennant, American screenwriter, director and actor
  • June 16 – Laurie Metcalf, American actress
  • June 21 - David Marshall Grant, American actor, singer and writer
  • June 25 – Michael McShane, American actor, singer and improvisational comedian
  • June 26 – Gedde Watanabe, American actor and comedian
  • June 27 – Isabelle Adjani, French actress
  • July 2 – Andrew Divoff, American actor and producer
  • July 3
  • Bruce Altman, American actor
  • Jesse Corti, American actor
  • Vince Martin, Dutch-Australian actor, editor, director and musician
  • July 7 – Rolf Saxon, American actor and voiceover artist
  • July 8 – Lena Endre, Swedish actress
  • July 9
  • Lisa Banes, American actress (d. 2021)
  • Jimmy Smits, American actor
  • July 13 – Lance E. Nichols, American actor
  • July 21 – Béla Tarr, Hungarian director (d. 2026)
  • July 22 – Willem Dafoe, American actor
  • July 25 – Iman, Somali-American model and actress
  • July 27 – Roger Guenveur Smith, American actor, director and writer
  • July 28
  • Maria Vacratsis, Canadian actress
  • Dey Young, American actress
  • August 3 – Corey Burton, American voice actor
  • August 4 – Billy Bob Thornton, American actor, director and screenwriter
  • August 7 – Wayne Knight, American actor and comedian
  • August 13 – Paul Greengrass, British director, producer and screenwriter
  • August 15 - Neena Kulkarni, Indian actress
  • August 19 – Peter Gallagher, American actor
  • August 20 – Jay Acovone, American actor
  • August 22 – Gordon Liu, Chinese actor and martial artist
  • August 24 – Kevin Dunn, American actor
  • August 27
  • Nichola McAuliffe, English actress and writer
  • Diana Scarwid, American actress
  • September 3 - Annie McEnroe, American actress
  • September 9 – Edward Hibbert, American-born British actor
  • September 10 – Giannina Facio, Costa Rican actress
  • September 12 – Peter Scolari, American actor (d. 2021)
  • September 17
  • Antoni Corone, American actor and producer
  • Charles Martinet, American actor and voice actor
  • September 20
  • Betsy Brantley, American actress
  • David Haig, British actor and playwright
  • September 21 – Rick Aiello, American actor (d. 2021)
  • September 26 – Mark Nelson, American actor and director
  • October 3 - Tommy Wiseau, American actor and director
  • October 5 - Ángela Molina, Spanish actress
  • October 10 - Hippolyte Girardot, French actor, director and screenwriter
  • October 17 – Sam Bottoms, American actor and producer (d. 2008)
  • October 20 – Thomas Newman, American composer
  • October 21 – Catherine Hardwicke, American director and screenwriter
  • October 22 – Bill Condon, American director and screenwriter
  • October 27 – Michael Shamus Wiles, American character actor
  • November 5 – Nestor Serrano, American actor
  • November 9
  • Karen Dotrice, British actress
  • Thomas F. Duffy, American actor
  • November 10
  • Roland Emmerich, German director, screenwriter and producer
  • Clare Higgins, English actress
  • November 11 - Stephen Lee, American actor (d. 2014)
  • November 13 – Whoopi Goldberg, American actress and comedian
  • November 15 – Jun Kunimura, Japanese actor
  • November 23 – Peter Douglas, American actor and producer
  • November 25 – Bruce Hopkins, New Zealand actor
  • November 27 – Bill Nye, American television presenter
  • November 30
  • Kevin Conroy, American actor (d. 2022)
  • Malgorzata Gebel, Polish actress
  • December 2 – Dennis Christopher, American actor
  • December 3
  • Melody Anderson, Canadian actress
  • Steven Culp, American actor
  • December 6 – Steven Wright, American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and film producer
  • December 8 – Kevin McNulty, Canadian actor
  • December 9 – Hiroyuki Watanabe, Japanese actor (d. 2022)
  • December 11 – Donna Bullock, American actress
  • December 16 – Xander Berkeley, American actor
  • December 17 – Richard Young, American character actor, filmmaker and screenwriter
  • December 21 – Jane Kaczmarek, American actress
  • December 24
  • Clarence Gilyard, American actor (d. 2022)
  • Grand L. Bush, American former actor

Deaths

  • February 11 – Ona Munson, 51, American actress, Five Star Final, Gone with the Wind
  • February 12
  • Tom Moore, 71, Irish-American actor, Forever Amber, Road House
  • S. Z. Sakall, 72, Hungarian actor, Casablanca, Yankee Doodle Dandy
  • April 7 – Theda Bara, 69, American silent film actress, A Fool There Was, Cleopatra
  • April 25 – Constance Collier, 77, British actress, Stage Door, Rope
  • May 4 – Robert Kent, 46, American actor, Blonde Comet, The Phantom Rider
  • May 13 – Betty Ann Davies, 44, British actress, My Old Duchess, The Man in Black
  • May 22 – Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, 63, American actor, Possessed, Idiot's Delight
  • June 11 – Walter Hampden, 75, American actor, Sabrina, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • July 31 – Robert Francis, 25, American actor, The Caine Mutiny, The Long Gray Line, airplane accident
  • August 5 – Carmen Miranda, 46, Brazilian singer and actress, Copacabana, The Gang's All Here
  • August 6 – Janet Beecher, 70, American actress, The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, The Mark of Zorro
  • August 10 – Jane Murfin, 70, American screenwriter, What Price Hollywood?, The Women
  • August 12 – Lynne Carver, 38, American actress, Everybody Sing, Young Dr. Kildare
  • September 20 –
  • Robert Riskin, 58, American screenwriter, It Happened One Night, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
  • Noel M. Smith, 60, American director, Secret Service of the Air, Cattle Town
  • September 30 – James Dean, 24, American actor, Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden, automobile accident
  • October 1 – Charles Christie, 73, Canadian pioneer film studio owner
  • October 9 – Alice Joyce, 65, American actress, The Green Goddess, White Man
  • October 19 – John Hodiak, 41, American actor, Lifeboat, A Bell for Adano, heart attack
  • October 20 – Frank Darien, 79, American actor, The Grapes of Wrath, Under Fiesta Stars
  • November 9 – Tom Powers, 65, American actor, Double Indemnity, The Blue Dahlia
  • November 14 – Robert E. Sherwood, 59, American screenwriter, The Best Years of Our Lives, Rebecca
  • November 15 – Lloyd Bacon, 65, American director, The Oklahoma Kid, Knute Rockne, All American
  • November 22 – Shemp Howard, 60, American actor, comedian of The Three Stooges, The Bank Dick, Pittsburgh
  • November 27 – William Nigh, 74, American director, Mr. Wong, Detective, The Gay Cavalier
  • December 5 – Paul Harvey, 73, American actor, April in Paris, Calamity Jane
  • December 24 – Nana Bryant, 67, American actress, Public Enemies, Bathing Beauty

Film Debuts

Notes

References

  • List of 1955 films at IMDb
  • List of 1955 deaths at IMDb
  • List of 1955 births at IMDb