1971 in film - WikiHQ

The year 1971 in film involved some significant events.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1971 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

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|+ Highest-grossing films of 1971

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

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

|Fiddler on the Roof

| United Artists

| $40,500,000

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

| Billy Jack

| Warner Bros.

| $32,500,000

! style="text-align:center;"| 5

| Diamonds Are Forever

| United Artists

| $19,727,000

May - The first permanent IMAX projection system begins showing at Ontario Place's "Cinesphere" in Toronto.
May 10 - Frank Yablans becomes President of Paramount Pictures.
Britain's National Film School begins operation at Beaconsfield Film Studios.

Awards

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! rowspan=2 width=200| Category/Organization !! colspan=2 width=250| 29th Golden Globe Awards February 6, 1972 !! rowspan=2 width=250| 25th BAFTA Awards February 26, 1972 !! rowspan=2 width=250| 44th Academy Awards April 10, 1972

! width=200| Drama !! width=200| Comedy or Musical

| Best Film || The French Connection || Fiddler on the Roof || Sunday Bloody Sunday|| The French Connection

| Best Director || colspan=2| William Friedkin The French Connection || John Schlesinger Sunday Bloody Sunday || William Friedkin The French Connection

| Best Actor || Gene Hackman The French Connection || Chaim Topol Fiddler on the Roof || Peter Finch Sunday Bloody Sunday || Gene Hackman The French Connection

| Best Actress || Jane Fonda Klute || Twiggy The Boy Friend || Glenda Jackson Sunday Bloody Sunday || Jane Fonda Klute

| Best Supporting Actor || colspan=2| Ben Johnson The Last Picture Show || Edward Fox (actor) The Go-Between || Ben Johnson The Last Picture Show

| Best Supporting Actress || colspan=2| Ann-Margret Carnal Knowledge || Margaret Leighton The Go-Between|| Cloris Leachman The Last Picture Show

| Best Screenplay, Original || rowspan=2 colspan=2| The Hospital Paddy Chayefsky || rowspan=2 | The Go-Between Harold Pinter ||The Hospital Paddy Chayefsky

| Best Screenplay, Adapted || The French Connection Ernest Tidyman

| Best Original Score || colspan="2" | Isaac Hayes Shaft || Michel Legrand Summer of '42 || Michel Legrand Summer of '42 John Williams Fiddler on the Roof

| Best Original Song || colspan="2" | "Life Is What You Make It" Kotch || N/A || "Theme from Shaft" Shaft

| Best Foreign Language Film || colspan="2" | The Policeman || N/A || The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

:The Go-Between, directed by Joseph Losey, United Kingdom

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

:The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini), directed by Vittorio De Sica, Italy / W. Germany

1971 films

By country/region

List of American films of 1971
List of Argentine films of 1971
List of Australian films of 1971
List of Bangladeshi films of 1971
List of British films of 1971
List of Canadian films of 1971
List of French films of 1971
List of Hong Kong films of 1971
List of Indian films of 1971
List of Hindi films of 1971
List of Kannada films of 1971
List of Malayalam films of 1971
List of Marathi films of 1971
List of Tamil films of 1971
List of Telugu films of 1971
List of Japanese films of 1971
List of Mexican films of 1971
List of Pakistani films of 1971
List of South Korean films of 1971
List of Soviet films of 1971
List of Spanish films of 1971

By genre/medium

List of action films of 1971
List of animated feature films of 1971
List of avant-garde films of 1971
List of comedy films of 1971
List of drama films of 1971
List of horror films of 1971
List of science fiction films of 1971
List of thriller films of 1971
List of western films of 1971

Births

January 2
Taye Diggs, American actor
Renée Elise Goldsberry, American actress and singer
January 3 - Sarah Alexander, English actress
January 7 - Jeremy Renner, American actor
January 11 - Mary J. Blige, American singer-songwriter and actress
January 13 - Caspar Phillipson, Danish actor and singer
January 14 - Jennifer Dundas, American actress
January 15 - Regina King, American actress
January 16 - Josh Evans, American filmmaker, screenwriter and actor
January 17 - Youki Kudoh, Japanese actress and singer
January 19 - Shawn Wayans, American actor, comedian, writer and producer
January 20 - Questlove, American musician, filmmaker and actor
January 21 - Dylan Kussman, American writer and actor
January 22 - Katie Finneran, American actress
January 23 - Diana Barrows, American actress, singer and dancer
January 24
Jonathan Aris, English actor
Stanislas Merhar, French actor
January 27
Karin Tammaru, Estonian actress
Fann Wong, Singaporean actress, singer and model
January 31
Darren Boyd, British actor
Patricia Velásquez, Venezuelan actress
February 1
Michael C. Hall, American actor
Jill Kelly, American pornographic actress
Liisa Repo-Martell, Canadian actress
Hynden Walch, American actress, voice actress, writer and singer
February 2 - Arly Jover, Spanish actress
February 3 - Elisa Donovan, American actress
February 4 - Rob Corddry, American actor and comedian
February 5 - Myndy Crist, American actress
February 6 - Brian Stepanek, American actor
February 11 - Damian Lewis, English actor
February 12 - Scott Menville, American actor
February 14
Kris Aquino, Filipino actress, television presenter and producer
Noriko Sakai, Japanese actress and singer
February 15
Alex Borstein, American actress
Renee O'Connor, American actress
February 17 - Denise Richards, American actress
February 18
E. Roger Mitchell, American actor
Hiep Thi Le, Vietnamese-American actress (d. 2017)
February 21 - Andréa Burns, American actress and singer
February 22 - Lea Salonga, Filipina actress, singer, and columnist
February 25 - Sean Astin, American actor
February 28 - Tasha Smith, American actor, director and producer
March 1
Ma Dong-seok, South Korean-born American actor
Teresa Gallagher, American-born British actress, voice actress and singer
March 2
Stefano Accorsi, Italian actor
Method Man, American actor and musician
Amber Smith, American actress
March 4 - Shavar Ross, American actor, director, screenwriter, producer and editor
March 5
Yuri Lowenthal, American voice actor
Scott Mosier, American producer, director and editor
March 7
Peter Sarsgaard, American actor
Matthew Vaughn, English filmmaker
March 10 - Jon Hamm, American actor
March 11 - Johnny Knoxville, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
March 13 - Annabeth Gish, American actress
March 15 - Chris Patton, American voice actor
March 16 - Alan Tudyk, American actor and voice actor
March 22
Iben Hjejle, Danish actress
Keegan-Michael Key, American actor, comedian, writer and producer
Will Yun Lee, American actor and martial artist
March 24 - Megyn Price, American actress
March 25 - Peter Shinkoda, Canadian actor
March 26 - Francis Lawrence, Austrian-born American filmmaker and producer
March 27 - Nathan Fillion, Canadian actor
March 29
Michael-Leon Wooley, American theatre, film, television and voice actor
Hidetoshi Nishijima, Japanese actor
March 31
Craig McCracken, American cartoonist, animator, director, writer and producer
Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor
April 1 - Lachy Hulme, Australian actor and screenwriter
April 5 - Krista Allen, American actress, model and stand-up comedian
April 7 - Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, American actress
April 12
Nicholas Brendon, American actor and writer (d. 2026)
Shannen Doherty, American actress (d. 2024)
April 15
Andy Daly, American actor, comedian and writer
Kate Harbour, English voice actress
April 16
Max Beesley, English actor and musician
Peter Billingsley, American actor, director and producer
April 18 - David Tennant, Scottish actor
April 19
Gad Elmaleh, Moroccan-Canadian stand-up comedian and actor
Desreta Jackson, Virgin Islander actress
Wendy Powell, American voice actress
April 22 - Eric Mabius, American actor
April 24
Anastasia Barzee, American actress
Stefania Rocca, Italian actress
April 28 - Bridget Moynahan, American actress
April 30 - Stephen Kunken, American actor
May 10
Adriano Giannini, Italian actor and voice actor
Leslie Stefanson, American actress
May 11 - Nicky Katt, American actor
May 12 - Steven Mond, Canadian former child actor
May 13 - Mido Hamada, Egyptian-German actor
May 14 - Sofia Coppola, American actress, writer, and director
May 17 - Randy Davison, American actor
May 22 - MC Eiht, American rapper and actor
May 23 - Laurel Holloman, American actress
May 25 - Justin Henry, American actor
May 26 - Matt Stone, American actor, creator of South Park
May 27
Paul Bettany, English actor
Lisa Lopes, American singer and actress (d. 2002)
May 30
Duncan Jones, British director, producer and screenwriter
Idina Menzel, American actress, singer and songwriter
John Ross Bowie, American actor and comedian
31 May - Jon Øigarden, Norwegian actor
June 2
Anthony Montgomery, American actor
Espen Sandberg, Norwegian director
June 4
James Callis, British actor
Noah Wyle, American actor
June 5
Susan Lynch, Northern Irish actress
Mark Wahlberg, American actor and musician
June 8
Kent Faulcon, American actor, director and writer
Mark Feuerstein, American actor
June 11 - Kenjiro Tsuda, Japanese actor
June 13 - Bryan Massey, American actor
June 14 - Sophiya Haque, English actress and singer (d. 2013)
June 15
Jake Busey, American actor
Taavi Eelmaa, Estonian actor
Daniel Lapaine, Australian actor
June 16
Eva Püssa, Estonian actress
Tupac Shakur, American actor and rapper (d. 1996)
June 18
Lisa Barbuscia, American model, singer and actress
Mara Hobel, American actress
June 20 - Josh Lucas, American actor
June 22 - Mary Lynn Rajskub, American actress and comedian
June 28
Benito Martinez, American actor
Aileen Quinn, American actress and singer
June 30
Tom Green, Canadian-American comedian, show host, actor and filmmaker
Monica Potter, American actress
July 1
Missy Elliott, American musician and actress
Melissa Peterman, American actress, television host and comedian
July 4
Kate Dickie, Scottish actress
Al Madrigal, American comedian, writer, actor and producer
July 7 - Christian Camargo, American actor, producer, writer and director
July 8 - Amanda Peterson, American actress (d. 2015)
July 9 - Scott Grimes, American actor and singer
July 15 - Jim Rash, American actor, comedian and filmmaker
July 16 - Corey Feldman, American actor
July 18 - Sarah McLeod, New Zealand actress
July 19
Kate Henshaw, Nigerian actress
Andres Puustusmaa, Estonian actor and director
July 20 - Sandra Oh, Canadian-American actress
July 21 - Charlotte Gainsbourg, French-British actress
July 24 - Patty Jenkins, American director, screenwriter and producer
July 25 - Miriam Shor, American actress
July 29 - Selena Tan, Singaporean actress, producer, director and writer
July 30 - Christine Taylor, American actress
July 31 - Eve Best, British actress
August 4
Stuart Beattie, Australian filmmaker
Yo-Yo, American rapper and actress
August 6 - Merrin Dungey, American actress
August 9
Mark Povinelli, American actor
Nikki Ziering, American model and actress
August 10
Luca Guadagnino, Italian director and producer
Justin Theroux, American actor
August 12
Rebecca Gayheart, American actress
Yvette Nicole Brown, American actress, comedian, writer and host
August 13
Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor and director
Heike Makatsch, German actress, voice actress and singer
Rolando Molina, Salvadoran actor
August 14
Raoul Bova, Italian actor
Scott Michael Campbell, American actor, writer, producer and director
August 17 - Oliver Robins, American actor, writer and director
August 18 - Jacob Vargas, Mexican-American actor
August 20
David Walliams, English comedian, actor, writer and television personality
Ke Huy Quan, American actor and stunt choreographer
August 21 - Kristi Angus, Canadian actress
August 22 - Richard Armitage, English actor and author
August 25 - Claire Rushbrook, English actress
August 29 - Carla Gugino, American actress
August 31 - Chris Tucker, American actor
September 1 - Maury Sterling, American actor
September 2 - Katt Williams, American actor and comedian
September 3 - Drena De Niro, American actress and filmmaker
September 8
David Arquette, American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter
Martin Freeman, English actor
September 9
Eric Stonestreet, American actor and comedian
Henry Thomas, American actor
September 14
Pat Healy, American actor
Kimberly Williams-Paisley, American actress
September 15
Josh Charles, American actor
Colleen O'Shaughnessey, American voice actress
September 16 - Amy Poehler, American actress
September 17
Felix Solis, American actor, director and producer
Ian Whyte, Welsh actor and stuntman
September 18 - Jada Pinkett Smith, American actress
September 19
Sanaa Lathan, American actress
Selene Luna, Mexican-American actress and comedian
September 21 - Luke Wilson, American actor
September 22 - Lawrence Gilliard Jr., American actor
September 27 - Amanda Detmer, American actress
September 28 - Matt Day, Australian actor and filmmaker
September 29 - Mackenzie Crook, English actor, comedian, director and writer
September 30 - Jenna Elfman, American actress
October 5
Matthew Maher, American actor
Samuel Vincent, Canadian voice actor and singer
October 6 - Emily Mortimer, English actress
October 10 - Amanda Ryan, English actress
October 11
Justin Lin, Taiwanese-American director
Trish Sie, American director
October 13
Sacha Baron Cohen, English actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer
Luis Tosar, Spanish actor and musician
October 17 - Andy Whitfield, Welsh actor (d. 2011)
October 20
Snoop Dogg, American rapper, songwriter, media personality and actor
Kenneth Choi, American actor
Rachel House, New Zealand actress and director
October 21 - Jennifer Lee, American screenwriter, film director and chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios
October 25 - Craig Robinson, American actor, comedian, musician and singer
October 26
Rosemarie DeWitt, American actress
Anthony Rapp, American actor and singer
Phil Johnston, American screenwriter, director, producer and voice actor
October 29 - Winona Ryder, American actress
November 2 - Meta Golding, Haitian-American actress
November 3
Piret Laurimaa, Estonian actress
Dylan Moran, Irish comedian, writer and actor
November 4 - Tabu, Indian actress
November 5 - Chris Addison, British comedian, writer, actor and director
November 9 - Jason Antoon, American actor
November 10 - Walton Goggins, American actor
November 11 - David DeLuise, American actor
November 13 - Noah Hathaway, American actor
November 14
Giovanni Cirfiera, Italian actor
Marco Leonardi, Italian actor
November 16 - Justine Clarke, Australian actress, singer, musician and television host
November 17 - David Ramsey, American actor, director and martial artist
November 18 - Goran Kostić, Serbian actor
November 20
Enrico Casarosa, Italian-American storyboard artist, director and writer
Joel McHale, American actor, comedian, writer, producer and television host
November 23
Lisa Arch, American actress and comedian
Chris Hardwick, American comedian, actor, television and podcast host, writer and producer
November 24 - Lior Raz, Israeli actor and screenwriter
November 25 - Christina Applegate, American actress
November 29 - Naoko Mori, Japanese actress
December 3
Joseph Gatt, English actor
Ola Rapace, Swedish actor
December 5
Mitch Silpa, American writer, actor and director
Kali Rocha, American actress
Dolly Wells, English actress and writer
December 6 - Katariina Unt, Estonian actress
December 7 - DeObia Oparei, English actor
December 9 - Emma Thomas, English producer
December 14 - Natascha McElhone, British actress
December 17
Sinan Akkuş, Turkish-German actor
Claire Forlani, English actress
December 18 - Claudia Gerini, Italian actress
December 21 - Glenn Fitzgerald, American actor
December 23 - Corey Haim, Canadian actor (d. 2010)
December 25
Patrick Baladi, English actor and musician
Ain Mäeots, Estonian actor, director and producer
December 26 - Jared Leto, American actor and musician
December 30 - Daniel Sunjata, American actor

Deaths

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|- style="background:#dae3e7; text-align:center;"

| Month || Date || Name || Age || Country || Profession || Notable films

|- valign="top"

| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| January

| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || Douglas Shearer || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Sound Engineer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || Fanfulla || style="text-align:center;"| 57 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 15 || John Dall || style="text-align:center;"| 52 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 20 || Broncho Billy Anderson || style="text-align:center;"| 90 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director, Writer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || Isobel Lennart || style="text-align:center;"| 55 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter ||

| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| February

| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || Jay C. Flippen || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || Frédéric Mariotti || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || Matt McHugh || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || Fernandel || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| rowspan=11 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| March

| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || Winnie Lightner || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 8 || Harold Lloyd || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;" | US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director, Writer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 8 || Borden Chase || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 12 || Roy Glenn || style="text-align:center;"| 56 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 12 || Tor Johnson || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| Sweden || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 15 || Bebe Daniels || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || Nan Wynn || style="text-align:center;"| 55 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Singer, Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || Nella Walker || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || Basil Dearden || style="text-align:center;"| 60 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || Selmer Jackson || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || Werner Peters || style="text-align:center;"| 52 || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| April

| style="text-align:center;"| 9 || Paulette Noizeux || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 20 || Cecil Parker || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || Edmund Lowe || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || John Tansey || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director ||

| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| May

| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || Glenda Farrell || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || John Longden || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || Chips Rafferty || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| Australia || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || Audie Murphy || style="text-align:center;"| 45 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| June

| style="text-align:center;"| 8 || Piero Gherardi || style="text-align:center;"| 61 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Production, Costume Designer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 9 || Harold Lloyd Jr. || style="text-align:center;"| 40 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 10 || Michael Rennie || style="text-align:center;"| 61 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || Kenneth Macpherson || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| Scotland-Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Film-maker ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 18 || Thomas Gomez || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| July

| style="text-align:center;"| 6 || Louis Armstrong || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Musician ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 11 || Carleton G. Young || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || Cliff Edwards || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Singer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 19 || Norman Reilly Raine || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || Van Heflin || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 24|| Christl Mardayn || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| Austria || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Singer ||

| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| August

| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || Ernst Eklund || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| Sweden || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 15 || Paul Lukas || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| Hungary || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 16 || Spyros Skouras || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| Greece || style="text-align:center;"| Producer, Studio Executive ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || Horace McMahon || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| September

| style="text-align:center;"| 7 || Spring Byington || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 10 || Pier Angeli || style="text-align:center;"| 39 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 11 || Bella Darvi || style="text-align:center;"| 42 || style="text-align:center;"| Poland || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| October

| style="text-align:center;"| 11 || Chester Conklin || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 12 || Fritz Achterberg || style="text-align:center;"| 90 || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 13 || Phoebe Ephron || style="text-align:center;"| 57 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 19 || Betty Bronson || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 24 || Cheryl Walker || style="text-align:center;"| 53 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || Vincent Coleman || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| November

| style="text-align:center;"| 2 || Martha Vickers || style="text-align:center;"| 46 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 4 || Ann Pennington || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || Gladys Cooper || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;| 17 || Fania Marinoff || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 19 || Stuart Gilmore || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Editor, Director ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || Bengt Ekerot || style="text-align:center;"| 51 || style="text-align:center;"| Sweden || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| rowspan=10 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| December

| style="text-align:center;"| 12 || Frank Wolff || style="text-align:center;"| 43 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 13 || Dita Parlo || style="text-align:center;"| 63 || style="text-align:center;"| Poland || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 18 || Diana Lynn || style="text-align:center;"| 45 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || Robert Lowery || style="text-align:center;"| 58 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || Max Steiner || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| Austria || style="text-align:center;"| Composer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || Burt Gillett || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 29 || Stuart Holmes || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || Dorothy Comingore || style="text-align:center;"| 58 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 31 || Marin Sais || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 31 || Lucien Hubbard || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer, screenwriter ||

Film debuts

References

External links

List of 1971 films at IMDb
List of 1971 deaths at IMDb
List of 1971 births at IMDb