1980 in film

The following is an overview of events in 1980 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1980 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"

|+ Highest-grossing films of 1980

! Rank!! Title !! Distributor !! Box-office gross

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

| The Empire Strikes Back

| rowspan="2" | 20th Century Fox

| $209,398,025

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

|9 to 5

| $103,290,500

! style="text-align:center;"| 3

|Stir Crazy

| Columbia

| $101,300,000

! style="text-align:center;"| 4

|Airplane!

| Paramount

| $83,453,539

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

| Any Which Way You Can

| rowspan="2" | Warner Bros.

| $70,687,344

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

| Private Benjamin

| $69,847,348

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

| Coal Miner's Daughter

| rowspan="2" | Universal

| $67,182,787

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

| Smokey and the Bandit II

| $66,132,626

! style="text-align:center;"| 9

| The Blue Lagoon

| Columbia

| $58,853,106

! style="text-align:center;"| 10

| The Blues Brothers

| Universal

| $57,229,890

Worldwide gross revenue

The following table lists known worldwide gross revenue figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1980. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1980.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"

! Title !! Gross !! Source !! Country

| The Empire Strikes Back

| $538,375,067

| United States

| The Gods Must Be Crazy

| $200,000,000

| South Africa

|Airplane!

| $130,000,000

| rowspan="2" | United States

| The Blues Brothers

| $115,229,890

Events

April 29 – Sir Alfred Hitchcock, known as "The Master of Suspense", dies at his home in Bel Air, California, at the age of 80.
May 21 – The Empire Strikes Back is released and is the highest-grossing film of the year (just as its predecessor, Star Wars, was three years prior).
June 9 – Richard Pryor sets himself on fire while free-basing cocaine and drinking 151-proof rum. Pryor ran down his street in Northridge, California, until subdued by police.
June 20 – The Blues Brothers is released, and in addition to becoming one of the top-grossing films of the year, it also became the first feature film to be based on characters created on Saturday Night Live.
June 23 – Filming begins on George Lucas and Steven Spielberg's first Indiana Jones film Raiders of the Lost Ark.
November 4 – Former Screen Actors Guild president and film actor Ronald Reagan wins the 1980 United States presidential election in a landslide victory.
November 7- Legendary actor Steve McQueen dies at the age of 50 after surgery to remove tumours in his neck after previously been diagnosed with lung cancer.
November 19 – Heaven's Gate becomes one of the biggest box office bombs of all-time and its colossal failure bankrupts United Artists.
Allied Artists is sold to Lorimar Productions.

Context

Industry professionals predicted comedy films and upbeat entertainment to dominate theaters in 1980. This was a response to poor morale in a nation suffering through economic recession, which generally increased theatrical visits as audiences sought escapism and ignored romantic films and depictions of blue-collar life. The financial success and low cost of production cost of comedies such as Blazing Saddles (1974) and Animal House (1978), had further driven demand for comedies; Airplane!, The Blues Brothers, Caddyshack, and The Jerk, were all scheduled for release that year. The average cost of making films had risen to $6million which had reduced the number of films being made for niche audiences. Some studios continued to release a wide variety of films, hoping that few significant successes would compensate for other failures.

Awards

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! rowspan="2" style="width:20px;"| Category/Organization !! colspan="2" style="width:250px;"| 38th Golden Globe Awards January 31, 1981 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| 34th BAFTA Awards March 22, 1981 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| 53rd Academy Awards March 31, 1981

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

| Best Film || Ordinary People || Coal Miner's Daughter || The Elephant Man || Ordinary People

| Best Director || colspan="2" | Robert Redford Ordinary People || Akira Kurosawa Kagemusha || Robert Redford Ordinary People

| Best Actor || Robert De Niro Raging Bull || Ray Sharkey The Idolmaker || John Hurt The Elephant Man || Robert De Niro Raging Bull

| Best Actress || Mary Tyler Moore Ordinary People || Sissy Spacek Coal Miner's Daughter || Judy Davis My Brilliant Career || Sissy Spacek Coal Miner's Daughter

| Best Supporting Actor || colspan="2" | Timothy Hutton Ordinary People || N/A || Timothy Hutton Ordinary People

| Best Supporting Actress || colspan="2" | Mary Steenburgen Melvin and Howard || N/A || Mary Steenburgen Melvin and Howard

| Best Screenplay, Adapted || colspan="2" rowspan="2" | William Peter Blatty The Ninth Configuration || rowspan="2" | Jerzy Kosinski Being There || Alvin Sargent Ordinary People

| Best Screenplay, Original || Bo Goldman Melvin and Howard

| Best Original Score || colspan="2" | Dominic Frontiere The Stunt Man || John Williams The Empire Strikes Back || Michael Gore Fame

| Best Original Song || colspan="2" | "Fame" Fame || N/A || "Fame" Fame

| Best Foreign Language Film || colspan="2" | Tess || N/A || Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

| Best Documentary || N/A || N/A || N/A || From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

:All That Jazz, directed by Bob Fosse, United States

:Kagemusha, 影武者 (Shadow Warrior), directed by Akira Kurosawa, Japan

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

:Atlantic City, directed by Louis Malle, US / Canada / France

:Gloria, directed by John Cassavetes, United States

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

:Heartland, directed by Richard Pearce, United States

:Palermo or Wolfsburg (Palermo oder Wolfsburg), directed by Werner Schroeter, West Germany

People's Choice Award (Toronto International Film Festival):

:Bad Timing, directed by Nicolas Roeg, United Kingdom

Births

January 2 - David Gyasi, British actor
January 4
June Diane Raphael, American actress and comedian
D'Arcy Carden, American actress and comedian
Greg Cipes, voice actor
January 7
Hele Kõrve, Estonian actress and singer
Simon Woods, English actor and writer
January 8
Sam Riley, English actor and singer
January 10
Katie Dippold, American actress, writer and screenwriter
Sarah Shahi, American actress and former model
January 16 – Lin-Manuel Miranda, American singer-songwriter and actor
January 17 – Zooey Deschanel, American singer-songwriter and actress
January 18
Estelle, British singer, songwriter, record producer and actress
Jason Segel, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, singer, songwriter, author and producer
January 19 – Luke Macfarlane, American actor
January 21
Nana Mizuki, Japanese singer and voice actress
Kim Sharma, Indian actress
January 22 - Christopher Masterson, American actor
January 29 - Jason James Richter, American actor and musician
January 30 – Wilmer Valderrama, American actor
February 2 – Zhang Jingchu, Chinese actress
February 3 - Ben Turner, British-Iranian actor
February 6 - Ben Lawson, Australian actor
February 8
William Jackson Harper, American actor
Sinead Matthews, English actress
February 9 - Margarita Levieva, Russian-American actress
February 11 – Matthew Lawrence, American actor
February 12
Christina Ricci, American actress
Enver Gjokaj, American actor
Sarah Lancaster, American actress
February 14 – Michelle Ye, Hong Kong actress and producer
February 17 - Jason Ritter, American actor, voice actor and producer
February 21
Justin Roiland, American voice actor, animator, writer, and producer
Brendan Sexton III, American actor
February 25
Chris Knowings, American actor
Christy Knowings, American actress and comedian
Rashaan Nall, American writer, director, screenwriter and actor
February 26 - Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Icelandic actor
February 27 - Stephen Wight, English actor
February 28
Denise Gough, Irish actress
Charles Halford, American actor
February 29
Steven Cree, Scottish actor
Peter Scanavino, American actor
March 2 - Rebel Wilson, Australian actress, comedian, writer and producer
March 3
Meiling Melançon, American actress and screenwriter
Katherine Waterston, American actress
March 5 - Jessica Boehrs, German actress and singer
March 7
Laura Prepon, American actress
Mart Toome, Estonian actor
March 9 – Matthew Gray Gubler, American actor
March 13 - Nathan Phillips, Australian actor
March 17 - Katie Morgan, American pornographic actress
March 18 - Sophia Myles, English actress
March 20 - Mikey Day, American actor and comedian
March 23 - Itay Tiran, Israeli actor and director
March 25 - Tinsel Korey, Canadian actress and singer-songwriter
March 30 - Fiona Gubelmann, American actress
March 31
Christine Barger, American actress
Kate Micucci, American actress
Maaya Sakamoto, Japanese singer and voice actress
April 4 - Collette Wolfe, American actress
April 8
Carrie Savage, American voice actress
Katee Sackhoff, American actress
April 10 – Charlie Hunnam, British actor and screenwriter
April 11 - Julia Chantrey, Canadian actress
April 13
Colleen Clinkenbeard, American voice actress
Kelli Giddish, American actress
April 14
Tom Franco, American actor
Claire Coffee, American actress
April 15 - Arian Moayed, Iranian-born American actor, writer and director
April 17
Nicholas D'Agosto, American actor
Samantha Soule, American actress
April 21 - Hadley Fraser, English actor and singer
April 22 - Rodrigo Hilbert, Brazilian television presenter, actor, and former model
April 24 - Reagan Gomez-Preston, American actress
April 25
Daniel MacPherson, Australian actor and television presenter
Céline Sallette, French actress
April 26
Jordana Brewster, American actress
Anna Mucha, Polish actress
Marnette Patterson, American actress
Channing Tatum, American actor
Damien Dante Wayans, American actor, screenwriter, producer and director
April 30 - Sam Heughan, Scottish actor
May 2 - Ellie Kemper, American actress and comedian
May 5 - Zach McGowan, American actor
May 8
Jasen Fisher, American former child actor
Kimberlee Peterson, American actress
May 14 - Sérgio Guizé, Brazilian actor
May 18 - Matt Long, American actor
May 19 - Chris Jarvis, English actor
May 20 - Cauã Reymond, Brazilian actor
May 22
Nazanin Boniadi, British actress
Lucy Gordon, English actress and model (died 2009)
Evelin Võigemast, Estonian actress
May 23
D. J. Cotrona, American actor
Chris Gethard, American actor, comedian and writer
May 25 - Will Janowitz, American actor
May 27 - Ben Feldman, American actor and producer
May 28 - Kelly Fremon Craig, American screenwriter, producer and director
May 29 - Adam Brown, English actor and comedian
June 1 - Oliver James, English musician and former actor
June 3 - Billy Slaughter, American actor
June 10 - Jessica DiCicco, American film, television and voice actress
June 15 - Candace Brown, American actress and comedian
June 16 – Sibel Kekilli, German actress
June 18 - David Giuntoli, American actor
June 19
Neil Brown Jr., American actor
Lauren Lee Smith, Canadian actress
June 20 - Tika Sumpter, American actress, singer, producer, television host and model
June 21
Preeya Kalidas, British singer and actress
Wanuri Kahiu, Kenyan film director, producer, and author
June 22 - Javone Prince, British comedian and actor
June 23
Heath Freeman, American actor (died 2021)
Melissa Rauch, American actress and comedian
June 24 – Minka Kelly, American actress
June 26 - Jason Schwartzman, American actor, producer and musician
July 1 - Fortune Feimster, American comedian
July 3 – Olivia Munn, American actress
July 4 - Max Elliott Slade, American former child actor
July 6 – Eva Green, French actress
July 7 - Marika Domińczyk, Polish-American actress
July 10
James Rolfe, American filmmaker, actor, YouTuber and online personality
Jessica Simpson, American singer and actress
Thomas Ian Nicholas, American actor
Aaron Staton, American actor
July 12
Kristen Connolly, American actress
Mylène Jampanoï, French actress
Tom Price, Welsh actor and comedian
July 15 – Jasper Pääkkönen, Finnish actor and film producer
July 17 – Brett Goldstein, British actor and comedian
July 18 – Kristen Bell, American actress
July 19
Mark Webber, American actor, screenwriter and director
Chris Sullivan, American actor
July 27 - Ewen Leslie, Australian actor
July 29 - Rachel Miner, American actress
July 30 - April Bowlby, American actress
August 3
Hannah Simone, Canadian actress
Teuku Rifnu Wikana, Indonesian actor
August 5 - Sophie Winkleman, English actress
August 6
Monique Ganderton, Canadian stunt performer and actress
Rory Scovel, American actor and comedian
August 8 – Marisa Quintanilla, American actress
August 9 - Stephen Schneider, American actor
August 10
Pua Magasiva, New Zealand actor (died 2019)
August 11 - Merritt Wever, American actress
August 12 - Dominique Swain, American actress and producer
August 13 - Álex González, Spanish actor
August 14 - Adrienne C. Moore, American actress
August 15 - Natalie Press, English actress
August 18 – Preeti Jhangiani, Indian actress
August 19
Adam Campbell, English actor
Aaron Horvath, American animator, screenwriter, producer and director
August 20 - Corey Carrier, American former child actor
August 21 - John Brotherton, American actor
August 23 - Joanne Froggatt, English actress
August 25 – Jackie Tohn, American actress and singer
August 26
Macaulay Culkin, American actor
Chris Pine, American actor
August 31 - Leo Bill, English actor
September 1 - Lara Pulver, English actress
September 7
J. D. Pardo, American actor
Alex Hassell, English actor
September 9 – Michelle Williams, American actress
September 12 - Hiroyuki Sawano, Japanese music composer
September 13 – Ben Savage, American actor
September 13 – Cristiana Capotondi, Italian actress
September 18 - Charity Wakefield, English actress
September 19 - Benjamin Davies, Scottish actor
September 21
Kareena Kapoor, Indian actress
Autumn Reeser, American actress
September 25
T.I., American actor and rapper
Chris Owen, American actor
September 29
Zachary Levi, American actor and singer
Chrissy Metz, American actress
September 30 - Toni Trucks, American actress
October 1 - Sarah Drew, American actress
October 3 - Daniel DeSanto, Canadian actor and voice actor
October 4
Nick Mohammed, English actor, comedian and writer
Morgan Spector, American actor
October 6
David Alpay, Canadian actor, musician and producer
Jenny Wade, American actress
October 8
Nick Cannon, American comedian, rapper and television host
Nathan Head, British actor
October 14 – Ben Whishaw, English actor
October 18
Erin Dean, American former actress
Natasha Rothwell, American writer, actress and comedian
October 19 – Benjamin Salisbury, American actor
October 21
Kim Kardashian, American media personality, model and actress
Lino Musella, Italian actor
October 23 - Robert Belushi, American actor
October 24
Casey Wilson, American actress and comedian
Monica, American singer-songwriter, producer and actress
October 25 - Mehcad Brooks, American actor
October 28 - Wes Ball, American film director and artist
October 29 – Ben Foster, American actor
October 30 - Sarah Carter, Canadian actress
October 31
Samaire Armstrong, American actress
Eddie Kaye Thomas, American actor
November 1 - Dani Rovira, Spanish comedian and actor
November 2 - Kim So-yeon, South Korean actress
November 5 - Luke Hemsworth, Australian actor
November 8 - Brooke Lyons, American actress
November 9 - Vanessa Lachey, American actress, fashion model and television host
November 10 - Alberta Mayne, Canadian actress
November 12
Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor
Gustaf Skarsgård, Swedish actor
November 13 - Monique Coleman, American actress
November 17 - Stuart Stone, Canadian actor
November 18 - Mathew Baynton, English actor, writer, comedian, singer and musician
November 23 - Tannishtha Chatterjee, Indian actress and director
November 29 - Jason Griffith, American actor and voice actor
December 3
Anna Chlumsky, American actress
Jenna Dewan, American actress and dancer
December 5 - Jessica Paré, Canadian actress
December 8 - Juliette Danielle, American actress
December 9 – Simon Helberg, American actor and comedian
December 13 - Satoshi Tsumabuki, Japanese actor
December 15 - Yuri Kolokolnikov, Russian actor
December 16 - Michael Jibson, English actor, director, writer and voice over artist
December 18
Christina Aguilera, American singer, songwriter, actress and television personality
Neil Fingleton, English actor (died 2017)
Kirsty Strain, Scottish actress
December 19
Jake Gyllenhaal, American actor
Marla Sokoloff, American actress
December 22 - Chris Carmack, American actor
December 26 - Jared Van Snellenberg, American former actor
December 27 - Elizabeth Rodriguez, American actress
December 30 – Eliza Dushku, American actress
December 31 – Rosanne Mulholland, Brazilian actress

Deaths

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%;"

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

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

| rowspan=12 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| January

| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || Adolph Deutsch || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Composer, Arranger ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || Ivan Triesault || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| Estonia || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || Robert Ardrey || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || Barbara Britton || style="text-align:center;"| 59 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 18 || Cecil Beaton || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Costume Designer, Production Designer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || Iris Meredith || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || Leonard Strong || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 24 || Lil Dagover || style="text-align:center;"| 92 || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 24 || James Poe || style="text-align:center;"| 58 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || Peppino De Filippo || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || Erle C. Kenton || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 29 || Jimmy Durante || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Singer ||

| rowspan=9 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| February

| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || Romolo Valli || style="text-align:center;"| 54 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || Ray Heindorf || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Composer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 9 || Renée Houston || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 13 || David Janssen || style="text-align:center;"| 48 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || Jerry Fielding || style="text-align:center;"| 57 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Composer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || Ed Graves || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Art Director ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 18 || Gale Robbins || style="text-align:center;"| 58 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Singer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || Mario Mattoli || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || George Tobias || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| March

| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || Jay Silverheels || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 8 || Frank McDonald || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || Farciot Edouart || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Special Effects Artist ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || Philip W. Anderson || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Film Editor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || Steve Fisher || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || Dick Haymes || style="text-align:center;"| 61 || style="text-align:center;"| Argentina || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Singer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || David Sharpe || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Stuntman, Actor ||

| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| April

| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || Mary McCarty || style="text-align:center;"| 56 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 6 || John Collier || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 9 || Kathleen Burke || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 10 || Kay Medford || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 11 || Charlotte Henry || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || Tom Fadden || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 15 || Raymond Bailey || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || Alf Sjöberg || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| Sweden || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 19 || Tony Beckley || style="text-align:center;"| 50 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || Mario Bava || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || Cicely Courtneidge || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| Australia || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Singer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 29 || William Clemens || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 29 || Alfred Hitchcock || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

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

| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || Henry Levin || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || Gene Markey || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 2 || George Pal || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| Hungary || style="text-align:center;"| Producer, Director ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 4 || Kay Hammond || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 12 || Lillian Roth || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || Hugh Griffith || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 15 || Gordon E. Sawyer || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Sound Engineer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 16 || José Calvo || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| Spain || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 19 || Ray Rennahan || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || Ida Kamińska || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| Ukraine || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || Franz Bachelin || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Art Director ||

| rowspan=9 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| June

| style="text-align:center;"| 4 || Gloria Saunders || style="text-align:center;"| 52 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 12 || Milburn Stone || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 18 || Terence Fisher || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || Monang Carvajal || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| Philippines || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || John Laurie || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || Odile Versois || style="text-align:center;"| 50 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 24 || Boris Kaufman || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| Poland || style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || José Iturbi || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| Spain || style="text-align:center;"| Conductor, Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || Thomas Browne Henry || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| rowspan=8 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| July

| style="text-align:center;"| 6 || Frank Cordell || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Composer||

| style="text-align:center;"| 6 || Gail Patrick || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 7 || Reginald Gardiner || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 7 || Dore Schary || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer, Screenwriter, Executive ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 11 || Peggy Knudsen || style="text-align:center;"| 57 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 24 || Peter Sellers || style="text-align:center;"| 54 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || Charles McGraw || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 31 || Bobby Van || style="text-align:center;"| 51 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Dancer ||

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

| style="text-align:center;"| 1 || Strother Martin || style="text-align:center;"| 61 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 2 || Donald Ogden Stewart || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 9 || Elliot Nugent || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || Dorothy Stratten || style="text-align:center;"| 20 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || Harold Adamson || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Lyricist ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 24 || Yootha Joyce || style="text-align:center;"| 53 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || Gower Champion || style="text-align:center;"| 59 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Dancer, Director ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || Lester Dorr || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || Tex Avery || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Animator, Director ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 27 || Douglas Kenney || style="text-align:center;"| 33 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter ||

| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| September

| style="text-align:center;"| 3 || Barbara O'Neil || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 4 || Duncan Renaldo || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| Romania || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 5 || Barbara Loden || style="text-align:center;"| 48 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Director ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 12 || Lillian Randolph || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 17 || Michael Strong || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 19 || Sol Lesser || style="text-align:center;"| 90 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || Lewis Milestone || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| Moldova || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

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

| style="text-align:center;"| 6 || Hattie Jacques || style="text-align:center;"| 58 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 10 || Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas || style="text-align:center;"| 49 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || Leon Janney || style="text-align:center;"| 63 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| rowspan=15 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| November

| style="text-align:center;"| 4 || Noel Langley || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| South Africa || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 7 || Emilio Cigoli || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 7 || Steve McQueen || style="text-align:center;"| 50 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 9 || Carmel Myers || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 9 || Victor Sen Yung || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 14 || Nick Dennis || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 15 || Bill Lee || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Singer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 16 || Imogen Hassall || style="text-align:center;"| 38 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || Mae West || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Screenwriter ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 24 || Nancy Hsueh || style="text-align:center;"| 38 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 24 || George Raft || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || Conrad A. Nervig || style="text-align:center;"| 91 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Film Editor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 26 || Rachel Roberts || style="text-align:center;"| 53 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || Sarah Y. Mason || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 29 || Edith Evanson || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress ||

| rowspan=9 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| December

| style="text-align:center;"| 8 || John Lennon || style="text-align:center;"| 40 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Singer, Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 12 || Urie McCleary || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Art Director ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 16 || Peter Collinson || style="text-align:center;"| 44 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Director ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 20 || Ben Sharpsteen || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Producer ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 21 || Marc Connelly || style="text-align:center;"| 90 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Screenwriter ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 22 || Lesser Samuels || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 23 || Memmo Carotenuto || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 28 || Sam Levene || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor ||

| style="text-align:center;"| 31 || Raoul Walsh || style="text-align:center;"| 93 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Actor ||

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

Worldwide gross revenue

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Context

Awards

Births

Deaths

Film debuts

See also

By country/region

By genre/medium

Notes

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