Overview of the events of 1969 in film
The year1969 in film involved some significant events, withButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Midnight Cowboy Academy Award for Best Picture.United Artists would celebrate their 50th anniversary.
[ edit ] The top ten 1969 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1969 Rank Title Distributor Domestic rentals 1 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 20th Century Fox $29,200,000[ 1] 2 The Love Bug Buena Vista $21,000,000[ 1] 3 Midnight Cowboy United Artists $20,500,000[ 2] 4 Easy Rider Columbia $16,900,000[ 1] 5 Hello, Dolly! 20th Century Fox $15,000,000[ 1] 6 Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice Columbia $14,600,000[ 1] 7 Paint Your Wagon Paramount $14,500,000[ 1] 8 True Grit $14,300,000[ 1] 9 A Boy Named Charlie Brown National General Pictures $12,000,000[ 1] 10 Cactus Flower Columbia $11,900,000[ 1]
January 14 -Louis F. Polk Jr. becomes president andCEO ofMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer February 23 -Madhubala dies due to acongenital heart disease , at age 36.June 22 - American singer and actressJudy Garland dies at age 47 of an accidentalbarbiturate overdose in London.July 8 -Kinney National Services Inc. acquire substantially all of the assets ofWarner Bros.-Seven Arts .July 13 -Al Pacino 's film debut (Me, Natalie Summer - Last year for prize giving at theVenice Film Festival until it is revived in 1980. From 1969 to 1979, the festival is non-competitive. August 8 -Kirk Kerkorian buys 24% ofMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer , becoming the biggest shareholder.August 9 -Tate murders :Sharon Tate , the 26-year-old pregnant actress, model andRoman Polanski 's wife, is murdered byCharles Manson 's "Family " at10050 Cielo Drive inBeverly Hills, California , aside three friends and an unrelated man.August 29 -The Color of Pomegranates now regarded as a landmark in film historySeptember 20 -Injun Trouble was released, becoming the final entry ofMerrie Melodies before Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Animation was shut down.November 10 -Elvis Presley 's film career ends with the release ofChange of Habit Jack and Jill: A Postscript Australian Film Institute Award .Category/Organization 27th Golden Globe Awards 23rd BAFTA Awards 42nd Academy Awards Drama Musical or Comedy Best Film Anne of the Thousand Days The Secret of Santa Vittoria Midnight Cowboy Best Director Charles Jarrott Anne of the Thousand Days John Schlesinger Midnight Cowboy Best Actor John Wayne True Grit Peter O'Toole Goodbye, Mr. Chips Dustin Hoffman John and Mary Midnight Cowboy John Wayne True Grit Best Actress Genevieve Bujold Anne of the Thousand Days Patty Duke Me, Natalie Maggie Smith The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Best Supporting Actor Gig Young They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Laurence Olivier Oh! What a Lovely War Gig Young They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Best Supporting Actress Goldie Hawn Cactus Flower Celia Johnson The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Goldie Hawn Cactus Flower Best Screenplay, Adapted Bridget Boland , John Hale and Richard SokoloveAnne of the Thousand Days Waldo Salt Midnight Cowboy Waldo Salt Midnight Cowboy Best Screenplay, Original William Goldman Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Best Original Score Burt Bacharach Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid N/A Burt Bacharach Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Lennie Hayton andLionel Newman Hello, Dolly! Best Original Song "Jean "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie N/A "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Best Foreign Language Film Z N/A Z
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Rani Radovi Early Works ), directed byŽelimir Žilnik , YugoslaviaJanuary 1 January 2 January 3 -John Ales , American actor January 5 -Shea Whigham , American actor January 6 -Norman Reedus , American actor January 8 -Ami Dolenz , American former actress January 11 -Kyle Richards , American actress January 14 –Jason Bateman , American actor January 15 -Meret Becker , German actress and singer January 17 –James Waterston , American actor January 18 –Dave Bautista , American actor and former professional wrestler January 20 -Reno Wilson , American actor January 21 January 22 January 23 -Stephanie Romanov , American actress January 27 –Patton Oswalt , American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, and writer January 28 -Kathryn Morris , American actress January 29 -Sam Trammell , American actor February 3 -Shane Rangi , New Zealand actor February 4 -Brandy Ledford , American actress and model February 5 February 6 February 8 February 11 February 12 -Darren Aronofsky , American director, producer and screenwriter February 13 February 15 -James Riordan , American actor February 21 -Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor , American actress February 22 -Thomas Jane , American actor February 26 -Steve Agee , American comedian, actor, writer and musician February 28 -Robert Sean Leonard , American actor March 1 –Javier Bardem , Spanish actor March 6 March 8 -Don Hall , American director, voice actor and writer March 10 March 11 –Terrence Howard , American actor March 13 -Ross Harris , American former actor March 15 -Kim Raver , American actress and producer March 16 -Judah Friedlander , American actor and comedian March 17 -Patrick Van Horn , American actor March 19 -Connor Trinneer , American actor March 21 -Allen Coulter , American director March 22 -Andreas Pietschmann , German actor March 23 -Richard Cadell , Illusionist, puppeteer and screenwriter March 27 -Kevin Corrigan , American character actor March 28 -Brett Ratner , American director and producer March 31 -Eijiro Ozaki , Japanese actor April 2 –Ajay Devgan , Indian actor April 3 –Ben Mendelsohn , Australian actor April 6 –Paul Rudd , American actor April 21 April 23 –Byron Thames , American actor April 24 -Rory McCann , Scottish actor April 25 April 29 May 1 –Wes Anderson , American director May 2 -Karel Dobrý , Czech actor May 9 -Joe Carnahan , American director, screenwriter, producer and actor May 10 -Lenny Venito , American actor May 12 -Kim Fields , American actress and director May 14 –Cate Blanchett , Australian actress May 15 -Kirk DeMicco , American filmmaker May 16 –David Boreanaz , American actor, television producer and director May 22 -Michael Kelly , American actor May 24 –Carl Anthony Payne II , American actor May 25 –Anne Heche , American actress (d.2022 ) May 27 -Glenn Ficarra , American screenwriter, director and producer May 28 -Justin Kirk , American actor June 1 –Teri Polo , American actress June 2 -Ol Parker , English director, producer and screenwriter June 3 -Tate Taylor , American filmmaker and actor June 4 June 6 -Nina Sosanya , English actress and narrator June 7 June 8 -J. P. Manoux , American actor, director and writer June 9 -Josh Hamilton , American actor June 11 –Peter Dinklage , American actor June 12 -Andrew Howard , Welsh actor June 13 -Laura Kightlinger , American actress, writer and comedian June 15 June 16 -Karina Arroyave , Colombian-American actress June 18 -Ella Kenion , English comedy actress June 19 -Sean Anders , American director and screenwriter June 21 -Lloyd Avery II , American actor (d.2005 ) June 23 -Martin Klebba , American character actor and stunt performer June 24 -Jensen Daggett , American actress June 28 June 29 -Aleks Paunovic , Canadian actor July 2 -John Emmet Tracy , American-Canadian actor July 3 July 4 -Charles Paraventi , American-born Brazilian actor July 5 -RZA , American rapper, actor and filmmaker July 6 -Brian Van Holt , American actor July 7 -Cree Summer , American-Canadian actress, voice actress and singer July 8 -Rachael Lillis , American voice actress and screenwriter (d.2024 ) July 10 July 13 -Ken Jeong , American stand-up comedian, actor and producer July 17 July 20 -Josh Holloway , American actor July 21 –Godfrey , American actor, comedian July 22 –James Arnold Taylor , American actor, writer and producer July 24 July 25 -Dave B. Mitchell , American voice actor July 28 July 30 -Simon Baker , Australian actor July 31 August 4 –Vlad Ivanov , Romanian actor August 5 August 6 -Chris Edgerly , American voice actor, comedian and singer August 8 -Chris Beetem , American actor August 11 -Ashley Jensen , Scottish actress August 12 -Nev Fountain , English writer August 15 -Kimberley Kates , American actress and producer August 16 August 17 -Donnie Wahlberg , American singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and producer August 18 August 19 August 20 -Billy Gardell , American actor and stand-up comedian August 21 -Nathan Jones , Australian actor and former professional wrestler August 24 -Pierfrancesco Favino , Italian actor and producer August 27 August 28 August 31 -Jonathan LaPaglia , Australian actor September 3 September 4 -Noah Taylor , Australian actor September 6 -Trina McGee , American actress September 7 -Angie Everhart , American actress September 13 September 14Bong Joon-ho , Korean director and screenwriterOscar Kightley , Samoan-born New Zealand actor, television presenter, writer, director and comedian September 20 -Victoria Dillard , American former actress September 21 -Ivan Shvedoff , Russian actor September 22 -Sue Perkins , English actress, broadcaster, comedian, presenter and writer September 23 September 25 –Catherine Zeta-Jones , Welsh actress September 26 -David Slade , British director and actor September 29 –Erika Eleniak , American actress September 30 October 1 –Zach Galifianakis , American actor October 2 -Dragomir Mrsic , Serbian-Swedish actor October 3 –Gwen Stefani , American singer, songwriter and actress October 4 October 6 -Rob Campbell , American actor October 7 -Bobbie Brown , American actress October 8 October 9 –Steve McQueen , English director October 10 October 11 -Stephen Moyer , English actor and director October 15 –Dominic West , English actor October 16 -Terri J. Vaughn , American actress, director and producer October 17 October 19 October 22 -Spike Jonze , American director, producer, screenwriter and actor October 25 -Nika Futterman , American actress, voice actress and singer October 26 -Robert Maillet , Canadian actor and former professional wrestler October 27 -Peter O'Meara , Irish actor October 31 -David Coburn , American actor November 4 November 8 November 10 November 13 –Gerard Butler , Scottish actor[ 3] November 19 -Erika Alexander , American actress, writer and producer November 20 -Callie Thorne , American actress November 21 -John Ortiz , American actor November 27 November 28 November 30 December 5 -Eric Etebari , Iranian-American actor December 7 -Patrice O'Neal , American stand-up comedian, actor and radio personality (d.2011 ) December 9 -Allison Smith , American actress, singer, writer and director December 10 -Stephen Billington , English actor December 11 -Max Martini , American actor, writer and director December 13 -Tony Curran , Scottish actor December 14 December 15 December 19 –Kristy Swanson , American actress December 20 -Brian O'Halloran , American actor, producer and podcaster December 21 –Julie Delpy , French actress December 24 -Sean Cameron Michael , South African actor, writer and singer December 27 -Sarah Vowell , American actress December 29 December 30 -Meredith Monroe , American actress January 1 –Barton MacLane , 66, American actor,The Maltese Falcon The Treasure of the Sierra Madre [ 4] January 3 –Howard McNear , 63, American actor,Anatomy of a Murder Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Blue Hawaii Follow That Dream [ 5] [ 6] January 4 –Violet andDaisy Hilton , 60, Englishconjoined twins , actresses, appeared in filmFreaks January 8 –Leslie Goodwins , 69, English director,The Mummy's Curse Mexican Spitfire January 27 –Charles Winninger , 84, American actor,Destry Rides Again The Sun Shines Bright February 2 –Boris Karloff , 81, English actor,Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Frankenstein The Mummy The Raven February 5 –Thelma Ritter , 66, American actress,Rear Window All About Eve February 9 –Gabby Hayes , 83, American actor,The Man from Utah In Old Oklahoma February 11 –James Lanphier , 48, American actor,The Pink Panther The Party February 19 -Madge Blake , 69, American actress,The Long, Long Trailer Batman February 23 -Madhubala , 36, Indian actress,Mahal Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi Mughal-E-Azam February 27 –John Boles , 73, American actor,Frankenstein Stella Dallas March 18 –Barbara Bates , 43, American actress,The Caddy All About Eve March 19 –Lola Braccini , 79, Italian actress,My Little One What a Distinguished Family March 25 –Alan Mowbray , 72, British actor,Terror by Night My Darling Clementine April 2 –Fortunio Bonanova , 74, Spanish actor,Citizen Kane An Affair to Remember April 23 –Krzysztof Komeda , 37, Polish composer,Rosemary's Baby The Fearless Vampire Killers May 3 –Karl Freund , 69, Czech-American cinematographer and director,Metropolis The Mummy Key Largo May 24 May 27 –Jeffrey Hunter , 42, American actor,The Searchers King of Kings June 2 –Leo Gorcey , 51, American actor,Ghost Chasers Spook Busters June 8 –Robert Taylor , 57, American actor,Quo Vadis Camille Bataan Ivanhoe June 10 –Frank Lawton , 64, English actor,A Night to Remember The Devil-Doll June 13 –Martita Hunt , 70, Argentine-English actress,Becket Great Expectations June 19 –Natalie Talmadge , 73, American silent screen actress,Our Hospitality Intolerance June 20 –Rudolf Schwarzkogler , 29, Austrian experimental filmmaker,Satisfaction June 22 –Judy Garland , 47, American actress and singer,The Wizard of Oz Gay Purr-ee A Star Is Born [ 7] June 23 –Stanley Andrews , 77, American actor,West of Wyoming Across the Badlands Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders July 5 -Lambert Hillyer , 75, American director,Dracula's Daughter Batman July 5 –Leo McCarey , 72, American director,An Affair to Remember Going My Way July 7 -Erskine Sanford , 83, American actor,Citizen Kane The Magnificent Ambersons July 8 –Gladys Swarthout , 68, American singer,Romance in the Dark Give Us This Night July 13 -Bess Meredyth , 79, American screenwriter,The Unsuspected Charlie Chan at the Opera July 15 -Peter van Eyck , 57, Polish actor,The Wages of Fear The Spy Who Came in from the Cold July 17 -Harry Benham , 85, American actor,Nicholas Nickleby July 18 -Barbara Pepper , 54, American actress,The Rogues Tavern Kiss Me, Stupid [ 8] July 26Andrés Soler , 70, Mexican actor,A Day with the Devil The Great Madcap Raymond Walburn , 81, American actor,High, Wide, and Handsome Third Finger, Left Hand August 1 –Donald Keith , 65, American actor,The Plastic Age Parisian Love August 9 –Sharon Tate , 26, American actress,The Fearless Vampire Killers Valley of the Dolls August 14 –Sigrid Gurie , 58, American actress,Algiers The Adventures of Marco Polo August 15 –William Goetz , 66, American producer, studio executive,Sayonara Les Misérables August 18 –Mildred Davis , 68, American actress,Safety Last! ,Grandma’s Boy August 26 –Martin Miller , 69, Czech actor,55 Days at Peking The Pink Panther September 14 –James Anderson , 48, American actor,To Kill a Mockingbird Take the Money and Run September 19 –Rex Ingram , 73, American actor,The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Thief of Bagdad October 8 –Eduardo Ciannelli , 81, Italian actor,Gunga Din Strange Cargo October 12 –Sonja Henie , 57, Norwegian actress, formerOlympic ice skater,Sun Valley Serenade One in a Million October 15 –Rod La Rocque , 70, American actor,Meet John Doe The Shadow Strikes [ 9] October 28 –Constance Dowling , 49, American actress,Up in Arms The Well-Groomed Bride November 5 –Lloyd Corrigan , 69, American actor,Son of Paleface The Thin Man Goes Home November 8 –Dave O'Brien , 57, American actor,Captain Midnight Brand of the Devil December 3 –Ruth White , 55, American actress,To Kill a Mockingbird No Way to Treat a Lady December 7 –Eric Portman , 68, British actor,A Canterbury Tale The Bedford Incident December 13 –Luigi Pavese , 72, Italian actor,Toto in Color Il Mattatore December 22 ^a b c d e f g h i Finler, Joel Waldo (2003).The Hollywood Story . 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