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Overview of the events of 1981 in film

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The following is an overview of events in1981 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

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The top ten films released in 1981 by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1981^[1]
Rank	Title	Distributor	Box-office gross
1	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Paramount	$212,222,025
2	On Golden Pond	Universal	$119,285,432
3	Superman II	Warner Bros.	$108,185,706
4	Arthur	Warner Bros.	$95,461,682
5	Stripes	Columbia	$85,297,000
6	The Cannonball Run	20th Century Fox	$72,179,579
7	Chariots of Fire	Warner Bros. /20th Century Fox	$58,972,904
8	For Your Eyes Only	United Artists	$54,812,802
9	The Four Seasons	Universal	$50,427,646
10	Time Bandits	Embassy	$42,365,581

Events

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January 20 – FormerGovernor of California andfilm actor Ronald Reagan isinaugurated president.
March 30 – The53rd Academy Awards are postponed due to theattempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan earlier that day. They are held the following day with a message from thePresident recorded for the ceremony prior to the assassination attempt.
May 16 –Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrentUnited Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movieHeaven's Gate, a major factor in the decision of ownerTransamerica to sell it.
June 8 –Marvin Davis acquires20th Century Fox for $720 million.
June 12 –Raiders of the Lost Ark is released byParamount Pictures. It became Paramount's highest-grossing film of all time and set a major standard for many action-adventure movies to date and spawned four sequels.
August 21 –An American Werewolf in London is released and becomes a landmark in Visual Effects and Makeup.
October 1 – MGM president and chief operating officerDavid Begelman becomes chairman and chief executive officer of United Artists.
November 1 –United International Pictures is created to handle international distribution of films forUnited Artists,MGM,Universal Pictures andParamount Pictures to replaceCinema International Corporation following MGM's acquisition of UA.
November 25 –Norman Lear and his partnerJerry Perenchio agree to buyAvco Embassy for $25 million.
November 29 – ActressNatalie Wood drowns in a boating accident offSanta Catalina Island.

Awards

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Category/Organization	39th Golden Globe Awards January 30, 1982		35th BAFTA Awards March 18, 1982	54th Academy Awards March 29, 1982
Category/Organization	Drama	Musical or Comedy	35th BAFTA Awards March 18, 1982	54th Academy Awards March 29, 1982
Best Film	On Golden Pond	Arthur	Chariots of Fire
Best Director	Warren Beatty Reds		Louis Malle Atlantic City	Warren Beatty Reds
Best Actor	Henry Fonda On Golden Pond	Dudley Moore Arthur	Burt Lancaster Atlantic City	Henry Fonda On Golden Pond
Best Actress	Meryl Streep The French Lieutenant's Woman	Bernadette Peters Pennies from Heaven	Meryl Streep The French Lieutenant's Woman	Katharine Hepburn On Golden Pond
Best Supporting Actor	John Gielgud Arthur		Ian Holm Chariots of Fire	John Gielgud Arthur
Best Supporting Actress	Joan Hackett Only When I Laugh		N/A	Maureen Stapleton Reds
Best Screenplay, Adapted	Ernest Thompson On Golden Pond		Bill Forsyth Gregory's Girl	Ernest Thompson On Golden Pond
Best Screenplay, Original	Ernest Thompson On Golden Pond		Bill Forsyth Gregory's Girl	Colin Welland Chariots of Fire
Best Original Score	N/A		Carl Davis The French Lieutenant's Woman	Vangelis Chariots of Fire
Best Original Song	"Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" Arthur		N/A	"Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" Arthur
Best Foreign Language Film	Chariots of Fire		N/A	Mephisto

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Man of Iron (Człowiek z żelaza), directed byAndrzej Wajda, Poland

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Marianne and Juliane (Die Bleierne Zeit), directed byMargarethe von Trotta, W. Germany

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Faster, Faster (Deprisa, deprisa /Vivre vite), directed byCarlos Saura, Spain / France

1981 films

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By country/region

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By genre/medium

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Births

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January 1
- Jonas Armstrong, Irish-English actor
- Eden Riegel, American actress
January 6
- Betty Gabriel, American actress
- Rinko Kikuchi, Japanese actress and director
- Jérémie Renier, Belgian actor
January 8 –Genevieve Cortese, American actress
January 15 -Pitbull, American rapper and actor
January 17
- Scott Mechlowicz, American actor
- Diogo Morgado, Portuguese actor
January 18 -Antje Traue, German actress
January 19 -Elizabeth Tulloch, American actress
January 20
- Daniel Cudmore, Canadian actor
- Crystal Lowe, Canadian actress and director
January 21
- Amanda Aday, American actress
- Izabella Miko, Polish actress and dancer
- David F. Sandberg, Swedish filmmaker
January 22
- O. T. Fagbenle, British actor, writer and director
- Willa Ford, American singer, songwriter, model, television personality and actress
- Beverley Mitchell, American actress
January 23 -Julia Jones, American actress
January 24 –Carrie Coon, American actress
January 25 -Charlie Bewley, English actor and producer
January 28
- Gen Hoshino, Japanese actor and singer
- Elijah Wood, American actor
January 29 -Tenoch Huerta, Mexican actor
January 30 –Chieko Higuchi, Japanese voice actress
January 31 –Justin Timberlake, American singer and actor
February 2 -Emily Rose, American actress
February 5
- Lee Eon, South Korean actor and model (d.2008)
- Sara Foster, American actress
- Nora Zehetner, American actress
February 7 -James Snyder, American actor and singer
February 8
- Dawn Olivieri, American actress
- Jim Parrack, American actor
February 9 –Tom Hiddleston, English actor
February 10
- Uzo Aduba, American actress
- Stephanie Beatriz, Argentine actress
February 11
- Sonia Rolland, French-Rwandan actress
- Kelly Rowland, American singer and actress
February 12
- Jesse Hutch, Canadian actor
- Lauri Lagle, Estonian actor, director and screenwriter
February 14 -Patrick Heusinger, American actor
February 17 –
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor
- Paris Hilton, American media personality, singer and actress
February 19
- Beth Ditto, American singer-songwriter
- Ethan Rains, Iranian-American actor
February 20 -Majandra Delfino, American actress and singer
February 22 –Elodie Yung, French actress
February 23
- Josh Gad, American actor and comedian
- Mai Nakahara, Japanese voice actress^[2]
February 25 -Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Mexican actor
February 26 -Demetrius Grosse, American actor and producer
February 27 -Josh Groban, American singer-songwriter and actor
March 2
- Amos Crawley, Canadian actor
- Bryce Dallas Howard, American actress
March 3
- Austin Highsmith Garces, American actress
- Eugene, South Korean actress and singer
March 5 -Hanna Alström, Swedish actress
March 6 –Ellen Muth, American actress
March 7 –Mona Fastvold, Norwegian filmmaker and actress
March 11
- David Anders, American actor
- Matthias Schweighöfer, German actor and filmmaker
March 17 -Nicky Jam, American singer and actor
March 18 -Chris Geere, English actor
March 20 -Jake Hoffman, American actor and writer
March 21 -Rini Bell, American actress
March 22 -Tiffany Dupont, American actress
March 23 -Luciana Carro, Canadian actress
March 24 -Philip Winchester, American actor
March 27 -Quim Gutiérrez, Spanish actor
March 28 –Julia Stiles, American actress
March 29
- Alexander Fehling, German actor
- Alain Moussi, Canadian-Gabonese actor and stuntman
March 30 -Katy Mixon, American actress
March 31 –Ryōko Shintani, Japanese voice actress
April 1 -Hannah Spearritt, English actress and singer
April 6
- Eliza Coupe, American actress and comedian
- Niko Nicotera, German-born American actor
April 8 -Taylor Kitsch, Canadian actor and model
April 9 -Moran Atias, Israeli actress
April 10
- Laura Bell Bundy, American actress
- Harry Hadden-Paton, British actor
- Michael Pitt, American actor
April 13 –Courtney Peldon, American actress
April 16 -Russell Harvard, American actor
April 17 -Charlie Hofheimer, American actor
April 19
- Hayden Christensen, Canadian actor
- Catalina Sandino Moreno, Colombian actress
April 23 –Gemma Whelan, English actress
April 24 -Sasha Barrese, American actress
April 26
- Mariana Ximenes, Brazilian actress
- Luke Ford, Canadian-Australian actor
- Amit Shah, English actor
April 28
- Jessica Alba, American actress
- Toby Leonard Moore, Australian actor
- Catherine Reitman, Canadian-American actress, producer and writer
April 29 -Alex Vincent, American actor and writer
April 30
- Kunal Nayyar, British actor
- Emma Pierson, English actress
- Rose Rollins, American actress
May 2 –Rina Satō, Japanese voice actress
May 3 –Natalie Tong, Hong Kong actress and model
May 4 -Angel Oquendo, American actor
May 5
- Danielle Fishel, American actress
- Farid Kamil, Malaysian actor and film director
May 10 – Qurrat Ann Kadwani, American actress
May 11
- JP Karliak, American actor, voice actor and comedian
- Austin O'Brien, American actor
May 12 –Rami Malek, American actor
May 13 -Ryan Piers Williams, American actor, director and writer
May 15 –Jamie-Lynn Sigler, American actress
May 16 -Joseph Morgan, English actor
May 18 -Allen Leech, Irish actor
May 21 -Belladonna, American actress, director and producer
May 28 –Laura Bailey, American voice actress
May 29
- Justin Chon, American actor, director and YouTube personality
- Anders Holm, American actor, comedian, writer and producer
June 1
- Johnny Pemberton, American actor, comedian and podcaster
- Amy Schumer, American comedian and actress
June 4 –T.J. Miller, American actor, stand-up comedian, producer and writer
June 7 –Larisa Oleynik, American actress
June 9 –Natalie Portman, Israeli-American actress
June 10 –Jonathan Bennett, American actor
June 12
- Jeremy Howard, American actor
- Malachi Pearson, American actor
June 13 –Chris Evans, American actor
June 14 –Chauncey Leopardi, American actor
June 20 –Alisan Porter, American former actress
June 23 -Joe Taslim, Indonesian actor and martial artist
June 26 -Jimmy Ray Bennett, American actor
June 28 -Jon Watts, American filmmaker
June 30
- Tom Burke, English actor
- Anna Slotky, American former actress
July 1 -Amanda Lucas, American retired professional mixed martial artist and actress
July 3 -Rebecca Honig, American voice actress
July 4 -Tahar Rahim, French actor
July 5 -Ryan Hansen, American actor and comedian
July 13
- Fran Kranz, American actor and director
- Michael Mando, Canadian actor
July 17 -Michiel Huisman, Dutch actor
July 21
- Davide Perino, Italian actor and voice actor
- Romeo Santos, American singer-songwriter and actor
July 22 -Josh Lawson, Australian actor and filmmaker
July 23 -Raphaël Personnaz, French actor
July 24
- Mohammed Amer, Palestinian-American stand-up comedian and actor
- Summer Glau, American actress
- Sheaun McKinney, American actor
- Lauren Miller Rogen, American actress, comedian, screenwriter and director
July 28 -Neil Casey, American actor, writer and comedian
July 30 –Lisa Wilhoit, American actress
July 31 -Eric Lively, American former actor
August 1 –Taylor Fry, American former child actress
August 3 –Travis Willingham, American voice actor
August 4
- Marques Houston, American singer and actor
- Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, American former actress and model
- Valerie LaPointe, American storyboard artist and director
- Abigail Spencer, American actress
August 5 -Jesse Williams, American actor, director and producer
August 6 –Leslie Odom Jr., American actor
August 8
- Tongayi Chirisa, Zimbabwean actor and singer
- Meagan Good, American actress
August 10 -Jon Prescott, American actor
August 20
- Ben Barnes, English actor
- Michael Rady, American actor
August 22
- Ross Marquand, American impressionist, actor and producer
- Takumi Saito, Japanese actor
August 24 –Chad Michael Murray, American actor
August 25 –Rachel Bilson, American actress
August 27
- Patrick J. Adams, Canadian actor
- Sugar Lyn Beard, Canadian actress and radio personality
August 29 -Émilie Dequenne, Belgian actress (d.2025)
August 31 -Joshua Close, Canadian actor
September 1
- Michael Adamthwaite, Canadian actor
- Boyd Holbrook, American actor
September 3
- Evgeniya Brik, Russian actress (d. 2022)
- David Shae, American actor
September 4 –Beyoncé Knowles, American singer and actress
September 8 –Jonathan Taylor Thomas, American actor
September 9 -Julie Gonzalo, Argentine-American actress
September 12
- Jennifer Hudson, American singer and actress
- Elle LaMont, American actress
September 14 -Miyavi, Japanese guitarist, singer-songwriter and actor
September 15 -Ben Schwartz, American actor, voice actor, comedian, improviser, writer, director and producer
September 16
- Fan Bingbing, Chinese actress, model, producer and singer
- Alexis Bledel, American actress
September 17 -Griff Furst, American actor, producer and director
September 18 -Jennifer Tisdale, American actress and singer
September 22 -Ashley Eckstein, American actress
September 23 –Misti Traya, American actress
September 24
- Yuki Matsuzaki, Japanese actor
- Fernanda Urrejola, Chilean actress
September 26 –Christina Milian, American singer and actress
September 29 –Shay Astar, American singer and actress
September 30 –Ashleigh Aston Moore, American-Canadian former child actress (d. 2007)
October 1 –Rupert Friend, English actor
October 3
- Seth Gabel, American actor
- Giselle Itié, Mexican-born Brazilian actress
October 9 –Zachery Ty Bryan, American actor
October 12
- Tom Guiry, American actor
- Brian J. Smith, American actor
October 15 -Brandon Jay McLaren, Canadian actor
October 17 -Liam Garrigan, English actor
October 18 –Graham Moore, American screenwriter
October 22 –Michael Fishman, American actor
October 23 - Jackie Long, American actor, writer, musician, director and producer
October 25 -Josh Henderson, American actor and singer
October 30
- Fiona Dourif, American actress and producer
- Steve Peacocke, Australian actor
- Shaun Sipos, Canadian actor
November 1 -Matt Jones, American actor, voice artist, comedian, rapper and singer
November 2 -Katharine Isabelle, Canadian actress
November 6 –Lee Dong-wook, South Korean actor
November 7 -Lotta Losten, Swedish actress
November 9 –Scottie Thompson, American actress
November 10 –Perla Liberatori, Italian voice actress
November 14 -Vanessa Bayer, American comedian and actress
November 15 -Sammy Sheik, Egyptian-American actor
November 16
- Caitlin Glass, American voice actress
- Kate Miller-Heidke, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
November 17 -Bojana Novakovic, Serbian-Australian actress
November 18
- Nasim Pedrad, Iranian-American comedian and actress
- Christina Vidal, American actress and singer
November 20 –Andrea Riseborough, English actress
November 23 -John Lavelle, American actor and playwright
November 30 -Jake Szymanski, American actor, writer, director and producer
December 2 –Britney Spears, American singer and actress
December 3
- Maddy Curley, American actress
- Liza Lapira, American actress
December 5
- Adan Canto, Mexican actor (d.2024)
- Lydia Leonard, British actress
December 8 -Dov Tiefenbach, Canadian actor and musician
December 13 –Amy Lee, American singer-songwriter (Evanescence)
December 15
- Michelle Dockery, English actress
- Brendan Fletcher, Canadian actor, screenwriter and producer
- Victoria Summer, English actress, model and singer
December 16 –Krysten Ritter, American actress
December 22 -Nicolas Vaporidis, Italian actor
December 27
- Emilie de Ravin, Australian actress
- Jay Ellis, American actor
December 28 –Sienna Miller, English actress
December 29 -Charlotte Riley, English actress
December 30
- Gina Beck, British actress and singer
- Leila Farzad, British actress

Deaths

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Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	10	Katharine Alexander	82	US	Actress	Enchanted April John Loves Mary
	10	Richard Boone	63	US	Actor	The Tall T Hombre
	11	Beulah Bondi	91	US	Actress	It's a Wonderful Life Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
	12	Isobel Elsom	87	UK	Actress	My Fair Lady The Unseen
	16	Bernard Lee	73	UK	Actor	Dr. No Goldfinger
	21	Allyn Joslyn	79	US	Actor	The Jazz Singer Heaven Can Wait
February	1	Wanda Hendrix	52	US	Actress	Prince of Foxes Captain Carey, U.S.A.
	2	Louise Lorraine	76	US	Actress	The Adventures of Tarzan Near the Rainbow's End
	4	Mario Camerini	85	Italy	Director, Screenwriter	Ulysses Like the Leaves
	11	Ketti Frings	71	US	Screenwriter	Come Back, Little Sheba Foxfire
	12	Jean Dixon	84	US	Actress	My Man Godfrey Holiday
	21	Bernard B. Brown	82	US	Sound Engineer, Composer	The Wolf Man Shadow of a Doubt
	21	Ron Grainer	58	Australia	Composer	The Mouse on the Moon To Sir, with Love
	22	Curtis Bernhardt	81	Germany	Director	A Stolen Life Possessed
	28	Virginia Huston	55	US	Actress	Out of the Past Tarzan's Peril
	28	Robert L. Wolfe	52	US	Film Editor	All the President's Men On Golden Pond
March	4	Torin Thatcher	76	UK	Actor	Houdini Witness for the Prosecution
	5	Brenda de Banzie	71	UK	Actress	Hobson's Choice The Man Who Knew Too Much
	6	E.Y. Harburg	84	US	Lyricist	The Wizard of Oz Gay Purr-ee
	14	Eleanor Perry	66	US	Screenwriter	David and Lisa Diary of a Mad Housewife
	15	René Clair	82	France	Director, Screenwriter	It Happened Tomorrow I Married a Witch
	17	Dorothy Dwan	74	US	Actress	Kid Speed The Wizard of Oz
	27	Oliver A. Unger	66	US	Producer	Force 10 from Navarone Sandy the Seal
	31	Hank Henry	74	US	Actor	Pal Joey Robin and the 7 Hoods
April	7	Norman Taurog	82	US	Director	Skippy Boys Town
	14	Sergio Amidei	76	Italy	Screenwriter	Shoeshine Paisan
	26	Madge Evans	71	US	Actress	Pennies from Heaven Army Girl
	26	Jim Davis	71	US	Actor	The Big Sky The Maverick Queen
	26	Herb Voland	62	US	Actor	Another Nice Mess With Six You Get Eggroll
May	1	Marlin Skiles	74	US	Composer, Musical Director	Gilda Tonight and Every Night
	9	Margaret Lindsay	70	US	Actress	The House of the Seven Gables Jezebel
	17	Hugo Friedhofer	80	US	Composer	The Best Years of Our Lives An Affair to Remember
	18	Richard Hale	88	US	Actor	Friendly Persuasion To Kill a Mockingbird
	18	Arthur O'Connell	73	US	Actor	Anatomy of a Murder Picnic
	22	Boris Sagal	57	Ukraine	Director	The Omega Man Girl Happy
	23	George Jessel	83	US	Actor, Producer	Beau James Nightmare Alley
	28	Henry Blanke	79	US	Producer	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre The Nun's Story
June	5	Miguel Torres	81	Mexico	Director	The Mad Empress Pancho Villa Returns
	9	Russell Hayden	68	US	Actor	Trail of the Mounties Seven Were Saved
	10	Jenny Maxwell	39	US	Actress	Blue Hawaii Take Her, She's Mine
	12	Eleanor Hunt	71	US	Actress	Blue Steel Yellow Cargo
	12	Evalyn Knapp	74	US	Actress	The Perils of Pauline His Private Secretary
	17	Lou Forbes	78	US	Composer	Intermezzo Brewster's Millions
	19	Alfred Santell	85	US	Director	Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Internes Can't Take Money
	22	Lola Lane	75	US	Actress	Four Daughters Hollywood Hotel
	23	Zarah Leander	74	Sweden	Actress	The Blue Fox Back Then
July	1	George Voskovec	76	Czech Republic	Actor	12 Angry Men The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
	2	Edward Killy	78	US	Director	West of the Pecos Wagon Train
	3	Ross Martin	61	Poland	Actor	The Great Race Experiment in Terror
	7	Keefe Brasselle	58	US	Actor	The Eddie Cantor Story A Place in the Sun
	20	Dale Hennesy	54	US	Production Designer, Art Director	Fantastic Voyage Annie
	25	Gerardo de Leon	67	Philippines	Director, Actor	The Moises Padilla Story Fe, Esperanza, Caridad
	27	William Wyler	79	Germany	Director, Producer	Ben-Hur Roman Holiday
August	1	Paddy Chayefsky	58	US	Screenwriter	Network Marty
	4	Melvyn Douglas	80	US	Actor	Being There Hud
	12	Shirley Grey	79	US	Actress	Texas Cyclone Girl in Danger
	16	Robert Krasker	68	Australia	Cinematographer	The Third Man El Cid
	18	Anita Loos	93	US	Screenwriter	The Women I Married an Angel
	19	Jessie Matthews	74	UK	Actress, Singer	There Goes the Bride It's Love Again
	21	Eddie Byrne	70	Ireland	Actor	Star Wars Island of Terror
	30	Vera-Ellen	60	US	Actress, Dancer	White Christmas On the Town
September	1	Ann Harding	79	US	Actress	Holiday It Happened on Fifth Avenue
	6	Maria Palmer	64	Austria	Actress	Lady on a Train The Web
	11	Frank McHugh	83	US	Actor	Going My Way Manpower
	15	Sara Haden	81	US	Actress	The Shop Around the Corner The Bishop's Wife
	22	Harry Warren	87	US	Composer	42nd Street Hello, Frisco, Hello
	23	Chief Dan George	82	Canada	Actor	Little Big Man The Outlaw Josey Wales
	24	Patsy Kelly	71	US	Actress	The Cowboy and the Lady Rosemary's Baby
	27	Robert Montgomery	77	US	Actor, Director	Here Comes Mr. Jordan Night Must Fall
October	4	Dorothy Dare	70	US	Actress	Clothes and the Woman High Hat
	5	Gloria Grahame	54	US	Actress	In a Lonely Place The Bad and the Beautiful
	15	Frank de Kova	71	US	Actor	The Ten Commandments The Mechanic
	19	Nils Asther	84	Denmark	Actor	The Bitter Tea of General Yen Bluebeard
	24	Edith Head	83	US	Costume Designer	Roman Holiday The Sting
	26	Glenn Anders	92	US	Actor	The Lady from Shanghai M
November	2	Ghislain Cloquet	57	France	Cinematographer	Tess The Young Girls of Rochefort
	3	Jean Eustache	42	France	Director	The Mother and the Whore My Little Loves
	12	William Holden	63	US	Actor	Stalag 17 Sunset Boulevard
	16	Morgan Conway	78	US	Actor	Dick Tracy Jack London
	21	Ejner Federspiel	85	Denmark	Actor	Ordet Story of Barbara
	21	Harry von Zell	75	US	Actor	The Saxon Charm Son of Paleface
	25	Jack Albertson	74	US	Actor	The Subject Was Roses Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
	27	Lotte Lenya	83	Austria	Actress	From Russia with Love The Threepenny Opera
	29	Natalie Wood	43	US	Actress	West Side Story Rebel Without a Cause
	30	Robert H. Harris	70	US	Actor	How to Make a Monster Valley of the Dolls
December	5	Charles Barton	79	US	Director	Africa Screams The Shaggy Dog
	15	Karl Struss	95	US	Cinematographer	Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans The Great Dictator
	17	Ada Kramm	82	Norway	Actress	The White God Arven
	27	Hoagy Carmichael	82	US	Actor, Composer	To Have and Have Not The Best Years of Our Lives
	28	Allan Dwan	96	Canada	Director	Sands of Iwo Jima Heidi

Film debuts

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Ben Affleck –The Dark End of the Street
Jason Alexander –The Burning
Christina Applegate –Jaws of Satan
Javier Bardem –El poderoso influjo de la luna
Kim Basinger –Hard Country
Michelle Bauer –Bad Girls
Xander Berkeley –Mommie Dearest
Kenneth Branagh –Chariots of Fire
Rodger Bumpass –Heavy Metal
Robert John Burke –The Chosen
Gabriel Byrne –Excalibur
James Cameron (director) –Piranha II: The Spawning
Bruce Campbell –The Evil Dead
Jeffrey Combs –Honky Tonk Freeway
Kevin Costner –Malibu Hot Summer
Tom Cruise –Endless Love
Charles Dance –For Your Eyes Only
Jeff Daniels –Ragtime
Robert Davi –Gangster Wars
Loretta Devine –Will
Dennis Farina –Thief
Nicholas Farrell –Chariots of Fire
Colin Friels –Hoodwink
Stephen Fry –Chariots of Fire
Lee Garlington –King of the Mountain
Gina Gershon –Beatlemania: The Movie
Jami Gertz –Endless Love
Bob Gunton –Rollover
James Handy –Taps
Anthony Head –Lady Chatterley's Lover
Glenne Headly –Four Friends
Ciarán Hinds –Excalibur
Ticky Holgado –Les surdoués de la première compagnie
Holly Hunter –The Burning
John Kapelos –Thief
Nicky Katt –Underground Aces
Dan Lauria –C.O.D.
Ron Lea –Happy Birthday to Me
Peter MacNicol –Dragonslayer
John Mahoney –Hudson Taylor
Rik Mayall –Eye of the Needle
Maria de Medeiros –Silvestre
Steve Miner (director) –Friday the 13th Part 2
Alfred Molina –Raiders of the Lost Ark
Demi Moore –Choices
Chris Noth –Waitress!
Bill Nunn –Sharky's Machine
Michael O'Neill –Ghost Story
Sean Penn –Taps
Ron Perlman –Quest for Fire
Ethan Phillips –Ragtime
Robert Picardo –The Howling
Martha Plimpton –Rollover
Amanda Plummer –Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Jon Polito –Gangster Wars
Geoffrey Rush –Hoodwink
Meg Ryan –Rich and Famous
Kôichi Satô –The Gate of Youth
Glenn Shadix –The Postman Always Rings Twice
Vinessa Shaw –Home Sweet Home
Mindy Sterling –The Devil and Max Devlin
Fisher Stevens –The Burning
Madeleine Stowe –Gangster Wars
Barbara Sukowa –Lola
Henry Thomas –Raggedy Man
Frank C. Turner –Silence of the North
Kathleen Turner –Body Heat
Reginald VelJohnson –Wolfen
Diane Venora –Wolfen
Denzel Washington –Carbon Copy
Vernon Wells –Mad Max 2
Celia Weston –Honky Tonk Freeway
Amanda Wyss –Force: Five

Notes

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References

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^"1981 Domestic Grosses".Box Office Mojo. Retrieved7 April 2014.
^Japan Voice Producer Directory 2004. Vol. 1.Shogakukan. April 2004. p. 219.ISBN 978-4095263014.

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