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1965 (film).
Overview of the events of 1965 in film
The year1965 in film involved several significant events, withThe Sound of Music Academy Awards .Fox Film (now20th Century-Fox ),Universal City, California andUniversal Studios Lot celebrated their 50th anniversaries.
[ edit ] The top ten 1965 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1965 Rank Title Distributor Domestic rentals 1 The Sound of Music 20th Century Fox $72,000,000[ 1] 2 Doctor Zhivago MGM $43,000,000[ 1] 3 Thunderball United Artists /Eon $27,000,000[ 1] 4 Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines 20th Century Fox $14,000,000[ 2] 5 The Great Race Warner Bros. $11,400,000[ 3] 6 That Darn Cat! Buena Vista $9,500,000[ 1] 7 Cat Ballou Columbia $9,300,000[ 1] 8 What's New Pussycat? United Artists $8,469,000[ 3] 9 Shenandoah Universal $7,771,000[ 3] 10 Von Ryan's Express 20th Century Fox $7,700,000[ 3]
February 15 –George Stevens ' production ofThe Greatest Story Ever Told Jesus Christ , premieres inNew York City, New York . It was such a flop with critics and audiences that its failure discouraged production of religious epics for many years. It is considered notable in the 21st century for its astonishing landscapes, powerful and provocative cinematography,Max von Sydow 's debut acting performance in an American film, and the final film performance ofClaude Rains . March 2 – TheRodgers and Hammerstein film adaptation ofThe Sound of Music Robert Wise and starringJulie Andrews andChristopher Plummer , premieres. It quickly became a worldwide phenomenon and an instant classic. It successfully displacedGone with the Wind the highest-grossing film of all-time .The Sound of Music is credited as the film that saved and restoredTwentieth Century-Fox from bankruptcy after it suffered from extremely high production costs ofCleopatra July 1 –Blake Edwards 's epic comedyThe Great Race ,Tony Curtis ,Jack Lemmon ,Natalie Wood ,Peter Falk , andKeenan Wynn , premieres. Initially a flop with critics and audiences, some do admire Edwards' direction, the acting by its ensemble cast,Henry Mancini 's music and its climactic pie fight. August 10 - Amassive vault fire at MGM studios inCulver City , California, destroys the only known copies of hundreds of archived silent films, includingLon Chaney 'sLondon After Midnight The Divine Woman December 22 –David Lean 's film adaptation ofBoris Pasternak 'sDoctor Zhivago Omar Sharif ,Julie Christie ,Rod Steiger , andAlec Guinness , premieres and, likeThe Sound of Music , quickly became a worldwide phenomenon. Its moral story and message of a love and human spirit that defied the communist Soviet Union have made the film a true classic with critics and audiences. It was included among top films by theAmerican Film Institute . In a decade of very difficult times for its studio,Zhivago became the most successful and acclaimedMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer film sinceHow the West Was Won ;Ben-Hur Academy Awards :
Best Picture :The Sound of Music 20th Century Fox Best Director :Robert Wise The Sound of Music Best Actor :Lee Marvin Cat Ballou Best Actress :Julie Christie Darling Best Supporting Actor :Martin Balsam A Thousand Clowns Best Supporting Actress :Shelley Winters A Patch of Blue Best Foreign Language Film :The Shop on Main Street Obchod na korze ), directed byJán Kadár andElmar Klos , CzechoslovakiaBAFTA Film Awards :
Best Film from Any Source :My Fair Lady Best British Film :The Ipcress File Golden Globe Awards :
Drama: Best Picture :Doctor Zhivago Best Actor :Omar Sharif Doctor Zhivago Best Actress :Samantha Eggar The Collector Comedy or Musical: Best Picture :The Sound of Music Best Actor :Lee Marvin Cat Ballou Best Actress :Julie Andrews The Sound of Music Other Best Supporting Actor :Oskar Werner The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Best Supporting Actress :Ruth Gordon Inside Daisy Clover Best Director :David Lean Doctor Zhivago Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
The Knack ...and How to Get It Richard Lester , United KingdomGolden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa Sandra of a Thousand Delights ), directed byLuchino Visconti , ItalyGolden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Alphaville Jean-Luc Godard , France / ItalyUnited States unless stated
January 1965January 8 January 15 January 28 February 1965February 10 February 15 February 23 February 24 March 1965March 2 March 5 March 6 March 15 March 21 March 24 March 31 April 1965April 3 April 6 April 8 April 9 April 14 April 20 May 19655 May 7 May 13 May 14 May 26 May June 1965June 2 June 3 June 9 June 16 June 18 June 23 June 24 June 30 July 1965July 1 July 3 July 12 July 14 July 21 July 22 July 29 August 1965August 1 August 3 August 8 August 9 August 14 August 18 August 23 August 25 September 1965September 1 September 3 September 8 September 15 September 20 September 24 September 27 October 1965October 6 October 7 October 11 October 13 October 15 October 17 October 27 November 1965November 4 November 6 November 15 November 17 November 18 November 19 November 24 November 25 November 26 November 27 December 1965December 2 December 8 December 10 December 13 December 15 December 16 December 19 December 22 December 23 December 24 December 29 Notable films released in 1965 [ edit ] United States unless stated
Abashiri Prison Ken Takakura – (Japan )Adventures of a Dentist Elem Klimov – (U.S.S.R. )The Adventures of the Smurfs Belgium )The Agony and the Ecstasy Carol Reed , starringCharlton Heston andRex Harrison The Alphabet Murders Frank Tashlin , starringTony Randall andAnita Ekberg Alphaville Jean-Luc Godard – (France )Always Further On Luis Alcoriza – (Mexico )The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders Kim Novak ,Richard Johnson andAngela Lansbury The Art of Love Norman Jewison , starringJames Garner ,Angie Dickinson ,Elke Sommer andDick Van Dyke Arzoo Sadhana – (India )The Ashes Andrzej Wajda – (Poland )Baby the Rain Must Fall Steve McQueen andLee Remick Bad Girls Go to Hell Doris Wishman Battle of the Bulge Henry Fonda ,Robert Shaw andRobert Ryan The Battle of the Villa Fiorita Delmer Daves , starringMaureen O'Hara ,Rossano Brazzi ,Olivia Hussey Beach Blanket Bingo William Asher , starringAnnette Funicello ,Frankie Avalon ,Deborah Walley ,Don Rickles The Bedford Incident Richard Widmark andSidney Poitier – (US /UK )Behind the Mask of Zorro Ricardo Blasco and starringTony Russel – (Italy /Spain )Billie Don Weis and starringPatty Duke Black Humor Claude Autant-Lara ,Giancarlo Zagni andJosé María Forqué – (France /Italy /Spain )Black Wind Servando González – (Mexico )Boeing Boeing Jerry Lewis andTony Curtis La Bohème Franco Zeffirelli – (West Germany )Le Bonheur Agnès Varda – (France )Brainstorm William Conrad , starringAnne Francis andJeffrey Hunter The Brigand of Kandahar Oliver Reed andYvonne Romain Bunny Lake Is Missing Otto Preminger , starringLaurence Olivier andCarol Lynley – (U.K. )Bus Riley's Back in Town Ann-Margret andMichael Parks The Camp Followers Anna Karina – (Italy )Carry On Cowboy Sid James ,Kenneth Williams ,Jim Dale – (U.K. )Casanova 70 Marcello Mastroianni andVirna Lisi – (Italy )Cat Ballou Jane Fonda andLee Marvin Catch Us If You Can Having a Wild Weekend ), starringthe Dave Clark Five – (U.K. )China! , a documentary written byFelix Greene Chronicle of a Boy Alone Argentina )The Cincinnati Kid Norman Jewison , starringSteve McQueen ,Edward G. Robinson ,Ann-Margret ,Karl Malden ,Tuesday Weld ,Joan Blondell City Under the Sea Vincent Price andTab Hunter Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion Marshall Thompson andBetsy Drake Cloportes Pierre Granier-Deferre – (France /Italy )Coast of Skeletons Robert Lynn and starringRichard Todd andDale Robertson – (U.K. /South Africa )The Collector William Wyler , starringTerence Stamp andSamantha Eggar – (U.K. /U.S.)Crack in the World Dana Andrews ,Kieron Moore ,Janette Scott Cup Fever Bernard Cribbins – (U.K.)Curse of the Fly Brian Donlevy ,George Baker ,Carole Gray Curse of the Voodoo Lindsay Shonteff – (U.K. )Darling John Schlesinger , starringLaurence Harvey ,Dirk Bogarde ,Julie Christie – (U.K. )Dear Brigitte James Stewart ,Bill Mumy ,Glynis Johns ,Ed Wynn ,Brigitte Bardot The Decadent Influence Claude Lelouch – (France )A Devilish Homicide South Korea )Die! Die! My Darling! Fanatic Tallulah Bankhead andStefanie Powers Dingaka Stanley Baker – (South Africa )Do Not Disturb Doris Day andRod Taylor Doctor Zhivago David Lean , starringOmar Sharif ,Julie Christie ,Geraldine Chaplin ,Rod Steiger ,Alec Guinness —winner of 5Academy Awards – (U.K. )The Dolls Nino Manfredi ,Monica Vitti ,Elke Sommer andGina Lollobrigida – (Italy )Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine Vincent Price andFrankie Avalon Dr. Terror's House of Horrors Peter Cushing andChristopher Lee – (U.K.)Dr. Who and the Daleks Peter Cushing – (U.K. )The Face of Fu Manchu Don Sharp and starringChristopher Lee – (U.K. /West Germany )The Family Jewels Jerry Lewis Fantômas se déchaîne Jean Marais – (France )Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! Russ Meyer Ferry Cross the Mersey Gerry and the Pacemakers – (U.K. )Film Samuel Beckett and directed byAlan Schneider Fists in the Pocket Italy )The Flight of the Phoenix Robert Aldrich , starringJames Stewart ,Richard Attenborough ,Hardy Krüger ,Ernest Borgnine ,Peter Finch For a Few Dollars More Sergio Leone , starringClint Eastwood – (Italy )Frankenstein Conquers the World Ishirō Honda – (Japan )Funny Things Happen Down Under Olivia Newton-John – (Australia )Il Gaucho Vittorio Gassman andNino Manfredi – (Italy /Argentina )Gendarme in New York Louis de Funès – (France /Italy /U.S.)Genghis Khan Omar Sharif ,Stephen Boyd andJames Mason Girl Happy Elvis Presley The Girls on the Beach William N. Witney , starringNoreen Corcoran andMartin West The Glory Guys Arnold Laven , starringTom Tryon andHarve Presnell Goldstein The Second City , includingSevern Darden The Great Race Blake Edwards , starringTony Curtis ,Jack Lemmon ,Natalie Wood ,Peter Falk ,Ross Martin The Great Sioux Massacre Sidney Salkow and starringJoseph Cotten ,Darren McGavin andPhilip Carey The Greatest Story Ever Told George Stevens , starringMax von Sydow ,Charlton Heston ,Dorothy McGuire ,David McCallum ,Martin Landau ,Telly Savalas Guide Vijay Anand , starringDev Anand – (India )Gumnaam Manoj Kumar – (India)The Hallelujah Trail John Sturges , starringBurt Lancaster ,Lee Remick ,Jim Hutton ,Pamela Tiffin Hands of a Gunfighter Rafael Romero Marchent – (Italy /Spain )Happiness Agnès Varda – (France )Harlow Carroll Baker ,Peter Lawford ,Red Buttons ,Mike Connors ,Leslie Nielsen ,Angela Lansbury Harlow Carol Lynley ,Efrem Zimbalist Jr. ,Barry Sullivan ,Hurd Hatfield ,Ginger Rogers Harum Scarum Harem Holiday , starringElvis Presley ,Mary Ann Mobley ,Fran Jeffries Harvey Middleman, Fireman Help! Richard Lester , starringthe Beatles – (U.K.)The Heroes of Telemark Kirk Douglas andRichard Harris A High Wind in Jamaica Anthony Quinn andJames Coburn – (U.K. )The Hill Sidney Lumet , starringSean Connery ,Ian Bannen ,Ossie Davis – (U.K.)The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga Brazil )How to Murder Your Wife Jack Lemmon andVirna Lisi How to Stuff a Wild Bikini Annette Funicello ,Dwayne Hickman ,Buster Keaton ,Beverly Adams ,Mickey Rooney I, a Woman Mac Ahlberg – (Denmark /Sweden )I Knew Her Well Stefania Sandrelli ,Nino Manfredi ,Franco Nero – (Italy )I'll Take Sweden Bob Hope ,Dina Merrill ,Frankie Avalon ,Tuesday Weld Impossible on Saturday Italy /France /Israel )In Harm's Way Otto Preminger , starringJohn Wayne ,Kirk Douglas ,Patricia Neal ,Brandon deWilde ,Paula Prentiss ,Henry Fonda Inside Daisy Clover Natalie Wood ,Robert Redford ,Christopher Plummer Inside the Forbidden City Hong Kong )Intimate Lighting Ivan Passer – (Czechoslovakia )Invasion of Astro-Monster Ishirō Honda – (Japan )The Ipcress File Sidney J. Furie , starringMichael Caine –BAFTA Award for Best British Film – (U.K. )I Saw What You Did Joan Crawford The Lace Wars René Clair – (France /Romania )Lady L Peter Ustinov , starringSophia Loren ,Paul Newman andDavid Niven Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's Robert Youngson Licensed to Kill Tom Adams – (U.K. )Life at the Top Laurence Harvey andJean Simmons – (U.K. )The Liquidator Jack Cardiff , starringRod Taylor andTrevor Howard (U.K.)La Loba Mexico )Lord Jim Peter O'Toole – (UK /US )Love and Kisses Rick Nelson The Love Goddesses , a documentary directed bySaul J. Turell Love Has Many Faces Lana Turner ,Hugh O'Brian andCliff Robertson Love Meetings Pier Paolo Pasolini – (Italy )The Loved One Tony Richardson , starringRobert Morse andJonathan Winters Loves of a Blonde Miloš Forman – (Czechoslovakia )A Maiden for a Prince Virna Lisi andVittorio Gassman – (Italy )Major Dundee Sam Peckinpah , starringCharlton Heston ,Richard Harris ,James Coburn ,Jim Hutton The Man from Button Willow Man Is Not a Bird Yugoslavia )Marco the Magnificent Denys de La Patellière and Noël Howard – (Multiple countries)Marriage on the Rocks Frank Sinatra ,Dean Martin andDeborah Kerr Marvelous Angelique Bernard Borderie – (France /Italy /West Germany )McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force Mickey One Arthur Penn , starringWarren Beatty Mirage Edward Dmytryk , starringGregory Peck ,Diane Baker andWalter Matthau Mister Moses Ronald Neame and starringRobert Mitchum andCarroll Baker The Moment of Truth Francesco Rosi – (Italy )The Money Trap Glenn Ford ,Rita Hayworth ,Ricardo Montalbán ,Joseph Cotten ,Elke Sommer The Monkey's Uncle Annette Funicello andTommy Kirk Morituri Marlon Brando andYul Brynner Mozambique Robert Lynn – (U.K. /West Germany )My Baby Is Black! France )The Nanny Bette Davis – (U.K. )The Naked Prey Cornel Wilde – (U.S. /South Africa )Never Too Late Paul Ford ,Maureen O'Sullivan ,Connie Stevens ,Jim Hutton Nightmare Castle Barbara Steele – (Italy )Nightmare in the Sun Ursula Andress ,John Derek ,Aldo Ray andSammy Davis Jr. Ninety Degrees in the Shade Třicet jedna ve stínu ), directed byJiří Weiss – (U.K. /Czechoslovakia )None but the Brave Frank Sinatra , withClint Walker andTommy Sands Once a Thief Alain Delon andAnn-Margret – (United States /France )One Way Pendulum Peter Yates – (U.K. )Operation C.I.A. Burt Reynolds and Danielle AubryOperation Crossbow Sophia Loren – (U.K. )Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures Aleksandr Demyanenko – (U.S.S.R. )OSS 117– Mission for a Killer André Hunebelle and starringFrederick Stafford – (France )Othello Stuart Burge , starringLaurence Olivier ,Maggie Smith ,Frank Finlay – (U.K. )Pandora and the Magic Box , directed byJoseph W. Sarno Paris Secret , a documentary directed by Edouard LogereauA Patch of Blue Sidney Poitier ,Elizabeth Hartman ,Shelley Winters Pierrot le Fou Jean-Luc Godard , starringJean-Paul Belmondo andAnna Karina – (France )Pinocchio in Outer Space Ray Goossens – (U.S./Belgium )A Pistol for Ringo Duccio Tessari Planet of the Vampires Mario Bava – (Italy /Spain )The Possessed Luigi Bazzoni and Franco Rossellini – (Italy )Promise Her Anything Arthur Hiller , starringWarren Beatty andLeslie Caron The Rabbit Is Me East Germany )A Rage to Live ,Walter Grauman and starringSuzanne Pleshette The Railroad Man Pietro Germi – (Italy )The Railrodder Buster Keaton in his last film – (Canada )Rapture John Guillermin , starringMelvyn Douglas ,Patricia Gozzi andDean Stockwell – (France /U.S.)Răscoala Mircea Mureșan – (Romania )Red Beard Akira Kurosawa , starringToshiro Mifune – (Japan )Red Line 7000 Howard Hawks and starringJames Caan Repulsion Roman Polanski , starringCatherine Deneuve – (U.K. )Return from the Ashes Maximilian Schell andSamantha Eggar The Return of Mr. Moto Henry Silva – (U.K. )The Return of Ringo Duccio Tessari Rotten to the Core John Boulting – (U.K. )The Rounders Burt Kennedy , starringGlenn Ford andHenry Fonda Samurai Spy Japan )Sandra Luchino Visconti , starringClaudia Cardinale – (Italy )São Paulo, Sociedade Anônima Brazil )The Saragossa Manuscript Zbigniew Cybulski – (Poland )The Sandpiper Vincente Minnelli , starringElizabeth Taylor ,Richard Burton andEva Marie Saint Sands of the Kalahari Stuart Whitman ,Stanley Baker ,Susannah York – (U.K. )The Satan Bug George Maharis andAnne Francis Secrets Behind the Wall Japan )Sergeant Deadhead Frankie Avalon andDeborah Walley Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors U.S.S.R. )Shakespeare Wallah James Ivory , starringShashi Kapoor ,Felicity Kendal ,Madhur Jaffrey The Shameless Old Lady René Allio – (France )She Ursula Andress andPeter Cushing – (U.K. )Shenandoah James Stewart ,Doug McClure ,Rosemary Forsyth ,Katharine Ross Ship of Fools Stanley Kramer , starringVivien Leigh ,Simone Signoret ,Lee Marvin ,Michael Dunn ,José Ferrer The Shop on Main Street Ján Kadár andElmar Klos (Czechoslovakia )Simon of the Desert Luis Buñuel – (Mexico )The Sin Egypt )Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious Alec Guinness ,Mike Connors ,Robert Redford Ski Party Frankie Avalon andYvonne Craig The Skull Peter Cushing ,Christopher Lee ,Patrick Wymark – (U.K. )Slalom Vittorio Gassman ,Adolfo Celi ,Beba Lončar ,Daniela Bianchi – (Italy )The Sleeping Car Murders Costa-Gavras , starringYves Montand andSimone Signoret – (France )The Slender Thread Sydney Pollack , starringSidney Poitier ,Anne Bancroft ,Telly Savalas andEd Asner The Sons of Katie Elder Henry Hathaway , starringJohn Wayne andDean Martin The Sound of Music Robert Wise , starringJulie Andrews andChristopher Plummer The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Martin Ritt , starringRichard Burton andClaire Bloom – (U.K. )Sting of Death William Grefe Story of a Prostitute Seijun Suzuki – (Japan)Strange Bedfellows Rock Hudson andGina Lollobrigida A Study in Terror Sherlock Holmes mystery directed by James Hill, starringJohn Neville as Holmes,Donald Houston as Watson, andAnthony Quayle - (U.K. )A Swingin' Summer James Stacy andRaquel Welch Sword of the Beast Hideo Gosha – (Japan )Sylvia Carroll Baker andGeorge Maharis Synanon Richard Quine , starringEdmond O'Brien ,Chuck Connors ,Stella Stevens Tattooed Life Seijun Suzuki – (Japan )Ten Little Indians Shirley Eaton ,Hugh O'Brian ,Daliah Lavi ,Stanley Holloway ,Wilfred Hyde-White ,Fabian Forte – (U.K. )That Darn Cat! Dean Jones That Funny Feeling Bobby Darin andSandra Dee That Man in Istanbul Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi and starringHorst Buchholz – (France /Italy /Spain )The Third Day George Peppard andElizabeth Ashley Thirty Three U.S.S.R. )Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines Ken Annakin , starringStuart Whitman ,Sarah Miles ,Robert Morley ,Gert Fröbe – (U.K. )A Thousand Clowns Jason Robards ,Barry Gordon ,Martin Balsam ,Barbara Harris Thunderball Sean Connery (asJames Bond ), withClaudine Auger ,Luciana Paluzzi ,Adolfo Celi – (U.K. )Tickle Me Elvis Presley Tokyo Olympiad Kon Ichikawa – (Japan )Town Tamer Lesley Selander and starringDana Andrews The Truth About Spring Richard Thorpe , starringHayley Mills andJohn Mills Two on a Guillotine William Conrad and starringConnie Stevens A Very Special Favor Rock Hudson andLeslie Caron Victim Five Robert Lynn – (U.K. )Viva Maria! Louis Malle , starringBrigitte Bardot andJeanne Moreau – (France )Von Ryan's Express Mark Robson , starringFrank Sinatra ,Trevor Howard ,Edward Mulhare ,Adolfo Celi Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet Basil Rathbone Waqt Sunil Dutt andSadhana – (India )The War Game docudrama directed byPeter Watkins – (U.K. )The War Lord Charlton Heston ,Richard Boone ,Rosemary Forsyth What's New Pussycat? Clive Donner , starringPeter Sellers ,Peter O'Toole ,Woody Allen ,Romy Schneider ,Paula Prentiss ,Capucine Who Killed Teddy Bear Sal Mineo ,Juliet Prowse andElaine Stritch Wild on the Beach Sherry Jackson ,Frankie Randall ,Sonny & Cher Willy McBean and His Magic Machine ,Arthur Rankin Jr. andVideocraft International Winter Kept Us Warm David Secter – (Canada )The World of Abbott and Costello Bud Abbott andLou Costello January 1 -Dan Yeager , American actor, writer, producer and director January 3 January 4 January 5 -Vinnie Jones , British actor, producer and singer January 8 January 9 –Joely Richardson , English actress January 10 –Butch Hartman , American animator, writer, producer and director January 12Bill Bailey , English comedian, actor and television presenterAli Wentworth , American actress, comedian and producerRob Zombie , American singer-songwriter, filmmaker and actor January 15 –James Nesbitt , Northern Irish actor January 22 January 24 -Carlos Saldanha , Brazilian animator, director, producer and voice actor January 27 –Alan Cumming , Scottish actor January 28 -Lynda Boyd , Canadian actress, singer, musician and writer January 31 -Matt McColm , American actor and stuntman February 1 February 3 –Maura Tierney , American actress February 5 -Jordi Caballero , Spanish actor, writer and producer February 7 February 9 February 12 -Christine Elise , American actress February 13 -Andy Buckley , American actor February 15 -Claire Yarlett , English-born American actress February 17 -Michael Bay , American director and producer February 18 –Dr. Dre , American music producer February 20 February 23 –Kristin Davis , American actress February 25 -Carrot Top , American stand-up comedian and actor February 27 -Noah Emmerich , American actor and director March 4 -Stacy Edwards , American actress March 9 March 11 -Wallace Langham , American actor March 13 -Steve Bacic , Canadian actor March 14 March 18 March 19 March 22 -Steve Toussaint , British actor and writer March 23 March 25 –Sarah Jessica Parker , American actress March 31 –Steve Bing , American businessman, philanthropist and film producer (d. 2020) April 1 April 3 -Angela Featherstone , actress and writer April 4 –Robert Downey Jr. , American actor April 7 April 9 -Mark Pellegrino , American actor April 11 -Lynn Ferguson , Scottish writer and actress April 16 April 17 April 22 -Roman Coppola , American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer April 25 April 26 –Kevin James , American actor and comedian April 27 -Anna Chancellor , English actress April 30 -Adrian Pasdar , American actor and voice artist May 2 -Ari Lehman , American actor May 3 -Rob Brydon , Welsh actor, comedian, presenter, singer and writer May 10 -Kiyoyuki Yanada , Japanese voice actor (d. 2022) May 12 -Anthony Brandon Wong , Australian actor May 13 -Lari White , American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2018) May 16 -Vincent Regan , British actor May 19 May 23 –Liina Tennosaar , Estonian actress May 24 May 27 –Zenobia Shroff , Indian-American actress and comedienne May 28 -Alon Abutbul , Israeli actor (d. 2025) May 29 -Matthew Porretta , American actor May 30 -Antoine Fuqua , American director May 31 June 1 -Andrew Havill , English actor June 8 June 10 –Elizabeth Hurley , English model and actress June 18 –Kim Dickens , American actress June 19 June 22 -J. J. Cohen , American actor June 24 -Richard Lumsden , English actor, writer, composer and musician June 25 -Tricia Cooke , American editor, screenwriter and producer June 28 July 1 July 3 July 4Gérard Watkins , English-French actor, playwright, director and screenwriterTracy Letts , American actor, playwright and screenwriter July 8 July 9 July 11 July 14 -Bibo Bergeron , French animator and director July 16 -Daryl Mitchell , American actor and rapper July 17 July 22 -Patrick Labyorteaux , American actor July 23 -Allison Abbate , American producer and animator July 24 July 25 –Illeana Douglas , American actress July 26 –Jeremy Piven , American actor July 28 -James Biberi , Albanian-American actor July 29 -Ian Roberts , American actor, comedian and writer August 1 -Sam Mendes , British director, producer and screenwriter August 4 -James Tupper , Canadian actor August 5 August 6 August 10 -Claudia Christian , American actress and singer August 11 August 12 -Peter Krause , American actor, director and producer August 16 -Brian McCann , American actor, comedian and writer August 18 August 19 August 22 August 24 –Marlee Matlin , American actress August 25 -Kim Kold , Danish actor August 29 August 31 September 3 September 4 -Michael Bentt , British-born American actor September 6 -John Polson , Australian actor and director September 9 September 13 -Jeff Ross , American stand-up comedian and actor September 15 September 17 September 19 -Cheri Oteri , American actress and comedian September 21 September 25 -Gordon Currie , Canadian-American actor September 27 -Maria Schrader , German actress, screenwriter and director September 28 -Christopher Evan Welch , American actor (d. 2013) September 30 -Omid Djalili , British stand-up comedian, actor and writer of Iranian descent October 1 -Cindy Margolis , American actress and model October 8 October 10 October 11 October 14 –Steve Coogan , English actor October 18 -Ralph Eggleston , American animator, art director, storyboard artist, writer, director and production designer (d. 2022) October 19 –Merle Jääger , Estonian actress and poet October 20 –William Zabka , American actor October 22 -Valeria Golino , Italian actress and film director October 25 –Mathieu Amalric , French actor and filmmaker October 26 -Kelly Rowan , retired Canadian actress October 27 -Mohan Kapur , Indian actor and television host October 28 -Jami Gertz , American actress October 31 -Rob Rackstraw , British voice actor November 1 -Ilia Volok , Ukrainian actor November 2 –Shah Rukh Khan , Indian actor November 7 -Mike Henry , American actor, comedian, writer and producer November 13 -Tommie Earl Jenkins , American actor and musician November 19 -Paul Weitz , American filmmaker and actor November 21 November 22 November 23 -Don Frye , American actor November 24 –Shirley Henderson , Scottish actress November 25 -Dougray Scott , Scottish actor November 26 -Scott Adsit , American actor, comedian and writer November 28 -Anastasia Hille , English actress November 29 -Ellen Cleghorne , American actress and comedian November 30 December 2 -Beatrice Macola , Italian actress (d. 2001) December 3 December 7 –Jeffrey Wright , American actor December 8 December 9 -Margaret Riley , producer (d. 2024) December 14 -Ted Raimi , American character actor, director, comedian and writer December 15 -Anjul Nigam , Indian-born American actor, producer and writer December 16 –J.B. Smoove , American actor and comedian December 19 -Jessica Steen , Canadian actress December 21Andy Dick , American comedian, actor, musician and television and film producerDeclan O'Brien , American writer and director (d. 2022) December 22 December 27 –Salman Khan , Indian actor December 31 –Gong Li , Chinese actress January 14 –Jeanette MacDonald , 61, American actress, singer,San Francisco One Hour with You February 5 –Irving Bacon , 71, American actor,Meet John Doe Fort Ti February 10 –Arnold Manoff , 50, American screenwriter,No Minor Vices Casbah February 15 –Nat King Cole , 45, American singer and actor,St. Louis Blues Istanbul February 20 –Michał Waszyński , 60, Polish director and producer,Prokurator Alicja Horn Będzie lepiej February 23 –Stan Laurel , 74, British actor,The Flying Deuces Sons of the Desert March 1 –Fred Immler , 84, German actor,Madame Dubarry Zapata's Gang March 6 –Margaret Dumont , 82, American actress,Duck Soup A Night at the Opera March 8 –Esther Howard , 72, American actress,The Big Noise Detour March 23 –Mae Murray , 79, American actress,The Merry Widow The Delicious Little Devil March 28 April 1 –Edna Tichenor , 64, American actress,London After Midnight The Show April 3 –Ray Enright , 69, American director,Alibi Ike The Spoilers April 8 –Lars Hanson , 78, Swedish actor,The Wind Flesh and the Devil April 10 –Linda Darnell , 41, American actress,My Darling Clementine The Mark of Zorro April 24 –Louise Dresser , 85, American actress,A Ship Comes In The Scarlet Empress April 30 –Helen Chandler , 59, American actress,Dracula The Last Flight 5 May –John Waters , 71, screenwriter and director,The Big Country The Desperate Hours June 6 –Lech Owron , 71, Polish actor,Vampires of Warsaw The Little Eagle June 7 –Judy Holliday , 43, American actress,Born Yesterday Bells Are Ringing June 8 –Florence Ryerson , 72, American screenwriter,The Wizard of Oz The Ice Follies of 1939 June 15 –Steve Cochran , 48, American actor,The Best Years of Our Lives White Heat June 22 –David O. Selznick , 63, American producer,Gone with the Wind Rebecca June 23 –Mary Boland , 85, American stage and film actress,The Women Ruggles of Red Gap June 27 –Anthony Veiller , 62, American screenwriter,The Stranger The Killers July 11 –Ray Collins , 78, American actor,Citizen Kane The Kid from Left Field July 19 –Clyde Beatty , 62, American actor and animal trainer,Africa Screams Ring of Fear July 24 –Constance Bennett , 60, American actress,Topper Merrily We Live July 28 –Minor Watson , 75, American actor,Woman of the Year The Jackie Robinson Story August 6 August 30 –Pauline Garon , 64, Canadian actress,The Heart of Broadway The College Hero September 2 –Felix E. Feist , 55, American director,This Woman Is Dangerous The Big Trees September 4 –Isabel Jeans , 93, British actress,Suspicion Gigi September 7 September 8 –Dorothy Dandridge , 42, American actress, singer,Carmen Jones Porgy and Bess September 27 –Clara Bow , 60, American actress,Wings It September 29 –Eddie Gribbon , 75, American film actor, brother ofHarry Gribbon October 3 –Zachary Scott , 51, American actor,Mildred Pierce The Southerner October 6 –Tom Kennedy , 80, American actor,Petticoat Larceny Bringing Up Father October 18 –Henry Travers , 91, British actor,It's a Wonderful Life Shadow of a Doubt October 21 –Marie McDonald , 42, American actress,The Geisha Boy Living in a Big Way October 23 –Janice Logan , 50, American actress,Dr. Cyclops Opened by Mistake October 31 –Rita Johnson , 52, American actress,Here Comes Mr. Jordan The Major and the Minor November 14 –Russell Collins , 68, American actor,Miss Sadie Thompson Bad Day at Black Rock November 26 –Wild Bill Elliott , 61, American actor,The San Antonio Kid Sudden Danger December 5 –Joseph I. Breen , 77, chief administrator of the Motion Picture Production Code of 1930 (Hays Code) from 1934 to 1954 December 22 –Albert Ritz , 64, American entertainer of theRitz Brothers ,Sing, Baby, Sing Life Begins in College December 29 –Frank S. Nugent , 57, American screenwriter,The Searchers She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
