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Overview of the events of 1955 in film
The year 1955 in film involved some significant events.
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top-grossing hits of 1955 in the United States.
Highest-grossing films of 1955
Rank |
Title |
Distributor |
Domestic rentals
|
1
|
Cinerama Holiday
|
Cinerama Releasing
|
$10,000,000
[1]
|
2
|
Mister Roberts
|
Warner Bros.
|
$8,500,000
[1]
|
3
|
Battle Cry
|
$8,100,000
[1]
|
4
|
Oklahoma!
|
RKO
|
$7,100,000
[1]
|
5
|
Guys and Dolls
|
MGM
|
$6,801,000
[2]
|
6
|
Lady and the Tramp
|
Buena Vista
|
$6,500,000
[1]
|
7
|
Picnic
|
Columbia
|
$6,300,000
[1]
|
8
|
Not as a Stranger
|
United Artists
|
$6,200,000
[1]
|
9
|
Strategic Air Command
The Seven Year Itch
The Sea Chase
|
Paramount
20th Century Fox Warner Bros.
|
$6,000,000
[1]
|
10
|
I'll Cry Tomorrow
|
MGM
|
$5,873,000
[2]
|
Top-grossing films by country
The highest-grossing 1955 films from countries outside of North America.
Events
- January 7 – U.K. release of the
Halas and Batchelor film
animation of
George Orwell's
Animal Farm (completed April 1954), the first full-length British-made animated feature on general theatrical release.
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- February 24 -
12th Golden Globe Awards announced:
On The Waterfront,
Marlon Brando, &
Judy Garland win
- March 18 – The film adaptation of
Evan Hunter's novel
Blackboard Jungle previews in New York City, featuring the single "
Rock Around the Clock" by
Bill Haley & His Comets over the opening credits, the first use of a
rock and roll song in a major film. Teenagers jump from their seats to dance to it.
- June 1 – Premiere of
Billy Wilder's film of
The Seven Year Itch featuring an iconic scene of
Marilyn Monroe standing on a
New York City Subway grating as
her white dress is blown above her knees.
[10]
- June 16 –
Lady and the Tramp, the
Walt Disney company's 15th animated film, premieres in Chicago, the first animated feature filmed in the
CinemaScope
widescreen process.
Peggy Lee co-writes and sings the songs.
- June 27 – The last
Republic
serial,
King of the Carnival, is released.
- July 18 –
Disneyland opens to the public in
Anaheim, California.
- September 30 – American actor
James Dean dies in an automobile collision near
Cholame, California, age 24. On October 27, the film
Rebel Without a Cause, in which he stars, is released.
- October 11 – Theatrical release in the United States of the
Rodgers and Hammerstein
musical film
Oklahoma!, the first feature photographed in the
Todd-AO
70 mm widescreen process.
- November 3 – The musical film
Guys and Dolls, starring
Marlon Brando and
Frank Sinatra, is premiered in New York City.
- November 22 – The death of
Shemp Howard requires use of a
Fake Shemp to complete
The Three Stooges films which he has commenced.
- December –
United Artists quit the
Motion Picture Association of America over the decision to deny
The Man With the Golden Arm a Production Code seal.
- December 7 – The film
Picnic starring
William Holden and
Kim Novak is released.
Awards
1955 film releases
January–March
- January 1955
- January 1
- January 26
- January 29
- January 31
- February 1955
- March 1955
April–June
- April 1955
- April 1
- April 9
- April 10
- April 13
- April 20
- April 24
- May 1955
- May 6
- May 11
- May 25
- May 30
- June 1955
- June 1
- June 3
- June 4
- June 10
- June 15
- June 17
- June 22
- June 23
- Date unknown
July–September
- July 1955
- July 7
- July 13
- July 22
- July 30
- Dates Unknown
- August 1955
- August 3
- August 5
- August 14
- August 17
- August 25
- August 26
- September 1955
- September 22
- September 30
October–December
- October 1955
- October 7
- October 11
- October 19
- October 29
- November 1955
- November 3
- November 7
- November 23
- December 1955
- December 7
- December 12
- December 13
- December 15
- December 22
- December 25
- Date unknown
Top ten money making stars
Notable films released in 1955
United States unless stated
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A
-
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops, starring
Bud Abbott and
Lou Costello, featuring an appearance by
Mack Sennett
-
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy, starring
Bud Abbott and
Lou Costello
-
Above Us the Waves, starring
John Mills – (
GB)
-
The Adventures of Quentin Durward, starring
Robert Taylor,
Kay Kendall
-
Ain't Misbehavin', starring
Piper Laurie,
Rory Calhoun,
Mamie Van Doren
-
All That Heaven Allows, directed by
Douglas Sirk, starring
Jane Wyman and
Rock Hudson
-
The Americano, starring
Glenn Ford
-
Le Amiche (The Girlfriend), directed by
Michelangelo Antonioni – (
Italy)
-
Anděl na horách (Angel in the Mountains) – (
Czechoslovakia)
-
Apache Ambush, starring
Richard Jaeckel
-
Artists and Models, starring
Dean Martin,
Jerry Lewis,
Dorothy Malone,
Shirley MacLaine
-
Azaad, starring
Dilip Kumar – (
India)
B
-
Bad Day at Black Rock, directed by
John Sturges, starring
Spencer Tracy,
Robert Ryan,
Walter Brennan
-
Battle Cry, starring
Van Heflin,
Aldo Ray,
Anne Francis
-
The Beast with a Million Eyes
-
Bedevilled, starring
Anne Baxter and
Steve Forrest
-
The Big Combo, starring
Cornel Wilde,
Richard Conte,
Brian Donlevy,
Jean Wallace
-
The Big Knife, starring
Jack Palance,
Ida Lupino,
Jean Hagen,
Rod Steiger,
Shelley Winters
-
Blackboard Jungle, starring
Glenn Ford,
Anne Francis,
Louis Calhern,
Sidney Poitier,
Vic Morrow,
Richard Kiley
-
Blood Alley, starring
John Wayne and
Lauren Bacall
-
A Bullet for Joey, starring
Edward G. Robinson and
George Raft
C
-
Captain Lightfoot, starring
Rock Hudson
-
Carrington V.C., starring
David Niven – (
GB)
-
Cast a Dark Shadow, starring
Dirk Bogarde – (GB)
-
Chief Crazy Horse, starring
Victor Mature
-
Cinerama Holiday
-
Ciske de Rat (aka A Child Needs Love) – (
Netherlands)
-
The Cobweb, directed by
Vincente Minnelli, starring
Richard Widmark,
Gloria Grahame,
Lauren Bacall,
Charles Boyer,
Lillian Gish
-
The Cockleshell Heroes, directed by and starring
José Ferrer, with
Trevor Howard – (GB)
-
The Colditz Story, directed by
Guy Hamilton, starring
John Mills and
Eric Portman – (
GB)
-
Confession, directed by
Ken Hughes, starring
Sydney Chaplin – (GB)
-
The Constant Husband, starring
Rex Harrison,
Margaret Leighton,
Kay Kendall – (
GB)
-
Count Three and Pray, starring
Van Heflin,
Joanne Woodward and
Raymond Burr
-
The Counterfeit Coin (Istoria mias kalpikis liras) – (
Greece)
-
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell, directed by
Otto Preminger, starring
Gary Cooper,
Ralph Bellamy,
Rod Steiger,
Elizabeth Montgomery
- El Coyote
-
Crashout, starring
Arthur Kennedy and
William Bendix
-
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (Ensayo de un Crimen), directed by
Luis Buñuel – (
Mexico)
D
-
Daddy Long Legs, starring
Fred Astaire and
Leslie Caron
-
The Dam Busters, starring
Richard Todd and
Michael Redgrave, with an early role by
Robert Shaw – (
GB)
-
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier, starring
Fess Parker and
Buddy Ebsen
-
Death of a Cyclist (Muerte de un ciclista), directed by
Juan Antonio Bardem – (
Spain)
-
The Deep Blue Sea, starring
Vivien Leigh – (
GB)
-
The Desperate Hours, starring
Humphrey Bogart and
Fredric March
-
Devdas, based on novel with
same name, starring
Dilip Kumar,
Vyjayanthimala,
Suchitra Sen – (
India)
-
Les Diaboliques (The Devils), directed by
Henri-Georges Clouzot, starring
Simone Signoret – (
France)
-
Dreams (Kvinnodröm), directed by
Ingmar Bergman, starring
Eva Dahlbeck – (
Sweden)
E
F
-
The Far Horizons, starring
Fred MacMurray,
Charlton Heston,
Donna Reed,
Barbara Hale
-
The Fast and the Furious, starring
John Ireland and
Dorothy Malone
-
Female on the Beach, starring
Joan Crawford,
Jeff Chandler,
Jan Sterling
-
Fire in the Night (Det brenner i natt!) – (
Norway)
-
Floating Clouds (Ukigumo) – (
Japan)
-
Footsteps in the Fog, starring
Stewart Granger and
Jean Simmons – (
GB)
-
Foxfire, starring
Jane Russell
-
Francis in the Navy, starring
Donald O'Connor and
Martha Hyer, with
Clint Eastwood in an early role
G
-
Galapagos, a documentary by
Thor Heyerdahl – (
Norway)
-
A Generation (Pokolenie), directed by
Andrzej Wajda – (
Poland)
-
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing, directed by
Richard Fleischer, starring
Ray Milland,
Joan Collins,
Farley Granger – (
U.S.)
-
The Girl Rush, starring
Rosalind Russell,
Fernando Lamas,
Gloria DeHaven
-
Godzilla Raids Again (Gojira no Gyakushū) – (
Japan)
-
Good Morning, Miss Dove, starring
Jennifer Jones and
Robert Stack
-
The Good Soldier Schweik, animation directed by
Jiří Trnka – (
Czechoslovakia)
-
Guys and Dolls, directed by
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring
Marlon Brando,
Jean Simmons,
Frank Sinatra,
Vivian Blaine
H
-
Hell on Frisco Bay, starring
Alan Ladd and
Edward G. Robinson
-
Hell's Island, starring
John Payne and
Mary Murphy
-
Heroes of Shipka (Geroite na Shipka) – (
Bulgaria/
USSR)
-
The Hidden One (La Escondida), starring
Pedro Armendáriz – (
Mexico)
-
Hit the Deck, directed by
Roy Rowland, starring
Jane Powell,
Debbie Reynolds,
Ann Miller,
Tony Martin,
Vic Damone
-
House of Bamboo, starring
Robert Ryan
-
How to Be Very, Very Popular, starring
Betty Grable in her final film role
I
-
I Am a Camera, starring
Julie Harris and
Laurence Harvey – (
GB)
-
I Died a Thousand Times, starring
Jack Palance,
Shelley Winters,
Earl Holliman,
Lee Marvin
-
I Live in Fear (Ikimono no kiroku), directed by
Akira Kurosawa – (
Japan)
-
I'll Cry Tomorrow, starring
Susan Hayward
-
Illegal, a film noir starring
Edward G. Robinson and
Jayne Mansfield
-
Interrupted Melody, starring
Eleanor Parker and
Glenn Ford
-
It Came from Beneath the Sea, starring
Kenneth Tobey and
Faith Domergue, with special effects by
Ray Harryhausen
-
It Happened on July 20th (Es geschah am 20. Juli), directed by
G. W. Pabst, starring
Bernhard Wicki – (
Austria)
-
It's Always Fair Weather, starring
Gene Kelly,
Dan Dailey,
Michael Kidd,
Cyd Charisse
J
K
L
-
Lady and the Tramp, an animated
Disney musical featuring voice of
Peggy Lee
-
Lady Godiva of Coventry, starring
Maureen O'Hara
-
The Ladykillers, directed by
Alexander Mackendrick, starring
Alec Guinness,
Cecil Parker,
Herbert Lom,
Peter Sellers – (
GB)
-
Land of the Pharaohs, starring
Joan Collins and
Jack Hawkins
-
The Last Frontier, directed by
Anthony Mann, starring
Victor Mature,
Robert Preston,
Anne Bancroft
-
The Last Ten Days (Der letzte Akt), directed by
G. W. Pabst – (
Austria/
West Germany)
-
The Left Hand of God, starring
Humphrey Bogart and
Gene Tierney
-
Little Red Monkey, directed by
Ken Hughes – (
Britain)
-
Lola Montès, directed by
Max Ophüls – (
France)
-
The Long Gray Line, starring
Tyrone Power and
Maureen O'Hara
-
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, starring
William Holden and
Jennifer Jones
-
Love Me or Leave Me, starring
Doris Day and
James Cagney
-
Love Never Dies (El Amor nunca muere) – (
Argentina)
-
Lucy Gallant (reissued as Oil Town), starring
Jane Wyman
M
-
Magdana's Donkey, directed by
Tengiz Abuladze and
Revaz Chkheidze – (Georgia)
-
Magic Fire, starring
Alan Badel
-
Mambo, directed by
Robert Rossen, starring
Silvana Mangano,
Vittorio Gassman,
Shelley Winters – (
U.S./
Italy)
-
A Man Alone, directed by and starring
Ray Milland, with
Mary Murphy
-
The Man from Laramie, directed by
Anthony Mann, starring
James Stewart
-
The Man Who Loved Redheads, starring
Moira Shearer – (
GB)
-
The Man with the Golden Arm, directed by
Otto Preminger, starring
Frank Sinatra,
Eleanor Parker,
Darren McGavin,
Kim Novak,
Arnold Stang
-
Man with the Gun, starring
Robert Mitchum
-
Man Without a Star, starring
Kirk Douglas and
William Campbell
-
Marty, directed by
Delbert Mann, starring
Ernest Borgnine,
Betsy Blair,
Joe Mantell,
Frank Sutton,
Jerry Paris
-
The McConnell Story, starring
Alan Ladd and
June Allyson
-
The Mill of Good Luck (La 'Moara cu noroc') – (
Romania)
-
Miracle of Marcelino (Marcelino Pan Y Vino) – (
Spain)
-
Missamma, starring
N. T. Rama Rao – (
India)
-
Mister Roberts, co-directed by
John Ford and
Mervyn LeRoy, starring
Henry Fonda,
James Cagney,
William Powell,
Jack Lemmon
-
Moonfleet, starring
Stewart Granger and
Joan Greenwood
-
Mr. & Mrs. '55, starring
Guru Dutt and
Madhubala – (
India)
-
Mr. Arkadin, directed by and starring
Orson Welles – (
France/
Spain/
Switzerland)
-
My Sister Eileen, starring
Janet Leigh and
Betty Garrett
N
-
New York Confidential, starring
Broderick Crawford,
Richard Conte,
Marilyn Maxwell,
Anne Bancroft
-
Night and Fog, a documentary directed by
Alain Resnais – (
France)
-
The Night My Number Came Up, starring
Michael Redgrave – (
GB)
-
The Night of the Hunter, directed by
Charles Laughton, starring
Robert Mitchum,
Shelley Winters,
Lillian Gish,
Peter Graves
-
Not as a Stranger, starring
Robert Mitchum,
Olivia de Havilland,
Frank Sinatra,
Gloria Grahame,
Broderick Crawford,
Lon Chaney Jr.
O
- Oh, Ibuku (O, My Mother), directed by
Ali Joego, debuting
Aminah Cendrakasih – (
Indonesia)
-
Oklahoma! (first film shot in
widescreen process known as
Todd-AO), starring
Gordon MacRae,
Shirley Jones,
Rod Steiger,
Gloria Grahame
-
Ordet (The Word), directed by
Carl Theodor Dreyer – (
Denmark)
-
Our Best Days (Ayyamna al-Holwa), starring
Omar Sharif – (
Egypt)
-
Out of the Clouds, directed by
Basil Dearden, starring
Anthony Steel,
Robert Beatty – (
U.K.)
P
-
Passage Home, directed by
Roy Ward Baker, starring
Anthony Steel,
Peter Finch,
Diane Cilento – (
U.K.)
-
Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road), directed by
Satyajit Ray – (
India)
-
Pete Kelly's Blues, starring
Jack Webb,
Janet Leigh,
Edmond O'Brien,
Peggy Lee
-
The Phenix City Story, starring
Richard Kiley,
John McIntire,
John Larch,
James Edwards,
Edward Andrews
-
Picnic, directed by
Joshua Logan, starring
William Holden,
Kim Novak,
Cliff Robertson,
Rosalind Russell
-
Prince of Players, starring
Richard Burton
-
Princess Yang Kwei-Fei (aka Yôkihi) – (
Japan)
-
The Prisoner, directed by
Peter Glenville, starring
Alec Guinness and
Jack Hawkins – (
GB)
-
The Private War of Major Benson, starring
Charlton Heston
-
The Prodigal, starring
Lana Turner
Q
R
-
The Racers, starring
Kirk Douglas,
Gilbert Roland,
Bella Darvi
-
Radio Stories (Historias de la radio) – (
Spain)
-
Die Ratten (The Rats), starring
Maria Schell and
Curd Jürgens – (
West Germany) –
Golden Bear award
-
Rage at Dawn, starring
Randolph Scott
-
The Rains of Ranchipur, starring
Lana Turner and
Richard Burton
-
Rebel Without a Cause, directed by
Nicholas Ray, starring
James Dean,
Sal Mineo,
Natalie Wood
-
Red Fish (Los peces rojos), starring
Arturo de Córdova – (
Spain)
-
Richard III, directed by and starring
Laurence Olivier, with
Ralph Richardson,
Claire Bloom,
John Gielgud – (
GB)
-
Rififi (Du rififi chez les hommes), directed by
Jules Dassin – (
France)
-
A Ripple in the Pond (Ena votsalo sti limni) – (
Greece)
-
Romeo and Juliet (Romeo i Dzhulyetta), starring
Yuri Zhdanov and
Galina Ulanova – (
USSR)
-
Roots (Raíces) – (
Mexico)
-
The Rose Tattoo, starring
Anna Magnani and
Burt Lancaster
-
Run for Cover, starring
James Cagney,
John Derek,
Ernest Borgnine
S
-
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijōji no kettō) – (
Japan)
-
Scandal in Sorrento (Pane, amore e...), starring
Vittorio De Sica and
Sophia Loren – (
Italy)
-
The Scarlet Coat, starring
Cornel Wilde,
George Sanders,
Anne Francis
-
The Sea Chase, starring
John Wayne and
Lana Turner
-
Seagulls Die in the Harbour (Meeuwen sterven in de haven) – (
Belgium)
-
Seema, starring
Nutan – (
India)
-
Seven Angry Men, starring
Raymond Massey
-
The Seven Little Foys, starring
Bob Hope, featuring
James Cagney reprising role of
George M. Cohan from
Yankee Doodle Dandy
-
The Seven Year Itch, directed by
Billy Wilder, starring
Marilyn Monroe and
Tom Ewell
-
Shree 420, directed by and starring
Raj Kapoor, with
Nargis – (
India)
-
The Shrike, directed by and starring
José Ferrer
-
The Sign of Venus (Il segno di Venere), starring
Sophia Loren and
Vittorio De Sica – (
Italy)
-
Simba, starring
Dirk Bogarde – (
GB)
-
Sissi, starring
Romy Schneider – (
Austria)
-
Six Bridges to Cross, starring
Tony Curtis
-
Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende), directed by
Ingmar Bergman – (
Sweden)
-
Son of Sinbad
-
So This Is Paris, starring
Tony Curtis and
Gloria DeHaven
-
The Spoilers, starring
Anne Baxter and
Jeff Chandler
-
Strategic Air Command, starring
James Stewart
-
Stella, directed by
Michael Cacoyannis, starring
Melina Mercouri – (
Greece)
-
Storm Over the Nile, starring
Anthony Steel and
Laurence Harvey – (
U.K.)
-
Summertime, directed by
David Lean, starring
Katharine Hepburn,
Rossano Brazzi,
Darren McGavin – (
Britain/
U.S.)
-
The Swindle (Il bidone), directed by
Federico Fellini, starring
Broderick Crawford – (
Italy)
T
-
Taira Clan Saga (Shin Heike Monogatari), directed by
Kenji Mizoguchi – (
Japan)
-
Tall Man Riding, starring
Randolph Scott and
Dorothy Malone
-
The Tall Men, starring
Clark Gable,
Jane Russell,
Robert Ryan
-
Tarantula, directed by
Jack Arnold, starring
John Agar,
Mara Corday, with
Clint Eastwood in a bit part
-
The Tender Trap, starring
Frank Sinatra,
Debbie Reynolds,
David Wayne,
Celeste Holm
-
That Lady, starring
Olivia de Havilland – (
GB/
Spain)
-
This Island Earth, directed by
Joseph M. Newman, starring
Jeff Morrow,
Rex Reason,
Faith Domergue,
Russell Johnson
-
Three for the Show, starring
Betty Grable
-
Tight Spot, starring
Ginger Rogers,
Edward G. Robinson,
Brian Keith,
Lorne Greene
-
To Catch a Thief, directed by
Alfred Hitchcock, starring
Cary Grant and
Grace Kelly
-
To Hell and Back, starring
Audie Murphy,
Marshall Thompson,
Charles Drake,
David Janssen
-
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues, starring
Kent Taylor,
Cathy Downs,
Michael Whalen
-
The Treasure of Pancho Villa, starring
Rory Calhoun and
Shelley Winters
-
Trial, starring
Glenn Ford
-
The Trouble with Harry, directed by
Alfred Hitchcock, starring
Edmund Gwenn,
John Forsythe,
Shirley MacLaine
U
V
-
The Violent Men, starring
Glenn Ford,
Barbara Stanwyck,
Edward G. Robinson,
Brian Keith
-
Violent Saturday, starring
Victor Mature,
Ernest Borgnine,
Lee Marvin
-
The Virgin Queen, starring
Bette Davis,
Richard Todd,
Joan Collins
W
-
We're No Angels, starring
Humphrey Bogart,
Peter Ustinov,
Aldo Ray,
Basil Rathbone
-
White Feather, starring
Robert Wagner,
Jeffrey Hunter,
Debra Paget
-
Wichita, starring
Joel McCrea
-
The Woman in the Painting (Amici per la pelle) – (
Italy)
-
Women's Prison, starring
Ida Lupino,
Jan Sterling,
Audrey Totter,
Phyllis Thaxter
Y
Serials
Short film series
Cartoon:
One-Reel:
- Gadgets Galore (Warner Varieties Series) (Robert Youngson, producer; Warner Bros.)
-
Survival City (Movietone CinemaScope Series) (Edmund Reek, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox)
- 3rd Ave. El (Carson Davidson Productions; Ardee Films)
- Three Kisses (Topper Special Series) (Justin Herman, producer; Paramount)
Two-Reel:
- The Battle of Gettysburg (Dore Schary, producer; MGM)
- The Face of Lincoln (University of Southern California Presentation; Cavalcade Pictures, Inc.)
- On The Twelfth Day...(United Kingdom Series) (Go Pictures, Inc.; George Brest and Associates)
- Switzerland (People and Places Series) (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista)
- 24-Hour Alert (Cedric Francis, producer; Warner Bros.)
Births
- January 4 -
Sergei Kolesnikov, Soviet-Russian actor (d. 2023)
- January 6 –
Rowan Atkinson, English comedian and actor
- January 8 -
Harriet Sansom Harris, American actress
- January 9 –
J. K. Simmons, American actor
- January 16 -
Steven Weisberg, American editor (d. 2023)
- January 18 –
Kevin Costner, American actor, producer and director
- January 19 -
Paul Rodriguez, Mexican-American actor and stand-up comedian
- January 20 –
Wyatt Knight, American actor (d. 2011)
- January 28 -
Lorenzo Caccialanza, American actor
- February 5 -
Kenji Ohba, Japanese actor
- February 7 –
Miguel Ferrer, American actor (d. 2017)
- February 8 -
Ethan Phillips, American actor
- February 9 -
Jim J. Bullock, American actor and comedian
- February 14 -
James Eckhouse, American actor
- February 15 –
Christopher McDonald, American actor
- February 17 -
Ellie Haddington, Scottish actress
- February 19 –
Jeff Daniels, American actor
- February 21 –
Kelsey Grammer, American actor and comedian
- February 28 –
Gilbert Gottfried, American stand-up comedian, actor and voice actor (d. 2022)
- March 2 -
William Hope, Canadian actor
- March 3 –
Riina Hein, Estonian actress, director, producer and screenwriter
- March 6
- March 9 –
Ornella Muti, Italian actress
- March 13 -
Glenne Headley, American actress (d. 2017)
- March 16 -
Kuh Ledesma, Filipino actress and singer
- March 17
- March 19 –
Bruce Willis, American actor
- March 22 –
Lena Olin, Swedish actress
- March 28 -
Reba McEntire, American country singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer
- March 29
- April 3 -
Tomas Arana, American actor
- April 4 -
Casey Biggs, American actor
- April 5 -
Akira Toriyama, Japanese manga artist (d. 2024)
- April 6 –
Michael Rooker, American actor
- April 8 -
Kane Hodder, American actor and stuntman
- April 23 –
Judy Davis, Australian actress
- April 24 –
Michael O'Keefe, American actor
- April 29
- April 30 –
Zlatko Topčić, Bosnian screenwriter
- May 1 -
Eric Goldberg, American animator, voice actor, director and producer
- May 5 -
Lisa Jane Persky, American actress
- May 8 -
Raoul Trujillo, American actor
- May 9 -
Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (d. 1991)
- May 10 -
Larry "Flash" Jenkins, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (d. 2019)
- May 13 -
María Cecilia Botero, Colombian actress and television presenter
- May 15 -
Lee Horsley, American actor
- May 16 –
Debra Winger, American actress
- May 17
- May 18 –
Chow Yun-fat, Hong Kong actor
- May 27 -
Richard Schiff, American actor and director
- May 31
- June 2 –
Dana Carvey, American actor and comedian
- June 6 -
Cheryl Smith, American actress and musician (d. 2002)
- June 7 –
William Forsythe, American actor
- June 8
- June 14 -
Paul O'Grady, English comedian, broadcaster, actor and writer (d. 2023)
- June 15
- June 16 –
Laurie Metcalf, American actress
- June 25 -
Michael McShane, American actor, singer and improvisational comedian
- June 26 -
Gedde Watanabe, American actor and comedian
- June 27 –
Isabelle Adjani, French actress
- July 2 -
Andrew Divoff, American actor and producer
- July 3
- July 8 -
Lena Endre, Swedish actress
- July 9
- July 13 -
Lance E. Nichols, American actor
- July 21 –
Béla Tarr, Hungarian director
- July 22 –
Willem Dafoe, American actor
- July 25 -
Iman, Somali-American model and actress
- July 27 -
Roger Guenveur Smith, American actor, director and writer
- July 28
- August 3 –
Corey Burton, American voice actor
- August 4 –
Billy Bob Thornton, American actor, director and screenwriter
- August 7 –
Wayne Knight, American actor and comedian
- August 13 -
Paul Greengrass, British director, producer and screenwriter
- August 19 –
Peter Gallagher, American actor
- August 20 -
Jay Acovone, American actor
- August 22 -
Gordon Liu, Chinese actor and martial artist
- August 24 -
Kevin Dunn, American actor
- August 27 –
Diana Scarwid, American actress
- September 9 -
Edward Hibbert, American-born British actor
- September 10 -
Giannina Facio, Costa Rican actress
- September 12 -
Peter Scolari, American actor (d. 2021)
- September 17 -
Charles Martinet, American actor and voice actor
- September 20
- September 21 -
Rick Aiello, American actor (d. 2021)
- September 26 -
Mark Nelson, American actor and director
- October 17 -
Sam Bottoms, American actor and producer (d. 2008)
- October 20 –
Thomas Newman, American composer
- October 21 -
Catherine Hardwicke, American director and screenwriter
- October 22 -
Bill Condon, American director and screenwriter
- October 27 -
Michael Shamus Wiles, American character actor
- November 5 -
Nestor Serrano, American actor
- November 9
- November 10
- November 13 –
Whoopi Goldberg, American actress and comedian
- November 15 -
Jun Kunimura, Japanese actor
- November 23 -
Peter Douglas, American actor and producer
- November 25 -
Bruce Hopkins, New Zealand actor
- November 27 -
Bill Nye, American television presenter
- November 30
- December 2 –
Dennis Christopher, American actor
- December 3
- December 6 -
Steven Wright, American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and film producer
- December 8 -
Kevin McNulty, Canadian actor
- December 9 -
Hiroyuki Watanabe, Japanese actor (d. 2022)
- December 11 -
Donna Bullock, American actress
- December 16 -
Xander Berkeley, American actor
- December 17 -
Richard Young, American character actor, filmmaker and screenwriter
- December 21 –
Jane Kaczmarek, American actress
- December 24
Deaths
- February 11 –
Ona Munson, 51, American actress,
Five Star Final,
Gone with the Wind
- February 12
- April 7 –
Theda Bara, 69, American silent film actress,
A Fool There Was,
Cleopatra
- April 25 –
Constance Collier, 77, British actress,
Stage Door,
Rope
- May 4 –
Robert Kent, 46, American actor,
Blonde Comet,
The Phantom Rider
- May 13 –
Betty Ann Davies, 44, British actress,
My Old Duchess,
The Man in Black
- May 22 -
Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, 63, American actor,
Possessed,
Idiot's Delight
- June 11 –
Walter Hampden, 75, American actor,
Sabrina,
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- July 31 –
Robert Francis, 25, American actor,
The Caine Mutiny,
The Long Gray Line, airplane accident
- August 5 –
Carmen Miranda, 46, Brazilian singer and actress,
Copacabana,
The Gang's All Here
- August 6 –
Janet Beecher, 70, American actress,
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle,
The Mark of Zorro
- August 10 –
Jane Murfin, 70, American screenwriter,
What Price Hollywood?,
The Women
- August 12 –
Lynne Carver, 38, American actress,
Everybody Sing,
Young Dr. Kildare
- September 20 –
- September 30 –
James Dean, 24, American actor,
Rebel Without a Cause,
East of Eden, automobile accident
- October 1 –
Charles Christie, 73, Canadian pioneer film studio owner
- October 9 –
Alice Joyce, 65, American actress,
The Green Goddess,
White Man
- October 19 –
John Hodiak, 41, American actor,
Lifeboat,
A Bell for Adano, heart attack
- October 20 –
Frank Darien, 79, American actor,
The Grapes of Wrath,
Under Fiesta Stars
- November 9 –
Tom Powers, 65, American actor,
Double Indemnity,
The Blue Dahlia
- November 14 –
Robert E. Sherwood, 59, American screenwriter,
The Best Years of Our Lives,
Rebecca
- November 15 –
Lloyd Bacon, 65, American director,
The Oklahoma Kid,
Knute Rockne, All American
- November 22 –
Shemp Howard, 60, American actor, comedian of
The Three Stooges,
The Bank Dick,
Pittsburgh
- November 27 –
William Nigh, 74, American director,
Mr. Wong, Detective,
The Gay Cavalier
- December 5 –
Paul Harvey, 73, American actor,
April in Paris,
Calamity Jane
- December 24 –
Nana Bryant, 67, American actress,
Public Enemies,
Bathing Beauty
Film Debuts
Notes
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h Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp.
358–359.
ISBN
978-1-903364-66-6.
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b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
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"Box Office 1955". boxofficeindia.com. Archived from
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"PACIFIC Exchange Rate Service - Foreign Currency Units per 1 U.S. Dollar, 1950-2020" (PDF). fx.sauder.ubc.ca. p. 3.
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Cornell University Press, 2011
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^ Archive of Bank of Russia
http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls
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^ McFarlane, Brian, ed. (2003).
The Encyclopedia of British Film. London: Methuen;
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^ Leab, Daniel J. (2007). Orwell Subverted. Pennsylvania State Press. p. xiii-xiv.
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