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Overview of the events of 1957 in film
Overview of the events of 1957 in film
The year 1957 in film involved some significant events.
The Bridge on the River Kwai topped the year's box office in North America, France, and Germany, and won seven
Academy Awards, including
Best Picture.
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1957 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1957
Rank |
Title |
Distributor |
Domestic rentals
|
1
|
The Bridge on the River Kwai
|
Columbia
|
$15,000,000
[1]
|
2
|
Peyton Place
|
20th Century Fox
|
$11,000,000
[1]
|
3
|
Sayonara
|
Warner Bros.
|
$10,500,000
[1]
|
4
|
Search for Paradise
|
Cinerama Releasing
|
$6,500,000
[1]
|
5
|
Old Yeller
|
Buena Vista
|
$5,900,000
[1]
|
6
|
Raintree County
|
MGM
|
$5,830,000
[2]
|
7
|
Island in the Sun
A Farewell to Arms
|
20th Century Fox
|
$5,000,000
[3]
|
8
|
Pal Joey
|
Columbia
|
$4,700,000
[3]
|
9
|
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
|
Paramount
|
$4,300,000
[3]
|
10
|
Don't Go Near the Water
|
MGM
|
$4,265,000
[2]
|
Top-grossing films by country
The highest-grossing 1957 films in various countries.
Country |
Title |
Director |
Studio |
Revenue |
Admissions
|
France
|
The Bridge on the River Kwai
|
David Lean
|
Columbia Pictures
|
—
|
13,481,750
[4]
|
Germany
|
The Bridge on the River Kwai
|
David Lean
|
Columbia Pictures
|
—
|
14,500,000
[5]
|
India
|
Mother India
|
Mehboob Khan
|
Mehboob Productions
|
₹80,000,000
[6] ($17,000,000)
[7]
|
100,000,000
[8]
|
Italy
|
The Ten Commandments
|
Cecil B. DeMille
|
Paramount Pictures
|
—
|
16,800,000
[9]
|
Japan
|
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
|
Kunio Watanabe
|
Shintoho
|
¥800,000,000
[10] ($2,220,000)
[7]
|
20,000,000
[11]
|
Soviet Union
|
The Sisters
|
Grigori Roshal
|
Mosfilm
|
10,625,000
Rbls ($2,656,000)
[n 1]
|
42,500,000
[12]
|
United Kingdom
|
The Bridge on the River Kwai
|
David Lean
|
Columbia Pictures
|
—
|
12,600,000
[15]
|
United States and Canada
|
The Bridge on the River Kwai
|
David Lean
|
Columbia Pictures
|
$27,200,000
[16]
|
54,400,000
[16]
|
Events
Awards
Top ten money making stars
1957 film releases
Notable films released in 1957
United States unless stated
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3:10 to Yuma, directed by
Delmer Daves, starring
Glenn Ford and
Van Heflin
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8 × 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements, directed by
Jean Cocteau
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10th of May (Der 10. Mai) – (
Switzerland)
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12 Angry Men, directed by
Sidney Lumet, starring
Henry Fonda,
Lee J. Cobb,
Jack Warden,
Jack Klugman,
Martin Balsam,
E.G. Marshall
-
1918 – (
Finland)
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20 Million Miles to Earth, starring
William Hopper, with special effects by
Ray Harryhausen
A
B
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Baby Face Nelson, starring
Mickey Rooney
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Back Again, directed by
Ezz El-Dine Zulficar, written by
Yusuf Sibai, starring
Shoukry Sarhan,
Mariam Fakhr Eddine and
Salah Zulfikar – (
Egypt)
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The Bachelor Party, directed by
Delbert Mann, written by
Paddy Chayefsky, starring
Don Murray
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Band of Angels
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Barnacle Bill, starring
Alec Guinness – (GB)
-
The Barretts of Wimpole Street, starring
John Gielgud and
Jennifer Jones – (
GB)
-
Beau James, a
biopic starring
Bob Hope,
Vera Miles,
Alexis Smith
-
La Bestia humana (The Human Beast) – (
Argentina)
-
The Big Land, starring
Alan Ladd and
Virginia Mayo
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Bitter Victory, directed by
Nicholas Ray, starring
Richard Burton – (
France/
US)
-
The Black Scorpion, starring
Mara Corday, with special effects by
Willis O'Brien
-
Blue Murder at St Trinian's, starring
Terry-Thomas and
Joyce Grenfell – (
GB)
-
Bombers B-52, starring
Natalie Wood,
Karl Malden,
Marsha Hunt
-
Boy on a Dolphin, starring
Alan Ladd,
Clifton Webb,
Sophia Loren
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The Bridge on the River Kwai, directed by
David Lean, starring
William Holden,
Alec Guinness,
Jack Hawkins,
Sessue Hayakawa – winner of 7 Oscars, 3 BAFTAS and 3 Golden Globes – (GB)
-
Brothers in Law, starring
Richard Attenborough and
Ian Carmichael – (
GB)
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The Brothers Rico, starring
Richard Conte
-
The Burglar, starring
Dan Duryea and
Jayne Mansfield (filmed in 1955 but released in 1957 due to sudden popularity of Mansfield)
C
D
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The D.I., directed by and starring
Jack Webb
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Decision at Sundown, starring
Randolph Scott
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The Delicate Delinquent, starring
Jerry Lewis (his first film without
Dean Martin) and
Darren McGavin
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The Delinquents, directed by
Robert Altman
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Designing Woman, starring
Gregory Peck and
Lauren Bacall
-
Desk Set, starring
Spencer Tracy,
Katharine Hepburn,
Gig Young
-
The Devil's Hairpin, starring
Cornel Wilde
-
Do Aankhen Barah Haath (Two Eyes, Twelve Hands) – (
India)
-
Don Quixote (Don Kikhot) – (
U.S.S.R.)
-
Don't Go Near the Water, starring
Glenn Ford,
Gia Scala,
Anne Francis
-
Drango, starring
Jeff Chandler
-
Duped Till Doomsday (Betrogen bis zum jüngsten Tag) – (
East Germany)
E
- Early Morning Chill (五更寒), directed by
Yan Jizhou – (
China)
-
Edge of the City, directed by
Martin Ritt, starring
John Cassavetes,
Sidney Poitier,
Ruby Dee
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The Enemy Below, produced and directed by
Dick Powell, and starring
Robert Mitchum,
Curd Jürgens,
Theodore Bikel,
David Hedison
F
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A Face in the Crowd, directed by
Elia Kazan, written by
Budd Schulberg, starring
Andy Griffith,
Patricia Neal,
Walter Matthau
-
Les Fanatiques (The Fanatics), starring
Pierre Fresnay and
Michel Auclair – (
France)
-
A Farewell to Arms, starring
Rock Hudson and
Jennifer Jones
-
A Farewell to the Woman Called My Sister (Wakare no chatsumi-uta shimai-hen) – (
Japan)
-
Fathers and Sons (Padri e figli), directed by
Mario Monicelli, starring
Vittorio De Sica – (
Italy)
-
Fear Strikes Out, starring
Anthony Perkins and
Karl Malden
-
Fire Down Below, starring
Rita Hayworth and
Robert Mitchum
-
The Flute and the Arrow (En Djungelsaga), directed by
Arne Sucksdorff – (
Sweden)
-
Forty Guns, directed by
Samuel Fuller, starring
Barbara Stanwyck,
Barry Sullivan,
Gene Barry
-
Funny Face, directed by
Stanley Donen, starring
Audrey Hepburn,
Fred Astaire,
Kay Thompson
G
-
The Garment Jungle, starring
Lee J. Cobb and
Gia Scala
-
The Gates of Paris (Porte des Lilas), directed by
René Clair – (
France/
Italy)
-
Gateway of India, starring
Madhubala – (India)
-
The Girl in Black Stockings, starring
Lex Barker,
Anne Bancroft,
Mamie Van Doren
-
The Girl in the Kremlin, starring
Lex Barker and
Zsa Zsa Gabor
-
The Girl Most Likely, starring
Jane Powell and
Cliff Robertson
-
Les Girls, aka Cole Porter's Les Girls, starring
Gene Kelly,
Kay Kendall,
Taina Elg,
Mitzi Gaynor
-
La grande strada azzurra (The Wide Blue Road) – (
Italy)
-
Gun for a Coward, starring
Fred MacMurray
-
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, directed by
John Sturges, starring
Burt Lancaster,
Kirk Douglas,
Rhonda Fleming
H
-
The Halliday Brand, starring
Joseph Cotten and
Viveca Lindfors
-
A Hatful of Rain, directed by
Fred Zinnemann, starring
Eva Marie Saint,
Don Murray,
Anthony Franciosa
-
He Who Must Die (Celui qui doit mourir), directed by
Jules Dassin – (
France)
-
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison, directed by
John Huston, starring
Deborah Kerr and
Robert Mitchum
-
The Helen Morgan Story, starring
Paul Newman and
Ann Blyth
-
Hell Drivers, directed by
Cy Endfield, starring
Stanley Baker,
Peggy Cummins,
Patrick McGoohan – (
GB)
-
Hour of Decision, starring
Jeff Morrow and
Hazel Court – (GB)
-
The House of the Angel (La Casa del ángel) – (
Argentina)
I
-
I Am Waiting (Ore wa matteru ze) – (
Japan)
-
The Incredible Shrinking Man, directed by
Jack Arnold, starring
Grant Williams
-
Interlude, directed by
Douglas Sirk, starring
June Allyson
-
Island in the Sun, starring
Dorothy Dandridge,
James Mason,
Joan Fontaine,
Joan Collins,
Harry Belafonte
-
Istanbul, starring
Errol Flynn
J
-
Jailhouse Rock, starring
Elvis Presley
-
Jamboree, featuring
Dick Clark,
Frankie Avalon,
Fats Domino
-
Jeanne Eagels, starring
Kim Novak
-
Jet Pilot, starring
John Wayne and
Janet Leigh
-
Joe Butterfly, starring
Audie Murphy and
Burgess Meredith
-
Johnny Tremain, starring
Hal Stalmaster and
Sebastian Cabot
-
The Joker Is Wild, starring
Frank Sinatra,
Jeanne Crain,
Eddie Albert,
Mitzi Gaynor
K
L
-
The Land Unknown, starring
Jock Mahoney
-
Legend of the Lost, directed by
Henry Hathaway, starring
John Wayne,
Sophia Loren,
Rossano Brazzi,
Kurt Kasznar
-
Let's Be Happy, starring
Vera-Ellen and
Tony Martin – (GB)
-
The Little Hut, starring
Ava Gardner – (
GB/
US)
-
Love in the Afternoon, directed by
Billy Wilder, co-written by Wilder with
I. A. L. Diamond, starring
Gary Cooper,
Audrey Hepburn,
Maurice Chevalier
-
Loving You, starring
Elvis Presley,
Lizabeth Scott,
Wendell Corey
-
The Lower Depths (Donzoko), directed by
Akira Kurosawa, starring
Toshiro Mifune – (
Japan)
M
-
Man of a Thousand Faces, biopic of
Lon Chaney, starring
James Cagney,
Dorothy Malone,
Roger Smith,
Robert Evans (as
Irving Thalberg)
-
A Matter of Dignity (To teleftaio psema), directed by
Michael Cacoyannis – (
Greece)
-
Mayabazar (Fantasy Bazaar), starring
N. T. Rama Rao – (
India)
-
Mayerling, a TV film starring
Audrey Hepburn
-
Men in War, directed by
Anthony Mann, starring
Robert Ryan and
Aldo Ray
-
Miracles of Thursday (Los jueves, milagro), directed by
Luis García Berlanga, starring
Richard Basehart – (
Spain)
-
Mister Cory, directed by
Blake Edwards, starring
Tony Curtis,
Martha Hyer,
Kathryn Grant
-
The Monolith Monsters, starring
Grant Williams and
Lola Albright
-
The Monster That Challenged the World, starring
Tim Holt
-
Mother India, starring
Nargis – (
India)
-
My Gun Is Quick, starring
Robert Bray (as
Mike Hammer)
-
The Mysterians (Chikyū Bōeigun), directed by
Ishirō Honda – (
Japan)
N
-
N.Y., N.Y., a documentary film by
Francis Thompson
-
The Naked Truth, starring
Terry-Thomas and
Peter Sellers – (
GB)
-
Naya Daur (New Era), directed by
B. R. Chopra, starring
Dilip Kumar and
Vyjayanthimala – (
India)
-
Night of the Demon, (
Curse of the Demon), directed by
Jacques Tourneur, starring
Dana Andrews – (GB)
-
Night Passage, starring
James Stewart
-
Nightfall, starring
Aldo Ray,
Brian Keith,
Anne Bancroft
-
Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria), directed by
Federico Fellini – (
Italy)
-
Nine Lives (Ni Liv) – (
Norway)
O
-
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!, starring
Ginger Rogers and
David Niven
-
The Oklahoman, starring
Joel McCrea and
Barbara Hale
-
Old Yeller,
Walt Disney film, starring
Dorothy McGuire,
Fess Parker,
Tommy Kirk,
Kevin Corcoran
-
Omar Khayyam, starring
Cornel Wilde,
John Derek,
Debra Paget,
Yma Sumac
-
The One That Got Away, starring
Hardy Krüger – (
GB)
-
Operation Mad Ball, starring
Jack Lemmon and
Ernie Kovacs
-
An Osaka Story (Osaka Monogatari) – (
Japan)
-
The Outcry (Il Grido), directed by
Michelangelo Antonioni, starring
Steve Cochran and
Alida Valli – (
Italy)
P
-
The Pajama Game, starring
Doris Day
-
Pal Joey, directed by
George Sidney, starring
Frank Sinatra,
Rita Hayworth,
Kim Novak
-
Paths of Glory, directed by
Stanley Kubrick, starring
Kirk Douglas,
Ralph Meeker,
Adolphe Menjou
-
Paying Guest, starring
Dev Anand – (
India)
-
Perri, a
Disney animated film
-
Peyton Place, based on novel by
Grace Metalious, starring
Lana Turner,
Hope Lange,
Diane Varsi
-
The Pied Piper of Hamelin, starring
Van Johnson and
Claude Rains
-
The Pride and the Passion, starring
Cary Grant,
Frank Sinatra,
Sophia Loren
-
The Prince and the Showgirl, starring
Marilyn Monroe and
Laurence Olivier (who also directed)
-
Public Pigeon No. 1, starring
Red Skelton
-
Pyaasa (Thirsty), directed by and starring
Guru Dutt – (
India)
Q
R
S
-
The Sad Sack, starring
Jerry Lewis and
Peter Lorre
-
Saint Joan, directed by
Otto Preminger, starring
Jean Seberg – (GB/U.S.)
-
Sayonara, directed by
Joshua Logan, starring
Marlon Brando,
James Garner,
Red Buttons,
Miyoshi Umeki
-
The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet), directed by
Ingmar Bergman, starring
Max von Sydow – (
Sweden)
-
The Shiralee, starring
Peter Finch – (
GB)
-
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend, starring
Randolph Scott and
Angie Dickinson
-
Silk Stockings, starring
Fred Astaire and
Cyd Charisse
-
The Singing Ringing Tree (Das singende, klingende Bäumchen) – (
East Germany)
-
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, starring
Richard Egan and
Walter Matthau (see also ballet
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue)
-
Sleepless (la anam), starring
Faten Hamama,
Yehia Chehine and
Omar Sharif – (
Egypt)
-
The Smallest Show on Earth, directed by
Basil Dearden, starring
Bill Travers,
Virginia McKenna,
Peter Sellers – (
GB)
-
The Snow Queen (Snezhnaya koroleva) an animated film – (
USSR)
-
Something of Value, starring
Rock Hudson and
Sidney Poitier
-
The Spirit of St. Louis, starring
James Stewart in a
biopic of
Charles Lindbergh
-
Spring Reunion, starring
Betty Hutton and
Dana Andrews
-
Stopover Tokyo, starring
Robert Wagner and
Joan Collins
-
The Story of Esther Costello, starring
Joan Crawford,
Rossano Brazzi,
Heather Sears – (
GB)
-
The Strange One, starring
Ben Gazzara and
George Peppard
-
The Strange World of Planet X (The Cosmic Monsters), starring
Forrest Tucker – (Britain)
-
Sweet Smell of Success, directed by
Alexander Mackendrick, written by
Ernest Lehman, starring
Burt Lancaster and
Tony Curtis
T
-
The Tall T, directed by
Budd Boetticher, starring
Randolph Scott and
Richard Boone
-
The Deadly Mantis, starring
Craig Stevens and
William Hopper
-
The Giant Claw, starring
Jeff Morrow and
Mara Corday
-
Tammy and the Bachelor, starring
Debbie Reynolds and
Leslie Nielsen
-
The Tattered Dress, starring
Jeanne Crain,
Jeff Chandler,
Jack Carson
-
Ten Thousand Bedrooms, starring
Dean Martin
-
The Three Faces of Eve, starring
Joanne Woodward and
Lee J. Cobb
-
Three Violent People, starring
Charlton Heston,
Anne Baxter,
Forrest Tucker
-
Throne of Blood (Kumonosu-jō), directed by
Akira Kurosawa, starring
Toshiro Mifune – (
Japan)
-
Time Limit, directed by
Karl Malden, starring
Richard Widmark,
Richard Basehart,
June Lockhart
-
The Tin Star, starring
Anthony Perkins,
Henry Fonda,
Betsy Palmer
-
Tip on a Dead Jockey, starring
Robert Taylor,
Dorothy Malone,
Jack Lord
-
Tizoc, starring
Pedro Infante and
María Félix – (
Mexico)
-
Top Secret Affair, starring
Kirk Douglas and
Susan Hayward
-
The Tough (Al-Fetewa) – (
Egypt)
-
Tumsa Nahin Dekha, starring
Shammi Kapoor – (
India)
U
V
W
-
The Way to the Gold, starring
Jeffrey Hunter and
Sheree North
-
The Wayward Bus, starring
Jayne Mansfield,
Joan Collins,
Dan Dailey
-
White Nights (Le Notti Bianche), directed by
Luchino Visconti, starring
Maria Schell and
Marcello Mastroianni – (
Italy)
-
Whom God Forgives (Amanecer en Puerta Oscura) – (
Spain)
-
Wild Is the Wind, starring
Anna Magnani and
Anthony Quinn
-
Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället), directed by
Ingmar Bergman, starring
Bibi Andersson and
Victor Sjöström – (
Sweden)
-
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, starring
Jayne Mansfield (reprising her Broadway role) and
Tony Randall
-
The Wings of Eagles, starring
John Wayne and
Maureen O'Hara (their 4th film together)
-
Witness for the Prosecution, directed by
Billy Wilder, starring
Tyrone Power,
Marlene Dietrich,
Charles Laughton
-
Woman in a Dressing Gown, directed by
J. Lee Thompson – (
GB)
Y
Z
Short film series
Ending this year
Births
- January 5 -
Jeep Swenson, South African-American professional wrestler, stuntman, and actor (d. 1997)
- January 8 -
Ron Cephas Jones, American actor (d. 2023)
- January 12 –
John Lasseter, American animator, director, producer, and writer
- January 15 –
Mario Van Peebles, American actor and director
- January 16 -
Ricardo Darin, Argentine actor
- January 17
- January 19 -
Roger Ashton-Griffiths, English character actor, screenwriter and director
- January 24 -
Adrian Edmondson, English comedian, actor, musician, and television presenter
- January 25 –
Jenifer Lewis, American actress, comedian, singer and activist
- January 27 -
Danny Aiello III, American stunt performer, stunt coordinator, director, and actor (d. 2010)
- February 6
- February 14 -
Ken Wahl, American actor
- February 16 –
LeVar Burton, American actor, director, producer, and author
- February 19 –
Ray Winstone, English actor
- February 22 -
Robert Bathurst, English actor
- February 26 -
C. J. Graham, American actor
- February 27 –
Timothy Spall, English actor
- February 28 –
John Turturro, American actor, writer and director
- March 4 -
Mykelti Williamson, American actor
- March 6 –
Eddie Deezen, American actor and comedian
- March 8 -
Cynthia Rothrock, American actress
- March 13 -
Daniel Licht, American composer (d. 2017)
- March 15
- March 20
- March 21 -
Haydn Gwynne, English actress (d. 2023)
- March 23
- March 27 -
Stephen Dillane, English actor
- March 28 –
Paul Eiding, American actor, voice actor, and voice instructor
- March 29 –
Christopher Lambert, French actor
- March 30 -
Tawny Moyer, American actress
- March 31 -
Marc McClure, American actor
- April 4 –
Aki Kaurismäki, Finnish director
- April 12 –
Suzzanne Douglas, American actress (d. 2021)
- April 13
- April 14 -
Richard Jeni, American actor and comedian (d. 2007)
- April 23 –
Jan Hooks, American actress and comedian (d. 2014)
- April 25 -
Esther Scott, American actress
- April 27 -
Robert Curtis Brown, American actor
- April 29 –
Daniel Day-Lewis, English actor
- May 4 -
John Akomfrah, Ghanaian-born British filmmaker
- May 5 –
Richard E. Grant, English actor
- May 7 -
Ned Bellamy, American actor
- May 10 -
Alex Jennings, English actor
- May 13 -
Mark Heap, English actor and comedian
- May 17 -
Whip Hubley, American actor
- May 21 –
Judge Reinhold, American actor
- May 29
- May 30 -
Aire Koop, Estonian actress
- June 1 –
Dorota Kędzierzawska, Polish director and screenwriter
- June 8 -
Dimple Kapadia, Indian actress
- June 10 -
Robert Clohessy, American actor
- June 14 -
Jay Roach, American filmmaker
- June 17
- June 18 -
Andrea Evans, American actress
- June 23 –
Frances McDormand, American actress
- June 29 –
María Conchita Alonso, Cuban-Venezuelan singer and actress
- July 2 -
Bret Hart, Canadian-American pro wrestler
- July 5 -
James Tillis, American former professional boxer and actor
- July 9 –
Kelly McGillis, American actress
- July 12 -
Christopher Quinten, British actor
- July 13 –
Cameron Crowe, American director and screenwriter
- July 20 –
Donna Dixon, American actress, wife of
Dan Aykroyd
- July 21
- July 26 –
Nana Visitor, American actress
- July 27 -
Bill Engvall, American actor and stand-up comedian
- July 28 -
Lisa Freeman, American author and actress
- July 30 -
Victor Slezak, American actor
- August 1 -
Taylor Negron, American actor, comedian and writer (d. 2015)
- August 2 -
Mojo Nixon, American musician and actor (d. 2024)
- August 5
- August 9 –
Melanie Griffith, American actress
- August 15 -
Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor
- August 16 –
Laura Innes, American actress
- August 17 -
Ken Kwapis, American film and television director
- August 18
- August 19 -
Martin Donovan, American actor
- August 24 –
Stephen Fry, English comedian, author and actor
- August 25 -
Simon McBurney, English actor
- August 28
- September 1 –
Gloria Estefan, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and actress
- September 2 -
Steve Porcaro, American composer
- September 10 –
Kate Burton, American actress
- September 12
- September 21 –
Ethan Coen, American director, producer, screenwriter and editor
- September 23
- September 24 –
Brad Bird, American animator, director, writer and actor
- September 25 –
Michael Madsen, American actor
- September 30 –
Fran Drescher, American actress
- October 4 –
Bill Fagerbakke, American actor and voice actor
- October 5 –
Bernie Mac, American actor and comedian (d. 2008)
- October 11 –
Dawn French, English actress, comedian and writer
- October 12
- October 13 -
Marc Macaulay, American actor
- October 17 –
Lawrence Bender, American film producer
- October 23 -
Elizabeth D'Onofrio, American actress
- October 24 –
John Kassir, American actor and comedian
- October 25 –
Nancy Cartwright, American voice actress
- October 28
- October 29
- October 30 –
Kevin Pollak, American actor
- November 3 –
Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor and director
- November 5 -
Elizabeth Bracco, American actress
- November 6
- November 7 -
Christopher Knight, American actor
- November 19
- November 24 –
Denise Crosby, American actress
- November 30 -
Gary Lewis, Scottish actor
- December 3 -
Valérie Quennessen, French actress (d. 1989)
- December 10 –
Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (d. 2012)
- December 12 -
Higgins, American dog actor (d. 1975)
- December 13
- December 19
- December 21 –
Ray Romano, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and voice actor
- December 29 –
Brad Grey, American television and film producer (d. 2017)
Deaths
- January 14 –
Humphrey Bogart, 57, American actor,
Casablanca,
The Maltese Falcon,
Key Largo,
The Caine Mutiny
- January 19 –
Sheila Terry, 46, American actress,
The Sphinx,
The Silk Express
- January 26 –
William Eythe, 38, American actor,
The Song of Bernadette,
The House on 92nd Street
- February 19 –
Märta Torén, 31, Swedish actress,
Sirocco,
One Way Street
- March 25 –
Max Ophüls, 54, German director,
The Earrings of Madame de...,
Lola Montès
- March 31
- April 3 –
Ned Sparks, 73, Canadian actor,
42nd Street,
Imitation of Life
- April 8 –
Dorothy Sebastian, 53, American actress,
Spite Marriage,
Our Dancing Daughters
- April 27 –
Paweł Owerłło, 87, Polish actor,
Pan Tadeusz
- May 7 –
Charles King, 62, American actor,
Outlaws of the Plains,
Adventures of Sir Galahad
- May 9 –
Ezio Pinza, 64, Italian singer and actor,
Tonight We Sing,
Mr. Imperium
- May 12 –
Erich von Stroheim, 71, Austrian actor, director,
Sunset Boulevard,
La Grande Illusion
- May 29 –
James Whale, 67, British director,
Frankenstein,
The Invisible Man
- June 12 –
Robert Alton, 51, American choreographer and director,
White Christmas,
Pagan Love Song
- July 3 –
Judy Tyler, 24, American actress,
Jailhouse Rock,
Bop Girl Goes Calypso
- July 15 –
George Cleveland, 71, Canadian actor,
Carson City,
Fort Defiance
- July 24 –
Sacha Guitry, 72, French playwright, actor and director,
Confessions of a Cheat,
A Crime in Paradise
- August 7 –
Oliver Hardy, 65, American actor,
The Flying Deuces,
Sons of the Desert
- August 9 –
Konrad Tom, 70, Polish actor, screenwriter, director and singer,
His Excellency, The Shop Assistant
- August 12 –
Tim Whelan, 63, American director,
The Thief of Bagdad,
The Divorce of Lady X
- September 1 –
Helen Haye, 83, Indian-British actress,
The 39 Steps,
Richard III
- September 19 –
Edvard Persson, 69, Swedish actor,
South of the Highway,
Kalle's Inn
- October 20 –
Jack Buchanan, 66, British actor,
Auld Lang Syne,
The Band Wagon
- October 29 –
Louis B. Mayer, 73, Russian-American producer and studio executive,
Greed,
That's Entertainment!
- November 7 –
Dina Romano, 81, Italian actress,
The Materassi Sisters
- November 17 –
Cora Witherspoon, 67, American actress,
The Bank Dick,
Libeled Lady
- November 25 –
Raymond Griffith, 62, American actor,
Hands Up!,
All Quiet on the Western Front
- November 29 –
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, 60, Austrian composer,
Anthony Adverse,
The Adventures of Robin Hood
- November 30 –
Fred F. Sears, 44, American director,
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers,
Rock Around the Clock
- December 11 –
Musidora, 58, French actress, director,
Les Vampires,
Judex
- December 15 –
Alfonso Bedoya, 53, Mexican actor,
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,
The Big Country
- December 24 –
Norma Talmadge, 63, American actress,
New York Nights,
Secrets
- December 25 –
Charles Pathé, 94, French producer, writer,
The Conquest of the Pole
- December 27 –
Alan Bridge, 66, American actor,
The Stranger from Texas,
Cross My Heart
Film debuts
Notes
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^ 42.5 million Soviet tickets sold,
[12] average ticket price of 25
kopecks,
[13] 4 Rbls per US$ in 1957
[14]
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