The year 1965 in film involved some significant events, with The Sound of Music topping the U.S. box office.
February 15 - George Stevens' production of The Greatest Story Ever Told, a retelling of the account of Jesus Christ, premieres in New 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 impressive landscapes, powerful and provocative cinematography, actor Max von Sydow's debut performance in an American film, and the final film performance of Claude Rains.
March 2 - The Rodgers and Hammerstein film adaptation of The Sound of Music, directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, premieres. It quickly became a worldwide phenomenon and an instant classic. It successfully displaced Gone with the Wind to become, at the time, the highest-grossing film of all-time. The Sound of Music is credited as the film that saved and restored Twentieth Century-Fox from bankruptcy after it suffered from extremely high production costs and low revenue of Cleopatra, two years prior.
July 1 - Blake Edwards's epic comedy The Great Race, starring Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk, and Keenan 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.
December 22 - David Lean's film adaptation of Boris Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago, starring Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Rod Steiger, and Alec Guinness, premieres and, like The 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 the American Film Institute. In a decade of very difficult times for its studio, Zhivago became the most successful and acclaimed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film since How the West Was Won; it was the greatest MGM film since Ben-Hur.
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Academy Awards:
Best Picture:
The Sound of Music - Argyle Enterprises, Twentieth 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 by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos, Czechoslovakia
BAFTA 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
Musical or comedy:
Best Picture:
The Sound of Music
Best Actor:
Lee Marvin -
Cat Ballou
Best Actress:
Julie Andrews -
The Sound of Music
Other
Best Director:
David Lean -
Doctor Zhivago
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
The Knack ...and How to Get It, directed by Richard Lester, United Kingdom
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa (
Sandra of a Thousand Delights), directed by Luchino Visconti, Italy
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Alphaville, directed by Jean-Luc Godard, France / Italy
U.S.A. unless stated
January 1965
8 January
Dear Brigitte
15 January
Baby the Rain Must Fall
28 January
36 Hours
February 1965
10 February
Strange Bedfellows
Sylvia
15 February
Lord Jim
23 February
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
24 February
Love Has Many Faces
March 1965
2 March
The Sound of Music
5 March
The Rounders
6 March
Nightmare in the Sun
15 March
Major Dundee
21 March
Die! Die! My Darling!
24 March
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
31 March
The Truth About Spring
April 1965
3 April
The Man from Button Willow
6 April
In Harm's Way
7 April
Bus Riley's Back in Town
Girl Happy
8 April
The World of Abbott and Costello
9 April
The Greatest Story Ever Told
14 April
Beach Blanket Bingo
The Satan Bug
May 1965
5 May
Alphaville
Brainstorm
7 May
Joy in the Morning
14 May
Harlow
26 May
Mirage
June 1965
2 June
What's New Pussycat?
3 June
Shenandoah
9 June
Up from the Beach
18 June
I'll Take Sweden
23 June
Genghis Khan (1965 film)
The Hallelujah Trail
Harlow
Von Ryan's Express
Willy McBean and his Magic Machine
24 June
Cat Ballou
30 June
Ski Party
Tickle Me
July 1965
1 July
The Family Jewels
The Great Race
The Sons of Katie Elder
14 July
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
21 July
I Saw What You Did
29 July
Ship of Fools
August 1965
1 August
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet
3 August
You Must Be Joking! (U.K.)
9 August
The Brigand of Kandahar
14 August
A Very Special Favor
18 August
Catch Us If You Can
The Monkey's Uncle
Sergeant Deadhead
23 August
Dr. Who and the Daleks (U.K.)
25 August
Morituri
That Funny Feeling
Wild on the Beach
September 1965
1 September
Billie
3 September
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
8 September
Operation C.I.A.
20 September
How to Murder Your Wife
24 September
Marriage on the Rocks
27 September
Mickey One
October 1965
7 October
The Agony and the Ecstasy
11 October
The Bedford Incident (U.S.A./U.K.)
13 October
Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious
15 October
The Cincinnati Kid
17 October
Sting of Death
27 October
King Rat
November 1965
4 November
Never Too Late
6 November
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
17 November
The War Lord
18 November
For a Few Dollars More (Italy)
19 November
Return from the Ashes
24 November
Harum Scarum
25 November
Lady L
December 1965
2 December
That Darn Cat!
10 December
A Patch of Blue
13 December
A Thousand Clowns
15 December
The Flight of the Phoenix
16 December
Battle of the Bulge
19 December
Invasion of Astro-Monster
22 December
Doctor Zhivago (U.K.)
23 December
The Slender Thread
24 December
Bad Girls Go to Hell
29 December
Thunderball (U.K.)
U.S.A. unless stated
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The 10th Victim (La decima vittima), starring Marcello Mastroianni and Ursula Andress - (Italy/France)
36 Hours, starring James Garner, Rod Taylor and Eva Marie Saint
The 317th Platoon (La 317e Section) - (France)
A
Abashiri Prison (Abashiri Bangaichi), starring Ken Takakura - (Japan)
Adventures of a Dentist (Pokhozhdyeniya zubnovo vracha), directed by Elem Klimov - (U.S.S.R.)
The Adventures of the Smurfs (Les Aventures des Schtroumpfs) - (Belgium)
The Agony and the Ecstasy, directed by Carol Reed, starring Charlton Heston and Rex Harrison
The Alphabet Murders, directed by Frank Tashlin, starring Tony Randall and Anita Ekberg
Alphaville (Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution), directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Eddie Constantine - Golden Bear winner - (France)
Always Further On (Tarahumara (Cada vez más lejos)) - (Mexico)
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders, starring Kim Novak, Richard Johnson, Angela Lansbury
The Art of Love, directed by Norman Jewison, starring James Garner, Angie Dickinson, Elke Sommer, Dick Van Dyke
Arzoo (Wish), starring Sadhana - (India)
The Ashes (Popioły), directed by Andrzej Wajda - (Poland)
B
Baby the Rain Must Fall, starring Steve McQueen and Lee Remick
Bad Girls Go to Hell, directed by Doris Wishman
Battle of the Bulge, starring Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan, Charles Bronson, Ty Hardin, Pier Angeli
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita, directed by Delmer Daves, starring Maureen O'Hara, Rossano Brazzi, Olivia Hussey
Beach Blanket Bingo, directed by William Asher, starring Annette Funicello, Frankie Avalon, Deborah Walley, Don Rickles
The Bedford Incident, starring Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier - (U.S.A./U.K.)
Behind the Mask of Zorro
Billie, starring Patty Duke
Black Humor
Black Wind (Viento negro) - (Mexico)
Boeing Boeing, starring Jerry Lewis and Tony Curtis
La Bohème - (West Germany)
Brainstorm, directed by William Conrad, starring Anne Francis and Jeffrey Hunter
The Brigand of Kandahar, starring Oliver Reed and Yvonne Romain
Bunny Lake Is Missing, directed by Otto Preminger, starring Laurence Olivier and Carol Lynley - (U.K.)
Bus Riley's Back in Town, starring Ann-Margret and Michael Parks
C
The Camp Followers (Le soldatesse), starring Anna Karina - (Italy)
Carry On Cowboy, starring Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale - (U.K.)
Casanova 70, starring Marcello Mastroianni and Virna Lisi - (Italy)
Cat Ballou, starring Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin
Catch Us If You Can, a.k.a. Having a Wild Weekend, starring The Dave Clark Five
Chronicle of a Boy Alone (Crónica de un niño solo) - (Argentina)
The Cincinnati Kid, directed by Norman Jewison, starring Steve McQueen, Edward G. Robinson, Ann-Margret, Karl Malden, Tuesday Weld, Joan Blondell
City Under the Sea (aka War-Gods of the Deep), starring Vincent Price and Tab Hunter
Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion, starring Marshall Thompson and Betsy Drake
The Collector, directed by William Wyler, starring Terence Stamp and Samantha Eggar - (U.K./U.S.A.)
Cup Fever, starring Bernard Cribbins - (U.K.)
Curse of the Fly, starring Brian Donlevy, George Baker, Carole Gray
D
Darling, directed by John Schlesinger, starring Laurence Harvey, Dirk Bogarde, Julie Christie - (U.K.)
Dear Brigitte, starring James Stewart, Bill Mumy, Glynis Johns, Ed Wynn, Brigitte Bardot
A Devilish Homicide (Salinma) - (South Korea)
Die! Die! My Darling! (aka Fanatic), starring Tallulah Bankhead and Stefanie Powers
Dingaka, starring Stanley Baker - (South Africa)
Doctor Zhivago, directed by David Lean, starring Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness—winner of 5 Academy Awards - (U.K.)
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine, starring Vincent Price and Frankie Avalon
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors, starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee - (U.K.)
Dr. Who and the Daleks, starring Peter Cushing - (U.K.)
E-F
The Early Bird, starring Norman Wisdom - (U.K.)
The Family Jewels, starring Jerry Lewis
Fantômas se déchaîne (Fantômas Unleashed), starring Jean Marais - (France)
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, directed by Russ Meyer
Ferry Cross the Mersey, starring Gerry and the Pacemakers - (U.K.)
Fists in the Pocket (I pugni in tasca) - (Italy)
The Flight of the Phoenix, directed by Robert Aldrich, starring James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Hardy Krüger, Ernest Borgnine, Peter Finch
For a Few Dollars More, directed by Sergio Leone, starring Clint Eastwood - (Italy)
Funny Things Happen Down Under, starring Olivia Newton-John - (Australia)
G
Il Gaucho, starring Vittorio Gassman and Nino Manfredi - (Italy/Argentina)
Genghis Khan (1965 film), starring Omar Sharif, Stephen Boyd, James Mason
Girl Happy, starring Elvis Presley
The Glory Guys, directed by Arnold Laven, starring Tom Tryon and Harve Presnell
Goldstein, comedy ensemble film, with actors from The Second City, including Severn Darden
The Great Race, directed by Blake Edwards, starring Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk, Ross Martin
The Greatest Story Ever Told, directed by George Stevens, starring Max von Sydow, Charlton Heston, Dorothy McGuire, David McCallum, Martin Landau, Telly Savalas
Guide, directed by Vijay Anand, starring Dev Anand - (India)
Gumnaam (Unknown), starring Manoj Kumar - (India)
H
The Hallelujah Trail, directed by John Sturges, starring Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Jim Hutton, Pamela Tiffin
Happiness (Le bonheur), directed by Agnès Varda - (France)
Harlow, starring Carroll Baker, Peter Lawford, Red Buttons, Mike Connors, Leslie Nielsen, Angela Lansbury
Harlow, starring Carol Lynley, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Barry Sullivan, Hurd Hatfield, Ginger Rogers
Harum Scarum, aka Harem Holiday, starring Elvis Presley, Mary Ann Mobley, Fran Jeffries
Help!, directed by Richard Lester, starring The Beatles - (U.K.)
The Heroes of Telemark, starring Kirk Douglas and Richard Harris
A High Wind in Jamaica, starring Anthony Quinn and James Coburn - (U.K.)
The Hill, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Sean Connery, Ian Bannen, Ossie Davis - (U.K.)
The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga (A Hora e a Vez de Augusto Matraga) - (Brazil)
How to Murder Your Wife, starring Jack Lemmon and Virna Lisi
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini, starring Annette Funicello, Dwayne Hickman, Buster Keaton, Beverly Adams, Mickey Rooney
I
I Knew Her Well (Io la conoscevo bene), starring Stefania Sandrelli, Nino Manfredi, Franco Nero - (Italy)
I'll Take Sweden, starring Bob Hope, Dina Merrill, Frankie Avalon, Tuesday Weld
Impossible on Saturday (Pas question le samedi) - (Italy/France/Israel)
In Harm's Way, directed by Otto Preminger, starring John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal, Brandon deWilde, Paula Prentiss, Henry Fonda
Inside Daisy Clover, starring Natalie Wood, Robert Redford, Christopher Plummer
Inside the Forbidden City (Song gong mi shi) - (Hong Kong)
Intimate Lighting (Intimní osvětlení), directed by Ivan Passer - (Czechoslovakia)
Invasion of Astro-Monster (Kaijû daisensô), directed by Ishirō Honda - (Japan)
The Ipcress File, directed by Sidney J. Furie, starring Michael Caine - BAFTA Award for Best British Film - (U.K.)
I Saw What You Did, starring Joan Crawford
J
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!, starring Shirley MacLaine, Richard Crenna, Peter Ustinov
Joy in the Morning, starring Richard Chamberlain and Yvette Mimieux
Juliet of the Spirits (Giulietta degli spiriti), directed by Federico Fellini - (Italy/France)
K
King Rat, starring George Segal, Tom Courtenay, James Fox
The Knack ...and How to Get It, directed by Richard Lester, starring Ray Brooks, Rita Tushingham, Michael Crawford - Cannes Grand Prize - (U.K.)
L
Lady L, directed by Peter Ustinov, starring Sophia Loren, Paul Newman, David Niven
Licensed to Kill, starring Tom Adams- (U.K.)
Life at the Top, starring Laurence Harvey and Jean Simmons - (U.K.)
The Liquidator, directed by Jack Cardiff and starring Rod Taylor and Trevor Howard (U.K.)
La Loba (The She-Wolf) - (Mexico)
Lord Jim, starring Peter O'Toole - (U.K./U.S.A.)
Love Has Many Faces, starring Lana Turner, Hugh O'Brian, Cliff Robertson, Ruth Roman, Stefanie Powers
The Loved One, directed by Tony Richardson, starring Robert Morse, Anjanette Comer, Jonathan Winters, Rod Steiger, Paul Williams, Liberace
Loves of a Blonde (Lásky jedné plavovlásky), directed by Miloš Forman - (Czechoslovakia)
M
A Maiden for a Prince, directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile, starring Virna Lisi and Vittorio Gassman (Italian: Una vergine per il principe, comedy) (Italy)
Major Dundee, directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, James Coburn, Jim Hutton
The Man from Button Willow
Man Is Not a Bird (Čovek nije tica) - (Yugoslavia)
Marriage on the Rocks, starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Deborah Kerr
McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force
Mickey One, directed by Arthur Penn, starring Warren Beatty
Mirage, directed by Edward Dmytryk, starring Gregory Peck, Diane Baker and Walter Matthau
The Money Trap, starring Glenn Ford, Rita Hayworth, Ricardo Montalbán, Joseph Cotten, Elke Sommer
The Monkey's Uncle, starring Annette Funicello and Tommy Kirk
Morituri, starring Marlon Brando and Yul Brynner
N
The Nanny, starring Bette Davis - (U.K.)
The Naked Prey, directed by and starring Cornel Wilde - (U.S./South Africa)
Never Too Late, starring Paul Ford, Maureen O'Sullivan, Connie Stevens, Jim Hutton
Nightmare Castle, starring Barbara Steele - (Italy)
Nightmare in the Sun, starring Ursula Andress, John Derek, Aldo Ray, Sammy Davis, Jr.
None but the Brave, directed by and starring Frank Sinatra, with Clint Walker, Tommy Sands
O
Once a Thief, starring Alain Delon and Ann-Margret - (U.S.A./France)
Operation C.I.A., starring Burt Reynolds and Danielle Aubry
Operation Crossbow, starring Sophia Loren - (U.K.)
Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures (Operatsiya „Y“ i drugie priklyucheniya Shurika), starring Aleksandr Demyanenko - (U.S.S.R.)
Othello, directed by Stuart Burge, starring Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Frank Finlay - (U.K.)
P
A Patch of Blue, starring Sidney Poitier, Elizabeth Hartman, Shelley Winters
Pierrot le Fou, directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina - (France)
Planet of the Vampires (Terrore nello spazio), directed by Mario Bava - (Italy/Spain)
Promise Her Anything, directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Warren Beatty and Leslie Caron
R
The Rabbit Is Me (Das Kaninchen bin ich) - (East Germany)
The Railrodder, a comedy short starring Buster Keaton in his last film - (Canada)
Răscoala - (Romania)
Red Beard (Akahige), directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune - (Japan)
Repulsion, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Catherine Deneuve - (U.K.)
Return from the Ashes, starring Maximilian Schell and Samantha Eggar
The Return of Mr. Moto, starring Henry Silva - (U.K.)
The Round-Up (Szegénylegények), directed by Miklós Jancsó - (Hungary)
The Rounders, directed by Burt Kennedy, starring Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda
S
Samurai Spy (Ibun Sarutobi Sasuke) - (Japan)
Sandra (Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa), directed by Luchino Visconti, starring Claudia Cardinale - (Italy)
São Paulo, Sociedade Anônima (São Paulo, the Anonymous Town) - (Brazil)
The Saragossa Manuscript (Rekopis znaleziony w Saragossie), starring Zbigniew Cybulski - (Poland)
The Sandpiper, directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Eva Marie Saint
Sands of the Kalahari, starring Stuart Whitman, Stanley Baker, Susannah York - (U.K.)
The Satan Bug, starring George Maharis and Anne Francis
Secrets Behind the Wall (Kabe no naka no himegoto) - (Japan)
Sergeant Deadhead, starring Frankie Avalon and Deborah Walley
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (Tini zabutykh predkiv) - (U.S.S.R.)
Shakespeare Wallah, directed by James Ivory, starring Shashi Kapoor, Felicity Kendal, Madhur Jaffrey
She, starring Ursula Andress and Peter Cushing - (U.K.)
Shenandoah, starring James Stewart, Doug McClure, Rosemary Forsyth, Katharine Ross
Ship of Fools, directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, Lee Marvin, Michael Dunn, José Ferrer
The Shop on Main Street (Obchod na korze), directed by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film - (Czechoslovakia)
Simon of the Desert (Simón del desierto), directed by Luis Buñuel - (Mexico)
The Sin (Al Haram) - (Egypt)
Sindbad Alibaba Aladin
Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious, starring Alec Guinness, Mike Connors, Robert Redford
Ski Party, starring Frankie Avalon and Yvonne Craig
The Skull, starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Patrick Wymark - (U.K.)
Slalom, starring Vittorio Gassman, Adolfo Celi, Beba Lončar, Daniela Bianchi - (Italy)
The Sleeping Car Murders (Compartiment tueurs), directed by Costa-Gavras, starring Yves Montand and Simone Signoret - (France)
The Slender Thread, directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Sidney Poitier, Anne Bancroft, Telly Savalas, Ed Asner
The Sons of Katie Elder, directed by Henry Hathaway, starring John Wayne and Dean Martin
The Sound of Music, directed by Robert Wise, starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer—winner of 5 Oscars and 2 Golden Globes
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, directed by Martin Ritt, starring Richard Burton and Claire Bloom - (U.K.)
Sting of Death, directed by William Grefe
Story of a Prostitute (Shunpuden), directed by Seijun Suzuki - (Japan)
Strange Bedfellows, starring Rock Hudson and Gina Lollobrigida
A Study in Terror, starring John Neville, Donald Houston and Anthony Quayle- (U.K.)
A Swingin' Summer, starring James Stacy and Raquel Welch
Sword of the Beast (Kedamono no ken), directed by Hideo Gosha - (Japan)
Sylvia, starring Carroll Baker and George Maharis
Synanon, directed by Richard Quine, starring Edmond O'Brien, Chuck Connors, Stella Stevens
T
Tattooed Life (Irezumi ichidai), directed by Seijun Suzuki - (Japan)
Ten Little Indians, starring Shirley Eaton, Hugh O'Brian, Daliah Lavi, Stanley Holloway, Wilfred Hyde-White, Fabian Forte - (U.K.)
That Darn Cat! starring Dean Jones
That Funny Feeling, starring Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee
The Third Day, starring George Peppard and Elizabeth Ashley
Thirty Three (Tridtsat tri) - (U.S.S.R.)
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, directed by Ken Annakin, starring Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, Robert Morley, Gert Fröbe - (U.K.)
A Thousand Clowns, starring Jason Robards, Barry Gordon, Martin Balsam, Barbara Harris
Thunderball, starring Sean Connery (as James Bond), with Claudine Auger, Luciana Paluzzi, Adolfo Celi - (U.K.)
Tickle Me, starring Elvis Presley
Tokyo Olympiad, a documentary directed by Kon Ichikawa - (Japan)
The Truth About Spring, directed by Richard Thorpe, starring Hayley Mills and John Mills
U
The Uninhibited (Los pianos mecánicos), directed by Juan Antonio Bardem, starring Melina Mercouri and James Mason - (Spain)
Up from the Beach, starring Cliff Robertson
Up to His Ears
V
A Very Special Favor, starring Rock Hudson and Leslie Caron
Viva Maria!, directed by Louis Malle, starring Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau - (France)
Von Ryan's Express, directed by Mark Robson, starring Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Edward Mulhare, Adolfo Celi
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet, starring Basil Rathbone
W
Waqt, starring Sunil Dutt and Sadhana - (India)
The War Game, a TV docudrama directed by Peter Watkins - (U.K.)
The War Lord, starring Charlton Heston, Richard Boone, Rosemary Forsyth
What's New Pussycat?, directed by Clive Donner, starring Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Woody Allen, Romy Schneider, Paula Prentiss, Capucine
Wild on the Beach, starring Sherry Jackson, Frankie Randall, Sonny & Cher
Willy McBean and his Magic Machine
Winter Kept Us Warm, directed by David Secter - (Canada)
The World of Abbott and Costello, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
Y
You Must Be Joking!, starring Lionel Jeffries, Denholm Elliott, Michael Callan - (U.K.)
Young Dillinger, starring Nick Adams and Mary Ann Mobley
Yo Yo, directed by and starring Pierre Étaix - (France)
Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
Speedy Gonzales (1953–1968)
Goofy (1965)
January 4 - Julia Ormond, French actress
January 9 - Joely Richardson, English actress
January 22 - Diane Lane, American actress
January 27 - Alan Cumming, Scottish actor
February 1 - Brandon Lee, American actor (d. 1993)
February 7 - Chris Rock, American stand up comic and actor
February 11 - Stephen Gregory, American actor
February 18 - Dr. Dre, American music producer
February 24 - Kristin Davis, American actress Sex in the City
March 25 - Sarah Jessica Parker, American actress
April 4 - Robert Downey, Jr., American actor
May 23 - Liina Tennosaar, Estonian actress
May 31 - Brooke Shields, American actress and model
June 10 - Elizabeth Hurley, English model and actress
June 19 - Sean Marshall, American child actor and singer
June 28 - Sonny Strait, American voice actor
July 3 - Connie Nielsen, Danish actress
July 25 - Illeana Douglas, American actress
July 26 - Jeremy Piven, American actor
August 11 - Viola Davis, American actress
August 19 - Kyra Sedgwick, American actress
September 3 - Charlie Sheen, American actor
October 10 - Chris Penn, American actor (d. 2006)
October 11 - Lennie James, English actor
November 2 - Shah Rukh Khan, Indian actor
November 21 - Alexander Siddig, Sudanese-English actor
November 24 - Shirley Henderson, Scottish actress
November 30 - Ben Stiller, American actor
December 7 - Jeffrey Wright, American actor
December 31 - Gong Li, Chinese actress
Unknown - Lisa Roberts Gillan, American actress
January 14 - Jeanette MacDonald, 61, American actress, singer, San Francisco, One Hour with You
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 23 - Stan Laurel, 74, British actor, The Flying Deuces, Sons of the Desert
March 1 - Fred Immler, 84, German actor, Madame Du Barry, Zapata's Gang
March 6 - Margaret Dumont, 82, American actress, Duck Soup, A Night at the Opera
March 23 - Mae Murray, 75, American actress, The Merry Widow, The Delicious Little Devil
March 28 - Jack Hoxie, 80, American Western actor, The Last Frontier, Gold
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 30 - Helen Chandler, 59, American actress, Dracula, The Last Flight
May 5 - 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 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
Everett Sloane, 55, American actor, Citizen Kane, The Lady from Shanghai
Nancy Carroll, 61, American actress, The Devil's Holiday, Hot Saturday
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
Catherine Dale Owen, 70, American actress, Such Men Are Dangerous, Born Reckless
Jean Peyrière, 79, French actor, Le roi de Paris, Fanfan la Tulipe
September 8 - Dorothy Dandridge, 42, American actress, singer, Carmen Jones, Porgy and Bess
September 27 - Clara Bow, 60, American actress, Wings, It
October 3 - Zachary Scott, 51, American actor, Mildred Pierce, The Southerner
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 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 29 - Frank S. Nugent, 57, American screenwriter, The Searchers, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Woody Allen - What's New Pussycat
Robert De Niro - Encounter
Sonny & Cher - Wild on the Beach
Michael Gambon - Othello
Derek Jacobi - Othello
George Lucas - director - Look at Life
Philip Kaufman - director - Goldstein
