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The year 1971 in film involved some significant events.

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Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1971 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Events

  • February 8 - Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New York's Academy of Music. The film includes footage from Dylan's 1966 UK tour.
  • The first permanent IMAX projection system is installed at Ontario Place's "Cinesphere" in Toronto.
  • April 23 - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song becomes the highest-grossing independent film of 1971.
  • Awards

    Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

    The Go-Between, directed by Joseph Losey, United Kingdom

    Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

    The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini), directed by Vittorio De Sica, Italy / W. Germany

    1971 film releases

    U.S.A. unless stated

    January–March

  • January 1971
  • 31 January
  • Countess Dracula
  • February 1971
  • 9 February
  • Little Murders
  • March 1971
  • 11 March
  • A New Leaf
  • THX 1138
  • 12 March
  • Plaza Suite
  • The Andromeda Strain
  • 13 March
  • Vanishing Point
  • 17 March
  • The Barefoot Executive
  • 21 March
  • Making It
  • 24 March
  • Friends
  • 25 March
  • The Deserter
  • 31 March
  • B.S. I Love You
  • April–June

  • April 1971
  • 9 April
  • Summer of '42
  • May 1971
  • 1 May
  • Billy Jack
  • 21 May
  • Escape from the Planet of the Apes
  • 26 May
  • Big Jake
  • June 1971
  • 13 June
  • Unman, Wittering and Zigo
  • 18 June
  • Willard
  • The Panic in Needle Park
  • 22 June
  • Scandalous John
  • 23 June
  • The Seven Minutes
  • 30 June
  • The Million Dollar Duck
  • Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
  • Carnal Knowledge
  • July–September

  • July 1971
  • 1 July
  • Murphy's War
  • Walkabout
  • 2 July
  • Shaft
  • 24 July
  • Godzilla vs. Hedorah (Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster) - (Japan)
  • August 1971
  • 6 August
  • Let's Scare Jessica to Death
  • 9 August
  • The Mephisto Waltz
  • 15 August
  • Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
  • 19 August
  • The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
  • 25 August
  • A Gunfight
  • October–December

  • October 1971
  • 9 October
  • The French Connection
  • November 1971
  • 3 November
  • Fiddler on the Roof
  • Play Misty for Me
  • 24 November
  • Black Beauty
  • December 1971
  • 13 December
  • Bedknobs and Broomsticks
  • 20 December
  • Harold and Maude
  • 19 December
  • A Clockwork Orange
  • 21 December
  • Such Good Friends
  • 22 December
  • Star Spangled Girl
  • The Last Picture Show
  • 23 December
  • Dirty Harry
  • 29 December
  • Straw Dogs
  • 30 December
  • Diamonds Are Forever
  • Notable films released in 1971

    U.S.A. unless stated

  • $ (a.k.a. Dollars, The Heist), starring Warren Beatty and Goldie Hawn
  • 10 Rillington Place, starring Richard Attenborough and John Hurt - (U.K.)
  • 1000 Convicts and a Woman, British exploitation film directed by Ray Austin
  • 1870, Italian historical drama starring Anna Magnani and Marcello Mastroianni
  • 200 Motels, featuring Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention
  • 3, Norwegian drama depicting a polyamorous relationship between a man and two women
  • The 300 Year Weekend, starring Michael Tolan and William Devane
  • A
  • Aabhijathyam, Indian Malayalam, directed by A Vincent and produced by RS Prabhu, with stars Madhu, Sharada and Sukumari
  • Aana Valarthiya Vanampadiyude Makan, Indian Malayalam, directed and produced by P. Subramaniam, with stars Gemini Ganesan and Rajasree
  • Aap Aye Bahaar Ayee, Bollywood film produced, directed and written by Mohan Kumar, with stars Rajendra Kumar and Sadhana
  • The Abominable Dr. Phibes, starring Vincent Price and Joseph Cotten - (U.K.)
  • Achante Bharya, Indian Malayalam film, directed by Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair, with stars Adoor Bhasi, K. P. Ummer and Ragini
  • Adrift on the Nile (Thartharah fawq al-Nil), directed by Hussein Kamal - (Egypt)
  • Adiós, Sabata (a.k.a. The Bounty Hunters), starring Yul Brynner - (Italy)
  • The Adversary (Pratidwandi), directed by Satyajit Ray - (India)
  • Agnimrigam, Indian Malayalam film, directed by M. Krishnan Nair, with stars Prem Nazir, Sathyan and Sheela
  • Amar Prem (Immortal Love), starring Sharmila Tagore and Rajesh Khanna - (India)
  • Anand, starring Rajesh Khanna - (India)
  • The Anderson Tapes, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam, Christopher Walken
  • And Now for Something Completely Different, a Monty Python film - (U.K.)
  • The Andromeda Strain, directed by Robert Wise, starring Arthur Hill, Kate Reid, David Wayne, James Olson
  • Animal Treasure Island (Dōbutsu Takarajima) - (Japan)
  • B
  • Bananas, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Louise Lasser and Howard Cosell
  • The Barefoot Executive, starring Kurt Russell
  • The Battle of Kerzhenets (Secha pri Kerzhentse) - (U.S.S.R.)
  • Bedknobs and Broomsticks, starring Angela Lansbury and David Tomlinson
  • The Beguiled, starring Clint Eastwood and Geraldine Page
  • Benny's Bathtub (Bennys badekar) - (Denmark)
  • Between Miracles (Per grazia ricevuta), directed by and starring Nino Manfredi - (Italy)
  • Beware of a Holy Whore (Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder - (West Germany)
  • The Big Boss (Tang shan da xiong / a.k.a. Fists of Fury), starring Bruce Lee - (Hong Kong)
  • The Big Doll House, starring Pam Grier
  • Big Jake, starring John Wayne, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Hara
  • Billy Jack, starring Tom Laughlin, re-released in 1973
  • Bleak Moments, directed by Mike Leigh, starring Anne Raitt, Sarah Stephenson - (U.K.)
  • Bless the Beasts and Children, directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Bill Mumy
  • The Blood on Satan's Claw, starring Patrick Wymark and Linda Hayden- (U.K.)
  • The Boat on the Grass (Le Bateau sur l'herbe), starring Jean-Pierre Cassel - (France)
  • Born to Win, starring George Segal, Paula Prentiss, Héctor Elizondo, Karen Black, Robert De Niro
  • The Boy Friend, directed by Ken Russell, starring Twiggy - (U.K.)
  • Brian's Song, starring James Caan, Billy Dee Williams, Shelley Fabares, Judy Pace, Jack Warden
  • Brother John, starring Sidney Poitier
  • Bunny O'Hare, starring Bette Davis
  • C
  • Carnal Knowledge, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Jack Nicholson, Art Garfunkel, Ann-Margret, Candice Bergen
  • Carry On Henry, directed by Gerald Thomas, starring Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims - (U.K.)
  • The Ceremony (Gashiki), directed by Nagisa Oshima - (Japan)
  • Chandler, starring Warren Oates and Leslie Caron
  • Le Chat (The Cat), directed by Robert Bresson, starring Jean Gabin and Simone Signoret - (France)
  • A Clockwork Orange, directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Malcolm McDowell - (U.K.)
  • The Clowns (I clowns), a TV film directed by and starring Federico Fellini - (Italy)
  • Cold Turkey, directed by Norman Lear, starring Dick Van Dyke and Bob Newhart
  • Confessions of a Police Captain (Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore della repubblica), starring Franco Nero - (Italy)
  • Countess Dracula, starring Ingrid Pitt - (U.K.)
  • Crucible of Terror, starring Mike Raven, James Bolam and Mary Maude- (U.K.)
  • D
  • Dauria - (U.S.S.R.)
  • The Deadly Duo (Shuang xia), directed by Chang Cheh - (Hong Kong)
  • The Deadly Trap, starring Faye Dunaway and Frank Langella
  • Death in Venice (Morte a Venezia), directed by Luchino Visconti, starring Dirk Bogarde and Silvana Mangano - (Italy/France)
  • The Decameron, directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini - (Italy)
  • The Deserter, directed by Burt Kennedy, starring Bekim Fehmiu, John Huston, Richard Crenna, Chuck Connors, Brandon deWilde
  • Desperate Characters, directed by Frank D. Gilroy, starring Shirley MacLaine and Kenneth Mars
  • The Devils, directed by Ken Russell, starring Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave - (U.K.)
  • The Devil Has Seven Faces, starring Stephen Boyd and Carroll Baker- (Italy)
  • Die Screaming, Marianne, starring Susan George and Barry Evans- (U.K.)
  • Diamonds Are Forever, starring Sean Connery (as James Bond), with Jill St. John, Jimmy Dean, Charles Gray - (U.K.)
  • Dirty Harry, directed by Don Siegel, starring Clint Eastwood, Andy Robinson, John Vernon, Reni Santoni
  • Doc, starring Stacy Keach and Faye Dunaway
  • Drive, He Said, directed by Jack Nicholson, starring Karen Black and Bruce Dern
  • Duel, the directorial debut of Steven Spielberg, starring Dennis Weaver
  • Dulcima, starring John Mills and Carol White - (U.K.)
  • E
  • The Emigrants, directed by Jan Troell, starring Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann - (Sweden)
  • Escape from the Planet of the Apes, starring Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Bradford Dillman, Natalie Trundy, Ricardo Montalbán, Eric Braeden, William Windom, Sal Mineo
  • Evdokia, directed by Alexis Damianos - (Greece)
  • Evel Knievel, starring George Hamilton and Sue Lyon
  • F
  • Family Life (Życie rodzinne) - (Poland)
  • Family Life, directed by Ken Loach - (U.K.)
  • Fiddler on the Roof, directed by Norman Jewison, starring Chaim Topol
  • A Fistful of Dynamite (a.k.a. Duck You Sucker), directed by Sergio Leone, starring James Coburn and Rod Steiger - (Italy)
  • Fleeing the Trap, starring Behrouz Vossoughi and Davoud Rashidi (Iran)
  • Fools' Parade, starring James Stewart, George Kennedy, Kurt Russell
  • Fortune and Men's Eyes - (Canada)
  • Four Nights of a Dreamer (Quatre nuits d'un rêveur), directed by Robert Bresson - (France)
  • The French Connection, directed by William Friedkin, starring Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider - 5 Academy Awards including best film, director and actor
  • Fright, starring Susan George and Honor Blackman - (U.K.)
  • G
  • The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, starring Jerry Orbach, Leigh Taylor-Young, Robert De Niro
  • Gas-s-s-s, directed by Roger Corman
  • Gentlemen of Fortune (Dzhentlmeny udachi) - (U.S.S.R.)
  • Get Carter, directed by Mike Hodges, starring Michael Caine - (U.K.)
  • A Girl in Australia (Bello onesto emigrato Australia), starring Alberto Sordi - (Italy/Australia)
  • The Go-Between, directed by Joseph Losey, starring Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Dominic Guard - (U.K.)
  • Godzilla vs. Hedorah (Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster) - (Japan)
  • Grandads-Robbers (Stariki-razboyniki) - (U.S.S.R.)
  • The Grissom Gang, starring Kim Darby and Scott Wilson
  • Guddi, starring Dharmendra - (India)
  • Gumshoe, directed by Stephen Frears, starring Albert Finney and Billie Whitelaw - (U.K.)
  • A Gunfight, starring Kirk Douglas and Johnny Cash
  • H
  • Hannie Caulder, starring Raquel Welch, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Culp
  • Hare Rama Hare Krishna, directed by and starring Dev Anand - (India)
  • Harold and Maude, directed by Hal Ashby, starring Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort
  • The Hellstrom Chronicle, a documentary directed by Walon Green narrated by a dramatized title character portrayed by Lawrence Pressman
  • The Hired Hand, directed by and starring Peter Fonda, with Warren Oates, Verna Bloom
  • The Horsemen, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Omar Sharif and Jack Palance
  • The Hospital, directed by Arthur Hiller, starring George C. Scott and Diana Rigg
  • How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (Como Era Gostoso o Meu Francês) - (Brazil)
  • How to Frame a Figg, starring Don Knotts and Yvonne Craig
  • The Hunting Party, starring Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, Oliver Reed
  • I
  • I, Monster, starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing - (U.K.)
  • In Prison Awaiting Trial (Detenuto in attesa di giudizio), starring Alberto Sordi - (Italy)
  • J
  • Joe Hill, directed by Bo Widerberg - (Sweden/U.S.A.)
  • Johnny Got His Gun, directed by Dalton Trumbo, starring Timothy Bottoms, Diane Varsi, Jason Robards, Donald Sutherland
  • Juste avant la nuit (a.k.a. Just Before Nightfall), directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Stéphane Audran - (France)
  • K
  • King Lear, directed by Peter Brook, starring Paul Scofield - (U.K.)
  • King Lear, directed by Grigori Kozintsev - (U.S.S.R.)
  • Klute, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Jane Fonda (Oscar winner), Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi, Roy Scheider
  • Kotch, directed by Jack Lemmon, starring Walter Matthau
  • L
  • Land of Silence and Darkness (Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit), directed by Werner Herzog - (West Germany)
  • The Last Picture Show, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Cloris Leachman, Ellen Burstyn, Ben Johnson
  • The Last Run, starring George C. Scott
  • Lawman, starring Burt Lancaster, Lee J. Cobb, Robert Ryan, Robert Duvall
  • Le Mans, starring Steve McQueen
  • Liberation (Osvobozhdenie / Befreiung), directed by Yuri Ozerov - (U.S.S.R./East Germany/Poland/Yugoslavia/Italy)
  • The Light at the Edge of the World
  • Little Murders, directed by Alan Arkin, starring Elliott Gould, Marcia Rodd, Vincent Gardenia, Elizabeth Wilson, Donald Sutherland
  • Love (Szerelem) - (Hungary)
  • The Love Machine, directed by Jack Haley, Jr., starring Dyan Cannon
  • M
  • Macbeth, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Jon Finch and Francesca Annis - (U.K./U.S.)
  • Made for Each Other, starring Joseph Bologna and Renée Taylor
  • Malpertuis, starring Orson Welles and Susan Hampshire - (Belgium/France)
  • Man in the Wilderness, starring Richard Harris
  • The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker, starring Richard Benjamin, Joanna Shimkus and Adam West
  • Mary, Queen of Scots, starring Vanessa Redgrave and Glenda Jackson - (U.K.)
  • McCabe & Mrs. Miller, directed by Robert Altman, starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie
  • Melody, starring Mark Lester and Jack Wild - (U.K.)
  • The Mephisto Waltz, starring Alan Alda and Jacqueline Bisset
  • Mere Apne - (India)
  • The Million Dollar Duck, starring Sandy Duncan
  • Minnie and Moskowitz, directed by John Cassavetes, starring Gena Rowlands and Seymour Cassel
  • Mira, directed by Fons Rademakers - (Netherlands/Belgium)
  • The Missing Clerk (Den forsvundne fuldmægtig) - (Denmark)
  • Mon oncle Antoine - considered by some critics the greatest Canadian film - (Canada)
  • Murmur of the Heart, directed by Louis Malle - (France/Italy/West Germany)
  • Murphy's War, starring Peter O'Toole
  • N
  • A New Leaf, directed by and starring Elaine May, co-starring Walter Matthau
  • Nicholas and Alexandra, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, starring Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Laurence Olivier, Jack Hawkins - (U.K.)
  • Night of Dark Shadows, directed by Dan Curtis, starring David Selby and Grayson Hall
  • The Night Digger (a.k.a. The Road Builder), starring Patricia Neal - (U.K.)
  • The Night God Screamed, low-budget psychological horror starring Jeanne Crain with Alex Nicol, Gary Morgan, James Sikking
  • Nikah Halala, by Nosrat Karimi. (Iran)
  • O
  • Octaman
  • Officers (ofitsery) - (U.S.S.R.)
  • Oil Lamps (Petrolejové lampy) - (Czechoslovakia)
  • The Omega Man, starring Charlton Heston and Anthony Zerbe
  • On the Buses, starring Reg Varney - (U.K.)
  • One Armed Boxer (Du bei chuan wang), starring Jimmy Wang Yu - (Hong Kong)
  • One More Train to Rob, starring George Peppard and Diana Muldaur
  • Out 1 (a.k.a. Out 1, noli me tangere), directed by Jacques Rivette, starring Jean-Pierre Léaud - (France)
  • P
  • The Panic in Needle Park, starring Al Pacino
  • The Pine Tree in the Mountain (U gori raste zelen bor) - (Yugoslavia)
  • Play Misty for Me, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Jessica Walter and Donna Mills
  • Plaza Suite, directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Walter Matthau, Maureen Stapleton, Barbara Harris, Lee Grant
  • Porcupines Are Born Without Bristles (Taralezhite se razhdat bez bodli) - (Bulgaria)
  • Pretty Maids All in a Row, written and produced by Gene Roddenberry, directed by Roger Vadim, starring Rock Hudson and Angie Dickinson
  • Prince Sinbad of the Mountains
  • Punishment Park, directed by Peter Watkins
  • The Pursuit of Happiness, starring Michael Sarrazin, Barbara Hershey, Robert Klein
  • R
  • Raid on Rommel, directed by Henry Hathaway, starring Richard Burton and John Colicos
  • Raphael, or The Debauched One (Raphaël ou le Débauché) - (France)
  • Red Sky at Morning, starring Richard Thomas and Desi Arnaz, Jr.
  • Red Sun, starring Charles Bronson, Ursula Andress, Toshiro Mifune, Alain Delon - (France/Italy/Spain)
  • Rendezvous at Bray, starring Anna Karina - (France/Belgium)
  • S
  • Sacco e Vanzetti, starring Gian Maria Volontè - (Italy)
  • A Safe Place, starring Jack Nicholson and Tuesday Weld
  • The Salamander (La Salamandre), starring Bulle Ogier - (Switzerland)
  • See No Evil, starring Mia Farrow
  • The Seven Minutes, starring Marianne McAndrew
  • Shaft, directed by Gordon Parks, starring Richard Roundtree
  • She Killed in Ecstasy (Sie tötete in Ekstase) - (West Germany/Spain)
  • Shoot Out, directed by Henry Hathaway, starring Gregory Peck
  • Silence (Chinmoku) - (Japan)
  • Skin Game, starring James Garner and Louis Gossett, Jr.
  • Something Big, starring Dean Martin
  • Sometimes a Great Notion (Never Give an Inch), directed by and starring Paul Newman, with Henry Fonda, Lee Remick, Richard Jaeckel, Michael Sarrazin
  • Soul to Soul, a concert documentary featuring Wilson Pickett, Ike & Tina Turner and more
  • Star Spangled Girl, directed by Jerry Paris, starring Sandy Duncan and Tony Roberts
  • Straw Dogs, directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George - (U.K./U.S.)
  • Such Good Friends, directed by Otto Preminger, starring Dyan Cannon and Burgess Meredith
  • Summer of '42, directed by Robert Mulligan, starring Jennifer O'Neill and Gary Grimes
  • Sunday, Bloody Sunday, directed by John Schlesinger, starring Peter Finch and Glenda Jackson - (U.K.)
  • Support Your Local Gunfighter, starring James Garner and Suzanne Pleshette
  • Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, directed by Melvin Van Peebles
  • Sympathy for the Underdog (Bakuto gaijin butai) - (Japan)
  • T
  • THX 1138, the directorial debut of George Lucas, starring Robert Duvall
  • T.R. Baskin, starring Candice Bergen
  • Taking Off, directed by Miloš Forman, starring Lynn Carlin and Buck Henry
  • The Tales of Beatrix Potter, a dance film featuring The Royal Ballet - (U.K.)
  • They Might Be Giants, starring George C. Scott and Joanne Woodward
  • Three Reservists (Trimata ot zapasa), directed by Zako Heskiya, starring Georgi Partsalev and Kiril Gospodinov - (Bulgaria)
  • A Touch of Zen (Xia nu) - (Taiwan)
  • Trafic, directed by and starring Jacques Tati - (France)
  • The Trojan Women, directed by Michael Cacoyannis, starring Katharine Hepburn, Vanessa Redgrave, Irene Papas - (U.S.A./U.K./Greece)
  • Twitch of the Death Nerve (Ecologia del delitto), starring Claudine Auger - (Italy)
  • Two English Girls (Les deux anglaises et le continent), directed by François Truffaut, starring Jean-Pierre Léaud - (France)
  • Two-Lane Blacktop, starring James Taylor and Warren Oates
  • U
  • Unman, Wittering and Zigo, starring David Hemmings - (U.K.)
  • Up Pompeii, starring Frankie Howerd and Michael Hordern - (U.K.)
  • V
  • Valdez Is Coming, starring Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Jon Cypher, Richard Jordan
  • Vampyros Lesbos, directed by Jesus Franco
  • Vanishing Point, starring Barry Newman and Cleavon Little
  • Villain, starring Richard Burton and Ian McShane - (U.K.)
  • Von Richthofen and Brown (a.k.a. The Red Baron), directed by Roger Corman, starring John Phillip Law
  • W
  • W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism (W.R. - Misterije organizma) - (Yugoslavia/West Germany)
  • Wake in Fright, directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Donald Pleasence - (Australia)
  • Walkabout, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Jenny Agutter and David Gulpilil - (Australia/U.K.)
  • Le Wazzou polygame (The Polygamist's Morale) - (Niger/France)
  • What's the Matter with Helen?, starring Debbie Reynolds and Shelley Winters
  • What the Peeper Saw, starring Britt Ekland, Mark Lester, Hardy Krüger
  • When Eight Bells Toll, starring Anthony Hopkins, Robert Morley, Nathalie Delon, Jack Hawkins - (U.K.)
  • Whity, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder - (West Germany)
  • Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?, starring Shelley Winters and Mark Lester
  • Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?, starring Dustin Hoffman
  • Who Killed Mary What's 'Er Name? a.k.a. Death of a Hooker, starring Red Buttons and Sylvia Miles
  • Wild Rovers, directed by Blake Edwards, starring William Holden and Ryan O'Neal
  • Willard, starring Bruce Davison, Elsa Lanchester, Ernest Borgnine
  • Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, directed by Mel Stuart, starring Gene Wilder and Jack Albertson
  • The Working Class Goes to Heaven (La classe operaia va in paradiso), starring Gian Maria Volontè, Palme d'Or winner - (Italy)
  • XYZ
  • You Are a Widow, Sir (Pane, vy jste vdova!) - (Czechoslovakia)
  • Zeppelin, starring Elke Sommer and Michael York - (U.K.)
  • El Zorro de Monterrey
  • Zorro, Rider of Vengeance
  • Short film series

  • The Pink Panther (1964–69)(1971-72)(1974–77)(1978–80)
  • The Ant and the Aardvark (1969–1971)
  • Roland and Rattfink (1968–1971)
  • Tijuana Toads (1969–72)
  • Woody Woodpecker (1941–49, 1951–72)
  • Chilly Willy (1953–72)
  • The Beary Family (1962–72)
  • Births

  • January 2 - Taye Diggs, American actor
  • January 7 - Jeremy Renner, American actor
  • January 11 - Mary J. Blige, American musician
  • January 15 - Regina King, American actress
  • January 24 - Stanislas Merhar, French actor
  • February 1
  • Jill Kelly, American pornographic actress
  • Michael C. Hall, American actor
  • February 11 - Damian Lewis, English actor
  • February 15
  • Alex Borstein, American actress
  • Renee O'Connor, American actress
  • February 17 - Denise Richards, American actress
  • February 22 - Lea Salonga, Filipina voice actress/singer
  • February 25 - Sean Astin, American actor
  • March 2 - Method Man, American actor and musician
  • March 5 - Yuri Lowenthal, American voice actor
  • March 7 - Peter Sarsgaard, American actor
  • March 10 - Jon Hamm, American actor
  • March 13 - Annabeth Gish, American actress
  • March 15 - Chris Patton, American voice actor
  • March 27 - Nathan Fillion, Canadian actor
  • March 31 - Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor
  • April 12 - Shannen Doherty, American actress
  • April 18 - David Tennant, Scottish actor
  • April 19 - Wendy Powell, American voice actress
  • April 28 - Bridget Moynahan, American actress
  • May 14 - Sofia Coppola, American actress, writer, and director
  • May 27
  • Lisa Lopes, American singer and actress (d.2002)
  • Paul Bettany, English actor
  • May 30 - Idina Menzel, American actress, singer and songwriter
  • June 4 - Noah Wyle, American actor
  • June 5 - Mark Wahlberg, American actor and musician
  • June 15 - Taavi Eelmaa, Estonian actor
  • June 16 -
  • Eva Püssa, Estonian actress
  • Tupac Shakur, American actor and musician (d.1996)
  • July 1 - Missy Elliott, American musician and actress
  • July 16 - Corey Feldman, American actor
  • July 21 - Charlotte Gainsbourg, French actress
  • August 10 - Justin Theroux, American actor
  • August 29 - Carla Gugino, American actress
  • August 31 - Chris Tucker, American actor
  • September 8
  • David Arquette, American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter
  • Martin Freeman, English actor
  • September 14 - Kimberly Williams-Paisley, American actresses
  • September 15 - Colleen Villard, American voice actress
  • September 16 - Amy Poehler, American actress
  • September 18 - Jada Pinkett Smith, American actress
  • September 21 - Luke Wilson, American actor
  • October 20 - Snoop Dogg, American musician and actor
  • October 29 - Winona Ryder, American actress
  • November 3 - Piret Laurimaa, Estonian actress
  • November 25 - Christina Applegate, American actress
  • December 1 - Emily Mortimer, English actress
  • December 6 - Katariina Unt, Estonian actress
  • December 7 - Chasey Lain, American pornographic actress
  • December 23 - Corey Haim, Canadian actor (d. 2010)
  • December 25 - Ain Mäeots, Estonian actor, director and producer
  • December 26 - Jared Leto, American actor and musician
  • Film debuts

  • F. Murray Abraham - They Might Be Giants
  • Kathy Bates - Taking Off
  • Stockard Channing - The Hospital
  • Brian Cox - Nicholas and Alexandra
  • Daniel Day-Lewis - Sunday Bloody Sunday
  • Gérard Depardieu - Cry of the Cormoran
  • Craig T. Nelson - The Return of Count Yorga
  • John Ritter - The Barefoot Executive
  • David Ogden Stiers - THX 1138
  • References

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