1960 in film
The year 1960 in film involved some significant events.
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1960 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic rentals |
| 1 | Spartacus | Universal | $14,000,000 |
| 2 | Psycho | Paramount | $9,100,000 |
| 3 | Exodus | United Artists | $8,500,000 |
| 4 | Swiss Family Robinson | Buena Vista | $8,100,000 |
| 5 | The Alamo | United Artists | $7,900,000 |
| 6 | The World of Suzie Wong | Paramount | $7,500,000 |
| 7 | BUtterfield 8 | MGM | $6,800,000 |
| 8 | The Apartment | United Artists | $6,700,000 |
| 9 | Ocean's 11 | Warner Bros. | $5,500,000 |
| 10 | From the Terrace | 20th Century Fox | $5,200,000 |
Top-grossing films by country
The highest-grossing 1960 films in countries outside of North America.
| Country | Title | Director | Revenue | Admissions | Source |
| France | Ben-Hur | William Wyler | | 13,826,124 | |
| West Germany | Ben-Hur | William Wyler | | 13,525,000 | |
| India | Mughal-e-Azam | K. Asif | $23,110,000 | 100,000,000 | |
| Italy | Ben-Hur | William Wyler | | 15,400,000 | |
| Soviet Union | Far from the Motherland | Aleksei Shvachko | $2,625,000 | 42,000,000 | |
| Spain | Ben-Hur | William Wyler | | 4,653,194 | |
| United Kingdom | Ben-Hur | William Wyler | | 13,200,000 | |
Events
- March 5 – For the first time since coming home from military service in Germany, Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood to film G.I. Blues
- June 16 – Premiere of Alfred Hitchcock's landmark film, Psycho in the United States. Controversial since release, it sets new standards in violence and sexuality on screen, and is a critical influence on the emerging slasher genre.
- August 5 - Mughal-e-Azam, produced and directed by K. Asif and starring Prithviraj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, and Durga Khote, premieres at the Maratha Mandir in Mumbai. Production has been plagued by delays and financial uncertainty. Before its principal photography began in the early 1950s, the project had lost a financier and undergone a complete change of cast. Mughal-e-Azam cost more to produce than any previous Indian motion picture but it breaks box office records in India and becomes the highest-grossing Indian film, a distinction it holds for 15 years. The film is widely considered to be a milestone for its genre, earning praise from critics for its grandeur and attention to detail, and the performances of its cast.
- August 10 – Filming of West Side Story begins.
- October 6 & December 16 – Dalton Trumbo, one of the Hollywood Ten, receives full screenwriting credit for his work on the films Spartacus and Exodus, released in the United States on these dates.
- October 27 – Film Saturday Night and Sunday Morning released, first of the British social-realist wave.
- November 4 – Filming wraps on The Misfits, starring Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable, the last film for both.
1960 film releases
United States unless stated
January–March
April–June
July–September
October–December
Notable films released in 1960
United States unless stated
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A
- Adua and Friends, starring Simone Signoret –
- Alakazam the Great, an anime film –
- The Alamo, directed by and starring John Wayne, co-starring Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Chill Wills, Frankie Avalon, Richard Boone
- Ali Baba Bujang Lapok –
- The Angry Silence, starring Richard Attenborough –
- Anuradha –
- The Apartment, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen, Edie Adams
- Autumn Has Already Started, directed by Mikio Naruse –
- L'Avventura, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni –
B
- Bad Luck –
- Barsaat Ki Raat, starring Madhubala and Bharat Bhushan –
- The Bad Sleep Well, directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune –
- Because They're Young, starring Dick Clark
- Beat Girl, starring David Farrar, Gillian Hills, Adam Faith, Christopher Lee –
- The Bellboy, starring Jerry Lewis
- Bells Are Ringing, starring Dean Martin and Judy Holliday
- Beyond the Time Barrier
- The Big Risk, starring Lino Ventura, Sandra Milo, Jean-Paul Belmondo –
- Black Sunday –
- Les Bonnes Femmes, directed by Claude Chabrol –
- The Bramble Bush, starring Richard Burton and Angie Dickinson
- Breathless, directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg –
- The Brides of Dracula, starring Peter Cushing –
- The Broken Pots –
- BUtterfield 8, directed by Daniel Mann, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Laurence Harvey
C
- Can-Can, starring Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Louis Jourdan, Juliet Prowse
- Carry On Constable, starring Sid James and Eric Barker –
- Cash McCall, starring James Garner and Natalie Wood
- The Challenge, a.k.a. It Takes A Thief, starring Jayne Mansfield –
- Cidade Ameaçada –
- Cimarron, directed by Anthony Mann, starring Glenn Ford, Maria Schell, Anne Baxter
- Cinderfella, starring Jerry Lewis and Anna Maria Alberghetti
- Circus of Horrors, starring Anton Diffring and Donald Pleasence –
- Cleopatra's Daughter, starring Debra Paget
- The Cloud-Capped Star, directed by Ritwik Ghatak –
- El Cochecito, directed by Marco Ferreri –
- College Confidential, starring Mamie Van Doren
- Comanche Station, directed by Budd Boetticher, starring Randolph Scott
- Come Back, Africa, documentary film –
- Crack in the Mirror, directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Orson Welles, Bradford Dillman, Juliette Gréco
- The Criminal, directed by Joseph Losey, starring Stanley Baker –
- Cruel Story of Youth, directed by Nagisa Oshima –
D
- The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, starring Dorothy McGuire, Shirley Knight, Robert Preston
- Dentist in the Chair, starring Bob Monkhouse and Kenneth Connor –
- Desire in the Dust, starring Joan Bennett, Martha Hyer, Raymond Burr
- Devi, directed by Satyajit Ray –
- The Devil's Eye, directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Bibi Andersson –
- La Dolce Vita, directed by Federico Fellini, starring Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg –
E
- Elmer Gantry, directed by Richard Brooks, starring Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Shirley Jones
- The Enchanting Shadow –
- The Entertainer, directed by Tony Richardson, starring Laurence Olivier –
- Esther and the King, starring Joan Collins and Richard Egan –
- Everybody Go Home, directed by Luigi Comencini –
- Exodus, directed by Otto Preminger, starring Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Sal Mineo, Peter Lawford, Lee J. Cobb, John Derek
- Eyes Without a Face, starring Pierre Brasseur and Alida Valli –
F
G
- G.I. Blues, starring Elvis Presley and Juliet Prowse
- The Gallant Hours, a biopic of Admiral "Bull" Halsey starring James Cagney
- Girl of the Night, starring Anne Francis and John Kerr
- Go to Hell, Hoodlums! –
- Goliath and the Dragon
- Goliath II, a Disney animated short
- The Grass Is Greener, starring Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons
- Guns of the Timberland, starring Alan Ladd
H
- Hell Bent for Leather, starring Audie Murphy and Felicia Farr
- Hell Is a City, starring Stanley Baker –
- Heller in Pink Tights, starring Sophia Loren and Anthony Quinn
- Hell to Eternity, starring Jeffrey Hunter and David Janssen
- Her Brother, directed by Kon Ichikawa –
- High Time, starring Bing Crosby
- Hobbi al-Wahid, starring Omar Sharif –
- The Hole, directed by Jacques Becker –
- Home from the Hill, directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Robert Mitchum, Eleanor Parker, George Peppard
- House of Usher, directed by Roger Corman, starring Vincent Price
- The Housemaid –
- The Human Vapor, directed by Ishirō Honda –
- The Hypnotic Eye, starring Jacques Bergerac
I
- Il Mattatore, directed by Dino Risi –
- I Aim at the Stars, directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Curd Jürgens, Herbert Lom, Gia Scala
- Ice Palace, starring Richard Burton, Robert Ryan and Carolyn Jones
- The Iceman Cometh, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Jason Robards Jr., Myron McCormick, and Robert Redford –
- Inherit the Wind, directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Harry Morgan, Dick York
- Inni Attahim, directed by Hassan el-Imam, starring Zubaida Tharwat, Salah Zulfikar, Emad Hamdy –
- Innocent Sorcerers, directed by Andrzej Wajda –
- It Started in Naples, starring Clark Gable and Sophia Loren
J
K
L
- The Lady with the Dog –
- The Last Voyage, starring Robert Stack and Dorothy Malone
- The Last Witness –
- Last Woman on Earth, directed by Roger Corman
- Late Autumn, directed by Yasujirō Ozu –
- The League of Gentlemen, directed by Basil Dearden, starring Jack Hawkins –
- Let's Make Love, starring Marilyn Monroe and Yves Montand
- The Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Roger Corman
- Linda, starring Carol White –
- The Lost World, starring Michael Rennie and Jill St. John
- Love and Adoration, directed by Hassan el-Imam, starring Salah Zulfikar and Taheyya Kariokka –
- Love in Simla, starring Joy Mukherjee and Sadhana –
M
- Macario, directed by Roberto Gavaldón –
- Macumba Love –
- The Magnificent Seven, directed by John Sturges, starring Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Eli Wallach, Robert Vaughn, James Coburn, Brad Dexter, Horst Buchholz
- Make Mine Mink, starring Terry-Thomas –
- Makkers Staakt uw Wild Geraas, directed by Fons Rademakers –
- Man in the Moon, starring Kenneth More –
- Manzil, starring Dev Anand –
- Midnight Lace, starring Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin, Myrna Loy
- The Millionairess, directed by Anthony Asquith, starring Sophia Loren and Peter Sellers –
- Money and Women, directed by Hassan el-Imam, starring Salah Zulfikar and Soad Hosny –
- The Mountain Road, starring James StewartMrs. Warren's Profession, starring Lilli Palmer
- Mughal-e-Azam, starring Madhubala and Dilip Kumar –
- Murder, Inc., starring Peter Falk, Stuart Whitman, May Britt, Henry Morgan
N
- The Naked Island –
- Never Let Go, directed by John Guillermin, starring Richard Todd, Peter Sellers, Elizabeth Sellars and Adam Faith –
- Never on Sunday, directed by Jules Dassin, starring Melina Mercouri –
- Never Take Sweets from a Stranger, starring Patrick Allen and Gwen Watford –
- Night and Fog in Japan, directed by Nagisa Oshima –
- The Ninth Circle –
- North to Alaska, starring John Wayne, Stewart Granger, Ernie Kovacs, Capucine, Fabian Forte
O
- Obaltan –
- Ocean's 11, starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop, Angie Dickinson
- Once More, with Feeling!, directed by Stanley Donen, starring Yul Brynner
- Our Last Spring, directed by Michael Cacoyannis –
P
- Parakh, directed by Bimal Roy –
- The Party Is Over –
- Le Passage du Rhin, starring Charles Aznavour –
- Peeping Tom, directed by Michael Powell, starring Karl Boehm, Anna Massey, Moira Shearer –
- Pepe, starring Cantinflas
- Please Don't Eat the Daisies, starring Doris Day and David Niven
- Pollyanna, starring Hayley Mills
- Portrait in Black, starring Lana Turner, Anthony Quinn, Sandra Dee
- The Private Lives of Adam and Eve, starring Mickey Rooney and Mamie Van Doren
- Psycho, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Janet Leigh, Martin Balsam, John Gavin
- The Pure Hell of St Trinian's, starring Cecil Parker and Joyce Grenfell –
- Purple Noon, a.k.a. Blazing Sun, directed by René Clément, starring Alain Delon –
Q
R
- The Rat Race, starring Debbie Reynolds, Tony Curtis, Don Rickles
- The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond, directed by Budd Boetticher, starring Ray Danton and Karen Steele
- The River of Love, starring Omar Sharif –
- Rocco and His Brothers, directed by Luchino Visconti, starring Alain Delon –
- Romeo, Juliet and Darkness –
- The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film, directed by Richard Lester and Peter Sellers –
S
- Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, directed by Karel Reisz, starring Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts –
- The Savage Innocents, directed by Nicholas Ray, starring Anthony Quinn
- Scent of Mystery, starring Denholm Elliott and Elizabeth Taylor
- School for Scoundrels, directed by Robert Hamer, starring Ian Carmichael and Terry-Thomas –
- September Storm, starring Joanne Dru
- Sergeant Rutledge, starring Jeffrey Hunter and Woody Strode
- Seven Days... Seven Nights, starring Jeanne Moreau –
- Seven Thieves, starring Edward G. Robinson, Rod Steiger, Eli Wallach, Joan Collins
- Shoot the Pianist, directed by François Truffaut, starring Charles Aznavour –
- Sink the Bismarck!, starring Kenneth More –
- The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales, starring Arturo de Córdova –
- Song Without End, starring Dirk Bogarde, Capucine, Patricia Morison
- Sons and Lovers, directed by Jack Cardiff, starring Dean Stockwell and Trevor Howard –
- Spartacus, directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, John Gavin, Peter Ustinov, Tony Curtis
- The Spider's Web, directed by Godfrey Grayson. Based on an Agatha Christie play
- The Story of Ruth, a Biblical drama starring Stuart Whitman and Peggy Wood
- Strangers When We Meet, starring Kim Novak, Kirk Douglas, Ernie Kovacs
- Struggle for Eagle Peak –
- The Subterraneans, starring George Peppard
- The Sundowners, directed by Fred Zinnemann, starring Deborah Kerr and Robert Mitchum –
- Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, a.k.a. Season of Passion, starring Anne Baxter, Angela Lansbury, Ernest Borgnine, John Mills
- Sunrise at Campobello, starring Ralph Bellamy and Greer Garson
- Surprise Package, directed by Stanley Donen, starring Yul Brynner, Mitzi Gaynor, Noël Coward
- Swiss Family Robinson, starring John Mills and Dorothy McGuire
T
- Tall Story, starring Jane Fonda, Anthony Perkins, Ray Walston
- Tarzan the Magnificent, starring Gordon Scott, Jock Mahoney, John Carradine
- A Terrible Beauty, directed by Tay Garnett, starring Robert Mitchum and Anne Heywood
- Testament of Orpheus, directed by Jean Cocteau –
- There Was a Crooked Man, starring Norman Wisdom –
- The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse, directed by Fritz Lang –
- The Three Worlds of Gulliver, starring Kerwin Mathews
- The Time Machine, starring Rod Taylor and Yvette Mimieux
- Too Hot to Handle, starring Jayne Mansfield –
- The Trials of Oscar Wilde, starring Peter Finch –
- The Truth, directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, starring Brigitte Bardot –
- Tunes of Glory, directed by Ronald Neame, starring Alec Guinness –
- Twelve Hours to Kill, starring Nico Minardos and Barbara Eden
- Two-Way Stretch, starring Peter Sellers –
- Two Women, directed by Vittorio De Sica, starring Sophia Loren –
U
V
W
- The Wackiest Ship in the Army, starring Jack Lemmon and Ricky Nelson
- Watch Your Stern, starring Eric Barker and Leslie Phillips –
- When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, directed by Mikio Naruse –
- Where the Boys Are, starring George Hamilton, Paula Prentiss, Connie Francis
- The White Horse Inn –
- Who Was That Lady?, starring Dean Martin, Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh
- Wild River, directed by Elia Kazan, starring Montgomery Clift
- The World of Suzie Wong, starring Nancy Kwan and William Holden –
Y
Z
Short film series
Births
- January 1 - Shinya Tsukamoto, Japanese filmmaker and actor
- January 4 – April Winchell, American actress, voice actress, writer, talk radio host and commentator
- January 9
- *Peter Hastings, American writer, director and producer
- *Terje Pennie, Estonian actress
- January 10 – Gurinder Chadha, British director
- January 11 - Annie Corley, American actress
- January 12
- *Wanda Cannon, Canadian actress
- *Oliver Platt, Canadian actor
- January 13 – Kevin Anderson, American actor
- January 15 – Kelly Asbury, American director, writer and voice actor
- January 18 – Mark Rylance, English actor
- January 25 – Kerry Noonan, American actress
- February 4 – Jenette Goldstein, American actress
- February 7
- *Robert Smigel, American actor, comedian, writer, director, producer and puppeteer
- *James Spader, American actor
- February 8 - Suzanna Hamilton, English actress
- February 9 – David Bateson, British actor and comedian
- February 13 – Matt Salinger, American actor and producer
- February 14 – Meg Tilly, Canadian-American actress
- February 18
- *Tony Anselmo, American animator and cartoon voice actor
- *Greta Scacchi, Italian-Australian actress
- February 20 – Wendee Lee, American voice actress
- February 21 – Joel McKinnon Miller, American actor
- February 22 - Brian Anthony Wilson, American actor
- February 25 – Douglas Hodge, English actor, director and musician
- February 28 – Dorothy Stratten, Canadian model and actress
- March 11 - Simon Curtis, English director and producer
- March 12
- *Jason Beghe, American actor
- *Courtney B. Vance, American actor
- March 13 – Joe Ranft, American screenwriter, animator and voice actor
- March 17
- *Arye Gross, American actor
- *Vicki Lewis, American singer and actress
- *Cameron Thor, American actor, filmmaker and acting coach
- March 18 - Steve Kloves, American screenwriter, director and producer
- March 22 – Nicole Holofcener, American film director and screenwriter
- March 25 – Brenda Strong, American actress and director
- March 26 – Jennifer Grey, American actress
- March 29
- *Annabella Sciorra, American actress and producer
- *Hiromi Tsuru, Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator
- March 31 – Michelle Nicastro, American actress and singer
- April 1 – Jennifer Runyon, American actress
- April 4
- *Hugo Weaving, English actor
- *Lorraine Toussaint, Trinidadian-American actress
- April 5 - Timothy V. Murphy, Irish actor
- April 7
- *Pete Lee-Wilson, British actor
- *Elaine Miles, American actress
- April 10 - Olivia Brown, American actress
- April 14 – Brad Garrett, American actor, voice actor, stand-up comedian and professional poker-player
- April 23
- *Craig Sheffer, American actor
- *Valerie Bertinelli, American actress
- April 27 - John Philbin, American actor
- April 29 - Steve Blum, American voice actor
- April 30 - Beata Poźniak, Polish-American actress and director
- May 1 - Matilda Thorpe, British actress
- May 2 – Robert Bockstael, Canadian actor, director and writer
- May 3 - Amy Steel, American actress
- May 4 - Paul Bhattacharjee, British actor
- May 6 - Frank Wood, American actor
- May 9 - Lisa Henson, American actress and producer actress
- May 10 - Richard Graham, English actor
- May 15 - Rob Bowman, American director
- May 16 - Rosario Fiorello, Italian actor, comedian and singer
- May 20
- *John Billingsley, American actor
- *Tony Goldwyn, American actor, singer, producer and director
- May 21 – Mohanlal, Indian actor
- May 22 - Hideaki Anno, Japanese animator, filmmaker, and actor
- May 24
- *Kristin Scott Thomas, English actress
- *Doug Jones, American actor
- May 26 - Doug Hutchison, American character actor
- May 31
- *Chris Elliott, American actor and comedian
- *Don Harvey, American actor and voice actor
- June 2 - Pip Torrens, English actor
- June 5 - James Isaac, American director and visual effects supervisor
- June 8 - Gary Trousdale, American animator, director, screenwriter and storyboard artist
- June 9 – Winston Chao, Taiwanese actor, film director, and voice artist
- June 16 - James M. Connor, American actor
- June 17 – Thomas Haden Church, American actor
- June 18 - Barbara Broccoli, American-British producer
- June 25 - Eve Gordon, American actress
- June 27 - Jeremy Swift, English actor
- July 5
- *Brad Loree, Canadian actor and stuntman
- *Pruitt Taylor Vince, American character actor
- July 10 – Jeff Bergman, American voice actor, comedian and impressionist
- July 11 – Jafar Panahi, Iranian director
- July 14
- *Kyle Gass, American actor and musician
- *Jane Lynch, American actress
- July 19 – Elizabeth Kaitan, Hungarian-American actress and model
- July 21 – Adrienne King, American actress and voice actress
- July 22 – John Leguizamo, American actor, comedian and producer
- July 23
- *Jon Landau, American film producer
- *Gabrielle Reidy, Irish actress
- July 29 - Delia Sheppard, Danish actress
- July 30
- *Richard Linklater, American director, producer and screenwriter
- *Daniel McDonald, American actor
- August 5
- *Steve Bannos, American actor
- *Vivian Kubrick, American former composer and director
- *John Mariano, American actor
- August 6 – Leland Orser, American actor
- August 7
- *David Duchovny, American actor
- *Rosana Pastor, Spanish actress
- August 10 – Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor
- August 16 – Timothy Hutton, American actor
- August 17 – Sean Penn, American actor
- August 18 – Richard McCabe, Scottish actor
- August 19 - Paul Satterfield, American actor
- August 22 - Regina Taylor, American actress
- August 24 - Takashi Miike, Japanese film director, film producer, and screenwriter
- August 25 - Ashley Crow, American actress
- August 26 - Ola Ray, American actress
- August 28 – Emma Samms, English actress
- August 29 – Viire Valdma, Estonian actress
- September 1 – Tahmineh Milani, Iranian filmmaker
- September 4 - Damon Wayans, American actor, comedian, producer and writer
- September 5 - Denis Forest, Canadian character actor
- September 9
- *Bonnie Aarons, American actress
- *Hugh Grant, English actor
- September 10
- *Nancy Bernstein, American producer
- *Colin Firth, English actor
- September 11 - Anne Ramsay, American actress
- September 12
- *Robert John Burke, American actor
- *Felicity Montagu, English actress
- September 13 - Greg Baldwin, American actor and voice actor
- September 14
- *Melissa Leo, American actress
- *Callum Keith Rennie, British-born Canadian actor
- September 16 - Danny John-Jules, British actor and singer
- September 17
- *Kevin Clash, American puppeteer, director and producer
- *Frédéric Pierrot, French actor
- September 21
- *Denis Conway, Irish actor
- *Mary Mara, American actress
- September 25 - Sam Whipple, American actor
- September 27
- *Jean-Marc Barr, French-American actor and director
- *Christopher Cousins, American actor
- *Debi Derryberry, American voice actress
- October 1 - Elizabeth Dennehy, American actress
- October 5 - Daniel Baldwin, American actor, director and producer
- October 9
- *Maddie Blaustein, American voice actress
- *Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, American actress and singer
- October 12 - Hiroyuki Sanada, Japanese actor
- October 13 - Richard Sammel, German actor
- October 15 - Lobo Chan, British actor
- October 17
- *Guy Henry, English actor
- *Rob Marshall, American director and producer
- *Grant Shaud, American actor
- October 18 – Jean-Claude Van Damme, Belgian actor
- October 24 - BD Wong, American actor
- October 25 – Hong Sang-soo, South Korean director
- October 26 - Patrick Breen, American actor, screenwriter and director
- November 4 - Kathy Griffin, American comedian and actress
- November 5
- *Tilda Swinton, English actress
- *Yolanda Vázquez, Spanish actress
- November 6
- *Lance Kerwin, American actor
- *Denzil Smith, Indian actor and producer
- November 8
- *Elizabeth Avellán, Venezuelan-born American producer
- *Megan Cavanagh, American actress
- *Michael Nyqvist, Swedish actor
- November 9 - Toni Hudson, American actress
- November 11 – Stanley Tucci, American actor and film director
- November 13 – Neil Flynn, American actor and comedian
- November 15 - Susanne Lothar, German actress
- November 17 - RuPaul, American drag queen, television personality, actor, singer, producer and writer
- November 18
- *Elizabeth Perkins, American actress
- *John Shepherd, American actor and producer
- November 20 - Amanda Wyss, American actress
- November 22 - Stéphane Freiss, French actor
- November 26 – Greg Berg, American voice actor
- November 27 - Michael Rispoli, American character actor
- November 29 – Cathy Moriarty, American actress and singer
- November 30 – Hiam Abbass, Palestinian actress and director
- December 2 – Justus von Dohnányi, German actor
- December 3
- *Daryl Hannah, American actress
- *Julianne Moore, American actress
- December 9 – Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, American animator, writer, director, producer and voice actor
- December 10
- *Kenneth Branagh, British actor and film director
- *Michael Schoeffling, American actor and model
- December 12 - Stella Gonet, Scottish actress
- December 22 - David Pasquesi, American actor and comedian
- December 24 - Eva Tamargo, American actress
- December 26 – Temuera Morrison, New Zealand actor
- December 27
- *Maryam d'Abo, British actress
- *Traci Wolfe, American actress and model
- December 28 - Chad McQueen, American actor, film producer, martial artist and race car driver
Deaths
- January 1 – Margaret Sullavan, 50, American actress, The Shop Around the Corner, The Mortal Storm
- January 3 – Victor Sjöström, 80, Swedish film actor and director, The Phantom Carriage, Wild Strawberries
- January 4 – Dudley Nichols, 64, American screenwriter, Bringing Up Baby, Stagecoach
- January 21 – Matt Moore, 72, Irish-American actor, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Coquette
- January 24 – John Miljan, 67, American actor, The Plainsman, Mississippi
- February 3
- *Fred Buscaglione, 38, Italian actor and singer
- *Pierre Watkin, 70, American actor, Pride of the Yankees, The Hunted
- March 19 – Sonya Levien, 71, Russian screenwriter, Oklahoma!, Quo Vadis, Interrupted Melody
- April 5 – Alma Kruger, 88, American actress, His Girl Friday, Saboteur
- April 25 – Hope Emerson, 62, American actress, Caged, Adam's Rib
- May 27 – George Zucco, 74, British actor, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, My Favorite Blonde
- June 4 – Lucien Littlefield, 64, American actor, The Cat and the Canary, Dirty Work
- June 29 – Dimples Cooper, 46, Filipina actress, Ang Tatlong Hambog, Miracles of Love
- July 2 – Gene Fowler, 70, American screenwriter, What Price Hollywood?, The Call of the Wild
- July 15 – Lawrence Tibbett, 63, American singer and actor, The Rogue Song, Under Your Spell
- July 26 – Cedric Gibbons, 70, Irish production designer and art director, An American in Paris, The Bad and the Beautiful
- July 29 – Leonora Corbett, 52, British actress, Love on Wheels, Living Dangerously
- August 10 – Frank Lloyd, 74, Scottish director, Mutiny on the Bounty, Cavalcade
- September 4 – Alfred E. Green, 71, American director, Baby Face, Top Banana
- September 5 – Aku Korhonen, 57, Finnish actor
- September 11 – Edwin Justus Mayer, 63, American screenwriter, To Be or Not to Be, A Royal Scandal
- October 11 – Richard Cromwell, 50, American actor, The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Jezebel
- October 15
- *Maude Eburne, 84, Canadian actress, The Border Legion, Almost Married
- *Clara Kimball Young, 70, American actress, My Official Wife, Kept Husbands
- November 3 – Paul Willis, 60, American silent-film actor, The Fall of a Nation
- November 5
- *Mack Sennett, 80, Canadian-American producer and director, Tillie's Punctured Romance, Tango Tangles
- *Ward Bond, 57, American actor, It's a Wonderful Life, The Searchers, Rio Bravo
- November 14 – Walter Catlett, 71, American actor, comedian, Slightly Scandalous, Henry, the Rainmaker, Here Comes the Groom
- November 16 – Clark Gable, 59, American actor, It Happened One Night, Mutiny on the Bounty, Gone with the Wind
- November 19 – Phyllis Haver, 61, American actress, Chicago, Sal of Singapore
- November 20 – Betty Lawford, 48, British actress, Criminal Lawyer, The Devil Thumbs a Ride
- December 14 – Gregory Ratoff, 67, Russian actor and director, All About Eve, ''Intermezzo''
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