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The year 1955 in film involved some significant events.
Events
- January 7 - U.K. release of the Halas and Batchelor film animation of George Orwell's Animal Farm (completed April 1954), the first full-length British-made animated feature on general theatrical release.[1][2]
- March 20 - The film adaptation of Evan Hunter's novel Blackboard Jungle premieres in New York City, featuring the single "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets over the opening credits, the first use of a rock and roll song in a major movie. Teenagers jump from their seats to dance to it.
- June 1 - Premiere of Billy Wilder's film of The Seven Year Itch featuring an iconic scene of Marilyn Monroe standing on a New York City Subway grating as her white dress is blown above her knees.[3]
- June 16 - Lady and the Tramp, the Walt Disney company's 15th animated film, premieres in Chicago, the first animated feature filmed in the CinemaScope widescreen process. Peggy Lee co-writes and sings the songs.
- June 27 - The last ever Republic serial, King of the Carnival, is released.
- July 18 - Disneyland opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
- September 30 - American actor James Dean dies in an automobile collision near Cholame, California, age 24. On October 27, the film Rebel Without a Cause, in which he stars, is released.
- October 11 - Theatrical release in the United States of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical film Oklahoma!, the first feature photographed in the Todd-AO 70 mm widescreen process.
- November 3 - The musical film Guys and Dolls, starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, is premiered in New York City.
Top-grossing films (U.S.)[4]
Awards
- Best Picture: Marty - Hecht-Lancaster, United Artists
- Best Director: Delbert Mann - Marty
- Best Actor: Ernest Borgnine - Marty
- Best Actress: Anna Magnani - The Rose Tattoo
- Best Supporting Actor: Jack Lemmon - Mister Roberts
- Best Supporting Actress: Jo Van Fleet - East of Eden
- Drama:
- Best Picture: East of Eden
- Best Actor: Ernest Borgnine – Marty
- Best Actress: Anna Magnani – The Rose Tattoo
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: Guys and Dolls
- Best Actor: Tom Ewell – The Seven Year Itch
- Best Actress: Jean Simmons – Guys and Dolls
- Other
- Best Director: Joshua Logan – Picnic
- Best Foreign Film: Ordet (The Word), Denmark
- Best Foreign Film: Stella, Greece
- Best Foreign Film: Sons, Mothers, and a General, West Germany
- Best Foreign Film: Eyes of Children, Japan
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- Marty, directed by Delbert Mann, United States
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Ordet (The Word), directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer, Denmark
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Die Ratten (The Rats), directed by Robert Siodmak, West Germany
Top ten money making stars
| Rank | Actor/Actress |
|---|---|
| 1. | James Stewart |
| 2. | Grace Kelly |
| 3. | John Wayne |
| 4. | William Holden |
| 5. | Gary Cooper |
| 6. | Marilyn Monroe |
| 7. (tie) | Dean Martin Jerry Lewis |
| 8. | Marlon Brando |
| 9. | Humphrey Bogart |
| 10. | Clark Gable |
Notable films released in 1955
U.S.A. unless stated
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- 5 Against the House, starring Kim Novak, Guy Madison, Brian Keith
A
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, featuring an appearance by Mack Sennett
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- Above Us the Waves, starring John Mills - (GB)
- The Adventures of Quentin Durward, starring Robert Taylor, Kay Kendall
- Ain't Misbehavin', starring Piper Laurie, Rory Calhoun, Mamie Van Doren
- All That Heaven Allows, directed by Douglas Sirk, starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson
- The Americano, starring Glenn Ford
- Le Amiche (The Girlfriend), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni - (Italy)
- Anděl na horách (Angel in the Mountains) - (Czechoslovakia)
- Apache Ambush, starring Richard Jaeckel
- Artists and Models, starring Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Dorothy Malone, Shirley MacLaine
- Azaad, starring Dilip Kumar - (India)
B
- Bad Day at Black Rock, directed by John Sturges, starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Walter Brennan
- Battle Cry, starring Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, Anne Francis
- The Beast with a Million Eyes
- Bedevilled, starring Anne Baxter and Steve Forrest
- The Big Combo, starring Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace
- The Big Knife, starring Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Jean Hagen, Rod Steiger, Shelley Winters
- Blackboard Jungle, starring Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Sidney Poitier, Vic Morrow, Richard Kiley
- Blood Alley, starring John Wayne and Lauren Bacall
- A Bullet for Joey, starring Edward G. Robinson and George Raft
C
- Captain Lightfoot, starring Rock Hudson
- Carrington V.C., starring David Niven - (GB)
- Cast a Dark Shadow, starring Dirk Bogarde - (GB)
- Chief Crazy Horse, starring Victor Mature
- Cinerama Holiday
- Ciske de Rat (aka A Child Needs Love) - (Netherlands)
- The Cobweb, directed by Vincente Minelli, starring Richard Widmark, Gloria Grahame, Lauren Bacall, Charles Boyer, Lillian Gish
- The Cockleshell Heroes, directed by and starring José Ferrer, with Trevor Howard - (GB)
- The Colditz Story, directed by Guy Hamilton, starring John Mills and Eric Portman - (GB)
- Confession, directed by Ken Hughes, starring Sydney Chaplin - (GB)
- The Constant Husband, starring Rex Harrison, Margaret Leighton, Kay Kendall - (GB)
- Count Three and Pray, starring Van Heflin, Joanne Woodward and Raymond Burr
- The Counterfeit Coin (Istoria mias kalpikis liras) - (Greece)
- The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell, directed by Otto Preminger, starring Gary Cooper, Ralph Bellamy, Rod Steiger, Elizabeth Montgomery
- El Coyote
- Crashout, starring Arthur Kennedy and William Bendix
- The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (Ensayo de un Crimen), directed by Luis Buñuel - (Mexico)
D
- Daddy Long Legs, starring Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron
- The Dam Busters, starring Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave, with an early role by Robert Shaw - (GB)
- Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier, starring Fess Parker and Buddy Ebsen
- Death of a Cyclist (Muerte de un ciclista), directed by Juan Antonio Bardem - (Spain)
- The Deep Blue Sea, starring Vivien Leigh - (GB)
- The Desperate Hours, starring Humphrey Bogart and Fredric March
- Devdas, based on novel with same name, starring Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Suchitra Sen - (India)
- Les Diaboliques (The Devils), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, starring Simone Signoret - (France)
- Dreams (Kvinnodröm), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Eva Dahlbeck - (Sweden)
E-F
- East of Eden, directed by Elia Kazan, starring Julie Harris, James Dean (in his first major role), Raymond Massey
- The Enchanted Boy (Zakoldovanyy malchik) - (USSR)
- Escuela de vagabundos (School for Tramps), starring Pedro Infante - (Mexico)
- The Far Horizons, starring Fred MacMurray, Charlton Heston, Donna Reed, Barbara Hale
- The Fast and the Furious, starring John Ireland and Dorothy Malone
- Female on the Beach, starring Joan Crawford, Jeff Chandler, Jan Sterling
- Fire in the Night (Det brenner i natt!) - (Norway)
- Floating Clouds (Ukigumo) - (Japan)
- Footsteps in the Fog, starring Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons - (GB)
- Foxfire, starring Jane Russell
- Francis in the Navy, starring Donald O'Connor and Martha Hyer, with Clint Eastwood in an early role
G
- Galapagos, a documentary by Thor Heyerdahl - (Norway)
- A Generation (Pokolenie), directed by Andrzej Wajda - (Poland)
- The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing, directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Ray Milland, Joan Collins, Farley Granger - (U.S.)
- The Girl Rush, starring Rosalind Russell, Fernando Lamas, Gloria DeHaven
- Godzilla Raids Again (Gojira no Gyakushū) - (Japan)
- Good Morning, Miss Dove, starring Jennifer Jones and Robert Stack
- The Good Soldier Schweik, animation directed by Jiří Trnka - (Czechoslovakia)
- Guys and Dolls, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine
H
- Hell on Frisco Bay, starring Alan Ladd and Edward G. Robinson
- Hell's Island, starring John Payne and Mary Murphy
- Heroes of Shipka (Geroite na Shipka) - (Bulgaria/USSR)
- The Hidden One (La Escondida), starring Pedro Armendáriz - (Mexico)
- Hit the Deck, directed by Roy Rowland, starring Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Ann Miller, Tony Martin, Vic Damone
- House of Bamboo, starring Robert Ryan
- How to Be Very, Very Popular, starring Betty Grable in her final film role
I
- I Am a Camera, starring Julie Harris and Laurence Harvey - (GB)
- I Died a Thousand Times, starring Jack Palance, Shelley Winters, Earl Holliman, Lee Marvin
- I Live in Fear (Ikimono no kiroku), directed by Akira Kurosawa - (Japan)
- I'll Cry Tomorrow, starring Susan Hayward
- Illegal, a film noir starring Edward G. Robinson and Jayne Mansfield
- Interrupted Melody, starring Eleanor Parker and Glenn Ford
- It Came from Beneath the Sea, starring Kenneth Tobey and Faith Domergue, with special effects by Ray Harryhausen
- It Happened on July 20th (Es geschah am 20. Juli), directed by G. W. Pabst, starring Bernhard Wicki - (Austria)
- It's Always Fair Weather, starring Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey, Michael Kidd, Cyd Charisse
J
- Jedda, directed by Charles Chauvel - (Australia)
- John and Julie, starring Moira Lister and Sid James - (GB)
- Journey to the Beginning of Time (Cesta do Pravěku) - (Czechoslovakia)
- Jupiter's Darling, directed by George Sidney, starring Esther Williams and Howard Keel
K
- Kanyasulkam, starring N. T. Rama Rao - (India)
- The Kentuckian, directed by and starring Burt Lancaster, featuring film debut of Walter Matthau
- Killer's Kiss, directed by Stanley Kubrick
- The King's Thief, starring Ann Blyth and David Niven
- Kiss Me Deadly, directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Ralph Meeker as Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
L
- Lady and the Tramp, an animated Disney musical featuring voice of Peggy Lee
- Lady Godiva of Coventry, starring Maureen O'Hara
- The Ladykillers, directed by Alexander Mackendrick, starring Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers - (GB)
- Land of the Pharaohs, starring Joan Collins and Jack Hawkins
- The Last Frontier, directed by Anthony Mann, starring Victor Mature, Robert Preston, Anne Bancroft
- The Last Ten Days (Der letzte Akt), directed by G. W. Pabst - (Austria/West Germany)
- The Left Hand of God, starring Humphrey Bogart and Gene Tierney
- Little Red Monkey, directed by Ken Hughes - (Britain)
- Lola Montès, directed by Max Ophüls - (France)
- The Long Gray Line, starring Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara
- Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, starring William Holden and Jennifer Jones
- Love Me or Leave Me, starring Doris Day and James Cagney
- Love Never Dies (El Amor nunca muere) - (Argentina)
- Lucy Gallant (reissued as Oil Town), starring Jane Wyman
M
- Magic Fire, starring Alan Badel
- Mambo, directed by Robert Rossen, starring Silvana Mangano, Vittorio Gassman, Shelley Winters - (U.S.A./Italy)
- A Man Alone, directed by and starring Ray Milland, with Mary Murphy
- The Man from Laramie, directed by Anthony Mann, starring James Stewart
- The Man Who Loved Redheads, starring Moira Shearer - (GB)
- The Man with the Golden Arm, directed by Otto Preminger, starring Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Darren McGavin, Kim Novak, Arnold Stang
- Man with the Gun, starring Robert Mitchum
- Man Without a Star, starring Kirk Douglas and William Campbell
- Marty, directed by Delbert Mann, starring Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Joe Mantell, Frank Sutton, Jerry Paris
- The McConnell Story, starring Alan Ladd and June Allyson
- The Mill of Good Luck (La 'Moara cu noroc') - (Romania)
- Miracle of Marcelino (Marcelino Pan Y Vino) - (Spain)
- Missamma, starring N. T. Rama Rao - (India)
- Mister Roberts, co-directed by John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy, starring Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon
- Moonfleet, starring Stewart Granger and Joan Greenwood
- Mr. & Mrs. '55, starring Guru Dutt and Madhubala - (India)
- Mr. Arkadin, directed by and starring Orson Welles - (France/Spain/Switzerland)
- My Sister Eileen, starring Janet Leigh and Betty Garrett
N
- New York Confidential, starring Broderick Crawford, Richard Conte, Marilyn Maxwell, Anne Bancroft
- Night and Fog, a documentary directed by Alain Resnais - (France)
- The Night My Number Came Up, starring Michael Redgrave - (GB)
- The Night of the Hunter, directed by Charles Laughton, starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, Peter Graves
- Not as a Stranger, starring Robert Mitchum, Olivia de Havilland, Frank Sinatra, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Lon Chaney, Jr.
O
- Oh, Ibuku (O, My Mother), directed by Ali Joego, debuting Aminah Cendrakasih - (Indonesia)
- Oklahoma! (first film shot in widescreen process known as Todd-AO), starring Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Rod Steiger, Gloria Grahame
- Ordet (The Word), directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer - (Denmark)
- Othello, starring Sergei Bondarchuk - (U.S.S.R.)
- Our Best Days (Ayyamna al-Holwa), starring Omar Sharif - (Egypt)
- Out of the Clouds, directed by Basil Dearden, starring Anthony Steel, Robert Beatty - (U.K.)
P-Q
- Passage Home, directed by Roy Ward Baker, starring Anthony Steel, Peter Finch, Diane Cilento - (U.K.)
- Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road), directed by Satyajit Ray - (India)
- Pete Kelly's Blues, starring Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O'Brien, Peggy Lee
- The Phenix City Story, starring Richard Kiley, John McIntire, John Larch, James Edwards, Edward Andrews
- Picnic, directed by Joshua Logan, starring William Holden, Kim Novak, Cliff Robertson, Rosalind Russell
- Prince of Players, starring Richard Burton
- Princess Yang Kwei-Fei (aka Yôkihi) - (Japan)
- The Prisoner, directed by Peter Glenville, starring Alec Guinness and Jack Hawkins - (GB)
- The Private War of Major Benson, starring Charlton Heston
- The Prodigal, starring Lana Turner
- The Quatermass Xperiment - (GB)
- Queen Bee, starring Joan Crawford
R
- The Racers, starring Kirk Douglas, Gilbert Roland, Bella Darvi
- Radio Stories (Historias de la radio) - (Spain)
- Die Ratten (The Rats), starring Maria Schell and Curd Jürgens - (West Germany) - Golden Bear award
- Rage at Dawn, starring Randolph Scott
- The Rains of Ranchipur, starring Lana Turner and Richard Burton
- Rebel Without a Cause, directed by Nicholas Ray, starring James Dean, Sal Mineo, Natalie Wood
- Red Fish (Los peces rojos), starring Arturo de Córdova - (Spain)
- Richard III, directed by and starring Laurence Olivier, with Ralph Richardson, Claire Bloom, John Gielgud - (GB)
- Rififi (Du rififi chez les hommes), directed by Jules Dassin - (France)
- A Ripple in the Pond (Ena votsalo sti limni) - (Greece)
- Romeo and Juliet (Romeo i Dzhulyetta), starring Yuri Zhdanov and Galina Ulanova - (USSR)
- Roots (Raíces) - (Mexico)
- The Rose Tattoo, starring Anna Magnani and Burt Lancaster
- Run for Cover, starring James Cagney, John Derek, Ernest Borgnine
S
- Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijōji no kettō) - (Japan)
- Scandal in Sorrento (Pane, amore e...), starring Vittorio De Sica and Sophia Loren - (Italy)
- The Scarlet Coat, starring Cornel Wilde, George Sanders, Anne Francis
- The Sea Chase, starring John Wayne and Lana Turner
- Seagulls Die in the Harbour (Meeuwen sterven in de haven) - (Belgium)
- Seema, starring Nutan - (India)
- The Seven Little Foys, starring Bob Hope, featuring James Cagney reprising role of George M. Cohan from Yankee Doodle Dandy
- The Seven Year Itch, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell
- Shree 420, directed by and starring Raj Kapoor, with Nargis - (India)
- The Shrike, directed by and starring José Ferrer
- The Sign of Venus (Il segno di Venere), starring Sophia Loren and Vittorio De Sica - (Italy)
- Simba, starring Dirk Bogarde - (GB)
- Sissi, starring Romy Schneider - (Austria)
- Six Bridges to Cross, starring Tony Curtis
- Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende), directed by Ingmar Bergman - (Sweden)
- Son of Sinbad
- So This Is Paris, starring Tony Curtis and Gloria DeHaven
- The Spoilers, starring Anne Baxter and Jeff Chandler
- Strategic Air Command, starring James Stewart
- Stella, directed by Michael Cacoyannis, starring Melina Mercouri - (Greece)
- Storm Over the Nile, starring Anthony Steel and Laurence Harvey - (U.K.)
- Summertime, directed by David Lean, starring Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Darren McGavin - (Britain/U.S.A.)
- The Swindle (Il bidone), directed by Federico Fellini, starring Broderick Crawford - (Italy)
T
- Taira Clan Saga (Shin Heike Monogatari), directed by Kenji Mizoguchi - (Japan)
- Tall Man Riding, starring Randolph Scott and Dorothy Malone
- The Tall Men, starring Clark Gable, Jane Russell, Robert Ryan
- Tarantula, directed by Jack Arnold, starring John Agar, Mara Corday, with Clint Eastwood in a bit part
- The Tender Trap, starring Frank Sinatra, Debbie Reynolds, David Wayne, Celeste Holm
- That Lady, starring Olivia de Havilland - (GB/Spain)
- This Island Earth, directed by Joseph M. Newman, starring Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason, Faith Domergue, Russell Johnson
- Three for the Show, starring Betty Grable
- Tight Spot, starring Ginger Rogers, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith, Lorne Greene
- To Catch a Thief, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly
- To Hell and Back, starring Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake, David Janssen
- The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues, starring Kent Taylor, Cathy Downs, Michael Whalen
- The Treasure of Pancho Villa, starring Rory Calhoun and Shelley Winters
- Trial, starring Glenn Ford
- The Trouble with Harry, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Shirley MacLaine
U-V
- Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon sotilas) - (Finland)
- Unchained, starring Barbara Hale
- Underwater!, starring Jane Russell
- Untamed, starring Tyrone Power and Susan Hayward
- The Violent Men, starring Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith
- Violent Saturday, starring Victor Mature, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin
- The Virgin Queen, starring Bette Davis, Richard Todd, Joan Collins
W-Z
- We're No Angels, starring Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, Aldo Ray, Basil Rathbone
- White Feather, starring Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Debra Paget
- Wichita, starring Joel McCrea
- The Woman in the Painting (Amici per la pelle) - (Italy)
- Women's Prison, starring Ida Lupino, Jan Sterling, Audrey Totter, Phyllis Thaxter
- You're Never Too Young, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
Serials
Short film series
- Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
- Terrytoons (1930–1964)
- Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
- Popeye (1933–1957)
- Donald Duck (1934–1956)
- The Three Stooges (1934–1959)
- Tom and Jerry (1940–1958)
- Bugs Bunny (1940–1962)
- Mighty Mouse (1942-1955)
- Chip 'n' Dale (1943–1956)
- Droopy (1943–1958)
- Yosemite Sam (1945–1963)
- Ranger Don (1953–1956)
- Speedy Gonzales (1953–1968)
Cartoon:
- Good Will to Men (MGM Cartoon Series) (Frederick Quimby, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, producers; MGM)
- The Legend of Rockabye Point (Walter Lantz Productions; Universal-International)
- No Hunting (Donald Duck Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
- Speedy Gonzales (Merrie Melodies Series) (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros.)
One-Reel:
- Gadgets Galore (Warner Varieties Series) (Robert Youngson, producer; Warner Bros.)
- Survival City (Movietone CinemaScope Series) (Edmund Reek, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox)
- 3rd Ave. El (Carson Davidson Productions; Ardee Films)
- Three Kisses (Topper Special Series) (Justin Herman, producer; Paramount)
Two-Reel:
- The Battle of Gettysburg (Dore Schary, producer; MGM)
- The Face of Lincoln (University of Southern California Presentation; Cavalcade Pictures, Inc.)
- On The Twelfth Day…(United Kingdom Series) (Go Pictures, Inc.; George Brest and Associates)
- Switzerland (People and Places Series) (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista)
- 24-Hour Alert (Cedric Francis, producer; Warner Bros.)
Births
- January 6 - Rowan Atkinson, English comedian and actor
- January 9 - J. K. Simmons, American actor
- January 18 - Kevin Costner, American actor, producer and director
- January 20 - Wyatt Knight, American actor (d. 2011)
- February 7 - Miguel Ferrer, American actor (d. 2017)
- February 15 - Christopher McDonald, American actor
- February 19 - Jeff Daniels, American actor
- February 21 - Kelsey Grammer, American actor and comedian
- March 9 - Ornella Muti, Italian actress
- March 17 - Gary Sinise, American actor, producer and director
- March 19 - Bruce Willis, American actor
- March 22 - Lena Olin, Swedish actress
- April 23 - Judy Davis, Australian actress
- May 16 - Debra Winger, American actress
- May 17 - Bill Paxton, American actor (d. 2017)
- May 18 - Chow Yun-fat, Hong Kong actor
- May 31 - Susie Essman, American actress
- June 2 - Dana Carvey, American actor and comedian
- June 8 - Griffin Dunne, American actor and director
- June 27 - Isabelle Adjani, French actress
- July 9 - Jimmy Smits, American actor
- July 19 - Toborr Kristina Tomlinsen, American-Canadian voice actress
- July 21 - Béla Tarr, Hungarian director
- July 22 - Willem Dafoe, American actor
- August 4 - Billy Bob Thornton, American actor, director and screenwriter
- August 7 - Wayne Knight, American actor and comedian
- August 19 - Peter Gallagher, American actor
- August 27 - Diana Scarwid, American actress
- November 13 - Whoopi Goldberg, American actress and comedian
- December 3 - Melody Anderson, Canadian actress
- December 17 - Jim Doughan, American actor
Deaths
- February 11 - Ona Munson, 55, American actress, Five Star Final, Gone with the Wind
- February 12
- Tom Moore, 71, Irish-American actor, Forever Amber, Road House
- S. Z. Sakall, 72, Hungarian actor, Casablanca, Yankee Doodle Dandy
- April 7 - Theda Bara, 69, American silent film actress, A Fool There Was, Cleopatra
- April 25 - Constance Collier, 77, British actress, Stage Door, Rope
- May 13 - Betty Ann Davies, 44, British actress, My Old Duchess, The Man in Black
- June 11 - Walter Hampden, 75, American actor, Sabrina, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- July 31 - Robert Francis, 25, American actor, The Caine Mutiny, The Long Gray Line, airplane accident
- August 5 - Carmen Miranda, 46, Brazilian singer and actress, Copacabana, The Gang's All Here
- August 6 - Janet Beecher, 70, American actress, The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, The Mark of Zorro
- August 10 - Jane Murfin, 70, American screenwriter, What Price Hollywood?, The Women
- August 12 - Lynne Carver, 38, American actress, Everybody Sing, Young Dr. Kildare
- September 20 -
- Robert Riskin, 58, American screenwriter, It Happened One Night, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
- Noel M. Smith, 60, American director, Secret Service of the Air, Cattle Town
- September 30 - James Dean, 24, American actor, Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden, automobile accident
- October 1 - Charles Christie, 75, Canadian pioneer film studio owner
- October 9 - Alice Joyce, 65, American actress, The Green Goddess, White Man
- October 19 - John Hodiak, 41, American actor, Lifeboat, A Bell for Adano, heart attack
- November 9 - Tom Powers, 65, American actor, Double Indemnity, The Blue Dahlia
- November 14 - Robert E. Sherwood, 59, American screenwriter, The Best Years of Our Lives, Rebecca
- November 15 - Lloyd Bacon, 65, American director, The Oklahoma Kid, Knute Rockne, All American
- November 22 - Shemp Howard, 60, American actor, comedian of The Three Stooges, The Bank Dick, Pittsburgh
- November 27 - William Nigh, 74, American director, Mr. Wong, Detective, The Gay Cavalier
Film Debuts
- James Cromwell - Daddy Long Legs
- Clint Eastwood - Revenge of the Creature
- Dennis Hopper - Rebel Without a Cause
- Shirley MacLaine - The Trouble with Harry
- Jayne Mansfield - Female Jungle
- Walter Matthau - The Kentuckian
- Melina Mercouri - Stella
- Elizabeth Montgomery - The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
References
- ^ McFarlane, Brian, ed. (2003). The Encyclopedia of British Film. London: Methuen; BFI. p. 48. ISBN 9780413773012.
- ^ Leab, Daniel J. (2007). Orwell Subverted. Pennsylvania State Press. p. xiii-xiv. ISBN 978-0-271-02979-5.
- ^ Filmed on location September 1954. "The Seven Year Itch (1955)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 2001-04-30. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
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