Editing 1953 in film (section)

==Births==
*January 1:
**[[Brian Pettifer]], South African actor
**[[Mary Sweeney]], American director, writer, editor and producer
*January 4: [[Richard Frank (actor)|Richard Frank]], American actor (died 1995)
*January 7: [[John Dugan (actor)|John Dugan]], American actor
*January 8:
**[[Damián Alcázar]], Mexican actor
**[[Tonita Castro]], Mexican-born American actress (died 2016)
*January 11: [[John Sessions]], British actor and comedian (died 2020)
*January 12: [[Phil Reeves]], American actor and screenwriter
*January 27:
**[[Richard Bremmer]], English actor
**[[Joe Bob Briggs]], American film critic, writer and actor
*January 28: [[Susan Buckner]], American actress (died 2024)
*January 30: [[Steven Zaillian]], director
*February 8: [[Mary Steenburgen]], American actress
*February 9: 
**[[Vito Antuofermo]], Italian-American actor
**[[Ciarán Hinds]], British-Irish actor
*February 11: [[Philip Anglim]], actor
*February 12: [[Peter Andersson (actor)|Peter Andersson]], Swedish actor
*February 14: [[Brian O'Connor (actor)|Brian O'Connor]], American actor and comedian
*February 15: [[Lynn Whitfield]], American actress
*February 17: [[Evan C. Kim]], American actor
*February 18: [[Rocco Sisto]], Italian-American actor
*February 19: [[Massimo Troisi]], actor (died [[1994 in film|1994]])
*February 21:
**[[Christine Ebersole]], American actress and singer
**[[William Petersen]], American actor
*March 2: [[Ezra Swerdlow]], film producer (died 2018)
*March 4: 
**[[Scott Hicks (director)|Scott Hicks]], director
**[[Kay Lenz]], American actress
**[[Agustí Villaronga]], Spanish director (died 2023)
*March 6: [[Jacklyn Zeman]], American actress (died 2023)
*March 15: [[Frances Conroy]], American actress
*March 16: [[Isabelle Huppert]], French actress
*March 24: [[Louie Anderson]], American stand-up comedian and actor (died 2022)
*April 1: [[Barry Sonnenfeld]], American filmmaker and television director
*April 6: [[Patrick Doyle]], Scottish film composer
*April 13:
**[[Esther Scott]], American actress (died 2020)
**[[Harry Waters Jr.]], American actor and singer
*April 16:
**[[Jay O. Sanders]], actor
**[[Marshall Teague (actor)|Marshall Teague]], American actor
*April 18: [[Rick Moranis]], Canadian actor & comedian
*April 19: [[Ruby Wax]], American-British actress, comedian, writer and television personality
*April 23: [[James Russo]], American actor
*April 24: [[Eric Bogosian]], American actor
*April 25: [[Ron Clements]], American animator, director, screenwriter and producer
*April 26: [[Nancy Lenehan]], American actress
*May 9: [[Amy Hill]], American stand-up comedian, actress and voice actress
*May 16: [[Pierce Brosnan]], Irish actor
*May 21: [[Nora Aunor]], Filipino actress
*May 24: [[Alfred Molina]], English actor
*May 29: [[Danny Elfman]], American composer
*May 30: [[Colm Meaney]], Irish actor
*June 3: [[Erland Van Lidth De Jeude]], Dutch-American actor (d. 1987)
*June 5: [[Kathleen Kennedy (producer)|Kathleen Kennedy]], American producer
*June 7:
**[[Colleen Camp]], American character actress and producer
**[[Robert Trebor]], American character actor (d. 2025)
*June 12: [[David Thornton (actor)|David Thornton]], American actor
*June 13: [[Tim Allen]], American actor
*June 15: [[Renée Victor]], American actress
*June 16: [[Valerie Mahaffey]], American character actress and producer
*June 19: [[Ken Davitian]], American character actor and comedian
*June 21: [[Michael Bowen (actor)|Michael Bowen]], American actor
*June 22: [[Cyndi Lauper]], American singer, songwriter, actress and activist
*June 26: [[Peng Xiaolian]], director (died 2019)
*July 1: [[David Gulpilil]], Indigenous-Australian actor (died 2021)
*July 5: [[Harish Patel]], Indian actor
*July 6: [[Stanley DeSantis]], American actor (died 2005)
*July 11:
**[[Angélica Aragón]], Mexican actress and singer
**[[Mindy Sterling]], American actress
*July 13: [[Gil Birmingham]], American actor
*July 20: [[Lee Garlington]], American actress
*July 26: [[Lesli Linka Glatter]], American director
*August 7: [[Lesley Nicol (actress)|Lesley Nicol]], English actress
*August 8: [[Don Most]], American actor and singer
*August 9: [[Alf Humphreys]], Canadian actor (died 2018)
*August 11: [[Hulk Hogan]], wrestler
*August 12: [[Selina Cadell]], English actress
*August 13: [[Victor Colicchio]], American actor, screenwriter, musician and songwriter
*August 14: [[James Horner]], American composer (died 2015)
*August 18: [[Sergio Castellitto]], Italian actor, director and screenwriter
*August 27: [[Peter Stormare]], Swedish actor
*August 28: [[Dee Dee Rescher]], American actress
*August 30: [[Robin Harris (comedian)|Robin Harris]], American comedian and actor (died 1990)
*September 2: [[Keith Allen (actor)|Keith Allen]], British actor
*September 6:
**[[Anne Lockhart (actress)|Anne Lockhart]], American actress
**[[Patti Yasutake]], American actress (died 2024)
*September 10: [[Amy Irving]], American actress
*September 14: [[Robert Wisdom]], American actor
*September 16:
**[[Lenny Clarke]], American comedian and actor
**[[Kurt Fuller]], American character actor
*September 18: [[Anna Thomson]], American actress
*October 4:
**[[Christopher Fairbank]], English actor
**[[Tchéky Karyo]], French actor
**[[Kerry Sherman]], American actress
*October 9:
**[[Barbara March]], Canadian actress (died 2019)
**[[Tony Shalhoub]], American actor
*October 11:
**[[David Morse]], American actor, singer, director and writer
**[[Bill Randolph]], American actor
*October 12: [[David Threlfall]], English actor and director
*October 15: [[Larry Miller (comedian)|Larry Miller]], American comedian, actor, news podcaster and columnist
*October 20: [[Bill Nunn]], American actor (died 2016)
*October 26:
**[[Roger Allam]], British actor
**[[Maureen Teefy]], actress
*October 27:
**[[Peter Firth]], English actor
**[[Robert Picardo]], American actor
*October 30: [[Charles Martin Smith]], American actor, writer and director
*October 31: [[Michael J. Anderson]], actor
*November 3: 
**[[Kate Capshaw]], American actress
**[[Dennis Miller]], American comedian and television host
*November 6: [[Ron Underwood]], American director
*November 8: [[John Musker]], American animator, director, screenwriter and producer
*November 13: [[Tom Villard]], American actor (died 1993)
*November 18 
**[[Kevin Nealon]], American stand-up comedian and actor
**[[Kath Soucie]], American voice actress
*November 19: [[Robert Beltran]], American actor
*November 20: [[Bembol Roco]], Filipino actor
*November 23: [[George DelHoyo]], Uruguayan-born American actor
*November 24: [[Glenn Withrow]], American actor, director, producer and writer
*November 27: [[Curtis Armstrong]], American actor and singer
*November 28: [[Pamela Hayden]], American actress and voice actress
*December 6
**[[Gina Hecht]], American actress
**[[Tom Hulce]], American actor
**[[Wil Shriner]], American actor, comedian, director and screenwriter
*December 8
**[[Kim Basinger]], American actress
**[[Sam Kinison]], American stand-up comedian (died 1992)
*December 9: [[John Malkovich]], American actor
*December 11: [[Richard Carter (actor)|Richard Carter]], Australian actor and voice-over artist (died 2019)
*December 14: [[Vijay Amritraj]], Indian sports commentator and actor
*December 17:
**[[Sally Menke]], American editor (died 2010)
**[[Bill Pullman]], American actor
*December 18:
**[[Melanie Kinnaman]], American dancer and actress
**[[Jeff Kober]], American actor
*December 22:
**[[Jay Brazeau]], Canadian actor
**[[Gregor Fisher]], Scottish comedian and actor
*December 23: [[John Callahan (actor)|John Callahan]], actor (died 2020)
*December 24: [[Timothy Carhart]], American actor
*December 28: [[James Foley (director)|James Foley]], American director (died 2025)
*December 29: [[Charlayne Woodard]], American playwright and actress
*December 31: [[James Remar]], American actor