Editing 1951 in film (section)

==Births==
*January 1 - [[Nana Patekar]], Indian actor, screenwriter, and film director
*January 8 – [[John McTiernan]], American director
*January 12 – [[Kirstie Alley]], American actress (died 2022)
*January 15
**[[Charo]], Spanish American actress, singer and comedian
**[[Basil Wallace]], Jamaican-born American actor
*January 19 - [[Arthur Taxier]], American character actor
*January 22 - [[Steve J. Spears]], Australian actor, writer and singer (died 2007)
*January 23 - [[David Patrick Kelly]], American actor and musician
*January 29 - [[Maria Klenskaja]], Estonian actress (died 2022)
*January 30
**[[Phil Collins]], English drummer, singer-songwriter and actor
**[[Charles S. Dutton]], American retired actor and director
*February 1 - [[Tom Butler (actor)|Tom Butler]], Canadian actor
*February 4 - [[Patrick Bergin]], Irish actor and singer
*February 5 - [[Robin Sachs]], English actor (died 2013)
*February 13 – [[David Naughton]], American actor & singer
*February 15
**[[Paul Kandel]], American actor and singer
**[[Jane Seymour (actress)|Jane Seymour]], English actress
*February 16 – [[William Katt]], American actor
*February 20
**[[Eva Rueber-Staier]], Austrian actress, television host and model
**[[John Voldstad]], American actor
*February 22 – [[Ellen Greene]], American singer and actress
*February 24 – [[Helen Shaver]], Canadian actress and film and television director
*March 17 – [[Kurt Russell]], American actor
*April 6 – [[Rita Raave]], Estonian actress
*April 11
**[[Gerry Becker]], American actor (died 2019)
**[[Jay Benedict]], American actor (died 2020)
*April 12 – [[Tom Noonan]], American actor
*April 13
**[[John Furey]], American actor
**[[Brent Jennings]], American actor
*April 17 – [[Olivia Hussey]], Argentine-born English actress (died 2024)
*April 21 – [[Tony Danza]], American actor and boxer
*April 22 - [[Robin Bartlett]], American actress
*May 4 - [[Gérard Jugnot]], French actor, director, screenwriter and producer
*May 8 - [[Cooper Huckabee]], American actor
*May 19 - [[Robert Harper (actor)|Robert Harper]], American actor (died 2020)
*May 29 - [[Michael O'Neill (actor)|Michael O'Neill]], American actor
*May 30 – [[Stephen Tobolowsky]], American actor
*June 1 - [[Lena Farugia]], American-born South African actress, screenwriter, director and producer (died 2019)
*June 2 - [[Frank C. Turner]], Canadian actor
*June 5
**[[Ellen Foley]], American singer and actress
**[[Mark Harelik]], American actor and playwright
*June 9 – [[James Newton Howard]], American film composer
*June 13 - [[Stellan Skarsgård]], Swedish actor
*June 15 - [[Tim Colceri]], American actor and comedian
*June 16 - [[John Salthouse]], British actor and producer
*June 20 - [[Tress MacNeille]], American voice actress, and singer
*June 23 - [[Jim Metzler]], retired American actor
*June 26 – [[Robert Davi]], American actor, singer, writer and director
*June 27 - [[Julia Duffy]], American actress
*June 28
**[[David Gautreaux]], American actor
**[[Ellis E. Williams]], American actor and comedian
*July 1 - [[Trevor Eve]], English actor
*July 4 – [[Vincent Marzello]], American-born actor (died 2020)
*July 6
**[[Allyce Beasley]], American actress
**[[Geoffrey Rush]], Australian actor
*July 7 - [[Roz Ryan]], American actress, singer, voice actress and comedian
*July 8 – [[Anjelica Huston]], American actress
*July 9 – [[Chris Cooper]], American actor
*July 10 – [[Phyllis Smith]], American actress
*July 12
**[[Cheryl Ladd]], American actress
**[[Jamey Sheridan]], American actor
*July 13 - [[Didi Conn]], American actress
*July 15 - [[Jesse Ventura]], American actor and pro wrestler
*July 18 - [[Margo Martindale]], American character actress
*July 19 - [[Daniel Zacapa]], Honduran-American actor
*July 20 - [[Jeff Rawle]], English actor
*July 21
**[[Lillias White]], American actress and singer
**[[Robin Williams]], American actor & comedian (died 2014)
*July 24
**[[Lynda Carter]], American actress & singer
**[[Fiona Reid]], English-born Canadian actress
*July 29
**[[Jack Blessing]], American actor (died 2017)
**[[Gavan O'Herlihy]], Irish-born American actor (died 2021)
*August 2 - [[Marcel Iureș]], Romanian actor
*August 3 - [[Jay North]], American actor (died 2025)
*August 6 – [[Catherine Hicks]], American actress
*August 8 - [[Martin Brest]], American director, screenwriter and producer
*August 14 – [[Carl Lumbly]], American actor
*August 18 - [[Teri McMinn]], American actress and model
*August 21 - [[Randy Thom]], American sound designer
*August 22 - [[Gordon Liu]], Chinese martial arts actor
*August 30 – [[Timothy Bottoms]], American actor
*September 2
**[[Michael Gray (actor)|Michael Gray]], American actor
**[[Mark Harmon]], American actor
*September 4 - [[Judith Ivey]], American actress
*September 5 – [[Michael Keaton]], American actor
*September 9 - [[Tom Wopat]], American actor and singer
*September 10 - [[Harry Groener]], German-born American actor
*September 12 – [[Joe Pantoliano]], American actor
*September 13 - [[Jean Smart]], American actress
*September 17 – [[Cassandra Peterson]], American actress
*September 22 – [[Amanda Mackey]], American casting director (died 2022)
*September 25 – [[Mark Hamill]], American actor
*October 5 - [[Karen Allen]], American actress and director
*October 16
**[[Daniel Gerroll]], English actor
**[[Morgan Stevens]], American actor (died 2022)
*October 22 - [[Marshall Napier]], New Zealand character actor (died 2022)
*October 24 - [[Antoñito Ruiz]], Spanish former child actor and stuntman
*October 28 - [[Renato Cecchetto]], Italian actor and voice actor (died 2022)
*October 30 – [[Harry Hamlin]], American actor
*November 2 - [[Steven Reuther]], American producer (died 2010)
*November 6 - [[Nigel Havers]], English actor and presenter
*November 9 – [[Lou Ferrigno]], American actor
*November 11 - [[Bill Moseley]], American actor and musician
*November 15 – [[Beverly D'Angelo]], American actress
*November 16 - [[Miguel Sandoval]], American actor
*November 17
**[[Francis Guinan]], American actor
**[[Stephen Root]], American actor and voice actor
*November 20 – [[Rodger Bumpass]], American actor & voice actor
*November 23 – [[Aaron Norris]], American director, actor, and stunt performer
*November 27 – [[Kathryn Bigelow]], American director
*December 1
**[[Obba Babatundé]], American actor
**[[Treat Williams]], American actor (died 2023)
*December 14 - [[Celia Weston]], American character actress
*December 16
**[[Bill Johnson (film and television actor)|Bill Johnson]], American actor
**[[David Schofield (actor)|David Schofield]], English actor
*December 18 - [[Everett Quinton]], American actor and writer (died 2023)
*December 22 - [[Dan Martin (actor)|Dan Martin]], American actor
*December 26 - [[Steve Bisley]], Australian writer and actor