Editing 1939 in film (section)

== Births ==
*January 4 - [[Burt Sugarman]], American film producer
*January 8 – [[Ruth Maleczech]], American actress (died [[2013 in film|2013]])
*January 9 – [[Susannah York]], English actress (died [[2011 in film|2011]])
*January 10 – [[Sal Mineo]], American actor (died [[1976 in film|1976]])
*January 17 – [[Maury Povich]], American television personality
*January 22 – [[Sonny Chiba]], Japanese actor and martial artist (died [[2021 in film|2021]])
*January 26 – [[Scott Glenn]], American actor
*January 30 – [[János Zsombolyai]], Hungarian cinematographer, film director and screenwriter (died [[2015 in film|2015]])
*February 3 – [[Michael Cimino]], American director, producer and screenwriter (died [[2016 in film|2016]])
*February 6 – [[Mike Farrell]], American actor
*February 9 – [[Janet Suzman]], South African actress and director
*February 10 - [[Peter Purves]], British actor and television presenter
*February 16 – [[Angelo Infanti]], Italian actor (died [[2010 in film|2010]])
*February 20 – [[Antonina Girycz]], Polish actress (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
*February 23 - [[Denis Arndt]], American actor (died [[2025 in film|2025]])
*February 24 – [[Marisa Mell]], Austrian actress (died [[1992 in film|1992]])
*February 28 – [[Tommy Tune]], American dancer, choreographer and actor
*March 1 - [[David Weatherley (actor)|David Weatherley]], British-born New Zealand actor (died [[2024 in film|2024]])
*March 4
**[[John Moreno]], British actor
**[[Robert Shaye]], American actor and producer
**[[Carlos Vereza]], Brazilian actor
*March 5
**[[Samantha Eggar]], English actress
**[[Benyamin Sueb]], Indonesian actor, comedian and singer (died [[1995 in film|1995]])
*March 7 – [[Michael Chow (restaurateur)|Michael Chow]], Chinese-born British-American former actor
*March 14
**[[Raymond J. Barry]], American actor
**[[Héctor Bonilla]], Mexican actor (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
*March 21 – [[Marino Masé]], Italian actor (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
*March 26 - [[Phillip R. Allen]], American actor (died [[2012 in film|2012]])
*March 28 – [[Vic Vargas]], Filipino actor (died [[2003 in film|2003]])
*March 29 – [[Terence Hill]], Italian actor, director, screenwriter and producer
*April 1 – [[Ali MacGraw]], American actress
*April 5 – [[Roger Davis (television actor)|Roger Davis]], American actor
*April 7 – [[Francis Ford Coppola]], director; producer; screenwriter
*April 9 – [[Romeo Vasquez]], Filipino actor (died [[2017 in film|2017]])
*April 11 – [[Louise Lasser]], American actress, writer and director
*April 13 – [[Paul Sorvino]], American actor (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
*April 22 – [[Mark Jones (actor)|Mark Jones]], English actor (died [[2010 in film|2010]])
*April 23
**[[David Birney]], American actor and director (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
**[[Lee Majors]], American actor
*May 4 – [[Paul Gleason]], American actor (died [[2006 in film|2006]])
*May 7
**[[Ruggero Deodato]], Italian director and screenwriter (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
**[[Marco St. John]], American actor
*May 13 – [[Harvey Keitel]], American actor
*May 15 – [[Barbara Hammer]], American filmmaker (died [[2019 in film|2019]])
*May 19
**[[James Fox]], English actor
**[[Nancy Kwan]], Chinese-American actress
*May 22 – [[Paul Winfield]], American actor (died [[2004 in film|2004]])
*May 23 – [[Reinhard Hauff]], German film director
**May 25 
** [[Ian McKellen]], English actor
** [[Dixie Carter]], American actress (died 2010)      
*May 28 – [[Beth Howland]], American actress (died [[2015 in film|2015]])
*May 30 – [[Michael J. Pollard]], American actor (died [[2019 in film|2019]])
*June 4 – [[Henri Pachard]], American film director (died [[2008 in film|2008]])
*June 8
**[[Bernie Casey]], American actor (died [[2017 in film|2017]])
**[[Geoffrey Hutchings]], English actor (died [[2010 in film|2010]])
*June 11 – [[Christina Crawford]], American actress
*June 15 - [[Daniel Richter (actor)|Daniel Richter]], American mime and actor
*June 24 – [[Michael Gothard]], English actor (died [[1992 in film|1992]])
*June 25 – [[Barbara Montgomery]], American actress and director
*July 1
**[[Karen Black]], American actress, screenwriter and singer-songwriter (died [[2013 in film|2013]])
**[[Ines Aru]], Estonian actress
*July 5 – [[Sergio Di Stefano]], Italian actor and voice actor (died [[2010 in film|2010]])
*July 15
**[[Abdulhussain Abdulredha]], Kuwaiti actor (died [[2017 in film|2017]])
**[[Patrick Wayne]], American actor
*July 16 – [[Corin Redgrave]], British actor, political activist (died [[2010 in film|2010]])
*July 21 – [[Sondra James]], American sound coordinator and actress (died [[2021 in film|2021]])
*July 22 - [[Gila Almagor]], Israeli actress
*July 28 – [[Charles Cyphers]], American actor (died [[2024 in film|2024]])
*July 30 – [[Peter Bogdanovich]], American director, producer and screenwriter (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
*July 31 – [[France Nuyen]], French actress
*August 1 – [[Terry Kiser]], American actor
*August 2
**[[Wes Craven]], American director; producer; screenwriter (died [[2015 in film|2015]])
**[[Robert Wall]], American actor and martial artist (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
*August 4 – [[Mapita Cortés]], Mexican actress (died [[2006 in film|2006]])
*August 6 - [[Steve Kahan]], American character actor (died [[2019 in film|2019]])
*August 7 – [[Anjanette Comer]], American actress
*August 9 – [[Bulle Ogier]], French actress
*August 12
**[[Oliver Ford Davies]], English actor and writer
**[[George Hamilton (actor)|George Hamilton]], American actor
*August 16 - [[Carole Shelley]], English actress (died [[2018 in film|2018]])
*August 20 – [[Fernando Poe Jr.]], Filipino actor (died [[2004 in film|2004]])
*August 23 – [[Fernando Luján]], Mexican actor (died [[2019 in film|2019]])
*August 25 – [[John Badham]], English-American director
*August 29 – [[Joel Schumacher]], American film director, producer and screenwriter (died [[2020 in film|2020]])
*August 30 – [[Elizabeth Ashley]], American actress
*September 1 – [[Lily Tomlin]], American actress, comedian and producer
*September 5
**[[William Devane]], American actor
**[[George Lazenby]], Australian actor
*September 8 - [[DeVeren Bookwalter]], American actor and director (died [[1987 in film|1987]])
*September 11 – [[Tom Dreesen]], American actor and stand-up comedian
*September 13 – [[Richard Kiel]], American actor and voice artist (died [[2014 in film|2014]])
*September 22 - [[Bette Bourne]], British actor, drag queen, campaigner and activist (died [[2024 in film|2024]])
*September 23 – [[Janusz Gajos]], Polish actor
*September 27 – [[Garrick Hagon]], Canadian film, stage, television and radio actor
*September 28 - [[Sandra Dorsey]], American actress (died [[2023 in film|2023]])
*September 30 – [[Len Cariou]], Canadian actor and director
*October 5 – [[Carmen Salinas]], Mexican actress and comedian (died [[2021 in film|2021]])
*October 6 – [[Ellen Travolta]], American actress
*October 8 – [[Paul Hogan]], Australian comedian and actor
*October 10 - [[Laurel Cronin]], American actress and singer (died [[1992 in film|1992]])
*October 13 – [[Melinda Dillon]], American actress (died [[2023 in film|2023]])
*October 18 – [[Salme Poopuu]], Estonian actress and filmmaker (died [[2017 in film|2017]])
*October 21 - [[Peter Vere-Jones]], English-born New Zealand actor (died [[2021 in film|2021]])
*October 22 – [[Tony Roberts (actor)|Tony Roberts]], American actor (died [[2025 in film|2025]])
*October 23 – [[Stanley Anderson]], American character actor (died [[2018 in film|2018]])
*October 24 – [[F. Murray Abraham]], American actor
*October 25 – [[Nikos Nikolaidis]], Greek film director (died [[2007 in film|2007]])
*October 27 – [[John Cleese]], English actor, comedian and producer
*October 28 – [[Jane Alexander]], American actress
*October 29 – [[Elizabeth Moody (actress)|Elizabeth Moody]], English-born New Zealand actress and director (died [[2010 in film|2010]])
*October 31 – [[Ron Rifkin]], American actor
*November 1 - [[Barbara Bosson]], American actress (died [[2023 in film|2023]])
*November 8 – [[Meg Wynn Owen]], Welsh actress (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
*November 10
**[[Anton Gorchev]], Bulgarian actor (died [[2000 in film|2000]])
**[[Russell Means]], Native American actor (died [[2012 in film|2012]])
*November 13 – [[G. R. Perera]], Sri Lankan actor (died [[2023 in film|2023]])
*November 15 – [[Yaphet Kotto]], American actor (died [[2021 in film|2021]])
*November 18
**[[Max Phipps]], Australian actor (died [[2000 in film|2000]])
**[[Brenda Vaccaro]], American actress
*November 22 – [[Allen Garfield]], American actor (died [[2020 in film|2020]])
*November 23 - [[Maria Gladys]], Brazilian actress
*November 26
**[[Mark Margolis]], American actor (died [[2023 in film|2023]])
**[[Tina Turner]], American-born Swiss singer, songwriter and actress (died [[2023 in film|2023]])
*November 27 – [[Ulla Strömstedt]], Swedish actress (died [[1986 in film|1986]])
*December 3 - [[Don Calfa]], American character actor (died [[2016 in film|2016]])
*December 13
**[[Eric Flynn]], British actor (died [[2002 in film|2002]])
**[[Akiko Wakabayashi]], Japanese actress
*December 20 - [[Kathryn Joosten]], American actress (died 2012)
*December 27 – [[John Amos]], American actor (died 2024)
*December 28 – [[Gloria Manon]], American actress (died [[2018 in film|2018]])