Editing 1946 in film

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The year '''1946 in film''' involved some significant events, with ''[[The Best Years of Our Lives]]'' winning seven [[Academy Awards]].

==Top-grossing films (U.S.)==
The top ten 1946 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|+ Highest-grossing films of 1946
|-
! Rank !! Title !! Distributor !! Domestic rentals
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''1''' 
|''[[Duel in the Sun (film)|Duel in the Sun]]''
|[[Selznick International Pictures|Selznick International]]
| $8,700,000<ref name=AllTime>{{cite magazine|title=All-Time Top Grossers|url= https://archive.org/stream/variety177-1950-01#page/n371/mode/2up |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=18 January 1950|page=18 |access-date=3 December 2023 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''2'''
|''[[The Best Years of Our Lives]]''
|[[RKO Radio Pictures|RKO]]
| $7,675,000<ref name=Jewell>{{cite news | title=Richard B. Jewell's RKO film grosses, 1929–51: The C. J. Trevlin Ledger: A comment. | publisher=Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Volume 14, Issue 1, 1994}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''3'''
|''[[The Jolson Story]]''
| [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]]
| $7,600,000<ref name=Finler>{{cite book |last=Finler |first=Joel Waldo |year=2003 |title=The Hollywood Story |publisher=Wallflower Press |isbn=978-1-903364-66-6 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=rvVhEJmbfrsC&pg=PA356#v=twopage 356–357]}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''4'''
| ''[[Blue Skies (1946 film)|Blue Skies]]''
| [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]
| $5,700,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''5'''
| ''[[Saratoga Trunk]]''
| [[Warner Bros.]]
| $5,148,000<ref name="warners">Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 26 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''6'''
| ''[[The Razor's Edge (1946 film)|The Razor's Edge]]''
| [[20th Century Fox]]
| $5,000,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''7'''
| ''[[Night and Day (1946 film)|Night and Day]]''
| Warner Bros.
| $4,990,000<ref name="warners"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''8'''
| ''[[Notorious (1946 film)|Notorious]]''
| RKO
| $4,850,000<ref name=Jewell>{{cite news | title=Richard B. Jewell's RKO film grosses, 1929–51: The C. J. Trevlin Ledger: A comment. | publisher=Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Volume 14, Issue 1, 1994}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''9'''
|''[[The Yearling (1946 film)|The Yearling]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]]
| $4,768,000<ref name="Mannix">{{Citation | title = The Eddie Mannix Ledger | publisher = Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study | place = Los Angeles}}.</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''10''' 
|''[[Till the Clouds Roll By]]''
| $4,748,000<ref name="Mannix"/>
|}

==Events==
*February 14 - [[Charles Vidor]]'s ''[[Gilda (film)|Gilda]]'' starring [[Rita Hayworth]] and [[Glenn Ford]] shows audiences one of the most famous scenes of the 20th century: Rita Hayworth singing "Put The Blame On Mame".

*November 21 – [[William Wyler]]'s ''[[The Best Years of Our Lives]]'' premieres in New York featuring an ensemble cast including [[Fredric March]], [[Myrna Loy]], [[Dana Andrews]], [[Teresa Wright]], and [[Harold Russell]].

*December 20 – [[Frank Capra]]'s ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]'', featuring [[James Stewart]], [[Donna Reed]], [[Lionel Barrymore]], [[Henry Travers]], and [[Thomas Mitchell (actor)|Thomas Mitchell]] opens in New York.

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! style="width:20px;"| Category/Organization !!" style="width:250px;"| [[4th Golden Globe Awards]]<br>February 26, 1947 !! style="width:250px;"| [[19th Academy Awards]]<br> March 13, 1947
|-
| Best Film || colspan="2" | '''''[[The Best Years of Our Lives]]'''''
|-
| Best Director || [[Frank Capra]]<br/>'''''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]''''' || [[William Wyler]]<br/>'''''[[The Best Years of Our Lives]]'''''
|-
| Best Actor || [[Gregory Peck]]<br/>'''''[[The Yearling (1946 film)|The Yearling]]''''' || [[Fredric March]]<br/>'''''[[The Best Years of Our Lives]]'''''
|-
| Best Actress || [[Rosalind Russell]]<br/>'''''[[Sister Kenny]]''''' || [[Olivia de Havilland]]<br/>'''''[[To Each His Own (1946 film)|To Each His Own]]'''''
|-
| Best Supporting Actor || [[Clifton Webb]]<br/>'''''[[The Razor's Edge (1946 film)|The Razor's Edge]]''''' || [[Harold Russell]]<br/>'''''[[The Best Years of Our Lives]]'''''
|-
| Best Supporting Actress || colspan="2" | [[Anne Baxter]]<br/>'''''[[The Razor's Edge (1946 film)|The Razor's Edge]]'''''
|}

==1946 films releases==

==Notable films released in 1946==
[[List of American films of 1946|United States]] unless stated

===A===
* ''[[Angel on My Shoulder (film)|Angel on My Shoulder]]''
* ''[[Anna and the King of Siam (film)|Anna and the King of Siam]]'', starring [[Irene Dunne]], [[Rex Harrison]] and [[Linda Darnell]]
* ''[[Aru yo no Tonosama]]''
===B===
* ''[[Bad Bascomb (film)|Bad Bascomb]]'', starring [[Wallace Beery]], [[Margaret O'Brien]] and [[Marjorie Main]]
* ''[[The Bandit of Sherwood Forest]]'', starring [[Cornel Wilde]]
* ''[[The Beast with Five Fingers]]'', starring [[Robert Alda]] and [[Peter Lorre]]
* ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1946 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' (''La Belle et la Bête''), directed by [[Jean Cocteau]], starring [[Jean Marais]] and [[Josette Day]]
* ''[[The Best Years of Our Lives]]'', directed by [[William Wyler]], starring [[Fredric March]], [[Myrna Loy]], [[Dana Andrews]] and [[Harold Russell]] – winner of 8 [[19th Academy Awards|Oscars]]
* ''[[Beware (1946 film)|Beware]]'', directed by [[Bud Pollard]], starring [[Louis Jordan]]
* ''[[The Big Sleep (1946 film)|The Big Sleep]]'', directed by [[Howard Hawks]], starring [[Humphrey Bogart]] and [[Lauren Bacall]]
* ''[[Black Beauty (1946 film)|Black Beauty]]'', starring [[Mona Freeman]] and [[Richard Denning]]
* ''[[The Blue Dahlia]]'', starring [[Alan Ladd]] and [[Veronica Lake]]
* ''[[Blue Skies (1946 film)|Blue Skies]]'', starring [[Bing Crosby]] and [[Fred Astaire]]
* ''[[Boom in the Moon]]'', starring [[Buster Keaton]]
* ''[[A Boy and His Dog (1946 film)|A Boy and His Dog]]'', starring [[Harry Davenport (actor)|Harry Davenport]]

===C===
* ''[[The Captive Heart]]'', the first Prisoner of War film from World War II
* ''[[Canyon Passage]]'', starring [[Dana Andrews]]
* ''[[Centennial Summer]]''
* ''[[The Chase (1946 film)|The Chase]]''
* ''[[Children of Paradise]]'' (U.S. release)
* ''[[Cloak and Dagger (1946 film)|Cloak and Dagger]]''
* ''[[Cluny Brown]]'', starring [[Charles Boyer]] and [[Jennifer Jones]]

===D===
* ''[[The Dark Corner]]'', starring [[Lucille Ball]] and [[Mark Stevens (actor)|Mark Stevens]]
* ''[[The Dark Mirror (1946 film)|The Dark Mirror]]'', starring [[Olivia de Havilland]]
* ''[[Deception (1946 film)|Deception]]''
* ''[[Decoy (1946 film)|Decoy]]'', a film noir starring [[Jean Gillie]]
* ''[[Devotion (1946 film)|Devotion]]''
* ''[[The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946 film)|The Diary of a Chambermaid]]''
* ''[[Dragonwyck (film)|Dragonwyck]]'', starring [[Gene Tierney]]
* ''[[Dressed to Kill (1946 film)|Dressed to Kill]]'', a Sherlock Holmes mystery directed by Roy William Neill, starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes, and Nigel Bruce as Watson (released in U.K. as ''Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Code'')
* ''[[Duel in the Sun (film)|Duel in the Sun]]'', starring [[Jennifer Jones]], [[Gregory Peck]], [[Joseph Cotten]] and [[Lillian Gish]]

===G===
* ''[[Gallant Journey]]'', directed by [[William A. Wellman]]
* ''[[Gilda (film)|Gilda]]'', starring [[Rita Hayworth]] and [[Glenn Ford]]
* ''[[Great Expectations (1946 film)|Great Expectations]]'', directed by [[David Lean]], starring [[John Mills]], [[Jean Simmons]] and [[Valerie Hobson]]
* ''[[Green for Danger (film)|Green for Danger]]'', starring [[Alastair Sim]] and [[Trevor Howard]]
* ''[[The Green Years (film)|The Green Years]]''

===H===
* ''[[The Harvey Girls]]'', directed by [[George Sidney]], starring [[Judy Garland]] and [[John Hodiak]]
* ''[[Henry V (1944 film)|Henry V]]'' (U.S. release)
* ''[[Humoresque (1946 film)|Humoresque]]'', starring [[Joan Crawford]] and [[John Garfield]]

===I===
* ''[[I See a Dark Stranger]]''
* ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]'', directed by [[Frank Capra]], starring [[James Stewart]], [[Donna Reed]] and [[Lionel Barrymore]]
* ''[[Ivan the Terrible (1944 film)|Ivan the Terrible]]''

===J===
* ''[[The Jolson Story]]'', a biopic of [[Al Jolson]] starring [[Larry Parks]]

===K===
* ''[[The Kid from Brooklyn]]''
* ''[[The Killers (1946 film)|The Killers]]'', directed by [[Robert Siodmak]], starring [[Burt Lancaster]] and [[Ava Gardner]]

===L===
* ''[[Let There Be Light (1946 film)|Let There Be Light]]'', documentary directed by [[John Huston]]
* ''[[Little Giant]]'', starring [[Bud Abbott]] and [[Lou Costello]]

===M===
* ''[[Make Mine Music]]''
* ''[[Magnificent Doll]]'', starring [[Ginger Rogers]] and [[David Niven]] 
* ''[[A Matter of Life and Death (film)|A Matter of Life and Death]]'', written and directed by [[Powell and Pressburger]], starring [[David Niven]]
* ''[[Monsieur Beaucaire (1946 film)|Monsieur Beaucaire]]'', starring [[Bob Hope]] 
* ''[[The Murderers Are Among Us]]'' (Die Mörder sind unter uns), starring [[Hildegard Knef]]
* ''[[My Darling Clementine]]'', directed by [[John Ford]], starring [[Henry Fonda]] and [[Linda Darnell]]

===N===
* ''[[Night and Day (1946 film)|Night and Day]]''
* ''[[A Night in Casablanca]]'' with the [[Marx Brothers]]
* ''[[No Regrets for Our Youth]]'' (Waga seishun ni kuinashi)
* ''[[Nobody Lives Forever (film)|Nobody Lives Forever]]''
* ''[[Notorious (1946 film)|Notorious]]'', directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]], starring [[Cary Grant]] and [[Ingrid Bergman]] 

===O===
* ''[[The Outlaw]]'' (re-release)
* ''[[The Overlanders (film)|The Overlanders]]''

===P===
* ''[[Paisan (film)|Paisan]]'', directed by [[Roberto Rossellini]] (Italy)
* ''[[Patrie (1946 film)|Patrie]]'', directed by [[Louis Daquin]] (France)
* ''[[People Are Funny (film)|People Are Funny]]'', starring [[Jack Haley]]
* ''[[The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946 film)|The Postman Always Rings Twice]]'', starring [[Lana Turner]] and [[John Garfield]]

===R===
* ''[[The Razor's Edge (1946 film)|The Razor's Edge]]'', starring [[Tyrone Power]] and [[Gene Tierney]]
* ''[[Renegade Girl]]'', starring [[Ann Savage (actress)|Ann Savage]] 
* ''[[The Return of Monte Cristo (1946 film)|The Return of Monte Cristo]]'', starring [[Louis Hayward]]
* ''[[Road to Utopia]]'', starring [[Bing Crosby]], [[Dorothy Lamour]] and [[Bob Hope]]

===S===
* ''[[The Seventh Veil]]'' (U.S. release)
* ''[[She-Wolf of London (film)|She-Wolf of London]]''. starring [[June Lockhart]]
* ''[[Shoeshine (film)|Shoeshine]]'' (Sciuscià), directed by [[Vittorio De Sica]]
* ''[[Shock (1946 film)|Shock]]'', directed by [[Alfred L. Werker]], starring [[Vincent Price]] and [[Lynn Bari]] 
* ''[[Sister Kenny]]'', starring [[Rosalind Russell]]
* ''[[Somewhere in the Night (film)|Somewhere In The Night]]'', starring [[John Hodiak]]
* ''[[Song of the South]]'' by Walt Disney, combines animation and live action.
* ''[[The Spiral Staircase (1946 film)|The Spiral Staircase]]'', starring [[Dorothy McGuire]]
* ''[[A Stolen Life (1946 film)|A Stolen Life]]'', starring [[Bette Davis]]
* ''[[The Strange Love of Martha Ivers]]'', starring [[Barbara Stanwyck]]
* ''[[The Strange Woman]]'', starring [[Hedy Lamarr]] and [[George Sanders]]
* ''[[The Stranger (1946 film)|The Stranger]]'', directed by and starring [[Orson Welles]], [[Loretta Young]] and [[Edward G. Robinson]]

===T===
* ''[[Terror by Night]]'', a Sherlock Holmes mystery directed by Roy William Neill, starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes, and Nigel Bruce as Watson
* ''[[Theirs Is the Glory]]''
* ''[[Three Strangers]]''
* ''[[Three Wise Fools (1946 film)|Three Wise Fools]]'', starring [[Margaret O'Brien]] and [[Lionel Barrymore]]
* ''[[The Time of Their Lives]]'', starring [[Bud Abbott]] and [[Lou Costello]]
* ''[[To Each His Own (1946 film)|To Each His Own]]'', starring [[Olivia de Havilland]]
* ''[[Tomorrow Is Forever]]'', starring [[Orson Welles]]
* ''[[Two Sisters from Boston]]'', starring [[Kathryn Grayson]], [[June Allyson]], [[Lauritz Melchior]], [[Jimmy Durante]] and [[Peter Lawford]].

===U===
* ''[[Utamaro and His Five Women]]'' (Utamaro o meguru gonin no onna)

===V===
* ''[[The Verdict (1946 film)|The Verdict]]''

===W===
* ''[[Wake Up and Dream (1946 film)|Wake Up and Dream]]''
* ''[[Wanted for Murder (film)|Wanted for Murder]]''
* ''[[The Wife of Monte Cristo]]'', directed by [[Edgar G. Ulmer]]
* ''[[Without Reservations]]''

===Y===
* ''[[The Yearling (film)|The Yearling]]'', starring [[Gregory Peck]] and [[Jane Wyman]]

==Serials==
*''[[Daughter of Don Q]]''
*''[[Chick Carter, Detective]]''
*''[[The Crimson Ghost]]''
*''[[Hop Harrigan (serial)|Hop Harrigan]]''
*''[[King of the Forest Rangers]]'', starring [[Larry Thompson (actor)|Larry Thompson]]
*''[[Lost City of the Jungle]]''
*''[[The Mysterious Mr. M]]''
*''[[The Phantom Rider (Republic serial)|The Phantom Rider]]'', starring [[Robert Kent (actor)|Robert Kent]] and [[Peggy Stewart (actress)|Peggy Stewart]]
*''[[The Scarlet Horseman]]''
*''[[Son of the Guardsman]]''

==Short film series==
*''[[Shirley Temple]]'' (1932–1946)
*''[[The Three Stooges]]'' (1934–1959)
*''[[Popular Science]]'' (1935–1950)

==Animated short film series==
*''[[Mickey Mouse]]'' (1928–1952)
*''[[Looney Tunes]]'' (1930–1969)
*''[[Terrytoons]]'' (1930–1964)
*''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' (1931–1969)
*''[[Popeye]]'' ([[1933 in film|1933]]–[[1957 in film|1957]])
*''[[Color Rhapsodies]]'' (1934–1949)
*''[[Donald Duck]]'' ([[1936 in film|1936]]–[[1956 in film|1956]])
*''[[Pluto (Disney)|Pluto]]'' (1937–1951)
*''[[Andy Panda]]'' (1939–1949)
*''[[Goofy]]'' (1939–1953)
*''[[Bugs Bunny]]'' (1940–1962)
*''[[Tom and Jerry (MGM)|Tom and Jerry]]'' (1940–[[1958 in film|1958]])
*''[[The Fox and the Crow (animated characters)|The Fox and the Crow]]'' (1941–1950)
*''[[Woody Woodpecker]]'' (1941–1949)
*''[[Mighty Mouse]]'' (1942–1955)
*''[[Droopy]]'' (1943–1958)
*''[[Chip and Dale]]'' (1943–1956)
*''[[Screwball Squirrel]]'' (1944–'''1946''')
*''[[Yosemite Sam]]'' (1945–1963)
*''[[George and Junior]]'' ('''1946'''–1948)

==Births==
*January 5 – [[Diane Keaton]], American actress, producer and director
*January 6 – [[Cheng Pei-Pei]], Chinese actress (d. [[2024 in film|2024]])
*January 7 – [[Arnis Līcītis]], Latvian actor (d. [[2022 in film|2022]])
*January 16 – [[Kabir Bedi]], Indian actor
*January 19 – [[Dolly Parton]], American country singer and actress 
*January 20 – [[David Lynch]], American director (d. [[2025 in film|2025]])
*January 26 – [[Gene Siskel]], film critic, ''Siskel and Ebert'' (d. [[1999 in film|1999]])
*February 2
**[[Blake Clark]], American stand-up comedian, actor and voice actor
**[[J. E. Freeman]], American actor (d. [[2014 in film|2014]])
*February 4 – [[Ivano Marescotti]], Italian actor (d. [[2023 in film|2023]])
*February 5 – [[Charlotte Rampling]], English actress
*February 7 – [[Pete Postlethwaite]], English actor (d. [[2011 in film|2011]])
*February 8 – [[Alex Diakun]], Canadian actor
*February 13 – [[Joe Estevez]], American actor, director and producer
*February 20 – [[Brenda Blethyn]], English actress
*February 21 
**[[Tyne Daly]], American actress
**[[Anthony Daniels]], English actor, voice actor and mime artist
**[[Alan Rickman]], English actor (d. [[2016 in film|2016]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Alan Rickman obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/14/alan-rickman-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=14 January 2021 |language=en |date=14 January 2016}}</ref>
*March 1 – [[Lana Wood]], American actress and producer
*March 6 – [[Martin Kove]], American actor and martial artist
*March 7
**[[Dan Grimaldi]], American actor
**[[John Heard (actor)|John Heard]], American actor (d. [[2017 in film|2017]])
*March 9 – [[Alexandra Bastedo]], British actress (d. [[2014 in film|2014]])
*March 12
**[[Dean Cundey]], American cinematographer and filmmaker
**[[Liza Minnelli]], American singer and actress
**[[Frank Welker]], American actor, voice actor and former stand-up comedian
*March 14 – [[Steve Kanaly]], American actor
*March 21 – [[Timothy Dalton]], British actor
*March 27 – [[Carl Weintraub]], American actor
*March 28 – [[Dianne Wiest]], American actress
*March 29 – [[Paul Herman]], American actor (d. [[2022 in film|2022]])
*April 3 – [[Nicholas Jones (actor)|Nicholas Jones]], English character actor
*April 5
**[[Jane Asher]], English actress
**[[Björn Granath]], Swedish actor (d. [[2017 in film|2017]])
*April 12 – [[Ed O'Neill]], American actor and comedian
*April 15
**[[Bob DeSimone]], American actor
**[[Michael Tucci]], American actor
*April 18 – [[Hayley Mills]], English actress
*April 19 – [[Tim Curry]], English actor and singer
*April 20 – [[Haruhiko Yamanouchi]], Japanese actor
*April 22 – [[John Waters]], American filmmaker, writer and actor
*April 23 – [[Blair Brown]], American actress
*April 25
**[[Andrzej Seweryn]], Polish actor and director
**[[Talia Shire]], American actress
*April 29 – [[Wayne Robson]], Canadian actor (d. [[2011 in film|2011]])
*May 1 – [[Joanna Lumley]], British actress
*May 2 – [[David Suchet]], English actor
*May 9 – [[Candice Bergen]], American actress
*May 11 – [[Ago Roo]], Estonian actor
*May 13 – [[Tim Pigott-Smith]], English actor (d. [[2017 in film|2017]])
*May 18 – [[Andreas Katsulas]], American actor (d. [[2006 in film|2006]])
*May 19 – [[André the Giant]], French professional wrestler and actor (d. [[1993 in film|1993]])
*May 20 – [[Cher]], American singer and actress
*May 22 – [[Jack Kehler]], American character actor (d. [[2022 in film|2022]])
*May 23 – [[Anthony May]], English actor (d. [[2021 in film|2021]])
*June 1 – [[Brian Cox (actor)|Brian Cox]], Scottish actor
*June 3 – [[Penelope Wilton]], English actress
*June 5 – [[John Bach]], British-born New Zealand actor
*June 8 – [[Alan Scarfe]], British-Canadian actor (d. [[2024 in film|2024]])
*June 12 – [[Jack Thibeau]], American actor
*June 15
**[[Angela Down]], English actress
**[[Roy Holder]], English actor (d. [[2021 in film|2021]])
*June 26
**[[Ricky Jay]], American actor and writer (d. [[2018 in film|2018]])
**[[Leo Rossi]], American actor, writer and producer
*June 28
**[[Bruce Davison]], American actor and director
**[[Gilda Radner]], American comedian and actress (d. [[1989 in film|1989]])
*July 2 – [[Ron Silver]], American actor (d. [[2009 in film|2009]])
*July 6 – [[Sylvester Stallone]], actor and director
*July 10 – [[Sue Lyon]], actress (d. [[2019 in film|2019]])
*July 13 – [[Cheech Marin]], American actor and comedian
*July 14 – [[Vincent Pastore]], American actor
*July 16
**[[Dave Goelz]], American puppeteer and actor
**[[Richard LeParmentier]], American actor (d. [[2013 in film|2013]])
*July 17 – [[Alun Armstrong]], English actor
*July 18 – [[Dicken Ashworth]], English actor
*July 20 – [[Randal Kleiser]], American director, producer, screenwriter and actor
*July 22 – [[Danny Glover]], actor and director
*July 27 – [[Rade Šerbedžija]], Croatian actor, director and musician
*August 6 – [[Peter Simonischek]], Austrian actor (d. [[2023 in film|2023]])
*August 9 – [[Alain Dorval]], French voice actor of [[Sylvester Stallone]], from 1976 to 2024 (d [[2024 in film|2024]]).
*August 16 – [[Lesley Ann Warren]], American actress and singer
*August 19
**[[Ti Lung]], Hong Kong actor
**[[Christopher Malcolm]], Scottish actor, director and producer (d. [[2014 in film|2014]])
*August 24 – [[BP Fallon]], Irish actor
*August 26 – [[Alison Steadman]], English actress
*August 29 – [[Lindy Davies]], Australian actress and director
*August 30 – [[Peggy Lipton]], American actress, model and singer (d. [[2019 in film|2019]])
*September 1 – [[Susan Backlinie]], American actress and stuntwoman (d. [[2024 in film|2024]])
*September 5 – [[Dennis Dugan]], American director, actor, writer and comedian
*September 13 – [[Frank Marshall (filmmaker)|Frank Marshall]], American producer and director
*September 15 
**[[Tommy Lee Jones]], actor
**[[Oliver Stone]], director and producer
*September 18
**[[Struan Rodger]], British actor
**[[Gailard Sartain]], American actor
*September 19 – [[Michael Elphick]], English actor (d. [[2002 in film|2002]])
*September 22 – [[John Woo]], Hong Kong director, producer and screenwriter
*September 25 – [[Drew Snyder]], American actor
*September 26 – [[Togo Igawa]], Japanese character actor
*September 28
**[[Peter Egan]], British actor
**[[Jeffrey Jones]], American actor
*October 2 – [[Dale Soules]], American actress
*October 4 – [[Susan Sarandon]], American actress
*October 6 – [[John Hostetter]], American actor and visual artist (d. 2016)
*October 10
**[[Charles Dance]], English actor
**[[Ben Vereen]], American actor
*October 14 – [[Katy Manning]], British actress
*October 15 – [[John Getz]], American actor
*October 16 – [[Suzanne Somers]], American actress and singer (d. [[2023 in film|2023]])
*October 22 – [[Richard McGonagle]], American actor
*October 27 – [[Ivan Reitman]], Slovakian-born Canadian director and producer (d. [[2022 in film|2022]])
*October 31 – [[Stephen Rea]], Northern Irish actor
*November 3
**[[Michael Champion]], American singer, musician and actor (d. 2021)
**[[Tom Savini]], American prosthetic makeup artist, actor, stunt performer and director
*November 4 – [[John Callen]], English-born New Zealand actor and director
*November 6 – [[Sally Field]], actress
*November 7 – [[John Aylward]], American actor (d. 2022)
*November 16 – [[Dan Shor]], American actor, director and writer
*November 20
**[[Sullivan Walker]], Trinidadian actor (d. 2012)
**[[Samuel E. Wright]], American actor and singer (d. [[2021 in film|2021]])
*November 21 – [[Andrew Davis (director)|Andrew Davis]], American director, producer and writer
*November 22 – [[Paul A. Partain]], American actor (d. 2005)
*November 26 – [[Mark L. Lester]], American director, screenwriter and producer
*December 1 – [[Maggie Steed]], English actress and comedian
*December 3 – [[Charlotte Zagorski]], American actress (d. 2024)
*December 8
**[[Frank Pesce]], American actor (d. 2022)
**[[John Rubinstein]], American actor, composer and director
*December 14
**[[Patty Duke]], American actress (d. 2016)
**[[Lynne Marie Stewart]], American actress (d. 2025)
*December 16 – [[Charles Dennis]], Canadian actor, director and screenwriter
*December 17
**[[Jayne Eastwood]], Canadian actress and comedian
**[[Eugene Levy]], Canadian actor
*December 18 – [[Steven Spielberg]], American director and producer
*December 19 – [[Robert Urich]], American actor and producer (d. 2002)
*December 20 – [[John Spencer (actor)|John Spencer]], American actor (d. 2005)
*December 21 – [[Josh Mostel]], American actor
*December 24 – [[Daniel Beretta]], French voice actor and singer (d. [[2024 in film|2024]]).
*December 25 – [[Stuart Wilson (actor)|Stuart Wilson]], English actor
*December 29 – [[Marianne Faithfull]], British actress and singer (d. 2025)
*December 31 – [[Margaret Travolta]], American actress
*unknown – [[Omar Al-Shammaa]], Lebanese actor, voice actor

==Deaths==
*January 13 – [[Enid Stamp Taylor]], English actress
*February 5 – [[George Arliss]], English actor
*April 1 – [[Noah Beery Sr.]], American actor
*June 23 – [[William S. Hart]], American actor
*July 10 - [[Slim Summerville]], American actor and director
*August 8 – [[Paul Porcasi]], Italian actor
*August 10 – [[Léon Gaumont]], French film pioneer 
*August 12 – [[Egon Brecher]],  Austrian actor, director
*August 13 – [[H. G. Wells]], British science fiction writer
*August 26 – [[Jeanie MacPherson]], American actress and screenwriter 
*August 28 – [[Florence Turner]], American actress
*September 21 – [[Olga Engl]], Austrian actress
*October 8 – [[John St. Polis]], American actor
*November 2 – [[Gabriel Gabrio]], French actor
*November 18 – [[Donald Meek]], Scottish-American actor
*December 12 – [[Renée Jeanne Falconetti]], French actress
*December 25 – [[W. C. Fields]], American comedian and actor

==Film Debuts==
*[[Patricia Barry]] – ''[[Her Kind of Man]]''
*[[Raymond Burr]] – ''[[Without Reservations]]''
*[[Hamilton Camp]] – ''[[Bedlam (1946 film)|Bedlam]]''
*[[Gianna Maria Canale]] – ''[[The Black Eagle]]''
*[[Kirk Douglas]] – ''[[The Strange Love of Martha Ivers]]''
*[[William Fawcett (actor)|William Fawcett]] – ''[[Stars Over Texas]]''
*[[John Hoyt]] – ''[[O.S.S. (film)|O.S.S.]]''
*[[Martha Hyer]] – ''[[The Locket (1946 film)|The Locket]]''
*[[Burl Ives]] – ''[[Smoky (1946 film)|Smoky]]''
*[[Burt Lancaster]] – ''[[The Killers (1946 film)|The Killers]]''
*[[Gina Lollobrigida]] – ''The Black Eagle''
*[[Lois Maxwell]] – ''[[A Matter of Life and Death (film)|A Matter of Life and Death]]''
*[[Slim Pickens]] – ''Smoky''
*[[Liam Redmond]] – ''[[I See a Dark Stranger]]''
*[[Yvonne Sanson]] – ''The Black Eagle''
*[[Emil Sitka]] – ''[[One Exciting Week]]''
*[[Hal Smith (actor)|Hal Smith]] – ''Stars Over Texas''
*[[José Luis López Vázquez]] – ''María Fernanda la Jerezana''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1946-01-01,1946-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1946 films] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1946-01-01,1946-12-31&adult=include List of 1946 deaths] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1946-01-01,1946-12-31&adult=include List of 1946 births] at [[IMDb]]

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[[Category:Film by year]]