Editing 1971 in film

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The year '''1971 in film''' involved some significant events.

==Highest-grossing films (U.S.)==
{{see also|List of 1971 box office number-one films in the United States}}
The top ten 1971 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 1971
|-
! Rank!! Title !! Distributor !! Domestic rentals
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 1
|''[[Fiddler on the Roof (film)|Fiddler on the Roof]]''
| [[United Artists]]
| $40,500,000<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=PA358#v=twopage 358–359]}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 2
| ''[[Billy Jack]]''
| [[Warner Bros.]]
| $32,500,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 3
| ''[[The French Connection (film)|The French Connection]]''
| [[20th Century Fox]]
| $26,300,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 4
| ''[[Summer of '42]]''
| Warner Bros.
| $20,500,000<ref name="1971DomesticRevenue">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080615024144/http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1971.shtml Top 20 Films of 1971 by Domestic Revenue]</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 5
| ''[[Diamonds Are Forever (film)|Diamonds Are Forever]]''
| United Artists
| $19,727,000<ref name="1971DomesticRevenue"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 6
| ''[[Dirty Harry]]''
| rowspan="2"|Warner Bros.
| $18,000,000<ref name="1971DomesticRevenue"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 7
| ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]''
| $17,000,000<ref name="1971DomesticRevenue"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 8
| ''[[Carnal Knowledge (film)|Carnal Knowledge]]''
| [[Embassy Pictures|Embassy]]
| $14,075,000<ref name="1971DomesticRevenue"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 9
| ''[[The Last Picture Show]]'' 
| [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]] 
| $13,110,000<ref name="1971DomesticRevenue"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 10
| ''[[Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song]]''
| [[Cinemation Industries]]
| $9,200,000<ref name="North America (US and Canada) Domestic Movie Chart for 1971">{{cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/market/1971/top-grossing-movies |title=North America (US and Canada) Domestic Movie Chart for 1971 |website=the-numbers.com |accessdate=2023-12-09}}</ref>
|-
|}

==Events==
*February 8 - [[Bob Dylan]]'s hour-long documentary film, ''Eat the Document'', premieres at New York's Academy of Music. The film includes footage from Dylan's 1966 UK tour.
*April 23 - Melvin Van Peebles film ''[[Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song]]'' becomes the highest-grossing independent film of 1971.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/jun/05/features.review|title = Melvin and Mario van Peeble: A pair of pioneers|website = [[TheGuardian.com]]|date = 5 June 2005}}</ref>
*May - The first permanent [[IMAX]] projection system begins showing at [[Ontario Place]]'s "Cinesphere" in Toronto.
*May 10 - [[Frank Yablans]] becomes President of [[Paramount Pictures]].
*Britain's [[National Film and Television School|National Film School]] begins operation at [[Beaconsfield Film Studios]].

== Awards ==

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! rowspan=2 width=200| Category/Organization !! colspan=2 width=250| [[29th Golden Globe Awards]]<br />February 6, 1972 !! rowspan=2 width=250| [[25th British Academy Film Awards|25th BAFTA Awards]]<br />February 26, 1972 !! rowspan=2 width=250| [[44th Academy Awards]]<br />April 10, 1972
|-
! width=200| Drama !!  width=200| Comedy or Musical
|-
| Best Film || '''''[[The French Connection (film)|The French Connection]]''''' || '''''[[Fiddler on the Roof (film)|Fiddler on the Roof]]''''' || '''''[[Sunday Bloody Sunday (film)|Sunday Bloody Sunday]]'''''|| '''''[[The French Connection (film)|The French Connection]]'''''
|-
| Best Director || colspan=2| '''[[William Friedkin]]'''<br />''[[The French Connection (film)|The French Connection]]'' || '''[[John Schlesinger]]'''<br />''[[Sunday Bloody Sunday (film)|Sunday Bloody Sunday]]'' || '''[[William Friedkin]]'''<br />''[[The French Connection (film)|The French Connection]]''
|-
| Best Actor || '''[[Gene Hackman]]'''<br />''[[The French Connection (film)|The French Connection]]'' || '''[[Chaim Topol]]'''<br />''[[Fiddler on the Roof (film)|Fiddler on the Roof]]'' || '''[[Peter Finch]]'''<br />''[[Sunday Bloody Sunday (film)|Sunday Bloody Sunday]]'' || '''[[Gene Hackman]]'''<br />''[[The French Connection (film)|The French Connection]]''
|-
| Best Actress || '''[[Jane Fonda]]'''<br />''[[Klute]]'' || '''[[Twiggy]]'''<br />''[[The Boy Friend (1971 film)|The Boy Friend]]'' || '''[[Glenda Jackson]]'''<br />''[[Sunday Bloody Sunday (film)|Sunday Bloody Sunday]]'' || '''[[Jane Fonda]]'''<br />''[[Klute]]''
|-
| Best Supporting Actor || colspan=2| '''[[Ben Johnson (actor)|Ben Johnson]]'''<br />''[[The Last Picture Show]]'' || '''[[Edward Fox (actor)]]'''<br />''[[The Go-Between (1971 film)|The Go-Between]]'' || '''[[Ben Johnson (actor)|Ben Johnson]]'''<br />''[[The Last Picture Show]]''
|-
| Best Supporting Actress || colspan=2| '''[[Ann-Margret]]'''<br />''[[Carnal Knowledge (film)|Carnal Knowledge]]'' || '''[[Margaret Leighton]]'''<br />''[[The Go-Between (1971 film)|The Go-Between]]''|| '''[[Cloris Leachman]]'''<br />''[[The Last Picture Show]]''
|-
| Best Screenplay, Original || rowspan=2 colspan=2| '''''[[The Hospital]]'''''<br/ >[[Paddy Chayefsky]] || rowspan=2 | '''''[[The Go-Between (1971 film)|The Go-Between]]'''''<br />[[Harold Pinter]] ||'''''[[The Hospital]]'''''<br />[[Paddy Chayefsky]]
|-
| Best Screenplay, Adapted || '''''[[The French Connection (film)|The French Connection]]'''''<br />[[Ernest Tidyman]]
|-
| Best Original Score || colspan="2" | [[Isaac Hayes]]<br>''[[Shaft (1971 film)|Shaft]]'' || [[Michel Legrand]]<br>''[[Summer of '42]]'' || [[Michel Legrand]]<br>''[[Summer of '42]]''<br>[[John Williams]]<br>''[[Fiddler on the Roof (film)|Fiddler on the Roof]]''
|-
| Best Original Song || colspan="2" | "Life Is What You Make It"<br>''[[Kotch]]'' || N/A || "[[Theme from Shaft]]"<br>''[[Shaft (1971 film)|Shaft]]''
|-
| Best Foreign Language Film || colspan="2" | ''[[The Policeman]]'' || N/A || ''[[The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (film)|The Garden of the Finzi-Continis]]''
|}

'''[[Palme d'Or]] (Cannes Film Festival):'''
:'''''[[The Go-Between (1971 film)|The Go-Between]]''''', directed by [[Joseph Losey]], United Kingdom

'''[[Berlin Film Festival|Golden Bear]] (Berlin Film Festival):'''
:'''''The Garden of the Finzi-Continis''''' (''Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini''), directed by Vittorio De Sica, Italy / W. Germany

== 1971 films ==
=== By country/region ===
* [[List of American films of 1971]]
* [[List of Argentine films of 1971]]
* [[List of Australian films of 1971]]
* [[List of Bangladeshi films of 1971]]
* [[List of British films of 1971]]
* [[List of Canadian films of 1971]]
* [[List of French films of 1971]]
* [[List of Hong Kong films of 1971]]
* List of Indian films of 1971
** [[List of Hindi films of 1971]]
** [[List of Kannada films of 1971]]
** [[List of Malayalam films of 1971]]
** [[List of Marathi films of 1971]]
** [[List of Tamil films of 1971]]
** [[List of Telugu films of 1971]]
* [[List of Japanese films of 1971]]
* [[List of Mexican films of 1971]]
* [[List of Pakistani films of 1971]]
* [[List of South Korean films of 1971]]
* [[List of Soviet films of 1971]]
* [[List of Spanish films of 1971]]

===By genre/medium===
* [[List of action films of the 1970s#1971|List of action films of 1971]]
* [[List of animated feature films of 1971]]
* [[List of avant-garde films of the 1970s|List of avant-garde films of 1971]]
* [[List of comedy films of the 1970s#1971|List of comedy films of 1971]]
* [[List of drama films of the 1970s#1971|List of drama films of 1971]]
* [[List of horror films of 1971]]
* [[List of science fiction films of the 1970s#1971fc|List of science fiction films of 1971]]
* [[List of thriller films of the 1970s#1971|List of thriller films of 1971]]
* [[List of Western films of the 1970s|List of western films of 1971]]

==Births==
*January 2
**[[Taye Diggs]], American actor
**[[Renée Elise Goldsberry]], American actress and singer
*January 3 - [[Sarah Alexander]], English actress
*January 7 - [[Jeremy Renner]], American actor
*January 11 - [[Mary J. Blige]], American singer-songwriter and actress
*January 13 - [[Caspar Phillipson]], Danish actor and singer
*January 14 - [[Jennifer Dundas]], American actress
*January 15 - [[Regina King]], American actress
*January 17 - [[Youki Kudoh]], Japanese actress and singer
*January 19 - [[Shawn Wayans]], American actor, comedian, writer and producer
*January 20 - [[Questlove]], American musician, filmmaker and actor
*January 21 - [[Dylan Kussman]], American writer and actor
*January 22 - [[Katie Finneran]], American actress
*January 23 - [[Diana Barrows]], American actress, singer and dancer
*January 24
**[[Jonathan Aris]], English actor
**[[Stanislas Merhar]], French actor 
*January 27
**[[Karin Tammaru]], Estonian actress
**[[Fann Wong]], Singaporean actress, singer and model
*January 31 - [[Darren Boyd]], British actor
*February 1 
**[[Michael C. Hall]], American actor
**[[Jill Kelly (actress)|Jill Kelly]], American pornographic actress
**[[Hynden Walch]], American actress, voice actress, writer and singer
*February 2 - [[Arly Jover]], Spanish actress
*February 3 - [[Elisa Donovan]], American actress
*February 4 - [[Rob Corddry]], American actor and comedian
*February 5 - [[Myndy Crist]], American actress
*February 6 - [[Brian Stepanek]], American actor
*February 11 - [[Damian Lewis]], English actor
*February 12 - [[Scott Menville]], American actor
*February 14 - [[Noriko Sakai]], Japanese actress and singer
*February 15 
**[[Alex Borstein]], American actress
**[[Renee O'Connor]], American actress 
*February 17 - [[Denise Richards]], American actress
*February 18
**[[E. Roger Mitchell]], American actor
**[[Hiep Thi Le]], Vietnamese-American actress (d. 2017)
*February 21 - [[Andréa Burns]], American actress and singer
*February 22 - [[Lea Salonga]], Filipina actress, singer, and columnist
*February 25 - [[Sean Astin]], American actor
*February 28 - [[Tasha Smith]], American actor, director and producer
*March 1
**[[Ma Dong-seok]], South Korean-born American actor
**[[Teresa Gallagher]], American-born British actress, voice actress and singer
*March 2 
**[[Stefano Accorsi]], Italian actor
**[[Method Man]], American actor and musician
**[[Amber Smith]], American actress
*March 4 - [[Shavar Ross]], American actor, director, screenwriter, producer and editor
*March 5
**[[Yuri Lowenthal]], American voice actor
**[[Scott Mosier]], American producer, director and editor
*March 7
**[[Peter Sarsgaard]], American actor
**[[Matthew Vaughn]], English filmmaker
*March 10 - [[Jon Hamm]], American actor
*March 11 - [[Johnny Knoxville]], American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
*March 13 - [[Annabeth Gish]], American actress
*March 15 - [[Chris Patton]], American voice actor
*March 16 - [[Alan Tudyk]], American actor and voice actor
*March 22
**[[Keegan-Michael Key]], American actor, comedian, writer and producer
**[[Will Yun Lee]], American actor and martial artist
*March 24 - [[Megyn Price]], American actress
*March 25 - [[Peter Shinkoda]], Canadian actor
*March 26 - [[Francis Lawrence]], Austrian-born American filmmaker and producer
*March 27 - [[Nathan Fillion]], Canadian actor
*March 29
**[[Michael-Leon Wooley]], American theatre, film, television and voice actor
**[[Hidetoshi Nishijima (actor)|Hidetoshi Nishijima]], Japanese actor
*March 31
**[[Craig McCracken]], American cartoonist, animator, director, writer and producer
**[[Ewan McGregor]], Scottish actor
*April 1 - [[Lachy Hulme]], Australian actor and screenwriter
*April 5 - [[Krista Allen]], American actress, model and stand-up comedian
*April 7 - [[Jennifer Schwalbach Smith]], American actress
*April 12 - [[Shannen Doherty]], American actress (d. 2024)
*April 15
**[[Andy Daly]], American actor, comedian and writer
**[[Kate Harbour]], English voice actress
*April 16 - [[Peter Billingsley]], American actor, director and producer
*April 18 - [[David Tennant]], Scottish actor
*April 19
**[[Gad Elmaleh]], Moroccan-Canadian stand-up comedian and actor
**[[Desreta Jackson]], Virgin Islander actress
**[[Wendy Powell]], American voice actress
*April 24 - [[Stefania Rocca]], Italian actress
*April 28 - [[Bridget Moynahan]], American actress
*May 10
**[[Adriano Giannini]], Italian actor and voice actor
**[[Leslie Stefanson]], American actress
*May 11 - [[Nicky Katt]], American actor
*May 12 - [[Steven Mond]], Canadian former child actor
*May 13 - [[Mido Hamada]], Egyptian-German actor
*May 14 - [[Sofia Coppola]], American actress, writer, and director
*May 17 - [[Randy Davison]], American actor
*May 22 - [[MC Eiht]], American rapper and actor
*May 25 - [[Justin Henry]], American actor
*May 26 - [[Matt Stone]], American actor, creator of [[South Park]]
*May 27 
**[[Paul Bettany]], English actor
**[[Lisa Lopes]], American singer and actress (d. 2002)
*May 30
**[[Duncan Jones]], British director, producer and screenwriter
**[[Idina Menzel]], American actress, singer and songwriter
**[[John Ross Bowie]], American actor and comedian
*31 May - [[Jon Øigarden]], Norwegian actor
*June 2
**[[Anthony Montgomery]], American actor
**[[Espen Sandberg]], Norwegian director
*June 4
**[[James Callis]], British actor
**[[Noah Wyle]], American actor
*June 5
**[[Susan Lynch]], Northern Irish actress
**[[Mark Wahlberg]], American actor and musician
*June 8 - [[Kent Faulcon]], American actor, director and writer
*June 11 - [[Kenjiro Tsuda]], Japanese actor
*June 13 - [[Bryan Massey]], American actor
*June 14 - [[Sophiya Haque]], English actress and singer (d. 2013)
*June 15 
**[[Jake Busey]], American actor
**[[Taavi Eelmaa]], Estonian actor
*June 16 
**[[Eva Püssa]], Estonian actress 
**[[Tupac Shakur]], American actor and rapper (d. 1996)
*June 18 - [[Lisa Barbuscia]], American model, singer and actress
*June 20 - [[Josh Lucas]], American actor
*June 22 - [[Mary Lynn Rajskub]], American actress and comedian
*June 28
**[[Benito Martinez (actor)|Benito Martinez]], American actor
**[[Aileen Quinn]], American actress and singer
*June 30
**[[Tom Green]], Canadian-American comedian, show host, actor and filmmaker
**[[Monica Potter]], American actress
*July 1
**[[Missy Elliott]], American musician and actress
**[[Melissa Peterman]], American actress, television host and comedian
*July 4
**[[Kate Dickie]], Scottish actress
**[[Al Madrigal]], American comedian, writer, actor and producer
*July 7 - [[Christian Camargo]], American actor, producer, writer and director
*July 8 - [[Amanda Peterson]], American actress (d. 2015)
*July 9 - [[Scott Grimes]], American actor and singer
*July 15 - [[Jim Rash]], American actor, comedian and filmmaker
*July 16 - [[Corey Feldman]], American actor
*July 18 - [[Sarah McLeod]], New Zealand actress
*July 19
**[[Kate Henshaw]], Nigerian actress
**[[Andres Puustusmaa]], Estonian actor and director
*July 20 - [[Sandra Oh]], Canadian-American actress
*July 21 - [[Charlotte Gainsbourg]], French-British actress
*July 24 - [[Patty Jenkins]], American director, screenwriter and producer
*July 25 - [[Miriam Shor]], American actress
*July 30 - [[Christine Taylor]], American actress
*July 31 - [[Eve Best]], British actress
*August 4
**[[Stuart Beattie]], Australian filmmaker
**[[Yo-Yo (rapper)|Yo-Yo]], American rapper and actress
*August 6 - [[Merrin Dungey]], American actress
*August 9
**[[Mark Povinelli]], American actor
**[[Nikki Ziering]], American model and actress
*August 10
**[[Luca Guadagnino]], Italian director and producer
**[[Justin Theroux]], American actor
*August 12
**[[Rebecca Gayheart]], American actress
**[[Yvette Nicole Brown]], American actress, comedian, writer and host
*August 13
**[[Moritz Bleibtreu]], German actor and director
**[[Heike Makatsch]], German actress, voice actress and singer
**[[Rolando Molina]], Salvadoran actor
*August 14 - [[Scott Michael Campbell]], American actor, writer, producer and director
*August 18 - [[Jacob Vargas]], Mexican-American actor
*August 20 
**[[David Walliams]], English comedian, actor, writer and television personality
**[[Ke Huy Quan]], American actor and stunt choreographer
*August 21 - [[Kristi Angus]], Canadian actress
*August 22 - [[Richard Armitage (actor)|Richard Armitage]], English actor and author
*August 25 - [[Claire Rushbrook]], English actress
*August 29 - [[Carla Gugino]], American actress
*August 31 - [[Chris Tucker]], American actor
*September 1 - [[Maury Sterling]], American actor
*September 2 - [[Katt Williams]], American actor and comedian<ref>{{Cite web |last=Castilla |first=Amira |date=2024-01-11 |title=The Evolution of Katt Williams |url=https://www.theroot.com/the-evolution-of-katt-williams-1851158503/slides/2 |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=The Root |language=en}}</ref>
*September 3 - [[Drena De Niro]], American actress and filmmaker
*September 8
**[[David Arquette]], American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter
**[[Martin Freeman]], English actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Martin Freeman |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bbc3ea006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170530033210/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bbc3ea006 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 30, 2017 |website=BFI |access-date=8 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*September 9
**[[Eric Stonestreet]], American actor and comedian
**[[Henry Thomas]], American actor
*September 14
**[[Pat Healy (actor)|Pat Healy]], American actor
**[[Kimberly Williams-Paisley]], American actress
*September 15
**[[Josh Charles]], American actor
**[[Colleen O'Shaughnessey]], American voice actress
*September 16 - [[Amy Poehler]], American actress
*September 17
**[[Felix Solis]], American actor, director and producer
**[[Ian Whyte (actor)|Ian Whyte]], Welsh actor and stuntman
*September 18 - [[Jada Pinkett Smith]], American actress
*September 19
**[[Sanaa Lathan]], American actress
**[[Selene Luna]], Mexican-American actress and comedian
*September 21 - [[Luke Wilson]], American actor
*September 22 - [[Lawrence Gilliard Jr.]], American actor
*September 27 - [[Amanda Detmer]], American actress
*September 29 - [[Mackenzie Crook]], English actor, comedian, director and writer
*September 30 - [[Jenna Elfman]], American actress
*October 5
**[[Matthew Maher (actor)|Matthew Maher]], American actor
**[[Sam Vincent (voice actor)|Samuel Vincent]], Canadian voice actor and singer
*October 6 - [[Emily Mortimer]], English actress
*October 11
**[[Justin Lin]], Taiwanese-American director
**[[Trish Sie]], American director
*October 13
**[[Sacha Baron Cohen]], English actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer
**[[Luis Tosar]], Spanish actor and musician
*October 17 - [[Andy Whitfield]], Welsh actor (d. 2011)
*October 20
**[[Snoop Dogg]], American rapper, songwriter, media personality and actor
**[[Kenneth Choi]], American actor
**[[Rachel House (actress)|Rachel House]], New Zealand actress and director
*October 21 - [[Jennifer Lee (filmmaker)|Jennifer Lee]], American screenwriter, film director and [[chief creative officer]] of [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]]
*October 25 - [[Craig Robinson (actor)|Craig Robinson]], American actor, comedian, musician and singer
*October 26
**[[Rosemarie DeWitt]], American actress
**[[Anthony Rapp]], American actor and singer
**[[Phil Johnston (filmmaker)|Phil Johnston]], American screenwriter, director, producer and voice actor
*October 29 - [[Winona Ryder]], American actress
*November 2 - [[Meta Golding]], Haitian-American actress
*November 3
**[[Piret Laurimaa]], Estonian actress
**[[Dylan Moran]], Irish comedian, writer and actor
*November 4 - [[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]], Indian actress
*November 9 - [[Jason Antoon]], American actor
*November 10 - [[Walton Goggins]], American actor
*November 11 - [[David DeLuise]], American actor
*November 13 - [[Noah Hathaway]], American actor
*November 14
**[[Giovanni Cirfiera]], Italian actor
**[[Marco Leonardi]], Italian actor
*November 16 - [[Justine Clarke]], Australian actress, singer, musician and television host
*November 17 - [[David Ramsey]], American actor, director and martial artist
*November 18 - [[Goran Kostić]], Serbian actor
*November 20
**[[Enrico Casarosa]], Italian-American storyboard artist, director and writer
**[[Joel McHale]], American actor, comedian, writer, producer and television host
*November 23
**[[Lisa Arch]], American actress and comedian
**[[Chris Hardwick]], American comedian, actor, television and podcast host, writer and producer
*November 24 - [[Lior Raz]], Israeli actor and screenwriter
*November 25 - [[Christina Applegate]], American actress
*November 29 - [[Naoko Mori]], Japanese actress
*December 3
**[[Joseph Gatt]], English actor
**[[Ola Rapace]], Swedish actor
*December 5
**[[Kali Rocha]], American actress
**[[Dolly Wells]], English actress and writer
*December 6 - [[Katariina Unt]], Estonian actress
*December 7 - [[DeObia Oparei]], English actor
*December 9 - [[Emma Thomas]], English producer
*December 14 - [[Natascha McElhone]], British actress
*December 17
**[[Sinan Akkuş]], Turkish-German actor
**[[Claire Forlani]], English actress
*December 18 - [[Claudia Gerini]], Italian actress
*December 21 - [[Glenn Fitzgerald]], American actor
*December 23 - [[Corey Haim]], Canadian actor (d. 2010)
*December 25
**[[Patrick Baladi]], English actor and musician
**[[Ain Mäeots]], Estonian actor, director and producer
*December 26 - [[Jared Leto]], American actor and musician

==Deaths==
{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="0"
|-  style="background:#dae3e7; text-align:center;"
|  '''Month''' ||  '''Date''' ||  '''Name''' ||  '''Age''' || '''Country''' ||  '''Profession''' ||  '''Notable films'''
|- valign="top"
| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''January'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Douglas Shearer]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Sound Engineer || {{hlist|''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''|''[[Singin' in the Rain]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Fanfulla]] || style="text-align:center;"| 57 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Fellini Satyricon]]''|''[[The Clowns (film)|The Clowns]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[John Dall]] || style="text-align:center;"| 52 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Rope (film)|Rope]]''|''[[Spartacus (film)|Spartacus]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[Broncho Billy Anderson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 90 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director, Writer || {{hlist|''[[The Great Train Robbery (1903 film)|The Great Train Robbery]]''|''[[The Weak-End Party]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Isobel Lennart]] || style="text-align:center;"| 55 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Two for the Seesaw (1962 film)|Two for the Seesaw]]''| ''[[Funny Girl (film)|Funny Girl]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''February'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[Jay C. Flippen]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Oklahoma! (film)|Oklahoma!]]''|''[[Winchester '73]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Frédéric Mariotti]] || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Barrabas (film)|Barrabas]]''|''[[Mare Nostrum (1926 film)|Mare Nostrum]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Matt McHugh]] || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Street Scene (film)|Street Scene]]''|''[[The Last Trail (1933 film)|The Last Trail]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Fernandel]] || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)|Around the World in 80 Days]]''|''[[The Little World of Don Camillo]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=11 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''March'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Winnie Lightner]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Gold Diggers of Broadway]]''| ''[[She Had to Say Yes]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''8'' || [[Harold Lloyd]] || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;" | US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director, Writer || {{hlist|''[[Safety Last!]]''|''[[The Freshman (1925 film)|The Freshman]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''8'' || [[Borden Chase]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Red River (1948 film)|Red River]]''| ''[[Winchester '73]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Roy Glenn]] || style="text-align:center;"| 56 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Guess Who's Coming to Dinner]]''|''[[A Raisin in the Sun (1961 film)|A Raisin in the Sun]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Tor Johnson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| Sweden || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Plan 9 from Outer Space]]''|''[[Bride of the Monster]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Bebe Daniels]] || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[42nd Street (film)|42nd Street]]''|''[[The Maltese Falcon (1931 film)|The Maltese Falcon]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Nan Wynn]] || style="text-align:center;"| 55 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Singer, Actress || {{hlist|''[[A Shot in the Dark (1941 film)|A Shot in the Dark]]''| ''[[Pardon My Sarong]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Nella Walker]] || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Elmer and Elsie]]''| ''[[Fugitive Lady (1934 film)|Fugitive Lady]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Basil Dearden]] || style="text-align:center;"| 60 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Dead of Night]]''| ''[[Khartoum (film)|Khartoum]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || [[Selmer Jackson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Hey, Rookie]]''|''[[The Glass Alibi]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || [[Werner Peters]] || style="text-align:center;"| 52 || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Dog Eat Dog (1964 film)|Dog Eat Dog]]''|''[[Death Knocks Twice]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''April'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''9'' || [[Paulette Noizeux]] || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Lady Killer (1937 film)|Lady Killer]]''|''[[La Digue (film)|La Digue]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[Cecil Parker]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Oh! What a Lovely War]]''|''[[The Citadel (1938 film)|The Citadel]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Edmund Lowe]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Dinner at Eight (1933 film)|Dinner at Eight]]''|''[[Dillinger (1945 film)|Dillinger]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[John Tansey]] || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director || {{hlist|''[[The Sky Rider]]''|''[[Trouping with Ellen]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''May'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[Glenda Farrell]] || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Little Caesar (film)|Little Caesar]]''|''[[I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[John Longden]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Blackmail (1929 film)|Blackmail]]''| ''[[Dial 999 (1938 film)|Dial 999]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Chips Rafferty]] || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| Australia || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Sundowners (1960 film)|The Sundowners]]''|''[[Mutiny on the Bounty (1962 film)|Mutiny on the Bounty]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Audie Murphy]] || style="text-align:center;"| 45 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Red Badge of Courage (1951 film)|The Red Badge of Courage]]''|''[[To Hell and Back (film)|To Hell and Back]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''June'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''8'' || [[Piero Gherardi]] || style="text-align:center;"| 61 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Production, Costume Designer || {{hlist|''[[La Dolce Vita]]''|''[[8½]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''9'' || [[Harold Lloyd Jr.]] || style="text-align:center;"| 40 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Flaming Urge]]''|''[[Mutiny in Outer Space]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[Michael Rennie]] || style="text-align:center;"| 61 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Robe (film)|The Robe]]''|''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''14'' || [[Kenneth Macpherson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| Scotland-Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Film-maker || {{hlist|''[[Borderline (1930 film)|Borderline]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Thomas Gomez]] || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Key Largo (film)|Key Largo]]''|''[[Pittsburgh (1942 film)|Pittsburgh]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''July'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[Louis Armstrong]] || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Musician || {{hlist|''[[Hello, Dolly! (film)|Hello, Dolly!]]''|''[[High Society (1956 film)|High Society]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Carleton G. Young]] || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Hard, Fast and Beautiful]]''| ''[[Queen of Burlesque]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Cliff Edwards]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Singer || {{hlist|''[[Pinocchio (1940 film)|Pinocchio]]''| ''[[Dumbo]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Norman Reilly Raine]] || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood]]''| ''[[The Life of Emile Zola]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Van Heflin]] || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Shane (film)|Shane]]''|''[[3:10 to Yuma (1957 film)|3:10 to Yuma]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 24|| [[Christl Mardayn]] ||  style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| Austria || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, Singer || {{hlist|''[[The Shanghai Drama]]''|''[[Victoria in Dover (1954 film)|Victoria in Dover]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''August'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[Ernst Eklund (actor)|Ernst Eklund]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| Sweden || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Crisis (1946 film)|Crisis]]''|''[[Banketten]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Paul Lukas]] || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| Hungary || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Lady Vanishes (1938 film)|The Lady Vanishes]]''|''[[20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)|20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Spyros Skouras]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| Greece || style="text-align:center;"| Producer, Studio Executive || {{hlist|''[[Cleopatra (1963 film)|Cleopatra]]''|''[[The Hustler]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Horace McMahon]] || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Detective Story (1951 film)|Detective Story]]''|''[[Susan Slept Here]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''September'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''7'' || [[Spring Byington]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Meet John Doe]]''|''[[You Can't Take It with You (film)|You Can't Take It with You]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[Pier Angeli]] || style="text-align:center;"| 39 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956 film)|Somebody Up There Likes Me]]''|''[[Battle of the Bulge (1965 film)|Battle of the Bulge]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Bella Darvi]] || style="text-align:center;"| 42 || style="text-align:center;"| Poland || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Egyptian (film)|The Egyptian]]''|''[[Hell and High Water (1954 film)|Hell and High Water]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''October'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Chester Conklin]] || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Modern Times (film)|Modern Times]]''|''[[The Great Dictator]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Fritz Achterberg]] || style="text-align:center;"| 90 || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Hamlet (1921 film)|Hamlet]]''|''[[The False Dimitri]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''13'' || [[Phoebe Ephron]] || style="text-align:center;"| 57 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Desk Set]]''| ''[[Captain Newman, M.D.]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Betty Bronson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925 film)|Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ]]''| ''[[Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Cheryl Walker (actress)|Cheryl Walker]] || style="text-align:center;"| 53 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Shadows on the Sage]]''| ''[[Stage Door Canteen (film)|Stage Door Canteen]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Vincent Coleman]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Has the World Gone Mad?]]''|''[[The Magic Cup]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''November'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Martha Vickers]] || style="text-align:center;"| 46 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Big Sleep (1946 film)|The Big Sleep]]''|''[[Alimony (1949 film)|Alimony]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[Ann Pennington (actress)|Ann Pennington]] || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Rainbow Princess]]''| ''[[Tanned Legs]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Gladys Cooper]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[My Fair Lady (film)|My Fair Lady]]''|''[[Rebecca (1940 film)|Rebecca]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;| ''17 '' || [[Fania Marinoff]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[One of Our Girls]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Stuart Gilmore]] || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Editor, Director || {{hlist|''[[Sullivan's Travels]]''| ''[[The Virginian (1946 film)|The Virginian]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Bengt Ekerot]] || style="text-align:center;"| 51 || style="text-align:center;"| Sweden || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Seventh Seal]]''|''[[The Magician (1958 film)|The Magician]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=10 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''December'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Frank Wolff (actor)|Frank Wolff]] || style="text-align:center;"| 43 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Salvatore Giuliano (film)|Salvatore Giuliano]]''|''[[Once Upon a Time in the West]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''13'' || [[Dita Parlo]] || style="text-align:center;"| 63 || style="text-align:center;"| Poland || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[La Grande Illusion]]''|''[[L'Atalante]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Diana Lynn]] || style="text-align:center;"| 45 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Miracle of Morgan's Creek]]''|''[[The Kentuckian (1955 film)|The Kentuckian]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Robert Lowery (actor)|Robert Lowery]] || style="text-align:center;"| 58 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Mark of Zorro (1940 film)|The Mark of Zorro]]''| ''[[Batman and Robin (serial)|Batman and Robin]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Max Steiner]] || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| Austria || style="text-align:center;"| Composer || {{hlist|''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]''|''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Burt Gillett]] || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Flowers and Trees]]''|''[[Three Little Pigs (film)|Three Little Pigs]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''29'' || [[Stuart Holmes]] || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921 film)|The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]]''|''[[The Prisoner of Zenda (1922 film)|The Prisoner of Zenda]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || [[Dorothy Comingore]] || style="text-align:center;"| 58 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Citizen Kane]]''|''[[The Hairy Ape (film)|The Hairy Ape]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''31'' || [[Marin Sais]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Oath of Vengeance]]''|''[[Reefer Madness]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''31'' || [[Lucien Hubbard]] || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer, screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Wings (1927 film)|Wings]]''|''[[The Maltese Falcon (1931 film)|The Maltese Falcon]]''}}
|-
|}

==Film debuts==
{{Column list|
*[[F. Murray Abraham]] – ''[[They Might Be Giants (film)|They Might Be Giants]]''
*[[Brooke Adams (actress)|Brooke Adams]] – ''[[Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971 film)|Murders in the Rue Morgue]]''
*[[John Amos]] – ''[[Vanishing Point (1971 film)|Vanishing Point]]''
*[[Alun Armstrong]] – ''[[Get Carter]]''
*[[Kathy Bates]] – ''[[Taking Off (film)|Taking Off]]''
*[[Barry Bostwick]] – ''[[Jennifer on My Mind]]''
*[[Timothy Bottoms]] – ''[[Johnny Got His Gun (film)|Johnny Got His Gun]]''
*[[Jim Broadbent]] – ''[[The Go-Between (1971 film)|The Go-Between]]''
*[[Niall Buggy]] – ''Here Are Ladies''
*[[Keith Carradine]] – ''[[McCabe & Mrs. Miller]]''
*[[Stockard Channing]] – ''[[The Hospital]]''
*[[Dennis Christopher]] – ''[[Blood and Lace]]''
*[[Jeff Conaway]] – ''Jennifer on My Mind''
*[[Brian Cox (actor)|Brian Cox]] – ''[[Nicholas and Alexandra]]''
*[[Wes Craven]] – ''[[You've Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat]]'' (editor)
*[[Daniel Day-Lewis]] – ''[[Sunday Bloody Sunday (film)|Sunday Bloody Sunday]]''
*[[Jan Decleir]] – ''[[Mira (1971 film)|Mira]]''
*[[Gérard Depardieu]] – ''Cry of the Cormoran''
*[[Larry Drake]] – ''[[This Stuff'll Kill Ya!]]''
*[[Max Gail]] – ''[[The Organization (film)|The Organization]]''
*[[Christopher Guest]] – ''The Hospital''
*[[Edward Herrmann]] – ''[[Lady Liberty (film)|Lady Liberty]]''
*[[Art Hindle]] – ''[[The Proud Rider]]''
*[[Judd Hirsch]] – ''[[Evel Knievel (1971 film)|Jump]]''
*[[Eric Idle]] – ''[[And Now for Something Completely Different]]''
*[[Carol Kane]] – ''[[Carnal Knowledge (film)|Carnal Knowledge]]''
*[[William Katt]] – ''[[The Late Liz]]''
*[[Jack Kehoe]] – ''[[The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (film)|The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight]]''
*[[Bruno Kirby]] – ''[[The Young Graduates]]''
*[[Kris Kristofferson]] – ''[[The Last Movie]]''
*[[Marcia Jean Kurtz]] – ''[[The Panic in Needle Park]]''
*[[Eugene Levy]] – ''[[Foxy Lady (film)|Foxy Lady]]''
*[[Andrea Martin]] – ''Foxy Lady''
*[[Michael Moriarty]] – ''[[My Old Man's Place]]''
*[[Josh Mostel]] – ''[[Going Home (1971 film)|Going Home]]''
*[[Craig T. Nelson]] – ''[[The Return of Count Yorga]]''
*[[Cassandra Peterson]] – ''[[Diamonds Are Forever (film)|Diamonds Are Forever]]''
*[[Randy Quaid]] – ''[[The Last Picture Show]]''
*[[Anne Ramsey]] – ''[[The Sporting Club (film)|The Sporting Club]]''
*[[John Ritter]] – ''[[The Barefoot Executive]]''
*[[Wayne Robson]] – ''McCabe & Mrs. Miller''
*[[Richard Roundtree]] – ''[[Shaft (1971 film)|Shaft]]''
*[[Vincent Schiavelli]] – ''Taking Off''
*[[David Selby]] – ''[[Night of Dark Shadows]]''
*[[Cybill Shepherd]] – ''The Last Picture Show''
*[[Josef Sommer]] – ''[[Dirty Harry]]''
*[[Bruce Spence]] – ''[[Stork (film)|Stork]]''
*[[David Ogden Stiers]] – ''[[THX 1138]]''
*[[Jack Thompson (actor)|Jack Thompson]] – ''[[Wake in Fright]]''
*[[Glynn Turman]] – ''[[Honky (film)|Honky]]''
*[[Susan Tyrrell]] – ''[[Shoot Out]]''
*[[Willeke van Ammelrooy]] – ''Mira''
*[[Mario Van Peebles]] – ''[[Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song]]''
*[[Tracey Walter]] – ''Ginger''
*[[Jacki Weaver]] – ''Stork''
*[[Noble Willingham]] – ''The Last Picture Show''
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1971-01-01,1971-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1971 films] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1971-01-01,1971-12-31&adult=include List of 1971 deaths] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1971-01-01,1971-12-31&adult=include List of 1971 births] at [[IMDb]]

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