Editing 1979 in film

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The year '''1979 in film''' involved many significant events.

==Highest-grossing films==

===United States and Canada===
{{see also|List of 1979 box office number-one films in the United States}}

The top ten 1979 released films by North American gross are as follows:
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|+ Highest-grossing films of 1979 (United States and Canada)
|-
! Rank!! Title !! Distributor !! Box-office gross 
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 1
| ''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]''
| [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]]
| $106,260,000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=kramervskramer.htm |title=Box Office Information for ''Kramer vs. Kramer'' |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=June 11, 2010}}</ref> 
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 2
| ''[[The Amityville Horror (1979 film)|The Amityville Horror]]''
| [[American International Pictures|American International]]
| $86,432,520<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=amityvillehorror.htm |title=Box Office Information for The Amityville Horror |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=January 27, 2012}}</ref> 
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 3
| ''[[Rocky II]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[United Artists]]
| $85,182,160<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=rocky2.htm |title=Box Office Information for ''Rocky II'' |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=June 11, 2010}}</ref> 
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 4
|''[[Apocalypse Now]]''
| $83,471,511<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=apocalypsenow.htm |title=Box Office Information for ''Apocalypse Now'' |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=June 11, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100724221601/https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=apocalypsenow.htm| archive-date= 24 July 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|- 
! style="text-align:center;"| 5
|''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]''
| [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]
| $82,258,456<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=startrek.htm |title=Box Office Information for ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture'' |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=June 11, 2010}}</ref> 
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 6
| ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]''
| [[20th Century Fox]]
| $80,931,801<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=alien.htm |title=Box Office Information for ''Alien'' |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=June 11, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100621010410/https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=alien.htm| archive-date= 21 June 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 7
| ''[[The Muppet Movie]]''
| [[ITC Entertainment|Associated Film]]
| $76,657,000<ref>[https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Muppet-Movie-The#tab=summary Box Office Information for ''The Muppet Movie''] [[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]. Retrieved March 31, 2025.</ref>
|- 
! style="text-align:center;"| 8
| ''[[10 (1979 film)|10]]''
| [[Warner Bros.]]
| $74,865,517<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=10.htm |title=Box Office Information for ''10'' |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=June 11, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100704005631/http://www2.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=10.htm| archive-date= 4 July 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 9
|''[[The Jerk]]''
| [[Universal Pictures|Universal]] 
| $73,691,419<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=jerk.htm |title=Box Office Information for ''The Jerk'' |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=June 11, 2010}}</ref> 
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 10
| ''[[Moonraker (film)|Moonraker]]''
| [[United Artists]]
| $70,308,099<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=moonraker.htm |title=Box Office Information for ''Moonraker'' |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=June 11, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100531170836/https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=moonraker.htm| archive-date= 31 May 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|+ Highest-grossing films of 1979 (international markets)
! rowspan="2" | International <br> market
! rowspan="2" | Title
! rowspan="2" | Distributor
! rowspan="2" | [[List of films by box office admissions|Admissions]]
! colspan="2" | Gross revenue
! rowspan="2" | Production  <br> country
|-
! Local currency
! [[US$]]
|-
|[[List of highest-grossing films in China|China]]
|''Gunshots in the CIB''
|[[Changchun Film Studio]]
|600,000,000<ref name=":7">{{Cite book |last=王伟杰 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_IRAEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA299 |title=冲突与引导：文化资源开发中的价值选择 |date=January 2018 |publisher=[[Social Sciences Literature Press]] |isbn=978-7-5201-2573-4 |pages=299 |language=zh}}</ref>
|{{CN¥|180,000,000|link=yes}}<ref name=":7" />
|${{To USD|180|CHN|year=1979|round=yes}},000,000
|[[Cinema of China|China]]
|-
|[[List of highest-grossing films in France|France]]
|''[[The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials]]''
|SNC
|6,280,070<ref>{{Cite web |title=Les Entrees en France (1979) |trans-title=Entries in France (1979) |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/charts_france.php?filtre=datefr&variable=1979 |url-status=live |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=JP's Box-Office |language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810152854/http://jpbox-office.com/charts_france.php?variable=1979&filtre=datefr |archive-date=2017-08-10 }}</ref>
|{{Unknown}}
|{{Unknown}}
|[[Cinema of France|France]]
|-
|[[List of highest-grossing films in Germany|West Germany]]
|[[The Jungle Book (1967 film)|''The Jungle Book'']]
|[[20th Century Fox]]
|9,103,582<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Top 100 Deutschland 1979 |trans-title=Top 100 Germany 1979 |url=https://www.insidekino.com/DJahr/D1979.htm |url-status=live |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=Inside Kino |language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040531173545/http://www.insidekino.com:80/DJahr/D1979.htm |archive-date=2004-05-31 }}</ref>
|{{€|32,092,155|link=yes}}<ref name=":0" />
|${{To USD|32.092155|EUR|year=1979|round=yes}},000,000
|[[Cinema of the United States|United States]]
|-
| [[List of highest-grossing films in India|India]]
| ''[[Suhaag (1979 film)|Suhaag]]''
| Sharma Cine Associates
| {{Unknown}}
| {{INR|link=yes}}100,000,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=185&catName=MTk3OQ==|title=Box Office 1979|website=[[Box Office India]]|date=20 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020102901/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=185&catName=MTk3OQ==|archive-date=2013-10-20|access-date=2018-03-06}}</ref>
| $12,310,000<ref>{{cite web|title=Pacific Exchange Rate Service (8.1258 INR per USD)|url=http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/etc/USDpages.pdf#page=3|website=[[UBC Sauder School of Business]]|publisher=[[University of British Columbia]]|page=3|year=1979|access-date=21 November 2017}}</ref>
| [[Cinema of India|India]]
|-
|[[List of highest-grossing films in Italy|Italy]]
|''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]''
|[[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]]-[[EMI Films|EMI]]-[[Warner Bros.|Warner]]
|904,000<ref>{{Cite web |title=Les Entrees en Italie: 1979 |trans-title=Entries in Italy: 1979 |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/v9_charts_total.php?filtre=dateitaly&variable=1979&view=32 |url-status=live |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=JP's Box-Office |language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402194845/http://www.jpbox-office.com/v9_charts_total.php?filtre=dateitaly&variable=1979&view=32 |archive-date=2022-04-02 }}</ref>
|{{Unknown}}
|{{Unknown}}
|United States
|-
| [[List of highest-grossing films in Japan|Japan]]
| ''[[Galaxy Express 999 (film)|Galaxy Express 999]]''
| [[Toei Company|Toei]]
| {{Unknown}}
| {{JPY|link=yes}}16,500,000,000<ref>{{cite web|title=FEATURE: Japanese Anime Magazine Retrospective: "Animage" in August 1979|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2012/03/18/feature-japanese-anime-magazine-retrospective-animage-in-august-1979|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|access-date=March 19, 2012|language=en}}</ref>
| $76,120,000<ref>{{cite web|title=Currency converter in the past with official exchange rates from 1953|url=http://fxtop.com/en/currency-converter-past.php?A=16500&C1=JPY&C2=USD&DD=04&MM=08&YYYY=1979&B=1&P=&I=1|website=fxtop|date=August 4, 1979}}</ref>
| [[List of highest-grossing Japanese films|Japan]]
|-
| [[List of Soviet films of the year by ticket sales|Soviet Union]]
| ''[[Sholay]]'' (''Embers'')
| [[R. K. Films]]
| 60,000,000<ref name="kinopoisk">{{cite web |title=«Месть и закон» (Sholay, 1975) |url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/40451/ |access-date=3 February 2019 |website=[[KinoPoisk]] |language=ru-RU}}</ref>
| 15,000,000{{nbsp}}[[Soviet rouble|Rbls]]{{#tag:ref|60{{nbsp}}million tickets sold,<ref name="kinopoisk"/> average ticket price of 25{{nbsp}}[[kopeck]]s<ref name="moscow7">[https://is.muni.cz/el/1421/podzim2015/FAV291/um/Roth-Ey-Moscow_Prime_Time.pdf#page=7 ''Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War'', page 48], [[Cornell University Press]], 2011</ref>|group=n}}
| $28,200,000{{efn|See {{Section link|List of highest-grossing films in the Soviet Union|Highest-grossing foreign films}}.}}
| [[List of highest-grossing Indian films|India]]
|-
|[[Cinema of Spain|Spain]]
|''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]''
|[[Warner Bros.]]
|4,795,628<ref name=spain79/>
|[[Spanish peseta|₧]]655,346,759<ref name=spain79>{{cite web|url=https://www.culturaydeporte.gob.es/dam/jcr:f5fe582c-3748-4a41-bef1-19f2a01e2fef/boletin-1977-1978-1979.pdf#page=743|language=Spanish|page=741|title=Estadística por recaudacion de peliculas extranjeras durante 1979|website=[[Ministry of Culture (Spain)|Spanish Ministry of Culture and Sport]]|access-date=April 3, 2022}}</ref>
|$9,763,080<ref>{{cite web|title=Pacific Exchange Rate Service (0.47218 GBP per USD)|url=http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/etc/USDpages.pdf#page=2|website=[[UBC Sauder School of Business]]|publisher=[[University of British Columbia]]|page=2|year=1979|access-date=April 3, 2022}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" | United States
|-
| [[List of highest-grossing films in the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]
| ''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]''
| [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]]-[[EMI Films|EMI]]-[[Warner Bros.|Warner]]
|10,190,000<ref name="BFI" />
| [[Pound sterling|£]]11,547,308<ref name="BFI">{{cite web|title=The Ultimate Chart: 1–100|date=28 November 2004|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|url=http://old.bfi.org.uk/features/ultimatefilm/chart/complete.php|access-date=14 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803005826/http://old.bfi.org.uk/features/ultimatefilm/chart/complete.php|archive-date=3 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| $24,455,309<ref>{{cite web|title=Pacific Exchange Rate Service (0.47218 GBP per USD)|url=http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/etc/USDpages.pdf#page=3|website=[[UBC Sauder School of Business]]|publisher=[[University of British Columbia]]|page=3|year=1979|access-date=21 November 2017}}</ref>
|}

==Major events==
* March 2 – [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Buena Vista]] release their first film since the advent of U.S. movie ratings to not be [[G-rated]], ''[[Take Down (1979 film)|Take Down]]''.
* March 5 – Production begins on ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]''.
* March – [[Frank Price]] becomes president of [[Columbia Pictures]].
* May 25 – ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'', a landmark of the [[science fiction]] genre, is released.
* May 29 - [[Mary Pickford]], a silent screen legend and Hollywood pioneer who was, at the height of her career, the most famous woman in the world, dies of a stroke.
* May 31 – ''[[The Muppet Movie]]'', [[Jim Henson]]'s [[Muppets]]' first foray into the world of feature-length motion pictures, is released in United Kingdom.
* June 11 – [[John Wayne]], a famous Western movie actor, dies at the age of 72 from [[stomach cancer]].
* June 27 – [[20th Century Fox|20th Century Fox Pictures]] president [[Alan Ladd Jr.]] and vice-presidents [[Jay Kanter]] and [[Gareth Wigan]] agree to leave Fox. 
* June 29 – ''[[Moonraker (film)|Moonraker]]'', the 11th film in the James Bond franchise, is released in the United States and goes on to become the highest-grossing film of the year worldwide.
* August 15 – ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' is released to worldwide critical acclaim and box office success. Heralded as one of the greatest films ever made to this day.
* September 19 – [[Don Bluth]] and a group of fellow animators resign from [[The Walt Disney Company]]'s animation department to set up a rival studio, [[Don Bluth Productions]].
* October 1 – Alan Ladd Jr., Jay Kanter and Gareth Wigan who agreed to leave Fox earlier in the year formally announce the creation of [[The Ladd Company]].
* October 3 – producers [[Benjamin Melniker]] and [[Michael E. Uslan]] purchase the [[film rights]] of [[Batman]] from [[DC Comics]]. It would be another ten years, before a [[Batman (1989 film)|Batman feature film]] would be fully realized.
* November 1 – Production begins on ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''.
* December 7 – ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]'' debuts in the United States to mixed reviews but blockbuster box office, launching a film franchise that leads to 9 sequels and 3 reboots over the next 37 years. It also leads to the creation of five spin-off television series based upon [[Gene Roddenberry]]'s creation.
* [[Allied Artists Pictures Corporation|Allied Artists]] files for bankruptcy.

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width:20px;"| Category/Organization !! colspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[37th Golden Globe Awards]]<br>January 26, 1980 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[33rd British Academy Film Awards|33rd BAFTA Awards]]<br>March 20, 1980 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[52nd Academy Awards]]<br>April 14, 1980
|-
! width=200| Drama !! style="width:200px;"| Musical or Comedy
|-
| Best Film || ''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]'' || ''[[Breaking Away]]'' || ''[[Manhattan (1979 film)|Manhattan]]'' || ''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]''
|-
| Best Director || colspan="3" | [[Francis Ford Coppola]]<br>''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' || [[Robert Benton]]<br>''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]''
|-
| Best Actor || [[Dustin Hoffman]]<br>''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]'' || [[Peter Sellers]]<br>''[[Being There]]'' || [[Jack Lemmon]]<br>''[[The China Syndrome]]'' || [[Dustin Hoffman]]<br>''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]''
|-
| Best Actress || [[Sally Field]]<br>''[[Norma Rae]]'' || [[Bette Midler]]<br>''[[The Rose (film)|The Rose]]'' || [[Jane Fonda]]<br>''[[The China Syndrome]]'' || [[Sally Field]]<br>''[[Norma Rae]]''
|-
| Best Supporting Actor || colspan="2" | [[Melvyn Douglas]]<br>''[[Being There]]''<br>[[Robert Duvall]]<br>''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' || [[Robert Duvall]]<br>''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' || [[Melvyn Douglas]]<br>''[[Being There]]''
|-
| Best Supporting Actress || colspan="2" | [[Meryl Streep]]<br>''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]'' || [[Rachel Roberts (actress)|Rachel Roberts]]<br>''[[Yanks]]'' || [[Meryl Streep]]<br>''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]''
|-
| Best Screenplay, Adapted || colspan="2" rowspan="2" | [[Robert Benton]]<br>''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]'' || rowspan="2" | [[Woody Allen]] and [[Marshall Brickman]]<br>''[[Manhattan (1979 film)|Manhattan]]'' || [[Robert Benton]]<br>''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]''
|-
| Best Screenplay, Original || [[Steve Tesich]]<br>''[[Breaking Away]]''
|-
| Best Original Score || colspan="2" | [[Carmine Coppola]] and [[Francis Ford Coppola]]<br>''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' || [[Ennio Morricone]]<br>''[[Days of Heaven]]'' || [[Georges Delerue]]<br>''[[A Little Romance]]''<br>[[Ralph Burns]]<br>''[[All That Jazz (film)|All That Jazz]]''
|-
| Best Original Song || colspan="2" | "[[The Rose (song)|The Rose]]"<br>''[[The Rose (film)|The Rose]]'' || N/A || "[[It Goes Like It Goes]]"<br>''[[Norma Rae]]''
|-
| Best Foreign Language Film || colspan="2" | ''[[La Cage aux Folles (film)|La Cage aux Folles]]'' || N/A || ''[[The Tin Drum (film)|The Tin Drum]]''
|}

'''[[Palme d'Or]] (Cannes Film Festival):'''
:'''''[[Apocalypse Now]]''''', directed by [[Francis Ford Coppola]], United States
:'''''The Tin Drum''''' (Die Blechtrommel), directed by Volker Schlöndorff, W. Germany

'''[[Berlin Film Festival|Golden Bear]] (Berlin Film Festival):'''
:'''''[[David (1979 film)|David]]''''', directed by [[Peter Lilienthal]], West Germany

== 1979 films ==
=== By country/region ===
* [[List of American films of 1979]]
* [[List of Argentine films of 1979]]
* [[List of Australian films of 1979]]
* [[List of Bangladeshi films of 1979]]
* [[List of British films of 1979]]
* [[List of Canadian films of 1979]]
* [[List of French films of 1979]]
* [[List of Hong Kong films of 1979]]
* List of Indian films of 1979
** [[List of Hindi films of 1979]]
** [[List of Kannada films of 1979]]
** [[List of Malayalam films of 1979]]
** [[List of Marathi films of 1979]]
** [[List of Tamil films of 1979]]
** [[List of Telugu films of 1979]]
* [[List of Japanese films of 1979]]
* [[List of Mexican films of 1979]]
* [[List of Pakistani films of 1979]]
* [[List of South Korean films of 1979]]
* [[List of Soviet films of 1979]]
* [[List of Spanish films of 1979]]

===By genre/medium===
* [[List of action films of the 1970s#1979|List of action films of 1979]]
* [[List of animated feature films of 1979]]
* [[List of avant-garde films of the 1970s|List of avant-garde films of 1979]]
* [[List of comedy films of the 1970s#1979|List of comedy films of 1979]]
* [[List of drama films of the 1970s#1979|List of drama films of 1979]]
* [[List of horror films of 1979]]
* [[List of science fiction films of the 1970s#1979fc|List of science fiction films of 1979]]
* [[List of thriller films of the 1970s#1979|List of thriller films of 1979]]
* [[List of Western films of the 1970s|List of western films of 1979]]

==Births==
* January 1 – [[Vidya Balan]], Indian actress
* January 6 – [[Cristela Alonzo]], American comedian, actress, writer and producer
* January 8
**[[Ashraf Barhom]], Israeli-Arab actor
**[[Sarah Polley]], Canadian actress
* January 10 - [[Maximilian Brückner]], German actor
* January 13 - [[Katy Brand]], English actress, comedian and writer
* January 16 – [[Aaliyah]], American actress and singer (d. [[2001 in film|2001]])
* January 24 – [[Tatyana Ali]], American actress and singer
* January 26 – [[Sara Rue]], American actress
* January 28 - [[Angelique Cabral]], American actress
* January 29 – [[Andrew Keegan]], American actor
* February 1 – [[Rachelle Lefevre]], Canadian actress
* February 2 – [[Shamita Shetty]], Indian actress
* February 3 – [[Costa Ronin]], Australian actor and cinematographer
* February 7 - [[Cerina Vincent]], American actress
* February 8 - [[Josh Keaton]], American actor and musician
* February 9 – [[Zhang Ziyi]], Chinese actress and dancer
* February 11 – [[Brandy Norwood]], American actress and singer
* February 12 - [[Angus Sampson]], Australian actor and filmmaker
* February 13 – [[Mena Suvari]], American actress
* February 19 - [[Andrew Buchan]], English actor and writer
* February 21
**[[Tituss Burgess]], American actor and singer
**[[Maryke Hendrikse]], Bahamian-born Canadian voice actress
**[[Jennifer Love Hewitt]], American actress and singer
**[[Jordan Peele]], American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer
* March 3 – [[Patrick Renna]], American actor
* March 5 – [[Riki Lindhome]], American actress, comedian and musician
* March 9 – [[Oscar Isaac]], Guatemalan-American actor
* March 10
**[[Edi Gathegi]], Kenyan-American actor
**[[Danny Pudi]], American actor
* March 12 - [[Rhys Coiro]], American actor
* March 14 - [[Chris Klein (actor)|Chris Klein]], American actor
* March 17 – [[Stephen Kramer Glickman]], Canadian actor, music producer and stand-up comedian
* March 18 – [[Adam Levine]], American singer, songwriter, musician and actor
* March 19 - [[Abby Brammell]], American actress
* March 20
**[[Freema Agyeman]], British actress
**[[Bianca Lawson]], American actress
* March 24 – [[Lake Bell]], American actress, director and screenwriter
* March 25 – [[Lee Pace]], American actor
* March 28 – [[Shakib Khan]], Bangladeshi film actor, producer, singer, film organiser and media personalities<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.daily-sun.com/post/298191/Happy-birthday-Shakib-Khan|title=Happy birthday, Shakib Khan|date=27 March 2018|website=Daily Sun|language=en|access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref>
* March 29 – [[De'Angelo Wilson]], American actor and rapper (d. [[2008 in film|2008]])
* March 30
**[[Jose Pablo Cantillo]], American actor
**[[Pete Holmes]], American comedian, actor, writer, producer and podcaster
* April 4
** [[Bunko Kanazawa]], Japanese actress
** [[Heath Ledger]], Australian actor (d. [[2008 in film|2008]])
** [[Natasha Lyonne]], American actress
* April 5 – [[Josh Boone (director)|Josh Boone]], American filmmaker
* April 7 - [[Nico Santos (actor)|Nico Santos]], Filipino-American actor
* April 9 - [[Edward Bennett (actor)|Edward Bennett]], English actor
* April 11 – [[Josh Server]], American actor
* April 12
**[[Claire Danes]], American actress
**[[Jennifer Morrison]], American actress, director and producer
**[[Paul Nicholls (actor)|Paul Nicholls]], English actor
* April 15
**[[Karen David]], Canadian actress and singer-songwriter
**[[Luke Evans]], Welsh actor and singer
* April 17
**[[Mylene Dinh-Robic]], Canadian actress
**[[Ken Duken]], German actor and director
**[[Tate Ellington]], American actor
* April 19 – [[Kate Hudson]], American actress
* April 21 – [[James McAvoy]], Scottish actor<ref>{{cite web |title=James McAvoy · BIFA · British Independent Film Awards |url=https://www.bifa.film/people/james-mcavoy/ |website=BIFA · British Independent Film Awards |access-date=8 September 2022 |date=12 October 2018}}</ref>
* April 23 – [[Jaime King]], American actress
* April 26 – [[Klára Issová]], Czech actress
* April 27 - [[Tom Davis (actor)|Tom Davis]], English actor and comedian
* May 5 – [[Vincent Kartheiser]], American actor
* May 6 - [[Kerry Ellis]], English actress and singer
* May 7 – [[Yōsuke Kubozuka]], Japanese actor
* May 9 – [[Rosario Dawson]], American actress
* May 11 - [[Mary Elizabeth Ellis]], American actress
* May 12 – [[Aaron Yoo]], Korean-American actor
* May 19 – [[Bérénice Marlohe]], French actress
* May 20 - [[Jana Pallaske]], German actress and singer
* May 22 – [[Maggie Q]], American actress
* May 23 – [[Josh Cooley]], American animator, screenwriter, director and voice actor
* May 24 - [[Panos Mouzourakis]], Greek singer-songwriter and actor
* May 25 - [[Corbin Allred]], American actor
* May 28
**[[Jesse Bradford]], American actor
**[[Monica Keena]], American actress
* May 30
**[[Jenny Mollen]], American actress and writer
**[[Tadhg Murphy (actor)|Tadhg Murphy]], Irish actor
* June 2 - [[Morena Baccarin]], Brazilian actress
* June 7 – [[Anna Torv]], Australian actress
* June 12 - [[Wil Horneff]], American former child actor
* June 17 – [[Young Maylay]], American rapper, producer and voice actor
* June 20 - [[Sarah Stiles]], American singer and actress
* June 21 – [[Chris Pratt]], American actor
* June 24 – [[Mindy Kaling]], American writer and actress
* June 25 - [[Busy Philipps]], American actress
* June 27
**[[Martin Bourboulon]], French film director and screenwriter<ref name="bio">{{Cite web |title=Martin Bourboulon |url=https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=682356.html |access-date=17 December 2023 |website=[[Allociné]] |language=fr}}</ref>
**[[Benjamin Speed]], Australian film composer
* June 30 - [[Rick Gonzalez]], American actor and musician
* July 3 – [[Ludivine Sagnier]], French actress
* July 5 – [[Eva Maria Daniels]], Icelandic film producer (d. [[2023 in film|2023]])
* July 6
**[[Kevin Hart]], American actor
**[[Abdul Salis]], British actor
* July 7 - [[Benjamin Mitchell (actor)|Benjamin Mitchell]], New Zealand actor
* July 10 – [[Gong Yoo]], South Korean actor
* July 12 – [[Omid Abtahi]], Iranian-American actor
* July 14 – [[Scott Porter]], American actor
* July 16
**[[Jayma Mays]], American actress
**[[Gerard Monaco]], British actor
* July 17 – [[Mike Vogel]], American actor and former model
* July 19 – [[David Sakurai]], Danish-Japanese actor, director and scriptwriter
* July 25 - [[Juan Pablo Di Pace]], Argentine actor, director, singer and musician
* July 26 - [[Mageina Tovah]], American actress
* July 30 - [[Lucas Babin]], American actor
* July 31
**[[Dana Gourrier]], American actress
**[[B. J. Novak]], American writer and actor
* August 1 – [[Jason Momoa]], American actor and filmmaker
* August 3 – [[Evangeline Lilly]], Canadian actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Evangeline Lilly |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bd0fbf6ac |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107145106/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bd0fbf6ac |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 7, 2019 |website=BFI |access-date=8 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* August 6 – [[Dayahang Rai]], Nepalese actor
* August 10 – [[JoAnna Garcia Swisher]], American actress
* August 12 - [[Keith Powell]], American actor, writer and director
* August 13 - [[Kasia Smutniak]], Polish-Italian actress and model
* August 14 - [[Jamie Parker]], English actor and singer
* August 21 - [[Kevin Janssens (actor)|Kevin Janssens]], Belgian actor
* August 22 – [[Brandon Adams (actor)|Brandon Adams]], American actor
* August 23 – [[Claire Grant]], American actress, model and producer
* August 24 – [[Fabienne Carat]], French actress and singer
* August 25 – [[Şebnem Bozoklu]], Turkish actress 
* August 26 – [[Erik Valdez]], American actor
* August 27 – [[Aaron Paul]], American actor
* August 29 – [[Dan Harris (screenwriter)|Dan Harris]], American screenwriter and director
* August 31 – [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]], Indian film composer
* September 1 - [[Camille Chen]], American actress
* September 4 - [[Max Greenfield]], American actor
* September 8 – [[Pink (singer)|Pink]], American singer and actress
* September 11
**[[Ariana Richards]], American actress
**[[Cameron Richardson]], American actress and producer
**[[Hu Ting-ting]], English-born Taiwanese actress
* September 17
**[[Neill Blomkamp]], South African and Canadian director and screenwriter
**[[Kat Coiro]], American director
**[[Billy Miller (actor)|Billy Miller]], American actor (d. 2023)
* September 18 – [[Alison Lohman]], American former actress
* September 19 – [[Noémie Lenoir]], French model and actress
* September 20 – [[Chris Tardio]], American actor
* September 22 – [[MyAnna Buring]], Swedish-born British actress
* September 23 – [[Lisa Loven Kongsli]], Norwegian actress
* September 25 - [[Stephen Rider]], American actor
* September 26 - [[Mark Famiglietti]], American actor, screenwriter and producer
* September 27 – [[Jad Saxton]], American voice actress
** [[Alicyn Packard]], American actress, singer, and writer
* September 30 – [[Jonathan Kasdan]], American screenwriter, director, producer and actor
* October 1 – [[Marielle Heller]], American film director
* October 4
**[[Caitríona Balfe]], Irish actress
**[[Rachael Leigh Cook]], American actress
* October 6 – [[Sareh Bayat]], Iranian actress
* October 7
**[[Tang Wei]], Chinese actress
**[[Aaron Ashmore]] and [[Shawn Ashmore]], Canadian actors
* October 8 – [[Kristanna Loken]], American actress
* October 9
**[[Alex Greenwald]], American musician and actor
**[[Chris O'Dowd]], Irish actor and comedian 
**[[Brandon Routh]], American actor
* October 20 – [[John Krasinski]], American actor and filmmaker
* October 22 - [[Tony Denman]], American actor
* October 28 – [[Natina Reed]], American singer-songwriter, rapper and actress (d. 2012)
* October 29 – [[Maya Karin]], Malaysian actress
* October 30 - [[James A. Woods]], Canadian actor
* October 31 – [[Erica Cerra]], Canadian actress
* November 5 - [[Leonardo Nam]], Australian actor
* November 8 – [[Dania Ramirez]], Dominican actress
* November 9
**[[Cory Hardrict]], American actor
**[[Matt McCarthy (comedian)|Matt McCarthy]], American comedian, actor and writer
* November 13 – [[Riccardo Scamarcio]], Italian actor and producer
* November 14 – [[Olga Kurylenko]], Ukrainian-French actress
* November 19 – [[Barry Jenkins]], American film director
* November 20 - [[Jacob Pitts]], American actor
* November 22
**[[Andrew Knott]], British actor
**[[Leeanna Walsman]], Australian actress
* November 23 – [[Jonathan Sadowski]], American actor
* November 25
**[[Jerry Ferrara]], American actor
**[[Joel Kinnaman]], Swedish-American actor
* November 28 – [[Daniel Henney]], American actor and model
* November 29 - [[Timo Vuorensola]], Finnish director, singer and actor
* December 3 – [[Tiffany Haddish]], American comedian and actress
* December 5 – [[Nick Stahl]], American actor
* December 7
** [[Eric Bauza]], Canadian-born American voice actor, stand-up comedian and animation artist
** [[Sara Bareilles]], American actress and singer
* December 11 – [[Rider Strong]], American actor
* December 15 – [[Adam Brody]], American actor, writer, musician and producer
* December 17 - [[Lil Rel Howery]], American actor and comedian
* December 20 - [[Ramón Rodríguez (actor)|Ramón Rodríguez]], Puerto Rican actor
* December 21 - [[Daniel Brocklebank]], British actor
* December 23 – [[Summer Altice]], American model and actress
* December 26 – [[Chris Daughtry]], American actor and singer
* December 28
**[[André Holland]], American actor
**[[Noomi Rapace]], Swedish actress
* December 29 – [[Diego Luna]], Mexican actor, director and producer

==Deaths==
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{| 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;"| ''11'' || [[Jack Soo]] || style="text-align:center;"| 61 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Flower Drum Song (film)|Flower Drum Song]]''| ''[[The Oscar (film)|The Oscar]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Peter Butterworth]] || style="text-align:center;"| 63|| style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, writer || {{hlist|''[[Oliver! (film)|Oliver!]]''| ''[[The First Great Train Robbery]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Ted Cassidy]] || style="text-align:center;"| 46 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]''| ''[[Mackenna's Gold]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Cyril J. Mockridge]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Composer || {{hlist|''[[Desk Set]]''| ''[[The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Dick Crockett]] || style="text-align:center;"| 63 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Stuntman, Actor || {{hlist|''[[Dirty Harry]]''| ''[[Spartacus (film)|Spartacus]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''February'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Jean Renoir]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director, writer, actor || {{hlist|''[[The Rules of the Game]]''| ''[[La Grande Illusion]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Louise Allbritton]] || style="text-align:center;"| 58 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Pittsburgh (1942 film)|Pittsburgh]]''| ''[[Sitting Pretty (1948 film)|Sitting Pretty]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[William Gargan]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Bells of St. Mary's]]''| ''[[Cheers for Miss Bishop]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Leigh Jason]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Out of the Blue (1947 film)|Out of the Blue]]''| ''[[The Mad Miss Manton]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Jane Hylton]] || style="text-align:center;"| 51 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[It Started in Paradise]]''| ''[[Circus of Horrors]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=8 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''March'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[Dolores Costello]] || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Magnificent Ambersons (film)|The Magnificent Ambersons]]''| ''[[Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936 film)|Little Lord Fauntleroy]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Edith Craig]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[After the Thin Man]]''| ''[[Broadway Bill]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[John Robinson (English actor)|John Robinson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]''| ''[[The Longest Day (film)|The Longest Day]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''9'' || [[Barbara Mullen]] || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Jeannie (film)|Jeannie]]''| ''[[Thunder Rock (film)|Thunder Rock]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[John Tate (actor)|John Tate]] || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || ''[[Invasion (1965 film)|Invasion]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Bomba Tzur]] || style="text-align:center;"| 50 || style="text-align:center;"| Israel || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Blaumilch Canal]]''| ''[[Dalia and the Sailors]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Ben Lyon]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, writer || {{hlist|''[[Hell's Angels (film)|Hell's Angels]]''| ''[[Night Nurse (1931 film)|Night Nurse]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Yvonne Mitchell]] || style="text-align:center;"| 63 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Woman in a Dressing Gown]]''| ''[[Johnny Nobody]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''April'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[Edgar Buchanan]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Shane (film)|Shane]]''| ''[[Wichita (1955 film)|Wichita]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[Norman Tokar]] || style="text-align:center;"| 59 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Follow Me, Boys!]]''| ''[[The Happiest Millionaire]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[Nino Rota]] || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Composer || {{hlist|''[[The Godfather]]''| ''[[The Leopard (1963 film)|The Leopard]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[John Carroll (actor)|John Carroll]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Go West (1940 film)|Go West]]''| ''[[Flying Tigers (film)|Flying Tigers]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''May'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[Rosemary La Planche]] || style="text-align:center;"| 55 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Angels' Alley]]''| ''[[Jack Armstrong (serial)|Jack Armstrong]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''8'' || [[Victor Saville]] || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Producer, director || {{hlist|''[[Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939 film)|Goodbye, Mr. Chips]]''| ''[[Kim (1950 film)|Kim]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[Beatrice Campbell]] || style="text-align:center;"| 56 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Last Holiday (1950 film)|Last Holiday]]''| ''[[The Master of Ballantrae (1953 film)|The Master of Ballantrae]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Joan Chandler]] || style="text-align:center;"| 55 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Humoresque (1946 film)|Humoresque]]''| ''[[Rope (film)|Rope]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[George Brent]] || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Jezebel (1938 film)|Jezebel]]''| ''[[42nd Street (film)|42nd Street]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''29'' || [[Mary Pickford]] || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, producer, writer || {{hlist|''[[Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925 film)|Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ]]''| ''[[Coquette (film)|Coquette]]'' }}
|-
| rowspan=10 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''June'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[Jack Mulhall]] || style="text-align:center;"| 91 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Social Buccaneer (1923 film)|The Social Buccaneer]]''| ''[[The Three Musketeers (1933 serial)|The Three Musketeers]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Larisa Shepitko]] || style="text-align:center;"| 41 || style="text-align:center;"| Soviet Union || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Wings (1966 film)|Wings]]''| ''[[The Ascent (1977 film)|The Ascent]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Jim Hutton]] || style="text-align:center;"| 45 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Walk, Don't Run (film)|Walk, Don't Run]]''| ''[[Who's Minding the Mint?]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[Jack Haley]] || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''| ''[[Alexander's Ragtime Band (film)|Alexander's Ragtime Band]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[John Wayne]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, producer, director || {{hlist|''[[The Searchers]]''| ''[[Red River (1948 film)|Red River]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Henry Berman]] || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Editor, Producer || {{hlist|''[[Swing Time (film)|Swing Time]]''| ''[[Grand Prix (1966 film)|Grand Prix]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''14'' || [[David Butler (director)|David Butler]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Road to Morocco]]''| ''[[Calamity Jane (film)|Calamity Jane]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Nicholas Ray]] || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director, writer, actor || {{hlist|''[[Rebel Without a Cause]]''| ''[[In a Lonely Place]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Nick Grinde]] || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Million Dollar Legs (1939 film)|Million Dollar Legs]]''| ''[[The Man They Could Not Hang]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Julian Orchard]] || style="text-align:center;"| 49 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, writer || {{hlist|''[[Revenge of the Pink Panther]]''| ''[[The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=11 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''July'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Larisa Shepitko]] || style="text-align:center;"| 41 || style="text-align:center;"| USSR || style="text-align:center;"| Director, writer, actress || {{hlist|''[[The Ascent (1977 film)|The Ascent]]''| ''[[Farewell (1983 film)|Farewell]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''8'' || [[Michael Wilding (actor)|Michael Wilding]] || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, producer || {{hlist|''[[Stage Fright (1950 film)|Stage Fright]]''| ''[[Waterloo (1970 film)|Waterloo]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''13'' || [[Corinne Griffith]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Divine Lady]]''| ''[[Back Pay (1930 film)|Back Pay]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Kathleen Case]] || style="text-align:center;"| 45 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Human Desire]]''| ''[[Running Wild (1955 film)|Running Wild]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Eric Pohlmann]] || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Third Man]]''| ''[[From Russia with Love (film)|From Russia with Love]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Virginia Brissac]] || style="text-align:center;"| 96 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Dressed to Kill (1941 film)|Dressed to Kill]]''| ''[[Rebel Without a Cause]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Ettore Manni]] || style="text-align:center;"| 52 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[City of Women]]''| ''[[Le Amiche]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Shirley Mason (actress)|Shirley Mason]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Anne Against the World]]''| ''[[So This Is Love? (film)|So This Is Love?]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[George Seaton]] || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[The Country Girl (1954 film)|The Country Girl]]''| ''[[Airport (1970 film)|Airport]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Frederick Stafford]] || style="text-align:center;"| 51 || style="text-align:center;"| Czechoslovakia || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Topaz (1969 film)|Topaz]]''| ''[[Dirty Heroes]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''31'' || [[Beatrix Lehmann]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || ''[[The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (film)|The Spy Who Came in from the Cold]]''
|-
| rowspan=7 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''August'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''??'' || [[Betty Henderson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The 39 Steps (1959 film)|The 39 Steps]]''| ''[[The Maggie]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[Kurt Kasznar]] || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| Austria || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Kiss Me Kate (film)|Kiss Me Kate]]''| ''[[Lili (1953 film)|Lili]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''7'' || [[List of Philippine films before 1940 |Vicente Salumbides]] || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| Philippines || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director || {{hlist|''[[Ibong Adarna]]''| ''[[Florante at Laura]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[Dick Foran]] || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Petrified Forest]]''| ''[[Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942 film)|Ride 'Em Cowboy]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Vivian Vance]] || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Great Race]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Stuart Heisler]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Tulsa (film)|Tulsa]]''| ''[[I Died a Thousand Times]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || [[Jean Seberg]] || style="text-align:center;"| 40 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Breathless (1960 film)|Breathless]]''| ''[[Airport (1970 film)|Airport]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=10 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''September'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[Doris Kenyon]]  || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Alexander Hamilton (film)|Alexander Hamilton]]'' | ''[[The Road to Singapore]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Felix Aylmer]] || style="text-align:center;"| 90 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Becket (1964 film)|Becket]]''| ''[[Hamlet (1948 film)|Hamlet]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Les Clark]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Animator || {{hlist|''[[Fantasia (1940 film)|Fantasia]]''| ''[[One Hundred and One Dalmatians]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Jocelyne LaGarde]] || style="text-align:center;"| 54 || style="text-align:center;"| Tahiti || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || ''[[Hawaii (1966 film)|Hawaii]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Willis Goldbeck]] || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Young Dr. Kildare]]''| ''[[The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Frederick Piper]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The 39 Steps (1935 film)|The 39 Steps]]''| ''[[The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film)|The Man Who Knew Too Much]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Catherine Lacey]] || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Lady Vanishes (1938 film)|The Lady Vanishes]]''| ''[[The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[John Cromwell (director)|John Cromwell]] || style="text-align:center;"| 91 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Of Human Bondage (1934 film)|Of Human Bondage]]''| ''[[The Enchanted Cottage (1945 film)|The Enchanted Cottage]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Arthur Hunnicutt]] || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Tall T]]''| ''[[El Dorado (1966 film)|El Dorado]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Gracie Fields]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, singer || {{hlist|''[[Sally in Our Alley (1931 film)|Sally in Our Alley]]''| ''[[Holy Matrimony (1943 film)|Holy Matrimony]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''October'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[Dorothy Arzner]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Craig's Wife (1936 film)|Craig's Wife]]''| ''[[Dance, Girl, Dance]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[Dorothy Peterson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[That Hagen Girl]]''| ''[[Payment Deferred (film)|Payment Deferred]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Celia Lovsky]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;" | Austria || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Foxfire (1955 film)|Foxfire]]''| ''[[I Mobster]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[John Stuart (actor)|John Stuart]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]''| ''[[Village of the Damned (1960 film)|Village of the Damned]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 || [[Fernando Soler]]  || style="text-align:center;"| 83 ||  style="text-align:center;"| Mexico || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist| ''[[Papacito lindo]]''| ''[[ El gran calavera]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || Graham Ashley || style="text-align:center;"| 52 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope]]''| ''[[Hennessy (film)|Hennessy]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=11 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''November'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[Saro Urzì]] || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Godfather]]''| ''[[Beat the Devil (film)|Beat the Devil]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Amedeo Nazzari]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Il bandito]]''| ''[[The Jester's Supper]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''8'' || [[Sydney Tafler]] || style="text-align:center;"| 63 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]''| ''[[Alfie (1966 film)|Alfie]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Dimitri Tiomkin]] || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| Russia || style="text-align:center;"| Composer || {{hlist|''[[High Noon]]''| ''[[The High and the Mighty (film)|The High and the Mighty]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[Michael Darbyshire]] || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, writer || {{hlist|''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (film)|Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]''| ''[[The Slipper and the Rose]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Paul Wexler (actor)|Paul Wexler]] || style="text-align:center;"| 50 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake]]''| ''[[Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[George Froeschel]] || style="text-align:center;"| 88 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Mrs. Miniver]]''| ''[[Scaramouche (1952 film)|Scaramouche]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Merle Oberon]] || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| India || style="text-align:center;"| Actress, producer || {{hlist|''[[Wuthering Heights (1939 film)|Wuthering Heights]]''| ''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934 film)|The Scarlet Pimpernel]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 30 || [[Barbara von Annenkoff]]  || style="text-align:center;"| 79 ||  style="text-align:center;"| Germany|| style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Wood Love]]''| ''[[Derby (1926 film)|Derby]]'' }}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || [[Joyce Grenfell]] || style="text-align:center;"| 69 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Americanization of Emily]]''| ''[[Blue Murder at St Trinian's]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || [[Zeppo Marx]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;" | US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, director || {{hlist|''[[Duck Soup (1933 film)|Duck Soup]]''| ''[[Monkey Business (1931 film)|Monkey Business]]''}}
|-
| rowspan=11 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|  '''December'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Jesse Pearson (actor)|Jesse Pearson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 49 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || ''[[Bye Bye Birdie (1963 film)|Bye Bye Birdie]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Lesley Selander]] || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Blackmail (1947 film)|Blackmail]]''| ''[[Flight to Mars (film)|Flight to Mars]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''9'' || [[James Neilson (director)|James Neilson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 70 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[The Moon-Spinners]]''| ''[[Bon Voyage! (1962 film)|Bon Voyage!]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[Ann Dvorak]] || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Scarface (1932 film)|Scarface]]''| ''[[Three on a Match]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Claire Carleton]] || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Girl from Havana]]'' | ''[[Gildersleeve on Broadway]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Jon Hall (actor)|Jon Hall]] || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, director || {{hlist|''[[The Hurricane (1937 film)|The Hurricane]]''| ''[[Kit Carson (1940 film)|Kit Carson]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[George Pollock (director)|George Pollock]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Murder, She Said]]''| ''[[Ten Little Indians (1965 film)|Ten Little Indians]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Ernest B. Schoedsack]] || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director, cinematographer, producer || {{hlist|''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]''| ''[[The Most Dangerous Game (film)|The Most Dangerous Game]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Michael Collins (English actor)|Michael Collins]] || style="text-align:center;"| 57 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]''| ''[[The Battle of the River Plate (film)|The Battle of the River Plate]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Lee Bowman]] || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Love Affair (1939 film)|Love Affair]]''| ''[[Cover Girl (film)|Cover Girl]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Joan Blondell]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Grease (film)|Grease]]''| ''[[The Public Enemy]]''}}
|-
|}

==Film debuts==
{{Column list|
*[[Rosanna Arquette]] – ''[[More American Graffiti]]''
*[[Jean-Pierre Bacri]] – ''[[The Medic (1979 film)|The Medic]]''
*[[G. W. Bailey]] – ''[[A Force of One]]''
*[[Talia Balsam]] – ''[[Sunnyside (1979 film)|Sunnyside]]''
*[[Tobin Bell]] – ''[[Manhattan (1979 film)|Manhattan]]''
*[[Lorraine Bracco]] – ''Duos sur canapé''
*[[David Bradley (English actor)|David Bradley]] – ''[[The Frisco Kid]]''
*[[Patrick Bruel]] – ''Le coup de sirocco''
*[[Grand L. Bush]] – ''[[Hair (film)|Hair]]''
*[[Yancy Butler]] – ''[[Savage Weekend]]''
*[[Gordon Clapp]] – ''[[Running (film)|Running]]''
*[[Frances Conroy]] – ''Manhattan''
*[[Matt Craven]] – ''[[Meatballs (film)|Meatballs]]''
*[[Denise Crosby]] – ''[[10 (1979 film)|10]]''
*[[Ted Danson]] – ''[[The Onion Field (film)|The Onion Field]]''
*[[Keith David]] – ''[[Disco Godfather]]''
*[[David DeLuise]] – ''[[Hot Stuff (1979 film)|Hot Stuff]]''
*[[Matt Dillon]] – ''[[Over the Edge (film)|Over the Edge]]''
*[[Lisa Eichhorn]] – ''[[The Europeans (1979 film)|The Europeans]]''
*[[Cary Elwes]] – ''[[Yesterday's Hero]]''
*[[Giancarlo Esposito]] – ''Running''
*[[Christopher Fairbank]] – ''[[Agatha (film)|Agatha]]''
*[[Danny Glover]] – ''[[Escape from Alcatraz (film)|Escape from Alcatraz]]''
*[[Erin Gray]] – ''[[Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (film)|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]''
*[[Bruce Greenwood]] – ''[[Bear Island (film)|Bear Island]]''
*[[Linda Hamilton]] – ''Night Flowers''
*[[Melora Hardin]] – ''[[The North Avenue Irregulars]]''
*[[Dennis Haysbert]] – ''Scoring''
*[[Stephen McKinley Henderson]] – ''A Pleasure Doing Business''
*[[James Horner]] (film composer) – ''[[The Lady in Red (1979 film)|The Lady in Red]]''
*[[Anna Maria Horsford]] – ''[[An Almost Perfect Affair]]''
*[[Hawthorne James]] – ''Disco Godfather''
*[[Lucinda Jenney]] – ''Impostors''
*[[Michael Jeter]] – ''Hair''
*[[Sam J. Jones]] – ''10''
*[[David Keith (actor)|David Keith]] –  ''[[The Great Santini]]''
*[[David Patrick Kelly]] – ''[[The Warriors (film)|The Warriors]]''
*[[Wayne Knight]] – ''[[The Wanderers (1979 film)|The Wanderers]]''
*[[Christine Lahti]] – ''[[...And Justice for All (film)|...And Justice for All]]''
*[[Laurene Landon]] – ''Bitter Heritage''
*[[Diane Lane]] – ''[[A Little Romance]]''
*[[Fredric Lehne]] – ''[[Being There]]''
*[[Eugene Lipinski]] – ''[[Hanover Street (film)|Hanover Street]]''
*[[Carl Lumbly]] – ''Escape from Alcatraz''
*[[Tzi Ma]] – ''[[Cocaine Cowboys (1979 film)|Cocaine Cowboys]]''
*[[Hayao Miyazaki]] (director) – ''[[The Castle of Cagliostro]]''
*[[Bill Nighy]] – ''[[The Bitch (film)|The Bitch]]''
*[[Will Patton]] – ''Minus Zero''
*[[David Paymer]] – ''[[The In-Laws (1979 film)|The In-Laws]]''
*[[Elizabeth Peña]] – ''[[El Super]]''
*[[Chris Penn]] – ''Charlie and the Talking Buzzard''
*[[Rhea Perlman]] – ''[[Swap Meet (film)|Swap Meet]]''
*[[Clarke Peters]] – ''[[The Music Machine (film)|The Music Machine]]''
*[[CCH Pounder]] – ''[[All That Jazz (film)|All That Jazz]]''
*[[Mickey Rourke]] – ''[[1941 (film)|1941]]''
*[[Zelda Rubinstein]] – ''[[Americathon]]''
*[[Jay O. Sanders]] – ''[[Starting Over (1979 film)|Starting Over]]''
*[[Raynor Scheine]] – ''[[Something Short of Paradise]]''
*[[Wallace Shawn]] – ''Manhattan''
*[[Martin Short]] – ''[[Lost and Found (1979 film)|Lost and Found]]''
*[[J. Smith-Cameron]] – ''[[Gal Young Un]]''
*[[Timothy Spall]] – ''[[Quadrophenia (film)|Quadrophenia]]''
*[[Vincent Spano]] – ''Over the Edge''
*[[Mike Starr (actor)|Mike Starr]] – ''[[Squeeze Play!]]''
*[[Daniel Stern (actor)|Daniel Stern]] – ''[[Breaking Away]]''
*[[Emma Suárez]] – ''[[Memoirs of Leticia Valle]]''
*[[Patrick Swayze]] – ''[[Skatetown, U.S.A.]]''
*[[Joey Travolta]] – ''Sunnyside''
*[[Jean-Claude Van Damme]] – ''[[Woman Between Wolf and Dog]]''
*[[Christoph Waltz]] – ''[[Breakthrough (1979 film)|Breakthrough]]''
*[[Peter Weller]] – ''[[Butch and Sundance: The Early Days]]''
*[[Joanne Whalley]] – ''[[Birth of the Beatles]]''
*[[JoBeth Williams]] – ''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]''
*[[Mykelti Williamson]] – ''Sunnyside''
*[[Michael Wincott]] – ''Title Shot''
*[[Ray Winstone]] – ''[[That Summer!]]''
*[[Michael Wright (actor)|Michael Wright]] – ''The Wanderers''
*[[Daniel Zacapa]] – ''[[Boulevard Nights]]''
}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1979-01-01,1979-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1979 films] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/1979/?grossesOption=calendarGrosses 1979 Domestic Grosses] at [[Box Office Mojo]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1979-01-01,1979-12-31&adult=include List of 1979 deaths] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1979-01-01,1979-12-31&adult=include List of 1979 births] at [[IMDb]]

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