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The following is an overview of 1933 in film, including significant events, a list of films released, and notable births and deaths.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1933 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1933
Rank	Title	Distributor	Domestic rentals
1	Roman Scandals	United Artists	$2,443,000<ref name=Argus1944>Template:Cite news</ref>
2	I'm No Angel	Paramount	$2,250,000<ref name=Argus1944/>
3	Gold Diggers of 1933	Warner Bros.	$2,202,000<ref name="wb">Template:Cite journal</ref>
4	She Done Him Wrong	Paramount	$2,200,000<ref name=Finler>Template:Cite book</ref>
5	The Bowery	United Artists/Twentieth Century	$2,000,000<ref name="raft">Everett Aaker, The Films of George Raft, McFarland & Company, 2013, pp. 42-43</ref>
6	Tugboat Annie	MGM	$1,917,000<ref name="Mannix">Template:Citation</ref>
7	Footlight Parade	Warner Bros.	$1,601,000<ref name="wb"/>
8	Dancing Lady	MGM	$1,490,000<ref name="Mannix"/>
9	42nd Street	Warner Bros.	$1,438,000<ref name="wb"/>
10	Dinner at Eight	MGM	$1,398,000<ref name="Mannix"/>

Events

The Film Daily Yearbook listed the following as the ten leading news events of the year in North America.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Motion picture industry goes under National Recovery Administration code.
Receivers appointed for Paramount Publix, RKO and Fox Theatres.
Film industry takes eight week salary cut.
Sirovich bill for sweeping probe of film industry is defeated.
John D. Hertz withdraws as Paramount Publix finance chairman and Adolph Zukor appoints George J. Schaefer as general manager.
Sidney Kent effects financial reorganization of Fox Film Corp., averting receivership, and company shows first profit since 1930.
Ruling of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware creates "open market" for sound equipment.
Nathan Nathanson regains control of Famous Players Canadian circuit.
Darryl F. Zanuck quits Warner Bros-First National and with Joseph M. Schenck forms Twentieth Century Pictures, turning out eight productions in the first four months, beginning with The Bowery.
Harold B. Franklin resigns as president of RKO Theaters.

Other notable events include:

January 11 – Radio City Music Hall in New York City starts showing films.<ref name=Variety1934>Template:Cite news</ref>
January 20 – The film Ecstasy premieres in Czechoslovakia film; its foreign distribution presents difficulties as 18-year-old actress Hedy Lamarr is seen naked in it.
March – Director Fritz Lang is informed by Joseph Goebbels that release of Lang's crime-thriller The Testament of Dr. Mabuse in Germany will not be permitted by the newly formed Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. The German-language premiere takes place on April 21 in Budapest (Hungary). On April 20, Lang divorces his wife, the film's writer Thea von Harbou, and on July 31 leaves Germany permanently, initially settling in Paris.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
March 2 – King Kong premieres at Radio City Music Hall in New York City;<ref name=afi>Template:AFI film</ref> opening weekend takings are estimated at US$90,000.
March 9 – Punyal na Ginto (The Golden Dagger), the first Filipino-language film made in the Philippines, is released.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
March 11 – 42nd Street sparks a comeback for musical film.<ref name=Variety1934/>
June 6 – Chemical company executive Richard Hollingshead opens a drive-in theater near Camden, New Jersey, according to his U.S patent granted May 16.<ref>Template:US patent</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The first film shown is Wives Beware.
September 6 – Daily Variety, a trade newspaper, is published for the first time in Hollywood.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
October 10 – John Wayne appears as Singin' Sandy Saunders in Riders of Destiny.
December 29 – Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers appear on screen together for the first time in Flying Down to Rio.
Ang Aswang, the first sound film made in the Philippines, is released.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Makata At Paraluman (The Poet and the Maiden), the first talking film in vernacular made in the Philippines, is released.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
British Film Institute founded.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
GPO Film Unit established in the United Kingdom under John Grierson, taking over responsibility for documentary film making from the Empire Marketing Board.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) once again expresses interest in The Wizard of Oz books for a series of animated shorts, but once again fail to make a deal with the estate of creator L. Frank Baum.
The Private Life of Henry VIII becomes the first British film to win an American Academy Award. Featured actor Charles Laughton wins the 1933 Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance. The film is the first British production to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
The book Upton Sinclair Presents William Fox is published, detailing what William Fox considers to be the conspiracy that forced him from control of Fox Film in 1930.

Academy Awards

Template:Main The 6th Academy Awards were held on March 16, 1934, at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. They were hosted by Will Rogers and Rogers also presented all of the awards. This was the last time that the Oscars' eligibility period was spread over two different calendar years, creating the longest time frame for which films could be nominated: the seventeen months from August 1, 1932, to December 31, 1933.

Most nominations: Cavalcade (Fox Film); A Farewell to Arms (Paramount Pictures) and Lady for a Day (Columbia Pictures) – 4

Major awards:

Best Picture: Cavalcade – Fox Film
Best Director: Frank Lloyd – Cavalcade
Best Actor: Charles Laughton – The Private Life of Henry VIII
Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn – Morning Glory

Most Awards: Cavalcade – 3 (Outstanding Production; Best Director; Best Art Direction)

1933 film releases

United States unless stated

Notable films released in 1933

United States unless stated

0-9

42nd Street, directed by Lloyd Bacon, starring Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler, Una Merkel and Dick Powell

A

Adorable, directed by William Dieterle, starring Janet Gaynor
After Tonight, directed by George Archainbaud, starring Constance Bennett and Gilbert Roland
Alice in Wonderland, directed by Norman Z. McLeod, starring Charlotte Henry, Richard Arlen, Gary Cooper, W. C. Fields, Cary Grant and Jack Oakie
Ann Vickers, directed by John Cromwell, starring Irene Dunne and Walter Huston

B

Baby Face, directed by Alfred E. Green, starring Barbara Stanwyck and George Brent
Beauty for Sale, directed by Richard Boleslawski, starring Madge Evans, Alice Brady and Una Merkel
Bed of Roses, directed by Gregory La Cava, starring Constance Bennett and Joel McCrea
A Bedtime Story, directed by Norman Taurog, starring Maurice Chevalier and Helen Twelvetrees
Berkeley Square, directed by Frank Lloyd, starring Leslie Howard
Bitter Sweet, directed by Herbert Wilcox, starring Anna Neagle – (GB)
The Bitter Tea of General Yen, directed by Frank Capra, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Nils Asther
Blood Money, directed by Rowland Brown, starring George Bancroft
Bombshell, directed by Victor Fleming, starring Jean Harlow, Lee Tracy, Frank Morgan, Franchot Tone, Pat O'Brien and Una Merkel
The Bowery, directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Wallace Beery, George Raft, Jackie Cooper and Fay Wray
Bureau of Missing Persons, directed by Roy Del Ruth, starring Bette Davis, Lewis Stone, Pat O'Brien and Glenda Farrell
By Candlelight, directed by James Whale

C

Cash, directed by Zoltan Korda, starring Robert Donat and Edmund Gwenn – (GB)
Cavalcade, directed by Frank Lloyd, starring Diana Wynyard and Clive Brook
Convention City (lost), directed by Archie Mayo, starring Joan Blondell, Adolphe Menjou, Dick Powell and Mary Astor
Counsellor at Law, directed by William Wyler, starring John Barrymore and Bebe Daniels

D

Dancing Lady, directed by Robert Z. Leonard, starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable and Franchot Tone
Daybreak (Tiānmíng), directed by Sun Yu – (China)
Deluge, directed by Felix E. Feist, starring Sidney Blackmer
The Deserter (Dezertir), directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin – (U.S.S.R.)
Design for Living, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Fredric March, Gary Cooper and Miriam Hopkins
The Devil's Brother, directed by Hal Roach, starring Laurel and Hardy
Dick Turpin, directed by Victor Hanbury, starring Victor McLaglen – (GB)
Dinner at Eight, directed by George Cukor, starring Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Lee Tracy and Billie Burke
Doctor Bull, directed by John Ford, starring Will Rogers
Don Quixote, directed by G.W. Pabst, starring Feodor Chaliapin – (France/GB)
Dora's Dunking Doughnuts, directed by Harry Edwards, starring Shirley Temple
Dragnet Girl (Hijōsen no Onna), directed by Yasujirō Ozu, starring Kinuyo Tanaka – (Japan)
Duck Soup, directed by Leo McCarey, starring the Marx Brothers

E

The Eagle and the Hawk, directed by Stuart Walker, starring Fredric March, Cary Grant, Carole Lombard and Jack Oakie
Ecstasy (Extase), directed by Gustav Machatý, starring Hedy Lamarr – (Czechoslovakia)
The Emperor Jones, directed by Dudley Murphy, starring Paul Robeson
Employees' Entrance, directed by Roy Del Ruth, starring Warren William and Loretta Young
Ever in My Heart, directed by Archie Mayo, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Otto Kruger and Ralph Bellamy
Ex-Lady, directed by Robert Florey, starring Bette Davis and Gene Raymond

F

Fast Workers, directed by Tod Browning, starring John Gilbert
The Flower of Hawaii (Die Blume von Hawaii), directed by Richard Oswald – (Germany)
Flying Down to Rio, directed by Thornton Freeland, starring Dolores del Río, Gene Raymond, Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire
Footlight Parade, directed by Lloyd Bacon, starring James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell
Friday the Thirteenth, directed by Victor Saville, starring Jessie Matthews – (GB)

G

Gabriel Over the White House, directed by Gregory La Cava, starring Walter Huston and Franchot Tone
Ganga Bruta (Brutal Gang), directed by Humberto Mauro, starring Durval Bellini and Déa Selva (Brazil)
The Ghost Camera, directed by Bernard Vorhaus, starring Ida Lupino and John Mills – (GB)
The Ghoul, directed by T. Hayes Hunter, starring Boris Karloff and Cedric Hardwicke – (GB)
Going Hollywood, directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Marion Davies, Bing Crosby and Patsy Kelly
Gold Diggers of 1933, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Warren William, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell and Ginger Rogers
The Good Companions, directed by Victor Saville, starring Jessie Matthews, Edmund Gwenn and John Gielgud – (GB)
Goodbye Again, directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Warren William and Joan Blondell

H

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum, directed by Lewis Milestone, starring Al Jolson and Frank Morgan
Hard to Handle, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring James Cagney
Heroes for Sale, directed by William A. Wellman, starring Richard Barthelmess, Aline MacMahon and Loretta Young
Hold Your Man, directed by Sam Wood, starring Jean Harlow and Clark Gable
The House on 56th Street, directed by Robert Florey, starring Kay Francis, Ricardo Cortez and Gene Raymond
The House of Dora Green (Salon Dora Green), directed by Henrik Galeen, starring Mady Christians – (Germany)
The Hymn of Leuthen (Der Choral von Leuthen), directed by Carl Froelich, starring Otto Gebühr – (Germany)

I

I Loved a Woman, directed by Alfred E. Green, starring Edward G. Robinson and Kay Francis
I'm No Angel, directed by Wesley Ruggles, starring Mae West and Cary Grant
In the Wake of the Bounty, directed by Charles Chauvel, starring Errol Flynn – (Australia)
International House, directed by A. Edward Sutherland, starring W. C. Fields, George Burns, Gracie Allen and Bela Lugosi
The Invisible Man, directed by James Whale, starring Gloria Stuart and Claude Rains
It's Great to Be Alive, directed by Alfred L. Werker, starring Gloria Stuart

K

Każdemu wolno kochać (Anybody Can Love), directed by Mieczysław Krawicz – (Poland)
The Kennel Murder Case, directed by Michael Curtiz, starring William Powell and Mary Astor
The Keyhole, directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Kay Francis, George Brent and Glenda Farrell
King Kong, directed by Merian C. Cooper, starring Fay Wray and Robert Armstrong
King of the Jungle, directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and Max Marcin, starring Buster Crabbe

L

Ladies They Talk About, directed by Howard Bretherton and William Keighley, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Lyle Talbot
Lady for a Day, directed by Frank Capra, starring Warren William, May Robson and Glenda Farrell
Lady Killer, directed by Roy Del Ruth, starring James Cagney and Mae Clarke
Laughter in Hell, directed by Edward L. Cahn, starring Pat O'Brien and Gloria Stuart
Liebelei, directed by Max Ophüls – (Germany)
Life Is a Dog (Život je pes), directed by Martin Frič, starring Hugo Haas – (Czechoslovakia)
Little Toys (Xiáo wǎnyì), directed by Sun Yu – (China)
Little Women, directed by George Cukor, starring Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett and Jean Parker
Looking Forward, directed by Clarence Brown, starring Lionel Barrymore and Lewis Stone
Lot in Sodom, directed by James Sibley Watson
Loyalties, directed by Basil Dean, starring Basil Rathbone – (GB)

M

Man's Castle, directed by Frank Borzage, starring Spencer Tracy, Loretta Young and Glenda Farrell
The Mayor of Hell, directed by Archie Mayo, starring James Cagney
Men Must Fight, directed by Edgar Selwyn, starring Diana Wynyard, Lewis Stone and Phillips Holmes
Midnight Club, directed by Alexander Hall and George Somnes, starring George Raft and Clive Brook
Midnight Mary, directed by William A. Wellman, starring Loretta Young, Ricardo Cortez, Franchot Tone and Una Merkel
The Midnight Patrol, directed by Lloyd French, starring Laurel and Hardy
Money for Speed, directed by Bernard Vorhaus, starring John Loder and Ida Lupino – (GB)
The Monkey's Paw (lost), directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack
Morning Glory, directed by Lowell Sherman, starring Katharine Hepburn, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Adolphe Menjou
Mr. Skitch, directed by James Cruze, starring Will Rogers and ZaSu Pitts
Mystery of the Wax Museum, directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray and Glenda Farrell

O

Okraina (Outskirts), directed by Boris Barnet – (U.S.S.R.)
Oliver Twist, directed by William J. Cowen, starring Dickie Moore
One Sunday Afternoon, directed by Stephen Roberts, starring Gary Cooper, Fay Wray and Neil Hamilton
Only Yesterday, directed by John M. Stahl, starring Margaret Sullavan, John Boles and Billie Burke
Our Betters, directed by George Cukor, starring Constance Bennett, Anita Louise and Gilbert Roland

P

Parachute Jumper, directed by Alfred E. Green, starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Bette Davis
Passing Fancy (Dekigokoro), directed by Yasujirō Ozu – (Japan)
Peg o' My Heart, directed by Robert Z. Leonard, starring Marion Davies
Penthouse, directed by W. S. Van Dyke, starring Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy
Perfect Understanding, directed by Cyril Gardner, starring Gloria Swanson and Laurence Olivier – (GB)
Pick-Up, directed by Marion Gering, starring Sylvia Sidney and George Raft
Picture Snatcher, directed by Lloyd Bacon, starring James Cagney and Ralph Bellamy
Pilgrimage, directed by John Ford, starring Henrietta Crosman
The Power and the Glory, directed by William K. Howard, starring Spencer Tracy and Colleen Moore
The Private Life of Henry VIII, directed by Alexander Korda, starring Charles Laughton and Merle Oberon – (GB)
The Prizefighter and the Lady, directed by W. S. Van Dyke, starring Myrna Loy, Max Baer, Primo Carnera, Jack Dempsey and Walter Huston
Professional Sweetheart, directed by William A. Seiter, starring Ginger Rogers, Norman Foster and ZaSu Pitts

Q-R

Queen Christina, directed by Rouben Mamoulian, starring Greta Garbo, John Gilbert and Lewis Stone
Refugees (Flüchtlinge), directed by Gustav Ucicky, starring Hans Albers and Käthe von Nagy – (Germany)
Roman Scandals, directed by Frank Tuttle, starring Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting and Gloria Stuart

S

S.O.S. Eisberg (S.O.S. Iceberg), directed by Arnold Fanck, starring Leni Riefenstahl – (Germany)
Secret of the Blue Room, directed by Kurt Neumann, starring Lionel Atwill, Gloria Stuart, Paul Lukas and Edward Arnold
Secrets, directed by Frank Borzage, starring Mary Pickford and Leslie Howard
She Done Him Wrong, directed by Lowell Sherman, starring Mae West, Cary Grant, Gilbert Roland and Noah Beery Sr.
She Had to Say Yes, directed by George Amy and Busby Berkeley, starring Loretta Young and Lyle Talbot
The Son of Kong, directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack, starring Robert Armstrong
Sons of the Desert, directed by William A. Seiter, starring Laurel and Hardy
A Southern Maid, directed by Harry Hughes, starring Bebe Daniels – (GB)
Spring Silkworms (Chūncán), directed by Cheng Bugao – (China)
State Fair, directed by Henry King, starring Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers and Lew Ayres
Storm at Daybreak, directed by Richard Boleslawski, starring Kay Francis, Nils Asther and Walter Huston
The Story of Temple Drake, directed by Stephen Roberts, starring Miriam Hopkins
The Stranger's Return, directed by King Vidor, starring Lionel Barrymore, Miriam Hopkins and Franchot Tone
A Study in Scarlet, directed by Edwin L. Marin, starring Reginald Owen and Anna May Wong
Supernatural, directed by Victor Halperin, starring Carole Lombard and Randolph Scott

T

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, directed by Fritz Lang, starring Rudolf Klein-Rogge and Otto Wernicke – (Germany)
This Day and Age, directed by Cecil B. Demille, starring Charles Bickford and Richard Cromwell
This Week of Grace, directed by Maurice Elvey, starring Gracie Fields – (GB)
Three-Cornered Moon, directed by Elliott Nugent, starring Claudette Colbert and Richard Arlen
Three Little Pigs, an animated short directed by Burt Gillett
Tillie and Gus, directed by Francis Martin, starring W. C. Fields and Alison Skipworth
Today We Live, directed by Howard Hawks, starring Joan Crawford, Gary Cooper, Robert Young and Franchot Tone
Tonight Is Ours, directed by Stuart Walker, starring Claudette Colbert and Fredric March
Topaze, directed by D'Abbadie D'Arrast, starring John Barrymore and Myrna Loy
Torch Singer, directed by Alexander Hall and George Somnes, starring Claudette Colbert and Ricardo Cortez
Tugboat Annie, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, Robert Young and Maureen O'Sullivan
Turn Back the Clock, directed by Edgar Selwyn, starring Lee Tracy and Mae Clarke

V-W

The Vampire Bat, directed by Frank R. Strayer, starring Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray and Melvyn Douglas
Viktor und Viktoria (Victor and Victoria), directed by Reinhold Schünzel, starring Renate Müller – (Germany)
Voltaire, directed by John G. Adolfi, starring George Arliss
The Wandering Jew, directed by Maurice Elvey, starring Conrad Veidt – (GB)
What! No Beer?, directed by Edward Sedgwick, starring Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante
When Ladies Meet, directed by Harry Beaumont, starring Ann Harding, Robert Montgomery, Myrna Loy and Frank Morgan
The White Rose, directed by Mohammed Karim, starring Mohammed Abdel Wahab – (Egypt)
Wild Boys of the Road, directed by William A. Wellman, starring Frankie Darro
The Working Man, directed by John G. Adolfi, starring George Arliss and Bette Davis
The World Changes, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Paul Muni, Aline MacMahon and Mary Astor

Y-Z

You Made Me Love You, directed by Monty Banks, starring Thelma Todd and Stanley Lupino – (GB)
Zero for Conduct (Zéro de conduite), directed by Jean Vigo – (France)

Serials

Clancy of the Mounted
Fighting with Kit Carson
Gordon of Ghost City
The Mystery Squadron
The Perils of Pauline, starring Evalyn Knapp
The Phantom of the Air
The Return of Chandu
Tarzan the Fearless, starring Buster Crabbe
The Three Musketeers, starring Jack Mulhall and John Wayne
The Whispering Shadow, starring Bela Lugosi
The Wolf Dog, starring Rin Tin Tin, Jr.

Comedy film series

Harold Lloyd (1913–1938)
Charlie Chaplin (1914–1940)
Lupino Lane (1915–1939)
Buster Keaton (1917–1944)
Laurel and Hardy (1921–1945)
- Dirty Work
Our Gang (1922–1944)
Harry Langdon (1924–1936)
Wheeler and Woolsey (1929–1937)
Marx Brothers (1929–1946)
Ted Healy and His Stooges (1933–1934)

Animated short film series

Aesop's Film Fables (1921-1933)
Krazy Kat (1925–1940)
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927–1938)
Mickey Mouse (1928–1953)
Silly Symphonies
- Birds in the Spring
- Father Noah's Ark
- Three Little Pigs
- Old King Cole
- Lullaby Land
- The Pied Piper
- The Night Before Christmas
Screen Songs (1929–1938)
Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
Flip the Frog (1930-1933)
Terrytoons (1930–1964)
Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
Scrappy (1931–1941)
Tom and Jerry (Van Beuren) (1931-1933)
Betty Boop (1932–1939)
- Betty Boop's Ker-Choo
- Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions
- Is My Palm Read?
- Betty Boop's Penthouse
- Snow White
- Betty Boop's Birthday Party
- Betty Boop's May Party
- Betty Boop's Big Boss
- Mother Goose Land
- Popeye the Sailor
- The Old Man of the Mountain
- I Heard
- Morning, Noon and Night
- Betty Boop's Hallowe'en Party
- Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
Popeye the Sailor (1933–1957)
Pooch the Pup (1932-1933)
Willie Whopper (1933–1934)
ComiColor Cartoons (1933–1936)
Cubby Bear (1933–1934)
The Little King (1933–1934)

Births

January 6 – Mark Forest, American actor and bodybuilder (d. 2022)
January 8 – Jean-Marie Straub, French director (d. 2006)
January 9
- Ken Barrie, English voice actor and singer (d. 2016)
- Ann Firbank, British actress
January 10 - Anton Rodgers, English actor (d. 2007)
January 12 – Liliana Cavani, Italian director
January 18 – John Boorman, English director
January 23 – Chita Rivera, American actress, dancer and singer (d. 2024)
January 28 – Jack Hill, American director and screenwriter
February 2 – Tony Jay, English actor, voice actor and singer (d. 2006)
February 3 – Polde Bibič, Slovenian film and stage actor and memoir writer (d. 2012)
February 9 – Ronnie Claire Edwards, American actress (d. 2016)
February 12 – Costa-Gavras, Greek-French director, screenwriter and producer
February 13
- Caroline Blakiston, English actress
- Patrick Godfrey, English actor
- Kim Novak, American actress
February 14 – Madhubala, Indian actress (d. 1969)
February 16 – Ron Faber, American actor (d. 2023)
February 18
- Yoko Ono, Japanese multimedia artist, singer and songwriter
- Željko Senečić, Croatian film, television production designer (d. 2018)
- Mary Ure, Scottish actress (d. 1975)
March 2 – Ziva Rodann, Israeli-American actress and mime artist
March 3
- John Dair, Scottish actor (d. 2005)
- Tomas Milian, Cuban actor and singer (d. 2017)
March 7 - Donald Douglas, Scottish actor
March 11 – Sandra Milo, Italian actress (d. 2024)
March 12 – Barbara Feldon, American actress
March 13 - Gloria McMillan, American actress (d. 2022)
March 14 – Michael Caine, English actor
March 19
- Renée Taylor, American actress, screenwriter, playwright, producer and director
- Richard Williams, Canadian-British animator (d. 2019)
March 22 – Richard Easton, Canadian actor (d. 2019)
March 23 – Laura Soveral, Portuguese actress (d. 2018)
March 24 - William Smith, American actor (d. 2021)
April 2 - Joseph Rigano, American character actor (d. 2014)
April 5 – Frank Gorshin, American actor and comedian (d. 2005)
April 9 – Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor (d. 2021)
April 14 – Shani Wallis, British actress and singer
April 15 – Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (d. 1995)
April 16 – Ric Mancini, American actor (d. 2006)
April 18 - Harold Innocent, English actor (d. 1993)
April 19 – Jayne Mansfield, American actress (d. 1967)
April 20 – George R. Robertson, Canadian actor (d. 2023)
April 22 – Mark Damon, American actor and producer (d. 2024)
April 26 – Carol Burnett, American actress, television host and comedian
April 29 – Willie Nelson, American musician and actor
May 10
- Francoise Fabian, French actress
- Pat Gorman, British actor (d. 2018)
May 14 - Siân Phillips, Welsh actress
May 20 – Constance Towers, American actress and singer
May 21 – Richard Libertini, American actor (d. 2016)
May 23 – Joan Collins, English actress
May 28 - Zelda Rubinstein, American actress (d. 2010)
June 1 - Antony Ponzini, American actor (d. 2002)
June 8 - Joan Rivers, American comedian, actress, producer, writer and television host (d. 2014)
June 9 - Mario Donatone, Italian actor (d. 2020)
June 11 – Gene Wilder, American actor (d. 2016)
June 20
- Danny Aiello, American actor (d. 2019)
- Brett Halsey, American actor
June 21 – Bernie Kopell, American character actor
July 6 - Sajjad Kishwar, Pakistani actor (d. 2022)
July 12 - Max Julien, American actor (d. 2022)
July 13 - Theresa Amayo, Brazilian actress (d. 2022)
July 24 – John Aniston, Greek-born American actor (d. 2022)
July 25 - Ken Swofford, American actor (d. 2018)
July 26
- Kathryn Hays, American actress (d. 2022)
- Chino 'Fats' Williams, American actor (d. 2000)
July 29
- Lou Albano, Italian-born American professional wrestler and actor (d. 2009)
- Robert Fuller, American retired actor
August 1 – Dom DeLuise, American actor and comedian (d. 2009)
August 2 – Tom Bell, English actor (d. 2006)
August 10
- Lynn Cohen, American actress (d. 2020)
- Jack Wallace, American actor (d. 2020)
August 13 - Vyjayanthimala, Indian former actress
August 16 – Julie Newmar, American actress, dancer and singer
August 18 – Roman Polanski, Polish director
August 19 – Debra Paget, American actress and entertainer
August 21 – Barry Norman, English critic (d. 2017)
August 25 – Tom Skerritt, American actor
August 28 – Philip French, English critic (d. 2015)
September 4 – Richard S. Castellano, American actor (d. 1988)
September 13 - Eugene Dynarski, American actor (d. 2020)
September 14 - Zoe Caldwell, Australian-born actress (d. 2020)
September 15 - Henry Darrow, American character actor (d. 2021)
September 17 – Pat Crowley, American actress
September 18
- Robert Blake, American actor (d. 2023)
- Fred Willard, American actor (d. 2020)
September 19 – David McCallum, British-American actor and musician (d. 2023)
September 22 - Robert Banas, American actor and dancer (d. 2024)
September 27 - Kathleen Nolan, American actress
September 28 – Robert Hogan, American actor (d. 2021)
September 29
- Franca Parisi, Italian actress
- James Villiers, English character actor (d. 1998)
September 30
- Ben Cooper, American actor (d. 2020)
- Barbara Knox, English actress
- Cissy Houston, American singer and actress (d. 2024)
October 24
- J. J. Johnston, American actor and writer (d. 2022)
- David Lloyd Meredith, English actor (d. 2008)
- Enzo Robutti, Italian actor, voice actor, comedian, playwright and writer (d. 2022)
October 25 - Peter Dennis, English actor (d. 2009)
November 3 – Jeremy Brett, English actor (d. 1995)
November 9 - Louise Troy, American actress (d. 1994)
November 13 - Karl-Otto Alberty, German actor (d. 2015)
November 17 – Terry, American performing Cairn Terrier (d. 1945)
November 19 - Larry King, American television and radio host (d. 2021)
November 21 - J. Don Ferguson, American character actor (d. 2008)
November 25 – Kathryn Crosby, American actress (d. 2024)
November 26 - Robert Goulet, American-Canadian actor and singer (d. 2007)
November 28 – Hope Lange, American actress (d. 2003)
November 30
- Patti Hale, American retired actress
- Warren Munson, American actor
December 3 - Rosalind Knight, English actress (d. 2020)
December 4
- Horst Buchholz, German actor (d. 2003)
- Wink Martindale, American radio personality, game show host and producer (d. 2025)
December 5 - Adolph Caesar, American actor (d. 1986)
December 8 - Ana Ofelia Murguía, Mexican actress (d. 2023)
December 10 - Mako, Japanese-American actor (d. 2006)
December 13 – Lou Adler, American producer
December 15 – Tim Conway, American actor and comedian (d. 2019)
December 16 – Gloria Romero, Filipina actress (d. 2025)
December 22 - Elizabeth Hubbard, American actress (d. 2023)
December 26 - Caroll Spinney, American puppeteer (d. 2019)
December 31 - Edward Bunker, American actor (d. 2005)

Deaths

January 3 – Jack Pickford, Canadian-born American actor and director (born 1896)
January 25 – Lewis J. Selznick, Ukrainian-born American producer (born 1870)
February 15 – Pat Sullivan, Australian-born American director/producer of animated films, alleged co-creator of Felix the Cat (born 1885/87)
February 23 – David Horsley, English-born American film executive (born 1873)
February 26 – Spottiswoode Aitken, American actor (born 1868)
March 8 – Alan Roscoe, American actor (born 1886)
March 23 – Francine Mussey, French actress (born 1897)
May 15 – Ernest Torrence, Scottish actor (born 1878)
June 18 – Harry Sweet, American actor and director (born 1901)
June 29 – Roscoe Arbuckle, American actor (born 1887)
June 30 – Georg Blomstedt, Swedish actor (born 1872)
August 18 – James Williamson, Scottish film developer and film director (born 1855)
August 28 – Helen Dunbar, American actress (born 1863)
September 23 – Sime Silverman, 60, American newspaper publisher, founder of Variety
September 24 – Ferdinand Bonn, German actor (born 1861)
October 5 – Renée Adorée, French actress (born 1898)
October 30 – Svend Kornbeck, Danish actor (born 1869)
December 19 – Jimmie Adams, American comedian (born 1888)
December 22 - William J. Dyer, American actor (born 1881)

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