1945 in film
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- 3.1 January to March
- 3.2 from April to June
- 3.3 July to September
- 3.4 October to December
- 3.5 day unknown
- 4.1 January to March
- 4.2 from April to June
- 4.3 July to September
- 4.4 October to December
Events
- September 27: Premiere of Rome, Open City (directed by Roberto Rossellini ). With this film, the Italian neo-realism experienced his breakthrough.
Film Awards
Golden Globe Award
- Best Drama: The Road to Happiness by Leo McCarey
- Best Actor: Alexander Knox in Wilson
- Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman in The Gaslight
- Best Supporting Actor: Barry Fitzgerald in Going My Way
- Best Supporting Actress: Agnes Moorehead in Mrs. Parkington
- Best Director: Leo McCarey for Going My Way
Academy Awards
In Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles will be held the Oscar ceremony on March 15. Moderators are John Cromwell and Bob Hope.
- Best Film: The Road to Happiness by Leo McCarey
- Best Actor: Bing Crosby in Going My Way
- Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman in The Gaslight
- Best Director: Leo McCarey for Going My Way
- Best Supporting Actor: Barry Fitzgerald in Going My Way
- Best Supporting Actress: Ethel Barrymore in None But the Lonely Heart
- Best Music: Max Steiner for Since You Went Away
- Juvenile Award: Margaret O'Brien
Full list of winners
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best Picture: The Lost Weekend Billy Wilder
- Best Director: Billy Wilder for The Lost Weekend
- Best Actor: Ray Milland in The Lost Weekend
- Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman in The Bells of St. Mary and Spellbound
More movie awards and honors
- Directors Guild of America Award: Maurice Tourneur
- Louis- Delluc Prize: Hope by André Malraux and Boris Peskine
- National Board of Review: The True Glory by Garson Kanin ( Best Film ), The Man from the South of Jean Renoir ( Best Director ), Ray Milland in The Lost Weekend ( Best Actor ), Joan Crawford in Mildred Pierce ( Best Actress )
- Photoplay Award: The decision by Tay Garnett ( Best Film ), Bing Crosby ( most popular male star ), Greer Garson ( most popular female star )
Birthdays
January to March
January
- 05 January: Roger Spottiswoode, director of Canadian
- January 11: Christine Kaufmann, Austrian actress
- JANUARY 13: Christian Berger, Austrian cinematographer and director
- January 20: Gianni Amelio, Italian director
- JANUARY 25: Sławomir Idziak, Polish cameraman
- JANUARY 25: Leigh Taylor -Young, American actress
- JANUARY 28: Marthe Keller, Swiss actress
- JANUARY 29: Tom Selleck, American actor
February
- February 02: Robert Atzorn, German actor
- February 06: Michael Tucker, American actor
- 07 February: Lauren Frost, American actress
- 07 February: Pete Postlethwaite, British actor († 2011)
- February 09: Mia Farrow, American actress
- FEBRUARY 11: Harley Cokeliss, American film director and screenwriter
- FEBRUARY 12: Maud Adams, Swedish actress
- FEBRUARY 17: Brenda Fricker, Irish actress
- FEBRUARY 17: Calvin Young, American actor
- FEBRUARY 19: Michael Nader, American actor
- February 20: Andrew Bergman, American film director and screenwriter
- FEBRUARY 24: Mikael Salomon, American film director and cinematographer
- FEBRUARY 27: Daniel Olbrychski, Polish actor
- February 28: Mimsy Farmer, American actress
- FEBRUARY 28: Bubba Smith, American actor († 2011)
March
- March 01: Dirk Benedict, American actor
- March 03: Hattie Winston, American actress
- March 04: Femi Benussi, Italian actress
- March 07: John Heard, American actor
- March 08: Bruce Broughton, American composer
- March 10: Katharine Houghton, American actress
- MARCH 11: Tricia O'Neil, American actress
- MARCH 12: Jim Sharman, Australian director
- March 14: Komaki Kurihara, Japanese actress
- MARCH 18: Susan Tyrrell, American actress († 2012)
- MARCH 22: Eric Roth, American screenwriter
- MARCH 24: Curtis Hanson, American film director
- MARCH 28: Carol Rubin, U.S. producer († 2001)
- MARCH 31: Valerie Curtin, American actress and screenwriter
April-June
April
- April 02: Linda Hunt, American actress
- April 11: Angela Scoular, British actress († 2011)
- APRIL 20: Michael Brandon, American actor
- April 25: Geriet Schieske, German director, actor and author
- April 26: Winfried Glatzeder, German actor
May
June
- June 06: David Dukes, American actor († 2000)
- June 08: Jack Sholder, American film director and screenwriter
- June 11: Adrienne Barbeau, American actress
- June 22: Tom Sherak, American producer and functionary († 2014)
- June 29: Andrea Jonasson, German actress
July to September
July
August
- August 02: Joanna Cassidy, American actress
- 05 August: Loni Anderson, American actress
- 07 August: Caroline Cellier, French actress
- August 14: Steve Martin, American actor
- August 14: Wim Wenders, German film director
- August 15: Nigel Terry, British actor
- August 16: Bob Balaban, American actor
- AUGUST 21: Patty McCormack, American actress
- August 23: Carmen - Maja Antoni, German actress
- August 24: Ronee Blakley, American country music singer and actress
- August 27: Marianne Sägebrecht, German actress
- AUGUST 28: Robert Greenwald, American film director and producer
- AUGUST 29: Harry S. Morgan, German director and producer († 2011)
September
- September 04: Philippe Rousselot, a French cameraman
- 08 September: Willard Huyck, American film director and screenwriter
- September 11: Felton Perry, American actor
- September 12: Maria Aitken, Irish actress
- September 14: Jerzy Zelnik, Polish actor
- SEPTEMBER 15: Carmen Maura, Spanish actress
- SEPTEMBER 15: Ron Shelton, American screenwriter and director
- SEPTEMBER 17: Bruce Spence, Australian actor
- SEPTEMBER 21: Jerry Bruckheimer, American producer
- September 22: Paul Le Mat, American actor
- SEPTEMBER 23: Paul Petersen, American actor
- SEPTEMBER 24: Catherine Burns, American actress
- September 26: Ariel Zeitoun, French producer
October to December
October
- October 01: Patty Shepard, American actress († 2013)
- October 19: John Lithgow, American actor
- OCTOBER 21: Everett McGill, American actor
- OCTOBER 21: Nikita Mikhalkov, Russian actor and director
- October 25: Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Polish Writer
- October 25: David S. Ward, American screenwriter and director
- October 31: Brian Doyle - Murray, American actor
November
- 08 November: Angela Scoular, British actress († 2011)
- NOVEMBER 10: Terence Davies, British director
- November 14: Paul Hirsch, American Cutter
- NOVEMBER 15: Roger Donaldson, director of New Zealand
- November 15: Bob Gunton, American actor
- November 16: Steve Railsback, American actor
- NOVEMBER 17: Roland Joffé, a British director
- NOVEMBER 26: Daniel Davis, American actor
December
- December 01: Bette Midler, American actress and singer
- 02 December: Lisa Kreuzer, German actress
- 05 December: Howard E. Smith, American Cutter
- December 06: Shekhar Kapur, Indian director and actor
- 06 December: James Naughton, American actor
- 07 December: WD Richter, American screenwriter
- 09 December: Andrew Birkin, British director
- December 09: Michael Nouri, American actor
- December 17: Ernie Hudson, American actor
- December 21: Dietmar Mues, German actor and screenwriter
- December 24: Nicholas Meyer, American screenwriter and director
- December 25: Rick Berman, American producer
- December 27: Mark Johnson, American producer
- DECEMBER 30: Lloyd Kaufman, American producer, director and actor
- December 30: Concetta Tomei, American actress
- December 31: Barbara Carrera, American actress
Day unknown
- Mario Garbetta, an Italian producer, screenwriter, director and actor
Deceased
January to March
- 07 February: Max Bing, German actor (* 1885)
- March 04: Lucille La Verne, American actress (* 1872)
- 04 March: Mark Sandrich, American film director ( born 1900 )
- March 14: Alexander Granach, German actor (* 1890)
- March 15: Henry Victor, British- American actor (* 1892)
April-June
- 08 April: Roland Betsch, German author and playwright (* 1888)
- 08 April: Lizzi forest Müller, Austrian actress (* 1904)
- APRIL 12: Emil Stepanek, an Austrian art director ( * 1895)
- APRIL 20: Hans Steinhoff, German director (* 1882)
- APRIL 27: Ernst Hofmann, German actor (* 1890)
- APRIL 28: Harry Liedtke, German actor (* 1882)
- APRIL 29: Hans Brausewetter, German actor (* 1899)
- APRIL 30: Werner Sharp, German actor (* 1906)
- APRIL 30: Hans Adalbert Schlettow, German actor (* 1888)
- May 04: Karl Dannemann, German actor (* 1896)
- MAY 17: Bobby Hutchins, American actor ( b. 1925 )
July to September
- 09 August: Yakov Protasanow, Russian director (* 1881)
- September 03: Artur Guttmann, Austrian composer (* 1891)
- September 26: Alexander Chanschonkow, Russian film pioneer (* 1877)
October to December
- 08 December: Adolphe Engers, Dutch actor (* 1884)
- December 13: Leopold Jessner, German film director ( b. 1878 )
- December 15: Carl Haacker, German Designer (* 1890)