1941 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 June
- 4.2 July to December
Events
Film Awards
Academy Awards
This year's Oscar ceremony will take place on February 27 at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt holds a greeting speech live on the radio. He is the first president to attend the Oscar ceremony.
- Best Picture: Rebecca by Alfred Hitchcock
- Best Actor: James Stewart in The Philadelphia Story
- Best Actress: Ginger Rogers in Kitty Foyle
- Best Director: John Ford for The Grapes of Wrath
- Best Supporting Actor: Walter Brennan in The Westerner
- Best Supporting Actress: Jane Darwell in The Grapes of Wrath
- Best Original Screenplay: Preston Sturges for The Great McGinty
- Best Music: Alfred Newman for Tin Pan Alley
- Honorary Award: Bob Hope
Full list of winners
Film Festival of Venice
The Venice Film Festival takes place on 30 August and 14 September.
- Best Foreign Film: Ohm Krüger by Hans Steinhoff
- Best Italian Movie: La corona di ferro by Alessandro Blasetti
- Best Actor: Ermete Zacconi
- Best Actress: Luise Ullrich in Annelie
- Best Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst for comedians
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best Film: Citizen Kane by Orson Welles
- Best Director: John Ford for Green Was My Valley
- Best Actor: Gary Cooper in Sergeant York
- Best Actress: Joan Fontaine in suspected
More movie awards and honors
- Directors Guild of America Award: Frank Capra
- National Board of Review: Citizen Kane by Orson Welles ( Best Film ), Pépé le Moko - In the dark of Algiers by Julien Duvivier ( Best Foreign Film )
Birthdays
January to March
January
- January 05: Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese animation filmmakers
- 09 January: Gary B. Kibbe, American Cinematographer
- January 09: Susannah York, British Actress
- January 11: Rainer Simon, German director
- January 14: Faye Dunaway, American actress
- JANUARY 14: Renzo Genta, Italian screenwriter
- JANUARY 21: Stathis Giallelis, Greek actor
- JANUARY 21: Mike Medavoy, American producer
- JANUARY 25: Denys Arcand, Canadian director
- JANUARY 26: Scott Glenn, American actor
- January 31: Jessica Walter, American actress
February
- February 02: John Cornell, Australian film director, screenwriter and film producer
- February 05: David Selby, American actor
- February 08: Nick Nolte, American actor
- February 09: Marianna Hill, American actress
- February 10: Michael Apted, director of British
- FEBRUARY 10: Marc Norman, American screenwriter and producer
- FEBRUARY 11: Sonny Landham, American actor
- FEBRUARY 15: Florinda Bolkan, Brazilian actress
- FEBRUARY 15: Peter Reusse, German actor and writer
- FEBRUARY 25: Feliks Falk, Polish director
- FEBRUARY 25: David Puttnam, British producer
- FEBRUARY 27: Charlotte Stewart, American actress
March
- March 02: Jon Finch, British actor
- March 04: Adrian Lyne, director of British
- March 05: Helga Sommerfeld, German actress († 1991)
- March 14: Wolfgang Petersen, German film director
- MARCH 16: Bernardo Bertolucci, the Italian director
- MARCH 28: Rolf Zacher, German actor
- MARCH 31: Ralf D. Bode, American Cinematographer ( † 2001)
April-June
April
- April 03: Eric Braeden, American actor
- 04 April: Angelica Domröse, German actress
- April 05: Hans -Werner Bussinger, German actor and voice actor († 2009)
- April 05: Michael Moriarty, American actor
- 06 April: Hans W. Geißendörfer, German director
- APRIL 14: Julie Christie, British actress
- APRIL 17: Fritz von Friedl, Austrian actor
- APRIL 20: Ryan O'Neal, American actor
- April 25: Werner Enke, German actor
- April 25: Bertrand Tavernier, French film director
- April 26: Barbet Schroeder, French film director
- APRIL 27: Peter Ensikat, German actor and screenwriter († 2013)
- April 28: Ann -Margret, Swedish actress
May
- May 08: Joachim von Vietinghoff, German producer
- MAY 13: Senta Berger, Austrian actress
- MAY 17: Grace Zabriskie, American actress
- MAY 18: Miriam Margolyes, British actress
- MAY 19: Nora Ephron, American screenwriter and director († 2012)
- MAY 28: Beth Howland, American actress
- MAY 29: David McHugh, American composer
- MAY 31: Karin Tietze -Ludwig, German television presenter and television announcer
June
- June 02: Stacy Keach, American actor
- 02 June: Ann- Monika Pleitgen, German actress
- June 02: Cécile Vassort, French actress
- 05 June: Spalding Gray, American actor († 2004)
- June 05: Barbara Brylska, Polish actress
- 07 June: Herbert Herrmann, Swiss actor
- 08 June: Jörg Herrmann, German producer and filmmaker silhouette
- JUNE 10: Mickey Jones, American actor
- JUNE 10: Jürgen Prochnow, German actor
- JUNE 11: Helmut Krauss, German actor, dubbing director and voice actor
- June 12: Hélène Chanel, French actress
- JUNE 13: Esther Ofarim, Israeli actress and singer
- June 16: Micaela Kreißler, German actress and voice actress
- June 18: María Teresa Campos, Spanish TV presenter
- June 18: Elizabeth Franz, American actress
- June 19: Irina Petrescu, Romanian actress († 2013)
- JUNE 20: Stephen Frears, British director
- 20 June: Dieter Mann, German actor
- 21 June: Valery Sergeevich Zolotukhin, Soviet - Russian actor
- 21 June: Heinz Trixner, Austrian actor
- June 22: Michael Lerner, American actor
- June 22: Sissy Löwinger, Austrian actress and director († 2011)
- JUNE 25: Denys Arcand, Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer
- June 25: Jutta Brückner, German film director
- JUNE 25: Joachim regulations Lien, German actor
- June 26: Hiro Narita, Japanese- American cinematographer
- JUNE 27: Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish director († 1996)
- June 29: Gisela None, German actress
- June 30: Otto Sander, German actor
July to September
July
- July 02: Jochen Bludau, German actor and producer
- July 03: Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Indian film director, screenwriter and producer
- July 04: Johnny Lion, a Dutch singer and actor
- 05 July: Barbara Frischmuth, Austrian screenwriter
- July 08: Wilfried Klaus, German actor
- 09 July: Joseph Shiloach, Israeli actor († 2011)
- July 13: Affonso Beato, Brazilian cameraman
- July 13: Jacques Perrin, French actor
- July 14: Günter Junghans, German actor
- July 14: Robert Pine, American actor
- July 15: Geoffrey Burgon, British composer († 2010)
- July 15: Peter Moebius, German film director and screenwriter
- JULY 17: Juergen Flimm, German actor and director
- JULY 17: Ivan Sharrock, British engineer
- JULY 19: Peter Hajek, Austrian director and screenwriter
- JULY 20: Marie Pillet, French actress († 2009)
- JULY 20: Kurt Raab, German actor and screenwriter († 1988)
- JULY 21: Joachim Siebenschuh, German voice actor and actor
- JULY 25: Rainer Rudolph, German actor
- JULY 25: Raúl Ruiz, Chilean- French film director and screenwriter († 2011)
- JULY 25: Peter Suschitzky, British director
- July 29: May Spils, German film director
- JULY 30: Rosa Maria Sardà, Spanish actress
August
- August 01: Nathalie Delon, French actress and director
- August 02: Fabio Testi, Italian actor
- 05 August: Élisabeth Guignot, French actress
- August 16th: María Silva, Spanish actress
- August 17: Fritz Wepper, German actor
- AUGUST 18: Christopher Jones, American actor († 2014)
- AUGUST 21: György Vukan, Hungarian composer († 2013)
September
- 08 September: Christopher Connelly, American actor († 1988)
- SEPTEMBER 16: Jim McBride, American film director
- SEPTEMBER 19: Gérard Corbiau, Belgian director
- SEPTEMBER 19: Markus Imhoof, Swiss director
- SEPTEMBER 19: Mariangela melatonin, Italian actress († 2013)
- September 22: José Luis García Sánchez, Spanish director and screenwriter
- SEPTEMBER 24: Alexander Lang, German film director and actor
- SEPTEMBER 24: Michael Wadleigh, American film director and cinematographer
- September 26: Martine Beswick, Jamaican actress
- September 26: Vadim Glowna, German actor and director († 2012)
- September 26: Karin Gregorek, German actress
- September 27: Georg Maier, German actor
- September 28: Nero Brandenburg, German presenter, singer and actor
- September 29: Werner Pochath, Austrian actor († 1993)
- September 30: Pavel fever, German - Austrian actor
October to December
October
- October 03: Ruggero Raimondi, Italian singer and actor
- October 04: Robert Wilson, American director
- October 05: Kurt Rittig, German screenwriter and producer
- October 06: Winston Ntshona, South African actor
- 09 October: Klaus Rott, Austrian actor and director
- October 10: Peter Coyote, American actor
- October 10: Gert Voss, German actor
- October 11: Charles Shyer, American screenwriter and director
- October 14: Livia Giampalmo, Italian actress, voice actress and director
- October 14: Lee Lawson, American actress
- OCTOBER 15: Heide Keller, German actress
- October 16: Hans Gratzer, Austrian actor and director († 2005)
- October 16: Dieter O. Holzinger, the Austrian writer and director († 2006)
- OCTOBER 19: Jo Bolling, German actor
- OCTOBER 19: Simon Ward, British actor († 2012)
- OCTOBER 20: Stewart Parker, Northern Irish dramatist and screenwriter († 1988)
- October 22: Max Apple, American screenwriter and producer
- October 23: Knut Hinz, German actor
- October 25: Helen Reddy, Australian singer and actress
- October 25: Gordon Tootoosis, Canadian actor († 2011)
- October 25: Anne Tyler, American writer
- OCTOBER 26: Uwe Günzler, German presenter and producer ( † 2008)
- OCTOBER 26: Jiří Křižan, Czech screenwriter († 2010)
- OCTOBER 26: Peter Przygodda, German editor and director († 2011)
- OCTOBER 26: Wolfgang digit, German voice actor and actor
- October 28: Rosemary Nicols, British actress
- October 30: Otis Williams, American singer and producer
- OCTOBER 31: Sally Kirkland, American actress and producer
November
- November 01: Robert Foxworth, American actor
- November 02: Rüdiger Sander, German actor
- November 02: Mario Trevi, Italian singer and actor
- 05 November: Art Garfunkel, American singer and actor
- November 14: Dickie Jobson, Jamaican director and talent agent († 2008)
- November 14: Werner Zeussel, German actor († 2009)
- NOVEMBER 17: David Warbeck, New Zealand actor
- NOVEMBER 19: Dan Haggerty, American actor
- November 21: John Hough, director of British
- November 21: Juliet Mills, British actress
- November 22: Tom Conti, British actor
- November 23: Regine Kühn, German screenwriter
- November 23: Franco Nero, Italian actor
- November 24: Pino Donaggio, Italian composer
- November 24: Emil Hossu, Romanian actor († 2012)
- November 28: Laura Antonelli, Italian actress
- November 28: Mady Saks, Dutch director († 2006)
December
- December 03: Mary Alice, American actress
- 09 December: Beau Bridges, American actor
- December 10: Fionnula Flanagan, Irish- American actress
- December 10: Tommy Kirk, American actor
- December 12: Giovanna Gagliardo, Italian director and screenwriter
- DECEMBER 26: Daniel Schmid, Swiss director
- December 31: Sean S. Cunningham, American film director
- December 31: Sarah Miles, British actress
Day unknown
- Hans -Peter Bögel, German actor and spokesman
- Jake Eberts, Canadian film producer († 2012)
- Ian Mune, New Zealand actor and director
Deceased
January to June
- 09 February: Bruno Ziener, German actor and director (* 1870)
- March 07: Igo Sym, Austro- Polish actor (* 1896)
- APRIL 21: Arthur Kraußneck, German actor (* 1856)
- APRIL 30: Edwin S. Porter, American film pioneer (* 1870)
- June 26: Otto Kanturek, Austrian cameraman and director (* 1897)
- JUNE 28: Richard Carle, American actor (* 1871)
- June 29: Rolf Randolf, Austrian actor and filmmaker ( b. 1878 )
- June 29: Guido Thielscher, German actor (* 1859)
July to December
- 08 July: Agnes Straub, German actress (* 1890)
- July 15: Walter Ruttmann, German director (* 1887)
- JULY 29: James Stephenson, American actor (* 1889)
- August 02: Marie Luise Claudius, German actress (* 1912)
- 13 August: James Stuart Blackton, American animated film pioneer (* 1875)
- 02 October: Aribert Mog, German actor (* 1904)
- 06 October: Gyula Kabos, Hungarian actor (* 1887)
- 09 October: Helen Morgan, American singer and actress ( born 1900 )
- OCTOBER 26: Victor Schertzinger, American composer and director (* 1890)
- OCTOBER 27: Hans Schaufuß, German actor ( born 1918 )
- November 06: Joachim Gottschalk, German actor (* 1904)
- December 05: Oscar German, British cinema operator (* 1893)