1942 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
- 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 26 at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. Due to the entry of the United States into the Second World War, the ceremony takes place in the context of a less elaborate dinners.
- Best Picture: Green Was My Valley by John Ford
- Best Actor: Gary Cooper in Sergeant York
- Best Actress: Joan Fontaine in suspected
- Best Director: John Ford for Green Was My Valley
- Best Supporting Actor: Donald Crisp in Green Was My Valley
- Best Supporting Actress: Mary Astor in The Great Lie
- Best Original Screenplay: Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles for Citizen Kane
- Best Song: Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein for The Last Time I Saw Paris in Lady Be Good
- Best Music: Bernard Herrmann for The Devil and Daniel Webster
- Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Walt Disney
Full list of winners
Film Festival of Venice
The Venice Film Festival takes place from September 5 from 30 August. The jury chose the following winners from:
- Best Foreign Film: The Great King of Veit Harlan
- Best Italian movie: Benghazi by Augusto Genina
- Best Actor: Fosco Giachetti in Benghazi
- Best Actress: Kristina Söderbaum in The Golden City
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best Picture: In Which We Serve by Noël Coward and David Lean
- Best Director: John Farrow for Wake Iceland
- Best Actor: James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy
- Best Actress: Agnes Moorehead in The Magnificent Ambersons
More movie awards and honors
- National Board of Review: In Which We Serve by Noël Coward and David Lean
Birthdays
January to March
January
- 01 January: Suzy Kendall, British actress
- January 01: Francis Reusser, Swiss director
- January 05: Cliff Potts, American actor
- 08 January: Yvette Mimieux, American actress
- January 10: Walter Hill, American film director and screenwriter
- JANUARY 17: Nancy Parsons, American actress († 2001)
- JANUARY 14: Michael Gwisdek, German actor
- January 27: Stewart Raffill, American film director and screenwriter
- January 27: John Witherspoon, American actor
- January 31: Daniela Bianchi, Italian actress
- January 31: Derek Jarman, British director
February
- February 02: Bo Hopkins, American actor
- February 08: Robert Klein, American actor
- February 09: Kirsten Thorup, Danish screenwriter
- February 13: Carol Lynley, American actress
- FEBRUARY 14: Andrew Robinson, American actor
- FEBRUARY 17: Heinrich Breloer, German director
- FEBRUARY 20: Claude Miller, French film director († 2012)
- FEBRUARY 21: Margarethe von Trotta, German film director
- FEBRUARY 24: Jenny O'Hara, American actress
- FEBRUARY 25: Karen Grassle, American actress
- February 26: Wolf Gremm, German director
March
- March 01: Dennis Lipscomb, American actor
- March 02: John Irving, American writer
- 06 March: Norbert Schwientek, German actor († 2011)
- March 07: Phil Parmet, American Cinematographer
- March 21: Françoise Dorléac, French actress
- MARCH 23: Michael Haneke, German -Austrian director
- MARCH 27: Michael York, British actor
- MARCH 28: Mike Newell, director of British
- MARCH 29: Scott Wilson, American actor
- March 30: Kenneth Welsh, Canadian actor
April-June
April
- April 03: Marsha Mason, American actress
- April 03: Marek Perepeczko, Polish actor († 2005)
- April 03: Catherine Spaak, Belgian actress
- April 05: Peter Greenaway, British director
- April 06: Barry Levinson, American film director
- April 08: Douglas Trumbull, American film director
- 09 April: Ida Galli, Italian actress
- APRIL 10: Earth kiral, Turkish director
- 11 April: Poul Glargaard, Danish actor († 2011)
- April 13: Bill Conti, American composer
- APRIL 14: Stuart Craig, British Designer
- APRIL 14: Robert Dalva, American Cutter
- APRIL 17: David Bradley, British actor
- APRIL 23: Sandra Dee, American actress († 2005)
- April 23: Sheila Gish, British actress
- APRIL 24: Barbra Streisand, American actress and director
- April 26: Claudine Auger, French actress
May
- May 02: Wojciech Pszoniak, Polish actor
- 05 May: Marc Alaimo, American actor
- May 13: Roger Young, American film director
- MAY 14: Rüdiger Vogler, German actor
- MAY 22: Barbara Parkins, Canadian actress
- May 30: Gerhard Olschewski, German actor
June
- 01 June: Tom Mankiewicz, American screenwriter
- June 06: Ulrike Ottinger, German film director
- June 14: Allen Daviau, American Cinematographer
- JUNE 18: Roger Ebert, American film critic († 2013)
- June 19: Solveig Müller, German actress
- June 23: Jörg Pleva, German actor and voice actor († 2013)
- 24 June: Gernot end man, German actor
- JUNE 25: Manolo Otero, Spanish actor († 2011)
- JUNE 27: Jérôme Savary, French film director, writer and actor († 2013)
July to September
July
- July 01: Geneviève Bujold, Canadian actress
- 07 July: Rosel Zech, German actress († 2011)
- 09 July: Richard Roundtree, American actor
- July 12: Tam White, Scottish actor and musician († 2010)
- July 13: Harrison Ford, American actor
- July 17: France Anglade, French actress
- JULY 17: Michael Seresin, New Zealand cameraman
- July 21: Véronique Vendell, French actress
- JULY 24: Chris Sarandon, American actor
- JULY 26: Hannelore Elsner, German actress
- JULY 29: Tony Sirico, American actor
August
- August 01: Giancarlo Giannini, Italian actor
- 07 August: Tobin Bell, American actor
- 09 August: Miguel Littin, Chilean director
- August 10: John Bailey, American Cinematographer
- August 17: Roshan Seth, British- Indian actor
- AUGUST 18: Sabine Sinjen, German actress († 1995)
- August 20: Isaac Hayes, American composer and actor († 2008)
- August 25: Margarita Borisovna Terekhova, Russian actress
- AUGUST 29: John Gottfried, German actor
- August 31: George Kuchar, American film director († 2011)
September
- September 05: Werner Herzog, German film director, producer and actor
- September 11: Gerome Ragni, American actor († 1991)
- September 17: Lupe Ontiveros, American actress († 2012)
- September 19: David Alexander Hess, American composer, producer and actor († 2011)
- September 28: Pierre Clémenti, French actor and director († 1999)
- September 29: Madeline Kahn, American actress († 1999)
- SEPTEMBER 29: Ian McShane, British actor
October to December
October
- October 02: Manfred Zapatka, German actor
- 04 October: Irm Hermann, German actress
- 05 October: John Seale, Australian cameraman
- 06 October: Britt Ekland, Swedish actress
- October 10: Bruce Ricker, American documentary filmmaker († 2011)
- October 11: Amitabh Bachchan, Indian actor
- OCTOBER 12: Daliah Lavi, Israeli actress and singer
- OCTOBER 13: Pamela Tiffin, American actress
- OCTOBER 15: Penny Marshall, American director
- OCTOBER 20: Earl Hindman, American actor († 2003)
- October 22: Annette Funicello, American actress
- OCTOBER 23: Michael Crichton, American author († 2008)
- October 26: Bob Hoskins, British actor
- October 30: Alan Rachins, American actor
- October 31: David Ogden Stiers, American actor
November
- November 01: Marcia Wallace, American actress and voice actress († 2013)
- November 02: Stefanie Powers, American actress
- 08 November: Margaret Ladd, American actress
- 09 November: Gianni Brezza, the Italian actor and director († 2011)
- November 11: Rolf Schubel, German director
- November 12 Dieter Wedel, German director
- NOVEMBER 17: Martin Scorsese, American film director
- November 18: Linda Evans, American actress
- November 24: Billy Connolly, British actor
- November 25: Rosa von Praunheim, German director
- November 30: Emely Reuer, German actress and voice actress († 1981)
December
Deceased
January to June
- January 06: Tina Modotti, Italian photographer (* 1896)
- January 11: Barney McGill, American cinematographer (* 1890)
- January 16: Carole Lombard, American actress ( b. 1908 )
- JANUARY 22: Emmy Wyda, German actress (* 1876)
- FEBRUARY 22: Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (* 1881)
- FEBRUARY 23: Robert Katscher, Austrian lyricist and composer (* 1894)
- FEBRUARY 25: Sidney D. Mitchell, American lyricist and composer (* 1888)
- March 22: Alexander Volkov, Russian director (* 1885)
- 01 June: Edwin C. Hahn, American film technician ( * 1888)
- JUNE 10: Fritz Hirsch, German actor (* 1888)
July to December
- JULY 20: Germaine Dulac, French director (* 1882)
- JULY 25: Georges Berr, French screenwriter and director (* 1867)
- 01 August: Herbert Selpin, German director and screenwriter (* 1902)
- August 03: James Cruze, American actor and director (* 1884)
- August 12: Phillips Holmes, Canadian-American actor (* 1907)
- August 14: Hans Behrendt, German director (* 1889)
- August 23: Alfred Rosenthal, German film journalist and lobbyist (* 1888)
- AUGUST 27: Walter Steinbeck, German actor ( b. 1878 )
- AUGUST 29: John Gottowt, German actor (* 1881)
- October 20: May Robson, Australian actress (* 1858)
- OCTOBER 27: Brenda Fowler, American actress (* 1883)
- October 28: Ferdinand Exl, Austrian actor (* 1875)
- 09 November: Edna May Oliver, American actress (* 1883)
- NOVEMBER 12: Laura Hope Crews, American actress (* 1879)
- November 14: Sidney Fox, American actress (* 1907)
- November 16: Joseph Schmidt, German tenor and actor (* 1904)