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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

June 29: Eight of the Hollywood Ten, who had refused to testify before the Committee on Un-American Activities because she thought it would be unconstitutional to be sentenced before U.S. courts.

Film Awards

Golden Globe Award

On 23 February, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, the Golden Globes, to be awarded:

Best Drama: The man who wanted to rule by Robert Rossen
Best Actor: Broderick Crawford in The man who wanted to rule
Best Actress: Olivia de Havilland in The Heiress
Best Supporting Actor: James Whitmore in Kesselschlacht
Best Supporting Actress: Mercedes McCambridge in The man who wanted to rule
Best Director: Robert Rossen for the man who wanted to rule
Best Foreign Film: The Bicycle Thief by Vittorio De Sica

Academy Awards

The Oscar ceremony will take place on 23 March at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles. Moderator is the actor Paul Douglas.

Best Film: The man who wanted to rule by Robert Rossen
Best Actor: Broderick Crawford in The man who wanted to rule
Best Actress: Olivia de Havilland in The Heiress
Best Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz for A Letter and three women
Best Supporting Actor: Dean Jagger in The commander
Best Supporting Actress: Mercedes McCambridge in The man who wanted to rule
Best Music: Aaron Copland for The heiress

Full list of winners

Film Festival of Venice

The Venice Film Festival takes place from 10 September from August 20th. The jury selected the following winners:

Golden Lion: Circuit Court of André Cayatte
Best Actor: Sam Jaffe in The Asphalt Jungle
Best Actress: Eleanor Parker in Women's Prison

New York Film Critics Circle Award

Best Picture: All About Eve by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Best Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz for All About Eve
Best Actor: Gregory Peck in The commander
Best Actress: Bette Davis in All About Eve
Best Foreign Film: Amore by Roberto Rossellini

National Board of Review

Best Picture: Sunset Boulevard by Billy Wilder
Best Director: John Huston for The Asphalt Jungle
Best Actor: Alec Guinness obliged in nobility
Best Actress: Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard

More movie awards and honors

Directors Guild of America Award: Robert Rossen for the man who wanted to rule
British Film Academy Award: Bicycle Thieves by Vittorio de Sica
Louis- Delluc price: Diary of a Country Priest by Robert Bresson
Photoplay Award: battle of encirclement by William A. Wellman ( Best Picture ), John Wayne ( most popular male star ), Betty Hutton ( most popular female star )
Writers Guild of America Award: Today ' let's go strolling ( Best Musical ), The man who wanted to rule ( Best Drama ), mistress of the dead city ( Best Western), A Letter to Three Wives ( Best Comedy )

Birthdays

January to March

January

February

February 02: Barbara Sukowa, German actress
03 February: Morgan Fairchild, American actress
FEBRUARY 12: Michael Ironside, Canadian actor
FEBRUARY 18: John Hughes, American film director, screenwriter and producer ( † 2009)
FEBRUARY 18: Cybill Shepherd, American actress
February 22: Miou Miou -, French actress
FEBRUARY 22: Julie Walters, British actress
FEBRUARY 25: Neil Jordan, Irish film director
FEBRUARY 26: Don Shanks, American actor

March

March 01: Phil Alden Robinson, American film director
March 03: Tim Kazurinsky, American actor
March 03: Laura Ziskin, U.S. producer († 2011)
06 March: Werner Winkler, German author, director and actor
MARCH 11: Jerry Zucker, American film director, screenwriter and producer
MARCH 12: Jon Provost, American actor
March 13: William H. Macy, American actor
MARCH 16: Kate Nelligan, Canadian actress
MARCH 16: Susanne Scholl, German actress
MARCH 18: Brad Dourif, American actor
MARCH 18: Jim Knobeloch, American actor
MARCH 18: Eiji Okuda, Japanese actor and director
20 March: William Hurt, American actor
MARCH 20: Tom Towles, American actor
MARCH 22: Hugo Egon Balder, German actor and producer
MARCH 22: Goran Bregović, Bosnian composer
March 22: Mary Tamm, British actress († 2012)
March 30: Robbie Coltrane, British actor

April-June

April

02 April: Allan Corduner, British actor
02 April: Olga Strub, Swiss- German actress
04 April: Christine Lahti, American actress
April 05: Miki Manojlovic, Serbian actor
April 13: Ron Perlman, American actor
April 13: William Sadler, American actor
April 15: Josiane Balasko, French actress, director and screenwriter
April 15: Amy Wright, American actress
April 22: Robert Elswit, American Cinematographer
April 25: Peter Jurasik, American actor
April 26: Piotr Szulkin, Polish director
APRIL 29: Phillip Noyce, Australian director

May

01 May: John Diehl, American actor
May 01: Dann Florek, American actor
MAY 12: Bruce Boxleitner, American actor
MAY 12: Gabriel Byrne, Irish actor
MAY 13: Joe Johnston, American film director
MAY 25: Reverend Billy, American actor
MAY 31: Gregory Harrison, American actor

June

01 June: John M. Jackson, American actor
June 02: Joanna Gleason, Canadian actress
June 03: Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter
June 05: Daniel von Bargen, American actor
June 06: Chantal Akerman, Belgian director
June 08: Kathy Baker, American actress
June 08: Sonia Braga, Brazilian actress
June 16: Kale Browne, American actor
June 17: Lee Tamahori, the New Zealand director
20 June: Gudrun Landgrebe, German actress
24 June: Nancy Allen, American actress
24 June: Asger Reher, Danish actor
June 26: Michael Paul Chan, American actor
JUNE 27: Ken Marshall, American actor

July to September

July

July 01: Elke Aberle, German actress
07 July: Vaughn Armstrong, American actor
08 July: Mary Ellen Trainor, American actress
July 11: Bruce McGill, American actor
July 17: PJ Soles, American actress
JULY 19: Simon Cadell, English actor († 1996)
JULY 20: Naseeruddin Shah, Indian actor
July 26th: Susan George, British actress
July 27: Simon Jones, British actor
JULY 29: Mike Starr, American actor
JULY 30: Gabriele Salvatores, Italian director
JULY 30: Frank Stallone, American actor
JULY 31: Richard Berry, French actor

August

01 August: Loles León, Spanish actress
August 02: Mathieu Carrière, German actor
August 03: John Landis, American film director
06 August: Dorian Harewood, American actor
07 August: Mark Irwin, Canadian cameraman
09 August: Anémone, French actress
August 11: Elya Baskin, American actor
August 12: Jim Beaver, American actor
August 12: Iris Berben, German actress
13 August: Krzysztof Kolberger, Polish actor († 2011)
13 August: Katsumi Yanagishima, Japanese cameraman
August 14: Jim Wynorski, American film director
August 15: Tess Harper, American actress
August 17: Christian Kohlund, Swiss actor
August 20: Skip O'Brien, American actor († 2011)

September

07 September: Julie Kavner, American actress
08 September: Léa Pool, Swiss -Canadian director
September 11: Amy Madigan, American actress
September 12: Bruce Mahler, American actor
September 14: Howard Deutch, American film director
September 16: Susan Ruttan, American actress
September 18: Shabana Azmi, Indian actress
SEPTEMBER 21: Bill Murray, American actor
September 22: Max Färberböck, German director
September 27: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, American actor and producer
September 28: John Sayles, American director and screenwriter
September 28: Peter Timm, German director
September 30: Victoria Tennant, British actress

October to December

October

October 01: Jeane Manson, American actress
October 01: Natalia Nogulich, American actress
October 01: Randy Quaid, American actor
October 01: Marco Tullio Giordana, Italian director and screenwriter
October 03: Pamela Hensley, American actress and author
October 04: Alan Rosenberg, American actor
October 05: Jeff Conaway, American actor († 2011)
October 09: Gary Frank, American actor
October 11: Amos Gitai, Israeli director
October 12: Susan Anton, American actress
October 13: John Copeland, American producer, screenwriter and director
OCTOBER 18: Marek Kondrat, Polish actor
OCTOBER 18: Om Puri, Indian actor
October 20: William Russ, American actor
OCTOBER 21: David Lascelles, 8th Earl of Harewood, British producer
October 31: John Candy, Canadian actor

November

04 November: Markie Post, American actress
NOVEMBER 10: Jack Scalia, American actor
NOVEMBER 12: Carla Becker, German actress
November 18: Ferenc Cakó, Hungarian animation artists
November 28: Ed Harris, American actor
November 30: Mary Lambert, American director

December

02 December: Ursela Monn, German actress
December 08: Rick Baker, American makeup artist
December 09: Russell Carpenter, American Cinematographer
09 December: Wolfgang Fierek, German actor
DECEMBER 16: Peter van Norden, American actor
December 18: Gillian Armstrong, Australian director
DECEMBER 21: Jeffrey Katzenberg, American producer
DECEMBER 29: Jon Polito, American actor

Day unknown

Gaby Fuchs, Austrian actress
Guillermo Navarro, Mexican cinematographer
Claude Santiago, French documentary filmmaker († 2012)
Viola Sauer, German actress and voice actress

Deceased

January to June

January 03: Emil Jannings, German actor (* 1884)
JANUARY 12: John M. Stahl, American film director (* 1886)
JANUARY 22: Alan Hale Sr., American actor (* 1892)

March 03: Eugen Klopfer, German actor (* 1886)
March 05: Sid Grauman, American entrepreneur ( * 1879)
March 15: Luise Fleck, Austria's first, world's second director (* 1873)

07 April: Walter Huston, American actor (* 1884)

May 01: Ernst Laemmle, German film director ( born 1900 )
MAY 29: William Bendow, German actor (* 1884)

July to December

JULY 21: Rex Ingram, American film director and actor (* 1892)

04 August: Günther spasm, Austrian cameraman (* 1899)

September 01: Fritz Kampers, German actor (* 1891)
September 13: Sara Allgood, American actress (* 1879)
September 24: Humphrey Jennings, a British documentary filmmaker (* 1907)
September 30: Friedrich Fehér, Austrian actor and director (* 1889)

November 05: Blanche Oelrichs, American screenwriter (* 1890)
November 11: Hanns Kräly, German screenwriter and actor (* 1884)
November 29: Friedrich Zelnik, German - British film director and producer (* 1885)
November 30: Erich brick, German actor (* 1876)

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