1952 in film
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- 2.1 January to March
- 2.2 from April to June
- 2.3 July to September
- 2.4 October to December
- 2.5 day unknown
- 3.1 January to March
- 3.2 from April to June
- 3.3 July to September
- 3.4 October to December
Film Awards
Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe are On February 21, Ciro's awarded in Los Angeles:
- Best Drama: A Place in the Sun by George Stevens
- Best Musical: An American in Paris by Vincente Minnelli
- Best Actor ( Drama ): Fredric March in Death of a Salesman
- Best Actress ( Drama ): Jane Wyman in The Blue Veil
- Best Actor (Musical / Comedy ): Danny Kaye in On the Riviera
- Best Actress (Musical / Comedy ): June Allyson in Too Young to Kiss
- Best Supporting Actor: Peter Ustinov in Quo Vadis
- Best Supporting Actress: Kim Hunter in A Streetcar Named Desire
- Best Director: László Benedek for Death of a Salesman
- Cecil B. DeMille Award: Cecil B. DeMille
Academy Awards
The Oscar ceremony will take place on 20 March at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles. Moderator Danny Kaye.
- Best Picture: An American in Paris by Vincente Minnelli
- Best Actor: Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen
- Best Actress: Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire
- Best Director: George Stevens for A Place in the Sun
- Best Supporting Actor: Karl Malden in A Streetcar Named Desire
- Best Supporting Actress: Kim Hunter in A Streetcar Named Desire
- Best Screenplay: Alan Jay Lerner for An American in Paris
- Best Music: Franz Waxman for A Place in the Sun
- Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Arthur Freed
Full list of winners
Film Festival of Venice
The Venice Film Festival takes place from 12 September from August 20th. The jury selected the following winners:
- Golden Lion: Bye Bye Braverman by René Clément
- Best Actor: Fredric March in Death of a Salesman
- Special Jury Prize: Alexander Mackendrick for Mandy
International Film Festival of Cannes 1952
The Cannes Film Festival will be held until May 10 from April 23. The jury will award the following prizes:
- Grand Jury Prize: Due soldi di speranza by Renato Castellani and Othello by Orson Welles
- Best Actor: Marlon Brando in Viva Zapata!
- Best Actress: Lee Grant in police station 21
- Best Director: Christian Jacque for Fanfan, the hussar
German Film Prize
- Best Film: The blame of Dr. Homma by Paul Verhoeven
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best Film: Twelve clock noon of Fred Zinnemann
- Best Director: Fred Zinnemann for twelve clock noon
- Best Actor: Ralph Richardson in The Sound Barrier
- Best Actress: Shirley Booth in sweeping back, little Sheba
- Best Foreign Film: Forbidden Games by René Clément
National Board of Review
- Best Film: The winner of John Ford
- Best Director: David Lean for The Sound Barrier
- Best Actor: Ralph Richardson in The Sound Barrier
- Best Actress: Shirley Booth in sweeping back, little Sheba
- Best Foreign Film: The unknown enemy of David Lean
More movie awards and honors
- Directors Guild of America Award: George Stevens for A Place in the Sun, Louis B. Mayer ( Lifetime Achievement )
- British Film Academy Award: The dance of Max Ophüls
- Louis- Delluc Prize: The Scarlet Curtain by Alexandre Astruc
- Photoplay Award: With a song in the heart of Walter Lang ( Best Picture ), Gary Cooper ( most popular male star ), Susan Hayward ( most popular female star )
- Writers Guild of America Award: An American in Paris ( Best Musical ), A Place in the Sun ( Best Drama ), A gift from heaven ( Best Comedy ), The Steel Helmet ( Best low-budget production )
Birthdays
January to March
January
- January 01: Stephanie Faracy, American actress
- 03 January: Adelheid Arndt, German actress
- January 06: Frank Sivero, American actor
- January 11: Bille Brown, Australian actor († 2013)
- January 17: Kevin Reynolds, American film director and screenwriter
- JANUARY 17: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese composer
- JANUARY 26: Mimi Leder, American director
February
- 04 February: Lisa Eichhorn, American actress
- FEBRUARY 12: Simon MacCorkindale, British actor and filmmaker († 2010)
- FEBRUARY 29: Pierre Blaise, French actor
March
- March 02: Laraine Newman, American actress
- March 08: Sandy King, American producer
- MARCH 13: Marcel Werner, German actor († 1986)
- MARCH 27: Maria Schneider, the French actress
- March 30: Stuart Dryburgh, British cameraman
- March 30: Klaus Pohl, German dramatist and actor
April-June
April
- April 01: Annette O'Toole, American actress
- April 05: Mitch Pileggi, American actor
- April 06: Marilu Henner, American actress
- 09 April: Ted Tally, American screenwriter
- April 13: Erick Avari, Indian actor
- April 15: Sam McMurray, American actor
- April 15: Glenn Shadix, American actor († 2010)
- APRIL 16: Michel Blanc, French actor
- APRIL 17: Robert Gliński, Polish director
- April 22: François Berléand, French actor
- April 28: Mary McDonnell, American actress
- April 30: Jacques Audiard, French film director and screenwriter
May
- May 02: Christine Baranski, American actress
- May 02: Pat Cardi, American actor
- May 02: Christopher Doyle, Australian cameraman
- May 06: Christian Clavier, French actor
- 06 May: Gregg Henry, American actor
- May 06: Michael O'Hare, American actor
- May 06: Alexander Radszun, German actor
- 08 May: Matti Geschonneck, German director
- MAY 11: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Iranian actress
- MAY 11: Frances Fisher, British actress
- MAY 14: Robert Zemeckis, American film director and producer
- MAY 15: Chazz Palminteri, American actor
- MAY 21: Mr. T, American actor
- MAY 24: Sybil Danning Austrian actress
June
- June 06: Harvey Fierstein, American actor
- June 07: Liam Neeson, British actor
- JUNE 10: Detlef Bierstedt, German actor and voice actor
- JUNE 11: Stephen Lang, American actor
- June 15: John Toll, American Cinematographer
- June 17: Étienne Chatiliez, French film director
- June 18: Carol Kane, American actress
- June 18: Judd Parkin, American producer and screenwriter
- JUNE 18: Isabella Rossellini, Italian actress
- June 19: Bill Pope, American Cinematographer
- 20 June: John Goodman, American actor
- 20 June: Mabel Rivera, Spanish actress
- June 22: Graham Greene, Canadian actor
- June 26: Enrico Ghezzi, Italian film critic
- JUNE 27: Boguslaw Linda, Polish actor
- JUNE 27: Rita Russek, German actress and director
- June 30: David Garrison, American actor
July to September
July
- July 01: Dan Aykroyd, Canadian actor
- 06 July: Shelley Hack, American actress
- July 11: Timo Salminen, Finnish cameraman
- July 14: Joel Silver, American producer
- July 15: Daniel Mesguich, French actor
- July 15: Terry O'Quinn, American actor
- JULY 17: David Hasselhoff, American actor
- JULY 24: Gus Van Sant, American film director
- July 27: Roxanne Hart, American actress
- JULY 28: Bruno Garbuglia, Italian writer († 2011)
- JULY 29: Wendy Hughes, Australian actress
August
- August 04: Giulia Follina, German actress
- August 06: Brian Levant, American film director and screenwriter
- August 06: Chuck Russell, American film director
- 07 August: Caroline Aaron, American actress
- 07 August: Holmes Osborne, American actor
- August 10: Daniel Hugh - Kelly, American actor
- August 10: Diane Venora, American actress
- August 12: Chen Kaige, Chinese film director
- August 14: Carl Lumbly, American actor
- August 14: Alex van Warmerdam, Dutch director
- August 16th: Reginald VelJohnson, American actor
- AUGUST 18: Patrick Swayze, American actor († 2009)
- AUGUST 19: Jonathan Frakes, American actor and director
- AUGUST 27: Paul Reubens, American actor
- AUGUST 29: Deborah Van Valkenburgh, American actress
September
- September 06: Dominik Graf, German director
- September 07: Susan Blakely, American actress
- 08 September: David R. Ellis, American film director, stuntman and actor († 2013)
- 09 September: Angela Cartwright, British actress
- SEPTEMBER 13: Christine Estabrook, American actress
- SEPTEMBER 16: Andrew Horn, American film director
- September 16: Mickey Rourke, American actor
- SEPTEMBER 25: Tommy Norden, American child actor
- SEPTEMBER 25: Christopher Reeve, American actor
- September 28: Sylvia Kristel, Dutch actress
- September 30: John Finn, American actor
- September 30: Al Leong, American actor
October to December
October
- October 03: Steve Tracy, American actor († 1986)
- 04 October: Antonello Fassari, Italian actor and director
- October 07: Mary Badham, American actress
- October 13: John Lone, Chinese - American actor
- October 18: Chuck Lorre, American producer and screenwriter
- October 20: Melanie Mayron, American actress
- October 22: Jeff Goldblum, American actor
- OCTOBER 27: Roberto Benigni, Italian actor and director
- OCTOBER 28: Annie Potts, American actress
- October 31: Jane Wymark, British actress
November
- November 03: Roseanne Barr, American actress
- November 03: Jim Cummings, American voice actor
- November 06: Michael Cunningham, American writer
- November 08: Alfre Woodard, American actress
- November 14: Chris Noonan, Australian director
- November 14: Maggie Roswell, American actress
- November 18: Delroy Lindo, American actor
- November 18: Hardy Rawls, American actor
- November 20: Elliot Tyson, American sound engineer
- November 24: Rachel Chagall, American actress
- November 24: Thierry Lhermitte, French actor
- November 24: Ilja Richter, German actor
- November 24: Ulrich Seidl, Austrian director
- November 29: Jeff Fahey, American actor
- November 30: Mandy Patinkin, American actor
December
- 01 December: Stephen Poliakoff, British director and screenwriter
- 03 December: Mel Smith, a British director and actor († 2013)
- December 03: Keith Szarabajka, American actor
- December 09: Michael Dorn, American actor
- December 10: Susan Dey, American actress
- December 11: Susan Seidelman, American director
- December 12: Sarah Douglas, British actress
- December 14: John Lurie, American actor and composer
- December 15: Julie Taymor, American film director
- December 18: Krystyna Janda, Polish actress
- December 20: Jenny Agutter, British actress
- DECEMBER 20: Terry George, Northern Irish director
- December 27: Tovah Feldshuh, American actress
Day unknown
- Detlef Bierstedt, German actor
- Rick Carter, American production designer and art director
- Gianfranco Giagni, Italian director
- Peter Pagel, German actor
Deceased
January to March
- JANUARY 25: Polly Moran, American actress (* 1883)
- 07 February: Philip G. Epstein, American screenwriter (* 1909)
- FEBRUARY 19: Lawrence Grant, British actor (* 1870)
- March 01: Gregory La Cava, American director (* 1892)
- March 07: Franz Seitz Sr., German actor, director and screenwriter (* 1888)
- MARCH 11: Pierre Renoir, French actor (* 1885)
April-June
- April 03: Russell Owen, American journalist (* 1889)
- April 21: Leslie Banks, British actor (* 1890)
- 08 May: Richard Eichberg, German director, actor and producer ( † 1952)
- 08 May: William Fox, American producer (* 1879)
- MAY 15: Albert Bassermann, German actor (* 1867)
- MAY 21: John Garfield, American actor (* 1913)
- 01 June: Malcolm St. Clair, American film director (* 1897)
- JUNE 25: Svend Gade, Danish director (* 1877)
- JUNE 27: Elmo Lincoln, American actor (* 1889)
July to September
- July 04: Karl Platen, German actor (* 1877)
- 06 July: Gertrud Wolle, German actress (* 1891)
- August 02: Karel Lamač, Czech director (* 1897)
- 06 September: Gertrude Lawrence, British actress (* 1898)
- SEPTEMBER 16: Louis Ralph, Austrian actor and director ( b. 1878 )
- SEPTEMBER 17: Fred Sauer, Austrian actor and director (* 1886)
October to December
- November 02: Henry Edwards, a British director and actor (* 1883)
- November 23: Fred Moore, American animator (* 1911)
- December 27: Horst Caspar, German actor (* 1913)
- DECEMBER 30: Walter Lantzsch, German actor (* 1888)