1973 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
Film Awards
Golden Globe Award
On 28 January, at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, the Golden Globe Awards take place.
- Best Drama: The Godfather by Francis Ford Coppola
- Best Musical / Comedy Cabaret by Bob Fosse
- Best Actor ( Drama ): Marlon Brando in The Godfather
- Best Actress ( Drama ): Liv Ullmann in emigrants
- Best Actor (Musical / Comedy ): Jack Lemmon in Avanti, Avanti
- Best Actress (Musical / Comedy ): Liza Minnelli in Cabaret
- Best Supporting Actor: Joel Grey in Cabaret
- Best Supporting Actress: Shelley Winters in The Poseidon Adventure
- Best Director: Francis Ford Coppola for The Godfather
- Best Music: Nino Rota for The Godfather
- Cecil B. DeMille Award: Samuel Goldwyn
Academy Awards
The Oscar ceremony will take place on March 27 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles.
- Best Picture: The Godfather by Francis Ford Coppola
- Best Actor: Marlon Brando in The Godfather
- Best Actress: Liza Minnelli in Cabaret
- Best Director: Bob Fosse for Cabaret
- Best Supporting Actor: Joel Grey in Cabaret
- Best Supporting Actress: Eileen Heckart in Butterflies Are Free
- Best foreign language film: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie by Luis Buñuel
Full list of winners
International Film Festival of Cannes 1973
The festival starts on May 10 and ends on May 25. The jury president Ingrid Bergman award the following prizes:
- Palme d'Or: Message for Lady Franklin by Alan Bridges and Scarecrow by Jerry Schatzberg
- Best Actor: Giancarlo Giannini in love and anarchy
- Best Actress: Joanne Woodward in The effect of gamma rays on Marigold
International Film Festival Berlin 1973
The festival begins on 22 June and ends on July 3. The jury will award the following prizes:
- Golden Bear: Ashani Sanket by Satyajit Ray
German Film Prize
- Best Film: The experts by Norbert Kückelmann
- Best Actress: Margit Carstensen for The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant and Eva Mattes for The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant and Wildwechsel
- Best Actor: Klaus Schwarzkopf for All men become brothers and Walter Sedlmayr for Theodor Hierneis or How to former royal chef is
Society of Film and Television Arts Awards
- Best Film: Cabaret by Bob Fosse
- Best Director: Bob Fosse for Cabaret
- Best Actor: Gene Hackman for French Connection - focus Brooklyn and The Poseidon Adventure
- Best Actress: Liza Minnelli for Cabaret
- Best Supporting Actor: Ben Johnson for The Last Picture Show
- Best Supporting Actress: Cloris Leachman for The Last Picture Show
Étoile de Cristal
- Best Film: Une larme dans l' océan by Henri Glaeser
- Best Actor: Roland Dubillard in Quelque part quelqu'un
- Best Actress: Marie Dubois in The Surveyors
- Best Foreign Film: Miklós Jancsó for his oeuvre
- Best Foreign Actor: Bud Cort in Harold and Maude
- Best Foreign Actress: Lea Massari for her life's work
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best Film: Day for Night by François Truffaut
- Best Director: François Truffaut for Day for Night
- Best Actor: Marlon Brando in Last Tango in Paris
- Best Actress: Joanne Woodward in Summer Wishes - Winter Dreams
- Best Supporting Actor: Robert De Niro in The Last Game
- Best Supporting Actress: Valentina Cortese in Day for Night
National Board of Review
- Best Picture: The Sting by George Roy Hill
- Best Director: Ingmar Bergman for Cries and Whispers
- Best Actor: Al Pacino in Serpico and Robert Ryan in The Iceman Cometh
- Best Actress: Liv Ullmann in The New Land
- Best Supporting Actor: John Houseman in the time of testing
- Best Supporting Actress: Sylvia Sidney in Summer Wishes - Winter Dreams
- Best Foreign Language Film: Cries and Whispers by Ingmar Bergman
More movie awards and honors
- AFI Life Achievement Award: John Ford
- David di Donatello: Alfredo, Alfredo and Ludwig II ( Best Italian film) and The Godfather ( Best Foreign Film )
- German Critics' Prize: Wolf Gremm
- Directors Guild of America Award: Francis Ford Coppola for The Godfather, David Lean and William A. Wellman (both prices for their lifetime )
- Ernst Lubitsch Prize: Robert van Ackeren for Harlis
- Guldbagge: Cries and Whispers by Ingmar Bergman
- Louis- Delluc Prize: The Clockmaker of St. Paul by Bertrand Tavernier
- Nastro d' Argento: Last Tango in Paris by Bernardo Bertolucci and Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick
- National Society of Film Critics Award: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie by Luis Buñuel
- German Film review: Dear Mother, I'm fine by Christian Ziewer and The Wollands by Marianne Lüdcke and Ingo Kratisch
- Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia- San Sebastián: The Spirit of the Beehive Víctor Erice ( Golden Shell )
- Writers Guild of America Award: Bill McKay - The Candidate ( Best Original Screenplay - Drama ), What's Up, Doc? ( Best Original Screenplay - Comedy ), The Godfather ( Best Adapted Screenplay - Drama ), Cabaret ( Best Adapted Screenplay - Comedy ), William Rose ( Lifetime Achievement )
Birthdays
January to March
January
- January 01: Danny Lloyd, American child actor
- January 04: Harmony Korine, American film director and screenwriter
- 09 January: Angela Bettis, American actress
- January 16: Josie Davis, American actress
- JANUARY 26: Jennifer Crystal, American actress
- JANUARY 26: Melvil Poupaud, French actor
February
- February 09: Colin Egglesfield, American actor
- FEBRUARY 11: Jeon Do -yeon, Korean actress
- FEBRUARY 20: Andrea Savage, American actress
- FEBRUARY 24: Lars Kraume, German director
- FEBRUARY 25: Anson Mount, American actor
- FEBRUARY 26: Małgorzata Szumowska, Polish director
March
- March 01: Jack Davenport, British actor
- 04 March: Len Wiseman, American film director and screenwriter
- MARCH 16: Florian Lukas, German actor
- 20 March: Jane March, British actress
- MARCH 21: Vanessa Branch, American actress
- MARCH 24: Jim Parsons, American actor
- March 29: TR Knight, American actor
April-June
April
- April 02: Roselyn Sánchez, Puerto Rican actress
- April 03: Jamie Bamber, British actor
- April 03: Matthew Ferguson, Canadian actor
- April 03: Adam Scott, American actor
- 05 April: Élodie Bouchez, French actress
- 06 April: Lori Heuring, American actress
- 08 April: Emma Caulfield, American actress
- APRIL 11: Jennifer Esposito, American actress
- April 10: Guillaume Canet, French actor and director
- APRIL 14: Adrien Brody, American actor
- APRIL 28: Elisabeth Röhm, German -American actress
May
- May 02: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, German film director
- May 03: Jennifer Tung, American actor
- MAY 11: James Haven Voight, American actor
- MAY 22: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Danish actor
- MAY 25: Molly Sims, American actress
June
- 08 June: Lexa Doig, Canadian actress
- JUNE 13: Kathrin Resetarits, Austrian actress and director
- June 15: Neil Patrick Harris, American actor
- JUNE 18: Julie Depardieu, French actress
- 21 June: Juliette Lewis, American actress
- June 23: Joris Gratwohl, Swiss actor
- JUNE 27: Elena Lyons, American actress
- 28 June: Carsten Bjørn Lund, Danish actor
July to September
July
- 03 July: Patrick Wilson, American actor
- 07 July: Troy Garity, American actor
- 09 July: Enrique Murciano, American actor
- July 14: Candela Peña, Spanish actress
- July 15: Brian Austin Green, American actor
- JULY 19: Saïd Taghmaoui, French actor
- JULY 23: Omar Epps, American actor
- JULY 24: Ana Cristina de Oliveira, Portuguese -American actress
- JULY 25: Michael C. Williams, American actor
- JULY 26: Kate Beckinsale, British actress
- JULY 29: Stephen Dorff, American actor
August
- August 01: Eduardo Noriega, Spanish actor
- August 03: Michael Ealy, American actor
- August 03: Stephen Graham, British actor
- August 06: Vera Farmiga, American actress
- 08 August: Senta Moses, American actress
- AUGUST 23: Jermaine Hopkins, American actor
- August 24: Carmine Giovinazzo, American actor
- August 24: Barret Oliver, American actor
- August 25: Fatih Akın, German -Turkish director
- AUGUST 28: J. August Richards, American actor
- AUGUST 29: Daniel Burman, Argentine director
- AUGUST 29: Derek Meister, German Writer
September
- 02 September: Katt Williams, American actor
- September 05: Paddy Considine, British actor
- September 05: Rose McGowan, American actress
- September 07: Shannon Elizabeth, American actress
- September 12: Paul Walker, American actor († 2013)
- SEPTEMBER 18: James Marsden, American actor
- SEPTEMBER 25: Bridgette Wilson, American actress
- September 26: Maria Bonnevie, Norwegian - Swedish actress
October to December
October
- 03 October: Keiko Agena, American actress
- 03 October: Hedy Burress, American actress
- October 03: Neve Campbell, Canadian actress
- October 03: Lena Headey, British actress
- 04 October: Dennis Gansel, German director
- October 06: Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor
- 09 October: Erin Daniels, American actress
- October 16: Eva Roese, Swedish actress
- OCTOBER 18: Sergei Bezrukov Vitalyevich, Russian actor
- October 25: Michael Weston, American actor
- OCTOBER 29: Trevor Lissauer, American actor
November
- November 01: Aishwarya Rai, Indian actress
- November 02: Marisol Nichols, American actress
- November 03: Sticky Fingaz, American actor and rapper
- November 06: Susan Downey, American actress
- NOVEMBER 12: Radha Mitchell, Australian actress
- November 14: Matt Cedeño, American actor
- November 15: Sydney Tamiia Poitier, American actress
- November 26: Peter Facinelli, American actor
- NOVEMBER 27: Tadanobu Asano, Japanese actor
- NOVEMBER 27: Samantha Harris, American actress
December
- December 24: Stephenie Meyer, American author and producer
- DECEMBER 30: Jason Behr, American actor
- DECEMBER 30: Chris Fisher, American film director and producer
- December 30: Maureen Flannigan, American actress
Day unknown
- Nadja Klier, German photographer stand and a child actress
- Kieran O'Brien, British actor
Deceased
January to March
January
- JANUARY 24: J. Carrol Naish, American actor (* 1896)
- January 26: Edward G. Robinson, American actor (* 1893)
- JANUARY 29: Ludwig ram, Austrian actor (* 1883)
February
March
- March 05: Rupert Crosse, British actor (* 1927)
- March 06: Alexander Ptuschko, Soviet film director ( born 1900 )
- March 10: Robert Siodmak, German film director ( born 1900 )
- March 26: Noel Coward, British writer and actor (* 1899)
- MARCH 27: Mikhail Kalatosov, Georgian- Russian director (* 1903)
- MARCH 31: Melville Cooper, British actor (* 1896)
April-June
April
- 04 April: Carmine gallon, Italian director (* 1886)
- April 08: Viktor de Kowa, German actor (* 1904)
- APRIL 12: Arthur Freed, American film producer (* 1894)
- April 13: Balraj Sahni, Indian actor (* 1913)
- APRIL 14: Minna Gombell, American actress (* 1892)
- APRIL 20: Robert Armstrong, American actor (* 1890)
- APRIL 21: Merian C. Cooper, American film director (* 1893)
May
June
July to September
July
- July 02: Betty Grable, American actress (* 1916)
- July 02: George Macready, American actor (* 1899)
- July 05: Harry Oliver, American production designer and art director (* 1888)
- July 06: Joe E. Brown, American actor (* 1891)
- 07 July: Veronica Lake, American actress (* 1922)
- July 11: Robert Ryan, American actor (* 1909)
- July 13: Lon Chaney Jr., American actor (* 1906)
- July 13: Willy Fritsch, German actor (* 1901)
- JULY 18: Jack Hawkins, British actor (* 1910)
- July 20: Bruce Lee, American actor ( b. 1940 )
August
- 02 August: Jean -Pierre Melville, French film director ( * 1917 )
- AUGUST 26: Carl Lerner, American film director and editor (* 1912)
- AUGUST 29: Stringer Davis, British actor (* 1899)
- August 31: John Ford, American film director (* 1894)
September
October to December
October
November
- November 04: Marc Allégret, French film director ( born 1900 )
- November 13: Lila Lee, American actress (* 1901)
- November 21: Armand Thirard, French cinematographer (* 1899)
- November 23: Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor (* 1889)
- November 23: Constance Talmadge, American actress (* 1897)
December
- December 08: Willy Reichert, German actor (* 1896)
- December 12: Ranald MacDougall, American screenwriter and director ( born 1915 )
- December 16: Hilde of pride, Austrian actress (* 1903)
- December 20: Käthe von Nagy, Hungarian actress (* 1904)
- 26th December: William Haines, American actor ( born 1900 )
- December 28: Alexander Arturowitsch Rou, Soviet director (* 1906)
- December 29: Willy Birgel, German actor (* 1891)
- December 31: A. Edward Sutherland, a British director (* 1895)