The year 1955 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top-grossing hits of 1955 in the United States.

Top-grossing films by country

The highest-grossing 1955 films from countries outside of North America.

Events

* January 7 – UK release of the Halas and Batchelor film

animation Animation is a filmmaking technique whereby still images are manipulated to create moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Animati ...

George Orwell Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to a ...

's ''

Animal Farm ''Animal Farm'' (originally ''Animal Farm: A Fairy Story'') is a satirical allegorical novella, in the form of a beast fable, by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. It tells the story of a group of anthropomorphic far ...

'' (completed April 1954), the first full-length British-made animated feature on general theatrical release. *February 24 - 12th Golden Globe Awards announced: ''

On The Waterfront ''On the Waterfront'' is a 1954 American crime drama film, directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg. It stars Marlon Brando, and features Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning and Eva Marie Saint in her film de ...

'',

Marlon Brando Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor. Widely regarded as one of the greatest cinema actors of the 20th century,''Movies in American History: An Encyclopedia''

, & Judy Garland win * March 18 – The film adaptation of Evan Hunter's novel ''

Blackboard Jungle ''Blackboard Jungle'' is a 1955 American social drama film about an English teacher in an interracial inner-city school, based on the 1954 novel ''The Blackboard Jungle'' by Evan Hunter and adapted for the screen and directed by Richard Brook ...

'' previews in New York City, featuring the single " Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets over the opening credits, the first use of a

rock and roll Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock-n-roll, and rock 'n' roll) is a Genre (music), genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It Origins of rock and roll, originated from African ...

song in a major film. Teenagers jump from their seats to dance to it. * June 1 – Premiere of

Billy Wilder Billy Wilder (; ; born Samuel Wilder; June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an American filmmaker and screenwriter. His career in Hollywood (film industry), Hollywood spanned five decades, and he is regarded as one of the most brilliant and ver ...

's film of '' The Seven Year Itch'' featuring an iconic scene of

Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe ( ; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 August 4, 1962) was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "Blonde stereotype#Blonde bombshell, blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex ...

standing on a

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grating as her white dress is blown above her knees.Filmed on location September 1954. * June 16 – '' Lady and the Tramp'', the

Walt Disney Walter Elias Disney ( ; December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the Golden age of American animation, American animation industry, he introduced several develop ...

company's 15th animated film, premieres in Chicago, the first animated feature filmed in the

CinemaScope CinemaScope is an anamorphic format, anamorphic lens series used, from 1953 to 1967, and less often later, for shooting widescreen films that, crucially, could be screened in theatres using existing equipment, albeit with a lens adapter. Its cr ...

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process. Peggy Lee co-writes and sings the songs. * June 27 – The last

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serial, '' King of the Carnival'', is released. * July 18 –

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opens to the public in

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. * September 30 – American actor James Dean dies in an automobile collision near Cholame, California, age 24. On October 27, the film '' Rebel Without a Cause'', in which he stars, is released. * October 11 – Theatrical release in the United States of the Rodgers and Hammerstein

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Oklahoma! ''Oklahoma!'' is the first musical theater, musical written by the duo of Rodgers and Hammerstein. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs's 1931 play, ''Green Grow the Lilacs (play), Green Grow the Lilacs''. Set in farm country outside the town of ...

'', the first feature photographed in the Todd-AO 70 mm widescreen process. * November 3 – The musical film '' Guys and Dolls'', starring

and

Frank Sinatra Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Honorific nicknames in popular music, Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes", he is regarded as one of the Time 100: The Most I ...

, is premiered in New York City. * November 22 – The death of Shemp Howard requires use of a Fake Shemp to complete The Three Stooges films which he has commenced. * December – United Artists quit the

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over the decision to deny '' The Man With the Golden Arm'' a Production Code seal. * December 7 – The film '' Picnic'' starring William Holden and Kim Novak is released.

Awards

1955 film releases

January–March

*January 1955 **January 1 ***'' Young at Heart'' **January 26 ***'' The Violent Men'' **January 29 *** '' The Americano'' **January 31 *** '' Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops'' *February 1955 **February 2 *** ''

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'' **February 8 ***'' Cinerama Holiday'' *March 1955 **'' A Man Called Peter'' **March 1 ***'' Untamed'' **March 4 ***'' Hit the Deck'' **March 20 ***''

'' **March 23 ***'' Revenge of the Creature'' **March 24 ***'' The Glass Slipper'' **March 25 *** ''

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April–June

*April 1955 **April 1 ***'' Magdana's Donkey'' (Georgia) **April 9 ***'' Escape to Burma'' **April 10 ***'' East of Eden'' **April 11 ***'' Marty'' **April 13 ***''

Rififi ''Rififi'' () is a 1955 French crime film adaptation of Auguste Le Breton's novel of the same name. Directed by American blacklisted filmmaker Jules Dassin, the film stars Jean Servais as the aging gangster Tony "le Stéphanois", Carl Möhn ...

'' (

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) **April 20 ***'' Violent Saturday'' **April 24 ***'' Godzilla Raids Again'' (

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

) *May 1955 **May 6 ***'' The Prodigal'' **May 11 ***'' Bride of the Monster'' **May 25 ***'' Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier'' **May 30 ***'' Cult of the Cobra'' *June 1955 **June 1 ***'' Son of Sinbad'' **June 3 *** '' The Seven Year Itch'' **June 4 *** '' The Sea Chase'' **June 10 ***'' 5 Against the House'' ***'' This Island Earth'' **June 15 ***'' The Beast with a Million Eyes'' **June 17 ***'' King Dinosaur'' **June 22 ***'' Lady and the Tramp'' ***'' Land of the Pharaohs'' **June 23 *** '' Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy'' **Date unknown ***'' Footsteps in the Fog''

July–September

*July 1955 **July 7 ***'' We're No Angels'' **July 13 ***'' Foxfire'' **July 22 ***'' How to Be Very, Very Popular'' ***'' The Night of the Hunter'' **July 30 ***'' Mister Roberts'' ***'' Pete Kelly's Blues'' **Dates Unknown ***'' Not as a Stranger'' ***'' It Came From Beneath the Sea'' *August 1955 **August 3 ***'' To Catch a Thief'' **August 5 ***'' Journey to the Beginning of Time'' ***'' The King's Thief'' **August 14 ***'' Half Human'' (

) **August 17 ***'' To Hell and Back'' **August 25 *** '' You're Never Too Young'' **August 26 ***'' The Quatermass Xperiment'' *September 1955 **September 22 ***'' The Tall Men'' **September 30 ***''

The Trouble with Harry ''The Trouble with Harry'' is a 1955 American Technicolor black comedy film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The screenplay by John Michael Hayes was based on the 1950 novel by Jack Trevor Story. It starred Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Mildred Na ...

October–December

*October 1955 **October 7 ***'' Trial'' **October 11 ***''

'' **October 19 ***'' The Treasure of Pancho Villa'' **October 29 ***'' Rebel Without a Cause'' *November 1955 **November 3 ***'' Guys and Dolls'' **November 7 ***'' Artists and Models'' **November 23 ***'' The Adventures of Quentin Durward'' *December 1955 **December 7 ***'' Picnic '' ***'' The Last Frontier'' **December 12 ***'' The Rose Tattoo'' **December 13 ***''

Richard III Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and its cadet branch the House of York. His defeat and death at the Battle of Boswor ...

'' **December 15 ***'' The Man with the Golden Arm'' **December 22 ***'' The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell'' ***'' Tarantula!'' **December 25 ***'' All That Heaven Allows'' ***'' I'll Cry Tomorrow'' **Date unknown ***'' Day the World Ended'' ***'' The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues''

Top ten money making stars

Notable films released in 1955

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* '' 5 Against the House'', starring Kim Novak, Guy Madison, Brian Keith

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* '' Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops'', starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, featuring an appearance by Mack Sennett * '' Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy'', starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello * '' Above Us the Waves'', starring John Mills – ( GB) * '' The Adventures of Quentin Durward'', starring Robert Taylor, Kay Kendall * '' Ain't Misbehavin''', starring Piper Laurie,

Rory Calhoun Rory Calhoun (born Francis Timothy McCown, August 8, 1922April 28, 1999) was an American film and television actor. He starred in numerous Westerns in the 1950s and 1960s, and appeared in supporting roles in films such as ''How to Marry a Millio ...

, Mamie Van Doren * '' All That Heaven Allows'', directed by Douglas Sirk, starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson * '' The Americano'', starring Glenn Ford * '' Le Amiche'' (The Girlfriend), directed by

Michelangelo Antonioni Michelangelo Antonioni ( ; ; 29 September 1912 – 30 July 2007) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and editor. He is best known for his "trilogy on modernity and its discontents", ''L'Avventura'' (1960), ''La Notte'' (1961), and '' ...

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) * ''

Anděl na horách ''Anděl na horách'' is a 1955 Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Bořivoj Zeman. This is the sequel to the 1952 film, ''Dovolená s Andělem''. Plot Summary The forever-grumpy transportation inspector Gustav Anděl finds hi ...

'' (Angel in the Mountains) – (

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) * '' Apache Ambush'', starring Richard Jaeckel * '' Artists and Models'', starring Dean Martin,

Jerry Lewis Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch; March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian, with a career spanning seven decades in film, stage, television and radio. Famously nicknamed as "Th ...

, Dorothy Malone, Shirley MacLaine * '' Azaad'', starring Dilip Kumar – (

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* '' Bad Day at Black Rock'', directed by John Sturges, starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Walter Brennan * ''

'', starring Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, Anne Francis * '' The Beast with a Million Eyes'' * '' Bedevilled'', starring Anne Baxter and Steve Forrest * '' The Big Combo'', starring Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace * '' The Big Knife'', starring Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Jean Hagen, Rod Steiger, Shelley Winters * ''

'', starring Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Sidney Poitier, Vic Morrow, Richard Kiley * '' Blood Alley'', starring

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and

Lauren Bacall Betty Joan Perske (September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014), professionally known as Lauren Bacall ( ), was an American actress. She was named the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars, 20th-greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema by the America ...

* '' A Bullet for Joey'', starring Edward G. Robinson and

George Raft George Raft (né Ranft; September 26, 1901 – November 24, 1980) was an American film actor and dancer identified with portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and 1940s. A stylish leading man in dozens of movies, Raft is remembe ...

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* '' Captain Lightfoot'', starring Rock Hudson * '' Carrington V.C.'', starring David Niven – ( GB) * '' Cast a Dark Shadow'', starring Dirk Bogarde – (GB) * '' Chief Crazy Horse'', starring Victor Mature * '' Cinerama Holiday'' * '' Ciske de Rat'' (aka A Child Needs Love) – (

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

) * '' The Cobweb'', directed by

Vincente Minnelli Vincente Minnelli (; born Lester Anthony Minnelli; February 28, 1903 – July 25, 1986) was an American Theatre director, stage director and film director. From a career spanning over half a century, he is best known for his sophisticated innovat ...

, starring Richard Widmark, Gloria Grahame,

, Charles Boyer, Lillian Gish * '' The Cockleshell Heroes'', directed by and starring José Ferrer, with Trevor Howard – (GB) * '' The Colditz Story'', directed by Guy Hamilton, starring John Mills and Eric Portman – ( GB) * '' Confession'', directed by Ken Hughes, starring Sydney Chaplin – (GB) * '' The Constant Husband'', starring Rex Harrison, Margaret Leighton, Kay Kendall – ( GB) * '' Count Three and Pray'', starring Van Heflin, Joanne Woodward and Raymond Burr * '' The Counterfeit Coin'' () – (

Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...

) * '' The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell'', directed by

Otto Preminger Otto Ludwig Preminger ( ; ; 5 December 1905 – 23 April 1986) was an Austrian Americans, Austrian-American film and theatre director, film producer, and actor. He directed more than 35 feature films in a five-decade career after leaving the the ...

, starring Gary Cooper, Ralph Bellamy, Rod Steiger,

Elizabeth Montgomery Elizabeth Victoria Montgomery (April 15, 1933 – May 18, 1995) was an American actress whose career spanned five decades in film, stage, and television. She portrayed the good witch List of Bewitched characters#Samantha Stephens, Samantha Step ...

* ''El Coyote'' * '' Crashout'', starring Arthur Kennedy and William Bendix * '' The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz'' (Ensayo de un Crimen), directed by

Luis Buñuel Luis Buñuel Portolés (; 22 February 1900 – 29 July 1983) was a Spanish and Mexican filmmaker who worked in France, Mexico and Spain. He has been widely considered by many film critics, historians and directors to be one of the greatest and ...

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* '' Daddy Long Legs'', starring Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron * '' The Dam Busters'', starring Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave, with an early role by Robert Shaw – ( GB) * '' Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier'', starring Fess Parker and Buddy Ebsen * '' Death of a Cyclist'' (Muerte de un ciclista), directed by

Juan Antonio Bardem Juan Antonio Bardem Muñoz (2 June 1922 – 30 October 2002) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter, born in Madrid. Bardem was best known for '' Muerte de un ciclista'' (1955) which won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1955 Cannes Film Festiv ...

– (

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) * '' The Deep Blue Sea'', starring Vivien Leigh – ( GB) * '' The Desperate Hours'', starring

Humphrey Bogart Humphrey DeForest Bogart ( ; December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957), nicknamed Bogie, was an American actor. His performances in classic Hollywood cinema made him an American cultural icon. In 1999, the American Film Institute selected Bogart ...

and Fredric March * '' Devdas'', based on novel with same name, starring Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Suchitra Sen – (

) * '' Les Diaboliques'' (The Devils), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, starring Simone Signoret – (

) * '' Dreams'' (Kvinnodröm), directed by

Ingmar Bergman Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film and theatre director and screenwriter. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential film directors of all time, his films have been described as "profoun ...

, starring

Eva Dahlbeck Eva Elisabet Dahlbeck (8 March 1920 – 8 February 2008) was a Swedes, Swedish stage, film, and television actress. She received a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film ''Brink of Life'' (1958). Dahlbeck ...

– (

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)

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* '' East of Eden'', directed by

Elia Kazan Elias Kazantzoglou (, ; September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003), known as Elia Kazan ( ), was a Greek-American film and theatre director, producer, screenwriter and actor, described by ''The New York Times'' as "one of the most honored and inf ...

, starring Julie Harris, James Dean (in his first major role), Raymond Massey * '' The Enchanted Boy'' (Zakoldovanyy malchik) – (

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) * '' Escuela de vagabundos'' (School for Tramps), starring Pedro Infante – (

)

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* '' The Far Horizons'', starring Fred MacMurray,

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, Donna Reed, Barbara Hale * '' The Fast and the Furious'', starring John Ireland and Dorothy Malone * '' Female on the Beach'', starring

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, Jeff Chandler, Jan Sterling * '' Fire in the Night'' (Det brenner i natt!) – (

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) * '' Floating Clouds'' (Ukigumo) – (

) * '' Footsteps in the Fog'', starring Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons – ( GB) * '' Foxfire'', starring Jane Russell * '' Francis in the Navy'', starring Donald O'Connor and Martha Hyer, with

Clint Eastwood Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor and film director. After achieving success in the Western (genre), Western TV series ''Rawhide (TV series), Rawhide'', Eastwood rose to international fame with his role as the "Ma ...

in an early role

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* '' Galapagos'', a documentary by Thor Heyerdahl – (

) * '' A Generation'' (Pokolenie), directed by Andrzej Wajda – (

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

) * '' The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing'', directed by

Richard Fleischer Richard Owen Fleischer (; December 8, 1916 – March 25, 2006) was an American film director. His career spanned more than four decades, beginning at the height of the Golden Age of Hollywood and lasting through the American New Wave. He was the ...

, starring Ray Milland, Joan Collins, Farley Granger – ( U.S.) * '' The Girl Rush'', starring Rosalind Russell, Fernando Lamas, Gloria DeHaven * '' Godzilla Raids Again'' (Gojira no Gyakushū) – (

) * '' Good Morning, Miss Dove'', starring

Jennifer Jones Jennifer Jones (born Phylis Lee Isley; March 2, 1919 – December 17, 2009), also known as Jennifer Jones Simon, was an American actress and mental-health advocate. Over the course of her career that spanned more than five decades, she was nomin ...

and

Robert Stack Robert Stack (born Charles Langford Modini Stack; January 13, 1919 – May 14, 2003) was an American actor and television host. Known for his deep voice and commanding presence, he appeared in over forty feature films. He starred in the America ...

* '' The Good Soldier Schweik'', animation directed by Jiří Trnka – (

) * '' Guys and Dolls'', directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring

, Jean Simmons,

, Vivian Blaine

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* '' Hell on Frisco Bay'', starring Alan Ladd and Edward G. Robinson * '' Hell's Island'', starring John Payne and Mary Murphy * ''

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'' (Geroite na Shipka) – (

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) * '' The Hidden One'' (La Escondida), starring Pedro Armendáriz – (

) * '' Hit the Deck'', directed by Roy Rowland, starring Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Ann Miller, Tony Martin, Vic Damone * '' House of Bamboo'', starring Robert Ryan * '' How to Be Very, Very Popular'', starring Betty Grable in her final film role

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* '' I Am a Camera'', starring Julie Harris and Laurence Harvey – ( GB) * '' I Died a Thousand Times'', starring Jack Palance, Shelley Winters, Earl Holliman, Lee Marvin * '' I Live in Fear'' (Ikimono no kiroku), directed by

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– (

) * '' I'll Cry Tomorrow'', starring

Susan Hayward Susan Hayward (born Edythe Marrener; June 30, 1917 – March 14, 1975) was an American actress best known for her film portrayals of women that were based on true stories. After working as a fashion model for the Walter Clarence Thornton, Walt ...

* '' Illegal'', a film noir starring Edward G. Robinson and Jayne Mansfield * '' Interrupted Melody'', starring Eleanor Parker and Glenn Ford * '' It Came from Beneath the Sea'', starring Kenneth Tobey and Faith Domergue, with special effects by Ray Harryhausen * '' It Happened on July 20th'' (Es geschah am 20. Juli), directed by G. W. Pabst, starring Bernhard Wicki – (

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) * '' It's Always Fair Weather'', starring

Gene Kelly Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style and sought to create a new form of American dance accessibl ...

, Dan Dailey, Michael Kidd, Cyd Charisse

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* '' Jedda'', directed by Charles Chauvel – (

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) * '' John and Julie'', starring Moira Lister and Sid James – ( GB) * '' Journey to the Beginning of Time'' (Cesta do Pravěku) – (

) * '' Jupiter's Darling'', directed by George Sidney, starring Esther Williams and Howard Keel

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* '' Kanyasulkam'', starring N. T. Rama Rao – (

) * '' The Kentuckian'', directed by and starring

Burt Lancaster Burton Stephen Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American actor. Initially known for playing tough characters with tender hearts, he went on to achieve success with more complex and challenging roles over a 45-year caree ...

, featuring film debut of Walter Matthau * ''

Killer's Kiss ''Killer's Kiss'' is a 1955 American Independent film, independently produced Crime film, crime film noir directed by Stanley Kubrick and written by Kubrick and Howard Sackler. It is the second feature film directed by Kubrick, following his 19 ...

'', directed by Stanley Kubrick * '' The King's Thief'', starring Ann Blyth and David Niven * '' Kiss Me Deadly'', directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Ralph Meeker as Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

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* '' Lady and the Tramp'', an animated

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musical featuring voice of Peggy Lee * '' Lady Godiva of Coventry'', starring Maureen O'Hara * '' The Ladykillers'', directed by Alexander Mackendrick, starring

Alec Guinness Sir Alec Guinness (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe; 2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor. In the BFI, British Film Institute listing of 1999 of BFI Top 100 British films, the 100 most important British films of the 20th century ...

, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers – ( GB) * '' Land of the Pharaohs'', starring Joan Collins and Jack Hawkins * '' The Last Frontier'', directed by

Anthony Mann Anthony Mann (born Emil Anton Bundsmann; June 30, 1906 – April 29, 1967) was an American film director and stage actor. He came to prominence as a skilled director of ''Film noirs, film noir'' and Western film, Westerns, and for his Epic film ...

, starring Victor Mature, Robert Preston, Anne Bancroft * '' The Last Ten Days'' (Der letzte Akt), directed by G. W. Pabst – (

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) * '' The Left Hand of God'', starring

and Gene Tierney * '' Little Red Monkey'', directed by Ken Hughes – ( Britain) * '' Lola Montès'', directed by Max Ophüls – (

) * '' The Long Gray Line'', starring Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara * '' Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing'', starring William Holden and

* '' Love Me or Leave Me'', starring

Doris Day Doris Day (born Doris Mary Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019) was an American actress and singer. She began her career as a big band singer in 1937, achieving commercial success in 1945 with two No. 1 recordings, "Sentimental Journey ...

and James Cagney * '' Love Never Dies'' (El Amor nunca muere) – (

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) * '' Lucy Gallant'' (reissued as ''Oil Town''), starring Jane Wyman

M

* '' Magdana's Donkey'', directed by Tengiz Abuladze and Revaz Chkheidze – (Georgia) * '' Magic Fire'', starring Alan Badel * '' Mambo'', directed by Robert Rossen, starring Silvana Mangano, Vittorio Gassman, Shelley Winters – ( U.S./

) * '' A Man Alone'', directed by and starring Ray Milland, with Mary Murphy * '' The Man from Laramie'', directed by

, starring James Stewart * '' The Man Who Loved Redheads'', starring Moira Shearer – ( GB) * '' The Man with the Golden Arm'', directed by

, starring

, Eleanor Parker, Darren McGavin, Kim Novak, Arnold Stang * '' Man with the Gun'', starring Robert Mitchum * '' Man Without a Star'', starring Kirk Douglas and William Campbell * '' Marty'', directed by Delbert Mann, starring Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Joe Mantell, Frank Sutton, Jerry Paris * '' The McConnell Story'', starring Alan Ladd and June Allyson * '' The Mill of Good Luck'' (La 'Moara cu noroc') – (

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

) * '' Miracle of Marcelino'' (Marcelino Pan Y Vino) – (

) * '' Missamma'', starring N. T. Rama Rao – (

) * '' Mister Roberts'', co-directed by

John Ford John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), better known as John Ford, was an American film director and producer. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers during the Golden Age of Hollywood, and w ...

and

Mervyn LeRoy Mervyn LeRoy (; October 15, 1900 – September 13, 1987) was an American film director and producer. During the 1930s, he was one of the two great practitioners of economical and effective film directing at Warner Bros., Warner Brothers studios, ...

, starring Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon * '' Moonfleet'', starring Stewart Granger and Joan Greenwood * '' Mr. & Mrs. '55'', starring Guru Dutt and Madhubala – (

) * '' Mr. Arkadin'', directed by and starring

Orson Welles George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American director, actor, writer, producer, and magician who is remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theatre. He is among the greatest and most influential film ...

– (

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

) * '' My Sister Eileen'', starring Janet Leigh and Betty Garrett

N

* '' New York Confidential'', starring Broderick Crawford, Richard Conte, Marilyn Maxwell, Anne Bancroft * '' Night and Fog'', a documentary directed by Alain Resnais – (

) * '' The Night My Number Came Up'', starring Michael Redgrave – ( GB) * '' The Night of the Hunter'', directed by Charles Laughton, starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, Peter Graves * '' Not as a Stranger'', starring Robert Mitchum,

Olivia de Havilland Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland (; July 1, 1916July 26, 2020) was a British and American actress. The major works of her cinematic career spanned from 1935 to 1988. She appeared in 49 feature films and was one of the leading actresses of her tim ...

, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Lon Chaney Jr.

O

* ''Oh, Ibuku'' (O, My Mother), directed by Ali Joego, debuting Aminah Cendrakasih – (

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

) * ''

'' (first film shot in

process known as Todd-AO), starring Gordon MacRae,

Shirley Jones Shirley Mae Jones (born March 31, 1934) is an American actress and singer. In her six decades in show business, she has starred as wholesome characters in a number of musical films, such as ''Oklahoma! (film), Oklahoma!'' (1955), ''Carousel (fi ...

, Rod Steiger, Gloria Grahame * ''

Ordet ''Ordet'' (, meaning " The Word" and originally released as ''The Word'' in English) is a 1955 Danish drama film, written and directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. It is based on a play by Kaj Munk, a Danish Lutheran priest, first performed in 1932. ...

'' (The Word), directed by

Carl Theodor Dreyer Carl Theodor Dreyer (; 3 February 1889 – 20 March 1968), commonly known as Carl Th. Dreyer, was a Danish film director and screenwriter. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers in history, his movies are noted for emotional austerity ...

– (

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

) * '' Our Best Days'' (Ayyamna al-Holwa), starring Omar Sharif – (

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

) * '' Out of the Clouds'', directed by

Basil Dearden Basil Dearden (born Basil Clive Dear; 1 January 1911 – 23 March 1971) was an English film director. Early life Dearden was born as Basil Clive Dear at 5 Woodfield Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex to Charles James Dear, a steel manufacturer, and the ...

, starring Anthony Steel, Robert Beatty – ( U.K.)

P

* '' Passage Home'', directed by Roy Ward Baker, starring Anthony Steel, Peter Finch, Diane Cilento – ( U.K.) * ''

Pather Panchali (, ) is a 1955 Indian Bengali language, Bengali-language Drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray in his directorial debut. It is an adaptation of Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's 1929 Bengali Pather Panchali ...

'' (Song of the Little Road), directed by

Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, author, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligraphy, calligrapher, and composer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influ ...

– (

) * '' Pete Kelly's Blues'', starring Jack Webb, Janet Leigh, Edmond O'Brien, Peggy Lee * '' The Phenix City Story'', starring Richard Kiley, John McIntire, John Larch, James Edwards, Edward Andrews * '' Picnic'', directed by Joshua Logan, starring William Holden, Kim Novak, Cliff Robertson, Rosalind Russell * '' Prince of Players'', starring

Richard Burton Richard Burton (; born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.; 10 November 1925 – 5 August 1984) was a Welsh actor. Noted for his mellifluous baritone voice, Burton established himself as a formidable Shakespearean actor in the 1950s and gave a memor ...

* '' Princess Yang Kwei-Fei'' (aka Yôkihi) – (

) * ''

The Prisoner ''The Prisoner'' is a British television series created by Patrick McGoohan. McGoohan portrays Number Six (The Prisoner), Number Six, an unnamed British intelligence agent who is abducted and imprisoned in a The Village (The Prisoner), mysteri ...

'', directed by Peter Glenville, starring

and Jack Hawkins – ( GB) * '' The Private War of Major Benson'', starring

* '' The Prodigal'', starring

Lana Turner Julia Jean "Lana" Turner ( ; February 8, 1921June 29, 1995) was an American actress. Over a career spanning nearly five decades, she achieved fame as both a pin-up model and a film actress, as well as for her highly publicized personal life. ...

Q

* '' The Quatermass Xperiment'' – ( GB) * '' Queen Bee'', starring

R

* '' The Racers'', starring Kirk Douglas, Gilbert Roland, Bella Darvi * '' Radio Stories'' (Historias de la radio) – (

) * '' Die Ratten'' (''The Rats''), starring Maria Schell and Curd Jürgens – (

) – Golden Bear award * '' Rage at Dawn'', starring Randolph Scott * ''

The Rains of Ranchipur ''The Rains of Ranchipur'' is a 1955 American drama and disaster film made by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Jean Negulesco and produced by Frank Ross (producer), Frank Ross from a screenplay by Merle Miller, based on the 1937 novel ''The ...

'', starring

and

* '' Rebel Without a Cause'', directed by Nicholas Ray, starring James Dean, Sal Mineo, Natalie Wood * '' Red Fish'' (Los peces rojos), starring

Arturo de Córdova Arturo García Rodríguez (8 May 1908 – 3 November 1973), known professionally as Arturo de Córdova, was a Mexican actor who appeared in over a hundred films. Biography Career Arturo García Rodríguez was born in Mérida, Yucatán on 8 May ...

– (

) * ''

'', directed by and starring Laurence Olivier, with Ralph Richardson, Claire Bloom, John Gielgud – ( GB) * ''

'' (Du rififi chez les hommes), directed by Jules Dassin – (

) * '' A Ripple in the Pond'' (Ena votsalo sti limni) – (

) * ''

Romeo and Juliet ''The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'', often shortened to ''Romeo and Juliet'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare about the romance between two young Italians from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's ...

'' (Romeo i Dzhulyetta), starring Yuri Zhdanov and Galina Ulanova – (

) * ''

Roots A root is the part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors the plant body, and absorbs and stores water and nutrients. Root or roots may also refer to: Art, entertainment, and media * ''The Root'' (magazine), an online magazine focusin ...

'' (Raíces) – (

) * '' The Rose Tattoo'', starring

Anna Magnani Anna Maria Magnani (; 7 March 1908 – 26 September 1973) was an Academy Award-winning Italian actress.Obituary ''Variety Obituaries, Variety'', 3 October 1973, pg. 47 She was known for her explosive acting and earthy, realistic portrayals of ...

and

* '' Run for Cover'', starring James Cagney, John Derek, Ernest Borgnine

S

* '' Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple'' (Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijōji no kettō) – (

) * '' Scandal in Sorrento'' (Pane, amore e...), starring Vittorio De Sica and Sophia Loren – (

) * '' The Scarlet Coat'', starring Cornel Wilde, George Sanders, Anne Francis * '' The Sea Chase'', starring

and

* '' Seagulls Die in the Harbour'' (Meeuwen sterven in de haven) – (

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

) * '' Seema'', starring Nutan – (

) * '' Seven Angry Men'', starring Raymond Massey * '' The Seven Little Foys'', starring

Bob Hope Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was an American comedian, actor, entertainer and producer with a career that spanned nearly 80 years and achievements in vaudeville, network radio, television, and USO Tours. He appeared ...

, featuring James Cagney reprising role of George M. Cohan from '' Yankee Doodle Dandy'' * '' The Seven Year Itch'', directed by

, starring

and Tom Ewell * '' Shree 420'', directed by and starring

Raj Kapoor Raj Kapoor (; born as Shrishti Nath Kapoor; 14 December 1924 2 June 1988; also known as Ranbir Raj Kapoor) was an Indian actor, film director and producer, who worked in Hindi cinema. He is considered to be one of the greatest and most influen ...

, with Nargis – (

) * '' The Shrike'', directed by and starring José Ferrer * '' The Sign of Venus'' (Il segno di Venere), starring Sophia Loren and Vittorio De Sica – (

) * '' Simba'', starring Dirk Bogarde – ( GB) * '' Sissi'', starring Romy Schneider – (

) * '' Six Bridges to Cross'', starring Tony Curtis * '' Smiles of a Summer Night'' (Sommarnattens leende), directed by

– (

) * '' Son of Sinbad'' * '' So This Is Paris'', starring Tony Curtis and Gloria DeHaven * '' The Spoilers'', starring Anne Baxter and Jeff Chandler * ''

'', starring James Stewart * '' Stella'', directed by Michael Cacoyannis, starring Melina Mercouri – (

) * ''

Storm Over the Nile ''Storm Over the Nile'' is a 1955 British adventure film adaptation of the 1902 novel '' The Four Feathers'', directed by Terence Young and Zoltan Korda. The film not only extensively used footage of the action scenes from the 1939 film ver ...

'', starring Anthony Steel and Laurence Harvey – ( U.K.) * '' Summertime'', directed by

David Lean Sir David Lean (25 March 190816 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor, widely considered one of the most important figures of Cinema of the United Kingdom, British cinema. He directed the large-scale epi ...

, starring

Katharine Hepburn Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress whose Katharine Hepburn on screen and stage, career as a Golden Age of Hollywood, Hollywood leading lady spanned six decades. She was known for her headstrong ...

, Rossano Brazzi, Darren McGavin – ( Britain/ U.S.) * '' The Swindle'' (Il bidone), directed by Federico Fellini, starring Broderick Crawford – (

)

T

* '' Taira Clan Saga'' (Shin Heike Monogatari), directed by Kenji Mizoguchi – (

) * '' Tall Man Riding'', starring Randolph Scott and Dorothy Malone * '' The Tall Men'', starring

Clark Gable William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901November 16, 1960) was an American actor often referred to as the "King of Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". He appeared in more than 60 Film, motion pictures across a variety of Film genre, genres dur ...

, Jane Russell, Robert Ryan * ''

Tarantula Tarantulas comprise a group of large and often hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae. , 1,100 species have been identified, with 166 genera. The term "tarantula" is usually used to describe members of the family Theraphosidae, although ...

'', directed by Jack Arnold, starring John Agar, Mara Corday, with

in a bit part * '' The Tender Trap'', starring

, Debbie Reynolds, David Wayne, Celeste Holm * '' That Lady'', starring

– ( GB/

) * '' This Island Earth'', directed by Joseph M. Newman, starring Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason, Faith Domergue, Russell Johnson * '' Three for the Show'', starring Betty Grable * '' Tight Spot'', starring

Ginger Rogers Ginger Rogers (born Virginia Katherine McMath; July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) was an American actress, dancer and singer during the Classical Hollywood cinema, Golden Age of Hollywood. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her starri ...

, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith, Lorne Greene * '' To Catch a Thief'', directed by

Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 featu ...

, starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly * '' To Hell and Back'', starring Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake, David Janssen * '' The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues'', starring Kent Taylor, Cathy Downs, Michael Whalen * '' The Treasure of Pancho Villa'', starring

and Shelley Winters * '' Trial'', starring Glenn Ford * ''

'', directed by

, starring Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Shirley MacLaine

U

* '' Unknown Soldier'' (Tuntematon sotilas) – (

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

) * '' Unchained'', starring Barbara Hale * '' Underwater!'', starring Jane Russell * '' Untamed'', starring Tyrone Power and

V

* '' The Violent Men'', starring Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith * '' Violent Saturday'', starring Victor Mature, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin * '' The Virgin Queen'', starring

Bette Davis Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (; April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television, and theater. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history, she was noted for her willingness to play unsympatheti ...

, Richard Todd, Joan Collins

W

* '' We're No Angels'', starring

, Peter Ustinov, Aldo Ray, Basil Rathbone * ''

White Feather The white feather is a widely recognised propaganda symbol. The white feather was most prominently used in the 'White Feather Movement, white feather movement' in Britain during the First World War, in which women gave white feathers to non-en ...

'', starring Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Debra Paget * '' Wichita'', starring Joel McCrea * '' The Woman in the Painting'' (Amici per la pelle) – (

) * '' Women's Prison'', starring Ida Lupino, Jan Sterling, Audrey Totter, Phyllis Thaxter

Y

* '' You're Never Too Young'', starring Dean Martin and

Serials

* '' The Adventures of Captain Africa'' * '' King of the Carnival'' * '' Panther Girl of the Kongo''

Short film series

* ''

Looney Tunes ''Looney Tunes'' is an American media franchise produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The franchise began as a series of animated short films that originally ran from 1930 to 1969, alongside its spin-off series ''Merrie Melodies'', during t ...

'' ( 1930– 1969) * '' Terrytoons'' ( 1930– 1964) * '' Merrie Melodies'' ( 1931– 1969) * ''

Popeye Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, Elzie Crisler Segar.1933 Events January * January 11 – Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independen ...

– 1957) * '' Donald Duck'' (

1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

–

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ...

) * '' The Three Stooges'' (

– 1959) * ''

Tom and Jerry ''Tom and Jerry'' is an American Animated cartoon, animated media franchise and series of comedy short films created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Best known for its 161 theatrical short films by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the series ...

'' ( 1940– 1958) * ''

Bugs Bunny Bugs Bunny is a cartoon character created in the late 1930s at Warner Bros. Cartoons (originally Leon Schlesinger, Leon Schlesinger Productions) and Voice acting, voiced originally by Mel Blanc. Bugs is best known for his featured roles in the ' ...

'' ( 1940–

1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...

) * '' Mighty Mouse'' (

1942 The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million. However, the Correlates of War estimates that the prior year, 1941, was th ...

–1955) * '' Chip 'n' Dale'' (

1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 � ...

–

) * '' Droopy'' (

– 1958) * '' Yosemite Sam'' ( 1945–

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...

) * ''Ranger Don'' (

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...

–

) * '' Speedy Gonzales'' (

– 1968) Cartoon: * '' Good Will to Men'' (MGM Cartoon Series) (Frederick Quimby, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, producers; MGM) * '' The Legend of Rockabye Point'' (Walter Lantz Productions; Universal-International) * '' No Hunting'' (Donald Duck Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio) * '' Speedy Gonzales'' (Merrie Melodies Series) (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros.) One-Reel: * ''Gadgets Galore'' (Warner Varieties Series) (Robert Youngson, producer; Warner Bros.) * Survival City (Movietone CinemaScope Series) (Edmund Reek, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox) * 3rd Ave. El (Carson Davidson Productions; Ardee Films) * Three Kisses (Topper Special Series) (Justin Herman, producer; Paramount) Two-Reel: * The Battle of Gettysburg (Dore Schary, producer; MGM) * The Face of Lincoln (University of Southern California Presentation; Cavalcade Pictures, Inc.) * On The Twelfth Day...(United Kingdom Series) (Go Pictures, Inc.; George Brest and Associates) * Switzerland (People and Places Series) (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista) * 24-Hour Alert (Cedric Francis, producer; Warner Bros.)

Births

* January 4 – Sergei Kolesnikov, Soviet-Russian actor (d. 2023) * January 6 – Rowan Atkinson, English comedian and actor * January 8 – Harriet Sansom Harris, American actress * January 9 – J. K. Simmons, American actor * January 15 – Sam Mercer, American producer (d. 2024) * January 16 – Steven Weisberg, American editor (d. 2023) * January 18 –

Kevin Costner Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received List of awards and nominations received by Kevin Costner, various accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Primeti ...

, American actor, producer and director * January 19 – Paul Rodriguez, Mexican-American actor and stand-up comedian * January 20 – Wyatt Knight, American actor (d. 2011) * January 28 – Lorenzo Caccialanza, American actor * February 5 – Kenji Ohba, Japanese actor * February 7 – Miguel Ferrer, American actor (d. 2017) * February 8 – Ethan Phillips, American actor * February 9 ** Jim J. Bullock, American actor and comedian ** Charles Shaughnessy, British actor * February 14 – James Eckhouse, American actor * February 15 – Christopher McDonald, American actor * February 17 ** Ellie Haddington, Scottish actress ** Shun Sugata, Japanese actor * February 19 – Jeff Daniels, American actor * February 21 –

Kelsey Grammer Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955) is an American actor and producer. He gained fame for his role as the psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the NBC sitcom ''Cheers'' (1984–1993) and its spin-off ''Frasier'' (1993–2004, and again F ...

, American actor and comedian * February 28 – Gilbert Gottfried, American stand-up comedian, actor and voice actor (d. 2022) * March 2 – William Hope, Canadian actor * March 3 – Riina Hein, Estonian actress, director, producer and screenwriter * March 6 ** Larry Cedar, American actor ** James Saito, Japanese-American actor ** Alberta Watson, Canadian actress (d. 2015) * March 9 – Ornella Muti, Italian actress * March 13 – Glenne Headley, American actress (d. 2017) * March 16 – Kuh Ledesma, Filipino actress and singer * March 17 ** Mark Boone Junior, American character actor **

Gary Sinise Gary Alan Sinise (; born March 17, 1955) is an American actor, director, producer, musician and humanitarian. Among other awards, he has won a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has ...

, American actor, producer and director * March 19 – Bruce Willis, American actor * March 22 – Lena Olin, Swedish actress * March 26 - Paul Lazar, American actor * March 28 – Reba McEntire, American country singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer * March 29 ** Brendan Gleeson, Irish actor and film director ** Christopher Lawford, American actor (d. 2018) ** Marina Sirtis, American-English actress * April 3 – Tomas Arana, American actor * April 4 – Casey Biggs, American actor * April 5 –

Akira Toriyama was a Japanese manga artist and character designer. He came to be regarded as one of the most influential and important authors in the history of manga, authoring highly influential and popular series, particularly Dragon Ball (manga), ''Dra ...

, Japanese manga artist (d. 2024) * April 6 – Michael Rooker, American actor * April 8 – Kane Hodder, American actor and stuntman * April 17 - David Lowe, English actor and director * April 23 – Judy Davis, Australian actress * April 24 –

Michael O'Keefe Michael O'Keefe (born Raymond Peter O'Keefe Jr.; April 24, 1955) is an American actor known for his roles as Danny Noonan in '' Caddyshack''; Ben Meechum in '' The Great Santini,'' for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Bes ...

, American actor * April 29 ** Leslie Jordan, American actor, comedian, writer and singer (d. 2022) ** Kate Mulgrew, American actress * April 30 – Zlatko Topčić, Bosnian screenwriter * May 1 – Eric Goldberg, American animator, voice actor, director and producer * May 5 – Lisa Jane Persky, American actress * May 8 – Raoul Trujillo, American actor * May 9 – Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (d. 1991) * May 10 – Larry "Flash" Jenkins, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (d. 2019) * May 13 – María Cecilia Botero, Colombian actress and television presenter * May 15 – Lee Horsley, American actor * May 16 – Debra Winger, American actress * May 17 ** Francesco Nuti, Italian actor, director and screenwriter (d. 2023) ** Bill Paxton, American actor (d. 2017) * May 18 – Chow Yun-fat, Hong Kong actor * May 23 – Kristin Rudrüd, American actress * May 27 – Richard Schiff, American actor and director * May 31 ** Susie Essman, American actress ** Julio Oscar Mechoso, American actor (d. 2017) * June 2 ** Dana Carvey, American actor and comedian ** Vickilyn Reynolds, American actress and singer *June 6 – Cheryl Smith, American actress and musician (d. 2002) * June 7 – William Forsythe, American actor * June 8 ** Griffin Dunne, American actor and director ** Andrew Stevens, American actor and producer * June 14 – Paul O'Grady, English comedian, broadcaster, actor and writer (d. 2023) * June 15 ** Polly Draper, American actress, writer, producer and director ** Julie Hagerty, American actress ** Andy Tennant, American screenwriter, director and actor * June 16 – Laurie Metcalf, American actress * June 25 – Michael McShane, American actor, singer and improvisational comedian * June 26 – Gedde Watanabe, American actor and comedian * June 27 – Isabelle Adjani, French actress * July 2 – Andrew Divoff, American actor and producer * July 3 ** Bruce Altman, American actor ** Jesse Corti, American actor ** Vince Martin, Dutch-Australian actor, editor, director and musician * July 7 – Rolf Saxon, American actor and voiceover artist * July 8 – Lena Endre, Swedish actress * July 9 ** Lisa Banes, American actress (d. 2021) ** Jimmy Smits, American actor * July 13 – Lance E. Nichols, American actor * July 21 – Béla Tarr, Hungarian director * July 22 – Willem Dafoe, American actor * July 25 – Iman, Somali-American model and actress * July 27 – Roger Guenveur Smith, American actor, director and writer * July 28 ** Maria Vacratsis, Canadian actress ** Dey Young, American actress * August 3 – Corey Burton, American voice actor * August 4 – Billy Bob Thornton, American actor, director and screenwriter * August 7 – Wayne Knight, American actor and comedian * August 13 – Paul Greengrass, British director, producer and screenwriter * August 19 – Peter Gallagher, American actor * August 20 – Jay Acovone, American actor * August 22 – Gordon Liu, Chinese actor and martial artist * August 24 – Kevin Dunn, American actor * August 27 **Nichola McAuliffe, English actress and writer **Diana Scarwid, American actress * September 9 – Edward Hibbert, American-born British actor * September 10 – Giannina Facio, Costa Rican actress * September 12 – Peter Scolari, American actor (d. 2021) * September 17 **Antoni Corone, American actor and producer **Charles Martinet, American actor and voice actor * September 20 **Betsy Brantley, American actress **David Haig, British actor and playwright * September 21 – Rick Aiello, American actor (d. 2021) * September 26 – Mark Nelson (actor), Mark Nelson, American actor and director * October 3 - Tommy Wiseau, American actor and director * October 10 - Hippolyte Girardot, French actor, director and screenwriter * October 17 – Sam Bottoms, American actor and producer (d. 2008) * October 20 – Thomas Newman, American composer * October 21 – Catherine Hardwicke, American director and screenwriter * October 22 – Bill Condon, American director and screenwriter * October 27 – Michael Shamus Wiles, American character actor * November 5 – Nestor Serrano, American actor * November 9 **Karen Dotrice, British actress **Thomas F. Duffy, American actor * November 10 **Roland Emmerich, German director, screenwriter and producer **Clare Higgins, English actress * November 11 - Stephen Lee (actor), Stephen Lee, American actor (d. 2014) * November 13 – Whoopi Goldberg, American actress and comedian * November 15 – Jun Kunimura, Japanese actor * November 23 – Peter Douglas, American actor and producer * November 25 – Bruce Hopkins (actor), Bruce Hopkins, New Zealand actor * November 27 – Bill Nye, American television presenter * November 30 **Kevin Conroy, American actor (d. 2022) **Malgorzata Gebel, Polish actress * December 2 – Dennis Christopher, American actor * December 3 **Melody Anderson, Canadian actress **Steven Culp, American actor * December 6 – Steven Wright, American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and film producer * December 8 – Kevin McNulty (actor), Kevin McNulty, Canadian actor * December 9 – Hiroyuki Watanabe, Japanese actor (d. 2022) * December 11 – Donna Bullock (actress), Donna Bullock, American actress * December 16 – Xander Berkeley, American actor * December 17 – Richard Young (actor), Richard Young, American character actor, filmmaker and screenwriter * December 21 – Jane Kaczmarek, American actress * December 24 **Clarence Gilyard, American actor (d. 2022) **Grand L. Bush, American former actor

Deaths

* February 11 – Ona Munson, 51, American actress, ''Five Star Final'', ''Gone with the Wind (1939 film), Gone with the Wind'' * February 12 ** Tom Moore (actor), Tom Moore, 71, Irish-American actor, ''Forever Amber (film), Forever Amber'', ''Road House (1948 film), Road House'' ** S. Z. Sakall, 72, Hungarian actor, ''Casablanca (film), Casablanca'', '' Yankee Doodle Dandy'' * April 7 – Theda Bara, 69, American silent film actress, ''A Fool There Was (1915 film), A Fool There Was'', ''Cleopatra (1917 film), Cleopatra'' * April 25 – Constance Collier, 77, British actress, ''Stage Door'', ''Rope (film), Rope'' * May 4 – Robert Kent (actor), Robert Kent, 46, American actor, ''Blonde Comet'', ''The Phantom Rider (Republic serial), The Phantom Rider'' * May 13 – Betty Ann Davies, 44, British actress, ''My Old Duchess'', ''The Man in Black (film), The Man in Black'' * May 22 – Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, 63, American actor, ''Possessed (1931 film), Possessed'', ''Idiot's Delight (film), Idiot's Delight'' * June 11 – Walter Hampden, 75, American actor, ''Sabrina (1954 film), Sabrina'', ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film), The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' * July 31 – Robert Francis (actor), Robert Francis, 25, American actor, ''The Caine Mutiny (1954 film), The Caine Mutiny'', '' The Long Gray Line'', airplane accident * August 5 – Carmen Miranda, 46, Brazilian singer and actress, ''Copacabana (1947 film), Copacabana'', ''The Gang's All Here (1943 film), The Gang's All Here'' * August 6 – Janet Beecher, 70, American actress, ''The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle'', ''The Mark of Zorro (1940 film), The Mark of Zorro'' * August 10 – Jane Murfin, 70, American screenwriter, ''What Price Hollywood?'', ''The Women (1939 film), The Women'' * August 12 – Lynne Carver, 38, American actress, ''Everybody Sing (film), Everybody Sing'', ''Young Dr. Kildare'' * September 20 – ** Robert Riskin, 58, American screenwriter, ''It Happened One Night'', ''Mr. Deeds Goes to Town'' ** Noel M. Smith, 60, American director, ''Secret Service of the Air'', ''Cattle Town'' * September 30 – James Dean, 24, American actor, '' Rebel Without a Cause'', '' East of Eden'', automobile accident * October 1 – Charles Christie, 73, Canadian pioneer film studio owner * October 9 – Alice Joyce, 65, American actress, ''The Green Goddess (1930 film), The Green Goddess'', ''White Man (film), White Man'' * October 19 – John Hodiak, 41, American actor, ''Lifeboat (1944 film), Lifeboat'', ''A Bell for Adano'', heart attack * October 20 – Frank Darien, 79, American actor, ''The Grapes of Wrath (film), The Grapes of Wrath'', ''Under Fiesta Stars'' * November 9 – Tom Powers, 65, American actor, ''Double Indemnity'', ''The Blue Dahlia'' * November 14 – Robert E. Sherwood, 59, American screenwriter, ''The Best Years of Our Lives'', ''Rebecca (1940 film), Rebecca'' * November 15 – Lloyd Bacon, 65, American director, ''The Oklahoma Kid'', ''Knute Rockne, All American'' * November 22 – Shemp Howard, 60, American actor, comedian of The Three Stooges, ''The Bank Dick'', ''Pittsburgh (1942 film), Pittsburgh'' * November 27 – William Nigh, 74, American director, ''Mr. Wong, Detective'', ''The Gay Cavalier (film), The Gay Cavalier'' * December 5 – Paul Harvey (actor), Paul Harvey, 73, American actor, ''April in Paris (film), April in Paris'', ''Calamity Jane (film), Calamity Jane'' * December 24 – Nana Bryant, 67, American actress, ''Public Enemies (1941 film), Public Enemies'', ''Bathing Beauty''

Film Debuts

Notes

References

External links

List of 1955 films
at IMDb
List of 1955 deaths
at IMDb
List of 1955 births
at IMDb {{DEFAULTSORT:1955 In Film 1955 in film, Film by year