Deaths
- January 10 - Richard Boone, actor
- January 11 - Beulah Bondi, actress
- January 16 - Bernard Lee, actor
- February 1 - Wanda Hendrix, actress
- July 27 - William Wyler, director
- August 1 - Paddy Chayefsky, screenwriter
- August 4 - Melvyn Douglas, actor
- August 18 - Anita Loos, writer
- September 27 - Robert Montgomery, actor
- October 24 - Edith Head, costume designer
- November 12 - William Holden, actor
- November 21 - Ejner Federspiel, actor
- November 27 - Lotte Lenya, actress
- November 29 - Natalie Wood, actress
- December 17 - Ada Kramm, actress
- December 28 - Allan Dwan, pioneer film director
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