Births[]
- Peter Sproule
- January 4 — Tim Rooney
- January 17 — Jerry Wills
- February 2 — Farrah Fawcett
- February 3 — Gus Rethwisch
- February 6 — Mark L. Rosen
- February 15 — Marisa Berenson
- February 22 — Maurizio De Angelis
- February 23 — John Judd
- February 24 — Yutaka Hayashi
- March 12 — Laura Waterbury
- March 15 — Tony Osoba
- April 3 — Jonathan Welsh
- April 10 — Paolo Malco
- April 15 — Ronald Francis
- April 17 — Paola Pitti
- April 23 — Paulette Breen
- April 30 — Joe Blasco
- May 7 — J.D. Hall
- May 9 — Chia Essie Lin
- May 16 — Bill Smitrovich
- May 27 — Kenpachiro Satsuma
- June 1 — Ron Wood
- June 3 — John Dykstra
- June 7 — Susan Woollen
- June 15 — Robert S. Fiveson
- June 20 — Candy Clark
- June 22 — Jacqulin Cole
- July 27 — Robbie Greenberg
- July 28 — Hugh Corcoran
- August 24 — Raven De La Croix
- September 4 — Jeffery Kissoon
- September 7 — Luigi Cozzi
- September 13 — Gary Brockette
- September 21 — Cynthia Hull
- September 28 — Michael Flynn
- October 5 — Dee Duffy
- October 13 — Avi Lerner
- October 16 — Jeff Lieberman
- November 17 — Steven de Souza
- December 8 — David Schmoeller
- December 13 — Rex Hagon
- December 26 — Linda Miller
- December 29 — Vincent Winter
Deaths[]
- February 21 — Lee Zahler
- May 3 — Melville de Lay
Events[]
- March 13 — At the 19th Academy Awards, the following awards are presented:
- Lyle R. Wheeler, William S. Darling, Thomas Little, and Frank E. Hughes win the Best Art Direction (Black and White) Award for Anna and the King of Siam.
- Cedric Gibbons, Edwin B. Willis, and Paul Groesse win the Best Art Direction (Color) Award for The Yearling.
- Tom Howard wins the Best Special Effects Award for Blithe Spirit.