1960

Births

• February 20 — Joel Hodgson
• February 27 — Mary Jo Pehl
• March 30 — Bill Corbett
• April 1 — Jennifer Runyon
• May 24 — Jeff Celentano
• June 15 — Hiroko Saito
• July 25 — John Scherer
• August 19 — Chuck Williams
• October 3 — Cinzia De Ponti
• October 13 — Carla Herd
• October 18 — Jean-Claude Van Damme

Deaths

• January 20 — Eddie Parker
• January 22 — Stepan Kayukov
• January 24 — John Miljan
• February 1 — Sheldon Jett
• February 3 — Pierre Watkin
• February 5 — Carlos Múzquiz
• February 20 — Noel Cravat
• March 13 — Perry Finnerman
• April 6 — Oscar O'Shea
• April 13 — Bud Wolfe
• April 17 — Eddie Cochran
• April 25 — Gino Mattera
• May 27 — George Zucco
• May 28 — Ramón Gay
• June 15 — Edward Cronjager
• June 27 — Slim Whitaker
• July 26 — Cedric Gibbons
• August 3 — Warren Newcombe
• August 10 — Mischa Bakaleinikoff
• September 4 — Alfred E. Green
• September 9 — Paul Stanhope
• September 13 — Paul Weatherwax
• October 6 — Douglas Spencer
• October 7 — Warrington Gillette
• December 12 — Lily Granado
• December 19 — Robert Griffin

Movie Premieres

• The Beatniks
• February 24 — The Amazing Transparent Man
• February 26 — First Spaceship on Venus (East Germany)
• March 7 — First Spaceship on Venus (Poland)
• April 16 — Horrors of Spider Island (West Germany)
• May — The Leech Woman
• June — 12 to the Moon
• June 16 — The Girl in Lovers Lane
• June 26 — Circus of Horrors (U.K.)
• July 13 — Hercules Unchained (U.S.)
• August 19 — The Loves of Hercules (Italy)
• August 31 — Circus of Horrors (U.S.)
• September 22 — Tormented
• October — Santa Claus (U.S.)
• November 16 — The Sword and the Dragon (U.S.)
• December 8 — The Sinister Urge
• December 28 — The Loves of Hercules (France)

Events

• Keith Larsen and Susan Cummings get divorced.
• January 24 — Brett Halsey and Luciana Paluzzi get married.
• February 8 — The following individuals receive stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at its groundbreaking:
  • Richard Arlen at 6755 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Lew Ayres receives two stars.
    • At 6385 Hollywood Blvd. for his film work.
    • At 1724 Vine St. for his radio work.
  • Jim Backus at 1735 Vine St.
  • Richard Basehart at 6276 Hollywood Blvd.
  • William Beaudine at 1777 Vine St.
  • Noah Beery Jr. at 7047 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Monte Blue at 6290 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Ernest Borgnine at 6324 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Hillary Brooke at 6311 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Tom Brown at 1648 Vine St.
  • Mae Busch at 7021 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Francis X. Bushman at 1651 Vine St.
  • Richard Carlson at 6333 Hollywood Blvd.
  • John Carradine at 6240 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Peggie Castle at 6266 Hollywood Blvd.
  • John Chambers at 7006 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Marguerite Chapman at 6284 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Tom Conway at 1617 Vine St.
  • Jackie Coogan at 1654 Vine St.
  • Wendell Corey at 6328 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Alan Curtis at 7021 Hollywood Blvd. (posthumous)
  • Jim Davis at 6290 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Richard Denning at 6932 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Cathy Downs at 6646 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Jerry Fairbanks at 6384 Hollywood Blvd.
  • William Farnum at 6322 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Henry Fonda at 1601 Vine St.
  • John Forsythe at 6549 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Robert Fuller at 6608 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Ava Gardner at 1560 Vine St.
  • Paul Gilbert at 6340 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Arthur Godfrey receives three stars.
    • At 1559 Vine St. for his television work.
    • At 6616 Hollywood Blvd. for his recording work.
    • At 6233 Hollywood Blvd. for his radio work.
  • Alfred E. Green at 6529 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Reed Hadley at 6553 Hollywood Blvd
  • Alan Hale, Jr. at 6653 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Barbara Hale at 1628 Vine St.
  • Creighton Hale at 6915 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Raymond Hatton at 1708 Vine St.
  • John Howard at 6515 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Rock Hudson at 6116 Hollywood Blvd.
  • John Ireland at 7021 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Dean Jagger at 1623 Vine St.
  • Adele Jergens at 7046 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Van Johnson at 6600 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Lassie at 6368 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Peter Lawford at 6922 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Bela Lugosi at 6340 Hollywood Blvd. (posthumous)
  • John Lupton at 1713 Vine St.
  • Guy Madison receives two stars.
    • At 6333 Hollywood Blvd. for his television work.
    • At 6933 Hollywood Blvd. for his radio work.
  • Dorothy Malone at 1716 Vine St.
  • Hank Mann at 6300 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Jayne Mansfield at 6328 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Roddy McDowall at 6632 Hollywood Blvd.
  • George Meeker at 6101 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Marvin Miller at 6101 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Ricardo Montalbán at 7021 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Del Moore at 6405 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Jack Mulhall at 1724 Vine St.
  • Hugh O'Brian at 6613 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Jack Palance at 6608 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Gregory Peck at 6100 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Gigi Perreau at 6212 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Basil Rathbone receives three stars.
    • At 6549 Hollywood Blvd. for his film work.
    • At 6915 Hollywood Blvd. for his television work.
    • At 6300 Hollywood Blvd. for his radio work.
  • George Reeves at 6709 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Cesar Romero receives two stars.
    • At 6615 Hollywood Blvd. for his film work.
    • At 1719 Vine St. for his television work.
  • John Sturges at 6511 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Kent Taylor receives two stars.
    • At 1645 Vine St. for his film work.
    • At 6818 Hollywood Blvd. for his television work.
  • Lowell Thomas receives two stars.
    • At 6433 Hollywood Blvd. for his film work.
    • At 1752 Vine St. for his radio work.
  • Regis Toomey at 7021 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Lurene Tuttle receives two stars.
    • At 7011 Hollywood Blvd. for her television work.
    • At 1760 Vine St. for her radio work.
  • Mike Wallace at 6263 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Bill Williams at 6145 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Dave Willock at 6358 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Shelley Winters at 1752 Vine St.
  • Jane Wyatt at 6350 Hollywood Blvd.
  • Keenan Wynn at 1515 Vine St.
• April 4 — At the 32nd Academy Awards, the following awards are presented:
  • Shelley Winters wins the Best Supporting Actress Award for her role in The Diary of Anne Frank.
  • Lyle R. Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, and Stuart A. Reiss win the Best Art Direction (Black and White) Award for The Diary of Anne Frank.
• June — Delores Wells is featured in that month's issue of Playboy as Playmate.
• June 1 — Andra Martin and Ty Hardin get divorced.