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- 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:
- June — Delores Wells is featured in that month's issue of Playboy as Playmate.
- June 1 — Andra Martin and Ty Hardin get divorced.