Film year 1942
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| The film Casablanca with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman has its world premiere on November 26th . | |
Events
- January 10 : Mickey Rooney marries Ava Gardner .
- April 3 : In the US, the movie has Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book ( The Jungle Book ), the first film adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's eponymous , Premiere. The main role of Mowgli is played by the Indian-born actor Sabu .
- November 26 : In New York Hollywood Theater the premiere of the film is Casablanca by Michael Curtiz , after it already on September 22 has been in California test performances with the consistently positive reactions. Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman can be seen in the leading roles .
Film awards
Academy Awards
This year's Academy Awards will take place on February 26th at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles . Due to the entry of the United States into World War II , the award ceremony takes place less lavishly as part of a dinner.
- Best Picture: Beatings by John Ford
- Best Actor: Gary Cooper in Sergeant York
- Best Actress: Joan Fontaine in suspicion
- Best Director: John Ford for Beating Weather
- Best Supporting Actor: Donald Crisp in Beating Weather
- Best Supporting Actress: Mary Astor in The Great Lie
- Best Original Screenplay: Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles for Citizen Kane
- Best song: Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein for The Last Time I Saw Paris in Lady Be Good
- Best music: Bernard Herrmann for The Devil and Daniel Webster
- Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award : Walt Disney
Complete list of award winners
Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival runs from August 30th to September 5th. The jury selected the following winners:
- Best Foreign Film: The Great King by Veit Harlan
- Best Italian Film: Benghazi by Augusto Genina
- Best Actor: Fosco Giachetti in Benghazi
- Best actress: Kristina Söderbaum in The Golden City
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best Film: In Which We Serve by Noël Coward and David Lean
- Best Director: John Farrow for Wake Island
- Best Actor: James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy
- Best Actress: Agnes Moorehead in The Splendor of House Amberson
Further film prizes and awards
Birthdays
January to March
January
- January 1: Suzy Kendall , British actress
- January 5: Cliff Potts , American actor
- January 8: Yvette Mimieux , American actress
- January 10: Walter Hill , American director and screenwriter
- January 16: Tony Doyle , Irish actor († 2000)
- January 17th: Nancy Parsons , American actress († 2001)
- January 14th: Michael Gwisdek , German actor
- January 24th: Lyudmila Savelyeva , Russian actress
- January 27: Stewart Raffill , American director and screenwriter
- January 27: John Witherspoon , American actor († 2019)
- January 31: Daniela Bianchi , Italian actress
- January 31: Derek Jarman , British director († 1994)
February
- February 2: Bo Hopkins , American actor
- February 8: Robert Klein , American actor
- February 9: Marianna Hill , American actress
- February 9: Kirsten Thorup , Danish screenwriter
- February 13: Carol Lynley , American actress
- February 14: Andrew Robinson , American actor
- February 17th: Heinrich Breloer , German director
- February 17th: Dieter Laser , German actor († 2020)
- February 20: Claude Miller , French director († 2012)
- February 21: Margarethe von Trotta , German director
- February 24: Jenny O'Hara , American actress
- February 25: Karen Grassle , American actress
- February 26: Wolf Gremm , German director and screenwriter († 2015)
- February 28: Edda Köchl-König , German actress († 2015)
March
- March 1: Dennis Lipscomb , American actor
- March 2nd: Jon Finch , British actor († 2012)
- March 2: John Irving , American writer
- March 6: Norbert Schwientek , German actor († 2011)
- March 7th: Phil Parmet , American cinematographer
- March 15: Molly Peters , British actress († 2017)
- March 21: Françoise Dorléac , French actress
- March 23: Michael Haneke , German-Austrian director
- March 27: Michael York , British actor
- March 28th: Mike Newell , British director
- March 29: Scott Wilson , American actor († 2018)
- March 30: Kenneth Welsh , Canadian actor
April to June
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April
- April 3: Marsha Mason , American actress
- April 3: Marek Perepeczko , Polish actor († 2005)
- April 3: Billy Joe Royal , American singer and actor († 2015)
- April 3: Catherine Spaak , Belgian actress
- April 5th: Peter Greenaway , British director
- April 6: Barry Levinson , American director
- April 6: Anita Pallenberg , German actress and model († 2017)
- April 8: Douglas Trumbull , American director
- April 9: Ida Galli , Italian actress
- April 10: Erden Kıral , Turkish director
- April 11th: Poul Glargaard , Danish actor († 2011)
- April 13: Bill Conti , American composer
- April 14th: Stuart Craig , British production designer
- April 14: Robert Dalva , American film editor
- April 17th: David Bradley , British actor
- April 20: Ralf Schermuly , German actor and voice actor († 2017)
- April 23: Sandra Dee , American actress († 2005)
- April 23: Sheila Gish , British actress
- April 24th: Barbra Streisand , American actress and director
May
- May 2nd: Wojciech Pszoniak , Polish actor
- May 5: Marc Alaimo , American actor
- May 13: Roger Young , American director
- May 14th: Prentis Hancock , Scottish actor
- May 14: Rüdiger Vogler , German actor
- May 22: Barbara Parkins , Canadian actress
- May 30th: Gerhard Olschewski , German actor
June
- June 1: Tom Mankiewicz , American screenwriter and director († 2010)
- June 6: Ulrike Ottinger , German director
- June 14: Allen Daviau , American cameraman
- June 18: Roger Ebert , American film critic († 2013)
- June 18: Nick Tate , Australian actor and director
- June 19: Solveig Müller , German actress
- June 23: Jörg Pleva , German actor and voice actor († 2013)
- June 24th: Gernot Endemann , German actor and voice actor († 2020)
- June 25: Manolo Otero , Spanish actor († 2011)
- June 27: Jérôme Savary , French director, writer and actor († 2013)
July to September
July
- July 1: Geneviève Bujold , Canadian actress
- July 9: Richard Roundtree , American actor
- July 12: Tam White , Scottish actor and musician († 2010)
- July 13: Harrison Ford , American actor
- July 17th: France Anglade , French actress
- July 17th: Michael Seresin , New Zealand cameraman
- July 21: Véronique Vendell , French actress
- July 22: Anthony James , American actor († 2020)
- July 22nd: Marianne Nentwich , Austrian actress
- July 24: Chris Sarandon , American actor
- July 25: Ulla Bergryd , Swedish actress († 2015)
- July 26: Hannelore Elsner , German actress and voice actress († 2019)
- July 29: Tony Sirico , American actor
August
- August 1st: Giancarlo Giannini , Italian actor
- August 7th: Tobin Bell , American actor
- August 9: Miguel Littín , Chilean director
- August 10: John Bailey , American cinematographer
- August 17th: Roshan Seth , British-Indian actor
- August 18: Henry G. Sanders , American actor
- August 18: Sabine Sinjen , German actress († 1995)
- August 19: Fred Thompson , American actor († 2015)
- August 20: Isaac Hayes , American composer and actor († 2008)
- August 20: Hannelore Hoger , German actress
- August 25: Margarita Borisovna Terechowa , Russian actress
- August 28: Lothar Meid , German composer and actor († 2015)
- August 29: Gottfried John , German actor († 2014)
- August 30: Suzanne Roquette , German actress († 2020)
- August 31: George Kuchar , American director († 2011)
September
- September 5: Werner Herzog , German director, producer and actor
- September 11th: Gerome Ragni , American actor († 1991)
- September 17th: Lupe Ontiveros , American actress († 2012)
- September 19: David Alexander Hess , American composer, producer and actor († 2011)
- September 27: Alvin Stardust , British actor and singer († 2014)
- September 28: Pierre Clémenti , French actor and director († 1999)
- September 29th: Madeline Kahn , American actress († 1999)
- September 29: Ian McShane , British actor
October to December
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October
- October 2: Manfred Zapatka , German actor
- October 4: Irm Hermann , German actress († 2020)
- October 5th: John Seale , Australian cameraman
- October 6: Britt Ekland , Swedish actress
- October 10: Bruce Ricker , American documentary filmmaker († 2011)
- October 11th: Amitabh Bachchan , Indian actor
- October 12: Daliah Lavi , Israeli actress and singer († 2017)
- October 13: Pamela Tiffin , American actress
- October 20: Earl Hindman , American actor († 2003)
- October 22: Annette Funicello , American actress († 2013)
- October 23: Michael Crichton , American writer († 2008)
- October 26: Bob Hoskins , British actor († 2014)
- October 30: Alan Rachins , American actor
- October 31: David Ogden Stiers , American actor († 2018)
November
- November 1: Ulrich Pleitgen , German actor († 2018)
- November 1: Marcia Wallace , American actress and voice actress († 2013)
- November 2: Stefanie Powers , American actress
- November 8: Margaret Ladd , American actress
- November 9: Gianni Brezza , Italian actor and director († 2011)
- November 11th: Rolf Schübel , German director
- November 12th: Dieter Wedel , German director
- November 17: Martin Scorsese , American director
- November 18: Linda Evans , American actress
- November 23: Susan Anspach , American actress
- November 24th: Billy Connolly , British actor
- November 25th: Rosa von Praunheim , German director
- November 30: Emely Reuer , German actress and voice actress († 1981)
December
- December 1: Francis Reusser , Swiss director († 2020)
- December 11th: Thomas Mitscherlich , German director and screenwriter († 1998)
- December 16: Eugene Robert Glazer , American actor
- December 23: Lars-Erik Berenett , Swedish actor († 2017)
- December 29: Rajesh Khanna , Indian actor († 2012)
- December 29th: Cordula Trantow , German actress
- December 30th: Fred Ward , American actor
Day unknown
- Joe Mafela , South African actor and director († 2017)
deceased
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January to June
- January 6th: Tina Modotti , Italian photographer (* 1896)
- January 11: Barney McGill , American cameraman (* 1890)
- January 16: Carole Lombard , American actress (* 1908)
- January 22nd: Emmy Wyda , German actress (* 1876)
- February 22nd: Stefan Zweig , Austrian writer (* 1881)
- February 23: Robert Katscher , Austrian songwriter and composer (* 1894)
- February 25: Sidney D. Mitchell , American songwriter and songwriter (* 1888)
- March 22nd: Alexander Volkov , Russian director (* 1885)
- April 10: Carl Schenstrøm , Danish actor and director (* 1881)
- May 14: Frank Churchill , American composer (* 1901)
- May 29: John Barrymore , American actor (* 1882)
- June 1: Edwin C. Hahn , American film technician (* 1888)
- June 10: Fritz Hirsch , German actor (* 1888)
July to December
- July 20: Germaine Dulac , French director (* 1882)
- July 25th: Georges Berr , French screenwriter and director (* 1867)
- August 1: Herbert Selpin , German director and screenwriter (* 1902)
- August 3: James Cruze , American actor and director (* 1884)
- August 12: Phillips Holmes , Canadian-American actor (born 1907)
- August 14: Hans Behrendt , German director (* 1889)
- August 23: Alfred Rosenthal , German film journalist and lobbyist (* 1888)
- August 27: Walter Steinbeck , German actor (* 1878)
- August 29: John Gottowt , German actor (* 1881)
- October 20: May Robson , Australian actress (* 1858)
- October 27: Brenda Fowler , American actress (* 1883)
- October 28: Ferdinand Exl , Austrian actor (* 1875)
- November 9th: Edna May Oliver , American actress (* 1883)
- November 12th: Laura Hope Crews , American actress (* 1879)
- November 14: Sidney Fox , American actress (* 1907)
- November 16: Joseph Schmidt , German tenor and actor (* 1904)
- December 12th: Helen Westley , American actress (* 1875)
Day unknown
- July: Robert Liebmann , German screenwriter (* 1890)
See also
Web links
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