Film year 1952
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Film awards
Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe will be presented on February 21 at Ciro's in Los Angeles:
- Best Drama: A Place in the Sun by George Stevens
- Best Musical: An American in Paris by Vincente Minnelli
- Best Actor (Drama): Fredric March in Death of a Salesman
- Best Actress (Drama): Jane Wyman in The Blue Veil
- Best Actor (Musical / Comedy): Danny Kaye in On the Riviera
- Best Actress (Musical / Comedy): June Allyson in Too Young to Kiss
- Best Supporting Actor: Peter Ustinov in Quo Vadis
- Best Supporting Actress: Kim Hunter in Endstation Sehnsucht
- Best director: László Benedek for Death of a Salesman
- Cecil B. DeMille Award : Cecil B. DeMille
Academy Awards
The Oscars will be held on March 20th at the RKO Pantages Theater in Los Angeles . The moderator is Danny Kaye .
- Best film: An American in Paris by Vincente Minnelli
- Best Actor: Humphrey Bogart in African Queen
- Best Actress: Vivien Leigh in Endstation Sehnsucht
- Best Director: George Stevens for A Place in the Sun.
- Best supporting actor: Karl Malden in Endstation Sehnsucht
- Best Supporting Actress: Kim Hunter in Endstation Sehnsucht
- Best Screenplay: Alan Jay Lerner for An American in Paris
- Best music: Franz Waxman for Ein Platz in der Sonne
- Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award : Arthur Freed
Complete list of award winners
Venice Film Festival
The Venice Festival runs from August 20th to September 12th. The jury selects the following winners:
- Golden Lion : Jeux interdits by René Clément
- Best Actor: Fredric March in Death of a Salesman
- Special jury award: Alexander Mackendrick for Mandy
Cannes International Film Festival 1952
The Cannes festival takes place from April 23rd to May 10th. The jury awards the following prizes:
- Grand Jury Prize: Due soldi di speranza by Renato Castellani and Othello by Orson Welles
- Best Actor: Marlon Brando in Viva Zapata!
- Best Actress: Lee Grant at Police Station 21
- Best director: Christian Jacque for fanfan, the hussar
German film award
- Best Film: The Guilt of Dr. Homma from Paul Verhoeven
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best film: Midday by Fred Zinnemann
- Best director: Fred Zinnemann for twelve noon
- Best Actor: Ralph Richardson in The Unknown Enemy
- Best Actress: Shirley Booth in Come Back Little Sheba
- Best Foreign Film: Forbidden Games by René Clément
National Board of Review
- Best Picture: The Winner by John Ford
- Best Director: David Lean for The Unknown Enemy
- Best Actor: Ralph Richardson in The Unknown Enemy
- Best Actress: Shirley Booth in Come Back Little Sheba
- Best Foreign Film: David Lean's Unknown Enemy
Further film prizes and awards
- Directors Guild of America Award : George Stevens for A Place in the Sun , Louis B. Mayer (Lifetime Achievement)
- British Film Academy Award : The dance by Max Ophüls
- Louis Delluc Prize : The scarlet curtain by Alexandre Astruc
- Photoplay Award : With a Song in the Heart by Walter Lang (Best Picture), Gary Cooper (Most Popular Male Star), Susan Hayward (Most Popular Female Star)
- Writers Guild of America Award : An American in Paris (Best Musical), A Place in the Sun (Best Drama), A Gift from Heaven (Best Comedy), Hell of Korea (Best Low-Budget Production)
Birthdays
January to March
January
- January 1: Stephanie Faracy , American actress
- January 3: Adelheid Arndt , German actress
- January 6: Frank Sivero , American actor
- January 11: Bille Brown , Australian actor († 2013)
- January 17: Kevin Reynolds , American director and screenwriter
- January 17th: Ryūichi Sakamoto , Japanese composer
- January 26th: Mimi Leder , American director
February
- February 4th: Lisa Eichhorn , American actress
- February 12: Simon MacCorkindale , British actor and filmmaker († 2010)
- February 19: Christiane Reiff , German actress
- February 29: Pierre Blaise , French actor
March
- March 2: Laraine Newman , American actress
- March 8: Sandy King , American producer
- March 13: Marcel Werner , German actor († 1986)
- March 18: Dennis Chun , American actor
- March 23: Franziska Walser , German actress
- March 27: Maria Schneider , French actress († 2011)
- March 30th: Stuart Dryburgh , British cameraman
- March 30th: Klaus Pohl , German playwright and actor
April to June
April
- April 1: Annette O'Toole , American actress
- April 5: Mitch Pileggi , American actor
- April 6: Marilu Henner , American actress
- April 9: Ted Tally , American screenwriter
- April 13: Erick Avari , Indian actor
- April 15: Sam McMurray , American actor
- April 15: Glenn Shadix , American actor († 2010)
- April 16: Michel Blanc , French actor
- April 17: Joe Alaskey , American actor and voice actor († 2016)
- April 17th: Robert Gliński , Polish director
- April 22nd: François Berléand , French actor
- April 28: Mary McDonnell , American actress
- April 29: Nora Dunn , American actress
- April 30th: Jacques Audiard , French director and screenwriter
May
- May 2: Christine Baranski , American actress
- May 2: Pat Cardi , American actor
- May 2nd: Christopher Doyle , Australian cameraman
- May 6: Christian Clavier , French actor
- May 6: Gregg Henry , American actor
- May 6: Michael O'Hare , American actor
- May 6: Alexander Radszun , German actor
- May 8: Matti Geschonneck , German director
- May 11: Shohreh Aghdashloo , Iranian actress
- May 11: Frances Fisher , British actress
- May 14: Robert Zemeckis , American director and producer
- May 15: Chazz Palminteri , American actor
- May 21: Mr. T , American actor
- May 23: Deborah Adair , American actress
- May 24th: Sybil Danning , Austrian actress
June
- June 6: Harvey Fierstein , American actor
- June 7th: Liam Neeson , British actor
- June 10: Detlef Bierstedt , German actor and voice actor
- June 11: Stephen Lang , American actor
- June 13: Erika Deutinger , Austrian actress
- June 15: John Toll , American cameraman
- June 17th: Étienne Chatiliez , French director
- June 18: Carol Kane , American actress
- June 18: Judd Parkin , American producer and screenwriter
- June 18: Isabella Rossellini , Italian actress
- June 19: Virginia Hey , Australian actress
- June 19: Bill Pope , American cameraman
- June 20: John Goodman , American actor
- June 20: Mabel Rivera , Spanish actress
- June 22nd: Graham Greene , Canadian actor
- June 26: Enrico Ghezzi , Italian film critic
- June 27: Bogusław Linda , Polish actor
- June 27: Rita Russek , German actress and director
- June 28: Gianfranco Giagni , Italian director
- June 30: David Garrison , American actor
July to September
July
- July 1: Dan Aykroyd , Canadian actor
- July 3: Rick Ducommun , Canadian actor († 2015)
- July 6: Shelley Hack , American actress
- July 10: Michael Schottenberg , Austrian actor
- July 11th: Timo Salminen , Finnish cameraman
- July 14th: Joel Silver , American producer
- July 15: Daniel Mesguich , French actor
- July 15: Terry O'Quinn , American actor
- July 17: David Hasselhoff , American actor
- July 24th: Gus Van Sant , American director
- July 27: Roxanne Hart , American actress
- July 28: Bruno Garbuglia , Italian screenwriter († 2011)
- July 29: Wendy Hughes , Australian actress
August
- August 6: Brian Levant , American director and screenwriter
- August 6: Chuck Russell , American director
- August 7: Caroline Aaron , American actress
- August 7: Holmes Osborne , American actor
- August 10: Daniel Hugh-Kelly , American actor
- August 10: Diane Venora , American actress
- August 11: Tabea Blumenschein , German actress († 2020)
- August 12: Ronald Guttman , Belgian actor
- August 12: Chen Kaige , Chinese director
- August 14: Carl Lumbly , American actor
- August 14: Alex van Warmerdam , Dutch director
- August 16: Reginald VelJohnson , American actor
- August 18: Patrick Swayze , American actor († 2009)
- August 19: Jonathan Frakes , American actor and director
- August 27: Paul Reubens , American actor
- August 29: Deborah Van Valkenburgh , American actress
September
- September 6th: Dominik Graf , German director
- September 7th: Susan Blakely , American actress
- September 8: David R. Ellis , American director, stuntman and actor († 2013)
- September 9th: Angela Cartwright , British actress
- September 13: Christine Estabrook , American actress
- September 16: Andrew Horn , American director
- September 16: Mickey Rourke , American actor
- September 25: Tommy Norden , American child actor
- September 25: Christopher Reeve , American actor
- September 28: Sylvia Kristel , Dutch actress
- September 30: John Finn , American actor
- September 30: Al Leong , American actor
October to December
October
- October 3: Steve Tracy , American actor († 1986)
- October 4th: Antonello Fassari , Italian actor and director
- October 7th: Mary Badham , American actress
- October 13: John Lone , Chinese-American actor
- October 18: Chuck Lorre , American producer and screenwriter
- October 19: Verónica Castro , Mexican actress, singer and presenter
- October 20: Melanie Mayron , American actress
- October 22: Jeff Goldblum , American actor
- October 27: Roberto Benigni , Italian actor and director
- October 28: Annie Potts , American actress
- October 31: Jane Wymark , British actress
November
- November 3: Roseanne Barr , American actress
- November 3: Jim Cummings , American voice actor
- November 6: Michael Cunningham , American screenwriter
- November 8: Alfre Woodard , American actress
- November 14th: Chris Noonan , Australian director
- November 14: Maggie Roswell , American actress
- November 18: Delroy Lindo , American actor
- November 18: Hardy Rawls , American actor
- November 20: Elliot Tyson , American sound engineer
- November 24: Rachel Chagall , American actress
- November 24th: Thierry Lhermitte , French actor
- November 24th: Ilja Richter , German actor
- November 24th: Ulrich Seidl , Austrian director
- November 29: Jeff Fahey , American actor
- November 30: Mandy Patinkin , American actor
December
- December 1st: Stephen Poliakoff , British director and screenwriter
- December 3: Mel Smith , British director and actor († 2013)
- December 3: Keith Szarabajka , American actor
- December 5: Georg Schuchter , Austrian actor († 2001)
- December 9: Michael Dorn , American actor
- December 10th: Susan Dey , American actress
- December 11th: Susan Seidelman , American director
- December 12th: Sarah Douglas , British actress
- December 14: John Lurie , American actor and composer
- December 15: Julie Taymor , American director
- December 18: Krystyna Janda , Polish actress
- December 20th: Jenny Agutter , British actress
- December 20th: Terry George , Northern Irish director
- December 27th: Tovah Feldshuh , American actress
Day unknown
- Rick Carter , American production designer and art director
- Peter Pagel , German actor
deceased
January to June
- January 25: Polly Moran , American actress (* 1883)
- February 7: Philip G. Epstein , American screenwriter (* 1909)
- February 19: Lawrence Grant , British actor (* 1870)
- March 1: Gregory La Cava , American director (* 1892)
- March 7th: Franz Seitz senior , German actor, director and screenwriter (* 1888)
- March 11th: Pierre Renoir , French actor (* 1885)
- April 3: Russell Owen , American journalist (* 1889)
- April 21: Leslie Banks , British actor (* 1890)
- May 8: Richard Eichberg , German director, actor and producer († 1952)
- May 8: William Fox , American producer (* 1879)
- May 15: Albert Bassermann , German actor (* 1867)
- May 21: John Garfield , American actor (born 1913)
- June 1: Malcolm St. Clair , American director (* 1897)
- June 25: Svend Gade , Danish director (* 1877)
- June 27: Elmo Lincoln , American actor (* 1889)
July to December
- July 4th: Karl Platen , German actor (* 1877)
- July 6th: Gertrud Wolle , German actress (* 1891)
- August 2: Karel Lamač , Czech director (* 1897)
- September 6: Gertrude Lawrence , British actress (* 1898)
- September 16: Louis Ralph , Austrian actor and director (* 1878)
- September 17th: Fred Sauer , Austrian actor and director (* 1886)
- October 11: Jack Conway , American director (* 1887)
- October 18: Nathan Levinson , American sound engineer, pioneer of the sound film (* 1888)
- October 20: Basil Radford , British actor (* 1897)
- October 23: Susan Peters , American actress (* 1921)
- October 26: Hattie McDaniel , American actress (* 1895)
- November 2: Henry Edwards , British director and actor (* 1883)
- November 23: Fred Moore , American animator (* 1911)
- December 27: Horst Caspar , German actor (* 1913)
- December 30th: Walter Lantzsch , German actor (* 1888)
See also
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