Film year 1956
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Events
- June 29: Arthur Miller marries Marilyn Monroe
- Elvis Presley makes his first film with powder smoke and hot songs .
Film awards
Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe will be presented on February 23 at the Cocoanut Grove in Los Angeles.
- Best Drama: Beyond Eden by Elia Kazan
- Best Musical: Heavy Boys - Easy Girls by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Best Actor (Drama): Ernest Borgnine in Marty and James Dean in Beyond Eden
- Best Actress (Drama): Anna Magnani in The Tattooed Rose
- Best Actor (Musical / Drama): Tom Ewell in The 7th Year Itch
- Best Actress (Musical / Drama): Jean Simmons in Heavy Boys - Easy Girls
- Best Supporting Actor: Arthur Kennedy in The Plot
- Best Supporting Actress: Marisa Pavan in The Tattooed Rose
- Best Director: Joshua Logan for Picnic
- Cecil B. DeMille Award : Jack L. Warner
Academy Awards
The Oscars will be held on March 21 at the RKO Pantages Theater in Los Angeles . The moderator is Jerry Lewis .
- Best film: Marty by Delbert Mann
- Best Actor: Ernest Borgnine in Marty
- Best Actress: Anna Magnani in The Tattooed Rose
- Best Director: Delbert Mann for Marty
- Best Supporting Actor: Jack Lemmon in No Time for Heroism
- Best Supporting Actress: Jo Van Fleet in Beyond Eden
- Best color camera: Robert Burks for Above the Roofs of Nice
- Best Music: Alfred Newman for All Glory on Earth
Complete list of award winners
Cannes International Film Festival 1956
The Cannes festival takes place from April 23rd to May 10th. The jury awards the following prizes:
- Golden Palm : The Silent World - Documentary by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Louis Malle
- Special Jury Prize: The Picasso Mystery by Henri-Georges Clouzot and Pather Panchali by Satyajit Ray
- Best Actress: Susan Hayward in And Tomorrow I'll Cry
Berlin International Film Festival 1956
The festival in Berlin takes place from June 22nd to July 3rd. The jury awards the following prizes:
- Golden Bear : invitation to dance by Gene Kelly
- Silver Bear : Robert Aldrich (Best Director), Elsa Martinelli (Best Actress), Burt Lancaster (Best Actor)
Venice Film Festival
The Venice Festival runs from August 28th to September 9th. The jury does not award a Golden Lion this year.
- Best Actor: Bourvil in Two Men, a Pig and the Night of Paris
- Best actress: Maria Schell in Gervaise
British Film Academy Award
- Best film: Richard III. by Laurence Olivier
- Best British Actor: Laurence Olivier for Richard III.
- Best Foreign Actor: Ernest Borgnine for Marty
- Best British Actress: Katie Johnson for Ladykillers
- Best Foreign Actress: Betsy Blair for Marty
Étoile de Cristal
- Best film: French Can Can by Jean Renoir
- Best Actor: Jean Servais in Rififi
- Best actress: Simone Signoret in Die Teuflischen
- Best foreign film: The Salt of the Earth by Herbert Biberman
- Best Foreign Actor: James Dean in ... because they don't know what they're doing
- Best Foreign Actress: Rosaura Revueltas in The Salt of the Earth
New York Film Critics Circle Award
- Best Film: Around the World in 80 Days by Michael Anderson
- Best directed by John Huston for Moby Dick
- Best Actor: Kirk Douglas in Vincent van Gogh - A Life of Passion
- Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman in Anastasia
- Best foreign film: La Strada - The Song of the Street by Federico Fellini
National Board of Review
- Best Film: Around the World in 80 Days by Michael Anderson
- Best directed by John Huston for Moby Dick
- Best Actor: Yul Brynner for Anastasia , The King and Me and The Ten Commandments
- Best Actress: Dorothy McGuire in Temptation
- Best Supporting Actor: Richard Basehart in Moby Dick
- Best Supporting Actress: Debbie Reynolds in Girls Without a Dowry
- Best Foreign Language Film: The Silent World of Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Louis Malle
Further film prizes and awards
- German Critics' Prize : Kurt Hoffmann
- Directors Guild of America Award : Delbert Mann for Marty , Henry King (Lifetime Achievement)
- Louis Delluc Prize : The Red Balloon of Albert Lamorisse
- Nastro d'Argento : The friends of Michelangelo Antonioni and Golden Helmet of Jacques Becker
- Photoplay Award : Giants by George Stevens (Best Picture), Rock Hudson (Most Popular Male Star), Kim Novak (Most Popular Female Star)
- German Film Critics' Prize : The Captain of Köpenick by Helmut Käutner
- Writers Guild of America Award : Tyrannical Love (Best Musical), Marty (Best Drama), No Time for Heroism (Best Comedy)
Birthdays
January to March
January
- January 1: Kōji Yakusho , Japanese actor
- January 3: Mel Gibson , Australian actor and director
- January 4th: Ann Magnuson , American actress
- January 7th: David Caruso , American actor
- January 7th: Leonard Lansink , German actor
- January 7th: Uwe Ochsenknecht , German actor
- January 9: Imelda Staunton , British actress
- January 15th: Torun Lian , Norwegian screenwriter and director
- January 17: Mitch Vogel , American actor
- January 21: Geena Davis , American actress
- January 22nd: John Wesley Shipp , American actor
- January 25: Kevin O'Rourke , American actor
- January 27: Mimi Rogers , American actress
- January 29th: Jan Jakub Kolski , Polish director
February
- February 3: Nathan Lane , American actor
- February 3: Time Winters , American actor
- February 12: Arsenio Hall , American actor
- February 16: Vincent Ward , New Zealand director
- February 17: Richard Karn , American actor
- February 19: Kathleen Beller , American actress
- February 26: Kevin Dunn , American actor
March
- March 1: Timothy Daly , American actor
- March 2: Carlo Mazzacurati , Italian director († 2014)
- March 5: Adriana Barraza , Mexican actress
- March 7: Bryan Cranston , American actor
- March 9: Peter Lyons Collister , American cinematographer
- March 9: Birgit Doll , Austrian actress († 2015)
- March 13: Dana Delany , American actress
- March 17: Patti Hansen , American model and actress
- March 18: Edward Żentara , Polish actor and director († 2011)
- March 23: Herbert Knaup , German actor
April to June
April
- April 1: Jeffrey Beecroft , American production designer
- April 4: David E. Kelley , American producer
- April 6: Normand Corbeil , Canadian film composer († 2013)
- April 8: Christine Boisson , French actress
- April 8th: Peter Aalbæk Jensen , Danish producer
- April 8: Yoshiko Tanaka , Japanese actress and voice actress († 2011)
- April 12: Andy García , Cuban-American actor
- April 12th: Herbert Grönemeyer , German musician and actor
- April 12: Walter Salles , Brazilian director
- April 14: Chris Ellis , American actor
- April 18: John James , American actor
- April 18: Eric Roberts , American actor
- April 20: Peter Chelsom , British director
- April 23: Caroline Thompson , American director and screenwriter
- April 25: Koo Stark , American actress
- April 30th: Lars von Trier , Danish director
May
- May 1st: Andreas Vitásek , Austrian actor
- May 7: Helmut Fiebig , German film critic († 2011)
- May 7: Nicholas Hytner , British director
- May 8: Cristina Comencini , Italian director and screenwriter
- May 9: Wendy Crewson , Canadian actress
- May 17: Bob Saget , American actor
- May 22: Al Corley , American actor
- May 26: Lisa Niemi , American actress
- May 26: Barbara Stock , American actress
- May 27th: Giuseppe Tornatore , Italian director
- May 28: Don Burgess , American cameraman
June
- June 1: Lisa Hartman , American actress
- June 1: Robin Mattson , American actress
- June 4th: Keith David , American actor
- June 5th: Roger Michell , South African director
- June 9: Kelly Connell , American actor
- June 15: Polly Draper , American actress
- June 17: Kelly Curtis , American actress
- June 20: Michael Gutmann , German director and screenwriter
- June 22: Tim Russ , American actor
- June 24th: Joe Penny , American actor
- June 25: Chloe Webb , American actress
- June 28: Niki List , Austrian director and screenwriter († 2009)
July to September
July
- July 1: Alan Ruck , American actor
- July 3: Vincent Margera , American actor († 2015)
- July 9: Tom Hanks , American actor
- July 9: Christian Spatzek , Austrian actor
- July 11: Sela Ward , American actress
- July 16: Tony Kushner , American screenwriter
- July 18: Audrey Landers , American actress
- July 31: Michael Biehn , American actor
August
- August 1st: Axel Milberg , German actor
- August 5th: Anja Kruse , German actress
- August 5: Maureen McCormick , American actress
- August 6: Stepfanie Kramer , American actress
- August 8: Lena Stolze , German actress
- August 8: Nathan Wang , American composer
- August 12: Bruce Greenwood , Canadian actor
- August 19: Adam Arkin , American actor
- August 20: Joan Allen , American actress
- August 21: Kim Cattrall , Canadian-American actress
- August 21: Laura Morante , Italian actress
- August 23: Skipp Sudduth , American actor
September
- September 3: Adam Brooks , Canadian screenwriter and director
- September 8th: Gabrielle Scharnitzky , German actress
- September 10: Erick Zonca , French director
- September 11th: Tony Gilroy , American screenwriter and director
- September 18: Tim McInnerny , British actor
- September 19: Cyrus Nowrasteh , American screenwriter and director
- September 20: Gary Cole , American actor
- September 20: Debbi Morgan , American actress
- September 21: Jane Rosenthal , American producer
- September 23: Maren Jensen , American actress
- September 25: Nadia Tass , Australian director
- September 26: Linda Hamilton , American actress
- September 30th: Vondie Curtis-Hall , American actor and director
October to December
October
- October 3: Hart Bochner , Canadian actor and director
- October 4th: Christoph Waltz , Austrian actor
- October 5: Ron Nyswaner , American screenwriter
- October 8: Stephanie Zimbalist , American actress
- October 10: Amanda Burton , British actress
- October 10: Fiona Fullerton , British actress
- October 10: Thomas Petruo , German actor and voice actor († 2018)
- October 13: Chris Carter , American screenwriter and producer
- October 20: Danny Boyle , British director
- October 21: Carrie Fisher , American actress
- October 23: Katrin Saß , German actress
- October 26: Rita Wilson , American actress
- October 29th: Masayuki Suo , Japanese director
- October 30: Juliet Stevenson , British actress
November
- November 3: Gary Ross , American screenwriter, producer and director
- November 13: Rex Linn , American actor
- November 16: Dan Shor , American actor
- November 20: Bo Derek , American actress
- November 21: Cherry Jones , American actress
- November 21: Cynthia Rhodes , American actress
- November 22: Richard Kind , American actor
- November 27: William Fichtner , American actor
- November 28: Lucy Gutteridge , British actress
- November 30th: Michael Hoffman , American director
- November 30th: Claude-Oliver Rudolph , German actor
December
- December 2nd: Steven Bauer , American actor
- December 7th: Mark Rolston , American actor
- December 12th: Ana Alicia , American actress
- December 17: Peter Farrelly , American director and screenwriter
- December 20: Blanche Baker , American actress
- December 30th: Patricia Kalember , American actress
Day unknown
- Andrew Lesnie , Australian cameraman († 2015)
- Katharina Scholz-Manker , Austrian actress
deceased
January to March
January
- January 5th: Mistinguett , French actress (* 1875)
- January 8: Walter Werner , German actor (* 1883)
- January 12: Norman Kerry , American actor (* 1894)
- January 23: Alexander Korda , Hungarian-British director and producer (* 1893)
- January 24th: Oskar Karlweis , Austrian actor (* 1894)
- January 24th: Eduard Rothauser , German actor (* 1876)
February
- February 2: Charley Grapewin , American actor (* 1869)
- February 3: Herschel McCoy , American costume designer (* 1912)
- February 8: Hans Conradi , pioneer of the German sound film (* 1886)
- February 17th: Michael Rasumny , Russian actor (* 1890)
- February 19: Tod Slaughter , British actor (* 1885)
- February 29: W. Howard Greene , American cameraman (* 1895)
March
- March 4: Willy Prager , German actor, director and screenwriter (* 1877)
- March 6th: Edyth Edwards , German actress (* 1899)
- March 11th: Peter Petersen , Austrian actor, director and theater director (* 1876)
- March 17: Fred Allen , American actor, comedian and radio host (* 1894)
- March 18: Benjamin Glazer , American screenwriter, producer and director (* 1887)
- March 25: Robert Newton , British actor (born 1905)
- March 29: Fuat Uzkınay , Turkish cameraman and director (* 1888)
April to June
April
- April 4: Agnes Esterházy , Austrian actress (* 1891)
- April 10: Gisela Wer District , Austrian actress (* 1875)
- April 14: Lucie Euler , German actress (* 1877)
- April 16: Jean de Marguenat , French director, screenwriter and racing car driver (* 1893)
- April 23: Raymond Cordy , French actor (* 1898)
- April 24: Henry Stephenson , British actor (* 1871)
- April 26: Edward Arnold , American actor (* 1890)
May
- May 5: Franz Pfaudler , Austrian actor (* 1893)
- May 10: FW Schröder-Schrom , German actor (* 1879)
- May 12: Louis Calhern , American actor (* 1895)
- May 24: Guy Kibbee , American actor (* 1882)
June
- June 2: Jean Hersholt , Danish-American actor (* 1886)
- June 6: Margaret Wycherly , British actress (* 1881)
- June 11: Ralph Morgan , American actor (* 1883)
- June 17th: Enrico Prampolini , Italian set designer (* 1894)
- June 20: Hanns Beck-Gaden , German actor, director, screenwriter and producer (* 1891)
- June 25: Boris Vermont , American producer and film editor (* 1903)
July to September
July
- July 12: Josef Berger , German actor and director (* 1876)
- July 16: Leonardo De Mitri , Italian director (* 1914)
August
- August 3: Harry Chandlee , American screenwriter (* 1882)
- August 8: Just Scheu , German actor, screenwriter and composer (* 1903)
- August 9: Carlo Duse , Italian actor, screenwriter and director (* 1898)
- August 14: Bertolt Brecht , German screenwriter and director (* 1898)
- August 16: Bela Lugosi , Hungarian actor (* 1882)
- August 24: Kenji Mizoguchi , Japanese director (* 1898)
September
- September 2: Rudolf Koch-Riehl , German actor, director and radio play speaker (* 1900)
- September 8: Freddie Rich , American composer and songwriter (* 1898)
- September 15: Jacques Companéez , French screenwriter (* 1906)
- September 29: Helmar Lerski , Swiss photographer, cameraman and director (* 1871)
October to December
October
- October 2: George Bancroft , American actor (* 1882)
- October 4: Franz Vogel , German producer (* 1883)
- October 7th: Maud Allan , Canadian-American dancer and actress (* 1873)
- October 9: Marie Doro , American actress (* 1882)
- October 9: Lucie Höflich , German actress (* 1883)
- October 14: Margaret Joslin , American actress (* 1883)
- October 14: Jeanne d'Alcy , French actress (* 1865)
- October 17th: Anne Crawford , British actress (* 1920)
November
- November 4: Luis Arroyo , Spanish actor and director (* 1915)
- November 6: Paul Kelly , American actor (* 1899)
- November 10: Victor Young , American composer (* 1900)
- November 19: Francis L. Sullivan , British actor (born 1903)
- November 20: Emmerich Hanus , Austrian actor, director and producer (* 1879)
- November 25: Olexander Dowschenko , Soviet director (* 1894)
December
- December 2: Franz Osten , German director (* 1876)
- December 7th: Arthur Lange , American composer and arranger (* 1889)
- December 9th: Lou Handman , American composer (* 1894)
- December 12: Ewald André Dupont , German director (* 1891)
- December 18: Heinrich Hauser , German actor (* 1891)
- December 21: Micheil Gelowani , Georgian actor and director (* 1892)
- December 26th: Holmes Herbert , British actor (* 1882)
- December 28th: Marjorie Fielding , British actress (* 1892)
Day unknown
Hardy von Francois , German actor and director (* 1879)
See also
Web links
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