1985 in film

The following is an overview of events in 1985 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

List of 1985 box office number-one films in the United States
The top ten 1985 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Rank	Title	Distributor	Box-office gross
1	Back to the Future	Universal	$210,609,762
2	Rambo: First Blood Part II	TriStar / Carolco	$150,415,432
3	Rocky IV	MGM	$127,873,716
4	The Color Purple	Warner Bros.	$94,175,854
5	Out of Africa	Universal	$87,071,205
6	Cocoon	20th Century Fox	$76,113,124
7	The Jewel of the Nile	20th Century Fox	$75,973,200
8	Witness	Paramount	$68,706,993
9	The Goonies	Warner Bros.	$61,389,680
10	Spies Like Us	Warner Bros.	$60,088,980

The year was considered an unsuccessful one for film. Despite a record number of film releases, many films failed at the box office, and ticket sales were down 17% compared with 1984. Industry executives believed the problem, in part, was a lack of original concepts. Films about fantasy and magic failed, as audiences leaned towards science-fiction. Janet Maslin said the fault for this lay partly with Steven Spielberg, who had created such a successful template with films like E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Close Encounters of the Third Kind that many fantasy films had imitated them. There was also a saturation of youth-oriented films targeted at those under 18. Executives were not fond of these films, but the financial rewards were too significant to ignore. The few films aimed at older audiences, like Cocoon, were surprise successes. Only Back to the Future and Rambo: First Blood Part II were successful blockbusters, earning more than double the box office of Cocoon. Films offering escapism and pro-America themes like Rambo: First Blood Part II and Rocky IV also fared well.

The glut of youth-targeted films like Return to Oz and The Black Cauldron, and science-fiction comedies like Weird Science, Real Genius, and My Science Project had resulted in a string of failures. Executives said that the films were all very similar and marketed in the same way, offering no variety for audiences.

Events

April – Rupert Murdoch's News Group Publications officially acquires 50% of TCF Holdings, parent company of 20th Century Fox, for $250 million from Marvin Davis and his family.
June 5 – The Chicago Cubs play the Atlanta Braves in a baseball game at Wrigley Field. Excerpts from the broadcast later pin this date as the day featured in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
December 3 – Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton.

Awards

Category/Organization	43rd Golden Globe Awards January 24, 1986	39th BAFTA Awards March 16, 1986	58th Academy Awards March 24, 1986
Drama	Musical or Comedy
Best Film	Out of Africa	Prizzi's Honor	The Purple Rose of Cairo	Out of Africa
Best Director	John Huston Prizzi's Honor		N/A	Sydney Pollack Out of Africa
Best Actor	Jon Voight Runaway Train	Jack Nicholson Prizzi's Honor	William Hurt Kiss of the Spider Woman
Best Actress	Whoopi Goldberg The Color Purple	Kathleen Turner Prizzi's Honor	Peggy Ashcroft A Passage to India	Geraldine Page The Trip to Bountiful
Best Supporting Actor	Klaus Maria Brandauer Out of Africa		Denholm Elliott Defence of the Realm	Don Ameche Cocoon
Best Supporting Actress	Meg Tilly Agnes of God		Rosanna Arquette Desperately Seeking Susan	Anjelica Huston Prizzi's Honor
Best Screenplay, Adapted	Woody Allen The Purple Rose of Cairo	Richard Condon and Janet Roach Prizzi's Honor	Kurt Luedtke Out of Africa
Best Screenplay, Original	Woody Allen The Purple Rose of Cairo	Earl W. Wallace, William Kelley and Pamela Wallace Witness
Best Original Score	John Barry Out of Africa		Maurice Jarre Witness	John Barry Out of Africa
Best Original Song	"Say You, Say Me" White Nights		N/A	"Say You, Say Me" White Nights
Best Foreign Language Film	The Official Story		Colonel Redl	The Official Story

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na službenom putu), directed by Emir Kusturica, Yugoslavia

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi), directed by Agnès Varda, France / U.K.

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Die Frau und der Fremde (The Woman and the Stranger), directed by Rainer Simon, East Germany

Wetherby, directed by David Hare, United Kingdom

January 1 – Juliana Harkavy, American actress
January 2 – Carla Juri, Swiss actress
January 3

Nicole Beharie, American actress
Leah Gibson, Canadian actress

January 5 – Michael Cuccione, Canadian child actor, singer and dancer (died 2001)
January 6

Hugh Skinner, English actor
Adam Pearson (actor), British actor, presenter and campaigner

January 9 – James Acaster, English comedian and actor
January 10 – Alex Meraz, American actor and dancer
January 11 – Aja Naomi King, American actress
January 12 – Issa Rae, American actress, writer and producer
January 13 – Ellen Wong, Canadian actress
January 16 – Sidharth Malhotra, Indian actor
January 19 – Damien Chazelle, American film director
January 22 – Tim Dillon, American stand-up comedian and actor
January 23 – Doutzen Kroes, Dutch actress and model
January 25

Claudia Kim, South Korean actress and model
Hartley Sawyer, American actor
Michael Trevino, American actor

January 26 – Edwin Hodge, American actor
January 28 – Tom Hopper, British actor
January 29 – Isabel Lucas, Australian actress and model
February 2 – Romain Cogitore, French film director
February 5 – Paige Howard, American actress
February 6 – Crystal Reed, American actress
February 7

Tina Majorino, American actress
Deborah Ann Woll, American actress and model

February 9

David Gallagher, American actor and singer
Rachel Melvin, American actress

February 13 - Tracy Ifeachor, British actress
February 14 – Jake Lacy, American actor
February 15 – Natalie Morales, American actress and director
February 17 – Anne Curtis, Filipino-Australian actress, model, television host
February 19

Haylie Duff, American actress and singer
Arielle Kebbel, American actress and model
Tatanka Means, Native American activist, actor

February 22 – Zach Roerig, American actor
February 27 - Heléne Yorke, Canadian actress
March 1 – Michael Conner Humphreys, American actor
March 3 – Nathalie Kelley, Australian actress
March 5 – Kenichi Matsuyama, Japanese actor
March 9 – Jolyon Coy, English actor and writer
March 10 – Cooper Andrews, American actor
March 13 – Emile Hirsch, American actor
March 14 – Max Benitz, English writer and former actor
March 15

Eva Amurri, American actress
Kellan Lutz, American actor

March 18 – Bianca King, Filipino-British former actress and model
March 19 – Yolanthe Cabau, Spanish-Dutch actress and television host
March 21 – Sonequa Martin-Green, American actress and producer
March 22

Katie Stuart, Canadian actress and stunt performer
James Wolk, American actor

March 23 – Maryana Spivak, Russian actress
March 24 – Jeremy James Kissner, American actor
March 26

Jonathan Groff, American actor and singer
Keira Knightley, English actress
Francesca Marie Smith, American actress and writer

March 27 – Ram Charan, Indian film actor
March 31 – Jessica Szohr, American actress
April 1 – Josh Zuckerman, American actor
April 6 - Sinqua Walls, American actor
April 7 – Ariela Massotti, Brazilian actress
April 9

Annie Funke, American actress
Tomohisa Yamashita, Japanese singer, actor and television host

April 10

Barkhad Abdi, Somali-American actor and director
Christie Laing, Canadian actress

April 12 – Hitomi Yoshizawa, Japanese former singer and actress
April 16

Rhiana Griffith, Australian actress
Benjamin Rojas, Argentine actor and singer
Gregor Schmidinger, Austrian screenwriter and director

April 17

Rooney Mara, American actress
Luke Mitchell, Australian actor and model
Maiken Pius, Estonian actress

April 20 – Billy Magnussen, American actor
April 22 – Kristin Fairlie, Canadian actress
April 23 – Rachel Skarsten, Canadian actress
April 27 – Sheila Vand, American actress
April 29 – Bar Paly, Israeli-American actress
April 30 – Gal Gadot, Israeli actress and model
May 3 – Meagan Tandy, American actress and model
May 5

Clark Duke, American actor, comedian and director
Shoko Nakagawa, Japanese actress, voice actress and singer

May 6 – Jamie Winstone, English actress, daughter of actor Ray Winstone
May 9 – Chris Zylka, American actor and model
May 10 – Odette Annable, American actress
May 11

Aimee Horne, Australian actress, singer and voice-over artist
Jadyn Wong, Canadian actress

May 14

Lina Esco, American actress, producer and director
Sally Martin, New Zealand actress

May 15 – Tathagata Mukherjee, Indian actor
May 16

Stanislav Ianevski, Bulgarian actor
Andrew Keenan-Bolger, American actor
Julia Voth, Canadian actress and model

May 17 – Sophie McShera, English actress
May 20 – Joel Fry, British actor and musician
May 22

Tao Okamoto, Japanese actress and model
Chris Salvatore, American actor, singer-songwriter, and model

May 25

Luciana Abreu, Portuguese singer, actress and television host
Lauren Frost, American actress and singer
Roman Reigns, American professional wrestler and actor

May 28 – Carey Mulligan, English actress
May 29

Blake Foster, American actor
Yukihiro Takiguchi, Japanese actor, singer and model (died 2019)

May 30 – Sam Gifaldi, American actor
May 31 – Zoraida Gómez, Mexican actress
June 2 – Miyuki Sawashiro, Japanese voice actress
June 4 – Bar Refaeli, Israeli model, television host and actress
June 5 – Marc Pickering, English actor
June 7 – Adam Nagaitis, British actor
June 9 – Sonam Kapoor, Indian actress and model
June 10

Susannah Fielding, English actress
Andrew Lees, Australian actor

June 12

Dave Franco, American actor
Liisa Pulk, Estonian actress

June 16 – Débora Nascimento, Brazilian actress and model
June 17 – Tramell Tillman, American actor
June 18

Sorel Carradine, American actress
Alex Hirsch, American voice actor, animator, writer, storyboard artist and producer

June 21 – Lana Del Rey, American singer and songwriter
June 22 – Douglas Smith, Canadian actor
June 27 – Martin Sensmeier, American actor and model
June 28 – Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly, American actress
June 30

Lasarus Ratuere, Australian actor
Hugh Sheridan, Australian actor, musician and television presenter

July 1 – Léa Seydoux, French actress
July 2

Nelson Franklin, American actor
Ashley Tisdale, American actress and singer

July 5

François Arnaud, Canadian actor
Stephanie McIntosh, Australian actress and singer

July 6 – Ranveer Singh, Indian actor
July 7 – Seo Woo, South Korean actress
July 11 – Nitya Vidyasagar, Indian-American actress
July 14

Lee Kwang-soo, South Korean actor, entertainer and model
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, English actress and writer

July 15

Tomer Capone, Israeli actor
Pedro Carvalho, Portuguese actor
Agniya Kuznetsova, Russian actress
Crowd Lu, Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor
Ecstasia Sanders, American-Canadian actress
Gaia Scodellaro, Italian actress

July 16

Yōko Hikasa, Japanese voice actress and singer
Hiroyuki Onoue, Japanese actor
Rosa Salazar, Canadian-American actress
Cha Ye-ryun, South Korean actress

July 17 – Caitlin Van Zandt, American actor
July 18

Chace Crawford, American actor
James Norton, English actor

July 20 – John Francis Daley, American actor, director, producer, screenwriter and musician
July 21 – Vanessa Lengies, Canadian actress and singer
July 22 – Blake Harrison, English actor, voice actor and dancer
July 25

James Lafferty, American actor, director and producer
Shantel VanSanten, American model and actress

July 27

Aljin Abella, Australian actor of Filipino descent
Lou Taylor, American actor

July 28 – Jon Michael Hill, American actor
July 30 – Aml Ameen, British actor
August 1 – Henry Lloyd-Hughes, English actor
August 2 – Georgina Haig, Australian actress
August 7 - Stephen Oyoung, American actor
August 9 – Anna Kendrick, American actress and singer
August 10 – Jared Nathan, American actor (died 2006)
August 11 – Jacqueline Fernandez, Sri Lankan actress
August 12 – África Zavala, Mexican actress
August 15 – Emily Kinney, American actress, singer and songwriter
August 16

Arden Cho, American actress, singer and model
Cristin Milioti, American actress and singer

August 17 – Yū Aoi, Japanese actress
August 18 – Desiree Casado, former actress
August 21 – Laura Haddock, English actress
August 23

Juss Haasma, Estonian actor
Adrian Molina, Mexican-American film director, screenwriter and animator

August 27 – Kayla Ewell, American actress
September 2

Yani Gellman, Canadian actor
Allison Miller, American actress

September 4 – Morgan Garrett, American voice actress
September 6 – Lauren Lapkus, American actress and comedian
September 10

Monica Lopera, Colombian-American actress
Elyse Levesque, Canadian actress

September 11 – Hayden Szeto, Canadian actor
September 16

Max Minghella, English actor and filmmaker
Madeline Zima, American actress

September 21 – Robert Hoffman, American actor
September 22 – Tatiana Maslany, Canadian actress
September 23 – Hasan Minhaj, American actor and stand-up comedian
September 24 – Jessica Lucas, Canadian actress and singer
September 25 – Eréndira Ibarra, Mexican actress
September 26 – Talulah Riley, English actress
September 27 – Grace Helbig, American actress, comedian and YouTuber
September 30 – Ben Lewis, Canadian actor and writer
October 1 – Emerald Fennell, English screen actress and director
October 5 – Carolina Bartczak, Canadian-Polish actress
October 6 – Ida Engvoll, Swedish actress
October 8 – Max Crumm, American actor and singer
October 10 – Aaron Himelstein, American actor
October 11 – Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress (died 2025)
October 17 – Max Irons, English-Irish actor and model
October 24 – Tim Pocock, Australian actor
October 25 – John Robinson, American actor
October 26

Soko, French singer and actress
Qi Wei, Chinese actress
Asin Thottumkal, Indian actress

October 28 – Troian Bellisario, American actress
October 31 – Kether Donohue, American actress and singer
November 2 – Josh Grelle, American voice actor
November 5 – Annet Mahendru, American actress
November 7 – Lucas Neff, American actor
November 10 – Giovonnie Samuels, American actress
November 15 – Thue Ersted Rasmussen, Danish actor
November 20 – Dan Byrd, American actor
November 21

William Chan, Hong Kong singer and actor
Ronny Chieng, Malaysian comedian and actor

November 23 – Katie Crown, Canadian-American actress, voice actress, comedian and writer
November 26 – Arturo Castro, Guatemalan actor
November 27 – Alison Pill, Canadian actress
November 30

Gia Crovatin, American actress and producer
Kaley Cuoco, American actress
Daniel Ings, English actor
Chrissy Teigen, American actress, model and television personality

December 1 – Janelle Monáe, American singer, rapper and actress
December 3 – Amanda Seyfried, American actress and singer
December 5 – Frankie Muniz, American actor
December 6 – Max Kasch, American actor and musician
December 10 – Raven-Symoné, American actress and singer
December 13 – Rachel Hendrix, American actress
December 25

Smith Cho, American actress
Perdita Weeks, Welsh actress

December 27 – Jessica Harmon, Canadian actress and director
December 31 - Erich Bergen, American actor

Deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	5	Robert Surtees	78	US	Cinematographer	The Graduate ⋅ Ben-Hur
5	John Paxton	73	US	Screenwriter	Murder, My Sweet ⋅ Crossfire
11	Edward Buzzell	89	US	Director	Go West ⋅ Neptune's Daughter
12	Paul Luty	52	UK	Actor	The Water Babies ⋅ The Dresser
13	Carol Wayne	42	US	Actress	The Party ⋅ Heartbreakers
14	Jetta Goudal	93	Netherlands	Actress	Lady of the Pavements ⋅ Paris at Midnight
18	Wilfrid Brambell	72	Ireland	Actor	Steptoe and Son ⋅ A Hard Day's Night
18	Georgie Stoll	82	US	Composer, Musical Director	Meet Me in St. Louis ⋅ Anchors Aweigh
25	Paul J. Smith	78	US	Composer	Pinocchio ⋅ Cinderella
29	Chic Murray	65	UK	Actor	Casino Royale ⋅ Gregory's Girl
February	4	John Wexley	77	US	Screenwriter	Angels with Dirty Faces ⋅ Confessions of a Nazi Spy
6	Neil McCarthy	52	UK	Actor	Where Eagles Dare ⋅ Clash of the Titans
10	Wanda Tuchock	86	US	Screenwriter	Finishing School ⋅ The Foxes of Harrow
11	Henry Hathaway	86	US	Director	True Grit ⋅ How the West Was Won
11	Heinz Roemheld	83	US	Composer	The Lady from Shanghai ⋅ Yankee Doodle Dandy
12	Nicholas Colasanto	61	US	Actor	Raging Bull ⋅ Fat City
19	Dorothy Black	85	South Africa	Actress	The Night Has Eyes ⋅ The Farmer's Wife
20	Clarence Nash	80	US	Voice Actor	The Three Caballeros ⋅ Fun and Fancy Free
21	Ina Claire	91	US	Actress	The Awful Truth ⋅ Ninotchka
21	Louis Hayward	75	South Africa	Actor	House by the River ⋅ And Then There Were None
22	Alexander Scourby	71	US	Actor	The Big Heat ⋅ Giant
24	Joseph C. Wright	92	US	Art Director	Gentlemen Prefer Blondes ⋅ Guys and Dolls
27	J. Pat O'Malley	80	UK	Actor	One Hundred and One Dalmatians ⋅ Hello, Dolly!
27	David Huffman	39	US	Actor	Firefox ⋅ F.I.S.T.
March	1	Alfred Zeisler	92	US	Producer, Director	Victor and Victoria ⋅ Fear
3	Connie Gilchrist	89	US	Actress	A Letter to Three Wives ⋅ Some Came Running
3	Noel Purcell	84	Ireland	Actor	Moby Dick ⋅ Mutiny on the Bounty
5	Thomas Little	98	US	Set Decorator	All About Eve ⋅ The Day the Earth Stood Still
8	Edward Andrews	70	US	Actor	The Harder They Fall ⋅ Sixteen Candles
19	Anthony Nelson Keys	73	UK	Producer	Dracula ⋅ The Curse of Frankenstein
21	Michael Redgrave	77	UK	Actor	The Lady Vanishes ⋅ The Importance of Being Earnest
21	Michael Trubshawe	79	UK	Actor	The Pink Panther ⋅ The Guns of Navarone
April	16	Scott Brady	60	US	Actor	Johnny Guitar ⋅ The China Syndrome
21	John Welsh	70	Ireland	Actor	Krull ⋅ Lucky Jim
23	Kent Smith	78	US	Actor	Cat People ⋅ Nora Prentiss
25	Richard Haydn	80	UK	Actor	The Sound of Music ⋅ Alice in Wonderland
26	Albert Maltz	76	US	Screenwriter	This Gun for Hire ⋅ Broken Arrow
May	1	George Pravda	68	Czech Republic	Actor	Thunderball ⋅ Firefox
4	Harry Earles	83	US	Actor	Freaks ⋅ The Unholy Three
7	Dawn Addams	54	UK	Actress	The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll ⋅ The Robe
8	Susan Morrow	53	US	Actress	The Savage ⋅ Cat-Women of the Moon
8	Dolph Sweet	64	US	Actor	Finian's Rainbow ⋅ Colossus: The Forbin Project
9	Edmond O'Brien	69	US	Actor	The Barefoot Contessa ⋅ The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
13	Selma Diamond	64	Canada	Actress	My Favorite Year ⋅ Bang the Drum Slowly
13	Leatrice Joy	91	US	Actress	Vanity ⋅ Triumph
14	Frank Westmore	62	??	Makeup Artist	The Ten Commandments ⋅ The Towering Inferno
16	Margaret Hamilton	82	US	Actress	The Wizard of Oz ⋅ Brewster McCloud
17	Hugh Burden	72	UK	Actor	The Ruling Class ⋅ Funeral in Berlin
20	George Memmoli	46	US	Actor	Mean Streets ⋅ Phantom of the Paradise
22	Wolfgang Reitherman	75	Germany	Animator, Director	The Jungle Book ⋅ Robin Hood
22	Gerald Case	80	UK	Actor	Vampyres ⋅ The Elephant Man
25	Robert Nathan	91	US	Screenwriter	The Clock ⋅ Pagan Love Song
26	Harold Hecht	77	US	Producer	Marty ⋅ Sweet Smell of Success
30	Talbot Jennings	90	US	Screenwriter	Mutiny on the Bounty ⋅ Knights of the Round Table
June	1	Richard Greene	66	UK	Actor	Kentucky ⋅ The Hound of the Baskervilles
7	Gordon Rollings	59	UK	Actor	The Bed Sitting Room ⋅ Superman II
8	Charles LeMaire	88	US	Costume Designer	All About Eve ⋅ Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
9	Clifford Evans	73	UK	Actor	Kiss of the Vampire ⋅ The Curse of the Werewolf
10	George Chandler	86	US	Actor	Fury ⋅ Roxie Hart
12	Dominique Laffin	33	France	Actress	The Crying Woman ⋅ This Sweet Sickness
17	John Boulting	71	UK	Producer, Director	Lucky Jim ⋅ I'm All Right Jack
17	Georgia Hale	84	US	Actress	The Gold Rush ⋅ The Great Gatsby
24	Valentine Dyall	77	UK	Actor	Henry V ⋅ The Haunting
28	James Craig	73	US	Actor	Kitty Foyle ⋅ The Human Comedy
July	3	Nelson Leigh	80	US	Actor	Gunfight at the O.K. Corral ⋅ World Without End
7	Ewen Solon	67	New Zealand	Actor	The Message ⋅ Tarzan the Magnificent
8	Phil Foster	71	US	Actor	Bang the Drum Slowly ⋅ Conquest of Space
8	Victor Rendina	68	US	Actor	The Godfather ⋅ Racing with the Moon
9	Rafael Campos	49	Dominican Republic	Actor	Blackboard Jungle ⋅ Where the Buffalo Roam
10	Arthur J. Ornitz	68	US	Cinematographer	Serpico ⋅ The Boys in the Band
16	Elsie Wagstaff	86	UK	Actress	Meet Sexton Blake ⋅ The Interrupted Journey
17	Margo	68	Mexico	Actress	The Leopard Man ⋅ Lost Horizon
19	Henry Mollison	80	UK	Actor	The Man in the White Suit ⋅ A Bride for Henry
20	Estelle Evans	78	Bahamas	Actress	To Kill a Mockingbird ⋅ The Learning Tree
21	Alvah Bessie	81	US	Screenwriter	Northern Pursuit ⋅ Objective, Burma!
23	Mickey Shaughnessy	64	US	Actor	From Here to Eternity ⋅ Jailhouse Rock
23	Tom Waldman	63	US	Screenwriter	The Party ⋅ High Time
27	Michel Audiard	65	France	Screenwriter, Director	He Died with His Eyes Open ⋅ Garde à Vue
28	Grant Williams	53	US	Actor	The Incredible Shrinking Man ⋅ PT 109
August	1	Al Overton	73	US	Sound Engineer	Diamonds Are Forever ⋅ The Shootist
1	Joseph Walker	92	US	Cinematographer	It Happened One Night ⋅ Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
2	Bob Holt	56	US	Actor	Gremlins ⋅ Bedknobs and Broomsticks
2	Frank Faylen	79	US	Actor	Gunfight at the O.K. Corral ⋅ It's a Wonderful Life
7	Grayson Hall	62	US	Actress	House of Dark Shadows ⋅ The Night of the Iguana
8	Louise Brooks	78	US	Actress	Pandora's Box ⋅ Diary of a Lost Girl
8	Milton H. Greene	63	US	Producer	The Prince and the Showgirl ⋅ Bus Stop
10	Kenny Baker	72	US	Singer, Actor	The Harvey Girls ⋅ At the Circus
12	Patrick Hines	55	US	Actor	Amadeus ⋅ 1776
13	Marion Martin	77	US	Actress	The Big Street ⋅ The Man in the Iron Mask
14	Gale Sondergaard	86	US	Actress	Anthony Adverse ⋅ Anna and the King of Siam
15	Lester Cole	81	US	Screenwriter	Blood on the Sun ⋅ High Wall
24	Morrie Ryskind	89	US	Screenwriter	A Night at the Opera ⋅ My Man Godfrey
28	Ruth Gordon	88	US	Actress, Screenwriter	Rosemary's Baby ⋅ Harold and Maude
29	Evelyn Ankers	67	Chile	Actress	The Wolf Man ⋅ The Ghost of Frankenstein
29	Patrick Barr	77	UK	Actor	The Dam Busters ⋅ Octopussy
30	Tom Howard	75	UK	Special Effects Artist	Blithe Spirit ⋅ Tom Thumb
September	4	Isabel Jeans	93	UK	Actress	Gigi ⋅ Suspicion
4	George O'Brien	86	US	Actor	Sunrise ⋅ She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
6	Johnny Desmond	65	US	Actor, Singer	Escape from San Quentin ⋅ Calypso Heat Wave
6	Jane Frazee	67	US	Actress, Singer	San Antonio Rose ⋅ Calendar Girl
10	Alexa Kenin	23	US	Actress	Honkytonk Man ⋅ Pretty in Pink
11	William Alwyn	79	UK	Composer	The Crimson Pirate ⋅ A Night to Remember
14	Julian Beck	60	US	Actor	The Cotton Club ⋅ Oedipus Rex
23	Harvey Parry	85	US	Stuntman	Escape from New York ⋅ Johnny Dangerously
24	Paul Mann	71	Canada	Actor	America, America ⋅ Fiddler on the Roof
26	Frank Bracht	75	US	Film Editor	The Odd Couple ⋅ White Christmas
27	Lloyd Nolan	83	US	Actor	Peyton Place ⋅ Hannah and Her Sisters
28	L. B. Abbott	77	US	Special Effects Artist	Patton ⋅ Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
29	Arthur Krams	73	US	Set Decorator	The Rose Tattoo ⋅ Holiday in Mexico
30	Simone Signoret	64	France	Actress	Room at the Top ⋅ Ship of Fools
30	Floyd Crosby	85	US	Cinematographer	High Noon ⋅ The Pit and the Pendulum
October	2	Rock Hudson	59	US	Actor	Giant ⋅ Pillow Talk
6	Nelson Riddle	64	US	Composer	The Great Gatsby ⋅ Lolita
8	Theresa Harris	78	US	Actress	Jezebel ⋅ Blossoms in the Dust
10	Yul Brynner	65	Russia	Actor	The King and I ⋅ The Magnificent Seven
10	Orson Welles	70	US	Actor, Director, Screenwriter	Citizen Kane ⋅ Touch of Evil
11	Elwood Ullman	82	US	Screenwriter	Snow White and the Three Stooges ⋅ Tickle Me
13	Francesca Bertini	93	Italy	Actress	Odette ⋅ 1900
16	Franklin Milton	78	US	Sound Engineer	Ben-Hur ⋅ Grand Prix
21	Diane Thomas	39	US	Screenwriter	Romancing the Stone
22	Stefano Satta Flores	48	Italy	Actor	We All Loved Each Other So Much ⋅ Four Flies on Grey Velvet
24	Masaichi Nagata	79	Japan	Producer	Rashomon ⋅ Gamera, the Giant Monster
28	William Bramley	57	US	Actor	West Side Story ⋅ Getting Straight
29	John Davis Lodge	82	US	Actor	The Scarlet Empress ⋅ The Little Colonel
30	Kirby Grant	73	US	Actor	Trail of the Yukon ⋅ Northwest Territory
30	David Oxley	64	UK	Actor	The Hound of the Baskervilles ⋅ House of the Living Dead
November	1	Phil Silvers	74	US	Actor	You're in the Army Now ⋅ It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
6	Sanjeev Kumar	47	India	Actor	Sholay ⋅ Aandhi
9	Helen Rose	81	US	Costume Designer	The Bad and the Beautiful ⋅ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
19	Jimmy Ritz	81	US	Actor	On the Avenue ⋅ Pack Up Your Troubles
19	Stepin Fetchit	83	US	Actor	Zenobia ⋅ Charlie Chan in Egypt
27	Harry Harvey Sr.	84	US	Actor	The Pride of the Yankees ⋅ Ace in the Hole
December	3	Sam Gilman	70	US	Actor	One-Eyed Jacks ⋅ The Missouri Breaks
5	Howard Rodman	73	US	Screenwriter	Coogan's Bluff ⋅ Charley Varrick
8	Jack H. Skirball	89	US	Producer	Shadow of a Doubt ⋅ Payment on Demand
11	Kathleen Ryan	63	Ireland	Actress	Odd Man Out ⋅ Esther Waters
12	Anne Baxter	62	US	Actress	The Razor's Edge ⋅ All About Eve
12	Phil Karlson	77	US	Director	The Silencers ⋅ Kid Galahad
14	Bruce Weintraub	33	US	Set Decorator	Scarface ⋅ Prizzi's Honor
17	Harry M. Leonard	85	US	Sound Engineer	Laura ⋅ Captain Eddie
22	Lawrence Hauben	54	US	Screenwriter	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
23	Gina Kaus	92	Austria	Screenwriter	The Red Danube ⋅ The Robe
26	Margarete Schön	90	Germany	Actress	Die Nibelungen ⋅ The Street Song
28	Renato Castellani	72	Italy	Director, Screenwriter	Romeo and Juliet ⋅ Under the Sun of Rome
31	Ricky Nelson	45	US	Actor, Singer	Rio Bravo ⋅ The Wackiest Ship in the Army
31	Sam Spiegel	84	Poland	Producer	Lawrence of Arabia ⋅ On the Waterfront