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• September 18 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx
  Zeppo Marx
  
  Herbert Manfred Marx is best known as Zeppo Marx, the name he used when he performed with his brothers, The Marx Brothers....
   marries his second wife, Barbara Blakely.
• November 18 - William Wyler
  William Wyler
  
  William Wyler was a three-time Academy Award-winning film film director....
  's film Ben-Hur
  Ben-Hur (1959 film)
  
  Ben-Hur is a 1959 in film movie directed by William Wyler, and is the third film version of Lew Wallace's novel Ben-Hur . It premiered at Loews Cineplex Entertainment in New York City on November 18, 1959....
   premieres at Loew's Theater in New York City
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• Sammy Davis, Jr.
  Sammy Davis, Jr.
  
  Samuel George ?Sammy? Davis, Jr. was an United States entertainer. He was a dancer, singer, multi-instrumentalist , Impressionist , comedian, convert to Judaism, and Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actor....
   and May Britt start dating.

Top grossing films (U.S.)

Awards

Best Picture

Academy Award for Best Picture

The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to artists working in the film industry....
: Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur (1959 film)

Ben-Hur is a 1959 in film movie directed by William Wyler, and is the third film version of Lew Wallace's novel Ben-Hur . It premiered at Loews Cineplex Entertainment in New York City on November 18, 1959....
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Best Director

Academy Award for Directing

The Academy Award for Achievement in Directing is one of the Academy Award presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to Film directors working in the film industry....
: William Wyler

William Wyler

William Wyler was a three-time Academy Award-winning film film director....
 - Ben-Hur

Best Actor

Academy Award for Best Actor

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry....
: Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston was an United States actor of film, theater and television.Heston is known for having played heroic roles, such as Moses in The Ten Commandments , Colonel George Taylor in Planet of the Apes , El Cid in El Cid , and Judah Ben-Hur in Ben-Hur , for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor....
 - Ben-Hur

Best Actress

Academy Award for Best Actress

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry....
: Simone Signoret

Simone Signoret

Simone Signoret is a beloved Academy Award winning legend of French cinema and widely hailed as the greatest France actress in film history. She became the first French person to win an Academy Award in 1959 for her role in Room at the Top....
 - Room at the Top

Best Supporting Actor

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry....
: Hugh Griffith

Hugh Griffith

Hugh Emrys Griffith was a Wales film, stage and television actor.Griffith was born in Marian Glas, Anglesey, Wales and educated at local schools....
 - Ben-Hur

Best Supporting Actress

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry....
: Shelley Winters

Shelley Winters

Shelley Winters was an Academy Award-winning American actress who appeared in dozens of films, as well as on stage and television....
 - The Diary of Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank (film)

The Diary of Anne Frank is a 1959 in film film based on the Pulitzer Prize winning The Diary of Anne Frank , which was based on the The Diary of a Young Girl of Anne Frank....

Best Foreign Language Film

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Award, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ....
: Black Orpheus

Black Orpheus

'Black Orpheus' is a film made in Brazil by France director Marcel Camus. It is based on the play by Vinicius de Moraes, which is an adaptation of the Greek mythology of Orpheus and Eurydice, setting it in the modern context of Rio de Janeiro during the Brazilian Carnival....
(Orfeu Negro), directed by Marcel Camus

Marcel Camus

Marcel Camus was a French film director.He was born in Chappes, Ardennes , France and died in Paris.He directed nearly a dozen films, including Orfeu Negro , which won the Golden Palm at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival....
, Brazil / France / Italy

Drama:

Best Picture

Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture ? Drama, since its institution in 1951....
: Ben-Hur

Best Actor

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture - Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951 in film....
: Anthony Franciosa

Anthony Franciosa

Anthony Franciosa, born Anthony George Papaleo, Jr., , was an United States actor, usually billed as Tony Franciosa during the height of his career....
 - Career

Career (1959 film)

Career is a 1959 in film film drama about actor Sam Lawson bent on breaking into the big time at any cost, braving World War II, the Korean War and even the more recent blacklist, something that writer Dalton Trumbo knew all too well from being blacklisted himself....

Best Actress

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture - Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951 in film....
: Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, Order of the British Empire , also known as Liz Taylor, is an England-born American actress.Known for her acting skills and beauty, as well as her Cinema of the United States lifestyle, including many marriages, Taylor is considered one of the great actresses of Hollywood's golden years, as well as a la...
 - Suddenly, Last Summer

Suddenly, Last Summer (film)

Suddenly, Last Summer is a 1959 in film drama film made by Columbia Pictures, based on Suddenly, Last Summer by Tennessee Williams. The film was directed by Joseph L....

Musical or comedy:

Best Picture

Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy has been awarded annually since 1952 in film by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association....
 (tie): Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot is an Cinema of the United States comedy film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon....

Best Picture

Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy has been awarded annually since 1952 in film by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association....
 (tie): Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess (1959 film)

Porgy and Bess is a 1959 movie based on George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. It is set in the fictional Catfish Row in early 1900s Charleston, South Carolina....

Best Actor

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951 in film....
: Jack Lemmon

Jack Lemmon

'John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III' was an United States actor known principally for his comedic roles. He starred in over 60 films including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Days of Wine and Roses , Irma La Douce, The Odd Couple , The Out-of-Towners , Glengarry Glen Ross , The China Syndrome and JFK ....
 - Some Like It Hot

Best Actress

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1950 in film....
: Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, singer, model, and a sex symbol.After spending much of her childhood in foster homes, Monroe began a career as a model, which led to a film contract in 1946....
 - Some Like It Hot

Other

Best Director

Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture

This page lists the winners of and nominees for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director. Since its inception in 1943, it has been presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, an organization comprised of journalists who cover the United States film industry for publications based outside North America....
: William Wyler - Ben-Hur

Black Orpheus

Black Orpheus

'Black Orpheus' is a film made in Brazil by France director Marcel Camus. It is based on the play by Vinicius de Moraes, which is an adaptation of the Greek mythology of Orpheus and Eurydice, setting it in the modern context of Rio de Janeiro during the Brazilian Carnival....
(Orfeu Negro), directed by Marcel Camus

Marcel Camus

Marcel Camus was a French film director.He was born in Chappes, Ardennes , France and died in Paris.He directed nearly a dozen films, including Orfeu Negro , which won the Golden Palm at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival....
, France

Il Generale della Rovere (General della Rovere), directed by Roberto Rosselini, Italy / France

La grande guerra (The Great War), directed by Mario Monicelli

Mario Monicelli

Mario Monicelli is an Italy director and screenwriter, one of the masters of the Commedia all'Italiana ....
, Italy / France

Les cousins

Les Cousins

Les Cousins may refer to* Les Cousins , a 1960s folk and blues club in Greek Street, Soho, London* Les Cousins , a 1959 film by Claude Chabrol...
(The Cousins), directed by Claude Chabrol

Claude Chabrol

Claude Chabrol is a French Cinema of France director and one of the core members of the French New Wave group of filmmakers who first came to prominence in the late 1950s and early 1960s....
, France

Films released in 1959

• The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
  The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
  
  The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock is a 1959 in film film starring Lou Costello and Dorothy Provine....
  
• The 39 Steps
  The 39 Steps (1959 film)
  
  The 39 Steps is a 1959 in film thriller directed by Ralph Thomas, starring Kenneth More and Taina Elg. It is a remake of the The 39 Steps , based on the novel The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan....
  
• 4D Man
  4D Man
  
  4D Man is a 1959 United States science fiction film, film producer by Jack H. Harris from his own original screenplay and film director by Irvin Yeaworth....
  
• The 400 Blows
  The 400 Blows
  
  The 400 Blows is a 1959 in film Cinema of France directed by Fran?ois Truffaut. One of the defining films of the French New Wave, it displays many of the characteristic traits of the movement....
  
• Anatomy of a Murder
  Anatomy of a Murder
  
  Anatomy of a Murder is an Cinema of the United States trial court drama film directed by Otto Preminger and written by Wendell Mayes based on the best-selling novel of the same name written by Michigan Supreme Court Justice John D....
  
• The Angry Red Planet
  The Angry Red Planet
  
  The Angry Red Planet is a 1959 in film science fiction film starring Gerald Mohr and directed by Ib Melchior. The director was given only 10 days to shoot the movie and a budget of $200,000 with which to make it....
  
• Apur Sansar
  Apur Sansar
  
  The World of Apu , also known as Apur Sansar, is the third and final part of the Apu Trilogy, about a boy named Apu in early twentieth century Bengal by Satyajit Ray....
   (The World of Apu)
• The Atomic Submarine
  The Atomic Submarine
  
  The Atomic Submarine is a 1959 in film science fiction film starring Arthur Franz, Dick Foran and Brett Halsey, with John Hillard as the voice of the alien....
  
• Ballad of a Soldier
  Ballad of a Soldier
  
  Ballad of a Soldier, is a 1959 Cinema of the Soviet Union directed by Grigori Chukhrai and starring Vladimir Ivashov and Zhanna Prokhorenko....
   (Ballada o soldate)
• Ben-Hur
  Ben-Hur (1959 film)
  
  Ben-Hur is a 1959 in film movie directed by William Wyler, and is the third film version of Lew Wallace's novel Ben-Hur . It premiered at Loews Cineplex Entertainment in New York City on November 18, 1959....
  
• Beyond This Place
  Beyond This Place
  
  Beyond This Place is a 1953 novel by Scottish people author, A. J. Cronin. The novel has been adapted for both film and television. A Bollywood version, Kalapani , was directed by Raj Khosla and starred Dev Anand and Madhubala....
   (also known as Web of Evidence
  Web of Evidence
  
  Web of Evidence is a 1959 in film British film based on the novel, Beyond This Place, by A. J. Cronin. It was directed by Jack Cardiff and stars Van Johnson and Vera Miles....
  )
• The Big Fisherman
  The Big Fisherman
  
  The Big Fisherman is a 1959 in film United States film directed by Frank Borzage about the later life of Saint Peter, one of the closest disciples of Jesus....
  
• Black Orpheus
  Black Orpheus
  
  'Black Orpheus' is a film made in Brazil by France director Marcel Camus. It is based on the play by Vinicius de Moraes, which is an adaptation of the Greek mythology of Orpheus and Eurydice, setting it in the modern context of Rio de Janeiro during the Brazilian Carnival....
   Palme d'Or winner
• Career
  Career (1959 film)
  
  Career is a 1959 in film film drama about actor Sam Lawson bent on breaking into the big time at any cost, braving World War II, the Korean War and even the more recent blacklist, something that writer Dalton Trumbo knew all too well from being blacklisted himself....
  
• Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
  Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
  
  Carlton-Browne of the F.O. is a 1959 in film UK comedy film made by the Boulting Brothers....
  , starring Peter Sellers
  Peter Sellers
  
  'Richard Henry Sellers', Order of British Empire, commonly known as 'Peter Sellers' was a United Kingdom comedian and actor best known for his roles in Dr....
   and Terry-Thomas
  Terry-Thomas
  
  Thomas Terry Hoar-Stevens was a distinctive England comedy actor, known as Terry-Thomas. He was famous for his portrayal of disreputable members of the upper classes, especially Rake s, the trademark diastema , cigarette holder, dressing gown, and such catch-phrases as "What an absolute shower!" and "Good show!"...
   and John Le Mesurier
  John Le Mesurier
  
  John Le Mesurier was a BAFTA Award-winning English actor. He is most famous for his role as Sergeant Arthur Wilson on the popular 1970s BBC comedy Dad's Army....
  
• Carry On Nurse
  Carry On Nurse
  
  Carry On Nurse is the second Carry On films, released in 1959 in film. Of the regular team, it featured Joan Sims , Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey and Hattie Jacques....
  
• Carry On Teacher
  Carry On Teacher
  
  Carry On Teacher is the third Carry On films, released in 1959 in film. It features Ted Ray in his only Carry On role, a young Richard O'Sullivan and a young Larry Dann, making the first of his four Carry On appearances....
  
• La Casa del Terror
• Les Cousins
  Les Cousins (film)
  
  Les Cousins is a 1959 French New Wave drama film directed by Claude Chabrol. It tells the story of two cousins, the decadent Paul and the naive Charles....
  
• A Date with Death
• The Diary of Anne Frank
  The Diary of Anne Frank (film)
  
  The Diary of Anne Frank is a 1959 in film film based on the Pulitzer Prize winning The Diary of Anne Frank , which was based on the The Diary of a Young Girl of Anne Frank....
  
• Donald in Mathmagic Land
  Donald in Mathmagic Land
  
  Donald in Mathmagic Land is a 27 minute Donald Duck featurette released on June 26, 1959. It was directed by Hamilton Luske. Contributors included The Walt Disney Company artists John Hench and Art Riley, voice talent Paul Frees, and scientific expert Heinz Haber, who had worked on the Disney space shows....
   (short subject)
• Don't Give Up The Ship
  Don't Give Up The Ship (film)
  
  Don't Give Up the Ship is a comedy directed by Norman Taurog and starring Jerry Lewis. It was filmed from October 21, 1958 to January 30, 1959, and released on July 3, 1959 by Paramount Pictures....
  
• The FBI Story
  The FBI Story
  
  The FBI Story is a 1959 in film drama film directed and produced by Mervyn LeRoy and starring James Stewart . Based on a book by Don Whitehead, the Federal Bureau of Investigation had great influence over the production, with J....
  
• Fires on the Plain
  Fires on the Plain (film)
  
  is a 1959 in film Cinema of Japan war film directed by Kon Ichikawa, starring Eiji Funakoshi. The screenplay, written by, Natto Wada, is based on the novel Fires on the Plain by Shohei Ooka, translated as Fires on the Plain....
  
• The Five Pennies
  The Five Pennies
  
  The Five Pennies was a semi-biographical 1959 film starring Danny Kaye as cornet player and bandleader Red Nichols. Other cast members included Barbara Bel Geddes, Harry Guardino, Bob Crosby, Louis Armstrong, Susan Gordon , and Tuesday Weld....
  
• The Giant Behemoth
• Il Generale della Rovere
• Gidget
  Gidget (film)
  
  Gidget is a Columbia Pictures feature film starring Sandra Dee, Cliff Robertson, and James Darren in a story about a teenager's initiation into the California surf culture and her affliated romance with a young surfing....
  
• Girls Town
  Girls Town
  
  Girls Town was a 1959 in film film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, starring Mamie Van Doren, Mel Torm? and Ray Anthony; Paul Anka also appears in his first acting role....
  
• La grande guerra (The Great War)
• The Hanging Tree
  The Hanging Tree
  
  The Hanging Tree is a 1959 in film movie directed by Delmer Daves and finished by actor Karl Malden. The film stars Gary Cooper, Maria Schell, Karl Malden and George C....
  
• Happy Anniversary
  Happy Anniversary (film)
  
  Happy Anniversary is a 1959 in film comedy film starring David Niven and Mitzi Gaynor.External links...
  
• Hercules and the Queen of Lydia
  Hercules and the Queen of Lydia
  
  Hercules Unchained is a Lux-Galatea and Lux De France epic-fantasy feature film starring Steve Reeves and Sylva Koscina in a story about two warring brothers and Hercules' tribulations in the court of Queen Omphale....
   (also known as Ercole e la regina di Lidia and Hercules Unchained)
• Hiroshima Mon Amour
  Hiroshima Mon Amour
  
  Hiroshima Mon Amour is an acclaimed 1959 in film Drama film/romance film with a documentary or film essay element directed by France film director Alain Resnais, with a screenplay by Marguerite Duras....
  
• A Hole in the Head
  A Hole in the Head
  
  A Hole in the Head is a comedy film directed by Frank Capra and featuring Frank Sinatra, Edward G. Robinson, Eleanor Parker, Keenan Wynn, Carolyn Jones, Thelma Ritter, and Joi Lansing....
  
• The Horse Soldiers
  The Horse Soldiers
  
  The Horse Soldiers is a 1959 in film western film, set in the American Civil War, directed by John Ford , starring John Wayne, William Holden and Constance Towers....
  
• The Hound of the Baskervilles
  The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959 film)
  
  The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1959 in film British Mystery fiction produced by Hammer Films and is directed by Terence Fisher.The film is an adaptation from the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Hound of the Baskervilles and stars Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes, Christopher Lee as Sir Henry Baskerville and Andr? Morell as Watson....
  
• House on Haunted Hill
  House on Haunted Hill
  
  House on Haunted Hill is a horror film B movies directed by William Castle, written by Robb White, and starring Vincent Price as eccentric millionaire Fredrick Loren....
  , starring Vincent Price
  Vincent Price
  
  Vincent Leonard Price, Jr. was an United States film actor, remembered for his distinctive voice, his 6-foot 4-inch stature and serio-comic attitude in a series of horror films done in the latter part of his career....
  
• Imitation of Life
  Imitation of Life (1959 film)
  
  Imitation of Life is a 1959 film directed by Douglas Sirk, adapted from Fannie Hurst's novel Imitation of Life , produced by Ross Hunter and released by Universal Pictures....
  
• The Jazz Singer
  The Jazz Singer (1959 film)
  
  The Jazz Singer is a 1959 adaption of the play of the same name starring Jerry Lewis. It was produced as an episode of the television series, Startime and was broadcast on October 13, 1959....
   (performance)
• Journey to the Center of the Earth
  Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959 film)
  
  Journey to the Center of the Earth is a 1959 adventure film adapted by Charles Brackett Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne. It stars Pat Boone, James Mason, Arlene Dahl, Peter Ronson, Diane Baker, Thayer David, Alan Napier, and Gertrude the Duck....
  
• John Paul Jones
  John Paul Jones (film)
  
  John Paul Jones is a 1959 in film biographical epic film about John Paul Jones. The film was made by Samuel Bronston Productions and released by Warner Bros.....
  
• Kapò
  Kapo
  
  Kapo can refer to one of the following:* Kapo , a Hawaiian goddess* Kapo , a privileged prisoner who served as a barracks supervisor/warder or lead work details in a Nazi concentration camp...
  
• Killer Shrews
• The Last Angry Man
  The Last Angry Man
  
  The Last Angry Man is a 1959 in film film which tells the story of a television producer who profiles the life of a physician. It stars Paul Muni, David Wayne, Betsy Palmer, Billy Dee Williams and Godfrey Cambridge....
  
• Last Train from Gun Hill
  Last Train from Gun Hill
  
  Last Train from Gun Hill is a 1959 in film Western by action director John Sturges. It stars Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones and Earl Holliman....
  
• Magic Boy (Shonen Sarutobi Sasuke)
• The Miracle
  The Miracle (1959 film)
  
  The Miracle is a 1959 in film remake of a 1912 in film German film Das Mirakel directed by Cherry Kearton and Max Reinhardt , which in turn was based on a 1911 Karl Vollm?ller pantomime play of the same name....
  
• Mise Éire
  Mise Éire
  
  oldwikisource:Mise ?ire is a poem by the Irish poet and Republican revolutionary leader P?draic Pearse.It may also refer to:*A 1959 documentary film of the same name directed by George Morrison that tells the story of Irish revolutionary nationalism....
  
• The Mummy
  The Mummy (1959 film)
  
  The Mummy is a 1959 in film British Hammer Horror film starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.Though the title suggests Universal Studios' 1932 film The Mummy , the film actually derives its plot and characters entirely from two Universal later films, The Mummy's Hand and The Mummy's Tomb....
  
• North by Northwest
  North by Northwest
  
  North by Northwest is an Cinema of the United States Thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason, and featuring Leo G....
  
• The Nun's Story
  The Nun's Story (film)
  
  The Nun's Story is the title of a dramatic film that was released by Warner Bros. in 1959 in film....
  
• Operation Petticoat
  Operation Petticoat
  
  Operation Petticoat is a 1959 comedic film directed by Blake Edwards, and starring Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, and Dina Merrill, later adapted for television in 1977....
  
• On the Beach
  On the Beach (1959 film)
  
  On the Beach is a 1959 in film Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction drama film based on Nevil Shute's On the Beach featuring Gregory Peck , Ava Gardner , Fred Astaire and Anthony Perkins ....
  
• Pillow Talk
• Plan 9 from Outer Space
  Plan 9 from Outer Space
  
  Plan 9 from Outer Space is a 1959 in film science fiction/horror film written, produced, and directed by Edward D. Wood, Jr. The film features Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Tor Johnson and Maila Nurmi....
  ', Directed by Edward D. Wood, Jr. Starring Tor Johnson
  Tor Johnson
  
  Tor Johnson, born Tor Johansson, was a professional wrestler known as The Super Swedish Angel, and occasional actor. He is perhaps best remembered for his roles in a number of B-movies, including police detective turned zombie Inspector Dan Clay in Plan 9 from Outer Space....
   and Vampira and Bela Lugosi
  Béla Lugosi
  
  B?la Lugosi was a Hungarians-born United States actor of theatre and film, well known for playing Count Dracula in the Dracula and subsequent Dracula ....
  
• Porgy and Bess
  Porgy and Bess (1959 film)
  
  Porgy and Bess is a 1959 movie based on George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. It is set in the fictional Catfish Row in early 1900s Charleston, South Carolina....
  
• Pork Chop Hill
  Pork Chop Hill
  
  Pork Chop Hill , directed by Lewis Milestone, is a Korean War war film based upon the eponymous book by military historian S. L. A. Marshall, depicting the bitterly fierce first Battle of Pork Chop Hill between the U.S....
  
• Rio Bravo
  Rio Bravo (1959 film)
  
  Rio Bravo is a 1959 in film Western film, directed by Howard Hawks. The script was written by Jules Furthman and Leigh Brackett, based on a short story by B.H....
  
• Room at the Top
• Sampo
  Sampo (film)
  
  Sampo is a joint Finland and Soviet Union production based loosely on the events depicted in the Finnish national epic Kalevala. A significantly edited version called The Day the Earth Froze was released internationally....
  (The Day the Earth Froze)
• Sapphire
  Sapphire (film)
  
  Sapphire is a 1959 in film United Kingdom crime drama. It focused on racism in London toward immigrants from the West Indies.The film was directed by Basil Dearden, and stars Nigel Patrick and Yvonne Mitchell....
  
• The Shaggy Dog
  The Shaggy Dog (1959 film)
  
  The Shaggy Dog is a black and white 1959 The Walt Disney Company film about Wilby Daniels, a teenage boy who is shapeshifting into a sheep dog by a spelled ring of the Borgia, and was the first ever Walt Disney live-action comedy....
  
• Sleeping Beauty
  Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)
  
  Sleeping Beauty is a 1959 animated feature produced by Walt Disney and originally released to theatres on January 29, 1959, by Buena Vista Distribution....
  (Walt Disney
  Walt Disney
  
  Walter Elias Disney was a multiple Academy Award-winning American film producer, film director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur and philanthropist....
   animation)
• Solomon and Sheba
  Solomon and Sheba
  
  Solomon and Sheba is a 1959 in film Biblical epic film made by Edward Small Productions and distributed by United Artists. The film stars Yul Brynner, Gina Lollobrigida, George Sanders and Marisa Pavan, with David Farrar , Harry Andrews, Jack Gwillim, Laurence Naismith, William Devlin, Jean Anderson and Finlay Currie....
  
• Some Like It Hot
  Some Like It Hot
  
  Some Like It Hot is an Cinema of the United States comedy film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon....
  
• It Started with a Kiss
  It Started with a Kiss
  
  It Started with A Kiss is a 1959 in film film staring Glenn Ford and Debbie Reynolds. It was directed by George Marshall ....
  
• Suddenly, Last Summer
  Suddenly, Last Summer (film)
  
  Suddenly, Last Summer is a 1959 in film drama film made by Columbia Pictures, based on Suddenly, Last Summer by Tennessee Williams. The film was directed by Joseph L....
  
• Terror is a Man
• Wild Strawberries
  Wild Strawberries (film)
  
  Wild Strawberries is a 1957 film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, about an old man recalling his past. The original Swedish language title is Smultronst?llet, which literally means "the wild strawberry patch", but idiomatically means an underrated gem of a place ....
  (U.S. release)
• The World, the Flesh and the Devil
• The Young Philadelphians
  The Young Philadelphians
  
  The Young Philadelphians is a 1959 film starring Paul Newman and Barbara Rush, and directed by Vincent Sherman.Awards and nominations...
  

• Looney Tunes
  Looney Tunes
  
  Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon series which ran in many movie theatres from 1930 to 1969. It preceded the Merrie Melodies series and is Warner Bros.'s first animated theatrical series....
  (1930-1969)
• Terrytoons
  Terrytoons
  
  Terrytoons was an animation studio founded by Paul Terry . The studio, located in suburban New Rochelle, New York, operated from 1928 to 1968....
  (1930-1964)
• Merrie Melodies
  Merrie Melodies
  
  Merrie Melodies is the name of a series of animation distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures between 1931 and 1969. The sister series to Warner's Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies were originally one-shot musical film cartoon shorts before gradually featuring recurring characters....
  (1931-1969)
• Bugs Bunny
  Bugs Bunny
  
  Bugs Bunny is a fictional rabbit who appears in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animation films produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, which became Warner Bros....
  (1940-1962)
• Yosemite Sam
  Yosemite Sam
  
  Yosemite Sam is an animation fictional character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. Animation....
  (1945-1963)
• Speedy Gonzales
  Speedy Gonzales
  
  Speedy Gonz?les, "The Fastest Mouse in all Mexico", is an animation mouse from the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons....
  (1953-1968)
• The Three Stooges
  Three Stooges
  
  The Three Stooges was an American vaudeville and comedy act of the early to mid?20th century best known for their numerous short subject films....
   (1934-1959)

Births

• January 22 - Linda Blair
  Linda Blair
  
  Linda Denise Blair is an American Actor most famous for her role as the demonic possession child, Regan, in the 1973 in film film The Exorcist , and its sequel, Exorcist II: The Heretic....
  , actress
• March 18 - Irene Cara
  Irene Cara
  
  Irene Cara is an United States singer and actress. Cara won an Academy Award in 1984 in the category of Best Original Song for co-writing "Flashdance......
  , actress, singer
• April 15 - Emma Thompson
  Emma Thompson
  
  Emma Thompson is a two-time Academy Award-, Emmy Award-, BAFTA Award- and Golden Globe-winning English actress, comedian, and screenwriter. She is also a patron of the Refugee Council....
  , British actor
• July 29 - Sanjay Dutt
  Sanjay Dutt
  
  Sanjay Dutt , is an Indian Bollywood film actor and politician. A two time Filmfare Awards winner, Dutt is the son of Bollywood stars Sunil Dutt and Nargis Dutt....
  , Indian actor
• October 21 - Ken Watanabe
  Ken Watanabe
  
  is an Academy Award-nominated Japanese theater, film, and television actor. To English language audiences he is known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Letters from Iwo Jima and Lord Katsumoto in The Last Samurai....
  , Japanese actor
• November 14 - Paul McGann
  Paul McGann
  
  Paul McGann is an England actor who made his name on the BBC serial The Monocled Mutineer, in which he played the lead role. He is also known for his role in Withnail and I, and for portraying the Eighth Doctor in the Doctor Who and subsequent tie-in media....
  , British actor
• December 31 - Val Kilmer
  Val Kilmer
  
  Val Edward Kilmer is an American actor and possible candidate for Governor of New Mexico. Originally a stage actor, Kilmer became popular in the mid-1980s after a string of appearances in comedy films, starting with Top Secret! , then the cult classic Real Genius , as well as blockbuster action films, including a role in Top Gun ...
  , American actor

Deaths

• February 1 - Madame Sul-Te-Wan
  Madame Sul-Te-Wan
  
  Madame Sul-Te-Wan was the stage name of an African-American stage and film actress whose career spanned over five decades. Sul-Te-Wan was the first black actor, male or female, to sign a film contract and be a featured performer....
  , actress
• February 4 - Una O'Connor
  Una O'Connor
  
  Una O'Connor was an Irish actor who worked extensively in theatre before becoming a notable character actor in film....
  , actress
• March 3 - Lou Costello
  Lou Costello
  
  Lou Costello , was an American actor and comedian best known as half of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, with Bud Abbott. Costello was famous for his bumbling, chubby, clean-cut image that has appealed to many Americans over the decades....
  , comedian and actor, half of Abbott and Costello
  Abbott and Costello
  
  Bud Abbott and Lou Costello performed together as Abbott and Costello, an United States double act whose work in radio, film and television made them the most popular comedy team during the 1940s....
   comedy team
• February 5 - Gwili Andre
  Gwili Andre
  
  Gwili Andre was a Denmark actress who had a brief career in Hollywood films....
  , actress
• June 16 - George Reeves
  George Reeves
  
  George Reeves was an United States actor, best known for his role as Superman in the 1950s television program Adventures of Superman and his death by a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the age of 45....
  , actor
• June 18 - Ethel Barrymore
  Ethel Barrymore
  
  Ethel Barrymore was an Academy Awards-winning United States actress and a member of the Celebrity Barrymore family....
  , actress
• October 14 - Errol Flynn
  Errol Flynn
  
  Errol Leslie Flynn was an Australian-born film actor, known for his romantic swashbuckler roles in Hollywood films and his flamboyant lifestyle....
  , actor
• October 23 - Gerda Lundequist
  Gerda Lundequist
  
  Gerda Carola Cecilia Lundequist was a Sweden stage actress, an Ibsen and Strindberg-thespian that in her time was known throughout Scandinavia as "The Swedish Sarah Bernhardt"....
  , actress
• November 20 – Sylvia Lopez
  Sylvia Lopez
  
  Sylvia Lopez was a France model and actress.Born Tatjana Bernt, she was raised in Paris, where she began a career in modelling. Eventually she modeled for couturier Jacques Fath, the first French fashion designer to export his creations to the United States....
  , European actress
• November 25 - Gérard Philipe
  Gérard Philipe
  
  G?rard Philipe was a prominent France actor....
  , French actor