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Overview of the events of 1976 in film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The year 1976 in film involved some significant events.
The top ten 1976 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic rentals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Rocky | United Artists | $55,900,000[1] |
2 | A Star Is Born | Warner Bros. | $37,100,000[1] |
3 | King Kong | Paramount | $36,900,000[1] |
4 | Silver Streak | 20th Century Fox | $30,018,000[2] |
5 | All the President's Men | Warner Bros. | $30,000,000[1] |
6 | The Omen | 20th Century Fox | $28,500,000[1] |
7 | The Bad News Bears | Paramount | $24,800,000[1] |
8 | The Enforcer | Warner Bros. | $24,000,000[1] |
9 | In Search of Noah's Ark | Sunn Classic | $23,800,000[1] |
10 | Midway | Universal | $21,610,435[2] |
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Unknown - Coralie Fargeat, French film director and screenwriter
Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
January | 1 | Walter Janssen | 88 | Germany | Actor | |
12 | Agatha Christie | 85 | UK | Writer | ||
13 | Margaret Leighton | 53 | UK | Actress | ||
18 | Sonia Dresdel | 66 | UK | Actress | ||
23 | Paul Dupuis | 62 | France | Actor | ||
23 | Paul Robeson | 77 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
29 | Michael Gwynn | 59 | UK | Actor | ||
February | 4 | Roger Livesey | 69 | UK | Actor | |
11 | Lee J. Cobb | 64 | US | Actor | ||
11 | John Twist | 77 | US | Screenwriter | ||
12 | Sal Mineo | 37 | US | Actor | ||
13 | Lily Pons | 77 | France | Singer, Actress | ||
13 | John Lounsbery | 64 | US | Animator | ||
15 | Maria Corda | 77 | Hungary | Actress | ||
16 | Campbell Singer | 66 | UK | Actor | ||
24 | Peter Madden | 71 | UK | Actor | ||
26 | Frieda Inescort | 75 | UK | Actress | ||
March | 3 | Doris Hill | 70 | US | Actress | |
5 | Charles Lederer | 69 | US | Screenwriter | ||
14 | Busby Berkeley | 80 | US | Director, Choreographer | ||
17 | Luchino Visconti | 69 | Italy | Director, Writer | ||
20 | Michael Goodliffe | 61 | UK | Actor | ||
28 | Richard Arlen | 76 | US | Actor | ||
April | 2 | Ray Teal | 74 | US | Actor | |
4 | George Pastell | 53 | Cyprus | Actor | ||
5 | Howard Hughes | 70 | US | Director, Producer | ||
5 | Robert Lord | 75 | US | Screenwriter, Producer | ||
11 | Liam Dunn | 59 | US | Actor | ||
12 | Paul Ford | 74 | US | Actor | ||
21 | Léonide Moguy | 75 | Russia | Director, Writer | ||
25 | Carol Reed | 69 | UK | Director, Writer | ||
26 | Neil McCallum | 46 | Canada | Actor | ||
26 | Sid James | 62 | UK | Actor | ||
29 | Thelma Connell | 63 | UK | Film Editor | ||
May | 3 | David Bruce | 62 | US | Actor | |
7 | Alan Baxter | 67 | US | Actor | ||
27 | Hilde Hildebrand | 78 | Germany | Actress | ||
27 | Ruth McDevitt | 80 | US | Actress | ||
June | 5 | Violet Wilkey | 73 | US | Actress | |
6 | Victor Varconi | 85 | Hungary | Actor | ||
9 | Sybil Thorndike | 93 | UK | Actress | ||
10 | Adolph Zukor | 103 | US | Producer, Studio Executive | ||
25 | Johnny Mercer | 66 | US | Songwriter | ||
28 | Stanley Baker | 48 | UK | Actor | ||
July | 2 | Frances Howard | 73 | US | Actress | |
7 | Norman Foster | 72 | US | Actor, Director | ||
12 | James Wong Howe | 76 | China | Cinematographer | ||
17 | Rina Morelli | 67 | Italy | Actress | ||
28 | Lucie Mannheim | 77 | Germany | Actress | ||
August | 2 | Fritz Lang | 85 | Germany | Director, Writer | |
6 | William Mervyn | 64 | UK | Actor | ||
10 | Ray Corrigan | 74 | US | Actor | ||
17 | William Redfield | 49 | US | Actor | ||
17 | Murvyn Vye | 60 | US | Actor | ||
18 | Luigi Serventi | 91 | Italy | Actor | ||
28 | Alastair Sim | 75 | UK | Actor | ||
September | 10 | Dalton Trumbo | 70 | US | Screenwriter | |
30 | Paul Dehn | 63 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
October | 5 | Barbara Nichols | 47 | US | Actress | |
14 | Edith Evans | 88 | UK | Actress | ||
November | 3 | Ramsay Hill | 86 | US | Actor, Technical Advisor | |
15 | Jean Gabin | 72 | France | Actor | ||
22 | Rupert Davies | 60 | UK | Actor | ||
28 | Rosalind Russell | 69 | US | Actress | ||
29 | Godfrey Cambridge | 43 | US | Actor | ||
December | 3 | Mary Nash | 92 | US | Actress | |
8 | Cathy Downs | 50 | US | Actress | ||
12 | Jack Cassidy | 49 | US | Actor | ||
20 | Walter Fitzgerald | 80 | UK | Actor | ||
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