1961

The year 1961 (MCMLXI) started on a Sunday.
==Theatrical releases==
===Feature films===
*January 25 - 101 Dalmatians
*March 16 - The Absent-Minded Professor
*June 21 - The Parent Trap
*July 12 - Nikki, Wild Dog of the North
*July 17 - Greyfriars Bobby
*December 14 - Babes in Toyland
===Shorts===
*January 7 - Cannery Woe
*January 21 - Zip 'N' Snort
*February 11 - Hoppy Daze
*February 25 - The Mouse on 57th Street
*March 16 - The Saga of Windwagon Smith
*March 18 - Strangled Eggs
*April 1 - Birds of a Father
*April 22 - D' Fightin' Ones
*May 20 - The Abominable Snow Rabbit
*June 3 - Lickety-Splat
*June 21 - Donald and the Wheel and The Litterbug
*June 24 - A Scent of the Matterhorn
*July 15 - Rebel Without Claws
*July 29 - Compressed Hare
*August 19 - The Pied Piper of Guadalupe
*September 2 - Prince Violent (re-titled Prince Varmint)
*September 7 - Switchin' Kitten
*September 23 - Daffy's Inn Trouble
*October 21 - What's My Lion?
*October 26 - Down and Outing
*November 11 - Beep Prepared
*December 2 - The Last Hungry Cat
*December 7 - It's Greek to Me-ow!
*December 20 - Aquamania
*December 30 - Nelly's Folly
==Theme park happenings==
* The Disneyland Monorail System extends to the Disneyland Hotel.
==Character debuts==
*January 21 - Little Lynette
*May 20 - Hugo the Abominable Snowman
*September 24 - Ludwig Von Drake
*October 26 - Clint Clobber
*December - Magica De Spell
*December - John D. Rockerduck
==People==
===Births===
*Alber Elbaz (fashion designer)
*Jim Reardon (animation director and storyboard consultant)
*January 4 - Graham McTavish (Scottish film and television actor and voice actor)
*January 13 - Julia Louis-Dreyfus (voice actress and comedienne)
*January 18 - Bob Peterson (animator, screenwriter, director and voice actor)
*February 19 - Tomira Goldberg (actress and singer)
*February 24 - Lynette Gillis (voice actress)
*March 13 - Paul Berry (stop-motion animator and director)
*March 19 - Tomira Carol Thompson (voice actress and singer)
*March 24 - Mitsuru Ogata (Japanese voice actor)
*March 29 - Amy Sedaris (actress and comedian)
*April 1 - Kujira (voice actress)
*April 3 - Eddie Murphy (actor and comedian)
*April 5 - Marlene Davidson (actress and singer)
*April 13 - Liz Callaway (actress and singer)
*April 14 - Mau Heymans (Dutch comics artist and writer)
*April 14 - Robert Carlyle (Scottish actor)
*April 23 - George Lopez (actor and comedian)
*May 5 - Sarah Zivale (actress and singer)
*May 6 - George Clooney (actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter)
*May 16 - Kevin McDonald (voice actor)
*May 27 - Peri Gilpin (actress)
*May 29 - Melissa Etheridge (singer)
*May 31 - Lea Thompson (actress, television director, and television producer)
*June 5 - Mary Kay Bergman (voice actress) (d. 1999), Catherine McGille (voice actress and singer)
*June 9 - Michael J. Fox (voice actor)
*June 15 - Jim Hanks (voice actor)
*June 17 - Kōichi Yamadera (Japanese voice actor, actor, tarento, narrator, master of ceremonies and impressionist)
*June 25 - Ricky Gervais (actor and comedian)
*July 4 - Ted Elliott (Film writer and film producer)
*July 10 - Jacky Cheung (Hong Kong actor)
*July 19 - Tomira Brighthills (actress, singer and comedian)
*July 30 - Elio (Italian musician and singer)
*August 4 - Lauren Tom (voice actress), Barack Obama (44th President of the United States of America)
*August 5 - Janet McTeer (English actress)
*August 17 - Takashi Aoyagi (Japanese scholar and voice actor of Mickey Mouse)
*August 25 - Billy Ray Cyrus (actor)
*August 28 - Jennifer Coolidge (actress and comedienne)
*September 11 - Elizabeth Daily (voice actress)
*September 15 - Noel MacNeal (puppeteer, writer, performer and director)
*September 16 - Jen Tolley (actress, voice actress and singer)
*September 18 - James Gandolfini (actor) (d. 2013)
*September 22 - Bonnie Hunt (voice actress)
*September 23 - Elizabeth Peña (actress and director) (d. 2014), Chi McBride (actor, singer-songwriter)
*September 25 - Heather Locklear (actress)
*October 1 - Peter Jackson (film director, film producer, screenwriter)
*October 10 - Jodi Benson (actress and singer)
*November 2 - k.d. lang (singer and occasional actress)
*November 14 - D. B. Sweeney (voice actor)
*November 19 - Meg Ryan (actress)
===Deaths===
*March 26 - Ned Norton (film and voice actor)
*November 13 - Wally Brown (actor, comedian and long-time partner of Alan Carney)
*Bob Stevens (Member of The Mellomen)
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