1946 in film

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The year 1946 in film involved some significant events.

## Events

* November 21 – William Wyler's *The Best Years of Our Lives* premieres in New York featuring an ensemble cast including Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, and Harold Russell.
* December 20 – Frank Capra's *It's a Wonderful Life*, featuring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers, and Thomas Mitchell opens in New York.
* Cinemagoing in the United Kingdom reaches an all-time peak, with 1,635 million admissions during the year.

## Awards

**Academy Awards:**

Best Picture: ***The Best Years of Our Lives*** – Goldwyn, RKO Radio
Best Director: **William Wyler** – *The Best Years of Our Lives*
Best Actor: **Fredric March** – *The Best Years of Our Lives*
Best Actress: **Olivia de Havilland** – *To Each His Own*
Best Supporting Actor: **Harold Russell** – *The Best Years of Our Lives*
Best Supporting Actress: **Anne Baxter** – *The Razor's Edge*
**Golden Globe Awards:**

Best Picture: ***The Best Years of Our Lives***
Best Director: **Frank Capra** – *It's a Wonderful Life*
Best Actor: **Gregory Peck** – *The Yearling*
Best Actress: **Rosalind Russell** – *Sister Kenny*
Best Film Promoting International Understanding: *The Last Chance* (Switzerland)
**GRAND PRIX (Cannes Film Festival):**

***Portrait of Maria*** (*María Candelaria*), directed by Emilio Fernández, Mexico
***The Turning Point*** (Великий перелом, *Velikiy perelom*), directed by Fridrikh Ermler, Soviet Union
***La Symphonie pastorale***, directed by Jean Delannoy, France
***The Last Chance*** (*Die Letzte Chance*), directed by Leopold Lintberg, Switzerland
***Men Without Wings*** (*Muži bez křídel*), directed by František Čáp, Czechoslovakia
***Rome, Open City*** (*Roma, città aperta*), directed by Roberto Rossellini, Italy

## Serials

* *Daughter of Don Q*
* *Chick Carter, Detective*
* *The Crimson Ghost*
* *Hop Harrigan*
* *King of the Forest Rangers*
* *Lost City of the Jungle*
* *The Mysterious Mr. M*
* *The Phantom Rider*, starring Robert Kent and Peggy Stewart
* *The Scarlet Horseman*
* *Son of the Guardsman*

## Short film series

* *Shirley Temple* (1932–1946)
* *The Three Stooges* (1934–1959)
* *Popular Science* (1935–1950)

## Animated Short Film Series

* *Mickey Mouse* (1928–1952)
* *Looney Tunes* (1930–1969)
* *Terrytoons* (1930–1964)
* *Merrie Melodies* (1931–1969)
* *Popeye* (1933–1957)
* *Color Rhapsodies* (1934–1949)
* *Donald Duck* (1936–1956)
* *Pluto* (1937–1951)
* *Andy Panda* (1939–1949)
* *Goofy* (1939–1953)
* *Bugs Bunny* (1940–1962)
* *Tom and Jerry* (1940–1958)
* *The Fox and the Crow* (1941–1950)
* *Woody Woodpecker* (1941–1949)
* *Mighty Mouse* (1942–1955)
* *Droopy* (1943–1958)
* *Chip and Dale* (1943–1956)
* *Screwball Squirrel* (1943–1946)
* *Yosemite Sam* (1945–1963)
* *George and Junior* (1946–1948)

## Births

* January 5 – Diane Keaton, American actress, producer and director
* January 19 – Dolly Parton, American country singer and actress
* January 20 – David Lynch, American director
* January 26 – Gene Siskel, American film critic, *Siskel and Ebert* (d. 1999)
* February 7 – Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (d. 2011)
* February 20
	+ Brenda Blethyn, English actress
	+ Sandy Duncan, American actress, comedian, dancer, and singer
* February 21 – Alan Rickman, English actor (d. 2016)
* March 12 – Liza Minnelli, American singer and actress
* March 21 – Timothy Dalton, Welsh actor
* April 18 – Hayley Mills, English actress and singer
* April 19 – Tim Curry, English actor and singer
* April 21 – Claire Denis, French director
* April 25 – Talia Shire, American actress
* May 9 – Candice Bergen, American actress and model
* May 20 – Cher, American singer and actress
* June 1 – Brian Cox, Scottish actor
* June 15 – Brigitte Fossey, French actress
* July 6 – Sylvester Stallone, American actor, screenwriter and director
* July 13 – Cheech Marin, American actor and comedian
* July 22 – Danny Glover, American actor and director
* August 16 – Lesley Ann Warren, American actress and singer
* September 15
	+ Oliver Stone, American director and producer
	+ Tommy Lee Jones, American actor
* September 19 – Michael Elphick, English actor (d. 2002)
* September 28 – Jeffrey Jones, American actor
* October 4 – Susan Sarandon, American actress
* October 15 – John Getz, American actor
* October 27 – Ivan Reitman, Slovakian-born director and producer
* October 31 – Stephen Rea, Northern Irish actor
* November 6 – Sally Field, American actress and singer
* December 14 – Patty Duke, American actress (d. 2016)
* December 17 – Eugene Levy, Canadian actor, comedian and director
* December 18 – Steven Spielberg, American director and producer

## Deaths

* January 5 – Slim Summerville, 53, American actor and comedian, *All Quiet on the Western Front*, *Captain January*, *Niagara Falls*, *Charlie Chan in Reno*
* February 1 – Jenő Törzs, 58, Hungarian actor, *Secret of St. Job Forest*, *Alraune*, *Oliver Twist*, *Number 111*
* February 6 – Justus D. Barnes, 84, American actor
* April 1 – Noah Beery, Sr., 64, American actor, *She Done Him Wrong*, *The Trail Beyond*, *The Mark of Zorro*, *Mystery Liner*
* June 23 – William S. Hart, 81, American actor, *The Narrow Trail*, *The Silent Man*, *The Money Corral*, *The Return of Draw Egan*
* July 2 – Mary Alden, 63, American actress, *The Birth of a Nation*, *The Plastic Age*, *Brown of Harvard*, *Strange Interlude*
* August 9 – Léon Gaumont, 82, French film pioneer
* August 13 – H. G. Wells, 79, British science fiction writer, *The First Men in the Moon*, *The Invisible Man*, *The War of the Worlds*, *The Island of Dr. Moreau*
* August 26 – Jeanie MacPherson, 59, American actress and screenwriter, *Dynamite*, *Manslaughter*, *The Godless Girl*, *The Captive*
* August 28 – Florence Turner, 61, American actress, *The Chinese Parrot*
* September 21 – Olga Engl, 75, Austrian actress, *Phantom*, *Frauenmoral*
* October 31 – Gabriel Gabrio, 59, French actor, *Pépé le Moko*, *Wooden Crosses*, *Lucrezia Borgia*, *Gigolette*
* November 18 – Donald Meek, 68, American actor, *Stagecoach*, *You Can't Take It with You*, *Captain Blood*, *State Fair*
* December 12 – Renée Jeanne Falconetti, 54, French actress, *The Passion of Joan of Arc*
* December 25 – W. C. Fields, 66, American comedian and actor, *The Bank Dick*, *It's a Gift*, *Never Give a Sucker an Even Break*, *My Little Chickadee*

## Film debuts

* Kirk Douglas – *The Strange Love of Martha Ivers*
* Burt Lancaster – *The Killers*
* Dean Martin – *Film Vodvil: Art Mooney and Orchestra*
* Yves Montand – *Star Without Light*

## References

1. ↑ Kynaston, David (2007). *Austerity Britain 1945–1951*. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-0-7475-7985-4.

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