1946 in film

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The year **1946 in film** involved some significant events.

## Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1946 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

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## Events

* February 14 - Charles Vidor's *Gilda* starring Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford shows audiences one of the most famous scenes of the 20th century: Rita Hayworth singing "Put The Blame On Mame".

* 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.

## Serials

* *Daughter of Don Q*
* *Chick Carter, Detective*
* *The Crimson Ghost*
* *Hop Harrigan*
* *King of the Forest Rangers*, starring Larry Thompson
* *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* (1944–**1946**)
* *Yosemite Sam* (1945–1963)
* *George and Junior* (**1946**–1948)

## Births

* January 5 – Diane Keaton, American actress, producer and director
* January 6 - Cheng Pei-pei, Chinese actress
* January 7 – Arnis Līcītis, Latvian actor (d. 2022)
* January 19 – Dolly Parton, American country singer and actress
* January 20 – David Lynch, American director
* January 26 – Gene Siskel, film critic, *Siskel and Ebert* (d. 1999)
* February 2 – Blake Clark, American stand-up comedian, actor and voice actor
* February 3 – Stephen McHattie, Canadian actor
* February 4 - Ivano Marescotti, Italian actor (d. 2023
* February 5 – Charlotte Rampling, English actress
* February 7 – Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (d. 2011)
* February 8 – Alex Diakun, Canadian actor
* February 13 – Joe Estevez, American actor, director and producer
* February 20 – Brenda Blethyn, English actress
* February 21
	+ Tyne Daly, American actress
	+ Anthony Daniels, English actor, voice actor and mime artist
	+ Alan Rickman, English actor (d. 2016)
* March 1 - Lana Wood, American actress and producer
* March 6 - Martin Kove, American actor and martial artist
* March 7
	+ Dan Grimaldi, American actor
	+ John Heard, American actor (d. 2017)
* March 9 - Alexandra Bastedo, British actress (d. 2014)
* March 12
	+ Dean Cundey, American cinematographer and filmmaker
	+ Liza Minnelli, American singer and actress
	+ Frank Welker, American actor, voice actor and former stand-up comedian
* March 21 – Timothy Dalton, British actor
* March 29 – Paul Herman, American actor (d. 2022)
* April 5 - Jane Asher, English actress
* April 12 – Ed O'Neill, American actor and comedian
* April 15
	+ Bob DeSimone, American actor
	+ Michael Tucci, American actor
* April 19 – Tim Curry, English actor and singer
* April 20 – Haruhiko Yamanouchi, Japanese actor
* April 23 – Blair Brown, American actress
* April 25 – Talia Shire, American actress
* April 29 – Wayne Robson, Canadian actor (d. 2011)
* May 1
	+ Joanna Lumley, British actress
	+ John Woo, Hong Kong director, producer and screenwriter
* May 2 – David Suchet, English actor
* May 9 – Candice Bergen, American actress
* May 11 – Ago Roo, Estonian actor
* May 13 – Tim Pigott-Smith, English actor (d. 2017)
* May 18 – Andreas Katsulas, American actor (d. 2006)
* May 19 – André the Giant, French professional wrestler and actor (d. 1993)
* May 20 – Cher, American singer and actress
* May 22 – Jack Kehler, American character actor (d. 2022)
* June 1 – Brian Cox, Scottish actor
* June 3 – Penelope Wilton, English actress
* June 5 - John Bach, British-born New Zealand actor
* June 8 - Alan Scarfe, British-Canadian actor
* June 12 - Jack Thibeau, American actor
* June 15
	+ Angela Down, English actress
	+ Roy Holder, English actor (d. 2021)
* June 26 – Ricky Jay, American actor and writer (d. 2018)
* June 28
	+ Bruce Davison, American actor and director
	+ Gilda Radner, American comedian and actress (d. 1989)
* July 2 – Ron Silver, American actor (d. 2009)
* July 6 – Sylvester Stallone, actor and director
* July 10 – Sue Lyon, actress (d. 2019)
* July 13 – Cheech Marin, American actor and comedian
* July 14 – Vincent Pastore, American actor
* July 16 – Richard LeParmentier, American actor (d. 2013)
* July 17 – Alun Armstrong, English actor
* July 18 – Dicken Ashworth, English actor
* July 20 - Randal Kleiser, American director, producer, screenwriter and actor
* July 22 – Danny Glover, actor and director
* July 27 – Rade Šerbedžija, Croatian actor, director and musician
* August 6 – Peter Simonischek, Austrian actor (d. 2023)
* August 16 – Lesley Ann Warren, American actress and singer
* August 19
	+ Ti Lung, Hong Kong actor
	+ Christopher Malcolm, Scottish actor, director and producer (d. 2014)
* August 29 – Lindy Davies, Australian actress and director
* August 30 - Peggy Lipton, American actress, model and singer (d. 2019)
* September 5 – Dennis Dugan, American director, actor, writer and comedian
* September 13 – Frank Marshall, American producer and director
* September 15
	+ Tommy Lee Jones, actor
	+ Oliver Stone, director and producer
* September 18 – Gailard Sartain, American actor
* September 28
	+ Peter Egan, British actor
	+ Jeffrey Jones, American actor
* October 2 – Dale Soules, American actress
* October 4 – Susan Sarandon, American actress
* October 6 - John Hostetter, American actor and visual artist (d. 2016)
* October 10
	+ Charles Dance, English actor
	+ Ben Vereen, American actor
* October 15 – John Getz, American actor
* October 22 – Richard McGonagle, American actor
* October 27 – Ivan Reitman, Slovakian-born Canadian director and producer (d. 2022)
* October 31 – Stephen Rea, Northern Irish actor
* November 3
	+ Michael Champion, American singer, musician and actor (d. 2021)
	+ Tom Savini, American prosthetic makeup artist, actor, stunt performer and director
* November 4 - John Callen, English-born New Zealand actor and director
* November 6 – Sally Field, actress
* November 7 – John Aylward, American actor (d. 2022)
* November 20 – Samuel E. Wright, American actor and singer (d. 2021)
* November 22 – Paul A. Partain, American actor (d. 2005)
* December 8 – Frank Pesce, American actor (d. 2022)
* December 14 – Patty Duke, American actress (d. 2016)
* December 17
	+ Jayne Eastwood, Canadian actress and comedian
	+ Eugene Levy, Canadian actor
* December 18 – Steven Spielberg, American director and producer
* December 20 – John Spencer, American actor (d. 2005)
* December 25 – Stuart Wilson, English actor
* December 31 - Margaret Travolta, American actress
* unknown – Omar Al-Shammaa, Lebanese actor, voice actor

## Deaths

* January 13 – Enid Stamp Taylor, English actress
* February 5 – George Arliss, English actor
* April 1 – Noah Beery Sr., American actor
* June 23 – William S. Hart, American actor
* July 10 - Slim Summerville, American actor and director
* August 8 – Paul Porcasi, Italian actor
* August 10 – Léon Gaumont, French film pioneer
* August 12 – Egon Brecher, Austrian actor, director
* August 13 – H. G. Wells, British science fiction writer
* August 26 – Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter
* August 28 – Florence Turner, American actress
* September 21 – Olga Engl, Austrian actress
* October 8 – John St. Polis, American actor
* November 2 – Gabriel Gabrio, French actor
* November 18 – Donald Meek, Scottish-American actor
* December 12 – Renée Jeanne Falconetti, French actress
* December 25 – W. C. Fields, American comedian and actor

## Film Debuts

* Patricia Barry – *Her Kind of Man*
* Raymond Burr – *Without Reservations*
* Hamilton Camp – *Bedlam*
* Gianna Maria Canale – *The Black Eagle*
* Kirk Douglas – *The Strange Love of Martha Ivers*
* William Fawcett – *Stars Over Texas*
* John Hoyt – *O.S.S.*
* Martha Hyer – *The Locket*
* Burl Ives – *Smoky*
* Burt Lancaster – *The Killers*
* Gina Lollobrigida – *The Black Eagle*
* Lois Maxwell – *A Matter of Life and Death*
* Slim Pickens – *Smoky*
* Liam Redmond – *I See a Dark Stranger*
* Yvonne Sanson – *The Black Eagle*
* Emil Sitka – *One Exciting Week*
* Hal Smith – *Stars Over Texas*

## External links

* List of 1946 films at IMDb
* List of 1946 deaths at IMDb
* List of 1946 births at IMDb

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