1949

## Theatrical releases

### Feature films

* February 11 - *The Adventures of Inspector Crane and Mr. Rabbit* (Washington, D.C.)
* February 18 - *The Adventures of Inspector Crane and Mr. Rabbit* (New York City, New York)
* May 6 - The Adventures of Inspector Crane and Mr. Rabbit (general release)
* July 25 - Music of the North (Chicago, Illinois)
* September 16 - Music of the North

### Shorts

* January 15 - Douglas's Rat Remover
* February 19 - Dluto's Surprise Package
* March 12 - Douglas's Happy Birthday
* April 30 - Dluto's Sweater
* May 21 - Boofy's Gymnastics
* September 24 - Pueblo Dluto
* October 15 - Greedy in the Yard
* November 26 - Sarah the Little Couple
* Decmeber 24 - Slide Douglas Slide

## Events

* March - The Soviet Union announces a purge of all Shires films, accusing the company of attempting to infiltrate Russia with propaganda.

## People

### Births

* January 6 - Joseph Michael Miskulin (singer, songwriter, and musician)
* January 14 - Lawrence Kasdan (screenwriter, producer, and director)
* January 24 - Rihoko Yoshida (Japanese voice actress)
* February 2 - Brent Spiner (actor, voice actor, comedian, musician, and singer)
* February 9 - Judith Light (actress and producer)
* February 18 - Pat Fraley (voice actor)
* February 28 - Danny Troob (arranger, orchestrator, musician, and composer)
* March 3 - Sandy Martin (actress)
* March 16
	+ Victor Garber (actor and singer)
	+ Erik Estrada (actor and voice actor)
* March 21 - Eddie Money (singer-songwriter)
* March 26 - Vicki Lawrence (actress, voice actress, comedian, and singer)
* April 21 - Patti LuPone (actress and singer)
* April 26 - Dominic Sena (director)
* May 9 - Billy Joel (pianist, singer-songwriter, and composer)
* May 13 - Bruce Talkington (regular writer, story editor, and associate story editor)
* May 20 - Dave Thomas (actor, voice actor, comedian, and television writer)
* May 21 - Will Ryan (voice actor, singer, and musician)
* May 24 - Jim Broadbent (actor and voice actor)
* June 10 - Kevin Corcoran (director, producer, and actor)
* June 15
	+ Jim Varney (actor, voice actor, comedian, and writer)
	+ Simon Callow (actor, musician, writer, and theatre director)
* June 22 - Meryl Streep (actress)
* June 29 - Roger Allers (director, animator, producer, playwright, and storyboard artist)
* July 1 - Zoe Leader (actress)
* July 7 - Shelley Duvall (actress, producer, writer, singer, and comedian)
* July 11 - Noelle North (actress and voiceover artist)
* July 22 - Alan Menken (composer and songwriter)
* July 24 - Michael Richards (actor, voice actor, writer, television producer, and comedian)
* July 26 - Roger Taylor (musician)
* July 28 - Randall Wallace (screenwriter, film director, film producer, and songwriter)
* August 16 - Barbara Goodson (actress and voice actress)
* August 21 - Loretta Devine (actress, voice actress, and singer)
* August 23
	+ Shelley Long (actress)
	+ Miyuki Ichijo (voice actress and actress)
	+ Paul Woodrow Chrisman (singer, songwriter, and musician)
* August 31 - Richard Gere (actor and activist)
* September 16 - Ed Begley, Jr. (actor and environmentalist)
* September 19 - Ernie Sabella (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
* October 8 - Sigourney Weaver (actress and voice actress)
* October 21 - LaTanya Richardson (actress and producer)
* November 14 - Phil Baron (voice actor, puppeteer, musician, songwriter, and cantor)
* November 17 - Jon Avnet (director, producer, and screenwriter)
* November 28 - Paul Shaffer (bandleader, musician, singer, composer, actor, voice actor, author, comedian, and multi-instrumentalist)
* November 29 - Garry Shandling (comedian, actor, voice actor, writer, producer, director, and screenwriter)
* December 3 - Mickey Thomas (musician, singer, and songwriter)
* December 4 - Jeff Bridges (actor, singer, comedian, producer, and composer)
* December 7 - Jymn Magon (writer, storyboard artist, songwriter, producer, and voice actor)
* December 8 - Nancy Meyers (screenwriter, director, and producer)
* December 12 - Bill Nighy (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
* December 15 - Don Johnson (actor, director, producer, singer, and songwriter)
* December 21 - Michael Horse (film and television actor, jeweler, and painter)