1955 in film

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Top Grossing Films of the Year 3 Academy Awards 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 Other Movies Released

Events

• November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls, starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, debuts.
• To Hell and Back starring Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake, and David Janssen, became Universal Studios top grossing film ever.

1. To Hell and Back
2. Galapagos
3. To Catch a Thief
4. Land of the Pharaohs
5. Pather Panchali
6. Du rififi chez les hommes
7. Bob le flambeur

• Best Picture: Marty - Hecht-Lancaster, United Artists
• Best Actor: Ernest Borgnine - Marty
• Best Actress: Anna Magnani - The Rose Tattoo

• January 6 - Rowan Atkinson, comedian, actor
• January 12 - Kirstie Alley, actress
• January 12 - Rockne O'Bannon, writer, producer
• January 18 - Kevin Costner, actor
• June 27 - Isabelle Adjani, actress
• August 4 - Billy Bob Thornton, US actor

• April 7 - Theda Bara, actress
• August 5 - Carmen Miranda, Brazilian singer, actress
• October 1 - Charles Christie, pioneer film studio owner in Hollywood

• Blackboard Jungle
• Marty
• Love is a Many-Splendored Thing
• The Trouble With Harry - directed by Alfred Hitchcock