Deaths
- January 7 - Michel Auclair, actor (b. 1922)
- January 7 - Trevor Howard, actor
- January 25 - Colleen Moore, actress
- February 1 - Heather O'Rourke, actress
- March 6 - Jeanne Aubert, French actress
- April 21 - I. A. L. Diamond, screenwriter
- April 15 - Kenneth Williams, actor
- May 30 - Ella Raines, actress
- July 12 - Joshua Logan, director
- July 25 - Judith Barsi, actress
- August 4 - Florence Eldridge, actress
- September 5 - Gert Fröbe, actor
- October 1 - Lucien Ballard, cinematographer
- October 27 - Charles Hawtrey, actor
- October 31 - John Houseman, actor
- November 27 - John Carradine, actor
- December 27 - Hal Ashby, director
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